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22-28 NOV 2013

Justice stalls over fatal accident

Ex-Torry mayor asks not to be imprisoned PEDRO HERNÁNDEZ Mateo asked the High Court on Monday to suspend his imprisonment while the Ministry of Justice filed an appeal for clemency p4

Cowboys in hot water

by Jack Troughton

FURIOUS COSTA Blanca resident George Thomas is warning of rogue domestic repair companies that leave eye-watering bills for their services – and fail to do the job p5

Talk to my family about money?

KEITH LITTLEWOOD from Blacktower talks about keeping your money safe and secure p26

Time to get wishy washy with Aladdin STUDIO 32 will be performing Aladdin on 13th and 14th December p41

Terry Daniels

Drugs put Brits behind bars TERRY DANIELS, who was jailed for 10 years in her absence by a Spanish court accused of helping smuggle a million pounds of cocaine into the country from Brazil, has warned that drugs are “not worth the risk”.

Read the full story on page 15.

THREE YEARS after British holidaymaker Colin Wild fell to his death after tumbling down a set of stone steps his family are still fighting for justice.

The pensioner, at the time aged 74, is believed to have been searching for a toilet at a restaurant bar at a Costa Blanca resort and by mistake stepped through a door on direct route, which opened directly to the steep stairs down to a cellar store room.

A police report said the door - marked ‘private’ in Spanish on a small piece of paper- to the cellar storeroom should have been locked at all times. The steps up to the toilet facilities were immediately to the right.

The tragedy occurred on 20th September 2010 at the popular premises in the busy Marquis de Campo, Denia. A post-mortem found Colin, originally from Ilkley, Yorkshire, and a “fit and healthy man” had died of severe head injuries due to a fall.

Members of the Wild family

– including Colin’s wife Ann - returned to Spain for a civil liability hearing last week but were further frustrated when the court case was adjourned until February.

Colin’s son Martin Wild said after the Denia Court was postponed: “We feel very upset for my nearly 80-year-old mother, who after three years of hell was asked to attend court in Spain by the defendant’s lawyers, to discover arrangements had been suddenly changed without the knowledge of the family.”

HALT He said an English translator was not provided and both the main witnesses did not attend, so proceedings were halted until the New Year.

It took the family two years of legal wrangling after the accident - and direct intervention form the British Consul – to obtain a court order forcing Denia police to release the official full report and photographs of the scene.

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Torrevieja making cyclists safer WORKS BEGINS in December on a cycle lane that will connect the existing bike lane on Avenida Delfina Viudes with the Ciudad Deportiva de Torrevieja, along Calle Bazan and Patricio Perez de Torrevieja.

Plans for the new cycle lane

by Jan Gamm The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, accompanied by the Councillor for Works and Services, Javier Montoro, confirmed that the new cycle lane will allow greater protection and freedom of access for cyclists over an increased distance of 1,500 metres, part of the ambitious ‘Green Corridor’ project announced in RTN in January of this year.

TRAFFIC And in the process of providing improved and safer access for ‘cleaner transport’ only 9 of the existing 60 parking spaces had to be sacrificed. Traffic in the area will be restricted to 30kph. Funding for the work comes to around 100,000€ provided by the Generalitat Valenciana under the PIP Plan. The cycle lane is to be completed by Easter 2014.

Torrevieja coastal erosion studies THE DEPARTMENT of Maritime Engineering under the auspices of Alicante University is to conduct a Coastal Dynamics Study that will monitor the effects of erosion along the Torrevieja coastline with a view to making recommendations on how to preserve the coast and its marine ecosystem. The work is estimated to cover a 12 month period, will be carried out on a budget of 8,000€ and commences in the Spring of 2014.

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Ex-Torry mayor asks not to be imprisoned

by Jan Gamm FORMER MAYOR of Torrevieja, Pedro Hernández Mateo, facing a three-year prison sentence on corruption charges, asked the High Court on Monday to suspend his imprisonment while the Ministry of Justice filed an appeal for clemency.

PETITION Prior to his appearance on Monday Mateo had been busy drumming up local support in the bars and restaurants in and around Torrevieja through a petition numbering 1,450 signatures via a social networking platform. And the PP’s Andrés Ballester claimed he had collected 40 signatures from 54 of the PP deputies petitioned, ‘on humanitarian grounds’. As eight of those 54 individuals are themselves facing charges it is questionable whether the signatures carry much weight…

The court will now decide whether to order the ex-mayor and former regional deputy of the PP to jail, or to suspend imprisonment until the Justice Ministry has made its decision.

judges would suspend a jail sentence but legally the degree of tolerance is entirely at the discretion of the court. Indications were that a decision would be made “shortly.”

The Prosecution is considering evidence that Mateo allegedly manipulated the bidding process of garbage collection via an external legal report and falsified the number of companies that tendered in order to award the €97.8 million contract elsewhere. He was arrested on charges of corruption and forgery.

Mateo was surrounded by the press outside the Supreme Court on Monday morning but refused to speak with them.

TOLERANCE Legal sources were assured that the

Ryanair makes changes IN THE face of a recent drop in popularity budget airline Ryanair has moved a number of flights from Valencia to Alicante, significantly reducing services at Valencia. An aircraft based at Valencia’s Manises has also been earmarked for a Greek airport for the summer season. Ryanair Sales & Marketing Executive Luis Fernández-Mellado confirmed that 2013 would see a 10% fall in seats at Valencia. When asked about recent safety concerns Fernández-Mellado said: “We have been flying for 29 years with an impeccable record of security. For Ryanair safety comes first, and all the planes pass the same controls as other airlines.” Flight schedules are yet to be set for the new services.

Brits arrested in possession of cocaine

TWO BRITISH men were arrested in Torrevieja earlier this month after the Guardia Civil found 297gms of cocaine in a plastic bag in their vehicle during a spot search on the AP7.

They were prompted to search the car when the men began acting suspiciously. The two men, aged 32 and 38, have now been charged with offences against public health.

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Cowboys in hot water

by Jack Troughton FURIOUS COSTA Blanca resident George Thomas is warning of rogue domestic repair companies that leave eye-watering bills for their services – and fail to do the job.

He dealt with one cowboy company, which claims to be able to repair all makes of appliances, and later found it had attracted a string of complaints across Spain logged on website ‘Quien Me Esta Llamando?’ – ‘Who Am I Calling?’

And the Javea-based writer has been told by the Guardia Civil the company, which has offices in Madrid and Barcelona, operates on the very edge of legality.

After paying over 146€ for a non-existent part for his Zanussi washing machine that failed to fix a problem – and later offered a 607€ repair - he is taking the matter up with the consumer protection office.

Even worse, a genuine Zanussi technician found there was nothing wrong with the machine, a blocked drain had stopped the spin cycle, and merely charged a 47€ fee.

George said he used the internet when he called the first number he found for Zanussi and believing it was an official repair service for the firm called the Madrid number.

“The next day a couple of guys from Alicante came round.

They had a look and fiddled around and said the machine needed a starting condenser,” George told RTN. “All I was interested in was getting it going – I didn’t even ask ‘how much’ and said go ahead.

BLACK “They got it going and showed me this little black thing which they said they had replaced and one guy put it in his

pocket. They charged 146€, which I thought was a bit steep.”

However, three washes later the problem started again.

George rang the central call office in Madrid again – it was almost a week before anyone came.

“I was really getting mad and the washing was piling up.

I found the Zanussi website and sent an email complaining and also found a customer telephone number. I called it, explained, and the woman said the men were not official Zanussi technicians – and she would arrange an official engineer to call.”

The next morning a workman from the rogue company arrived. The man removed the top of the machine and fiddled about. George said: “He didn’t strike me as knowing what he was doing and he finally said the electronic control panel was faulty.”

George asked for the cost of the repair and after consulting the warehouse, factoring in VAT and the call out fee, the workman replied 607€. “I said it was ridiculous because a new machine would cost 500€ - I said ‘leave it with me’ because the genuine guy was coming.”

ERROR He added: “The real technician came. He started pressing buttons on the front of the machine and immediately it gave an error number, which was a problem with discharging water on the spin cycle.

“It was nothing to do with the machine but with the water draining away. He explained the machine was very precise and if there was a problem it stopped – he suggested getting a plumber to check the drain.”

The engineer showed George a handful of invoices left at homes in the area by the cowboys – including three from

George Thomas

Javea and one in Benitachell. “He also told me there no such thing as a starting condenser!”

He said the Guardia Civil were very helpful. “They said they were very aware of this kind of scam but it was a not a crime, the company was right at the edge of the law.

“But because I telephone them and invited them to the house, it was up to me whether I wanted them to do the repair at the price they quoted.”

He said it was different to the situation with bogus gasmen who knocked on doors and threatened frequently vulnerable people they would be cut off if they were not allowed to make an inspection. “That frightens people and effectively they extort money.”

RTN recommends readers always contact the manufacturer or the retailer for an official repair service.

22-28 NOV 2013

The ancient art of palm braiding

Merry Christmas Orihuela!

THE CITY Council in Orihuela is determined to be well prepared for Christmas this year, starting with the installation of Christmas street illuminations in mid-November! In response to a number of complaints the Council has instructed contractors to remove the controversial supports placed in the middle of pavements that were intended to act as supports for hundreds of coloured lights.

EVER WONDERED how those fascinating palm sculptures that are the stars of the Easter parades throughout the Costas are actually made?

Torry fraudsters sentenced

by Jan Gamm The Municipality of Elche is offering free courses on how to make these intricate braids with the aim of keeping the traditional craft alive – about 30 people attended a class on Tuesday in Elche’s Garden of San Placido.

Instructor Conchi Rogrigo Serrano showed eager beginners how to master their fingers and thumbs to create simple weaves and knots. Learner Mari Luz Cruz said: “It’s something I have always wanted to do since I was a child. The work is engaging - you have to concentrate and this helps relax the mind!”

Another student, Tere, has been attending classes for three years and has even won the second and first prize two years running in the local braiding contest: “It’s very exciting to see your creation in the Palm Sunday festival!”

Registration for classes via Elche Town Hall is still open and there are still places. Courses are offered both morning and 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 4.30pm to 7.30pm, Monday to Friday until May. For more information visit www.elche.es

Palm braiders learning what goes where

A RETIRED couple in their sixties from Little Glebe, Wokingham in Surrey have been found guilty of six charges of benefit fraud to the tune of £16,000 by a UK court. 67-year-old Michael Plumridge and his 68-yearold wife Sylvia owned and lived in a luxury apartment in Torrevieja which they failed to disclose to the UK Department of Works and Pensions yet continued to claim pension credit as well as housing and council tax benefits.

They had also applied for and received a council property, pleading that they were homeless. They were sentenced at Reading Magistrates Court to 240 hours’ unpaid Community Service on a 12-month community order. They were also ordered to repay the DWP the £16,000 they stole as well as an extra £1,235 to cover investigation costs.

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British Foreign Office warns Spain: Get out of Gib

by Jan Gamm ACTING PERMANENT under-secretary Matthew Rycroft of the British Foreign Office summoned Spanish ambassador HE Federico Trillo on Tuesday evening to discuss the “significant incursion” of Spanish survey vessel RV Romon Margalef which arrived in Gibraltar at around 5pm on Monday.

This is the third time the Spanish ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office over the conduct of Spain towards Gibraltar since Mariano Rajoy took office in December 2011.

STAND-OFF The Romon Margalef came within 250m of the entrance to Gibraltar’s harbour, prompting a stand-off with the Royal Navy.

A British commander communicated to the Spanish vessel: “You are violating the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) governing the right to innocent passage. You are to cease your current actions and leave British Gibraltar Territorial Waters immediately.” A Royal Navy rigid hull inflatable boat also

pulled alongside the Spanish ship to block equipment being lowered into the sea.

The Romon Margalef responded: “We are carrying out oceanographic works in the interests of the European Community: we will continue with our work.” Defying the Navy’s demands the vessel carried out 22 hours of survey on Monday and Tuesday.

ANGER

MEP David Lidington angrily addressed the Commons on Monday, slamming the “provocative incursion” and confirming that the UK had made repeated diplomatic protests throughout recent months as Spain increased unlawful incursions by its state vessels into UK territorial waters from about five per month to about 40 per month.

“International law holds that the waters around Gibraltar are indisputably British. Spain is fully aware of the law but has ignored it. We stand ready to do whatever is required to protect Gibraltar’s sovereignty, economy and security,” said Mr Lindington.

TROOPS One MP, former army colonel Bob Stewart, demanded that British troops be sent to Gibraltar to ward off what he described as “mounting Spanish aggression.”

Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told BBC Radio 4’s

Today programme that Spain was “needling away at the UK and Gibraltar by taking such action.”

BORDER CHECKS A report published last week by the European Commission absolved Spain of making illegal border checks, stating their observers had found ‘no evidence of infringement of EU border regulations’. However, written recommendations were made to “avoid future delays at the border.” The UK upholds the checks as “unlawful.”

On Tuesday evening, even as the Spanish ambassador met with the British FO, Royal Gibraltar Police tweeted: “At present we have six lanes of traffic with the tail end of traffic reaching the South Barrier. EQT: two hours.”

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Torry rowers attempt DeniaIbiza crossing

Continued from front page It meant in March last year the Bradford inquest into the death could take place and Acting Coroner Professor Paul Marks recorded a verdict of accidental death. He told the family his findings did not rule out any civil action they wished to take against the owners of the Spanish business.

Martin, who gave evidence at the inquest for his mother, and his sister Carol Markowycz, spoke to RTN on the steps of the Denia courthouse and said their father’s death had left a huge impact on the whole family.

Colin and Ann were seasoned travellers and were enjoying their last morning in Spain after a two-week Saga holiday. Martin said after a walk around the town and visiting the fruit and vegetable market they had stopped for a coffee and were thinking of where to eat lunch.

He said his father had gone inside the cafe to look for the lavatory but could not see it. “He came out and said to mum he was going to look for a toilet and at the same time look for somewhere to have lunch.

TALK “My dad was a very chatty man and would often disappear and talk to lots of people, so mum didn’t think much for a while because she thought he was talking to someone.”

However, after a time, Ann decided to go and searching for her husband

A FOUR-MAN team of rowers from Torrevieja are facing a huge challenge this Saturday as they bravely attempt a 12-hour scull covering the 105km stretch of sea between Denia and Ibiza. Helmsman Moncho Ferrer and the rowers: Toni Carbonel; Javier Ferrer; Kiko and Fran Gobantes Llanos will overnight in Denia on Friday before tackling the waves in their 10.7m craft equipped with GPS, radar navigation and emergency medical supplies. Ferrer said: “We are a group of friends in love with rowing, constantly in search of new challenges to promote the sport.” A support vessel will carry essential supplies although the crew plans to make the journey without food. For more information see: www.remotorrevieja.com Martin Wild and Carol Markowycz outside court

and saw and ambulance outside El Commercio and came upon the commotion – eventually discovering Colin had been killed in a fall.

“Dad was found by the cook,” said Martin. “Unfortunately, the door he opened was down to the cellar and stock room and the cook was going backwards and forwards replenishing stock in the kitchen – obviously not locking the door as he should do.

“Dad’s first step through the door

was a drop of 12 inches – he lost his balance and fell to the bottom.”

Carol added: “Three years ago mum was like a young girl but under these circumstances she has got older very quickly.”

She said at the time there was a French air traffic control strike. “It meant we couldn’t get out to help mum and she had to travel on her own. There was a delay of five hours and she was on her own all the time, which was terrible.”

Choppy seas could prove the biggest challenge

Islamic community makes union’s blood boil

The Islamic community wants male and female donors separated

by Jan Gamm THE ISLAMIC community in Almoradi has defended its request to the Blood Transfusion Centre that men and women should be segregated while donating blood.

After hearing that the nursing union indignantly refused to separate male and female donors, spokesman Mimoun El Bouanany said: “Women feel more comfortable if they are treated by female nurses in a female environment. Although the Islamic community, aware that blood is badly needed, would be pleased to be involved with the transfusion programme, more donors would come forward if the donation process separated men from women.”

El Bouanany went on: “Our idea was not to discriminate against anyone. We merely wish to ensure that as many donors as possible give blood. We apologise to the nurses’

unions if they felt offended. In Spain the Islamic community is served daily by health care professionals and it does not demand that women are attended by women. However, in other Islamic communities it is possible to ‘zone’ such activities for the comfort of donors.”

UNCLEAR Adding to the confusion the request for male and female segregation for the process of blood donation was not clearly defined, leading to the supposition that providing such a facility might prove costly for the Blood Transfusion Centre, possibly requiring extra staffing to run a donation programme that is sympathetic to the code of gender separation wherever the Islamic community deems appropriate.

The Blood Transfusion Centre declined to add further comment.

Law Society raises cash for Caritas THE ELCHE Bar Association has joined a campaign launched by the General Council of Spanish Lawyers that helps support the three million people in Spain who are living on 307€ per month, including 30,000 families with hungry children, one in four living below the poverty line. The College of Elche is running a programme whereby you can donate 1€ for a food ration; 5€ for meal rations in a care facility of 50€ to fill a shopping trolley. Contributions may be made via www.abogaciasolidaria.es or by SMS ‘advocacy solidarity’ to 28014.

Wanted paedophile arrested HOURS AFTER photographs of 13 most wanted criminals were released in Spain by Crimestoppers as part of the 8th Operation Captura appeal, 78-yearold fugitive from justice Michael McCartney was apprehended by Spanish police under a European arrest warrant at the Estudiotel Riscal apartments in Alicante at 4.30pm on Friday. The police had received information on McCartney’s whereabouts from a member of the public. McCartney, from Letchworth, was found guilty of nine counts of indecent assault on a child in March 2013 and failed to attend court the following month for sentencing.

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Excuse me..... Excuse me!

LAST WEEK I went into a shoe shop to have a look round. As I entered the shop I could not help but hear the rather loud music coming from within the shop.

The volume was very loud and beginning to hurt my head. I tried to look at some shoes but the music was so distracting that it made it impossible for me to concentrate. The sales clerks - well, that is another issue… They were nowhere to be found. Finally they came out from the back room and I tried as best as I could to politely ask one of them to please turn the music down. The response was a shrug and an unwillingness to turn it down even the slightest amount. To be honest it was if I needed to carry a megaphone with me just to ask the sales clerk that I wished to buy some shoes, to be heard above the music. Note to self: carry megaphone while shoe shopping…

The loud music and the indifference of the sales clerk forced me to give up and leave and go elsewhere, thankfully with my eardrums still intact.

I hardly think the owner of that shop would be pleased if they knew how their sales staff behaved by discouraging a customer from buying anything.

Lucy P, Playa Flamenca

Who are these litter louts in Orihuela?

I HAVE read with interest the articles concerning the disgusting state of the streets in Orihuela Costa but no mention has ever been made about the filthy state of the roads linking San Miguel de Salinas with Villa Martin and the urbanisations of Orihuela Costa.

Recently the verges have been cut, exposing roadsides totally covered with plastic bottles and rubbish of every description. Who are these litter louts who toss every conceivable type of garbage out of their cars to disfigure and mar the countryside? Do these animals treat their own houses and gardens as giant rubbish dumps too? The entire length of the road from San Miguel to Eagles Nest is totally awash with rubbish that glitters in a disgusting ribbon in the autumn sunshine. This rubbish hasn’t been cleaned for years. It is about time San Miguel faced up to its responsibilities and sent road cleaners out to remove this terrible eyesore. Or is this another case where a town fails to make the environment acceptable for a largely non-Spanish population?

Yours disgustedly, R. Radford

Beniconnect - Highly recommended WE ALL complain when companies treat us badly, but here is a story showing the other side of a firm.

A few weeks ago I broke my ankle, and had two pins put in it, not being allowed to walk for at least six weeks. We were booked three days after the operation to go to Barcelona on a cruise.

After seriously thinking about it, we decided to go. When we got on the coach provided by Beniconnect of Benidorm, the two drivers, Juan and Angel, and Christine, the Rep (I think that

was her name) treated me exceptionally well.

The men lifted me on and off the steps of the coach at each comfort stop, and even waited outside one of the Restaurants to wheel me back to the vehicle. They were so friendly, always smiling, and kept asking me what they could do to make me more comfortable. One of them took off his coat to put behind my back to help, as I was sitting sideways for the journey. Christine told my husband to stand back and let them do it as we “needed a bit of help.”

We both were so amazed at their kindness and concern for us.

When coming back two weeks later, we had another driver Mario, and at first I was so disappointed that I was on a different coach, but lo and behold, he acted exactly the same on the return journey.

Thank you Beniconnect and I recommend anyone who wants to book a coach to go to this company: they are all wonderful people.

Jean A Barber

A couple of issues THE ARTICLE regarding dog litter raises many questions. We live in La Cala and see first-hand what is not going on.

Firstly: it is not only the Spanish who do not pick up dog litter.

Secondly: there are receptacles for dog litter bags but these are being abused by people who take as many as 50 bags at a time therefore leaving no bags to cover the weekend. And the fining of the people has not been enforced.

Thirdly: we have a Policia Local officer who is known to all and sundry as PC Plod. He arrives in La Cala every morning at approximately 10am and his one and only visit is to the local paper shop where he remains until 12pm. We overlook the island before the beach entrance where cars and wagons stop every day on yellow lines but I could carry on and on…

D Mendas, La Cala Finestrat

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New words to conquer Watts In Britain By

Paul Watts

“PAUL, THERE is no such word as ‘can’t’,” so spake Mrs Knock, my English teacher, as she looked over her glasses all those years ago. And, of course, she was right. “It is a lazy contraction,” she said, “and best avoided...” A bit like me, some might argue.

Mrs Knock had a passion for English and her ebullience on the subject was nothing short of infectious. I can hear her waxing lyrically on how English is dynamic and always changing; always developing and re-inventing itself. So, with this in mind it I was mighty in’erested, in Oxford Dictionaries latest edition and the clutch of new words contained within.

Over the years we’ve had words like: Omnishambles (2012); squeezed middle (2011); big society (2010); simples (2009); credit crunch (2008); carbon footprint (2007); bovvered (2006); Sudoku (2005) and 2004’s favourite word chav, all weaved seamlessly into the language. Back in 1992 the Queen’s 40th anniversary speech re-introduced us to ‘annus horribilis’. That too became a firm fav and went into the dictionary. I suppose now that Hull has been named as next year’s City of Culture, we can soon expect Hull-ist to enter the lexicon. As in, “Oooh he is a bit Hullist” (i.e. he is a bit of cultured sod!). Anyroad, here, for the delectation of RTN readers are some of the top new words included in the brand-spiffing-new dictionary:

Binge-watch, verb: To watch multiple episodes of a television programme in rapid succession, typically by means of DVDs or digital streaming.

Showrooming, noun: the practice of visiting a shop or shops in order to examine a product before buying it online at a lower price. [ORIGIN early 21st century: from SHOWROOM, “a room used to display goods for sale”] Twerk, verb: dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance. [ORIGIN 1990s: probably an alteration of work] Hmmm, I think I’m more likely to be caught ‘showrooming’ than ‘twerking’, these days! “But Watts,” I can hear you all ask, “what is the top new word?”

Okay, are you ready for it? I’m not sure what Mrs Knock would think of it but here it is – the top new word is ‘selfie’. Right then here’s the definition: Selfie – “a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website”.

Yup, this has been named word of the year by

the Oxford Dictionaries editors, after the frequency of its usage increased by 17,000% over the past 12 months. Editorial director, up there at the Oxford Dictionaries Command Bunker is young Judy Pearsall. She explains that: “Using the Oxford Dictionaries language research programme, which collects around 150m words of current English in use each month, we can see a phenomenal upward trend in the use of selfie in 2013, and this helped to cement its selection.”

Phenomenal, you say Judy? I’d say exponential…

Actually, this week is the first time that I’d ever heard the word.

And talking of the above ‘annus horribilis’, reminds me. Ten years ago, last month, I loaded my car and packed up my home with all earthly possessions to begin a new life in Spain. Optimism was aplenty - but now as I contemplate trying to get just half of the value of my home I can think of a new couple of words to stick in the dictionary (I heard the phrase on a Two Ronnies sketch years ago when they did a take on the King and I). It could easily apply to me and similar Frank Spencer-a-likes: “Ohwotanar Siam”. Say it quickly and it’ll make more sense.

Watts in Britain, so you don’t have to be or not to be.

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Cartoon ignites fire

by Jack Troughton CAMPAIGNERS FIGHTING for to keep a Winter Fuel Allowance for all pensioners are furious at a national newspaper cartoon for its “malicious” attack on expats living in Spain.

The Daily Mail published the Mac cartoon last Friday along with a “totally one-sided” article featuring Secretary of State for Works and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith – who wants to impose a temperature test before allowing over half a million pensioners living in Europe to receive the payment, up to £300 depending on age.

It was claimed by Chancellor George Osborne scrapping the payment to people living in “hot” countries would save £30 million.

The cartoon shows a couple in swimming costumes lying on sun loungers by a Spanish pool as a delivery man carries in crates of wine.

The caption reads: “Oh goody! Here comes are winter fuel”. It has triggered complaints to the Press Complaints Commission – the timing of the article and the cartoon sparking further anger as temperatures tumbled on the Costa Blanca and snow fell inland.

Margaret Hales, a leading member of the campaign lives in Benitachell. In her compliant to the PCC she said: “This is an inaccurate portrayal of the reality of life in Spain in November, but further appears to be a deliberate attempt to foster ill-will towards pensioners who no longer live in the UK.” INACCURATE She said knowing the concept of an application of a temperature test, the cartoon sought to “promulgate misleading and inaccurate information that the weather is always hot in Spain and therefore pensioners do not need a Winter Fuel Allowance.

Indeed the implication is that they misuse it and this is something directly intended to encourage hatred and aversion to a specific group of British pensioners.”

Margaret said most British people visited Spain for holidays in the summer and enjoyed sunshine and high temperatures. “Consequently, if people are told that it is always like this, they do not find it hard to believe.... indeed the day after the Daily Mail published the cartoon a Spanish newspaper published

The Mac cartoon printed in the Daily Mail

on its front page a picture of Spain in the snow under the heading ‘temperatures fall and snow can be seen’.” Another campaigner has complained the Mail was perpetuating a myth about expats and “in doing so is stoking hatred towards those who chose to exercise their right to freedom of movement within the EU.” He accuses the UK Government of encouraging the “disinformation” after losing a key human rights court case that forced Britain to pay the allowance to expat pensioners.

And he said further disinformation, in a “bigoted campaign”, came in the form of “erroneous” temperature criteria also currently being challenged.

Find out more about the campaign and the battle for expats to be represented in parliament at www.votes-for-expat-brits.com. A petition calling for the WFA to be maintained as a universal benefit is at http://epetitions.direct. gov.uk/petitions/52121

Mobility scooters now regulated Alicante-Barcelona high speed link for completion 2016 BENIDORM TOWN Council has set fines ranging from 50€ to 90€ for the abuse of mobility scooters. The ordinance includes 23 types of offenses, including driving a mobility scooter without the required liability insurance for a minimum amount of 60,000€; driving while intoxicated; while under the influence of drugs; or in a reckless manner. The new regulations also provide that the scooters are exclusively for people aged over 55 or those suffering physical disability or injury and must be driven at walking speed only.

THE MINISTRY of Development has announced that the works to complete the high-speed corridor between Alicante and Barcelona will begin in January.

The high speed service is expected to cut travel time between Alicante and Barcelona by around 80 minutes from 2016. Currently, the fastest Euromed takes 4 hours and 47

minutes to get to Barcelona from Alicante - the slowest service taking 5 hours and 39 minutes. Development of the high speed line will enable the journey to be reduced to 3 hours and 20 minutes. The President of the Valenciana Generalitat, Alberto Fabra, said: “The development of the AVE Mediterranean Corridor is vital to economic recovery in the region.”

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Drugs put Brits behind bars

by Jack Troughton DRUGS ARE “not worth the risk” warns Terry Daniels, who was jailed for 10 years in her absence by a Spanish court accused of helping smuggle a million pounds of cocaine into the country from Brazil.

Found guilty on the basis of ‘guilt by association’ of the 1997 illicit importation, she maintains her innocence and said she had no idea her boss, a nightclub manager in Brazil, was carrying drugs in his suitcase.

Terry served six days in prison before being granted bail and allowed to return to the UK. Years passed and it was believed the case had been dropped. However, in 2002 while living in Ireland, a police check revealed she was wanted Spain – prosecuted in her absence, she had been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.

In June 2003, she was arrested on an international extradition warrant and flown back to Spain and jailed in one of the country’s toughest mixed prisons, Topas, near Salamanca.

She spent 19 months under the regime before being allowed to serve the remainder of the sentence in the UK. And Terry warned: “I will always love Spain and know that holidaymakers and expats alike have a great time there. But I would urge people not to get involved in drugs – not even recreational drug use which many see as harmless.

“I got involved with drugs at a young age and paid the consequences - I ended up in Topas prison and everything in my life changed – it is not worth the risk.”

Terry now works for charities Fair trials International and Prisoners Abroad, and has recently published a book, ‘Pass-

port to Hell’. Now the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in conjunction with Prisoners Abroad has launched a campaign to highlight the consequences of the use, possession and smuggling of drugs in Spain and other countries.

FATE Terry’s story is an illustration of the fate of hundreds of British nationals behind the bars across the globe for drug offences, often detained for months without trial and facing distressing living conditions.

Last year British Consular staff in Spain dealt with over 100 drug-related arrests and offences involving drugs account for around three-quarters of the 172 Brits currently on remand or serving sentences.

Spanish offenders can in some circumstances spend over a year on remand before their trial – and even if released on bail they may be unable to leave the country.

In 33 countries the zero-tolerance to drugs can be shocking to British citizens – offences that could carry a caution in the UK can be penalised with long prison terms abroad. There are 33 countries or territories around the world that enforce the death penalty. In Spain offenders face up to 20 years in jail for hard drugs and nearly seven years for soft drugs – and huge fines.

Prisoners Abroad currently supports 84 British citizens aged between 18 and 30 behind bars in foreign countries – 62 are yet to face trial.

Consular Director for Spain Will Middleton said the consequences of being arrested for

drug offences could be devastating. “Being sent to prison overseas away from family and friends is very distressing and even more so if you don’t speak the language.

“We see people of all ages – from youngsters through to pensioners – who have lost their friends, their job, have had to give up their studies, or have had their children taken into care and got into major financial difficulties, because they did not think they would be caught.”

He added: “If you or someone you know is involved in the illegal drugs trade, then the message is clear – the consequences are simply not worth it.”

Terry Daniels with her mother

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Local RBL branches tally up

by Keith Nicol THE LOCAL branches of the Royal British Legion, Torrevieja and the Orihuela Costa in particular, have both been busy raising funds for those ‘needy’ ex servicemen and their dependants since the beginning of the year. However, their activities have increased dramatically in recent weeks as, together with branches across the world, they both set out on their final fundraising ‘with the launch last month of the ‘Poppy Appeal’.

This year the launch in Spain (North) was carried out on 16th October in Benidorm by the city mayor, Snr Agustin Navarro, in conjunction with the President and Chairman respectively, British Consul Paul Rodwell and Chris Wyatt, since which time Torrevieja and the Orihuela Costa have distributed poppies and collection boxes to over 450 bars, restaurants and other locations.

In addition, the two branches mobilised their ‘armies’ of volunteers who have also

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been active at Alicante and San Javier airports; all the local markets; supermarkets; shops and dozens of other venues and collection outlets, all of which raised an amazing amount of money.

Although the poppy collection tins are still to be emptied, monies counted and the final figure will not be released for some weeks, it is already anticipated that both branches will have achieved another bumper year with running totals already surpassing 20,000€.

Just a couple of weeks ago the Torrevieja Branch boosted their fund with a very successful concert at the Municipal Theatre.

The venue was provided at no cost by the Ayuntamiento with local impresario Nigel Hopkins organising the many acts, all of whom provided their services and skills free of charge, as did the Torrevieja Pipes & Drums and the theatre staff and technicians.

Responsible for the collections in Torrevieja was the Vice Chairman, Grahame Ward, who spent many, many hours running

FORMER AND serving air crew of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are very welcome to join this convivial and friendly organisation, now in its 26th year. For more information please contact the Secretary on: 96 649 5042.

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around distributing the Poppy Boxes as well as collecting them. Well done to Grahame, who will undoubtedly be sadly missed when he returns to the UK shortly.

On the Orihuela Costa that same role was carried out for the 4th consecutive year by Branch Chairman Keith Carter. Keith will be remaining with the branch but is hoping to hand the responsibility over at the end of the current appeal. Both men were supported by

a multitude of willing assistants and volunteers including one magnificent effort from ‘Mick the Grip’ Reeves who brought in very nearly 4,000€ from his ‘Poppy Golf Tournament’.

And testament to Torrevieja and the Orihuela Costa is that their fundraising activities have been carried out extremely professionally, with the minimum of fuss and with the maximum of support: an amazing achievement.

Well done to everyone involved.

Christmas Craft Fayre A CHRISTMAS Craft Fayre is to be held at the Community Centre on Entre Naranjos (on the same Urbanisation as Vistabella Golf) off the CV 945 near San Miguel on Friday, 29th November.

There will be a great selection of Chsitmas gifts, home-made pies and other refreshments including a hog roast!

A raffle will provide an opportunity to win something special in time for Christmas and all funds raised will go to help organise the Fiesta 2014. The fun starts at 10am and continues until 4pm: See you there!

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Nigel Hopkins brings music excellence to the Costa Blanca

by Keith Nicol FORMER PROFESSIONAL award winning conductor, musical director and vocalist, to name but a few titles; Nigel Hopkins, is quickly building up a reputation as one of the region’s most sought after musical directors.

Like many expatriates, Nigel and his wife Pauline came to the Costa Blanca on a familiarity trip a decade ago, and bought a holiday home on the Orihuela Costa. In 2007 Nigel offered his first International West End Workshop in the Cabo Cervera Hotel in La Mata, which attracted vocalists, of all abilities, from all over Spain. His reputation grew and after his 2008 workshop he decided that he’d like to move full time to the Costa Blanca and so he packed up and now calls Spain ‘home’.

After more than 40 years performing, teaching, conduction, directing shows and being involved in many different aspects of the music business, he decided that it was time to retire, or at least semi retire because he now finds himself as musical director of his own four quality choirs and being vocal coach to a few special local talents.

His pride and joy is ‘Melody Makers International’, who he has crafted into one of the very best choirs to be found anywhere on the Costa Blanca. Their 60 members are in rehearsal for their next major production, ‘The World’s Greatest Love Songs’, to be performed at the Orihuela Costa Resort on

January 25th, 2014. It’s one of the biggest events of its kind in the region, attracting an audience in excess of 1,000 people.

Along with MMI he has also formed ‘In Harmony; who primarily specialise in church and secular music, ‘Cantamos’, children’s choir, and the ‘Orihuela Costa Male Voice Choir’, all of whom have been attracting rave reviews and for their charitable performances to raise funds for the AECC, Samaritans and La Zenia Church projects.

Over the years he has trained dozens of singers who now perform on Television, the West End and Cruise Ships, while his son Mathew became the youngest Director of Music at Nottingham Trent University, when he was only 24. Anyone interested in singing with the choirs should telephone Pauline or Nigel on 966 775 976 for more information.

Nigel Hopkins bringing quality music to the Costa Blanca

San Fulgencio Christmas market

URBANISATION LA Marina in San Fulgencio came alive last weekend with a Christmas market involving 50 people from the town and also from other Vega Baja towns keen to bring a little Christmas spirit to the area.

The event, organised by the Department of Housing, was well attended and there were long queues to sample the international foods on offer, especially the mulled wine and delicious desserts prepared a French resident!

Crafts, cards and home-made Christmas goodies disappeared quickly and the City Council was delighted with the response to the festive market. A spokesman commented: “We do not yet know what we are going to spend the money on, but certainly it will be a worthy cause.”

The Christmas Market is one of many events organised throughout the year in San Fulgencio to support local charities.

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With Linea Directa, the best travel assistance

Línea Directa, a company specialising in car, motorbike and home insurance for foreign customers residing in Spain, offers the very best Travel Assistance Service in the insurance sector entirely in English and German.

This cover is designed not only to offer assistance to the vehicle, but more importantly, to the people who drive it, and is available throughout the whole of Spain and the rest of Europe.

What does Línea Directa offer me if my car is immobilised as a result of a breakdown, accident or theft?

Línea Directa offers you one of the following options provided that the vehicle cannot be repaired on the same day so that you can continue on your journey: • Accommodation in a FOUR STAR hotel not exceeding a period of four nights.

• Getting you back home or if it costs less, even transporting you to YOUR INTENDED DESTINATION • Offering you a courtesy vehicle with UNLIMITED MILEAGE for 24 hours.

This cover is so extensive that it even includes transporting its customers’ pets; for example, in the case of customers taking advantage of the cover offered by their policy when needing to return home, Línea Directa would ensure that their pet is also transported back to the customer’s home.

And all this via a telephone service from our call centre which never closes, operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Call now for more information on 902 123 104.

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Make Europe’s No 1 tourist destination yours this Christmas!

ROUND TOWN TRAVEL have put together a fabulous festive break in the heart of Benidorm’s Rincon de Loix - so pack your bag, leave the car at home and Ho Ho Hop aboard the Christmas express!

DEPARTING 24TH December, you will be collected from one of the various convenient locations along the Costa Blanca by one of Round Town Travel’s luxury coaches and whisked to your Christmas wonderland and home for the next 4 days at the 3* Rosamar Hotel & Spa. Once you have checked in, you can unwind and let the party begin. Benidorm being Benidorm, you can guarantee lots of festive fare with every bar offering a bursting schedule of entertainment, spectacular shows and live music to have you dancing the night away. And all right on your doorstep! Rock around the clock and be waited on hand and foot before being

returned home on the 27th, stress free from the usual Christmas frenzy. Residents on a ‘full board’ basis all of your dining requirements will be catered for, to include an extravagant 6-course ‘Christmas Gala Meal’ with all the trimmings.

This fantastic festive mini-break including return transport can be yours for just 216€ per person (based on 2-sharing). The price includes 3-nights’ stay checking in on the 24th December, checking out on the 27th: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Christmas Gala Meal.

Don’t need transport? Book this mini-break for just 199€ per person. This special offer price is for all bookings made before the 30th November 2013.

For further information and to book contact our reservation hotline on 96 686 7294 or visit the website www.roundtowntravel.com

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Still be careful with garden fires by

Dick Handscombe Active gardener and author

LOG FIRES and stoves will soon be with us again. Do not put the ashes on compost heaps, under hedges, on local waste land or in rubbish bins. It’s amazing how many molten bins one sees around during the winter.

Some burning bins have been the cause of some major fires in our area alone. Remember that cold wood ash is good for the vegetable plot.

If you see an unusually thick plume of smoke in your neighbourhood do go and investigate. It may be an unattended fire getting out of control that needs a phone call to the fire department as happened last month in the centre of our village.

Don’t start a bonfire on waste land opposite or alongside your property in an attempt to keep your garden tidy and not have the inconvenience of smoke in your eyes while gardening or eating lunch. This may seem obvious but it happened several times in our valley in the past two years with major fires that were luckily caught by quick action by fire tenders and fire fighters.

Don’t let off fireworks outside the garden and ensure that rockets can’t land on dry heathland. We all had

to move out of our houses at five in the morning last autumn after fireworks thrown by young children lit up one side of the valley for a kilometre.

Early action can often prevent a small fire from spreading. Ask the town hall to arrange for that a bank of fire extinguishing brooms be set up near vulnerable woods or heathland.

Ensure that paella cooking stands are level and on firm ground so that they can’t tip over.

Don’t have a barbecue under overhanging pine trees or near a fire risk hedge – especially on a windy day.

If you don’t have one already, start a compost heap this autumn or winter. It is not difficult to make good compost even during the hot Spanish summer months provided you take care in layering. Full instructions

by Clodagh, who takes special pride in her compost making, are found in our book ‘Your Garden in Spain and Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’.

Don’t build up large heaps of initially damp grass cuttings.

Heat built up in the centre can cause summer fires in the same way that hay stack fires used to be a common sight

in the English countryside. In the same way don’t dump garden prunings and grass cuttings on rural or waste ground as spontaneous fires can start there as well.

When I told a fireman friend about this article he asked me to add a request that people do not throw cigarette end out of the car window. He also commented that the fire stations cannot always cope with number of summer fires and that the number of firemen is being trimmed in some areas due to reduced budgets: the potential dangers are real.

We have seen some incredible fires in Spain along the Costas and in Galicia and the Pyrenees. Luckily they have not caused as much damage to houses or caused as many deaths as the recent fires in California where 30 firemen died or the destruction of houses to the extent of Australian houses where some 200 brick, not wood, houses were destroyed. Here mountainsides used to be kept save by the grazing of sheep and goats, by the gathering of wood herbs and materials for making baskets, and the weeding of grape olive and almond terraces. Now many are as overgrown as in Neolithic times and tinder dry for much of the year. So be aware and beware.

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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A cosy solution to heating COSY CASA is a local family-run solar and heating company with over 20 years’ experience and seven years in Spain.

Solar central heating systems are now possible with zero running cost. Thanks to brand new technology Cosy Casa can install a central heating system reaching the same temperatures as a gas or oil system but which costs nothing per year to run. Yes that’s right, 24/7 heat, all winter, at zero cost!

Cosy Casa is the only solar and heating company able to offer this new product in Spain. The complete system has a full guarantee for 10 years. A complete solar run central heating system with zero yearly running cost with 5 radiators supplied and installed is only 4,150€.

Cosy Casa is so confident of its excellent system they don’t even ask for a deposit - just pay when the job is complete and working.

Of course Cosy Casa still offers standard gas heating systems: 5 radiators with 24 kw combination boiler, all gas work with registrations, supplied and installed for 3,150€.

And Cosy Casa also fit Solar electric systems from as little as 1,800€ to reduce your electric bill; Solar hot water systems from 1,895€. All size solar systems and heating systems are available.

For more information please call Kirk on 654 593 372 or the office on 968 584 562.

Spectacular meteor showers LOOK UP tonight! Along with the rainy weather the Iberian Peninsula has been treated to an impressive meteor show in the form of ‘shooting stars’ or ‘Leonids’, occurring at a rate of around 30 to 50 meteors per hour. The phenomenon of ‘falling stars’ is caused by small particles of comet dust that disintegrate in contact with the atmosphere. Josep Maria Trigo of the Space Science Institute in Barcelona advises that the shooting stars are best spotted with the naked eye providing a wider field of view.

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Spiritually aware The new Rainbow Spiritual Awareness Centre on the Costa Blanca is attracting large congregations from along the coast with people travelling long distances to attend services and workshops.

By Jack Troughton The centre was founded by Minister Trish Doherty and was only consecrated last month but people are prepared to travel to its home in a function room at the rear of the Sacos Bar in Gran Avenida El Liminar – just off the CV905 Torrevieja to Rojales road.

Trish has welcomed people from as far away as Albox in Almeria to take part in her workshops and the divine service on Sundays.

And international mediums often attend the Rainbow, frequently travelling from the UK, to take part in services and evenings of mediumship on Wednesdays – while more locally based mediums always attend weekly functions – and healing is always available after services to help those in need.

The Sunday services start at 11am and run for around an hour. In addition anyone interested in spiritual awareness can take part in an open circle starting around 5.45pm every Wednesday and followed at 7.30pm by the mediumship evening. Again healing is on offer.

Trish is also happy to talk to those interested in developing healing skills and help with their development.

As the Rainbow grows it is hoped to stage many different types of spiritual events throughout the year, including psychic fairs. For further details call Trish on 96 684 4795.

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The biggest ever charity event in Quesada!

ON SATURDAY 23rd November Goyo’s Bar and Restaurant, together with Radio Nova and HiFX Money Exchange, is holding a big charity event on the outside terrace of the Radio Nova Studios next to the Quesada Town Hall Square.

All staff, Dj’s and artists will be working for free and all profits will be donated to MABS Cancer Support Group, Help at Home Costa Blanca and Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in a three-way equal split.

The three charities will have stalls at the event on the day and beer, wine, food and raffle prizes will be donated by various bars and establishments.

Everything sold on the day will be priced at 1€, apart from soft drinks for the children at just 50 cents. So buy a burger with fried onions, or some barbecued chicken or home-made cakes for just 1€, or a glass of beer or wine for 1€. All profits will be donated to the charities.

If you are a business and you want to donate items, food or drink for this deserving charity day, please call 96 599 7222.

You’ll have a great day of truly wonderful wine, beer and food with the best entertainment anywhere on the Costa’s on Saturday the 23rd November from 2pm till 7pm on the Radio Nova terrace, opposite the Quesada Town Hall: All day in aid of Help at Home (for the elderly); Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre and MABS Cancer Support.

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Talk to my family about money? by

Keith Littlewood International Financial Adviser

I WOULD rather poke out my eyes with a blunt stick! “ ...if you do not want your assets to be lost in THIS IS a subject that crops up time after time when I have meetings with my clients.

Incredibly they will tell me every little detail about not only their finances but usually also about their latest embarrassing encounter at the hospital going into every detail about that implement that was inserted somewhere that should never be talked about but will often find me choking on the delicious cake served with my cuppa.

When I ask clients of a certain vintage whether they would like me to discuss their investments or my recommendations with their children or relatives, nine times out of ten I am met with a severe look of horror as though it was the worst possible thing I could have mentioned. What I often find is that the same client will gladly give their family details to put on beneficiary forms for when they pass away but under no circumstances must the relatives know about it while they are alive.

the unknown after your death then at least share with your family where all the paperwork is (wills, policy documents, deeds etc.)

This may sound funny but it really is quite a serious issue. It is important in my opinion that if you do not want your assets to be lost in the unknown after your death then at least share with your family where all the paperwork is (wills, policy documents, deeds etc.)

We have all seen the TV programmes showing ‘heir hunters’ looking for a slice of the action.

What I always encourage my clients to do is at least give their family my contact details so they do have someone to contact in the event of death. I usually make it best practice to contact family members whilst clients are alive also (with my clients consent

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first of course). This not only gives the family a contact point but also reassurance that their older relative is dealing with someone reputable.

In today’s financial climate it is essential you do everything you can to make sure your money is safe and secure and what you want to transpire in the future has the best chance of happening and helping your own family members.

If you need advice or if have any questions regarding the above you can contact me on 657 684 094 or email keith.littlewood@blacktowerfm.com

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

Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is licenced by the UK by the Financial 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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Carlos Baos

of White & Baos Abogados

English & Spanish Solicitors

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Spanish Inheritance and Gift Tax are unfair and discriminatory NEW EVIDENCE: a German precedent FOR A long time we have aired our belief that the Spanish Inheritance Tax and also the Gift Tax are both unfair and completely discriminatory, not only against European Citizens Non Tax Resident in Spain, but also tax residents, as depending where you live, in Alicante or in Murcia, in Madrid or Barcelona, your tax bill could differ significantly.

From our point of view, without question, these kinds of regulations are against European legal principals of free movement of capital and people, essential to the concept of the European Union.

On 17th October, the third chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) granted a court order regarding an appeal presented by a Swiss

national and tax resident in Switzerland against the German tax authorities.

Similar to Spain, it seems German tax rules foresee a tax reduction for Inheritance Tax (IHT) much higher for tax residents there, than for non-tax residents. As in Spanish inheritance tax law, in practice that means a discrimination against non residents heirs, who normally would end up paying more IHT than if they were residents.

Therefore the CJEU understands, as we ourselves have said, that these kinds of tax differences are in fact a clear discrimination against the basic principles foreseen in articles 56 and following ones, of the European Union Treaty, such as the free movement of capital, etc.

As we have informed our readers on many occasions,

Spain is waiting for this same tribunal to decide a court case started by the European Commission against Spain’s tax rules and laws on succession and inheritance.

We hope and believe that the tribunal will rule in the same way as the court order above mentioned.

Therefore, if you or a deceased are non-tax resident, and if as heir or beneficiary as per the Spanish Law you are required to pay much more inheritance or gift tax than a resident in Spain, then legally you should know that you now have good options to make a claim to pay the same tax as if you were resident.

And if you have already paid inheritance tax, our office could help you to claim them back, all over Spain.

You can follow the Spanish Legal Issues that affect you and consult us by following us on Facebook: 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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Payment of tax vs privacy rights WITH STRUGGLING budgets in Spain and the UK, tax authorities of both countries have been told to collect as much tax as possible.

PERHAPS, YOU have been incorrectly led to believe that you are able to choose where to pay your taxes either in Spain or the UK. Well, this is not the case - matters regarding the payment of taxes are very well legislated. Depending on the type of income received it is established whether payment of taxes is to be made in Spain or in the UK.

UK or abroad as the authorities try to retrieve revenue from UK residents with undeclared rental income or investments outside the UK. If you have received a letter from the Spanish or the English tax authorities you should not panic. Seek professional help and advice on a beneficial way for you to resolve the situation.

So, if you live in Spain and are registered as a resident, figure on the Padron where you live and have a SIP card which allows you access to the Spanish Health System, the Spanish tax man has started to ask the question: “Why then do you not pay your taxes in Spain?� Many British residents in Spain are receiving letters from the Spanish Tax Agency asking them to regulate their tax situation, depending on whether the person in question is a resident or a non-resident of Spain.

In the UK, HMRC is focusing on rental income: it does not matter if the income arises from a property located in the

DECLARATION OF WORLDWIDE ASSETS At the beginning of this year the Spanish tax authorities announced a new law that obligates Spanish residents to declare their assets held globally (properties, investments, insurances, etc.) Other countries within the EU are obligating their residents to do the same. This is legislated by the European Union Savings Directive. UK Tax Refund clients have already started receiving questionnaires from their savings banks asking for the same information that was requested in the 720 form (the Spanish equivalent).

These banks are obligated to forward the completed questionnaire to the corresponding Tax authorities in the country of residence of the account holder.

Putting your fiscal situation in order in the UK and in Spain is the only way to avoid unwelcome fines and a loss of income.

UK Tax Refunds is a registered Agent with Her Majesty Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and fully understands the English Tax System. Its service provides not only recovery of any overpaid tax but ensures that your Spanish tax obligations are met and your UK tax affairs are in order.

Give us a call on 96 563 6938 or email michelle.hamilton@uk-taxrefund.com

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Doing it by the book – communities by

Suzanne O’Connell Customer Care at Ábaco

HOW ARE you at book-keeping? People might fall into three book-keeping categories following a request for an invoice: CATEGORY 1 answer: ‘Here is the invoice for the 31st December 2010’ Category 2 answer: ‘I had an invoice somewhere for that’ Category 3 answer: ‘What’s an invoice?’

Some people are just better organisers than others.

Hopefully if you belong to a community of owners, your administrator falls into our first book-keeping category. In this article I’ll explain why.

COMMUNITY UPS AND DOWNS Belonging to a community of owners has its benefits.

Sharing a community facility like a swimming pool means that you have the benefit of this luxury without all the hassle of its day-to-day upkeep.

The downside is that, like all groups of people, communities can struggle to get along. At times of austerity, it can be particularly difficult for them to bring in community fees on time from everyone. There can be

serious disagreements about how the community is run and rules can seem arbitrary and rigid.

One of the chores for communities is that they must organise the work needed to keep the community running efficiently. This involves regular input to keep the swimming pool well-maintained, the stairwells clean and tidy and the grounds maintained.

On occasions it can also involve one-off, bigger works such as repairs and improvements. You might recall that quite recently there was a limit placed on cash payments of more than 2,500€. At the time, people were sceptical about the ways in which this might be monitored. Now, we know a little more.

CHECKING UP ON CASH PAYMENTS According to ‘hot off the press’ information released by the Spanish Tax Authority, one way in which they are going to be checking on this rule is by visiting communities of owners and asking to see their records. They will want to check how service providers

such as plumbers, carpenters, painters, security firms and administrators are being paid.

Hopefully your community has been implementing the new regulations efficiently and has the records to prove it. If not, you could find you are not only sharing out the costs of having these services in the first place but the cost of fines as well.

The Tax Authority is calling this kind of check, ‘The pursuit of tax fraud on foot’. It’s not only communities they will be visiting but weddings, fiestas and other events to check that the correct procedures have been followed.

According to figures released by the Spanish Tax Authority, the number of visits that the tax man made in 2012 was 20,446 compared to 11,964 in 2011. We have been informed that a similar increase in visits will take place this year too. So, all those within a community, for better or worse, make sure the books are in order and your own personal and property taxes up-to-date. The taxman is out on the beat.

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

Blitz and Pieces ready to read PERCY W. CHATTEY, a Pinnacle award-winning author documents life during infamous London Blitz in his new book ‘Blitz & Pieces’.

By Keith Nicol It’s the true story of how one six-year-old experienced the bombing of London in WWII and beyond. Percy with his wife Jean have lived in the Costa Blanca since the year 2000 in the Hondon valley.

Describing the horror of sleeping night after night in an air raid shelter, ‘Blitz & Pieces’ documents author Percy W. Chattey’s life from his fear-filled childhood and British Army service to his numerous business adventures and successes.

Providing a vivid recollection of Chattey’s life during and after W.W.II, the book strives to paint an honest picture of life during the difficult times in London’s East End. Winning the NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Best Autobiography, ‘Blitz & Pieces’ has been widely regarded as a sure-fire addition to any World War II enthusiast’s bookshelf as well as a standout entry in the

autobiographical genre. Aiming to capture the heart and soul of one man’s unique life, ‘Blitz & Pieces’ tells an honest story of love, laughter and struggle.

Already an accomplished author, in 2013 Percy W. Chattey made history by becoming the first recipient of two Pinnacle Awards, for separate books within the same session. Winning Best Autobiography for ‘Blitz & Pieces’, Chattey doubled up by winning Best Thriller for his novel, ‘Politically Incorrect’.

Beginning his writing career as a hobby, Percy W. Chattey published his first novel in 1983. Since his initial success, he has gone on to write five other novels, ‘Motorway,’ ‘Who Called Last Orders,’ Politically Incorrect,’ The Black Venus,’ and the upcoming ‘Death for a Starter.’

For more information on Percy W. Chattey please visit www.percychatteybooks.com

The author with his latest book, ‘Blitz & Pieces’

Life travel

Simat de Valldigna POSSIBLY THE best approach to Simat de Valldigna is on the road from Barx. As the road begins to wend downwards, you see a picnic spot and photo opportunity to the left, where you can look down on the vast fertile plain of Valldigna, laid out below like a decorated green quilt with the roof tile red and bright wall white of Simat, Benifairró and Tavernes, and the magnificent Monastario de Santa Maria de Valldigna as its majestic centrepiece.

AS YOU enter Simat, follow the one-way sign into the village and, just as you reach the end of the street, you will see the grand twin towers of the Monestario to you right.

Legend has it that Jaime II passed through the valley then known as Alfandec, on his way from waging war against the Moors in Alicante and Murcia. He was impressed by the beauty and fertility of the area and said to his chaplain, Friar Bononat de Vila-Seca, Abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Santes Creus: “Vall digna per un monestir de la vostra religió (a valley worthy of a monastery of your religion)”, to which the abbot replied “¡Vall digna! (a worthy valley indeed!”). In March 1298, the land was given to the abbot for the foundation of a new Cistercian order and the valley has been known ever since as Valldigna.

The monastery shows three different stages of construction – the original 14th Century Gothic, renovations undertaken after serious damage was caused by an earthquake in 1396 and a second major renovation in the Baroque style after another earthquake in 1644.

In 1835, with the expropriation of church lands, the monks were expelled and the monastery sold into private hands. Many of the buildings were destroyed and the great stone blocks sold for construction. This splendid physical prayer to the glory of God fell into ruin.

In 1991, the Valencian government began a massive restoration project, spurred on by the 700th anniversary of its foundation. The monastery will never again be seen in its former glory but it is a delight to behold nonetheless.

The Iglesia de Santa Maria is stunning. Sacked of its alters and artworks, the bare walls at first seem pitiful in their nakedness, but look heavenward as you pass through the enormous brass covered doors and you see a ceiling of such ornate plaster and paintwork that it makes you gasp. In its former glory it must have been absolutely breathtaking, but even now, awaiting the restorer’s caring hands, it is one of the gems of the artistic heritage of the Valencian Community.

Other than the Monastario, Simat is a rather unpretentious little town – for ‘unpretentious’ read ‘unremarkable’, although the young lady in the Casa bel Poble, the Ayuntamiento, obviously wouldn’t agree with me. She is from Simat ‘and very proud’ – Lord knows why – and insisted on turning every page of the leaflets she gave me, pointing out the most interesting places in the town. It didn’t take very long!

Much of the village gathering takes place around the Font Gran, a big pool so shallow that you wonder how the fish don’t scrape their stomachs as they lazily drift around.

An enormous conifer at the side of ‘El Gran’ provides shade in the summer and protection against winter drizzles for groups of men yarning away over football and the other tedious narratives of small town existence.

Meanwhile, the ladies are probably having a far better time chatting over a cuppa somewhere.

Simat de Valldigna is worth the visit though, even if it’s just for the Monastario, especially if you go when the have one of their concerts or exhibitions on. English guides can be arranged by appointment.

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

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Life Showbiz Goss

The whole debacle and nothing but the debacle!

I’VE PICKED up what I believe is the truth behind the debacle that was ‘American Idol’ last year, when judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj at times needed to be restrained from having a punch-up.

Apparently Mariah was grafted in to boost ratings, and boost ratings she did, but it happened not because of the show but because of the extremely ugly clash of personalities that occurred between the two women. If you didn’t see any of what went on you missed something very special in terms of live TV. At times it was all descending into chaos with Mariah going to war with Nicki at almost every turn, exchanging catty comments and embarking on full-on rows. If they were to release an edited video of the many incidents that took place it would be sure to sell a whole bunch. Carey, who quit after just one series, has now opened up about what she calls ‘a hellish ordeal’. “I honestly hated it ... I thought it was going to be a three-person panel but it wasn’t like that... It was like going to work every day in hell with Satan,” a statement from Mariah that had enough venom in it to have me believing she meant every word.

When winding down her interview the singer talked about how much she enjoyed watching Idol’s young hopefuls blossom, saying: “Some of them were so good - and also really good people, you could tell - it was disappointing when the judges would, for political reasons, not put people through…” For political reasons!

Does that mean it’s all a put up job! … Looks that way to me, Tommy…

I think I might have myself one more celebrity peep ally to help me in my quest to break down the manic stranglehold these awful talent shows have over our precious Saturday night telly.

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Peter Taylor

Writer and Broadcaster

Celebrity Clips: Gang of four!

RENTAL GIANTS Blockbuster have closed their doors for the last time in the US, a company who, at their peak, had 60,000 employees and 9,000 outlets. But what a fanciful ending took place when the final video to be rented in Hawaii was a movie called ‘This is The End’. The person who rented the film was joined by the staff to be part of an ironic pic of the event.

Referring to the main feature story, here we have a celebrity talking so much horseradish he arrives right back where he started. Will Farrel tells us how Meryl Streep was almost in his big movie Anchorman: Legend of Ron Burgandy, and that she could well be in the next one, then closed by saying … “But hey I’m just enjoying the journey.” Yeh … okay Will … we’ll get back to you mate.

I never thought I would ever feature Jeremy Paxman, but he is here for the second time with his response to David Dimbleby having had a scorpion tattooed on his shoulder. He closed a Newsnight show last week with a slow camera shot that moved down to his knuckles and we saw ‘GOOD NITE’ in crude, tattoo-esque font on his clenched fingers. Cheeky boy!

Rowan Atkinson was awarded the CBE last month, and he might well now be ‘throwing one’ as his longstanding lapdog Baldrick (Tony Robinson) has only gone and got himself knighted. Prince William did the deed due to grandma having a bad ankle, and Baldrick only chatted him up to be in a new series of Blackadder should it happen … and he said yes! … Good on ya Wills!

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Life TV

22nd November - 28th November

FRIDAY 22nd November BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Neighbourhood Blues 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 Moving On 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 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Miranda 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Live at the Apollo 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News and Weather 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 24:20 Bluestone 42 24:50 The Brothers Grimm

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:30 Homes Under the Hammer 08:30 Saints and Scroungers 09:15 Real Rescues 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 Formula 1 15:45 Ride Lonesome 16:55 Formula 1 18:35 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Live International Rugby Union 22:30 The Culture Show 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Weather 24:05 The Science of Doctor Who

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 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 Paul O’Grady Show 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 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 Rugby World Cup Winners: Ten Years On

07:10 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Will & Grace 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss Australia 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 13:30 20 Million Miles to Earth 15:10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 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 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:30 Man Down 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:05 Stand Up for the Week

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:20 Milkshake! Monkey 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 Emergency Bikers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 The Mentalist 16:15 The Nightmare Nanny 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Chris Tarrant Goes Fishing 21:00 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 22:00 The Nazi Killers 23:00 Lethal Weapon 4

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Emmerdale 07:55 The Hot Desk 08:05 You’ve Been Framed!

08:35 Up All Night 09:00 Ben and Kate 09:25 Dinner Date 10:25 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:55 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:55 You’ve Been Framed!

13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Emmerdale 14:25 You’ve Been Framed!

14:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 18:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:45 Whip It 23:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 24:00 Celebrity Juice 24:50 Take Me Out

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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 The Mindy Project 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 The Mindy Project 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 2 Broke Girls 22:00 Die Hard 4.0 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

SATURDAY 23rd November BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:50 The Company She Keeps 09:10 The Happiest Days of Your Life 10:30 Formula 1 12:15 Formula 1 13:55 Formula 1 15:05 EastEnders 16:00 Flog It! 17:00 Inspire: The Olympic Journey 17:30 Final Score 18:30 Live International Rugby Union 21:00 Dad’s Army 21:25 QI XL 22:15 Horizon 23:15 The Culture Show 24:15 Bright Star

07:00 Childrens TV 08:25 Sooty 08:35 Horrid Henry 08:50 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 09:15 Bottom Knocker Street 09:30 Munch Box 10:25 ITV News 10:30 Home of Fabulous Cakes 11:30 Murder, She Wrote 12:25 ITV News and Weather 12:35 Surprise Surprise 13:35 Dinner Date 14:35 Doc Martin 15:35 All Star Mr & Mrs 16:35 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 19:05 ITV News Central 19:15 ITV News and Weather 19:30 New You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 The Chase 21:00 The X Factor 22:30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

23:30 Jonathan Ross Show 24:35 ITV News and Weather 24:50 Take Me Out

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:05 Volleyball 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 American Football Show 11:05 Frasier 11:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:25 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 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:35 Come Dine with Me 19:05 Come Dine with Me 19:35 Channel 4 News 20:05 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 21:00 Walking Through History 22:00 Killing Kennedy 23:55 Devil

07:00 Childrens TV 09:05 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:20 Angelina Ballerina 09:40 Rupert Bear 09:55 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:10 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 10:55 Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 11:05 Doctor Who and the Daleks 12:45 The Dog Rescuers 13:10 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic 14:10 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 15:10 An Old-Fashioned Christmas 16:55 A Christmas Visitor 18:40 Single Santa Seeks Mrs Claus 20:20 Mrs Miracle 22:05 5 News Weekend 22:10 Battle Scarred 23:00 The Fugitive

07:00 Coronation Street 10:00 Emmerdale 12:55 The X Factor USA 14:45 The X Factor USA 15:45 You’ve Been Framed!

16:15 You’ve Been Framed!

16:45 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

17:45 Peter Pan 20:00 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 22:30 The Xtra Factor 23:30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 24:35 Fake Reaction

07:00 Being Erica 07:50 Make It or Break It 08:35 Ugly Betty 09:35 Charmed 10:35 Glee 11:35 Rules of Engagement 12:05 Rules of Engagement 12:35 Rules of Engagement 13:05 Rules of Engagement 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:05 The Mindy Project 14:35 The Big Bang Theory 15:05 The Big Bang Theory 15:35 Made in Chelsea 16:35 Rules of Engagement 17:05 Rules of Engagement 17:35 How I Met Your Mother 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 How I Met Your Mother 20:30 Suburgatory 21:00 New Girl 21:30 New Girl 22:00 Assault on Precinct 13 24:10 The Inbetweeners 24:45 The Big Bang Theory

11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Football Focus 13:15 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 13:30 Live Rugby League World Cup 16:00 Formula 1 18:20 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 18:40 Pointless Celebrities 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing 20:50 Doctor Who 22:05 Casualty 23:00 The National Lottery Live 23:10 BBC News; Weather 23:30 Match of the Day 24:55 The Football League Show

SUNDAY 24th November

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

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07:00 Breakfast 08:30 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 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Escape to the Country 15:45 Points of View 16:00 Formula 1 19:05 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 19:25 Countryfile 20:20 Strictly Come Dancing 21:00 The Paradise 22:00 Britain and the Sea 23:00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 23:25 Match of the Day 2 24:25 Soul Men

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:10 Morning Glory 08:20 Murder on a Honeymoon 09:35 Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets 10:35 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 12:45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 13:30 EastEnders 14:30 Live International Rugby Union 17:00 Rugby League World Cup 17:45 Coast 17:55 Songs of Praise 18:30 The Tuxedo 20:00 Formula 1 21:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 22:00 Morecambe and Wise: The Whole Story 23:30 Hebburn 24:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 24:30 The Daisy Chain

07:00 Childrens TV 08:35 Horrid Henry 08:50 Victorious 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 and Weather 13:35 Inside the National Trust 14:35 Love Your Garden 15:35 The X Factor 17:05 All Star Mr & Mrs 18:05 You’ve Been Framed!

18:35 Prize Island 19:35 ITV News Central 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Surprise Surprise 21:00 The X Factor 22:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

23:30 ITV News and Weather 23:45 Off Their Rockers 24:15 Premiership Rugby Union

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 American Football Show 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Frasier 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Big Bang Theory 14:00 The Big Bang Theory 14:25 The Simpsons 14:55 The Simpsons 15:25 The Simpsons 15:55 Gadget Man 16:25 Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country 18:35 Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 20:25 Channel 4 News 20:55 The Political Slot 21:00 Secret History 22:00 Homeland 23:00 Was It Something I Said?

23:30 Toast of London 23:55 Fresh Meat 24:50 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

07:00 Childrens TV 08:55 Little Princess 09:10 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:25 Angelina Ballerina 09:40 Rupert Bear 09:55 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:10 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 11:00 Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD 12:35 Cowboy Builders 13:35 Police Interceptors 14:35 A Boyfriend for Christmas 16:25 Noel 18:15 Annie Claus Is Coming to Town 19:55 Entrapment 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 Hitler’s 9/11 23:00 Valkyrie

07:00 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 13:00 The X Factor 14:30 The Xtra Factor 15:30 You’ve Been Framed!

15:55 You’ve Been Framed!

16:25 You’ve Been Framed!

16:55 Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium 18:50 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

19:50 The Incredible Hulk 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 You’ve Been Framed!

23:30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 24:30 Tricked

07:00 Make It or Break It 07:45 Ugly Betty 08:30 Charmed 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 How I Met Your Mother 10:35 Hollyoaks 13:15 Made in Chelsea 14:20 Rules of Engagement 14:50 Rules of Engagement 15:20 The Mindy Project 15:50 The Big Bang Theory 16:20 The Big Bang Theory 16:45 How I Met Your Mother 17:15 How I Met Your Mother 17:45 How I Met Your Mother 18:15 How I Met Your Mother 18:45 Rules of Engagement 19:15 The Big Bang Theory 19:45 The Big Bang Theory 20:15 The Big Bang Theory 20:45 ‘Crocodile’ Dundee II 23:00 Rude Tube 24:00 The Inbetweeners 24:35 Drifters

Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

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monday 25th November BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Legalizer 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Caught Red Handed 12:30 Operation Hospital Food 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Pressure Pad 16:55 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 17:40 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Fake Britain 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 BBC News: The Editors 24:50 Graham Norton Show

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:35 Homes Under the Hammer 08:35 Saints and Scroungers 09:20 Real Rescues 10:05 The House That £100K Built 11:05 Swansea Market 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Rugby League World Cup 14:45 Coast 15:40 Floyd’s American Pie 16:20 Cagney & Lacey 17:05 Are You Being Served?

17:35 ‘Allo ‘Allo!

18:00 Natural World 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 Horizon

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 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Show Me the Telly 18:00 Paul O’Grady Show 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 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 The Agenda 24:05 Animal Heroes

07:10 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Will & Grace 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss Australia 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites 13:15 The Mark of Zorro 15:10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 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 The CCTV Traffic Wardens: Caught on Camera 23:00 Fresh Meat 23:50 Cardinal Burns 24:25 Man Down

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:20 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Little Lodgers 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 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Good Witch’s Gift 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 21:00 The Gadget Show 22:00 Monty Halls and 23:00 The Cave: Hiding from the Nazis 24:40 The Gingerbread Man

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Coronation Street 08:25 The Hot Desk 08:35 Up All Night 09:00 Ben and Kate 09:25 Dinner Date 10:25 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:55 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:55 You’ve Been Framed!

13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 14:25 Coronation Street 14:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 18:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

19:30 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 Ocean’s Thirteen 23:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 24:00 Celebrity Juice 24:50 Take Me Out

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 New Girl 11:30 The Mindy Project 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 The Mindy Project 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 Geeks 22:00 Rude Tube 23:00 Made in Chelsea 24:10 Drifters 24:40 2 Broke Girls

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tuesday 26th November BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Legalizer 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Caught Red Handed 12:30 Operation Hospital Food 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Pressure Pad 16:55 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 17:40 Flog It! 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 Last Tango in Halifax 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 Imagine

BBC2

08:05 Caught Red Handed 08:35 Operation Hospital Food 09:20 Real Rescues 10:05 Antiques Roadshow 11:05 The Culture Show 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cash in the Attic 14:45 A to Z of TV Gardening 14:50 Coast 15:50 Floyd’s American Pie 16:20 Cagney & Lacey 17:05 Are You Being Served?

17:35 ‘Allo ‘Allo!

18:00 Natural World 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 Strange Days: Cold War Britain 23:00 Hebburn

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 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Show Me the Telly 18:00 Paul O’Grady Show 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 27th November

BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Legalizer 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Caught Red Handed 12:30 Operation Hospital Food 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Pressure Pad 16:55 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 17:40 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen 22:00 New Tricks 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 A Question of Sport

BBC2

08:00 Caught Red Handed 08:30 Operation Hospital Food 09:15 Real Rescues 10:00 David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates 11:00 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 11:30 See Hear 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Cash in the Attic 14:45 A to Z of TV Gardening 14:50 Coast 15:50 Floyd’s American Pie 16:20 Cagney & Lacey 17:05 Are You Being Served?

17:35 ‘Allo ‘Allo!

18:00 Natural World 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 Tudor Monastery Farm 23:00 The Culture Show

ITV1

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Show Me the Telly 18:00 Paul O’Grady Show 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Mystery Map 22:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

23:30 ITV News and Weather 23:55 ITV News Central 24:05 Stay Alive

07:10 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Will & Grace 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss Canada 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 River Cottage Bites 13:20 Gunman’s Walk 15:10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 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 The Sound of Musicals 23:00 Masters of Sex 24:15 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut

07:00 Childrens TV 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 15:15 NCIS 16:10 Mrs Miracle 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 23:55 Body of Proof 24:55 Born to Kill?

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 08:25 The Hot Desk 08:35 Up All Night 09:25 You’ve Been Framed!

09:55 Dinner Date 10:55 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:55 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:55 You’ve Been Framed!

13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 14:25 Coronation Street 14:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 18:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 The Vampire Diaries 23:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now!

E4 07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 New Girl 11:30 The Mindy Project 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 The Mindy Project 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 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Rules of Engagement 22:30 Rude Tube 23:00 The IT Crowd 24:10 The Big Bang Theory

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07:10 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Will & Grace 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss Canada 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 13:30 The War of the Worlds 15:10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 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 Location, Location, Location 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Gogglebox 24:05 Bouncers

07:00 Childrens TV 09:30 Little Lodgers 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 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Annie Claus Is Coming to Town 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Emergency Bikers 21:00 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic 22:00 Treblinka: Inside Hitler’s Secret Death Camp 23:30 Swordfish

07:25 Holiday Airport: Palma 08:25 The Hot Desk 08:35 Up All Night 09:25 You’ve Been Framed!

09:55 Dinner Date 10:55 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:55 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:55 You’ve Been Framed!

13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 14:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 18:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:45 Apollo 13 23:30 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 24:30 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 New Girl 11:30 The Mindy Project 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 The Mindy Project 17:00 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 20:35 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 My Super Ex-Girlfriend 23:00 Misfits 24:05 Made in Chelsea

THURSDAY 28th November BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Legalizer 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Caught Red Handed 12:30 Operation Hospital Food 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Pressure Pad 16:55 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 17:40 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Animal Odd Couples 22:00 Crimewatch 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 Crimewatch Update 23:40 Question Time 24:40 This Week

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Caught Red Handed 08:35 Operation Hospital Food 09:20 Real Rescues 10:05 The Crane Gang 11:05 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cash in the Attic 14:45 A to Z of TV Gardening 14:50 Coast 15:50 Floyd’s American Pie 16:20 Cagney & Lacey 17:05 Are You Being Served?

17:35 ‘Allo ‘Allo!

18:00 Natural World 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 Legacy 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Tudor Monastery Farm

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 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Show Me the Telly 18:00 Paul O’Grady Show 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 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 Jonathan Ross Show 24:40 Wild Britain with Ray Mears

07:10 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Will & Grace 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss Canada 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 13:35 SuperScrimpers 13:40 Comanche Station 15:10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 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 Getting Rich in the Recession: Scrappers 23:00 What Happens in Kavos 24:05 Gogglebox

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 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 13:05 Chinese Food in Minutes 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Love at the Parade 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 Charley Boorman’s Extreme Frontiers 22:00 Surviving - with Chris Terrill 23:00 Person of Interest 24:00 Myra Hindley: The Untold Story

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 The Hot Desk 08:05 You’ve Been Framed!

08:35 Up All Night 09:00 Up All Night 09:25 You’ve Been Framed!

09:55 Dinner Date 10:55 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:55 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:55 You’ve Been Framed!

13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 14:25 You’ve Been Framed!

14:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:05 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 18:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

19:30 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 The Nutty Professor 23:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 24:00 Celebrity Juice 24:50 Take Me Out

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 New Girl 11:30 The Mindy Project 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 The Mindy Project 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 Rude Tube 24:00 Educating Essex

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Life spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

Step by Step Spanish -58

More useful expressions TODAY WE are going to look at words that can be used to link ideas together, but that stand on their own as useful expressions as well.

They are the sort of things that help you to express yourself better in Spanish by filling in some awkward gaps, but without getting bogged down with grammatical issues.

The first one is “A propósito” which means “By the way”. This is very useful way of changing the subject to something you want to talk about. Another version of “by the way” is “por cierto” which doubles up to mean “indeed” in the way we would also say in English “that reminds me”. For example: “Mañana voy al banco. Por cierto tienes que ir tú también”. (Tomorrow I’m going to the bank. Indeed - that reminds me - you have to go as well).

Two phrases I find myself using a lot are “de todos modos” and “de todas formas” which mean “anyway” or “in any case”, both also good ways of moving the conversation on to another subject.

When you get into a muddle trying to explain yourself and have to start again, a good thing to say is: “es decir” (“that is” or “that is to say”) and also “quiero decir” which literally means “I want to say” but

in fact means “I mean” – if you see what I mean.

I think we now need an equivalent of “if you see what I mean”. I think it is simply “¿entiendes?” The Spanish are more direct than we are as they ask the straightforward question “Do you understand?”

If you’re agreeing with people and you want to say that you feel the same as they do – if they say something positive you can say “yo también” (me too) but if they say something negative you can say “yo tampoco” (me neither).

When we want to express relief about a situation, when in English we would say “just as well”, the Spanish equivalent is “menos mal”. For example: “Al final llegó a tiempo” (He arrived on time in the end).

“Menos mal” (Just as well!).

And finally, when we want to exclaim “of course!” we can do so with “¡por supuesto!” Rather conveniently we can add “que sí” and “que no”, like this: “¿Quieres ir al cine?” (Do you want to go the cinema?) “Por supuesto que sí” (of course I do) “¡Por supuesto que no!” (Of course I don’t). “¿La comida está fresca?” (Is the food fresh?) “Por supuesto que sí” (of course it is!) “Por supuesto que no” (of course it isn’t!)

Networks Theatre presents Dick Whittington

IT IS PANTO time once again at Networks Theatre with the tale of Dick Whittington and his Cat! Written and directed by Nick Moore, the show tells the story of Dick, Fluffy and Dame Winifred Whittington’s adventures in London.

Dick finds work and falls in love with Alice but everything starts to go wrong when the dastardly King Rat and his army of rats appear, intent on world domination!

Packed with brilliant songs and choreography and side-splitting comedy, the Networks’ panto is always a guaranteed great night out!

Dick Whittington is being presented on Thursday November 28th at 8.30pm; Friday 29th at 9pm Saturday 30th at 4.30pm and 7.30pm at Networks Theatre in C/San Agustín 25, Orihuela.

Tickets cost 9.50€ for adults and 4€ for children. Enquire for group rates of 10+.

To reserve tickets, email theatreinorihuela@yahoo.com or call 96 674 0251: pay on the door!

Life books

Danny Collins - copydjp@gmail.com

The Deceiver ONE FROM the master pen of Frederick Forsyth, The Deceiver tells the story of SIS veteran Sam McCready, head of the Deception, Disinformation, and Psychological Operations Desk at Century House, home of the Special Intelligence Service on the south bank of the Thames in London. The recession is hitting the civil service hard and some have to go – among them is Sam, his special talents overlooked with the end of the Cold War. Sam requests a special board to hear his appeal against forced retirement and his deputy Dennis Gaunt acts as his advocate.

What follows is the retelling of three of Sam’s most successful cases within SIS as Gaunt labours to convince the special board, headed by SIS Deputy Chief Timothy Edwards, that Sam McCready is irreplaceable.

It doesn’t help that Edwards believes Sam to be as controllable as Genghis Khan. Forsyth uses his impeccable knowledge of the British security services and the Russian hierarchy to weave three separate stories into one stunning tale with his usual mastery. Is it truth or fiction? You can never tell with Forsyth.

I knew Freddie Forsyth, admittedly at a distance, when we were both fledgling war correspondents in the Congo in the early Author: frederick Forsyth Publisher: Bantum Press (hardback) Price: 24€ ISBN: 0 593 02346 3

Suduko Answer

‘60s. When the war ended we went our separate ways. Freddie went up........

My review copy is in hardback but a cheaper version exists in paperback, again by Bantam Press. Check it out with Gil at Librería Europa in Calpe on 96 583 58 24.

Stars 1/10 10 as ever for Forsyth.

Life what’s on Time to get wishy washy with Aladdin

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ADAPT performs Jack and the Beanstalk

THE ADAPT association of San Pedro del Pinatar Theatre Group will be staging their annual pantomime with a difference.

This year, Jack and the Beanstalk will be performed to a mixed audience of Spanish and English speakers and the plot will be easy to follow in both languages. There will be three performances at 7pm on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December at the Casa de Cultura, c/Alcalde Julio Albaladejo, San Pedro del Pinatar. Tickets at 4€ are available at Amigos Bar, Avenida de las Salinas and at Mail Pinatar (SEUR) c/Reyes Católicos, San Pedro del Pinatar or by contacting ADAPT via www.adaptsanpedro. eu All proceeds will go to the El Samaritano Association Food Bank for needy families in San Pedro.

By Keith Nicol STUDIO 32 are now well into rehearsals for their first production, ‘Aladdin’, which will be performed on December 13th and 14th, in aid of La Asociación de Alzhéimer de San Fulgencio, at the Cardinal Belluga theatre San Fulgencio.

Show Director Edith Smith has put together a cast, which has a great mix of both experience and youth. Heading the cast will be Susan Zillah Wilson as Aladdin. Susan Zillah, who is new to the area, has performed in numerous panto roles as a professional singer and dancer in the UK and also acts as the Company Choreographer.

The talented Stefanie Lohse, is an exciting young singer who already has a following locally, having performed at a number of venues through the summer. This will be Stefanie’s debut in pantomime as Princess SOShi, having spent time involved in youth theatre in the USA. Principal parts will be played by well-known local actors, Karen Love as the irresistible Wishee Washee and John Lockwood as the witty Widow Twanky. Also taking major roles will be Thomas Mudd as Abanazar , Pam Sutton as Ping and Linda Danial as Pong . Graham Burge, as Emperor, Jim Stephens the Genie with Elizabeth Rainer as the narrator.

The chorus will include a number of well know local performers and Totally Dance school of Benijofar will be performing new exiting dance routines. Tickets are now available to see this popular Pantomime by calling Ann on 966 318 019 or e-mail liz@alpha9.co.uk Performances on December 13th at 7.30pm and December 14th Matinee at 2.00pm matinee with an evening performance at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at 6€. and 4€ for children at the Saturday THE TORRY Army have arranged a Christmas Lunch at Carmens Restaurant In El Chaparral on Wednesday 11 matinee performance. Tickets are available at: News 4 U La Marina and The Dec. 3 courses with plenty of choices and “Live” Music. Members, family and friends all welcome. 15€per head.

Card Place Benimar, Benijofar.

Call in at the Torry Army Office in San Luis and purchase a ticket/s. It will be a fun afternoon.

Torry Army Christmas lunch

Swedish stars at the Teatro Municipal Torrevieja THREE WELL-KNOWN artists from Sweden are to perform Christmas music together with two Spanish choirs at the Teatro Municipal in the Plaza de Miguel Hernandez, Torrevieja on Thursday, 28th November.

Mia Karlsson, a leading singer and musical artist will be joined by Rimma Gotskosik, a Swedish virtuoso violinist and Eddie Oliva, a very popular Swedish performer. Also appearing are the Nuevo Amancer de Torrelamata Choir with Olga Vasilovskaya and Galina Seliverstova with her Youth Choir.

Tickets at 15€ are available from the Municipal Box Office.

Call 96 670 6838 or visit www.torreviejacultural. com for more information.

Doors open at 7pm and the concert begins at 8pm.

The funny and sexy production of ‘Not Now Darling

ADHOC present 1000€ to the AECC

THE ADHOC Players, having completed their first show on stage in 12 months at the Cardinal Beluga Theatre in San Fulgencio, are planning something special for the 100th Anniversary of WWI. Under consideration for next November will be ‘Oh What a Lovely War’ Or ‘Dads Army’ and in the meantime the comedy keeps on coming.

Jackie Lawson, Geoff Hall and Rai Woods presented Maria Wilson of the Pink Ladies with a cheque for 1,000€ for the AECC, proceeds of the funny and sexy production of ‘Not Now Darling’. The group is planning a radio production as well as more shows in theatres around the area. Always recruiting, the ADHOC Players welcomes newcomers: should you like to join in the fun you can contact The ADHOC Players at www.theadhocplayers.com

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Life people

Casaverde@home: the beginning

THE BRAINS of Casaverde have been busy forming a new company: ‘Casaverde@home’, to work alongside Casaverde, launching 15th December.

IT WAS felt that people would rather seek assistance as ‘members’ who are part of a ‘Club’ – part of the service, not just another medical service…

Casaverde@home tunes into a keyword – ‘flexibility’.

No-one is going to insist that an applicant signs up to a full package of care. ‘What do you need?’ will be the question: No two cases tend to be the same, therefore generalisations are almost impossible.

Casaverde has built a new centre in Rojales, behind the medical centre, close to the police station, in a central position.

The club’s wider interests are aimed at helping prevention of problems both physically and by offering information.

On the medical side is a Physiotherapy facility with Rehabilitation assessments and treatment available. But there will also be a Pilates class and a Library/meeting room - members can meet, enjoy refreshments or attend talks on

subjects such as Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer…

Other organisations are to be invited to talk about their services and non-medical social events include sewing classes and a writing club.

Many of the facilities extend a 20% discount to members, with other services free only to members.

An annual health check; information on health related services; processing and seeking grants for dependency etc., are all part of members’ free services.

The project still has health as its primary aim - the services to be obtained through the club include many matters which, although not directly medical, are aimed at improving health and well being such as, Home Care service, Nursing Assistance, Meals on Wheels, 24hr Emergency services and more.

For those people who find it difficult to leave their

homes, Casaverde has also included assistance by way of a companion service, a hairdresser and a chiropodist to make life easier. Perhaps you are frustrated that you are unable to clean your home - well that is covered too.

Casaverde@Home will be at the Consum Supermarket at both Rojales and La Zenia from 18th – 30th November to answer any questions you may have.

In addition, Project Director Samantha Biddles is available on 661 897 918 during normal working hours. And if it would be useful, she’d arrange for a Social Worker to come and talk to you to see if joining Casaverde@Home is right for you.

Life horoscopes Nothing you could do would make a difference as the recent selfish actions of others really does get up your nose.

Though it may be hard to just walk away with your head held high this is a way of showing you don’t give a damn and that’s the way to treat this. All can be blamed on a defensive Uranus and a manipulating, fixated Saturn.

Venus in Capricorn opposes Jupiter in Cancer and this brings with it the chance to work a loophole to your advantage. As things around you become unnecessarily complicated this week there comes a need to make your escape. Nobody could blame you for reaching out in a new direction, as instinct tells you exactly when the time is right.

22-28 NOV 2013 Kenny Corris www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 Tel: 965 878 424

Capricorn allows Venus to make an opposition to Jupiter, and it seems as if you are cutting off your nose to spite your face in a domestically fuelled situation. Things cannot be as bad as you think they are, and your mission is to see ahead, as far as possible, so that you can warn others and be a part of the resolution that’s just around the corner.

Mercury and Saturn bring gifts of wisdom and temerity as you schedule something very special. Hard working and enterprising you know just what you need and there is no room for compromise. Stubborn pride of someone twists things, but since there is no real reason you know what you have to do, and who’s there at your side.

Mercury conjuncts with Saturn midweek in a profoundly powerful cosmic movement since both signs are in Scorpio.

This is a fine time to renew the wisdom of the past by bringing your wishes, hopes and desires to just where they should be right now. There is no need to look over your shoulder, just make hay while the sun shines!

Venus opposes Jupiter in Cancer, causing a slight delay in bringing you rewarding and satisfying news that will, in time, bring on changes and charge your energies. Patience is a virtue and you are blessed with it but there are things that now have to support you at a time when you need that tender loving care to see you through.

Exalted by the energies of the Sun there comes a time for a celebration, and nobody likes a party more than you do.

Time to bring people you care for together as it is time to enrich and reward those that have loyally supported you through thick or thin, as you have been guilty of neglecting them in the wake of your recent hard labours.

Venus connects well with home this week. With a minor dalliance with Jupiter on the cards, this a good time for a project to bring finality to some domestic changes.

Especially likely is a knock on the door from someone you haven’t seen for such a long time, and a healthy flow or reminiscence takes you along memory lane.

Saturn brings stern guidance which you would be advised to take on board. With the formation of a astrological corner Mercury is holding back on normal routes of communication, making it blatantly obvious that you should adopt a “softly, softly” approach. Wait a while, and when the time comes you will be more than ready.

Inner strength inspires you to get something off your chest this week, regardless of what others may feel about it. In danger of losing your balance there comes a time when you have to tell it like it is for the sake of clearance and transparency. Holding back has done you no good whatsoever, but then you had no other options!

Arian energies flow from a wayward Uranus, which appears to have turned his back on you. This is only a ploy however so that you can make some necessary decisions under your own steam. It is great that you are thinking of yourself for a change; and that this will bring you dividends just when and where they are needed.

Directed by Chiron and mentored by the sheer inspiration of the wisdom of Saturn and the courage of ebullient Mercury you have nothing to lose this week. Sheer determination fused with the reward you deserve brings you to realise just what you can do when you try, and maybe just where things are now taking you is the place to be.

Kenny’s article and postbag is now being printed monthly

If it’s your birthday this week

An active and combative Cosmos best shows you in a true light. Time to fight fire with fire to bring about that which you must to move on and out there!

Dates for your diary

Readings in Albir: Mini readings available Monday December 9th and Wednesday December 21st 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. Wednesday is an afternoon for Spiritual chat so come along and join in the debate around the big table, all are welcome!

Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 51.

Quick or Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS 6. Exceedingly (7) 7. Begin (5) 9. Devoutness (5) 10. Advent (7) 12. Incitement (11) 14. Disbelief (11) 18. Clearness (7) 19. Amusing (5) 21. Grown-up (5) 22. Aid (7)

ACROSS 6. Following a night of bereavement apparently (7) 7. Grit needs fortune at the pithead (5) 9. Externally dispose of half the girl. That’s stiff (5) 10. Sleeping man stepped back outside (7) 12. Depressed about own odd trend (11) 14. A number fit in presently with a loud start - must be a city bloke (4-7) 18. Fleece the chap at the dairy (7) 19. Open up and confess (5) 21. Intends assets (5) 22. Running payment for the dog house? (7)

DOWN 1. Characteristic (5) 2. Rope for holding animal (6) 3. Beer (3) 4. Severe (6) 5. Maker (7) 8. Dribble (7) 11. Greed (7) 13. Contain (7) 15. Seldom (6) 16. Three times (6) 17. Mock (5) 20. Colour (3)

DOWN 1. Harmful side in a Christian Fellowship without aspiration (5) 2. One dingo mongrel is almost blue (6) 3. How many on a point? (3) 4. Silently came into view, apparently with feathers (6) 5. Put houses up having tin with metre (7) 8. Company right and right again. Also no love for enclosures (7) 11. Eskimo? (7) 13. Idle Pat is upset and becomes braided (7) 15. It’s captivating. Thanks to the monarch (6) 16. Last aim on the river (6) 17. Joints disrupted. Beastly pride (5) 20. Smuggling includes pot (3)

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Life health Using a hearing aid extends life expectancy

THE WORLD Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 5% of the world population (360 million) live with a hearing impairment.

AND FOR those over 65, the number reaches 1 in 3. This very high figure places priority on this group in terms of prevention and correction. Furthermore, a recent study in Iceland now emphasises a direct relationship between hearing loss and life expectancy of older people: If hearing loss is not corrected, life expectancy is shortened. So the use of hearing aids is presented as the best ‘partner’ to not only hear better and but actually live longer The study entitled ‘Impairments in hearing and vision impact on mortality in older people: the AGES -Reykjavik Study’ was published in the journal ‘Age and Ageing Oxford Journals’ in August 2013. According to the Spanish website hear-it.org, the research involved 4,926 Icelanders aged 67 years and older. Of these, 25.4% had impaired hearing and the result was conclusive: Those with impaired hearing have a higher risk of dying in the next five years. Among the most likely causes is cardiovascular disease.

The positive part of the study is that among people affected by hearing loss, those using hearing aids actually maintained their life expectancy. Hearing aid users were

on average older and lived longer.

allowing them to hear the sounds around them again.

84% OF USERS SAY THEY ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR HEARING AID’S FUNCTION Another study stated that 84 % of its members were ‘highly satisfied’ with their hearing aid’s performance. The survey, conducted by Eurotrak and Japantrak, was conducted in six European countries and also Japan.

Despite overwhelming data showing improved life quality and life expectancy, far too many people are still reluctant to get a hearing aid. They think they would be a bother, with beeps or interference, and more importantly for many, that they would be too obvious. Others think they are very expensive.

Technological advances refute all of these arguments with digital products offering maximum accuracy and minimum size at affordable prices. In addition, the ear, just as any other part of the body, requires stimulation and exercise. If the stimulus disappears, hearing loss worsens and speech understanding also begins to deteriorate. The hearing aid keeps these stimuli active and improves the quality of life of those who use them,

GAES GUARANTEE: TOTAL SATISFACTION OR A FULL REFUND GAES offers the latest technology in more than 500 hearing centres in Spain, dedicated exclusively to correcting hearing and offering a total satisfaction guarantee or a full refund.

They also offer a free check-up: so call today!

Your nearest Centres are shown below: see their advert, always on page 9 of RTN.

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

03169, Algorfa Tel: 965 071 898 / 618 337 616 (out of clinic hours)

More good news!

The clinic has not only extended its opening hours, in addition to Chiropractic Care and Acupuncture, we would like to welcome our new team member, Reflexologist, Joelle Sauvage.

Here at the Algorfa Chiropractic Clinic, we use the chiropractic principle called With Hands Only. (W.H.O) As a family chiropractic clinic, we care for children and adults of all ages. What a doctor of chiropractic does, POST is to keep your spine free of interference by manually URE SCRE adjusting that part of the spine affected. Years of poor ENING posture, in some cases job related, can lead to problems ANALY SIS in later life. These problems can affect any part of the body, back, neck, hips, knees. Also misalignments result in trapped nerves, which can result in numbness and tingling in the arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet.....

We can help with any of the following: Back pain Neck pain Headaches/Migraine Sciatica Lumbago Carpel tunnel (RSI) Sports related injuries Pains in the joints of the hips, knees, shoulders...

The clinic is also able to treat the following with acupuncture; Smoking addiction Insomnia Stress

FREE

Reflexologist, Joelle Sauvage

Telephone: 606 688 450 for an appointment

Please view our website for more information Hours of opening: Tuesday 9.00 - 14.00 & 17.00 - 21.00 Wednesday: 9.00 - 14.00 Thursday: 16.00 - 21.00

www.chiropractorspain.com

info@chiropractoralgorfa.es

Help at Home Costa Blanca apologises AN ARTICLE was sent to the press last week concerning Help at Home Costa Blanca. Unfortunately, this appeared under the heading ‘HAH Extraordinary meeting’. Although the copy does state quite clearly that this refers to Help at Home Costa Blanca, we would like to point out that this meeting has nothing whatsoever to do with HAH Mar Menor, who are a separate charity under their own registration. We would like to apologise unreservedly for any inconvenience or embarrassment caused to HAH for this error.

How are you feeling today?

At the Benijofar Chiropractic Clinic, Dr Hans Christian Madsen has a plan to free you from pain.

Please take a look at our website for more information on how the treatments work. Our patients’ testimonies are proof that we can help you feel better.

TEL: 966 185 242 / 693 371 616 / 617

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Bacon and mushroom pots BACON AND mushrooms are a classic combination and with thyme, garlic and sun-dried tomatoes, they are even more delicious. This quick and easy starter takes only minutes to prepare and can be warmed through just before serving. If you can’t find sun-dried tomatoes, use small cherry tomatoes instead. Serve with plenty of crusty bread to mop up the juices.

• 6-8 rashers of streaky bacon, diced • 200 g button mushrooms, quartered • 2 onions, peeled and diced • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped • 6-8 sun-dried tomatoes, roughly chopped • 1 tsp fresh thyme, stalks removed (or ½ tsp dried thyme) • Freshly ground black pepper • 4-6 tbls single cream • Oil and butter for frying

1. Using a non-stick frying pan, fry the bacon in a little oil over moderate heat until lightly browned. Remove from the pan and set aside.

2. Add the onion and garlic to the pan and fry gently until the onions are soft, but not brown.

3. Return the bacon to the pan and add the thyme, mushrooms and tomatoes with a good knob of butter and season with pepper. Continue to fry gently until the mushrooms are cooked.

4. Just before serving, add the cream and warm through until the mixture is bubbling. Spoon into warmed ramekins and garnish with a sprig of thyme or parsley.

Serves 4 Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes.

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

It’s not easy being green SPEAKING AS a performing beanstalk, I would like to make a stand for all the beanstalks who have ever appeared in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. I realise that we do get a mention in the title but there any recognition begins and ends.

All I can say is thank goodness for Stagestruck! In their production of Jack and the Beanstalk I get to be the beanstalk you will not overlook or ever forget.

I am the daddy of all beanstalks! I stand a full fourteen feet tall and without giving anything away, I will blow your mind!

Come and see me at The Cardenal Belluga Theatre, San Fulgencio. Performances are on 29th & 30th November at 8pm and 1st December at 3pm: tickets are 6€ for adult and 3€ for children, which includes a free glass of wine and squash for the kids. Drinks will also be available during the interval: for tickets phone Stella on 96 507 6700 or 693 267 458.

Tickets are also on sale at The Card Place Benimar, The Post Room Benijofar and The Laundry La Marina.

All proceeds go to Altzheimer’s and the San Fulgencio Ambulance Appeal.

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Life tech

with Aunty Virus

Email auntyvirus@roundtownnews.com

Unable to send an email HOLA AUNTY: I always use Outlook Express to send and receive e-mail. When I am in Spain I am able to receive mail but find it impossible to send mail. I get the message ‘Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection’. Any ideas why this should be so? Elizabeth.

Aunty says: You cannot send mails because your email provider is being blocked by your internet provider in Spain. Or, the other way around, your email provider does not like you connecting to other internet service providers.

- Open your email program - Tools - Accounts - Your email account - Properties - Servers, - Under Outgoing Mail Server, put a checkmark on ‘This server requires Authentication And make sure ‘use same settings as my incoming email’.

This should allow you to send emails. Also, make sure your outgoing mail server is indeed ‘smtp.talktalk.net’. And - also mentioned on the Talktalk website - is nn the Advanced tab: change the outgoing mail port to 587. The alternate way is to not use Outlook Express, but use the Talktalk website email system instead.

Reply: Thanks for your reply. At least I know what is happening now. I have decided not to change my Outlook Express settings, and to continue to use Talktalk’s webmail.

Printing an email

Dear Aunty: I have Windows 7 and when I want to print off an email of importance for my records I am unable to get the complete email printed as it only prints what seems to be on the screen but doesn’t include what is below that. The only way I have to my limited knowledge is to use Control and P as I cannot find a print symbol anywhere. I use Firefox.

Many thanks, Morag Aunty says: Generally Control and P will print what is displayed on the screen. Within you email system, there will be an option to print the email. For example: In Outlook (the new Hotmail), this option is located in the “...” menu. In Gmail, towards the right hand side of the email, on the same line as the email title, is a print option.

Qone8 installation AUNTY VIRUS: Can you help me please? ‘qone8.com’ has installed itself on my PC so that when I try to open up with Google qone8.com comes up and although I have followed Google’s instructions I cannot get rid of it. Also it doesn’t show when I go into the uninstall program’s listings.

Barry.

Aunty says: Qone8 would have been installed as part of a ‘package’ from another install / download you have performed. First check ‘programs’ and uninstall anything that looks suspicious or was installed around the same time as qone...it may have installed other ‘nasties’ at the same time.

In Chrome, you will need to go to Settings And in settings go to “on start up” And go to Open a specific page or set of pages and click Set pages, and make sure qone is not set as your homepage - change it to something like google.co.uk.

The next is a bit tricky: Inbox may have added some code to your “Chrome” icons....so clicking on the Chrome icon will open Chrome with qone as the homepage.

So right click on your Chrome icon on your desktop and select properties.

In destination you should have something along the lines of ‘C:\Users\Acer\AppData\ Local\Google\Chrome\Application\ chrome.exe’ If there is anything after the ‘chrome. exe’ then this is what is taking over your browser, so remove the extra code and apply / ok.

Double click the icon and see if qone is removed. If not, then go into the settings and change your homepage. Close and reopen, and qone should be removed.

You will have to delete /edit any other shortcuts in menu bars for chrome to remove the small bit of code.

Then download, install update and run anti-malwarebytes, to check your PC for any lingering traces.

22-28 NOV 2013

Gadget Inspector Investigates:

Asus X551CA 15.6-inch Windows 8 Laptop PC THIS WEEK the Inspector takes a look at the Asus X551CA 15.6-inch Laptop PC with Windows 8, a powerful, modern laptop ideal for everyday computing needs.

If you’ve been thinking about replacing that trusty old laptop then the Asus X551CA is an ideal candidate.

The basic specifications are impressive – Intel Celeron 1007U 1.5GHz Processor, 4GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive, DVD/ CD drive, fixed and wireless network connection, built-in webcam and Windows 8 Home installed!

The Asus laptop has a modern sleek design returning

impressively lithe statistics of w42.0cm x d29.6cm x h8.6 cm and only weighing 3kg.

The Asus has a 15.6 inch widescreen LED display with a maximum resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels which produces sharp images and bold colours and re-produces your HD content crisply.

The screen bezel also incorporates a high definition 720p fixed webcam for video. And if you want to watch your HD content on your TV/monitor it even has an HDMI port to connect to an HD TV/monitor for full screen viewing.

There´s no skimping on connectivity with 1 USB 3.0 ports,1 USB 2.0 ports, RJ45 LAN port, WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) and a Card Slot that accepts SD/MMC cards. So there should be no problem connecting your favourite USB mouse or getting the photographs from your SD camera card.

The Asus features a 4 cell 2600 mAh battery so battery life should be good.

And when you resume you have a true 2-second instant on resume from sleep or hibernate, cutting out those interminable delays which often seem to be longer than a complete re-boot!

Asus have also tackled the other bug-bear of using laptops for any

length of time – heat. Exclusive Asus engineering has created a unique internal layout that keeps heat away from palm rests and from the user.

This means it is always below body temperature making the laptop more comfortable to use during long sessions.

Completing the picture the Asus features SonicMaster audio enhancement making this laptop a highly capable multimedia centre with the best sound in the class, more power, a wider range and improved clarity.

The Inspectors Verdict: The Asus X551CA 15.6-inch Windows 8 Laptop PC covers all the bases, whether you want a multimedia pc to play your HD movies, surf the web or chat with friends on Skype the Asus provides the power and flexibility to cope with ease – and a very low price!

Please note the following is for information and is not intended as an advertisement - visit www.gadget-hound.co.uk/asus-laptop/ to purchase the Asus X551CA 15.6inch Laptop PC for 346€. 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 735 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 6 Plunder; 7 Veils; 9 One; 10 Proffered; 12 Tape measure; 15 French chalk; 17 Stammerer; 19 Gay; 21 Yearn; 22 Servant.

Down: 1 Blunt; 2 End; 3 Peer; 4 Reversals; 5 Allegro; 8 Afresh; 11 Say no more; 13 Echoed; 14 Fritter; 16 Banns; 18 Eyes; 20 Ivy. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 6 Musical; 7 Petty; 9 Jet; 10 Appraisal; 12 Acknowledge; 15 Contemplate; 17 Deference; 19 Art; 21 Agree; 22 Engrave.

Down: 1 Quiet; 2 Aim; 3 Rasp; 4 Delineate; 5 Strange; 8 Trowel; 11 Scattered; 13 Number; 14 Foreign; 16 Grave; 18 Cant; 20 Era.

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TALKIN’with BALLS 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!

Tight at the top NOEL’S WORLD OF GOLF

By Noel Eastwell Teaching Professional Alicante Golf 639 730 891 THIS WEEKEND promises to be a belter in the Premier League with six of the top eight teams facing off against each other. Leaders Arsenal and eighth placed Man City are currently separated by just six points so, by Monday, will the title race be even tighter or will the usual suspects have begun to rise to the top of the pile?

EVERTON (6TH – 20PTS) V LIVERPOOL (2ND – 23PTS) If this was being played at Anfield, I wouldn’t be able to see past a Liverpool win, but Roberto Martinez has done an excellent job with Everton so far and I fancy them to get something from this game.

Prediction: 2-2 ARSENAL (1ST – 25PTS) V SOUTHAMPTON (3RD – 22PTS) Any other season, you’d say that this was a guaranteed victory for The Gunners but Southampton are flying at the moment and currently boast the meanest defence in the league. It’ll be tight, but I think Arsenal will just have enough. Prediction: 2-1 MAN CITY (8TH – 19PTS) V SPURS (7TH – 20PTS) Man City’s home form, and that of Sergio Aguero, is the only reason City are still in the title race and Spurs are struggling for goals so I’m saying three points for the boys in blue. Prediction: 2-0 Elsewhere, (the remainder of the top eight) Chelsea and Man United have tricky trips to West Ham and Cardiff respectively but, as long as concentration levels are as they should be, I expect maximum points for managers Mourinho and Moyes.

So although it’s unlikely, if I’m right, Arsenal will increase their lead to four points, Liverpool, Chelsea, Man United and Man City will form the chasing pack and Spurs’ chances of winning the title will drop from slim to none. Let’s see how it all pans out….

THIS WEEK IN “THE LIONS”: Sat 23rd Nov: Everton v Liverpool (1.45pm) Arsenal v Southampton (4pm) Newcastle v Norwich (4pm) West Ham v Chelsea (6.30pm) Carl Froch v George Groves (10pm) Sun 24th Nov: Man City v Spurs (2.30pm) Cardiff v Man United (5pm) Plus all the action from Spain & Germany!

FC Torry news LAST SUNDAY Torry played at Ribarroja and went down to an early goal from which they never really recovered despite playing against 10 men for the last 20 minutes of the game. On Sunday they host Borriol CF in a match they need to win to stay in touch with the top 4.

The game kicks off at 5.00 pm.

Pay: it’s cheaper really OVER THE last few years we have seen more and more people give up their membership of Real Federacion Española de Golf for various reasons.

Many seem to think the ‘Federacion’ has lost its way and no longer provides value for money.

Competitions are fewer each year and more expensive, with poorer quality prizes.

The thing is, though, that it is not only entry to competitions that you get from Federacion membership; it’s the insurance cover as well. The consequences of not having this insurance cover does not bear thinking about when something goes wrong such as hitting someone with a golf ball and injuring them. There is also the chance of hitting someone’s property and causing damage that could be costly to repair.

This week the Federacion issued notices for display in golf clubs advising golfers they must be insured to play on a golf course here in Spain.

The notice is aimed mainly at foreign visitors and reminds them to pay the daily fee if they are not members of RFEG. In the last few years golf clubs have been remiss in collecting the fee for daily insurance and consequently the Federacion has been left with a severe shortfall in income. They are now fighting back and it is important now for all casual golfers to pay the daily fee which in the Valencia region is 1.5€ per day - not a lot of money for peace of mind.

Take my advice: you do not want to be involved in a costly insurance claim here in Spain as a foreigner. I have witnessed the consequences when a friend hit someone with a golf ball that caused hospitalisation and the claim was blown out of all proportion. It is not now only the UK and USA where the compensation culture is rapidly growing out of all control: pay the fee and play golf with a bit more peace of mind.

Tour Talk SINCE THE start of summer, Henrik Stenson has been the man to beat if you want to win a golf tournament. Last weekend at The Dubai World Championship he once again proved that on current form he is unbeatable. With his victory in Dubai Stenson he added the Race to Dubai title to his FedEx Cup win; the first man to hold all these titles at the same time.

With the money from the FedEx Cup and his latest victory, Stenson has banked over US$20m in just a few short weeks - not bad for a man that just a few short months ago was not even in the Top 100 of the world rankings. There is no doubt the Stenson has worked hard to get back to where he belongs and his success is well deserved.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 26th November RTN Weekly golf meeting at Alicante Golf 3rd December RTN monthly league match at Alicante Golf & Club Championship 9th & 12th December Play Alicante Golf for 15€ 10th December 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

THIS WEEK saw the club at the Embalse de Argos for the last time this year. The match was the 10th round of the Winter Championship. The water level has not dropped much from the last time we were there, whereas by now it is normally at least a couple of feet lower.

The day was windless for a change, which does make fishing just that much more enjoyable. Anglers were pegged around the point with the 29 kilos winning weight coming from the cold side, which is rare for this time of the year. Barbel are still the predominate species but carp are still showing. Best 2 carp of the day went to Dave Hutchinson who was fishing the paste with 1 weighing 5 kilos dead (11lbs in old money) and 1 at 4 kilos.

TOP RODS ON THE DAY 1st Neil (Captain Nemo) McBirnie fishing the feeder using pellet with 29.60 kilos 2nd Doug (Welsh Goldminer) Hornblow fishing the feeder using pellet with 28.65 kilos 3rd Lenny (ExCultural Attache) Bolton fishing the feeder using pellet with 27.15 kilos

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David Hoare 968 199 279

PLEASE NOTE - The club has some 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 This week we fished the 11th and final round of the Winter League at Nancy’s on 12th November. This was another exceptionally good turn out with seventeen members fishing the match, and this being the last match in the series there were only a few points separating the top four places.

1st Stuart (Married again) Taylor with 16.510kg fishing the pole and feeder using sweet corn 2nd Dave (Yours truly) Hoare with 14.570kg fishing the pole using bread 3rd Ian (The Wizard) Dalzell with 13.110kg fishing the pole and feeder using maggot and corn THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE WINTER LEAGUE Taking the best 8 from 11 matches:

1st Dave Hoare with 68.5 points 2nd Ian Dalzell with 61 points and a weight of 84.850kgs 3rd Stan Roberts with also 61 points and a weight of 81.340kg Well done to them all.

The cutters are now working on the Eden Stretch, so this water will not be fishable for a week and work will be needed to clear the pegs, etc.

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 via anglerstogether@hotmail.co.uk.

Judgement Day at the Circuito Cartagena

SATURDAY EVENING may have been cold but it didn’t stop English and Spanish spectators turning out in full force to watch the action on the track. With spins, wins, crashes and a rollover not to mention some fantastic racing on display, they were not disappointed.

With rookie racers hungry to score some valuable last minute points, both title chasers stepped it up a gear by taking on the lightning rods. Overall Paul Drewett in No 55 fared better than Caroline Capel in No 46 on the night, racking up a 2nd, 3rd and 4th place in the rookie races, with an impressive 1st, 3rd and 4th against the lightnings.

Unfortunately, owing to reliability issues with her car, Caroline was only able to compete in a total of three races, but still managed to achieve some impressive results which included a 2nd against the lightning rods.

The lightning rods were on fire – quite literally in the case of regular hire driver

Sigbjorn Sandnes, who managed to roll his car in spectacular style and then get out completely unscathed and continue to enjoy the racing. He was not the only one to find himself eating the tyre wall as an infraction between Nick Kelly in No 48 and Matt Whiteman No 251 saw them both losing out with Matt coming off worse and having to retire his car.

This didn’t stop Nick, though, as he went on to score a win and two second places to add to his already impressive point total.

Not to be outdone, Belchi put on another impressive display and racked up a further two wins, a 2nd and a 3rd … celebrating his tally of points with a donut or two which the crowd lapped up!

The next and last race night will be on Saturday 14th December, when we will be hosting a new annual trophy championship.

Visit www.velocityracingspain.eu for details.

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Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

Mazda CX-5 AIR CONDITIONING is a standard luxury on most vehicles these days. But in my experience these systems can be a little slow in delivering a comfortable temperature.

Not so in the Mazda CX-5. Winter is fast approaching and during these challenging cold spells we all demand vehicles that warm up immediately and even in this day and age it can take several minutes for many to do so. The Mazda CX-5 seems to almost have instant heat. Whack up the air conditioning dial to the hottest point and the interior warms up incredibly quickly. The same is true in the summer when temperatures need to be swiftly

brought down. It’s impressive.

This is just one of the features of this permanent four wheel drive crossover (sport utility vehicle built on a car platform), which is Mazda’s answer to the Nissan Qashqai. I have driven the Qashqai and clearly Mazda has scrutinized it. They’ve done a good job, helped by the striking Stormy Blue Mica finish of the test model. I actually prefer the CX-5’s nose, which is more purposeful and sporty and overall it seems a more appealing package.

The one thing it lacks though and I think would be a very welcome addition, would be the front to back panoramic glass roof that ensures a high amount of light makes its way into the Qashqai. In contrast, as you can see in the video at testdrives. biz the interior of the Mazda is comparatively dark, even on a sunny day.

The CX-5 uses a clever Skyactiv lightweight platform, which promotes low emissions and greater efficiency, Mazda claims this puts it on a par with small vehicles.

I scratched my head when I first sat in the driver’s seat because I couldn’t see how to start this vehicle.

There’s no key for the

ignition but after a while I saw behind the indicator stalk the start/stop engine button. This is a bit of a clumsy position. Once discovered though, it’s not forgotten.

It’s a 2.2-litre diesel and as is often the case there’s a slight delay when kicking the accelerator, especially when in second gear but it’s gutsy and the six speed manual gearbox is a little ‘notchy’ but decisive. It drives like a smaller car and is certainly engaging.

Drivers and their passengers in vehicles of this type enjoy the raised driving position, which creates a more secure and safe environment. This is partly because the driver can see further ahead and can perform overtaking manoeuvres that would be impossible in smaller vehicles.

MAZDA CX-5 2.2 175PS AWD SPORT NAV DIESEL & SAFETY PACK 2012 onwards: New price range: 25,745€ - 35,044€ Economy: 51mpg 6 speed manual 2.2 litre diesel engine 0-60mph: 9.1 secs Top speed: 127mph Power: 172bhp Fuel capacity: 58 litres Watch the video at www.testdrives.biz

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

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CITROEN XSARA PICASSO 1.6i SX 70Tkms “2006” 5996 €

SUZUKI IGNIS 1.3I SPECIAL EDITION “2003” 3995 €

* AS NEW * FIAT PANDA 1.2i ECO “2012” “2012” 7995 €

FORD FOCUS EST 1.6TDCi TREND PLUS “2009” 8995 €

VW GOLF PLUS 1.6 TDi ADVANCE “2009” 12995 €

FORD NEW FOCUS SPORTBREAK OPEL NEW MERIVA 1.4 TURBO ENJOY “2011” 10995 € 1.6TDCi TREND “2011” 12995 €

* AUTO *

MAZDA 3 1.6i ACTIVE “2008” 8995 €

TOYOTA AYGO 1.O VVTi BLUE “2010” 7200 €

* AUTO * SAAB 93 2.0T SPORTS SEDAN AUTO “2008” 11995 €

SKODA OCTAVIA EST 1.9TDi DSG AUTO TREND “2009” 11995 €

* 7 SEATS *

* OFFER * 2xPEUGEOT 207 1.4i CONFORT 37Tkms “2010” 7995 €

* AUTO *

CITROEN NEW C3 1.4i LX “2010” 8995 €

NISSAN QASHQAI 2.0i 4x4 ACENTA “2007” 10500 €

CITROEN GRAN PICASSO 1.6HDi BUSINESS “2011” 13995 €

CITROEN C5 1.6HDi PREMIER SEDAN “2009” 10500 €

OPEL TIGRA CABRIO 1.3CDTi SPORT “2005” 6500 €

FORD FOCUS 1.8TDCi TREND PLUS “2006” 5995 €

NISSAN MICRA 1.4i ACCENTA AUTO “2008” 7995 €

FORD FOCUS SEDAN 1.6TDCi TITANIUM “2010” 10500 €

* AUTO * HONDA CIVIC 1.3i HYBRID AUTO “2008” 9995 €

OPEL CORSA 1.2i 16v SELECTIVE HATCH “2012” 9500 €

HYUNDAI I20 1.2i CLASSIC HATCH “2012” 8995 €

MAZDA 5 2.0 CRTD 1OWNER 7SEATER “2007” 8500 €

* 7 SEATS * RENAULT GRAND SCENIC 1.5 DCi 105 DYNAMIC “2008”

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Book your advert now 902 118 999 (ext 2)

All Major Credit Cards Accepted - 0.31€ per word + IVA

email: classifieds@roundtownnews.com

PRISTINE POOLS PROFESSIONAL, CONSCIENTIOUS POOL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS

• Pipe leaks pressure tested, detected and repaired with a proven guaranteed success rate • Structural leaks investigated and repaired • Replacement pumps, filters, salt systems, Ph regulators and accessories supplied and installed • Refurbishments & upgrades undertaken • Weekly maintenance contracts

British Trained & Qualified in the UK Pool Industry with over 18 years experience.

Legal & established for over 10 years in Spain.

Extensive references. All work guaranteed.

TEL: 966 774 199 / 678 080 500 www.pristineswimmingpools.com NO CALLOUT CHARGE WITHIN THE LOCAL AREA

Torrevieja and surrounding areas plus Costa Calida

UK-SPAIN-IRELAND All European Destinations

Removals with the personal touch. Full/part loads.

Parcels, flat packs, luggage, door to door service, Storage available, pets transported

Phone 965 696 750 • 0044 (0) 744 791 8589 email: chrisyounge73979@aol.com

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22-28 NOV 2013 France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and the UK. DEFA certificate and license. www.alstrays.com.

Tel: 676 653 681

S.I.A.C. OUR ANNUAL FASHION SHOW of new & nearly new clothes on Wednesday 27th November in the social club on Camping Cap Blanc, Playa de Albir. Doors open 2.30pm show at 3pm APAD (ANIMAL) CHARITY SHOP Calle San Antonio 1, Jalon. Open 9.30/1.00 Mon- Sat. Stock needed - clothes, toys, misc. For more info. Tel: Jane 680717118 ALSTRAYS TRANSPORT SERVICES Monthly cat and dog transports between Spain,

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 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, 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

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

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

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

STRUCTURAL SURVEYS Mark Paddon BSc Hons. MCIOB. CAAT. Property buyer’s surveys and expert defects diagnosis.

962807247 - 653733066 www.surveyorscostablanca.com GENERAL BUILDING, PLASTERING, TILING Maintenance/ New Build. www.jrconstruction. com Benidorm and surrounding area. Tel: 634 617 771/ 966 877 757

REPAIRS Washing machines, Dishwashers & Dryers. Also Boilers and any electrical problems. 24hours. Cheap prices Tel 626 805 709

CAMPER VAN British reg 1996.

Peugeot Chassis Turbo Diesel 2.5 Only 36,000 miles, 6 metres, Road Tax & MOT for 11 months.

Includes Safari room, bike rack, many extra´s. Ready to go.

Lady owner. View at Caravaning La Manga. 15,000€. Tel. 639537666 MOBILE/PARK HOMES FROM 15,000 € Fully furnished ready to move into, Camping Pueblo San Javier. Also homes & plots for rent. Carol 96 819 24 25 Mob. 626 055 622

www.mobilehomesmarmenorspain.com

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

(Altea area) Tel: 965843781 or 622514980

BYTEBACK MICROS computer repairs/upgrades in your home.

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

TAPPY TOES DANCE CLASS FOR BABIES from 18 months, at 4kwatro in Albir, 11am, call Louise on 655 781 068 for more information.

LADIES DANCEFIT WITH L.A DANCE at 4kwatro in Albir, Mondays at 7.30pm, call Louise on 655 781 068 for more information LA BAMBA’S - BALLROOM / 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!

GENUINELY AMBITIOUS? Build an unlimited Income for just £99 with a money back guarantee, Phone Suzanne on……627371731 ARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED CARER? ? Join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from £868 - £1330 for 2 weeks.

Good written/spoken English, British or EU Passport required.

Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consultuscare.com.

SPAIN WEALTH MANAGEMENT are seeking to fill 4 positions of Call centre co-ordinator’s in their Pego offices.So if you are dynamic, self motivated and have good communication skills you are just the person we would like to join our friendly team. We can offer you working hours to suit your life style and good rewards on results. Contact laura now 965999395 or email@swmspain.com to arrange an informal chat leading to get you trained and being part of our successful team HAIRDRESSER/ BEAUTICIAN REQUIRED for busy salon in the Mazarron area. Successful applicant will be required to work a combination of full and part time throughout the year and undergo further training. please send cv to janes.salon.bolnuevo@gmail.com.

Call for more details 611 611 858 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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22-28 NOV 2013 ing order and visually in very good condition, complete with tools, spare bags. €40.00 each.

Located near Fustera - call 966498103 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.

Must try! Photos on: www.michaels-javea.com AT MICHAEL’S we specialize on very high quality pre-owned furniture for half price or less. www. michaels-javea.com Tel 96-579 1328 MICHAEL’S 30 YEARS IN JAVEA - ENSURES YOUR SATISFACTION! We sell high quality pre owned furniture, many from show apartments etc. Look at: www.michaels-javea.com Tel 96-579 1328 AT MICHAEL’S part exchange on certain beds when you buy a New bed from our New Bed shop in the Arenal.

Photos: www.michaels-javea.com LIGHTWEIGHT WHEELCHAIR Folding, immaculate.150 euro.

Mobility scooter.40km range.

Road legal. Hardly used.499 euro.627019403 AT MICHAEL’S part exchange on certain beds when you buy a New bed from our New Bed shop in the Arenal. Photos: www.michaels-javea.com AT MICHAEL’S High quality furniture from a designer shop, dining set, side board, cabinet etc See now over 850 photos on: www.michaels-javea.com AT MICHAEL’S Several lovely Myer´s English Divans with drawers. Modern leather corner sofa with orange cushions. Photos: www.michaels-javea.com AT MICHAEL’S Now you can get many high quality bedroom suites for half price or less. Also bunk beds etc. See them all on: www.michaels-javea.com

DO YOU NEED EXTRA HELP AT HOME? I can help you at home with light duties, cleaning, cooking, housework, shopping etc as a carer. References available. Altea, Benidorm, Alfaz del Pi area. Call Trisha for more information on 622 514 980 or 965 843 781

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

MIELE “ART” VACUUM CLEANERS For sale Miele “Art” upright cleaners (Qty 2) Only had light use, in perfect working order and visually in very good condition, complete with tools, spare bags. €40.00 each.

Located near Fustera - call 966498103

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

CAMPER VAN British reg 1996.

Peugeot Chassis Turbo Diesel 2.5 Only 36,000 miles, 6 metres, Road Tax & MOT for 11 months.

Includes Safari room, bike rack, many extra´s. Ready to go.

Lady owner. View at Caravaning La Manga. 15,000€. Tel. 639537666 1997 MERCEDES 300SL CONVERTIBLE 98.000km ITV March 2014, Blue, Beige Leather Interior. 5,500€. Call 628402241 2003 PEUGEOT 307 2.0 HDI 5 door estate. ITV March 2014. 3,500€ o.n.o.

966723888/638512056

BAR CLEARANCE HOUSE CLEARANCE 669 723 709 SOS INSURANCE www.sosinsuranceinspain.com Best prices available. CALL US FIRST for all your insurance needs, including best deals on Funeral plans. Buildings and contents cover from just 98 euros per year. Tel 966787123 / 686116297

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

MIELE “ART” VACUUM CLEANERS For sale Miele “Art” upright cleaners (Qty 2) Only had light use, in perfect work-

TAX RETURNS for non residents. Prompt, reliable and affordable. Call 966868146 or 722260055

MJB MOBILE WELDERS CARS WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Working or non working.

Spanish or English. All paperwork sorted. Also, caravans motorbikes etc. Call velocity now on 674 256 147 NEED TO CHANGE YOUR LICENCE?? PMR can help. We can arrange easy transfers of UK to Spanish licences.

Call 966 260 877

Gates, grills, hinges etc., repaired or new. No job too small.

Fast service. Low prices. Free Quotes. Call Terry: 966 845 414 / 625 995 470 WANTED I BUY ANY CAR van,Caravan,4x4 Etc. British, Spanish. Immediate cash 600-781-873 ibuyanycar@hotmail.com

22-28 NOV 2013 PROBLEMS WITH INSECTS?

laundry room, office and games area. Private swimming pool with the option to heat. Amazing sea views and large open terraced areas. Well established gardens throughout with working water feature and pond. Huge rental opportunity for more information contact 603 705 283.

Cockroaches, rats & mice.

Call 626 828 974 All insects

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month. Suit mature person, male or female. Call 619 236 428 for more information PARK HOMES 2 BEDROOMS Both en-suite fully fitted. Camping Pueblo San Javier. Carol Tel 96 819 24 25 Mob. 626 055 6622 Email.

Haydn47@hotmail.com.

www.mobilehomesmarmenorspain.com recording facility. Own transport required. €700. Tel: 965789607/ 679334556 MUSICAL ITEMS HARDLY USED Marshall AS50D Acoustic Guitar Amplifier 100 EUROS Shure SM58S Cardioid Microphone & Stand 40 EUROS Fender 6-string Grand Auditorium Electro Acoustic Guitar GA43SCE with Case & Stand 250 EUROS Tel. 661813385

POOL LEAK REPAIR SPECIALIST’S Pipe leaks pressure tested, detected and repaired.

Structural leaks investigated and repaired. Professional, conscientious service to the highest standards. Refurbishments and upgrades undertaken. Replacement pumps, filters, salt systems, ph regulators and accessories supplied and installed. All work guaranteed. British trained in the UK pool industry with over 18 years experience. 10 years served on the Costa Blanca.

Torrevieja and surrounding areas including Costa Calida. Tlf:Pristine Pools on 966-774-199 or 678-080-500 www.pristineswimmingpools.com NO CALLOUT CHARGE. SEE MAIN ADVERT ON FRONT PAGE OF CLASSIFIEDS Why go to the shop? When we come to you saving you time and money!

SWIMMING POOL MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING SERVICE BY POOLTECHSPAIN. We are a fully legal, qualified and registered business who have been operating on the Costa Blanca for 6 years.

We offer a professional, reliable, safe and efficient pool service, inc. re-grouting, pressure testing and leak repairs. Private and community swimming pools undertaken. Call now for more information on 965-725-565 or mobile 676-945-360/ 620-743-048 www.pooltechspain.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

VILLA FOR SALE Close to the Beach in La Fustera,Benissa - 4 Bedrooms,3 Bathrooms,1100 m2 Plot,Pool and Terraces@ €395k -692205007 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 MOBILE/PARK HOME 2 bedrooms en-suite fully fitted.

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

www.mobilehomesmarmenorspain.com

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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WANT TO DRIVE your LHD car to the UK and sell it when you get there? Call 658 670 777

TECHNICS ELECTRONIC PIANO PX224M As new and in full working order with different tones, accompaniments and

8 BEDROOM, 6 BATHROOM VILLA FOR SALE Excellent Investment Opportunity in Cumbre del Sol €795,000!! 500 sq mtr Villa with 8 large bedrooms and 6 bathrooms (4 ensuite).

Perfect as a large family home or business retreat. The property has a large fully fitted kitchen with dishwasher, touch hob, integrated oven, microwave and two fridges. Three large lounge areas, large glazed naya,

2 BEDROOM Well-furnished Apartment for long let Almoradi Lounge-diner, separate kitchen. bathroom with walk-in shower, sat TV, hot/cold aircon, communal pool, mountain views, 350€ pcm + bills 653503153 TO RENT A SPACIOUS ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT In excellent condition Situated in Moraira includes Garden & Swimming Pool. 325€ P/m. Tel. 672541728 FLAT SHARE OLD TOWN BENIDORM Mature lady has 2 bedroom flat to share in Old Town Benidorm. Double room, shared lounge, shared kitchen. Internet and all bills included. 275€ per

Licenced elderly house in alicante city

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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2 OR 3 BED / 2 BATH APARTMENTS in San Miguel. Lift, communal rooftop pool & solarium, video entry system.

Available for short or long term rent from 300pcm. 96 672 3437 or 616493487

ROADRUNNER TRANSPORTS & REMOVALS SPAIN-UKSPAIN (Monthly Trips) Van leaving UK around 26 November. Door to door service. Fully Insured. Tel. 633 933 391 email: spainukremovals1@gmail.com www.roadrunnertransports.com VAN LEAVING Uk to Spain 18th November Returning Spain to Uk 26th November Space available, 0044 [0]7552985343 / 0034 679042805 keithmarion9@yahoo.co.uk

FEMALES AND COUPLES REQUIRED aged 30-70 for adult modelling. No single males. Good rates. 966 182 714 MATURE FEMALES REQUIRED AS ACTRESSES for C/P film production in Torrevieja. Excellent Fees. Details: olliwest@fsmail.net 64 YR OLD MALE SUB/DOM SWITCH If your looking for some real fun contact me now. Speciality more mature women. Xdressers. Home visits/low fees. Tel: 693478573 SOPHIE ESCORT Slim elegant naughty lady. Hotel/home visit available. Tel:693 357 526 ASHLEY- 29 ENGLISH/MIXED RACE- Absolutley stunnning, near Torrevieja Hospital, 665 883 576 THE BLUE PILL NOW EVEN BETTER. Other products available.

Don’t miss out. Derek 685 207 378

GENERIC VIAGRA EXCLUSIVE First time in Spain 120mgs. Also Kamagra 100mgs, Generic Cialis 20mgs, and jellies. Local and Nationwide service. Pay on Delivery. www.costablues.com or phone Colin 680 878 735 SPANISH LADY PLAYA FLAMENCA near new Carrefour before La Florida. 35 years, attractive, classy lady, private house, parking.

Offers all erotic services, mas-

sage, sexy lingerie, economical prices from 40€. Full discretion.

Call Ana 680-735-412 CASA ANGELA TORREVIEJA Luxury Private Chalet, parking.

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Just want some company? Exotic girls from South America. Call us, come and enjoy! Also Escort Service. Full discretion. Street: Avenida Asociacion Vistimas del Terrorismo. 609-573-468 or 639-832-118

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VAN LEAVING FOR THE UK/ SPAIN EVERY 2 WEEKS great rates please contact Joe on 966 074 576 or 650 341 087 or civic1235@msn.com

DON’T WORRY ABOUT LOSING YOUR TV CHANNELS Free UK TV, Free Movies, Free Sports, Free Catch-up, Free Adult NO MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION! For more information visit: www.costasmarttv.com or call Tel: 657 766 341

JAVEA SKIP HIRE 626 670 038 Moraira, Benissa, Calpe, Denia from S&W TOOL HIRE & FERRETERIA MORAIRA

JACUZZI, HOT TUBS & SPAS Quaility American spas at factory prices. Also spares, filters and repairs. Used and ex display spas available. We part ex and buy spas, best prices.

Established 9 years in Spain.

Eurospas 650 722 905 www.eurospas1.com

JAZZ, BLUES, POP, PUNK, ROCK, ETC... TOP CASH PAID. 622 750 117 TURN YOUR UNWANTED FURNITURE Electrical, Household Goods and Bric-a-brac into Cash. Anything! Anywhere!

965-319-220/663-012-541

WANTED MUSICIANS I am looking for a singer, a base player and a rhythm player to make up the band playing 60’s, 70’s and 80’s music based between Elche and Torrevieja. Tel: 661 350 963 WANTED MUSICIANS I am looking for a singer , a base player and a rhythm player to make up the band playing 60’s, 70’s and 80’s music based between Elche and Torrevieja. Tel: 661 350 963 I BUY RECORDS LP’S SINGLES AND CD’s ANY STYLE,