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The future of La Plasa AT THE next Torrevieja council meeting in November, proposals sent by the municipal group of the Greens regarding the future of the Centro Comercial La Plasa are due to be discussed.

by Keith Nicol

Symbolic Pink Balloons will be released to raise awareness of Breast Cancer Day

Breat Cancer awareness today at noon

TODAY, FRIDAY 17th October Breast Cancer Awareness Day is being highlighted in Torrevieja’s main square, in front of the Town Hall. Starting at noon, information booths and experienced advisors will be on hand to pass out information and give one on one advice to visitors.

Read the full story on page 5.

WITH JUST One exception, that of a music shop, all three of the upper floors are virtually closed and questions have also been raised about the actual legality of the building.

The promotion of La Plasa as a centre-point for commerce and activities in Torrevieja is something that all parties seem, to varying degrees, to be in agreement on. La Plasa holds a prime position in the city centre and was mentioned in the Partido Popular Manifesto for Eduardo Dolon that they would be trying to re-open the centre to help revitalise commerce downtown.

The biggest factor holding back revitalising the commercial centre is possibly that Banco Sabadell holds the keys to one third of “La Plasa” through embargoes and debts owned to the bank by former or present owners. Both Eduardo Dolon and Deputy Mayor Joaquin Albaladejo have been trying to reach some

agreements to try and revitalise the centre that has not proved to be profitable since it opened in 1995. The building has underground parking, a ground floor that trades as the city’s fish, meat and fruit market plus three upper floors.

The top floor is owned by cinema chain Cines IMF who used it for some years as a film theatre. It is now abandoned, as are the other premises. Besides IMF and the bank, the City Council is listed as owner of four stores while many units on the upper floors have never been occupied.

The municipality provided the land to a local developer to construct a building that would house the food market in exchange for ownership of the three upper floors and an underground car park for 50 years. After the building was completed, apparently numerous shortcomings became evident and in a short time, those who opened businesses on the upper floors, closed their doors.

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WITH ORIHUELA’S political system almost coming to a standstill over the last term of office, ghosts from the past are now rising as part of the Brugal Case. The multi million-euro investigation began in the early months of 2006 after some secret recordings were made with an Orihuela councillor, which highlighted some alleged illegalities in the award of the local garbage contract.

The case was featured on Spain’s Channel Six over the weekend and painted a very poor picture of the dealings of local government and the millions of euros that can be made by garbage companies.

This week, an Orihulea Judge processed 35 people for corruption in the case of refuse collection in Orihuela, which is very bad timing for some of those who still have political ambitions in the May 2015 municipal elections.

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Ten of those originally investigated have received a provisional dismissal in the case, including councillors David Antonio Costa, Araceli Vilella and Antonio Francisco Francoandreu plus Laura Boyer, of whom the court considered them as four “straw men” along with Fenoll’s brother Ramón and detective Manuel Rey Parente.

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Floating homes to reactivate the marine market

Torrevieja’s new Floating Home pilot scheme offers another choice for investors and residents alike

by Keith Nicol FOR THE past few months, one corner berth of Torrevieja’s Marina Salinas has been home to Spain’s first custom built house boat. The pilot scheme is an attempt to see if it is possible to reactivate the marine and residential business while taking advantage of the sun and good weather, which Torrevieja has in abundance.

If the project goes ahead it could be just what is needed to help revive some of Spain’s harbours and marinas, which have unemployment rates of 50%. At the present time. “Promoting a residential complex of this kind in a sports marina is feasible due to unemployment rates hovering around 50% in Spain and 40% in locations such as Torrevieja. Regarding moorings of the 700 available there are 300 empty,” says Alejandro Perez-Ojeda, manager of design and technical direction of the project, along with David Checa Martín, chief engineer of the Bureau of Naval Engineering.

Although this type of accommodation is well established in other European countries, especially those with canal and river systems such as England, the Netherlands and Germany, the concept is very new to Spain.

At the moment the company is negotiating with the management of Marina Salinas to see if the concept will fit in with current regulations. Torrevieja has three Marinas with both the International Marina and Marina Salinas having yachts that are used as liveonboard all year round, however the yachts rarely, if ever, actually leave port.

Before the crisis, in 2005, sailing yacht ac-

tivity was buoyant but with the advent of the economic problems many boat owners decided to sell them due to the enormous costs of maintenance and mooring charges.

For sports marinas, one big advantage would be the possibility of double occupancy in the same berth space. Floating Homes built to this high standard also offer an alternative to hotels and other residential offerings, could be rented out or used as commercial offerings, with many entertainment options available to clubs, such as relaxation areas.

Since mooring fees are charged by the meter, it can make living onboard a very inexpensive option. For example, the houseboats ranging from 15 meters long to 5 meters wide, mooring rental cost would be around 4,000€ a year or less than 80€ a week. Obviously the main cost that must be added is the purchase of the vessel and payment of electricity and water, the later of which is done through the Marina.

“The selling price is between 100,000€ and 150,000€, depending on the size of the house.

For example, the pilot-house, which can accommodate eight people, could be rented for between 1,000€ and 2,500€ per week in high season, which includes the mooring and cleaning services,” Perez-Ojeda says.

The project was launched in early February to cacth the attention of visiting tourists.

“We want this project to draw the attention of investors in tourism development,” said Perez-Ojeda. Interest has already been shown by private investment groups, looking at new ways to increase tourism and add to, especially in Torrevieja’s case, the lack of hotel beds.

Egg-freezing now available for career women

SILICON VALLEY giants are now offering female employees a life-changing career choice by making free ‘egg-freezing’ available, enabling them to postpone having children for the sake of convenience. Facebook has already begun the process of an egg-freezing option for employees and Apple is to launch its own facility in January 2015. “Having a high-powered career and children is still a very hard thing to do,” said Brigitte Adams, egg-freezing advocate and founder of Eggsurance.com. “By offering this benefit, companies are investing in women and supporting them in carving out the lives they want.”

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Breat Cancer awareness today at noon

by Keith Nicol TODAY, FRIDAY 17th October Breast Cancer Awareness Day is being highlighted in Torrevieja’s main square, in front of the Town Hall. Starting at noon, information booths and experienced advisors will be on hand to pass out information and give one on one advice to visitors.

On Wednesday, the Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, accompanied by the Councillor for Health, Mamen Mateo, territorial director Hospital Quirón Torrevieja (previously Hospital San Jaime), Rafael Giménez, and the President of the Association of Families and People with Cancer Torrevieja (AFECÁNCER), Raquel Paez noted that they will be in attendance Friday, October 17, at 12:00 noon in the Plaza of the Constitution. At noon there will be a symbolic balloon release to mark the World Day Against Breast Cancer.

The event is organized by the Hospital Quirón Torrevieja. They will have an information table from 10:00am to 2:00pm, offering tips on preventing this disease and the

importance of early diagnosis.

The balloon release will feature messages of support for the fight against breast cancer and a panel in which any citizen may sign, showing their solidarity against this most awful of ailments. Hospital Quirón Torrevieja has produced a guide, which is available on the website www. quiron.es/es/cancer breast-de-printed and will be distributed at the information table on the Plaza of the Constitution. The hospital emphasizes the importance of early detection of this disease and is making available a guide to self-examination developed by Group.

The new president of the AECC in Torrevieja Manoli Flores, said that they too would be installing information tables at various points in the city. Today, October 17th they will be at the La Loma and El Acequión Health Centres, on Calle Concepcion, in Carrefour and at the main Manuel Gea Hospital in Torrevieja, where more pink balloons will be released. On Saturday they will be at Habaneras Mall and on Sunday, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, their

Symbolic Pink Balloons will be released at various places to raise awareness

information table can be found in the Paseo Juan Aparicio. Other activities are also

taking place on Sunday at Zenia Blvd with Maria and her Pink Ladies.

17-23 OCTOBER 2014

Limited options with the Black Horse

by Jack Troughton BANKING GIANT Lloyds has taken a “strategic decision” to concentrate on UK accounts and is limiting services available to expats.

People outside Britain will only be able to keep existing accounts and will not be allowed to switch to new options, some paying higher rates of interest on savings.

Those with an ‘eSavings’ account – the interest falls from 1% to 0.55% at the end of the month – cannot change because a UK address is needed.

Lloyds introduced new rules last year preventing anyone who is not a British resident from opening a savings account – however, those with an existing facility are allowed to continue to deposit cash. The rules also apply to opening a current account.

The bank does have a ‘Premier International Account’ which pays no interest and costs £20 a month to run unless a balance of £2,500 is maintained. The international ‘Bonus Saver’ pays 0.5% on balances up to £100,000 but this falls to 0.2% after 12 months.

OVERSEAS A spokesman for the High Street bank said: Among the considerations for the

Body recovered at Tio Ximo THE BODY of a British National was found on the rocks at Tio Ximo cove on Sunday afternoon. The 70 year old man had been reported missing by his family on Saturday and a police search was immediately instigated. The body was discovered by police divers on the rocks but due to the precarious position a helicopter had to be called to recover him. It is thought that the time of death was 4:30am – which is the last time shown on the wristwatch worn by the deceased.

Police bust Fagan-style gang of thieves THE CIVIL Guard has dismantled an organised gang responsible for at least 32 robberies in homes and vehicles in Elche. Eight people have been arrested including four minors: goods and jewellery have been recovered valued in excess of 15,000€ following five house searches. It is thought that the thefts took place mostly in unoccupied homes in the region and that the younger, smaller members of the gang were trained to enter high risk areas that were difficult to access.

Many expats have maintained a UK bank account

strategic decision are the varied legal and regulatory requirements that apply in each overseas jurisdiction. Lloyds Bank continues to provide banking options to its customers living overseas through its international private banking business.”

The British Bankers’ Association said costs could be higher providing services for people living abroad and it was harder to meet ‘know your customer’ checks that banks are obliged to meet – as well as increased risk of fraud sending docu-

ments and financial information and correspondence to another country.

However, despite the small print in individual bank rules, the Bank of England has no objection to expats maintaining accounts with British banks as long as money laundering regulations have been adhered to.

And many expats have maintained a UK bank account for convenience – and are long-standing customers with British banks.

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Screening begins for Ebola in UK terminals

by Jan Gamm PASSENGER SCREENING began this week at London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Eurostar with Britain’s Health Secretary Jeremy Hint warning that the UK could see up to ten cases of the deadly Ebola virus by Christmas.

UK-bound air passengers identified by the Border Force on main routes from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be checked, allowing for potential

Ebola virus carriers with symptoms who arrive in the UK to be identified, tracked and given rapid access to expert health advice. Anyone testing positive for Ebola will be transferred to the Royal Free Hospital in north London. Meanwhile Spanish health authorities have confirmed that the country will be considered ‘Ebola free’ if no new cases emerge by Monday 27th October. The condition of 44-year-old Nurse Teresa Romero, who has been diagnosed with Ebola, is described as “…serious but improving.”

Police clamp down on Uber users DRIVERS IN Madrid using the Uber app to organise customers are now facing hefty fines. The Guardia Civil began making checks on Monday, authorised to fine drivers up to 6,000€ for using the application that facilitates passenger sharing and swift response for cab calls. Since the Uber app was introduced there have been several clashes in the capital as legally registered drivers protested against ‘unfair competition’. Many of the drivers using Uber are unlicensed and avoid paying commercial vehicle tax. Those who re-offend risk an 18,000€ fine and the confiscation of their vehicle.

The UK could see up to ten cases of the virus by Christmas

Man killed by brick thrown from roof A MAN aged 65 has died after being hit on the head with a brick thrown by an eleven-year-old child from the fourth floor of a building in Ecija, Seville. At first it was thought that the brick was part of some loose cornicing but later investigation led to the identification of a minor who allegedly hurled the brick from the roof at around 12.25pm last Saturday. The wounded man was transferred in critical condition via helicopter to the ICU of Seville’s Virgen del Rocio hospital where he later died. Several residents testified that it was a common practise among a particular group of children to climb to the roof and throw objects onto the street below. The case has been referred to the Children’s Office.

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Salt Queen Park to finish in December ON MONDAY Torrevieja Mayor, Eduardo Dolon visited the Salt Queen Park to see how the final stage of work was progressing.

by Keith Nicol He was accompanied by Councillor for P arks and Gardens, Carmen Gómez Candel, José Antonio Sánchez García from the Department of Employment and Development, and the Director of the Employment workshop, Pedro Martinez.

This is the second and final phase of the project and an opportunity for 22-trade students to learn more about their craft specifically those specialising in titling and gardening. Eduardo Dolon congratulated the students and Workshop teachers for the excellent work being carried out in remodeling the park. Among the new features are five roundabouts, two of them with wooden pergolas containing seating areas. The main rotunda of the park will become the chosen space to accommodate the statue and plaque in memory of Carla Vaquera, who died in the train accident of Santiago de Compostela with her son, who was living in Torrevieja at the time.

Dolon said that the top of the park will have trees and grass, while the area below will feature two large plots with native plants, which will become a didactic work area with conifers, shrubs, palms, herbs, etc. There is a special space that intended for school students to learn firsthand about the different species of native plants. There will also be a Picnic Area including tables and benches plus shaded zones. The

Work on the second and last phase of the Salt Queen Park in Los Balcones should be finished in December

entire park will feature a special irrigation system and new lighting. Notably, the park is located in a busy area and yet is accessible to all urbanization, with an approximate area of 14,000 square meters.

The new phase Hill also feature a skate park, a lane for jogging, nearly 800 linear meters bordering the entire park, and

the construction of a gazebo at the highest point of the park.

The Park is expected to be officially opened during the month of December. Work on the park has been added through a training project of the Mediterranean Employment Workshop VII that has provided opportunities to a total of 44 students, 1 in each of four specialties, for a total budget of 1,619,473€.

Continued from front page It’s possible that the municipality cannot recover ownership of the property because the concession agreement was in exchange for the construction, not the result of the management of commercial space.

The Town Hall has had talks with local groups and associations and business professionals as to the future of La Plasa. Whether or not other entities can move in and revitalise the project; only time and what happens at November’s council meeting, will tell.

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No change to voting rule before election DOWNING STREET has ruled out any changes in voting rules for expats before the May 2015 General Election despite the Tory Party’s manifesto pledge made last month.

by Jack Troughton Veteran campaigner Harry Shindler MBE is part of the Votes-For-Expat-Brits group calling for the 15-year rule which blocks millions of Britons living overseas from voting in UK elections after that time.

But he was disappointed by a letter from 10, Downing Street, which means he must wait six years to cast a ballot.

Harry, who is supported by the European Commission’s Viviane Reding – who believes the rule punishes people for taking up their right to freedom of movement – was delighted by the Conservative’s pledge to change the law if the party won the May 2015 election.

And he believes with support from Coalition partners Liberal Democrats, who have also undertaken to change the law, the ban could have been lifted ahead to the poll.

Harry wrote to Prime Minister David Cameron promises if the change was made he would show his gratitude by campaigning for expats to help keep Britain in the EU. Mr Cameron as promised a referendum on the European question in 2017 should his party return to power.

In a reply to his letter, assistant private secretary at Downing Street, Iain Forbes forwarded the Premier’s thanks for the correspondence but told the campaigner: “The Government will keep the 12-year time limit under consideration but it is not minded to change the law at present.”

POWER Labour remains tight-lipped over issue, while the Liberal Democrats this spring produced a Power to the People policy paper. It called for talks on having overseas constituencies to represent expats – using France’s model for her citizens – but a spokesman said it would not legislate on changes to the time limit before the election “given the difficulty of getting any controversial legislation on voting arrangements through.”

Harry, who landed with the allies at Anzio in Italy during the Second World War and has lived in the Mediterranean country for years, said: “Many of the chaps affected by this are ex-servicemen like me who will be 100-yearsold by the time the next election comes round in 2020.

It’s a bit farcical. If you have accepted the principle, then do something now – you have 7 months to do it.”

Last week former Tory MP Douglas Carswell won the Clacton by-election for UKIP – a party that came a close second to Labour in the Heywood and Middleton by-election.

Harry added: With the recent by-election results, the main political parties must be concerned with the outcome of the general election. They could do with all the votes they can get.”

Under the current legislation only 20,000 register to vote from some five million expats and Harry and other campaigners want people able to have a voice to Harry Shindler register to vote. with Register by visiting www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. For Viviane more information about the campaign and its electronic Reding in petitions, go to www.votes-for-expat-brits.com Brussels

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No referendum for Cataluña

Artur Mas

by Jan Gamm CATALUÑA PRESIDENT Artur Mas has been forced to admit that due to certain criteria and deadlines not being met he cannot hold a referendum for independence in the region on the 9th November in its original format.

However, he has made a statement declaring that a poll will still be organised on the 9th with ballot boxes and voting papers. He said:

“The real adversary is not in Cataluña. The real and powerful adversary is the Spanish State, which has done everything possible to deny us the possibility to vote and consult with the people on our political future.”

Justice Minister Rafael Catala said that if the President of the Generalitat again organises an independence consultation outside of his competences, the State Attorney will move to stop it in the name of the Government.

Madrid under water MADRID’S UNDERGROUND rail system suffered heavy flooding last weekend causing havoc for commuters.

Emergency services handled approaching 200 calls for assistance throughout Saturday night as heavy rain deluged the city. Also an electrical storm resulted in several transformers being struck by lightning leaving many areas without electricity.

Spanish air bases wanted

by US for Ebola stopovers

THE US has requested the use of two of Spain’s air bases, Morón de la Frontera and Rota in Andalusia, to be used as stopover points for military aircraft returning from Ebola-stricken Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Strict protocols over the use of the bases are presently under discussion between Spanish military and health

officials and the Pentagon. There have been 8,914 cases of Ebola diagnosed in total: the World Health Organisation predicts that number will quickly reach 10,000. Some 100 people in Spain are being monitored for symptoms after coming into contact with Spanish nurse Teresa Romero while she was a contamination risk.

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The rain in Spain IT IS Raining in this part of Spain and I love it, especially after the scorching heat of the summer months. It reminds me of when I was a child. As children we would sing a little song, ‘It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring...’

As a child I remember having to have a nap. The sound of the rain would put me to sleep, which as a child I thought was a terrible bore. As a child I never understood the merits of that song but now that I am an old man, I dearly love to have a lay down, hear the rain, and have a snore.

I love the sound of the rain as opposed to hearing ceramic tiles being cut with a horrible, high-pitched noise.

You can be sure some will be moaning about the rain, but they moan when it is scorching hot in the summer. Some moan if it is too hot; some moan if it rains; some moan about anything…

Our neighbour just came for two weeks from England and it seems he brought British weather with him. He is leaving in a few days so the rain might leave as well…oh well, we can enjoy the rain while it lasts.

Huw Thomas

Leave a message Opening Day for RE: SUE EDWARDS’ letter about finding a wallet, I too found a wallet a couple of months ago: it contained a Belgium ID and two SIM cards. I put the cards in my phone and called all the contacts on the cards to ask them to pass a message to the owner and I also contacted the Belgium Consulate to tell them I would deposit the wallet at a particular National Police station, with whom I have a long working relationship.

(Normally property found must be handed to the Policia Local).

A few days later the loser, who had contacted his consulate, called me and said he had asked at the police station but they did not have the wallet. I went to the station and after a long exchange convinced them I had handed it in and they eventually found it. Had I not been so insistent the wallet would not have been returned.

The moral is, if you find important paperwork of a foreigner such as ID, passport etc., leave a message at their consulate.

Elaine Gonzales

Being the SAT Animal Rescue inquisitive sort

THE SAT shop in Benimar had a wonderful opening day on Wednesday 8th October, thanks to everyone who came and spent their money - and all the generous people that donated items for sale.

Thanks to all the ladies who generously give their time to the Formentera stall and the shop – their efforts are greatly appreciated.

YOUR LETTER of the week in issue 782 was very good and interesting. It is refreshing to read a positive letter where someone expressed appreciation for the artwork of your cartoonist Carter McKeague.

The letter was interesting because I too have a keen interest in art. I have noticed these cartoons for more than four years in RTN and being an inquisitive sort would be most interested to read a story about the artist.

Joan Ashmore

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Second Homes show tourism potential A NEW study released by the Chamber of Commerce of Murcia highlights the possibility of using empty second homes to satisfy tourism demand.

by Keith Nicol In Murcia alone, the Region has 261,000 empty homes and of these, 132,000 empty second homes exist that could become potential homes for tourist use.

The new study looked at the communities of Valencia, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. The report, which was conducted by a team of professors from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Murcia, is titled ‘residential tourism in the Spanish Mediterranean economic space’ and reveals that the region is preferred by the British and Irish residents who come to spend time in more than six months in Murcia, while in Catalonia and Balearic Islands, this falls to four months on average. The study led by Professor Department of Marketing and Market Research UMU Salvador Ruiz de Maya tries to establish strategies to output the park second and empty homes that may have a potential tourist use, in order to convert the residential tourism “as one of the engines of recovery.”

According to the latest census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of empty homes has increased

by 35.1% between 2001 and 2011, when it was last revised. The number of homes listed as primary residences has grown almost in the same proportion, 36.3%.

Meanwhile, second homes has increased by 18.7%, the highest percentage of the four regions analyzed in the study, although the province of Castellon is much higher, with 26.7%, while the mean average throughout Spain is 9.5%.

Among the top 50 tourist towns Barcelona comes top with 127,028 dwellings for potential tourist use, followed

by Valencia (90,950), Torrevieja (82,472) Satisfying with Alicante and Cartagena being the Tourism only other locations with more than Demand 50,000 dwellings.

In Murcia, San Javier has 28,474; Mazarrón, with 15,827; Los Alcazares, with 15,475; San Pedro del Pinatar, with 11,334; FOLLOWING THE arrival of the MS Amadea on Monday, Gema Amor, Councillor of Tourism has stated and Águilas with 9,295. Setting aside that the next challenge for the town is to make Benidorm a regular stop on the cruise line itinerary. Her the Provincial Capitals, Torrevieja with aim would be to have an average of 15 ships a year – not an unachievable number looking at statistics 82,472 potential tourist accommodation from Alicante. In 2007 they recorded 71 which by last year had dropped down to 28. Although this time properties somewhat makes up for the there was very little economic benefit to traders – predominantly because those that disembarked went city’s service lack of hotel beds and if straight off on excursions outside of the resort, it has not deterred the Council. They are looking at ways managed correctly, could act as a differ- of creating a tour route of the town to showcase the best features and so keep the tourists here instead ent way forward for Torrevieja to finally of taking trips away, as happened on Monday. Referring to expenditure figures in Alicante, which ranged break into the International Conference between 65 – 180€ per passenger, the Deputy Mayor stated that with an average spend of 100€ per market and find a use for the excellent person, 15 ships could generate revenues of 1.5 million per year for the resort. The Town Hall has since been contacted by an as yet, un-named cruise line requesting images and information about the posInternational Auditorium that has yet sible inclusion of Benidorm in their brochure. to be used to its full potential.

More ships for Benidorm?

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Hungry enough to eat a horse?

BELGIAN SPECIALIST retailers MuscleFood.com are promoting ‘A Bag of Horse’ – a portion of Biltong in a bag, launched as a healthy alternative to crisps and sticky sweets with just 114 calories per 50g pack.

by Jan Gamm The Biltong, traditionally made with beef, contains Belgian horsemeat and manufacturers claim it is a healthy snack full of nutrition with half of the calories of

a packet of full fat crisps. Horse steaks are marinated in black pepper, coriander and vinegar before being cured - air-dried in a controlled environment. So try replacing your usual tea and biscuits with Belgian horsepower!

Hospital Awards THE HOSPITAL Marina Baixa has been nominated for the TOP 20 best hospital awards in Spain. The Social Security hospital, which is located in Villa Joyosa is where holiday makers with their blue European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) go for free reciprocal health care in an emergency situation. The awards are open to both public and private hospitals and the Marina Baixa hospital has made it through in two categories – Hospital Management and Heart Specialist Centre. The winners will be announced on 5th November in Madrid.

Foiled by an off-duty cop AN OFF-DUTY police officer nabbed a burglar in the act of robbing a private residence in the Desert Palms area of Castellon in the early hours of Sunday morning. The agent called 091 after spotting a man allegedly scaling the façade of a building with the help of two accomplices. The three men were arrested and charged with attempted burglary.

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New Rugby Club DS Barbarians

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RUGBY UNION continues to grow in popularity around Spain with more and more players discovering that other form of football, played with the odd shaped ball.

by Keith Nicol The newest rugby club on the Costa Blanca is called DS Barbarians RFC. The club has been set up based on the old traditional ethics of rugby, getting away from the political problems and old boys networks associated with many of Spain’s football and rugby clubs at all levels.

The club welcomes everyone regardless of gender, nationality, age or size. All are welcome and plenty of kids and ladies have already signed up to start training. The Club’s

values are based on ‘respect’ as well as a family community and they welcome you to become part of this great family atmosphere.

At the moment they have over 40 people wanting to play and train but the one ‘slight’ problem they need to overcome is that they have not been able to find a pitch, due to being already let down twice. The players range from 6 year olds to vets and have a good mixture of nationalities to make it a true Barbarian type of club.

So if anybody can help the Barbarians to find a ground where they can train and

play matches in or around the San Miguel area, please let them know.

Tonight, Friday, the Barbarians are holding a meeting at the PocoLoco Bar in Cabo Roig at 8.00pm to get all the members and prospective members together to discuss the next step forward so that they can start training as soon as possible. Interest has already been shown from UK teams wanting to come over next year to play them. Everybody is welcome to tonight’s meetings, so come along and help out and support the DS Barbarians. Contact Saul on 634 042 913 or Dutch on 692 767 242.

Alonso to leave Ferrari

FERRARI EX-PRESIDENT Luca di Montezemolo has stated publicly on Italian TV that two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso is to leave Scuderia Ferrari at the end of the year. The Spaniard is in his fifth season with the team but has been clearly unhappy for some time at the team’s “under achievement” during their time together. Alonso took the world title twice with Renault in 2005 and 2006, finishing runner-up in the World Championship three times with Ferrari. His departure from the team leaves a vacancy for German Sebastian Vettel following the news that he was to leave Red Bull Racing. Alonso, meanwhile, is tipped for McLaren despite his turbulent relationship with CEO Ron Dennis.

Alfaz Day of Sport

THE TOWN of Alfaz del Pi held a ´Day of Sport´ at the sports centre last Sunday. 1,500 people attended the event – which was a celebration of all the different sporting activities which are held in the town. The Mayor Vicente Arques and Councillor for Sport Oscar Perez congratulated all the schools and clubs that had organized 30 different events and activities for everyone to try. The first and very popular event, which started at 10am was a cycle route – with many parents accompanying children then at 1:00pm there was an award ceremony, followed by sporting demonstrations on the stage by different clubs.

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Glamour Fashion show for Elche Children’s Home The setting for this month’s Elche Children’s Home benefit fashion show

by Keith Nicol SOMETIMES YOU need to head off the beaten track to find a few of the hidden gems that the Costa Blanca has to offer. One of those is Las Palmeras Restaurant in Crevillente where there will be a Glamour Fashion Show on Thursday 30th October at 12.00 noon, all in aid of Elche Children’s Home.

VIP tickets for this event are just 5.00€ but RTN are giving you the chance to win a pair of the 20 VIP passes simply by sending an email to: sueinthesun@hotmail.co.uk with RTN VIP tickets please, in the subject line, and your name and contact details within the message. It’s as easy as that.

VIP ladies will receive a Pre-Show preview of the stock from 11.00am, one hour before

the show starts, a glass of wine or Cava and Canapés on arrival plus you will be entered into a FREE DRAW to win six bottles of wine or a chocolate hamper.

Just email: sueinthesun@hotmail.co.uk to order your special VIP PASS and for directions if required.

There will be at least five stands including a Christmas Stand, Shoes, Jewellery and some gift ideas. Standard entrance tickets are just 2.00€ or if you would like to stay for a three course lunch for 10.50€, then this includes your entrance, however lunch is optional.

All fundraising at this show will be for The Children’s Home in Elche. More information from www.laspalmerasresort.com, phone: 965 400 188. All clothes on display are from Glamour Glamour.

Diamond Wedding celebrations for FAST NEL AND Brian Riley recently contacted FAST, to request a Collecting Tin with the idea of raising money whilst celebrating a very special occasion; their Diamond Wedding Anniversary. Along with 5 0 guests, the couple returned to the venue where they had celebrated their Golden Anniversary a decade earlier at Mariano’s Restaurant with family and friends. Not one person in the restaurant that didn’t know them could guess that the couple were celebrataing their 60 years together as neither look their age with Nel being 84 and Brian, 81 years old. Both are very content living in Spain an said “We have no wishes to move anywhere else, being very happy here,” having lived on Camposol for 14 years.

Brian and Nel have many relatives in different parts of the world so have enjoyed celebrating already during this year with relatives on several different occasions. Kerry, their daughter and others came over to join them again so they could enjoy another celebration together. They were all thrilled when hearing that a total of 142€ had been collected during the party.

FAST wanted to wish them many more happy years together and to thank this very special couple and all their guests for their kind generosity, which is much appreciated.

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by

Nick Venn DipPFS

Senior Pensions Adviser AES International

Tax-free death benefits or not?

THE UK Chancellor has recently announced that from April 2015 individuals will have the freedom to pass on their unused defined contribution (money purchase) pension to any nominated beneficiary when they die, rather than paying the 55% tax charge which currently applies to pensions passed on at death.

From next year, individuals with a drawdown arrangement or with uncrystallised (where no benefits have been taken) pension funds will be able to nominate a beneficiary to pass their pension to if they die.

If the individual dies before they reach the age of 75, they will be able to give their remaining fund to anyone as a lump sum completely tax free.

The person receiving the pension will pay no tax on the money they withdraw from that pension, whether it is taken as a single lump sum, or accessed through drawdown.

As always, there is a sting in the tail - anyone who dies with a drawdown arrangement or with uncrystallised pension funds at or over the age of 75 will also be able to nominate a beneficiary to pass their pension to. The beneficiary will be able to access the pension funds flexibly, at any age, and pay tax at their marginal rate of income tax.

There are no restrictions on how much of the pension fund the beneficiary can withdraw at any one time. There will also be an option to

receive the pension as a lump sum payment, subject to a tax charge of 45%. It is likely that in 2016/17, the 45% tax charge will likely be cut to a beneficiary’s marginal rate should a lump sum be taken, which is the more likely approach upon death of the member. The initial tax-free pension commencement lump sum (usually 25% of an individual’s pot) will continue to be available.

The QROPS product remains unaffected as yet, continuing to allow: Income paid gross; opt out of the UK arena; 100% death benefit to beneficiary with no age restriction; local face-toface advice (i.e. Spain); facility to change beneficiaries; multi-currency available.

It remains very likely that Final Salary Occupational Schemes, particularly unfunded public sector schemes such as Teachers, NHS, Police and Fire Service, will cease to offer a Transfer Value from April 2015 and we continue to urge preserved members (those who have not taken any benefits) of such schemes to come forward for a free consultation to examine their options, but time is running out.

These types are schemes are very expensive to administer with the promise

of pensions linked to their salary and length of service and there are many other private sector final salary schemes that are financially struggling to look after their pensioners and future retirees, including some very well-known employers. Call NOW or email nick.venn@aesinternational.com

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Forging new ideas

by Jack Troughton BLACKSMITH TURNED artist, Alejandro Cremades creates ironwork with a wonderful sense of humour in his workshop he has named ‘iron and fire’ – or ‘hierro y fuego’.

Visitors to the Foundation Klein-Schreuder Sculpture Garden on the outskirts of Alfaz del Pi will meet a ‘beetle’ shepherd and his flock of snails made in his Onil Smithy. There are also a selection of decorative and popular ‘windmills’ – delightful mobiles in the forms of ships, birds, fish and jellyfish on show. He also makes stylish gates, fences and railings.

Johanna Klein-Schreuder said: “His technique is very difficult because there is less opportunity for detail when making sculptures in iron and it is harder work than modelling in wax and then casting in iron or bronze.

“But he uses all his skills as a blacksmith – he trained as a blacksmith but turned to be a sculptor.” Alejandro is helped at the forge by his wife Brenda – and both have endured months of hot weather this summer as they continue to produce work.

“All the figures are created in the smithy – they are very strong and durable,” added Johanna. “And they are very affordable, a snail or a frog is just 60€. They are all selling well and he keeps bringing more.”

The exhibition will be on show until the end of November and visitors also have the opportunity to see the artwork permanently situated in the gardens.

The park is open to the public on Sundays from 10.00 to 14.00 hours and the entrance fee is 3€ per person. Groups are also welcome on week days by prior appointment only.

For more information call 96 686 0230 or visit www.klein-shreuder.com

The shepherd and his flock

Bale to play Steve Jobs CHRISTIAN BALE is the new hot favourite for the role of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in a biopic scheduled for shooting in the spring of 2015. The role was originally offered to Titanic and Inception star Leonardo di Caprio who declined the job due to his decision to take a break from acting. The movie will be directed by Danny Boyle, penned by scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin who wrote The Social Network and also The West Wing. It will feature three major product launches by Jobs including that of the iPod in 2001. Bale, known for his performances as Batman and also Moses, earned an Oscar for his supporting role as Dicky Eklund in The Fighter. He sees the role as Steve Jobs as one of the greatest challenges of his career. The movie is yet to be given a title.

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Michael and Carol’s Cats and Dog MICHAEL REDFERN and his partner Carol met in a London pub 44 years ago, and have been together ever since.

by Keith Nicol Michael is possibly best known as the Dad in the long running series of OXO TV adverts, which ran for 16 years from 1983 to 1999 with Lynda Bellingham as the Mum. Michael and Carol visited Torrevieja last Friday to catch up with Television Director and Producer Kris Koster from Transcendent Films and took time out to relax and sail along the coast.

Michael and Carol moved to Spain in 2005 and bought a Finca in Ontinyent. With them, they brought their belongings in a Caravan, plus their most prized possessions, seven dogs and eight cats, spending about two years fixing up the Finca, which Carol still says, “Is a work in Progress”.

When Michael and Carol first met in the early seventies, Mike was busy acting in dozens of different British TV dramas and comedy shows and was heavily involved with showbiz charity golf and football, where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Sir Stanley Mathews, Rodney Marsh, Stan Bowles and good friend, the pioneer of the overlapping fullback, James “Gentleman Jim” Langley, a Michael is a big Fulham fan.

While Michael was busy acting and doing his bit for charity, apart from work, Carol loved dogs and especially agility testing. She qualified for Crufts eight years running, finally winning the first mini agility championship

Carol, Michael, Kris and Brandon enjoy a day on the ocean waves

in 2002 with her dog ‘Chocki’. After setting up home in Spain she continued to win dog agility competitions and was also in demand as a judge. With seven dogs and eight cats to look after, Michael and Carol don’t have the opportunity to travel and have kept this ration of dogs to cats intact as with each animal that passes, they replace them with a rescue animal. Their most recent rescue is beautiful Red Setter, who they found tied up and emancipated one day. The poor dog weighted only 15 kilos, about half of what it should have and could not see due to an eye infection. The owner sold them the dog for 80€ and they nursed him back to health.

Rescuing dogs and finding new homes for them has be-

come a bit of a passion and Michael and Carol organise a number of local fundraising events to cover the Vet and food fees with some of the dogs being re-homed around Spain and even Italy. Michael is a keen quizmaster and has been performing a monthly fun quiz in his local the Robledillo, Ontinyent , on the third Monday of the month at 7.30pm.

Everyone is invited to join in the fun.

Asked about why they ended up where they are, Michael said, “We loaded up the Caravan and decided to head for the Sun. At first we thought of setting up home in France but we didn’t see any sun until w reached Madrid. We continued on from there until we reached the coast and love living the Mediterranean lifestyle.”

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2014 Poppy Appeal launched in Torrevieja

by Keith Nicol THE 2014 Poppy Appeal was officially launched on the Costa Blanca, in Torrevieja on Wednesday. At 11am, Torrevieja Pipes and Drums led Standards of the Royal British Legion and other former service associations from the UK, Spain and the Netherlands, on a short Parade along Torrevieja’s seafront with hundreds of representatives from former service personnel, two Chelsea Pensioners and representatives from Torrevieja’s Town Hall.

On a special stage set up in the shadow of the Old Man of the Sea on Paseo Juan Aparico, Nigel Hails, Chairman of The Royal British Legion in Spain, District North, Torre-

vieja’s Mayor Eduardo Dolon, British Vice Consul Lloyd Milen, Robin Hargrave, District Poppy Appeal Co-ordinator and Rosario Martinez, Councillor for Foreigners, all said a few words of welcome and reminded those present of the work carried out by The RBL. This year is a special year as it commemorates the start of WWI, which at the time, everyone thought was the war to end all wars. Robin Hargrave, the District Poppy Appeal Co-ordinator said; “We must remember that every centimo we receive is used towards the welfare of serving and ex-service men and women and their families who find themselves in great need. As our veterans can now be as young as 18, the Legion

is there to support them for the rest of their life. Spending as it did last year, £250,000 every day, shows our total commitment to those who have served their country but may need our help in the future. Be it something as small as a hearing aid or as large as a chair lift, these things can help change a veteran’s life, and we are all here to help.”

After the speeches, Torrevieja’s Pipes and Drums marched the Standards and associations from the area, The 2014 before heading to Real Club Nautico Poppy Torrevieja for a special fundraising Appeal was officially launch lunch. To find out more about launched The Royal British Legion, please go to on our website: www.britishlegion.org. Wednesday uk/counties/spain-north or email in Torrevieja secretary.rbl.dns@gmail.com.

Remembrance Sunday

By Jack Troughton REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY services are being held by many of the Royal British Legion Branches of District North Spain next month. This year Remembrance Sunday is on 9th November – the closest Sunday to 11th November which marks

when the guns fell silent at the 11th hour at the end of the Great War. Members of the public wishing to attend a service can call 648 860 251 or visit the website www.britishlegion.org. uk/counties/spain-north for details of a service near them.

It is also hoped people will once again wear a poppy with pride and give generously to help the Charity’s continuing welfare work. The Legion spends £200,000 a day assisting Armed Forces personnel and their families.

Boxes of crimson poppies have already been delivered to businesses throughout the area for the annual Poppy Appeal and by making a donation for a poppy; people

are supporting those who dedicated their lives to serving their country. The district’s Welfare coordinator can be contacted on 676 451 780.

And for over 90 years, the Poppy Factory in Richmond, Surrey – which provides employment for many disabled people - has been making poppies, crosses and wreaths for the Royal Family and the Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal.

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Los Costaleros honoured by local bands

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Whispers help the Food Bank THE EVER popular ‘Whispers’, a nook bar in Calle Gran Vía, Urbanization Balcón de la Costa Blanca, has raised 310€ for San Miguel’s Food Bank, from a raffle and Ice Bucket challenge.

Sue Thorne, the owner, in pink, told us that a number of her regular customers donate food via the collection point at Mas y Mas Supermarket but they thought a cash donation would enable the Food Bank to hand out some extras, like toiletries and some fresh produce. Sue, who took a very wet ‘hit’ for team Whispers, said, “I must have been mad but it was a lot of fun and we know our efforts are going to a great local cause.”

Ian, Mercedes, Sue and Manolo

Unión Musical Torrevejense

by Keith Nicol EACH EASTER 100 strong and dedicated men, take it upon themselves to carry a Semana Santa Throne, through the streets of Torrevieja. This unique band of men, Los Costaleros de la Cofradía del Huerto de los Olivos, were honoured on Saturday night by two very different bands, in homage to their ten years of service to the local brotherhoods.

In front of a theatre filled to capacity, the UMT, Unión Musical Torrevejense and the JB / Just Brass Band entertained the audience with varied selection of music. The show was pre-

sented by Encarna Hernandez with the Director of the Foreign Residents Office, Jean Paul Mulero on hand to translate proceedings.

The evening began with Unión Musical Torrevejense under the baton of Jaime Belda Cantavella, playing the Carmen Overture by Bizet and enthralling the audience with their presentation and playing. The Just Brass Band, directed by Dr. Ian Tinsley took the stage and quickly won over the Spanish members of the audience, most of whom had never heard a silver or brass band perform.

Unión Musical Torrevejense have

been playing for Los Costaleros since their inception and four years ago a special tune was composed to accompany their parading through the streets.

The concert concluded with both bands joining together for a spectacular finish, with many theatre goers asking if the bands would be continuing to perform together, such was the excellence of music on display. Both bands were presented with memorial plaques of the evening with ‘honorary membership’ of Los Costaleros being awarded to all the members of the Unión Musical Torrevejense, in gratitude of all their support over the last decade.

Diabetic Support Group FOR A number of years the Help Association Diabetic Support Group has successfully provided support and advice for those who have recently been diagnosed with Diabetes, as well as for people who have learnt to live with this condition.

The aim of this group is to: Provide up-to-date information concerning medical and practical developments in the management of diabetes; to use guest speakers to provide information on a variety of subjects of interest to attendees and have a lively exchange of information between anyone attending.

The group meets on the last Wednesday of every month at 11.00am at Casa Tom Avenida Jaca 31 . Urb. San Luis.

Torrevieja, and is partially funded by the Help Association Vega Baja so is free of any annual fees. A small admission charge of 1.50€ is made which includes tea, coffee or water.

If you think that you could benefit from this group or can contribute advice or experience about living with diabetes, you can be sure of a warm welcome from likeminded people. For further information please contact; Oscar 966 921 502 or Terry: 647 189 135.

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More filming in Benidorm

The cameras rolled into Benidorm again – but only for a matter of hours this time. The resort was one of several locations used to make a pilot for a new TV show called ´The Middle Aged Road Trip” featuring Dan & Dan.

by Irena Bodnarec Cameras follow the two Dans – Dan Carey and Dan Coll, as they travel from the UK to Gibraltar in a 1960´s Land Rover – kindly donated (and insured) by Mark Griffiths of the Land Rover Centre in Huddersfield with no money over ten days!

Along the way the pair are assisted by a number of celebrities who help to fundraise and blag freebies to finance the trip – but the main purpose of the adventure is to raise money for The Samaritans. Dan Coll has great respect for the organisation, having suffered from depression and benefited from their services and it is his way of giving back, saying thanks and raising the profile of the charity.

Along the way the pair have been met by a number of celebrities including Patrick “Paddy” Doherty – winner of Celebrity Big Brother 8 and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding fame; actor Dean Sullivan, who played Jimmy Corkhill in Brookside; Cheryl Fergison, most notably remembered as Heather in EastEnders; presenter Peter Purves; Victoria Aitken – London based singer songwriter and here in Benidorm the pair were greeted by singer and performer Asa Elliott.

Dan & Dan turned up in Sandra´s Bar at 11.30pm on Monday in the middle of Asa´s performance and he managed to collect 154.16€ and 22GBP from the audience. The following morning, before heading off on the final leg of their epic journey to Gibraltar they stopped by Simply Delicious – Benidorm´s answer to Greggs, where manager Karen kindly fed them with delicious freshly made bacon, sausage and eggs baps, copious amounts of coffee and even sent them off with a packed lunch – all FREE of charge!

The two Dans with Asa Elliot

The Land Rover headed off down the AP7 and was due to make Malaga on Tuesday evening, to be met by Frankie Cocozza of X-Factor fame where unbeknown to him, the threesome would be doing some busking on the streets. Then the adventure ended on Wednesday night as the Dan´s arrived at their final destination – Gibraltar. There Kevin Kennedy, remembered by most as Curly Watts in Coronation Street, welcomed them and they all performed a closing night show at the prestigious John Mackintosh Theatre.

The pair aim on arriving back in the UK next week and start

the editing process, after which they will approach the television companies and hopefully get the green light to repeat the process again next year. However, this time the objective will be to solely raise as much money for The Samaritans as possible.

The planned half hour programs will primarily focus on the celebrities who help the pair along the route and they intend on spending a few days rather than hours in Benidorm next time. For more information log onto their website – www.themiddleagedroadtrip.com where you will also find a donate button for the Samaritans.

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home and garden

by

Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

Retirement gardening for pleasure and health

GARDENING REMAINS a major retirement activity in Spain although our surveys suggest that more women than men actively garden on a regular basis. This is a pity as gardening offers interesting mental and physical activity in touch with and managing nature.

In spite of the amazing achievements of technology over the past century a garden designed developed and nurtured over ten or twenty years is probably one of the most complex, challenging and continuous projects one can undertake in retirement and even in a lifetime. But many do it because the results are very visible satisfying and self-fulfilling and doing it in partnership with a spouse can rebuild relationships that declined during busy working lives.

Gardening can be practiced even into one’s nineties for active gardens can be reduced in size and enviable mini gardens can be created even on apartment terraces and balconies as described in ‘Apartment Gardening Mediterranean Style’.

Some of the other reasons retirement gardening is popular are: It can be practiced in gardens and allotments, in patios and courtyards, and on apartment terraces balconies and window sills. Yes even on window sills where we have seen interesting succulent collections, mini strawberry beds and trays of cut-and-cut-again salad leaf collections. On an even smaller scale one can try drain pipe gardening with plants in painted beer cans fixed to the pipe.

Having a garden to potter around in can help the transition from paid work to retirement as it has different

and interesting demands season by season.

Gardens provided opportunities for brain and brawn.

It provides for both partners to combine their relative strengths and weaknesses.

Men folk if you are not keen on gardening at least help your spouse/partner to change plantings to the more drought and frost resistant varieties including wild naturalised varieties proposed by the branches of the Mediterranean Gardening Society and establish systems for collecting storing and distributing more rain water. Several hundred practical ideas for reducing your watering bills and efforts are included in ‘How to Use Less Water in Your Garden’. It has already been purchased as far away as Japan. Hard copy and Kindle versions are available.

Moving to the south of Europe allows one to enjoy gardening and gardens on many more days of the year than in the UK and other northerly countries and also allows one to experiment with a new range of flowering plants, fruits, herbs and vegetables.

With just a few hours a week it is perfectly possible to become very self sufficient in ecologically grown herbs vegetables and fruit, even on a mini-scale.

As one becomes infirm it is possible to work sitting down by gardening in tall containers and on specially constructed growing tables. The latter are great for building up interesting collections of small plants and small salad varieties.

If one surrounds a growing table with eight to ten builders’ buckets in the form of a ten-tub veggie plot as

launched in our book ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’ an amazing diversity of vegetables can be grown.

Shade from a large umbrella can enable many crops to be grown even during the hottest months.

Working in the garden, especially in the winter sun, helps build and maintain one’s natural vitamin D production as well as exercising limbs. But do use trees to add shade for yourself and pets with shade seats at various points of the garden to rest, read and enjoy the vistas and perfumes of the garden. We have six seats strategically placed for use at various times of the day and seasons of the year.

Egg laying hens can be very friendly and interesting pets if purchased young and regularly handled and their bedding is a good addition to compost heaps.

For those who still like competing in competitions for the best flower arrangement, group of roses, fruit or vegetables, most interesting newly propagated dry garden plants, best plant photograph etc at monthly garden clubs can be very motivating. It is a pity that not all gardening clubs recognise the interest and self fulfilment that such activities can stimulate.

If you are to continue gardening to a ripe age do ensure that the garden is safe. Do reduce the chance of slips, trips, sprains, cuts and spiking. Economically designed tools such as the Fiskars range are well worth the extra cost. Also ensure that terraces and garden walls are safe, that trees are not getting top heavy and liable to fall or the snapping of branches in high winds, that low branches cannot cause head injuries and that garden electric circuits are safe etc..

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legal

by

Carlos Baos

from White & Baos Abogados Solicitors Lawyers

Do you want to sell your house?

IF YOU bought it long time ago, it may be wise to sell before 2015.

IT IS foreseen that together with other tax changes for 2015, Capital Gains Tax in Spain on the sale of real estate properties, will change.

The Capital Gain, as we have noted in previous articles, is the difference between the transfer value (price obtained from the sale, less the inherent costs, such as notary fees, municipal gains ( Plusvalía), etc.) minus the acquisition value (price paid at the time of purchase, plus its inherent expenses, such as notary fees, property registration, stamp duty or VAT as appropriate, etc.).

Today, when it comes to pay Spanish Capital Gains Tax, we must take into account a number of factors: Firstly, the conversion factor or updating coefficient. That means, according to the

year in which the property was acquired, the purchase price will be revised and updated, by multiplying it by a coefficient, which is set each year by the General State Budget Act, with the aim of correcting inflation.

Secondly, if the property was acquired before 1995, reducing or abatement coefficients apply. Although we will not explain how they work, as we already have done in a previous article, the reduction coefficients represent a very significant saving in the tax payable by capital gains from the sale of such older real estate.

It could mean a reduction in a proportion of the gain (the gain generated from acquisition to the year 2006), of 11.11% for each year before 1995.

However, for 2015, the aim is to make these two update and reducing coefficients disappear, to make citizens

pay CGT on the difference between the transfer and acquisition value, regardless of the acquisition date of the property, or inflation, etc.

To give a rough example, let’s say you bought in 1970 a property for 500,000 pesetas (3,000 €) and today you sell it for € 200,000. If you are taxed under current law, you would pay approximately 8500 € capital gains tax, but if said coefficients are removed, in 2015 you would pay approximately 46,000 €, a very significant difference.

Personally, I understand that we have to wait and see what is the final text of the tax changes to be adopted, but if all goes through as above, it will generate more legal uncertainty, and could actually be an illegal change, as it affects the rights acquired by taxpayers over years.

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

White & Baos Abogados. Tel:+34 966 426 185. E-mail: info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2014 – All rights reserved, Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com

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Banks continue to drag down the unemployed AS SPAIN struggles to emerge from economic crises, the banking sector continues to close branches and lay off staff. In the province of Alicante, for instance, financial restructuring in banks has been behind major job losses and continues to trend, in sharp contrast to other areas of trade that have consistently strived to create work for Spain’s unemployed millions.

Between September 2013 and March this year more than 500 jobs were lost in the financial sector compared to 18,000 new jobs being generated in other industries. 4,600 salaried jobs were created in the hospitality area alone.

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money

by

Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

10%, 9% or 5% income for the term of your investment WHAT WOULD suit you? A guaranteed income of 10%, 9% or 5% per annum?

INTERESTED THEN read on........

Here at Blacktower Financial Management we have access to the best financial products available in the market . At the moment we have products that guarantee a fixed income of 2.5% per quarter - that’s 10% per annum for 1 year, no matter what happens in the market !

For those of you that are more cautious by nature we can offer up to 5% per annum for the term of your investment.

We have products to suit all investors, be it Capital Guaranteed, Fixed income guaranteed, Capital Growth or a mixture of growth and income.

With the Banks offering you so little interest on your money now and for the foreseeable future and with Spain reducing the tax rates on investments over the next two years there has never been a better time to invest.

We are here to give you free, impartial, independent advice. If you live in the Southern Costa Blanca and would like more information call Dave Diggle on 615 607 278 or email dave.diggle@blacktowerfm.com. For the Northern Costa Blanca call Christina Brady on 658 892 330 or email christina.brady@blacktowerfm.com

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

Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is licenced by the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licenced in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Licence No: 00805B and registered with the DGS in Spain.

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ANOTHER FULL house attended Quesada Fish and Chips in Villamartin Plaza on 9th October to receive their free information on Living In Spain.

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The event started with each company giving a 5 minute overview of what areas they specialised in and then the famous Mr Simon Morton from Sunshine FM took to the floor to allow people to direct questions to the four specialist

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Your perfect dream home in the sun HERE IS a rare chance to achieve your dream on the Mar Menor and buy a home on Camping Pueblo de San Javier, one of the best mobile home parks in the area: ideal for retirement or holidays.

THIS QUIET, legal and permanent family run site is ideally located on the Balsicas road between San Javier and the AP-7, an easy going, relaxed site offering for sale several exquisite preowned park homes - and due to the recession they are all under half price from 12,000€. They can also be rented out to bring in an income.

The site boasts a fabulous swimming pool, gym units, tennis and basketball courts and a children’s area. The lounge bar offers darts, quiz, Bingo, cards, entertainment nights and TV sports etc., and with great food on the menu everyone feels welcome to use the bar: come and have a look round.

The homes are completely fitted out with white goods, TV, phone, internet, sheds and patios… some with conservatories. And they are ready to move into. Post is delivered daily.

The main gates close at midnight and there is also a night watchman so the site is within a safe and secure environment, allowing people to relax and enjoy themselves all year round.

There is a convenient supermarket just 100m away. San Javier is within walking distance, with seven more supermarkets including Iceland nearby. There are plenty of amenities and the airport, beaches and hospital are just 10mins by car. Also just 10mins to golf and bowls facilities; 20mins to Aqua & Safari parks in Murcia and Torrevieja.

Come and look around! Contact Carol on 96 819 2425 or 626 055 622: Email haydn47@hotmail.com. Also visit www.mobilehonesmarmenorspain.com

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Festive Christmas adventures FOR CHRISTMAS and New Year in Benalmadena a 3* hotel is set just one street back from the sea shore, brilliantly positioned for catching the local bus that goes along the coast to towns with familiar names from our ‘Spanish Holiday’ past: Malaga, Torremolinos, Fuengirola, Marbella, Puerto Banus, Estepa and more...

For the less adventurous, excursions to Granada, Nerja, Mijas and Gibraltar are included in the price. With Gala meals, a free bar on New Year’s (from midnight until 3am); full board arrangement in the hotel (including wine & water with meals); all rooms with balconies and the hotel sitting in its own grounds, this is the idyllic way to celebrate. 24th December to 1st January: 496€ Full Board including Gala Christmas lunch and Gala New Year meal including a free bar after the bells.

CHRISTMAS IN BENIDORM It is hard to imagine a better place to spend Christmas than in the fun centre of the Costa Blanca: bright, bubbly, lively Benidorm! Especially when this includes accommodation in a 4 * hotel which sits in its own grounds and offers a balcony in all rooms, an indoor pool, sauna, and Gymnasium (if you’re fit enough!)

And full board means no cooking or cleaning over the Christmas period. During the day relax on the extensive patio and pool area or wander along the seafront. At night live entertainment and dancing is available in the hotel. On Christmas day enjoy a brilliant Gala lunch including wine followed by quality live entertainment. 22-26th December 275€ Full Board including Christmas lunch

NEW YEAR IN BENIDORM The one thing that Benidorm does well is entertainment. So what better place to bring in 2015, especially at a warm and welcoming 4* hotel with nightly entertainment, indoor pool, sauna, and all rooms with balcony.

A stupendous 7-course meal offers food and drink that keeps coming until a few minutes before the bells. At midnight the old Spanish tradition of hurriedly swallowing one grape for each strike of the clock gongs its way into the New Year... The party swings into the small hours - with no beds to make and no tidying to do! Tomorrow can be spent lazing on the balcony, playing pool or sight-seeing...

31st December to 2nd January: 224€ inc Gala New Year meal, including free bar after the bells.

Christmas & New Year Benidorm: why not combine the two and spend the whole of Christmas and New Year in Benidorm - going out on 24th December, returning 2nd January: 610€ full board.

BENIDORM PALACE Boxing Night, 26th December, is the night Benidorm Palace pulls out all the stops with a Boxing Night Spectacular.

A top quality festive night out with coach travel to Benidorm and a memorable dinner, dance and show guest starring The Four Tops: 65€.

CHRISTMAS MARKETS Caravaca Medieval Market: Sunday December 7th including

Alicante

Benidorm

Jousting Tournament: 12€ Murcia Artisans Market: Thursday 11th December: 11€ Alicante Christmas market: Wednesday 17th December: 11€ Madrid pre-Christmas 16th - 18th December: see the lights and get a chance to buy a Gordo ticket at the luckiest ticket vendor: 3 days B&B only 135€!

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people

Legion’s key dates THE BENIDORM Branch of the Royal British Legion is appealing for everyone to be on parade next month with key calendar dates in November – including Remembrance Sunday.

By Jack Troughton THE ANNUAL general meeting is being staged at Ciudad Patricia on Friday 7th November – with coffee available from 10am and the meeting proper at 11am.

And if unable to attend, members are asked to send

an apology and confirm acceptance of a list of candidates standing for office.

The annual Remembrance Day Service is being held by the branch on Sunday 9th November at 11am, again at Ciudad Patricia. Everyone is welcome and the traditional

‘silence’ will be observed at noon – 11am in the UK! Lunch is also available at the venue at 1pm priced at 11.50€ followed by a “special afternoon” at the Showboat. To book a place at the meal, call Marilyn on 96 586 4394.

The legion parade in Benidorm last year

Come and join us AFPO (ASSOCIATION of Foreign Property Owners) Calpe, a voluntary interpreting service, has been operating successfully since 2006 and consists of a team of volunteers who provide the service at Calpe Centro de Salud Monday to Friday from 9am – 12noon.

All the volunteers speak English and Spanish and some have other languages too.

Our assistance can be in the form of answering questions, helping with the paperwork associated with the Health Service or accompanying a patient for a doctor’s consultation.

The high level of appreciation experienced by those who use the service is evident by the number of glowing remarks in our Comments Book.

We are always looking for new recruits. If you like helping others, have a bit of spare time and are English and Spanish speaking why not consider becoming involved in this very rewarding voluntary work.

You would initially work alongside one of the team until you felt confident to work alone.

For more information, contact Pat 96 583 4586 or Missouri 96 583 8359 Or email afpo@afpocalpe.com

Charity Fun Day with PCN A CHARITY Fun Day is to take place at ‘The Emerald Isle’ in La Florida on Wednesday 22nd October to raise funds for the Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity.

PCN works to provide professional nursing care to terminal prognosis patients in their own home, as well as much-needed support to their loved ones. The charity operates in a similar way to the Macmillan Nurses in the UK and any assistance given is funded entirely through fundraising efforts and voluntary donations.

The fun will commence at 12 noon with a warm welcome from popular compere Dave C who will keep the entertainment flowing throughout the afternoon. He will be joined by some of the Costa’s most talented vocalists and entertainers, including Nikki G, Paul Michael, Richie Alexander, Cindy, Joanna Wells and Dan Davy.

A variety of stalls will be set up, as well as a charity raffle. A Barbeque will also continue throughout the afternoon.

Please jot the date in your diary now and help us to make this event a huge success for a wonderful cause!

17-23 OCTOBER 2014

Mars is entangled with Capricorn in the seventh house of mystery and imagination. Beware of annoying little problems in the week ahead as things will appear to be more complicated than they actually need to be, and mountains made of molehills. A delay in plans and a revised date for something long awaited will mean some disappointment, but any set back is for good cosmic reason.

The Sun conjuncts a transient Venus mid week and the illumination sheds light on a recent matter that has raised its ugly head once more. There are many things that could have been done, but it is futile to speculate over something that just seems to be getting worse. Neither can you take sides because someone is being economical with the truth denying all reason, whatever it is.

Mercury’s Direct brings an end to a difficult time made worse by the stubborn attitudes of all those involved. Instead of pulling together they have chosen to pull apart, and the destructive aftermath of their insecurities has forced others to lose respect. This week is all about getting back into tempo, and being unafraid to put your best foot forward when and if the right time comes.

The recent New Moon was also a partial Solar Eclipse and it would seem that you have long awaited for the right time to put your best foot forward. If those who regard your current actions with suspicion were actively ignored it would be better for all those concerned who have a destiny and a conscience to live with, OK it’s a full change ahead, but delay causes more harm with, OK it’s a full change ahead, but delay causes more harm than good.

Inner pride means that you won’t step down right now, and though it is sure that centre stage is where you have to be right now, it isn’t natural or comfortable to have to be looking over your shoulder all the time. Forget the poor advice you have been given, and know better than ever who your real friends are, since they seem to have your interests at heart and no selfish motive.

All is well in love and war, and this seems to be a time for you to rest on your laurels and lick your wounds. There is always going to be a hard way to do things, and you have chosen your route with the idea of eliminating any strings attached. Sadly it hasn’t happened that way and what comes next will depend on your ability to bounce back regardless so be prepared to call the shots.

Venus flirts with a salutatory Neptune bringing a precision balance to the scales and pleasing your innermost soul in so doing.

Time was when you took notice of what others said, but your current carefree energy brings a Piscean pulse to the front of the frame and allows you to decipher the mystery ahead; making of it just what you will, and the reasoning for it as fate and destiny.

A time to wind up those lose ends and to affect immediate action if delay has been your responsibility. This is a working time and a great opportunity comes to show what you can do if you are left to your own highly capable devices. If anyone gets in the way you know what to do without hesitation you can show them, once and for all, that you are not to be messed with.

Ceres brings a question of timing into play, and time is of the essence this week as you are open and ready to move on in so many ways. Ceres governs all learning and study, and whilst you are able to think on your feet, you do have some time now to balance the books and put your own excellent ideas into culpable practise; for your own sake and for those who need your skills.

Mars gently stirs you into action of the most positive kind. You have been sitting down waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen. Any delay results in a blow to your confidence when you have so much to share right now. Others will enjoy that you do what you do, and you now have the wisdom to know the difference that you can make all around if you just try.

With Uranus adrift you are strangely awakened and responsive as if you know that there is something just around the corner for you right now. You have come a long way and now is the right time to ask who is going with you as you take a step into your deserved destiny in all future plans. Your love is sincere and natural and now has to be reciprocated by someone very special.

Both Venus and the Sun trump your fifth house of dimensional energy. You are being called to take your place on the spiritual pathway of life, and there is work to be done if you are to believe in yourself enough to make a difference to others. Quite how this manifests and what you do about it is very much up to you, but do act now to save the place you deserve to be in.

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

Sudoku

You have hidden away for too long, but the World is turning and the Cosmos is currently featuring your Libran balance since it’s all a matter of equilibrium in the astrological year that awaits and motivates you.

Kenny Corris For Readings, Consultations and Castings email: kennycorris@hotmail.com / www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 / Tel: 965 878 424

Souled

I see increasingly more and more Old Souls, especially as clients find their way into my office. Many do not know that they have lived before, or even believe it to be possible, but it surely is. I am an Old Soul myself. Looking back for me sometimes takes me way back when, and it is always a journey that I am happy to make, as with all other Old Souls, because it is a part of us.

My first ever connection with the past was in Primary School and I was in project mode at the tender age of eight, spurred on my Mr. Holloway who made learning fun for me at the time. I embarked on a project of Ancient Egypt armed only with a black and white edition of the Arthur Mee’s Childrens’ Encyclopedia.

It offered glimpses of Abu Simbel and Karnak as well as other Temples along the Nile. It dabbled at hieroglyphics, exposed Mummies and Canopic jars......and it all just seemed so right. It was as if I had actually been there, and I discovered that indeed I had been. I just knew too much, answered my own questions, and my great enthusiasm brought every page alive and me the class prize for the best Project. It was the Observers book of Egypt!

Skipping forward and my next period of time was in the Tudor Court under the auspices of Henry the Eighth. The characters here really started to come alive to me, initially in long dreams, and I once terrified my poor Mother by reeling off a list of dates and times and people who were present or absent from the Palace, with or without their heads. It wasn’t an obsession of mine, but just like opening a book I was able to fully understand on a level that study could not have brought me. This was proven by a visit to the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain in Belgrave Square where an aghast Medium witnessed my regression into Square where an aghast Medium witnessed my regression into doublet and hose with a sword at my side, one sunny afternoon!

Those who love crystals are appreciating items of significant age that are a slice of the past. They are remnants of the libraries of stone in which information from the past is coded and stored. You

Kenny’s Postbag

only have to look at a mountain to see that it has witnessed so very much over the years, and will survive to see more than each and every one of us ever will. The love of crystals is a trip back into the natural energies of the World as it once was, as they serve to be a reminiscence of what was, just as well as heralding what will be in the future when they are inherited by new owners in time and space. Nothing takes people back more readily that objects that they revere in the present, because the key to their enjoyment could easily come from a previous knowledge. I once had a wonderful book of ancient objects, each numbered and lettered. The object of this very special book was to ask those who read it to make a list of whatever objects took their eye. I scanned pages of footstools and selected the code for my favourites, then a table and chairs, a jug, a mirror, and so on. I was as sure as hell that each of my objects would prove to be Egyptian, but having searched the index it revealed to me that each and every object of my greatest desire was Sumerian!

It took me back a further few thousand years, and when I found a gallery of Sumerian Art in MOMA New York I was transfixed, and an eerie feeling set my adrenaline pitch up to fever with a cold sweat. I knew that I had been there. I belonged. I did.

Look around your home. Look at each chosen object you revere and ask yourself where did it come from? Why do I like it? What does it mean to me. All across the ages comes that feeling that ownership of time tells us just where we were, if not where we are going. Vintage clothing looks so right on people who once wore it before, just as antique jewellery reveals ancient stones and vintage cars are an acquired taste. Old Souls love antiquities and often balance the old and the new in their chosen domestic decor.

The past is over, and we cannot live there, neither can we inhabit the future either for that matter, but many of us are a part of the past, and we learn more and more from being open to experiences and sharing each our individual energies of life. I embrace all my lives, revealed or not, and I am open to further suggestions that I may consolidate that which I know, and learn more about that which is yet to be opened up to me. My soul inhabits my body at present but one day I will continue my journey come what may, and who know where?

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

Kenny, why do Mediums and spiritual people sit in a circle? My sister has told me that my Grandmother used to sit in circle and had special powers, we just loved her for being her, but she was really before her time. Angela M. Angela, we sit in a Circle because everyone within the safety of that circle is equal. Though there is always a leader of the Circle its formation means that we can all be protected together and psychic energies can be well shared, evenly distributing power and promoting skills. A development Circle is a great way to contribute within the safety of others and to learn more about Spiritual enlightenment.

Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 46.

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Quick or Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS 1. Founding (6) 4. Fit (6) 9. Discomfiture (13) 10. Right (7) 11. Banish (5) 12. Impediment (5) 14. Blemish (5) 18. Intelligence (5) 19. Take out (7) 21. Prosaic (13) 22. Give (6) 23. Made smooth (6) DOWN 1. Rupture (6) 2. Inferiority (13) 3. Cherish (5) 5. Esteem (7) 6. Rainfall (13) 7. Decaying (6) 8. Offensive (5) 13. Touch (7) 15. Ridiculous (6) 16. Send (5) 17. Be present (6) 20. Track (5)

ACROSS 1. Cut the corner? (6) 4. As drunk as a herring! (6) 9. Could they be hard-fought sewing contests? (6-7) 10. Organise a place for firing practice, we hear (7) 11. One has a nose for this (5) 12. Light meal container required about the end of the afternoon (5) 14. Transport by sea is a matter of skill (5) 18. This peg is fixed in the window elsewhere (5) 19. Where Arthur arrived with many more (7) 21. This provides solidity for one on the way to the bank (8-5) 22. Famous seaman shows a hold one can’t escape from (6) 23. Twists and relaxes, we hear (6) DOWN 1. The sort of weight for cock-fighting? (6) 2. It’s enough to drive you round the bend! (8-5) 3. Stop and pass on (5) 5. Exit in the open air (7) 6. They help to fill up a form at the same time (6-7) 7. Make an unauthorised departure in a private capacity! (6) 8. Brown figure without a head (5) 13. Extempore song and a variety of plays taken in by the company (7) 15. Describing the strong favourite “Rum Boy” (4,2) 16. Street contains one bin - hardly enough (5) 17. Aquatic creatures made to rest (6) 20. A man of endless wretchedness (5)

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The official fiestas run from Friday 7th November through to Wednesday 12th when the city streets are the setting for fun and entertainment for everyone: Enjoy processions, live music, candlelit vigils and of course loads to eat and drink in the region’s party capital. The fun escalates into a magnificent firework grand finale marking the end of the fiestas for another year.

Revellers come from all over the region to celebrate fiesta in Benidorm, with elaborate fancy dress at one of Europe’s largest and most extravagant street parties that grows in numbers every year.

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17th - 23rd October

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Home Away from Home 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Would I Lie to You? 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Not Going Out 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 24:20 The Secrets 24:50 EastEnders

07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Saints and Scroungers 08:50 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 09:20 A Taste of Britain 10:05 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade 11:05 Sweets Made Simple 11:35 The Travel Show 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 A Taste of My Life 14:30 Ready Steady Cook 15:15 The Rockford Files 16:00 Cagney & Lacey 16:50 Who Do You Think You Are? 17:50 Great British Railway Journeys 18:20 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 21:00 Mastermind 21:30 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook 22:00 Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 22:30 Gardeners’ World 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:05 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 24:35 Later - with Jools Holland

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Secrets from the Sky 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Lewis 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 The Job Lot 24:10 Couples Retreat

07:20 The King of Queens 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 10:25 Frasier 10:55 Daily Brunch 11:50 Come Dine with Me 12:25 Come Dine with Me 12:55 Channel 4 News 13:00 Come Dine with Me 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:30 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Stand Up to Cancer 20:30 Stand Up to Cancer 21:00 Stand Up to Cancer 22:00 Stand Up to Cancer 23:00 Stand Up to Cancer 24:00 Stand Up to Cancer

07:00 Childrens TV 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 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Hey Big Spenders!

Shopaholics Exposed 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Deadliest Sea 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 World War II in Colour 21:00 Titanic: Three Hours That Shook the World 23:00 Body of Proof 23:55 NCIS: Los Angeles 24:55 Access

07:00 Ben and Kate 07:25 Up All Night 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Emmerdale 08:45 You’ve Been Framed!

09:15 The Cube 10:15 Winners & Losers 11:15 Ben and Kate 11:45 Up All Night 12:10 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed!

14:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:05 You’ve Been Framed!

18:30 You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 Royal Pains 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Bourne Supremacy 24:10 Release the Hounds

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:30 90210 08:10 Desperate Housewives 08:55 Suburgatory 09:30 Happy Endings 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Suburgatory 21:00 How I Met Your Mother 21:30 How I Met Your Mother 22:00 Unstoppable 24:00 The Big Bang Theory 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

saturday 18th October BBC1 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 James Martin: Home Comforts 13:00 BBC News and Weather 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Saturday Sportsday 14:00 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Homes Under the Hammer 16:00 Escape to the Country 17:00 Final Score 18:20 BBC News and Weather 18:40 Pointless Celebrities 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing 21:25 Doctor Who 22:10 Casualty 23:00 The National Lottery Live 23:10 BBC News and Weather 23:30 Match of the Day 24:55 The Football League Show

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07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:35 The Magic Box 09:20 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 10:50 The Trials of Life 11:40 The Trials of Life 12:30 Map Man 13:00 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes 14:00 Rock around the Clock 15:15 Guys and Dolls 17:40 Flog It! 18:30 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade 19:30 Gardeners’ World 20:00 Restoring England’s Heritage 20:30 Penguins Spy in the Huddle 21:30 Dad’s Army 22:00 Rembrandt with Simon Schama 23:00 The Culture Show 23:30 QI XL 24:15 The Way

07:00 Childrens TV 08:10 Canimals 08:20 Signed Stories 08:25 Sooty 08:40 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:50 Matt Hatter Chronicles 09:20 Horrid Henry 09:30 The Munch Box 10:25 The Hungry Sailors 11:20 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 ITV News and Weather 12:29 ITV Regional Weather 12:30 Storage Hoarders 13:30 May the Best House Win 14:30 Columbo: Forgotten Lady 16:35 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 19:05 ITV Regional News 19:15 ITV News and Weather 19:30 New You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 The Chase 21:00 The X Factor 23:20 The Jonathan Ross Show 24:25 ITV News and Weather 24:39 ITV Regional Weather 24:40 The Hitcher

07:10 Trans World Sport 08:00 Hever Castle Triathlon 08:55 The Morning Line 10:00 Weekend Kitchen 11:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30 Frasier 12:00 Frasier 12:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:55 The Big Bang Theory 13:25 The Simpsons 13:55 Gadget Man 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:35 Come Dine with Me 19:00 Come Dine with Me 19:30 Come Dine with Me 20:00 Come Dine with Me 20:30 Channel 4 News 21:00 Grand Designs 22:00 Fast Five 24:35 Rude Tube

07:00 Childrens TV 08:10 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:25 Make Way for Noddy 08:40 Paw Patrol 08:50 Mio Mao 09:00 Little Princess 09:10 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:30 Wanda and the Alien 09:45 Rupert Bear 10:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 World’s Most Pampered Pets 12:30 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 13:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:30 They Were Expendable 17:10 Mosquito Squadron 18:55 Ambush Bay 20:55 World War II in Colour 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

07:00 Emmerdale 09:40 Coronation Street 12:05 The Hot Desk 12:20 Babe: Pig in the City 14:10 Junior 16:20 You’ve Been Framed!

17:25 You’ve Been Framed!

18:25 You’ve Been Framed!

18:55 Arthur and the Great Adventure 21:00 Back to the Future 23:20 The Xtra Factor 24:20 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Desperate Housewives 07:50 Suburgatory 08:15 Suburgatory 08:40 Suburgatory 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Rules of Engagement 11:00 How I Met Your Mother 11:30 How I Met Your Mother 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 13:00 The 100 14:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks 16:00 Made in Chelsea 17:00 Melissa & Joey 17:30 Melissa & Joey 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:30 How I Met Your Mother 20:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Shooter 24:35 The Inbetweeners

sunday 19th October

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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 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Talk to the Animals 17:00 Points of View 17:15 Lifeline 17:25 Songs of Praise 18:00 Pointless Celebrities 18:50 BBC News and Weather 19:20 Countryfile 20:20 Strictly Come Dancing 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Our Girl 23:00 BBC News and Weather 23:30 Match of the Day 2 24:30 The Apprentice

07:00 Great British Garden Revival 08:00 Countryfile 09:00 Gardeners’ World 09:30 The Beechgrove Garden 10:00 The Football League Show 11:20 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 13:50 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 14:50 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook 15:20 Seven Years in Tibet 17:30 Coast 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Inside the Animal Mind 20:00 Human Universe 21:00 Wonders of the Monsoon 22:00 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 23:00 Cast Away

07:00 Childrens TV 08:25 Sooty 08:40 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:50 Ultimate Spider-Man 09:20 Horrid Henry 09:30 Big Time Rush 10:00 The Aquabats! Super Show!

10:25 Dickinson’s Real Deal 11:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:25 ITV News and Weather 12:34 ITV Regional Weather 12:35 Carry On Up the Jungle 14:25 All Star Family Fortunes 15:10 The X Factor 17:30 Downton Abbey 18:30 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 19:30 ITV Regional News 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Sunday Night at the Palladium 21:00 The X Factor 22:00 Downton Abbey 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:24 ITV Regional Weather 23:25 Perspectives 24:25 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

07:10 NFL: The American Football Show 08:00 Yorkshire Marathon 08:55 Stand Up to Cancer 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 14:30 Deal or No Deal 15:30 Fifteen to One 16:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:55 The Big Bang Theory 17:25 The Big Bang Theory 17:50 Journey to the Center of the Earth 19:35 Channel 4 News 20:05 Posh Pawn 21:00 Secret History 22:00 Homeland 23:05 The Adjustment Bureau

07:00 Childrens TV 08:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:25 Make Way for Noddy 08:35 Paw Patrol 08:45 Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 08:55 Little Princess 09:05 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:25 Wanda and the Alien 09:40 Zack and Quack 09:55 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:10 Jelly Jamm 10:25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:00 Great Birmingham Run 13:20 Criminals: Caught on Camera 13:50 Spider-Man 3 16:25 Bewitched 18:20 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 20:00 5 News Weekend 20:05 The Forbidden Kingdom 22:00 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 10:00 Coronation Street 12:30 The X Factor 14:50 The Hot Desk 15:05 You’ve Been Framed!

15:35 A Little Princess 17:35 Miss Congeniality 19:50 Back to the Future Part II 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 Tricked 24:00 Bad Bridesmaid

07:00 Make It or Break It 07:45 Happy Endings 08:10 Happy Endings 08:35 Happy Endings 09:00 Happy Endings 09:30 Happy Endings 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 How I Met Your Mother 11:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Made in Chelsea 14:40 Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Melissa & Joey 17:30 Suburgatory 18:00 New Girl 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Day the Earth Stood Still 23:05 The Inbetweeners 23:40 The Inbetweeners 24:05 Rude Tube

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07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Saints and Scroungers 08:50 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 09:20 A Taste of Britain 10:05 James May’s Cars of the People 11:05 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 A Taste of My Life 14:30 Ready Steady Cook 15:15 The Rockford Files 16:00 Cagney & Lacey 16:50 Who Do You Think You Are? 17:50 Great British Railway Journeys 18:20 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Big Dreams, Small Spaces 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Only Connect 22:00 The Kitchen 23:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

07:00 Childrens TV 08:40 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:50 Ultimate Spider-Man 09:20 Horrid Henry 09:30 Big Time Rush 10:00 The Aquabats! Super Show!

10:25 Dickinson’s Real Deal 11:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:25 ITV News and Weather 12:34 ITV Regional Weather 12:35 Carry On Up the Jungle 14:25 All Star Family Fortunes 15:10 The X Factor 17:30 Downton Abbey 18:30 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 19:30 ITV Regional News 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Sunday Night at the Palladium 21:00 The X Factor 22:00 Downton Abbey 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:24 ITV Regional Weather 23:25 Perspectives 24:25 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

07:20 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Daily Brunch 12:00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 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 The Political Slot 21:00 Jamie’s Comfort Food 21:30 Sarah Beeny’s How to Sell Your Home 22:00 24 Hours in Police Custody 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:50 Up All Night 24:50 NFL: The American Football Show

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Little Princess 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 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 No Foreigners Here - 100% British 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 King of Texas 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Gotham 23:00 Under the Dome 23:55 The Business

07:00 Ben and Kate 07:25 Up All Night 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Coronation Street 08:45 Coronation Street 09:15 The Cube 10:15 Winners & Losers 11:15 Ben and Kate 11:45 Up All Night 12:10 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:05 You’ve Been Framed!

18:30 You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 Royal Pains 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Release the Hounds 23:00 Plebs 23:30 Dapper Laughs: On the Pull 24:00 Viral Tap 24:45 The Job Lot

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:30 90210 08:10 Desperate Housewives 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 Happy Endings 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 New Girl 21:00 The Mindy Project 21:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 22:00 Made in Chelsea 23:00 Glue 24:05 The Big Bang Theory 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

monday 20th October BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain - Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 New Tricks 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 24:20 Our World War

Miss Congeniality 17:35

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain - Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 DIY SOS 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Panorama 24:35 The Street

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Call the Council 08:50 Close Calls: On Camera 09:20 A Taste of Britain 10:05 Antiques Roadshow 11:05 Building Dream Homes 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 A Taste of My Life 14:30 Ready Steady Cook 15:15 The Rockford Files 16:00 Cagney & Lacey 16:50 Who Do You Think You Are? 17:50 Great British Railway Journeys 18:20 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Big Dreams, Small Spaces 21:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 22:00 Human Universe 23:00 Later Live - with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Wonders of the Monsoon

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Live UEFA Champions League 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 24:40 The Cube

07:20 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Daily Brunch 12:00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Come Dine with Me 14:40 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 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 The Political Slot 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 You Can’t Get the Staff 23:00 Gogglebox 23:35 Secrets of the Living Dolls 24:35 Scrotal Recall

07:00 Childrens TV 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 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 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Stolen Innocence 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Meerkat Manor 20:30 The Secret Life of Pets 21:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 22:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 NCIS 24:55 Secrets & Lies

07:00 Ben and Kate 07:25 Up All Night 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Coronation Street 08:45 Coronation Street 09:15 The Cube 10:15 Winners & Losers 11:15 Ben and Kate 11:45 Up All Night 12:10 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:05 You’ve Been Framed!

18:30 You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 Royal Pains 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Tricked 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 The Bourne Supremacy

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:30 90210 08:15 Desperate Housewives 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 Happy Endings 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 New Girl 22:30 The Mindy Project 23:00 Tattoos After Dark 24:00 The Big Bang Theory 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

wednesday 22nd October BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain - Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Waterloo Road 22:00 The Apprentice 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 A Question of Sport 24:05 My Brother the Terrorist

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Close Calls: On Camera 09:15 A Taste of Britain 10:00 Jungle Atlantis 11:00 Building Dream Homes 11:30 See Hear 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Lifeline 14:10 The A to Z of TV Cooking 14:30 Ready Steady Cook 15:15 The Rockford Files 16:00 Cagney & Lacey 16:50 Who Do You Think You Are? 17:50 Great British Railway Journeys 18:20 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Big Dreams, Small Spaces 21:00 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 22:00 Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot 23:00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Surprise Surprise 22:00 Scott & Bailey 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 The MOBO Awards Highlights 2014

07:20 The King of Queens 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Daily Brunch 12:00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 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 The Political Slot 21:00 The Supervet 22:00 Grand Designs 23:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? 24:00 24 Hours in Police Custody

07:00 Childrens TV 08:05 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 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 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Tornado Warning 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 23:00 Wentworth Prison 24:00 Hey Big Spenders!

Shopaholics Exposed

07:00 Ben and Kate 07:25 Up All Night 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 You’ve Been Framed!

08:45 You’ve Been Framed!

09:15 The Cube 10:15 Winners & Losers 11:15 Ben and Kate 11:45 Up All Night 12:10 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 You’ve Been Framed!

14:15 You’ve Been Framed!

14:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:05 You’ve Been Framed!

18:30 You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 Royal Pains 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 The MOBO Awards 2014 23:00 The Job Lot 23:30 Plebs 24:00 Release the Hounds

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:30 90210 08:15 Desperate Housewives 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 Happy Endings 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 22:50 The Big Bang Theory 23:20 The Big Bang Theory 23:50 Made in Chelsea 24:55 Glue

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain - Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Watchdog 22:00 Life Story 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Question Time 24:35 This Week

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Call the Council 08:50 Close Calls: On Camera 09:20 A Taste of Britain 10:05 Long Shadow 11:05 Gardeners’ World 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 A Taste of My Life 14:30 Ready Steady Cook 15:15 The Rockford Files 16:00 Cagney & Lacey 16:50 Who Do You Think You Are? 17:50 Great British Railway Journeys 18:20 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces 21:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 22:00 Peaky Blinders 23:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs 22:00 The Great Fire 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Sunday Night at the Palladium 24:40 The Lobby

07:20 The King of Queens 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Daily Brunch 12:00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 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 The Political Slot 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 22:00 Educating the East End 23:00 Scrotal Recall 23:30 8 Out of 10 Cats 24:15 The Sex Clinic

07:00 Childrens TV 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Ultimate Police Interceptors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Mom at Sixteen 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Underground Britain 22:00 Criminals: Caught on Camera 23:00 Inside Holloway 24:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away

07:00 Ben and Kate 07:25 Up All Night 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Coronation Street 08:45 You’ve Been Framed!

09:15 The Cube 10:15 Winners & Losers 11:15 Ben and Kate 11:45 Up All Night 12:10 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed!

14:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:05 You’ve Been Framed!

18:30 Royal Pains 19:30 Jurassic Park 22:00 Scorpion 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Plebs 24:20 Dapper Laughs: On the Pull 24:50 Tricked

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:30 90210 08:15 Desperate Housewives 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 Happy Endings 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Drifters 22:30 2 Broke Girls 23:00 New Girl 23:30 The Inbetweeners 24:00 The IT Crowd 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

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showbiz goss Celebrity Clips TV CHEF Tom Kerridge has kind of spilled the beans on telly cookery shows by saying of long-running BBC show ‘Saturday Kitchen’, “It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Everyone eats and pretends it’s really nice. You don’t say, ‘James, no mate, this is wrong.’” That’s bean spilling in my book!

Kerridge did try to clarify things by saying that preparing good food on a live show is nigh on impossible, but not very convincingly though!

NORMALLY YOU don’t hear about behind the scenes stuff in the music business, but James Blunt changed that when speaking to Guilty Pleasures. He admitted, “Over the years I’ve always invited undiscovered talent to audition to become my support acts.” Then when it was suggested TV talent shows might be a source he said “X Factor competitions are not really about the music, I’m looking for something a lot more genuine!”

I’D IMAGINE having been in a glamourous TV show like Baywatch then father time kicking in can’t be an easy thing to deal with. However, Nicole Eggert, who played ‘Summer Quinn’ in the show for two years in the 90s, made the switch in quite spectacular fashion by swopping running along a beach half naked to a life selling ice cream from her Scoops van ...

Double nut sundae please!

by Peter

Taylor

Writer and Broadcaster

Not a sweet lump of sugar in sight!

ALAN SUGAR, back in 1963 at the age of just 16, was a regular Del Boy selling car aerials and electrical goods around the streets of East London out of a van he bought for 50 quid. He is now of course Sir Alan Sugar, and, in the age old tradition of a Knight of the Realm, sits in his high chair lording over the comings and goings of telly show The Apprentice.

I guess you’ve got the drift that I am not a fan of the programme, and this comes from when I first saw the show in 2005 and was stunned at the way he spoke to the young bright eyed hopefuls trying to get themselves a start in the world of business.

Because of his unusually thick curly hair Alan was nicknamed ‘Mop Head’ as a lad, and I am reliably informed still answers to it, but only amongst his close family and friends don’t you know. I include this rather odd tale as wouldn’t it be fantastic if, after a tirade of abuse and Sugar uttering those immortal words, “YOU’RE FIRED!” the losing contender says as they walk out the door “Thanks for nothing Mop Head!”

Sugar and Luisa Zissman, who was runner up last year, have been locking horns over the last week or three, and to Sir Alan’s verbal volley “former participants would go to the opening of an envelope in their bid for post-show fame,” Louisa replied “Sugar can’t bear the fact that some ex Apprentice nonwinners are more successful than the actual winners… Ego won’t allow it!”

Sir Alan Sugar is clearly a superlative talent in the world of business, but it must have been a brutally hard and long climb to the top for him to see it as okay to have become such an imperious bully.

JEREMY CLARKSON is a man who not only acts like a child with his machismo antics on Top Gear, but is now treating us like children. Let me explain. The ‘Anger in Argentina’ is majorly ancient news now of course, but personally I continue to refuse to run with his claim that the car number plate H982 FKL was ‘just a coincidence’... got him thrown out the country it did … clown!

17-23 OCTOBER 2014

whats on

Lots to plan for in Torrevieja

By Keith Nicol IF YOU are on the lookout for things to do, places to see, concerts and parades, there are a number of dates that might be worthy of your diary for the remainder of October. Tonight, 17th October at 7pm in the Municipal Theatre, the Pride of Spain Awards take place, this year organised by the Torrevieja branch of Lions Club International. Admission is only 6€ including a mix of entertainment and awards to locals who have all done their bit for the community.

On Sunday 19th, at 12 noon, a very special concert takes place: Gran Concierto de Gala Benefico. It’s another chance to see one of Torrevieja’s very best bands, fresh from their sold out success on behalf of Los Coistaleros last Saturday, the talented Unión Musical Torrevejense are back on the stage of the Teatro Municipal with admission just 5€.

On Saturday 25th October, a truly international affair takes place. British tenor Derek Frances has gathered a few of his talented friends to put on a concert in the Palacio de la Musica at 8pm with admission of 5€. The show

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Children’s charities ball

A CHARITY ball is to be held at Principe de Asturias restaurant, Santiago de la Ribera on Friday 7th November.

Entertainment will be provided by the King of Soul Richie Alexander and Spanish vocalist Mano Sanchez and a delicious four course meal is included in the 18€ ticket price.

Proceeds from the evening will go to the registered charities Aidemar, which supports children with disabilities and Afacmur, supporting children with cancer.

For more information please call: 96 857 5576 or 675 157 244.

Help for Heroes Fun Day Derek Francis

will contain a variety of music from light opera, though Spanish popular pieces to classic piano and does offer something for everyone that enjoys pure singing.

The following night, Sunday 26th at 7pm, also in the Palacio de la Musica / Music Palace, a free concert is given by the Coral Nuevo Amanecer de Torrelamata. Entrance is free with an invitation, which can be picked up from the Municipal Box office, or space permitting, on the door on the night.

For something a little different and not seen before this year in the City of

Salt, we have a group of Welsh Dances and Musicians performing on 29th October. This is a benefit concert for AFA Torrevieja, the Alzheimer’s Charity, and takes place in the Palacio de la Musica for the price of 5€.

It’s time for trick and treating at the end of the month as on Friday 31st October, there is the second Halloween Parade starting in the main square, the Plaza de la Constitucion at 9pm. Last year we had a flash mob performance of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, and news of this year’s special parade should be announced next week.

ANOTHER VERY popular Help for Heroes Fun Day is being held on 25th October in Calle Maestro Torralba, La Zenia. The road is being closed off outside Flying Farmer, Open all Hours, Easyads, The Randy Leprechaun, Bar Molino, Wishing Well, Dog & Bone and Easy Horse Care.

A parade led by the Torrevieja Pipes & Drums with The Royal British Legion will leave Consum car park at 12 noon, marching down to c/Maestro Torralba where throughout the afternoon there will be entertainment with Davy Jones, TAABS, Celena Deans, Richie Alexander, Ali J., Dan Davy and Paul Michael, hosted by Sunshine FM. There will be stalls; Tombola; a raffle with some great prizes; a bouncy castle; face painting and a display of classic cars.

Refreshments and a barbeque will be available from the local bars.

This time, a donation will be given to the Little Pod Association who will also have a stall there. For further details, please contact Lynne Zaber on 616 331 045 or email lynnezaber@live.com Come along and enjoy yourselves whilst supporting our deserving troops.

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spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

Open questions in third person Keeping in mind the pearls of wisdom we learnt in the last article (pause while you scrabble about for last week’s newspaper) we will now complete our look at open and closed questions. We have got as far as seeing that an open question begins with a question word, or group of words forming a question, for example: “Dónde”, “Cuándo”, “Por qué”, “De qué color” and many more. We then saw that this was followed by a verb. So we have: “¿Cuántos hijos tienes?” (How many children have you got?) “Cuántos hijos” is the question and “tienes” is the verb. “¿Qué estás haciendo?” (What are you doing?) Here “Qué” is the question, and “estás haciendo” together form the verb, and these two verb words do not separate. “¿Dónde estás?” (Where are you?) “Dónde” is the question and “estás” is the verb.

These are all questions in the second person or “you” form, even though we haven’t inserted the word “you” into the sentence. If we were to do so, the questions would be: “¿Cuántos hijos tienes tú?”, “¿Qué estás haciendo tú?”, “¿Dónde estás tú?” As we have said many times before the “tú” is not necessary to make ourselves clear, but

we can use it if we want to. The reason I mention it now though, is to indicate the word order of an open question, which is Question + verb + subject.

So, we will now apply this principle to questions about a third person, that is, a “he” a “she” or even an “it”. To go from “How many children have you got?” to “How many children has Pedro got?”, we follow the same word order, which gives us: “¿Cúantos hijos tiene Pedro?”

(Question + verb + subject). “¿Qué estás haciendo?” (What are you doing?) “¿Qué está haciendo tu hijo?” (What is your son doing?) “¿Dónde estás?” (Where are you?) “¿Dónde está el ayuntamiento?”

(Where is the town hall?)

We can ask similar questions in the plural: “¿De qué color son las cortinas?”

(What colour are the curtains?)

Notice as well that prepositions go in front of question words to form part of the question. “¿De qué color … ? (literally “of what colour?”) is an example of this. Also “¿A qué hora?” (at what time) “¿Durante cuánto tiempo?” (for how long) “¿Con quién?” (with

Crossword Solutions for Last Week CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Plain clothes; 7 Bantu; 8 Nadir; 9 Leo; 10 Decameron; 11 Enmity; 12 Itself; 15 Boy Scouts; 17 Air; 18 Radii; 19 Fibre; 21 Alternatives.

Down: 1 Parallel bars; 2 Nun; 3 Launch; 4 Tinsmiths; 5 Eider; 6 Transformers; 7 Broom; 10 Detective; 13 Erase; 14 Puffin; 16 Yodel; 20 Bit. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Plain clothes; 7 Aspic; 8 Enrol; 9 Opt; 10 Antipathy; 11 War-cry; 12 Parson; 15 Religious; 17 Oaf; 18 Eaten; 19 Watch; 21 Reverberated.

Down: 1 Prison warder; 2 Nip; 3 Locate; 4 Thespians; 5 Egret; 6 Playing field; 7 Alter; 10 Arrogance; 13 Sloth; 14 Cobweb; 16 Lithe; 20 Tor.

Suduko Answer

whom) and many more. We cannot put prepositions at the ends of questions as we do in English.

These probably all look quite straightforward to you, which is good.

The trick is to remember that exactly the same word order will hold true even when our sentences get much more advanced and complicated. So with that said – let’s speak a bit of Spanish shall we? Vamos…

Hoy ha sido un día normal de trabajo para mí, con mis clases en Torrevieja.

Tengo muchos alumnos ya, sobre todo en el segundo grupo del día. Después de la última clase tengo que recoger todas mis cosas y volver a mi casa en coche. Hoy he pasado al supermercado para comprar naranjas y pan, y también a la tienda de fotocopias. En casa he encontrado a mis dos hijas, una viendo la tele y la otra estudiando para un examen. Esto no es lo más norma en nuestra casa. Muchas veces mis hijas están fuera de casa haciendo deporte o paseando con sus amigos. Pues, la hora es bastante tarde ya y estoy trabajando todavía. Enseguida voy a apagar este maldito ordenador y relajarme un poco antes de dormir. ¡Qué vida tengo! ¡Hasta la semana que viene!

Game of Thrones shooting in soggy Seville SHOOTING HAS begun on Game of Thrones, now on location in Seville. The cast and crew of one of television’s most popular fantasy dramas assemble from 6am each day with soldiers and servants in period costumes sporting colourful umbrellas against the driving rain. The Real Alcazar palace is the chosen backdrop and the tourist attraction will undergo ‘partial closures’ while filming takes place throughout October behind barriers to ensure the plot remains secret. An eco-friendly dye is being used to stain the waters of the pools at the palace dark blue – guaranteed to disappear in a few weeks. The Palace with its flowered patios and extraordinary Islamic architecture draws around two million tourists each year and it is hoped that the filming of Game of Thrones will add to its magnetism.

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whats on

APAH Fun Dog Show

By Keith Nicol ON SUNDAY, 9th November, APAH Animal Rescue Charity will be holding their annual Fun Dog Show at The Carpa Municipal, the large marquee, in Pilar de la Horadada Town Hall.

The Show starts at 12:30pm with the registration of dogs for the various classes. Registration closes at 1.30pm followed by the judging of the 12 classes.

Details of the various local businesses who have sponsored the classes are available on APAH’s Facebook site; ApahRescueSanPedro. Along with the judging of the classes, there will be stalls selling variety of things plus a Tombola and a prize draw from the sale of programmes.

Entrance fee is 10€ per dog and owner, with no limit to number of classes your pooch can enter. All dogs must be vaccinated and a certificate provided if required and dogs must be kept on a lead at all times.

It costs spectators just one euro entre with children under 12 free.

To find the venue by motorway, leave the AP7 at junction 770 for Pilar de la Horadada. At the roundabout with the big black bull, take the 2nd exit for Pilar. At the next roundabout full of palm trees, take the 2nd exit again. Carry on until you see the large white marquee.

From the N332, leave it at the exit for Alpuente DIY and Garden Centre. At the roundabout with Mercadona, turn right into calle Industries, and it is in front of you.

Everyone is welcome to attend and help support APAH in its role of rescuing and re-homing abandoned, abused and neglected animals from the Costa Blanca or Calida areas and join in the fun on Sunday. More information from 630 422 563 or visit: www.apahrescue.org or their facebook page.

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Pilarenos to take over La Siesta church

THE INTERNATIONAL Choir Coro Pilar, based in the village of Pinar de Campoverde, will hold a concert at La Siesta Church in Torrevieja on Saturday 18th October.

This mixed choir of several nationalities are to perform their autumn concert under the leadership of their Musical Director Zinoviy Harvat and accompanied

by Nataliya Khomyak. The programme will feature a variety of songs to suit all tastes from Va Piensero by Verdi to El Condor Paso by Simon and Garfunkel.

Come along and enjoy an evening of entertainment whilst supporting the maintenance of beautiful Church that is home to several denominations: a true community church.

The programme begins at 7.3pm and the entrance fee is only 5€, to go towards the upkeep of the church.

Join in the APAH dog show

English Lessons under way at the Age Concern Centre in La Siesta WHEN LOCAL Spanish residents in La Siesta learned that Age Concern gave Spanish Lessons, they asked if the group would consider giving English Lessons. If you have any Spanish friends - or any other nationality - who would like to learn English, just come along to the centre in Calle Paganini, on any Wednesday morning and sign up. Alternatively call 96 678 6887.

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health

Richard G Sykes, RHAD FSHAA Premier Hearing Services

Hearing evaluation and consultation ONCE YOU suspect your hearing has declined it’s time to take action.

THE NEXT step is to seek out a hearing care professional who will give you a thorough evaluation and help prescribe and administer treatment.

A consultation will normally take an hour to an hour and half to fully an accurately assess your hearing impairment and individual needs. It is always helpful to have a friend or partner along to establish the lifestyle/ social effects of the impairment.

MEDICAL HISTORY This will include information regarding any operations on the ears and general health; medical conditions that relate to general health; information regarding the onset of the hearing loss and its duration.

LIFESTYLE QUESTIONNAIRE Your hearing professional will want to

OTOSCOPY Your ears will be visually examined with an otoscope to establish the general health of the ear, ear canal and eardrum

EXPLANATION OF RESULTS An explanation of the audiogram detailing hearing thresholds in right and left ears - the degree of hearing loss, type of hearing loss.

How the hearing loss will affect the individuals lifestyle.

HEARING ANALYSIS /AUDIOMETRY Audiometry will be completed in accordance with the British Society of Audiology Recommended Procedure for Pure-tone air-conduction and bone-conduction threshold Audiometry with and without masking. It will include Air Conduction testing, Bone Conduction testing, Masking as required and an Uncomfortable Loudness level measurement: www.bsa.org

DISCUSSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS/ HEARING AID OPTIONS If it’s determined that hearing aids can help your hearing professional will show you the best solutions to fit your unique needs and lifestyle.

know the types of sound environments you frequent and the activities you enjoy.

Other lifestyle-related questions will help customise the best solution.

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

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

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health

Pneumococcal vaccine. Do I need it?

MOST PEOPLE are aware of the existence of flu vaccines now available, but many have not heard of Pneumococcal vaccine.

THE PNEUMOCOCCAL vaccine protects the lungs from infection by the pneumococcus bacterium (pneumonia). There are 80 types of these bacterium but most cases of pneumonia are caused by the 23 types which are included in the vaccine.

In the UK there are around 500,000 cases of pneumonia each year. When infection leads to bacterial meningitis or septicaemia, 20-30% will die.

The following groups are recommended to have the vaccine: All adults 65 years of age and older.

Persons over 2 years of age with chronic heart or lung disorders including: Congestive Heart Failure Diabetes Mellitus Chronic Liver Disease Alcoholism Spinal Fluid Leaks Cardiomyopathy Chronic Bronchitis or Emphysema (Copd)

Persons over 2 years of age with: Spleen Dysfunction (such as Sickle Cell Disease) Lack of spleen function (Asplenia) Blood Malignancy (Leukaemias) Multiple Myeloma Kidney Failure Cochlear Implant Organ transplantation or immunosuppressive conditions, including HIV infection If elective surgical removal of the spleen (splenectomy) or immunosuppressive therapy is planned, the vaccine, where possible, should be given two weeks prior to the procedure There is also a high rate of pneumonia amongst welders. So if you are a welder, get vaccinated!

circumstances. Also, it may be given at the same time as the flu vaccine saving you a second trip to the doctor!

Unlike the flu vaccine which needs to be given every year, the pneumonia vaccine is a ‘one off’ injection except in special

If you are still unsure as to whether you should receive the vaccine, speak to your family doctor.

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

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Volvo Ocean Race LAST WEEKEND saw the start of the round the world Volvo Ocean Race with around 50,000 spectators flocking to dockside to wish the sailors fair winds.

The seven-strong fleet of the 12th Volvo Ocean Race raced out of Alicante on Saturday for the punishing first leg to Cape Town with rains and strong winds forecast to greet them in the opening eight hours.

Team Brunel took the honours after the fleet bade farewell to a memorable Alicante nine-day stopover before heading out to the Mediterranean, through the Straits of Gibraltar and then into the Atlantic during the first week of a nine-month, 38,739-mile marathon.

Skippered by Bouwe Bekking, the Dutch boat headed the seven-strong fleet out of the Spanish coastal city which hosts the Race HQ and has given the 66 sailors competing in Leg 1 an incredible send-off with tens of thousands visiting the Race Village every day.

They were hotly pursued by both Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing and MAPFRE. Memories of the last ‘salida’ (departure) from Alicante three years ago will still be fresh for many – Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing and Team Sanya were forced to limp back to shore with crippling damage within 24 hours after an opening night storm in the Med wrought early havoc.

Around 50,000 spectators flocked to dockside to wish the sailors fair winds

There’s no such carnage predicted this time but Race meteorologist Gonzalo Infante suggested it will be “messy” from about 10pm local time (2000 UTC) on the first leg when rains are likely to drench the fleet and winds could pick up to around 20 knots.

Traditionally, boats who have won Leg 1 have gone on to win the entire race but

Groupama bucked that trend in 2011-12 when they finished last of only three boats who managed to complete the 6,487 miles to Cape Town.

The French team, led by Franck Cammas, took time to get into their stride but eventually emerged as deserved winners by the time the fleet reached their home port of

Lorient, the penultimate stopover.

Another close race is predicted again for 2014-15, especially with the new one-design Volvo Ocean 65 levelling the playing field, but for the 50,000 or so who packed the Alicante Race Village to wave the fleet on their way, the event has already proved a winner.

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food

Time to enrol for the Tapas Route ONE OF Torrevieja’s most anticipated activities is right around the corner.

by Keith Nicol IT’S TIME again for the Autumn edition of Torrevieja’s Tapas Route and all establishments wishing to join in the fun, have until 28th October to do so. Enrolling is easy by simply completing the online registration form on www.rutadelatapatorrevieja.com.

On Monday, Councillor for Tourism, Luis María Pizana announced the opening of the enrolment period for the XI Tapas Route.

This will take place from Thursday to Sunday, for two weeks, between 20th and 30th November 2014. As in the previous editions, two types of tapas will be offered by each venue, ‘House Tapas’ and ‘Tapa Gourmet’. The price of the tapa and drink will be 2.00€ for the House Tapa and 2.50€ for the Gourmet. Cost of participation is just

50€ with assistance offered to complete the necessary forms by the staff of the Municipal Tourism Office on Paseo Vista Alegre, from Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 2:00pm.

All the rules and regulations can be found on page www.turismodetorrevieja.com and www.rutadelatapatorrevieja.com. The eleventh edition offers several awards for the participating public on Facebook and other social networking sites with more information to follow on www.rutadelatapatorrevieja com.

The last edition, the tenth of the Tapas Route involved a total of 56 bars and restaurants in Torrevieja. For more information, anyone interested can contact the Tourist Office Paseo Vista Alegre, or by call 965 703 433. Email: rutadelatapa@turismodetorrevieja.com.

Celebrate Diwali at the Punjabi Palace COME AND join the award winning Punjabi Palace for the Diwali celebrations this October featuring Bollywood and Bhangra dancer Irene Luna and Dan the Man DJ entertainer.

HAVING RECENTLY won Best Indian Restaurant for 2014, the Punjabi Palace offers a consistent standard of excellence, ensuring their customers return time and again. The Diwali special menu includes: Poppadoms with dips, any starter and any main dish with rice or naan, beer or house wine and unlimited soft drinks all for 25€ p/p.

The highly recommended Punjabi Palace also serves a lunch menu from 12pm -3pm serving delicious Poppadoms, delectable Chicken or Lamb dishes, Rice or Naan with a coffee or dessert and a glass of house wine, small beer or a soft drink - all for 8.95€. With Los Montesinos, La Murada and now the recently opened La Marquesa, this award winning Indian restaurant is going from strength the strength.

Early booking is advised for the diwali celebrations on: 22nd October - Los Montesinos, 23rd October - Quesada, 24th October - La Murada For bookings or more information call: Quesada: 96 671 4963, Los Montesinos: 96 672 0383 or La Murada: 96 677 9169

17-23 OCTOBER 2014

people

Stefanie’s Got Talent

Velvetones escape!

Stefanie received four YES votes

A LOCAL Costa Blanca girl from Los Montesinos has been selected from 50,000 contenders to sing in the Jury auditions of the German ‘Got Talent’.

She sang ‘In the Arms of the Angel’ and received four YES votes and encouraging comments for her performance. After a long standing ovation Stefanie could not control her feelings any longer and burst into tears. She is now waiting to see if she made it into the last 10 for the Finals on 20th December.

Stefanie will be giving a concert

on 7th November in the Auditorium Escuela Musica y Cultura in Calle Divino Pastor 5, Los Montesinos, singing famous West End Musical tunes and power ballads in English and German.

Doors open at 6:30pm and the concert starts at 7:30pm. Book your tickets early at just 5€ by calling 633 019 041 or purchase through: Post Room and Vincent Real Estate in Benijofar, Pepas Bar and Flabelos in Quesada, Carpet Heaven, Kennedy’s Supermarket, Queremon Uniden and Le Petit Cochon in Los

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Montesinos, at the Guardamar Sunday Market from Salchichas Alemanas Ralf or Uwe’s German Supermarket.

In conjunction with Social Services of Los Montesinos a Christmas dinner is being organised in December for low income families and elderly or handicapped people who cannot cook for themselves. A restaurant will be hired and a meal consisting of a 3 course meal with wine, water and coffee will be served along with several other surprises!

We look forward to seeing you......

LORRAINE SIMPSON (Chairman of the popular Velvetones Harmony Chorus) just loves holidaying on cruise ships so she came up with the idea for a social get together and tour of the ship ‘Island Escape’.

The ladies set off for Cartagena port and enjoyed a fabulous tour followed by a fantastic lunch. The crew were so attentive and even made a special 90th birthday cake for Jacky, a visiting friend of the Velvetones.

The chorus then sang to the delight of sun worshippers around the pool - to rapturous applause! Ross - the entertainments manager, was so impressed that he treated the chorus to cocktails before checking that there were no stowaways left on board!

So - if you are looking for a fun hobby and improved social life come and visit one of the rehearsals, each Wednesday from 9.45am to 12.30pm at El Paraiso, Jardin del Mar, Torrevieja (behind Carrefour and McDonalds).

Check out www.velvetones.org Or call Lorraine on 663 751 773 or Ena on 965 707 598

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17-23 OCTOBER 2014

tech Miroculus Cancer Detection Device

We have mentioned previously about how modern technology is helping to advance the medical industry with all kinds of cool and wonderful inventions. Today we focus on a classic example of this by a company called Miroculus. The device is a 3D printed device that is said to be able to detect cancer and other diseases in just under an hour.

The device is an amazing piece of equipment and will no doubt change the lives of many people, helping to find cancer and other diseases at early stages. The device is a \”single, accurate, affordable and non-invasive microRNA detection platform in 3 steps \” and uses MicroRNA Profiling which can detect microRNAs without using expensive equipment, trapping them and changing color to green to show that they have been detected.

The whole process takes about 60 minutes to complete and uses state of the art technology on a connected smart phone to allow you to monitor results.

The smartphone application receives the data from the device and analyses them to see how the brightness and speed of the shine allowing the app to know whether microRNAs are present in the blood.

Data is stored in the cloud allowing the company to provide analytics that help you to keep track and visual trends over time.

We are very happy to see modern technology being used in such an important field and look forward to following the progress of the project. Please check out the TechBubble Modern Technology and Security blog for more info and photos from Miroculus. www.TechBubble.info

with Aunty Virus

Email auntyvirus@roundtownnews.com

Youtube app troubles HOLA AUNTY: I read your articles in RTN every week, they are very interesting. My problem is YouTube’ on my Panasonic Smart TV. When I load the app the page comes up and the list of videos comes up but when you click on one it does not load up! Message: ‘playback error’. This is a new fault as I have had no problems in the past with this app: Dave.

Aunty says: Investigations have found a number of people have also just recently started to get this error message on their Panasonic TV. The first suggestion that may solve the problem is to uninstall the app, and then reinstall the app. If that does not solve the problem, one person contacted Panasonic who said to “re-set the TV back to the shipping default setting,” which the person said “…seems to have done the trick.”

Response: Thank you for the reply: I re-set the TV to ‘shipping conditions’ and can now play YouTube videos on my smart TV.

Changing my homepage back to Google HELLO, AUNTY: Love your articles - what a service you provide! How do I return the Home Page Google? It seems to have changed to Ask which I didn’t choose and don’t want! Sue. Aunty says: Actually you probably did say to the PC to change the home page from Google to Ask - you just do not realise it. Most times, when you install software, there are various options during the install process. These default to whatever the software developer wants - and sometimes will install toolbars and other things by default. And some also change your homepage. Presumably Ask pay that software firm to change homepages if and when their software is installed.

Usually during installation there is always the ability to go to the ‘expert’ install, so you can review everything that will be installed and changed, rather than the default settings, which presumably changed your home page.

Changing homepage is done in the settings of your internet browser: In Internet Explorer go to Internet Options, and under the General tab, will be the ‘Home page’ settings. Simply change the Ask page to your preferred start page: www.google.co.uk

Mobile antivirus HELLO AUNTY: Do I need an antivirus system on my iPhone 5 or on my wife’s Samsung? Keep up the good work. Barry.

Aunty says: Most tablets and iPhones are unlikely to get viruses as most of the apps you download will be checked before they are made available on apps stores. The apps are what’s called ‘Sandbox’, which means that they don’t have permission to access the system files of the phone.

So the phone is not going to get a virus, unless you install an app from an ‘unofficial’ source. However, if you want an antivirus system, simply look in the apps store for one that you want.

Response: Thanks for your reply: it has put my mind at rest.

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Gadget Inspector investigates:

Acer XC-603 Desktop PC

THIS WEEK the Inspector takes a look at the Acer XC-603 Desktop PC with Windows 8.1, a powerful, modern desktop ideal for everyday computing needs.

If you’ve been thinking about replacing that trusty old desktop then the Acer XC-603 is an ideal candidate. The basic specifications are impressive at the price – Quad Core Intel Pentium J1900 2GHz Processor, 4GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive, DVDRW/CD drive and Windows 8.1 installed!

But first let´s address the elephant in the room – Windows 8.1. Having grown to accept Windows XP/7 the new ‘metro’ tile style Windows 8 is somewhat of a culture shock for many. Sure, a lot of people have been put off upgrading their machines because of it – but should you be?

One of the biggest complaints has been the loss of the much loved Start button – but with the release of Windows 8.1 a similar function has now been added to the desktop. Sure you´ll still need to adapt a little, but it’s not all doom and gloom.

Sure, not everybody uses a conventional desktop setup as much in the modern laptop/tablet era, but for some it is still a necessity where a bigger screen and permanently set-up peripherals are needed. And with the Acer being a diminutive w37cm x d27cm x h10 it will fit easily onto the smallest desk.

And connecting to your existing monitor is no problem, whether it be a modern type with HDMI connector or VGA style connector (often fitted to older big tube CRT monitors). Please note that no monitor is supplied, package contains desktop, UK keyboard and mouse only.

The Acer also has a DVDRW/CD drive which will play conventional CDs/DVDs, and create music/video CDs/DVDs with writable media. Microphone and speaker ports are also supplied to connect your external speakers or headset.

There’s no skimping on connectivity either with 1 USB 3.0 ports,4 USB 2.0 ports, RJ45 LAN port, 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 Inspectors Verdict: The Acer XC-603 Desktop PC covers all the bases, whether you want a multimedia PC to play your HD movies, check your email, surf the web or chat with friends on Skype the Acer provides the power and flexibility to cope with ease – and at a very low price!

Please note the following is for information and is not intended as an advertisement - visit www.gadgethound.co.uk/acer-desktop/ to purchase the Acer XC-603 Desktop PC for 293€. Please note the package does not include a monitor, and the power cable has a UK plug which will require a Spanish 2-pin adapter. Price quoted includes delivery to Spain and is subject to availability (Euro cost subject to exchange rate at time of purchase).

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Focus on Golf Powered by Campbell Lamont Golf, partnered by BayRadio

How will our grand children describe Golf?

AS A once great game? Or with great hilarity? Or will it still be the arena for the perpetual challenge to achieve a lower score than on a previous outing?

By Tony Myles There is universal decline in the numbers of golfers entering the game and the evidence in the US is undeniable.

The Millennials (the generation born since the mid 80s) appear to have lost interest in the sport and it is hardly surprising. Why? Golf hasn’t moved with the times and the vast majority of senior members would nod and suggest that that is good thing.

Therefore the average age of the participants is getting older. There is a reducing supply of young blood flowing along the conveyor belt.

Many golf courses introduce junior player schemes but the places in these are most frequently taken by the offspring of existing members who would possibly join anyway.

A few weeks ago on Bay Radio, Campbell raised this issue and, as with many of my peers, I was somewhat dismissive of the suggestion that my favourite sport was reducing in popularity. Largely because I have seen no evidence. My home golf course is busy. The past year has seen a regular flow of visiting players. When I mentioned this in conversation with The Usual Suspects who hack around with me each week, they all expressed surprise that there were discernible signs of decline.

And even in the UK the situation is not apparent at grass roots level. I discussed this with a recent visitor from Southern England.

Roger Willes is a member of Hartley Witney Golf Club and a member of various official bodies. He suggests that any loss is often balanced by growth in other areas. “A recent golf club in our area was acquired by a development company who increased the fees to a level that was completely out of the

Head 2 Head Campbell - Have you ever tried other sports?

Tony M - What do you mean ‘Tried’?

Campbell - Well sometimes it is worth trying different things until you find one you are good at.

Tony M - I can see where you are going with this but the answer is no. Although I do have a cousin who is good all rounder.

Campbell - What does he do?

Tony M - I think he is best remembered for the time he shot a turkey.

Campbell - Really! He shot a turkey? Why was that so memorable.

Tony M - The other Christmas shopper in Tesco were gobsmacked!

reach of the members, who understandably left in droves. The golf club was closed and the course was then divided into plots and sold for development into private dwellings and commercial properties. However the counter to that is the ‘Rory Effect’ which has seen youth membership double in certain clubs inspired by the success of some of our young European golfers.”

Yet Campbell, who is the main driving force behind golf in Spain is apparently, and worryingly, correct. Despite some good news there is undoubtedly an equal amount of bad news.

For young people the game isn’t dynamic enough. They are accustomed to instant

results which requires no long term focus of attention. Their view of competition is multi-faceted where success is measured in how quickly an objective can be overcome or a goal secured. So in future years when they learn that a novice player in their Grandparents days would typically face an interview to decide on his suitability, they will hoot with laughter. They will look at the elderly exponents of the sport and decide that it probably isn’t for them - at least not yet.

Is this a cause for concern? At this stage rumours of its death have been somewhat exaggerated. The game is thriving in new markets. China is booming. Emerging

Eastern European countries are piling vast sums into the creation of some spectacular and challenging courses and so there is strong evidence that the centres of excellence may be moving.

There is also evidence that while these new markets may prove to be the eventual saviours of the game at least one old established province is accepting the need to change.

The US PGA and TaylorMade are leading this move to modernise the game and we will look at that in more detail next week.

Some of you may need to have a lie down or a stiff drink afterwards.

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road test

Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

A positive experience THE BRITISH are passionate about queues, according to research from Onepoll.com: I passionately hate them.

AND SO it is with a sinking feeling that I find myself in yet another claustrophobic traffic jam. But hang on a minute, it’s a much more positive experience because I’m driving a Toyota Yaris Hybrid and it thrives in such situations. In fact it is possible to travel up to two miles at 30mph on its electric motor, thus conserving expensive petrol.

The Yaris Hybrid is a joy because, as long as the driver is light with the right foot and the motor is sufficiently charged, it will automatically crawl along in EV (electric vehicle) mode.

If it doesn’t then there is an EV switch, awkwardly placed near the handbrake. Either way, progress is similar to the sound and pace of a milk float.

Woe betide the impatient motorist because apply too much pressure on the accelerator and it’ll start guzzling fuel.

There’s a similar temptation when other irritated motorists are forced to form an orderly queue behind as the driver nurses the little hybrid on its way. But when the traffic is slow moving it works well.

Normal driving results in the engine charging the motor back up in time to be used in another queue.

I would be happier if this hybrid technology was coupled to a more efficient diesel engine as it consumes too much petrol for my liking, really only allowing around 350 miles of travel on a

full tank. The tank is 36 litres or 7.9 gallons (compared to 42 litres in a standard Yaris, to make room for the hybrid battery) and during my test it has averaged 44mpg. This makes it much more appropriate for pottering around town rather than motorway munching.

It does have an excellent cruise control that can be used at speeds of 26mph and above even with EV mode. It can be set at 30mph and no matter whether travelling downhill or up it will stick rigidly to this speed, which is particularly helpful when a speed camera is present.

A unique interior is made all the more so by what appears to be a light turquoise woodchip wallpaper effect on the dashboard and door inserts, which you can see in the video at testdrives.biz. It is actually a fabric but at a quick glance looks very much like wallpaper.

Equipped with a good level of features the Yaris Hybrid gets all round electric windows, air conditioning, Sat-Nav and a CD player.

MODEL TESTED Toyota Hybrid 1.5 VVT-i Hybrid T3 5d CVT Auto New price range: 13,280.17€ - 22,157.69€ Economy: 44.5mpg 0-60mph: 11.4secs Top speed: 103mph Power: 99bhp Fuel tank: 36 litres (7.9 gallons) Watch the video at: www.testdrives.biz

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