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Remember! The clocks go back by 1 hour on Sunday 26th October at 3am.

El Altet install license plate readers to monitor ‘foreign’ taxis AS ELCHE Taxi drivers strive to cut out as much competition as possible for airport fares, a license plate reader is about to be installed to seek out ‘black’ taxis.

by Keith Nicol

Rebecca Holt

An Evening of Song and Dance in aid of AMMA THERE WILL be a charity concert on Sunday 2nd November at 7.30pm in the Pilar Cinema in aid of AMMA. This is a new charity that aims to assist people who suffer from Alzheimer’s or other debilitating illnesses or traumas, such as strokes.

Read the full story on page 52.

The National Commission of Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA) has approved the installation of a license plate reader to control the entry of what they term ‘foreign taxis’ at the airport in Alicante-Elche, which is limited to six monthly services. A foreign taxi is decreed to be any taxi not from Elche.

At the moment, the Elche police force is in charge of trying to control and to respond to requests for permission by foreign taxi drivers who wish to pick up at the airport, but Elche’s Councillor for Transportation, Justino Delgado noted “you can not keep track of this ‘very comprehensively’, all year long.”

Such a facility already exists at Barcelona-El Prat and Delgado added: “this is going to solve a historical problem that has cost a lot of money to our drivers.” The licence plate reader costs about 7,000 euros, which will be paid for by the Elche council, who will also be responsible for its maintenance. It’s expected to be installed by the end of next month.

However, Barcelona is Spain’s largest city and very few ‘foreign’ taxis have ever had a major presence there.

Adding to their protectionism, Elche’s Department of Transportation will be starting disciplinary proceedings against those taxi drivers who they accuse of exceeding the limitation of six services per month. This limitation was launched last May following a consensus decision by the Department of Transportation, the Elche council and the Association of Auto-Taxi Elche. At this time, Elche taxi drivers slashed tyres, smashed windows, broke off mirrors, verbally abused and threw raw eggs at ‘foreign’ taxis and their drivers.

The Elche Taxi association noted that before May 2014, “the level of intrusiveness in the airport was about 40 foreign daily drivers, mainly from Torrevieja, Benidorm, Murcia and Cartagena versus 82 from Elche.” These figures should almost be expected because approximately 85% of those travelling through the airport are foreigners, with just a tiny percentage of these owning property in or around Elche.

Elche taxi drivers have often been accused of wishing to travel south by the AP7 rather that the N332, as the route is longer and more expensive.

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New Padron information centre proves popular

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BETWEEN THIRTY and forty residents a day have made use of the new Padron Desk located in Torrevieja’s Office of Tourism. The desk is open on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 9am to 11am, with extended hours should the need arise. Further to just checking your details or renewing your pardon, the desk can now register first time applicants, to allow them to become residents of Spain.

It is obligatory by Spanish law to register on the padrón where you habitually reside, yet many British ex-pats still have not done so. In reality, it is simply a way for the town hall to know how many people live in their area, without entering into investigations as to a person’s official residence status or financial affairs. It’s also of major benefit to the Town Hall as the more people who are on the Padron, the more funding Central government allocates to the different

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municipalities for the provision of health centres, police officers, fire fighters and schools plus basic maintenance and building of public buildings.

To register on the padron or update your status, simply go to the Tourism Office on Tuesday or Wednesday morning bringing with you official identification, such as a passport, your NIE, residence certificate/card and the deeds to your house or a copy of your rental contract. An old copy of your Padron Certificate can also speed up the few minutes you will be at the desk.

The other function of the Padron Desk is to register your right to vote in European and local Municipal elections. However, staff will usually not ask you if you would like to vote, the onus is on you to just tell the operator that you would like to be on the electoral role. Thus, while you are at the office, ensure that you have the right to vote in the upcoming May 25th elections.

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Cruise tourism continues to sink

RCCL’s Oasis of the Seas in Barcelona last month

by Keith Nicol WHILE THE business of cruises continues to boom in such ports as Cartagena, during the first six months of 2014, the Port of Valencia lost 50,000 passengers in half a year; the highest drop in Spain. The number of passengers who visited the port of Valencia in the first six months of 2014 was 124,300 people in 49 vessels, representing a decrease of 28.7 percent, “the highest in Spain”. Last year, in the same period, the city recorded a total of 174,474 passengers, fifty thousand more than in 2014.

With Seatrade, the largest Mediterranean Cruise Shipping conference just finished, the Ports of Valencia and Alicante did not fare well, while talk of Denia turning into a Cruise Port faces major difficulties, due to their location hours from a major airport.

The Port of Valencia has similar problems in identifying the drop in the number of cruise passengers.. First it is not a strong base for cruising because the city airport connections are not good and cruise companies are preferring other destinations at the expense of the usual Mediterranean, which in 2014 has seen a fall in total cruise ship visits.

The Mediterranean’s busiest port of Barcelona experienced a decline in the number of travellers of 9.26%, with 947,873 people until June, after receiving 322 ships, a decline of 8.26% whereas the Baleares, with 591,263 passengers, registered an increase

of 5.1% and 256 ships, a drop of 4.12%. From January to June, the Spanish ports received a total of 1,627 cruises, representing less than 45 ships of this type than a year ago and a decrease of 2.69%. In June, the number of cruise passengers fell 6.4% to 553,811 passengers, compared with 592,269 recorded in the same month in 2013.

Locally, Cartagena’s fortunes have turned around and the Port is experiencing its best year this decade. However, Alicante’s figures continued to drop in 2014 but the new management company are expecting many more ships to visit in 2015, although Industry professionals at Seatrade highlighted the lack of any innovation in shore excursion offerings and attractions other than the beach and castle, as major reasons that cruise lines should consider visiting Alicante.

Benidorm enjoyed their first cruise ship visit this month and foreign investors have been looking at the possibility of adapting Torrevieja’s harbour front into a cruise destination, as the harbour wall is a natural breakwater and is long and deep enough to berth the majority of the World’s cruise fleet.

Torrevieja enjoys a somewhat unique advantage over many other Mediterranean ports in that there are two airports within an hour’s travel from the port area and with the possibility of the harbour zone being redesigned in the near future, the City of Salt remains the dark horse in being the Mediterranean’s newest cruise destination.

Elda speed circuit remains unused THE SOCIALIST party in Elda has figuratively put its foot down regarding a motocross track installed four years ago on a budget of 150,000€ which remains unused. Eduardo Vicente, deputy spokesman for the PSOE, pointed out that the track was intended for organised races for amateur motocross fans but instead has been reserved for professional use and is now falling into disrepair. It has also been targeted by thieves who stole some of its metal fencing. A further 70,000€ has been spent on repairs to the track since its completion. Vicente branded the project a “waste of money on a clearly underutilised facility.”

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More Russians are coming

by Keith Nicol AFTER BRITISH Citizens, Russians are the second most populous residents in Torrevieja, with their numbers growing all the time. Along with settling in the city, the Russian Tourist market is also showing growth, the Costa Blanca Tourism Board exhibiting at shows in St. Petersburg and Moscow every year. Those close ties attracted more professional travel agents to the Costa Blanca this week with 25 agents from Russian Travel Agency ‘Amigos-S’ visiting the city on Sunday.

The agents had the opportunity to visit Torrevieja’s most emblematic locations and to visit a variety of different catering establishments. They also enjoyed a boat ride along the Torrevieja coast, where they were treated to a demonstration of some of the city’s maritime offerings such as Flyboard and Cable Ski as Torrevieja’s Department of Tourism is investing heavily in water sports and is actively working with the sector to position itself by offering different activities from other coastal towns.

The group also visited the Floating Museum, the waterfront and the city centre. Councillor for Tourism of Torrevieja, Luis María Pizana said, “This week a group of 25 Russian agents are learning firsthand about the comprehensive tourism offers of some towns of the Costa Blanca.”

25 travel agents from AmigosS’ visit Torrevieja’s Floating Museum

In 2007 this tour operator began working in collaboration with such reliable airlines, as “Transaero”, “Aeroflot” “S7” flying from Moscow to Alicante and it should be noted that this visit is the result of the meeting between representatives of the tour operator “”Amigos-S “and the Deputy Provincial Tourism, Joaquín Albaladejo, at the International Tourism Fair in Moscow (MITT), where the body attended to promote tourism in the municipalities of Alicante. At

Launch party Saturday 25th October at Citroen Benijofar

that meeting, they assessed the results of the summer season and built upon new ideas and lines of collaboration for the winter season, in order to attract the emerging tourism market from Russia to the Costa Blanca.

Russian tourism is one of the priority markets for the province of Alicante, given its growth forecast, high purchasing power and willingness to travel to the Mediterranean countries.

Clocks and kick offs go back on Sunday

TO CELEBRATE the launch of the all new C4 Cactus & C1.

CITROEN BENIJOFAR are inviting everyone to the launch party of the all new C4 Cactus and C1 on Saturday 25th October starting from 10.30am.

Cava, wine and draught beer along with snacks will be served until 3pm. Find them at Federico Garcia Lorca 103 - 105 Benijofar.

IT’S TIME once again for darkness to fall close to six in the evening, as before you go to sleep on Saturday night, don’t forget to put your close an hour back and enjoy an extra hour of slumber. Along with darkness coming earlier, so will CD Torrevieja kick off an hour earlier at 5.00pm in the Vicente Garcia Stadium, for the 11th day of the season, against CD Castellón.

After a week’s rest, CD Torrevieja presently lie 7th in the league with 14 and just three pint away from being in the play off places: the team’s goal for this season. It won’t be an easy game as CD Castellón are undoubtedly one of the favourites to not only feature in the top four but to be champions of the group, as their experienced team contains players with experience of Playing in La Liga, 2A and 2B. However the start has not been as expected for Castalia, who currently are ranked 10th with 13 points.

On Sunday, there will also be a raffle for a quality pair of sunglasses from Optical Chantal, in Torrevieja, for only 2€.

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Banking giant Rothschild summoned over dodgy Spanish investments

Shocking accident in Torry shopping Mall A FIVE-YEAR-OLD suffered an electric shock from exposed wires on a hand rail in the Plaza de la Ermita, Torrevieja, at about 7pm last Wednesday evening. The hand rail was located in the access staircase to the underground car park. The child was transferred to Torrevieja Hospital but later released. Several complaints have also been received about infestations of mice in the area

by Jan Gamm IN A case brought against N M Rothschild & Sons for fraud and fraudulent advertising where the bank allegedly mishandled around €4 million in equity release to ex-pat clients, the Denia court is to indict Baron David de Rothschild, chairman of Rothschild Continuation Holidays.

Back in 2005 loans were sold by independent financial advisers operating in Spain who suggested that equity should be released on clients’ homes with the cash invested in a fund, often claiming that they would enjoy inheritance tax benefits. The products were provided by a variety of banks mainly in Scandinavia, but also by Rothschild bank.

CHANNEL ISLANDS Rothschild sold around 130 of these products between 2005 and 2008, distributed in Spain through the bank’s CreditSelect Series loan. However, that activity was carried out by its Guernsey-based entity in the Channel Islands, outside the jurisdiction of the UK Government or UK regulators.

Although authorities in the UK were sympathetic to ex-pats plight, the products were not sold in the UK or by UK companies and Rothschild was able to

Traffic police increase surveillance on B roads

stand firmly by his CreditSelect loan product, arrogantly confident and dismissive of authority.

In a parliamentary debate in January 2014 it was noted by Sajid Javid, MP for Bromsgrove, that a mortgage market directive in its final stages in the European Union ruled that such immunity did not include equity release products.

LAWBIRD LEGAL SERVICES Clients who lost significant sums took the case up with the Spanish authorities and now lawyer Antonio

Baron Rothschild indicted

Flores of Marbella-based Lawbird Legal Services has succeeded in his request to the Denia court for the indictment of Baron Rothschild.

“This is a great opportunity to exert maximum pressure on N M Rothschild & Sons and it remains to be seen how the bank will tackle this setback,” said Flores.

The indictment of Rothschild is seen as a significant victory for ex-pats, some of whom have lost their hardearned life’s savings in what is now seen as an unstable and irresponsible loan investment.

THE DGT, Spain’s traffic authority, is stepping up its surveillance of B roads in an effort to stem the number of traffic accidents. Last weekend there were ten deaths on Spanish roads with a further 27 people injured. This year’s fatality lists will exceed those of last year if something is not done to reduce the number of accidents on the roads.

940 people died on secondary roads in Spain last year and this year there have already been 895 fatalities.

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Teresa Romero on the mend

by Jan Gamm

NURSE TERESA Romero has finally tested negative for Ebola. She was cleared in two separate test results taken over a period of 48 hours. She is the first person in Spain to have survived the disease after the contracted virus whilst nursing repatriated Ebola victims. Nurse Romero will require further treatment after the disease affected her lungs, liver and kidneys. However, she is reported to be in good spirits, eating solid food for some days now, breathing on her own and looking forward to getting some fresh air after being Teresa cooped up in a hospital room for weeks.

Romero

Rato resigns from the PP

RODRIGO RATO, true to habit, has resigned his PP seat following his implication in the Caja Madrid ‘card B’ scandal, pre-empting the party forcing him to leave. Rato must find €3 million in bail money to avoid having his assets embargoed by the court.

Former Economy Minister and IMF director Rato upholds his statement that he has “always acted within the law” and the cards were “…part of my salary.” Rato has been a PP member since 1979.

London refuses to increase military presence in Gib

First Minister Fabian Picardo with Defence Minister Michael Fallon

GIBRALTAR FIRST Minister Fabia Picardo’s request for an increased military presence on the Rock has been rejected following Defence Minister Michael Fallon’s visit last week. It is considered that although Spain’s numerous and tiresome incursions may be viewed as a violation of Britain’s sovereignty they are nonetheless “non-threatening.”

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Sports City’s growth factor THE SPORTS City in Torrevieja is yet another success story for the City of Salt.

by Keith Nicol The new pavilion is due to open in a few months, which will complete the next phase of facilities for the Sports City. The facilities of the Municipal Sports Complex are currently considered as one of the most complete in the province of Alicante. Between the Municipal Schools and visiting sports teams, since the start of the new autumn sports courses on October 1st, over 2,500 people have attended the facility each day.

The Sports City offers a diverse selection of courses attracting hundreds of students of diverse ages. In total, the Department of Sports has counted up to 2,500 people who partake in different sports on a daily basis, with the majority of them involved with football. The new Multipurpose Covered Pavilion is focused on such activities as rhythmic gymnastics, keep fit, body combat, Pilates, Zumba and a wide range of other possibilities that are currently scattered across different areas of the municipality.

The two directors of the facilities and schools, torrevejenses José Antonio Carmona and Javier Francisco Perez, have coordinated the implementation of a new program to further expand the offerings of the complex.

This Sports Council has launched a dozen dif-

ferent sports for the 2014/15 season including athletics, basketball, handball, judo, football, gymnastics plus specialised activities such as roller hockey, rowing, tennis, fitness, Pilates, zumba and triathlon, among others.

Activities are directed by more than fifty professional sports educators and trainers, as well as non-teaching staff. Besides the municipal schools, the facilities are also in constant demand by many athletes from other parts of Spain and especially the UK and Northern Europe. Foreign teams are especially attracted More than 2,500 to Torrevieja during the colder months, due to Torrevieja’s warm and dry winter climate and people use Torrevieja’s full range of facilities, all within walking dis- Sports City tance of each other. daily Continued from front page Being from Elche, most rely upon Sat Nav systems to find their destination, and there have been many complaints about Elche drivers getting lost trying to find urbanisations and streets that are not logged into such a system and rarely mapped. Their lack of local knowledge, little or no English and the use of the taximeter rather than offering a flat rate have led to more complaints. In part, the success of the Torrevieja Airport Bus service is partly due to the dissatisfaction with the service offered by some Elche taxis plus ‘foreign’ taxis are considering taking a case to the European Courts due to the anti-competitive nature and protectionism practices employed to keep out foreign taxis from the area.

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Multiple face of fraud

by Jack Troughton CUNNING BENEFIT thieves who stole over £82 million from taxpayers in ‘abroad fraud’ last year face having the cash clawed back by the Department for Work and Pensions.

The DWP has launched a new campaign in the UK targeting cheats in their own area – and is appealing for help from expats in Spain to report suspected benefit thieves living abroad – while it continues to recover stolen money.

The department said the cheats – both at home in the UK and abroad - steal multiple assets while using multiple identities to commit multiple frauds.

A DWP spokesman said: “There is no one type of benefit thief, but the one thing they have in common is that they are all taking advantage and abusing the system.

“New and improved methods

are in place to target thieves wherever they are and government departments are working together to catch anyone abusing the system.”

In July, Peter Fischer was in court after using multiple identities to pocket over £85,000 in benefits. He was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and suspended for 15 months.

Detectives found not only was Fischer claiming benefits while living abroad, he was also working in the UK and Spain, where he tried to operate a business, without informing the DWP. He also owned undeclared property in Spain.

PENSIONER And Murcia pensioner Dennis Troubridge who claimed benefits while living in the Spanish sun was jailed for 16 months in September.

The 74-year-old had been living in Spain since 2009 and fraudulently

Police bust prostitution racket THE NATIONAL Police have dismantled an operation that exploited Nigerian women and forced them into prostitution in Bilbao, Burgos and Malaga. The women were coerced into travelling from their homes in Nigeria to Spain where they were forced to work in sex clubs. They were allegedly threatened with voodoo against their families unless they paid ‘debts’ of up to 50,000€ to an organised gang. Six women and four men were arrested, five of whom have been sent to prison.

claimed over £135,000 in benefits by daughter Poppy Bowling. It also cost Bowling a 12 month Community Order for her part in the scam.

She had provided her Dagenham home as a benefit address for her father and also dealt with mail linked to his claims. The daughter also had control over one of Troubridge’s bank account so she could transfer money to another of his banks.

In both cases, the DWP highlighted how the benefit thieves were claiming Income support, Pension Credit, Disability Living Allowance, and Housing Benefits.

The spokesman added: “All of which are not exportable when living abroad.”

And part of the fight back against fraud includes the now ‘traditional’ benefit fraud hotline, allowing the DWP to receive allegations directly from concerned members of the public.

Cheats steal from the system

The Spanish hotline 900 554 440 is free and confidential and the public can report suspects believed to be benefit cheats. The line is open between 8am and 4pm.

People wanting information about benefits they can legally receive while living abroad can visit https://www.gov.uk/livingin-spain#state-pensions.

Five Novelda arrests from rural surveillance IN JUST one month five arrests have made in the rural areas surrounding Novelda as part of a rural surveillance campaign launched by local police. Two Romanian women aged 34 and 39 respectively were apprehended in the process of robbing a house, caught with a number of items allegedly stolen from the property in El Campet. Further arrests were made on Sunday as a result of collaboration between the local police and the Guardia Civil. One was a 36year-old Romanian wanted on three warrants issued for previous offences. The Novelda Rural Safety Plan is to remain active until January 2015.

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Power struggle

Customers are now wondering why Spain’s power is so expensive

by Jack Troughton SPAIN’S SOARING cost of electricity has angered customers and left many worrying over how to pay bills as winter approaches.

Over the last decade the price of electricity has risen at a “shocking” price according to economists – climbing 60% between 2006 and 2012.

Years of poor regulation have sent the domestic and industrial prices seemingly out of control, a situation made even worse by central government withdrawing a 3.6 billion Euro contribution to reforming the sector.

It has resulted from consumers enjoying cheap power to Spain having electricity bills amongst the highest in Europe. Prices jumped in August and October last year – and Madrid was forced to intervene when an 11% hike was planned for last January after a public outcry.

In a recession hit country, El Pais underlined how last year some 4 million households were having difficulty paying electricity bills – and around 1.4 million were cut off for non-payment.

Disgruntled customers are now wondering why Spain’s power is so expensive.

Electricity is produced at power plants before being distributed via the national grid – but at each stage the cost to consumers is increased through taxation, premiums imposed on renewable or cleaner energy sources...and debts.

RECOUP DEBT A main contribution to the deficit was a bid to keep consumer prices low despite production and supply costs rising. Electricity giant Iberdrola and smaller suppliers are now recouping the debt by billing customers – the pay back for historic low cost power adds 8% to a bill.

Back in 2002, Madrid decided electricity costs to customers should not rise at more than 2% per year despite the cost of production being higher – this helped keep inflation low, was a wonderful election promise, and improved the country’s competitiveness.

But a temporary solution became set in stone – successive governments lacked the political will to change the situation for a decade.

Economists in the field say the burden of repayments for debts created by electricity companies themselves as they modernise production and supply methods and supply fallen on the consumer. RTN was told: “What the electricity companies save on production costs does not lead to lower prices, but bigger profits...if we paid them what energy costs, the system would balance itself out. The deficit is, in reality, the excessive profits they have made.”

It is little comfort to consumers that nearly half their bill is taken in standing charges, taxes, and repaying subsidies on power used by someone years ago. And it is a “doubleedged sword” for expats who find it difficult to decipher an electricity bill in any case.

If you would like to share your thoughts or experiences about rising energy costs please email rtnmail@roundtownnews.com

Benidorm hotel closures

THE NUMBER of hotels that are closing for the low Winter season this year has increased to 43, two more than last year. This figures equates to 10,852 beds – an increase of a thousand with the extra two establishments. Each year the figure escalates as uncertainty about how the Winter market will unfold leaves too much doubt for many to take the risk. The Imersco government scheme, which many rely on, allowing pensioners to enjoy discounted holidays has been reduced – both number and profitability wise. Although the low season is classified as the period between November and April, the majority do not close until December and many of those take the opportunity to carry out repairs and improvements, ahead of the following years high season. The economic crisis is certainly taking its toll on Benidorm, which is evident looking at figures from 2008 when it first hit Spain. Back then only 26 hotels closed their doors, representing 5053 beds – less than half of this years number.

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‘Good luck, Mr Gorsky!’

ON 20TH JULY 1969, Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the Moon, not only said: “That´s one small step for Man, and one giant leap for Mankind.” Just before reentering the lander, he also made the enigmatic remark: “Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!”

Over the years, many people questioned Armstrong as to what the “Good luck, Mr Gorsky” statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled.

On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, Florida, a reporter brought up the 26-year-old question about Mr Gorsky to Armstrong again, and this time he finally responded because ‘his’ Mr. Gorsky had just died.

In 1938, when Neil Armstrong was a kid in a small Midwestern town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit the ball, which landed in his neighbour’s yard by their bedroom window. His neighbours were Mr and Mrs Gorsky.

As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs Gorsky shouting at Mr.Gorsky, “Sex! You want sex?! You´ll get sex when the kid next door walks on the Moon!”

Neil Armstrong´s family confirmed that this is a true story.

Richard M McBride Benidorm

Blatant robbery OF ALL the adverse things I have heard that happens to Expats in Spain the following takes the biscuit.

An elderly expat who has been living in Spain for about 15 years just lost her husband. The bank froze her account so she had no money to pay for the funeral and the transfer of the property to her name.

In stepped her lawyer who has handled their affairs since their arrived in Spain.

She was under duress just after the death of her husband but was persuaded by her lawyer to sign a document whereby if she could not sell her property by midOctober she would be liable to pay 6,000€

to the lawyer.

This, I assume, was for the cost of the funeral.

Without having any success in trying to sell her home she eventually borrowed the money from a relative.

Now the lawyer says that it is going to cost her 35,000€ to deal with all her problems, which includes the funeral, handling the sale of the property when she sells the villa, and the transfer of the deeds to her name.

This seems to me to be blatant robbery going on in Spain.

Name and address supplied

What’s happened to Spanish TV? I WONDER if some of your knowledgeable readers could advise on what has happened to Spanish TV. My wife loves Karlos (the Chef), and the Spanish Equivalent of Wheel of Fortune, whereas I loved watching the Discovery Max Program (especially Wheeler Dealers).

This has not been possible for the last 4-6 weeks: all we get is a blank screen or a low or no signal warning. I should add this is namely TVE3.

Also I understand there are going to fiddle with the transmission again shortly. Does anyone have any news on what and when?

Thanks in advance for any help or information. E A Regler, Torrevieja

Kit off for charity THREE COSTA Blanca charities stand to

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benefit from the proceeds of sales of a new 2015 calendar inspired by the original ‘Calendar Girls’ as brave men and women shed their clothes for a good cause.

by Jack Troughton The Costa Blanca Calendar Girls (and Boys!) has been produced by a “crazy” gang in El Campello and sales will support Scope, which helps provide equal opportunities for disabled people; Bruised but not Broken, a charity providing respite for carers looking after cancer patients; and the Alzheimer’s Association.

The story of the original Calendar Girls – the ladies of the WI in a little Yorkshire village – has become folklore. The idea was born in 1998 when the ladies aimed to buy a sofa for the hospital where one of their husbands was being treated for cancer.

Sales of calendars and merchandise earned over £3 million to date for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research and the inspirational story produced a hit film and stage show.

Lorraine Brown, President of

Bruised but not Broken, said she and two friends decided to “borrow the idea” and the result was a twist on the concept “after four crazy weeks”.

The calendar will go public for the first time at a special ‘Reveal Night’ at Bernie’s Bar in El Campello on Saturday 15th October.

Lorraine said they drew up an “action plan” which led the three organisers to recruit local businesses to sponsor a page in the calendar – and they decided to proceed after discovering “a definite interest”.

The next task was finding a photographer. A local man volunteered and so the idea took another step forward.

“Here’s where the craziness started as we began to make appointments for photo shoots – doing them in barmy places and at ‘stupid o’clock’ times to fit in with work schedules.

“But finally, after more than one

anxious moment, all was in place and off it went to the printers. The next week or so passed in eager anticipation – would it be ok? Would it be good enough? More importantly would people like it enough to buy it? Now they can see for themselves.”

Lorraines thanked SR Printers in Pedregeur for their knowledge and patience and “everyone involved in this project who has given their time freely – and bravely!”

Tickets for the Reveal Night are

The calendar’s front cover

5€ including a hot supper plate.

The fun starts at 8pm and live entertainment is provided by popular singer Tony Francis. Tickets are available from Bernie’s Bar itself, The English Shop, and Kutz Hair

and Beauty.

The Costa Blanca Calendar Girls (and Boys!) will be on sale on the night at 8.95€ and can also be purchased at Bernie’s Bar, The English Shop, and Kutz hair and Beauty.

Spain tops the world’s ‘best value’ holiday report SPAIN, BALI and Portugal top the UK’s Post Office Winter Sunshine Report for ‘best-value destinations’ based on the average price of a selected ‘basket’ of holiday items that include: a cup of coffee at a café or bar; a bottle of lager; a can of Coca Cola; a glass of wine; a 1.5-litre bottle of water; sun lotion from a local supermarket; insect repellent; and a three-course dinner for two including wine. The cost to purchase these items in Spain totalled £44.03 representing great value. In second place was Bali, Indonesia. Bottom of the list was Dubai, where the same items would set the holidaymaker back a shameful £159.34! Ouch! Destinations where the basket costs more than £100 include Mauritius; St Lucia; Punta Cana (Dominican Republic); Jamaica’s Montego Bay; Sharm el Sheik, Egypt and Penang in Malaysia.

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Store flies the flag El CORTE Ingles, the Spanish department store, has gone red, white and blue as it launches a “Great” campaign to promote the best of British fashion, food, and culture.

by Jack Troughton The Union Jack was flying high this week as the store launched its campaign in branches of El Corte Ingles in Alicante, Murcia and Valencia.

The ‘Great Britain’ campaign – which

lasts until 9th November – is aimed at a showcase of British creativity.

Consul Paul Rodwell and Vice Consul Lloyd Milen from the British Consulate in Alicante are pictured with El Corte Ingles management at the launch in the city’s store.

Rodwell said “It’s great to see British food, fashion & culture being promoted across the area through el Corte Ingles.

“I hope that Spanish and British people alike take the chance to go along and support this excellent initiative.”

Consul Paul Rodwell and Vice Consul Lloyd Milen with El Corte Ingles management

New Grand Prix planned for central Madrid

MADRID IS the new focus of Bernie Ecclestone’s desire to hold a ‘street Grand Prix’ in a major European capital. The Formula One mogul had hoped to gain approval for a Grand Prix in Paris, London or Rome but with his ambitions thwarted it seems Madrid is the best alternative, planned on private funding of €50 million and promising all the glamour of Monaco. It remains to be seen whether the new GP would replace Barcelona’s Monmeló in 2016. The last Formula 1 Grand Prix in Madrid was in 1981 at Jarama, won by Canadian Gilles Villeneuve.

Fashion king passes away DOMINICAN AMERICAN fashion king Oscar de la Renta has died at the age of 82. He passed away at his home in Connecticut on Monday. De la Renta was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Known for his sweeping red carpet creations, his most recent commission was the design of Amal Alamuddin’s stunning lace wedding gown for her marriage to George Clooney in Venice just three weeks ago. De la Renta was a favourite among movie stars and First Ladies, noted for the patronage of Jackie Kennedy, Nancy Reagan and more recently Michelle Obama. He had a special relationship with Hilary Clinton, whom he tipped as “…America’s next President.” Mrs Clinton described him as a “dear friend” and presented him last year with the Council of Fashion Designers of America Founders Award.

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What to do if you have been burgled Statistics in Spain Crime rates in Spain remain among the lowest in the EU according to the latest Interior Ministry crime report. However, since the economic crisis began in 2008, there has been a steep increase in domestic burglaries and theft as a result. In 2012 the number of burglaries in homes rose by 25.4%. The message to expat residents is not to panic. There are some simple precautions to take, as you would back in the UK, such as fitting security grills, installing exterior lights and alarms, being careful about what content is posted on social networks, especially anything to do with trips and holidays away from home. It also helps to take out a quality home insurance policy that will cover your home and its contents should any unfortunate incident occur.

When you discover you’ve been burgled As soon as you discover you’ve been burgled, whether it’s a break-in or theft at your home, first call the police. Don’t touch any-

thing until they arrive. A police report will be needed to process your claim.

Then secure your home to avoid further damage, board up any broken windows, make a list of damaged or missing belongings, detail the damage to your home resulting from the burglary, taking photographs of damaged windows or door.

At this point, you can call the claims department of your home insurance company.

We advise you to have your policy on hand when you call.

Peace-of-mind with Linea Directa We understand that your peace-of-mind is important, especially in your home. Our claims department will take a full statement of the circumstances of the incident.

We will check the insurance coverage with you explaining all the procedures. If emergency repairs are required from locksmiths to glaziers, we will help you swiftly handle your claim and get things back to normal as soon as possible. Fortunately, incidents of theft in Spain are relatively small compared

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Call now on: 902 123 148 to other EU countries, however should you be burgled, your homeowner’s insurance policy will cover the loss or destruction of personal property if it’s stolen from your home.

Hold-up outside the home In many cases, your home insurance policy may cover you for any incidents that occur outside your home. Should you be the victim of a hold-up outside your premises your per-

sonal belongings are covered. We will ensure replacement documents are quickly and efficiently dealt with, and if required, arrange the locks on your home to be changed.

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

If you would like to contact Linea Directa please call 902 123 148.

More information on Linea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com

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Halloween windows and trick or treat

Don’t miss out the Halloween fun

by Keith Nicol AFTER LAST year’s ‘Thriller’ Flash Mob, even more activities are planned for next Friday’s Halloween Parade and late night shopping in Torrevieja. This year, Torrevieja’s Department of Commerce (AFIC) along with the Association of Small and Medium Retailers (APYMEO) and the Association of Industry and Commerce Business Park “Casa Grande”, have launched the 2014 Halloween promotion. Through Saturday November 1st, you can vote for your favourite, spooky, shop window display through the Facebook page of the Department of Commerce and on the night, the kids can drop into the participating shops and pick up a few tricks or treats.

Those participating in the window display competition include: Oleoteca Torrevieja, Parafarmacia Acequion, Tu Zapato, Floristeria Carmina, Hodei, Bebe Infantil Sara and Regalos San Esteban. You can view photos of all the windows on the facebook page: www. facebook.com/concejalia.comercio.torrevieja along with the rules and regulations.

And while we won’t know all of the details

of Halloween’s Zombie Walk, for kids who dress up and join in the fun, children can pick up free candy in exchange for the phrase Trick or Treat or in Spanish “Truco oTrato” in participating shops, many of whom are staying fopen late to also add to the atmosphere downtown. Participants include: Caprichitos, Torremascotas, Dulces la Yaya, Nautique Blue, Centro Estetica Irene Iglesias, Perfumhada Torrevieja, Todo en Puertas Automaticas, Arpanet Technology, Jardineria Torrevieja, Eurochapa Mediterráneo, Bebe Infantil Sara, Autolavados Hipopotamo, Regalos San Esteban, Picaro, Caprichitos, Oleoteca Torrevieja, Relojeria Joyeria Terron, Tobago, Nueve Nudos, Llamusi, Optica llamusi, Tu Zapato, Astoria, Oriol Telecom, Karine, El Tintador, La Casa de las Plantas, Chanes Salaos, Parafarmacia Acequion, Confiteria Monge, Floristeria Carmina, Lady Cupcake and Peluqueria Hodei.

Trick or Treating takes place from opening time on Friday evening and eagle eyes will have notices that many of those participating are not just in the Town Centre but spread around. More details on many of the shops and services on the smartphone app ‘Sr. Cayetano’ or visit www.apymeco.com.

Remembrance Services on the Costa Blanca

MANY OF The Royal British Legion Branches in the District are holding Remembrance Services. In order to attend a local Service, please go to their website and click on Remembrance Services: www.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/spain-north or ring 648 860 251.

Boxes of poppies have been delivered to businesses in the area. The Legion spends £200,000 each day to assist Armed Forces personnel and their families. By making a donation for your poppy you are supporting those who have dedicated their lives to serve their country.

The Welfare Co-ordinator can be contacted on 676 451 780.

For over 90 years, The Poppy Factory in Richmond, Surrey has been making poppies, crosses and wreaths for the Royal Family and The Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal. The factory also gives employment to many disabled people.

Please wear your Poppy with Pride and give generously to help the Charity’s continuing welfare work.

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by

Mark Harrison

Partner, AES International

The self-invested personal pension (SIPP) explained IF YOU hold multiple UK pension schemes and are attracted to the idea of managing your own pension investments, as well streamlining the management, reporting and administration of these, then this article is beneficial to you.

WHAT IS A SIPP? A Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is a HMRCregistered form of UK pension scheme, originally introduced in 1989 to allow individuals to build up a collection of assets governed by their own investment decisions. The key words to remember here are ‘self-invested’ – essentially meaning that you are able to manage your pension yourself, something which has appeal for obvious reasons.

WHOM IS A SIPP FOR? A SIPP could be right for you if: You are attracted to having responsibility for your own pension Having a choice of investments is important to you You do not have an adequate pension provision through your employer Your contributions could be relatively high You want to access the best fund managers in the market You are interested in investing directly into commercial property or more exotic investments You feel comfortable making investment decisions You wish to benefit from better fund performance Current charges are damaging your pension fund having consulted with a knowledgeable financial advisor

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR ME? If you now feel a SIPP could be right for you, you will be reassured to know there are many benefits.

If an individual holds multiple UK schemes, a SIPP allows consolidation into one structure, making management, reporting and administration much simpler. Also, depending on the underlying investment vehicle chosen, there could be online access, offering absolute transparency in terms of performance.

A SIPP is also very flexible – you can invest across different assets and markets, picking from some of the best managers in each area. This is the main way in which SIPPs are superior to personal and stakeholder plans.

Stakeholder plans have low charges but limited funds, and personal pension plans have a wider choice of funds (often) but higher charges.

A SIPP gives you unique access to the top fund managers, and the power to manage your own investments. In addition, you can normally take up to 25% of your fund as a lump sum. The rest must be made available to provide a taxable income.

SO...WHERE CAN I INVEST MY MONEY? Choosing a pension investment is something which should be discussed thoroughly with a knowledgeable financial expert. The reason? Because the performance of your investments can have a significant effect on how comfortable you are in your

retirement.

If you would like to discuss further about a SIPP then please call me on 96 570 4338 or email me at mark.harrison@aesfinance.com

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Lynda Bellingham passes away

SADLY LYNDA BELLINGHAM died on Sunday evening after a long fight with cancer. She died peacefully in her husband’s arms, and for that we can be grateful.

by Patricia Thompson LYNDA WAS given an OBE for her work with charities, and here in Spain she was patron of Samaritans in Spain for several years. She began as Patron almost at the inception of Samaritans in Spain when it began as Costa Blanca Samaritans, remaining till just a few years ago when her work commitments became overwhelming for her and she felt she could no longer give the time she felt she should give them. She became Patron of the Samaritans in Spain because, as she said, it offered a listening ear to people who so needed one when they really needed it.

Lynda’s own personal courage was manifest in her determined fight against cancer, dealing with the chemotherapy that was, as she said, so strong her body was protesting.

Her personal decision to end the therapy in November and to hopefully have one last Christmas with her family was pre-empted by her sudden death. But even through all the pain, Lynda took time out to pre-record a farewell appearance on Loose Women where she told the world to grasp everything, to not be afraid and to enjoy all we can from our lives.

What a profound message to take into our lives. Lynda had this courage, but for some that courage eludes them and they need support. Some find it in family and friends, others in religion or work, but for a few these are not an option. If you feel you are in this position it would be a fitting tribute to Lynda and her courage, as well as a courageous thing for you to do for yourself to contact the Samaritans in Spain on 902 88 35 35. They also

offer a drop in centre at Punta Marina shopping centre and email support on pat@samaritansinspain.com Her passing is a sad day, especially for Samaritans in Spain, but her life and courage is an inspiration to us all, and let us take that message forward. Thank you Lynda for all the love, courage and fun that you have bought into all our lives.

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Time for the Fifth Pelotas contest

by Keith Nicol SOME COULD call it a ‘load of balls’ and they’d be quite correct. With the Winter Fiestas not too far away, the call is on for those who want to partake in Torrevieja’s Meat Ball making contest. This year marks it’s fifth edition and more and more people enter, which is bad news for my diet, as yours truly is one of this year’s judges.

Last week, Torrevieja’s Councillor of Commerce and Citizenship, Agustina Esteve announced that enrolment for the fifth contest was now open. It’s truly open to everyone: associations, groups, organizations and the general public and will take place

on 29th November. The deadline for registration is Friday, November 14th. On 24th and 25th November, participants can purchase meat to make their ‘Pelotas’ in the Central Market, La Plasa. This purchase will be funded by the Department of Commerce and you take them home to prepare them as you wish.

At 11am on 29th November, the jury will meet in the Kitchen of La Plasa to judge the entries. Participants in the contest must submit the balls in a container labelled with a pseudonym, putting in a sealed envelope the name of the Association and, outside, the pseudonym. The container, label and envelope can be delivered to the

offices of the Department of Citizenship from 24th to 27th November. The first prize for the winner, consisting of a chef’s hat, apron, diploma and special recognition of “La Plasa.” For more information please contact by phone 965 710 250 ext. 151, or e-mail: angela. participacion@torrevieja.eu or participación@torrevieja.eu To put interested parties in the mood, on Saturday a demonstration of how to prepare typical Torrevieja meatball stew was given in La Plasa.

More than 30 people gathered in the La Cocina de “La Plasa” where they A practical learned the most traditional and demonstration torrevejense way of making this dewas given by the experts licious and traditional food.

Quesada Ladies Club THE QUESADA Ladies Club was delighted to present to Antonio Pérez García, Mayor of Rojales, a cheque for 1000€ for the needy of the town.

This was part of the proceeds of summer events organised by the club.

Pictured is club president Maureen Roberts presenting the cheque to the Mayor in the presence of committee members and the councillor for residents Derek Monks.

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Torrevieja Outlook Charity Calendar 2015

by Keith Nicol ONE OF the most sought after local gifts for Christmas is the limited edition Torrevieja Outlook Calendar. This Calendar is now the ninth large format charity calendar produced by local author and historian Andy Ormiston and it will be sold exclusively in various charity outlets, with the charities keeping 100% of all sales.

The colourful poster sized edition is full of information about fiestas and events, not only happening in Torrevieja but in other towns of the Valencia and Murcia regions with plenty of room for you to write in your own notes of activities and events.

Each month’s main photo is about a fiesta or place, with space for notes and bank holidays in Spain, United Kingdom and Ireland marked, along with full moon and some international events listed.

It’s not just a twelve-month calendar but has extra pages of photos and information such as one page that is dedicated to some of the many local monuments and other pages noting regular cultural events. Important emergency numbers are included as well as a number of useful web sites for those looking for infor-

mation on the weather, places to visit, hospitals, hotels, tourist events etc.

The entire object and focus of the Calendar is to help local Charities and fund raising groups a way for them to raise money for their chosen cause while also promoting tourism, informing the public of when fiestas, carnivals and happenings occur and to increase awareness of local fundraising groups and the hundreds of local volunteers, and those individuals and groups who provide help, support and entertainment for the community. This calendar is once again dedicated to those volunteers.

Andy wants to thank local businesses whom are sponsoring all the costs for producing the calendar: Alamo Costa Blanca estate agents, Atlas Insurance Brokers, Brithoil/Mapfre Insurance, lawyers Aroca Sequier and Eurochange. The Calendars were presented to participating associations yesterday at a special launch event at Aroca Sequier, where they also presented a fantastic donation of 5,4432.17€ to Karolina Leonard, President of Torrevieja’s Homeless Charity, Reach Out. You can pick up your copy of the Torrevieja Outlook Calendar from: Rascals, Reach Out, La Siesta Christian Fellowship, Reunite, Samaritans, Age

Concern, AECC, HELP Torrevieja, Red Cross, Regalos de Amor, The British Legion Poppy Appeal, K9 Animal Rescue and at many up coming events.

At the presentation Andy noted; “The calendar theme for 2015 is a look at Torrevieja and what goes on around us including different perspectives that are correlated in my ezeine Torrevieja Outlook. Once again the thrust is to provide information ahead of time about things that are normally happening in each season, such as fiestas or regular musical events. In passing I want to express my appreciation of the photographs supplied by Keith Nicol, Javier Torregrosa and Carlos Garcia, who also designed the layout.

Calendar Presentation

Program to protect more than 600 stray cats A NEW ‘Capture; Sterilise and Release’ campaign is about to be launched in Torrevieja. The aim is the control and protection of feral cat colonies in Torrevieja. The first phase, comprises of the identification and location of colonies of cats, for which Ana Llopis, head of the charity ‘Adopt a Friend’, has requested the cooperation of citizens and especially feeders, who also urged to use only dry feed to prevent the appearance of insects, worms and rodents.

Through an agreement made with a veterinary clinic, the plan is to start locating and capturing the cats, with an estimated 120 sterilizations per year being performed. The first area will be in the city’s port and harbour zone. This project will improve the lives of cats and their coexistence with neighbours, as sterilized cats do not usually move to other areas or rip open garbage bags.

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Odd traditions at All Hallows’ Whatever your beliefs, whether you celebrate it or not, All Hallows’ Eve is one of the most popular holidays around the world. Here are a few facts about Halloween, a tradition that dates back over 2,000 years.

Why is Halloween associated with the dead?

November 1st or Samhain (pronounced ‘sow’ ‘inn’), represented New Years for the Celtic community some 2,000 years ago, and signified the official changing of the seasons, from autumn into winter. It was also the date when people who had died in the last 365 days could pass through to the other world, because the veil between our world and the next was the thinnest, meaning the dead could intermingle with the living.

Why is it called ‘Halloween?’

In an attempt by Christian missionaries to convert the Pagans, they decided to change Samhain (November 1st) to All Saints Day or All Hallows, replacing what they misunderstood to be a ‘scary’ festival that worshipped the dead, to a day for revering and worshiping their saints –‘All Hallows’. Unfortunately, this didn’t work; the people simply celebrated Samhain the night before All Hallows Day (All Hallows’ Eve), on 31st October. ‘Halloween’ soon replaced all Hallows’ Eve, providing the name recognised around the world to this day.

Why do we hollow out a Pumpkin?

Pumpkins, or Jack O’ Lanterns, are said to originate from an old Irish folk tale, the Legend of Stingy Jack. Jack played tricks on everyone, including the devil himself. As a result of his devious behaviour, Jack was left to roam the earth forever, using a hollowed-out turnip, containing an ember from hell,

as a lantern. People created their own hollowed out turnips, and put them outside their houses, to ward off the spirits and ghosts who would walk the earth on All Hallows’ Eve. When this tradition was taken to America, pumpkins were used as an easier alternative.

Why do we go trick or treating?

There are several potential origins to trick or treating, as we know it today. One such origin is the medieval practise is Guising. Children would dress up, knock on local residents’

doors and offer to entertain the inhabitants with singing, joke telling and dancing. In return, they would be given money, food and gifts.

The Halloween range is now available at BritishCornerShop.co.uk, offering an assortment of wickedly scrumptious sweets and cakes. Whether you plan to enjoy Halloween hiding behind your sofa, or treating the little devils in your neighbourhood, British Corner Shop supplies classic treats with a spooky twist, from your favourite British manufacturers, such as Cadbury, Maynards and Galaxy.

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Benidorm’s smitten young fan

by Irena Bodnarec FOURTEEN YEAR old Louize Whitelaw from Dundee is a real fan of Benidorm. She has been coming since she was 8 and in this age of social media wanted to let everybody know what a great place it was – specifically the Sol Pelicanos Hotel where she and her family always stayed. However, she was most disappointed that the hotel – part of the Melia Group, did not have a FaceBook page so decided to set one up – with an adult’s guidance to open the account.

Despite only being eight years old, she was totally proficient and maintained the page for the subsequent five years, uploading pictures of the famous pool and other locations from the hotel – notching up 700 likes! Melia head office contacted Alberto Varela, the Deputy Manager ear-

lier this year as they wanted something doing to the page and it was only then discovered that the hotel knew nothing about it. It then took Alberto 4 months to make contact with Louize, via private messages on the FaceBook page. Initially she was too scared to reply, thinking that she was in big trouble but eventually, together with her mother Carolynn they made contact.

The hotel wanted to take over the administration of the page and maintain it – continuing Louize´s fantastic work, which now has nearly 3000 likes. By way of thanks and appreciation the Melia invited them for a weeks stay as special guests – and she was here for the Scottish half term break earlier this week, enjoying the fantastic weather and obviously the pool. She is now on countdown to next years 2 week holiday, which is already booked for July.

Alberto Varela with Louize

The food bank challenge LUCKY REGULARS at The Pitch and Pint Bar at Tiro de Pichón in Orihuela Costa enjoy a super social scene thanks to the great hospitality of owner Eira Pimlott.

In return, they raise hundreds of Euros for charities whilst simply having fun.

As well as their popular ‘Race Nights’, their latest event involved no less than 45 customers undergoing the popular

ice bucket challenge and collecting 500€ in doing so.

Two local charities benefited from their soakings: AFA Torrevieja (The Association of Friends and Relatives of Alzheimer’s Sufferers in Torrevieja) and The San Miguel Food Bank (Asociación de Vecinos San Miguel Arcángel). Owner Eira told us that her customers have

decided to nominate The Food Bank as their first charity in the run up to Christmas and plan to buy presents for needy children. The Pitch and Pint Bar also has a food drop off point and is working with Food Bank managers to ensure that customers donate what is really needed. This is a truly great community effort.

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home and garden

by

Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

At least a little rain helps, but more would be better MOST OF us will have experienced a few centimetres of rain. Nothing like a traditional gota-fria of old, before the coastline was laid with concrete and kilometres of plastic green-houses stretching into the sea, but at least something to wash plants, dampen soil surfaces and consolidate layers of summer dust…

AT A similar time twenty years ago we had to delay our flight back to the UK as Valencia airport was entirely under water and even the next day only the outer lane of the motorway was free of flood waters and in the orange groves either side of the motorway just the top 25 centimetres of orange trees stuck above the subsiding flood waters.

In those days one knew that without watering most gardens would survive without watering at least until a half term visit or even Christmas time. Autumn was truly a good and easy time to plant flowering and fruit trees.

Now one needs to take more care as Costa Spain moves a little nearer to a North African climate. For many this will require some adjustments to garden designs, plantings, watering and maintenance schedules. Such issues are discussed in depth in ‘How to Use Less Water in Your Garden – A Practical Guide to Waterwise Mediterranean Style Gardening World-wide’, now starting to sell well on Amazon Books.

But don’t let’s forget some spring dreams of having window sills as colourful as those in Cordoba during the May Patio Festival. Window boxes can be cleaned out

and washed ready for early spring, good composts can be mixed up and stored in dustbins and cuttings of this year’s most vigorous plants can be taken to produce young plants for next year’s displays.

A little more rain and it will be safe to plant out plantlets and sow for autumn, Christmas and early spring vegetable harvests. Even crops in window boxes in semi shaded positions can be productive over long periods.

AN IMPORTANT BOOK FOR NONSPANISH DAYS By the way you may be one of our readers who lives in Spain for less than 182 days and still enjoys the challenges of leading and directing a significant UK or Multinational company. If so the non-gardening book that I have just launched via Amazon titled ‘Auditing and Improving Company Cultures’, written as a natural follow up to ‘The Bankers Management Handbook’, ‘ The Product Management Handbook’ and ‘ Strategic Leadership Managing the Missing Links’ may be of interest in the months before you manage to get back to Spain.

Examples of spring window sill displays

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legal

by

Carlos Baos

from White & Baos Abogados Solicitors Lawyers

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How to reduce the length of a lease in Spain

DEAR SOLICITOR: We have a property in Alicante) and we have signed a lease contract for four years. Now one of the parties wants to shorten it, can it be done ?

THE LEGAL principle of “pacta sunt servanda” means agreements must be kept, fulfilled and performed by the parties who signed it.

You have mutually agreed on the initial contract about the term or duration of your lease, but if both parties are in agreement, you can change the contract, establishing a new term. If so, it would be advisable to do it in writing by signing a new document that modifies the previous contract.

If there is no agreement between the parties, and if it is a rental of a home ( residential), then it would be regulated by the Leases Act (Law 29/1994), which provides: 1.- The tenant is able to terminate the contract (withdraw), as per Article 11, provided the withdrawal is made at after at least six months of the contract,

and the landlord is given least thirty days notice.

This article also states: “The parties may agree in the contract, that in case of withdrawal, the tenant should compensate the landlord with a sum equal to one month’s rent for each year of the contract pending to be fulfilled. The periods of time less than a year will be compensated proportionally.

Therefore, if it is the tenant who wants to shorten the contract, they may withdraw it, and compensation, if any, would depend on what had been agreed between the parties.

2. If it is the landlord who wants to reduce the lease time: 2.1. Article 9 states a minimum period of 3 years (previously 5 years) for these lettings , so if the duration agreed in a lease of a home, is less than three years, it shall be renewed yearly up to the three

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

said years, unless the tenant states his / her intention not to renew it.

2.2 The law allows the landlord to terminate the lease, when after the first year, inform the tenant that needs the house ( property) as permanent house ( habitual residence) for him or herself, or his/her relatives, under certain circumstances.

If you have any questions regarding your lease, or want to terminate it, or have problems with your landlord or tenant, we can help you.

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money

by

Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

Is it worth getting professional financial advice?

THIS IS a question that many potential investors ask themselves when weighing up the costs associated with taking out an investment. Will financial advice really make a difference to the performance of my investments and my pension?

A SURVEY suggests people who seek professional money advice put by £98 a month more as a direct result. And that extra amount will grow into a much bigger sum over the years, which you can turn into a more comfortable income for old age.

Savers who seek advice earlier in their lives also tend to feel better prepared for their retirement, according to the research by independent adviser search specialist Unbiased.co.uk and AXA Life Invest.

So how do the figures stack up?

If your savings grow by 5 per cent a year from 40 to 65 years of age, your cumulative pension pot will be £63,595 larger than that of someone who hasn’t increased their savings

Based on saving an extra £98 a month from 40 to 65 years of age, you would get an additional income of £3,654 a year, based on a pension pot of £100,000 *This assumes a fund management charge of 0.5 per cent a year and contract management charges, gross roll up and investment growth of 5 per cent a year.

What about the cost of seeing a financial adviser?

In was made compulsory for advisers in the UK to charge upfront fees for their services in January 2013, there has been much talk about advisers shunning would-be clients with smaller savings pots.

However in Europe this is not the case, financial advisers are still paid commission by the product providers (the upfront fee option is also available if the client prefers) so this means financial advice can

be tailored to be cost effective and readily available for the vast majority of would-be clients.

‘The earlier you seek advice the more chance you have of aligning your finances and goal” If your financial adviser is not in contact with you at least once a year to review your portfolio, or they are suddenly suggesting you switch the majority of your investments from one investment house to another, then ask yourself why?

If you would like to discuss any issues to do with investments or pensions or to arrange a free, independent, professional and impartial consultation please contact me by email christina.brady@blacktowerfm.com or call me on 658 892 330.

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

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

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Seaside Sorolla WORLD-FAMOUS ARTIST Joaquin Sorolla headed for the seaside with his family every summer and always took along his paints.

Sorolla’s ‘Clotilde and Elena on the rocks at Javea’

By Jack Troughton Sorolla, Spain’s premiere impressionist painter chose the Costa Blanca resort of Javea for his holidays, and the artist from Valencia captured life on the seashore.

Born in 1863, he explored social, historic, literary and religious themes, and his work became appreciated the world

over, winning him many prizes across the globe.

By the time of his death in 1923, his work had graced the walls of exhibitions in Madrid, Paris, Venice, Munich, Berlin and Chicago. And his legacies are the huge works that proudly announce both his love of Spain and his skills with a brush – many found at the Hispanic Society Building in New York.

Anyone wishing to learn more about Sorolla may wish to attend two illustrated lectures next week at the Hemeroscopea School in Javea. Part one is on Monday 27th October and part two on Tuesday 28th October.

Both talks are in English and to register for this educational event, call 648 156 066, or visit www.SpainLifestyle.com.

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Step into a ripping yarn

Poets launch collection

Pam (Amanda Dean) and hero Richard Hannay (Philip Anderson)

By Jack Troughton AUDIENCES WILL get caught up in a boy’s own adventure when Javea Players bring the classic ’39 Steps’ to the stage next month – and an edge of the seat comic thriller.

Originally spy story was written

by John Buchan back in 1915, and transformed for the big screen in 1935 by Alfred Hitchcock. In 1995 two English writers made a stage version of the film and the current awardwinning version was adapted by Patrick Barlow in 2005.

It made it London debut in 2006 and

has been playing to packed houses at the Criterion Theatre since 2007.

The Guardian said: “Clever, funny, imaginative”; The Sunday Times rated it: “Hugely entertaining...witty, ingenious”; and the Daily Telegraph called it “dizzyingly entertaining”.

Javea players hope for similar success for 39 Steps when they stage the show at the Union Musical, Gata de Gorgos, from Monday 3rd November to Friday 7th November.

Produced and directed by Cherry Cabban, the story tells of a very British hero, Richard Hannay. He has

to prove his innocence of the murder of a beautiful secret agent at his London home and prevent highly secret information about Britain’s air defences from falling into enemy hands. To do so he races around the country, foils a German spy ring, escapes an assassin and falls in love – he also gets into and out of some perilous situations.

Tickets for this great adventure are 12€ (11€ for parties of ten and over) and are available from the Box Office by calling 96 579 4937 or by email to boxofficejp@gmail.com

by Jack Troughton ‘RED ROCK Dreaming’ is the first anthology of poetry from the members of workshop Stanza Alicant and it enjoys an official launch tonight (Friday) in Benissa.

The collection features 52 poems by 14 writers living in the Marina Alta who have been inspired by life on the Levant coast – its landscape, communities, and people.

Everyone is welcome at the event being held in the Auditorium at the University of Benissa, Calle Purissima 57-59, the road to the left of the town hall, between 6pm and 7.30pm. The first meeting of Stanza Alicant was back in September 2007 in Pedregeur and through one of its six founder members Terry Gifford, a visiting lecturer at Alicante University, the group was invited to hold its meetings at the university’s outreach establishment in Benissa.

It remains the home of the group and it has welcomed a number of distinguished visiting poets.

In 2009, it became the first established ‘Stanza’ of the Poetry Society of Great Britain in Spain – later spawning new Stanzas in Mar Menor and Madrid.

The group meets monthly and all the poems featured in the collection have been read and the subject of comment by fellow members.

The writers are all “voluntary exiles” and seek to explore the influences and cultures of their adopted home.

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people

Golden years of autumn

the English Choir

THE ENGLISH Choir celebrates autumn in style with its annual concert on Sunday (26th October) at the Salon de Actos, Teulada, at 7pm.

By Jack Troughton Marking the century since the outbreak of the Great War, the choir will start with a medley of numbers made popular during the 1914-18 conflict.

And the audience is promised a delightful journey through the next 100 years, including a lively version of ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’ and the timely and haunting ‘Autumn Leaves.’

Songs penned by the likes of Ivor Novello, Cole Porter, and Jerome Kern continue this stroll through the decades with music from stage shows, films, and popular music.

And things go rock and roll and pop with numbers from songs from the Beatles and Abba – and the choir’s own version of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, with an electric guitar solo by the talented Danny Whybrow.

Tickets are 7.50€ and can still be reserved by calling Janet Brown on 96 574 5091 or by email to janetbrowncraft@gmail.com.

Proceeds are being donated to Alzheimer’s Day Centres.

The English Choir is always looking for keen singers. The choir sings a wide variety of music and most months they have commitment to entertain the guests at The Port Denia Hotel, as well as staging concerts throughout the year. For further information, contact John Turner on 651909819.

U3A MorairaTeulada monthly meeting THE VENUE for this meeting is the Salon de Banquettes, Avenida Mediterraneo, Teulada on Monday 3rd November.

Members are reminded that the doors do not open until 9.30am when they will be able to join Groups and find out more about the U3A Travel and Cultural Events.

New members are welcome to join the U3A before the meeting, to commence at 10.30am www.u3amoraira-teulada.org

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Mercury uses subterfuge to take on Mars and soften the impact of some recent negative blows. If at first you don’t succeed it is because someone doesn’t have the greater view of things you are currently blessed with.

This eye opener tells you that you may very well be barking up the wrong tree in the eyes of those who are beset to criticise you, but right now what you have in mind will steer the shift and get you well noticed too.

Venus takes on Scorpio, and as planets of opposition it isn’t immediately obvious who wins, although the stubborn side of Taurus and the stinging tail of Scorpio will unleash some pretty desperate actions. This is not a time to doubt, or to put aside something much better faced up to right now. Strength comes from the confidence and researching energies all around you and a strong belief in all that you hold dear to you!

It is a determined Mercury that brushes with lucky Jupiter midweek sparking some great chances that things will go your way for a change.

In the current scheme of things you have played to win and this has activated others to take on some pretty desperate measures. Keep a clear head and stick to your guns because he who hesitates right now is not just lost....they are in danger of losing their way and that’s not right.

You have prioritised and put others and their problems above your own.

This week serves to clear the slate and show those people who give you a run for your money just what options are open to them. You are about to take on so much more, and it is part of your destiny to embrace that which needs to be done now; before there is any further damage, and you are left throwing the baby out with the bathwater as an alternative.

Romance is featured in your third house of habit and destiny. Nothing is written in stone but all the telltale signs are in place that you are making the very best move on a sustained partnership. Who cares about the fears of the past? It is here and now that you have to make a difference and you can have your cake and eat it too if you play your cards right. As Mercury dallies with Venus midweek strike whilst the iron is hot and just go for it!

The Mercury and Mars conjunction is motivating and revealing, and Virgo: The Mercury and Mars conjunction is motivating and revealing, and it allows you to better see a way forward that’s good for all concerned. It is a stroke of sheer luck that something has already been eliminated because it reduces the damage done and streamlines the way ahead enabling you to better see your options in the cold light of day, and conserving any energy you have as spare for the heat of the moment.

Venus in her capacity of Goddess of love ensures your passionate inner feelings, whatever they may be. Once you put passion in any form on the menu you are taking things several steps forward, whilst some others seem to be turning on their heels. Your famed balance brings what is really needed, as a good dose of equilibrium works wonders for your ego and will get you motivated and better noticed for what you are best at.

The ingress of the Sun sheds a new light on an old problem, and paves the way for what comes next to ensure that the past cannot repeat itself.

For some reason somebody is being economical with their version of the truth, and it would seem that tactics of delay are meant to throw you at every step. Actually the exact opposite is true, and all this shows you in a far better light. It is hard to take sides but if you have to.............

Jupiter aligns positively with Mercury in sextile, and communication is open and ready to play a better part in current actions. Though others have been scathing about recent events, which they see as a regression, you have your own clear motive and will take responsibility for your actions when the time comes. There is something up your sleeve, and it is, clearly, the solution to the whole shebang!

You need a challenge as something to get your teeth into, but it would seem that people are not responding to your current way of dealing with things. We are heading to a Partial Solar Eclipse and timing will be of the essence if you are to maximise that which you must to make a difference. Keeping your current options open is goading someone into carping and niggles, but you have to just put your fingers in your ears.

Uranus is empowering and offers you always an alternative to help you avoid making a snap decision you may regret. This would be a good time to remove all pressure from a situation that you are nevertheless unable to fully deal with. It will force you to see the alternatives that are staring you in the face, but which may well be your best options to pursue, when and if, the time is right for action.

Neptune smiles on all aspects of enterprise, and may very well see you taking on a work offer that’s just right up your street. Your trust in others is about to be rewarded as you find a niche in which your expertise is expounded and revealed for the inspiration it is. No beating about the bush, and keep all options wide open as you take to all this as a duck to water, unafraid to make the ripples that are much needed in the stream.

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

Sudoku

Opening up to your innermost self is just what will help you best to make a move on your destiny and to follow your heart. Love is around and set to send you wherever you currently need to be now the Cosmos directs your soul energy.

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

The X Factor IT IS the time of year when hopefuls and “would be’s” compete to claim the crown awarded by the X Factor. The reward is a recording contract, a cool million pounds and overnight fame as an elite performer. Hopefully too the chance to be number one in the Christmas charts. It is a stressful hard hitting show that takes no prisoners and weeds out faults and failures rewarding consistency, talent, personality and voice.

There are many who ask me what they need to grow in Spirit and of course there are rich rewards, but no hard cash. There is no audition as such, but people will judge you by the way that you perform, and the right mentors usually find those who need their loving spiritual care to get through.Mentoring has been a very active part of my work as I am always keen to see that Spiritualism survives and that it is always free to be passed on to those who with good use of talent have the next generation sewn up.

My Live Shows are the way that I currently react with my audience, and, yet, well do I remember my past days in the Lyceum Movement of Spirit, on the platform. What is the difference between a stage and a platform? Really nothing but numbers of audience and location.

As I travel it is still very much a matter of bottoms on seats. There is absolutely no use in holding back when you are sharing the decks with those who have passed on, and there is no script, no song to sing and no dance passed on, and there is no script, no song to sing and no dance routine to perfect. You pray for and mostly get a great audience and subsequently they become the show. A Medium balances the living and the dead, just so long as the living are motivated to take on Spirit en masse, and the Spirit World open and responsive to sudden and rapid messages sent frantically and all at once.

The learning process continues with all my work, and I am able

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to take on the new, blend with the old and trusted and generally be what I am, a messenger. There will be no contract of sorts, nor screaming fans, though I am often happily recognised in the small pockets of this wonderful World wheresoever I am well known. Fame and fortune mean nothing when Spirit calls and their connection through me is always a privilege I love to share. Like a star of stage and screen I have to remember that I am only as good as my last show. I just hope for many more.

My heart goes out to all those who are competing in any talent shows. This means that even the most gifted will fall by the wayside.

I trust that spiritually these good people enjoy the status that they receive, and see it as a springboard. Anyone with talent can always bounce back, but sadly not everyone can win. Playing to win means that some who fail will lose. However they will only lose the competition; life will find them a new destiny to a destination whereby reward will come, come what may. As things unfold and fear subsides, when you work with an audience you have to have a healthy level of adrenaline. This, just like Spirit will get you out of the tightest hole on the darkest of days. It will put words back in your mouth when you “dry” and help you find somebody, even in the worst audience from hell, that can rescue you; as you are working on your feet......and I love it! My adrenaline curses through my body and thrills me, especially when I get a direct hit in the glare of the floodlight.

Maybe then Simon Cowell won’t be calling, Lois Walsh may not rate me, Mel B can turn her nose up and Cheryl may have nothing but a beautiful smile for me!

If payment comes in Spiritual enlightenment then I have enjoyed a healthy income. Whatever factor made this possible, I thank Spirit and I hope we will work together always, just as X marks my spot on each and every stage I work on.

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

KENNY I have problems with my family who do not understand my spiritual beliefs. I wish there was anyway that I could explain to them that believing in life after death isn’t silly and weird, and that it demands only faith and determination. They see what I try to do as being bad and ungodly. Sara M. I get so many similar letters as this. Not everyone can believe, and in fact the greater majority do not believe in the existence of the Spirit World.

I feel everyone is fully entitled to have their own specific faith, but when negative things are said about Spirit then I leap into action. Your family are committed Christians, and they probably are confirmed and take communion in the substantiation of the body and the blood of Christ as their right. If they accept the Eucharist then they must say a prayer of faith in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit/Ghost. We are a part of the Gnostic spirit department and doing our very best. Was it not the son of God that chose to reappear here on Earth after his untimely death too? A spiritual phenomenon of epic proportions, recorded throughout the Holy Bible.

Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 46.

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Quick or Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS 1. Combat (6) 4. Private (6) 9. Invite disaster (3,3,7) 10. Satisfy (7) 11. Creek (5) 12. Rascal (5) 14. Harden (5) 18. Accumulate (5) 19. Disparate (7) 21. Counter-charge (13) 22. Banish (6) 23. Hound (6) DOWN 1. Limb (6) 2. Play safe (4,2,7) 3. Slack (5) 5. Feeling (7) 6. Stirring up the mob (6-7) 7. Negotiation (6) 8. Condition (5) 13. Weighty (7) 15. Enmity (6) 16. Cower (5) 17. Glimpse (6) 20. In high spirits (5)

ACROSS 1. Liking a bit of a quarrel? I should say so! (6) 4. Engulfs in the fens (6) 9. It offers short cuts for calculating people (5-8) 10. They change battles, and may commemorate them (7) 11. Number of half even shares (5) 12. Filch 20 (5) 14. A number are beaten by a very narrow margin (5) 18. Where a leader should be, presumably (5) 19. Pretentious person is out of bed to begin with (7) 21. Not a capital expression (13) 22. Egghead will be swallowed up yet rise into notice (6) 23. Creatures need new nibs, for example (6) DOWN 1. I tarry, but it’s almost unique (6) 2. Compel to follow the scent? (4,2,3,4) 3. Some nasty legal fashion (5) 5. Vigilant fellow finally gets a fluke break (7) 6. The appearance of ruinous famine at the post (13) 7. Swerves with salver in ship (6) 8. 12 couldn’t be smaller (5) 13. Spoiling by tacking on about fifty (7) 15. Get specimen from politician in auction (6) 16. A fistful of drink? (5) 17. They may pay for corresponding deliveries (6) 20. 8 are not fresh (5)

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Photo sting!

CARLOS PEREZ NAVAL, a youngster from Teruel, has won the Junior Under 10 Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition organised by London’s Natural History Museum and Wildlife Magazine BBC, awarded with £1,000 (1,270€), a trophy and

the opportunity to attend a professional workshop to improve his technique. The competition this year attracted nearly 45,000 photographs. Carlos’ stunning winning image features a yellow scorpion with its tail raised ready to sting.

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Christmas without the pressure FRIENDS OF the Children of EMAUS is again staging its two Christmas fairs in November tempting shoppers into buying presents early – and giving them plenty of time to post them overseas.

By Jack Troughton The charity’s ‘Early Bird Christmas Fair’ is being staged at Salones Carrasco in Javea on Sunday 2nd November between 11am and 5pm.

And the main event is the ‘Christmas Gift Fair’, a two day celebration, at the Denia Marriott La Sella Golf Resort and Spa on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November, from 11am to 6pm.

Friends of the Children of EMAUS supports the homes across the region that cares for youngsters in family units – and people attending the fairs will be asked for 1€ which helps buy clothes, shoes, schoolbooks and even Christmas presents for the children.

Salones Carrasco is close to the new Consum supermarket in Javea and has its own parking. There will be 50 stalls selling everything from Christmas cards to Christmas lights – and a whole sleigh full of presents in between.

HOSTS The hosts also run a cafe bar throughout the day with reasonably priced food and drinks.

The Christmas Gift Fair at the Marriott dominates the hotel over the two days with some 140 stalls in the Casino and ballroom and the corridors linking the two. Visitors of earlier years will know the host of goodies on sale – first timers will enjoy being surprised.

Father Christmas will be in his grotto throughout the day, a photo opportunity for youngsters and not so young – it is an affordable memento and pictures can be taken away on the day.

Spinning the Christmas discs throughout both days will be DJ Darrell. He will also

A Christmas Carole; charity President Carole Saunders

attempt to repatriate any lost children, make general announcements, deal with bad parking, and announce special offers.

And the Jazz and Blues Bar is a quiet area for some food or a drink to help people unwind and enjoy the occasion.

Cinders comes to San Fulgencio

THAT MOST traditional form of festive entertainment, the Pantomime, will be coming to town next month. The cast and crew of Studio 32 are well into rehearsals for the Pantomime Cinderella. They are all hoping to make wishes come true for local charities with their ‘Stars’ taking to the stage on November 14th and 15th with a matinee performance on 16th, at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre, San Fulgencio.

Tickets are only 6€, and at the matinee performance a reduction to 4€ for children.

Call Ann on 966 318 019 for further details on the show, company and purchasing tickets. And don’t forget to always “Look behind you’.

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television

24th - 30th October

FRIDAY 24th 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 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 Call the Council 08:50 Close Calls:On Camera 09:20 A Taste of Britain 10:05 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade 11:05 Sea City 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 20:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces 21:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 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 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 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 Out of Sight

07:20 The King of Queens 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 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 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 20:35 Unreported World 21:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 22:00 Gogglebox 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:05 The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night

07:00 Childrens TV 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 Underground Britain 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 At Risk 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 Rome: The World’s First Superpower 22:00 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy 23:00 Body of Proof 24:00 NCIS: Los Angeles

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 Hot Fuzz 24:25 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 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Charmed 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Shooter 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

SATURDAY 25th 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 International Rugby League 15:30 Bargain Hunt 16:30 Escape to the Country 17:00 Final Score 18:25 BBC News and Weather 18:45 Pointless Celebrities 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing 21:20 Doctor Who 22:05 Casualty 22:55 The National Lottery Live 23:05 BBC News and Weather 23:25 Match of the Day 24:45 The Football League Show

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07:30 Live International Rugby League 10:00 The Trials of Life 10:50 The Private Life of Plants 11:40 The Private Life of Plants 12:30 Map Man 13:00 The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 13:30 That’s Entertainment!

15:35 Silk Stockings 17:30 Flog It! 18:30 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade 19:30 Gardeners’ World 20:00 Restoring England’s Heritage 20:30 Swallowed by the Sea Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Lost City 21:30 Dad’s Army 22:00 QI XL 22:45 Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York 24:00 The Accidental Husband

07:00 Childrens TV 08:05 Canimals 08:20 Signed Stories 08:25 Sooty 08:35 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:50 Matt Hatter Chronicles 09:15 Horrid Henry 09:30 The Munch Box 10:25 ITV News 10:30 The Hungry Sailors 11:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 ITV News and Weather 12:30 Storage Hoarders 13:30 Surprise Surprise 14:30 All Star Family Fortunes 15:15 Doc Martin 16:15 Tipping Point 17:20 Jurassic Park III 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 New You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 The Chase 21:00 The X Factor 23:10 The Jonathan Ross Show 24:15 ITV News and Weather 24:29 ITV Regional Weather 24:30 The Beguiled

07:30 The Grid 08:00 Ironman 2014 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Weekend Kitchen 11:00 Frasier 11:30 Frasier 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:30 The Big Bang Theory 13:00 The Simpsons 13:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:10 Come Dine with Me 17:40 Come Dine with Me 18:10 Come Dine with Me 18:40 Come Dine with Me 19:10 Come Dine with Me 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Grand Designs 21:00 Walking Through History 22:00 This Means War 24:00 Friends with Benefits

07:00 Childrens TV 09:10 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 10:30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:05 Access 11:10 Ultimate Police Interceptors 12:05 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 13:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:10 Mosquito Squadron 15:55 55 Days at Peking 19:00 When Hell Broke Loose 20:30 World War II in Colour 21:25 5 News Weekend 21:30 Live International Boxing 24:00 Gotham 24:55 Access

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 You’ve Been Framed!

07:35 Emmerdale 10:25 Coronation Street 12:55 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 13:55 Junior 16:05 Arthur and the Great Adventure 18:15 You’ve Been Framed!

18:45 Miss Congeniality 21:00 Back to the Future Part II 23:10 The Xtra Factor 24:10 Celebrity Juice 24:55 The Job Lot

07:00 Desperate Housewives 07:50 Suburgatory 10:05 Rules of Engagement 10:35 Rules of Engagement 11:00 Rules of Engagement 11:30 Rules of Engagement 12:00 Melissa & Joey 12:30 Melissa & Joey 13:00 The 100 13:55 Rude(ish) Tube 14:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel 15:50 Rude(ish) Tube 16:00 Made in Chelsea 17:00 New Girl 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 19:50 Rude(ish) Tube 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Limitless 24:10 The Inbetweeners 24:40 The Inbetweeners

SUNDAY 26th October

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07:00 Breakfast 08:35 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 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 16:00 Talk to the Animals 17:00 Points of View 17:15 Songs of Praise 17:55 Life Story 18:55 BBC News and Weather 19:20 Countryfile 20:20 Strictly Come Dancing 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered 23:00 BBC News and Weather 23:30 Match of the Day 2 24:40 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 Sweet Baby James 13:20 Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure 14:20 War and Peace 17:40 Escape to the Continent 18:10 Flog It! 19:00 Inside the Animal Mind 20:00 Human Universe 21:00 Wonders of the Monsoon 22:00 Afghanistan: The Lion’s Last Roar?

23:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 23:30 The Fall 24:30 The Fall

07:00 Childrens TV 08:20 Signed Stories 08:25 Sooty 08:35 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:50 Ultimate Spider-Man 09:15 Horrid Henry 09:30 Big Time Rush 10:00 The Aquabats! Super Show!

10:25 Dickinson’s Real Deal 11:15 Murder, She Wrote 12:15 ITV News and Weather 12:24 ITV Regional Weather 12:25 Carry On Cleo 14:05 All Star Family Fortunes 14:50 The Unforgettable 15:20 The X Factor 17:30 Downton Abbey 18:35 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 19:30 ITV Regional News 20:00 Keep It in the Family 21:00 The X Factor 22:00 Downton Abbey 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:15 Harry’s South Pole Heroes 24:15 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

07:30 How I Met Your Mother 08:00 How I Met Your Mother 08:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 14:00 American Football Live 18:00 The Simpsons 18:30 Channel 4 News 18:55 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 21:00 Speed with Guy Martin 22:00 Homeland 23:05 Four Lions

07:00 Childrens TV 08:05 Olly the Little White Van 08:10 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:25 Make Way for Noddy 08:35 Paw Patrol 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 South Run 13:00 World’s 13:45 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 15:25 Kangaroo Jack 17:10 The Goonies 19:20 Speed Racer 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 Angels & Demons 24:45 The True Story

07:00 Emmerdale 09:40 Coronation Street 12:05 The X Factor 14:20 The Xtra Factor 15:20 The Hot Desk 15:30 You’ve Been Framed!

16:05 Jurassic Park 18:40 Back to the Future Part III 21:00 Scorpion 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 Tricked 24:00 House of Wax

07:00 Make It or Break It 07:45 Happy Endings 09:25 The Mindy Project 09:55 How I Met Your Mother 10:25 How I Met Your Mother 10:55 Hollyoaks 13:25 Made in Chelsea 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Grinch 17:05 Melissa & Joey 17:35 Melissa & Joey 18:05 How I Met Your Mother 18:35 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:30 The Inbetweeners 23:00 The Inbetweeners 23:30 Drifters 24:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 24:35 Rude Tube

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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 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cash in the Attic 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 20:00 FA Cup First-Round Draw 20:30 Children’s Hospital: The Chaplains 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Only Connect 22:00 Intruders 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor

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 Countrywise 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Grantchester 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 The Agenda 24:20 The Jonathan Ross Show

07:20 The King of Queens 07:45 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 The Big Bang Theory 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 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dispatches 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 Sex Toy Stories 24:50 NFL: The American Football Show

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 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Deadly Adoption 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 The Missing Evidence 22:00 Gotham 23:00 Under the Dome 23:55 Amityville II: the Possession

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:25 You’ve Been Framed!

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 08:55 Suburgatory 09:30 Happy Endings 09:55 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 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 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Melissa & Joey 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 Melissa & Joey 21:00 New Girl 21:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 22:00 Made in Chelsea 23:00 Glue 24:10 The Big Bang Theory 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

MONDAY 27th October BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 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 Baby P: The Untold Story 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

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 18:55

Back to the Future Part III 18:40

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tuesday 28th October BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 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 The Missing 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Imagine 24:55 The Mothman Prophecies

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 Cash in the Attic 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 Interior Design Challenge 21:00 Autumnwatch 2014 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 Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 The Cube 24:40 Gems TV

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 The Big Bang Theory 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 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 You Can’t Get the Staff 23:00 Gogglebox 24:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

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 Rome: The World’s First Superpower 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Good Witch’s Gift 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 Criminals: Caught on Camera 22:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 NCIS 23:55 NCIS 24:50 Secrets & Lies

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:25 You’ve Been Framed!

07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Coronation Street 08:45 Coronation Street 09:15 The Cube 10:15 Winners & Losers 11:15 Up All Night 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 Hot Fuzz

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:30 Charmed 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 Charmed 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 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Melissa & Joey 17:30 Suburgatory 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 Melissa & Joey 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

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 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 The League Cup Show

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 Horizon 11:00 Building Dream Homes 11:30 See Hear 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Cash in the Attic 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 Interior Design Challenge 21:00 Autumnwatch 2014 22:00 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 23:00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Intruders

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 On Assignment 24:15 Through the Keyhole

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 The Big Bang Theory 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 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Supervet 22:00 Grand Designs 23:00 Mercury Prize Live Winner Announcement 23:05 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? 24:05 24 Hours in Police Custody

07:00 Childrens TV 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Meltdown: Days of Destruction 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 Inside Holloway

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:25 You’ve Been Framed!

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 Up All Night 11:45 Up All Night 12:10 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 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 Freshers 23:00 The Job Lot 23:30 Plebs 24:00 Release the Hounds

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:30 Charmed 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 Charmed 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 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Rules of Engagement 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Melissa & Joey 17:30 Suburgatory 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Melissa & Joey 21:00 Footloose 23:10 The Big Bang Theory 23:40 The Big Bang Theory 24:10 Drifters 24:40 Made in Chelsea

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 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 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 Cash in the Attic 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 Interior Design Challenge 21:00 Autumnwatch 2014 22:00 Peaky Blinders 23:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Afghanistan: The Lion’s Last Roar?

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 My Grandfather Dylan 24:15 Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears 24:45 River Monsters

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 The Big Bang Theory 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 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Scrotal Recall 23:30 8 Out of 10 Cats 24:20 The Sex Clinic

07:00 Childrens TV 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Missing Evidence 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Sacrifices of the Heart 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 Black Market Britain: Undercover Sting 23:00 Inside Holloway 24:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:25 You’ve Been Framed!

07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Coronation Street 08:45 You’ve Been Framed!

09:15 The Cube 10:15 Winners & Losers 11:15 Up All Night 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 19:25 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 22:00 Scorpion 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Plebs 24:15 Dapper Laughs: On the Pull 24:45 Tricked

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:30 Charmed 08:15 Desperate Housewives 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 Happy Endings 10:00 Rules of Engagement 11:00 Charmed 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 Rules of Engagement 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Melissa & Joey 17:30 Suburgatory 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Melissa & Joey 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 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 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

24-30 OCTOBER 2014

showbiz goss

by Peter

Let’s all get on board Homer and Cat´s Peace Train IT’S NO accident that The Simpsons has been running for 26 seasons, and in my opinion it’s because they not only give us a lots to laugh at, but have kept the show bang up to date by occasionally including peeps from the world of both sport and showbiz.

The new season began in September, and in what will be the 550th episode, the show features (Yusuf Islam) Cat Stevens 1970 album ´Tea for the Tillerman.´ In the opening, while the title song is running, we see Springfield modelled after the album artwork, a three-eyed seagull soaring overhead and Mr. Burns dumping toxic waste into a lake, classic Simpsons! The scene closes with Homer re-enacting the album´s iconic cover, and then of course ending with a “D’oh Although this is about music from yesteryear, the show is bang up to date as Yusuf Islam releases his latest album ´Tell Em I´m Gone´ this Monday 27th October. Stevens changed his name in the 80´s and became a recluse for many years before returning to music 6 years ago. However, he has not only changed his name but has brought an attitude to his work in the business that is highly commendable. Let me give you an example.

Earlier this year he was booked to perform his first live concert in 35 years in New York, but when he found out about the ´extortionate tickets prices´ he wrote on his website “Unfortunately I will not be performing in NYC this time around but I am looking forward to playing in Philadelphia in December, and hope to return to NYC at a future date,” words of a man who knew what he was doing when he wrote ´Peace Train.´ RUSSELL BRAND appeared on the Today show recently to talk about his new book Revolution and during his interview admitted he ´loved being married to Katy Perry.´ He then made light of his obvious vulnerability when he added “you have a lot of expectations in marriage and if it doesn’t work out, it’s probably time to grow a big beard and walk around in your pyjamas.” Sounds like that’s what he did eh?

Taylor

Writer and Broadcaster

Re-booting nineties’ cult comedy movie ´The Big Lebowski´ has been all over the social media sites for some weeks now, but as hard as all the many thousands of fans have tried, it’s not going to happen. Unfortunately the plotline that the Jeff Bridges’ character discovers he has a son was all one Big Hoax-ski. In truth the people who get off on spreading these sicko type of rumours need lining up against a wall.

In 1941 Joan Fontaine won an Oscar in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Suspicion, making her the only actor, male or female, to win an Oscar in a Hitchcock film. She died last year aged 95 and whoever was given her estate has decided to sell many of her artefacts including the statuette. So, if you have a spare $200,000 - $300,000 and fancy having an Oscar on the mantelpiece get to Christies in New York on Dec 11th.

Sibling rivalry is something most of us know about, and one of the most high-profile showbiz rivalries is between the Gallagher brothers Noel and Liam, but could it all be about to change. After a heavy drinking session with younger brother Liam’s band members Noel said, “Yes, I’d like to headline Glastonbury next year with Oasis; we´ve definitely got the tunes for it.”

Alcohol fuelled words?

Or could it happen! … Watch this space!

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Panto Pensioners save Christmas IF YOU think you’ve seen every panto then think again. Come and see the panto to end all pantos.

By Keith Nicol Catch up with Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, Robin Hood and many, many others. Add three evil witches, Captain Hook, Abanazar and Anastasia to the mix and watch the fight of good against evil. After 40 years the baddies decide to ruin Christmas and kill all the panto goodies, who are now in their sixties. Please come along as you have the chance to help us save Christmas.

Stagestruck’s production of “The Panto Pensioners Save Christmas” is at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre with a matinee on Thursday November 27th at 3.30pm, Friday 28th and Saturday 29th November at 8.00pm.

Tickets are only 6€, which includes a free glass of wine, water or squash on arrival at the theatre. Beer, wine, water and squash will be available during the interval for a small donation. All proceeds from the show will go to the Alzheimer’s Association and The “Shoe box appeal” for children in need.

For tickets please phone Stella on 965 076 700 or 693 231 472. Tickets are also available from The Card Place in Benimar, The Laundry in La Marina and Fancy That on The Torretas. Being now older and cranky, the show is not recommended for children as some adult humour is present.

Shakespeare in Orihuela!

KILLING HAMLET, a theatre play based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is adapted and directed by ex-Networks student Pedro Murcia, presenting a re-telling and abridged version of Shakespeare’s classic while maintaining the magic of the original. Theatre goers will not only enjoy the language but a well-directed play, marvellously performed by experienced Networks actors with their usual high standard of production. Killing Hamlet is a universal story about the human soul, love, disloyalty and revenge. Enjoy high quality theatre in English in Orihuela on Thursday 30th October at 8pm; Friday 31st at 8pm and Saturday 1st November at 10pm. Ticket Price: 5€ adults and 3€ for students. To reserve tickets email theatreinorihuela@yahoo.com or phone 96 674 0251. Leave a message with your name and the number of tickets you require. The office is open weekdays 12pm - 2pm (not Wednesday morning) and 5pm - 8pm.

Autumn Fair at La Siesta Church

THE ANGLICAN Chaplaincy of St Peter and St Paul are to host their Autumn Fair on Saturday 8th November from 10.30am to 1.30pm at La Siesta Church. Attractions will include a cake stall, books, Bric-a-Brac, clothes, Greetings Cards, delicious refreshments and a Tombola. Don’t miss it!

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spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

Summary of tense forms

Velocity Racing

To start off today’s article here is the translation into English of last week’s little bit of Spanish.

Today has been a normal working day for me, with my classes in Torrevieja. I have a lot of students now, especially in the second group of the day. After the final class I have to gather all my things and drive towards my home in San Pedro. Today I have called into the supermarket to buy oranges and bread, and also to the photocopy shop. I have found my two daughters at home, one watching the TV and the other one studying for an exam. This isn’t the most usual situation. Many times they are out doing sport or walking with their friends. Well, it’s quite late now and I am still working. In a minute I’m going to switch of this cursed computer and relax a little before going to sleep. What a life I lead!

Before we move onto a new topic, we are going to summarize the three verb forms we have been studying over a period of months. If you remember, right back at the beginning we looked at a way of referring to our future

intentions by using “voy a” (I’m going to), which changes to “vas a” (you’re going to), “va a” (he or she is going to), “vamos a” (we’re going to) “vais a” (you’re going to – plural form) and “van a” (they’re going to). We saw that after these we put the main verb of the sentence into the infinitive form – giving us, for example “Voy a comer” (I’m going to eat) or “Vas a aprender” (you are going to learn).

Then later we looked at the “present action” tense which expresses activities taking place at the present moment. This is made up by using the verb “estar” in the appropriate form and the main verb in what we call the “gerund” or “present participle”. That gives us, for example “Estoy comiendo” (I am eating), “estás aprendiendo” (you are learning).

Finally, we have been looking at the “recent past” tense which expresses something in the past which is still connected in some way to the present.

This is formed with the verb “haber” plus the “past participle”. “He comido”

Crossword Solutions for Last Week CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Bisect; 4 Soused; 9 Needlematches; 10 Arrange; 11 Odour; 12 Snack; 14 Craft; 18 Dowel; 19 Camelot; 21 Stepping-stone; 22 Nelson; 23 Wrests.

Down: 1 Bantam; 2 Steering-wheel; 3 Colon; 5 Outdoor; 6 School-fellows; 7 Desert; 8 Umber; 13 Calypso; 15 Odds on; 16 Scant; 17 Otters; 20 Miser.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Basing; 4 Proper; 9 Embarrassment; 10 Correct; 11 Exile; 12 Hitch; 14 Stain; 18 Brain; 19 Extract; 21 Unimaginative; 22 Donate; 23 Planed.

Down: 1 Breach; 2 Subordination; 3 Nurse; 5 Respect; 6 Precipitation; 7 Rotten; 8 Nasty; 13 Contact; 15 Absurd; 16 Remit; 17 Attend; 20 Trail.

Suduko Answer

(I have eaten), “Has aprendido” (you have learnt).

We can therefore put these ideas together to form a “time line” as follows.

Voy a comer. (I’m going to eat) Estoy comiendo. (I’m eating) He comido. (I have eaten) Vas a aprender. (You’re going to learn) Estás aprendiendo. (You are learning) Has aprendido. (You have learnt)

You can now have hours of fun doing the same thing with as many verbs as you wish, and changing the person to he, she, we, they etc.

I think it is an effective way of revising what we have learnt, reminding ourselves which form is which and how it is made up, and also the time sequencing of past, present and future.

Voy a terminar este artículo. Estoy terminando este artículo. He terminado este artículo. Hasta luego.

AS THE season is coming to a close, last Saturday we welcomed two new drivers, Jeff and Gwen: in the first Rookie Rod race Jeff took the win. This is what can happen guys!

The guys have the bug and will be joining the team next season. Our point chasers produced some great driving skills, Jaz and Nick especially, but we saw Geeky and Mr V himself both take wins.

We have just one race night left for those crucial points to be won on 8th November. Our finale Spanish Championship night is December 13th where we welcome back old and new drivers from the UK and Germany, so this will promise to be a thrilling night!

For all enquiries regarding becoming a driver or hire cars contact 674 256 147 or email info@velocityracing.eu

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health

Give your vision a sporting chance Taking part in regular exercise is a vital part of any healthy lifestyle and playing sport is a great way to be active and spend time with family and friends.

When exercising, it’s important that you have the correct clothing and accessories to help you with your overall comfort and performance. It’s also important that you take care of vulnerable parts of your body, such as your eyes, to avoid any damage and to help prevent injuries.

Those who need glasses and regularly participate in sporting activities need to ensure they wear the most suitable corrective eyewear for the sport they are taking part in. There are a number of considerations to make when choosing the most suitable frames and lenses for the type of sport you are involved in. Overall glasses should fit securely, with a robust design to protect your eyes and have the right level of visual correction to improve your performance. Specsavers Opticas offer the following advice for selecting the right option for each sport.

Cycling - Wear tinted wrap around glasses that follow the contours of the face and stop wind, light and debris coming in from around the sides.

Swimming - Prescription goggles are available that make the sport far more comfortable, protecting eyes underwater and correcting vision in the same way as glasses or contact lenses.

Golf - As well ensuring wrap around glasses fit securely, lenses with green tints will help to reduce glare and offer high contrast as well as adding visual sharpness.

Tennis/Padel - If you’re playing outside, try sport sunglasses with a lightweight wraparound sport frame and polycarbonate lenses.

Choosing suitable corrective eyewear when playing sport will not only enhance your comfort and enjoyment, it will also

keep your eyes safe from damage.

Contact lenses are also a popular option when carrying out sport for ease and comfort and can be combined with sunglasses, or protective glasses depending on the conditions.

If you’re not sure whether they would work for your chosen sport, Specsavers Opticas offer a free contact lens trial so you can make sure you can play sports with them before you buy.

For questions about the different types of frames and lenses you should consider when taking part in sporting activities, it is best to ask your local optician for advice.

Visit www.specsavers.es to find your nearest store.

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Help Vega Baja continues to support the community

by Keith Nicol THIRTY YEARS ago a group of ladies met regularly in the now named Bahia Restaurant in Torrevieja, to offer advice, information and assistance to those that needed it. They held a fundraising lunch and a raffle, which enabled them to purchase their first wheelchair and following this initial success, the lunches and raffles continued and allowed the group to purchase further equipment. In 1986 the group was formalised, registered and the first HELP committee was formed.

With support from members and volunteers, the organization continued to grow and in November 1993 the first official HELP office opened in Torrevieja. However, this soon became too small and eventually after a further move, HELP Torrevieja purchased its current office in Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia. A second, larger office was purchased in San Miguel in 2005 and the Charity was more appropriately named Association HELP Vega Baja.

In order to help the ever increasing number of UK citizens moving into the area it was decided to introduce a hospital visiting team in 1996 at

the Vega Baja Hospital and this was extended to the new Torrevieja hospital in 2007. Other support included The Friendship Centre and Diabetic Support group and all of this support continues to this day.

The growth of HELP has been in response to the needs of the community and they can only continue to provide this support through a terrific team of dedicated volunteers.

They have added a HELP Desk in La Marina that’s open every Friday in Calle Madrid 5 and their two offices, plus their 24 hour, 365 days of the year, emergency help line means that they are always available in times of need.

Following funds raised at a Spring Fayre held in La Marina, they are delighted to be able to make donations to worthy causes in the area. Formal presentations will take place later this month in La Marina and full details will follow shortly.

If you are interested in joining this group of enthusiastic volunteers, please contact their San Miguel office for further information on 966 723 733 or email on office@helpvegabaja.com.

The HELP team

Roll up roll up for the Flu jab!

FLU VACCINATION has commenced in the province of Alicante with 299,375 doses of vaccine to be given throughout the campaign ready for the winter chills. 52,000 will be given in the General Hospital in Alicante, and the rest in 1,800 distribution points and health centres. The vaccine is free over 64’s, those who are chronically ill, pregnant women and people who work in the health service.

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people

Matt Philips joins Spectrum FM Christmas Spectacular THE LINE-UP is complete for the Spectrum FM Christmas ‘Rock ‘n’ SOUL’ Spectacular!

(Sponsored by Peppermint Media)

UK Soul & Motown Sensation Matt ‘The Wedding Singer’ Philips joins musical genius Dougie Munro for what will surely be the Christmas party to be at!

Matt specialises in singing at weddings and has also entertained some of the biggest celebrity names in the UK. We all know the importance of entertainment on a wedding day: Matt Philips is sought after in the UK, travelling all over the country making peoples’ ‘special day’. There are a great many testimonials praising Matt, not only for his fantastic Soulful voice but also for his warm character and the way he interacts so well with the audience.

Matt’s repertoire is vast, with a powerful Soulful tone to his voice that delivers beautifully classics from artists such as Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder. You will also hear Matt performing hits from current artists such as Bruno Mars to golden oldies from The Drifters, the Temptations and Nat King Cole. Matt has something from every era and for every age group - Soul, Motown, Crooners and current Pop hits!

There will also be an ‘Irish Auction’ and a ‘Saucy Santa Shop’ on the night with all the proceeds going to charity EMAUS. The Spectrum FM ‘Rock ‘n’ Soul’ Spectacular is on Saturday 6th December in the ‘Grand Hall’ at Salon de Canor in Teulada.

The evening starts with a Cava reception at 7.30pm followed by a delicious 4-course dinner with wine, beer and soft drinks included. The entertainment will open with a Classic Soul set from Matt Philips, followed by the incredible full ‘Dougie Munro show’ (Rock classics such as Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi to full on classic Celtic Anthems!) and then Matt will finish the live entertainment with a Party set before handing over to Spectrum FM to finish the night with a Disco until 2.30am!

Everyone is welcome to the Christmas Party of 2014, whether you are 17 or 70 plus, single or a small or large business wanting a night to remember for your Corporate Christmas Party. This is the Party to be at! Travel arrangements can be provided on request.

For tickets or further information call 634 393 696.

Party Technology in La Nucia

THE LA NUCIA Institute fitness area was the venue for the ‘Technology Party’ last weekend when 16 non-stop hours were dedicated to unlimited broadband connectivity and more than 200 people took part in computer games. Ranging in age from 14 to around 35, participants had their heads down as they became absorbed in the competitive high-tech delights on offer throughout the day. Tournament winners were rewarded with an XBOX 360 console.

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whats on

An Evening of Song and Dance in aid of AMMA THERE WILL be a charity concert on Sunday 2nd November at 7.30pm in the Pilar Cinema in aid of AMMA. This is a new charity that aims to assist people who suffer from Alzheimer’s or other debilitating illnesses or traumas, such as strokes.

AMMA was formed to provide a Day Care Centre for sufferers and to offer much needed relief for their carers.

It was felt there was a need for a centre that specifically met the needs of English speakers as well as Spanish people.

AMMA was formed as a consequence of some British people with husbands, wives, mothers, etc who suffered from Alzheimer and other forms of dementia, who started meeting on a fortnightly basis to give the carers support. Eventually it was decided, with the help of flamenco artist Raquel Pena, to approach San Pedro Town Hall to see if they could provide somewhere where they could run a Day Care Centre.

On Sunday week, this charity concert promises to be a great evening of live entertainment featuring well known performers such as Sunshine FMs Dan Davey as compare, the fabulous young soloist Rebecca Holt, The Torrevieja Barbershop Harmonisers, T.A.A.B.S plus dancing by The Crazy Ladies and the Flamenco for All Dancers, under the directorship of Raquel Pena. Tickets available 965 319 279 or 669 179 281 or 965 322 614, are only 5.00â‚Ź.

The centre is looking for Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Volunteers, etc who can speak both Spanish and English to help with this much needed facility. If there is anyone out there who could fill these positions, please contact Louise Innes: 965 322 614. They look forward to welcoming Spanish carers and their loved ones and are very fortunate to have an Rebecca excellent translator.

Holt

AYOCAN dog show returns to Habaneras ON OCTOBER 26th, an exhibition of dog training techniques will be presented in the Habaneras Commercial Centre. The AYOCAN Canine Studies Centre, was founded in 2011, and is responsible for the exhibition with the dogs and owners showing off their skills starting from 5.00pm.

As in previous visits, AYOCAN will feature the best in Dog Agility professionals in the training and canine behaviour fields. Demonstrations will show some of the best-known techniques used in training and daily work through the Centre for Canine Studies. For over two hours, teachers and specialized staff will teach first hand what goes into the exciting world of dog training.

The AYOCAN organization specializes in training techniques, behaviour modification therapy and the assistance and training of service dogs.

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tech

with Aunty Virus

Email auntyvirus@roundtownnews.com

Windows 8 and HP HI AUNTY: I read your comments with interest on how to fix a printing problem using an HP Deskjet. I run an all-in-one HP7520, which in my opinion is a very good piece of equipment. I also run on Windows 8.10 and keep experiencing similar problems. I am confident that it’s not the HP7520 causing the problem, its Windows as I have fixed this problem as it occurs, by reinstalling the drivers. Every time Windows updates, it causes this problem. It’s so annoying, any ideas on how to overcome this issue? John.

Aunty says: As far as I am aware you can only stop W8 from installing all driver updates - not individual drivers.

Right-click on Computer and then click on Properties.

Click on Advanced system settings.

When System Properties opens, click on the Hardware tab.

Once in the Hardware tab, click on Device Installation Settings.

Once the Device Installation Settings window has appeared, click on the radio button next to No, let me choose what to do.

Once No… has been selected, there will be three new options that appear below the previously selected choice.

Click on Never install driver software from Windows Update.

The check-marked box next to Automatically get the device app and info provided by your

device manufacturer can be left checked - or uncheck it if you do not want the latest drives from the manufacturer.

Once all the changes have been made, click on Save Changes to save all the settings changed on that screen and then the screen will close.

Once back to the System Properties window, Click OK to save changes and close out of System Properties.

Too good to be true

HELLO AUNTY: what are your thoughts on these emails I have received? “We are obliged to announce to you the result of the just concluded monthly final draws of the Euro Millions Online Lottery Promotion and your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won 2,100,000.00€ (Two Million One Hundred Thousand Euros) each on the Euro Millions Online Lottery.” and “Please find attached the certificate of deposit of your winnings prize with the United Nations Bank.

You are to follow the winner’s verification process after which you will be able to contact our Paying Bank the United Nations Bank for your winnings prize.” Regards, Jack Aunty says: More ‘scam’ emails. If I had replied to every one of such emails I would be a billionaire. Shame none of them are legit, and are simply asking for details to try and get money from you.

Best to ignore. The first clue that it is a scam is that the winnings are often too good to be true, especially if you never entered a competition to win such an amount in the first place!

Response: Thanks, I thought that would be the answer!

Adobe Flash player support DEAR AUNTY: My ASUS EEe Pad TF 101 tells me it needs Adobe Flash Player. Adobe tell me that they no longer support the TF101. Any ideas? Barrie Aunty says: Adobe has not supported Flash on many Android devices for a few years now simply because most devices use their own apps /browsers to play such things. So you may have to manually install an archived and unused versions. I found this which may help: http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/guides-tips-tricks/23948-how-getadobe-flash-player-best-browser-experience-your-tablet.html

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Virgin Galactic Space Travel As technology continues to advance the world we live in, it is also helping us to advance the possibilities of Space Travel. One company is close to providing a service that combines space travel with everyday flying.

Virgin Galactic is a company owned by Richard Branson that wants to be able to provide the world’s first commercial spaceline by 2015. One of their first targets is to fly people just outside of the earths atmosphere, on the edge of space, making it possible for flights such as L.A to Tokyo to be completed in the space of an hour. Although this in itself is an amazing accomplishment, it is not their final aim, the company believe that space travel and living in space is a realistic concept and are striving to help kickstart life in Space.

In 2014 the spaceship spent most of its time on the ground due to the Virgin Galactic changing the type of rocket fuel that they use meaning that tests needed to be started from scratch to ensure that the change in fuel did not cause any potential issues.

Throughout this year extensive tests have been carried out and the company are happy that they now have the required certifications to commence their testings once again, hoping to be flyng regularly by 2015.

Please check out www.techbubble.info for more information, photos and videos.

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

Last week I mentioned the unthinkable!!

Golf is losing popular support!

So best read this sitting down.

By Tony Myles THERE ARE statistics produced regularly on every activity under the sun and, more often than not, you can present them in a way which will support any argument you wish.

However, when some major organisations start to accept them, then you have to give these statistics some credibility. Even more so when the same people start to take serious steps to address these stats.

This is what is happening in the US, once viewed as the global centre for golf in all respects. New entrants became world beaters. Senior players stayed in the game and continued to compete at the highest level. Innovation in technological development created higher levels of excellence for all participants. Vast sums were poured into minute areas of research and even greater sums were laid out for prize money at even the most modest event.

So what is changing?

Firstly let’s look at why?

In the last decade there has been an increasing decline in the number of active players. These are the guys who get out and play at least once per week. That decline is over 5 million.

The generation born from the mid 80s, known as the Millenials, have spurned the sport and today there are 34% fewer players entering from that age group.

By contrast, the older generation are playing longer and hence the level of revenue for many clubs remains unchanged. Which may disguise the problem, at least temporarily.

So is it being addressed and how? More importantly perhaps, by whom?

The answer is yes it is being tackled but in a manner which is fairly radical and by two major

WHAT ON EARTH IS HACK GOLF? The answer is that it is exactly the same

Squat thrusts Campbell - I am just about fit again after struggling with a bad back.

Tony M - You were in a bad way for a while.

Campbell - And it can be doubly debilitating.

Tony M - How do you mean?

Campbell - Well the best way of alleviating it is to maintain some form of exercise.

Tony M - I can see why that would be a problem.

Campbell - Yes with back pain it is hard to do the squat thrusts which help maintain my trim physique.

Tony M - I think that weight watching is rather like tightrope walking.

Campbell - You will have to explain that.

Tony M - You are ok so long as you don’t look down.

Hack Golf

organisation, TaylorMade and the USPGA. Names in golf don’t come any bigger.

Ready Golf has been proposed for several years. Many of the Olde-Worlde niceties give way to a more expedient approach, where you play your shot as soon as it is safe to do so rather than wait for a player who may be behind you.

Tee Forward has also met with some success. This means that players use tees more suitable to their ability and that means less frustration less wasted time and a more enjoyable experience. But it hasn’t had the impact that was expected .

So look out for HACK GOLF!

He2ad Head

as traditional golf. The course remains the same, so no shortening of the holes. The players utilisie the same equipment so no requirement to reinvest.

Same shoes. Same clubs. Same ball. Same fairways. Same silly trousers, Ian. The only difference is the size of the hole which is increased to fifteen inches.

What impact does that have?

According to those who have played it the impact is quite dramatic. On average it takes an hour less to play a full round. It is more rewarding for the novice player and hence encourages repetition. For the courses where it has been adopted it has meant a rapid increase in paying customers.

Further good news is that these courses

can easily be returned to traditional standards by merely filling the larger hole and replacing it with the smaller version.

Is it a fad? Will it catch on? Will it halt the decline in golf?

Well at this stage it has yet to be proven and the first reaction of the traditionalist would be horror at this dumbing down of the game but so many experts recognise that something has to be done.

For example Jack Nicholas had this to say: “I love the game but I will be the first to tell you that there are things about our game we need to improve” I would not be surprised to learn that Campbell will be organising Hack Golf Tournaments in the near future and once he does so then the others will follow.

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road test

Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

Skoda Roomster Scout ROOM IS a necessity for families.

You don’t appreciate this until you become a parent.

THANKFULLY, SKODA realises this and its Roomster, which reminds me of a Pope mobile thanks to the styling at the rear, has bags of space (up to a cavernous 1,780 litres – quite something for a small MPV). Its seats have 20

configurations so that no matter what you’re transporting the optimum amount of room can be utilised. For instance, if bicycles are being carried then perhaps one of the rear seats might be removed but if rubbish is being taken to the tip then the whole lot can be taken out.

Usually I have to make an exploratory trip to every vehicle I test before daring to show it our enormous tandem pushchair but I don’t bother with the Skoda. On lifting the large hatch it fits perfectly with room to spare. In fact there is almost enough room for some shopping… but more about that later...

What I love about Skodas is that they always feel well built and robust. The Roomster Scout is no different.

Once behind the wheel you quickly forget its shape. “There’s so much light inside due to the particularly large rear windows,” my wife Caroline notes. They are larger than the square edged front ones, which remind me of those on an old Saab 900 as you can see in the video at testdrives.biz.

There’s a five speed manual gearbox but no engine stop/start and yet the 1.6-litre diesel engine will return a very respectable 60mpg. Just as well because it has a demanding weekend ahead. On the Saturday we take it to the north of Hampshire to visit

some art exhibitions and as ever time is imperative. Quickly I get used to the driving position, which is slightly higher than in a standard car making it good for overtaking and providing an added sense of security.

I forget to put the child locks on the rear doors and as we are making good progress down the outside lane of the accident blighted M3 a red sign depicting the vehicle suddenly appears on the dashboard – Harriett has tried opening her door. Fortunately I’m able to travel from the outside to the inside lane fairly swiftly to park on the hard shoulder and rectify my mistake. Hot and flustered I am grateful for the air conditioning, which is certainly effective.

The driver’s seat seems comfortable enough but extra padding in the lower lumbar region would be beneficial.

I like the layout of the dash in this Scout version which is fairly simple and easy to navigate. The leather steering wheel, gearknob and handbrake give a welcome feeling of luxury.

New price: 11,919€ - 19,323€ FACTS AT A GLANCE Top speed: 112mph 0-60mph: 11.5secs Economy: 60.1mpg Power: 105bhp Watch the video at www.testdrives.biz

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

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PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettraveluk.co.uk.

Removals also arranged in other vehicles. Tel UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A DOG OR PUPPY please join our Facebook group. We have many dogs, large, small, scruffs and pedigree! Just go to Facebook and search Costa Blanca Dog Homing. Even if you cannot offer a home, rescues are always needing foster homes, and just sharing the dog posts really helps us to help them.

THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION Torrevieja Branch, meet at 1700 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3, (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja.

The aim of the Association is to bring together not only ex-naval personnel but anyone with an affinity to the Royal Navy. We enjoy a full programme of Social Events, Menu del Dia’s, Day Trips and Dinner and Dances. We support the other local ex-service associations and charities. So come along and meet us, we are a friendly bunch.

Contact Paul Edwards, Chairman (Designate) 619930505 or Margaret Foreshaw, Secretary 966 921 996.

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

GENERAL BUILDING General Builder with 25 years experience specialising in Tiling,Decorating,K itchens.Denia to Benidorm and inland areas surrounding the Jalon.

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

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

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AIRLESS PAINT SPRAYING Villas painted for under 700 euros.

Call Airless for Brochure 965 846 620 ehohara@gmail.com

ALBIR 1 bedroom apartment available to rent,long and short term.Communal pool,very central.Call: 610 625 898 or email: albirflorida@hotmail.com LA MARINA URB Cute and cosy,sweet 2 Bedroom Detatched Property,Furnished/Unfurnished 430€ per month+ bills Call: 682 723 160

PROBLEMS WITH INSECTS? Cockroaches, rats & mice.

Call 626 828 974 All insects

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

698 320 434

POOL MAINTENANCE Repairs,Spares and Leak Testing. Call: 965 725 565 / 676 945 360 www.pooltechspain.com

BORED FEMALE bored female seeking slim,sexy ladies(non smokers) for intimate pleasures.Campoamor area. Tel: Pipa 634 771 005 LADIES ENJOY A GENTLE SPANKING and be well paid. The Headmaster visits you. Torrevieja area. headmaster@live.co.uk ASHLEY English,Mixed Race S/American.Abso-

lutely Stunning,Tall,Busty,Long Legs,Near Torrevieja Hospital 665 883 576 CONSUM LA FLORIDA...SALMA from Gran Canarias...Tall, slim, the best massage..discretion..

Tel: 654 043 043 SOPHIE ESCORT Slim elegant naughty lady. Hotel/home visit available. Tel:693 357 526 GENERIC VIAGRA EXCLUSIVE First time in Spain 120mgs. Also Kamagra 100mgs, Generic Cialis 20mgs, and jellies. Local and Nationwide service. Pay on Delivery. colin@costablue.co.uk or phone Colin 680 878 735 CASA ANGELA TORREVIEJA Luxury Private Chalet, parking.

Drinks invitation. Feeling alone?

Just want some company? Exotic girls from South America. Call us, come and enjoy! Also Escort Service. Full discretion. Street: Avenida Asociacion Vistimas del Terrorismo.

609-573-468 or 639-832-118

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

Professional, conscientious service to the highest standards. Refurbishments and upgrades undertaken.

Replacement pumps, filters, salt systems, ph regulators and accessories supplied and installed. All work guaranteed. British trained in the UK pool industry with over 18 years experience. 10 years served on the Costa Blanca. Torrevieja and surrounding areas including Costa Calida. Tlf:- Pristine Pools on 966774-199 or 678-080-500 www.pristineswimmingpools.com NO CALLOUT CHARGE. SEE MAIN ADVERT ON FRONT PAGE OF CLASSIFIEDS Why go to the shop? When we come to you saving you time and money!

BEAUTIFUL MODERN 4 BEDROOM VILLA The costa Nova,close to Javea.150 square metres plus large part finished underbuild.Tastefully finished throughout.Lovely,Peaceful area with forest views 350,000€ For more information Call: 966 472 834 INLAND GANDIA 40 MINUTES near Gayanes. 2000 square metre plot 100 square metre bungalow.Double glazed 4 bed 2 bath. Glazed terrace.

Wood burner and part central heating.

Swimming pool,BBQ,Outbuildings, Garden and Orchard.Quiet area but easy access to Towns and A7.Valley and Mountain views.165,000€ Call: 649 365 627 DETATCHED VILLA Monte Pedreguer. Mountain and Sea Views,Private Pool,Quiet Location Call: 622 121 095 CAMPING BENIDORM MOBILE HOME Fantastic location on a great campsite. Close walk to all amenities and the centre of Benidorm.

Perfect opportunity for Holiday home.

18,000€ ono Call: 965 866 681 IMMACULATE PARK HOME Camping Florantilles-views of salt lakes and mountains ready to move in.Sleeps 6.

Offers around € 27,950 Phone: 634 321 449 MORAIRA. FOR SALE For sale.5 Bedroom 5 Bathroom Villa. Walking distance to beach and all amenities. Beneficial Spain Property Sales. 961 129 215. admin@beneficialspain.com.

2 OR 3 BED / 2 BATH APARTMENTS in San Miguel. Lift, communal rooftop pool & solarium, video entry system. Available for short or long term rent from 300pcm.

96 672 3437 or 616493487

SELLING YOUR HOUSE? Sold your house? Moving funds back to the

BENEFICIAL SPAIN PROPERTY SALES 0% Commission Agent. If you are looking to sell your property call 961 129 215 or email admin@beneficialspain.com

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VAN LEAVING SPAIN TO UK 3rd November Space Available, 679 042 805 / 0044 (0) 755 2985343 keithmarion9@yahoo.co.uk SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanishmoves.net. Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537

INTERPRETER Mariana Kitson Torrevieja area.Native English-Fluent Spanish 15€ per hour tel 691 947 829

HOT TUBS, SPAS, JACUZZIS Quality spas at factory Prices. Also spares, filters and Repairs. Used and ex-display spas available. We part ex and buy spas, best prices in Spain.

Established 12 years Eurospas 650 722 905

I BUY RECORDS LP´S SINGLES AND CD´s ANY STYLE, JAZZ, BLUES, POP, PUNK, ROCK, ETC...

TOP CASH PAID. 622 750 117 RECORDS AND CDS WANTED Pop,Rock,Jazz,Blues.Top Cash Paid.

630665363 TURN YOUR UNWANTED FURNITURE Electrical, Household Goods and Bric-a-brac into Cash. Anything!

Anywhere! 965-319-220/663-012-541