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education department spark public outrage THE SPANISH education department has drawn up plans to add bullfighting to the curriculum in state school, causing public outrage. Continued on page 5.

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Having turned his back on his initial ideal of taking the entire garbage disposal system in-house and to be run by the government, because the reality of the huge situation was possibly beyond his comprehension while in opposition, his lack of management of the present garbage disposal system in Torrevieja has come under attack by local residents and opposition PP councillors. Last Monday, Partido Popular Councilwoman, Carmen Gómez Candel, said that residents alleged that the developments of Torrevieja are experiencing an unprecedented collapse in the service of collection and disposal of waste from pruning and goods. The result is unsightly and unhealthy because all this garbage attracts all sorts of insects, rats and cockroaches. Some of the complaints came from the developments of La Siesta, El Chaparral and El Salado, all of whom are suﬀering from an unprecedented collapse in the service of collection and disposal of waste from pruning and goods. The sorry sight of the dirty streets is witnessed by those who live in these neighbourhoods and for those who visit. Because the pentapartido government still have been unable to put in a process of a way to allow Torrevieja residents to have their voice heard in the Town Hall, other than issuing a formal complaint through the PROP oﬃce, the PP have stepped in, in order to assert the voice of the neighbours, who have taken their complaints to the PP. The feedback is that local residents

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Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Child pornography arrests by JEANETTE RICE MORE THAN 300 agents from Spain’s judicial police performed multiple raids throughout the country in a crackdown on internet child pornography. Police made 81 arrests, two of whom were minors, as they swept across the country on their raids. The two minors who are mentally disabled along with the 79 other males arrested were in possession of thousands of images and videos which included some “extremely harsh” content of minors being abused. In addition to the thousands of images, investigators seized computer and video cameras. In total, 80 homes were searched and police conﬁscated 96 hard drives, 58 computers, 68 ﬂash drives, four tablets, 195 CDs and DVDs, 18 mobile phones, 25 memory cards, among other pieces of electronics. A police spokesperson said that they anticipated more arrests would follow.

Police made 81 arrests

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BRITISH ARRESTED AT GIBRALTAR BORDER

TWO BRITISH nationals were arrested following custom officers becoming suspicious at the Gibraltar border with Spain on Sunday evening. The officers noticed that the driver of the car was behaving erratically and looked nervous and so followed the vehicle which then jumped two sets of traffic lights, having noticed that it was being followed by a customs car. The car, which was in the loop area of the border was stopped and the driver along with the passenger were cautioned as officers began to search the vehicle. Officers discovered 350 cartons of cigarettes concealed in the boot area, the engine compartments and other small spaces in the car with a total retail value of £7,000. The two British nationals were 20 and 39 years old and have been released on bail until 28th December.

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Sierra Nevada rescues THE GUARDIA Civil rescued four children and six adults from the Sierra Nevada in Granada on Monday.

Late on Sunday evening four children, aged between ﬁve and twelve, and six adults became trapped as rescue teams worked through the night to ﬁnally reach safe ground in the early hours of Monday morning. Heavy rain meant that the rescue team struggled to reach the group which had left early on Sunday for a hike and had lost their bearings when the sun began to set. The Guardia Civil Mountain Rescue team found the group and quickly helped to warm up the children before carrying them down the mountain on their shoulders as the adults were assisted with their descent using ropes. Fortunately no one was injured and the hikers were returned to the area where they had parked their vehicles.

Controversial changes to the curriculum pupils in Sevilla learning to bullfight

THE SPANISH education department has drawn up plans to add bullfighting to the curriculum in state school, causing public outrage. Pupils in Spanish state schools may soon be able to choose bullfighting as one of their optional subjects following an announcement from the education ministry this week. In what is quickly becoming a political scrabble for votes with the upcoming elections in December the ruling conservative government is defending their decision to add this to the curriculum citing it as a logical extension to the subjects as it’s importance within Spanish society. The professional training certificate will be offered to those students who are over sixteen and have moved into vocational studies. Called “tauromachy – bullfighting and auxiliary livestock activities” the pupils will be given the chance to learn the skills

involved, the rules and regulations as well as breeding fighting bulls. The course, which will run for two years with students studying full time, is set to be offered around the country however opposition parties have already spoken out about the plans particularly in Catalonia and the Canary Islands where the practice of bullfighting is illegal with Valencia and the Balearic Islands considering following suit. Spain’s leading animal rights organisation, Pacma, have said that the proposal is outrageous with Silvia Barquero, the leader of the organisation saying “this is because the general elections are soon to be held and the government knows that there is mounting pressure against bullfighting, they are trying to rush a change in schools to teach how to torture an animal to death.” A spokesperson for the ministry said “tauromachy is an artistic practice which is traditional and cultural for the Spanish.”

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Floods in Los Nietos and Mar de Cristal by KEITH NICOL

A DELUGE of rain and mud flooded Los Nietos and Mar de Cristal on Monday after more than twenty litres per square metre of rain fell in the Campo de Cartagena. The residents of Los Nietos and Mar de Cristal yesterday received this avalanche of mud, mixed with plants and pebbles, dragged downstream from the large areas of farmland and ramblas. According to the Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the rainfall, at dawn, was enough to transform the streets of coastal towns into rivers and wetlands. About forty houses in Los Nietos and thirty houses and a hotel in Mar de Cristal were affected by the storm. Thunder and lightning started around one in the morning and the rain started after 2am. The resulting flood hit the road to Los Nietos, although the town was not cut off. The water, then moved on to flood the entrance to Mar de Cristal. The residents have now started the clean-up. Firefighters helped pump out houses in some streets in Los Nietos, and, in Mar de Cristal, many villas suffered similar prob-

lems. However, the local authority response has been good, with sweepers, trucks and municipal cleaning equipment deployed before noon, so as to leave the streets clean as soon as possible.

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RM-314 REFURBISHMENT APPROVED

THE RM-314 in Cartagena is a very important road, which provides access to the La Manga tourist area, and which carries an annual traﬃc of more than 1.5 million vehicles. The Regional Government has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure, a contract for works relating to the widening and re-conditioning of the RM-314 highway, between Los Belones and Atamaría, in the municipality of Cartagena, with a budget of 3,920,876€. These works will allow the highway to cope with the more than 4,000 vehicles which pass through this road every day, with a corresponding beneﬁt in the form of increased road safety. The total project investment, 3,920,876€, will be split over two years, with two million euros in 2016 and the remainder 1,920,876€ in 2017.

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Police raid sets nine women free POLICE IN Marbella raided a house following a call from one of the captives to a free hotline number. The shocking discovery was made following one of the women getting access to a phone and calling the 900 105 090 number which is specifically manned with experts to help deal with people trafficking. The woman told the agent on the phone “I’m being sexually exploited” and gave the address of where the house was located. The officers discovered nine women being held in squalid conditions who were only allowed out when it was time to entertain the clients. The victims had been lured to Spain with the promise of work via internet sites and only once they had arrived did it become apparent that they would be forced into prostitution. The women were taken to safety and three men were immediately arrested as officers seized mobile phones, computer equipment, high-end vehicles, 3,205€ in cash and documents allegedly related to their crimes. In the house there was a well-hidden safe which could only be accessed through a sophisticated system of openings hidden behind a mirror. The free telephone number 900 105 090 and email address trata@policía.es have been put in place so that people can call anonymously and in confidence for anything relating to human trafficking.

Expat fails to make singing final EXPAT SINGER Elisha Lang, just 12 years old, left the popular Spanish talent show “La Voz Kids” at the weekend amidst rumours that it was because she was not Spanish. Elisha, who lives in Gibraltar, performed the Power of Love with her tearful parents watching but she failed to wow the judges in what was the semi final. Speaking after the show Elisha said ““I love singing and I’ve been doing it since I was very young, I definitely want to be a professional singer when I’m older.” Following her performance social media in Spain and Gibraltar buzzed about the talented youngster and when the results were announced many called into question why she had been rejected. Elisha was born in the UK and shortly afterwards moved to Gibraltar with her family and attends the Westside School. During the show Elisha said that she came from Cadiz not Gibraltar for fear of being discriminated against. It has been suggested that her links with Gibraltar may have affected the judges decision. Elisha’s father said “I am so proud of my daughter, it should be about her voice not where she is from.” Elisha fought off an incredible 20,000 applicants to make the last 15 contestants in the show.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

A word of caution about buying in Spain by KEITH NICOL THE REGION of Murcia has been awash with stories of unfinished urbanisation and horror stories. Another such situation came to our attention this week, which has also been been copied to the British Consulate. To try and fit their entire story into one article would be impossible, so I will try and summarise it. They said: “I would like to tell you my story about the unfair way we have been treated in Spain to make people aware of the ridiculous laws here. We purchased our house in 2004 off plan. It was to be our retirement home and we put all our savings into it, it was what was called “Living the Dream in Spain” which for us, became an expensive nightmare. When the house was built in 2007 we were told, along with many more people of phase 2 of this development that because the paperwork was not quite ready we could move in and pay the remainder of the monies when we received the relevant papers. We had the money in place and we waited to pay it. In 2010 we discovered that many of us still had large mortgages on the houses. The builder had borrowed the money from the Cam Bank and forged our signature to get that money. The mortgages were in excess of one hundred and twenty thousand euros on each house. We formed a small group and engaged NBA Solicitors in Torrevieja, to help us fight the mortgages. The solicitor who dealt with us all gave us a price of three thousand, two hundred and sixteen euros each couple, to lift the mortgages. Then the builder went into liquidation and the administra-

tors were called.” What followed for the different couples was a story of their houses, walls and floors cracking, along with swimming pools dropping and tiles coming off. They continued: “As we still had an amount of fifty three thousand owing on the property, he said we would not have to pay that and he said he would take it to court and no court would expect us to pay this money. In 2010, we went to the notary and got an escatura. The administrator took the Cam Bank to court and the mortgages were lifted in 2012 from all the houses as the Cam Bank had lost the paperwork. My husband and I are approaching 70 years old and are retired so we don’t have a massive income. Since 2010 we have constantly telephoned and visited the solicitor to speak with the administrator so that we could spend some of the outstanding monies to start the repairs. In February 2015 he phoned us in the UK to say we had to pay the administrator all the money including the seventeen thousand that had previously been allocated to us. A couple of months went by and we heard nothing so we phoned NBA who said he no longer worked for the firm. No one had bothered to let us know, so we made an appointment to see someone else. We were then introduced to Felicia Martinez who knew nothing about our case and admitted herself that it was a complicated one. She has contacted the solicitor but he refused to discuss our case with her. We just cannot believe that we stand to lose the house. We have been badly let down by both the solicitors and the Spanish law. Unfortunately our money pot is empty and we cannot afford to pay anymore. We are heartbroken at the thought of

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losing the house but we really don’t know what to do, if we pay the money owing we have nothing left to do the work; if we don’t pay then the house will be sold to someone else. Many thanks to all who have taken the time to read this and any advice, or help would be much appreciated.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Alicante’s million trees THE ALICANTE Provincial Government made a commitment to Brussels last week to plant one million trees throughout the province over the last decade. Alicante President Cesar Sanchez headed the delegation from Alicante at the ceremony of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate Change at the Brussels Parliament. César Sánchez, said that the Provincial Government is committed to plant one million trees in the province over the next decade in order to prevent the emission of an average of 500,000 tons of CO2 in the territory. The objectives of this forum are to reduce its CO2 emissions by 2030 by 40%, in addition to continuing its eﬀorts to encourage and promote the eﬃciency and energy saving. The province leads the European level with the

Members at the Covent of Mayors in Brussels

number of accessions to the Covenant, in addition to compliance with environmental commitments. Also, Cesar Sanchez announced that “our commitment to the environment, to the territory, is to leave a better world for future generations, and is one of the landmarks of this term. Cesar Sanchez insisted that “the Council seeks to join the UN goals for Sustainable Development, to take urgent steps to combat climate change initiatives to promote sustainable use of ecosystems, sort zones and green areas and protect Biological diversity in our province. “ In this area, the leader of the Provincial Government has advanced talks with the Council to participate next December in the twenty-ﬁrst Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change for “Paris 2015”, to achieve a new inter-

national climate agreement, applicable to all countries. The goal is to keep global warming below 2 ° C. Alicante Provincial Council has invested, in recent years, 16€ million in 110 municipalities that are integrated in this European platform has been spent. The savings achieved in watthours per year was 20,317,000, which has resulted in economic value of 3 million euros and a saving of nearly 5,000 tons of the deadly emissions of CO2. The leader of the Provincial Government has speciﬁed that “the Council of Alicante will continue to work with municipalities, focusing on eﬃciency and energy savings through investment and collaboration with municipalities, but it is necessary to make a qualitative leap, working with the institutions and build together a sustainable future for our territory.”

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Holiday nightmare for British grandmother by JEANETTE RICE

A FAMILY have appealed for help to fly home 57 year old grandmother Angela Noriega, who has been in a diabetic coma at the Marina Baixa Hospital. The 57 year old diabetic had travelled to Benidorm with a few friends and suffered a hypo attack following a night out and was discovered unconscious in her hotel room. It is believed that Angela suffered a severe trauma to the brain having fallen down in her room and was not discovered by her friends until the following morning when they had to break down her bedroom door. Angela, who is from Sheffield has had diabetes for over 20 years and uses insulin to control her condition. Stepahnie-Louise Price, aged 24 and step daughter to Angela said “she suffered a hypo following a night out with her girl friends, when they couldn’t get her to answer the door the following morning they were forced to break it down.” Mark Pierce, aged 48 and Angela’s partner together with Angela’s son Jamie flew out to be by her bedside but as costs began mounting up they were forced to fly back to the UK. On 15th October Angela underwent a tracostomy in a hope that it would release her from the coma, however for Angela

to be returned home insurance companies have quoted between £18,550£26,440, which the family do not have. At the beginning of the week the family announced some really positive news about Angela’s recovery, although she is still in intensive care, she is now oﬀ of her ventilator and breathing for herself. This is a major improvement in Angela’s condition and it is hoped things continue to improve. The family are still campaigning for Angela’s transportation home. If she continues to stabilise then the cost of this will reduce dramatically and they may be able to bring her home in a private ambulance with a stop over in France. Angela did have travel insurance which is currently being reviewed by a group

of solicitors as the company refused to make a payment to get Angela home. It is the families hope to raise enough funds for a medical ﬂight back to the UK but also to help with basic accommodation for the family to be able to stay by Angela’s bedside. Stephanie went about setting up a fundraising page and spreading the word via social media and local press and said “we have been overwhelmed with donations, the whole family is stunned by how generous people have been, we want to thank everyone who has taken the time to share and donate.” The fund was over £6,000 as of Wednesday. If you want to donate to the fund you can go to www.gofundme.com/7d67q88k.

Angela

NEWS BITES COMPOSER WRITES WORDS FOR SPANISH NATIONAL

A COMPOSER from Madrid, Victor Lago, has approached the government with a proposal to set words to the nations lyric free national anthem. Snr Lago said that he had submitted his lyrics to the lower house and started a campaign to collect the 500,000 signatures needed to enable law makers debate the issue. “My lyrics are neutral and inspired solely by my love for Spain and Spaniards”, he said. The last time an attempt was made to add lyrics to the anthem was in 2008 and organised by the Spanish Olympic Committee but the words were deemed to be too political. The proposed lyrics begin with “glory, homeland!”

Ebola nurse recovering

Pauline Cafferkey

THE SCOTTISH nurse who contracted Ebola, recovered and then was readmitted to hospital seriously ill is finally showing signs of recovery. Pauline Cafferkey, aged 39, contracted Ebola whilst working in Sierra Leone earlier in the year and made the headlines throughout her illness as the nation prayed for her speedy recovery. All seemed to be going well and Pauline was released from hospital having been declared fit and well until recently when she fell ill again. Ms Cafferkey was readmitted to the Royal Free Hospital in London earlier this month having suffered what was being described as a relapse in her condition, which sent panic amongst those who had been in close contact with her, particularly as she had recently been to an award ceremony only a few days earlier. Health officials have now confirmed that Pauline has been suffering from meningitis as a direct result from having had the Ebola virus. Dr Michael Jacobs, who is treating Ms Cafferkey at the Royal Free Hospital in London said “Pauline has become unwell by meningitis caused by the Ebola virus, however, to be very clear about this, she hasn’t been re-infected with the Ebola virus, and is now showing good signs of recovery, although she has a long road ahead.” Dr Jacobs went on to say “this is the original Ebola virus that she had many months ago, which has been lying inside the brain, replicating at a very low level probably, and has now re-emerged to cause this clinical illness of meningitis. And this is obviously a serious thing.” The doctors are pleased with Pauline’s progress, particularly in the past few days, although she will still be in hospital for quite a while so that she can be monitored.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

USA to clean up their mess The crash site in 1966

by JEANETTE RICE THE USA and Spain have signed an agreement which will ﬁnally see radioactive soil, left following a plane crash in 1966, removed. The B-52 bomber crashed in Palomares 49 years ago and was considered the worst nuclear crash of its time. On 17th January 1966, at the height of the cold war, the B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker plane during midair refuelling oﬀ the coast of Almería, Spain, killing seven of the 11 crew

members and leaving the remains of two of the four hydrogen bombs it was carrying to contaminate the soil. On Monday the US secretary of state, Mr John Kerry met with the Spanish foreign minister, José Manuel GarcíaMargallo in Madrid and signed an agreement which will see the Americans remove the contaminated soil and ship it to Nevada, which is already contaminated following nuclear bomb tests back in the 50s. Relations between the two nations has

improved over the past few years with Barack Obama saying that “a change of government in Spain might harm the progress made between them if the elections in December change rule.” Recently Spain has seen an increase in American troops at the US Morón base, in southern Spain, now housing over 2,200 troops as opposed to the 850 previously. Neither government has said when the removal of the radioactive material will take place, merely that it will be very soon.

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GUARDIA ARREST THREE FOR ARSON

THE GUARDIA Civil of Valencia have arrested three people on suspicion of arson in the region following a covert operation. The Guardia of Villanueva de Castellón had begun investigating fires that dated back to July of this year in the areas of Manuel, Senyera and Villanueva de Castellon Llosa de Ranes and soon became aware of a Spanish man aged 45 who they suspected started two wildfires and four other fires. It is believed that the man set fire to the reeds near the Albaida river and then further along the route to make it more difficult for fire fighters to extinguish. During the operation the police also arrested a Spanish woman aged 56 and a Spanish man aged 59 who have been charged with withholding information and are awaiting a court hearing.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

The gift of sound EUROPE’S NEWS BITES

by JACK TROUGHTON

TALLEST CHURCH

TEENAGER PASCUAL Raspeig Ciscar is hearing the sounds of the world around him for the ﬁrst time thanks to Costa Blanca charity Grant A Wish.

THE NEW towers at Spain’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will make it the tallest church in Europe.

In the biggest single project ever undertaken, the team spent almost 5,000€ for the equipment and treatment to restore the 16-year-old’s hearing. Pascual has special needs and is one of seven kids from El Vergel sponsored by Grant A Wish to attend the Raquel Paya School in Denia – together they are known as ‘The Magnificent Seven’. Ramon Howard, of the charity team, explained social services had hoped to contribute 20% of the total cost but it was decided to proceed in any case. “We said as Grant A Wish, we would go ahead in any case and paid the complete bill – social services can then give us a contribution when it is received,” he said. “Young Pascual is one of the Magnificent Seven, one of the children we have ‘adopted’ in tandem with social services.” TESTS Weekly tests with Dr Benjamin Moreno at Optica Benjamin in El Vergel will monitor the youngster’s progress. The hearing aids were switched on at just 2% on 12th October. “You cannot just turn it on at full volume,” said Ramon. “It is anticipated he will get to 40 or 50% of normal hearing levels – unfortunately it will never be 100% but it is a huge improvement.” He added: “It is the biggest single project we have ever done - it’s one of Grant a Wish’s proudest moments and our team and supporters are delighted to have been able to help.” And the Magnificent Seven ride out together this coming

Pascual with Dr Moreno

Sunday (25th October) on a trip to see the animals at Terra Natura in Benidorm. Ramon thanked RTN for supplying tickets for the youngsters. RTN has been asked to conﬁrm that money for Grant A Wish at a residents’ day on Urbanisation La Sella in August solely came from the sales of raﬄe tickets and donations – all the money went to support the children cared for at the EMAUS home in El Vergel.

The final phase of raising six towers onto the existing building has now begun in Barcelona. Jordi Fauli, the chief architect said “the central tower, the tallest of the six, will put the church in the record books when it is completed, with the tower measuring 172.5 metre (566 feet).” For now the tallest tower is in Germany at the Ulm Minster which is 162 metres. The “Tower of Jesus Christ” will be crowned by a cross and tightly surrounded by five other towers, one dedicated to Mary and four slightly shorter ones for the four apostles at the famous Gaudi structure. Gaudi won the patronage of some of Barcelona’s wealthiest industrialist and upper-crust families, who commissioned him to build gorgeous homes and other stunning buildings and parks that have helped make Barcelona a leading tourist destination. A fervent Catholic, Gaudi largely dedicated his life to the project, incorporating both Christian symbolism and organic forms into a unique style. He died in 1926 and never expected the cathedral to be completed in his lifetime and some would say that the well known architectural structure may never be finished with the tower phase estimated to take just over ten years. The monument received more than 3.2 million visits in 2014, making it one of the biggest tourist sites in Spain and is funded by the entrance fees of between 15-20 euros, with a construction budget of 25 million euros per year.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Health Minister confirms Rosell plan will be published THE MINISTER of Health, Encarna Guillén, announced on Tuesday that within a month the technical report on Rosell’s needs will be published. The minister confirmed to representatives of the Save Rosell Campaign that, as announced over a month ago by the Mayor of Cartagena, José López, the Health Authority is to expand the range of hospital services currently provided by the Hospital Universitaria Santa María del Rosell in Paseo de Alfonso XIII. The meeting took place at the Health Authority headquarters, in Murcia. The campaign representatives have repeatedly called for a meeting with the minister, which finally took place on Tuesday, yesterday when they finally met. According to medical sources, the minister has said that within a month the technical report on the needs of Rosell will be made public, to them, to the City Council and other interested parties, so that everyone can review the plan and ensure all requirements are being met. Concerns have been expressed that the expanded hospital should have a full A&E department for Cartagena residents, not just a minor injuries unit. In other words, the hospital should be capable of dealing with all kinds of cases, not just the least serious as is currently the case. Also, hospital wards are needed to provide a full in-patient service rather than just an out-patient and day-hospital one.

Sports Schools show growth Juan Carlos Carmona, Pablo Samper and Francisco Perez

THANKS TO the addition of teams from the youngest age category the Municipal Football school remains the largest group with an increase of 75% of players over last season. Councillor for Sports Pablo Samper said in a press conference this week that ﬁfteen Municipal Sports Schools are represented this year, with 1,692 students signed up, amounting to: “an increase from the previous year of ﬁfteen percent.” Samper, appeared at the conference with with the sport’s city’s Francisco Perez and Juan Carlos Carmona and explained that the school that has seen the greatest growth has been football, with 340 students, an increased enrolment of 75 percent, becoming the largest of all the schools, while the increase in school handball and futsal was 20 percent in both cases, with enrolment of 221 and 80 players respectively. The reason for the jump in numbers within the municipal football school is due to the addition of two new categories, pre-benjamin for children born in 2008 and another of the youngest category, for 2007 children, who have joined the four teams in that category that already existed. It is planned that two more teams in the youngest category of those born in 2009 are created. Both football and basketball have added youngest teams to their rosters this season. The other school with more than a hundred students is Judo with 108.

Regarding other activities that are not competitive sports for school age children are the activities of zumba, pilates and Bodycombat. Samper noted that 269 people participate in these adult fitness regimes while another 242 use different facilities as they wish, without being part of any organised group. Samper added that the opening hours have been extended of the sports facilities: “we have expanded the opening hours to eleven hours on weekdays and Saturdays for nine, which will give a greater service to clubs, schools and individuals.” Samper also had words of appreciation for the work of technicians and officials of the sports city citing that “their hard work has also resulted in these positive numbers.” Many of the sports teams also receive subsidies to pay for coaches and playing and training equipment, plus the hire of pitches, lights, water, showers, heating, etc. The councillor noted that they have already published the bases for the subsidies for sports clubs, for a total amount of 130,000€. The full terms and conditions are available on the BOP 19th October, and also on the city’s official website: www.torrevieja.es, in the sports section, under the heading; subsidies. Finally he noted that “very soon we will sign an agreement with CD Torrevieja” and other regulations that will be published for both sports events and for elite athletes.”

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Queen rejects plea to rule USA by JACK TROUGHTON

FRUSTRATED BY constant bickering of Republican Party presidential candidates in the USA, a frustrated American invited the Queen to restore British rule. The campaign trail has put pushy politicians such as Donald Trump into the spotlight as they fire insults at each other – making international news. Fed up with the constant infighting, an anglophile pleaded for Her Majesty to take the United States back – and clearly amused, Buckingham Palace replied showing a sense of humour...but turning down the offer. The letter, on official palace notepaper, reads: “I have been asked

to respond to your recent letter to The Queen in which you express your views about the American government. “Whilst your views have been noted, you will appreciate, I am sure, that there can be no question of The Queen intervening in the aﬀairs of another Sovereign state.” The reply was posted on social media site Reddit by a friend of the correspondent and has since gone viral. Explaining the history of the letter to The Queen, it added: “To our shock, they actually digniﬁed him with a response.”

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SHOCK FOR AIR PASSENGERS IN LISBON

PASSENGERS AT Lisbon Airport got more than they bargained for when waiting for their luggage at the beginning of the week as the television screens above their heads began showing a porn film. The impromptu porn film ran for several minutes as some passengers began filming the event whilst staff rushed to stop the transmission. A spokesperson for the airport said “we have had no complaints and can assure everyone this was not the act of a disgruntled employee. The incident occurred at 3am on 19th October along one of the luggage mats from Lisbon Airport, a TV was tuned (without sound) to a Portuguese generalist channel (this is not a porn channel), which at the time ran a soft porn film.” The airport is now ensuring that this situation is not repeated.

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Clock changes – strange but true

AS THE clocks get set to go back one hour this weekend many of us take it for granted that we just change our timepieces and that is that, however, for some it is not that simple. Clocks move one hour backwards on the last Sunday in October 02:00 BST(01:00 GMT). For Amtrak in the US to keep to their published timetables, trains cannot leave a station before the scheduled time. So, when the clocks fall back one hour in October, all Amtrak trains that are running on time stop at 2am and wait one hour before resuming. Overnight passengers are often surprised to find their train at a dead stop and their travel time an hour longer than expected. At the spring Daylight Saving Time change, trains instantaneously become an hour behind schedule at 2am, but they just keep going and do their best to make up the time. Births and birthdays are also affected by the changes. While twins born at 11.55pm and 12.05am may have different birthdays, Daylight Saving Time can change birth order, on paper, anyway. During the time change in the October, one baby could be born at 1.55am and the sibling born ten minutes later, at 1.05am. In November 2007, Laura Cirioli of North Carolina gave birth to Peter at 1.32am and, 34 minutes later, to Allison. However, because Daylight Saving Time reverted to Standard Time at 2am, Allison was born at 1.06am.

Technology spreads through Spain

IT HAS been a week of new services for many in Spain as free WI-FI was launched for some airports and Netflix became available to many households. Around twelve airports in the country are now able to offer travellers free internet, including Malaga, Barcelona-El Prat and Madrid. The Alicante-Elche airport unfortunately will have to wait just a little bit longer as the operator, Eurona, say that all AENA operated airports will have the service by the end of the year. However, the free Wi-Fi service operated by Eurona Telecom is limited to 2 megabytes of data for free with those wishing to upgrade to purchase 10 megabytes within a 24 hour period at a cost of 4.90€. Eurona are also offering a monthly package which is ideal for frequent travellers who need to keep in touch for 15€. Eurona say that they estimate the service will be used by around 200 million passengers each year. Netflix, the popular streaming website, became available in Spain on Tuesday with customers being able to sign up for a monthly fee and view the latest blockbuster releases as well as documentaries and television series. Netflix, which was first launched in the US nearly eight years ago, already has an agreement with Vodafone to provide their customers with a Netflix app and most new televisions and mobile devices have now been manufactured to enable more consumers to use the internet television. The basic package will be 7.99€ per month with customers being able to upgrade for high definition for an additional euro or 11.99€ per month if they wish to watch more than one screen at a time. Netflix’s CEO, Neil Hunt, said “television as we know it, is going to completely change in the future.”

Spain knits for Syrians ON MONDAY the Syrian People Support Association collected around 3,500 blankets made by people in Spain. The Syrian Association is a non profit organisation based in Madrid and was overwhelmed by the generosity of the general public. The group plans to send the blankets to Syria on 30th October just in time for the approaching winter weather. The campaign began when a facebook group was created back in September by three friends in Madrid who wanted to do something to help. The social media site didn’t disappoint as by earlier this week there were over 4,400 members. Marta Blanco, one of the founders of the group said “everyone was talking about the refugees but it didn’t seem like anything was happening so we decided we could knit or crochet blankets to send over. The Facebook group, called “La Manta de La Vida,” or “The Blanket of Life” soon became an organised campaign of offering practical help from the Spanish people. As each blanket was finished it was packaged with a special label written in both Spanish and Arabic saying “we are with you.”

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Volunteers’ Day on Saturday by KEITH NICOL

ON SATURDAY Torrevieja celebrates Volunteers’ Day, to highlight the hundreds of local residents who give up their free time to help support worthy causes who could not provide vital services without them. To mark the day, volunteers from different NGO’s will be setting out informative tables and providing information about the work they do and the overall objectives of the NGO. Tomorrow, 30 NGOs will participate and along with their informative tables, each one will also be selling items to raise funds. The main objective of the event is to attract new volunteers for Torrevieja’s NGOs. The Councillor for NGOs, Carmen Morate, said that Volunteer Day “will be held on Saturday beside the Old Man of the Sea monument and feature up to thirty NGOs and Non-Profit organisations whose work is related to various social objectives.” Morate, who was accompanied in the Plenary Hall by representatives from several of the participating associations, said that the event will be held from 10am to 2pm and be focused on helping attract: “new volunteers as this role is essential for NGOs, who base their activity as well as with some technical aspects, in people who selflessly collaborate with their social objectives.” The councillor of NGOs, highlighted “the good reception that the initiative has received from the associations as a way to approach people and publicize their activities. The information tables will also feature handmade objects that will be sold to raise funds for each association and noted that “the Diabetic Association will test glucose and blood pressure all those who so desire.” Various activities and performances will also be taking place, such as free Zumba classes, Latin guitarists, choirs, contemporary dance and flamenco, all for your entertainment. Carmen Morate commented that the day has a very low cost to the council because it will all be done with the resources already owned by the City such as a stage, tents, tables and chairs. The only contract paid for will be to the sound technicians to ensure professional audio for the event, which are also at zero cost. SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES: 10am: Introduction and presentation of the event 10.30am: free Zumba class with Angie

11.30am: Latin Guitarists 12 noon: ‘Coral Bella Torrevieja’ and Choir ‘Cantus Colorus’ 1pm: Paya’s Dance School 1.30pm: Sevillanas by ‘Sevillanía’

Carmen Morate with representitives fro some of the NGOs who will be present on Saturday

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‘75 PUÑALADAS (75 STABS) ‘ IN CARTAGENA THE NEW Teatro Circo in Cartagena’ presents, on Friday 23rd October at 9.30pm this play directed by Argentinian Martin Giner Argentine theatre director Martin Giner, despite his youth, has successfully presented over six works in Argentina, and some in Spain, characterized by “smart and cool “ humour, according to a theatre spokesman. In a sense , ‘75 stabs’ is a police comedy that respects the rules of the mysteries of ‘the locked room’. This work resembles the classic “Agatha Christie” who-dunnit English comedy of intrigue. Mr. Stagertton, former Scotland Yard Inspector, has been murdered in

his study. The doors and windows are locked from the inside, no trace of the murderer is found, but the biggest question is “If Stagertton was killed with 75 stab wounds why is there not a single drop of blood in the study?” The Teatro Circo states that this work “is an experiment in trying to break the logic of police classics, with humour always present, as a channel of expression.” This police, comedy, since its debut in Argentina, has become, throughout Latin America,a landmark event in the Theatre of the Absurd. Parodying the style of Agatha Christie and Anthony Shaﬀer, it is written with great intelligence and cleverness so as to achieve a constant catharsis of laughter in the audience.

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Hospice hat-trick for MABS HOSPICE AND respite beds are now available at three sites along the Costa Blanca as the MABS Cancer Support Group – backed by other charities – invests in continued care for patients. In the space of six days, MABS has officially opened rooms at the Savia Residential Homes in La Nucia and Villamartin, Orihuela Costa, to reach out to the community. The initiative follows the success of the Santolina Suite, in the Ferris Hospital at Fontilles in the Marina Alta, which opened last summer. Each of the hospice units offers peaceful and dignified rooms with lounge facilities for families and should demand for the beds grow, MABS will provide extra capacity through its relationship with Savia. Hospice care has been the long-standing goal of MABS President Jacqui Phillips MBE. Opening the La Nucia hospice, she said: “We have rooms for respite or for

terminal care for cancer patients. “Our primary aim is to help cancer patients but if the room is empty and there are people needing respite care, they are welcome and ask to use the room.” CHEQUE Cancer Care Javea presented a cheque for 10,000€ for the La Nucia project and rooms and family lounges have been decorated and furnished by HELP International of Benidorm. Special guests at the opening were British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris and Mayor of La Nucia Bernabe Cano. Mrs Morris told RTN: “It is very heartening and very humbling to see what MABS has done – and also how they have come together with Cancer Care and HELP. It is a real team eﬀort. “Anyone who has a family member who is very sick must be incredibly reassured there is somewhere like this for them to go.”

British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris and Mayor Bernabe Cano cut the ribbon

She added: “It is very important how these charities are coming together and complementing each other. For example, Cancer Care Javea raises money and ﬁnds somewhere to donate it – it is to the way to make the greatest impact.” Sue Reula, MABS Director for the Benidorm area – which stretches from Calpe to Alicante – said 18 months ago her mission was to provide a bed for those in need and people with cancer. MISSION “I can tell you my mission has been completed – your mission is to tell everybody we have this room. Everyone here today can go away and tell anyone who has cancer or people with someone in their family who has cancer, that we are here

for them,” she said. The MABS room is on the second floor of the La Nucia home where the nurses speak English. There are 76 rooms at the home spread over three floors. And Sue said even before the MABs room was finished, Savia had responded an emergency call to provide beds for three terminally ill cancer patients. “They accommodated us and were brilliant”. She said it was hoped MABS could open another room at La Nucia and Villamartin but funding was needed. Sue said: “Every single penny you bring in helps enormously. Just 5€ assists because whatever it is, it goes into the pot towards the end result. It is important people understand whatever they can give, however small, it is all important.”

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Businesses urged to back charity by JACK TROUGHTON BUSINESSES ON the Costa Blanca are being urged to pledge money to charity each month to give good causes a dependable income to support ongoing projects. Continental Wealth Management Director Jody Kirby said the company had donated 1,000€ a month to Make A Smile, which in turn supported EMAUS, for the last 16 months. “We want to tell people of this commitment because we want to encourage other local businesses to do the same,” she said. “We want to encourage other small businesses to set up an ongoing donation; obviously it doesn’t have to be such a large amount of money because everything helps.” Speaking at CWM headquarters at La Sella, Jody said charities staged fund raising events but did not know how much cash would be generated – but the demands on charity coffers remained the same. “This allows a little forward planning.” She added: “CWM is an investment company and this is investing in children cared for by EMAUS.” Tony Grande, President of Make A Smile, said the CWM money “was more than a donation” and was used to invest in the ‘self-suﬃciency’ project at Relleu and to help

children gain educational qualifications. WORK He said the farm aimed to provide work for young men and women living at an EMAUS home at Relleu looking after young adults with special needs. “CWM has sponsored this, which is our main line of attack to try and get these young people to work and create their own money – it’s a long term plan,” said Tony. “The list is endless – it helps us with our educational plans for EMAUS kids as they get older and sometimes it is simply feeding the kids.” And he said a dependable monthly income was important as Make A Smile could commit to helping the older EMAUS children gain educational qualifications and to go on training courses; helping prepare them for life outside the family atmosphere of the charity homes. “We hope that there are companies will want to sponsor a child to help gain qualifications in further education after they finish school at 16,” added Tony. “It is an investment, we are trying to build something for the future and CWM has helped us in so many different areas.”

Jody and Tony at CWM

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English Language Cinema comes back to Torrevieja by KEITH NICOL THANKS IN part to the major efforts of a few local individuals who have been working in the background over the last year, Torrevieja’s IMF Cinema, will start showing English Language V.O. films starting in November. Cinema Manager, Fabian, confirmed this week that starting on 7th November, each week a different film will play in one of the eight ‘salas’, in the original version, with Spanish subtitles. This is great news for those who have expressed an interest in joining the soon to be formed English Language Film Club, ‘Admit One’, which will have its new website: www.admitone.club, up and running before Christmas. The great news for the International audience is that headphones are not needed, films change weekly and play for the entire week. The V.O. Films are not just popular with native English speakers but throughout Spain, where they are shown, attract a large Internation-

al audience plus many Spanish students of English and Spanish film fans, who would much rather hear an actors ‘real’ voice, rather than someone dubbing a voice into Spanish. Each Tuesday the Cinema will announce the name of the film to be shown in the cinema, with full details available here through the RTN, with plans already in process to run different competitions to win free tickets and other fun, film related gifts, though the newspaper and the film club. Speaking of the film club, this was seriously looked at about 18 months ago. However, coincidentally, at exactly the same time, cinemas around the world started to do away with 35mm film reels and instead started to receive a special DCP hard drive: a Digital Cinema Package. Cines IMF, after a major investment, have now converted all eoght of their screens to digital and now can offer a choice of V.O. films each week. With this week’s confirmation, the

wheels have quickly been put into motion to start putting the Cinema Club together. Called ‘Admit One’, it’s expected that to join will cost a nominal 20€ a year. Although details have yet to be finalised with the Cinema Chain, members will each receive a special membership card, which will double as a loyalty card. See ten films and the next film is free. General admission for non-members of the club is the standard admission cost but for cinema club members, most, if not all days, will be just 5€. The Club have reopened negotia-

tions with the local eateries to promote special prices for ‘Dinner and a Movie’ with establishments from the Ozone and Habaneras centre restaurants, pubs, cafes and fast food places. There will be a special price for ‘Popcorn and a drink’ plus the possibility of special, member only events such as showing a second film once per month or/and a special film that may have been seen in the UK, Ireland or North America, but is not on general release in Spain. There will other special social events for film club members, chances to win free tickets, film memorabilia

and many other fun items. Plans are also underway to organise an International Film Festival in 2016. These are for full length feature films, not shorts, as Torrevieja already has an excellent film festival for this, in Torrevieja Audiovisual. Those who previously expressed an interest in joining an English Language film club will soon be contacted by the committee and those interested in finding out more about future plans, should send an email with their names and contact details to: film@admitone.com.

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Spanish pride sunk at Trafalgar THE SANTISSIMA Trinidad – once the mightiest ship in the world – and the pride of the Spanish fleet sank a day after being captured at the Battle of Trafalgar, 210 years ago this week. A replica of the ‘first rate’ is anchored in Alicante Harbour, and can be visited as she is a floating restaurant and bar. The historical ‘dreadnought’ still makes an impressive sight. The original was built in Cuba and launched in 1769 as a 112-gun three-decker. However, the ship of the line was modified in 1796 when her forecastle and quarterdeck were joined to create a fourth gun deck and incorporate 130 cannon. At 4,905 tons she was much larger than Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory but was a poor sailor and the light winds off Trafalgar on 21st October, 1805, were not suited to her bulk. When the Royal Navy ships under Nelson clashed with the combined French and Spanish fleets, the sheer size of the Santissima Trinidad made her a target – she finally surrendered to HMS Neptune, a 98-gun ‘second rate’. She was taken under tow by HMS Prince but the day after the battle as a storm blew up following the historic battle she was scuttled and sank. However, the Santissima Trinidad was the most heavily armed ship in the world and carried the most guns in the Age of Sail – and also one of the few four-deck first rate ships of the line ever built.

The replica of the Santissima Trinidad

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Troubled times for animal charity TALKS BETWEEN committee members of animal charity LAPS and Pego Town Hall appear to have been successful and ﬁnancial issues resolved.

Branch members ready to start the Poppy Appeal

Stepping out for the Poppy Appeal by JACK TROUGHTON MEMBERS OF the Royal British Legion in Javea launched their 2015 Poppy Appeal with the traditional sponsored walk around the Arenal Beach. The branch raised 9,500€ last year – down on the previous year as its ‘hunting ground’ has shrunk, neighbouring Moraira is now part of the Calpe Branch’s collection area. However, everyone was in good spirits in the sunshine last Saturday and committed to raising as much money as possible. The branch has 75 collection boxes and poppies spread around businesses from Benitachell to Denia. The annual Remembrance Sunday

service will be held in the Fisherman’s Church in Javea Port on Sunday 8th November. The Royal British Legion standard will be joined by the standards of the Royal Navy Association, the Royal Air force Association, and the Air Crew Association. The service begins at the unusual time of 3pm – allowing everyone to watch the Cenotaph Parade in London. Everyone is welcome at the service and the church is usually ‘standing room only’. The Legion in Javea is keen to recruit new members. The branch meets at L’Ancora Tennis Club, near the beach, on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Meetings oﬃcially begin

TRAC celebrate their tenth anniversary

at 11.30am but most people gather 30 minutes earlier for a coﬀee and a chat. Branch membership secretary Pam Dawes said anyone interested in the legion would be made very welcome – they do not have to have served with the armed forces – and members enjoy a good social programme throughout the year. “We would love to see more people come to one of our meetings to see what goes on,” said Pam “If they like what they see, we would give them a great welcome as a member of the branch.” Anyone interested in ﬁnding out more can call Pam on 96 579 0123 or 617 789 883.

by Keith Nicol IT WAS a pleasure and privilege to be invited to speak at the tenth anniversary of TRAC, Torrevieja’s Retired Activities Club at their regular meeting at the Marina Club Cafe in the Marina International. The very active social club welcome all nationalities, but nearly all are English speakers. They hold a monthly meeting on the third Wednesday of each month where they always try to have a speaker on interesting or entertaining topics, then conduct the club business, so I tried my best. The tenth anniversary was attended by 45 members plus nine new members who signed up on the day, for which they send out a message of welcome. According to committee members, most members turn up early around 10.30am to sit and talk to friends whilst having a coffee and some stay on after the meeting, which starts at 11am, to relax in the ambient atmosphere afforded by the great location on Torrevieja’s waterfront. Once a month they have a lunch on a Sunday, at various different restaurants around the Torrevieja and surrounding areas along with an event day during each month, such as tenpin bowling, a coastal walk to a coffee stop and

Charity members met with Mayor Enrique Moll and councillors last Friday as LAPS called for more support and cooperation from the municipality as part of its responsibilities. As a result an initial payment of 7,500€ was made to the charity and an outstanding balance of 2,500€ will be transferred on the production of relevant invoices. Several further concerns were also highlighter for further discussion – including a new home for the Local Animal Protection Society’s shelter. The charity has extended its lease for the current premises on the basis of the town hall looking for a new site with electricity and water facilities – there is even talk of the local authority buying the existing site from a private owner who is said to be keen to sell. However, the talks are ongoing and LAPS President Chrissie Edwards told RTN: Our main concerns are always for the welfare of abandoned animals, plus of course, the reputations of the charity and its hardworking volunteers. “Both parties agree that better integration between the Spanish and British supporters would be of great beneﬁt and further the support give to our local animals in need.” Pictured at six-weeksold is Eloise, a puppy rescued by LAPS with four siblings after being abandoned in a plastic bag and dumped in a rubbish bin just days after being born.

back to the start point, a picnic and petanca on the beach event, visit to a place of interest and also some coach trips. These options vary and they are always open to new ideas. Annual membership is a just 10€, everyone is welcome and you can join at anytime during the year, with current membership standing at about 50 members. The club was created by founder Peter Wilson in October 2005. Earlier this month, from 12th to 15th October, 44 members took a bus and hotel trip to Spain’s Capital Madrid, with David’s Coaches. The trip was organised by Malcolm and Mary although Mary was poorly and unfortunately could not attend, leaving Malcolm to organise everyone on his own. The excursion took the group to Hotel Principe Pio, a Three Star hotel located just a short walk from the Royal Palace and the perfect location for exploration and included free time to enjoy the capital plus trips outside the city to the fabulous sites of Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen. If you are thinking about joining their friendly group, please call Diane (Members Secretary) 966 841 585, or Chairperson Tina on 966 789 212 for further information. Tina added: “We look forward to welcoming you to our group, TRAC.”

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Chris Ashley

Writer & Broadcaster

Chris’s Corner BE HONEST – look at the mugshot – I’ve got a phizog only a myopic Mum could love. The movie Gorillas In The Mist was filmed in my shower. However it didn’t stop me appearing on TV - albeit in New Zealand where the bar is fairly low. Can you name any Kiwi Telly performers to crack it in the UK? No! You can’t have Phillip Schofield or The Galloping Gourmet, they may have started their careers Down Under, but they are as British as Biriyani. My first Luvvie venture occurred when I had just arrived from the UK and will be quickly dealt with. It was a Comedy Sitcom which suffered from one major flaw – it wasn’t funny. My part was a David Brent type character and my performance was thus described in the next day’s papers TV review “The programme was mildly amusing with some reasonable performances. Chris Ashley however, just arrived from Nottingham, was more wooden than Sherwood Forest.” So that’s my career down the khazi. com – well almost, but not quite. Along came the 1983 TVNZ 24 Hour Telethon, similar to Red Nose Day, where I was the dogsbody Del Dia to the stars. Top of the Bill was Erik Estrada, who at that time was the Hot Cop in the show Chips, (unfortunately, in reality, he had the charisma of road kill). Second on the bill was Rolf Harris, looking back, was there a whiff of the Savile Syndrome? Should we have sussed anything to interest Operation Yewtree? Let me give you an example. It was common knowledge one of the women presenters was of the Sapphic persuasion. However this didn’t stop good old Rolf trying it on ( perhaps he thought he could put her straight with his Beardy Charm). He kept a patting & a panting until she turned on him and said “B****R OFF ROLF YOU’RE THE WRONG SHAPE MATE!” Thing is most chaps would slink off, but not our Rolf, he just moved on to the next prey asking in his jocular manner “Can you tell what it is yet?” And let’s not for a split second get within a G’day of Jake & his extra appendage - Thank You! Next week – Beware! I accept gifts from Greeks.

CHRIS ASHLEY. (crockerscorner@yahoo.com) Writer & Broadcaster. Sponsored by; www.rightmoveinsurance.com

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Natural Parks offer three special tours by KEITH NICOL

THREE NEW trails are oﬀered through the La Mata and Torrevieja Natural Parks starting on Sunday 25th October. The new tours are free, educational and informative, however, as numbers are restricted to 50 per tour, registration is required to participate. Expert guides accompany visitors on these routes and they will be conducted in Spanish, English and French. Pentapartito Councillor for Tourism and Environment, Fanny Serrano, announced the new guided tours of the Natural Parks of the Lagunas de La Mata and Torrevieja accompanied by the Regional Director of Environment, Carmen Catala, who oﬀered: “full cooperation to the City for such initiatives.” Local biologist Juan Antonio Pujol, said that the three routes have been developed in order to raise aware-

ness of the natural, cultural and tourism values of the Park. Pujol detailed the content of each of the routes. In the ﬁrst, called “Birds of the Nature Reserve” about the birds that inhabit the park throughout the year, visitors are taught how to act as genuine ornithologists and how they can fully enjoy the hides to discover the birds on their own. This tour is held on Sunday 25th October and will be repeated on 19th December. “La Mata, vineyards, water and salt” is the name given to the path where you will walk among vineyards between the Mediterranean sea and the lagoon of La Mata, discovering the biodiversity of the area and the history of generations of winemakers and salineros, who have worked the land for centuries. The route includes a tasting of La Mata wine and takes place on Saturday 31st

October and 21st November. The third route, “Our forests are called salt marshes” will take place on 8th November and 13th December. In this case, it is a fun theatrical tour, with many surprises, in which they cover the great environmental and cultural legacy that is hidden by the salt marsh vegetation. To participate on these routes it is essential to register by email at: rutanatura@ turismo detorrevieja .com, by phone 965 703 433 or in person at the tourist oﬃce in Paseo Vista Alegre.

La Mata’s natural park has many hidden wonders

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Kings of the road

I WOULD like to see the Spanish government introduce a law for all cyclists using the roads to be taxed. This would not only help boost the economy but be fairer to all road users who have to pay tax. We all know the frustration we feel when we are stuck behind 2 or 3 cyclists taking up half of the road with a long tailback of vehicles behind us. A fair price would be 20-30 Euros per Annum and a tax sticker displayed on the front or rear of the bike. Anyone not having a tax disc could be fined and police should do spot checks at regular intervals As Kings of the road they seem to be a law unto themselves, but they should respect all road users and by doing so would be respected in return. Ray Wood, Jalon.

It’s such a shame

I HAVE just been reading on Facebook about the ridiculous heavy handed behaviour of the so called doormen in various bars in Benidorm. I spend a lot of time in Benidorm and think that it’s a great place and it is a shame that it gets a bad name because of things like this. David Young

A bribe corrupts the heart

OVER THE past few years there has been a noticeable increase of large, well-stocked, Chinese stores popping up everywhere. I recall hearing that they were being allowed to come into Spain to help stimulate Spain’s weak economy. The people working in these stores would even brag about not having to pay taxes. How many government officials have received bribes to allow this? A bribe corrupts the heart, and that surely appears the case in this country. They come into European countries flogging their inferior quality merchandise and what does China import from countries like Spain? Virtually nothing. Since they are not paying taxes while our Suma tax has increased it looks like the only economy being helped is the Chinese economy. I have made up my mind to no longer spend any money in these stores but rather purchase goods in struggling Spanish shops. Sincerely, Brad Wall, Benidorm

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Royal Naval Association celebrates 25 years

RNA Vice Chairman Danny Kay and Chairman Paul Edwards welcomed Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon, Carmen Morate and Carlos Gonzales from the Town Hall

by KEITH NICOL THE TORREVIEJA Branch of The Royal Naval Association celebrated their 25th anniversary on Wednesday evening, as part of their annual Trafalgar Day black tie dinner. Over 90 guests attended the event including Torrevieja’s Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon, Councillor for NGOs Carmen Morate and representing the town’s Foreign Residents Carlos Gonzales, while former Director of the Foreign Residents Association Jean Paul Mulero also enjoyed the dinner and company. The branch presently have more than 80 full time members and meet on the ﬁrst Wednesday of every month at 5pm in El Pariso Bar, located close to Carrefour. Everyone is welcome, be they former Royal Navy, merchant seamen or just those with a love of the sea who agree with the principles of the organisation. The RNA organise many social activities, lunches

around the region and partake in many other events, plus of course such important occasions as Remembrance Sunday. In 1992 after successful negotiations with the RNA Headquarters in London, the Torrevieja Branch of the RNA was formed, comprising around twelve members. 2005 saw membership pass the enrolment of their 100th member. Current membership is around 95 although many members go back and forth to the UK with a core of about 80 always in Torrevieja. The aim of the Association is to further the eﬃciency of the Service in which members are serving, or have served by fostering ‘Esprit de Corps’ by preserving the traditions of the Service and achieving those ideals for which Naval services have fought. We help and assist our members to integrate with the Spanish community, and to this end they enjoy a very close and friendly working relationship with the Town Hall. RNA Chairman Paul Edwards said that the “Association

are proud to be included in a number of official events and fiestas held annually in the Torrevieja area.” Their activities include the distribution of useful information from a wide range of both UK and Spanish sources, and guidance on the availability of expert advice often in such problem areas as pensions, entitlements, tax regulations etc can be made available. A very worthwhile, but little publicized aspect of the Association is assistance which can be offered in a variety of welfare cases; which is given in complete confidence. Additionally, and very importantly, they all enjoy an extremely busy and hugely enjoyable social programme. Should you just be passing through, on holidays or visiting the region, they are always very pleased to see visitors, so please go along to one of their meetings where a warm welcome awaits you. More information on their website: www.rnatorrevieja.com.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

IF AS a non-tax resident you have paid Inheritance or Gift Tax in Spain, and if the deceased or person who made the gift in your favor was either your ascendant: father, mother, grandfather, or your descendant, son, grandson or your spouse, then you can now recover most or even all of the taxes paid, plus interest. AS MENTIONED in previous articles, European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) in its judgment of September 3, 2014, stated that the Spanish inheritance and gift tax was discriminatory and contrary to the principle of freedom of movement of capital. Following that judgment, and as per the Law 26/2014, of November 27th, the Inheritance Tax in Spain Law 29/1987, was changed, it now is recognises that citizens residing in the European Union or in the European Eco-

nomic Area can beneﬁt from regional Inheritance and Gift Tax laws, rules and beneﬁts, (Valencia, Catalonia, Madrid, etc.), which are generally more favourable than the national scale tax which was previously applied to non-tax residents in Spain. For White Baos Lawyers it has been a pleasure to be able to help many of our clients to claim back

inheritance and gift tax prior to the European ruling noted above and the subsequent change in Spanish tax rules, and today we can say with pride that we have won 100% of our claims without cost to our clients. Moreover, as this is a discrimination matter against the expatriate community in Spain, our ﬁrm oﬀers a “no win no fees” agreement, that is, if our clients do not get the money back, we will not charge any legal fees. If you paid taxes on inheritance and gifts and you are not sure if you could reclaim them plus interest, send us a copy of your paid tax form and we will inform you without obligation. You can claim if you paid taxes less than 4 years ago to the national tax authorities, Agencia Tributaria. And even if you paid your taxes more than four years ago, it could still be possible to reclaim them, by a more complex and longer procedure. Therefore, if you have paid Inheritance or Gift (Donation) tax in Spain as indicated, we can apply for a revision of the Tax Self-declaration, and request a refund of the amount paid, at no cost to you, contact us.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues. White & Baos Abogados. Tel:+34 966 426 185. E-mail: info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2014 – All rights reserved. Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com

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Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

IT WAS announced in the press recently that approximately £9,000,000 has been lost by pensioners investing their cashed in pension money in fraudulent schemes since April this year and this number is increasing rapidly. Recent estimates also suggest nearly £1 billion was lost to pension liberation scams prior to the pension reforms. Con men are targeting savers’ nest eggs following the introduction of pension freedoms ministers have warned, with more than a dozen websites shut down by authorities.

Ministers have urged people considering cashing in pensions to be vigilant, warning that scams can be highly sophisticated and appear credible. Under the pension reforms introduced in April, over-55s are able to withdraw their entire pension funds in cash. Experts have suggested that the reforms make savers even more vulnerable to pension fraud, with tens of thousands of people who choose to take advantage of the freedoms likely to fall prey to criminals. Once cash has been handed over there is little chance of getting it back, regulators have warned. Baroness Altmann, the minister for pensions, said: “The criminals behind this illegal activity often lay a sophisticated trap complete with glossy brochures and professional websites that make them look highly credible. Don’t fall for it. “Scammers wreck people’s lives; it really is as plain and simple as that.” Don’t become a statistic, speak to the wealth management experts at Blacktower Financial Management (int) Ltd, we can help you, we are regulated in every country we operate in and work hard with all our clients to find the best and most tax efficient investment plan to suit their individual needs. We are completely independent so can offer you products from various providers from across the financial market place. If you would like expert independent, professional and impartial advice please contact me via email christina.brady@blacktowerfm. com or on my mobile Baroness Altmann 658 892 330.

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The criminals behind this illegal activity often lay a sophisticated trap complete with glossy brochures and professional websites that make them look highly credible. Don’t fall for it.

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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.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Motion debated in the House of Commons for “no fault” divorce A ten minute motion will be debated in the House of Commons today (13th October 2015) at the instigation of Conservative MP Richard Bacon seeking to bring in a Bill providing for “no-fault” divorce in England and Wales. The current law provides that the only ground for divorce is the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage. This requires one of five “facts”: 1. Adultery or 2. Unreasonable behaviour or 3. Desertion for two years or 4. Two years separation and consent to the divorce or 5. Five years separation So unless the spouses have lived apart for at least two years (and they both consent to the divorce) blame has to be apportioned. This often causes unnecessary hostility at a time when relations are already strained through relationship breakdown. The reasons in law for the breakdown of a marriage are usually irrelevant to the financial outcome. The law as it currently stands sadly encourages unneeded conflict and dispute. The push for a “no fault” divorce based system is not new. It spans over many years. Lawyers have campaigned for this change for a long time. Parliament passed “no fault” divorce legislation in 1996 but a subsequent government did not implement it so parliament has already given a green light in principle. Resolution, a national organisation for family law solicitors across England and Wales is campaigning for a change on the law. Lucy Loizou, a Partner at The International Family Law Group LLP and also an elected member of Resolution’s National Committee says: “A change to the law is long overdue. The archaic concept of blame has no place in law in divorce cases. Tensions are already high when a marriage breaks down. There is no need for the law to increase the stress that people have to deal with during this difficult time” If you would you require legal advice on any of the matters raised in this article, please do not hesitate to contact Lucy Loizou on 0203 178 5668 or lucy.loizou@iglf.uk.com.

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Tell your story with a logo

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

business

I was having coffee the other morning with one of my associates and she was busy showing me her business plan for her new bakery and coffee shop. I was fully taken with her extensive planning with regards to her location, its parking and traffic flow and the fact that there were a number of schools in the area from which she could draw the mothers after they dropped off their children. I was very impressed with her numbers for her startup inventory and expenses. She had a good understanding of this side of the business from working years for a food wholesaler. However, when she started to tell me the name of her enterprise and the logo that she had sketched out – this is when I lost interest. She explained that she wanted it to appeal to the Spanish market but also to the expat market. That is all well and good but the name she picked was boring and her logo was not memorable at all. So for the next hour or so, we brainstormed and I helped to guide her through the importance of a catchy logo with an unforgettable symbol, name and slogan that will work for her both in marketing efforts and public relations. Here are some of the points that we worked on together… KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER In this case, a coffee house and bakery near a school suggest that women will be her primary customers, hence her logo will need to be something that ap-

peals this market segment. It will need to be female oriented because something masculine and hard will not work.

BE UNIQUE In this case, just a cup of coffee on the logo would be boring and certainly not original. A unique logo will stand out on all of your marketing from mugs to bags and it will be recognized immediately by your fans. BE TIMELESS Choose a symbol that will carry you throughout the years. The worst thing is to have to rebrand later on in your business life. Choose a symbol that is recognizable to any age group and especially to your market segment no matter what nationality. Great logos are timeless and ageless. BE COLOURFUL The best way to get someone’s attention is with colour. A bright and cheery logo that puts a smile on your face will win and a dark or pale logo will be forgotten in a second. There is a lot of psychology associated with colour – learn it and use it. BE SIMPLE Don’t complicate your logo with a big long message. Remember, less is more! Keep the door open for the

client’s imagination to fill in the blanks. Focus on a clear idea and slogan that wraps you up in a few words.

BE SMART Take advantage of the psychology of iconography and shapes. There are piles of research on the emotional messages in simple shapes and icons. Learn it and use it to express your business message and emotion. BE MODERN There are a million font texts out there so look for a font that expresses you as a new and modern company. Of course if you cannot find a font that works for you, then just keep to the most recognizable ones like Verdana, Times New Roman and Ariel. BE ADAPTABLE Make sure that your logo will work on all of your marketing – big and small. Remember to design your logo in high resolution and in a large file format because you can always shrink a large file but you can never enlarge a small file without pixel distortion CONCLUSION In today’s society, we have less time to tell our story and message so a great logo must open doors for us. Engagement is the key principle to all business efforts and your logo must be your first impression to the party.

Karla Darocas . Darocas Media . Darocas.com . KarlaDarocas.com

Mrs. Karla Darocas, Hons B.A., Educator www.Darocas.com, www.KarlaDarocas.com HOME: 96 597 3234 OFFICE: 648 156 066

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

life&leisure

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AFA Torrevieja president retires IN A small and modest event held on Friday at the headquarters of AFA Torrevieja, the Alzheimer’s Association, their president for the last 11 years, Matilde Sanchez, finally announced her retirement bringing to an end and incredible tenure for the organisation. Read the full story on page 49.

Andy and Matilde

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Glitz & Glamour Fashion Show for MABS MABS ARE hosting a Glitz & Glamour Fashion Show, showcasing a fantastic range of high quality clothing, shoes, bags and jewellery for autumn, winter and theChristmas party season. by IAN ASKEW The fashion show will be at the popular venue Las Claras Centre, Los Alcázares on Tuesday 3rd November, at 2:30pm (doors open 2pm). Drinks and snacks will be available at the bar. Tickets, only 3€, are available from MABS shop, 60 Avenida La Unión, San Javier (on main road near Mercadona). Open 10am – 2pm Mondays to Fridays. Call 968 19 13 00 A ticket will guarantee entry to this extremely popular always sell out event.

Can you help? DO YOU have a few hours to spare each week? Volunteers are needed by Age Concern for their Shops in Torrevieja and Los Montesinos and their Day Centre in La Siesta. Additionally, they need someone who has electrical experience, possibly a retired Electrician, who could help check donated electrical items on a Wednesday. If you can help in any of these areas, please call Age Concern on 96 678 6887.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

life&leisure music

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Cartagena Jazz Festival a sell out – but don’t panic YOU CAN still get single tickets for individual concerts, ranging in price from 18 Euros to 25 Euros, with numbered seating, which can be purchased at the box offices of both theatres and via the festival website. by IAN ASKEW

The 35th Cartagena Jazz Festival, to be held from 31st October to 22nd November, have sold out the 200 season tickets that were put on sale to attend all concerts of the festival, so now it is only possible to buy tickets for individual performances. The nine concerts are to be held in the new TeatroCirco and the El Batel Auditorium in Cartagena. And this year’s festival, the oldest in the region of Murcia and one of the oldest in Spain, will be opened by the Ghanaian singer and pianist Benjamin Clementine and the Catalan vocalist Silvia Pérez Cruz with a double performance in the new TeatroCirco.

During the following weeks artists such as Iron & Wine, Ricard Bona Band, GoGo Penguin, John Scofield and Joe Lovano, Cassandra Wilson, Kurt Elling, José James, Ibrahim Maalouf, Esperanza Spalding, Jorge Pardo and CMQ Big Band and Kitty, Daisy and Lewis will be performing. The festival will close on November 22nd in the New TeatroCirco, with two of the youngest voices in Spanish jazz, Andrea Motis and Joan Chamorro, and the renowned bassist Kyle Eastwood, son of Clint Eastwood and composer of many of his film soundtracks. For full details of the festival programme go to http://www.jazzcartagena.es/2015/

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

life&leisure gardening

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Building raised beds:Part 2

Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

WHAT CAN RAISED BEDS BE MADE FROM? THE WALLS could be constructed with railway sleepers, long logs, old doors or panels, dry stone walls, cemented brick or rocks, aggregate blocks or peat blocks. The advantages and disadvantage of each are discussed in Chapter 3.5 of ’Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’. We prefer long lasting cemented stone, rendered block walls or wooden railway sleepers. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF RAISED BEDS? The practical beneﬁts are as follows. a. You can use them for a wide range of plantings including: A small vegetable patch. A herb collection. A small orchard of fruit trees. A collection of roses. The base for a rockery or water garden. Mixed herbaceous and shrub beds. Collections of succulents. b. You do not need to walk on the soil which means that you can use every square centimetre for growing crops. Therefore the soil will not be compacted by your weight. c. They can be ﬁlled with a soil/sand/compost/manure mix which is fertile, well draining and easy to work and unlikely to be compacted by heavy rains followed by hot baking sun. d. The paths between and around the beds can be clear of weeds and mud. They can either be pointed rock slabs, cm of stone chippings laid over black plastic sheeting or

trodden down deep straw. e. You can use them in a garden which has no topsoil. Even on solid rock or a previously concreted area. f. A drip or porous pipe irrigation system can be easily set up. g. Anything can be grown in soil depths of 40cm or more including potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes. h. Spreading vegetables such as courgettes, cucumbers, trailing tomatoes, capers and nasturtiums can be cascaded down the outside of the walls to reduce the space taken up on the top of the bed. i. It is easy to install tunnel cloches made to ﬁt the beds for winter plant protection

and summer shading for leaf crops that can wither in the sun. j. They are easy to extend if you have the space. k. A number of raised beds could be hidden away in various parts of the garden if you do not want a large dedicated area. l. They are particularly user friendly for child, aged and inﬁrm gardeners. The ‘ten tub’ vegetable garden we describe in Chapter 3.9 of ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’ uses large size builders buckets as mini raised beds has signiﬁcant additional advantages for vegetable and fruit growers..

Vega Baja Garden Club

Anna’s unfurling Datura Blossom

THE OCTOBER meeting was hosted by June Phillips, John Howes, a club member and a lifelong grower, exhibitor and Royal Horticultural Society Judge, gave a talk about the planting and care of spring bulbs. John’s talk tied in neatly with the announcement of a new growing competition. Each member was given five mini daffodil bulbs to plant and grow on. The winning pot of flowering bulbs will be judged next year. The next speaker was Anna Van Dijk, who gave a very inspiring talk and demonstration on making decorations from dried seed pods and foliage. She had made lovely decorations and everyone was very impressed by Anna’s skills. The Photographic Competition was judged next. There were 34 entries, and some spectacular images. The members chose two joint winners, Anna’s close up of an unfurling Datura blossom, and Alan Davis’ of a Gerbera. The next meeting will be at Bar Trasgu, Calle Alicante 12, Formentera del Segura, on Monday 2nd November at 2.15pm for a 2.30pm start. There will be a talk on roses by Ron Harris, and two competitions, for a vase of flowers from your own garden or terrace, and for an arrangement of dried seed heads and foliage. Please bring your entries on the day. If you would like to come along to the meeting, please do so, you will be most welcome. For further information, please contact The Vega Baja Garden Club at vegabajagardenclub@gmail.com.

Alan’s photo of a Gerbera

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Siesta Outdoor Furniture opens its door In Cabo Roig SATURDAY 31st October 2015 is a day to celebrate as Siesta Group open a new superstore on your doorstep. As you know Siesta Group Design import and sell Outdoor Furniture direct to you, the customers, ensuring our clients of exceptional quality and prices. Due to the continued growth of the company and the extensive range of furniture on offer Siesta Group are now opening a further superstore on the N332 at Cabo Roig which offers over 1000m2 of display area. You will find us on the main N332 diagonally across the road from Tony Ellis and next door to the car sales showroom. The store has had a complete facelift and is very fresh,

modern and inviting looking which we hope will make our customers feel relaxed and at ease. This store will be run by Dave, Elena and Heike who will be on hand to offer help and guidance regarding all of our products. Our complete range of garden furniture and accessories will be on display ranging from Bistro sets, Fountains, Gazebos, Garden Swings, Patio Dining sets, Patio Suites, Parasols, Planters and Sunloungers, together with Barbecues and Artificial Grass. In celebration of the new store opening we would like to offer an invitation to all customers past and present to come

along and see us and help us celebrate on the day. There will be special opening offers available together with refreshments so come along and join the party. Free on site parking is available and anyone requiring directions can call the store on 0034 966 276904 or email sales @siestagroup.com or the website has a google map which you can follow. We hope to see you there. Our full range of furniture can be viewed in our stores at Cabo Roig, Gata De Gorgos, Los Montesinos and San Javier and on our website at www.siestagroup.com.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

tv&showbiz goss

by Peter Taylor

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TO ADD to his Life Stories shows Piers Morgan is now co-hosting Good Morning Britain with Susanna Reid. Last week the no so shy Piers waxed lyrical on the delicate subject of Susanna´s supposed ﬂirty interviewing technique, with Luke Evans, David Beckham and David Cameron three of her alleged victims. “I think it’s pathetic” he said “she’s a very good interviewer; they should back oﬀ as it’s annoying to her because she’s a highly trained, professional journalist.” We hear you Piers!

ONE OF last week’s Tweets on the Glastonbury 2016 ticket sales debacle featured katiemux saying Bloody waste of time! I Hope Coldplay headline and you all have a sh** time, and hey presto her wish has come true. Coldplay will close the festival on the Sunday night, having also headlined in 2002, 2005 and 2011, and performed in 1999 and 2000 in behind their hit debut album ´Parachutes.´ 37% of the people in an online survey ticked the box that said ´I want to consciously uncouple from my ticket! J.K. ROWLING was smart enough to realise the Harry Potter stories had travelled their course, and instead wrote prequel ´Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.´ She then got Oscar Winner Eddie Redmayne to play the lead role as Newt Scaramander and shooting is due to begin soon, and of all places to reenact 1920´s New York they’ve settled on Liverpool. A large area of the Mersey waterfront has already been cordoned oﬀ in preparation for the 530 cast and crew. Great is Dat!

ALTHOUGH MICK and the boys are well into their 70´s, The Rolling Stones still have their foot to the ﬂoor when they hit the road. The rider for their current tour has leaking out, and it states that the hotel must have a bar that doesn’t close, their room windows must be blacked out, and they want extra butlers on call to accommodate large room service requests. Each room must also be ﬁlled with Marlboro Reds and Marlboro Lights, and the hotel must have an after hour’s dry cleaning service. Crazy but Clean then!!

The Strange but True tale of Bruce and Bubbles

THERE’S A bar in the small town of Prescott, Arizona called Matt’s Saloon, and on a quiet Tuesday night there a couple of weeks ago, just like a scene from a US hick town movie, a group of guys rode in on motorcycles. One of them was Bruce Springsteen, and, buddies in tow, they wandered into Matt´s Saloon. Wearing a leather vest and a bandana round his neck Bruce and some of the guys sat in and jammed with the house band and played Í’m On Fire´ from his 1984 album ´Born in The U.S.A.´ An interesting aside here is that Denny Orr, the rhythm guitarist of the house band, then asked Bruce if he would sing ´Pink Cadillac, ´ also from 1984, and the singer declined saying he couldn’t remember the words! Alright! Talking to the Deseret News Denny also tells us that when Bruce and the boys started playing there was only seven or eight people in the bar, but the word soon spread, and again like a scene from a movie, peeps came from far and wide, and within 10 minutes the number had multiplied to close on a 100 to see The Boss cutting it in sleepy Prescott. I’ve used a couple of references already to this story being like something from a movie, and I have one more for you, and it is likely to have you thinking I’ve made the whole thing up. The word is that when the growing mob got too chaotic a barmaid called Bubbles organised some heavies to help Bruce and the boys escape out the back door and one of them told him how Bubbles was having difficulty paying some pretty hefty medical bills. A week later, Matt’s Saloon received an envelope addressed to Bubbles. Inside was a cheque for $100,000. Is that lovely or what? THE RUMOUR that an Ab-Fab movie was going to happen was confirmed on this page at the beginning of the year, and now we have a fresh one to get our teeth into. Kathy Burke, who played Patsy’s fasttalking, power-lunching, cockney-accented magazine editor Magda in a couple of TV episodes, has tweeted that she might reprise the role in the movie. Kathy added a pic that read

´Teasing OK!´ With her being a very funny lady, let’s hope it’s true!

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

tv listings 23rd October - 29th October

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FRIDAY 23rd October BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Oﬀ Britain - Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Sheriﬀs Are Coming 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Home Away from Home 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six and Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Still Open All Hours 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 The Kennedys 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 24:25 Asian Provocateur 24:55 When in Rome

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Caught Red Handed 08:30 The Edge 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Great British Menu 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Bergerac 15:00 Cash in the Attic 15:30 A Taste of Britain 16:00 The Box 16:30 The Great British Bake Oﬀ 17:30 Natural World 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 The Great British Bake Oﬀ - Masterclass 21:00 Mastermind 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Artsnight 24:30 Weather 24:35 Later - with Jools Holland

SATURDAY 24th October

BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 James Martin: Home Comforts 13:00 BBC News and Weather 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Saturday Sportsday 14:00 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Homes Under the Hammer 16:00 Escape to the Country 17:00 Final Score 18:30 BBC News 18:40 BBC Regional News and Weather 18:45 Pointless Celebrities 19:35 Strictly Come Dancing 21:20 Doctor Who 22:10 Casualty 23:00 The National Lottery Live 23:10 BBC News and Weather 23:30 Match of the Day 24:50 The Apprentice

BBC2

07:40 The Magic Box 09:25 Angels One Five 11:00 Animal Park 12:00 Animal SOS 12:30 Animal SOS 13:00 The Great British Bake Oﬀ - Masterclass 14:00 Talking Pictures 14:50 Gypsy 17:10 Earth’s Wildest Waters: The Big Fish 18:10 World’s Weirdest Events 19:10 Flog It! 20:00 Gardeners’ World 20:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 21:30 Dad’s Army 22:00 QI XL 22:45 Formula 1 24:00 Top Coppers 24:30 The Quiet American

CHANNEL 4

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV2

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:20 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 07:45 Signed Stories 07:50 Sooty 08:05 Fish Hooks 08:25 Adventure Time 08:45 Marvel Avengers Assemble 09:15 Horrid Henry 09:30 Thunderbirds Are Go 10:00 Jessie 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:15 Countrywise 11:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:50 ITV News and Weather 12:54 ITV Central Weather 12:55 Downton Abbey 14:00 The X Factor 16:00 Rugby World Cup 19:30 ITV Regional News 19:40 ITV News and Weather 20:00 The Chase 21:00 The X Factor 23:25 The Jonathan Ross Show 24:30 ITV News and Weather 24:45 Rugby World Cup Highlights

07:10 How I Met Your Mother 07:35 How I Met Your Mother 08:00 The Grid 08:30 FIM Superbike World Championship 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:25 The Big Bang Theory 11:55 Come Dine with Me 12:25 Come Dine with Me 12:55 Come Dine with Me 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:05 Couples Come Dine with Me 17:55 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:40 Channel 4 News 19:05 Location, Location, Location 20:00 Grand Designs 21:00 The Sex Change Spitﬁre Ace 22:00 It Was Alright In 23:00 Gogglebox 24:05 TFI Friday

07:00 Childrens TV 09:30 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:45 Wanda and the Alien 10:00 Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:15 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 12:35 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:30 Paper Angels 15:15 Columbo: a Case of Immunity 16:45 Columbo: a Deadly State of Mind 18:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 19:10 Now That’s Funny! 20:05 Psycho Pussies: When Cats Attack 21:05 5 News Weekend 21:10 The Gadget Show 22:00 Football League Tonight 23:25 The Fifth Element 24:55 Access

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 10:20 The X Factor 12:25 Coronation Street 15:00 Tricked 16:00 The Almost Impossible Gameshow 17:00 You’ve Been Framed! 17:35 Happy Feet 19:40 Lost in Space 22:20 James Bond’s Spectre - With Jonathan Ross 23:25 The Xtra Factor 24:25 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Melissa & Joey 07:25 Melissa & Joey 07:50 Suburgatory 08:10 Suburgatory 08:40 Baby Daddy 09:05 Baby Daddy 09:35 Melissa & Joey 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Made in Chelsea 11:35 How I Met Your Mother 12:00 How I Met Your Mother 12:30 A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures 14:15 Rude(ish) Tube 14:30 The Goldbergs 15:00 The Goldbergs 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:30 The Big Bang Theory 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Skyline 23:50 The Inbetweeners 24:25 The Inbetweeners 24:55 The IT Crowd

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV Regional News Judge Rinder Pick Me! ITV Regional Weather Tipping Point The Chase ITV Regional News ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Tonight Coronation Street Skyfall ITV News at Ten ITV Regional News Skyfall

07:00 My Life on a Plate 07:45 Escape to the Country 08:30 The Edge 09:15 The Great British Bake Oﬀ - Masterclass 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Bergerac 15:00 Britain’s First Photo Album 15:30 Cash in the Attic 16:00 The Box 16:30 The Great British Bake Oﬀ 17:30 Natural World 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 World Gymnastics Championships 22:00 The Last Kingdom 23:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 The Naked Choir with Gareth Malone

CHANNEL 5

ITV2

ITV1

07:00 09:30 10:25 11:30 13:30 14:30 14:55 15:00 16:00 16:59 17:00 18:00 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:30 23:45

07:00 Childrens TV 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuﬀ 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Fatal Acquittal 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Secrets of Great British Castles 21:00 Conspiracy 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans 23:00 NCIS 24:00 NCIS: Los Angeles

07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Emmerdale 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Emmerdale 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Knocked Up 24:35 Scary Movie 4

Happy Feet 17:35

07:00 07:45 08:35 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 13:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 18:00 18:30 19:00 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:50 24:20 24:50

Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Come Dine with Me The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Mechanic The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Drifters

SUNDAY 25th October BBC1

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 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 Homes Under the Hammer 15:15 Supermarket Secrets 16:15 Escape to the Country 17:00 Points of View 17:15 Songs of Praise 17:50 DIY SOS 18:50 BBC News and Weather 19:15 Countryﬁle 20:15 Strictly Come Dancing 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 From Darkness 23:00 BBC News 23:20 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:30 Formula 1

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 07:45 The Big Allotment Challenge 08:45 Countryﬁle 09:45 Gardeners’ World 10:15 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:45 The Great British Bake Oﬀ - Masterclass 12:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 NFL Live 18:00 The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track 19:00 Britain’s Classroom Heroes 2015 20:00 Caribbean with Simon Reeve 21:00 Earth’s Wildest Waters: The Big Fish 22:00 Britain’s Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 23:00 Match of the Day 2 24:20 Family Guy 24:40 Family Guy

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:20 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 07:45 Signed Stories 07:50 Sooty 08:05 Fish Hooks 08:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 08:45 Marvel Avengers Assemble 09:15 Horrid Henry 09:30 Thunderbirds Are Go 10:00 Horrible Science 10:25 FIA Formula E Championship 11:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:25 ITV News and Weather 12:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:35 The X Factor 16:00 Rugby World Cup 19:15 ITV Regional News 19:20 ITV News and Weather 19:30 Jekyll and Hyde 20:30 The X Factor 22:00 Downton Abbey 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:14 ITV Regional Weather 23:15 Rugby World Cup Highlights 24:05 Premiership Rugby Union

07:00 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Big Bang Theory 14:00 The Big Bang Theory 14:25 The Simpsons 14:55 Furry Vengeance 16:45 Dr Seuss’ The Lorax 18:30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Homes by the Sea 21:00 Great Canal Journeys 22:00 Homeland 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:05 Killing Them Softly

07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:30 Bob the Builder 07:45 Tickety Toc 07:55 Make Way for Noddy 08:05 Paw Patrol 08:25 Little Princess 08:45 Pip Ahoy! 09:00 Blaze and the Monster Machines 09:20 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:35 Football League Tonight 11:00 Great South Run 13:30 Chinese Food in Minutes 13:40 Cowboy Builders 14:40 Loch Ness 16:40 The Shaggy Dog 18:30 Peter Pan 20:00 5 News Weekend 20:05 Rush Hour 22:00 MTV European Music Awards 2015 24:05 20 Moments

ITV2

07:00 Emmerdale 10:10 The X Factor 12:35 Coronation Street 15:05 Back to the Future 17:25 Back to the Future Part II 19:35 Back to the Future Part III 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 Knocked Up

Quote of the Week

Knocked Up 23:00

07:00 Suburgatory 07:20 Suburgatory 07:40 Suburgatory 08:05 How I Met Your Mother 08:35 How I Met Your Mother 09:00 The Goldbergs 09:30 The Goldbergs 10:00 Made in Chelsea 11:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Come Dine with Me 14:00 Come Dine with Me 16:05 Rude(ish) Tube 16:35 Rude(ish) Tube 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Day the Earth Stood Still 23:05 Gogglebox 23:50 Gogglebox 24:40 The IT Crowd

ON THE back of BBC´s Countryfile outstripping the X Factory in the ratings with items on quince marmalade and bat hunting an ITV source said “Pitting the X Factor against Strictly in the Sunday slot, and now Countryfile, seems to have backfired!” Spot on source person!PT

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

monday 26th October BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six and Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Traffic Cops 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 24:20 The Graham Norton Show

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 07:45 The Big Allotment Challenge 08:45 Countryfile 09:45 Gardeners’ World 10:15 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:45 The Great British Bake Off - Masterclass 12:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 NFL Live 18:00 The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track 19:00 Britain’s Classroom Heroes 2015 20:00 Caribbean with Simon Reeve 21:00 Earth’s Wildest Waters: The Big Fish 22:00 Britain’s Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 23:00 Match of the Day 2 24:20 Family Guy 24:40 Family Guy

07:00 09:30 10:25 11:30 13:30 14:30 14:55 15:00 16:00 16:59 17:00 18:00 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:30 23:45 24:15

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Posh Pawn 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Deal or No Deal 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 The Political Slot 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 Food Unwrapped 22:00 SAS: Who Dares Wins 23:00 Fargo 24:20 It Was Alright In

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Yorkshire Vet 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: New Orleans 16:15 Coming Home 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Benefits 23:00 Britain’s Horror Homes 24:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Psych 07:55 Emmerdale 08:30 Coronation Street 09:00 Coronation Street 09:30 Dinner Date 10:30 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 21:55 Quantum of Solace 24:05 James Bond’s Spectre - With Jonathan Ross

07:00 07:45 08:35 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 13:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 24:00 24:50

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV Regional News Judge Rinder Pick Me! ITV Regional Weather Tipping Point The Chase ITV Regional News ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Countrywise Coronation Street Doc Martin ITV News at Ten ITV Regional News The Job Lot Murder, She Wrote

Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Scream Queens Gogglebox Gogglebox

tuesday 27th October BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six and Weather 19:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 River 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Imagine 24:45 Who Do You Think You Are?

BBC2

07:00 My Life on a Plate 07:45 Escape to the Country 08:30 The Edge 09:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Bergerac 15:00 Cash in the Attic 15:30 A Taste of Britain 16:00 The Box 16:30 The Great British Bake Off 17:30 Natural World 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 World Gymnastics Championships 22:00 The Naked Choir with Gareth Malone 23:00 Later Live with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Modern Times

ITV1

07:00 09:30 10:25 11:30 13:30 14:30 14:55 15:00 16:00 16:59 17:00 18:00 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 22:00 23:00 23:30 23:40 24:15

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV Regional News Judge Rinder Pick Me! ITV Regional Weather Tipping Point The Chase ITV Regional News ITV Evening News Emmerdale Deals, Wheels and Steals Eternal Glory Lewis ITV News at Ten ITV Regional News On Assignment The Jonathan Ross Show

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Posh Pawn 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Deal or No Deal 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 The Political Slot 21:00 The Three Day Nanny 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Catastrophe 23:30 Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live 24:35 Bodyshockers

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Secrets of the Scammers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:10 Coming Home 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 90 Cats and Counting: Cat Crazies 21:00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 22:00 Eamonn & Ruth: How the Other Half Lives 23:00 CSI: Cyber 24:00 The Mysteries of Laura

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Psych 07:55 Emmerdale 08:30 Coronation Street 09:00 Coronation Street 09:30 Dinner Date 10:30 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Tricked 23:00 Glitchy 23:30 The Job Lot 24:00 House of Wax

07:00 07:45 08:35 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 13:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 18:00 18:30 19:00 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:30 24:00

Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Empire Chewing Gum How to Rude Tube

wednesday 28th October BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six and Weather 19:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Cuffs 22:00 The Apprentice 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 A Question of Sport 24:05 Sam Smith Live at the BBC

BBC2

07:45 My Life on a Plate 08:30 The Edge 09:15 Pound Shop Wars 09:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Bergerac 15:00 Britain’s First Photo Album 15:30 Cash in the Attic 16:00 The Box 16:30 The Great British Bake Off 17:30 Natural World 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 World Gymnastics Championships 22:00 The Face of Britain by Simon Schama 23:00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Len Goodman’s Big Band Bonanza

ITV1

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 Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Pick Me! 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 All Star Mr & Mrs 22:00 Alexander Armstrong in the Land of the Midnight Sun 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Sports Life Stories 24:40 Wild Ireland

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Posh Pawn 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Deal or No Deal 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 The Political Slot 21:00 Restoring Britain’s Landmarks 22:00 Grand Designs 23:00 Multi-Million Pound Properties 24:00 My Mania and Me

07:00 Childrens TV 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:25 Britain’s Horror Homes 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Love Finds You in Charm 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Secrets of the Scammers 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 23:00 Gift of Life 24:00 Capital One Cup Highlights

itv2

07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 You’ve Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Educating Joey Essex: Reem Halloween 23:00 Release the Hounds 24:00 The Vampire Diaries 24:55 Tricked

07:00 07:45 08:35 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 13:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 23:00 24:00 24:30

Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Marley & Me Supernatural The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

thursday 29th October BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six and Weather 19:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Watchdog 21:30 EastEnders 22:00 Class of 92: Out of Their League 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Question Time 24:35 This Week

BBC2

07:00 My Life on a Plate 07:45 Escape to the Country 08:30 The Edge 09:15 The Great British Bake Off - Masterclass 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Bergerac 15:00 Britain’s First Photo Album 15:30 Cash in the Attic 16:00 The Box 16:30 The Great British Bake Off 17:30 Natural World 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 World Gymnastics Championships 22:00 The Last Kingdom 23:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 The Naked Choir with Gareth Malone

ITV1

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 Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Pick Me! 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Coronation Street 21:30 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs 22:00 Unforgotten 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 The Magic Show Story 24:40 Birds of a Feather

YouTube video of the week

Punch in Diner | Back to the Future | Presented by Toyota and see Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox pondering which of the predictions from the 1989 movie came to pass, then enjoy super fun from afternoon TV with Countdown gets an erection!PT

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Posh Pawn 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Deal or No Deal 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 22:00 Kitchen Impossible with Michel Roux Jr 23:00 First Dates 24:05 Gogglebox

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Spirit Riders 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Secrets of Great British Castles 21:00 Chasing Monsters 22:00 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways 23:00 King Arthur

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Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

AFA Torrevieja president retires by KEITH NICOL IN A small and modest event held on Friday at the headquarters of AFA Torrevieja, the Alzheimer’s Association, their president for the last 11 years, Matilde Sanchez, finally announced her retirement bringing to an end and incredible tenure for the organisation. Now 79, Matilde has taken AFA from its roots to one of the most valued and needed associations in the City of Salt. Local historian, writer, journalist and creator of the Solidarity Calendar, Andy Ormiston had this to say about Matilde, which many others would agree with 100%: “Awesome is a much-maligned word freely thrown about nowadays by youngsters. But it is a word that describes Matilde Sanchez and her work as president and co-founder of the local Alzheimer’s Association that reaches out to patients and families in the Vega Baja area. Since 2004 she has been indefatigable in building up the association, organising volunteers and professionals alike, thinking up new projects, urging others to become involved, raising funds – or rather chasing up funding. Her inspiration has always been the period in her life watching her husband fade away as another Alzheimer’s victim. She understands the anguish of families who grapple with the difficulties of caring for a patient, with its many frustrations and dismay watching a loved personality dissolve. Matilde is reluctantly stepping down now as president of the AFA, because the job and workload requires someone with a bit more energy that she has at her age in life when so many others are happy to sit at home knitting. She is well known by almost everyone, being stopped by people in the street for a quick word, chasing municipal officials for the use of buildings for some sort of fund raising event. She is on first name terms with mayors and peons working in town hall premises. Being bi-lingual Matilde has been a bridge between the Spanish and the expatriates of various nations, but especially the British. Rather like the Scarlet Pimpernel she has been here, there and everywhere accepting donations for AFA whether it be from an association, a concert or show, an art exhibition or individuals who want to be part of a very important venture in

the Torrevieja area. She is frequently badgering others with ideas for fundraising events. All this requires a great deal of energy, which Matilde generates inspiring others, but it has been taking its toll on her recently. The British community has been a mainstay in supporting many charitable organisations in Spain and Alzheimer’s Family Association is one that needs to be continually supported. Matilde has pushed for a Day Centre, a charity shop and another project a 24-hour residence still at planning stage. Her experience over many years in the textile “rag” industry has meant she has been meticulous in the selection of clothing for sale at the shop with a high standard not found elsewhere. Clothing rejected has still been used as it has been passed on to other charity shops. I hope that this wonderful AFA support will continue among the British and welcome Puri Garcia who is now president of the association. Another lovely lady, who has been associated for several years with AFA, as a vocal on the governing body. She speaks and understands some English but will be helped by Juande whose contact number is 636 410 708. Through your pages I would like to pay honour to this AWESOME lady and wish her a bit of relaxation and quality time in this new phase of her life. Thank you Matilde, it has been a pleasure being associated with you.”

Andy and Matilde at the Solidarity Calendar presentation earlier this month

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Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Kenny Corris kennycorris@hotmail.com 686 361 594

 Mars and Uranus are in collaboration this week and are a show of strength that will see you safely through a sticky patch. Uranus has veiled ideas of future changes whilst Mars re enforces solutions to past woes and yet together something rather wonderful could happen. You would be wise now to make a decision based on your gut instincts. Venus trumps Jupiter and with both love and luck heavily on your side, and working for you, the future is somewhat rosy. This is a good time to strike out and make some positive plans that will rebound and shower you with some good fortune and well deserved sheer good luck for a change. Ask for just what you deserve...it should be yours! Mercury opposes Uranus midweek, and it would seem as if you are waiting for news before you make that vital next step. There are changes in the air, and your psychic skills will be put to the test to make the most of an opportunity that seizes the moment and takes you safely along the pathway to a work opportunity too good to miss! Waning energies seem to be draining you right now, and things do not seem right, to boot. Cancellation of schedules appears as an obstacle, but much needed changes are in the pipeline and you will cope with them adequately and with your usual aplomb. Beware of committing yourself, however, to something that sounds far too good to be true. As the Sun moves towards Neptune beware of financial matters that may stretch you in the months ahead. This week heralds some unexpected expenditure and yet you would be wise to err on the side of caution however wonderful a current deal seems to be. It would seem that right now is a good time to call in a favour or two; it makes perfect sense You are angry about something and though time may allow you to forgive, you are not going to forget what has happened in a hurry. There were warning signs and you tried not to see them, but in the end the writing was on the wall. New beginnings are a step away and it is time for you to concentrate on the necessary healing of your innermost self. Ceres brings a suitable and profitable change in your routine this week. Midweek actions with Aquarius sheds new light on something that you have thought all along just didn’t add up! With your trusty leader the romantic Venus acting up to lucky, fortunate Jupiter, the week may start by being a bit fraught but ends on a high as you can say, “ I told you so! “ The entry of the Sun illuminates a new pathway for you to tread along. Gone is the same old, same old, and at last you seem to be getting on with life and starting to maybe think of yourself, for a change. An acquaintance this week becomes a good friend, showing you that whilst you never know what’s next, a friend, in need, is a friend indeed! Somebody needs your tender love and care but is afraid that they cannot get your attention right now. As your leader, the trusty Jupiter, brings you luck and good fortune this week, it is the very best of times to lavish affection just where it is needed, spreading a little love that does much to make you feel good about yourself again. Venus begins the week ahead with delicate actions in a trine with Pluto. Somehow and someway the truth about something has leaked out, but this can only hurt those who would seek to firmly apportion the blame in your court. With absolutely no need for you to apologise, things can go back to normal and are about to get very much better Venus rubs up to Uranus midweek and it would appear that love is in the air. As Goddess of Love, Venus sends you a strong message that you would be very foolish to ignore. Remove suspicion and establish priorities so that you can enjoy feeling the love all around you without the guilt you associate it with, and with an openly receptive heart! Love and energy are all around you as you seem to be taking care of those whom you love. Be warned that you might just have bitten off more than you can chew right now, and make sure that your priorities are set so that you get the respite and the freedom that you need so much, for yourself, when needed. Be unafraid to ask for just what you deserve.

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

IF THIS astrological year is to continue as it starts, you are in for a very fast ride. Make sure in the current whir of things that you do have the temerity to ask for what you richly do deserve to have; and the knowledge and conﬁdence to make it work well for you and all you love and care for!

Indians and cowboys WHEN I was a little boy there was always a Cowboy ﬁlm to watch, and though we had colour television in New York such ﬁlms were made in a plethora of glorious black and white. Whilst my friends cheered on the cowboys and honoured the Bonanza territory of the”Ponderosa”; I was always very concerned for the Native American Indians, with their wonderful feather headdresses and their superior knowledge of the land in which they lived.

OK there was the odd scalping and horse stealing going on, but these were actions kept in balance by the stealth of the cowboy and many a silver bullet. The white men rode into towns and took what was there for the taking, and this included the land of the native people. As recompense they built townships and brought in saloons and the dancing girls. Alcohol fuelled cowboys but was rejected hands down by the Indian population. The Sheriff was brought in but with him came corruption and the convenience of laws that could be adapted to facilitate stealth and land grab. As far as I was concerned the faces of the braves and the scouts, the squaws and their papooses; looked pinched and mean as their country was snatched away from them piecemeal. No wonder some head shrinking was practised since these were ethnic groups simply warning those who would steal from them. And the thefts went on in perpetuity until there was preciously nothing left. Suffering as they did, the Native American Indian became subjects of disgrace because they retaliated as best that they could. Guns became the protective force behind trumped up laws that should never have been written but which used absolute trickery with the result that finally Natives of North America became recluses, living, as some still do, in compounds and reservations annexed to them. A reason enough to hate cowboys and a strong reason to support such noble members of the indigenous and original population. Since the age of forty I have enjoyed the support of a Native Indian Guide. Guides work on spiritual levels with those on Earth who request them. These Guides have had at least one life here on Earth, often indeed they have had many more. Whatever their reason for choosing to work with spiritual people they have elected to work with all aspects of their highly tuned knowledge and their inner wisdoms for the good of mankind. You may find this very touching as I do. I feel very humble and shudder at what happened to so many good people who really learned to love their homes, and to respect their lands. But I was thrilled to change my Guide when I was forty years old, and delighted that such a spiritual young man came into my life to assist my spiritual needs. I enjoy the protection that I need in the professional World of the Medium, and this I reward by never, ever telling anybody his name, it is a secret with me and it will die with me. Such is the force of energy and respect that binds us together in bond of contact. This was also the Indian way of faith and it is hardly surprising that so many of them actually step forward to work with and reward living spiritual people. My Indian was held down and made to watch whilst his wife and children were cut into pieces after a dispute in land. His tortured soul needed to have some clearance, and our symbiotic relationship began with an understanding that we would work together for future peace and my safety. I am glad of it, and he is too. Many tribes are living in poverty in the USA at this time. The Lakota tribe recorded the youngest suicide ever when a seven year old boy shot himself in the mouth after his big brother was constantly refused employment and further opportunities to make a career were stymied. This particular tribe have a rule of thumb. they either all eat or nobody eats. Often there is not enough food and they do actually eat once a day. Just like every reservation in the US each reservation now has its own Court presided over by a Judge. This had led to an escalation of rapes as male residents outside the Reservations break in to violate Native Indian Girls. Since the crime is committed inside the Reservation the Court convened to protect the Indian Community has no juris diction over these outsiders. The offenders are never brought to justice, and until due process changes, never can be. It would seem that after many lifetimes of suffering it is remarkable that Native Indian Guides still step forward to help us along this, our spiritual path. Skilled and infinitely knowledgeable as the Indian is we shouldn’t ever be trying to head them off at the Pass!

Kenny‛s Diary

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

KENNY, YOU talk about Séance but what is it? I have never experienced actual contact with Spirit but I would like to sometime. Cheryl N. Cheryl, a Séance is a circle of like minded people who sit together, usually around a table and in semi darkness with a need to establish actual contact with the Spirit World, to provide physical survival evidence. No experience is needed, but also absolutely no fear should be brought to the table either because this would stop a good connection and may cause some distress. The Medium leads the actions of simple ritual but Spirit is free to make contact through anybody who sits, and if you are fully prepared for this then you would enjoy this direct form of contact.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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ACROSS 1. Waywardness (11) 9. Open-air (7) 10. Collide (5) 11. Nobleman (5) 12. Jersey (7) 13. Help (6) 15. Char (6) 18. Slander (7) 20. Fruit (5) 22. Unsullied (5) 23. Messenger (7) 24. Hatred (11) DOWN 2. Change (5) 3. Reasons (7) 4. Flog (6) 5. Recess (5) 6. Strew (7) 7. Patience (11) 8. Understaffed (11) 14. Highest (7) 16. Console (7) 17. Leave (6) 19. Scope (5) 21. Game of chance (5)

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ACROSS 1. Scheme that gives little professional status (11) 9. If most of it was eradicated there would be few complaints (7) 10. Boat propeller (5) 11. Multitudes in pubs (5) 12. The first mate takes the other for a tough climb (7) 13. No society for a person of no importance (6) 15. Unusually astute piece of work by an artist (6) 18. Does it lead to brave conflict? (3-4) 20. Best conceivable thought to fifty (5) 22. Goes in front, using a sled (5) 23. Pays a quick visit and watches TV (5,2) 24. They take steps in many ways for progress (11) DOWN 2. Keeps turning over lists of names (5) 3. How the iron was put into service? (7) 4. My sets are methodically arranged (6) 5. Experience discrimination (5) 6. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no let-up for the rich (7) 7. Prayer for good health, and where to make it? (7,4) 8. Washing may depend on it (7,4) 14. A fire screen, perhaps! (7) 16. Journey with crude oil in N. Africa (7) 17. A few words about the French hut (6) 19. Passage in this cinema is lengthy (5) 21. German town seen in countless engravings. (5)

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Humpty Dumpty comes to town by KEITH NICOL

PANTOMIME SEASON is just around the corner and The Rojales Pantomime group are now into rehearsals for their pantomime HUMPTY DUMPTY to be performed 14th, 15th and 16th January 2016 at The Escuela de Musica y Cultura in Los Montesinos. Humpty Dumpty is a very unusual pantomime, and this has been chosen because they have already performed most of the classic ones, so this will be a refreshing change from the norm. But don’t worry as there is the usual Pantomime Dame, the comical twosome, Mother Goose is the equal to the Fairy Godmother and there is also a couple of very bad baddies (boooooooo) with a load of nursery rhyme characters making up the rest of the cast and chorus. They are also hoping to have some of the girls from Footwork Dance Studios helping them out with some dance routines. Most of the members have never been on stage before so if you think you would like

Some of the cast and chorus in their costumes

to have a go, don’t be afraid; just come along and ‘have a go’. They are all amateurs and are interested in anyone wishing to join them in any capacity. Rehearsals are at The Cultural Centre Quesada Mondays & Thursdays. They are a fun group aiming to raise money for local charities. Newcomers would be made very welcome. The group will be once more be in costume on the train with Santa when

he arrives at The Christmas Shop San Luis on 28th November. This would be a good time for anyone interested in joining them to buy tickets, to ask questions or just have a chat. Anyone interested please contact Mandy for more information 685 302 529; email: mandyohagan@hotmail.com or check out their website at: www.rojalespantomimegroup.com.

Nadia, “la sonrisa de un ángel” NADIA, “The smile of an Angel’ is a beautiful phrase to describe the ever smiling Nadia. The third solidarity event to support the fun loving youngster will be held this Sunday 25th October, starting at 9.30am. The fundraising and awareness event will be held in the Alicante town of Almoradi. The Solidarity 3rd Exhibition of classic, high-end sports cars, Motorbikes and Trucks are part of a number of local events that have been held over the past three years to support the treatment and care of Nadia, who suﬀers from a rare condition that requires her going overseas for treatment. It’s a full day of fun, featuring a classic, custom and sports car event taking place at Calle Holanda 2, Esquina Austria Poligono Las Maromas, Almoradí. Those thinking of going to the Moonshiners Event in Catral should note that Andy and the gang are supporting this very worthwhile cause so the event at the Miroil garage has been cancelled and everyone is invited to show and display their care in Almoradi. The revenue that is collected at the event will go to beneﬁt Nadia, a Catral girl who needs your help. The organizers, who are Amix, Virauto and Desguaces Mora, announced that the event will have a DJ, music, children’s entertainment, gifts, giveaways, food and drink. Sponsoring companies are Nautical Vegamar, Estrella de Levante, Vega Baja rental equipment, Jumerca Hernandez Canales and Train. For more information contact: 677 418 870.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Hi Aunty, I know it should be simple, but I just do not have the knowledge to put back the music icon on my desktop. It is the speaker volume icon on the desktop that sometimes disappears and the only way I restore it, is to restore. Can you please advise how to put the icon back without having to use restore? Many thanks, Ray Aunty says: You can restore the icon without doing a system restore, as it sounds as if the notifications on your PC are not set correctly. Windows 7 or Windows 8: Right-click on the Taskbar (the bar at the bottom of the screen) and choose Properties. Under the “Taskbar” tab, look for the button that says “Customize” and click it (this is to customize the notification area). In the new window, look for “Volume” under the list of icons. Out to the right, click the drop-down menu and choose “Show icon and notifications”. Click OK to close that window, then OK again to close the Properties window.

PC Tune-Up download Hi Aunty, hope you can help. I received a trial offer from AVG to install their PC Tune-up, etc. It took forever to download and run. PC was supposed to run quicker but if anything the opposite seemed to be the case. I have tried to uninstall, but simply get a box asking if I really want to proceed. After clicking YES, nothing at all happens. Any ideas please? Thanks, Barry Aunty says: Yes, some of the “tune up”

software can cause more problems than they can solve - especially as some tend to run in the back ground and use valuable PC resources! If the programs own uninstaller does not work, you can always download and try Revo Uninstaller - a great tool for uninstalling just about all traces of programs. Response: Thank you kind sir. Revo appears to have resolved the problem and a couple of others as well!

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Stir fried chicken with broccoli and asparagus A STIR fry is a great way of using up left over ingredients and this one works very well. other ingredients could be used if you wish and the principal of cooking in a wok is always the same â&#x20AC;&#x201C; use a very high heat and start with the ingredients that require the most cooking.

1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp sweet chilli sauce 1 tsp five spice powder A little water

2 small, boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin strips A thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely sliced 1 tbsp soy sauce A small head of broccoli, cut into florets 6 spears of asparagus cut into 5cm pieces Half a red pepper, deseeded and cut into strips A slice of fresh pineapple, peeled and cut into chunks (optional) A small onion, peeled and roughly sliced Vegetable oil for frying

1. Combine the sliced chicken with the soy sauce and chopped ginger and set aside to marinate. 2. Combine all the ingredients for the sauce and set aside. 3. When ready to cook, add a little oil to a wok and heat until smoking. Stir-fry the chicken with the marinade, onion and pepper for 3-4 minutes. Add the broccoli and asparagus and stir fry for 4-5 minutes before adding the pineapple. 4. Pour in the sauce and heat until bubbling. Add a little more water if the sauce is too thick. Cover with a lid and reduce the heat. Cook for a further 2 minutes. Serve immediately with plain boiled rice.

For the sauce 2 tbls tomato ketchup 1 tbls honey

Serves 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 10-12 minutes.

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Second Tapas Trail for La Manga

YOU CAN get a tapa and drink for the price of 2.50€ until 1st November in La Manga, Cabo de Palos, El Algar and Los Belones. Forty bars, restaurants and cafés in the area will participate this year in the second La Manga and Cabo de Palos Tapas Trail, which will last until 1st November. The Trail kicked off last Thursday night at the Hotel Entremares, with the assistance of the Councillors for Tourism of Cartagena, Obdulia Gómez and San Javier, Antonio Martínez. This event has been organized by business associations and neighborhood associations in La Manga in order to attract visitors to the area outside the traditional tourist season and also maintain the quality of catering establishments all year round.

During the opening ceremony Archaeology Professor Javier García del Toro gave a talk which mixed cuisine and the ancient history of La Manga. You can download full details of the trail, including a route sheet from http://www. lavozdelamanga.com/ruta-de-la-tapa2015/ When you have a tapa in one of the participating bars or restaurants, don´t forget to get your card stamped. You can also get your card at any participating establishment. Once you have 5 stamps you can vote for your favourite tapa. Just fill in your details, add your vote and drop your card in one of our ballot boxes. There will be two boxes, one in Upper, Cabo de Palos y the other in the La Manga Consortium Office. You will be entered into a draw for fantastic prizes.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Basic Spanish for everyday needs by Jane Cronin

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Translations and comments We finished the last lesson with some sentences which you were supposed to be looking at for this week. No good hunting around for them now – they went in the cat’s litter tray last Tuesday. Not to worry, here they are again with accompanying comments. Me voy a levantar temprano. Here we have the reflexive verb “levantarse” used in the infinitive after “voy a”. The reflexive pronoun “me” has to agree with the subject “I” or “yo”. This could also be written “Voy a levantarme temprano”. Oh, I nearly forgot – it means “I’m going to get up early”. A mi madre le gusta levantarse a las ocho. “My mother likes getting up at eight o’clock”. Here we have the same verb in the same kind of structure, but in this case we have a few other fiddly bits caused by the use of “gustar” (lit: “to my mother it pleases her”) so we keep the reflexive verb all together out of the way (“to get herself up”). Here the particle is “se” because we are in the third person singular. Nos vamos a ir mañana. “We are going to go (away) tomorrow”. The reflexive verb is

“irse” – to go away. It would be equally correct to say “Vamos a irnos mañana”. ¿Prefieres ducharte o bañarte en la bañera? “Do you prefer to have a shower or have a bath?” A rather personal question I think, please do not feel obliged to answer. Los chicos tienen que irse temprano “The young people have to go off / leave early” Again the verb “irse”, kept together in one word, the “se” is because it is the third person plural “they” form. ¿Os habéis acordado del regalo? Here the verb is “acordarse” (to remember) which is followed by the word “de”. The sentence is in the recent past tense “Have you (plural) remembered the present?” Notice that when a verb form is made up of two words, (e.g. habéis acordado) they are never separated, so the “os” goes in front of both. Hay que apuntarse pronto “Hay que” is a form we haven’t mentioned before. It has

the impersonal meaning “one has to”. This form takes the third person, hence the pronoun “se”. Normally in English we would replace the word “one” for the impersonal use of “you”, so the translation is: “You have to sign up soon”. ¡Cuídate mucho, cariño! This is an imperative or command from the verb “cuidarse” (to look after oneself). The sentence means “Look after yourself darling!” or “Take good care” or words to that effect. ¿No te das cuenta del problema? This sentence is negative and a question all in one. “Don’t you realize the problem?” The infinitive is “darse cuenta” (to realize). The reflexive pronoun goes in front of the verb but after the word “no”. Yo no quiero irme, me quedo aquí. Finally “I don’t want to go, I’m staying here”. Those of us who have had children will be familiar with this sentence. “Quedarse” is “to stay”. In English we would say “I’m staying here” but in Spanish it takes the present simple tense “I stay here” – “Me quedo aquí – aquí me quedo.”

Crossword Solutions for Last Week CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Primrose; 5 Used; 9 Eggs; 10 Particle; 11 Utter; 12 Ladders; 13 Called to order; 18 Watch out; 19 Nips; 20 Lantern; 21 Cowed; 22 Pays; 23 Organist. Down: 2 Regatta; 3 Misdeal; 4 Scarlet runner; 6 Succeed; 7 Dresser; 8 Studio; 13 Cowslip; 14 Latency; 15 Echoes; 16 Rangoon; 17 Express. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Submerge; 5 Scum; 9 Scan; 10 Stubborn; 11 Avoid; 12 Uniting; 13 Bring together; 18 Devilish; 19 Near; 20 Earning; 21 Limit; 22 Slew; 23 Staining Down: 2 Uncover; 3 Mention; 4 Get out of sight; 6 Coolish; 7 Manager; 8 Oblige; 13 Badness; 14 Inverse; 15 Gallic; 16 Tension; 17 Elation.

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Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Fun Dog Show At Finca San Miguel de Salinas FINCA SAN Miguel de Salinas is organizing a Fun Dog Show on Saturday 31st October from 1pm. by Patricia Thompson Everybody can join in. It doesn’t matter if your dog is small, big, bulky, thin, longhaired, shorthaired, pedigree, mixed, young or old. It isn’t an obedience test, it’s just for fun, for all those people who love their dogs. Everyone will get a small prize, and the entry fee is 7,50€, to raise money for the feeding and care of our farm animals. On the day there will also be entertainment, a fleamarket and a raffle, so please come along. For more information see www.happyanimales.com, the FB group finca de san miguel de salinas, or email nicosolm@hotmail.com

Dog training in Alfaz del Pi

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ON SUNDAY morning dog owners are invited to join a training session in Alfaz del Pi. The NGO USE-13 organisation will be hosting the event in collaboration with the sports department of Alfaz del Pi to help teach owners and their pets the basic techniques to better understand their dogs and their behaviour. Starting at 10am in the parking area of the Frax Foundation on the beach front of Albir organisers say those

who come will learn basic techniques of ethology to better understand their pets. It is a dog training programme that works on the dogs obedience and good coexistence with their owner allowing them strengthen the bond with their pet. This is the fifth training session to be held and it is free and open to anyone. The last such event was held in May and saw over one hundred people and eighty dogs take part.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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The effects of hearing loss are more than physical WHILE YOUR hearing loss may seem insignificant now — something you can deal with by simply turning the TV louder or asking friends to repeat themselves — it impacts more than you think. Hearing loss can have a negative impact on your ability to learn, socialize and enjoy life. Untreated patients are more likely to miss important information in meetings and phone calls, and make mistakes at work. Hearing problems can lead to avoidance or withdrawal from social situations, social rejection and loneliness. Friends often avoid talking to people with hearing loss because of the difficulty communicating. People with uncorrected hearing impairment earn less than people who hear normally.1 To make matters worse, studies have shown that the effects of hearing loss are cumulative. Just as muscles grow weak from lack of use, the brain loses its ability to process sounds and recognize speech without regular auditory stimulation. By the time you finally acknowledge your hearing loss is real, you may have already lost the full appreciation of sounds and music you once enjoyed.

WHY WAIT? Everyone has different reasons for why they put off seeking help for hearing loss, from price issues and vanity concerns to preconceived and often outdated ideas of how hearing aids perform. The good news is that today’s hearing aids — like all hightech devices — have come a long way in terms of looks and performance. And independent research shows that hearing aid usage has a positive effect on: Earning power Communication in relationships Intimacy and warmth in family relationships Ease in communication Emotional stability Sense of control over life events Perception of mental functioning Physical health Source: www.betterhearing.org

If you have a concern about your hearing then call Richard G Sykes, RHAD FSHAA of Premier Hearing Services on 659 644 106 (premierhearing@hotmail.co.uk / www.premierhearingaids.es) for professional and personal advice. Richard covers all of the Costa Blanca area, and offers a free Hearing Test. The latest digital hearing aids are available and Richard is able to offer 50% off UK prices. Call now – you have nothing to lose and your hearing to gain!

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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My brother is 13 and constantly defies my parents. He has started doing things for attention, and stole off his Nan recently. My parents have always been weak and have never imposed any rules in our house. I am the good child, but my brother needs more handling. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just not strict with him, and they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;t see that he is getting worse. I fear he will get in to real trouble one day. By doing nothing, your parents are not helping your brother develop the essential skills of self-control and having respect for himself and others. They are enabling the bad behaviour, by not having more guidelines and consequences, which, I feel, is what your brother needs. If your Mum and Dad refuse to intervene, his bad behaviour could escalate. Could you ask your Nan or other family members to talk to your parents and discuss ways to help your brother?

My elderly mother passed away three months ago. My father is 83, and I was shocked to discover that he has a girlfriend, so soon after losing my mother. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live together, but this woman is doing her best to alienate me, and the rest of our family. I wanted a walk in the garden with Dad, so I could talk to him alone, but she intervened and dragged him away. This is not the first incident of this kind. See if you can arrange to see your Dad alone, and away from the house. You could voice your concerns about him seeing another woman, but ultimately it is his life. He might believe that at 83, time is running out for him to feel happy again. I do agree that it is not right that his girlfriend should be trying to keep him apart from his family. Your conversation should be about how she appears to be trying to keep him apart from his family, and not about their relationship.

Write to Sara in confidence. A pseudonym will be used if you wish. Sara reads all letters and can give a personal reply. Email your question to agonyaunt@roundtownnews.com or Sara is available for private consultations, telephone 650 054 467.

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Shani’s back to Hollywood

ANYONE WHO has ever seen and heard Torrevieja singer songwriter Shani Ormiston perform will be wondering why she isn’t a pop superstar.

The award winning Shani Ormiston

by KEITH NICOL WITH A superb voice, great stage presence, ﬂuent in English and Spanish, the diminutive performer keeps wowing crowds wherever she performs. Incredible as it might seem, Shani has secured an unbelievable 7th nomination at the Music in Media awards to be held on 11th November at The Fonda Theatre, Hollywood California. The songwriter penned ‘Brave’ some years ago and the song has been nominated three years in a row in the Adult Contemporary Category. Taken from her album ‘Once upon a Time’, her website says: ‘the second album of singer-songwriter Shani Ormiston is an album with a European dance-pop sound with 10 songs in English with lyrics full of honesty, catchy melodies and a lot of magic. This album has already won several awards and has achieved 5 nominations in the past years to the independent music awards “Hollywood Music in Media Awards”. Shani went this year to Hollywood, California, with the songs “Once Upon a Time” and “Brave”. With this song also, “Brave”, Shani won the award for “Best Soloist Musical Work 2012-13” at the Provincial Youth Awards of Alicante Diputation.’ The Hollywood Music in Media Awards is a contest to promote emerging artists globally. Shani began to really make a name for herself in 2008 after the release of her ﬁrst album ‘This Is Me’. Eleven songs in Spanish and English achieved worldwide recognition with their ‘fresh and catchy’ feel. The single ‘How Do You Know’ reached number 1 in

Radio Roda Albacete charts and achieved airplay on other well-known local radio stations as well as further afield. Locally Shani won the Best Female Vocalist award in 2012 and went on to represent Spain at Italy’s premier music event Biela Festival Autori e Cantautori. She has received invitations to perform with some household names along the way such as Ricky Vallance, Leo Segarra, Joe Longthorne, Christina del Valle of Amistades Peligrosas and Margharita Pirri – the Italian vocal goddess whose own composition was selected for the Armani television adverts this year. In June, Shani won second prize at The International Original Music Festival in Alicante with a mesmerising performance of one of her own compositions. The ability to write her emotive songs in both Spanish and English ensure that Shani’s light will continue to shine bright for a long time to come. This summer Shani has been performing a series of shows at The Casino Mediterraneo, La Zenia and has recently performed at the prestigious Hotel W in Barcelona. A multinational insurance company were hosting the event at Hotel W and specifically invited Shani to perform and also to sing the theme tune to their current advertising campaign. Shani is about to start a series of concerts at the La Manga Club Hotel and other venues throughout the Costa Blanca, no doubt also ensuring that she has cam keep her eye on the award ceremony in Hollywood as well. You can find out where Shani Ormiston is playing on artistsdirect-spain.com or visit Shani’s website to find out more or download her songs www.shaniormiston.com.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Walk for Life against breast cancer by KEITH NICOL

MORE THAN 500 people put on their walking shoes, and some costumes, for the annual Walk For Life, in aid of the AECC, last Sunday. THE WALK for Life” was organised by the AECC of Torrevieja in collaboration with the City Council and the Rotary Club. The walk departed from the Paseo Juan Aparicio, at the Man of the Sea Statue to the Soraya cafe and back, to support women suffering from breast cancer and their families, with more than ﬁve hundred people showing their solidarity to the cause. The Marcha por la Vida was due to start at 11am but the queue grew and grew and it was about 11.15am when it started. By the time some reached the head of the queue the organisers had run out of pink t-shirts

and number plates but all was not lost as they received a little pink ribbon buttonhole and a bag with sun cream samples. The numbers went up to over 500 and beyond and there could have been over 1,000 people taking part. The prom was overtaken by people in pink t-shirts who went right along to the cafe Soraya and back.”

Up to 1,000 people took part in Sunday’s Walk for Life

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If you think you can help out in the shop then please call Sylvia on 634 30 60 60 and she will give you more information. The shop is in San Javier on the N332.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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The Making of The Cucaracha Club

I MET up with Billie Anthony Gaddes a few days ago, as Siesta Productions and I are planning a documentary on the making of The Cucaracha Club to air locally on Viva TV.

Vicky Cartledge, Julie Kay and Peter Taylor

by PETER TAYLOR BILLIE TOLD me the premier of the ﬁlm will be right here in Torrevieja somewhere around March time, the actual date and venue will be published soon. Billie told me something else that I found quite amazing, as the interest in this locally made community made movie is shaking a few trees around the planet. With plans to make CC2 already on the table, discussions have taken place with people in St Petersburg in Russia for potential locations, as well as RTÉ and the Council for Culture in Dublin, Ireland, similarly to shoot scenes over there, and interest is also gathering momentum in both the UK and Germany. The team at Siesta Productions and the

entire cast, both in front and behind the camera,are extremely proud of the fact that when the film completes a distribution deal they will all be part of the very first locally funded independently made movie in the history of film-making. They are now on the home strait of making this happen, and each and every one of you can help get the project over the line by attending the various fundraisers that will be taking place over the coming months. They are all super events with good food and fine entertainment, and you can find out all about them by e-mailing Julie at siestaevents@aol.com or call her on 603 344 717. Let’s all make Torrevieja proud and put the town on the map.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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FOOTGOLF IS the latest sport taking the world by storm, believed to originate in South America in 2006. IT IS said to be the fastest growing sport in the world today. Footgolf is played on a golf course using sizes 3, 4 and 5 footballs depending on the age of the player. The object of the game is to get the ball into a 53cm wide by 40cm deep hole using only your feet in the fewest number of shots possible. John Willmott and Darren Scopes created Footgolf Costa Blanca in August 2015 after taking up the sport in the UK. Having owned a villa on the Costa Blanca for 12 years they saw the opportunity to bring this great family sport, that can be played by all ages young and old to the coast.

Footgolf Costa Blanca currently operate from El Plantio, Golf resort in Alicante, Located 5km from the airport, just oﬀ the A-79 Alicante road, making this the ideal location. Footgolf Costa Blanca intend to operate at 5 separate locations up and down the coast, allowing everyone on the Costa Blanca easy access to the joys of Footgolf. Oﬀering unlimited daily play for Adults €15, Children/Students €10, and a family of 4 for just €40, it makes Footgolf a great day out without breaking the bank. Contact john@footgolfcostablanca.com to make a booking or for expressions of interest in our weekly league competition.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Artists perform for Refugees THE REFUGEE crisis has had mixed press over the past few weeks, as everyone realises what a plight refugees are in as they try and flee war torn zones to try and make a future for themselves.

Artists for Refugees support the cause

by KEITH NICOL THOUSANDS OF people cross borders everyday and as winter sets in, the rain and cold arives, their plight gets worse by the day. On Hispanic day, 12th October, local pubs, clubs, businesses all supported by entertainers who gave up their time for free to perform, gathered at Villamartin Plaza to stage the Artists for Refugees event. As one of the organisers Heather noted: “The place was rocking to local acts and bands who had come to give their time and support to the Artists For Refugees cause. The whole event was set up by local bar and restaurant owner Steve Ahmed who almost single handedly orchestrated the whole event. Steve commented “ We are all refugees, all immigrants. We all come from other countries and it seems horrific to me that kids, people are dying for trying to do something we take as our right. I had to do something”. Well Steve – you did good - they were literally rocking in the aisles at Villamartin Plaza that crazy day. Bryn Slack of The Streeters put together an excellent non-stop show of some of the Costas finest musicians – something for everyone. Surprise guests were saved till last with an impromptu session with the members of several bands all joining together on stage for a spectacular session. You missed a treat if you were not there. Tim Taylor, Meet Laaf, Backyard Session, The Streeters, Steve Plant, Los Duques, Let It Roll and Kolted rounding the night off beginning with an acoustic set then inviting two former band members – now with Monos - on stage and then inviting The Streeters up on stage too. It seemed like the plaza erupted with almost everyone on their feet. Local artists including Art Of Corax auctioned off their canvasses, all painted for the event, in aid of the cause and the raffle seemed to go on forever with so many prizes donated. The top prize donated by La Bocana Watersports Centre in Torrevieja of a Cable Ski session went to former league footballer Glenn Jones, now living in Spain. Mariella Slack did an excellent job depriving people of their money for raffle tickets – who could resist Mariella’s charm? There are a number of collection tins still out until the end of October and The Hen’s teeth are collecting until the end of the month, there are also a number of sponsored events running until the end of the month. All 50 Calendars kindly supplied by Andy Ormiston sold in record time and the organisers wanted to also thank him for his support. On the day, nearly 2,000€ was raised with many of the bars in the plaza donating cash and or prizes. A final total will be announced at the end of the month. You can also still donate via the Artists For Refugees Facebook page. All the monies raised go to help charities on the ground such as MOAS – who operate boats to rescue people from the water, Save The Children who provide blankets, food and Casitas who also provide shelter, clothes and comfort.”

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

life&leisure motoring

Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

Volkswagen Passat OWNERS OF successful businesses keep a tight rein on absolutely every aspect to deliver the best possible bottom

THIS MINDSET is reflected in the vehicles they drive. And so sensible forward thinkers cannot help but be attracted by the new Passat four door saloon from Volkswagen. And it’s a diesel. “But what about the emissions scandal?” I hear you cry. Yes, there are going to be software upgrades and there have been mutterings about this being detrimental to fuel economy. If, like me, you take the view that Volkswagen is probably not alone, then most diesel vehicles are going to have an issue. Also, this crisis only relates to Volkswagen’s diesel cars. That’s a key point when worrying whether software updates will affect fuel economy. VW’s petrol engines are the most fuel efficient I have tested and I still expect their diesel engines to be the industry leaders, after this storm has blown over. In 1.6-litre TDi Bluemotion SE Business guise the Passat is a vehicle that will return over 60mpg and can travel around 650 miles on its 70 litre tank, helped by reliable automatic stop/start. This is arrived at during normal everyday driving, not religiously sticking to 56mph as is often the case with these figures. VW also owns Bentley and refinements from these vehicles are creeping into the more attainable Passat. For instance, the intelligent cruise control, which, with the help of a radar, keeps the

Passat at a safe distance behind the car in front, automatically braking and accelerating as required. A similar system can be found in Volvos. This Business edition Passat scores highly all round. Its interior is ﬁnished to a high standard and clearly much thought has gone into placement of switches and de-cluttering the dashboard. With equipment levels that include heated front seats and even a heated steering wheel, occupants remain comfortable no matter what the climate. However, one qualm from both my wife and I is that over a long journey we ache and feel that more padding on the front seats would resolve this issue. Another surprise for me is the thin boot lid; it does not shut with a satisfying thunk, rather a tiny echo. It’s a surprisingly large vehicle too, with a cavernous boot that swallows all of our luggage with ease. Usually no matter what vehicle we travel in we end up having to put luggage inside the car but this is not necessary in the Passat, which is really refreshing. There is plenty of space inside, both in the rear and the front. This size is only really noticed when negotiating tight, narrow roads where the kerb is clipped by the nearside rear tyre. There is a useful camera for reversing and helpful bleeps alert the driver to obstacles. Equipped with a seven speed DSG automatic gearbox it can be driven like a manual if desired or there are paddle shifts either side of the steering wheel so that you can drive like a racing driver should the mood require. Whichever you choose the Passat should not disappoint. Bearing in mind that it is only a 1.6-litre it does provide reasonable performance. Greater performance can

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be achieved with the 1.9-litre engine. While it will happily potter around the town at 30mph it will burst into life if necessary and although not the quickest it is fast enough. Between 30mph and 40mph the gearbox can be a little indecisive over revving when a gear change would be better. But of course this can be overcome if the automatic box is overridden. The sound of the diesel unit can be heard from inside but this is quickly removed at speed. Fitted with an electronic handbrake there is also a useful auto hold switch that can be turned on to counter rolling on a hill start. With no traditional ignition there is a push button start. Satellite navigation takes the strain and stress away from finding places and makes for a more leisurely journey and the system fitted in the Passat is generally easy to use and reliable. It is not infallible and does get confused with some of the roads in Normandy, France but quickly rights itself. The offer of finding a filling station when the fuel level is too low is certainly helpful. The Passat is also attractive. Although it is more angular than its predecessor it seems lower to the ground and more sporty, cutting a fine example in the car park. I like the electronically folding wing mirrors and the incorporated courtesy light that lights the way at night. The difficulties at Volkswagen have highlighted that there is a trade off between power, fuel efficiency and emissions in diesel engines no matter who makes them. FACTS AT A GLANCE Price: around £30,000 0-60mph: 12.5secs Top speed: 120mph

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Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Sleeping Beauty kicks off the panto season

by KEITH NICOL

SLEEPING BEAUTY will be keeping you awake with a few belly laughs when it arrives in the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio next month. Sleeping Beauty is on stage for three days with their first performance being a matinee on Thursday 26th November at 3pm, followed by two evening performances on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th November at 8pm. Proceeds from ticket sales will be shared between the Alzheimer’s Association, the Cardenal Belluga theatre and other local charities. This production of Sleeping Beauty is an original, pantomime script written by Stella Reardon and directed by Leigh Humphries. Although it is based on the traditional story, it has some hilarious scenes and comical characters such as the Gangsters, disguised as jesters who are employed to protect the Princess from the evil Maleficent, Fanny Surefire the Nanny, played by a man in Dame role and Sadie, the Lady in Waiting who speaks in rhyme. Sleeping Beauty is played by Blanca Helena

The Cast of Sleeping Beauty are ready for action

Sierra who in the past has played Cinderella and Jack as a Principal boy in Jack and the Beanstalk and Prince Rupert is played by a newcomer to the group, Victoria Scott as a Principal Boy. Both Blanca and Victoria are very talented actresses and singers and play their parts with enthusiasm and professionalism, as do the whole cast. This performance is interspersed with song to aid the telling of the story and so has something to appeal to every one.

Tickets are 6€ each and includes a free drink on arrival. There is a 10% discount for group bookings of 10 or more. Tickets are on sale at The Card Place in Benimar, The Post Room in Benijofar, The Post Box in Dona Pepa, Quesada, Marabu Lounge in Quesada, Kennedy’s supermarket in Montesinos and Ray’s Laundry in La Marina. Alternatively, call Jenny on 608 129 983, Leigh on 679 679 584 or email Leigh: leigh.humphries58@gmail.com.

New Season’s First International Market THE FIRST International Market of the new season is coming to the Marjal,Guardamar on Wednesday 28th October 28th from 12pm until 4pm. There will be lots of really interesting stalls such as Jewellery, Tarot, Shoes and Sandals, Handbags, Ladies Clothes, Upholstery, Eyebrow Threading, Cycle Repairs, Cards, Arts and Crafts, Curry Kits, and much more. Not only that, but the fabulous Cherry K will be singing live to entertain the crowds! Don’t miss this great day out!!

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Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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La Siesta Golf Society Captain’s Day THIS YEAR, the Captain´s Day was celebrated on 1st October. Roger and Sue Woodward organised the golf and despite the Campoamor Golf Course being all topsy turvy everyone enjoyed the golf. The results were: Division 1 the winner was Trevor Mattacks with 35pts. with Runner up Vernon Stottor (Captain) with 34 pts. Division 2 the winner was John Day with 35 pts (on handicap) with Runner up Sue Woodward also with 35 pts. Nearest the pin for men was Mike O´Regan However, as none of the ladies made the green the Captain awarded them a bottle of wine each as a ´booby´prize – see photo! The dinner dance was held in La Case del Reloj in San Pedro del Pinatar and Andy Jones royally entertained and kept everyone dancing the night away. A great night was had by all. As always it is great to see the men all dressed up in their suits and dinner suits – they look so good. The girls also put their best frocks forward! For those of you who do not know, they play Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at Campoamor. If you would like to know more, or would like to join them for a game, please contact the Captain,Vernon Stottor on 646 416 182.

Elche Escape as Torrevieja Dominate

Torrevieja started to show some of their promised form last Saturday drawing away from home with Elche Ilicitano, in a game they could so easily have won. Reporter Jim Whiteley noted: Sometimes you wonder how you failed to win: sometimes you are relieved not to have lost. Pedreno has been gifted with the signings of former Levante star Ruben Suarez, ex-Castellon defender Javi Selvas and last season’s Torrevieja Golden Boot winner, Rafa Gomez. This, in turn, meant players leaving and Juanfran, Eddy, Ricardo Cavas and David Rives were all released. Torrevieja played a very solid, deep and compact 4141 when Elche had the ball. An Elche corner, swung in from the left was headed home at the far post by Nuha, completely unchallenged. Straight from kick off, Elche were on the back foot and it seemed only a matter of time before Torrevieja’s clever attacking led to an equaliser. Matej sent a long clearance forward and Elche froze. Suddenly Cesar was clean through on goal with the goalkeeper electing to stay on his line. Cesar calmly ran on and slotted the ball into the corner. The first half ended level at 1-1. Torrevieja dominated the second forty five minutes. Elche were, in boxing parlance, on the ropes and hoping for the bell to ring. Eventually the referee spared them, and the game ended as a draw. The point moves Torrevieja up the table once again to 13th, above their next opponents Castellon on goal difference. The Castellon game is on Sunday 25th and is an early kick off, at 12 noon. The Torrevieja President, Vicente Boix, has elected to make the game a special event with the official unveiling of the new signings and there will be free paella offered to all spectators immediately after the final whistle. Get along to Estadio Vicente Garcia and see what promises to be an excellent game of football and then get a free lunch for your trouble. Keep an eye out for updates on Facebook and follow @cdtorrevieja_en on Twitter.

Elche Ilicitano 1 - 1 CD Torrevieja

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

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Close encounters of the avian kind

by ALAN PALMER WITH FORMULA 1 taking a week off, recovering from all the vodka in Sochi no doubt, motor sport  interest focused on the MotoGP.  Moving South from Japan, to the southern tip of Australia, the teams arrived at the magnificent Philip Island Circuit in Victoria. The twists, turns, undulations and sweeping curves, with the incredible backdrop of the blue waters of the Tasman Sea, make this one of the most spectacular venues on the MotoGP calendar, but no one in the 32,500 crowd, or the millions watching on TV, could have been prepared for what happened when the lights went out.  Andrea Iannone on the works Ducatti got the drop on the Honda of current World Champion Marc Marquez who had claimed pole position, and Yamaha´s Jorge Lorenzo on third spot. Lorenzo grabbed the lead in Turn 8, but Andrea used the massive power of the Ducatti to retake the lead going into Lap 2.  If you live beside the seaside you will know that gulls are a hazard, (as has recently been reported here in Benidorm),

but I don´t think Iannone was expecting to find one sitting in the middle of the track when he exited Turn 4. Unfortunately, for the gull, it didn´t get out of the way quick enough, and slammed into the Ducatti´s front fairing punching a large hole. While Andrea sorted out the damage to the front of his bike, Jorge Lorenzo slipped through back into the lead with Marc Marquez, who had already made contact with team mate Dani Pedrosa, holding third. Almost unnoticed in all the excitement multi World Champion Valentino Rossi, on the second works Yamaha was moving up from 7th on the grid, to take 4th position by Lap 4.  By Lap 7 Lorenzo was leading with the other three championship leaders just 1.4 seconds behind, having dropped the next group of Pedrosa, Britain´s  Cal Crutchlow on the LCR Honda, and Spain´s Maverick Vinales, in his rookie season, on his Suzuki. The gap reduced to a half second by Lap 14, and three laps later the top four riders were together.  What followed can only be described as the most exciting MotoGP race most of us have ever seen, with more position

changes than the orgy scene in Caligula. On Lap 20 Lorenzo had pulled out a 1 second lead over Iannone,  Marquez and Rossi, but those positions changing on virtually every corner. Going into the last lap Marquez took Iannone into the Southern Loop then Rossi did the same into Turn 4, only for Andrea to retake third position almost immediately. Marquez, meanwhile, had closed on Lorenzo, diving inside him at Turn 10, and holding on for a spectacular win, with Jorge a very close second, Iannone third, and “ The Doctor “ in fourth. Barely a second covered the four.  For Marquez it was his 50th GP win, and he becomes the youngest rider to reach this incredible achievement. Lorenzo has closed the gap to just 11 points on Championship leader Rossi, with two races to go. Further down the field Cal Crutchlow ended up behind Dani Pedrosa and Maverick Vinales in seventh, whilst the other Brits Bradley Smith and Scott Redding were 10th and 11th respectively. Off to Sepang in Malaysia next week for MotoGP, and Austin, Texas for F1. Round Town News will bring you all the action in our next edition.

Tickets on sale for Spain v England

MONDAY WAS a busy day for Spanish national coach, Vicente del Bosque, who was in Alicante to present details of the Spain verses England friendly football match, to be played at the José Rico Pérez Stadium of Hercules on 13th November. Unlike England and Wales, Spain does not have a national stadium and each game is played in a different venue spread across the nation. This time it’s the turn of the Southern Costa Blanca to host the International friendly match at the José Rico Pérez. The official ceremony was chaired by the President of the Provincial Council, Cesar Sanchez and the president of the Valencian Football Federation, Vicente Muñozhe. Tickets for the friendly match went on sale on Wednesday through the internet. After

the official ceremony, Vicente del Bosque was transferred to José Rico Pérez stadium where he checked the status of the field and was impressed by the excellent conditions thereof. Del Bosque talked for a few minutes with sporting director Dani Barroso, Hercules coach, Manolo Herrero and Javi Portillo the captain of Hercules, with whom he has a close friendship since his days at Real Madrid. Del Bosque also had the opportunity to see for himself firsthand the project regarding the Hercules Paralympic team. Some of its members were photographed with the coach, who will sponsor the section, and he was given a T-shirt from Paralympic Hercules for his son, Alvaro. Fans wishing to attend the game can purchase their tickets in advance through the website www.rfef.es and

www.sefutbol.com. Sales at the desk of Rico Perez will not be available until November 5th. Hercules season ticket holders will be able to purchase tickets at the stadium from the 2nd to 4th November, provided that they are not exhausted. The complete price list is: Tribune Centre covered 60€ Mid/Side Front 55€ Front corner 50€ Alta centre 50€ High sides 45€ Preferential Centre Covered centre 45€ Side covered 40€ Low centre 35€ Low Side 30€ Lower corner 25€ Upper Tier 20€ Stadium ends North 25€

South 25€ The entries for those who are disabled in a wheelchair plus their companion in the Preferential area are 30€. Furthermore, as usual in all locations where the Spanish National team plays, Alicante fans can also visit the exhibition of the trophies won by Spain throughout its history: The 2010 World Cup and European Championships from 1964, 2008 and 2012. Fans can be photographed with the trophy and possibly win free tickets for the game and merchandising items from sponsors participating in games and competitions prepared by Adidas, Iberdrola, Pelayo, Cabreiroá and Continental, sponsors of the team. The exhibition of the trophies will take place in the Plaza del Puerto de Alicante, from 11th to 13th November, open from 11am to 10pm.

Friday, October 23 - Thursday, October 29 2015

Elche Escape as Torrevieja Dominate Elche Ilicitano 1 - 1 CD Torrevieja by KEITH NICOL

ELCHE ILICITANO 1 - 1 CD TORREVIEJA: Torrevieja started to show some of their promised form last Saturday drawing away from home with Elche Ilicitano, in a game they could so easily have won. Read more on page 76.