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Standing Ovation For Globe Winner DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio has won the Golden Globe for best actor in a film drama for his role in The Revenant.

There was a standing ovation, cheers and wolf whistles as the actor took to the stage to accept the prize.

When the applause died down, DiCaprio said: "What an incredible honour, that meant so much. Thank you so much.

"Two years ago we found ourselves submerged deep in nature with all its complications and all the beauty that it gave us cinematically.

"This film was about survival, adaptation and the triumph of the human spirit and more importantly it was about trust. There is nobody more deserving of that trust than Alejandro Inarritu.

"I've never had an experience like this in my entire life. The depths he

went to are unfathomable."

Earlier in the evening Inarritu received the award for best director.

DiCaprio said he wanted to share the award with all of the First Nation people who starred in the film, which is about legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass and set in 1823.

The Revenant was also named the best drama at the star-studded event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.- SKY News

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DAVID BOWIE DIES OF CANCER AGED 69

Singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 from cancer.

His son, film director Duncan Jones, confirmed the news and a statement was issued on his social media accounts.

"David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer," it said, asking for privacy for his family.

Tributes have been paid to Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of his era, from around the world.

Bowie's hits include Let's Dance, Space Oddity, Starman, Modern Love, Heroes, Under Pressure, Rebel, Rebel and Life on Mars.

He was also well known for creating his flamboyant alter ego Ziggy Stardust.

The singer only released his latest album Blackstar on his birthday on Friday. The album, which includes just seven songs, has been well received by critics.

His son wrote on Twitter: "Very sorry and sad to say it's true. I'll be offline for a while. Love to all."

Bowie's long-time friend and producer Tony Visconti wrote on Facebook: "His death was no different from his life - a work of art.

"He made Blackstar for us, his parting gift.

"I knew for a year this was the way it would be.

I wasn't, however, prepared for it. He was an extraordinary man, full of love and life. He will always

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Flowers have been left in tribute to Bowie at a mural in his birthplace of Brixton, south London Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais, who convinced Bowie to star as himself and ridicule Gervais in an episode of 2006 sitcom Extras, simply wrote: "I just lost a hero. RIP David Bowie."

Scottish musician Midge Ure, who helped organised the Live Aid concert in 1985 - at which Bowie performed - told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "He wasn't just a brilliant songwriter and an amazing creator, he excelled at everything.

"He gave us the point to run towards, we are all still trying to run towards that, everyone."

Bowie was born David Jones in Brixton, south London, on 8 January in 1947. He changed his name in 1966 after The Monkees' Davy Jones achieved stardom.

His career spanned six decades.

He was in several bands before he signed with Mercury Records, which released his album Space Oddity in 1969, with the title track becoming his first UK number one His breakthrough came with 1972's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.

He also carved out a successful

acting career, including his role as an alien seeking help for his dying planet in Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth in 1976.

He did a three-month stint as The Elephant Man on Broadway in the 1980s, with other roles that decade including Labyrinth, Cat People and The Hunger.

Bowie also starred in Marlene Dietrich's last film, Just a Gigolo (1978), and played Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).

The late 1980s were dominated by Bowie's involvement with his new band, a postmodernist heavy metal outfit, Tin Machine.

The 1990s saw David Bowie flirting with drum-andbass on the Earthling album, while his 2002 album Heathen saw a long-awaited return to form for the singer.

Bowie changed his name in 1966 He had headlined Glastonbury in 2000 - his first appearance there since 1971.

Bowie's last live performance was at a New York charity concert in 2006.

But after a decade without a studio album he released The Next Day in 2013, surprising fans who thought he had retired. It became his first UK number one for 20 years.

He co-wrote Lazarus, a musical featuring his songs and inspired by his role in The Man Who Fell to Earth, which opened in New York last month.

And a truncated version of Blackstar, the title track of his new album, appears as the theme music for the TV show The Last Panthers.

A retrospective of Bowie's life, originally staged at London's Victoria & Albert Museum, is being shown at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands, which was opening its door specially on Monday to allow fans to remember the star. - BBC

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Driverless Ford tackles snow problem

Motoring giant Ford says it has conducted successful tests of its driverless cars in snowy conditions.

The company said it had been running sensor tests for more than a year, but was now driving autonomous cars in a controlled, snowy environment.

Snow presents a challenge to driverless cars because the sensors they use to detect road markings and hazards do not work well in wintery weather.

Google has also been testing its autonomous vehicles in the snow.

Driverless cars use Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) sensors to build a detailed view of the world around them.

Lidar works by rapidly firing laser light away from the car and measuring how much light is reflected back - a similar principle to radar, which uses radio waves instead.

But these sensors do not work well in snowy conditions, and the car’s onboard cameras cannot see road markings obscured by snow.

Ford said it had instead programmed the Lidar sensors to detect landmarks above the ground, such as buildings and road signs.

The car could then compare this information to an existing highresolution map of the road - generated by autonomous cars during more favourable weather- stored in its computer.

This allowed the car to navigate the road even when visibility was poor.

Ford is the first manufacturer to test its vehicles in a model city built by the University of Michigan.

“We’re used to the conditions changing very rapidly. As humans, we understand that can happen and we know how to deal with it,” said Greg Stevens, who leads driver assistance research at Ford.

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On Sunday, the company revealed that it was developing an app that would let owners summon their car from a distance.

Tesla’s Model S and X cars can already drive themselves out of a garage when summoned, but the company’s owner, Elon Musk, told the BBC that people would eventually be able to summon their car across thousands of miles.

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Due to its geographical position it has seen the passage of many cultures, vestiges of which can be seen to this day in various archaeological sites.

Albox owes its foundation and settlement to the Arabs (its name means 'tower' in Arabic) with a history widely linked to the

Lulu’s Dog Grooming Parlour City & Guilds trained Lisa looks after and handles all dogs with the utmost care. Lisa opened after years of working for various vets in and around the area. So much was the demand for her skills that she opened a parlour of her own. Your pet will certainly be pampered after a visit there! Lisa also stocks a wide accessories for your pooch.

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medieval splendour of the Kingdom of Granada from the 13th century. In the midst of the Christian Reconquest, in the 15th century, Albox was taken from the Arabs by the troops of the Military Governor of the Kingdom of Murcia (Crown of Castilla),Alonso Yáñez Fajardo, and later incorporated into his title holdings as Marquess of los Vélez.

Around the year 1500 a strong earthquake hit Albox destroying a large part of the town, making it necessary to demolish the ancient castle and the damaged homes were repaired with its stone. Albox took part in the continuous and persistent Moorish uprisings that occurred in the Kingdom of Granada throughout the 15th century. It was King Felipe II who, after defeating the Moors, decreed the expulsion of the Arabs from the Comarca and the re-population of the town with Christians from Valencia and La Mancha, constituting a municipal council or town hall in 1563, under the hand of its first Mayor, Anton de Andrano. Although the Barrio Alto of San Antonio - with an irregular layout of steep streets converging on a small central square - was the original nucleus of the town of Albox, it is however in la Loma de San Francisco - named after an ancient settlement of the Franciscan Third Order that most expansion and development took

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place in the 17th and 18th centuries. This is due to the connection of Albox with tragic floods and earthquakes which have plagued this area periodically. The most momentous event for Albox occurred in 1716 when the venerated image of Nuestra Senora del Saliente came to the town and two priests from Albox founded the Santuario on Mt. Roel. From this date the history of Albox cannot be understood without the deep imprint of this Marian devotion. During the 19th century the town played a major role in the fight against French invaders, with records showing two bloody skirmishes in the years 1810 and 1811. This was the period of greatest economic boom in Albox, thanks to its looms and craft pottery works.

Its commercial tradition has made it an economic hub between Baza (Granada) and Lorca(Murcia) Documents in local archives and the Royal Chancery in Granada, reveal the panic in the town when residents were forced by an earthquake to abandon their partially destroyed homes and sleep in the open on the banks of the Rambla. Another historic event was the Yellow Fever epidemic which broke out in Cartagena and spread implacably, taking lives, throughout all the towns of Spanish Levante (Granada and Almeria included). Also a terrible flood destroyed Albox on the 11th of September 1891. Another major flood struck the town on the 26th of June 1900 causing 6 deaths and the destruction of the upper part of the stone wall built by the Royal Commission after the floods of 1891. Electric street lighting came to Albox on the 8th of January 1914, replacing street lamps.

Drinking water came to taps in Albox in June 2014.

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All motor vehicles must be insured by law DO I NEED TO INSURE MY VEHICLE EVEN IF IT’S OFF THE ROAD? Some insurance policies like medical cover are not compulsory, others such as fire protection for your property, are. Your vehicle however, must be insured at all times, even if it’s kept off the road in a garage. The minimum legal compulsory insurance is Civil Liability to cover any damage to or claims from a third party, resulting from your vehicle. The existing legislation (Royal Decree 8/2004) states that any car that is kept in Spain must be insured. Trailers and other special types of vehicles that weigh less than 750 kg and cannot be driven on Spanish roads are not required to have insurance. This also means that they cannot be parked on roads or kept on private land.

If you own a vehicle that’s not insured you could face a fixed penalty from €601 up to €3,005, and your vehicle may be seized and immobilised.

WHY DO I NEED TO INSURE MY CAR IF ITS KEPT IN A PRIVATE GARAGE The owner of a vehicle has a civil responsibility towards their neighbour and their property. Civil responsibility extends beyond car accidents on Spanish roads. If a vehicle, for example, kept in a communal garage, has a fire due to a short circuit, the owner will be responsible for any resulting damages to third parties. The owner will also be liable for a fixed penalty fine, the amount will depend on the gravity of the situation, the length of time the vehicle has been without insurance, and if this is a repeat offense.

IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IS INSURANCE NOT COMPULSORY? If your vehicle has officially been temporarily or permanently taken out of circulation, for example it has been scrapped, then no insurance is required. If you own a vehicle that is not being used and you wish to avoid paying for insurance, then you can apply to have it temporarily taken out of circulation.

However, to do this the vehicle needs to have passed its MOT. If the MOT has expired, then it must be taken again and passed, before applying.

HOW CAN I AVOID ANY FIXED PENALTY FINES The best option is to ensure you have adequate insurance protection for your vehicle at all times.

Once your vehicle complies with Spanish regulations, you can then decide what the future use of your vehicle will be, and whether or not to keep it in circulation or take it out. If you require an insurance policy for your vehicle, you can contact Línea Directa on 902 123 461. They can supply you with a fast and efficient quote for either third party or fully comprehensive insurance.

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

If you would like to contact Línea Directa please call 902-123-461 More information on Línea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com

Spain’s Princess Cristina tried for fraud

Spain’s Princess Cristina has become the first member of the country’s royal family to be put on trial.

She is charged with being an accomplice in an alleged embezzlement scam involving her husband and 16 other defendants, who all deny the charges.

Princess Cristina, 50, faces eight years in jail if found guilty by a three-member panel of judges.

The trial in Palma, Majorca, is seen as an embarrassment for the royal family.

Princess Cristina arrived at the court in Palma on Monday with her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, who is accused of embezzlement and money laundering.

They made no statement to reporters. A small group of anti-monarchists protested outside.

As the judges read out the charges, the princess sat at the back of a makeshift courtroom at the public administration school in Palma. Her husband sat in the same row but court rules prevented them from sitting together.

Three rows of six defendants sitting in court on blue chairs, facing the panel of judges.

But in the third row, at one end, sits Princess Cristina, sixth in line to the Spanish throne.

It’s something many people in Spain thought they would never see - the powerful being held to account.

Princess Cristina’s lawyers will try to get charges against her dismissed. But in a country where corruption has become a huge political issue, this is a big moment.

Mr Urdangarin’s supposedly non-profit Noos Institute sports foundation was allegedly used as a vehicle to win falsely inflated contracts from regional government bodies, before channelling the money to personal accounts via tax havens.

Noos is alleged to have received more than €6m (£4.4m; $6.5m) of public money, most of it from the Balearic Islands and Valencia regional governments.

If found guilty, Mr Urdangarin could face 19 years and six months in jail.

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LEGAL CORNER WITH MICHAEL DAVIES, ABOGADO/SOLICITOR

If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com - www.daviessolicitors.com Question: Why are solicitors still going on about the Directive 650/2012 that came into force on the 17th August this year ? Is it not too late in any case?

Answer: What is important is making sure you comply with the Directive before you die. In other words if you are reading this you still have time to deal with it! Not everyone needs to change their will. If you are resident, have children and wish to leave your assets in Spain to your spouse then you must make sure you have stated in your will that English law is to rule how you can distribute your estate. Many wills already contain a clause that is sufficient to comply so do not need changing.

What happens if you are non resident?

Theoretically it does not affect you but we would recommend making sure your will states you wish English law to rule your estate to avoid unnecessary disputes over your estate (or problems with the notary or property register) on the basis of doubts over where you are resident.

Other considerations about wills: 1. Do not underestimate the importance of signing one (if you have not done so do not leave it any longer).

2. If you already have one, make sure it complies with new European Directive 650/2012 which comes into force 17th of August. We will tell

you for free it if complies or not. Not everyone needs to change their will.

3. Make sure it protects the people you care about correctly.

4. Make sure the will makes maximum use of the exemptions available in each region of Spain (exemptions are different in each region of Spain).

5. Take into account that since the sentence of the European court of justice of 3rd September 2014 the extra exemption rates established by each region of Spain can also be claimed by non residents .

6. Make sensible use of Life Possessions as an instrument to both mitigate inheritance tax and protect beneficiaries.

7. Be aware that in some regions of Spain exemption rates have been reduced or abolished during the credit crunch, (for example in Murcia Group II heirs), making it important to reassess your inheritance tax planning.

8. The way you distribute your estate can make a big difference to inheritance tax. Sometimes it is necessary to decide how you wish to distribute your estate, then work on other options that may be more favourable from a tax point of view, so you can then decide if you go with your preferred option, the most tax efficient one or a mix of both.

Michael Davies. Abogado.

Michael Davies is a Spanish Abogado and has been practicing law in Almería since 1993. He is member of the Law societies of Almería and Madrid and has offices in Mojacar and Almeria High Street.

Telephone: 950 460 999

MUNDI

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The requirements for the pension right depends upon the rules of the country. The most important requirements are the retirement age and the period of insurance although there may be others.

You can only receive your pension from the country where you now live (or last worked) once you have reached the legal retirement age in that country. If you have accumulated pension rights in other countries, you will only receive those parts of your pension once you have reached the legal retirement age in those countries.

If you have been covered for less than a year in one country, a special rule may apply, as some European countries do not provide a pension for short periods: your months of insurance or residence in the country where you worked for a short time will not be lost but taken into account in the calculation of your pension by the countries where you worked longer.

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We will keep you up to date and fully informed throughout and all at a very competitive price.

We can also arrange the following if needed: • Open a Spanish bank account • Connection of utility services • If you are considering renting your house or land we will negotiate your letting agreement, ensuring that the terms of your contract meet your requirements • Write your Spanish will • As your Fiscal Representatives, we will assist you in any dealings with Spanish Tax Office and explain to you all the taxes that you are liable to pay.

For those that become residents of Spain, we can also assist in other legal matters, such as matrimonial issues or business contracts.

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House Prices Rose by 1% in 2015

Compared with 2014, the average price of housing in Spain rose by 1% in 2015, which is the first increase since the beginning of the crisis, according to the IMIE Local Markets Index for the fourth quarter of last year, published last week by the property appraisal company, Tinsa.

The regions where house prices rose most in 2015 were Catalonia (5.3%), Madrid (3.3%) and the Balearic Islands (2.7%), while the greatest price declines were registered in Navarra (-8.5%), Murcia (-4.3%) and Aragon (-3.6%).

With regard to Spain’s provinces, the most significant year-on-year price increases in the fourth quarter were recorded in Girona (10.7%), Barcelona (5.8%) and Lleida (5.3%), followed by Albacete (4.5%) and Madrid (3.3%).

In contrast, the greatest decreases were noted in Navarra (-8.5%), Córdoba (-7.7%) and Palencia (-7.1%). Among the large cities, the greatest increases in housing prices in the fourth quarter, compared to last year, were those recorded in Barcelona

The report indicated that the average time it takes to sell a home in Spain currently stands at 10.2 months, compared with 10.6 months six months ago, and that Cantabria is the province where most time is required to sell a home, at 18.6 months. Moreover, the provinces of Alava, Segovia, Ávila, Salamanca, A Coruña and Vizcaya also have longer terms than the national average for selling a home, all at above 14 months on average.

In contrast, the provinces where it takes least time to sell a property are Ceuta (3.7 months) and Melilla (5.3 months), followed by Soria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, both with an average term of 7 months. kyero.com

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Bitcoin ‘to take real estate industry from 17th to 21st Century’

The Bitcoin virtual currency can provide major advances for the real estate industry and 2016 could be a breakthrough year for its use, a sector expert tells OPP.Today.

Bitcoin is a digital asset and a payment system. Bitcoins are created as a reward for payment processing work in which users offer their computing power to verify and record payments into a public ledger. This is called mining and miners are rewarded with transaction fees and new Bitcoins.

Bitcoins can also be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services, including real estate. Transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called the blockchain.

Ragnar Lifthrasir, a real estate financial and technology specialist and President of the International Bitcoin Real Estate Association, says the development of the Bitcoin blockchain in 2016 is set to provide improvements over traditional options t real estate record keeping.

The blockchain is a public ledger of all Bitcoin transactions, which is constantly growing as ‘completed’ blocks are added to it in a linear, chronological order. That way, Bitcoin wallets can calculate their spendable balance and new transactions can be verified to be spending Bitcoins that are actually owned by the spender.

OPP.Today asked Mr Lifthrasir how would the use of the Bitcoin blockchain boost the real estate sector and how much progress in this goal might happen during 2016.

He says, “Bitcoin is the greatest technological breakthrough for real estate since the wax seal 400 years ago. Using Bitcoin’s currency and blockchain will take real estate from the 17th to the 21st century.

“By using Bitcoin, we can reduce costs, stamp out fraud, speed up transactions, democratize investing, increase financial privacy, internationalize markets, reemphasize equity, and make real estate a liquid asset.

“I believe 2016 will be the year the real estate industry starts to integrate Bitcoin.

Within the last month the membership of the

International Bitcoin Real Estate Association has nearly doubled.

“We’ve reached the critical mass now, where we have enough real estate industry decision makers who will use Bitcoin technology in their deals, applications, and start-ups.

Unlike the banking sector, real estate doesn’t face the regulatory hurdles to use Bitcoin.

The technology is now mature enough.

Everything is in place for adoption.”

The changes would bring major advantages for international real estate agents and developers, he says.

“International property agents and developers will benefit from Bitcoin adoption because it provides a borderless, nonproprietary platform for payment, escrow, and title recording.

“Real estate suffers from regional differences in how transactions are carried out. Bitcoin routes around this friction because it isn’t a national currency or a local government notary. Just as everyone accesses the same sun whatever their country of origin, so too can they access the Bitcoin platform for property transactions.”

The International Bitcoin Real Estate Association (IBREA), which aims to implement technology, build the community and set industry standards, has around 230 members throughout the world and Mr Lifthrasir says it offers considerable benefits to international property agents.

“All real estate professionals should consider joining the International Bitcoin Real Estate Association, especially those who are involved with cross-border transactions.

“By joining the IBREA, agents, developers, lenders, and investors can connect with others to use this transformative technology to reduce costs and delays, grow deal flow and decrease fraud and delays.”

Mr Lifthrasir claims it is easy for a criminal to create fake property ownership documents using digital manipulation software and false stamps. But the Bitcoin blockchain offers a better system for tracking property ownership records as it uses cryptography. www.opp.today

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Olive

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OLV1074 LUBRIN ( El Marchal )

OLV1040

This fabulous stone built property is located in the pretty village of El Marchal between Bedar and Lubrin.

It has many features and boasts a feature mezzanine, 2 bedrooms and a lovely elevated position on the edge of the village with mature gardens and plunge pool. A great property.

This cute little village property needs total renovation and is located in the tiny village of Las Perales, within the Sorbas municipality in the natural park area. This village is under 15 minutes from Los Gallardos and 25 minutes to the coast of Mojacar and attracts walkers and birdwatchers.

This property would make an ideal little holiday lock up.

OLV1049

OLV996

only 17,950€

only 229,000€

MOJACAR

This larger than average townhouse is located in the sought after residential area of Mojacar playa and just minutes from the beach. The property boasts 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and communal pool shared between just 8 properties.

NEW TO THE MARKET : ONLY 220,000€

Voss Homes would like to thank our property sellers, buyers & friends for their loyalty and support.

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Gaffarillos (Sorbas)

This wonderful 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom detached Cortijo is located in the friendly village of Gafarillos, just 25 minutes from the extremely popular and renowned coastal resort of Agua Amarga in the Cabo de Gata. The property is walking distance to the village and boasts a private swimming pool as well.

ONLY 195,000€

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VH869 - Cortijo Vistas del Campo - €199,950 Impressive, very large detached country house of approximately 366m2 build plus 185m2 of outbuildings and garage on 5617m2 of mainly flat land.

There are currently 5 bedrooms and 1 bathroom on the ground floor.

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12 mins drive from Huercal-Overa.

For more information and to arrange a viewing contact us asap.

Please call 0034 950 616 827 / 0034 678 002 006 / 0034 667 891 741 or email: info@vosshomesspain.com

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Avenida 28 de Febrero Nº 44, Albox

January 2016

Tel: 950 064 584 609 199 394

Email: info@solymarspain.com www.solymarspain.com

country cortijo partaloa sol091 - 62,000€

BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED NEAR ALMANZORA sol726 - 89,995€

unique location cantoria sol137 - 108,000€

This lovely 3 bed 1 bath attached countryhouse is situated close the beautiful town of Arboleas, and a short drive from the market town of Albox.

Beautiful restored mid terrace cortijo. Features 1000m2 of land, private courtyard, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

Delightful 2 bed, semi-detached villa with pool, set in a fenced plot of approx 611m2. In a unique location, not part of an urbanisation, only 4km from Cantoria where all amenities can be found.

stunning 360º views Cantoria sM005 - 109,000€

STUNNING SETTING Close to ALMANZORA sol150 - 119,000€

Traditional Spanish House near albox sm024 - 106,950€ reduced

Detached 2 bedrooms, 2 bathroom villa with 360 degree view of the surrounding valley.

Features peller heating system, roof terrace and Jacuzzi.

This is a beautiful 3 bed, 2 bath villa located in a tranquil setting only 3 minutes outside of the lively village of Almanzora.

Traditional attached Spanish house with lots of character. Features internal courtyard, idyllic setting and 3 bedrooms plus 2 cave rooms, 2 bath & short drive to Albox

Albox SM025 - 120,000€

Walking distance Almanzora sM022 - 125,000€

IDYLLIC SETTING TABERNO sm002 - 139,950€

Traditional townhouse in prime location walking distance to all amenities to Albox. Features 3 bed, 2 bath, fully enclosed patio & available furnished.

A lovely, detached bright villa in a great location. Well maintained gardens and room for a swimming pool. Walking distance to the local amenities, must be seen to be appreciated.

Traditional restored cortijo in an idyllic setting with fantastic views. Features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and part A/C

country home nr baza SM014 - 140,000€

close to all amenities cantoria sM004 - 160,000€

Immaculate Home near albox sM021 - 169,000€

Part cave country home, stunning setting, 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large plot, partially fenced, stunning views

Immaculate detached 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms villa. Within walking distance to town. Features above ground pool and tranquil setting.

Detached 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom country villa with 2400m2 of land. Close to Albox and appointed to a high standard.

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SM018 Now reduced price 2/3 bedrooms Swimming Pool Immaculate condition Beautiful mature garden Close to all local amenities

Only 115,000€ WE URGENTLY REQUIRE LEGAL PROPERTIES FROM COAST TO COUNTRY WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL TYPES OF PROPERTIES FOR RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES. CLIENTS WAITING CALL US 950 064 584 Beautiful Detached villa near albox sol161 - 169,950€

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Immaculate Casita Furnished with amenities Shared use of swimming pool , land and Jacuzzi Price includes all bills

Quality villa (127m2) located just 10 minutes drive from the town of Albox & features 3 bed, 2 bath, private pool & jacuzzi. The walled corner plot is 710m2 & has a carport & garden shed (10m2)

DETACHED TOWNHOUSE CANTORIA TOWN CENTRE sm009 - 186,500€

only 3oo€ PCM IMMACULATE ATTIC CONVERSION CLOSE TO aLBOX RSM002 - 200€ pcm

COUNTRY CORTIJO CLOSE TO aLBOX RSM004 - 325€ pcm

Separate one bed fully self contained attic of Spanish cortijo. Fully furnished with many traditional features.

3 bed semi attached cortijo with small courtyard and roof terrace Comes fully furnished, in a secluded tranquil setting and only 20 mins from Albox

Detached 6 bed , 2 bath , 3 storey house on the edge of town. Easy walk to Cantoria , fully insulated roof , enclosed patio and roof terrace

two living quarters Almanzora village sM020 - 200,000€

Charming villa in the heart of the village with swimming pool. Features 2 separate living quarters with 2 bedrooms in each.

STUNNING SETTING MAR620 - 350€ pcm

Traditional cortijo , beautifully restored .Features 3 bed , 2 bath , logburner, stunning views and only a short drive to Oria

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Modern detached villa features 3 beds , 2 baths , swimming pool and tranquil setting with stunning views

Detached home on 1200m2 plot , features 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms , large garage, terrace area and stunning views .

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property group

Paseo del Mediterraneo 197 - Mojacar - Almeria

Tel: 950 472 430 / 610 053 563

www.veritashomes.co.uk info@veritashomes.co.uk

Palomares

€55,000

Nice community. 2 bed / 1 bath ground floor Apartment with terrace. Very good value for money! Ref.1665

Palomares

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€77,500 Vera Playa

Fantastic 3 bed / 2 bath Townhouse with basement of 46 m2. Back patio, front terrace & roof solarium. Walking distance from amenities. Short drive to beach. Ref. 1629

€99,000 mojacar playa

€188,000 Cabrera

Detached 3 bed / 2 bath villa in quiet cul de sac a few minutes’ walk to the beach and new promenade. Light and airy. Kitchen and sitting room open planned. Ref.1560

Garrucha

€149,000

3 bed / 2 bath large Townhouse with parking space, terraces and court yard. Separate dining room. Walking distance to amenities.

Ref. 1644

€285,000 la parata

Amazing detached 3 bed / 2,5 bath villa with pool and garage on plot of 1,000 m2. Panoramic views. Air con & heating. Your castle in Spain!

Ref.1651

€60,000

Great opportunity. 3 bed / 1 bath Apartment within a short walk from the beach and amenities in Garrucha. Underground parking space .Lift.

Ref.1646

€110,000 Turre

Sea views. 3 bed / 1 bath southeast facing 2 bed / 1 bath Penthouse apartment with apartment with large terrace within walking underground parking place and store room. distance to promenade and playa Ventanicas.

Nice complex with pool and gardens. Ref. 1597 Ref. 1562

€165,000 Mojácar playa

Well-kept 2 bed / 2 bath detached villa with terraces and panoramic views on small complex with communal pool and gardens.

Car port. Ref. 1652

Opening hours.

Monday to Friday 10.00 am to 6.00pm Saturday 10.00 am to 1.30pm

€475,000

Stunning newly-renovated 5 bed / 3 bath villa with pool, garden and garage. 3 levels.

Contemporary style. High quality fittings.

Ref.1650

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Located in the picturesque village of Bedar these new, 2 bedroom apartments have been finished to a good standard and represent fantastic value for money.

There are four for sale in total starting at 44,000 Euros. Two of these apartments have kitchens already fitted and include the furniture. Don’t miss them!

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OLV1043

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The Community Union says it expects to meet bosses from Tata Steel this week amid reports of hundreds of potential job losses at Tata’s Port Talbot plant.

There are reports that a quarter of the workforce could lose their jobs in a major restructuring at the plant.

Tata Steel Europe, which employs 17,000 in the UK. including 4,000 at Port Talbot, is in the throes of a widescale reorganisation of its business.

The moves have been prompted by a slump in the price of steel.

The Port Talbot plant is the UK’s largest steel works.

A spokesperson for Community, the steelworkers’ union said: “These reports of potential job losses at Port Talbot

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“So many secrets, lies and burdens of shame.

The truth was like the tide: no matter how far it might ebb, it would always make a return.”

One of those easy reads but infuriatingly incredible to believe. Lies, deception and hypocrisy emerge to shatter the cosy existence of Eva, a famous ex-model living in the lap of luxury having shunned the limelight. The reason? The book begins by disclosing details about a vicious knife attack by a psychopathic maniac who had been stalking the beautiful Eva during the height of her fame. The attack was barbaric and life-threatening more so because Eva was pregnant at the time. She was fighting for her life but miraculously survived to give birth to a son.

She was left badly disfigured.

“There were so many of them, cruel jagged gashes torn into the flawless fabric of her skin, grinning, like silent, gruesome mouths.”

Eva’s cold-hearted and selfish rejection of her son, unable and unwilling to love and cherish him resulted in his immediate adoption and once Eva recovered it was something she lived to regret. Nick, t h e father of the child rejected Eva immediately after the attack and Eva’s vengeance in punishing such a callous act was in turn to abandon his son-her own flesh and blood.

This chick-flick romance begins in an interestingly dramatic way then plunges into mediocrity and ends on a cringingly predictable

No Turning Back by Susan Lewis happy-ever-after note. As a beach-read it is more than adequate but too contrived and spoiled by this predictability.

To an outsider, Eva’s world seems perfect then crash, bang, wallop reality sinks in to a topsyturvy hell before divine intervention falls on them like manna from heaven. Forgiveness, cloaked as a religious almost divine analogy absolves the betrayal of trust and loyalty. Just like that. It ends on a hopeful note typifying Susan Lewis’ craft as a writer of romance. Forgiveness transcends sin.

“Where are They Now?” Who would have thought that an article written 16 years later would have reminded Eva of a painful time in the past that she had hoped had been buried, that sometimes the past invades the present and can impinge on the future?

The story moves on 16 years where life is looking good for Eva although she is secretly pining for the son she gave away. She married her “rock” who turns out to be the biggest hypocrite in the story alongside sister Patty. Eva has been naïve, what an understatement! When she has a pitiful showdown with Don she cannot accept his infidelities: “Don would never cheat on her, or lie, or do anything to hurt her, he wouldn’t lie, he never lied!”

Even Jasmine, Don’s daughter had warned Eva: “You know what they say about men who dump

pause for thought 2016 already! Just where did 2015 go? It seems no time at all since last January; and now that year has past; Christmas has been and gone; and we’re into another New Year, doubtless marked by the traditional making of resolutions for some change to our lives, in which ideals many of us have probably already failed.

The trouble with making New Year resolutions is that whilst they’re usually pretty easy to make, they are, if they’re worth anything at all, almost by definition, incredibly difficult to keep. Whether to give up alcohol, tobacco or food, to get fit or simply to learn Spanish, the concept of such resolutions is generally to give motivation to help us achieve something where determination or good sense alone has failed. But, as I’m sure we’ve all experienced, even the best resolutions, supported by the utmost determination, too easily slip, often leaving us with feelings of inadequacy or failure.

But God knows and understands our weakness and is quick to forgive our failures, giving us strength to overcome as we turn to him in prayer. So how about a resolution this year to give some time to our faith, to spend a few seconds at least each day in prayer, even if all we can manage is a few lines from the ‘Lord’s Prayer’, and with His help, His forgiveness and His strength we may well find ourselves enjoying this brief communion and wanting to increase our time in His presence. And possibly, dare I suggest, we may find it helpful to meet with others, struggling in similar fashion, gaining strength from each other. For Church, surprising though it may seem, is not a group of highly successful religious experts, but rather a collection of folk who acknowledge our frequent failures and together seek to find the strength and capacity to learn more of the God we appreciate so little.

Details of a number of English Language Churches are given in Sol Noticeboard for any who wish to Worship, but further information about the Anglican Church and details of forthcoming events may be seen on the web site www. mojacarchurch.org Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Cálida and may be contacted at djburr@avired.com

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their wives, if they’ve done it once they’ll do it again.” Her own mother had been dumped by Don so she knew what she was talking about!

The truth can sometimes hurt and in Eva’s case it almost destroys her. She had been betrayed by her husband and Patty, her sister. Shocked.

Incensed. Foolish. Torn apart and filled with vengeance. A myriad of powerful emotions to contend with. Her life seemed to be inexorably falling apart.

The fashion industry and the world of glamour and its expensive trimmings seem superficial.

The adult world is characterised by insecurity, confusion and paranoia. Patty is downright irritating, wearing her heart on her sleeve, carrying the guilt of the world on her shoulders in a saintly fashion when she is relishing the love and physical contact of her sister’s husband.

Don just seems to enjoy changing partners, like a ping-pong ball that bounces from one court to another. He deserves to be rejected. Two wives down. Next? Not to be trusted anywhere near a pretty female. The worst type of male surely?

So, whilst the major part of the novel focuses on Eva’s betrayal and deception, the other development concerns her search for her long lost son with the possibility of a reconciliation from the love-rat, Nick. I suppose anything is possible. But there is a happy-ever-after if you believe in those sorts of things…Enough said.

Publisher: Random House. ISBN: 978-0-09955072-3 REVIEW it by Carol Naylor.

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1. What country is Pecorino cheese from?...............................................

2. Which vegetable is in fact the

sports quiz

flower of a large thistle?...................

3. Which food additive is made from

1. Perform a Rudolph and

the bones & skin of animals?............

a Randolph......................

4. What name is given to a dish

2. Throw stones at

originating from France primarily

houses............................

made from aubergines and green

3. Use a mashie or niblick

peppers in a tomato sauce?..............

4. Stand at silly point.......

5. Which type of pasta name means, ‘Little worms’?..................................

5. Start at the south stake

6. What seafood is known as

6. Sit in a sulky................

Norwegian lobster?...........................

7. Employ the O’Brien

7. Which drink is Worcestershire sauce traditionally added to?............

shift................................

8. Which Food of the Gods is said to

8. Win the Sam McGuire

bestow immortality?.........................

Trophy.............................

9. What is the name given to beef

9. Abide by the

Omelette Arnold Bennett? ...............

Answers

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10. What type of fish is in an

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DOWN 1 Varnish (7) 2 Dummies (9) 3 Annoy (7) 4 Widespread outbreaks of disease (9) 5 Not daytime (5) 6 A deliberate thinning of a herd (7) 7 Boredom (5) 8 Brain-teasers (7) 14 Prolonged unfulfilled desires (9) 16 Vest (9) 17 Like a canine (7) 18 In school, math or English (7) 20 Autographing (7) 21 Paddled in a type of boat (7) 23 Medium to dark brown (5) 24 Moral principle (5)

Cartwright Rules..............

10. Trim your sheets.........

Answers

1. Trampolining 2. Curling 3. Golf 4. Cricket 5. Croquet 6. Harness Racing 7. Shot Putt 8. Gaelic Football 9. Baseball 10. Yachting

cooked in puff pastry?......................

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5. Vermicelli

9. Beef Wellington

4. Ratatouille

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3. Gelatin

7. Tomato juice

2. Artichoke

6. Scampi

1. Italy

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Age Support Almanzora’s aim is to improve the quality of life for older people by providing emotional and practical support.

In recent months we have received an increasing number of requests for help Now we urgently need more volunteers to help us to help others. If you dislike the thought of vulnerable people being alone and, with the guidance of our Welfare Team Leader, you would enjoy visiting people in their own homes, please call in or telephone for more information to ask for a Volunteer Application Form.

If you think that you or someone you know could benefit from our support please don’t hesitate to call us on the number below. We are also able to provide advice about UK health benefits and have skilled volunteers who can help you complete an application form.

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23 To My Loving Husband Phil Happy 65th Birthday

A big thank you to the staff and clients at Sophia Wellness Centre for the collection of so many Christmas presents for the children at Vera Orphanage. We lost count at the number or presents that were beautifully wrapped and donated for the kids from 6 - 12 years old. We are sure these presents made a huge difference at a very difficult time for these children. On behalf of Paula and Phill at Sophia’s a very big Thank you.

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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes, Your Only Stop for solutions to Your computer problems.

Continuing from last week’s article on the terrors of Encryption!

Something that you might not have known is that Windows 10 will automatically encrypt your hard drive to prevent anyone gaining access to you important information – BUT only after the ‘Bitlocker’ (Windows Vista, 7, 8.x and 10) option has been turned ON in the control panel. What a wonderful thing for them to do and they will also automatically record the passphrase used and store it on their BING servers – just in case you forget it!

Now isn’t that thoughtful of them? And should any of the security organisations mentioned last week (you do still have last weeks article don’t you?) have the desire to check the contents of your hard drive they can, without a court order! This isn’t

just Microsoft but also Apple, Google, Dell, Facebook and a number of others as they are all signed-up members of PRISM (a subject covered some months back).

How, Why, and Where Should I use Encryption? Now that is the question.

Encryption, thankfully, is becoming the default. If you’ve ever noticed that little lock icon in your web browser - congratulations!

You’re using encryption to send and receive data from that website. You don’t feel like a bad ‘un know, do you?

Speaking simply, computers and the Internet have allowed us to open ourselves up and become more vulnerable than ever before to these privacy concerns, and encryption is one of the only methods of keeping yourself safe. Many years ago, if you were speaking to someone face to face and saw nobody around, you could feel reasonably secure that nobody was eavesdropping on you. Now, without encryption, there’s basically no privacy in

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High Noon, (approximately).

Alqueria was a village in despair!

Under Rodriguez’s careful management the Pueblo went from an idyllic people’s society where the gross national product and the national Remitroot product were shared by all to a Dickensian capitalistic ghetto. Rodriquez and his cronies were in high glee while the ‘ordinary’ people were desperate. Unbeknown to the suffering population however strange forces were at work.

Manuela, during her monthly reconciliation discovered that Atlético Nijar football team was on her list of conquests and therefore Poyato’s supposed slander had substance.

She put aside the giant turkey baster and Tabasco which she intended to administer to Poyato and forgave him.

Poyato, for his part was hiding in a freak show in Mojacar wearing false testicles.

During one of his nightly performances a false testicle malfunctioned ending an otherwise promising career on the stage. Poyato headed back to Alqueria still wearing the one good testicle.

Meanwhile the last member of the ‘democratic trio’ Loco Paco who was barricaded in the basement of the townhall had an in depth discussion with his imaginary five foot rodent friend ‘Bert’.

Bert assured Paco that Poyato hadn’t kicked him and therefore there was no need to be incarcerated in the cellar. He could join Manuela and Poyato in their fight to rid Alqueria of the evil Rodriquez.

The three meet on the Spanish side of the Alquerian border in the Bar El

BuenoNosh. Differences were put to one side and the trio reached agreement as to how to get rid of Rodriquez or at least his influence from Alqueria. It was decided to confront him face-toface. The Calle Horno, being the main street of the Village was chosen as the venue for the fateful confrontation.

Manuela drafted a message to be sent to Rodriquez, it read. ‘Unless you withdraw your control of Alqueria by eleven o’clock today then a state of undeclared war will exist between us.’

The message was duly despatched by special messenger to Rodriquez’s home in the Avenida Rica.

The Bar El BuenoNosh was stifling in the Autumn heat. Flies buzzed and the ceiling fan whirred in an unequal struggle against the heat. All was quiet, the nervous silence was almost tangible.

The ‘tick’ of the huge wall clock was, although soothing almost deafening in the torpid atmosphere of the bar.

Manuela checked her watched and then double checked against Poyato’s timepiece. She would have liked a third opinion but Loco Paco had lost one of the Micky Mouse hands making his watch only accurate to the hour.

At precisely eleven O’clock, having received no reply, Manuela formally began hostilities against Rodriquez and his cronies.

any kind of communication, at all, ever!

Having suggested (read warned) that you absolutely don’t use window ‘BitLocker’ you are left you open and vulnerable. Well not necessarily! There are programs ‘out there’ in the void of webland that will offer the same protection (and maybe more) AND are free AND are easy to use! The first is a well loved and used successor to ‘TrueCrypt’ called ‘VeraCrypt’; The second suggestion is ‘AxCrypt’ which has a windows shell (Left Click) option to encrypt file or folders and dead easy to use; A surprising addition to the list is ‘7-Zip’ which as part of its compression technology can use encryption (2 for the price of 1 – compression which changes plain text to something very difficult to read AND THEN encryption – winner, winner, Turkey dinner). Finally, I would like to add ‘GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard). In it’s basic state it is quite awkward to use but once you have a ‘Front-end’ you like, it becomes a powerful, secure, stable and free, open source (look at the original code) tool for keeping everything safe! No prizes given for guessing which one I use :-) Despite what some will tell you, ‘Encryption

is Not the Bogeyman’! Hopefully we’ve worked to dispel some of the misinformation surrounding this misunderstood technology.

Simply because someone chooses to keep their information private doesn’t mean that they are doing something sinister. Allowing the conversation about encryption to be entirely about terrorism and not about basic privacy and prevention of identity theft is fundamentally bad for all of us. It’s not a thing to be feared or misunderstood, but rather a tool that all of us should use as we see fit, without the stigma of being used only for evil purposes.

At this point I would like to offer a tailored hat made of tinfoil to protect you from the authorities spying into your brain. Only 1000€ - made to measure in 14 days! Don’t you feel so much secure now that you have entered 1984? Now, Where did I put my tinfoil hat?

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The Man of My Dreams

I had been without food or drink for about 14 hours, so I would have thought that anything that needed to pass through my system would have done so already. So how could it be that, as I waited outside the operating theatre, I felt the need to pee?

‘I need to pee.’ I said to the Nursie in charge of wheeling me to my destination.

It must be a frequent request – without prevarication she wheeled me to the loo, I dismounted the bed, sat on the loo and pee’d. I could have pee’d for Britain – I had no idea my bladder could hold that much liquid.

Vastly relieved, I climbed back aboard, and we proceeded to my ultimate goal.

I transferred from the bed to the table.

The surgeon, for the severalth time, gently asked me if I had any doubts or fears – I assured him that I had every faith in his skills, and we exchanged confident smiles.

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and be-masked girl.

‘Are you a student?’ I enquired.

‘No, I’m a gynaecologist.’ She replied.

Oops! Not a good idea to insult people who will shortly be armed with very sharp objects, and in total control!

I rallied, ‘But you look too young!’

‘I’m not as young as I look.’ She smiled.

Phew! She had taken it as a compliment!

The room was filled with people, all of whom knew what they were doing, and were doing it, when through the milling throng came a young man who addressed me cheerfully in English. ‘Helo, Cho-sefeen. I am the anaesthetist. I am the man of your dreams.’

I looked. Tall, clean-shaven, brown haired, blue-eyed and fit looking – yes, he could in general make that claim.

There were just two problems; at probably 35 – 40 years old he was plenty young enough to be my son.

‘If you are the man of my dreams,’ I countered, ‘You’ve left it a little late to come into my life.’

He laughed. Good, now I felt that my ‘team’ were happy and relaxed, and ready to give my boob their best and most sympathetic attention!

I have no idea what happened next.

The second problem with the Man of My Dreams? I’ve already got one, and his name is Pete!

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Scott Waites: BDO champion

Scott Waites was delighted to clinch a second BDO world title, admitting it seemed “a million miles away” following shoulder surgery last year.

Waites thrashed Jeff Smith 7-1 in Sunday’s final at Lakeside.

The 38-year-old from Huddersfield had an operation on a rotator cuff problem in February.

“I had six weeks without throwing a dart - that’s painful in itself. Now I’m taking the world title back home,” he told BBC Sport.

“It’s hard trying to come back from an injury and trying to get yourself to practice. Sometimes, no matter what you do, your body won’t react with it.”

Waites, who added to his previous Lakeside success from 2013, continued: “This week, I’ve prepared myself to play

for two hours in a session and it’s so difficult to do. My shoulder and my body wasn’t happy with that.

Back to Aguilon for the first competition at our favourite venue of the New Year “After I played Glen Durrant [in the a three division Stableford event. With a wind blowing a howee, conditions hardly quarter-finals on Friday] I ended up favoured a low score, in fact at times putts had to be taken quickly before the going to sleep at half past eight.” ball moved farther from the hole (the wind never seems to blow the ball toward Waites, who was the ninth seed, is the hole). In division 1 Mike Esposito just crept over the the eighth man to win the BDO title on line to take the win with a very creditable 36 points, more than one occasion. from Doug Birrell on 34. Division 2 was won He raced into a 5-0 lead in the final more comfortably by Mike Palmer scoring against unseeded Canadian Smith, 34 points with Dave Denyer taking 2nd 40, and eventually wrapped up a spot with 27 points from Jerry Edwards comfortable victory. the same points. In the Ladies “It’s not really sunk in yet,” said on narrowly took first Waites, who will return to his job as a Division Chrissie Dow carpenter on Tuesday. place with 33 points from Nekana Galindez on 32 bbc.com

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• Not too many upsets in last weekend’s third round FA Cup ties, but all credit to Oxford (who dumped out PL side Swansea) and to non-League side Eastleigh, Wycombe, Exeter and Bristol City who earned replays against Bolton, Aston Villa, Liverpool and WBA respectively.

• Holders Arsenal, Manchester United (thanks to a late Wayne Rooney penalty), Manchester City, Crystal Palace (who ousted Southampton for the second season running), Bournemouth, Watford, West Ham, Everton (who beat gustsy Dagenham & Redbridge), Stoke and Chelsea, also went into Monday’s 4th round draw.

• In the Scottish Cup, Annan knocked out top flight side Hamilton, while Celtic, Dundee United, the Edinburgh duo of Hearts and Hibs, Kilmarnock, Motherwell and Rangers also reached the fifth round.

• Real Madrid have appointed Zinedine Zindan as their new manager and straightaway he saw Gareth Bale score a hat-trick in his side’s 5-0 win over Deportivo.

• Lionel Messi also netted a treble in Barcelona 4-0 victory over Granada. This was the 33rd hat-trick of the Argentinian’s illustrious career.

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