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Is It True Christmas is Cancelled! Oh No It Isn’t
Well it would be if 3 evil witches get their way .Luckily an intrepid band of Pantomime heroes stand in their way in Stagestruck’s latest production “The Pantomime Pensioners Save Christmas“ This totally original show was written and conceived by the multi-talented Stella Reardon who also directs and choreographs the show which has lots of humour and drama, and showcases our very good singers. The audience gets the chance to help save Christmas too. As always this production promises to be the hot ticket for the Christmas season. Performances take place at the
magnificently appointed Cardenal Belluga Theatre on Thursday Nov 27th at 3.30 pm, Friday 28th and Saturday 29th Nov at 8.00 pm. Tickets are only 6 Euros, which includes a free glass of wine, water or squash on arrival at the theatre. Beer, wine, water and squash will be available during the interval for a small donation. All proceeds from the show will go to the Altzheimers Association and The “Shoe Box Appeal” for local children. For tickets please phone Stella on 965 076 700 or 693 231 472. Tickets are also available from The Card Place in Benimar and the Laundry in La Marina
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CRESCENDO INTERNATIONAL CHOIR
Crescendo International Choir are preparing for three forthcoming events. If you live near Benijofar you may like to go along to Benijofar church at 7.30 p.m. on the 30th November to a free concert. A collection will benefit the local Caritas. Nearer to Torrevieja, there will be a Sing-A-Long concert at El Paraiso near Carrefour at 4 p.m. on the 7th December. Entrance tickets obtainable from Crescendo member are €4. Further afield, the choir will sing at a concert in Villajoyosa on 13th December, when they will join with the Orfeo la Vila Joiosa Choir. This Spanish choir is led by the pianist of Crescendo International Choir, Toni Guillen, and the pianist for the evening will be Florencio Saez. The entry ticket price of €3 will benefit the church
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Reach Out is now beginning to gather special items for Christmas and Three Kings gifts for the children of local families living in poverty. As well as toys and gift items, the charity is hoping to make up special hampers for families. Reach Out volunteers Carol Chambers and Margaret Wood are overseeing the collection of hamper items and together with the team of volunteers, are hoping to spread some Christmas cheer to families in need. The hamper ‘wish list’ is as follows: Tinned meat/fish, cheese, coffee, tea,
herbal tea, nesquick/cola cao, soft drinks, fruit juice, sweets, chocolate, nuts/snacks, biscuits (sweet and savoury), jam, honey, special toiletries for men and women. If you think you can donate anything special for our Christmas appeal - toys, gifts or items from our ‘hamper wish list’ above, please contact by phoning Karolina on 688 348 189, John on 688 238 878 or call in to the charity’s drop in centre in Torrevieja on Calle Bella Antonia 1. Alternatively email info@ reachouttorrevieja.com
Crescendo International Choir, established 10 years ago, is, as the title indicates, INTERNATIONAL. By becoming a member you join a group of folk from many nations who unite in music and song. Rehearsals are held on a Friday morning at El Paraiso at 9.45 a.m. and all details are on their website, crescendo-choir.com. MEN, in particular, are encouraged to consider joining. It may interest you to know that group singing has the same effect as Yoga breathing – it benefits the heart and lungs, lowers rates of anxiety and depression and boosts mental health. So, go on! Give it a go and make your heart sing!
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State prosecutor to sue Catalan president
Spain’s state prosecutor-general has been given the green-light to investigate top Catalan politicians including president Artur Mas over possible crimes committed during the region’s recent symbolic vote on independence. State Prosecutor-General Eduardo Torres-Dulce is now a step closer to finalizing a law suit against Catalan president Artur Mas, vice president Joana Ortega and regional education director Joana Ortega after winning the backing of almost all of his fellow prosecutors at a meeting on Wednesday. “The public prosecutor’s office will take the appropriate legal actions in the High Court of Justice of Catalonia,” the public prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Torres-Dulce had sought their backing of fellow state prosecutors for the suit after his Catalan counterpart decided not to push ahead with legal action, arguing there were insufficient legal grounds to do so. The final details of the suit have yet to be determined but Torres-Dulce has previously stated he wanted to investigate the Catalan politicians over possible crimes including misconduct, abuse of power, misappropriation of public funds and contempt of court. Torres-Dulce, believes Mas was personally involved in the
organization of Catalonia’s vote and that it was backed by the Catalan government despite assurances from Mas that the ballot was to be organized by volunteers and civil bodies. The prosecutor has been under intense political pressure to finalize the suit since Catalonia’s November 9th vote. The Catalan government says 2.3 million took part in the unsanctioned vote which Mas decided to hold following a legal block by the central government against his plans to hold an official, non-binding referendum on the issue that day. Of the 5.4 million voters aged over 16 who were authorized to vote, 1.86 million favoured independence, it said, although though no official census was carried out. Mas has hailed the ballot, which was organised by over 41,000 volunteers, as a “total success” but Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has dismissed it as a “deep failure” since “two out of three Catalans paid no attention”. Catalonia’s nationalist government has said it will now push for an official referendum similar to the one held in Scotland in September but Rajoy has already said he will not agree to this. Mas has said that if he fails to reach an agreement with Rajoy over a referendum, he could call early regional parliamentary elections that might serve as a plebiscite on independence. Demands for independence in Catalonia have grown over recent years despite Madrid’s resistance, fanned by the economic crisis. Catalans complain that their region does not receive investments in proportion to the taxes it pays and that the central government meddles in its linguistic and education policy. Source: http://www.thelocal.es/
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Swedish student. One of 430 participants from 31 countries, he entered a competition at the congress to programme some of the robots. “The technology is getting cheaper and faster so it’s a really fast-growing area, like computing a few years ago,” he said. Researchers are now trying to programme emotional responses in robots, said another expert, Santiago Martinez from Carlos III’s Robotics Lab. “But making a machine that can think is complicated,” he said. “We will not see it in the near future.” Source: http://www.thelocal.es/
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Race for Life Los Alcazares 2014
ort The 7th annual MABS Race for Life in Los Alcazares on Sunday 16th November 2014 was a real success. We decided on a fancy dress theme this year and were extremely impressed by the number of people who made the effort. The starting post was a sea of pink wigs with many opting for the traditional pink wigs & tutu attire. The best fancy dress has to go to the guys who turned up as characters from Little Britain - Lou & Andy - it was a brilliant effort and they had everyone laughing especially at the finish line when Andy tipped out of the wheelchair and everyone gasped until
he jumped up waving his arms around. Huge thanks to all of our volunteers without them these events just would not happen, thanks to everyone who took part, watched & cheered and donated. A great day was had by all. In excess of €2000 was raised on the day with sponsor money still being collected. Well done to Marissa Stevenson from Los Alcazares who came 1st with a time of 13 minutes 22 seconds. She was also 1st lady. 1st man - Jose Saez from Lomas del Rame, 1st child - Alex Daniel aged 8, 1st baby - Kyan Leslie with dad Steven, 1st wheelchair - Ben Sissman & Andy Walsh as Lou & Andy from Little Britain, 1st man in fancy dress - Hugh James as Just William, 1st lady in fancy dress - Vicki Walsh as a ballerina and the 1st dog - Frodo with Sue Parker. Photo Ben Sissman and Andy Walsh as Lou & Andy from Little Britain. For more information about MABS please visit our facebook page https://www. facebook.com/mabsmurciamarmenor to be kept up to date with forthcoming events and news. Cancer doesn’t discriminate and neither do MABS.
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On the Orihuela Costa, where, last year the Branch raised almost €25,000, 15% of the Spain District North total, the enormous job of organising the local count swung effortlessly into motion at the Olympia Restaurant in Mil Palmeras last Sunday morning. The Poppy Collection boxes, gathered in during the previous few days, were distributed amongst the thirty volunteers, and with the help of a recently purchased ‘coin counting machine’ the task got underway. ‘The machine made it much easier this year’ said Chairman and local Poppy Coordinator Keith Carter. ‘This is the first time that we have used it and we no longer had the arduous task of counting all that coinage. We were all delighted to be saved the trouble.’ ‘But it was still an enormous task which has once again shown just how generous the Costa Blanca public can be for such a worthwhile cause and whilst I wouldn’t wish to pick out any specific contribution I would certainly like to mention ‘Mick the Grip’ Reeves and the local golfing fraternity which, including €6483.11 brought in just last week, has now donated 9077.74 euro to
the appeal.‘ The room hushed as the end of the count approached. Everyone was hoping that the amount would exceed that collected 12 months ago, however, waiting for Keith Carter to announce the total was even more nerve racking than anticipating the results of an X Factor elimination vote, but when it did come the volunteers broke into spontaneous applause. The total was 16,679.15 which, added to that already collected by the branch during the course of the year, brings the running total to 30,850.85, an absolutely superb achievement. With still more to come in from a small number of local projects, the final figure will not be released for some weeks, but it can already be seen that the branch is having yet another bumper year. The Torrevieja Branch has also been working hard and they too will be hoping to exceed previous years totals when they consolidate their collections next Sunday morning at the Casa Ventura Restaurant in San Luis. Volunteer members are still being sought to help out with the count. Call the secretary for details
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I have been invited to write to you on furniture products and ideas by the Sol Times. Many of you already know of Furniture Plus as we have been trading for nearly 10 years and had shops in Aguilas, Alhama de Murcia and Purias near Lorca However, some of you may not know we moved to Puerto de Mazarron nearly 3 years ago to a lovely large showroom of 10,000 square feet with proper windows over Mercadona opposite Lidl’s. Our business has gone from strength to strength as we are able to display more ranges in living area furniture. We have the largest display of beds, mattresses and sofas where you are able to “Try Before You Buy” and the list goes on. Many of our old customers have found us here and we have been pleased to meet them again and have a chat and a catch up. It always gladdens our hearts when we see our old customers returning to us. We know without you it would have been even harder to come through the awful years of recession. Right, now down to business of the articles. I will be writing in the future and there will be many comments written with tongue in cheek, which could give a few free giggles along the way. Their will be ideas for different furniture you can have, information and some guidance. Some of this advice or information you may find useful or not that’s for you to decide. I may write on different subjects too and not always related to furniture. I found out that there is more to life than just furniture like having some fun with friends etc. The one thing I will nag you about in many of articles is measure, measure, measure and measure again (Yes I Know sounding like Martin Lewis from the T.V.) You go out looking for a sofa, find the one you like and have no idea if it will fit in your living area and you want it before Christmas and you do not have any measurements with you and you miss the deadline date for that Christmas delivery. Now you are in trouble with wife oops So before you go out buying furniture MEASURE!! Just remember a good eye is not always the answer as showrooms are bigger than the normal home and the furniture does not look so big, but in your home it will look Blinking Huge. So more trouble from her indoors – oops again I will leave you now with my soap box rant “ Measure, Measure and Measure again” Especially if you are going a fair
distance to look at furniture, it will save you on diesel if you MEASURE FIRST.
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December ! And Christmas rapidly approaches ………. Where does the time go ? The next newsletter will be 2015 ! For regular readers of this initial “homely” section Mum Monk – who has lived out here in Spain for some 5 years - has gone back to the UK and is settled in a delightful care home in Plymouth where all her family are except me ! She througherly enjoyed her time in Spain (at 93 years old !) but it was time to reassess and move back to the UK with daughter Bobbie. Rainbows garden has enjoyed the regular rain falls and is returning to its winter “green” from the scorched brown – with the wells now full of water ………….. Dogs , Cats , Terrapins and fish are all well and enjoying the sunny , but not so hot , days. TV NEWS ………… More and more television services are using the internet to get the service and as we all try to use it more it is showing how “bad” the Spanish internet infrastructure is ……… those of you using internet TV services will , I am sure , say it is not 100%. However Spain is quite rapidly improving those services and Cartagena centre and Mazarron town are now fibre optic with the push out into the campo from those towns slowly but surely happening. Most of us Brits live in the Campo or on “outer” urbanisations and it will take a while for stable fast internet tom get to us but it will happen. I raise this story because I have had reports of clients spending a lot of money on some internet service they want only to plug it into their router and find it does not fully work. I would suggest you “try before you buy” and if you are getting internet installed be sure the supplier knows what you intend to do with it before you part with any money ! A comment “you will get 6mb” is not enough – the criteria “ping” ,“jitter” and “consistency” are all important. Having said all that internet TV is a reality and is excellent way to watch TV if you have “decent” internet. The package from Rainbow includes all the sports and movies with a movie library of 100’s of films constantly changing. Contact us for full details and a data sheet.
We often get contacts asking us “what TV should we buy” – These days I really don’t think there is much in the brands – Sony were once the leaders by far but not now. If you can afford the few pounds extra for a “brand” it may be worth it if you ever need a repair – the repair shops can not get the manuals for the “shop brand” models. Then we are asked should we get a “smart” TV – for most of us in Spain the answer is no ! ……… Great as they are you will only get much of the UK English language content if you have a UK IP address – all the “smart” features come down the internet and as soon as the site sees a Spanish IP address it will block – There are ways around this – ask us – but for most viewers it is not going to be an option. SKY have been playing silly B’s with SKY SPORTS 5 ……. Having given it to most sport pack subscribers they then took it away with message on screen to contact them ………..When you do you will get SPORTS 5 back but only after a hard sell to take SKY internet ! If you subscribe to sports and do not have 5 my UK SKY agent will get it back for you at a nominal charge of euro30.00 – contact us to proceed. We have lots of different SKY viewing packs available – so why not treat him to sports for Christmas or her to Movies ? Sorry that was sexist but often the case – you sir can treat her to Sports as well ! It need not cost as much as you may think ……… contact us for full details ……… That’s it for this month – may we at Rainbow wish you a very happy Christmas and may 2015 bring you all you want it to …….. Article sponsored by Rainbow Satellites – contact Alan for all your TV needs …… (0034) 686 358 475 or rainbowsats@gmail.com or via the website www.rainbowsats. org where you will find lots of basic TV viewing information for Spain – especially for the newcomers to this sunny land !
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Spain’s Castile–La Mancha region has announced a total ban on the use of phones in schools in a bid to end “a daily battle” between teachers and students. To date, individual schools in the region have been responsible for drawing up their own rules on the use of smartphones in classrooms. Now, however, Castile–La Mancha is cracking down. On November 18th, the region rolled out a ban which means students are forbidden from using their phones in class except in special cases where they will be used as an educational tool. In such cases, prior permission must be sought from teachers and families. Students who break the rules will suffer minor punishments including being deprived of a break, or staying behind after school. The law has been brought in to end the “daily battle” between teachers and students, Félix Aparicio, the director of studies at Albacete’s Bachiller Sabuco secondary school told regional daily La Tribuna de Albacete. Aparicio said that younger children generally did not bring their phones into class but that from the age of 13 or 14 onward, this was standard practice. He stressed that this was a problem not just during class but also when it came to homework, and made special mention of the indiscriminate use of WhatsApp groups. Around eight percent of the complaints received by
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2014 week 9 Back into the studio this week and with 4 men, 4 women and just 4 weeks to the final the heat is on! Who is going to be dedicated enough to put in the hours to outdo their opposition? Opening the show this week were Steve Backshall and Ola with a Jive. Oh dear! not Steve’s dance. He was struggling with timing issues from the off which continued throughout and combined with poor quality kicks and flicks must put him at risk of the bottom 2 this week. That said the lifts they performed were carried out with ease. I gave him 4 and the judges 23. Following onto the dance floor were Caroline Flack and Pasha with an American Smooth. After a wardrobe malfunction as she reached the floor (she slipped on her dress coming down from the stairs) she performed a fabulous routine to perfection at a rapid pace which included some really nice lifts and tricks. I awarded her 9 and the judges 33. Pixie Lott and Trent then did a Charleston to
teachers relate to the use of smartphones, according to Inmaculada Suárez of the teaching union Anpe, who highlighted the difficulty of integrating the use mobile of mobile phones into the classroom. “Mobile phones aren’t necessary and students shouldn’t use them in class or during break time,” she told Spanish news site El Diario. But some schools are taking a different approach. “Previously we prohibited all mobile phones and other types of electronic devices. You can ban what you like but the reality is that students will bring (phones to class),” Antoni Aparici at Barcelona’s Joaquim Pla i Ferreras school told El Diario. “The ban also caused contradictions, because our centre is following a programme where students use tablets and computers in certain courses, so it didn’t much sense to stop them carrying electronic devices,” Aparici said. Now the school has put a system in place where students can ask teachers if they can use their phone for task like photographing blackboards containing key information. The system has been a success, according to staff. Critically, there has been less tension over the confiscation of phones, a situation which can sometimes lead to aggressive behaviour as students are reluctant to part with their devices. Some 56 percent of Spanish school students have admitted to using their mobile phones in class despite bans, while 72 percent are against a blanket ban on such phones in schools, a study by the some gifts for Christmas from one social media platform Tuenti revealed. of the many stalls, there will be bargains for everyone. If you would Currently, the Spanish regions of Murcia and like a stall of your own please E-mail Galicia are looking at Soo Wallace on sillyboo59@yahoo. legal bans on mobile co.uk We look forward to seeing you phones in schools. and many thanks in advance for your Source: http://www. support. thelocal.es/
Diamonds are Forever. Another very fast paced routine full of Charleston swivels and tricks. For me however, a little disappointing as she was doing the swivels with two bent legs which looked odd and her lifts looked very heavy in the air. But as we expect from Pixie she performed extremely well. I gave her 9 and the judges 37. Mark Wright and Karen then came out to perform a Tango. This for me was a bit of a mixed bag, good bits and bad bits. In hold the frame was quite good, the characterisation was good as was his top line until you saw the bottom stuck out at the back! That said great intensity and for that reason I gave him 8 and the judges 32. Following were Frankie Bridge and Kevin with a Viennese Waltz to ‘Whats New Pussycat’ In practice Frankie suffered with motion sickness because of all the turns involved in this dance but on the night you wouldn’t have known. Her top line and body contact were held throughout the dance and
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her transitions between the various steps was excellent. I awarded her 10 and the judges 38. Next was Jake Wood and Janette with Samba. This was a fabulous piece of entertainment, talk about snake hips! And some! This was danced to the Macarena which was included in the choreography as was ‘twerking’ and he managed to make it look sexy! As always Jake always sells what he is doing to perfection, the only negative was that the technique on the Samba needed quite a bit more work. I gave him 9 and the judges 38. Sunetra Sarker and Brendan then danced a Waltz. Sunetra is prone to making errors during her performances and this was no exception. Unfortunately, the errors were highlighted with ‘lumpy’ bits in her Waltz. She did manage to get the slide and glide of the Waltz well which appeared nice and smooth so I awarded her 6 and the judges 30. Closing the show this week were Simon Webbe and Kristina with Salsa to ‘Let’s hear it for the boys’.
After his Argentine Tango last week I didn’t think he could get anywhere near the performance but he certainly proved me wrong. The armography he did was so complex and was carried out with ease throughout as was the choreography which was also some of the most difficult I’ve seen in any ‘Strictly’ series. I again gave him a 10 and the judges 36. So this week the judges bottom 2 were Steve and Sunetra as were mine and their top 2 were Frankie and Jake where mine were Frankie and Simon. The public bottom 2 were also Sunetra and Steve with Steve leaving the show after the dance off and a 3-1 judges vote, so with just 7 celebrities left can the lower marked rise up to the top? or will the top celebrities hold onto their slots? Can’t wait til next week. Don’t forget that you can come and catch up on the ‘strictly’ gossip at one of our classes but in the meantime - Keep Dancing!
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Rojales Pantomime group The Rojales Pantomime group will be performing their version of Cinderella at The Music School in Los Montesinos January 8th 9th & 10th 2015 and they guarantee you plenty of laughs with The Ugly sisters Bianca & Sonja played by Lynden B and Andy Jones.
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On Friday 14th November Maria and the Pink Ladies held their annual ball at Campoamor Golf Club restaurant, the theme this year was A Black and White Ball and o120 people attended to enjoy a fabulous meal and danced the night away to an evening of Soul and Motown Performed bythe fantastic Richie Alexander. During the meal the guests were amazed by Graham Mykel performing up close unbelievable magic tricks At their tables. The Pink Ladies held their usual raffle with fabulous prizes kindly donated by local businesses and on the night a total of 1355€ was raised And all proceeds will be given to the AECC to help fund their early cancer detection program and further research
into cure for this evil disease. Maria said she would like to thank all who attended to make the night a really fabulous affair and to watch this space for details of the next ball. Just to mention also that on Sunday 7th December Maria and the Pink Ladies will be holding their annual “Santa Fun Run” which this year will start and finish At Zenia Boulveard, the registration fee is 5€ and would like to ask all who participate in the event to also bring an item of dried or tinned food along to pace In Santas sleigh and at the end to be donated to Reach Out to help feed the needy. The photograph attached is of Wilson, Richie Alexander and Graham Mykel
Ant and Dec are there as well so get ready to “Rumble” also a bit of ‘Gangnam’ style for the kids to join in. Baron Hardup is hopelessly besotted with his Wife Devilia (Mandy Bartlam) (a force not to be reckoned with) as you will see as the performance progresses. Then there are the usual characters of Cinders, Buttons, Dandini and of coarse Prince Charming. The usual scary scenes with spiders and moving trees to make those on set nervous but no ghosts in this one. Due to work and school commitments the group only do one show a year and that is Pantomime. This will be their 7th production since the formation of the group. Our aim is to help the needy people of Los
Montesinos and Rojales so most of the proceeds go to ‘Caritas’ with some help given to local Animal Rescue centres and a small amount to help buy new instruments for the music school. Tickets can be purchased from various outlets including the Christmas Shop San Luis. Tickets are 7 euros for Adults& 5 for children. Take a look at the website http://www.rojalespantomime.com for more info.
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Diabetes is a long-term condition that affects the body’s ability to process sugar or glucose. It can have serious health consequences. However, with careful management, people with diabetes can continue to lead full, healthy and active lives. People with diabetes are unable to stop the level of glucose in their blood from getting too high. This is because a hormone called insulin is either absent from their body, or not working properly. Glucose is found in starchy foods, such as pasta, rice, bread and potatoes, as well as in fruit and sweet foods. When we eat food that contains glucose, insulin helps to move it from our blood into our cells, where it’s broken down to produce energy. In people with diabetes, when the body doesn’t make enough insulin, or the insulin doesn’t work properly, that process
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is interrupted and glucose builds up in the blood. This is what causes the damaging symptoms of the condition. It is estimated that nearly a million people may have diabetes, but haven’t been diagnosed. These people may be experiencing symptoms they can’t explain, or they may assume that the symptoms are due to other causes, such as getting older or having a busy lifestyle. There are two main types of diabetes: • Type 1 diabetes – this is when the body can’t produce any insulin. This type of diabetes usually occurs before the age of 40 and accounts for only around 10% of all cases. It’s the most common form of childhood diabetes. • Type 2 diabetes – this is when the body either doesn’t make enough insulin, or the body becomes resistant to insulin, so it doesn’t work properly.
It’s the most common form of diabetes, accounting for around 90% of cases. It’s frequently linked with being overweight. Both forms of diabetes are life-long conditions that have potentially serious consequences. Left untreated, diabetes can lead to heart disease, stroke, nerve damage and blindness. Diabetes is the most common cause of visual impairment and blindness among people of working age. It is also the most common cause of kidney failure and non-traumatic lower limb amputations. People with diabetes are up to five times more likely to have heart disease and stroke, compared to those without diabetes. However, if treated effectively, people with diabetes can reduce the risk of those complications and also reduce the day-to-day symptoms. Symptoms of diabetes • increased thirst • drinking a lot of fluids • passing a lot of urine • being tired for no reason • weight loss • genital itching or repeated bouts of thrush • slow healing of wounds • blurred vision Symptoms of type 1 diabetes typically develop over a few weeks and quickly become very obvious. Symptoms of type 2 diabetes can develop more slowly, over a period of months. Some people with type 2 diabetes have very mild symptoms, which they believe have other causes.
It is possible to have no symptoms at all and be diagnosed by a routine blood test. Treatment of diabetes The aim of any diabetes treatment is to keep blood sugar levels as normal as possible. People with diabetes need to develop an understanding of how food and physical activity affect their blood glucose level. As people with type 1 diabetes can’t produce any insulin, they must put insulin into their bodies regularly for the rest of their lives. This is key to the successful treatment of type 1 diabetes. The most common way to do this is with daily insulin injections. People with type 1 diabetes can be taught to inject themselves. In type 2 diabetes, changing to a healthier diet and lifestyle can often control the condition without the need for further treatment. You can learn more about achieving a healthy weight in our lose weight section. There is also advice on how to have a healthy diet in our food and diet section. However, most people with type 2 diabetes will eventually need treatment with tablets, and some will need insulin injections. People with diabetes may also take medication to reduce the risk of health complications. For example, many take pills to reduce blood pressure and some take statins to reduce their cholesterol. Sourse: Almeria Angels.
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conference held on the 30th October, the Spanish press and local businesses have joined the movie band wagon in a big way. In truth the town of Torrevieja is opening its arms to the project that is truly international in its cast. The most recent member of cast is a rather tall handsome young man who is know simply as “Emiliano”. The Spanish 3 times Boxing Champion has been on set for the first time in the past few days and everyone expressed how thrilled they where with his acting ability and presence on set. The team met up to shoot scenes in a Garage in Los Montesinos and Emiliano kindly brought along his belts to show the rest of the cast. Director Rai Woods said we are delighted with this young man, he is an
Yvonne Haughton, Simon Giddens, Hayley Peklivanas, Lynne Davies and Emma Grundy for the shoot and will be back on set again soon. For more information on the Film based on a story by Billie Anthony’Gaddess and written by Philip Stephen Routledge & Billie Anthony’Gaddess you can check the web site: www.siesta.productions and you can contact the team and find out how to get involved.
Amid the swirl of umbrellas and a torrential downpour 15 members and friends of the Murcia Humanists attended the Remembrance Day service on Camposol at the garden of remembrance. For us this year was different as the local churches who organised the day included us in the service. We welcomed the opportunity to participate.
Retired RAF Bandmaster Flt. Lt. Deryck Davison read a poem entitled ¨How long is a man’s life” by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda who won the International Peace Prize in 1950 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971 just 2 years before his death aged 69. The wreath was laid by Humanist group secretary Martin Rushtons.
MAZARRÓN BAHIA LIONS WALK FOR DIABETES AWARENESs
The LIONS of Mazarron carried out their annual walk to raise funds to send CHILDREN with diabetes to a special camp where they will be able to learn how to control their illness. This walk took place on the Paseo De
Mazarron on SAT 15/11 and was well attended, also present was CRUZ ROJA which we sincerely thank , should any person get into difficulties, but also our resident nurse Dawn Heron of Calida Caring Agency who tests participants for their blood/sugar levels should they so desire . In the past years MAZARRON BAHIA LIONS have been able to send 10 children to this camp. We sincerely THANK all the people who took part . MAZARRÓN BAHIÁ LIONS
Pie in the face challenge Over €315 was raised for the Huntington´s Disease Association
A very successful “pie in the face” challenge took place on Thursday afternoon. Margaret Tozer volunteered to take
on this slap stick challenge amongst 37 friends and family at El Bañet in Almoradi. The sun shone, and tea, coffee and home-made cakes were enjoyed while young Marcos opened the proceedings with the first pie in Margaret´s face! Margaret and her sister Marion (whose husband Dave suffers from Huntington´s Disease) are delighted that so many turned out to help raise funds for much needed research. A huge thank you to all concerned.
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Still think women are the weaker sex? Men hooked up to machine which simulates the pain of childbirth – and are reduced to tears within minutes. The old maxim goes that if men rather than women had to have babies, the human race would have died out long ago. Now those birthing pains are being felt by men in China. A hospital in the city of Jinan in eastern China’s Shandong Province is hooking men up to a childbirth simulator to see what their partner’s go through. Most of the volunteers are partners of pregnant women. The hospital said they want to show men how much women suffer through childbirth, and to give men greater respect for what women go through. ‘The event was aimed at creating awareness and more respect for childbearing women, especially highlighting the entire laborious ninemonth process leading up to birth,’ a hospital spokesman told CEN. To recreate the contractions and pain of childbirth, hospital technicians used machines to stimulate the men’s abdomens with electric shocks to make it contract. Some men seemed reluctant— having been dragged there by their partners— while others were more enthusiastic, CEN reported. ‘My wife is expecting a baby in three months, and we had a row when I told [her] not to make such a fuss,’ father-to-be Guang Liao, 29, told CEN. ‘When she found out about this project, she told me had to sign up for it, so I also know what is was all about.’ ‘I must admit I was curious and if what I experienced is really what she goes through, then I have to say I have changed my attitude. ‘It was really incredibly painful and I only had it for a few minutes. ‘If it went on for hours I don’t know if I’d be able to bear it,’ he told the news agency. It is not the first time the system has been used. On Mother’s Day, male volunteers in Nanchang City, in south China’s Jiangxi province, were hooked up to complex machines that provided them with a painful taste of what women go through in labour. Some 20 men went on a local TV show to submit to the pains that women endure. The challenge consisted of ten levels of pain with an agony scale from 50 to 500. Electric shocks were sent into the abdomen of the male volunteers - including British singer Iain Inglis, 31, who lives and works in China - who gave up when the pain-o-meter hit 100. ‘It was too much for me,’ he said. ‘The pain was terrible!’ Another man, Lee Hao, said: ‘This was incredible. I couldn’t stand much of it all. I understand now why my wife screamed for drugs when she was giving birth.’ Zhou Nan successfully stuck to the end and hit the 500 mark. ‘I am the father of triplets and wanted to understand the great pain my wife experienced when she was giving birth,’ he said. ‘It was horrible. I have nothing but deep admiration for all mothers after this ordeal.’ The simulated pain in the show lasted for a maximum of 30 seconds but women often have to endure it for hours or even days. ‘This can help people realise how great mothers are,’ said the event organiser. Source www.dailymail.co.uk
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Should you stop using antiperspirant?
Giving up may help cleanse toxins from your body, perk up your love life AND make you smell nicer! Sweat. Even the word sounds unpleasant. We have around 2.6 million sweat glands in our body and for the vast majority of us, our major concern is in preventing significant numbers of these glands from functioning normally, lest we stain our clothes or offend people around us. We consider sweat deeply embarrassing and spend a massive £550 million a year tackling it with antiperspirants and deodorants. But medical studies are now revealing unexpected ways in which honest sweat is crucial for our health. Without it, for example, our bodies would become corrupted with toxic metals. Our skin would also be unable to heal wounds in a manner unique to humans. It’s long been known that sweating is vital for regulating body temperature - and that the consequences of that system failing can be fatal. As George Havenith, a professor of environmental physiology and ergonomics at Loughborough University, explains: ‘The only way the body has of cooling is by sweating and losing the heat energy by evaporating it off. ‘If you don’t sweat, you can overheat within half an hour when exercising. ‘If your body temperature goes above 40c, you suffer heat exhaustion or even heatstroke, which can be fatal.’ Indeed there is a condition called anhidrosis which puts sufferers at a high risk of suffering attacks of heatstroke - which can cause lethal damage to the brain and internal organs - because their bodies cannot use sweat to evaporate heat from their skin.
This is a rare condition, fortunately, linked to damage to the sweat glands caused by injury or (also rare) auto-immune conditions. But it highlights the importance of sweat to our health. The potential dangers of trying to reduce sweating were shown in a recent review of evidence by Canadian investigators. Everyone has some level of toxic metals accumulating in their bodies, thanks to the fact that arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury are common in our environment and also in food. We consume them in shellfish, grains, and brassicas such as broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower, which absorb them from their surroundings, and particularly from tobacco, which ‘avidly accumulates cadmium and lead from soil’, according to the review published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health. All four metals are considered carcinogenic, as well as being harmful to our nervous systems, our hearts, brains and kidneys. TRY A SAUNA TO SWEAT OUT POISONS But we can literally sweat them out - if we exercise vigorously or get hot, the review shows that we can excrete arsenic, cadmium and mercury ‘in appreciable quantities’. This effect can be boosted by taking sweat baths and
saunas, the researchers said. More clinical trials are needed into this area, but the Canadian review suggests sweating may be crucial for cleaning the body of these toxins. The report concludes: ‘The available evidence suggests physicians could consider recommending sweating via exercise or saunas as a low-risk, potentially beneficial treatment for individuals who may be experiencing effects of toxic elements (such as nerve damage and memory impairment).’ Using antiperspirants may undermine this natural process. Most products work by dissolving in sweat and creating a thin coating of gel to cover over the sweat glands. So by liberally spraying antiperspirants over our skin we may be inhibiting our bodies’ ability to eject pollutants such as heavy metals. Trying to stop our perspiration may also have another unintended effect. U.S. researchers believe perspiration could offer a revolutionary way of h e l p i n g wounds to heal. We can literally sweat out poisons if we exercise vigorously or get hot - like in a sauna Our skin is rich with millions of ‘eccrine’ sweat glands all over the body that help your body cool down.
These glands are unique to humans and they also seem to be ‘one of the body’s most powerful secret weapons in healing,’ according to a study from the University of Michigan. When sweating can mean you’re ill Generalised sweating - sweating all over - may be a warning sign of an underlying condition, possibly: Diabetes: A condition linked to problems with insulin, the hormone that mops up sugar in the bloodstream; diabetes can disrupt the sympathetic nervous system, which sends messages to sweat glands. Diabetes is also associated with obesity, which itself can cause excessive sweating. Rheumatoid arthritis: This autoimmune disorder which affects the joints, causing inflammation, can also trigger sweating in some patients. Inflammatory chemicals act on the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls temperature. Heart problems: Clogged arteries mean the heart has to work harder to pump blood - the body sweats more to keep cool during the extra exertion. Overactive thyroid (or hyperthyroidism): This occurs when the thyroid gland, in the neck, produces too much thyroid hormone. Excess levels can speed up the metabolism, which can trigger excess sweating, as well as unexplained weight loss, anxiety and hyperactivity. CANCER: Excess sweating can be linked to cancers, such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, leukaemia, bone cancer and liver cancer, and any type of advanced cancer. It may be due to the body fighting the cancer, says Cancer Research UK. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. Last time we looked at the desktop as a metaphor for your workspace and how it has evolved. Today, as a result of a question asked at my clinic, we will look at ‘Sleep’, ‘Hibernate’ and ‘Power Off’ options. Where would you find these options anyway? When you have done ‘for now’ most of use will simply leave the computer running until we are ready to ‘get at it’ again. For most of the time that is the right option to use. But, we live in Spain where the power isn’t always stable or clean, leaving the computer running might mean loosing everything that you have done if the power suddenly stops! For the rest of us, the other option is to turn off the computer, turning it back on when we need to. So, what is ‘Sleep’, ‘Hibernate’ and ‘Power Off’? Well, the first two are methods of putting the computer into a ‘Low Power’ mode that will let you come back to exactly where you were working, when you put it into that mode. I know, I does sound like some ‘techno-ese’ but, I promise, that when we have finished, you will have a much better understanding of which one to use. OK then, What does ‘Sleep’ have to offer that ‘Power Off’ or ‘Hibernate’ doesn’t. Sleep mode, whether it is Windows, Linux or Apple is very much the same thing. Putting your computer into ‘Sleep Mode’, puts it into a very low power mode. Everything that you are working on is kept in memory, just as if you were working on it, but turns everything else off. The biggest users of power are the screen (laptops) and hard drives (every computer). As both of these are turned off, the power needed to maintain the work is now minimal! What other benefits does the ‘Sleep’ mode have? It will allow your computer, literally at the touch of a button (keyboard key), come back to life within seconds where you can, at this point, return to
whatever you were doing. This is the part of the TV advert which shows ‘the fastest ever ‘Startup’ (a sales lie!). This mode is great with a laptop because of the inbuilt battery but not so good with the desktop unless you have an UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply). Second option is ‘Hibernate’! This mode has advantages and disadvantages over ‘Sleep’. When shutting down in ‘Hibernate’ mode the computer makes a copy of everything that is stored in the memory (Random Access Memory), to the hard disk in a file and then turns the computer off. This also means that you don’t have to save that spreadsheet or document, as everything is being save, exactly as it is. So what are the advantages? As your computer is off, any power loss or spikes will not affect anything that you have done, and more importantly, you are not using expensive Spanish electric and you are able to resume working exactly where you left off! Now, for the disadvantages! It takes nearly as long to restart as simply starting from cold! As you can see the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and for a Desktop / Tower where you are writing a 50,000 word book or thesis, then this option has far more going for it than the ‘instant on’ facility of ‘Sleep’. I appreciate that most people out here prefer the Laptop, because of its compact simplicity, but have to include us ‘Box’ users too. Do I have a suggestion as to which on to use? I would love to be the ‘All Knowing’ Oracle, but I’m not able to make choices for anyone other than myself! Ask yourself these questions. Do I really need to get back to my task immediately? Can what I’m doing be lost if it doesn’t come back on? If you answer ‘Yes’ to these questions then ‘Sleep’ mode may well be the best thing for you. I use it when I on a call-out to monitor distance and time to make sure I don’t over charge and it works!
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Let’s Be Careful Out There The Junta de Andalucía demolished two more homes in Cantoria last week. The poor owners after going through years of torment got the final kick in the teeth when their homes bought in good faith were torn down. Compensation could supposedly be claimed from the ex-Mayor who is now languishing in prison and the developer but conveniently they both declared themselves bankrupt when ordered to cough up. Working in the property industry for the last eight years I find it impossible to believe that ‘if’ any estate agents were involved in these sales that they didn’t know something was amiss. Lawyers also; if as impartial as their clients believed and paid them to be; could and should have stopped many of these contracts from ever being signed. The saying ‘buyer beware’ and even worse ‘leaving brains on the plane’ must ring hollow to any owner going through the heartache and worry that their lives and savings tied up in
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Calls to benefit fraud hotline double, thanks to honest Brits
Calls to the benefit fraud hotline in Spain have doubled since the British Government launched a major advertising campaign during the last week of October to encourage the public to call the hotline if they suspect benefit fraud, and to urge claimants to report changes in their circumstances. The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) benefit fraud hotline in Spain – 900 55 44 40 – has seen a surge in vital tip-offs that fraud investigators are now pursuing to verify if people are claiming benefits illegally. Awareness of the campaign and associated media coverage among expatriates in Spain, and their willingness to call the hotline, is helping investigators to reduce the waste of honest taxpayers’ money on fraudsters. Work and Pensions Minister Mark Harper said: “Hard working taxpayers have had enough of fraudsters taking money which is meant for genuine claimants, which is why we’re seeing so many people taking action by calling the hotline. We know it’s a small minority who commit benefit fraud but I would urge anyone who has suspicions to call the free and confidential number or report them anonymously online.” Worldwide, someone is reported to benefit fraud hotlines every minute of every working day on average, and in the last year alone nearly 60,000 fraud investigations have been launched. The Government has recovered nearly one billion pounds of wrongly paid benefits in the last year, and has introduced a raft of measures to crack down on people who cheat the system - both abroad and in the UK – including: • Tough new rules so that 40% of individuals’ benefits can be taken to repay stolen cash - on top of any fine or custodial sentence handed out by the courts; • Increased penalties from £2,000 to £5,000, without taking a fraudster to court; • A new £50 civil penalty for claimants who negligently give incorrect information on their claims or fail to report a change in circumstances which results in overpayments. If you suspect a benefit cheat, call the confidential hotline on 900 55 44 40 - open from 8am to 4pm every weekday in Spain - or report them online at www.dwp.gov.uk/benefit-thieves-spain. Source: Teresa.Larraz@fco.gov.uk
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Spanish bricks are going to be reduced to dust. Carlos Lesmes, Chief Magistrate of Spain’s Supreme Court recently said that the court service is only fit for chicken thieves’ not major fraud cases. When the boss admits it’s bad then it’s bad! The Junta de Andalucía has the right to demolish homes before any compensation is paid to owners. In fact the Junta will only compensate if the building licence was declared void. Conveniently for them, these latest licences were counterfeit so couldn’t be rescinded as they weren’t issued in the first place. How Spain is only listed as No. 7 in the list of corrupt countries is beyond me; surely even Spanish building inspectors could see land being cleared, roads built, supply pipes and pylons put in, foundations laid, actual houses, garages and pools built and huge bill boards advertising where these illegal properties are available for sale. Why only years down the line are the Junta
supposedly getting their house (an unfortunate phrase) in order? With 300,000 illegal properties in Andalucía how can the powers that be say they never noticed a thing until years later? In the Balearics, the regional authorities proposed a sensible amnesty for building works done without a licence from eight or more years ago. This put smiles on 30,000 home owners’ faces until it was noticed that back in July when the law was rubber stamped in the voting chamber; the portrait of King Juan Carlos hanging on the wall should have been replaced by a portrait of recently crowned Felipe VI. The fact that the Balearics had not yet been sent a picture of the new king wearing his snazzy new crown to stick on the wall; nor even been told that they had to do this means nothing under Spanish law and all laws passed could be declared void for the days they committed this heinous crime against the Spanish
Crown. Newspapers and websites across the world spread news of all the buck passing and demolitions, of imprisoned Mayors and ordinary folk having been swindled out of their savings with their dreams shattered. Andalucía has done very well thank you very much from all the people that have invested money here in their quest for a sunny retirement. Johnny foreigner pays taxes in one way or another, uses goods and services creating employment and wealth; yet all run the risk of being kicked in the wallet. Lastly owners hoping to do holiday lets next year should seek advice as a new law soon comes into force requiring properties to be registered with local councils. Owners need to have a first occupation licence. From Hill Street Blues; Sergeant Esterhaus’s phrase ‘Let’s be careful out there’ springs to mind!
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Spanish Property Market To Home Rental Help Economy Grow In 2015 Prices Rose by 0.3% in October
After years dragging down the Spanish economy, the property sector will finally start expanding and contributing to growth in 2015, argues a new report titled ‘The Case for Spain III: Plus Ultra’ by Arcano, a financial advisory and
asset management company. The report claims that in 2015, both the residential construction sector, and Spanish property prices, will come back to life. This will mainly be due to (1) an improvement in credit conditions with increasing mortgage approvals, (2) ACACIA VILLAS a higher share of foreign investment, and (3) a PROPERTY SALES recovery of demand in info@acaciavillas.net Spain. As a result the 610 323 541 - www.acaciavillas.net sector will lead GDP growth in key regions on Immaculate villa, hardly used and comes with the back of the inevitable a 5m extended lounge. reactivation of new-home furnished, nearly new construction. furniture and white goods. Credit conditions have Build size 106 mtrs, Plot size 480 mtrs. Room for already started improving, a swimming pool, 5 mins according to Arcano, with walking distance to village, the injection of money into which has banks, bars, Spanish bonds, whose 10restaurants, butchers, Sunday market, and year yields reached their Ref: T&K 115,000€ this is a give away price English Fish & Chip shop!! lowest in 200 years last autumn. The fall in yields Lovely Villa, with 8x4 mtr pool, being sold furnished, went hand-in-hand with build size 100 mtrs, a rise in value caused Plot size 470 mtrs, by the arrival of liquidity Price 120,000€, that “has gradually excellent value, this villa permeated other sectors is within 5 mins walking of the economy, and will distance to the village, banks, shops, bars, accelerate in 2015,” the restaurants, butchers, company claims.
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According to a recent report carried out by property portal, fotocasa.es, the average price of rental housing in Spain increased by 0.3% in October, compared to the previous month, bringing the price per square metre per month to 6.77 euros. In year-onyear terms, rental prices dropped by 2.8% in October, compared with the same month in 2013. This monthly rental increase is the fourth registered in Spain this year, although the most moderate, following rises of 0.5% in February, 0.4% in April, and 1.3% in June. In May 2007, the price per square metre of rental housing reached its record level of 10.12 euros, and since then prices have accumulated a decline of 33.1%. Specifically, seven regions have registered declines in excess of 30% since the maximum prices reached seven years ago. The region which has registered the greatest reduction in rental housing prices is Aragón, with an accumulated decline of -42.6%, followed by the regions of Valencia (-37.3%), Cantabria (-36.5%),
Castilla-La Mancha (-35%), Murcia (33.5%), La Rioja (-32.4%) and Asturias (-30.4%). In the ranking of rental prices, the region in which it is most expensive to rent a home is the Basque Country, where the price per square metre per month stands at 9.83 euros. The second most expensive region is Madrid, with 9.20 euros per square meter, followed by Catalonia, with 8.78 euros per square metre. In contrast, the region of Extremadura has the cheapest home rentals, per square metre, with the price standing at 4.5 euros, followed by Castilla-La Mancha, at 4.71 euros per square metre. The report noted that, with regard to the Spanish provinces, rental prices registered increases in 17 of them in October, compared with September, while 28 provinces registered declines, month-on-month, and in the remaining 5 provinces, the prices remained stable. Source: http://news.kyero.com/
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Weight loss surgery reduces diabetes risk
Weight loss surgery can dramatically reduce the odds of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a major study. Doctors followed nearly 5,000 people as part of a trial to assess the health impact of the procedure. The results, published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal, showed an 80% reduction in type 2 diabetes in those having surgery. The UK NHS is considering offering the procedure to tens of thousands of people to prevent diabetes. Obesity and type 2 diabetes are closely tied - the bigger someone is, the greater the risk of the condition. The inability to control blood sugar levels can result in blindness, amputations and nerve damage. Around a tenth of NHS budgets are spent on managing the condition. The study followed 2,167 obese adults who had weight loss - known as bariatric - surgery. They were compared to 2,167 fellow obese people who continued as they were. There were 38 cases of diabetes after surgery compared with 177 in people left as they were - a reduction of nearly 80%. Around 3% of morbidly obese people develop type 2 each year, however, surgery reduced the figure to around 0.5%, which is the background figure for the whole population. Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, is used as a last resort to treat people who are dangerously obese and carrying an excessive amount of body fat. This type of surgery is available on the NHS only to treat people with potentially life-threatening obesity when other treatments have not worked. Around 8,000 people a year currently receive the treatment. The two most common types of weight loss surgery are: Gastric band, where a band is used to reduce the size of the stomach so a smaller amount of food is required to make someone feel full Gastric bypass, where the digestive system is re-routed past most of the stomach so less food is digested to make someone feel full The National Institute of Health and
Care Excellence is considering a huge expansion of obesity surgery in the NHS in order to cut rates of type 2 diabetes. Current guidance says surgery is a possible option for people with a BMI above 35 who have other health conditions. But new draft guidelines argue much thinner people should be considered on a case by case basis and those with a BMI of 35 should automatically considered for surgery. Diabetes UK says around 460,000 people will meet the criteria for an automatic assessment under the guidance. But the total jumps nearer to 850,000 when those with a BMI of 30 are also considered, it says. NICE anticipates figures in the tens of thousands. However, the surgery can cost between £3,000 and £15,000 and the move by NICE has raised concerns that the NHS will not be able to afford the treatment, even if there are savings in the longer term. Prof Martin Gullford, from King’s College London, told the BBC News website: “The key thing would be not only how effective is weight loss surgery but how safe is it in the long-term? “And we need to know about the cost effectiveness of weight loss surgery and how that balances against the costs of diabetes, it does raise some complex issues.” Simon O’Neill, the director of health intelligence at Diabetes UK, said: “This is interesting research that reinforces what we already know about weight loss being important for both preventing and managing type 2 diabetes. “But it must be remembered that surgery carries risks and so bariatric surgery should only be considered if serious attempts to lose weight have been unsuccessful. “Looking at the bigger picture, as a society we also need to focus more on stopping people becoming overweight, we need to look seriously at how we can make sure people are getting support to lose weight through access to the right services to encourage them to make healthy choices.” Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The ADAPT association of San Pedro will be performing our fourth pantomime ALADDIN over the weekend 28th, 29th and 30th November. We are almost sold out for Saturday and Sunday, so if you wish to guarantee tickets for this hilarious event, Friday night is the one to go for. For more information and last minute bookings, please contact Adrian on 619 488 903.
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News Tips for Choosing a Winter Sun Destination in 2014
Escaping the UK’s miserable weather is expected to drive hordes of Brits abroad for a week or two this winter but anyone who takes the next step and decides to purchase a winter sun bolt-hole should choose their destination carefully. “With this year’s unusually persistent rain, how many of us wish we had a place somewhere warm and dry to shoot out to for a few days or a week before – or over - Christmas?” said Angelos Koutsoudes, Head of the OverseasGuidesCompany.com, who publish guides to buying property in and moving to 15 different countries. “But buyers looking for somewhere that offers respite from the UK’s winter climate should be certain their chosen resort or area offers everything that they want. For example, that southern Spain can get very cold in the winter if you’re off the coast often takes people by surprise, as does
how cold the northern Costa Brava near the Pyrenees gets. “Proven winter destinations include the Caribbean, Florida, the Canaries and Egypt, but other mainland European destinations, including the Algarve and Costa del Sol, can offer pleasant conditions during the winter months, but when choosing one here are some key things to consider: Speak to other expats and visit to check a resort’s true winter temperature. A small distance can make a large difference in temperature – in Cyprus for example, it can be T-shirt weather on the beach, but chilly a few miles inland in the hills. Outside of mid and high seasons, many resorts shut down or tourist businesses close. Those looking for somewhere that APAH Animal Rescue Charity began offers a bit of year-round action should their Charity Dog Show on Sunday 9th check how seasonal a resort is. November by taking the unusual step www.smartcurrencyexchange.com of thanking the mayor of Pilar de la
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Para Ti Mujer (Well Women)
On Saturday November 22nd the place to be was Breakaways Bar and Bistro in Tiro De Pichon where a charity concert was held in aid of Well Women. Local aritistes who gave their time freely were Drew Clark, Paul Michael, Alison Jayne, Chloe Leigh,Nicki G and Samantha Curtis and Sarah Simpson who acted as compere for the show. In spite of the weather being a little unkind there was a good turn out and the crowd soon warmed up to the excellent acts. A suprise addition to the show was eight year old Lahana Mcvetis who got up and sang her excellent version of “ I’m all about that bass” Nicki G went round with a bucket during Lahana’s song and raised an extra 50 euros.
As the evening progressed everyone moved indoors to hear The Faith play an excellent set. To round off an excellent day which will have raised a lot of much needed funding for this charity. Para Ti Mujer are a registered charity who help not only single mums but anyone in the community who needs help and support . You can find out more by contacting on www.womensadvisors. eu or on Facebook womanadvisors.eu Picture 1 is Samantha Curtis and 2nd is of Sarah Simpson Pic 3 is Lahana Mcvetis
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It´s that time of year again. This year Rascals will be inviting you to Join the Circus for the first half of their Christmas show. Numbers from Barnham will feature alongside comedy items and dances in this colourful show. A free seasonal drink and nibles will be provided during the interval after which you can sit back and enjoy the second half where you can hear the Nuns chorus, ballerinas doing Swine Lake (not quite up to Moscow ballet standard) a lively dance to Upside Down and young Poppy Moon catching Mummy kissing Santa Claus. Rascals like their audiences to join in so come along and sing your hearts out to Christmas songs and Carols that follow. Performances will be at:The School of Culture & Music, Los Montesinos on Thursday 4th December and later at The Virgen del Carmen,
Torrevieja on Sunday 14th December. Both performances start at 7pm To reserve tickets call Sue on 96 678 4874. They only cost 5 Euros and all the ticket sales Go to local charities. Tickets for the Los Montesinos show can be obtained from Benimar Card Shop, Post Room Benijofar ,Kennedys Los Montesinos,Bargain Books San Miguel, Quick Save Los Dolces Centre. Hoops Bar, Guardamar, Shamrock Bar, Guardamar, La Campana, Eden Urb. Guardamar,Chalmers, Rojales. For Torrevieja at the box office outside the Municipal Theater or book online with Servicam. Don´t miss out the chance to have an enjoyable evening which will leave you with that feel good factor . To find out more about Rascals look on www. therascals.org
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Wednesday’s motion in the parliament — supported by all political parties — those amendments could arrive even sooner. The motion — which taxi company Elite lobbied hard for according to Spain’s El Mundo newspaper — is the latest incident in the battle between Catalonia and the app company with taxi companies saying the service is a source of unfair competition. In June, the region announced plans to fine drivers who use the taxi app as much as €6,000 ($8,000). The Catalan parliament’s motion also comes at a difficult moment for Uber.
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Emil Michael, the company’s senior vice president of business, made comments on Monday at a swanky Manhattan dinner event that suggested that the company might consider hiring a team of professionals to dig up dirt on journalists who write negative stories on the company. He later apologized for the comments, which he said were made at an off-the-record event. “The remarks attributed to me at a private dinner — borne out of frustration during an informal debate over what I feel is sensationalistic media coverage of the company I am proud to work for — do not reflect my actual views and have no relation to the company’s views or approach. They were wrong no matter the circumstance and I regret them,” he said in a statement. Uber’s entry into the Danish market on Wednesday was also beset with problems: within hours of kicking off the service in Copenhagen, it had been the target of police complaint filed by the Danish Transit Authority. Uber was launched in 2009 and is currently operating in 47 countries. In Madrid, where the service is also available, authorities have imposed fines from €4,000 to €6,000 which could rise to €18,000 plus seizure of the vehicle in the case of repeat offences. Source: http://www.thelocal.es/
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A Tale of Two Villages by Christine Smith “Trees and foliage were being swept along, down in the raging torrent, and then suddenly, we saw a car being swept down the road, over where a wall had been demolished, and come to rest on its side, in the mud.” For all you expats and lovers of Spain I pose an interesting question: Is Spain a haven of “sun, sea and sangria” or is it overrun by “concrete, fish and chips and all day breakfasts?” To continue this line of thought, do you find the esplanades full of cheap shops selling tourist junk and blaring music “disgorging lager louts” from your local bars? I’m not just referring to Benidorm. And finally, are Spanish destinations a “carbon copy of UK seafronts, but with more guaranteed sunshine?” Christine Smith chose to live in the real Spain, uninhabited by tourists and like many of us, spent some time exploring possibilities and travelling around Spain. The result is an interesting diary/ travelogue containing some of the details she wanted to relay to you the reader. She was attracted to Spain because of the people and lifestyle. Her quest to find the perfect home focused on exploring traditional Spain somewhere “completely unspoilt, undeveloped, a non-tourist region that would give her the taste of Spain as it was before we invaded by the plane load.” Yes, you
will have realised that she is critical of the expats who attempt to make their dream become a version of Little Britain, a carbon copy of home but surely she has every right to voice her opinion? Viva la difference! The coastline attracted the tourists, the author though was “hungrier to explore” those places beyond the beaten track, places such as La Rioja, or Aragon even Don Quixote country, Castilla La Mancha perhaps? Interestingly enough, “A Place in the Sun” was showcasing the pretty village and beautiful scenery of Extremadura and environs. “I watched entranced.”Just like that. There were visions of a fertile area lying between the Gredos mountains, two provinces: Caceres which borders onto the west of Portugal and Badajoz, bordering onto Andalucia in the south. A priority was to be able to integrate with the local Spanish and their way of life without becoming too isolated. Extremadura is seen as the “poor man of Spain” like Almeria. It is isolated but not exploited by tourists so it seemed ideal-in theory anywhere! Success. Santiago Del Campo was the place where Christine found what she was looking for. Her daughter showed some interest in joining her as well as her son, Ben who rented a chalet
on the hills above Careres. The area represented peace/tranquility and beauty, with splashes of spring around the countryside which proved to be an absolute joy. Fields of blue hues. Small streams trickling through the rocks. What more could you ask for? My favourite, the swifts “swooping down skimming across the water.” Bats down by the river. Fantastic sunsets. This is Spain at its best, the Spain that we love. “Great streaks of red stretching across the sky as if it was on fire” as well as “hundreds of tiny insects dancing just above the water creating an illusion of rain falling.” La Vera nearby, is famous for pimento, smoked paprika. Also the Monfrague National Park is well worth a visit, home to many beautiful raptors: eagles and buzzards. As a contrast to the unspoiled, natural beauty, the inevitable concrete jungles have sprung up of Torremolinos and Fuengirola with the indolent glamour of Marbella and Puerto Banus providing a bit of a let-down apart from the interesting line up of Ferraris on show. Ben wanted to find somewhere a little more populated and was drawn to Almeria because it was undeveloped and the rent was cheap. Whilst renovation
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was underway in Santiago Del Campo, Christine accompanied her son, exploring the region. Christine writes about the flash floods in Almeria late 2012. I was working down there at the time and remember them vividly. The Almanzora valley usually flooded every 40 years so it shouldn’t have been such a shock in 2012 but it was. “Few escaped the intrusive flood water, bringing its dirty sludge into their homes.” Olive groves were absolutely shattered and eight people were killed during those floods, three in the Almeria region. Useful tips on places to eat and drink, fiestas and flamencos to enjoy, it shows Spain at its most seductive. Readable and frank. Available on Kindle from Amazon.
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ingredients
Melted butter, to grease 125g butter, at room temperature 100g (1/2 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar 125ml (1/2 cup) golden syrup 1 egg, separated 375g (2 1/2 cups) plain flour 1 tablespoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda Plain flour, to dust 150g (1 cup) pure icing sugar, sifted 8-10 drops red liquid food colouring 8-10 drops green liquid food colouring Smarties, to decorate
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C. Brush 2 baking trays with melted butter to lightly grease. Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add the golden syrup and egg yolk and beat until combined. Stir in the flour, ginger, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth.
Press dough into a disc. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest. Meanwhile, place egg white in a clean, dry bowl. Beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add icing sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Divide icing among 3 bowls. Cover 1 bowl with plastic wrap and place in the fridge. Add red colouring to 1 bowl and stir until combined. Add green colouring to remaining bowl and stir until combined. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge. Place the dough between 2 sheets of baking paper and roll out until about 4mm thick. Use a 9cm gingerbread man cutter to cut out shapes. Place on trays about 3cm apart. Repeat with any excess dough. Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until brown. Remove from oven. Transfer to a rack to cool. Place prepared icings in small plastic bags. Cut a small hole in a corner of each bag. Pipe icing over gingerbread men to decorate. Finish with Smarties. Source: http://www.taste.com.au/
Christmas Cake
ingredients
2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 5 eggs 3/4 cup white sugar 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate 2 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons coffee-flavored liqueur 2 tablespoons white sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking soda Confectioners’ sugar for dusting FILLING & FROSTING INGREDIENTS 4 (1 ounce) squares semisweet baking chocolate 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened 3 cups confectioners’ sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon coffee flavored liqueur
Method
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly spray a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan and line with parchment paper. Sift flour with baking powder and salt and set 2 1/2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon 1 tablespoons of ground mixed spice 1 teaspoon of ground ginger 200g of plain flour 350g of butter 350g of soft light brown sugar 6 eggs
Method
ingredients
225g of currants 225 of golden sultanas 225g of raisins 175 of glacé cherries, halved 175g of candied peel, mixed and finely chopped 50g of candied pineapple, cut into
small pieces 50g of stem ginger, chopped 100g of dried apricots, chopped 100g of blanched almonds, chopped 150ml of dark rum 5 tablespoons of cherry brandy 5 tablespoons of brandy 5 tablespoons of sherry The zest of 1 large lemon 1 tablespoon of black treacle
Combine all dried fruits into a large mixing bowl. Add brandy, rum and sherry. Mix well and leave to stand for at least 24 hours covered in a cloth. Stir the mixture every few hours. Mix together the zest, almonds, flour and all spices in a large bowl. In a separate, smaller bowl, cream the butter, sugar and treacle until its light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time – making sure you add a little flour with each to stop them curdling. Gently fold in the dried ingredients and mix well. Tip the creamy mixture into the fruit. You can mix this with a spoon, or get stuck in and do it with your hands. We find this is a better way to get everything evenly coated and ready to bake. Preheat your oven to 150°C (Gas mark 2) and prepare a 9-10 inch cake tin. Ensure that you double line the sides
aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs on high for several minutes until they are pale and fluffy. Gradually add in the sugar, beating 1 to 2 minutes more or until very thick. Gently, but thoroughly, fold in the flour mixture. Melt the chocolate in a small saucepan over low heat. In a small bowl, combine the 2 tablespoons of water with the 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur and the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and the baking soda, then gradually stir into the melted chocolate until smooth. Quickly, but thoroughly, fold chocolate mixture into batter. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Lightly sift an even layer of confectioners sugar over a cloth napkin or tea towel (do not use Terry-cloth). Flip the cake out of its pan onto the prepared cloth as soon as it comes from the oven. Carefully peel away parchment paper. Lightly dust top of cake with confectioners sugar, then trim away crisp edges. Starting with one of the short sides of the cake, immediately roll the cake up in the cloth, jellyroll style, and cool thoroughly on a rack. For the Filling and Frosting: In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the chocolate. Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm. In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese with the confectioners sugar until smooth, then blend in the vanilla extract and coffee liqueur. Blend in the melted chocolate. Unroll the cake and spread about 1/3 of the filling evenly over the surface. Roll the cake back up. Arrange cake roll on serving tray, then frost generously, swiping with an icing spatula to form the long ‘bark line’ design. Swipe ends of cake in a circular motion to simulate the tree-rings of a cut log. Decorate log as desired with holly leaves and berries. Source: http://www.indyweek.com/ and bottom of the tin separately. Pour the mixture into the lined tin. Because this cake doesn’t rise much, make sure you even the top and make a slight indent in the centre with your spoon. Top tip: if you can, place a circle of baking parchment over the top of the cake. This stops the top browning and drying out as it cooks. Bake for 3 hours and 45 minutes. When cooked, remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin on a rack overnight. Remove from the tin and take off the side parchment. Pierce the top of the cake all over with a skewer. Pour over 5 tablespoons of brandy or dark rum. Wrap in a double layer of parchment, followed by 2 layers of foil. Leave to age in a cool, dark place, in an airtight container. Feed the cake with 4 tablespoons of brandy or rum every month until ready to cover. Two weeks before serving, cover the cake in a coat of marzipan. A few days before, cover in royal icing and decorate. So why not try out this new, luxury Christmas cake recipe this year? It’s the perfect time to start baking, and we’d love to see your inventive decorations! Source: http://spoilyourself.info/
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Mince Pies Serves: 12
ingredients
350g (12 oz) high-quality mincemeat 225g (8 oz) plain flour 2 tablespoons caster sugar 125g (4½ oz) unsalted butter, diced 1 large egg, beaten milk, to glaze
Method
rep:1hr › Cook:20min › Ready in:1hr20min Lightly butter a 12-case patty tin. Tip the mincemeat into a bowl and stir so that the liquid is evenly distributed. Place the flour, sugar and butter in a food processor and process briefly until resembling breadcrumbs, then slowly add the egg through the feeder tube (or rub the butter into the dry ingredients by hand and stir in the
egg). Bring the mixture together with your hands, wrap in cling film and chill for an hour. Thinly roll out the pastry onto a floured surface. Cut out 12 circles with a fluted pastry cutter, large enough to fill the cases in the patty tin. Press gently into each case, then fill evenly with the mincemeat. Cut out another 12 slightly smaller circles and use to cover the mincemeat. Press the edges together with the end of a fork to seal. Make a small slit in the top of each, then brush lightly with milk. Chill for about 30 minutes. While chilling, preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas Mark 6. Bake the pies for 20 minutes until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack and serve warm. Enjoy! Source: http://allrecipes.co.uk/
Christmas Tree Meringues
Preparation
Line bake sheet with parchment and heat oven to 200 degrees F.
Ingredients:
Meringue Cookie: • 4 eggs whites • 1 cup sugar • Pinch of tartar • 1/8 tespoon of mint extract • 2-4 drops of green food coloring Chocolate Stars: • 2 oz. melted chocolate
Instructions:
Meringue Cookie: 1. Place sugar, egg whites and tartar in a
6oz Glebe Farm Gluten Free White Bread Mix / Plain Flour 9oz Currants 9oz Sultanas 1¼lb Raisines 300g (10oz) Glazed Cherries (Quartered) 6oz Mixed Chopped Candied Peep 2oz Chopped Blanched Almonds (Optional) 6oz Shredded Suet 1 Lemon - Rind and Juice 4oz Breadcrumbs 6oz Soft Brown Sugar 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon ½ Pint Brown Ale 3 Large Eggs ½ tsp Salt
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Wash fruit and leave to dry overnight. Mix the fruit and all other dry ingredients into a bowl with the rind and juice of the lemon. Beat the eggs in a different bowl and then add to the mixture. Next mix in the ale. Grease the basins and fill with the mixture. Cover with grease proof paper and wrap a tea towel over the top of the
bowl over (not directly on) simmering water. Constantly whisk the egg whites until the sugar has dissolved. 2. Pour the egg mixture into a clean bowl and add mint extract. Using a whisk attachment on a stand mixer or a hand held mixture, slowly beat egg mixture on medium low. Once mixture is no longer opaque, add in green food coloring. Increase speed and continue to beat mixture until stiff peaks have almost formed. Mixture is ready when whisk attachment dipped into mixture leaves a curled but stiff peak when removed. 3. Transfer mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a close or open star tip and pipe ½ inch to ¾ inch wide cookies, making sure to set them one inch apart from one another. Bake at 200 degrees F for 2 hours, then turn off oven and leave the door slightly ajar for meringues to cool down with the oven. Store meringue cookies in an airtight container away from any heat or moisture. Alternatively, store them in the freezer where they can be enjoyed straight from the freezer without any defrosting. Chocolate Stars: 1. Line bake sheet with parchment paper. Place melted chocolate in a pastry bag fitted with a number two round tip or place melted chocolate in a plastic bag and cut a small hole in a corner and pipe chocolate into star shape. Chill piped chocolate stars in the refrigerator until ready to use. (If you are nervous about free-handing the stars, place a sheet with a star pattern underneath the parchment paper and pipe chocolate over the outline). Assembly: 1. To place the stars on the meringue cookies, squeeze a dallop of cooled melted chocolate on top and then place chocolate stars in it. Source: www.barkersroyale.com
rip and tie. Place the basins in a saucepan, add boiling water to two thirds up the edge of the basins. Boil for 8 hours in a saucepan with the lid on. Keep topping up with boiling water to two thirds up the basins. After 8 hours; remove from the saucepan, remove the tea towel and paper and leave to cool.
Source: www.glebe-flour.co.uk/
Holiday Tree Brownies
Ingredients:
1b ox Betty Crocker® Orginal Supreme brownie mix (with chocolate syrup pouch) Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on brownie mix box 2 or 3 drops green food color 1 cup Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting (from 1-lb container) Betty Crocker® Decorating Decors red and green candy sprinkles or miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits Miniature candy canes (2 inch), unwrapped
Method
eat oven to 350°F. Line 13x9-inch pan with foil so foil extends H about 2 inches over short sides of pan. Grease bottom only of foil with cooking spray or shortening. M ake and bake brownie mix as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan, using water, oil and eggs. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Remove brownie from pan by lifting foil; peel foil away. To cut brownie into triangles, cut lengthwise into 3 rows. Cut each row into 7 triangles, see diagram. Save smaller pieces for snacking. S tir food color into frosting. Spoon frosting into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut off tiny bottom corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe frosting over brownies. Sprinkle with decors. B reak off curved end of candy cane; insert straight piece into bottoms of triangles to make tree trunks. Source: flickr.com/bettycrockerrecipes
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Neglected donkey with severe hoof malformation saved by Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre is pushing for the prosecution of a man after his donkey was last week found malnourished and partially crippled by with a severely malformed hoof caused by years of neglect. The donkey escaped its enclosure last Thursday and ended up in the garden of a concerned young woman, who called Sue and Rod Weeding from the Rojales rescue centre. Almoradi police who attended the scene promptly allowed the donkey to be taken to the Rescue
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Monday The Palms, Punta Prima 46pm Beginner and Intermediate tuition and general dancing. Tuesday The Club, Quesada 8-10pm Beginner and Intermediate tuition and general dancing. New courses every 3 weeks, singles welcome. Come and join us with our Strictly gossip. Hope to see you there! Info 966188430, 635584431 or lynatdenelledance@hot mail.com
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Having moved the kitchen furniture in order to get at the light fixing and its defective fluorescent tube we thought we might as well leave everything, including a total of four tubes, in situ until the light was fixed. Therefore our kitchen had a storm-tossed look – the table had been shunted sideways with its accompanying chairs huddled around it at all angles as if a malignant force of nature had flung them out of the way in some great meteorological tantrum. The Big Steps still occupied centre stage, and Tall Andy occupied the steps. ‘Let’s take the whole thing down, so that we can get at it.’ He advised. Andy, being properly qualified and therefore
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not afraid of electricity, delved into the innards of the fitting and began to take it apart. ‘Did you buy it secondhad?’ He queried. ‘No. Why?’ ‘Have you had it repaired?’ Was his next question. ‘No. Why?’ ‘Because the fixings inside are all different from each other.’ ‘Oh.’ He straightened up to 6ft 5inches. ‘It would probably be cheaper to buy a whole new unit. I’ll go to another job and come back in half an hour.’ Time was of the essence and p r e v a r i c a t i o n unnecessary, so we shot smartly off to Suicide Corner, fully aware that this was where we bought this dodgy light in the first place. However, lightning never strikes twice, they say; it wouldn’t happen again. With the clock ticking we homed in on the fluorescent light section to find no 3 tube fittings; we settled for a 2 tube affair, paid an
‘Plane laser’ finds Roman gold mines in Spain
Airborne archaeologists using planemounted lasers have discovered a 2,000-year-old network of ancient gold mines in the Eria valley in northwestern Spain. The mining network is in León province, near the spectacular Las Médulas region, which is considered to be the largest opencast goldmine of the Roman Empire. It contains evidence that the Romans diverted rivers to supply the mines with water in the first century BC. The network of mines, had, however, remained hidden and overgrown for centuries. Researchers from the University of Salamanca made the discovery using a remote sensing technology known as LiDAR during an aerial survey. According to news site Science Daily, LiDAR works by illuminating targets with a laser beam to measure distance. University of Salamanca geologist
arm and half a leg for it, resolved next time we needed a light to go to the Chinese shop, and sped homewards with our pricey purchase. Our timing was perfect. We arrived as Andy returned. The light was transferred to his competent hands, he ascended the steps and installed it. Pete switched the switch. The light flickered into life – one bright white tube, and one dim and custard coloured tube! There was a pause as three minds swore in silent unison. Lightning had struck twice! Millions of years of evolution have given Mankind the ability to overcome most of the Universe’s problems, including faulty fluorescent tubes. Andy simply took the custard tube out and substituted it with one of the plethora of white tubes lying unused on the kitchen table. We now have a fully functioning kitchen light, and several spare tubes. If only we could remember which ones were the duff ones!
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He, she, or perhaps even it appeared one fine Winter morning. Wrapped in a long black frock-coat to keep the early chills at bay the apparition stalked the byways of Alqueria. People watched through half open shutters as the spectral figure sauntered to and fro. It appeared to be looking for something or worse, at least to the culpable minds of Alquerians, someone. Whether the figure had powers of arrest or censure it was impossible to tell. From its easy movement and upright stance however an age of thirty to forty would have been appropriate. For whom had it come? For whom had the bell tolled? The younger folk examined their consciences and the older their diaries. Manuela’s first thought was that of a jilted lover. She tried to remember the suitors she had wronged but they were so numerous it would have taken a bookkeeper of some renown to recall all the petty details such as names etc. If the figure is female then it is perhaps a wife bent on revenge or it could still be a jilted lover of course. Manuela decided on discretion and took a supply of food, three bottles of Cava and the Village’s senior firefighter into the sanctuary of her roof-space. Rodriquez was quite beside himself, his enemies were more numerous than a politician’s evasions and he feared for his very life. Suppose the stranger was armed or worse, suppose he wanted money? Rodriquez disguised himself with false elbows and joined a band of
itinerant donkey-thratchers. Antonio Poyato had never paid a cent in customs duty or any other form of tax on his international Remitroot sales. Was this an evidence gathering operation on the part of some fiscal bureau? Officials had always turned a blind eye in exchange for some of the precious Remitroot liquid. Suppose the blind eye had suddenly regained sight. Poyato made a mental calculation of the customs duty he could possibly owe. He packed a suitcase and headed for Morocco. Blythe Gruntmore thought it might be his Spanish teacher from Newcastle. The last time he had seen him he was a gibbering wreck crouched in a corner cowering in the fetal position after listening to some gem of pronunciation from Blythe. The teacher had sworn revenge over Gruntmore’s systematic destruction of the poetic Spanish language. Blythe could contain himself no more and confronted the intruder. The stranger was Loco Paco’s brother, Daft Diego. He intended to pay a surprise visit on Paco but had unfortunately lost his address. He had resigned himself to a life of aimlessly wandering the streets of Alqueria.
News Dignitaries to Attend MACS shop opening in Huercal Overa Javier Fernández Lozano is co-author of a paper on the discovery, published in Journal of Archaeological Science. “Unlike traditional aerial photography, this airborne laser detection system allows the visualization of archaeological remains under vegetation cover or intensely ploughed areas,” he said. LiDAR was developed by NASA in the late 1960s to track retreating Arctic ice and ocean composition. It can be used in planes or drones. Fernández Lozano noted in the paper that the Roman mining study in the Eria valley is the first piece of ‘geoarchaeology’ performed with LiDAR in Spain. “Our intention is to continue working with this technique to learn more about mineral mining in the Roman Empire and clear up any mysteries such as why Rome abandoned such a precious resource as gold from one day to the next,” he wrote. Source: http://www.thelocal.es/
The Mayor of Huercal Overa and the Honorary British Consul of Almería will participate in the opening of the new MACS shop in Huercal Overa. Huercal Overa is the first ayuntamiento to provide a free opening license and aministration for a MACS shop. Additional support is graciously provided by FACE Arboleas, Mojácar Masons and Voss Estates. MACS, the Mojácar Area Support Group, is an all volunteer organization designed to provide support for cancer patients and their loved ones. The shop will have a relaxation room to provide private Patient Survivor and
Care Giver meetings. In additional to emotional support, MACS also offers a free loan of hospital aids and other needed supplies such as wigs and bras. MACS can provide help with translators and transportation. Grief counseling is also available. The shop offers sales of clothing and goods and will be open from 10 until 2 Monday through Friday. The shop is located at 151A Calle Estación, Huercal Overa. The grand inauguration event will be held on Monday, December 15, 2014 at 12:30. Join us for a ¨cuppa¨ and help us celebrate.
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sport & motoring Callosa 1 v Daya Nueva 4
It was another flying start for Daya. This week it was a goal on 6 minutes when Marcos found Angel with a great through ball. He took the ball forward a few mts before hitting a fierce shot that the keeper had no chance of saving. The visitors were playing quick attractive football but Callosa were somehow coping with the pressure and did look dangerous themselves when they put an attack together. On 22 minutes Danni in the Daya goal did well to hang on to a high ball
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whilst under intense pressure. The home side were coming more into the game but the visitors defence held firm. It was 2 - 0 on 37 minutes when the pace of Marcos took him clear of the defence to slot home an easy chance. So 2 - 0 up at half time but nobody was counting their chickens just yet as Callosa have a habit of coming from behind to beat Daya. Just 3 minutes into the second half Hugo finished off a great Daya move when lashing the ball home to give the visitors a perfect start to the second half. Just 5 minutes later the home side hit back with a fine strike following a mix up in the Daya back four. This goal certainly lifted Callosa but Daya were still well in control. On 60 minutes Jose hit a great shot that flew just over the home side’s crossbar. It was end to end now making for an exciting game. From a free kick on 70 minutes Jose thundered the ball against the Callosa crossbar and it was scrambled away to safety. In the final minute Jose scored Daya’s fourth to wrap up a good win that was thoroughly deserved. It was another great team performance and it would be wrong to single out any one player as man of the match. So it is now five wins from five games, how good is that ?
San Miguel Golf Society
Whilst a little nippy initially, the 33 SMGS members and their 6 guests playing a stableford competition at Alenda soon found themselves basking in glorious sunshine and perfect golfing conditions. With greens in a very good state, fairways reasonable and a front nine for men being played off the same tee boxes as the ladies’ reds (a rare chance for both genders to actually tee off together and so share the banter), good scores were expected. However, Alenda does have its difficulties and is prone to bite a player at some stage (or stages!) of their round. Such seems to have been the case for many, with only two players breaking 36 points, and less than half of the members getting above 30, with Gold category players on the whole faring better than the higher handicappers in the Silver and Bronze divisions. Results by category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 4th Paul Cobain (31 on CB), 3rd Ray Ewins (31 on CB), 2nd Richard Cleary (33) and 1st John Sorenson with 35 points. Silver Category: 4th Mike Jordan (31 on CB), 3rd Ron Stenhouse (31 on CB),
TMGS Today we took a short trip south to Roda where we found the course to be in quite good condition but full to the brim with golfers which, naturally, meant a slow round and our last group out just made it to the 18th in what was left of the daylight. Today’s competition was a mixture of Medal Play and Stableford. For the Gold Division it was a mandatory Medal Play competition and the Silver Division members had the option to join the Medal Competition which is a formal best 3 scores from 5 competitions. It was pleasing to see that 3 members from the Silver Division had the gonads to partake in the Medal. The NTP’s bought forth some mirth as it appears that some members have a problem in reading the big notice on the desk and what is on the pin marker. On the subject of members unable to read the notice on the desk, I actually
2nd Robin Eastman (31 on CB), and 1st Keith Wraithmell with 32 points. Gold Category: 4th Ivor Turkington (33), 3rd Shay Cunningham (34), 2nd Ivan Hanak (37) and 1st , with the best score of the day and a sizeable cut coming up, Richard Wale with an excellent 40 points. The Abacus winner was Wenche Westburg Two best visitor prizes today, with the runner-up being Andy Whitely, the winner Dave Stewart. Nearest the pins (open to all) on the par 3’s were won by Shay Cunningham (3), Tony Smale (5), Theo Boelhouwer (13) and Richard Cleary (16). Our thanks go to the staff at Alenda golf course for their contribution to an enjoyable day. Keep up to date with all SMGS matters b y logging on to our website www. smgs.org or simply give Barry Roehrig a call on 966 731 033 to find out more about the society and its weekly golf get-togethers. witnessed one Gold Division member who shall remain nameless but then again, naming and shaming is so much fun, so Paul Fairclough actually annotated his card just which ones he could score on. Despite this, he still put his moniker on an NTP that belonged to the Silver Group. With all the wrong names being entered, only two of the four NTP’s were claimed and one was by Paul “Lennie” Fairclough and Steve Higgins. There was more mirth when the results were read out for the Silver Division and who would have expected 22 points to take 3rd place? Certainly not Colin Marsden who came 3rd with that score as was Fred Parkinson who also scored 22 points but had a better back nine and took 2nd place. This left the Belfast Bandit – Ernie Wilson – to take top spot with 27 points. It’s a good job it was dark outside; the red faces of the recipients were hidden. The Gold Division lads scored much better and it needed a 3 over par 75 for Joe Dean to take 3rd spot. In second place was Paul Fairclough with a net 74 and way out in front and obviously, this being the first of five, leading the table was Bill (On the podium once again, and with another cut looming) Starkey with a very nice 4 under net 68. The Best Guest prizes were won by G Handeland with 31 points to take 2nd slot and the winner on 33 points was H. Kyvog. Photo: Silver Category Winners Our next game, Wednesday 26th November 2014 see’s us at the Villamartin golf course, so if you fancy a game just look at our website www.tmgs.org or call the Match Secretary on 966719604.
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San Javier GS - SAURINES Hi Everyone, What a day weather and course both fantastic for mid November. We had a great day at the societies Monthly Individual Stapeford at Saurines de la Torre and the winner of the day Paul Newman he showed all the men a clean pair of heels coming in with a score of 38pts great play with the green like grease lighting. We had a great turn out and good to see old friends back playing with us. We had three divisions and the winner of the third was Christine Flanagan with 33pts beating Roger McGeagh on count back. In the Second Paul Newman was the winner and in second was Barry
Beale on 33pts. A little note to Bob G your name would have been in light if you could putt. In the top Division David Barns came out on top with 34pts with Frank Murphy in second on 31pts. Frank also won two nearest the pins with the others going to Barry Beale and Richard Phillips. A special mention goes Bill Mclaughlin great to see you back on the fairways again Next game is on Monday 1st December at El Valle pay day is at La Serena on Saturday 29th November between 11am and 12 noon.
VEGA BAJA PREMIER GOLF LEAGUE
PREMIER DIVISION – 14th NOVEMBER at FONT DEL LLOP GOLF The Vega Baja Premier Golf League second game of its 15th season was unusually on the second Friday of the month at the popular Font del Llop Golf course, there was a difference of opinion on various Smart phone regarding the weather, sadly it started to rain before the first Tee time, but thankfully the skies cleared for a sunny back nine.. Las Ramblas G.S. seemed to be starting where they left off last season and were top of the table coming into their game with second place La Manga North but came up just short in the new format of Better Ball Stableford, missing out by a solitary point in sharing the bonus points and went down 2½ - 1½ and forfeited top spot to La Manga North. The usually strong La Manga Residents seem to be out of home as they struggled against EuroToffs going down by three games and are now at the bottom of the table with a solitary point from the two matches played. Despite being in the lowest points coring game of the day Rockets showed they can be a force to be reckoned with coming close to upsetting the normally strong Club25 Serena team by the margin of one point in not just sharing the match but the bonus points as well. Last season Paddy’s Point G S found the going a little tough and finished down the bottom end of the table, but although it’s early days they are showing some Irish metal and held a resilient Don Cayo to a draw but just as important took the three bonus points to push them selves into a well deserved second place following a resounding win last time out. RESULTS Paddy’s Point G S 2 (162 points) vs. Don Cayo G S 2 (151 points) La Manga RGA ½ (143 points) vs. EuroToffs G S 3½ (151 points) Rockets G S 2 (134 points) vs. Club25 Serena G S 2 (135 points) La Manga North G S 2½ (144 points) vs. Las Ramblas G S 1½ (143 points) Bonus points went to:Paddy’s Point G S, EuroToffs G S, Club25 Serena GS and La Manga North G S Although this is a better ball format there was one individual tamed the normally challenging Font del Llop track was Paddy’s Point Golf Society player Shiela Dunne coming in with 42 points and even failed to score on just one hole. Also worthy of a mention is EuroToffs, David Gregson who come in with a very creditable 39 points off a handicap of 8. The third round of matches is on Friday 5th December at one of the IRM Nike courses El Valle Golf Resort, with a two Tee start at 10:06. The fixtures always throw up some fascinating duels, this month it was the leaders against second place, well low and behold its happened again when La Manga North take on Paddy’s Point. At the other end of the two bottom teams come head to head. You will also be able to see updated Vega Baja Premier Golf League fixtures, tables, and news on the website www.vegabajapremiergolfleague.com and on Facebook, throughout the season For more information on the Vega Baja Premier Golf League, contact The Secretary; Ivie Davies 669 211 410 or golfdavies@gmail.com
Ten Pin Bowling League Week Eight played 18th November 2014 Splash had hoped to extend their lead at the top of the table but found Team Finland in a determined mood. After taking the first game, SP could not cope with the deteriorating lane conditions and TF took games 2 and 3, to give them overall pinfall and, a well deserved victory 6 – 2. Mixers were in no mood to share any points with Belgas Torrevieja 2, and with three solid games took all 8 points that were on offer. With League sponsor Jamie Brian leading the way with his 196 and 507 scratch game and series, Juans’ Warriors inflicted a 6 – 2 defeat on a below par Los Bandidos. Split Happens needed to get back on the winning trail and, after a 599 h/c team 1st game, looked well on the way to a comfortable win. But Los Lobos, after another “pre match” team talk, sneaked the second game by 4 pins. It was pin for pin in the third game, all the way down to the last frame, when SH bowler Neil ‘I’m not a bottler’ Pipkin needed to spare a ten pin. Calm as you like, Neil spared and took 9 with his last ball, to give SH the third game by 4 pins and, secure a 6 – 2 points win. When Right Move Insurance started off in fine shape, Med Bistro and Bar El Rasos’
captain, Lesley Day commented “why us?”, as she pointed out that several teams took great delight in bowling their best against MBB. It wasn’t looking good for MBB but, with a spirited last few frames, they stole the first game from RMI. Games 2 and 3 were about the ladies of MBB, with Lesley Day scoring a scr 211 second and 203 third game, ably backed up by Mirja Hakonens 212 in game three, MBB ran out 8 – 0 winners also scooping all the Ladies and Team highs for the night. Crazy Pinz continued their excellent start to the season, with a very good 6 – 2 win over Lucky Strike. With Eero Lento scoring a 601 h/c series, CP are now settled in mid table but, LS have now slipped second bottom after this leatest defeat. Cabello Negro took one look at the total handicap for The Dreamers and thought, how can we beat them? It was Jouni Lappalainen, leading from the front, that showed them the way. With a 555 scr series and 642 with h/c, he helped CB ease past TD with pins to spare. CB finally running out 8 – 0 victors.
EUROGOLF SOCIETY
With the sun still shining down upon us, 72 members of Eurogolf Society took part in the monthly Stableford competition on Thursday 20 November at our home course La Marquesa. Congratulations to all the winners and especially John Hill the Monthly Stableford Trophy winner, coming in with an impressive score of 38 points. Full results were as follows: Gold Division: 1st David Blanchette 36 points 2nd Paul Manning 35 points 3rd Bob Buckeridge 35 points. Silver Division: 1st Franz Berndt 35 points 2nd Bob Shorley 34 points 3rd Bruce Gordon 32 points. Bronze Division: 1st John Hill 38 points 2nd Gill Gordon 35 points 3rd Bev Fairhurst 35 points. Best front nine Joy Gray 19 points and best back nine Dave King 19 points N.T.P´s winners: 5th Joe Kirwan 11th Alan Marshall 15th Bill Martin 17th Henry George Many thanks to our N.T.P´s sponsors this week Lo Marabu Bar & Restaurant, Manolos Restaurant, Monos Bar & Restaurant Football draw winners: Allan Bacon, Franco Gentili, Graham Cheetham and
Franz Berndt The results of TOFF´s Stableford played on Tuesday 18 November were as follows: Gold Division 1st John Barraclough 39 points (overall winner) 2nd Bob Buckeridge 37 points 3rd Pino Perito 35 points 4th David Blanchette 34 Points. Silver Division: 1st John Holland 37 points 2nd Bob Shorley 35 points 3rd Debbie Weedon 35 points 4th Ken Brett 34 points. Bronze Division: 1st Mayrilyn Eckershall 36 points 2nd Mike Gillett 35 points 3rd Gordon White 35 points 4th Sandy Holland 34 points. Nearest the pins: 5th Tom Corbett 11th Ian Stewart 15th Alan Venables 17th Colin Hobden Best front nine Alec Relph 18 points and best back nine Sue Gillett 21 points Player of the Month October (3 games Aggregate Scores) Male: Harry Armstrong 110 Female: Margaret Richings 97 For more information about our friendly society go to www.eurogolfquesada.co.uk
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SPORT & motoring Competition report, El Paraiso at La Serena Club de Golf El Paraiso’s second competition was held on the course known as the “Watery Grave” for golf balls, La Serena and all those playing enjoyed a rather nice warm day, albeit the 5+ hours to complete a round wasn’t all that enjoyable, but at least the sun was shining and the course was in very good condition. El Paraiso sponsored this event and the winners were quite surprised at the prizes where the winners of the two categories received not just one green fee voucher for La Marquesa, but two vouchers which also included a buggy. Even the runners-up received a green fee voucher for La Serena. The recipients of these prizes in Category 2 was Harry Conrad who took top spot in that Category with 323 points, pushing V Garcia into 2nd
place on the lower handicap system. 3rd place went to S Soneson with 30 points. Category 1 was won by Norbert Spaniol whose 35 points was the best on the day. In 2nd place was Les Cox and way back in 3rd place with 30 points was Steve Higgins 3 of the 4 NTP’s were won and a sleeve of Srixon golf balls went to Harry Konrad and Norbert Spaniol (twice). Photo: Category 1 winners El Parariso’s next outing is at Alenda on Sunday 7th December 2014 and Roda follows the following week. Bookings for these two competitions can be made on the website www. clubdegolfelparaiso.com or by calling the caddie master on 661524101.
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THE MIKE BARBER MEMORIAL TROPHY We met at Alenda on a chilly but bright morning to compete for the Mike Barber Memorial Trophy, which is always played as a Texas Scramble Stableford competition.This day was also dedicated to The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and their representative Mick ‘The Grip’ was in attendance to thank the Society for its donation of 130 Euros. The competition was hard-fought and resulted in a win [by only 1 point] for the Society’s Captain’s team consisting of Alan Jones,Lynn Young, Elspeth Craig and Geoff Ettridge [45 points]. Nearest the pins were won by Elspeth Craig,Norman Pickett, Lynn Young and Ray Hill and they were presented with golf balls,kindly supplied again by Nigel from clubstohire.com. Nigel is also offering a club cleaning service with proceeds going to the Poppy Appeal. Our next game is at BonAlba on 27th November at 10a.m. and the attendance sheet is on the Society
noticeboard at the La Marina Sports Complex. Please let Elspeth know your seating and food requirements for the Presentation Night on 5th December as soon as possible. Thanks again to the staff at the Sports Complex for the after match food. A reminder that the AGM will be coming up in early December and nominations are required for all Committee posts {except Captain]. They should be put in the box at the Sports complex, together with any items for the Agenda.
Sporting Camposol 0 Mazarron FC 1 Mazarron came out on top in the first ever derby between the two local teams watched by a good crowd with an excellent atmosphere. The game started quite slowly but Mazarron had the first chance in the 5th minute when Mateo found Alfonso who shot wide. Mazarron’s keeper Carrasco was then injured following a corner from Sporting Camposol. He played on for a further 10 minutes but finally had to be replaced in goal by Pablo a juvenile. In the 20th minute Sporting Camposol had a free kick which was deflected for a corner followed by a good save by Pablo who came to the rescue again a few minutes later when he raced out of goal to make a further good clearance. Mazarron suffered another blow when Antonio Jose was injured and replaced by crowd favourite Cecilio to great applause. Mazarron began to take control and had three or four good chances, most falling to leading scorer Tolo although Camposol did have one chance of their own. However, two minutes before half
time Cecilio opened his account for the season when he headed Mazarron into the lead. In the second half Tolo was soon into action again and in the 60th minute saw a long range shot go narrowly over the bar. Five minutes later Sporting Camposol came near to an equalising goal but the game then became fairly open with neither side gaining the upper hand. In the 80th minute Mazarron’s Manu was shown a straight red card and the game started to get a little out of hand with a number of bookings and the teams were evened up in the 83rd minute when former Mazarron striker Boudia was sent off for Sporting Camposol. The final whistle came with Mazarron taking the three points and moving back into a play off position. Team: Carasco (Pablo) Lorca Antonio Jose (Cecilio), Dani, Mateo, Alfonso, Enrique Liders Manu Diego (Juanillo) Tolo
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audi q5
2.0 tdi quattro, 2012, 96,000kms
€26,950
Mazda CX5 2.0 diesel 2013, lhd 23,000 kms
€23,950
audi a3
auto, 1.6, tdi 32,000 kms, 2012
€18,950
MERCEDES E320 CDi
DIESEL, AUTO, 2005,167,000KMS
€14,950
VW Caddy
Wheelchair adapted, 2007,82,000 kms
poa
Renault Fluence
1.5DCi, 2011, 55,000kms
€12,950
chevrolet captiva
2.0 vcdi, 2009,103,000km
€12,950
vauxall vivaro rhd 2010 52,000km
€12,950
• ferrari f430, challenge car, 4.3l, v8, 2008, 7,000kms.......................................................................€89,950 • mercedes e500 brabus cabrio 2011, 22,000kms, fsh, 1 owner, full spec.......................................€52,950 • bmw m5 touring, 2008, 110,000km.......................€26,950 • mercedes slk 200 cabrio, 2004, 98,000kms...€14,950 • nissan qashqai 1.5 dci Diesel, 2008, 75,000kms............ ..........................................................................................€11,950 • peugeot 308 sw, 1.6hdi, Diesel, 2012, 61,000kms, 7 seater .......................................................................€13,950
Peugeot 308
• seat leon 1.9 tdi, 2010, 96,000kms, fsh...............€poa • toyotacorolla verso auto, 7 seat, 2007, 108,000 kms....................................................................€9,950 • mini cooper, 2005, 1.6, auto, 76,000kms.............€7,950 • kiacarnival, 2.9 td, 2006, auto, 7-seater, 90,000kms........................................................................€7,450 • ford fiesta 1.4 tdci 5-door, 2006........................€5,950 • seat cordoba 1.4, 60,000kms, 2007, 1 owner.....poa • alfa 156 crosswagon 1.9, jtd, 2005, 84,000kms........... ...........................................................................................€5,950 • peugeot 1007, 2005, 1.4 automatic, 65,000km....€5,950 • citroen c3 1.4, petrol, 2007....................................€5,750 • RENAULT MEGANE SCENIC RX4, 168,000kms 1.9DTi, Diesel, 2001....................................................................€4,950 • citroen berlingo 2.0 hdi, gold, 2004, 147,000kms...... ...........................................................................................€4,950 • opel corsa 1.3 cdti, 2005, diesel, 113,000kms€4,950 • opel corsa 1.7 cdti, 2003, diesel, 3 door 97.000 kms.......................................................................€3,950 • honda vt750 shadow, 2005, 17,000kms...............€3,950 • ford fusion 1.4 petrol, 2004, 53,000kms.........€3,450 • ford ka 1.3, 2002, 69,000kms...................................€2,950 • opel corsa 1.2, auto, 2001, 91,000kms...............€2,950 • Mitsubishi Carisma 2000, a/c, 143,000kms.........€2,950 • nissan cargo 2.3, d, 1997, 160,000kms................€2,450
€9,950
Right hand drive vehicles • audi a5 cabrio 2011, 2.0, tfsi, 30,000 .miles.....poa • rolls royce silver spirit, rhd, 51,000 miles.......... ......................................................................................€13,950 • vauxhall vivaro 2.0l diesel 2010, 6 seater........... 52,000kms..................................................................€12,950 • KIA SEDONA 2005, 2.9 TD, DIESEL, 113,000 MILES......... ........................................................................................€4,250 • vauxhall omega 2.0 gls, 2000, mot & tax...€1,450
Right hand drive - spanish reg • AUDI TT QUATTRO ROADSTER, 1.8 PETROL,
64,000 MILES 2002......................................................€6,950 • nissan primera 1998 2L petrol auto............€1,950 • hyundai atos 1.0, automatic, 2000, red........€1,950
~ RHD / LHD Taken in Part Exchange / purchased for cash
~ Full procurement service
2.0 hdi, 2008, 58,000kms auto, diesel
€10,950
renault clio 1.2
2011, petrol, 31,000km
hyundai terracan,
2.9 crdi, 2007 diesel, auto, 155,000km,
€8,950
Mini Cooper
1.6 litre 2005 76,000km.
€7,950
peugeot 207 1.4, 2008, 37,000kms
€6,950
audi tt roadster
rhd, 2002,1.8 102,998kms
€6,950
lancia musa
2005 121,000 kms
€5,950
HYUNDAI GETZ
1.1 PETROL, 195,000KM 2004
€2,950
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