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Inditex profits up by 8% with 83 new stores & 10,000 extra jobs in 6 months

HIGH-STREET clothing empire Inditex earned €1.26 billion in the first six months of this year, proving once again that Galicia's most global enterprise is apparently immune to any financial crisis.

Founded by Europe's richest and the world's third-richest man Amancio Ortega, 80, Inditex is best known outside of Spain for its budget fashion store Zara.

It also covers the mid-upper high-street ranges Massimo Dutti and Uterqüe, Zara's cheaper 'younger sister' Bershka, cut-price streetwear chain Pull&Bear, underwear retailer Oysho, quality interiors range Zara Home, and budget young fashions store Stradivarius.

Inditex is also one of Spain's greatest job-creators – of the 10,000 new posts generated between February and July inclusive, a total of 2,421 were on home territory. Overall, with sales at €10.465bn and net profits at €1.256bn, the company's earnings have increased by 8% and sales by 11% based upon the same period in 2015.

Positive growth has been seen in every part of the world, including all regions in Spain, where Inditex stores are based – a growth which, on average, sits at 7% compared with the same six months of last year. Only 17% of sales were reported in Spain, however, with 25% in Asia, 43% in the rest of Europe and 15% in the Americas – the same percentages as last year. Gross profits rose by 7% to €2.112bn and net profits to just over €16bn over the last year, with gross

profit margins up to nearly €6bn or 9% more than last year. Inditex continues to maintain its expenses under 'strict control', which has contributed to its 9% gross profit increase along with its newly-opened physical stores.

Online sales have risen by 13% in the two-month period since August 1, whilst a 'strong rhythm' of new job creation – including non-shop-floor positions in its head offices – has been largely maintained thanks to a further 83 stores opened in the first six months of this year in 38 countries.

The latest store to open was the firstever in Vietnam, on September 8, bringing the total of 7,096 outlets in 92 countries.

From October 5, online sales will extend to Turkey for the first time, meaning 39 countries now have access to internetbased shopping at Inditex stores.

A careful blend of physical stores and web shops is key to Inditex's development, says chairman Pablo Isla, who reveals the enterprise has invested large amounts in modern technology this year including mobile phone pay points and shopping Apps, which the corporation intends to continue to develop.

Half-year dividends will be paid at 30 cents a share as agreed at the shareholders' meeting on July 19, in keeping with the 60-cents-per-share annual dividends seen in 2015. thinkspain

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Spain’s debt equivalent to a year’s work for every man, woman, and child Debt-to-GDP ratio passes 100% for third time in months, reaching levels not seen in 100 years A new report puts Spain’s bloated national debt into context by measuring it in terms of how long each of the country’s 44 million people would have to work to pay it off. On average, each man, woman and child would have to devote an entire year of work to cancel the debt, according to figures released on Thursday by the Independent Fiscal Responsibility Authority (Airef).

Spain’s public debt-to-GDP ratio, which compares the amount of the debt with the size of the economy, hit 100.5% in June of this year. The Airef report noted that this is the third time in recent months that the threshold of 100% had been passed, a milestone that had not been seen in Spain since the 18981909 period. Between January and March this year, Spain’s national debt rose to €1.095 trillion.

On a positive note, Airef noted that the evolution of Spanish debtto GDP is on a downward path Spain is now the sixth-most indebted economy in the euro zone behind Greece, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus and Belgium, the watchdog noted.

The Airef report states that there

are significant differences between the amounts owed by each of Spain’s regions, some of which are more heavily indebted than others.

Residents of the western region of Extremadura are the worst off, and would each have to contribute 484 days of work to cancel their administration’s share of the debt.

At the opposite end of the scale, people in Madrid would only have to put in 255 days, partly reflecting the capital’s higher GDP.

The estimate was reached by taking the ratio of debt to GDP, then multiplying it by 365. The national debt was shared out based on the population and then divided

by GDP. In other words, the report divides the amount required by each individual, including children and retirees, rather than by salaries.

On a positive note, Airef noted that the evolution of Spanish debtto-GDP is on a downward path, and will be more so from 2018 onward.

However, the report also warns that the EU target of a government debt-to-GDP ratio of no more than 60% will not be reached before 2036 elpais

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Catalonia developing ID cards for residents in preparation for secession from Spain

Catalan authorities are splashing €9 million on the cards. CATALONIA has begun developing ID cards that will be issued to its residents in the case of gaining independence from Spain. The new cards will feature the residents’ names, addresses and dates of birth as well as their social security numbers and tax data.

Catalan authorities are splashing €9 million on the cards, which are an attempt to show its inhabitants that their rights and benefits will be preserved in the case of secession from Spain. Madrid has long been declining the region’s push for independence, saying it would violate the Spanish constitution. expatica

Asia scoops top honours at San Sebastian film festival

Asian cinema dominated awards at the San Sebastian film festival, with veteran Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's "I am not Madame Bovary" taking the top Golden Shell prize while Fan Bingbing won the best actress gong for her role in the same film.

In the satirical comedy, Chinese star Fan plays a cafe owner caught in the bureaucratic maze of the Chinese legal system after she is swindled by her ex-husband. It had attracted attention earlier this month at the Toronto film festival where it won the International Federation of Film Critics' prize, with the jury hailing "its ambitious rendering of a woman's Kafkaesque struggle as she takes on the Chinese legal system".

Among the other awards Saturday, prolific South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-Soo won 'best director' for his comedy "Yourself and Yours" about the

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Spanish actor Eduard Fernandez took home the best actor Silver Shell for his role in "Smoke and Mirrors", about a real-life a Spanish spy, Francisco Paesa.

The festival's "Latin Horizons" section on Latin American film honoured Chilean director Pepa San Martin's first feature "Rara" about the struggle of a lesbian judge who loses custody of her daughters because of her sexual orientation.

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Basques and Galicians vote to unblock Spain's deadlock

Spain's Basque country and Galicia go to the polls Sunday in regional elections that may help unblock the long-lasting national political paralysis.

The country is stuck in limbo, run by a government without full powers following two inconclusive elections which the conservative Popular Party (PP) won without an absolute majority, and which have seen parties unable to reach any coalition deal.

As such, mainstream parties will be watching the regional elections closely to see if they lose ground to upstarts or nationalist groupings, and none more so than the Socialist party (PSOE) which polls say will fare badly.

A poor showing -- which would come after bad results in December's general election and again in a June repeat vote -- may prompt the party's dissenting "barons", or regional presidents, to push party leader Pedro Sanchez out.

"If we don't have a good score, they will use that to try to overthrow Pedro Sanchez," a source close to the Socialist leader, who wished to remain anonymous, told AFP. Sanchez is unpopular among many "barons" who think the party should help put an end to Spain's nine-month deadlock by admitting defeat, allowing a right-wing coalition government led by acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to come to power.

Sanchez, however, refuses to do so.

The PSOE voted against a Rajoy-led government in a parliamentary vote of confidence earlier this month, and is attempting to negotiate a left-wing, coalition alternative with arch-rival Podemos, the far-left, anti-austerity party.

But a poor showing could put an end to this, either forcing him out or pressuring him into allowing the right-wing coalition

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government through by abstaining in another vote of confidence.

Polls indicate that in the northwestern region of Galicia, the Socialists will lose their second place to the En Marea coalition that includes Podemos, while the ruling PP is expected to win again.

In the northern Basque Country, polls predict the PSOE will also lose ground to Podemos and possibly score its worst ever result in this lush, green region on the Atlantic coast.

"It would be an unprecedented event and symptomatic of the electoral retreat of the Socialists in the face of the radical left," said the right-wing El Mundo newspaper in an editorial.

Elections in the Basque country, meanwhile, will take on an added significance as residents go to the polls seeking to turn the page on past violence by ETA separatists. after kidnap ordeal The last regional elections in 2012 happened just one year after the armed group declared a permanent ceasefire following four decades of shootings and bombings.

ETA is blamed for the deaths of 829 people in their campaign for an independent homeland in northern Spain and southwestern France, while militias close to the police are accused of some 150 anti-ETA killings.

This time, memories of the violence are slowly fading, although the desire for autonomy remains strong.

The Basque country's ruling, moderate nationalist PNV party is expected to win again, though without an absolute majority, followed by the more radical, separatist EH Bildu grouping. thelocal

Sagrada Família will be Barcelona's tallest building by 2020, outstripping the Hotel Arts and MAPFRE Tower

THE iconic and ultra-modern Sagrada Família cathedral will be Barcelona's tallest building by the year 2020, when it reaches its maximum height in accordance with the original plans.

Designed by flamboyant architect Antoni Gaudí, who left his colourful stamp all over the Parc Güell in his native city, the Sagrada Família – arguably his most famous work – remains unfinished 90 years after his sudden death.

Around 70% of the structure is complete, and next month, work will start on the six central towers in the Basilica.

Within four years, the highest tower will be finished complete, measuring 172.5 metres (560 feet eight inches) and making it the tallest feature on the Barcelona city skyline.

It will overtake the metropolitan area's current highest buildings, the Hotel Arts and the MAPFRE Tower which houses the head offices of the insurance company of the same name.

Both of these measure 154 metres (500 feet and six inches) and will appear miniature next to the splendid cathedral, which draws in tourists from all over the world every day and takes over an hour's queueing to enter.

As long as the cost of the works remain the same and funds are still available for the €25-million-a-year budget, the Sagrada Família will be finished in the year 2026, on the centenary of when Gaudí was killed crossing the road in front of his own cathedral through being hit by a bus.

Although it will be Barcelona's tallest building, the Sagrada Família will not be the city's highest feature – it will still sit below the Montjuïc mountain, now home to the Olympic stadium and reached by cable car.

This was deliberate on Gaudí's part – he believed that 'the work of man' should never be higher in stature than 'the work of God'. The cost of entering the Sagrada

September 2016

AP-7 shut and two passengers critical in crash between lorry and coach in Benicàssim

A CRASH between a lorry and a coach on the AP-7 motorway near Benicàssim (Castellón province) has left two passengers fighting for their lives in hospital.

Another 10 sustained minor wounds, mostly cuts and bruises, when the accident at 18.45 yesterday (Friday) evening at kilometre 418.5 forced police to shut the motorway southbound for several hours.

One of the passengers, said to be 'critical', was air-lifted to Castellón General Hospital and another, seriously injured but not critical, followed later by ambulance.

The other 10 were taken to Castellón General and Castellón Provincial Hospital.

Firefighters were called to the scene, although there were no flames and nobody had to be cut free from the wreckage.

The coach is said to have fallen down a steep grass verge off the side of the carriageway after it collided with the lorry.

As yet, no updates have been given as to the conditions of the two worstinjured passengers, but they are believed to be still alive and in treatment. thinkspain

Richard Gere visits San Sebastián homeless shelter during break from film festival

PRETTY Woman actor Richard Gere will visit the homeless shelter in San Sebastián on Friday run by the foundation his girlfriend is patron of.

Gere and his Spanish partner Alejandra Puente, leader of the Rais Foundation, and San Sebastián’s mayor Eneko Goia will talk to users of the Hestia day centre during a break in their stint at the Basque city’s worldfamous film festival.

The actor is a passionate spokesman for the plight of the homeless and, during a conference in Madrid, stressed that for mortgage lenders to repossess properties is ‘cruel and barbaric’, whilst praising the Spanish capital’s mayoress Manuela Carmena of the left-wing Ahora Madrid – a faction of Podemos – for her social and humanitarian efforts.

These have included a gourmet dinner and cabaret night for street-

dwellers on Christmas Eve, replacing one-seater benches set up to stop homeless people sleeping on them with full-body-length ones, and banning any repossessions of main residences.

Gere has taken his campaign to his latest film, Invisibles/Time out of mind, which will be shown in a special projection at the San Sebastián Film Festival this week.

Directed by Oren Movermanen, it stars Richard Gere as a man who lives on the street.

San Sebastián Film Festival has kicked off with Aliens actress Sigourney Weaver becoming the latest in a long list of international stars to receive a Donostia Award, named after the city’s title in the Basque language, euskera.

When she collected her prize, Weaver announced: “Tonight, I’m Spanish.” thinkspain

Família is surprisingly low considering how it is Barcelona's answer to the Eiffel Tower, the Colisseum, the Statue of Liberty or the Sydney Opera House in terms of its international attraction and fame.

But even then, the 30,000 free tickets in honour of the patron saint weekend to visit the cathedral today (Friday), Saturday and Sunday were snatched up in just 40 minutes after the box office opened on Monday. thinkspain

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With peace, Spanish cinema breaks taboo and talks ETA

Few issues marked Spain's recent history as much as the violence of Basque separatist group ETA, but it was only when peace finally came that this bloody period made its way into films without taboo.

As Spain prepares to mark five years since ETA quit violence on October 20, the armed group is more present than ever in the San Sebastian film festival in the Basque Country, with screenings of films and documentaries on the conflict.

"Emotionally, peace has taken hold enough for the story to be told with honesty," said British documentary-maker Justin Webster, director of "The End of ETA", screened earlier this week to applause and a full house. "Now we can start writing the first draft of what really happened," he told AFP. Films are scarce about the separatist organisation, which is blamed for the deaths of 829 people in a fourdecade campaign of bombings and shootings for an independent homeland in northern Spain and southwestern France. It declared a permanent ceasefire in 2011. There were also some 150 anti-ETA killings blamed on militias close to the police and police abuse, according to a study by the Basque regional government.

"Few films have been done bearing in mind how important it was in many people's lives over four decades," said Basque director Imanol Uribe. His first feature-length documentary, "The trial of Burgos" that came out in 1979, was about the last trial of ETA members during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, which ended in 1975.

His last film "Far from the Sea" depicts the relationship between the daughter of a victim of ETA and her father's murderer. While this was screened in a normal manner, the same was not true in the 1980s and 1990s. His 1996 film "Numbered Days", which gives a humane depiction of an ETA member, may have won the festival's top Golden Shell prize and eight Oscar-equivalent Goya awards, but it is better remembered for the huge controversy it generated.

"It seems easier to broach the theme now, it was more complicated at that time," he said. In 2003, he showcased his documentary "The Basque Pelota," a call for dialogue as violence still raged by depicting the conflict from different perspectives, from victims of ETA to relatives of jailed group members. read more expatica

National anthem: Could Spain finally sing with one voice?

Spain's parliament is being asked to consider a solution to one of the nation's most enduring and embarrassing problems; what words to sing with the national anthem.

One composer believes that with his verses focusing on freedom, peace and equality, he can finally get Spain to sing with one voice – without mentioning Spain at all.

Guillermo Delgado Ortega is the latest lyricist to attempt the challenge to put words to La Marcha Real, a wordless military march that has been used as Spain’s anthem since the 18th century.

During the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco the national anthem

was given lyrics penned by fascist poet Jose Maria Peman, but those verses were dropped on the dictator’s death leaving Spaniards to hum awkwardly or ‘fa la la’ whenever it was played.

The new lyrics avoid any hint of nationalism and in fact don’t mention Spain or Spaniards at all instead focusing on vague geographical themes and universal liberty and equality.

"Water and earth border my frontiers, under a blue sky that I want to share," he writes in his version called "Por tu Libertad".

"Sun and moon, witnesses to the desire to live in peace without fear of failing.

"Hand in hand I want to respect your

Police release bodycam footage of Keith Scott shooting

Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, have released officer bodycam and dashcam footage of a controversial shooting of a black man on Tuesday.

They also released pictures of a handgun and marijuana that police say Keith Lamont Scott possessed.

Calls for the footage to be released had increased in the four days since Mr Scott was shot. His wife released her own video from her phone on Friday.

Mr Scott's family says he was carrying a book and not a gun.

Charlotte police chief Kerr Putney told reporters the victim was "absolutely in possession of a handgun".

The dashcam footage released on Saturday shows Mr Scott getting out of his car and walking backwards with his hands down. It is unclear if there is anything in his hands. Four shots are heard and he falls to the ground.

The bodycam footage shows Mr Scott outside his car with his hands down but does not show the moment of the shooting.

The BBC's Laura Bicker in Washington says it does not clear up the key question of whether Mr Scott had a gun, or if he pointed a gun at police.

A pistol that police said was in the possession of Keith Lamont Scott is seen in a picture provided by the police in Charlotte, North Carolina, September 24, 2016Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police released a photo of a handgun that they say Mr Scott possessed Photo of gun holster that police say was possessed by Keith Lamont Scott. 24 Sept 2016Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police also released a photo of a gun holster they say was Mr Scott's The lawyer for Mr Scott's family, Justin Bamberg, told reporters that the latest footage only raised more questions about the incident.

He said the video did not show a gun in Mr Scott's hand.

Speaking at a press conference earlier, Mr Putney released the first specific details from police on a case that has been mired in controversy and uncertainty.

Mr Putney said Mr Scott, 43, was in possession of marijuana and that he had committed another crime, which the police chief would not elaborate on.

He said that the officers who

way of feeling, speaking and thinking.

"Dreams and goals I want to reach, fighting always for your freedom."

He has produced two versions, a more solemn rendition to go with the traditional anthem and a flamenco-style version.

The verses have been to the Spanish parliament’s petitions committee, which takes suggestions from citizens in the hope they will take up the issue.

Previous attempts to put words to the music have only inflamed those with regional sensibilities and divided opinion on the left and right and ultimately ome to nothing.

An attempt in 2008 by Spain’s Olympic Committee to set words to the music of the national anthem backfired and

confronted Mr Scott were conducting surveillance when they spotted marijuana in the victim's car, and subsequently saw a gun.

In a video released on Friday, filmed

by Mr Scott's wife, she can be heard telling officers repeatedly that he does not have a weapon.

Mr Putney said that the bodycam footage contained "no definitive visual evidence that he [Mr Scott] had a gun and pointed it at officers", but that police were satisfied he did.

Two videos have been made public, one filmed by an officer's bodycam and another by a patrol vehicle dashcam.

Mr Putney said that the officer who shot Mr Scott was not wearing a bodycam, because not all Charlotte police tactical teams wore them.

The officer who fatally shot the father of seven was identified as Brently Vinson, who is also African-American.

Quizzed about claims that police were not at the location because of Mr Scott, and encountered him randomly, Mr Putney said: "They were intentionally detaining this man. It was to take this man off the streets."

He said that that police would release DNA evidence as well as the footage.

Asked whether any officers would be charged, he said: "No officers are being charged by me at this point, but there is another investigation underway".

The shooting is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Mr Scott's mother, Vernita Scott Walker, told South Carolina broadcaster WCSC he was probably reading the Koran.

She said he read the Islamic holy book every day, often while waiting for his son to get off the bus.

Mr Scott's family claim that he suffered from a brain injury brought on by a motorbike accident.

Critics have accused Charlotte authorities of a lack of transparency over the delay in releasing the footage, compared with the swift action taken after a police shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where a white officer has been charged.

BBC was quietly dropped after widespread criticism of the choice.

The lyrics chosen in a competition of 7,000 entries drew criticism with its opening line of "Viva España", a phrase associated with the dictatorship of Franco.

Spain is one of only four nations in the world to have an anthem bereft of lyrics alongside Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and San Marino.

Last year, Madrid composer Victor Lago presented a petition with his lyrics that began with the words "Glory, homeland" but failed to win enough support to have them adopted. thelocal

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Very few people consider that they have a

Question 1: Why is technology so problems with their chosen addiction. addictive? First let me say that technology

In a 1999 paper on virtual IS VERY addictive but only to a minority addiction, Dr. David N. Greenfield of The (more on that later)!

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As with most forms of addiction, status.” half the battle is recognizing that you

As Dr. Greenfield explains, the have a problem. The other half is beating source of the compulsion can be anything it. Over the past decade, technology has from alcohol and drugs to gambling or web entered our lives in many forms. Movies browsing. It’s the pattern of compulsion on demand, hundreds of social networks, that identifies a person may be in the and countless electronic devices demand middle of an addictive situation. He goes our attention wherever you turn. The on to list a number of facets such as ‘low temptation to give into the demands of cost’, ‘anonymity’ and many, many others these technologies can be so great that as ‘Hooks’ on which we get tangled. you might even choose those technologies

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Spain Bankia fraud trial for ex-IMF boss Rodrigo Rato Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato and 64 other bankers have gone on trial in Madrid over an alleged credit card racket at Spain's troubled Bankia bank.

The defendants allegedly used "unofficial" company credit cards for luxury purchases, unconnected with their duties as board members.

Prosecutors say about €12m (£10.4m; $13.5m) was spent on hotels, fine clothes, entertainment and travel.

Mr Rato denies wrongdoing. Bankia was rescued in 2012 at huge public expense.

The unofficial credit card purchases were not declared to the tax authorities. The system allegedly started at Caja Madrid bank and was continued by Mr Rato when Bankia was created in 2011.

A member of the governing centre-right Popular Party (PP), Mr Rato resigned as head of Bankia shortly before its near-collapse in 2012.

The government bailout of Bankia inflicted losses on 200,000 small investors, who held preferential shares in the bank.

Some of them voiced their anger outside the

I must be getting old! So often I find myself grumping at the arrogance and ingratitude of others; at the “I know my rights” outlook of so many as they snatch whatever ‘hand-outs’ they consider themselves due, with little, if any thanks.

But occasionally, on reflection, I sometimes wonder if I’m not just as bad. For I, like most others I know, live in a world of plenty, where we’ve never really known hunger, never had any reason to question where the next meal is coming from, but just presume there’ll be food on the table tonight, paid for by our own hard work and prudence, with little appreciation of the incredible debt of gratitude we actually owe others for their part in this provision.

How often, I wonder do we ever think of the workers, often on meagre incomes who prepare and plant the ground, who pick and pack the produce or transport it half way round the World for us to purchase? How often do we feel gratitude for those who work to provide the gas, the water and the electricity or other fuel that allows us to cook our food? And do we ever express our thanks for the seasons and weather that allows life to flourish? Or merely complain when the weather isn’t what we

Madrid courthouse on Monday. "You wretches!

Stealing money from pensioners!" they shouted at the accused as the trial got under way.

Taint of corruption Prosecutors are seeking four-and-a-half years

in jail for Mr Rato and six years for Miguel Blesa, the former president of Caja Madrid, a bank that was merged with six others in 2011 to create Bankia.

If found guilty, Mr Rato could also face a €2.7m fine, and Mr Blesa a fine of €9.3m.

Mr Rato headed the International Monetary Fund from 2004-2007. He also served as Spanish economy minister, and his fall from grace helped fuel accusations that the Popular

selfishly want for ourselves?

So I’m particularly grateful that at this time of year the Church has for centuries encouraged us to pause and think about these things.

To thank God for the bounty of His provision through nature in all its wonder, and to express our thanks to all who in any way work to harness this provision for our benefit as we celebrate Harvest. And so we, in the Anglican Church celebrate Harvest on the 29th September at Aljambra and on Sunday 2nd October in Mojacar and Llanos del Peral, whilst doubtless other Churches will have similar celebrations, so I’d encourage all to find somewhere this year where you can join with others to simply say ‘Thank you’.

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

Party was riddled with corruption.

Prosecutors say the lavish credit card purchases took place from 2003-2012 - some of them during Spain's financial crisis, when millions of citizens suffered hardship and unemployment soared.

Mr Rato's two successors at the top of the IMF have also been caught up in high-profile court cases.

French Socialist Dominique Strauss-Kahn took over from Mr Rato in 2007 but resigned in May 2011 to defend himself against charges of attempted rape in New York. Prosecutors dropped the charges later that year, then Mr Strauss-Kahn reached an out-of-court settlement with the hotel maid who accused him.

In a separate case last year, he was acquitted by a French court of the charge of "aggravated pimping" in connection with sex parties involving prostitutes.

Mr Strauss-Kahn's successor at the IMF, Christine Lagarde, is to go on trial in France in December over a state award of €285m in damages to tycoon Bernard Tapie when she was finance minister. She is accused of "negligence", but denies any misconduct.

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Fresh help for thousands of investors who lost fortunes in Spanish property crash

Fresh help for thousands of investors who lost fortunes in Spanish property crash British investors who lost big deposits in the Spanish property crash have been given fresh hope of getting back their money.

As many as 100,000 people in the UK are believed to have paid large sums towards acquiring off-plan homes in Spain that were never built following the financial crisis of 2008 when many property developers went bust, leaving buildings unfinished and property investors out of pocket.

But following a ruling by the Supreme Court in Madrid earlier this year, Spanish banks that held their deposits are now starting to be held to account, with estimates for how much British buyers could claim thought to be in the order of £4bn.

That is why Spanish legal experts Fuster & Associates has decided to launch a series of legal seminars for Britons wanting to reclaim their Spanish property deposits The ‘No Win, No Fee Off-Plan Deposit Reclaim’ seminars will be held in Cambridge, London, Birmingham and Manchester.

“Holding seminars in Cambridge, London, Birmingham and Manchester will provide people with the opportunity to ask any questions they may have about the service after having waited over eight years for the chance to recover their lost funds," said the founder of Fuster & Associates, David Fuster.

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Home Mortgage Arrears Continue to Fall

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According to data published this week by the Bank of Spain, the number of households defaulting on their mortgage for a home purchase stood at 4.65% of the total housing mortgages in the second quarter of 2016, down from 5.2% in the same period of 2015.

Compared with the first quarter of 2016, the number of mortgage defaults moderated slightly, as the rate then was 4.78%.

El Mundo reported that, in total, the value of all mortgage loans granted to households for the acquisition of a home in Spain stood at 523,595 million euros at the end of June this year, which is 18,940 million euros

less than the figure quoted last year, representing a decline of 3.5%.

Of the total housing loans, some 24,535 million euros were in question in June of this year, compared with 28,216 million euros in June of 2015.

The number of loans for home purchase began 2016 low, after accumulating five consecutive years of moderation to the end of 2015. Since 2010, the last year in which there was an increase in home loans, the value of home loans has fallen by 16%, dropping from 632,449 million euros to 531,256 million euros at the end of 2015. kyero

House Prices Rise by 2% Accumulating Five Quarters of Increases The average price of housing in Spain rose by 2% in the second quarter of the year, to stand at 1,506.4 euros per square metre, which represents a moderation compared with the 2.4% increase registered in the first quarter.

However, with the latest figure, house prices have accumulated five consecutive quarters of year-on-year increases, according to the statistics published by the Ministry of Development from Sociedad de Tasación data.

In real terms, discounting inflation, the price of housing has experienced year-on-year growth for the seventh consecutive quarter, reaching an annual increase of 2.9%.

According to the Ministry’s statistics, the average value per square metre in the second quarter was 28.3% below the maximum level reached in the first quarter of 2008. Since the minimum value registered in the third quarter of 2014, average prices have recovered by 3.5%. In real terms (including the CPI variation) the current price reflects a drop since the maximum values of 34.7%.

El Economista reported that rising second hand housing prices drove the increase in average house prices in the second quarter, since the price of new builds rose by just 0.8% between April and June.

Specifically, housing over five years old rose by 2.2% in the second quarter of the year, to stand at an average of 1,500.2 euros per square metre, while the average cost of newly constructed housing stood at 1,746.8 euros per metre following the aforementioned increase of 0.8%.

Some 10 of Spain’s regions registered year-on-year growth in average house prices, led by the Balearic Islands (+5.9%), followed by: Madrid (+4.8%); Catalonia (+4.6%); the Canary Islands (+2.9%); Extremadura (+2.4%); the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla (+2.3%) and Galicia (+1.4%).

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Fixed Rate Mortgages Represent 4.3% of Total Mortgage Balance

According to a recent report from the Spanish Mortgage Association (AHE), in the residential market in Spain fixed rate mortgage loans now represent 4.3% of the total mortgage balance outstanding (as at June 2016).

The AHE’s analysis of the Spanish mortgage portfolio, is compiled using data from 12 credit institutions, whose mortgage balance altogether represents 93.3% of the total Spanish outstanding mortgage balance.

In terms of interest rates, the AHE pointed out that fixed rate loans have risen slightly, to represent around 6% of the portfolio in June, compared with just 4% in December 2015, while 94% of the portfolio loans have been formed with variable rate

mortgages. The AHE indicated that, specifically referring to residential activity in Spain, 4.3% of the mortgage loans are of a fixed rate type and 95.7% are variable rate loans.

The report also notes, according to El Mundo, that there has been a slight increase registered in the average repayment term and in the average loan amount. The average mortgage loan amount stood at 100,754 euros in June 2016, which is 1.4% more than in December 2015, while the average repayment term of the loans in the portfolio increased by 1.6 years over the data for December 2015, to stand at 17.82 years. keyero

Home Sales Fell by 7.9% in July – First Fall of the Year

Sales of homes in Spain fell by 7.9% in July, compared with the same month of the previous year, and is the first decline registered so far this year, with a total of 39,841 transactions carried out, according to the latest data from the Notaries’ Statistical Information Centre. In seasonally adjusted terms, the reduction is 1.4%.

Apartment sales registered the most pronounced declines, falling by 10.2% year-on-year (4.7% in seasonally adjusted terms), followed by free price housing, with a decline of 10%, due to sales of second hand flats falling by 8.4% and sales of new flats falling by 22.6%. However, in contrast, sales of single-family homes recorded a slight increase, of 0.9%.

With regards to price, the price per square metre of the homes purchased in July fell by 3.6%, to an average of 1,274 euros, due to a decline in the price per square metre of single-family homes, of 4.6%, and the price per square metre of apartments falling by 2.3%.

Moreover, El Economista reported that the price per square metre of free price housing registered a decline of 1.7%, with the average price of second hand flats standing at 1,399 euros (-1.2%), while new flats had an average price of 1,844 euros per square metre (-0.6%). keyero

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In an ideal location based in a small hamlet of homes with elevated views across the rambla yet is only a 10 minute drive to the many amenities of the market town of Albox. This house has many original features including a stable style split door entrance, traditional fireplace with log burner, beams on the ceilings and many others. Downstairs there is a decent sized double bedroom, bathroom, separate dining room and a fully fitted modernised kitchen with a belfast sink. Upstairs there is a larger double bedroom and an open upper mezzanine area that could be easily converted into a 3rd double bedroom at very little cost.

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Delightful country Cortijo with stunning views. Access to the property is via a windy road, a ten minute drive to the many amenities of Oria. This home is amongst a hamlet of houses in a mountain setting with stunning views.This property contains 3 double bedrooms a main bathroom and an en-suite. As you walk through the main door you walk into a large fully fitted kitchen which leads on to a dining room and lounge both rooms have functioning log fires.As you head up the stairs it splits, to the right is the main bedroom and en-suite to the left of the stairs contains the other two bedrooms and main bathroom. This property has been fully reformed to the highest standard and has a very homely feel is furnished and available from October.

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European house price boom continues unabated, market analysis shows European house price boom continues unabated, market analysis shows Residential property prices rose in 17 of the 22 European housing markets for which figures were available during the year to Q2 2016, Global Property Guide’s latest detailed analysis of individual regions and countries shows.

In total, six of the ten strongest housing markets in the Global Property Guide’s global survey are in Europe, with Romania now the strongest housing market in the region.

Property in Romania Romania is now the strongest housing market in Europe and the third best performer in Global Property Guide’s global survey, amidst strong economic growth and the government's focus on rebuilding public trust. The average selling price of apartments rose by 10.1% during the year to Q2 2016, from year-onyear rises of 11.55% in Q1 2016, 7.74% in Q4 2015, 7.57% in Q3 2015, and 4.83% in Q2 2015. House prices increased 0.77% quarter-on-quarter in Q2 2016.

This comes as a surprise given Romania's disappointing performance from 2008 to 2014, amidst struggling economy. House prices plunged by 24.22% in 2009, 22.08% in 2010, 6.99% in 2011, 5.96% in 2012, 10.43% in 2013, and 1.59% in 2014.

It was only in the second half of 2015 that the housing market fully began to recover. The Romanian economy expanded by a robust 3.7% in 2015,

one of the EU's highest growth rates, and a marked contrast to the almost zero growth between 2009 and 2014.

Romania's economy is expected to grow by 4.2% this year, due to tax cuts and salary increases.

Property in Germany Germany's housing market remains strong, mainly due to supply shortages and strong economic fundamentals.

The price index for apartments rose by 9.89% during the year to Q2 2016.

Apartment prices rose by 3.71% q-o-q in Q2 2016.

Long a picture of housing market stability, Germany was one of the few countries that avoided a house-price slump in the wake of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. Since then, extremely low interest rates have encouraged demand. In Q2 2016, the economy expanded by 3.1% from a year earlier, up from an annual growth rate of 1.5% in Q1 2016, according to the Federal Statistics Office. The economy is expected to expand by 1.7% this year and by 1.4% next year, after growing by 1.5% in 2015, 1.6% in 2014, 0.4% in 2013 and 0.6% in 2012, according to Bundesbank.

Property in Turkey Turkey's housing market remains robust, with house prices in Istanbul rising by 9.67% during the year to Q2 2016. House prices increased 0.36% q-o-q in Q2 2016.

Turkey's housing market was boosted by strong foreign investment and growing population, despite a collapsing currency, dissatisfaction with the government, and geopolitical tensions.

From 2007 to 2011, house prices in Turkey fell by 29% inflation-adjusted as economic growth slowed sharply to 0.7% in 2008, a sudden end to the impressive of 6.8% annual GDP growth during 2002-2007. Existing house prices plunged 14.65% in 2008, by 2.82% in 2009, by 3.54% in 2010 and by 2.39% in 2011. The Turkish housing market finally recovered in 2012, with house prices rising by an average of 8% annually from 2012 to 2015. The economy grew by a striking 4.8% in Q1 2016 from a year earlier, after expanding by 3.8% in 2015, 2.9% in 2014, 4.2% in 2013, 2.1% in 2012, 8.8% in 2011, and 9.2% in 2010.

The economy is projected to grow by 3.8% this year, and by another 3.4% in 2017, according to the IMF. Meanwhile the decline of the Turkish lira against all major currencies, especially the euro, made residential properties more affordable to foreign homebuyers. In just two year, the lira lost about 13.2% of its value against the euro to TRY3.31691 = EUR1 in August 2016. Over the same period, the lira depreciated by almost 27% against the US dollar to TRY2.95954 = USD1.

Property in Malta Malta's property market is performing very well, buoyed by government measures aimed at supporting property demand, such as the Individual Investor Programme and stamp duty exemption for first time homebuyers. Maltese property prices rose by 7.63% during the year to Q2 2016, up from a y-o-y increase of 3.59% a year earlier. Despite this, property prices declined 5.6% q-o-q in Q2 2016.

The Maltese property market enjoyed strong growth from 2000 to 2007, with house prices rising by 53.4%. However, property prices fell with the global financial crisis by 9.1% in 2008, 1.1% in 2009 and another 5% in 2010. After a short-lived recovery in 2011, house prices fell again by 5.2% in 2012. The housing market bounced back in 2013, due

to government's launch of new property-related measures. House prices rose by 5.34% in 2013, 4.32% in 2014, and 8.66% in 2015. The economy is expected to expand by 3.6% this year, and by another 3% in 2017, after growing by 6.3% in 2015, 3.7% in 2014, 4.1% in 2013, and 2.8% in 2012, according to the IMF. Property in Ireland Ireland remains strong with house prices rising by 6.34% during the year to Q2 2016, at par with an annual rise of 6.19% a year earlier. This surge can be attributed to strong demand, coupled with limited housing supply, especially in the capital city of Reykjavik. House prices in Iceland increased 1.17% q-o-q in Q2 2016.

Iceland’s economy is expected to grow by a robust 4.2% this year, after expanding by 4% in 2015, 2% in 2014, 4.4% in 2013, 1.2% in 2012, and 2% in 2011, according to the IMF. Ireland's house prices continue to rise, albeit at a slower pace, with residential property prices up by 6.27% during the year to end-Q2 2016. During the latest quarter (Q2 2016) Irish house prices dropped slightly by 0.9%.

The Irish economy is now the fastest-growing economy in the EU according to the official GDP growth figure of 26.3% in 2015 (revised up from the previously estimated 7.8% growth) However note that the spectacular revised figure largely reflects tax-based financial alchemy, rather than real growth - if it were real and continued the Irish economy would be larger than China's by 2037!

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‘The Also Ran’

Much has been said about the high and mighty in Alqueria, the dynamic Manuela, the studious Poyato and that intellectual giant Loco Paco, but what of the ordinary souls of the Pueblo.

Sacerdote del Semblante Lánguido is the Village priest. He arrived in Alqueria full of hope and a joyous wonder that filled the heart with delight. He had the best interests of the people at the very centre of his very sensitive heart. He laid awake at night worrying about his parishioners and counselled them with wisdom during the daylight hours. Then one fateful day he took Manuela’s confession.

His hair greyed, his faith evaporated, he turned to drink. It was the making of him. He now sleeps the sleep of the intoxicant. He couldn’t give a ‘damn’ about those whose spiritual well-being he is entrusted with and he has embraced Existentialism. He is now for the first time in his life a happy and rounded individual. He does suffer from the occasional flashback to Manuela’s outpourings which leaves him sweating, trembling and in a state of intense sexual frustration but it is a small price to pay for happiness.

Ernesto Muyinestable is one of those individuals who has devoted his life to his art. Ernesto lives for his flamenco, he twirls and stomps morning, noon

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and night as he practises new and ever more complicated steps. To say he is one of the best flamenco dancers currently practising would be an overstatement. He isn’t good, he isn’t even bad, he is terrible.

The main and very obvious reason for this is that Ernesto is a uniped. He lost his right leg while playing ‘Ludo’ during the ‘Great Tournament of 87’. Now he falls over a lot. Every time he performs he receives a storm of sympathetic applause.

He believes this is reward for his prowess in the art of flamenco dancing and so inspires him to perform more complicated routines.

He then receives more sympathetic applause, so on and so forth. It will probably all end in death or serious injury but like our worthy Priest, Ernesto is happy.

Don Sageo has a lot to answer for. He is Alqueria’s intellectual. At least is the only individual in the Village who can read at an adult level and is capable of joined-up writing. It was the Don who discovered, through his archaeological research that Alqueria wasn’t included in the Christian Reconquest and was therefore not technically part of Spain. In fact it was Sageo who is responsible for the Alqueria of today.

It goes to demonstrate that every person, no matter how humble can have a profound effect on their own and others lives. Especially in Alqueria.

Strictly Week 1 I don’t know how they do it, but strictly seems to get stronger every year!

Another 15 celebrities and yet another very strong bunch showing potential right from the word go! With nobody being eliminated this week they all get at least 2 weeks of training (and if you believe this you will believe anything!) From the moment they are signed for the show I’ll bet they are all taking private tuition!

Opening the show this year was TV presenter Laura Whitmore with her partner Giovanni and a Cha Cha Cha. Laura has very long legs but unfortunately didn’t use them! Although there was good characterisation and great energy she did go wrong several times and also ended up off time. I gave her a 4 and the judges a total of 25.. Next up were BBC TV presenter Naga Munchetty and Pasha with a Waltz. She started off very well with quite nice posture but due to the difficulty of the choreography, she ended up losing it, as a result was dragged around the floor. Because of this she also looked unsteady on her feet and her waltz was lumpy.

Nevertheless a good try for which I gave her 5 and the judges 23. Judge Robert Rinder and Oksana also danced a Cha Cha Cha. I gave him 10 out of 10 for effort and his facial expressions - well, they had to be seen to be believed! This could only be described as a frenetic dance but with great rhythm. I found his action a little stilted but I think he is going to be hilarious. I awarded him 6 and the judges a total of 25.

The oldest competitor to take part in any series at the age of 70 Lesley Joseph then danced with Anton and a Waltz. As an actress she captured the essence of the Waltz, but unfortunately she is far too small to dance with Anton and as a result her shoulders were up round her ears and because of her age has posture issues which I’m not sure can be remedied I gave her 4 and the judges 23. Ore Oduba and Joanne were the first this year to dance a Tango. And the first awful

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I’m not the world’s greatest enthusiast of housework. I do not leap out of bed in the mornings with a merry cry of ‘Ooh goody, I’ve got some nice dusting to do today.’

House cleaning is a chore and a bore, but it is not the worst; that accolade falls to cleaning the inside of the car. That job I hate! I hate it with an H, in CAPITALS,BOLD and UNDERLINED. I can think of only one job that is worse – going down sewers to clear fat bergs!

However, since living in a mudless country, and having no dog, it has gradually crept up the list of jobs to reach a status of disliked, with a capital D, but no bold underlining.

That was until Lucy, the Dog That Is Not Ours, got a sore throat and needed to go to the vet. Despite her protestations that she was alright really, but that if we insisted, wouldn’t it be better to walk all the way to Albox to the vet rather than go there in that horrible Coche?

As she only needed to go twice she does not qualify as a Frequent User, plus she travels on a carpet of newspaper, (she’s car sick) so two journeys can not have made that much impression on the boot of the car. Or so I thought.

I set to – the boot was liberally be-sprinkled with Lucy hair. How can one neat and spruce shorthaired dog lose so much hair? She should be bald, but she’s not!

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piece of music not even resembling a Tango and way too fast! There was a lack of Tango in the choreography but Ore did a good job. His frame wasn’t too bad but he will have to learn to get rid of that bottom! He has had some dance training in his past which showed up and I gave him a 6 with the judges 27. I think he will be one to watch but I’m afraid Joanne is my least favourite professional and for me fails her celebrities.

Athlete Greg Rutherford and Natalie performed a Jive.

This started off with great energy and gusto but as it progressed the leg retraction disappeared on the kicks and flicks and he was suffering with twine toes. Again not a bad effort and a 6 with the judges 27.

That was Fridays show so onto Saturday evening which started with Louise Redknapp and Kevin and a Jive. Great kicks and flicks here but lacked flexibility on Jive basic leaving it looking a bit flat. Great energy and musicality and definitely one to watch. I awarded her 7 and the judges 31. Next to perform were Melvin Odoom and Janette with a Cha Cha Cha. Melvin has a lot of work to do and is one of the weaker dancers this year. He needs to work on keeping his feet on the floor as his Cha Cha Cha looked very plonky and lacking in hip and leg action. I gave him 5 and the judges 22.

Model Daisy Lowe and Aljaz were next to dance a Waltz.

What a great opener! An excellent interpretation with a nice frame, head and neck position and soft fluid movement and being so tall looked really elegant. She will definitely be a contender in the Ballroom section but being so tall we’ll see if she can control those limbs for the Latin. I gave her 8 and the judges top place this week with 32. Next up were my favourites Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac with Oti and a Cha Cha Cha. What can I say Wow! Wow! Wow! and Yummy!! Danny is an ex West End performer, with excellent speed, accuracy and lines coupled with great hips and not to mention drop dead gorgeous looks! He has to be a strong contender already for the glitter ball trophy (not saying that I’m biased!) I awarded him 9 and the judges 31. Hope he is as good in the ballroom.

Eastenders star Tameka Empson and Gorka (our new Spanish professional) were the first to dance Paso Doble

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Then I remembered Tony Grey.

He reckons he has invented a vacuum cleaner that will remove Embedded Pet Hairs – I presume he means pet hairs that have fallen off the pet and embedded themselves in the carpet, and not hairs still attached to an Embedded Pet – all our pets are embedded, we couldn’t get rid of them if we tried!

I don’t believe him. I am so sure that he is boasting that I will throw down a challenge: Tony Grey, if you are so confident that your G-Tech vacuum will remove the dog hairs from the boot of our car, then come and prove it to me!

And if you are right I will abandon Laurence and purchase your unbelievably efficient machine – but I have a feeling that Laurence’s future is secure!

this year. Nice to have traditional music and being an actress Tameka showed great interpretation of the dance with strong lines and musicality. I gave her 7 and the judges 26. Pop singer Anastacia and Brendan then danced a Cha Cha Cha. Such a sexy sassy performance with good foot leg and hip action. Her nerves got the better of her which resulted in her going wrong a few times and losing balance on her spins but a good first dance for which I gave her 6 and the judges 28. Our weak link for this year politician Ed Balls and Katia danced a Waltz. I have to say it was a bit better than I was expecting. At least there were signs of heels and toes evident. As a total non-dancer it was a respectable first dance with a reasonable frame for which I awarded him 4 and the judges bottom place on 21. Gymnast and pocket rocket at just 4’7” Claudia Fragapane, our youngest celebrity at just 18 coupled with our youngest professional AJ performed a Cha Cha Cha. Her action was more stilted than I expected of a gymnast but it was sharp and musical. Being considerably smaller than AJ, I don’t know how she will cope with the ballroom so time will tell. I gave her 6 and the judges 26. Closing this week’s show were pop singer Will Young and Karen with a Tango. What on earth was he wearing?!!

Skin tight drainpipe trousers at half-mast with red socks and no jacket!! Please!!! This put me off his performance which although nice and staccatto lacked being low enough into the floor for control. I found this performance very patchy in quality with some good, some not so good pieces. I gave him 7 and the judges 30.

There are some really strong contenders this year with only 3 weak dancers tha t I can see. I can’t wait to see how they will go next week in the opposite discipline. If you have been bitten by the bug, why not come and join one of our classes and learn along with the stars? Until next week - Keep Dancing!

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1791 – France becomes the first country to emancipate its Jewish population.

1924 – First round-the-world flight completed.

1960 – Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.

1971 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.

2008 – SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.

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Lightly toast on chopped1/2 cup sour For the slaw: 1 ripe avocado, pittedheat. and skinned medium When 1 celeriac, peeled, 1/4 red cabbage, sliced thin 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped slightly brown, splash julienned or 1/4 green cabbage, sliced thin juice of 1 lime in tamari and toss grated 1 jalapeño, chopped 1/2 medium-sized red onion, diced and Pour seeded seeds about. out 3 carrots, peeled, 1/2 cup cilantro salt to taste of the pan and reserve.

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F O K TAL N W O T E H T Store stocks produce that was destined for the skip Mr Smith, who started the Real Junk Food Project in 2013, allows people to pay for the food by not just money, but by volunteering to help out with the scheme. The initiative started as ‘boutiques’ or food waste stalls selling produce in Real Junk Food Project cafes.

There are now 126 ‘pay as you feel’ cafes in the UK and across the world.

The Real Junk Food Project receives on average between two and 10 tonnes of food at its warehouse on Grangefield Industrial Estate every day.

The supermarket has deals with retail giants such as Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Ocado, and also works with local allotments, cafes, food banks and caterers. Project founder Adam Smith hopes the waste supermarket will be the start of a global movement to end food waste Project founder Adam Smith hopes the waste supermarket will be the start of a global movement to end food waste.

Britain throws away 15 million tonnes of food a year, the worst offender in the EU and the supermarket aims to prevent that Britain throws away 15 million tonnes of food a year, the worst offender in the EU and the supermarket aims to prevent that Mr Smith, 31, a chef by training, said: ‘I had already had the idea about opening up something like this as we had problems with having too much food.

‘The surplus food is usually donated to local schools but over the summer we ended up being left with quite a large amount. ‘We ended up creating a supermarket in one part of our warehouse and after posting on social media, we had hundreds of families

coming down in the first week or so.

We already let people take food home from the cafes but this is on a much larger scale. We didn’t plan it, it was a consequence of operations.’

Mr Smith said he now hopes to open similar ‘supermarkets’ in towns and cities, such as Sheffield, Doncaster, Bradford, Brighton and Wigan. He told the Guardian: ‘I said right from the beginning that I wanted to feed the world and I haven’t even started yet.

We’ve fed nearly half a million people in 30 months but there’s so much more we can do.’

Real Junk Food Project also delivers surplus bread, fruit, vegetables and dairy products to schools in its ‘Fuel For School’ project. The food, which may otherwise have gone to the skip, is used to feed 12,000 children a week.

Britain throws away 15 million tonnes of food a year, the worst offender in the EU. This year, the big four supermarkets - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons - signed a voluntary agreement that promised to drive down food and drink waste by a fifth within the next decade.

Tesco, Asda and Morrisons also launched a ‘wonky veg’ range earlier this year after TV chef Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall revealed how they were refusing to do so [and throwing away perfectly good food] in his ‘War on Waste’ series.

Despite those steps taken, supermarkets are still throwing away £230m of edible food.

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With the summer coming to an end the last Tapas on the Terrace night will be Thursday 6th October. The Friday Curry Night, with a stunning starter platter followed by homemade Indian, Asian or West Indian and Vegetarian curries and rice dishes and Saturday Grill night with three great courses and a bottle of Rioja for just €28 for two people continue throughout the year.

Plus, from Sunday 16th October their popular Sunday Lunch returns with both Traditional Roasts and other great homemade dishes to choose from and an extended starter and dessert range. 2 courses just €9.95 or 3 for €11.95 both include drinks.

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new rugby club training on Guardamar Christian Assembly beach in front of the restaurants.

Junior and senior training on Monday evangelical church, and Wednesday 18.30-20.00.

Calle Urbano Arregui 23, Torrevieja For more details contact Garry 692 767 03185. Meets every Sunday, 11am, 242, whatsapp, or Robert on 697 286 includes Sunday School for children.

416 Prayer meetings, craft and computer ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, clubs, Bible study groups. Also house Orihuela Costa Branch, covers the groups at La Siesta: Tuesdays, 3pm. area from Punta Prima to San Javier Call 674552754 for details. La Zenia: and inland. The branch meets on the Wednesdays, 3pm, call 620318964.

3rd Thursday of every month at the Torrevieja: Thursdays 5.30pm. Call Olympia Restaurant in Mil Palmeras 608283661, and in church building, at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. You do Tuesdays, 6pm call 617591399 and not have to be ex military to attend Thursdays, 5.30pm call 608283661. For or to join. Everyone is welcome. More other church matters call pastor, Rafael information can be found at the branch Restrepo, on 966799273 or mobile website - http://branches.britishlegion. 660127276. org.uk/branches/orihuela-costa

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Rojales Netball Club are back in training 7pm-8.30pm. They finished last season on a high and want to continue this by inviting new players, coaches and umpires to join them.

If you are age 14+, enjoy team sports and have a basic understanding of netball (or even better if you are an experienced player) then get out those trainers and come along to Quesada.

We are a group of ladies of differing ages and playing ability but all with the same aim of enjoying ourselves on the netball court.

If you require any further details contact Claire 680 300 637 or Tracey 679 539 995.

Friends after Casa Tom Community 50+ SOLOS IS open to ladies and gentlemen who Bereavement. F.A.B for Choir: Casa Tom Community Choir meets find themselves on their own but would short every Monday at 2.00pm for 2.30pm.

It is a mixed choir and all levels are welcome. No auditions, no solos.

Make new friends and have a good time. Location: CASA TOM, Avenida JACA 31, San Luis, Torrevieja.

Phone or email Terry for further details. Phone: 647-189-135. Email: casatomsanluis@gmail.com.

THE ROYAL ASSOCIATION,

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

Contact Paul Edwards, Chairman, 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996.

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Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs. 10-1pm.

For information ring John McGilvray on 966 786 774 or Mobiles 634 658 506/695 871 707 or e mail carolejohn_3@hotmail.com

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If you would like to have a coffee and a friendly chat, please join us at the La Laguna Hotel, Lo Marabu every Friday morning from 11am ANN - 966 717 390 - 666 747 398

like to get out and meet people through a difficult time. No Fees or Subs just a get together normally twice a month for a meal. chat and perhaps a quiz at different locations in the Torrevieja area. We have run this little group for some 10 years and more such events are needed, 966 789 063.

‘Strictly’ Dance Summer Schedule

Every Monday Rock and Roll Class The Emerald Isle, La Florida,7:30-8:30pm Beginners & Improvers followed by Rock & Roll session. Every Tuesday The Country Club, Quesada 8:00-10:00pm Ballroom & Latin Tuition Beginners & Intermediates and Social Dancing Every Thursday, The Madhouse, Pueblo Principe, 8:00-10:00pm Ballroom & Latin Tuition Beginners & Intermediates and Social Dancing. You have seen the show now come and learn how its done with the professionals. New courses start every 3 week and singles are always welcome. For more info contact Lyn on 635584431, 966188430 or email strictlydancelyn@gmail.com

We are a mixed group of people who meet on a Saturday afternoon between 2pm to 4pm. The club is run between Rosina and Joan. We are a very friendly group with a lot of chat with Plenty of time to listen. We try to help bereaved people to take their first steps to new friendships, we understand bereavement as each and everyone of us have been bereaved.

For more information please contact Rosina on 602219543. Or email rosinamontague@yahoo.co.uk where I can describe where and how you will to be able to come to our meeting place.

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Meets at Hamilton´s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7 p.m. And every alternate Thursday from 22nd September, there is an Development/ Awareness Circle where you can develop your skills commencing at 6.30 p.m. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service.

The Divine Service with Mediumship, on Sunday, 2nd October, will be taken by Oscar Villegas (visiting Columbian/UK Medium). Oscar will also take the Evening of Mediumship on Tuesday, 4th October.

The Divine Service with Mediumship, on Sunday, 9th October will be taken

by Marilyn Webb (visiting UK Medium).

Contact Wendy on 965323028. www. spiritualistcentre-benijofar.com New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail.com or info@spiritualistcentre-benijofar.com Identificacion Fiscal G54713789.

Walking Football teams on the Costa Blanca

We are considering forming a friendly league, to be played on a home and away basis. should you wish to put your club forward to joining this friendly, Non profit, league please contact in the first instance Bill Whitehouse by e.mail Amigos Friendship billwhitehouse1@hotmail.co.uk if you are reading this and you feel that Group We meet at Rayz Bar El Raso every this is for you please notify you'r club management.

Wednesday at 3.00pm.

For a social get together and fun if you would like to join a walking football quiz. We arrange lots of team please contact the above for more activities including day trips, meals information in your area. out walks and holidays.

You are welcome to join us and La Bamba’s - Ballroom widen your circle of friends.

Modern / Latin / Just turn up and you will be made Argentine Tango / welcome or for further info Call Ann tel. 642 774 399 or Ken tel. Sequence Dancing Papas Bar & Mini Golf, Rojales 02170 642 703 488 [near Thursday Market]

T.A.A.B.S ( T O R R E V I E J A Table Tennis at ASSOCIATION BALLADEER Paso A Paso Summer Torrevieja.

Dance Times at Papas Held Tuesdays and Thursdays 13.30 to S I N G E R S ) C har i t y Mondays 11.30am Classes for all level Singing Group 17.30 at Casa Ventura. plus practice time .. stay and enjoy a Equipment and coaching provided if required. All standards catered for. If more information required contact Del on 653564831

Pilar Christian Community Church

Calle Canalejas 3. Pilar de la Horadada.

Sunday Service at 11am, and Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information contact PilarChristian.CommunityChurch@gmail. com. 966 849 448 - 966 848 806

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Sports Centre every Monday at 10am Five tables equipment supplied, coaching given if necessary, all standards welcome.

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Monday - SOCIAL DANCE 8.00pm 10.30pm Wednesday - New Beginners Class [new beginners welcome every Wednesday] The Leading award winning charity 11am singing group on the Orihuela Costa, This Papas brunch.

Charity Singing Group, are rehearsing, in Thursdays 8pm Classes for all levels plus Improvers Class 12pm; Sequence Dance Class 1pm Ernest, for late summer, and Christmas social dancing till late.

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Andrea Murphy [0034] 616 478 157 Charity events.

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Sorry no Monday West CHESS club Friendly Chess group looking for more Coast class until further notice. players.

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Great British Bake Off: Will it suffer same fate as Top Gear?

With iconic judge Mary Berry and presenters Mel and Sue leaving, has Channel 4 been left with a £75m soggy bottom?

It was a big morning for fans of The Great British Bake Off with news that one of its stars will stay and one will go.Mary Berry has decided to remain with the BBC “out of loyalty”.

Her fellow judge Paul Hollywood, cynics might imply, is following the dough and the show to Channel 4.

In its current berth on BBC One, Bake Off is enjoying record figures and the public seem to love the programme more than ever.

So what will its future hold?

Shortly after it was announced that Bake off was moving channels, and that presenters Mel and Sue would not be going with it, various tweets speculated that Channel 4 had spent £75m on a tent.

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It may be that she values the format more than the ingredients involved.

She’s written of her desire to keep the show just as viewers like it: “The Great British Bake Off will have a safe home.

“The show of soggy bottoms and

good crumb will be made by exactly the same team who have always made it. We love it just as it is.”

But is this really possible without Mary, Mel and Sue? Part of the programme’s popularity and appeal has been the chemistry between judges and presenters - as well as with the contestants.

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Could Channel 4 and Love Productions be following Top Gear down the route of the disastrous relaunch?

Or can they learn from Auntie’s mistakes?

Jamie Oliver has already said he’d happily appear on the show, and there’s been endless speculation about who else might be in the mix - with past winner Nadiya Hussain a favourite, as well as Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith.

But the wider and possibly more important question is what damage this could ultimately do to

Brad Pitt’s week goes from bad to worse

The FBI has told Sky News it is gathering information into an alleged incident on an aircraft carrying Brad Pitt and his children.

The agency is looking at whether to

open an investigation into allegations Pitt clashed with one of his six children while on board a plane which landed in Minnesota.

In a statement to Sky News, the FBI said: “[In response to your inquiry] regarding allegations within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States; specifically, an aircraft carrying Mr Brad Pitt and his children, the FBI is continuing to gather facts and will evaluate whether an investigation at the federal level will be pursued.”

Several media outlets, using anonymous sources, have reported that the actor is under investigation by a child welfare agency.

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Families refused to say whether it was investigating Pitt.

Messages left for Pitt’s representatives were not immediately returned.

Angelina Jolie Pitt filed for divorce on Monday, saying she came to the decision “for the health of the family”.

She has asked for physical custody of the couple’s six children - 15-year-old Maddox, 12-year-old Pax, 11-year-old Zahara, 10-year-old Shiloh, and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

Jolie, 41, and Pitt, 52, known collectively as Brangelina, married in 2014 after 10 years together.

Their wedding ceremony was a family affair at their French chateau in the Provence hamlet of Correns, where their children served as ring bearers and threw flower petals.

It was a few days before they announced the ceremony had taken place.

The couple first met when they played married spies in the film Mr And Mrs Smith, when Pitt was still married to Friends star Jennifer Aniston.

Jolie had been married twice before, to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton.

Divorce experts say following the split, Jolie and Pitt will have to agree to a parenting plan, or face a public custody battle in court.

Both actors have, in separate statements, said their primary concern was their children and asked for privacy.

Channel 4.

Critics say that by poaching a rival’s hit, it has undermined its argument against being privatised.

Their case is largely based on the channel’s public service remit of championing shows that focus on innovation, diversity and new talent.

CJ de Mooi: ExEggheads panellist in court over alleged killing

So they could have more to worry about than who’s in charge of the bread.

CJ de Mooi claimed in his autobiography he punched a man who approached him with a knife and threw him into a canal in 1988.

Former panellist on TV quiz show Eggheads, CJ de Mooi, has appeared in court in connection with an alleged killing more than 20 years ago.

He was detained under a European arrest warrant at Heathrow Airport on Wednesday.

De Mooi, who lives in Monmouthshire, is wanted over an alleged killing in the Netherlands.

The suspect, 46, was held under his real name Joseph Connagh and appeared at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court where he was later released on bail.

He is due at the same court on 28 November for an extradition hearing.

Jolie is being represented by divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, who helped in her divorce from Thornton and has represented Johnny Depp in his divorce from Amber Heard.

On Wednesday night, French actress Marion Cotillard released a statement in a bid to end speculation she had anything to do with the couple’s break up.

She is starring with Pitt in the new film ‘Allied’ and some reports suggested a relationship between the pair was the reason Jolie filed for divorce.

In the statement, Cotillard revealed she was pregnant with her second child by long-term partner Guillaume Canet, and she stressed her commitment to the Frenchman.

In 2006, Brad and Angelina formed the Jolie-Pitt Foundation charity, which they helped finance with the millions of dollars they made selling personal pictures to celebrity magazines.

The foundation donated $8m to charity in its first year.

After years working as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations’ refugee agency, Jolie was appointed special envoy in 2012.

She has also spoken out against sexual violence against women.

In addition to their philanthropy, much of the couple’s off-screen public image has been centred on their role as parents.

Jolie won an Oscar for her role in the 1999 film, ‘Girl, Interrupted,’ and is the daughter of actor Jon Voight, himself an academy award winner.

De Mooi claimed in his autobiography he punched a man who approached him with a knife and threw him into a canal in Amsterdam in 1988.

In the book, he wrote: “He caught me on the wrong day and I just snapped. I’ve no idea what happened to him.”

Prosecutor Brian Gibbins said the arrest warrant was issued by a Dutch prosecutor over an allegation “relating to matters of manslaughter, murder, assault and assault by battery”.

He said: “It relates to an incident said to have taken place in 1988 in Amsterdam.

“It appears the defendant, a TV personality, wrote an autobiography.

“And in that autobiography it said that the defendant claimed that whilst living in Amsterdam in 1988 he may have killed a drug addict who was attempting to mug him by punching him and throwing him into a canal in Amsterdam.

“It is understood that person had a knife with him, it was said that the defendant punched his assailant square in the face, disarmed him and threw him in the canal.

“On the face of the warrant he is wanted for further questions.”

De Mooi became a panellist on Eggheads in 2003 after winning a series of game shows.

The programme features five quiz champions competing as a team against different challengers.

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“ I don’t believe in heaven. I’m not sure I’ve ever really believed in God….the church. I’d look up at Jesus hanging on the cross and wonder why God, who is supposed to be his father, almighty and powerful would let them do that to him. Would let him suffer so much.”

This 2012 adaptation, directed by Pat O’Connor is based on Michael Morpurgo’s book. It proved so popular that by April 2004 it had been adapted into a play by Simon Reade and was first performed at the Bristol Old Vic starring Alexander Campbell before transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London’s West End. The film stars Jack O’Connell (Charlie Peaceful), George Mackay (Tommo Peaceful), Alexandra Roach (Molly Monks), John Lynch (Sergeant Hanley) and the late Richard Griffiths (the Colonel) amongst its cast. It was shot on location in Ipswich and Suffolk.

Tommo narrates from 22.00 on the 24th of June 2016 to 06.00 on the 25th of June, whilst in solitary confinement, nervously fumbling with his late father’s watch given to him by Charlie, his brother in No Man’s Land. Eight excruciatingly painful and poignant hours before the tragic denouement…During those fateful moments where Tommo decries that every single moment “will be far too precious” he retells the story of his childhood, living with his family in Iddlesleigh, a farming community pre-first world war England.

The action covers 1908-1916.

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were in their 80s. “There was no poetry in their stories, only horror and regret and great sadness for the loss of good friends.”

Throughout the tale, the melancholic drones of “Oranges and lemons” can be heard from Big Joe to Tommo and finally Charlie. The three brothers. It is only when Tommo ominously mutters “here comes a chopper to chop off your head” then shockingly adding “you’re dead!” that the whole tragedy is unveiled. “But who would shoot their own soldiers?” It will haunt you.

James Peaceful was a gamekeeper and forester for the Colonel living with his wife, Hazel and three sons in a tied cottage on the estate. The boys were exceptionally close and protective of Big Joe who was simple-minded.

But it is Charlie’s protective and fatherly relationship of young Tommo that will move you, right up until the end.

Tommo-the name represents an everyman character, had a close relationship with his father and he felt special when he helped his father fell trees. “I love it here. Just the two of us.” Through his innocence and insecurity he asks his father who he loves most hoping he will say Tommo. James teases his youngest and answers Charlie. Not the right answer.

Tommo storms off telling his father he hates him when divine intervention strikes as Tommo is trying to apologise. “I looked up to see the great tree above me swaying when all the other trees were standing still. I stood and stared, mesmerised at the gradual fall of it, my legs frozen under me, quite incapable of movement.” James heroically saves his son’s life but succumbs to his own sad demise and during Tommo’s impressionable years gaining maturity he harbours a guilty secret that he finally unburdens in No Man’s Land to his

beloved Charlie: “I have inside me a secret so horrible. Father needn’t have died that morning in Ford’s Cleave Wood. He was trying to save me I have killed my own father.”

Without a father to support his family, Hazel is offered a position as a lady’s maid then in charge of the Colonel’s laundry enabling the family to remain in the cottage. Charlie is taken on as a worker in the hunt kennels.

A new gamekeeper, Monks replaces James who takes an instant dislike to the Peaceful brothers. His daughter, Molly becomes closely entwined and it is mutually reciprocated. A skinny dipping episode is momentous when she foretells the future with stones, a method used by gypsies. “ The stones say that as long as we stick together we’ll be lucky and happy ‘til the day we die.” Was it wishful thinking or was she tapping into her psychic energy? An infatuated Tommo asks her who she is going to marry and she teases with a Peaceful. Which one though?

Conflict arises between the brothers who both fall in love with Molly, culminating in Tommy telling his brother he hates him. War is declared and the novel then shows the brothers signing up for different reasons. For Tommy it is to stop the Hun from invading, the taunts of cowardice and a sense of adventure.

He is too young to sign-up but falsifies his age. Charlie goes to keep a loving eye on his brother. Sergeant “Horrible” Hanley takes an instant dislike to Charlie, proving to be the bane of his life.

War is destructive, we know that and we are faced with many harrowing images of death.

Can Charlie protect his brother and the million dollar question-can the boys survive the war?

Can promises be kept…? Find out for yourself.

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ARNOLD PALMER – Golfer supreme A tribute by Tony Matthews

American Arnold Palmer, recognised by Hill.” many as one of the greatest golfers in “He was a true pioneer for our sport. the sport's history, died last weekend at Forever remembered," said Northern the age of 87, at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in his home city of Pittsburgh, Ireland's star Rory McIlroy.

Pennsylvania, where he was undergoing "My heart aches with passing of the heart tests.

King. What he did for golf cannot be During a long and successful career, golf’s ‘greatest ambassador’ won a total measured. An athlete, a pioneer, a of 91 tournaments worldwide and his philanthropist, a family man, and much seven major victories in seven years more... his legacy will live on. R.I.P. included wins at the Open in 1961 at Arnie" tweeted US golfer Zach Johnson.

Royal Birkdale and 1962 at Troon. He Lee Trevino said: “He was a fabulous also claimed a record 62 PGA tour wins as well. player”… Tom Watson agreed, saying “Arnold Palmer is the most important “What a golfer – he was the best”. Nick golfer to play the game” said BBC's golf Faldo described him as a “super star on correspondent Iain Carter. “His force of the golf course” … and Sam Torrance charisma put the game on the map and said: “He was King of Golf”. it never dimmed".

US President Barack Obama tweeted Fellow golfing great and a close friend of Palmer’s, Jack Nicklaus, has already a picture of himself with Arnold Palmer admitted that he will "miss him greatly". at the White House, adding: "Here's to "We’ve just lost one of the incredible The King who was as extraordinary on people in the game of golf and in all of the links as he was generous to others. sports," he tweeted.

Thanks for the memories, Arnold."

"Arnold transcended the game of golf.

Former President George W. Bush He was more than a golfer or even a great golfer, he was an icon, a legend." admitted: “He brought golf to millions by Palmer attracted his daring and caring. My wife and I are thousands of missing him already”. diehard fans Palmer was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania known as "Arnie's Army" as he helped in 1929. The son of the green keeper to promote the game and grounds man at his local into the television age. country golf club, he "Today marks the later became the passing of an era," said professional Alastair Johnston, CEO at that very of Arnold Palmer Enterprises.

“His same golf influence, profile and club. achievements spread H e far beyond the game of golf. He was an was one iconic American of golf's who treated people most dominant with respect and players in the late warmth, and built 1950s and early 1960s. a unique legacy through his ability R.I.P. Top man, top to engage with golfer. fans."

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The home team took the lead in the first minute after good work

by Javi Torrano on the left. His cross to the far post was met first time by Cesar who turned the ball home.

Esparragal's first effort came in the 14th minute when a cross shot from the right grazed the crossbar.

Two minutes later Chino's free kick was scrambled clear by the Esparragal keeper and play transferred quickly to the other end where a mistake by Raul Torrano almost let the visitors in.

Pablo had to be alert to keep out another Esparragal effort in the 18th minute as the visitors came more into the game and Juan Andreo had to dive in to deflect another effort for a corner.

However it was Mazarron who increased their lead on 36 minutes.

Cesar was fouled on the edge of the penalty area and Chino curled a delightful free kick into the far corner of the net.

Mazarron started the second half brightly without really troubling the Esparragal keeper but the game came to life after 57 minutes when the visitors had Ruben sent off presumably for something he said to the linesman.

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were easily cleared and Chino and Javi were forming an impressive partnership down the left hand side.

On 75 minutes a through ball found Raul racing clear and he hit a left foot shot into the net only to see the linesman's flag raised for offside. Substitute Steven then made a good run down the right but Raul could only turn his cross in the arms of a grateful Esparragal keeper. Francisco then became the second visiting player to be dismissed before Mazarron scored a third after another surging run from Chino who found Steven on the right. The youngster's cross into the middle was met by another substitute Ruben who turned the ball home to the delight of the large and enthusiastic home crowd.

The one blemish for Mazarron came in the 89th minute when reserve goalkeeper Juan Pedro was sent off from the substitutes bench.

The win lifted Mazarron out of the relegation places and up to 13th in the league table.

Team: Pablo: Raul Torrano: Raso: Juan Andreo: Chino: Andreo: Boudia (Steven); Koko: Cesar (Ruben): Raul: Javi Torrano (Pedro).

Man of the Match: Chino

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SPORTS SHORTS by Tony Matthews

QUESADA GOLF SUPER LEAGUE

4th SUMMER COMPETITION FONT DEL LLOP 19th SEPT For the day’s organisers it was a very early start arriving at the course just as the sun was coming through the dark. With so much to do before players came in to pay with the staff at Font del Llop eager to help out to make the day once again a special event we sorted out all the nearest the pins, longest drives and the cards to go with it. This year we were pleased to welcome players from 10 different societies.

This extended to 52 players starting on the 1st and 10th tees. By this time the sun was fully out and making its presence felt. We were now all set for an excellent day. The course was in its usual well maintained condition and it was obvious to the organisers who were in amongst the rest of the players that we were looking at some excellent scores and as the cards started to come in this was realised.

Having checked all the cards through once again the trophy for the best

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pair on the day was going to go to San Miguel Golf Society with Theo Boelhouer and Hugh Riley scoring a very creditable 49 points.

Our thanks as always on these occasions go to the Font del Llop staff and especially to Barbara for her help in making this a most successful day. After the prize giving, results as below, a vote of thanks was given to the organisers from Ruby’s Golf Society on behalf of the players.

A new League starts on the 3rd October at Font del Llop and we look forward to seeing all the teams. Our thanks to Chris at Mono’s Bar for his sponsorship. The other prizes were donated by the League Officers.

Winners Overall Pairs Winners: Theo Boelhouer & Hugh Riley 49 points (San Miguel GS) 2nd Place: Andrew Drinkall & Ray Muttock 47 points (c/b) (Med Bar GS) 3rd Place: Dave Lethaby & Andy Shaw 47 points (La Plaza GS) NTPs 3rd: Tony Simms 8th: John Orrill 12th: Nigel Wright 16th : Jim Brightmore 17th : Tom Kendrick NTPs in three @ 15th: Ray Muttock Longest Drive (M): @ 10th: Ian Faulkner NTPs in three @ 18th: Robin Eastman Longest Drive (L) @ 10th: Theresa Wright NTPs in two @ 13th: Bill Peters

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• Middlesex bowler Toby RolandJones claimed a hat-trick against Yorkshire to earn his county their first cricket Championship title for 23 years. Somerset finished second with Yorkshire third while Hampshire and Notts were relegated.

• Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin has taken his 200th wicket, in only his 37th Test. He’s the second fastest to achieve this feat in Test cricket.

• Last weekend, Manchester United hammered Leicester 4-1…Arsenal whipped Chelsea 3-0… Everton lost 1-0 at Bournemouth… Liverpool thumped Hull 5-1… Spurs won 2-1 at Middlesbrough… Stoke drew 1-1 with WBA for whom Tony Pulis took charge of his 1,000th game as a club manager…

Sunderland succumbed 3-2 at home to Crystal Palace… leaders Manchester City won 3-1 at Swansea… and West Ham lost 3-0 at home by Southampton.

Watford met Burnley on Monday.

• Norwich have replaced Huddersfield as Championship leaders.

• Hartlepool’s 772-round mile trip to Plymouth was not in vain as they drew 1-1 in FL2.

• Celtic crushed Kilmarnock 6-1 to stay top of the SPL. • In the Champions League last night, it was CSKA-Spurs, Borussia DortmundReal Madrid and Leicester-Porto. This evening we have Arsenal-Basel, CelticManchester City, Atletico MadridBayern Munich and MonchengladbachBarcelona.

• Tomorrow’s Europa League ties include Dundalk-Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel BS-Southampton and Manchester United-Zorya.

• The top PL games this weekend are Swansea-Liverpool (Saturday) and Burnley-Arsenal, LeicesterSouthampton, Manchester United-Stoke and Spurs-Manchester City (Sunday).

• Next week, 2018 WC qualifiers include Austria-Wales, Republic of Ireland-Georgia (4 October), followed

by England-Malta, Northern Ireland-San Marino and Scotland-Lithuania 48 hours later.

• There’s a Manchester derby (United v City) plus Liverpool-Spurs and West Ham-Chelsea in the 4th round of the EFL Cup. • Celtic-Rangers and AberdeenMorton meet in the SLC semi-finals.

• Manchester City Ladies beat Chelsea to win the Women’s PL for the first time.

• Ex-Arsenal, Swansea & Wales defender Mel Charles has died, aged 81.

• It was Marc Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi 1-2-3 in last Sunday’s Spanish MotoGP. • 100,000 fans will attend Sunday’s Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur.

• Wasps beat Northampton 20-15 to go clear at the top of the Rugby Union’s Premiership.

• Castleford’s Denny Solomona has run in a club record 42 tries in a season.

• The Ryder Cup starts in Minnesota, USA on Friday and Europe’s Rory McIlroy is bang in form after winning the PGA Tour Championship to claim the Fed-Ex Cup and £1.15m in prize money.

• Arnold Palmer, regarded as the greatest golfer of all-time, has died, aged 87.

• Doncaster’s Beau Greaves, aged 12, won the 2016 women’s Yorkshire Darts Classic title and is tipped to become a world champion and millionaire before 2020!

• GB’s Anthony Crolla was beaten on points by Venezuela’s Jorge Lindares in a WBA lightweight title fight in Manchester • Tyson Fury may never box again said British promoter Eddie Hearn.

• Ding Junghui (China) won the Shanghai snooker title.

• Phil Taylor beat Michael van Gerwen to claim his first Darts League championship.

• And on Sunday, we have the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, the Great Scottish Run and the Cardiff half-marathon.

Spanglish Golf Society

(in association with Sapphire Properties and Costa Blanca Green Fee Services) at La Peraleja on 21st September

For this month’s meeting the Spanglish Golf Society and a group of 20 players visited the established course at Roda taking advantage of the excellent society deal obtained from Costa Blanca Green Fee Services.

The weather was beautiful and with temperatures just a little lower than normal and with the usual Levante breeze in the afternoon.

Unfortunately the course has suffered under the intense summer sun and the fairways are again bare and lacking grass but the layout still remains a challenge The competition today was an individual stableford and the winning scores on the day were as follows: 1st – Roger Chapman – 32 points 2nd – Mike Probert - 32 points 3rd – David Palmer – 29 points Best Guest – Steve Mariner – 36 points 1st Category B – Graham Hall – 31 points

Nearest the Pins – Mike Probert and Paul Owen After the game we returned to the Spanglish bar, which is located at Dona Pepa, Quesada for a welcome snack prepared by the bar and the prize presentation and we give our thanks for their support and that of our sponsor Sapphire Properties.

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Torrevieja CC 129 for 8, Worcester Police 181 for 8 On Sunday 19th September Torrevieja CC welcomed a team representing the Worcester Police force for a T20 blast. They brought approx 20 players with friends and relatives and included a sprinkling of retired policemen.

Having won the toss, Torrevieja elected to field and soon realised what they were up against with Hamilton and Parker despatching the ball to all points of the compass.

When he had reached 50 runs, Hamilton retired only for Bartlett to come in and continue the slaughter.

In the 8th over with 78 runs on the board, Wright (47) was trapped LBW by birthday boy Connor Wood. The next wicket didn't fall till the 15th over with Parker (41) being caught off the bowling of Alfie Court. The

next 6 wickets fell for just 44 runs as the junior bowlers began to reap rewards for their hard work. Alfie Court, Connor Wood and Kieran Wood all took wickets but pick of the bowling was, for 2nd week, Ciaran Guichard who finished with 4 for 17 runs. Worcester Police 181 for 8.

Torrevieja then went in to bat and despite a brave attempt to chase down the runs, wickets fell fairly regularly. Only Paul Harvey (22) Kieran Wood (17) and Ben Appleby (12) reached double figures. At the end of their 20 overs were 129 for 8 . With 6 juniors in the side, the Worcester captain was impressed by their commitment and skill levels. After the game, Worcester chairman, Graham Blomfield, presented Torrevieja president, Graham Shelton with a commemorative pennant and a trophy to Ciaran Guichard who he had voted Torrevieja's man of the match.

On Saturday, 8th October, Torrevieja play hosts to another touring team for a full 40 overs per side game. Play starts at 11.00 and spectators are welcome.

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TMGS 2 Day visit to Albacete 19/9

30 members and guests made the 2 hr journey to play a 2 day competition at Las Pinaillas. The format was combined scores over the 2 days. Three categories provided opportunities for everyone to play their way into the prizes, and for those who didn’t, there were plenty of prizes to be won in the card draw.

Normally we do not present a value for money prize, but after listening to Dave Kirkham snoring during our hotel stay, he could be heard throughout all floors, and the fact that he didn’t really play that well (points not to be mentioned!) it was thought that he should at least have something to remember his visit.

We were invaded by a couple of Viking members who had brought along with them a small army, but this time the only thing that they could steal was a couple of visitors prizes and Perry Kristian cleaned up on the N.T.P.’s on the 2nd day.

A number of our Celtic members also made the trip with Paul Bradley playing some stunning golf from his 7

SAMM BOATS RACE AGAIN

For the second race day of the SAMM Autumn season, the wind blew steadily from the east south east making it a really great day to sail.

Eleven thirty saw the larger boats jostling at the start line. ‘Sirocco’ made a perfect start, closely followed by ‘Connie’. ‘Mistral’ was away from the line and, in haste, made some hurried tacks and five minutes passed before they managed to clear the line as the dinghies approached, all abreast for their very impressive start.

‘Dos’ soon caught Mistral, quickly followed by the Laser Radial, then ‘Uno’. ‘Quarto’ had made the worst start but good crewing soon put things right.

Connie, being a much heavier boat, needed more wind and was slowly being caught, while Sirocco was forging by steering a really economical course without errors. The race continued for 4 laps, each boat trying to catch and overtake the others, and was a pleasure to watch from the high vantage of a ferry boat kindly made available to SAMM by Angel and his family.

The final result on corrected times were 1st Sirocco, 2nd Quarto and 3rd Conny.

The second race was interesting because the course was reversed and helms had to be aware of the submerged breakwater on their port side and choose on which tack to start.

Connie made an excellent start on a port tack which took them away from the start line and the breakwater. Sirocco and Mistral chose starboard knowing they would have to make an early tack

handicap, totalling 75 points over the 2 days. The course was in excellent condition yet again, the speed and quality of the greens suitable for the next week’s Ryder Cup competition, this coupled with excellent weather made the event very enjoyable for everyone.

Overall Results; N.T.P.’s day 1: N. Allen, B. Allen, P. Bradley, J. Dean.

Day 2. R. Matikianen, P. Kristiansen, P. Kristiansen, P. Kristiansen. 3 players share the€60 from the 2’s pot; D. Cranston, R. Matikainen, C. Marsden, Visitors Category: 3rd J. Nielsen 59 pts. 2nd L. Roervik 60 pts.

R. Griffen 67 pts. Silver category; 3rd N. Allen 56 pts. L/H, 2nd K. Kras 56 pts. R. Matikianen 59 pts. Gold category, 3rd T. Norris 62 pts. L/H, 2nd B. Allen 66 pts. 1st P. Bradley 75 pts. the card draw always seems to be a success with almost everyone stepping up to claim something.

Photo; all participants.

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Marlins baseball star Jose Fernandez dies in boat crash

to avoid the breakwater. Five minutes later the dinghies fought for start position and Quarto, who had picked a really good line, was blocked by Uno who suddenly switched from port to starboard giving her the right of way. Connie seemed to have taken the best line and rounded the first mark ahead of a closing Sirocco.

Six laps of really good sailing followed with the wind strengthening all the time. In the second lap, Sirocco in the lead lost the plot and missed out a mark, which cost a lot of time going back down the course to correct the mistake. Quarto seized the opportunity and took the lead. Close on its tail was Dos who took its turn at the front shortly after. Some excellent sailing saw the Radial, which seemed on the point of capsizing at the jibe mark several times, recover. Sirocco made amends for her error and sailed tighter to the wind than most saving a tack to the windward mark and visibly started to haul back the deficit. A great day with great sailing by all.

Result 1st Quarto, 2nd Conny and 3rd Dos. To find out more about SAMM and the race Program see the web site www.sailingmarmenor. com

Jose Fernandez, a pitcher for the Miami Marlins baseball team, has died in a boat crash at the age of 24.

The US Coast Guard said Fernandez was one of three people killed in the crash on Sunday, off Miami Beach, Florida.

The club said it was "devastated". Marlins's home game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was cancelled.

Fernandez was born in Santa Clara, in Cuba, and defected to Florida when he was 16, after three failed attempts. He made his debut for the Marlins in 2013.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Todd Garofalo told local news station WSVN: "They found a boat that was up against the jetties. They did do an initial search and they found three victims - two on top of the water, one underneath the boat and they had unfortunately passed away."

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the 32-foot vessel had a "severe impact" with large rocks that form part of the jetty.

Officials said Fernandez was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the crash.

The names of the other two individuals are being withheld until their relatives can be informed, the Coast Guard said.

Fernandez shared a picture on Instagram five days ago which appears to show his girlfriend Carla Mendoza pregnant.

The caption reads: "I'm so glad you came into my life. I'm ready for where this journey is gonna take us together. #familyfirst."

Sports fans and players paid tribute to the player across social media. Fellow Cuban, Yasiel Puig, a right-fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, hung Fernandez's jersey in the dugout before his game against the Rockies, expressing his sadness. bbc.com

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