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his work. The main rooms are furnished as they were when he lived there, including the studio where he used to paint and a garden courtyard. Best review to sum it up: “A real little treasure. It is a bit off the main drag but well worth the effort.” 6. Dali Theatre-Museum, Figueres Based in Salvador Dali’s hometown, the design of the Dali museum was based on how the artist himself imagined it should be: “a labyrinth”, “surrealist” and like a “theatrical dream”. The museum features the single largest collection of Dali’s work in the world. Best review to sum it up: “Anyone with a passing interest in art should visit this. Fantastic and wonderful.” 7. National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona

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Victims of Spain’s former dictatorship and their families on Saturday launched a campaign for a “truth commission” to shed light on unsolved crimes of the period. The Platform for a Truth Commission called on political parties ahead of Spain’s general election on December 20 to commit to investigating disappearances during the 19391975 of Francisco Franco. UN experts have urged Spain to break a decades-long taboo by investigating alleged crimes of the 1936-39 civil war and the Franco dictatorship that followed. “We ask all the parties to commit once and for all to fulfilling the UN resolutions during the next legislature,” the movement’s spokesman Jordi Gordon told AFP. The aim is to “set up a parliamentary truth commission to recognise the victims of Franco and establish the facts”. With the 40th anniversary of his death looming on November 20, Franco remains a divisive figure in Spain. During the transition to democracy after his death in 1975, Spanish leaders agreed

an amnesty for the crimes of the past four decades so that the country could move forward. But critics say the atrocities were too serious to be covered by an amnesty. The platform estimates there are at least 150,000 unsolved “disappearances” and some 2,380 mass graves that have never been exhumed, Gordon said. It also demands an official investigation into how babies were taken away from their mothers during the dictatorship. It announced its latest campaign for a truth commission on Friday and formally launched it at an event in Madrid on Saturday. Spain’s former Socialist government in 2007 passed a “historical memory law” that was supposed to shed light on Franco-era crimes. But Gordon said a “victims’ bureau” set up under that law had been suppressed by the conservative government that took power in 2011 thelocal.com

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Madrid teen’s suspected murderer arrested in France 18 years after crime Man who investigators believe murdered 17-year-old Eva Blanco was living in French village On April 20, 1997, a 17-year-old high-school student named Eva Blanco Puig was raped and stabbed to death as she walked home from a nightclub in Algete (Madrid). Now, 18 years later, French police have arrested the alleged perpetrator of the crime in Pierrefontaine-lesVarans, a village in the northeastern Franche-Comté region. DNA testing led investigators to A. C. G., a Moroccan-born man with Spanish citizenship. Over the years, the Civil Guard in Madrid had opened up as many as 100 different lines of investigation into the murder of the young woman, whose body was found in a vacant lot with four stab wounds to her back. Relatives, friends and acquaintances provided DNA samples, and the police handed out likely facial composites of the murderer. Citizen cooperation was requested, and all males in the area with a criminal record were targeted as part of the investigation. People protested on the streets to demand justice for the parents of Eva Blanco Puig. But then at 5.30pm on Thursday, Olga Puig and her husband Manuel Blanco received a phone call from the Civil Guard’s homicide department, whose members they have become

on familiar terms with over the years. Captain Rubén Valero informed them that the alleged murderer had been detained three-and-a-half hours earlier. “It was a very emotional moment; the captain also got emotional when he told us about the arrest. He started to cry,” recalled Puig with tears in her eyes. “Now I hope that justice will be done and that this man pays for everything he did to my daughter.” Investigators crossed that information with nearly 2,000 DNA samples they had taken shortly after the crime from males in the area – including Eva’s schoolmates, teachers, friends’ fathers, construction workers and her own father’s employees at his crane company. They also tracked down all men of Moroccan origin who had lived in Algete in 1997. This double probe was instrumental in locating the perpetrator, who used to work in construction and may have been personally known to Eva’s father. A. C. G., now 52, left Spain in 1999 and is now resident in France, where he was living with his wife and children. The French Gendarmerie, acting on a European Arrest Warrant, located him in Pierrefontaine-lesVarans and arrested him at 2.30pm on Thursday elpais

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Job market issues mixed signals with number of Social Security contributors also up The job market issued mixed signals in September. Unemployment rose, but so did the number of people signed up with the Social Security system, a measure of job creation. Last month saw 26,087 new jobless claims, raising the number of unemployed on record to a total of 4,094,042 people. But at the same time, 8,916 people began contributing to the welfare system, bringing the total number of contributors to 17,189,815. September is traditionally a bad month for employment in Spain as the summer tourist season draws to a close Seasonally adjusted figures are less contradictory, as they show a slight drop

in unemployment (9,746) and a more marked rise in Social Security affiliations (around 35,000). September is traditionally a bad month for employment in Spain as the summer tourist season draws to a close. But it is also typically a period when affiliations drop, a trend that was bucked both this and last year after holding true between 2008 and 2013. The rise in contributors was to a large part down to the beginning of the school year, which triggered more hirings in education; this was followed by increases in the administrative activities and manufacturing sectors. Tourism, in the meantime, lost 48,449 contributors to the welfare system. elpais.com

Cheapest weekends to fly this autumn revealed THE cheapest weekend this year to fly to European destinations from Spain – including the London airports – is between December 11 and 14, with deals in November offering up to 66% off flights to other locations. According to low-cost flight search engine Skyscanner, it will cost an average of €77.49 to fly to London, Rome, Amsterdam, or Brussels over the weekend of November 27, or from other parts of Spain and Europe to Barcelona, Madrid or Sevilla.

respectively. Travellers can save up to €136, or 66% to European destinations from Spain between December 11 and 14 – avoiding the weekend of December 6 to 8, which involves two bank holidays – with an average of €103 in savings for flights to London airports and €93 for flights to Brussels. Around €110 can be saved on flights to Paris a n d

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also spoke of how she had worked in a jam factory as a student as part of the Servicio Universidad de Trabajo (University Work Service) a scheme that was founded in the 1950s to give students a taste of working life. She said the experience transformed her personality, helping her "realize

what manual work was". "We want to do something like this to raise awareness, especially among young people that the principle of cleanliness is key to the sustainability of our society and is indicative of the need for ethical behaviour towards others; other people should not have to pick up rubbish that I produce," she added. Carmena also announced plans to improve the cleaning services in Madrid, increasing the number of street cleaners by 500 and undertaking 147 "intensive cleans" around the city, on top of the usual street cleaning. In a statement on its website, Madrid City Hall said it hoped that "by Christmas the change will be noticeable". thelocal

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Newly discovered mammal species survived dinosaur extinction

Scientists have discovered a species of ancient mammal that survived the event that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. The remains of this large, rodent-like creature give clues about how mammals “took over” when dinosaurs died out. Kimbetopsalis simmonsae, as the newly discovered species has been named, was a plant-eating creature that resembled a beaver. The news is published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Dr Stephen Brusatte from the University of Edinburgh, lead researcher on the study, explained how a student on his team called Carissa Raymond found the fossil while prospecting at a site in New Mexico, US. “We realised pretty quickly that this was a totally new type of mammal that noone has seen before,” he told BBC News. The researchers noticed in particular the animal’s teeth, which were specialised for plant-chewing, with complicated rows of cusps at the back and incisors at the front for gnawing. They named the species after Kimbeto Wash, the area in the New Mexico badlands where it was found. “The other part of the name - psalis - means ‘cutting shears’ and is in reference to [the] blade-like teeth,” Dr Brusatte explained. After the asteroid This group of now-extinct mammals, collectively known as multituberculates, originated alongside the dinosaurs, during the Jurassic and thrived for more than 100 million years until they were apparently superseded by rodents. [During the Jurassic] these animals were all pretty small,” said Dr Brusatte. “Then the asteroid hit, wiped out the dinosaurs and suddenly - in geological terms - this [group of animals] started to proliferate and get bigger. “That’s how the rise of mammals started and really the end result of that is us being here today.” The scientists say that this, and other mammal discoveries from that “brave new world”, paint a picture of how mammals made it through the extinction event. A cosmic disaster? Illustration of an asteroid colliding with EarthImage copyrightScience Photo Library 66 million years ago, an asteroid almost six miles across crashed into the Earth. The impact was the equivalent of over a billion Hiroshima bombs, and blasted dust into the atmosphere - shrouding the planet in darkness. Over half of all life on Earth was wiped out. Without this, small shrew-like mammals, the ancestors of all humans, may never have flourished. What other chance events changed life on Earth? “A whole lot of mammals did die, but this group is one that made it through pretty well,” Dr Brusatte explained. “Literally, the world changed one day. “That asteroid hit and suddenly the dinosaurs are wiped out. It looks like mammals were just waiting their turn and as soon as the dinosaurs disappeared, they thrived.” http://www.bbc.com/

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project! Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer “Kickstarter” Bytes. Today I´m going a little off base in This device doesn´t have as much as I would like to discuss, with the design weakness of you, the pro´s and con´s of HUD! I know, having to adhere a reflective it´s another one of those acronyms that film to the windscreen. It goes by the litter´s the world of technology and I name “Navdy” and can be pre-ordered make no apology for it as I didn´t invent as the one in the video appears to it. What is HUD? be the only one in existence. If your The acronym stands for “Heads Up Display”, nothing more frightening than interested, I would type “Navdy” into that. What is it for? Well to start with, “it Google, Yahoo or any of the smarter and is any transparent display that presents safer search engines or go straight to data without requiring users to look ´Youtube.co.uk´and watch the sale pitch away from their usual viewpoints”. The from there. The last type is an application that origin of the name stems from a pilot being able to view information with you can use on your Android mobile the head positioned “up” and looking phone. IF you are in the least bit curious forward, instead of angled down looking about them, there are a few video´s at lower instruments. A HUD also has on “YouTube” that I strongly suggest the advantage that the pilot’s eyes do you watch before even considering not need to refocus to view the outside downloading and installing on to your after looking at the optically nearer phone. instruments. Although they were initially My pet hate is watching someone use developed for military aviation, HUDs are now used in commercial aircraft, auto- their phone while trying to change gear mobiles and other, mostly professional and direction. I have done it! i´m not proud of it and, although I got away applications. The basic construction of a HUD is an with it, I will never do it again! With image source such as a laser; a curved this new generation of HUD devices you mirror or lens to create an image that will can; use it to navigate; use it to answer be the same size at 2 inches (remember phone calls and, listen and reply to text them?) as it is at at 20 miles (still work messages, without ever touching your in old money); and finally unsurprisingly, phone again; and lets not forget the some computer technology to create the ability to pick and play music all without images being projected. taking your eyes off the road and your At time of writing this article there are hands off the wheel! 3 places where you can get a HUD. The They are NOT cheap but $320 is a first is available as an “optional extra” small price to pay for something that on high end (read expensive) cars and is will make the driving experience of integrated into the engine management system to give fuel consumption and you and your passengers safer and emissions information, as well as the possibly smoother. If, like me, you are expected functions of speed, distance not inundated with obscene wealth then covered, and GPS directional advice you might want to look at any one of while not forgetting those pesky speed a number of android based applications that will provide a similar service for a traps! The second type is the “after market” fraction of the price. devices that sit on your dashboard For free advice concerning your and project the information onto your computer, or to arrange an appointment, screen. I have seen one by the Garmin meet me at Olivers Bar in Albox on group which technically appears to be Friday´s 1200-1600, send me an email a respectable product in its own right at the address or phone me using the with, however, several minor flaws in the number below. implementation of the design. There For further information or advice on is also a new boy computing,contact Trevor on 689 892 745 or in town that is canducomputing@hotmail.co.uk backed by the

The Camino de Santiago II Walking the Camino gained popularity throughout the medieval period. In the early thirteenth Century when the Inquisition arrived just over the Pyrenees in Carcassonne in the Languedoc; certain religious ‘crimes’ could be atoned for by a pilgrimage to St. James’s tomb. As a penitent’ if Galicia didn’t appeal then Canterbury or Rome were other options. Knowing the barbarity that accompanied the first French inquisition this was very generous of the Dominican Monks. The offer was made only for light first offences as a second offence meant death with half the guilty party’s property being forfeited by the Catholic Church. Strangely enough almost everyone was found guilty over a murderous 100 year period. In 1119 Pope Callixtus II announced that whenever St James’s feast day (July 25th) fell on a Sunday it would be counted as a Jubilee year. All that made the pilgrimage and passed through the Cathedral doors with true intentions would be granted full indulgence. In 1179 Pope Alexander III said that the Jubilee tradition would continue in perpetuity. By the thirteenth Century with the prospect of a full Church pardon for ones sins and even some crimes; 200,000 people were walking the path every Jubilee year. The next Jubilee is 2016. After being published in 1135; the travel guide for the Camino Santiago the Codex Calixtinus was copied and distributed to churches, wealthy households and monasteries across France and further afield. The texts were read out as sermons to encourage potential pilgrims by describing the

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undergarment types I should add-was an article about Astronomers searching space for alien life. It struck a chord. I mean if I, and I’m sure many other people, are incapable of finding something in a drawer, how the dickens will these people ever hope to find any sight or sound of aliens in somewhere as big as space? I would have thought it was impossible, but once again, I find that I know nothing. Although they haven’t found any extraterrestrials yet, these clever people have come close. Recently they picked up a signal and did think it may be aliens communicating, but it turned out it came from an obscure radio station, playing a recording of the late Tiny Tim singing “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”. An understandable mistake. But they have found some evidence, in what is called the “Wow” signal. This was picked up in 1977 but hasn’t been heard since. Possibly it wasn’t extraterrestrials, perhaps it was The Floaters singing “Float On”. They haven’t been heard of since 1977 either. Whoever it is, I hope the Astronomers have better luck tuning in to those signals than I have getting Smooth FM on my radio at home-now there’s an impossible search!

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route, its religious benefits and reassuring them of the safety of the Camino. It became fashionable among royal and noble society to make the pilgrimage though I imagine on horseback rather than on foot mingling with the peasants; Kings from Spain, Portugal, Austria and France made the journey. King Henry I of England’s daughter Matilda also crossed it off her bucket list. Between1213-15; Saint Francis of Assisi reputedly walked from Italy to Compostela and then back again. Just into the Basque region of Spain where the Camino enters from France, there is a small town called Puente la Reina. Here a six arched bridge was built to save pilgrims from fording the river; upon the order of Dona Mayor the Queen of Sancho III of Pamplona. It’s one place where the route hasn’t changed in almost a thousand years; modern day pilgrims walk a few hundred metres in the footsteps of Saint Francis. The first Pope to visit Santiago de Compostela was John Paul II in 1982 and again in 89. The Codex was kept in a safe at the Cathedral and brought out for special occasions. In July 2011 however the Codex was stolen. Cathedral staff searched for hours before calling the police. There were five security cameras in the archives but none aimed at the safe. Immediately it was suspected as an inside job as the safe keys were still hanging in the door of the safe. A year later the Codex was found undamaged in

a lock up locally; along with a million in cash and other manuscripts missing from the Cathedral. The Cathedral’s former part time electrician of 25 years, José Manuel Fernández Castiñeiras was sentenced to 10 years earlier this year for the theft of not only the Codex but also 2.5 million Euros from the collection boxes. His wife was given six months and both were convicted of money laundering as they’d bought property in the region in his wife’s name. Already 1.7 million has been recovered and returned. Manuel led a seemingly ordinary life but crazily kept a diary detailing his nefarious deeds; his entry for 5th January 2005 read ‘went to cathedral, took 2,910 Euros and 114 dollars, updated my account books, went out for two coffees, returned to the cathedral, back to a café, chatted with a priest, took a siesta, fed the animals, picked up wife from work, and did an electrical repair job.’ Buen Camino!

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Lovely Spanish Villa, on 1194M2 of land. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Only ten minutes from town.

Former B&B, 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, attached villa with large garden. Only 10 minutes drive to Albox.

Charming attached townhouse just a couple of minutes walk to village.The property comes fully furnished with garage & the kitchen included all white goods. Fantastic views of the surrounding countryside from the terrace.

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Oria - villa sol190 - 119,000€

Detached 4 bed 2 bath country villa on 2400m2 of land , close to albox , appointed to a high standard

3 Bed 2 Bath detached with ensuite, swimming pool and 2500m2 of land. Only a few mins from Oria village.

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

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Ocotber 2015

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Hotel Overnight Stays Up 4.5% in August Spanish hotels registered a total of 44.9 million overnight stays in August, according to provisional data published last week by the National Statistics Institute, which is 4.5% more than in the same month of 2014. The year-on-year increase in overnight hotel stays in August is principally due to a 5.2% increase in the number of overnight stays made by residents in Spain and also, to a lesser extent, to stays by nonresidents, which increased by 4%. The average length of stay dropped by 0.4% to stand at 3.8 nights per traveller in August, which had a 76.7% occupancy rate for the month, with a year-on-year increase of 4%. The weekend occupancy rate grew by 4.3%, year-on-year, to 77.2%. El Economista reported that, during the first eight months of the year, overnight stays increased by 4% over the same period of 2014, and in the two months of July and August, hotel overnight stays grew by 5.1% over 2014, with a 6% increase in stays by residents and an increase of 4.6% in those of non-residents. According to the Institute’s data, Andalucía, Catalonia, Valencia and the Canary Islands were the main destinations in August for residents in Spain, with year-on-year variations

in the number of overnight stays of +1.5%, +17.4%, +2.8% and -5.7%, respectively. The main destinations in August for non-resident travellers were the Balearic Islands, which accounted for 35.1% of the total number of overnight stays, representing an increase of 2.3% over August last year, followed by Catalonia (21.9% of the total overnight stays, -1.8% y-o-y), and the Canary Islands (19.2% of the total, +5.4% y-o-y). The Balearic Islands also registered the greatest occupancy rate per available places during the month of August (92.9%), followed by the Canary Islands (86.8%) and Valencia (82.9%). With regard to touristic areas, the island of Lanzarote presented the greatest occupancy rate per available places (95.5%), while Mallorca recorded the highest weekend occupancy rate (91.9%) and also the highest number of overnight stays, with more than 7.8 million. The tourist spots which registered most overnight stays were Barcelona, Calvià and Benidorm. Tías achieved the highest occupancy rate (99.5%) and Llucmajor registered the largest weekend occupancy rate (99.3%). kyero.com

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In the month of July this year some 5,198 licences for new builds in Spain were authorised which, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Public Works, is the first time since December of 2011 (when 5,414 licences were granted) that this figure has exceeded 5,000 in a month. So far in 2015 a total of 28,870 licences have been granted, which is 27.49% more than in the first seven months of the last financial year, and already represents almost 83% of the figure for the whole of 2014, which was the first positive year registered after seven consecutive years of declines According to the Ministry’s calculations, the 5,198 licences to construct housing approved in July, represents a month-on-month increase of 14.5% and a year-on-year increase of 12%, and further confirms the improvement in the housing sector.

Two out of every three of the licences authorised in July were for apartment blocks (with a total of 3,504), while the rest related to individual family homes (1,693). Both of these figures were an improvement over the previous month, when they stood at 3,094 and 1,444, respectively. Moreover, idealista.com reported that the number of licences granted for housing reforms also increased in July, by 14.4% over the previous month to a total of 2,752, while permits for housing extensions increased by 36% month-on-month, to a total of 168 licences issued. At the current pace, the number of building licences authorised could reach some 45,000 for the whole of the year, which would surpass by around 10,000 the number granted in 2014. kyero.com

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Cobdar

Quality one bedroom town house in the village of Cobdar.

52,000€

Villa Cerricos

Chirivel

Two bedroom villa with stunning views complete with swimming pool near to Chirivel.

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Rambla de Oria

Bargain two bedroom property in the popular area of Rambla de Oria.

97,000€

Casa Madroño

Albox

A stunning cortijo in the hills above Albox Complete with 8x4m swimming pool.

120,000€

Plaza Nueva, 9 Albox (Almería)

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Hamburg has become the first German city to pass a law allowing the seizure of empty commercial properties in order to house migrants.

The influx of migrants has put pressure on the authorities of the northern city to find accommodation. Some migrants are sleeping rough outdoors. Hamburg’s law takes effect next week.

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Bedar

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This very interesting property is quirky in style and located in the pretty village of Los Pinos. The property has lots of interesting features and would make a very good permanent home or holiday lock up. The property also has room a plunge pool.

149,950 Euros

This fine looking property is new to the market boasting 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, private swimming pool, stunning views to the Cabrera mountain range and over 10,000m2 of usable land. This wonderful property is located under 10 minutes from Mojacar.

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Chercos

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110,000 Euros

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In a separate development, prosecutors filed charges of inciting racial hatred against a co-founder of the anti-Islamic Pegida movement. The prosecutors in the eastern city of Dresden said they acted after Lutz Bachmann had on Facebook described asylum seekers “trash” and “animals”. Pegida (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) members have staged a number of rallies in recent months, attracting tens of thousands of people. Meanwhile, a new survey by broadcaster ARD said 51% of people admitted the influx of migrants scared them. It suggests a four-year low in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s popularity. She has said Germany can accommodate migrants who have genuinely fled war or persecution a humanitarian gesture towards the many thousands risking their lives to

reach Europe this year.

But many politicians - including her conservative Bavarian CSU allies and various EU partners - have criticised the open-door policy. Hamburg’s new law is described as a temporary, emergency measure. Owners of empty commercial properties will be compensated. The law does not include residential properties. But the conservative opposition in the city, in the north of Germany, condemned the move. The authorities in Bremen, a city just west of Hamburg, are considering passing a similar law. Germany expects to host at least 800,000 asylum seekers this year about four times the number it had last year. Many are from war-torn Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. But the thousands arriving also include asylum seekers from Kosovo, Albania and other Balkan countries, whose claims are usually rejected. On Thursday more than 200 migrants fought each other in a mass brawl at a reception centre in HamburgBergedorf. Police said Syrians and Afghans were involved in the latest clash. BBC news

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the recovering Spanish consumer with over 10% of its weight going to consumer sectors. [Quality Approach to Country ETFs]. “S&P said the potential for a fragmented environment following the ballot could lead to slippages in fiscal and structural reforms that could put Spain’s medium-term deficit and growth targets at risk. The vote will pit Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy against an array of left-wing rivals with polls showing no party winning a majority in parliament,” according to Bloomberg. The opinions and forecasts expressed herein are solely those of Tom Lydon, and may not actually come to pass. Information on this site should not be used or construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation for any product. http://finance.yahoo.com/

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The Wise man of Alqueria

It had been rumoured for a long time that there is a wise man in Alqueria, as unlikely as that may seem the source of the gossip was reliable or as reliable as anything in the Village could ever be. People would look at one another in the street, wondering “Is that the wise man?” apart from Loco Paco who could never be taken for a wise man, in fact to walk in a straight line was a mammoth task for him. If a wise man did exist he was certainly needed. The government of Alqueria was trying to govern without using authority which would only be ignored anyway. Governing by referendum was a possible working alternative. Unfortunately Alqueria is fiercely partisan. At state of undeclared war exists between the Newcomer’s Barrio and the Hill People’s. Any referendum on any matter is seen as part of this rivalry with both barrios taking contrary positions irrespective of issue. With half the population living in each barrio deadlocks are common place. Certainly if a wise man existed then a meritocracy may just work. The task was to find him. Being wise he wouldn’t of course associate with the dysfunctional idiots that stalk the streets of Alqueria, why he was still living in the Pueblo is another mystery. It was suggested that he would walk about with a glowing light-bulb hovering above his head but this just goes to show has desperately Alqueria needs a wise man. Why is he so wise?

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Would the wise man consume alarming quantities o f Remitroot Whisky e v e r y Saturday night and collapse in a comatose stupor? The vast majority of Alquerian adults thought this extremely wise. Would the wise man channel all his energies and genius into blind hatred towards the opposing barrio? If not then he didn’t sound very wise at all according to the Alquerian model. But the wise man had to be found to bring sanity and order to the Village. Every male was sent an intelligence test in the form of a questionnaire through the post. Many thought it was a summons and went into hiding, Sancho Alvares thought it was a recipe and tried to to cook it. Loco Paco failed to open the envelope and Pedro El Gordo thought it was his call-up papers and reported to the Cadíz basic training unit of the Spanish Legion. Did they ever find their wise man? The search continues. Wise is relative and relative to the other inhabitants wise would mean the ability to do colouring in but struggling with joined up writing.

Artificial Intelligence

They’ve been getting very excited recently on the telly about the creation of Artificial Intelligence. Why? Don’t they know that Artificial Intelligence has been around at least since Man first invented electricity? I would have thought that it was obvious that anything that is powered by an invisible force will have the potential for an intelligence all of its own. The proof is all around us. However, that intelligence is not necessarily benign. Take, for instance, the kettle. A watched kettle will not boil – everybody knows that. But if you take your eye off it and go and do something else, even if only for a second, the kettle will bust its gut trying to transform the kitchen into a sauna. Yet how many times have you come back from somewhere all cold and tired, yearning for a nice cup of tea, hot, ready and awaiting your arrival. But does the kettle oblige, turn itself on and be ready and boiling as you walk through the door? No! We’re not asking it to actually make the tea, just to be boiling when we arrive, yet will it? Not a chance, although we know it is perfectly capable of boiling unsupervised. My latest brush with artificial intelligence concerned the printer. I have never had good relationships with printers, but I thought that the current printer and I had come to an uneasy understanding of each other. I asked it politely if it would mind terribly much printing a document, please. It whirred, clicked and clattered into action, duly spilling out the requested

Strictly 2015 Week 2

As the celebrities had performed twice in both disciplines this week, it was time to start the process of elimination. There are three for me who ‘should’ be for the chop - but will they? that remains to be seen. We’ll have to see what the great British public make of them? Opening this weeks show were Jamelia and Tristan and a Cha Cha Cha. Although it wasn’t a bad attempt there was very little attention paid to technique. Her legs were constantly bent and she needs to track her legs to improve the action. As a result some of her leg lines were ugly. I gave her 5 and the judges 21. Next to dance were Daniel O’Donnell and Kristina with their Charleston. Daniel had a real good ‘go’ at this dance. It was a bit careful and cautious and he needed to let go a bit more but I found him constantly looking towards Kristina probably to make sure his choreography was correct. This did detract a bit but otherwise not bad. I awarded him 5 and the judges 23. Kirsty Gallagher and Brendan then performed a Salsa. Her legs and lines are excellent but unfortunately far too stiff for a basic salsa action which needs softer legs and hips by the bucket load. She was awarded 20 by the judges and 4 from myself. One of my early favourites Jay McGuiness and Aliona were next out performing a Waltz. Out of the ballroom frame constraints he was beautiful but he will need to be able to move with the same ease in hold. I found him a bit restricted in movement with his left arm pushing forward too much. That said for week 2 excellent and for that I gave him 7 with the judges in top slot this week with a 31. Iwan Thomas and Ola followed with their Cha Cha Cha. Oh dear! what on earth? There was so much posing and standing still and not surprising Ola tried her hardest to cover up appalling technique with permanently bent legs and so wide apart - argh! I gave him 2 and the judges bottom place 13 and must be in danger this week? Corries Georgia May Foote and Giovanni then performed their Waltz. Watch this space for this young lady, she needs to work on core lift and take care with

her right arm which was too straight but and excellent dance overall. I awarded her 7 and the judges 25. Chef Ainsley Harriet and Natalie then came out and danced their Salsa. It was so entertaining, Ainsley sold this to perfection and was in my opinion one of the best celeb salsas we have ever had. Normally I feel that the action is too stilted but not this time I gave him 8 and the judges a measley 26. Carol Kirkwood and Pasha were next to perform a Foxtrot. Oh dear Carol although a bit better than last week it was heavy and clumpy. Pasha tried to cover up with the umbrella but I’m afraid we just saw straight through it another celeb in danger? I awarded her 3 and the judges 20. Eastenders actress Kellie Bright and Kevin then danced a Cha Cha Cha. Kellie has great leg action and all she needs to do is get her weight a bit further over her toes and it would improve further. She is one to watch. I gave her 7 and the judges 27. Anthony Agogo and Oti were next to perform a Waltz. He did show a nice soft action but a lack of correct footwork, frame and core detracted from the performance. I gave him a 5 and the judges 19. Anita Rani and Gleb then came out with a Charleston. What she danced, she carried off brilliantly but I felt it was more like Lindy Hop than Charleston, the music was Lindy Hop so she wasn’t to blame and I felt that 2 of the judges caned her for something that wasn’t her fault. I gave her 8 and the judges 27. Jeremy Vine and Karen did the first American Smooth of the series. The lifts worked beautifully but smooth it certainly was not. However he really enjoys his dancing that you can see and for that reason I gave him 3 and the judges 17. One

By Jos Biggs

josbiggs@hotmail.co.uk pages – with every alternate line missing! I checked that I had asked it correctly. Yes, it said, it understood. So I asked it again, and once more ended up with the same alternate lines missing, and a lot of spoiled paper. ‘Pete’ I said, ‘the printer won’t work.’ Pete has qualities that I lack. He has patience and persistence. He will peck away at a problem until he has worked the machine into submission, whereas I simply lose my temper and go all hissy. He pushed its buttons, delved into its innards, would not take no for an answer when it refused to allow him access to its cartridges to check its ink – in fact, he wore down its resistance. But it took him a good hour before it would condescend to print all of my document! That printer knew perfectly well what it was doing – it has Artificial Intelligence!

of my favourite performances of the night was from Katie Derham and Anton and their Tango. This must be the first time since series 1 of this show that Anton has actually been given a celebrity he can actually dance with and this was excellent. She just made one slip towards the end of the dance in her choreography but apart from that super characterisation throughout and a well deserved 8 with 28 from the judges. Peter Andre and Janette did the first Quickstep of the series but I have to say for me a little disappointing. His energy and presentation were great but as soon as he tried to dance basic quickstep it fell apart a bit as it was lacking in movement. He was fine on the hops and skips but couldn’t keep it going when the going got slower. For that reason I awarded him 6 and the judges were generous with 30. Closing the show were Helen George and Aljaz with a Cha Cha Cha. This is the ballet girl and her legs and feet are beautiful. However her action was a bit stiff and stilted. She is too upright and needs to perch a bit more in Latin to gain the necessary foot pressure into the floor and a cleaner action that is needed. I gave her an 8 and the judges 29. With a combined judges score being used this week for the leader board, in top slot was Peter Andre with a tie for second between Helen George and Jay McGuiness and at the bottom Iwan Thomas closely followed by Carol Kirkwood and Jeremy Vine. On Sundays results show the bottom 2 were Jamelia and Iwan and in the dance off Iwan was eliminated from the show as the first celebrity this series. I already have a few favourites that I’m keeping my eye on - have you got yours yet? Come and hear my views at one of our classes and join our really friendly dancers. Don’t have a partner - don’t let that stop you. In the meantime, until next week Keep Dancing! Keep Dancing! By Lyn Aspden of ‘Strictly Dance’ Class Info 635 584 431

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on this day 9th October

1238 – James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia. 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. 1834 – Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland. 1900 – The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom. 1989 – An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.

Find and circle all of the Autumn words that are hidden in the grid. The remaining letters spell a secret message - an Albert Camus quotation.

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1. Which nephew of Barry John became a Wigan player?................................ 2. Which rugby international won junior Wimbledon in

2. In which part of the United States is the Zinfandel grape chiefly cultivated?...

1966?.................................. 3. Which team did Andy Platt and Dean Bell join after leaving Wigan?............

3. In which South American country is Casablanca Valley?.................................

5. What are the three styles of port?.......

4. Which was the first Union club to win the John Player Cup three years in a row?.....

6. What colour are most English wines?..

5. Which Welsh player was a champion hurdler?............

4. Retsina is native to which country?.....

6. Who captained Australia in the 1995 World Cup Final?

7. What colour are most of the wines from France’s Anjou region?...................

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Ingredients: handful flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped zest and juice 1 lemon 3 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to serve 1 medium onion, finely sliced 500g floury potatoes, cut into small chunks, no larger than 2cm cubes 1 tsp paprika pinch cayenne pepper 400g can chopped tomatoes 1 fish stock cube 200g raw peeled king prawns ½ a 410g/14oz can chickpeas, rinsed and drained 500g skinless fish fillets, cut into very large chunks

(Serves 4)

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OPEN 7 days a week

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS LUNCH

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Geoff features songs for everyone! From the 50’s to recent charts Pop ‘n’ Rock, Swing, Jive and excels at Power Ballads.

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From Eva Cassidy to Adele, Dolly Parton to Kiki Dee. From Ballads to chart topping dance tunes, Louise sings with such ease and grace it’s plain to see why she was so pupular in the pubs and bars back in the UK.

Live music with Dave Henry. Fancy dress optional. Food Available.

5 Courses Menu

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Halloween Party Night 31st October 8.30pm

Cava & Canapes On Arrival

vegetarian menu available

October 2015 In a small bowl, mix the parsley with ½ the garlic and lemon zest, then set aside. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large sauté pan. Throw in the onion and potatoes, cover the pan, then sweat everything for about 5 mins until the onion has softened. Add the remaining oil, garlic and spices, then cook for 2 mins more. Pour over the lemon juice and sizzle for a moment. Add the tomatoes, ½ a can of water and crumble in the stock. Season with a little salt, then cover the pan. Simmer everything for 15-20 mins until the potatoes are just cooked. Stir through the prawns and chickpeas, then nestle the fish chunks into the top of the stew. Reduce the heat and recover the pan, then cook for about 8 mins, stirring very gently once or twice. When the fish is just cooked through, remove from the heat, scatter with the parsley mix, then bring the dish to the table with the bottle of olive oil for drizzling over and some crusty bread, if you want.

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EVENTS

Saturday 10th October Soul Mash Saturday 31st October Twilight Shadows

OLIVERS KITCHEN Come and check our daily specials. Something different to tempt you everyday. Available Monday-Thursday

Fridays Fish and Chip Shop Night Sundays Traditional Roast

Served with fresh seasonal vegetables with homemade starters and desserts. Booking Essential

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www.soltimes.com Ingredients 800g braising steaks, cubed 2 tbsp plain flour, seasoned well 4 tbsp olive oil 300ml red wine 2 red onions, cut into chunks 2 carrots, cut into chunks 4 garlic cloves, bashed to remove skin 2 red peppers, deseeded, cut into chunks 1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and sliced few thyme sprigs, plus 1

tbsp leaves 1 bay leaf 1 tsp each ground cumin and coriander ½ tsp each cinnamon and chilli flakes 2 x 400g cans chopped plum tomatoes 2 tsp caster or granulated sugar 250ml good beef stock 400g can red kidney beans, drained 1kg potatoes knob of butter

Cottage chilli hotpot

Toss the beef in flour, then brown Tip the chilli half in a pan, using 1 tbsp oil. Once mix into a browned, spoon into a bowl. Add 35 x 25cm 100ml wine to the pan and scrape up dish, then any bits. Reduce a little, then pour layer the into the bowl with the cooked beef. potatoes on top. Dot with butter. Cover Wipe the pan and repeat with the remaining beef and another 100ml with cling film and cool completely wine. Meanwhile, whizz the onions, if freezing. Will freeze for 1 month – carrots and garlic in a food processor defrost before cooking. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and bake for 50 until finely chopped. Add 2 tbsp oil to the pan and tip in mins-1 hr, until the sauce is bubbling the chopped veg, peppers, fresh chilli, and potatoes golden. Serve with thyme sprigs and bay. Fry for 10 mins. soured cream and green veg. Tip in the spices, cook for 1 min, then add the rest BAR of the wine and reduce by RESTAURANT half. Add the tomatoes, CERRO GORDO sugar, beef, winey juices HALLOWEEN PARTY NITE! and stock, season, then Saturday 31st October simmer for 1½-2 hrs until Fancy dress optional, the meat is meltingly tender. Stir in the beans prize for best halloween costume and allow to cool. halloween buffet Peel and slice the potatoes call chris for details and to book about 5mm thick, then boil co-ordinates N37° 24.511 W002° 11.479 EL556 for 5 mins. Drain, then tip Sat NavCall for all enquiries & reservations back into pan. Add the Tel: 650 599 739 / 950 930 169 www.bistrobonita.alittlebitofengland.es butter and thyme leaves, bistrobonita1@hotmail.com season, then toss to coat.

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Free Bottle of wine

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Valid only with this voucher dinner 19.00-22.00 until 31st october Hours: 12-4pm, 6pm-11pm Closed Tuesdays

Ali welcomes you to the new rebranded, refurbished Bar Restaurant El Sitio, Formerly El Naranjo Same friendly service and atmosphere Menu del Casa 3 Courses €12 All major Sports shown

Traditional pizzas to eat in or takeaway

Sundays Roast Lunch

Inside and outside dining areas

Calle Mayor Los Gallardos

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Whole Roasted Chicken with lemon, garlic & onion or Rack of Sticky BBQ Ribs served with hand-cut chips, alioli, bread & salad for 2 to share

traditional home cooked sunday lunch

salmon and salads topside of beef roast pork or chicken fish of the day served with Roast Potatoes, Vegetables & Homemade Gravy inc FREE COFFEE served 12.30PM - 5PM

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Atlantic cod Returns to La Vida fillet Saturday 24th homemade October Booking advisable chips & peas

Singing all your favourites from the 60’s Lite Bite snacks onwards A La Carte Menu FREE ENTRY served 12.30pm - 4Pm FOOD AVAILABLE 6pm - 9pm RESERVE YOUR TABLE Mon - Sat

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UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. Darren & Linda welcome you to the Plaza Bar Restaurant Partaloa. Open every evening from 7pm. All day Saturday & Sunday Linda & Darren would like to welcome back, after being away for 6 years, GAVIN, our chef who has worked in the local areas for many years. We will be offering:

Traditional Spanish Home-made Tapas. Available everyday with a choice of over 20 dishes, including other national cuisine.

Menu del Dia 10€ Selection of Tapas English Speaking Everyone Welcome Friendly Atmosphere Bar-Restaurante

LA PALMERA

Avda Lepanto, 43 Opposite the BP Garage 04800 Albox-Almeria Tel: 950 430 993 Mobile: 659 056 082

La Cena

Restaurante

Albox

menu del noche €10.95

Includes a caraffe of wine per couple 11 starters, 10 mains & 9 Desserts Full A La Carte also available Monday - Saturday 7pm - late. Closed Sunday

Call 950 430 930 after 5.30pm

Find us across the old bridge from Palza Mayor Albox, opp Bar Wassy

is situated in the pretty village of Cerro Gordo and just 10 minutes outside Albox. They do delicious homemade food including beef wellington, orchard pie and speciality food. All freshly prepared so booking is essential. Try their homemade 3 course Sunday lunch at 8.50€. Free venue for your Party or Get Together just phone Chris for details - 950 930 169 or 650 599 739. www.bistobonita. alittlebitofengland.es

La Cena

would like to invite you to sample the exciting new additions to the already successful menú of the night. With 4 new additions per the 3 course taking it to 11 starters 10 mains, and 9 sweets. With additions to include more choice for the high volume of gluten free people. Still Price at the value beating 10.95 for 3 courses, including a carafe of wine for 2 people. Full al-carte still available. Please call for reservation as our busy season is upon us.

Sunday Roasts.

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Fridays from 5pm Fish & Chips.

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Bookings from 2pm. 2 courses just 7.95€ starter & main, choice of meats available. Booking essential. Icelandic Cod & home-made chips with peas/mushy peas.

Saturday Theme Nights

This week come and enjoy one of our delicious steaks.

Italian Pizzas

Come along and try one of our home-made Italian Pizzas baked in our pizza oven. Large variety of toppings to choose from. Eat in or take-away.

English & Spanish Beers available. Extensive wine list. Available for all functions. Please call for details

SKY SPORTS, BT SPORTS & SETANTA SPORTS AVAILABLE.

Tel: 642 947 182 Plaza de Consitiucion S/N Par taloa

Open 7 days a week, 12noon - 3:30pm, 6pm - late Closed Monday Lunchtime Menu del Dia: 12noon - 3:30pm Tuesday-Sunday Menu del Noche: 6pm - 7:30pm Sunday, Monday, Thursday

free delivery within 6k radius takeaway available Booking Recommended

Avda Lepanto, Albox Tel: 632 454 505 or 602 198 970

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Roquetas Bridge club

Meets on Monday’s at 3pm at The Bahia Serena Hotel For more info please contact Alison Ferguson 950 349 749 or Sue Barlow 950 333 344

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ROYAL BRITISH LEGION NOTICE

have a great 65th bonnie

see you at the doo! margie, brian & poppie

Friday 16th October

BAR AURORA

in the Port of Roquetas will be holding a charity event for abandoned animals on behalf of Asociacion de Animales de Berja y Almerimar. Come along and enjoy the fun to include Tombola, Bric a Brac, Book stall & much more. All donations greatly appreciated.

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FORTHCOMING SOCIAL EVENTS IN 2015 ROQUETAS DE MAR SUB-BRANCH 3569 Tuesday 13th October – Poppy Appeal Luncheon at Restaurant Roma 1.30 for 2.00pm. Contact Jenny for details and menu choices. Wednesday 21st October - Joint Remembrance Parade between RBL/La Legion, La Legion Army Base, Viator. Numbers will be restricted. Details can be obtained from Jenny. Sunday 25th October – POPPY APPEAL TABLE AT BURTY’S BAR. Tuesday 3rd November – Social meeting. Thursday 12th November – Remembrance Service at Burty’s Bar, followed by the BIG POPPY TIME RAFFLE, after lunch. 15th to 18th November – Royal British Legion three-day Trip to Madrid. Tuesday 1st December – Social meeting. THE BIG ANNUAL POPPY APPEAL LUNCHEON, date to be advised.

All monies raised at these events will go to the 2015 Poppy Appeal.

New members are most welcome to join the branch, so come along to any the social meetings, contact Jenny/Mike on 950328469 for further info. Social Meetings are held at ‘The Lodge’ on Calle Americo Vespucio, Roquetas De Mar, on the first Tuesday of each month (3pm), unless otherwise notified.

FTG Notice

The ‘Friday Tapas Group’ meet each Friday somewhere in the Urbanisation at 13.00hrs and, the venues for the next few weeks are:

9 Oct - Lady Lay, C/Sierra Nevada, URB. 16 Oct - Cafe Blossom, opposite Tabacos, URB. 23 Oct – Bar Estampa, in the URB. 30 Oct – Bar Cullar (Brown Chairs), opposite Margar, URB. 6 Nov – El Coto, opposite Hotel Trinidad. 13 Nov – to be advised.

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El Cucador Pc’s, Laptops, Printers etc. Private parties Birthday Sales & Repairs on-site etc, callout / tuition. Consumables all events catered for Pool Cleaning & Water Tanks call for more information Albox, Almeria 950 634 562 Contact: 675 838 808 Tel: 950 120 900

locksmith Phil the Pick Locksmith 24 hours. Locked Out? Locks fitted/upgraded house safes. Arboleas & surrounding area. Special weekend rates. Tel: 697 243 181

October 2015

gardening

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Garden Maintenance weekly, fortnightly or monthly Quality Work guaranteed

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Albox & Surrounding Areas

potty finca services professional tree felling & pruning, including all types of palm trees

strimming of overgrown gardens & hedge cutting spanish registered. ring john or Ruth on 616 855 294 or 950 163 930

logs

LOGS FOR SALE Eucalyptus / Olive / Oak The cheapest in the area Tel Phil: 634 328 779 phoyle@hotmail.es load of small or big Olive logs, no roots €165 load of mixed Olive some roots €145 load of eucalyptus, no roots €165 all loads 2 tonnes Arboleas & surrounding areas Call Lee on 636 092 632 eliteplanthire@hotmail.co.uk

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Pools

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• Last weekend, Sergio Aguero bagged goals in Manchester City’s 6-1 demolition of hapless Newcastle. • Arsenal whipped out-of-sorts Manchester United 3-0; Everton drew 1-1 with Liverpool and defending champions Chelsea lost 3-1 at home to Southampton. • There were also wins for Stoke, Leicester and Crystal Palace, while the games between BournemouthWatford, Sunderland-West Ham and Swansea-Spurs also ended level. • German Jurgen Klopp is set to replace sacked Brendan Rodgers at Anfield but who will succeed Dick Advocaat at Sunderland?

Villarreal top. • Tomorrow the Republic of IrelandGermany, Northern Ireland-Greece and Scotland-Poland meet in Euro 2016 qualifiers. On Friday it’s EnglandEstonia and Spain-Luxembourg; on Saturday, we have BosniaHerzegovina-Wales (the Welsh need a point); followed on Sunday by Gibralter-Scotland, Poland-Republic of Ireland and Finland-Northern Ireland, and next Monday, England visit Lithuania and Ukraine play Spain. • There are no Premiership or

Championship games this weekend. • Dismal England became the first host country to be knocked out of the Rugby World Cup at the group stage after crashing 33-13 to Australia. Coach Stuart Lancaster is now under pressure to quit. The countries already into the quarter-finals are the Aussies France, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and Wales. Scotland can join them if they beat Samoa in their final ‘pool’ game on Saturday. Argentina, Japan and Tonga are also still in the race.

• Derby winner Golden Horn, ridden by Frankie Dettori, won the Prix d’larc de Triomphe at Longchamp. • Devon-born boxer Tommy Langford retained his WBO Inter-continental middleweight title by beating the Argentine Christian Fabian Rios on points. DID YOU KNOW?

• This weekend’s F1 Grand Prix takes place at Sochi in Russia. • Scunthorpe-born Tai Woffinden is the 2015 Speedway World Champion after winning in Poland. • England’s cricketers are in the UAE ready to play Test Matches and One Day Internationals against Pakistan.

• Brighton, Burton, Plymouth and Aberdeen lead the Championship, Leagues 1 and 2, and the SPL respectively, while in Spain’s La Liga, Barcelona have slipped down to fourth after losing at Sevilla. Atletico and Real drew 1-1 in the Madrid derby to leave

President’s Cup in Incheon City, South Korea, while the Ladies European tour continues with the Xaimen Orient International in China.

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Sergio Aguero is only the fifth player after Dimitar Berbatov, Andy Cole, Jermain Defoe and Alan Shearer, to score five goals in a PL game.

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Britain's Jenson Button will race for McLaren-Honda in 2016. The 2009 world champion had been considering his future but the 35-yearold said McLaren's determination to improve following a difficult year was decisive in his decision to race on. McLaren chairman Ron Dennis said an option to end his contract "became an irrelevance" once he was sure Button was "as committed and focused as ever". There was no mention in the statement of Button's team-mate Fernando Alonso. The Spanish two-time world champion is contracted to the team until the end of 2017, but his future is in doubt after he said following the Japanese Grand Prix that he “didn’t know” whether he would be racing in F1 next year. He later put out a series of tweets which seemed to reconfirm his commitment to the team. Asked why there was no mention of Alonso in the statement, a McLaren spokesman said: “Today is about Jenson.” Button, who has been with McLaren since 2010, had refused over the weekend in Japan to say anything concrete about his future. But the McLaren statement made it clear that he would be retained on the terms of his original contract, which dictates a pay rise from $10m (£6.9m) to $15m (£10.3m) next season. Dennis added that Button’s “wealth of experience makes him a massively valuable asset to our team - he is also supremely fit and as super-fast as ever”.

Button said: “Over the past month or so I have done quite a lot of thinking, and it is no secret that I was at one point in two minds about my future. “But I have been a McLaren driver for six seasons now, and in that time I have got to know Ron very well. “He and I have had some very good chats these past few weeks, and during those chats it has become clear to me that Ron is both utterly determined and uniquely equipped to lead our team through its current difficulties to great successes in the future. “That gives me great confidence, and it is for that reason that, together, he and I have decided to continue our partnership. “As soon as I had made that decision, straight away I realised it was the correct one.” McLaren have had a difficult season in 2015 and are ninth out of 10 teams in the constructors’ championship with little prospect of improvement in the remaining five races. The lack of performance is largely caused by the Honda engine, which is uncompetitive in the extreme in the Japanese company’s first year back in F1 since 2008. Button said: “Granted, this year has not been an easy one for us, but we know what we need to do to improve things and, in collaboration with Honda, we will work extremely hard over the next weeks and months in order to make sure that 2016 will be a much better season than 2015 has been.”- BBC Sport

Real Madrid missed out on the chance to go top of La Liga as Atletico scored late to draw the Madrid derby. Karim Benzema scored an early header from Dani Carvajal's cross and Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas saved Antoine Griezmann's penalty. Gareth Bale, returning after injury, came on as a 66th-minute substitute for Real before Luciano Vietto scored his first Atletico goal from close range. Real moved into second as Villarreal remained top despite losing to Levante. Levante won 1-0 to move off the bottom of the table following a firsthalf sending-off for Villarreal's Bojan Jokic and Deyverson's 83rd-minute goal. Atletico's draw extended their unbeaten run against Real in La Liga

to five games. Real coach Rafael Benitez, for whom this was a first Madrid derby, said: “We were in front and we made mistakes for the penalty and the goal.” Atletico boss Diego Simeone said: “The feeling is that we have lost two points.” Bale, 26, made little impact on his first appearance since suffering a calf problem in September, while defender Sergio Ramos also returned from injury for Real. Cristiano Ronaldo failed to officially overtake Raul’s record of 323 Real goals, although the club have already honoured the 30-year-old Portuguese forward. Athletic Bilbao beat Valencia 3-1 at home and Real Betis won 2-0 at Rayo Vallecano.- BBC Sport

Marina Phoenix Golf Society Monday’s individual stableford saw Bob Craig head the men’s division with an impressive 40 points ahead of Jim Budd 38, in second and Howard Roper (37) in third. The ladies division was a success for Jackie Dale on 36 points. Margaret Budd (34) was second and Ann Kavanagh (30) in third. There were two’s prizes for Jim Budd on the 5th and par four 13th with Ali Mahmud on the 2nd. Thursday’s team game was a waltz, played in fourballs. The winners were Don Atkins, Margaret Budd, John

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Thursday 1st October 32 members of the 19th Hole Golf Society visited the ever improving Valle del Este Golf Resort to play a Best Two from Four competition .Whilst the course is still undergoing lots of cosmetic re working it was, in the main, very playable. The team of Mike and Karyn Esposito, Richie Strachen and Zeta Denyer easily won the main event with 95 points, Mike also took the Mens Individual prize with a nett 39 whilst Zeta was runner up in the Ladies competition losing on countback to Chrissie Dow both on nett 36. Chrissie Dows team of Pete Dow, Jerry and Christine Edwards were runners up with a nett score of 36 on a card countback scoring 86 points. Ron (the Rocket) Curtis playing off the red tees, to reflect his handicap and seniority, grabbed two Nearest the Pins and a Two Great hospitality at Karen’s Venue bar then back to La Vida for the inevitable postmortem. Result, Best Two Scores from Four 1st Mike and Karyn Esposito, Richie Strachen and Zeta Denyer Nett 95 points 2nd Chrissie and Pete Dow, Jerry and

Christine Edwards Nett 86 Points Nearest The Pins, 2nd Nekana Galindez 6th Ron Curtis 12th Dead Heat Pete Dow& Jerry Edwards 14th Ron Curtis 17th Nearest in Two Pete Dow Twos 6th Nekana Galindez, Nigel Greenwood, Ron Curtis 12th Nigel Greenwood, Pete Dow 14th Chrissie Dow The 19th hole G/S arranges weekly games at various courses in the area, our home course, which we play fortnightly, is Aguilon. If you are interested in joining or playing with the 19th hole give the secretary a ring on 610340653. Or email gs19thhole@hotmail.co.uk

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The end of September saw the conclusión of our twelve month “Player of the Year” comp and once again it was Glyn Ombler who topped the charts with 358points, closely followed by Jim Barclay 356 points and in 3rd place Dave Sharp with 352 points RESULTS

Wednesday September 23 – Individual Stableford With many of our winter members making a return to the fold, we had a large field on a cloudy but warm day and some good scoring with the adage “beware of the injured golfer” being justified by our winner. 1st Bill Gibb 37pts, 2nd David Street 35pts on a card play off, 3rd Wendy Greaves 35pts

Twos: Keith Leonard 12th and Dave Sharp and Lynne Whibley 17th Wednesday September 30 – Individual Stableford Another large field on a day that started off as very cloudy which cleared to a nice warm afternoon

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Valle Del Este Charity Day

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President of Valle Del este golf society, Alan Townsend presented 2,830€ to Ignacio Martin Cuadrado from Asprodalba on behalf of the society.

The Valle Del este charity day in aid of Asprodalba took place on Saturday 26th September this year. 21 team of four teed up in glorious sunshine to play a texas scramble in aid of the local charity. The day was supported by the owners and staff of the Valle Del este golf course and many local businesses in the area who sponsored a golf hole.

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Sunderland boss quits Premier Stuart Lancaster future looks bleak League strugglers Dick Advocaat has resigned as November 2011, Martin O’Neill, Paolo

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England have little choice but to dismiss head coach Stuart Lancaster after their early World Cup exit, says ex-international Mark Cueto. Saturday’s loss to Australia meant England became the first hosts ever to be knocked out in the pool stage. “I don’t see how they can keep him on,” Cueto, who won 55 England caps, told BBC Radio 5 live. “We’re a results-driven business. He’s won one game in a World Cup so I think that says it all.” The former Sale wing highlighted that 2003 World Cup-winning captain Martin Johnson left his position as manager in 2011, despite leading England to the last eight of that year’s World Cup. “Johnson had 18 months to prepare us for that World Cup. We got to the quarter-finals and got knocked out by a team that went onto the final,” he said. Former England number eight Dean Ryan is also adamant Lancaster will not see out his contract, which runs until 2020. “I have no doubt he will go,” Ryan told BBC Wales’ Scrum V. “I think he will probably walk, he has to.” The Worcester boss, 49, also called for a review into the Rugby Football Union’s appointment process. He believes RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie and professional rugby director Rob Andrew must be held accountable for appointing Lancaster as Johnson’s permanent successor in March 2012. Lancaster, 45, has led England to four successive runner-up finishes in the Six Nations. The former Leeds director of rugby signed a six-year contract extension last year. On Sunday the England head coach said the World Cup failure “is going to sit with us all forever - players, coaches, management”. “I don’t think I’ll ever come to terms with it personally because it was such a big thing,” he added. England’s elimination should not prompt a “hasty reaction” over Lancaster’s future, according to Ritchie. And Ryan insisted: “We’ve got to look at the whole process before

England move on. “We need to look at who is making the appointment. Whoever Ian Ritchie and Rob Andrew asked for advice, they’ve got it wrong. “Why will we allow them to make the next appointment, take a good coach in, spend three years and spit him out?” Ryan believes the RFU must have put together a contingency plan in the event of Lancaster leaving after a poor World Cup. England were drawn alongside Australia, Wales and Fiji - all ranked in the top nine in the world - plus Uruguay, in Pool A. “If we haven’t got a contingency plan coming out of the group of death with three months until the Six Nations, then that’s not fit for purpose in terms of running one of the biggest unions,” added the exScotland assistant coach. Wales boss Warren Gatland told Scrum V he has “a huge amount of respect” for what Lancaster achieved with England “in terms of the discipline he’s instilled in that side and the way those players conduct themselves”. Gatland added that towards the end of England’s defeat by Australia, “I turned to my wife and said whatever happens in the next 20 minutes will change people’s lives”. He continued: “You’ve got to put things into perspective. It’s great that we’ve qualified, but you’ve got to feel for other teams because there are families and livelihoods at stake. “Why was the World Cup draw done three years ago? It’s ridiculous as far as I’m concerned. “There’s other people outside of this who need to have a look at themselves and ask why these decisions were made - you’ve got to feel sorry for the people who this has affected.” Bbc.com