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Friday 23rd September 2016

HOME RESCUE

BY ALEX TRELINSKI

uardia Civil officers risked their lives by climbing onto high balconies to res-

cue an elderly British man who had fallen in his Alicante area flat. The 69-

year-old expat had slipped on the kitchen floor of his El Campello apartment and was unable to get up for three days, going without food or water. A concerned neighbour, who got worried that he had not seen the unnamed man for a few days, called the authorities, since the 69year-old lived alone, and he did not have a key to his property so that he could check up on him. The Guardia Civil initially contacted the British Consulate in Alicante as well as calling hospitals to see if he had been taken there, but then they got legal authority to break into the fifth-floor apartment. The Guardia officers tried, without success, to break the front door down, which had an additional iron anti-burglary grill mounted

on it. In desperation, they climbed across from the neighbour's balcony onto that of the ailing British man. The brave move from the Guardia saw them climbing high as the balconies are 20 metres above ground, but an officer made it, and managed to get through the man’s window. The pensioner was on the kitchen floor in a very weak state due to his hunger and thirst, as he had not eaten or drank anything for three days, due to his fall making him immobile. The man, whose family live in Britain, was able to speak to the Guardia officers about what had happened. Despite his ordeal, his condition was not lifethreatening, but he was still nevertheless taken to the intensive care unit of Sant Joan d'Alacant hospital.

BINNED OFF

orrevieja council's plans to run the area’s waste collection service have been scrapped, meaning a new private tender contract will have to be advertised. The news came after the authority's 2016 budget plans were voted down at a council meeting last Friday. Torrevieja mayor, José Manuel Dolón, was forced to announce that his "rubbish" plan was a dead duck on Tuesday, after opposition Partido Popular and Ciudadanos councillors combined to reject the coalition government team's annual budget. The council will tender a new waste collection con-

tract next spring, after the old contract with Acciona ran out in June, which cost 17 million euros per annum. Acciona is currently providing a service on a monthly basis. Dolón slammed the PP and Ciudadanos: - "13 opposition councillors exercised their right to hurt local residents and the provision of services. Voting against the budget puts us in a precarious position, especially over waste collection, which will now cost us three million euros more ever year as opposed to what it would have been under council control”. The mayor called on resi-

dents to ask the opposition councillors why they chose to vote down the budget, which “will mean less money to spend and more cuts”. Dolón also talked of a "black hand" and a lack of transparency behind the PP, accusing them of supporting private compa-

nies through self-interest. Local PP leader and exTorrevieja mayor, Eduardo Dolon, said that plans for seven and half million euros of cuts, as well as the new plans over waste collection services led to his group voting against the 2016 budget.

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The campaign to protect the flora and fauna of the Lo Ferris area of Torrevieja is set to go to the European Union. The Save Lo Ferris action group say they will be writing to the EU's petitions committee calling for the palm

groves to be protected. The group say that they are worried about future building in the area, though Torrevieja council say they are against any development in Lo Ferris which would affect the environment.

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Budget air carriers like Ryanair and Easyjet had over four million passengers using Spanish airports last month, a rise of over nine percent compared to August 2015. The government figures show that over 27 and a half million passengers used low-cost carriers in and out of Spain over the first eight months of 2016, a hike of nearly 11 percent over the same period last year.

and with the raw cost of butane rising, the government has announced that an orange butano cylinder will now cost 45 cents more at 11 euros and 72 cents per unit.

with the whole of the Valencia region now set to implement the change. The region as a whole

Trafico At Last After six years of delays and a series of disputes, Trafico's new office is set to open in Elche this November. The building should have started dealing with motorists back in 2010 but legal wrangles led the massive hold up. The former warehouse on Calle Fuensalida is now being cleaned with equipment and furniture being put in ahead of November’s opening. The premises will serve all of the Elche area as well as the whole of the Vega Baja, meaning that license

renewals and other Trafico business will no longer have to be conducted in Alicante. Officials have esti-

mated that the workload there will be slashed by 40 percent once the Elche office opens.

Hot Pursuit

Ryanair, Easyjet, and Vueling accounted for twothirds of the total Spanish low -cost market including domestic flights, and represented a third of all international flights involving Spain. UK flights reached over 10 million passengers in the year up to the end of August, some 36 percent of the overall low cost total with an annual rise of 14 and a half percent.

Autumn Chill Butano cylinder prices have gone up in time for the lower autumn temperatures, after prices dropped by a third in the last 18 months. Prices are reviewed every two months,

Alicante Province parents have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a continuous day at local schools

voted 55 percent in favour, but it was over 70 percent in Alicante Province, with two-thirds of schools already having adopted the new hours. Last Friday saw a symbolic final day of voting with polling areas set up in schools, with parents who had not voted already, being given a chance to make their views clear. The continuous day sees lessons start at 9.00 am going through till lunch at 2.00 pm, and then extracurricular activities for the youngsters between 3.30 and 5.00 pm.

A black Audi A3 car smashed through a toll booth barrier on the AP-7 at La

Zenia last week after being chased by the Guardia Civil. Two passengers eventually

fled on foot after their car crashed on the Campoamor to San Miguel de Salinas road. The Orihuela local police said that the Guardia were pursuing the Audi vehicle with two middle-aged South American men in it heading southbound on the AP-7. The reason for the chase was not disclosed but Orihuela officers joined the operation in trying to stop the car after it left the motorway. There was no news either as whether the men had been caught.

Bad Reception A television set caused a blaze in a Rojales apartment block on Sunday

which was evacuated as a precaution. Nobody was injured in the fire in the

Pisos Amarillos building which is close to the Rojales Health Centre.

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Dead Family Riddle The Guardia Civil discovered the dismembered bodies of four Brazilians on Sunday in a house in Pioz, some 60 kilometres northeast of the Madrid. A neighbour called the police when he smelt a strange stench coming from the property. Two of the victims were children aged one and four respectively. All of the bodies had been placed in plastic bags left inside of the house, which had been rented around a month ago. The murders are thought to relate to a settling of scores – possibly a revenge attack or relating to a debt – but the case remains sub judice, so the

North Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte, after violence erupted during protests over the police killing of a black man. Keith Lamont Scott was shot dead by a black officer on Tuesday. police and the investigating judge are not revealing any details.. The family had been tenants there since about mid-July, but had not been seen since the end of August, residents say. According to the family's neighbours, the deceased Brazilians were 'very

reserved' and 'kept themselves to themselves'. The urbanisation has 24-hour security guards at one of the two entrances. It is said to be a 'very quiet, safe area', which has led locals to believe the killers had followed the family and were targeting them specifically.

More Charging Electric car users in Alicante Province are going to find it easier to charge up their vehicles next year with a network of "charging posts" set to be introduced across the area. Alicante Provincial Council president, César Sánchez, said that the authority will be linking up with car manufacturers and utility companies to create a set of places where motorists can charge up. Speaking on Monday,

Sánchez said that the move would encourage people to buy electric cars as they would have been put off in the past by not knowing

where they could get them charged up. Maps will also be produced showing where the “charging posts” are located.

Inside Job

Four Guardia Civil officers were among seven people arrested by the National Police for stealing cannabis from drug traffickers on the Costa del Sol, with the intention of selling it themselves. Authorities were tippedoff that a Moroccan traffick-

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er had met several times with two men who wished to make a significant purchase of drugs in Malaga, the National Police said in a statement. When the exchange of drugs took place "five other people appeared, who were armed and wearing Guardia vests

and shirts and carrying official documents as if it was an approved raid," the statement added. The five seized the drugs and tied up the traffickers who were selling it with rope and abandoned them in a desolate area. The National Police last week arrested the five suspects who they believe were involved in the ambush, and seized 69 kilos of cannabis resin in the Malaga area just as the men were heading to Logroño in northern Spain where the authorities suspect they planned to sell the drugs. Two other suspects were arrested, one in Guarromán in the south and another in Logroño.

The Valencia region is working with its northern neighbour of Catalunya to complete the so-called Mediterranean Corridor, which will link Spain's Mediterranean coast with France and other European countries. Valencian President Ximo Puig met with his Catalan counterpart

Carles Puigdemont in Valencia City on Monday and decided to set up a ''permanent technical committee. The committee will include representatives from both regional governments and will monitor the progress of getting the project completed, which both regions believe is crucial for economic growth.

Dumping Denounced

Australian authorities have cast doubt on the theory that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have had a fire on board before it went missing in March 2014. Pieces of debris appearing to show burn marks were recovered in Madagascar this month, but authorities say there is no evidence yet that the debris came from the plane. The Italian Olympic chief has reacted angrily to the Rome mayor's decision to reject the city's bid to host the 2024 Games, and has vowed to fight on. Calling the decision "demagogic and populist", Giovanni Malago insisted the project was financially viable.

An illegal waste dump that has appeared in the Almoradi municipality has been criticised by opposition Partido Popular councillor, Miguel Gascón. Speaking to the La Verdad newspaper, Gascón says the site in Heredades runs on a rural lane parallel to the CV-91

and is used by farmers to access their properties. The councillor says that the rubbish is a health and fire safety hazard and that he’s complained to the Almoradi government team as well as complaining to the Guardia Civil’s environment unit, Seprona.

Drought Move Production at Torrevieja's desalination plant is set to double from October 1st after an expected extension to Spain's drought measures today. Government ministers

in Madrid will meet today (Friday) to continue their drought emergency plan for at least another year which will see the Torrevieja plant working at full capacity.

Journey’s End An Orihuela Costa-based British man, wanted on domestic violence charges, was arrested at AlicanteElche airport last week as he was about to get onto a

flight to Liverpool. The 57-year-old was detained by the National Police after his 23-year-old girlfriend filed a complaint against him.

Boozy Bits Alicante Province and the Murcia region have some of the biggest beer drinkers in Spain, clocking in at just over 15 percent of national consumption according to research company Nielsen. The main beer regions though are Andalucia and Badajoz that account for 21.5 percent of Spanish consumption. In contrast, Barcelona only accounts for eight percent of the national figure.

Hit And Run A motorist who knocked over a runner on a Torrevieja road and then drove away from the scene was tracked down and arrested by the local police on Saturday morning. The incident happened on a bend on Avenida de Alfredo Nobel by the Los Frutales urbanisation, with the 29year-old jogger taken to Torrevieja Hospital, though he was said not to be in a life-threatening condition. The 25-year-old female motorist was tracked down by the Hotel Masa, and tested negative for alcohol.

Friday 23rd September 2016

Mothering Instinct

A 62-year-old doctor has revealed she is eight months pregnant with her third child after undergoing fertility treatment. Lina Alvarez, who lives in the province of Lugo, is expecting a baby girl. Her pregnancy has sparked a debate in Spain and she has faced criticism

for having a baby in her sixties. However, the doctor who is due to give birth next month, has dismissed the criticism, saying she feels half her age. "I feel like a woman in her 30s. To feel better than this is impossible," she said. "I feel rejuvenated due to the hormonal

Healthier Pinar

changes and the joy that I feel." Alvarez has two sons, the oldest of which is now aged 27. However, he was born with cerebral palsy after a medical error during her pregnancy. She also has another son aged 10, who was born when she was 52, also by IVF. A carer for her eldest son, she explained: "I am very happy because I am living now my reward for so much suffering. It is a miracle. It was a life of tears. For years I cried every day because I could not face my son's disease. He had to be in hospital twice a week." The mother-to-be, whose pregnancy has so far been normal, said she had sought medical advice before becoming pregnant with her third child.

Pilar de la Horadada mayor, Ignacio Ramos, wants to have a budget in place next year to build a new health centre for Pinar de Campoverde. Accompanied by health councillor, Mayte Valero and municipal architect, Sonia Rosique, Ramos told a public meeting in Pinar this week that the 340 thousand euro project would involve expanding the

current doctor's surgery in the area. The mayor called for support from all political parties and local groups for the move, though opposition groups on the council have been critical over a lack of information as well claiming any expansion would be happening on land that is not council-owned.

British Thanks

Extended Stay A 38-year-old Crevillente man has had his custody period extended for a further two years ahead of a trial where he is accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend by planting a bomb in her car. The homemade device exploded on an Elche street in November 2014, with the 43-year-old woman suffering only minor injuries. The man, who was a record of

violence against women, appeared before Alicante

Provincial Monday.

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Double Ibiza Death

Sarah-Jane Morris, the British Consul for Alicante, has visited the Northern Costa Blanca to pass on her thanks to local emergency services who helped many British residents during the recent fires around Jávea. Many British nationals were among the 1,400 people evacuated during the forest fires, 300 of whom were accommodated in

a local school during the blaze. Morris said: “It is clear that the whole community pulled together to help those who were evacuated and whose houses have been damaged. I can also see that if it were not for the quick action from local authorities and volunteers, the result could have been far more devastating.”

Wicked Attack

An Ibiza man threw himself off a cliff after stabbing his wife to death in the doorway of her block in the early hours of Saturday morning. Neighbours were woken up by screams in Ibiza Town and the Guardia Civil found the 34-year-old victim lying dead in her doorway in a pool of blood. The Guardia went to look for her husband, from whom she had separated a few weeks earlier, and found him dead near the Es Vedrà viewing point in Sant Josep. The woman's car was parked on the Sa Pedrera cliff above it with the doors open and the engine running. Officers said he committed suicide after jumping off the cliff.

The Guardia Civil is investigating an attack on a herd of recently reintroduced European bison that left one animal decapitated, three missing and several more apparently poisoned. Officers from the Guardia's environment division, Seprona, were called to the Valdeserrillas reserve in the Valencia region last Friday after the discovery of the headless body of

Sauron, the dominant male of a small herd of bison that had been brought to the area. It's believed that the herd was poisoned so that their heads could be cut off and sold as trophies. Seprona, officers have taken samples from Sauron to check on whether he had been poisoned. No cartridges or bullet casings were found in the area.

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Scarf Row Solved

A Valencia college who sent a student home and refused to let her back into class unless she takes off her hiyab, has been ordered to readmit her. 22year-old Takwa Rejeb was called into the principal's office on the first day of the new college year at the Instituto Benlliure vocational school where she is studying tourism. She was told to remove her hiyab and that she would not be allowed back if she was still wearing it. Now the Valencian education ministry has stepped in and guaranteed that she can attend classes at the school and will be drawing up a set of guidelines which "will promote cultural and ethnic diversity" in all educational establishments in the region. Takwa is a Muslim and of Moroccan descent, but was born in Spain and has

Spanish nationality, and wears the hiyab out of choice. She reported the incident to the Valenciabased branch of the antixenophobia charity. SOS Racism. “This isn't a kid, it's a woman, of Spanish nationality, who has never had any problems in any school she has studied at before for wearing her headscarf,” said SOS Racism lawyer Francisco Solans. The regional education minister launched an investigation with an inspector confirming that Takwa's story was true. The inspector said the principal had made a 'closed and literal interpretation' of a school dress code article which forbids students from wearing headgear in class, but which was drawn up with the aim of preventing them wearing balaclavas, base-

ball hats or woolly hats pulled down to cover their faces. SOS Racism says that this is not an isolated incident involving the vocational school with four other similar cases there as well as other reports from other colleges across the Valencia region, including Alicante Province. The school's principal, Josep Cuenca, said that the rule is not “discriminatory”, but rather “reasonable and well accepted” by students. By enrolling at the school, the woman agreed to comply with its internal rules, he claimed. Cuenca also said that students have been denied access to the school for wearing a hijab on three previous occasions. In one instance a student was ultimately transferred from the school, in another, the student chose to stop wearing the hijab, while in the third case, the person left the course. Valencian deputy president and minister for equality, Mònica Oltra said“One of our commitments to our public is the freedom to express their religious diversity and, in the case of the hiyab, this is merely a religious, cultural and gender symbol – in the same way as we have little girls' ears pierced when they're babies.”

Mallorca’s Biggest

The National Police in Mallorca have arrested a lab technician accused of manufacturing designer drugs from a laboratory, described as the largest ever discovered in the area. Officers

say the unnamed 29-yearold Bulgarian posed as a university professor studying a cure for cancer to obtain the products he needed to make the drugs. The Bulgarian immi-

grant’s home lab was in a basement flat near the Mallorcan capital Palma’s bullring. An undisclosed amount of the class A drug Crystal Meth, sold to clubbers as an alternative to Ecstasy, was seized during a raid on the property last week. Officers also confiscated a range of lab equipment, gloves, masks and products needed for the drug-making were seized as well as notebooks containing chemical formulas. The bust followed an undercover operation lasting around seven months.

Fiesta Fallout A 23-year-old man who ran over four people after a mass brawl in Santomera on Sunday morning , has been arrested by the town’s local police, and charged with reckless driving. He may also face attempted murder charges, but has been released on bail after two nights in a Guardia Civil cell. Around 20 men in their early twenties formed into two factions from Orihuela and Santomera and got scrapping after 6.00 am on Sunday at Santomera’s fairground site which was being used for the annual fiesta celebrations. The 23-year-old from Orihuela looked to make a quick exit in his Citreon Saxo

car, colliding with four men in the process when going around a roundabout. One of them, a Columbian man, suffered a broken a collar bone, but was released from hospital after being treated, whilst the others were not seriously injured.

Police arrested the driver half an hour later at his home and he was not over the alchohol limit after taking a breath test. The reason for the mass fight was not given, though reports suggested that the men were looking for free alcohol.

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Tony Mayes - About Life

Friday 23rd September 2016

A Rubbish Decision Britain is sadly going to the dogs and I have some examples for you. You know how important it is for people to have somewhere to take their rubbish. For many years, every large town and city has had its own household waste recycling site, doing two very important jobs - preventing the scourge of fly tipping, and preventing loads of rubbish going to landfill. But now councils are reducing the funding going to the private

companies running the sites and the result is that instead of them being open every day of the week, most of them will close for two days weekly. And if that is not enough, the sites will now charge for certain items, like four pounds per old car tyre and four pounds per bag of rubble. No prizes for guessing what will happen - the amount of fly tipping will escalate. The countryside will quickly look a mess, dark back alleys will be magnets

for people quietly dumping old DIY materials and the council, instead of saving money, will soon find themselves having to shell out more to clean up the mess. Another example of things going to pot - literally - are the growing numbers of pot holes and damaged roads, not just side streets but trunk roads. When we went to Wales for a short break it was a good job we had a Sat Nav, because to rely on road signs would have been a

An Unhealthy Situation

The National Health Service was until recent years, something that every Briton could be proud of. There's now such a lack of doctors in surgeries, that many are closing or having their hours reduced. When we asked for an appointment to see a doctor we were told it was impossible within a fortnight. And in hospitals, a combination of

doctors' strikes, staff shortages and soaring patient demand is putting hospitals under unprecedented strain. Dr Mark Holland, President of the Society for Acute Medicine, has said that hospitals in some areas could be "pushed to the brink" and care could become "unsafe", particularly if there's a 'flu epidemic or another winter health problem. Individual

hospitals are now finding themselves under so much strain they are even now barely coping. The working conditions are seen as so onerous that just 53 percent of training positions have been filled this year and in some hospitals consultants are "acting down" to plug gaps for junior doctors. Some of the problems may be down to a huge volume of

nightmare. Many were obscured by overhanging trees and bushes, others were damaged, while others were filthy dirty and obscured, and speed limit repeater signs were often obscured too, making that speed limit legally unenforceable. Something which particularly saddens me is the disastrous end to the traditional British telephone boxes. All over the country these boxes are now in a terrible state, some

bureaucracy - but a NHS not fit for purpose and failing more and more people is not acceptable. It is all very well the government wanting seven day a week maximum care, but it must put the cash there to make it happen. I question whether the NHS would be in the parlous position it is if the rich didn't have the luxury of private medicine. I'm sure that if the rich had to put up with the queues, delays and sometimes mistakes that lesser mortals have to cope with, the money would miraculously appear to make the NHS the fantastic institution it once was. But it won't improve all the time the government puts the squeeze on councils, denying them the funding for home helps or providing nursing home or care home places. Bed blocking by patients well enough to be discharged from hospital but unable to be discharged because they have nowhere to go is at crisis point. The answer is...just don't be ill in Britain!

smashed, others lacking a coat of red paint for years yet they are all "Listed" and should be preserved. Have the British lost their pride in everything? I am so saddened at what I see in the UK now. Council and government spending cuts are doing immeasurable harm to the country's infrastructure, storing up huge problems for the future. It's at crisis point in hospitals and after care too, within care homes and nurs-

ing homes. But the government are in a dilemma - to increase spending, which would boost the economy, would also increase government borrowing, already running at dangerous levels. That would damage the value of the pound still further, raising inflation on imported goods which would start the process of interest rate rises. And with millions of people having huge debts, the result would be catastrophic.

Mobile Madness

I was delighted to hear the UK government is to double the fine and penalty points on a licence for using a mobile phone while driving. We are always seeing motorists on their phones, and when we see them slowing down, veering from side to side or doing other antics, our first comment is that the driver is on the phone, rather than being the worse for wear through drink, as would have been the case in the past. The main culprits are lorry drivers, white van men and Merc and BMW drivers, and it makes us livid when we gesticulate to them that we

have seen what they are doing and are met with a one or two finger response. These cursed drivers who care nothing for their or others' safety should be off the road. What we want is for police to stop using marked cars and instead patrol in ordinary cars to catch them. It would be a great idea to encourage people to take pictures of errant drivers and if they submit them to the police and there's a conviction, then would get a ÂŁ100 reward - paid for by the convicted driver on top of their fine. That would soon sort the problem out!

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Busy Time

Guardia Civil water patrols were pressed into action 95 times this summer off the coast of Alicante Province, as part of their three month campaign during the high tourist season.

Surface Matters Roads and pavements are being resurfaced in Catral at a cost of 153 thousand euros in a project funded by the Alicante Provincial Council. Calles La Paz, Libertad, Jesús Triunfante, La Milagrosa, and Jorge Juan will offer a smoother ride whilst pavement work will be done on Calles El Molino and Europa.

End Of The Line

When a train driver reached the end of his shift last week, he went home, leaving the train some 300 kilometres from its destination, with over 100 people stranded for hours. The train had been travelling from Santander to Madrid, when it suddenly stopped outside Osorno, some two hours into the journey. The passengers were initially told the train had stopped for “technical reasons”, but later learned the driver had finished his shift and was refusing to work any overtime. Angry passengers had to wait for

a replacement bus service which eventually got them to the Spanish capital at around 2.30 am. The Renfe train company has suffered strike action from drivers who have been protesting about a lack of manning. A spokesman

Passengers flying into Mallorca from Munich were left stunned after a vulture smashed into their plane's fuselage last Friday. The accident happened at around noon when the Lufthansa passenger jet was coming in to land in Palma. A "loud thud" was heard and the

impact was so fierce that the vulture became embedded in the fuselage. The pilot reported the incident to the control tower and said he had no chance of avoiding it. The bird was still visible just below the cockpit as passengers disembarked.

Mayoral Tribute

Spain Slammed

Counterfeit Collar A stall that sold fake Spanish army uniforms at the weekly La Mata market in Torrevieja has been closed down by the local police with the trader set to be prosecuted. Officers swooped on the outlet last week Wednesday and seized 16 counterfeit uniforms as well as other fakebranded goods.

from the Semaf union said the driver was not staging a protest, but was required to finish his shift due to legal requirements. All 109 passengers were refunded by Renfe who promised a full investigation into the incident.

Vulture Smash

A report published by the charity Oxfam has strongly attacked Spain for falling behind on accepting its agreed quota of refugees

from the conflict in Syria and Iraq. "Spain has failed disastrously... it is a long way behind fulfilling its

promises," said Oxfam in the report, which highlights that so far Spain has only accepted 480 of the 17,387 refugees it promised to accept in an agreement with the European Union in 2015. Oxfam also criticized the Spanish government for returning immigrants who have crossed the frontier into the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla without undergoing the correct procedure. "There are numerous incidence and evidence which shows that the Guardia Civil apprehend those who are on or over the Spanish wire and then return them immediately to Morocco, without the necessary process of identification, without giving them the chance to ask for asylum, without telling them they have the right to do so, or to give them the chance to appeal against their return," the report said. "This practice has been carried out for years, but it is being increasingly used. It means the expulsion of dozens of people a year and goes against both European and international law," it added.

Here Kitty Kitty! 13 councils are to be given money by the Alicante Provincial Council to help control feral cat colonies. Cash is being allocated to authorities for sterilisation projects in areas like Rafal, Dolores, San Miguel de Salinas, Almoradí, Callosa, Guardamar, Pilar de la Horadada, Rojales, Orihuela and Torrevieja. Torrevieja has been given a grant of over 14 thousand euros to spend on a mass castration initiative with 70 feral colonies and 200 cats being targeted across the municipality with special feral box traps being used.

San Javier celebrated its 180th anniversary as a municipality last weekend at the Town Hall with the news that four past mayors will have streets named after them. The current mayor, José Miguel Luengo, presented special memorial plaques to the families of the

deceased civic leaders, as well as paying tribute to their contribution to the area. The roads will commemorate past mayors Theodore Martínez (1968-1972), Luis Antonio Ros(1972-1979), Francisco Javier Tárraga (1972 to 1979), and Josefa García (2007- 2011).

Do Not Touch

A fossil hunt in the Murcia region nearly had an explosive end for a university professor when he stumbled across a shell dating back to the Spanish Civil War. The man was on a dig with his daughter in a park in Molina de Segura when they made the unexpected find.

Over half a metre long, the shell was made in 1917 and was designed to have over four kilos of explosive in it. Bomb disposal experts decided to detonate the shell on site in a controlled explosion as they believed that it would be too risky to move because of its age.

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The Future for BREX-PATS By Richard Samuels, Blacktower Financial Management (International) Ltd. pensions and consolidate them into a Recognised Overseas Pension. This has enabled them to hold their pension pot in their “currency of choice” or several different currencies in order to reduce the risk against a falling pound. Once transferred, the crystallised funds are then available for flexible drawdown, from the age of 55. Retirees form the largest group of British expats living here, with many of them relying on their pensions. Their income can be greatly affected by swings in currency exchange rates. Investment in different currencies via a compliant Bond may be an option here to reduce the currency risk. In addition, UK citizens currently enjoy seeing the value of their state pensions rise annually, with a rise of 2.5% being the norm over the last decade. This is because, at present, their state pensions are protected thanks to a mutual

This uncertainty is prevalent no greater than here in Spain, which – according to the United Nations – is home to more than 300,000 Brits, making us the largest Expat community in Europe.

I can also help you track lost pensions, including personal pensions or occupational pensions and schemes used to “contract out”. If you have lost touch with a pension scheme since moving to Spain we can contact them on your behalf in order to find out what your pension entitlement may be.

The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity.

In the immediate aftermath of the vote, the Pound fell to its lowest point in 30 years in the worldwide currency markets. Against the Euro, in August, the exchange rate bottomed out close to €1.15, a significant dip from the heady days of the €1.42 level it had reached in the last 12 months.

With so much uncertainty many expats have looked to protect the relative value of their company or private pensions. One way of doing this has been to transfer their UK

A review of your financial position would be a sensible option in view of the above or if you would like advice on any of the above issues you can contact me on: richard.samuels@blacktowerfm.com.

For further information Call Richard Samuels, International Financial Adviser, Blacktower Financial Management (Int.) Ltd mob 692 352 156 or email richard.samuels@blacktowerfm.com

The UK electorate’s shock vote to leave the European Union has certainly raised a myriad of questions surrounding the future of the 1.3 million British citizens living in continental Europe.

“Pound Sterling is forecast to fall further against the Euro over the course of the next year but the decline will not be as deep as previously envisaged.” reported foreign exchange analysts at JP Morgan (14th Sept). However, some analysts still predict a fall to as low as €1.12.

scenario, their pensions may be “frozen”, meaning that all annual increases could be scrapped. This is currently the case for British citizens residing in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other non EU countries.

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arrangement between the UK and Europe. Essentially, under the principle of the single market, expats’ state pensions are pegged to average earnings, price inflation or 2.5%, whichever is the greater. However, following the vote to leave, the UK government will have to re-negotiate this deal. Whereas this is unlikely to change for at least the next two years, in the long term, expats drawing UK pensions may not be able to rely on the same benevolent treatment from the EU. In the extreme

is licensed in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV in Spain.

Nights Of Variety The New Cardenal Belluga Theatre Company are back into rehearsals for their new variety show, called Stepping Out. The production is being staged at the Cardenal Belluga theatre in San Fulgencio on Thursday October 20th and Friday October 21st, with tickets on sale at six euros, and all of the proceeds going to local charities. Tickets are available from various outlets around the La Marina urbanisation area, as well from Tom Ford on 966 790 547 or Phillis on 966 790 396.

Petanca Gift

Four members of Quesada's Pueblo Bravo Petanca club decided to have a birthday celebration with a difference recently by raising 110 euros for the Help at Home (Costa Blanca) appeal to raise money for a minibus. Instead of asking for birthday cards, all of the petanca players joined forces for a meal at a Benijofar restaurant, and asked for friends to make donations to HAH in lieu of the cards. More details about HAH (Costa Blanca) are available by calling 693 027 026.

Local

Friday 23rd September 2016

Elche Kids Helped

Quiz Donation The Velvetones harmony chorus saw their charity fund get a 175 euro boost thanks to the Bridge Bar in Rojales, who staged a charity fun music quiz. Landlords Pat and Lesley handed over the money to the Velvetones raised by their generous customers, with the choir now in full rehearsal mode for their Christmas concert on Wednesday November 30th. The ladies get together every Wednesday morning at El Paraiso, behind

Just over one thousand euros was raised for the Elche Children’s Care Home thanks to the recent monthly charity night at Guardamar’s El Alto La Dolores restaurant. Entertainment was provided by Red Strokes with the money set to be used to buy

school books, as well as hair and grooming equipment for the youngsters. Pictured are event organisers Marlene Brown and Joan Rampton, as well as Elche fund-raiser Annette English, and Home director, Alfonso Juarez Gonzalez.

Singing Thanks The Crescendo International Choir are busy putting together concerts which will take them through to the end of the year, with the first of those being an event to help choir member, Liz Pollitt. Liz travels every Friday all the way to Torrevieja from Mazarron, and having recently had a very successful hip operation, she wants to show her appreciation to Age Concern and to Mabs Mar

Menor. The choir has duly obliged and will be heading to Mariano’s Bar and Restaurant in Camposol, Mazarron for a fund-raising concert in aid of the two charities on Saturday October 1st, with the event starting at 5.00pm, and a very modest admission fee of just five euros! For more details, go to the website, www.crescendo-choir.com.

Carrefour in Torrevieja at 10.00 am. More details are available by calling Mary-

Anne on 966 714 973 or by visiting www.velvetonesharmonytorrevieja.com

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Friday 23rd September 2016

Pets

Friday 23rd September 2016

Three Of A Kind

A local animal charity made the long journey to Granada to help out a female dog, only to discover that there were also three puppies that needed rehoming. Mona Nowak Fassbender of the Happy Animales Spain group at their Finca San Miguel de Salinas sanctuary drafted in Becki McManus to organise the transportation for the 300km trip, to pick up mum, Mami, and her three pups Nelly, Nala, and Spike. They were all healthy but needed treatment for fleas and ticks and have been given the all-clear by a San Miguel vet. They now need a forever home and more details, please phone Mona for more details on 616 792

355. The Finca, which is off the canal road from Villamartin to San Miguel, is staging an Open Day tomorrow (Saturday) between 1.00 pm and 5.00 pm, with your chance to meet all the animals there including the dogs, horses, ponies, pigs, goats, and chickens! Any food that you can bring like carrots, apples, tomatoes, lettuce, as well as dog and cat biscuits, and dog food (Aldi preferred), would be gratefully received by the animals. There are more details about the charity via Facebook at fincasanmigueldesalinas or e-mail nicosolm@hotmail.com

Getting Your Dog On Side It’s only human to feel a bit hurt if your dog gives you the cold shoulder, and there may be a whole variety of reasons behind that behaviour. THE FEAR FACTOR Begin by ruling out fear as a reason your dog is not as available to you. Does your dog cower or hide, urinate or defecate, or act aggressively

by growling and lunging? If so, fear might be the reason. That is a complex issue and you should discuss it with your veterinarian immediately. However, if fear is not the root cause of disengagement, there are ways you can build up your friendship. Try to take a step back rather than trying too hard to make

friends since this will give your dog space to relax. Are there any times when the dog is relaxed with you? Think when this is and what you are doing. Try to focus on the activities where your pet copes best. Be careful of your body language when interacting with your pet — avoid loud voices, big gestures, and approaching it if he looks worried. Don’t lean over the dog or pick him up. If you have been doing a lot of this it could be enough to trigger a desire to avoid you. MAKE IT HAPPEN The more your dog associates you with “good things happening,” the more he or she will want to be around you. Some dogs love to snuggle and be held, while others only tolerate touch. If your dog doesn’t enjoy petting, but you keep trying to touch him, it’s very likely your dog will avoid you. However, if the dog enjoys petting, doggie massage can deepen your loving relationship. The more games and fun you can have with your dog, the deeper your bond can go; whether it’s a game of fetch or playing hide-and-go-seek in the house. Walks are also

bond building. Take your dog on fun outings, such as to a dog park or to the pet shop to pick up a favourite chewy. TRAINING TIME Feeding your dog his or her meals will help them be more reliant upon you, but even more powerful is doing positive reinforcement training. Dogs do get excited with a bit of training and you can see that tail wagging when they get into the habit of doing something, with that behaviour being rewarded by a treat. Dogs also like people who are consistent and not unpredictable. Taking punishment out of your interactions with your dog can build lots of trust. Dogs love a mental challenge and like the one-to-one attention of training. Not only will these sessions improve obedience but you’ll soon find the dog watching your every move as pack leader. It is out of this new-found trust and respect the dog finds in the owner, that visible affection will grow. Not every dog likes to be held in an embrace, but with time you learn to recognize the dog’s deep affection for you – displaying in their closeness and willingness to obey.

Pets Corner: Can You Take In A Homeless Dog Or Cat?

ALF

FREYA

LILY

MARTA

PUPPIES

Alf is a gorgeous three month old puppy who is looking for his foreever home, and currently weighs in at around four kilos. He had his first injections a few weeks ago and he will grow to be medium sized and is an absolute charmer that could become your friend. He is currently being fostered with his siblings and for more details on Alf, please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or Email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Freya is a beautiful, female pup, who is aged close to three months. She is really good with other dogs and was discovered dumped in a village along with her three other siblings. A vet has told us that Freya will not be large when fully grown. She loves being cuddled and is very affectionate. For more info please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or e-mail: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Lily is a lovely, mediumsized female dog who is a really happy and friendly character, who thoroughly deserves a loving forever home. She would make a lovely family dog and after being abandoned, it's time for somebody to give her the affection that she certainly warrants. Can you help and give Lily a permanent home? Call APAH charity on either 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

Marta is a beautiful black and tan six-year-old German Shepherd cross who is being looked after by the K9 team. Marta is very much a gentle and affectionate dog which we have no doubt would be very loyal to her new owners. If you would like to meet her and perhaps even offer her a home, then please do call the K9 Club on 600 845 420. We look forward to hearing from you.

Jack and Toby are around 10 weeks old and were abandoned by being thrown over the fence at a finca. The good news is that the guard dog at the property didn't touch them and they are now safe in a foster home. The two puppies look like they are a German Shepherd cross and will be medium size when fully grown. For more details, phone Pets in Spain on 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

WISP The older dogs that are looked after by the SAT kennels in Dolores are wrongly dismissed as being "too old", and so are not considered for adoption. Wisp is one of them and is an eight-year-old female crossbreed. Wisp and her friends deserve to spend their remaining years with a loving family as it is not their fault that they have aged. Telephone 966 710 047 or info@satanimalrescue.com

Friday 23rd September 2016

TRELI ON THE TELLY Lygo’s Nightly Gambit

WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

TV's strategy for next year is becoming clearer under new boss Kevin Lygo and his team. An extra edition of Corrie from 2017; more drama under ex-BBC drama boss Polly Hill; long-term contracts sealed for The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent; and now they are going to go for a nightly American-style chat and entertainment show (probably shunting News at Ten into a later slot), which will have an initial run of two months to test the water. I'm all for it, yet this is not a new idea on UK TV. Nearly 40 years ago,

the BBC 1 controller, Bill Cotton, wanted to put on Parkinson five nights a week, only for his superiors to veto the idea. Channel Five tried it with the disappointing Jack Docherty Show when they launched in 1997, and Graham Norton gave it a go with Channel Four some 13 years ago, but struggled with getting good quality guests (ironically that would be different now with his reputation). ITV are saying that they will use a team of celebrity hosts (probably to find out who is the best before some-

body gets a more permanent gig) and the show will feature comedy routines and stunts in an attempt to ape James Corden's success in America. Such programmes don't come cheap as we found out with Rylan Clark's dreadful effort for Channel Five earlier this year, which oozed of low production values. It doesn't matter how good a selection of hosts you have, if the format sucks, then an idea like this will seriously bomb if it is not handled right. I suspect that we will have to put up with the likes of Keith Lemon being a

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guest host, but it is a golden opportunity for ITV to uncover some new talent, and with the right people in place behind the cameras, I really do hope that this venture works out. Something that is happening more often in drama these days is multiple season renewal, so as not to lose audience-favourite scripted programmes, because of a botch-up if the producers or key cast members commit elsewhere if a network dithers. It's also crucial in their battle against online providers. Earlier this year, the BBC ordered an additional run of the fantastic Line of Duty in addition to the current fourth season that is being filmed right now. ITV have a "multiple-series" order for The Durrells, despite publicly ordering only one further batch of episodes that is currently in production. Series ten of Benidorm (with a fit and well Tim Healy) has already been commissioned well before the next series airs in 2017, and their hit drama Victoria, which has trumped the BBC's Poldark in the ratings, is almost certainly on a multiple renewal, despite silence from ITV over

the matter. Incidentally, the Beeb announced a third series of Poldark even before Aidan Turner's torso made an autumn return at the start of the month. They've taken things still further in the States with Showtime ordering three more series of Homeland with the next one coming up in January and another favourite of mine, as regular readers will know, The Last Ship (airing on Sky One) getting a two-season pick up by the TNT cable channel. Game of Thrones has two more series to come before it ends in 2018/19 and many other hit US dramas are working on the basis of twoyear renewals which eventually get announced some months down the line in a

press release. A lot of this makes sense, and with the exception of Benidorm, it allows the show-runners to pace their plots over a two or three season arc, and they don't have to panic and look around their shoulders worrying if they are going to get pulled. Instead their energies can be directed in making the best possible programming and with the TV networks around the world taking a hit from the likes of Netflix and Amazon, it's clear that they regard building up a catalogue of popular yet high quality dramas as essential in fighting off the new “downloadable” challengers. It's a very welcome example of new competitors forcing the old guard to up their game.

Friday 23rd September 2016

Sir Terry The Agenda Wogan Remembered: Fifty Years At The BBC

Friday 30 September 9.00pm-10.00pm BBC ONE Sir Terry Wogan Remembered: Fifty Years At The BBC (w/t) on BBC One, which is being made by BBC Studios, will take viewers on a journey through the 50-year career of the true national treasure. The programme will be an affectionate celebration full of classic moments featuring much-loved shows, from Blankety Blank to the Eurovision Song Contest. It will explore the three facets of Terry: on television, on radio

and as the charity figurehead for BBC Children in Need, and will also reveal the private side of a man whose values and beliefs laid the foundations for his extraordinary success. The tribute will feature people who knew him best sharing fond, funny memories of one of the most-loved broadcasters of all time - including Jeremy Vine, Ken Bruce, Alesha Dixon, Michael Grade, Eamonn Holmes, Katie Melua, Dermot O’Leary, Len Goodman, Graham Norton, Fearne Cotton and Rob Brydon.

Monday 26 September 10.45pm-11.25pm ITV The Agenda with Tom Bradby returns for a ninth series with a run of ten episodes. The series features ITV News at Ten presenter Tom Bradby discussing the big issues of the week with four high profile guests in front of a studio audience at The Hospital Club in central London. Guests during the series will include key politicians as well as the biggest names from the world of entertainment, arts, culture and journalism.

Each Monday Tom and his guests look at the big issues of the week ahead – from the European referendum and taxing sugary foods to the US Presidential elections, the Oscars and other cultural issues. Guests in previous series include David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, George Osborne, Harriet Harman, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Hugh Grant, Bettany Hughes, Michelle Mone, David Baddiel, Sir Patrick Stewart, Fiona Shaw, Clive Anderson, Mariella Frostrup and Michael Morpurgo.

Ambulance

Tuesday 27 September 9.00pm-10.00pm BBC ONE Ambulance is an observational documentary series that brings an unprecedented insight into Britain’s largest ambulance service, the London Ambulance Service. They need to be ready to help the 8.6 million people of London because when the most serious emergencies strike, they have only eight minutes to respond. With calls doubling in number over the past 10 years, the nerve centre of the service takes over 5000 calls a day and has to work out who needs an ambulance quickest, or whether they need one at all. With unprecedented access to the high pressured control room, as well as the crews out on the streets, each episode provides an honest 360 degree snapshot of the service, which was last year put into special measures. This takes the series beyond the flashing blue light stories, to reveal for the first time the dilemmas faced by those who allocate the ambulance - with only 400 ambulance crews on shift - as they have to bump patients down the queue to prioritise the sickest; the very real impact of time-wasters and frequent callers; and the ever-present threat that a major incident with multiple casualties is just a single 999 call away. An ordinary day for the London Ambulance Service means dozens of car crashes, overdoses, suicide attempts and - statistically - 28 cardiac arrests, where every second can make the difference between life and death.

Friday 23rd September 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip Pointless 18:15 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport Sue Barker hosts a special darts edition of the lighthearted sports quiz. Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are joined by World Champion darts players Michael Van Gerwen and Adrian Lewis, comedian Tim Vine and Rugby League star Martin Offiah 21:00 EastEnders Buster is confronted about his recent behaviour, is the truth out? 21:30 Would I Lie to You? Rob Brydon hosts the comedy award-winning panel show with David Mitchell and Lee Mack Come Strictly 22:00 Dancing It’s live showtime on Strictly. Six celebrities take to the floor to perform their very first routines with their Strictly professional partner 23:00 News 23:35 Miranda Hart: My, What I Call, Live Show 00:40 Film - Girl With a Pearl Earring (PG) 02:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:15 News

07:30 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Edge 14:45 Three Up, Two Down 15:15 Hi-De-Hi! 15:45 Yes, Minister 16:15 Wild Brazil 17:15 Restoration Home 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Debatable 19:45 Make Me an Egghead 20:30 Great British Menu It is the head to head. The two remaining Welsh chefs cook their four courses again for the judges 21:00 Mastermind Quiz

21:30 Gardeners’ World Monty Don starts to tidy up the garden for autumn and in the final part of Carol Klein’s series on plant families, she looks at the Apiaceae family, which 21:30 Coronation Street Cathy struggles to come to includes edible roots terms with the truth 22:30 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice Jo 22:00 Joanna Lumley’s is joined by three celebrity Japan Joanna heads to the island of Shikoku hopguests, including renowned ing to gain a better underchef Michel Roux Jr, who standing of Japanese give their take on this Buddhism. She then takes week’s “Bake Off” shenani- a bullet train to another island - Kyushu - where gans she finds the Henn Na 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Hotel, the world’s first robot Newsnight 00:05 Later with hotel Jools Holland 01:10 Film 23:00 News 23:40 Film The Daisy Chain (12) 02:35 Mad Max 2: The Road Question Time 03:35 Warrior (18) 01:25 Absolutely Fashion: Inside Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, British Vogue 04:35 This Is She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen BBC Two

06:55 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Gok’s Fill Your House for Free 14:00 Tricks of the Restaurant Trade 14:35 Racing: Newmarket 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Jamie’s Family Super Foods Jamie Oliver travels the world to explore some of the healthiest places, to find out what the locals are eating, so he can incorporate it into British diets 21:30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in New York Richard Ayoade and Katherine Ryan embark on a 48 hour ram raid of the best stuff in New York. Their packed schedule sees them scale tall buildings, grab some culture in museums, sample the cuisine and attempt to rollerblade

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Beware! Cowboy Builders Abroad 13:10 News 13:15 Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Betrayed 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 World’s Fastest Train A look at the mindblowing engineering breakthroughs that made the TGV possible, including the Japanese bullet train and Stephenson’s recordbreaking Rocket 21:00 The Cars That Made Britain Great Rufus Hound narrates as celebrity petrol heads share their memories of classic British motors Guests offer up their choices for Favourite Car - the Cortina, Cavalier, Transit, Anglia, Chevette, Beetle and Morris Minor all get their shot

22:00 Gogglebox Britain’s most opinionated and avid TV viewers comment freely on what the box has to offer

22:00 Carry On Caravanning A group of competitive caravanning schoolfriends from Derbyshire goes crazy in the Lake District with a madcap Mexican-themed party and sports day. Jan McKinley heads off in her pink party caravan to host her first ever ladies-only rally, in which games on the agenda include Runaway Bride

23:00 The Lie Detective 23:50 First Dates 00:55 Film - Safe House (14) 03:00 The World’s Weirdest Weather 03:55 Humans

23:00 When TV Goes Horribly Wrong 01:50 SuperCasino 04:10 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 05:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords

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STRICTLY COME DANCING

BBC One 22:00

SOAPS

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host the first of this weekend’s two live shows which sees six of the 15 couples join forces with their professional dancers to battle it out on the dance floor and convince judges Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Darcey Bussell they can trip the light fantastic with aplomb. This year’s celebrity participants are Anastacia, Claudia Fragapane, Daisy Lowe, Danny Mac, Ed Balls, Greg Rutherford, Laura Whitmore, Lesley Joseph, Louise Redknapp, Melvin Odoom, Naga Munchetty, Ore Oduba, Robert Rinder, Tameka Empson and Will Young.

plans to propose tonight. Will it all go ahead as planned, or could there be a surprise in store? Meanwhile, Pete and Leyla agree to go on a date now all the confusion has been resolved, but will it go well?

In Emmerdale Dan decides to propose to Kerry and asks Jimmy and Bob to help decorate the pirate ship. Jai inadvertently throws a spanner in the works when he asks Kerry to attend an event for him that evening.

Elsewhere, Holly and Jai meet for a date at the cafe.

When Joanie tries to stop Kerry, she blurts out what she knows about Dan’s

In Coronation Street, when Nigel ignores her messages, a furious Cathy

Also today, Chas is concerned that Charity’s feelings for Cain clearly aren’t going away, while Megan allows herself to be charmed by Frank.

leaves Alex in charge of the café and storms out. Roy finds the café in chaos with Alex yelping in agony, having scalded his arm, and takes him to A&E. Later at Nigel’s house, Cathy bangs on the window, demanding the truth about Alex. As Cathy sits outside his house refusing to budge, Nigel caves and invites her inside. Cathy asks Nigel outright if Alex is his son. Will she get the answer she fears? Meanwhile, Alya tells Sonia that she’s outstayed her welcome at Number 6, but Sonia is shocked by her bluntness. When

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Run, Fatboy, Run (14) 00:05 Family Guy 01:00 American Dad! 02:00 Two and a Half Men 02:30 Dating in the Dark ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 In Loving Memory 07:35 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart Is 09:30 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 The Return of Sherlock Holmes 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:15 Where the Heart Is 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 You’re Only Young Twice 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:05 Wycliffe 01:10 Film - Good Will Hunting (15) ITV4 07:00 Sporting Funnies 07:10 Magnum, PI 08:00 The Chase 08:50 The Sweeney 09:50 Ironside 10:50 Minder 11:55 Magnum, PI 12:55 The Chase 13:55 Pawn Stars 14:55 Storage Wars New York 15:50 The Sweeney 16:55 Minder 17:55 Ironside 19:00 Storage Wars New York 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Counting Cars 22:00 Film - Dr No(PG) 00:15 Film - From Dusk Till Dawn (18) 02:30 The Sweeney

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack Sonia reveals that Alya seems to be onto them, Sharif decides it’s time she moved out. Sensing his panic, a devious Sonia suggests he buys one of Phelan’s flats for her.

In the second episode, with the truth about Alex’s paternity now out in the open, Cathy is in shock as Nigel explains how he found out he isn’t Alex’s father. He apologises to Cathy for keeping her in

the dark. Back at the cafe, Roy returns with Alex. Baffled by Cathy’s foul mood, he demands to know why she walked out. As Cathy explains all to Roy, his calm approach doesn’t help and she blasts Roy for his lack of understanding. As she storms upstairs, Roy feels like a stranger in his own home and glances sadly at a photo of Hayley. In Eastenders, Mick confronts Buster after Lee’s tip-off that he might be having an affair. Caught on the spot, will Buster confess that he’s

been cheating on Shirley with Kathy? Sharon decides to stay out of it when she realises that Phil may have been drinking again. Phil is adamant that he’s sober despite Louise’s suspicions, but Ben has had enough of his father and claims that they should grass him up to the doctor. Denise has a heart-toheart with Masood over her pregnancy.

Saturday 24th September

6 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 James Martin: Home Comforts 13:00 Football Focus 14:00 News 14:15 Live: Champions League of Darts 17:30 Final Score 18:20 News 18:40 Pointless Celebrities

07:10 Film - Short Circuit (PG) 08:40 Film - Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 10:00 Lost Land of the Volcano 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 News Special: Labour Leadership Result 14:00 Bargain Hunt 14:30 Great British Menu 16:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Chicken and Egg 17:00 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Live: 17:30 Slice Champions League of Darts 18:00 Gardeners’ World 19:00 Dad’s Army

19:30 Strictly Come Dancing The remaining nine couples take to the dance floor for the first time in a bid to impress the judges. Who will surprise? Who will impress? And who will be worried that their stint on Strictly could be short-lived? 19:30 Live: Champions League of Darts Coverage 21:00 The National of four further group-stage Lottery: 5-Star Family matches from Motorpoint Reunion Quiz in which families in the UK play Arena in Cardiff, as the alongside their family inaugural staging of the around the world competition featuring the world’s top eight players 21:50 Casualty Charlie’s gets under way. Michael Gary Gerwen, high school sweetheart van stands in the way of Duffy, Anderson and Phil Taylor whilst David is forced to are among those schedreveal some inner truths uled to participate, and all eight players will be in 22:40 Mrs Brown’s Boys action once again during Agnes is desperate for a this session holiday but can’t find anyone to look after Grandad 23:30 Elton John Live at 23:10 News 23:30 Match of Hyde Park 00:30 Film the Day 01:00 The NFL Telstar: The Joe Meek Show 01:30 Weather for Story (15) 02:25 Film the Week Ahead 01:35 Leaving (15) 03:45 This Is BBC Two News

07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 Columbo 13:50 News 13:55 Tipping Point 14:55 All Star Family Fortunes 15:40 Pick Me! 16:40 The X Factor 18:10 Ninja Warrior UK 19:05 News 19:30 You’ve Been Framed!

07:15 Gillette World Sport 07:40 GT Academy 08:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Frasier 10:00 The Morning Line 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 The Simpsons 13:00 Come Dine with Me 14:00 Gok’s Fill Your House for Free 15:00 Racing: Newmarket and Market Rasen 17:30 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 18:35 Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke 19:30 News

20:00 Go For It More challengers test their unusual skills and party tricks Contestants chop down trees with incredible speed and try to recognise Michael Jackson tracks in 20:00 Grand Designs A just a single second new run of shows starts with an overgrown, neglect21:00 The X Factor ed half-acre site in the Judges Simon Cowell, heart of a Gloucestershire Sharon Osbourne, Louis town Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger face some dif- 21:00 Walking Through ficult decisions this week, Time Dr Tori Herridge joins as the first of two Six Chair Dr Mike Simms of Ulster Challenges arrives Museum in search of an extra-terrestrial object that 22:30 Newzoids Satirical landed in Scotland 12 bilsketch show blending tradi- lion years ago tional puppetry and animation, as impressionists Jon 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Culshaw, Debra Does Countdown Jimmy Stephenson, Lewis Carr returns with the hybrid Macleod and Simon panel quiz show, putting a Greenall give a voice to a comedy spin on C4’s longselection of the famous running words-and-numbers game 23:00 The Jonathan Ross Show 00:05 News 00:20 23:00 Film - Knight and Film - Beowulf (14) 02:10 Day (PG) 01:10 Film Jackpot 04:00 Murder, She Case 39 (14) 03:10 Wrote 04:50 ITV Hollyoaks Omnibus 05:20 Nightscreen Food Unwrapped

07:00 Milkshake 10:00 The Saturday Show Live 12:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 15:00 Police Interceptors 18:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 20:00 News 20:05 NCIS: Los Angeles When a lieutenant commander’s death is ruled a suicide, the team investigates and finds evidence leading them to believe it maybe murder 20:55 NCIS The NCIS agents are investigated by the FBI on suspicion of murdering an arms dealer known as La Grenouille. Director Shepherd is the prime suspect, until an eyewitness comes forward and points the finger at Tony 21:55 News 22:00 Football George Riley and Lynsey Hipgrave introduce highlights from the weekend’s games, including Brighton & Hove Albion v Barnsley, Reading v Huddersfield Town, and Aston Villa v Newcastle United 23:30 The Cars That Made Britain Great 00:30 Criminals: Caught on Camera 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Spike Fight Night

13:40 The Xtra Factor 14:40Ninja Warrior UK 15:40 You’ve Been Framed! 16:15 Film Beethoven’s 2nd (U) 18:00 Film - St Trinian’s (12) 19:55 Film - The Mummy Returns (PG) 22:30 The Xtra Factor 23:30 Celebrity Juice 00:20 Family Guy ITV3 12:55 Film - Carry On Cowboy (PG) 14:55 Foyle’s War 16:55 Agatha Christie’s Marple 19:00 Midsomer Murders 20:55 Doc Martin 22:00 Midsomer Murders 00:00 Lewis ITV4 12:10 Film - The Horse Soldiers (U) 14:40 British Superbikes Motorcycle Racing 15:40 British Touring Car Championship 17:10 Film - Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (PG) 19:00 Fishing Impossible 20:00 Fierce 21:05 Film - Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (PG) 23:00 Film - On Deadly Ground (15)

09:00 The Weekend Mix

Sunday 25th September 07:15 The A to Z of TV Gardening 07:30 Glorious Gardens From Above 08:15 Gardeners’ World 09:15 Countryfile 10:15 The Beechgrove Garden 10:45 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15 Great British Menu 13:15 MOTD2 Live: 14:00 Extra Champions League of Darts 18:00 Heir Hunters 18:45 Flog It!

07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Bear Grylls Survival Story 11:00 Peston on Sunday 12:00 Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 12:30 Chopping Block 13:30 News 13:35 Judge Rinder 14:35 River Monsters 15:05 Victoria 16:10 The X Factor 17:40 Doc Martin 18:35 News 19:00 The Chase

19:30 Live: Champions League of Darts Coverage of the semi-finals and final from Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena, as the players to have progressed through the group stage hope to claim the £100,000 first prize. Presented by Jason Mohammad, with commentary by Vassos Alexander and Dan Dawson, analysis from Paul Nicholson, Mark Webster and Alan WarrinerLittle, and reports by Caroline Barker

20:00 The X Factor Dermot O’Leary presents the second instalment of the six chair challenge, as the contestants perform for the first time in front of an audience Nicole Scherzinger, Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne each have to choose six acts to join them in the judges’ houses, bringing them one step closer to the live shows but the judges are free to change their minds at any point in the programme

22:00 Poldark Needing money to open a mine free of George’s influence, Ross strikes a deal with a local smuggler

23:30 Fleabag Surprises are in store when Fleabag attends her godmother’s exhibition of erotic art, having managed to acquire a date for the occasion

22:00 Victoria The royal couple’s blissful happiness is threatened when Albert is publicly humiliated by the Duke of Sussex

23:00 News 23:30 Match of the Day 2 00:15 The Women’s Football Show 00:50 Film - Winter’s Bone (14) 02:25 Weather 02:30 News

in 23:05 News 23:20 Peston Murder 23:55 Successville 00:25 Jade: on Sunday 00:20 Aviva Why I Chose Porn 01:05 Premiership Rugby 01:15 04:00 Film - Tormented (15) Jackpot247 Motorsport UK 02:35 Countryfile

07:00 Breakfast 08:30 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 Escape to the Country 14:45 Eat Well for Less? 15:45 Points of View 16:00 Ingenious Animals 17:00 The Great British Bake Off 18:00 Songs of Praise 18:35 Autumn: Earth’s Seasonal Secrets 19:35 News 20:00 Countryfile Matt Baker and Anita Rani preside over proceedings, as the best shepherds and their dogs from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland battle it out for the trophy 21:00 Antiques Roadshow Fiona and the team head to Cheshire for a day of busy valuations at Arley Hall and Gardens

07:40 FIA World Endurance Championship 08:10 British Rally Championship 08:35 Frasier 09:30 The Big Bang Theory 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Film - Jungle 2 Jungle (PG) 15:25 Film Lilo & Stitch (G) 17:05 Location, Location, Location 18:10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 19:10 News 19:30 Posh Pawn 20:30 Speed with Guy Martin Guy Martin is working closely with French aeronautical engineer Stéphane Rousson, as sets out to become the first person to cross the English Channel in a human-powered airship 22:00 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls The celebrities now have fire and water, but after four gruelling days, they still haven’t eaten a single proper meal. The Hotel’s Mark Jenkins is outraged when he finds their president Dom Joly taking a nap, while the others are busy hunting 23:05 Gogglebox 00:05 Film - The Hurt Locker (14) 02:30 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners

07:00 Milkshake 11:30 Football 13:00 Funniest Falls, Fails & Flops13:25 The Hotel Inspector 17:10 News 17:15Film - The Illusionist (PG) 18:15 News 18:20 Film - The (PG) Illusionist 19:25 Penn & Teller: Fool Us 20:15 TV’s 50 Greatest Magic Tricks TV illusionists have been sawing ladies in half, catching bullets between their teeth, reading minds and performing feats of escapology for decades. Channel 5 counts down the best, including the astonishing set-pieces of Penn & Teller, the mind-bending of Derren Brown and the street magic of David Blaine. It features spectacular illusions, such as making the Statue of Liberty disappear, intimate card tricks and the lighter side of the business, thanks to the inclusion of comedy great Tommy Cooper 22:55 News 23:00 When Horribly Goes Magic Wrong 01:50 Lip Sync 02:15 UK Battle 04:10 SuperCasino Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words

14:30 The Xtra Factor 15:35 The Hot Desk 15:45 Film - The Bachelor (14) 17:45 Nanny McPhee (G) 19:45 Film - Kindergarten Cop (12) 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 Family Guy 00:55 American Dad! ITV3 14:25 Film Les Miserables 17:00 Carry On Screaming (PG) 18:55 Rosemary and Thyme 20:00 Midsomer Murders 22:00 It’ll Be Alright on the Night 23:00 A Touch of Frost 01:15 Wire in the Blood 03:05 Wycliffe ITV4 14:05 Storage Wars 15:05 Film - All Quiet on the Western Front (PG) 18:05 The Green Berets (PG) 21:00 Aviva Premiership Rugby 22:00 Life Inside Jail: Hell on Earth 23:00 Film - Crank (18) 00:50 Barb Wire (15) 02:55 The Big Fish Off

09:00 The Weekend Mix

Monday 26th September

8 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Street Auction 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Decimate16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out

07:30 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 Ingenious Animals 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:15 The Edge 15:00 Three Up, Two Down 15:30 Hi-De-Hi! 16:00 Yes, Minister 16:30 Wild Brazil 17:30 The Link 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

21:00 EastEnders Sharon grows concerned about Ben

20:00 The Retreat Nick Knowles goes on a 28-day vegan yoga retreat in Thailand along with DIY SOS colleagues and six other people, taking part in a complete wellbeing programme

21:30 Panorama An intimate portrait of ordinary people struggling to stay alive in Syria’s largest city, once home to more than two million people and divided between opposition-held east and government-controlled west. The film documents life under siege, including a civil defence volunteer who risks death to save his fellow citizens and the horror, chaos and fear of the daily bombings in the backstreets of East Aleppo 22:00 Crimewatch As fresher’s week begins there’s a special report into the alarming number of sexual assaults on university students. Plus, the team reveal new developments which might help solve the case of a mysterious body found in woodland 23:00 News 23:45 Would I Lie to You? 00:15 Live at the Apollo 01:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:05 News

20:30 Great British Menu The first of the Central region heats sees three newcomers battle it out to prepare their starters 21:00 University Challenge Quiz 21:30 Only Connect A new heat sees a team of genealogists take on three surrealists 22:00 Ripper Street The murder of someone close to Drake stirs up conflict between him and Reid that plunges the whole of H Division into turmoil 23:00 Morgana Robinson’s The Agency 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Today at Conference 00:45 Trust Me I’m a Doctor 01:45 The Great British Bake Off 02:45 Eat Well for Less? 03:45 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Kerry is in denial 20:30 Coronation Street Alya’s silence is going to cost, 21:00 Celebrity Home Secrets Businessman and ex-Dragon’s Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne revisits his former homes, beginning with his childhood residence in Clydebank, where he had his very first business idea. He also returns to the large Victorian villa in Stockton-on-Tees that he bought after his ice-cream van venture began to expand 21:30 Coronation Street Sharif feels the squeeze 22:00 Cold Feet David realises he may have his work cut out proving his innocence when even his wife Robyn turns against him, while Pete receives another blow when he arrives at work to see Harry and Jen is taken to task by her sister Sheila over the care of their elderly mother 23:00 News 23:45 The Agenda 00:25 The Jonathan Ross Show 01:25 Newzoids 01:50 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:55 ITV Nightscreen

06:55 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:10The King of Queens 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Extreme Food Kiran braves the frozen wilderness of western Mongolia when he joins the Kazakh eagle hunters on a quest for wild rabbit on horseback. His adventure begins in the town of Ulgii, where he sees a potentially explosive form of pressure-cooking 21:30 Food Unwrapped At a green bean plantation in Kenya, Jimmy learns how they grow the beans so straight for the supermarkets 22:00 999: What’s Your Emergency? PCs Bryony Hancock and Charlotte Wilson are called to a Saturday night lovers’ tiff in Crewe 23:00 First Dates 00:05 Tattoo Fixers on Holiday 01:10 Embarrassing Bodies Down Under 02:05 8 Out of 10 Cats 02:45 Trump vs Clinton Live: US Presidential Debate

DON´T MISS MORGANA ROBINSON’S THE AGENCY

BBC Two 23:00

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Kerry fears she might be pregnant when she’s struck by nausea. She bites the bullet by taking a pregnancy test, although she is too frightened to look at the result. After confiding in Joanie, Kerry finally braces herself and checks the test result. She’s devastated to see that it’s positive.

Comedy set in a talent agency starring impressionist Morgana Robinson as owner Vincent Mann and all of his celebrity clientele, who are being filmed for a documentary. In the first episode, Vincent has to contend with Miranda Hart wanting to be taken seriously as an actress, while Danny Dyer is trying to write a children’s book, Natalie Cassidy is preparing for the National Television Awards, and Gregg Wallace is launching a new range of sauces.

Meanwhile, Frank and Megan have spent the night together, but Charity warns Megan that Frank is an ex-con. Will Megan still be interested? In Coronation Street, when Aidan tells Alya that the equipment they’d need in order to bulk produce her designs would cost up to £14,000, Alya vows to get her hands on the money. Having already threatened to expose Sonia and Sharif to Yasmeen for their secret affair, Sharif begs Alya not to destroy Yasmeen with the truth. With all respect for her grandad lost, Alya agrees

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:15 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 23:00 American Dad! 00:00 Family Guy 00:30 The Cleveland Show 00:55 The Cleveland Show 01:25 Two and a Half Men 02:25 Safeword

20:00 Aircrash: Terror at Take-Off Investigators face an enormous challenge when BEA Flight 548 crashes just moments after taking off from London’s Heathrow Airport. With no cockpit voice recorder on board, investigators must rely on a painstaking reconstruction of the plane ITV3 along with witness statements about a violent argument to determine 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 what went wrong Where the Heart Is 09:30 21:00 Police Interceptors The Royal 10:30 Judge Paul Jackson has his work Judy 11:50 Murder, She cut out stopping a runaway Wrote 12:50 The Return of van driver who is causing Sherlock Holmes 13:55 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal havoc 16:05 Where the Heart Is 22:00 Secrets of the 17:10 In Loving Memory SAS: In Their Own Words 17:45 You’re Only Young Semi-dramatised glimpse Twice 18:15 George and into the secretive world of Mildred 18:50 Heartbeat the Special Air Service fea- 19:55 Murder, She Wrote turing a retelling of one of 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 the regiment’s most notori- Davina McCall: Life at the ous chapters, that of Bravo Extreme 23:00 Law & Two Zero Order: UK 00:05 Liverpool 1 01:10 Law & Order: UK 23:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 00:05 Inside ITV4 the World’s Toughest Prisons 01:05 Criminals: 07:00 Barcelona’s Caught on Camera 02:00 European Glory 07:10 SuperCasino 04:10 Magnum, PI 08:00 The Eamonn and Ruth: How Chase 08:50 The Sweeney the Other Half Lives 09:55 Ironside 10:55 Minder 12:00 Magnum, PI 13:00 The Chase 14:00 Pawn Stars 15:00 Storage Wars New York 15:55 The Sweeney 16:55 Minder 18:00 Ironside 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 MotoGP Championship Series 22:00 Film - Jaws (12A) 00:30 Bundesliga Football 01:35 Aviva Premiership Rugby

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack

to keep silent - but at what cost?

she still expects him to get her a place to live too.

Meanwhile, Roy warns Cathy to wait until her anger has subsided before she tells Alex the truth about his father, before whisking Alex off for a day at the allotment. Roy tries to brush off Alex’s concerns over Cathy’s bad mood, but when Alex correctly guesses what Cathy has found out, Roy is aghast.

Sharif is at a loss as to where he will find the funds to appease both women, until he comes up with an idea...

In the second episode, Sharif is under pressure from Alya to cough up the money for her Underworld designs, but Sonia further adds to his worries when she makes it clear that

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Zoe Gone (14) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News

In an an attempt to get Cathy to see sense, he tells her that Alex has known all along about his father. Will this be the push that Cathy needs to see sense and encourage Alex to stay? In Eastenders, Tina is struggling with the pressure of caring for Sylvie alone now that Sonia has gone. When Shirley arrives with vodka and support, she suggests that Tina and Sylvie should both move in with her.

Meanwhile, when Alex announces that he’s going to live in Scotland with his mum, Roy is shocked when Cathy does nothing to dissuade him.

At the same time, Stacey is looking for a new place to live and is given food for thought when Tina suggests that she and Martin

should take over the lease at Sonia’s house. Martin agrees to the idea, but do they really have the money to make it work? Meanwhile, with Phil in hospital, Sharon is forced to tell Shirley to back off when she starts to get overly involved in the situation. Sharon also helps Ben through the latest crisis.

Tuesday 27th September 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Street Auction 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Decimate 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Stacey and Martin push forward with their plan 21:00 Holby City Mr T comes to Mo’s rescue when she fears for her baby’s life 22:00 Ambulance Documentary revealing dilemmas faced by the London Ambulance Service as they are forced to bump patients down the queue so they can prioritise the sickest and deal with timewasters. By 11am, seven cardiac arrests have already come in, and now there are two more people fighting for their lives. As one crew battles through traffic to try to save a dad of two, across the city, another faces a difficult decision whether to stop resuscitating their patient 23:00 News 23:45 Room 101: Extra Storage 00:25 The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs 01:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:30 News

07:00 Rip-Off Britain 07:45 Caught Red Handed 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 Natural Born Winners 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Coast 15:00 Three Up, Two Down15:30 Hi-De-Hi! 16:00 Yes, Prime Minister 16:30 The Animal’s Guide to Britain 17:30 The Link 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 The Retreat Nick and the rest of the group starts to bond as they get to grips with their detox schedules and go solo with their colemas for the first time 20:30 Great British Menu The three Central region chefs fight it out for the fish course

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Ross and Charity’s plan is thwarted 20:30 Fishing Impossible The team hunts for the Patagonian Toothfish 21:00 Parking Wars Cameras follow civil enforcement officers in Havering, one of London’s largest boroughs, and in Wiltshire, they’re gearing up for the summer solstice celebrations at Stonehenge

22:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo travels from the Swiss Alps to the shores of Lake Geneva

22:00 Car Wars Dragoon officer Steve is forced to take drastic action as he tackles a dangerous driver near Newcastle-uponTyne and traffic cop Sandy chases a driver who makes a run for it. However, it’s a sad day for dog sergeant Julie as her spaniel Cracker is put to work to sniff out drugs - his last ever shift before hopefully settling into a happy retirement

23:00 Later Live with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Today at Conference 00:45 NFL This Week 01:35 Horizon 02:35 Scotland and the Battle for Britain 03:35 This Is BBC Two

23:00 News 23:40 On Assignment 00:10 100 Year Old Drivers Rebooted 01:10 Murder, She Wrote 02:00 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

21:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Chicken and Egg Si King and Dave Myers examine the origins story of one of the world’s favourite fast foods, Southern Fried Chicken

9 06:55 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are in Bath, where Kirstie meets first time buyers Laura and Phil, who are desperate to make the move from shared living to a home of their own. Phil goes property searching with downsizing duo Kerrie and Dave 22:00 National Treasure Paul and his family have to deal with the pressure of the mounting allegations against him. Dee confronts her former babysitter, Christina, now one of Paul’s accusers. Paul gives a radio interview, determined to put his side of the story. 23:00 Damned 23:35 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:40 Hunted 01:45 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:10 Gillette World Sport 02:40 FIA World Endurance Championship 03:05 GT Academy 03:30 The Supervet

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 13:10 News 13:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - We Have Your Husband 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors Paul Jackson has his work cut out stopping a runaway van driver who is causing havoc 21:00 The Dog Rescuers In Hull, inspector Claire Little rescues two fleainfested bull terriers named Roxy and Madison that are missing half of their fur, and inspector Anthony and vet Serena help a dog whose toe may be cancerous 22:00 Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives Following the scent of money, Eamonn and Ruth jet off to the Ukraine to meet an extravagant billionaire couple, before getting strapped in to some costly motors and meeting a mogul who has plans on becoming fashionable 23:00 The Hotel Inspector 00:05 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 01:05 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 05:00 Caught on Camera

DON´T MISS

AMBULANCE

BBC One 22:00 SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Ross and Charity put an outrageous plan into action, wanting to steal a dog so they can later claim the reward. It doesn’t go well when a Rottweiler turns on them, leaving them trapped on top of a climbing frame. When Charity confides in Ross that she’s planning to leave and take Moses with

Ambulance is an observational documentary series that brings an unprecedented insight into Britain’s largest ambulance service, the London Ambulance Service. They need to be ready to help the 8.6 million people of London because when the most serious emergencies strike, they have only eight minutes to respond. With calls doubling in number over the past 10 years, the nerve centre of the service takes over 5000 calls a day and has to work out who needs an ambulance quickest, or whether they need one at all.

Meanwhile, Kerry tells Joanie that she wants to get rid of the baby because Ross was the guy she slept with. When Kerry visits a clinic, she’s told that she has to wait to get a scan before she can have a termination. Elsewhere, Jimmy fears the worst when a suspicious Nicola follows him and joins the latest bereavement group session herself.

In Eastenders, with the Cokers and Ben worried about next week’s plea hearing, Les expresses fears that Paul’s killers will plead not guilty. Pam suggests that she should talk to the men herself, but Les is unhappy and forces her to agree that it’s not a good idea. Later, Pam visits Honey and admits that she’ll be defying Les’s wishes by speaking to the killers

ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart Is 09:30 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 The Return of Sherlock Holmes 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 In Loving Memory 17:50 You’re Only Young Twice 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:00 Wire in the Blood 01:05 The Jury 02:05 Law & Order: UK ITV4 07:00 Football’s Greatest 07:10 Magnum, PI 08:00 The Chase 08:50 The Sweeney 09:50 Ironside 10:55 Minder 12:00 Magnum, PI 13:00 The Chase 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:55 Storage Wars Texas 15:55 The Sweeney 16:55 Minder 18:00 Ironside 19:00 MotoGP Championship Series 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:30 Mr Bean 22:00 Benidorm 23:05 Film - On Deadly Ground (15) 01:10 Film Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (PG) 03:00 Fishing Impossible

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack regardless of what he thinks.

her, he’s furious but it’s not long until they’re kissing. However, when Cain arrives on the scene, Charity quickly drops Ross for the man she has true feelings for.

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 19:50 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Run, Fatboy, Run (14) 00:05 Family Guy 01:00 American Dad! 02:00 Two and a Half Men Celebrity Juice

Meanwhile, Martin needs money to pay for the upfront costs of the house move and asks the Beales for some help. It’s not looking likely as the Beales are facing financial struggles of their own, but Jane decides to look at the books to see if there is any cash to share. Jane’s sudden involvement sends Steven into a spin, knowing that she’ll uncover his dodgy behaviour if she sees the books, but he manages to avert a crisis for himself by insisting on looking through them himself. Later, Jane

and Ian manage to help Martin - but it’s too late as the house has already been taken.

In Holby City, Mr T’s twin sister Delwen is brought into the hospital with chest pains and breathing problems. Delwen is wary of Mr T’s sudden engagement to Inga, but Mo remains tight lipped about her own feelings towards Inga. When Jasmine reveals Mo’s pregnancy to Delwen, it’s

clear that she suspects Mr T is the father. Mr T assures Delwen the baby is an anonymous sperm donor’s. Struggling with morning sickness, Mo worries that she might have something more serious. She continues to treat Delwen and informs her that she’ll need surgery but her condition is treatable. However, the risks of surgery prompt Delwen to ask Mo outright whether the baby is Mr T’s. Later, things get even more complicated when Mr T makes a big request of Mo that she just can't refuse.

CODE CRACKER

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD

Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents G and 25 represents W, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

Solve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.

QUICKIE

Across 1 Thieve (5) 3 Concluding (5) 6 Appropriate (3) 8 Small songbird (7) 9 Toddlers (4) 10 Most recently (6) 12 Head rest (6) 13 Prohibits (4) 16 College (7) 17 Lair (3) 18 Binds (4) 19 Bisect (5)

Down 1 Begin (5) 2 Yearn (4) 3 Quarrel (6) 4 Nanny (9) 5 Humble (5) 7 Excite pleasurably (9) 11 Uninterested (5) 12 Place in the ground (5) 14 Scorch (5) 15 Fable (4)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Allow, 4 Chain, 6 Ago, 7 Stays, 8 Wakes, 10 Has, 12 Rate, 14 Deal, 15 Noisy, 16 Aged, 18 Earn, 20 Bet, 22 Serve, 23 Image, 24 Nap, 25 Bored, 26 Shelf. Down: 2 Least, 3 Wash, 4 Cows, 5 Ankle, 7 Screams, 9 Silence, 11 Arise, 13 End, 14 Dye, 17 Error, 19 Aware, 20 Bend, 21 Tips.

Scribble Pad

CRYTPIC CLUES Across 1 Not as light as the remodelled red ark (6) 4 Contracted in meagre education (6) 9 Instrument comes in all the Olympic colours (7) 10 Sort out the charge (5) 11 Repatriated partly back to Wick (5) 12 Overwhelm the confused Bee Gees and me with no energy (7) 13 PS, did splice turn out to be a lumber problem? (7,4) 18 Unpaid morning at European Union’s railway (7) 20 Charade is noted, more’s the pity (5) 22 Connections on the golf course (5) 23 Slid new concoction in Dodge (7) 24 Vicar Peter hides rug (6) 25 Bride’s make-up is rubbish (6)

Down 1 Assistant put in the wrong dye (6) 2 Pacer runs backwards for a review (5) 3 To gripe about selfaggrandisement (3,4) 5 Polish disguise (5) 6 Some boyfriend lessons are eternal (7) 7 Ran quickly and threw an arrow (6) 8 Betray two exes (6,5) 14 An ‘ell of a driver! (7) 15 Hate rude kid’s lie (7) 16 The budgerigar licence contains Dracula’s worst fear (6) 17 Break the depression (6) 19 Turn out little Susan after the nurse (5) 21 Dread horrible snake (5)

STANDARD CLUES

Down 1 Second-in-command (6) 2 Sum up (5) 3 Self-aggrandisement (3,4) 5 Surface shine (5) 6 Everlasting (7) 7 Scurried (6) 8 Stab in the back (6,5) 14 Beginner (7) 15 Have an aversion to (7) 16 Aromatic bulb used as seasoning (6) 17 Alcove (6) 19 Result (5) 21 Small venomous snake (5)

Across 1 Gloomier (6) 4 Concurred (6) 9 Small flute (7) 10 Arrange (5) 11 Come to a point (5) 12 Surround (7) 13 Painful lumber problem (7,4) 18 Part-time (7) 20 Disgrace (5) 22 Contacts (5) 23 Con (7) 24 Floor covering (6) 25 Wreckage (6)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Dog-ear, 4 Instep, 9 Biretta, 10 Grime, 11 Sedge, 12 Detroit, 13 Horseradish, 18 Ocelots, 20 Balsa, 22 Flame, 23 Escorts, 24 Hammer, 25 Nether. Down: 1 Debase, 2 Gored, 3 Anthems, 5 Night, 6 Tripods, 7 Presto, 8 Hard pressed, 14 Over arm, 15 Debacle, 16 Loofah, 17 Hawser, 19 Obese, 21 Larch.

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Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

3 letter words

Brig

Tabs

Bed

Burn

Trio

Bit

Dock

5 letter words

Deb

Gran

Banal

Oak

Lino

Boars

4 letter words

Lips

Navel

Back

Oven

Niece

Bail

Read

7 letter words

Barn

Seat

Aerobic

Bate

Slab

Auction

Berk

Sort

Calorie

Bred

Span

Narrate

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

Improve your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers in English or vice versa.

Across 1 Alabanzas (7) 5 Paquetes (de cigarrillos) (5) 8 Castle (chess) (5) 9 To bore (7) 10 Lápices de labios (9) 12 Poseer (3) 13 Lejía (6) 14 Tablecloth (6) 17 Corte (incisión, herida) (3) 18 Radiadores (9) 20 Enemy (f) (7) 21 Causa (motivo) (5) 23 Place (5) 24 Atrasos (7)

Down 1 Pétalo (5) 2 Aire (3) 3 Escéptico (7) 4 Escaso (limitado) (6) 5 Tapones (de lavabos) (5) 6 Coal (9) 7 Extraño (7) 11 La más bonita (9) 13 Cubos (baldes) (7) 15 To plug (a hole) (7) 16 Customs (6) 18 Noise (sound) (5) 19 Cobertizos (para animales, útiles) (5) 22 Grape (3)

Quiz Word

27 What is the main monetary unit of the EU? (5) Down 1 What is the name of the highly seasoned Italian sausage that is usually eaten cold in slices? (6)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH Every week we’ll be covering a different topic to help readers enlarge their Spanish

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KidzTRIVIACorner QUIZ 1. In Paris which common item has been defined as a deadly weapon? 2. Who took out a $5000 life insurance policy before dying in battle? 3. St. Appolonia is the patron saint of what? 4. Every citizen of Kentucky must do what by law annually? 5. What animals cannot swim? 6. What does the name Stephen mean - from the Greek? 7. 50% of Dutch men have never done what? ANSWERS 1. Ashtray 2. George Armstrong Custer 3. Toothache 4. Take a bath 5. Gorillas 6. Crown 7. Flown in a plane 28% fear it

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Wordsolution Across: 1 Salem, 4 Gaelic, 9 Hormone, 10 Astor, 11 Lent, 12 Erasure, 13 Cat, 14 Shah, 16 T Rex, 18 Dee, 20 Osborne, 21 Nike, 24 Imago, 25 Catwalk, 26 Tiddly, 27 Stour. Down: 1 Schulz, 2 Loren, 3 Moon, 5 A la carte, 6 Lettuce, 7 Cartel, 8 Beret, 13 Charcoal, 15 Hubbard, 17 Soviet, 18 Deuce, 19 Becker, 22 Idaho, 23 Otis.

2 Which waterbirds have broad blunt bills, short legs, webbed feet, and waddling gaits? (5) 3 Which African country was known as French Sudan until 1958? (4) 5 In males, which gland surrounds the neck of the bladder? (8) 6 Which sport can be figure, ice or roller? (7) 7 In a conventional pack of playing cards, which of the four suits is denoted by a black inverted heart-shaped figure with a small stalk? (6) 8 What was the surname of the French Impressionist painter best known for his paintings of ballet dancers? (5) 13 What was the surname of the British prime minister who was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons in 1812? (8) 15 Vierwaldstättersee is the German name for which Swiss lake? (7) 17 What name is given to male ducks? (6) 18 Which word is used as a euphemism for ‘devil’ in expressions of annoyance, impatience, or surprise or for emphasis? (5) 19 What was the surname of the male half of the duo that topped British charts in 1973 with ‘Welcome Home’? (6) 22 Which form of tobacco pipe is made from woody nodules borne at ground level by a large woody plant of the heather family? (5) 23 What is the name of the hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements? (4)

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vocabulary. This week we start with: Esta semana – Plantas I Z S R D D T AMAPOLA Z E O E O R U ARBOL M U P R I S V ARBUSTO A S C G R O A ARROZ É L O E S A N A Y C I N D A AVENA D R C B D A P AZUCENA W R E G L B I CEBADA A F A M K E L CENTENO Z E G W L C U Q U Z Q R A T CLAVEL B A N E V A P CÉSPED K O V W G I K FLOR A K L E Z O F GIRASOL J Q O R W K K

HIERBA HOJA NARCISO PALMERA PINO ROBLE ROSA SEMILLA TRIGO TULIPAN VID VIOLETA

Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Arbol, flor, arbusto girasol, roble, palmera, pino, hoja, tulipan, rosa, narciso,

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a. bush b. leaf c. sunflower d. tree e. pine tree f. flower g. oak h. palm tree i. violet j. poppy k. carnation

12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

amapola, clavel, azucena, violeta, semilla, vid, trigo, cebada, avena, arroz, centeno,

Span - Eng

l. tulip m. rose n. vine o. barley p. daffodil q. lily r. seed s. grass t. lawn u. wheat v. oats

Quizword

23. 24. 25. 26.

césped, hierba, pétalo, tallo,

w. rye X. rice y. stem z. petal

Answers: 1d, 2f, 3a, 4c, 5g, 6h, 7e, 8b, 9l, 10l, 11p, 12j, 13k, 14q, 15i, 16r, 17n, 18u, 19o, 20v, 21x, 22w, 23t, 24s, 25z, 26y.

Across 1 According to The Bible, which town was destroyed by fire from heaven, together with Gomorrah, for the wickedness of its inhabitants? (5) 4 What name is given to sudden involuntary muscular contractions or convulsive movements? (6) 9 What was the title of Kenny Rogers’ first UK number one hit single? (7) 10 Which city in Nebraska is the port of entry and seat of Douglas county? (5) 11 What name is usually given to the building in which members of the armed forces take their meals? (4) 12 What was the surname of the dancing partner of Ginger Rogers? (7) 13 Which thick opaque liquid is produced in infected tissue? (3) 14 What is another term for the blackthorn? (4) 16 Which loose, flowing outer garment was worn by the citizens of ancient Rome? (4) 18 Which natural or synthetic substance is used to add a colour to or change the colour of something? (3) 20 Which word means to convert waste into reusable material? (7) 21 Which woodwind instrument of treble pitch, is played with a double reed and has an incisive tone? (4) 24 Which Russian ballet company is now known as Mariinsky Ballet? (5) 25 Which extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid is used in the extraction of gold and silver? (7) 26 What is the surname of the British rock n roller who sang about a ‘Little White Bull’? (6)

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ANSEWRS 1. Venezuela1.2.Gypsy A Spider 3. Tongue vitamin b 5.American Michael ANSEWRS Moth 2. K2 3.4.Bats 4. An Farraday 6. A Rhombus The First Processor 8. Chemist Named William H 7. Carothers 5. AMicro Spider 6. The Atom Black 10. The scut Bomb9.7.Electroencephalograph Breech Birth 8. Hay Fever 9. AnKnee OtterCap 10. 11. Bulimia 12. 13.Alexander LightningFleming 14. Radioactivity 15. Porcine 11. Rabies apple 12. 13. Gary Kasparov (Chess) 14. He Invented Cats Eyes

Wednesday 28th September

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Street Auction 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Decimate 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 19:55 Party Political Broadcast: Labour Party 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Railways: The Making of a Nation The railways changed the way we do business, encouraging a new generation of mechanical engineers, skilled workers, managers and accountants. Originally, local railway entrepreneurs viewed trains as vehicles for shifting raw materials, stock and goods. But soon they discovered there was money to be made in transporting people 21:00 The Great British Bake Off For the first (and possibly last) time ever it’s Botanical Week, following the rough guideline of anything that grows, goes 22:00 Our Girl Worried about Georgie’s state of mind, Jamie seeks out Captain James to find out whether she is in any danger 23:00 News 23:45 A Question of Sport 00:15 Ambulance 01:15 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:20 News

07:00 Rip-Off Britain 07:45 Caught Red Handed 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 The Hairy Builder 09:30 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 The Edge 14:45 Countryfile 15:00 Daily Politics 17:00 Refugees of the Lost Rainforest 17:30 The Link 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 The Retreat The members of the group start to regain their energy and take part in more physical activities 20:30 Great British Menu The Central region competitors prepare main courses 21:00 Coast: The Great Guide Tessa and Neil present an insider guide to Southern Wales, from the Severn Bridge to St Davids 22:00 Conviction: Murder at the Station Louise investigates evidence that could challenge the conviction of a Southampton man in prison for the murder of his secret lover 23:00 People Just Do Nothing 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Today at Conference 00:45 Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You 01:45 The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs 02:45 Britain’s Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy 03:45 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 13:10 News 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45Neighbours 15:20 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film - A Daughter’s Nightmare (14) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News

20:00 Seconds from Death: Scariest Near Misses Startling footage of people who have stared 21:00 Penelope Keith’s death in the face and lived Hidden Villages Penelope to tell the tale Keith seeks out remarkable communities in Argyll and 21:00 GPs: Behind Bute, where she learns Closed Doors The busy about the local Viking saga GPs of the Farnham Road in Mull, and explores how Surgery in Slough are the Crinan Canal created faced with a number of one of Scotland’s most potentially life threatening beautiful short cuts. The health scares, including Hussain, presenter also visits Mount six-week-old parents have Stuart House on the Isle of whose Bute, watches a game of noticed a white flash in his left eye shinty in Tighnabruaich

22:00 DCI Banks The team tries to find out who was responsible for the brutal stabbing of a fellow officer, but their dogged police work is thwarted when it is proven that their main suspect is not to blame

22:00 Grand Designs Matt and Sophie White from Sussex believe houses should be designed in a way that allows for more fun and is not purely practical. They want to build a giant family house of fun for themselves and their children

22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! A debtor owes a garage £5,000 after a repair bill escalated. When they knock on the door, the agents face a hostile reception from the debtor’s father who claims that his son no longer lives at the address

23:00 News 23:40 UEFA Champions League Football 01:10 British Touring Car Championship 02:25 Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

23:00 World of Weird 00:05 999: What’s Your Emergency? 01:05 Music on 4 01:35 The World’s Weirdest Weather 02:35 Film - Badlapur (14) 05:00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

23:00 Undercover: Nailing the Fraudsters 00:05 Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words 01:05 Carry On Caravanning 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Celebrity Botched Up Bodies

DON´T MISS

SECONDS FROM DEATH

Channel 5 20:00

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, with Cain back in the village, Charity tries to make him jealous by revealing that she’s with Ross now. As Cain and Moira are no closer to a reunion, despite Holly’s efforts, it’s not long before Cain announces that he’s leaving again. Charity soon decides to be

Documentary featuring extraordinary near-death experiences captured on camera, including nine skydivers and two pilots surviving a mid-air collision between their planes. Five men fall through the ice on a frozen pond in South Carolina, and spectators watch a vintage aircraft crash in Reno, Nevada. On a caving trip in Lancashire, potholer Bob Johnson becomes wedged in a tunnel carrying an underground stream and must fight to find a way out.

honest with Cain by admitting that she only told him she was with Ross to make him jealous. When Cain passionately kisses Charity, are they back together properly this time? Meanwhile, Kerry feels more isolated than ever when she learns that Joanie will be taking time off to visit Belle with Zak next week. Elsewhere, Holly is adamant that Moira shouldn’t sell up and comes up with a plan to save the farm as she spends time with Jai. Also today, Marlon reveals

how he’s really feeling to Carly, and will Nicola and Jimmy get through their latest problems?

ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart Is 09:30 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 The Return of Sherlock Holmes 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 In Loving Memory 17:45 You’re Only Young Twice 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 The Queen’s Garden 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:00 Wire in the Blood 01:05 Wycliffe 02:10 Law & Order: UK ITV4 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Magnum, PI 08:00 The Chase 08:50 The Sweeney 09:50 Ironside 10:55 Minder 12:00 Magnum, PI 13:00 The Chase 14:00 Pawn Stars 15:00 Storage Wars Texas 15:55 The Sweeney 16:55 Minder 18:00 Ironside 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Scarborough Gold Cup Motorcycle Racing 22:00 Steve McQueen: Motorcycle Star 23:00 Bullitt (15) 01:20 The Big Fish Off 02:25 The Sweeney

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack When Roy’s Woody breaks down on the way to Inverness and Kevin is called out to rescue them, Cathy realises she’s made a mistake and seizes the opportunity to go with him and bring Roy and Alex home. Meanwhile, Eileen is gutted when she witnesses Billy refusing to give Todd the time of day.

In Coronation Street, detecting a frosty atmosphere between Cathy and Roy, Tyrone offers to drive Alex to Scotland. Cathy confides in Fiz about Alex’s father and admits that she has struggled to accept Alex since she discovered the truth.

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 The Ibiza Weekender 00:00 Family Guy 01:00 American Dad! 02:00 Two and a Half Men 02:25 Hell’s Kitchen USA

When Eileen makes an attempt to get Billy to forgive Todd for what he’s done, Billy warns Eileen that Todd has a hatred for Phelan and that she should be mindful of the mess she could be getting herself mixed up in. Will Eileen take heed of his advice?

a cheque to Alya. But where has this money come from and will Sharif have landed himself in even more hot water?

Elsewhere, Kirk visits Maria at home and tells her that a close family member is very unwell hasn’t got long left to live. Maria and Kirk are devastated by this shock news. Also today, Sharif’s plan to get his hands on the money he needs has succeeded and he hands over

Finally, Erica tricks Aadi and Asha into admitting to Dev where they’ve really been getting their flowers from. How will Dev react?

Thursday 29th September 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Street Auction 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Decimate 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Yes Chef 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 1 8 : 1 5 P o i n t l e s s 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Dot tries to take control of her future but will all go to plan? 21:00 DIY SOS: The Big Build Nick Knowles travels to Derby to meet Rachel and Andy Smith, whose middle child Isaac has a severe form of cerebral palsy. The couple must be available at all times because Isaac sleeps in a hospital bed in the living room, but this is making life difficult for his siblings as their home design is in conflict with what the family really need 22:00 The Truth About Meat Greengrocer Chris Bavin sets out to find out whether certain claims about meat, linking it to cancer and heart disease, are justified. With the help of a team of scientists, he follows 40 volunteers on a study to find out whether there are any potential dangers 23:00 News 23:45 Question Time 00:45 This Week 01:30 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35 News

07:00 Rip-Off Britain 07:45 Caught Red Handed 08:15 Yes Chef 09:00 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:15 The Edge 15:00 Hi-De-Hi! 15:30 Yes, Prime Minister 16:00 To the Manor Born 16:30 The Animal’s Guide to Britain 17:30The Link 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 The Retreat Kathy deals with the aftermath of her final Reiki session 20:30 Great British Menu Central hopefuls serve up their desserts in a last bid to make it through to tomorrow’s regional final 21:00 Nature’s Weirdest Events Chris Packham presents a fresh selection of unusual events from the natural world, backed up by eyewitness accounts, film clips and input from scientists 22:00 The Fall Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson has arrested Spector, but will he survive the gunshot wounds sustained in police custody? Will he ever face justice? 23:00 Premier League Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Kipling’s Indian Adventure 01:15 Panorama 01:45 New York: America’s Busiest City 02:45 Trust Me I’m a Doctor 03:45 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Cain and Charity go public 20:30 Tonight Tonight investigates the increasingly sophisticated methods criminals are using to target the elderly and defraud them of their savings 21:00 Emmerdale Adam spreads the news 21:30 Coronation Street Todd’s conscience is pricked 22:00 Paranoid Crime thriller about a seemingly open-and-shut murder investigation that plunges the detectives of a rural Cheshire town an everdarkening mystery. Pressure mounts on the team to wrap up the case, although things prove not to be that simple when Bobby, Nina and Alec uncover clues suggesting the murder was more than just a random attack. But chasing a lead turns out to have devastating consequences for one member of the team. 23:00 News 23:40 UEFA Europa League Football 00:55 Murder, She Wrote 01:50 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen

06:55 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces George meets Sam, a conservation worker from Somerset who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy. George is determined to change Sam’s life by designing a fully accessible mobile home, allowing him to move freely inside as well as outside 22:00 Hunted It’s 10 days in, and the hunters’ frustration is running high, following ex soldiers’ Kirk and Jeremy’s daring escape. Will the hunters’ fortunes change, as the boys turn to their support network again? 23:00 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 00:05 Gogglebox 01:05 The Lie Detective 01:55 Film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (PG) 03:30 The Simpsons 03:55 Live: Formula 1 Motor Racing

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 13:10 News 13:15 The Dog Rescuers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - The Cheating Pact (12) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Tube: Going Underground As the network braces itself for the night of the living dead, there is fury as massive engineering works disrupt one of the Tube’s busiest stations, and the emergency response team are sent to St John’s Wood, where passengers have reported hearing gunfire 21:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole Yvonne and David are planning their dream wedding despite only earning in a year the same amount as the cost of the average UK wedding 22:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door The Boltons and the Gardners are battling to see who can play their stereo the loudest 23:00 Celebrity Botched Up Bodies 00:05 Tattoo Disasters UK: What Were You Inking? 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Carry On Caravanning 05:00 Criminals: Caught on Camera 05:45 Great Scientists

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THE FALL

BBC Two 22:00

SOAPS

Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan return in the dark thriller about a game of cat and mouse between a senior detective and a serial killer. Stella Gibson has finally arrested Paul Spector, but he has been shot by jealous husband James Tyler, leaving the staff at Belfast General Hospital battling to save his life. As the shooting hits the news, the powers-that-be question Gibson’s handling of the case, while the killer’s wife is left to explain things as best she can to her young children, and his young partner-in-crime Katie is anxious to see him. With Richard Coyle, Aisling Franciosi and Aisling Bea.

Cain sees Brenda gossiping, he spots the best way to announce the news for himself. Charity also worries when Chas warns her that Cain won’t love her like he did Moira. Is Chas right?

In Emmerdale, Charity is on a high following her reunion with Cain, but when Chas asks if they’re back together and Cain denies it, Charity gets annoyed that he isn’t ready to go public just yet. Not fooled, Chas considers telling Moira that Charity and Cain are back together. However, when

Elsewhere, Carly and Bob tease Jai about his mystery girlfriend. Is the truth about him and Holly any closer to coming out? In the second episode, Adam spreads the news of Cain and Charity, telling Diane and Victoria what just happened. Meanwhile, when Rhona

and Pierce return from holiday, Paddy suggests that it’s time for them to start divorce proceedings. Pierce is pleasantly surprised by the news that Paddy is ready to move on. Elsewhere, Frank puts his foot in it with Megan by interrupting a private moment as she remembers Robbie. However, when Frank later apologises, she is surprised by his genuine compassion. In Eastenders, Martin is furious when he learns who’s got in there first by renting Sonia’s house – the Kazemi family. Martin

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Dating in the Dark 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 00:40 American Dad! 01:40 Two and a Half Men ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:30The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 The Return of Sherlock Holmes 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 In Loving Memory 17:50 You’re Only Young Twice 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:05 Wycliffe 01:10 Wycliffe ITV4 07:00 Goals of the 80s 07:10 Magnum, PI 08:00 The Chase 08:50 The Sweeney 09:50 Ironside 10:55 Minder 12:00 Magnum, PI 13:00 The Chase 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:55 Storage Wars Texas 15:55 The Sweeney 16:55 Minder 18:00 Ironside 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Fishing Impossible 22:00 Film - Dr No (PG) 00:15 Film - The Hitcher (18)

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack is quick to confront Kush, but Kush knows nothing about it and it soon transpires that Carmel is responsible.

to confront Paul’s killers comes to nothing when she’s told that she can’t see them. But could there be another solution when Honey has an idea to help? Elsewhere, Vincent upsets Kim by bad-mouthing her driving to Roxy and Donna after giving her a lesson.

With tensions rising, an angry Bex continues to blame Sonia for everything - but can Martin change her mind when they have a heart-to-heart? Meanwhile, Pam’s attempt

In Coronation Street, Todd tries to talk Billy round into believing him that he was wrong about Phelan and that his business isn’t a scam as they’d first thought. When Billy gives him short shrift, Todd insists on helping Billy with a community project to try

and get back in his good books. However, a dramatic turn of events soon puts Todd and Billy in an A&E waiting room together. Todd realises how much he wants Billy back and decides he needs to do the right thing and pull out of his partnership with Phelan. But can Phelan persuade him otherwise, and will Todd stay strong?

Food & Drink

Friday 23rd September 2016

Roast quail with pine kernels and figs

The weather has cooled, the garden is turning gold and there are nuts toasting in the kitchen. This cook couldn’t be happier. In the last few days

alone I have made a simple pine kernel and sausage stuffing for roast birds; given deep roasted flavours to soft chocolate cookies; added

crunch to tender root vegetables and made an addictive honey and nut butter for spreading on toast. What all these dishes celebrate is our

love of seasonal hazelnuts and apples, pine kernels and figs, almonds and pistachios. The universal marriage of fruit and nut. Roast quail with pine kernels and figs I can eat two roast quail at a sitting, but if they are accompanied by crunchy sausagemeat balls and softly seedy baked figs then I am happy with just one. I suggest you start with a knife and fork, then attack the roasted birds with your hands, tearing and gnawing at the bones to your heart’s content. The legs, by the way, are delectable. Serves 6 quail 6, oven ready olive oil 2-3 tbsp sausages 400g pine kernels 50g

shallot 1 large olive oil a little butter 75g sage leaves 6 figs 6 thyme sprigs 8 Set the oven at 200C/gas mark 6. Lightly brown the quails in a little olive oil in a shallow pan. Turn them regularly with kitchen tongs. Split the sausages and discard the skins, dropping the meat into a mixing bowl. In a shallow pan, toast the pine kernels then chop them roughly and add to the sausage meat. Peel and finely chop the shallot, then cook it in a little oil, or some of the butter, in the shallow pan till pale and translucent. Finely chop the sage leaves. Add the shallot and sage to the

sausagemeat, mix thoroughly, then roll into 12 small balls. Warm a little more oil in the pan then brown the balls over a moderate heat. Season the quails with salt and pepper and arrange them, with space around them, in a roasting tin. Tuck the balls among the quail along with the figs, split open and squeeze at the base so they open up and reveal their seeds. Dot the quail with a little more of the butter and moisten with a trickle of oil. Scatter a few thyme sprigs among the birds and roast for 25-30 minutes, till the birds are lightly browned and firm to the touch. Serve a quail, a fig and a couple of stuffing balls per person.

Cutting Class: How to Cut a Mango Looking for a super fruit your family will love? Make room for the mighty mango. Chock-full of healthy goodness, ripe mangoes are ideal for everything from snacking to salsas. Slicing and dicing this slippery fruit can be a messy affair, so we’ve gathered a few pro tips to make cutting mangoes super simple. MAKE A NATURAL SELECTION

It’s tempting to choose a fruit by its colour, but red hues don’t mean ripeness. Focus on feel and give the mango a gentle squeeze. Similar to peaches and avocados, they soften as they ripen; a mango with slight give is generally ripe. Still not sure? Once ripe, mangoes smell fruity at the stem end. Sweet aromas are a sure sign you’ve chosen a good one.

CUT WITH CONFIDENCE Always cut with a wellsharpened knife. We recommend pulling out your favorite CHICAGO CUTLERY® CHEF’S KNIFE for this job— or try a versatile PARTOKU knife, which is sized just right for the job with stylish and functional scalloped blade indentations (called grantons) that help sticky foods slide easily off the blade. All Chicago Cutlery

knives have handles designed to offer comfort and control, making mango slicing a breeze. Start by standing the mango, stem down, on your CHICAGO CUTLERY® CUTTING BOARD. Holding the mango, place your knife 1/4 inch from the widest center line and slice downward on each side, right next to the seed. The resulting ovals are known as the “cheeks.”

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Dessert

Summer vegetables recipes Lazy day lunch… artichoke and tomato stew

Ice Cream Sandwich Cake Ingredients 24 vanilla ice cream sandwiches, unwrapped 2 (8 ounce) containers whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®), thawed 1 (12 ounce) jar hot fudge ice cream topping, warmed 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping 1/4 cup chopped pecans, or to taste

Mediterranean stew

Serves 4 ened add the passata. courgettes 4 large Sprinkle a pinch of dry leeks 2 large chilli. Re-cover and garlic 4 chunky cloves cook until meltingly extra-virgin olive oil soft (around 40 minsalt and black pepper utes). tomato passata 500g Cut the chunky fish fildried chilli flakes let across the length cod loin skinned and with a sharp knife into filleted, three nice scallops. Taste the chunks each sauce – parsley a handful, including stalks Humble lemon wedges and sw e leek, a Cut the washed rich tom et courgette a nd a a to sofrit n d subtle w courgettes and o sauce hit leeks into rounds with lemon, p e fish highlig hted arsley a plentifu nd chilli (approx 2cm l courg . The e b tt e es and come th thick). Slice the le e base of a gen eks garlic. healthy uinely meal. Heat a good glug of g r i n d olive oil in a non-stick some extra pepper and pan and add the sliced if required add more veg. Season with salt salt. Pop the fish scaland pepper. lops around the dish on Turn the temperature top of the sofrito sauce. down so that the veg Re-cover and cook for sweat without colour- 10 minutes. ing. Make a cartouche Finely chop the parsley with some greaseproof and sprinkle over the paper (YouTube it for a dish with extra chilli quick tutorial) and pop and a squeeze of lemon on top. This slow-cook- to finish. ing process accentu- Enjoy scarpetta style ates the natural sweet- with a sensible mop of ness of the veg. Check crusty wholemeal on them in 10 minutes bread, eat light with and add a splash of green side salad or water if drying out. throw in some borlotti After about 20 minutes beans and cook as a when the veg have soft- stew.

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Method Arrange a layer of ice cream sandwiches in the bottom of a 9x13-inch dish; top with a layer of whipped topping, hot fudge topping, and caramel topping. Repeat layering with remaining ice cream sandwiches, whipped topping, hot fudge topping, and caramel topping, ending with a top layer of whipped topping. Sprinkle with pecans. Cover dish with aluminum foil and freeze until set, at least 30 minutes.

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Every time I prepare globe artichokes, afterwards finding the work surface strewn with the inevitable leafy, thistle-like debris, I ask myself if they are really worth the trouble. But once my fork delves into the delicate, pale green hearts, fried in butter, stewed with tomatoes and spices or simmered in olive oil and lemon, I find myself smitten all over again. Serves 4 olive oil 2 tbsp onion 1, medium-sized artichokes 4, young a lemon chilli 1 red, medium-hot ras el hanout 2 tsp tomatoes 500g orange 1, medium-sized stock 150ml

coriander a small bunch mint a small bunch parmesan a handful, grated Warm the olive oil in a casserole dish over a medium heat. Halve and peel the onion then cut each half into 5 or 6 segments. Let the onion cook in the olive oil for 10 minutes until soft, stirring occasionally, and letting it colour lightly. Meanwhile, trim the artichokes, removing a good third of each one, then cut them in half and tug out the whiskery “choke”. Cut the lemon in half then rub each artichoke half with the cut side of half of the lemon as you go, to prevent them from discolouring. Chop the chilli, then stir it into the onion with the ras el hanout.

Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them, with the artichokes, then leave it to simmer. Remove a couple of sections of peel from the orange using a small, sharp knife or peeler, then add them to the pan together with the stock and bring to the boil. Lower the heat immediately, season then leave to simmer for 35 minutes or until the artichokes are completely tender. Chop the coriander and mint and add them to the pan together with the juice of the remaining half of the lemon. Check the seasoning, adding more salt or pepper as you wish, then serve, passing bowls of grated parmesan around the table.

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Health without wealth: eat well for less Bin the pricey coconut oil, goji berries and acai. Stick to simple ingredients and principles instead.

Fruit and veg Fruit and veg are good for you, but even this message has been spun to make money. They’re not good for you because of magical detoxifying properties. Whether it’s goji or acai berries or concentrated vegetable gloop, these things often come with scientific-sounding words, such as flavonoids and antioxidants, attached, usually just to sell you something. Catherine Collins, dietitian

at St George’s hospital, London, says that pseudoscientists latch onto the fact that there are chemicals in all fruit and veg which affect our health. “But they cherrypick scientific concepts and make simplistic, unproven associations with human health and specific outcomes to justify their viewpoint,” she says. What we do know is that by eating fruit and veg you can lower the risk of disease. Because they contain arteryrelaxing nitrates, familiar veg-

etables such as spinach, lettuce and radishes, can lower blood pressure. The potassium in green leafy veg, squash and mushrooms does the same. These vegetables might not be glamorous, but given that high blood pressure has overtaken smoking as the leading risk for disease and death you’d be foolish to push them to the side of your plate. Fats That saturated fats aren’t as bad as once thought has led to PR spin that has only confused matters. A prime example is coconut oil. With no good evidence that eating coconut oil regularly will keep you healthy, inaccurate marketing has used interesting theoretical health properties to make it more desirable. Saturated fats such as butter, if enjoyed sensibly, are neutral to your health: they are not protective like olive oil but are not damaging like trans fats or excess sugars. It’s unsaturated ones from whole food sources such as oily fish, nuts, seeds and olive oil that should be your fats of choice.

Where evidence is strongest is with boring olive oil. There’s no need to fork out for the expensive stuff, the economical extra-virgin type will do fine. Watch out for processed spreads and fats branded as omega-3 fortified and mayonnaise with 5% added olive oil. If you’re eating it in a bid to be extra healthy, you’re wasting your time. Oily fish can be a little trickier – its shelf life can make it difficult to squeeze into a busy family’s schedule. Its expense, too, can be prohibitive. Unless you’re Richard Branson or a grizzly bear with a fishing rod, you’re unlikely to be able to eat as much salmon as you’d like, but there are options that aren’t so hard on the wallet. Grilled mackerel in the summer is always a winner. Cornish sardines are increasingly popular since their rebranding. Canned fish such as traditional sardines can be store-cupboard superstars but tuna, although classified as oily when fresh, loses much of its omega-3 when canned.

Food & Drink

Polenta-crusted fishcakes

350g skinless and boneless firm white fish, cut into 3cm chunks, 1 egg, beaten 1½ tsp ground cumin, ¼ tsp chilli flakes, 3 garlic cloves, crushed, 150g cooked potato, roughly mashed (1 medium potato) 10g parsley, roughly chopped, 10g coriander, roughly chopped, plus a few small leaves to garnish 40g quick-cook polenta About 150ml sunflower oil, for frying, Salt. For the sauce 60ml olive oil 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 1 red chilli, de-seeded, finely chopped 4 ripe tomatoes, blanched, peeled and roughly chopped 1 tsp caster sugar 5g tarragon, roughly chopped First make the sauce. Pour the oil into a small saucepan and place on a medium heat. Add the garlic and chilli and fry for one or two minutes, until the garlic turns golden. Add the tomatoes, sugar and a third of a teaspoon of salt and cook on a low heat for about 15 minutes, or until the sauce thickens. Set aside until ready to serve, stirring in the tarragon at

the last minute. To make the fishcakes, place the fish in the bowl of a food processor and add the egg, cumin, chilli, garlic and a half-teaspoon of salt. Pulse several times to break the fish into small pieces. Don’t overdo it, though: you don’t want it to turn to mush. Transfer everything to a large mixing bowl, add the potato and herbs and gently stir everything together. Use your hands to form 12 balls, about 45g each. Place the polenta in a shallow bowl and roll the balls in it to coat them. Preheat the oven to 200C/390F/gas mark 6. Pour enough oil into a medium saute pan that it rises 1cm up the sides. Place on a medium heat and, when hot, add half the fishcakes. Fry for about four minutes, turning so they become goldenbrown on all sides. Transfer to a parchmentlined baking tray and repeat with the remaining cakes. Place in the oven for five minutes, to cook through. Serve warm with the sauce, heated up if needed, spooned on top or alongside. Garnish with coriander leaves, if you like.

Balsamic-baked new potatoes with taleggio

Our bay tree is one of the best buys we’ve ever made. Bays grow happily in a pot or in the ground and, once they take to their new home, have to be regularly pruned to keep them under control, which has obvious benefits for the cook of the house. Even so, bay has a very underrated scent. Sure, it’s the solid stalwart of the stock pot, but beyond that it tends to get overlooked. Not in our house, though, because bay is delicious in all kinds of dishes, from poached pears (or plums or damsons, as in today’s second recipe) to simple creams and savoury rubs. Balsamic-baked new potatoes with taleggio cheese and bay This is a brilliantly satisfying

dinner in its own right, but if you need something more, serve alongside roast pork or a Barnsley chop. Serves four as a main course, more as a side. 1 large white onion, peeled and halved 1kg new potatoes Flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar 5 bay leaves (fresh, ideally) 150g taleggio, sliced 100g rocket leaves A few sprigs fresh thyme, picked 20g finely shaved Parmesan 1 lemon, juiced 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil Heat the oven to 200C/390F/gas mark 6. Cut the onion into thick pieces across the halves; leave the potatoes whole or, if they are

on the large side, cut them into bite-sized pieces. Toss the potatoes and onion in half a teaspoon of flaky sea salt (less if using fine sea salt), lay them in an oven tray and roast for 30-40 minutes, until golden and tender. Tip the cooked veg into an oven dish and pour the vinegar over the top. Toss to coat, then tuck in the bay leaves and cover with the slices of taleggio. Season with a touch more salt and lots of pepper, and bake for 10 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling and golden. Meanwhile, put the rocket, thyme leaves and Parmesan in a bowl, dress with the lemon juice and oil, season generously and toss gently. Serve with the hot, cheesy potatoes.

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Friday 23rd September 2016

DVDs

Record Of The Week!

A return to a studio pick this week – and a brand new release too! While the trend of modern songs seems to follow the same themes filled with angst and tales of woe with hardly a rhythm or even a tune sometimes! then how good it is to hear British singer songwriter Passenger jump off the bandwagon and bring out a happy positive and uplifting tune! Even his previous hit, Holes – although a great song – was a real misery – and this departure for him had us all chomping at the bit to play it for you. A very deserved record of the week called Anywhere – and taken from the album Young as Morning , Old as the Sea. You can hear the track on every show this week on 91.9 and 90.8fm. Perhaps you have a song that brings back happy memories or says thank you to someone special or is just a great tune that you love to hear? Then send your own Record of the Week request to studio @tko,fm… and include details of the track and what it means to you … and next week ... It could be your special track played every day on TKO 91.9 & 90.8fm That’s what we asked our listeners and it seems mostly people got to like the track after a week of air play – but what if that was the strongest track on the album? Let us know what your thoughts are!

BOX OFFICE

TOP 10 1. Sully 2. Blair Witch 3. Bridget Jones's Baby 4. Snowden 5. Don't Breathe 6. When the Bough Breaks 7. Suicide Squad 8. The Wild Life 9. Kubo and the Two Strings 10. Pete's Dragon

Free State of Jones A very disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of f e l l o w deserters, runaway slaves, and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government. (139 mins.)

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

THE WILD LIFE (ROBINSON CRUSOE) REVIEW

DIRECTOR Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen GENRE Animation, Adventure, Comedy SYNOPSIS A daring parrot recounts how Robinson Crusoe came to be stranded on a tropical island. RELEASE DATE 9 September 2016 (USA) DURATION 1h 31min I admit that when I first saw the trailer to this movie, I immediately thought that it was going to be a terrible movie. However, I cannot judge a movie until I have watched it. After taking my niece to watch it, I was sur-

prised to how well done this movie was. I will break down this review into each sections. The cast: the voice actors for this movie were a good choice. Each one of them fits their character well and while I admit a couple of the voice actors do have room for improvement, they were definitely not terrible by a long shot. Out of them all, Marieve Herington was the best. She is definitely an underrated actor who deserves more shots at other movies and TV shows. The animation: the anima-

tion to this movie was superb and very well detailed.The CGI works well, it flows smoothly and it didn't appear to skip any frames or cuts. You can see the amount of detail they put into each character and all of the surroundings. The people who worked on this definitely put a lot of work into this and deserve praise for that. The story: The Robinson Crusoe (AKA Wild Life) is based on Robinson Crusoe, a novel written in 1719 by Daniel Defoe. The movie follows a similar plot as the book but instead, the movie

decides to take a more kidfriendly route. The story to this movie is simple, it doesn't try to copy any other movie plots and it's original as movies get. Overall, the story is quite decent and it is something kids can enjoy. Certain adults may enjoy this as well. Overall, this was a good movie. My only complaint really is that it didn't really need to be based off Robinson Crusoe book and could have been it's own stand-alone that wasn't based off any material. I give this a strong 7 out of 10.

Onda displays its great shopping at the Fira de Sant Miquel Itinerant animations, musical performances, craft workshops and fashion shows enliven the Castellón town of Onda during the XV Fira de Sant Miquel craft, trade and gastronomy, to be held in the coming days 23rd, 24th and 25th of September and where more than 45 participating merchants will display the best of their products. The weekend in Onda is promising. El Raval de Sant Josep, streets San Roque, San Miguel, Calatrava, Plaza El Pla and Font de Dins will dress up for this urban fair that every year rebrands itself while maintaining its essence. Visitors savor the creations of great chefs who cook live in their sixties 'food trucks' all around the fair. The official opening of the Fira de Sant Miquel is Friday, at 19:30, with a traditional parade. At 22:30 hours the final of the

Rock Contest will be held at Rellamp Live Onda. On Saturday 24th, in addition to the intense commercial offer, there will be a photocall with l'Art de la Llum in the Raval, a display of virtual reality with Amazing City, a fashion show to benefit the AECC and music performances throughout the afternoon. On Sunday 25th, attendees can enjoy more musical performances, fashion shows, Caritas benefits and the festival of 'big bands' by Onda Big Band and Big Band Teruel. Onda is one of the largest areas of production and sale of ceramics in the world. Undoubtedly, this product will be one of the stars of the show. In addition to the event, Onda has three cultural sites of great interest: the Museum of Natural History, Castle Onda and Manolo Safont Tile Museum.

When their new nextdoor neighbors turn out to be a sorority even m o r e debaucherous than the fraternity previously living there, Mac and Kelly team with their former e n e m y , Teddy, to bring the girls down. (92 mins.)

The Good Wife Alicia has been a good wife to her husband, a f o r m e r state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm. (43 mins.)

Criminal Minds The cases of the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), an elite group of profilers who analyze the nation's most dangerous serial killers and individual heinous crimes in an effort to anticipate their next m o v e s before they strike again. (42 mins.)

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Health

Friday 23rd September 2016

Cupping: What is it and does it work? Cupping is not to be used on patients who bleed easily and/or cannot stop bleeding, have skin ulcers, or edema

Michael Phelps preparing for his swims in Rio with his covered in perfectly round love bites caused a flurry of internet speculation. What’s with the weird bruises? Phelps and his Olympic teammates aren’t the first people to bring cupping to the mainstream. Gwyneth Paltrow has long been a fan of the ancient Chinese healing therapy, first stepping out sporting her own purple marks as long ago as 2004, and Jennifer Aniston and Victoria Beckham are also reported to have tried it out.“With

cupping, we use vacuum therapy, which pumps air into a glass cup applied to the skin. This raises the skin off the fascia and increases the lymphatic drainage to draw out toxins,” explains Paul Battersby, the president of the Federation of Holistic Therapists. The bruises that appear after the therapy can last for between three and seven days, or possibly longer. According to Paul, cupping is best used for treatment symptoms such as musculoskeletal pain, so it’s ideal

for sports stars like Phelps. “It helps to increase the range of movement,” he explains. Like acupuncture,

cupping is an ancient Chinese healing technique, and Paul says it’s often used in China to treat other

medical conditions such as asthma. “But there’s no research to support that,” he says. Paul says that cupping isn’t a miracle cure, but it does have its benefits. He recommends the therapy for symptoms like chronic back pain, or inflammation and swelling after some sort of trauma to the body, with best results when people receive treatment 48-72 hours after injury. According to Paul, cupping is particularly effective treating myofascial trigger point pain – that’s when knots in our muscles can become especially irritable and inflamed. However like many traditional therapies, cupping has its sceptics. In Australia, the Australian Medical Association issued

REASONS EVERYONE SHOULD TRY CUPPING Cupping has numerous benefits — it can help remove toxins from the body and stimulate the flow of fresh blood, lymph, and Qi to the affected area and throughout the body. It often works wonders for patients with the flu, colds, coughs, back and muscle pain, poor circulation, anxiety, red itchy skin conditions (though cups are not applied to inflamed areas), allergies, fevers, aches and myriad other pains. Cupping is not exclusive to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Variations of this treatment were used by ancient Egyptians, North American Indians, early Greeks, and in other Asian and European countries. Cupping therapy was recommended by Hippocrates, the man whom many consider to be the "Father of Modern Medicine," in his guide to clinical treatment.

a statement saying that the therapy does nothing for patients, meanwhile over here, David Colquhoun, a pharmacology professor at University College London told the Independent that “there’s no science behind it whatsoever”. “There’s some vague conceptual connection with accupunture, and is often sold by the same people. But how could it possibly do anything? It’s nonsense,” he told the newspaper last month. But with the likes of Michael Phelps trying out the therapy on his quest to win five more gold medals in Rio, maybe we should all give it a try.

Want to lose weight? Stop stressing! Anxiety 'counteracts all the benefits of healthy eating' You may be doing everything to stay in shape by eating well. But if you're stressed, all your efforts mean nothing. That is according to a new study, which finds anxiety counteracts any benefits of a healthy meal. During times of stress, a healthy meal of steamed chicken prepared with sunflower oil is as bad for your heart as deep-fried wings, researchers at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center claim. The findings, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, shed new light on

how our mental health affects our physical well-being. 'This shows us stress really does interact with the type of food you're eating,' lead researcher Dr Janice KiecoltGlaser, of Ohio State University, told Daily Mail Online. 'No matter what women ate, if they were stressed their inflammation was higher.' Dr Kiecolt-Glaser has already dedicated years of study to the causes of inflammation, which can lead to diabetes, heart disease and strokes. Her work has contributed to the swelling fields of research

that show both stress and diets high in saturated fat drive up inflammation. But now she is looking at whether the two influence the other. She explored the topic during a wider study about depression in cancer survivors. With her colleagues at Ohio State, Dr Kiecolt-Glaser recruited a group of women 38 breast cancer survivors, and 20 others, who had an average age of 53. They then randomly assigned each woman one of two breakfasts: eggs, turkey sausage, biscuits and gravy.

One was high in lesshealthy saturated fat from palm oil.

The other used a healthier unsaturated fat from a sunflower oil with a high concentration in antiin-flammatory oleic acid. Then, without knowing which woman was eating what, the researchers interviewed them about their stress levels. Minor irritants didn't count as stressful, but many experienced things like dealing with a parent who has dementia, or an obstinant child. They then drew blood and checked four different kind of blood markers for inflammation. The stress-free women who ate the 'healthier' breakfast had lower levels of inflammation. But in women who had stressful days, no matter which breakfast they ate, their inflammation levels were

higher in all four blood markers. The researchers intentionally chose a high-calorie, highfat meal to mimic a typical fast-food meal. Fat types have been under the spotlight lately. Researchers have been singing the praises of the Mediterranean diet, which is high in oleic acid from olive oil. The researchers warn this is not a free pass to eat whatever you want when you're stressed. 'This study should show that it makes sense to eat healthy all the time and manage stress better,' KiecoltGlaser told Daily Mail Online. If they get the funding, the researchers hope to look next at how stress levels may affect inflammation when eating a meal much lower in calories.

MedB Health Dr M. Mannu

Friday 23rd September 2016

How Drugs Cause Skin Problems?

Indapamide is a diuretic (water tablet) used to lower blood pressure. Many people prescribed Indapamide will eventually stop the medication because of severe skin rash and other skin problems. Drugs damage the skin through a variety of effects on the body. Steroidal drugs thin the skin, and a thinner skin is more prone to injuries that will allow harmful microbes into the skin to cause disease. Steroids will also reduce the body's immune

system increasing the likelihood of infections. A strong immune system prevents harmful microbes that live on the surface of the skin from infecting the skin and causing skin disease. Steroids and similar medications that reduce the immune system such as omeprazole for treating acid reflux cause skin problems as a long-term side effect. Other drugs such as antibiotics will also reduce immunity and cause skin diseases, but in a different

way. Antibiotics destroy beneficial bacteria in our gut that form part of our immune system. These beneficial bacteria prevent harmful bacteria from colonizing our gut to cause infections. Harmful bacteria such as streptococcus will produce toxins that cause skin disease. Antibiotics will also increase hypersensitivity reactions that increase the skin's sensitivity to other compounds and cause skin disease. Other drugs that cause hypersensitivity reactions include anti-inflammatories such as naproxen as well as statins. Some drugs cause skin damage by increasing the rate of renewal of the skin, causing excessive shading of the skin which leaves the skin dry and scaly. Drugs used to treat cancer are notorious f o r such problems. Drugs that affect fat metabolism will also cause dryness of the skin and other

skin problems. Statins lower cholesterol and is known to cause dryness of the skin. The skin requires essential nutrients to stay healthy, including MSM, Zinc, Silica, and Manganese. MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane) is the most vital nutrient for skin health because it helps the skin produce collagen, and collagen provides support to the skin, as well as the bones, joints, nails, hair and the organs of the body. For A Full Body Diagnostic Scan Call MedB Diagnostics: 965071745, 966189074.

How a teaspoon of TURMERIC may ward off cancer

Turmeric was once nothing more than a spice in the cupboard you might add to the occasional curry. Yet it's being hailed as the new superfood that will cure everything from heartburn to food poisoning. I am not normally won over by such claims about specific foods, but there is something potentially persuasive about this humble spice. In countries such as India, where they consume a lot of

turmeric, they have lower rates of bowel cancer. It did make me wonder: could the two be linked? Until now, most of the research into the effects of turmeric has been conducted on mice rather than humans, using doses far higher than you would find in an average diet. But findings have been intriguing: for instance, one U.S. study involving mice found the active ingredient in turmeric, curcumin,

helped slow down the progression of breast cancer in mice. Other studies have found it may help destroy the plaques that form in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease. As part of the BBC series Trust Me I'm A Doctor, we decided to see what effects â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if any â&#x20AC;&#x201D; turmeric had when used in these kind of quantities which you might find in any personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s normal diet.

Dave Silver

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Speeding Child Alert I had an almost-lovely afternoon out in Bury with my granddaughter, aged eight . . . going on 13. I love her to bits but after she'd hurtled at full tilt in her wheelie-shoes along every section of the heaving shopping centre I had to stagger, on the verge of collapse, into the nearest coffee house. There, a kindly barista wafted my fevered brow with his apron until my stress state had eased. There is no doubting my granddaughter's natural skill as an athlete but sometimes I just have to stop watching her intricate moves -- and scream. 'And, boy, do you know how to scream,' Mrs S gently observed after I returned home. 'I have screamed only once

before in my life,' I countered. 'And that was when I was a child and my mother's pet mouse scuttled across my field of vision.' Mrs S shook her head. 'Your mother told me all about that episode. You didn't just scream. You jumped onto a chair and shrieked: "Help me, somebody! There's a furry beastie on the loose in this hoose." 'But why you had to adopt a Scottish accent in your agitated state, neither I nor your mother will ever know.' I shrugged. 'I guess that even when I'm distressed I still like to entertain folk with a dialect impression or two. Anyway, it happened to be a huge moose . . . er, I mean mouse.' But then followed the killer

line in Mrs S's verbal character assassination of my good self. She stared me fully in my embarrassed face and pronounced: 'Anyway, it wasn't a mouse. It was a tiny cuddly kitten.' I wandered into the kitchen, plugged in the kettle and made myself a cup of tea. I deliberately didn't make one for Mrs S because I knew that leaving her out would rile her immensely. Mrs S called out to me: 'And it's no good hiding in the kitchen, plotting to NOT make me a cup of tea. I know all your wiles, tricks, ruses and ploys. Indeed, I have always been aware of your schemes, dodges and manoeuvres.' My goodness, I thought, Mrs S has turned into a thesaurus. Mind you, she was

always a woman of many words. Anyway, I stayed in the kitchen for much longer than I'd planned to because, although I'd plugged in the kettle, I'd forgotten to turn on the switch. By the time I emerged, bearing a solitary cup of tea, Mrs S had long gone. The name Long Gone Silver entered my mind but it quickly went away because it wasn't that funny. I was now starting to relax after my exhausting afternoon with my granddaughter. I decided that I deserved a decent sit-down after all my trials and tribulations of the previous few hours. In the knowledge that Mrs S was safely tucked up in bed asleep, I thought it appropriate

to watch one of my favourite films-- The Great Escape. If only those POWs had had Mrs S on their side, they would have been out of that camp in no time. But I digress. I collapsed onto the sofa, reached for the television remote control and switched on the telly. Only the telly failed to come on. Instead I heard a voice coming out of the remote. 'That is not the remote you are holding,' announced Mrs S. 'It is your phone and you've just woken me up on speed dial.' I groaned, climbed leadenly off the sofa and snatched up the remote off the top of the telly. Before I could try to fully relax again I noticed that my cup of tea had gone cold. As I stumbled into the

kitchen to both plug in and switch on the kettle, I heard a strange voice. 'Hello in the hoose!' it called out in a Scottish accent. On investigation I found a figure clinging to the roof of my car parked in the path. 'Has the bairn gone yet?' the Scotsman on the car roof asked. 'I was just about to enjoy market day in Bury when I saw this wee girl racing towards me on wheeled shoes. 'I jumped onto the nearest car roof to avoid her. Do ye ken mah predicament here?' 'No, not Ken,' I said. 'My name is Dave. Anyway, I'll drive you home.' 'Thanks, pal,' said the man climbing off my car roof. 'But would ye mind if I had a wee cuppa tea first?'

2016 Paris Motor Show Preview The Paris Motor Show is home ground for major French manufacturers like Citroen, Peugeot and Renault - along with smaller ones like Aixam or Ligier. But it's a global motor show in every sense and pretty much every major car manufacturer will be showing its face. We're expecting to see everything from tiny city cars to giant SUVs within the walls of the exhibition centre, with a liberal sprinkling of insane hypercars and futuristic concepts. The giant Paris expo Porte de Versailles exhibition centre hosts the Paris Motor Show as usual this year and it's open to the public between the dates of October

1st and October 16th 2016. An adult ticket for the day costs â&#x201A;Ź16, while adding a child takes that to â&#x201A;Ź25. You can buy tickets for the Paris Motor Show now on the official website but rest assured that we've already got ours for the press preview days on September 29th and 30th - as usual, they'll be two of the busiest days in the automotive calendar for new car launches and hot breaking news. 2016 Paris Motor Show: the key cars Audi Q5 - New version of Audi's premium SUV. BMW X2 - Concept version of BMW's sharp coupe-SUV is set to debut. Citroen C3 - A new and

more stylish version of Citroen's supermini. Honda Civic - The next generation Honda Civic looks to recapture hearts and minds with a sharp new look. Hyundai i30 - Hyundai's latest Focus rival gets a host of new tech and a new family face. Land Rover Discovery Land Rover's tough utility vehicle is set to launch in allnew guise. Nissan Micra - The all-new Micra supermini is aiming to get back on track. Peugeot 3008 - Peugeot's 3008 gets a more rugged look and new tech. Skoda Kodiaq - This big Skoda SUV will sit above the popular Yeti.

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Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.9 million vehicles over air bag defect The defect has been linked to three deaths and five injuries worldwide Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has said it is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an air bag defect that is linked to three deaths and five injuries. The recall is to resolve a defect that may prevent deployment of air bags and seat-belt pretensioners in some crashes. The recall includes models sold between 2010 and 2014, including the Chrysler Sebring, 200, Dodge Caliber, Avenger, Jeep Patriot and Compass SUVs. It said the recall also includes the 2012-2013 Lancia Flavia midsize car. The recall is the latest in a

series affecting tens of millions of the devices for a series of problems. Last week, General Motors said it would recall nearly 4.3 million vehicles worldwide due to a software defect that can prevent air bags from deploying during a crash, a flaw already linked to one death and three injuries. That defect is similar but not identical to the Fiat Chrysler issue. Fiat Chrysler said the issue occurred when vehicles equipped with a particular occupant restraint control module and front impact sensor wiring of a specific design

are involved in certain collisions. GM said in its recall that the sensing and diagnostic module that controls air bag deployment has a software defect that may prevent frontal air bags from deploying in certain “rare circumstances”. Fiat Chrysler said it no longer uses the occupant restraint controllers or wire routing design. The notice did not say when it will begin to recall repairs. Most of the Fiat Chrysler cars being recalled are in the US, but 224,860 were sold in Canada and Mexico and 284,051 were sold outside North America.

Nissan Leaf hits 15,000 sales milestone Sales of Nissan’s electric Leaf have hit the 15,000 mark as official figures show that the popularity of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) is at an all-time high. The Japanese manufacturer is offering £500 off the cost of its hugely successful electric vehicle this month in order to celebrate the milestone. It already offers motorists

£5,000 towards the deposit on the Leaf, while also providing buyers with a free home charging kit worth around £390. Earlier this month, the Department for Transport (DfT) revealed that record numbers of ULEVs are now on Britain’s roads, with some 9,657 registered between April and June.

This was an increase of 49% on the same period last year and a huge rise of 253% on two years before, according to the figures. According to Nissan, its 15,000th Leaf was bought by Jenny Craik, who was encouraged to make the switch to electric by her husband, who also owns a plug-in hybrid vehicle.

The firm hit the 10,000 sales mark only last year and says demand for the Leaf is now at its highest point since launching three years ago. Renault has also delivered its 100,000th electric vehicle five years after the French company’s first battery-powered car, the Twizy, was launched. The landmark vehicle – a

Zoe – was bought by 41-yearold Norwegian man Asmund Gillebo, whose purchase earned him five years of recharging with a local energy firm and 100,000 minutes of charging with another energy company. Sales of new cars beat expectations in August to jump by 3.3%, the latest figures from the Society of Motor

Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have revealed. As the SMMT has pointed out, August is traditionally a quiet time on the new car market, as drivers wait for the plate change in September before investing in a new vehicle. Around 81,640 cars were registered in the UK, with growth driven by a 7.7% rise in the fleet sector.

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BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca. BlueMoon Solutions come to you at home or work, our personal service covers from Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada.

Richard moved to Spain ten years ago having left his management background behind in the UK and decided to use his IT skills to help home users and small businesses with their PC problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to sort out the problem there and then. Computers are his hobby as well as his work so don’t be surprised to get an answer to your email in the early hours!

ADVICE: Robin wanted to know how to get the pound sign - £ - on a Spanish keyboard.

ADVICE: Ellis had accidentally deleted Safari from her mac.

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Hi Richard, I have a new (Spanish) laptop and although there are keys for $ and for € there is not one for pounds sterling. Hi Robin the ALT code for the UK pound sign is 0163, so to use this you hold down the ALT key on the keyboard, type in the number 0163 and then release the ALT key, you will then have your pound sign.

ADVICE: Graham wanted to know how to secure his Android tablet.

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Hello Richard, I have accidentally deleted Safari from my MacBook Pro. Can you advise me as to how I can reinstall it again? Many Thanks, Ellis.

Hi Ellis, if the application itself has been removed then the best option is to reinstall it and that means reinstalling the core components of the operating system (not a small job) - other options could be to take a copy of the application from another computer that is running the same version of the OS that yours is running or live without Safari and use Firefox or Chrome as an alternative.

What security applications do you recommend for an android tablet? Regards Graham Hi Graham, you are the second person to ask that question – it looks like a number of people are getting new tablets for Christmas. I would recommend Avast Free Mobile Security as its been independently tested and shows a detect rate of over 90% You can get a copy at http://www.avast.com/free-mobile-security.

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Friday 23rd September 2016

SAMM’s Autumn Start

Barclays Premier League Saturday 24 September

13:30 Manchester United v Leicester City 16:00 Bournemouth v Everton 16:00 Liverpool v Hull City 16:00 Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion 16:00 Sunderland v Crystal Palace 16:00 Swansea City v Manchester City 18:30 Arsenal v Chelsea

Sunday 25 September

17:00 West Ham United v Southampton

Torry Cop It

Monday 26 September 21:00 Burnley v Watford

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Torrevieja CC welcomed a Worcester City Police team side for a T20 clash, which the visitors won last weekend by 52 runs. Torry were quickly under the cosh with openers Hamilton and Parker despatching the ball to all parts of the field, but the home youngsters fought back towards the end as six wickets fell for 44 runs, with the pick of the bowlers again being Ciaran Guichard, with figures of 4 for 17. Worcester’s 20 overs saw them finish on 181 for 8.

In reply, Torrevieja lost wickets regularly, with Paul Harvey top scoring with 22, and they were never in with a shout. It was though another learning experience for their six junior players who earned the respect of the opposition. Worcester chairman, Graham Bloomfield, presented Torrevieja president, Graham Shelton with a commemorative pennant as well as a trophy to Ciaran Guichard who he nominated as Torrevieja's man of the match.

Rankings Boost

Torrevieja's teenage tennis player Nicola Kuhn's ambitious target of breaking into the ATP's top 600 this year is beginning to look like a formality, writes DONNA GEE. Spain's number one junior soared another 112 places to number 902 last week on the back of his recent success at the Santander Futures tournament, where he reached the quarter final.

That success followed a 308-place rise following his victory over world No.302 Juan Pablo Paz at the Meerbusch Challenger event in Germany. Meanwhile, Kuhn has climbed to number 13 in the world junior rankings after reaching the last eight of the junior US Open in New York, as reported in The Courier last week, and is now competing in the ITF Futures event in Sevilla.

Six boats and their crews competed in the first day of the Sailing Association Mar Menor’s Autumn series earlier this month at Los Narejos, which was a good turnout as a number of members had not yet returned to the area after their summer break. First to go were the two sailfish with only five seconds separating them over the start line. The dinghy start was even more exciting with all four boats jostling for position and crossing within seconds of each other, too close to set them apart. Six laps proved to be quite tiring for some of the crews

and pretty soon they were all spaced out over the course. Despite that, with the slight adjustments of the handicaps since last season, the final results were quite close with Sirocco first followed by Shoestring Dos and Tres in close pursuit. All the SAMM races take place from the CTD sports centre on the beach at Los Narejos with the next race day scheduled for Sunday October 2nd and then every other Sunday through to till November 27th. For more details about SAMM, go to their web site www.sailingmarmenor.com

Cartagena Call

Cartagena Rugby Club is on the look out for male and female players from across the Mar Menor and Murcia areas to join them for the new season. The Club de Rugby Universitario Cartagena was founded by university students in 1987, taking part in friendly games and University competitions. They went on to win two Spanish titles in the Industrial Engineering Championship in 1995 and 1997 and a 2nd place in 1996. In 1995, Cartagena started entering regular competitions, and finished top of the 2nd Valencian division, but was not able to be promoted to 1st Valencian division, because they were an “invited” team. Seven years later, they were finally promoted

to Valencian 1st division. Cartagena are currently playing in the FERRMUR competition along with other clubs from the Murcia Region, Albacete as well as the San Javier Squalos, the Torrevieja Tigers, and ITV Orihuela Vega Baja. Junior and Senior teams have won numerous competitions on many occasions and the 1st XV have played in the promotion playoffs to National Division three times, narrowly missing out on each occasion. The club has toured to Scotland, England, Wales and to other parts of Spain as well as hosting many games against clubs from all around the world. There are currently two senior male teams; a female team; a veterans team; and six different age-grouped junior sides. New players will get a warm welcome and as well as a great way to keep fit, it's a good way to improve on speaking your Spanish in addition to interacting with the local community. For more details, call Peter on 660 170 355 or please send a e-mail to peter.clarke@costa.media

Saturday 24 September

16:00 Brighton and Hove Albion v Barnsley 16:00 Derby County v Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Fulham v Bristol City 16:00 Leeds United v Ipswich Town 16:00 Norwich City v Burton Albion 16:00 Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City 16:00 Reading v Huddersfield Town 16:00 Rotherham United v Cardiff City 16:00 Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford 18:30 Aston Villa v Newcastle United

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Barnsley v Aston Villa Birmingham City v Preston North End Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday Brentford v Reading Bristol City v Leeds United Burton Albion v Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City v Derby County Huddersfield Town v Rotherham United Ipswich Town v Brighton and Hove Albion Nottingham Forest v Fulham Wigan Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wednesday 28 September 20:45 Newcastle United v Norwich City

Spanish La Liga Friday 23 September 20:45 Real Betis v Málaga

Saturday 24 September

13:00 Eibar v Real Sociedad 16:15 Sporting de Gijón v Barcelona 18:30 Athletic Club v Sevilla 20:45 Las Palmas v Real Madrid

Sunday 25 September

12:00 Leganés v Valencia CF 16:15 Atlético de Madrid v Deportivo de La Coruña 18:30 Villarreal v Osasuna 20:45 Espanyol v Celta de Vigo

Monday 26 September 20:45 Alavés v Granada CF

Scottish Premiership Saturday 24 September 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00

Celtic v Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian v Ross County Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Dundee Partick Thistle v Motherwell

Sunday 25 September

14:00 Aberdeen v Rangers 16:00 Hamilton Academical v St. Johnstone

Friday 23rd September 2016

Ivie Davies on Golf

The Magical Hole In One I visited Desert Springs Golf Resort in Almeria as well as La Manga Club the other week, and apart from getting lost down in Cuevas de Alamanzora, due to the Spanish trait of no signs (subject for a another article again), I had a great time and I remember witnessing something at La Manga some 31 years ago that prompted this article: namely, the oldest man to get a “Hole in One”. A hole in one is something golfers can fail to achieve in a life of playing the great game. Getting a hole in one requires a large chunk of luck and some skill (you have got to hit the ball in the right direction) to achieve it, so it is a little wonder it takes experience and a lot of practice on and off the course. Once you get the first one, it may or may not come as a surprise to learn that the odds on getting another are not always as great as you may think. By the way, I'm

still waiting for my next since March 1st 1999, which was on the fourth at the Royal Campoamor Golf! Checking statistics and search engines for other Hole in One oddities, a list was compiled and I came up with these 10 facts that may surprise you or at least some that you may not have heard of. 1. A PAR FIVE HOLE IN ONE The majority of Holes in One are obviously on Par 3’s that are, of course, a shorter distance to the hole. Once you go into Par 4 territory, the chances are significantly less, although I did see one at Oak Park in Hampshire, some years ago, called a two ball through and it cost them a big drink. That is called an Albatross, in this case to go along with the Hole in One. A Hole in One on a Par 5 will get you what is not commonly know, a Condor or a triple Eagle. Not every hole in One gets

KNOW YOUR RULES QUESTION You aren't allowed to reconfigure adjustable clubs during a round. But if a weight loosens in the course of play, can you tighten it? Or must you play with the rattle until the round is finished?

ANSWER

Adjustable club heads still boggle my mind, as you used to need a hammer and chisel to tweak a driver. Yes, the Rules of Golf do permit you to tighten a weight mid-round, assuming the weight was loosened during the "normal course of play"—i.e., not as a result of intentional smashing, throwing, or snapping. Rule 4-3a gives you three options: 1. Keep using the club as it is. 2. Fix it, assuming you can do so quickly. 3. Replace it, assuming the club can't be played or fixed.

international recognition, but on a Par 5 hole they have been recorded even though its nigh impossible on a 500 yard drive. The way to hit a Hole in One on a Par 5 is to look for a shortcut over trees or other hazards onto the green if the dog leg allows it. An example of a golfer doing just that was Shaun Lynch. His Hole in One on a Par 5 was achieved using a 3-iron at the Teign Valley Golf Club in Devon, a 497 yard 17th in 1995. Lynch aimed straight toward the green on a horseshoe par-5, clearing a 20-foot-high hedge, and then hitting a down slope on the other side. The down slope carried his ball to the green and into the hole. 2. THE LONGEST EVER HOLE IN ONE Bret Melson, a student at the San Diego Golf Academy set a new world record for the longest straight-shot hole in one ever recorded. He aced the 448-yard, par-4 18th

hole at the Ko’olau Golf Club in Oahu, Hawaii. Although a longer one was a dog leg, also in the USA, which measured 517 yards in Denver by Mike Crean. 3. THE MOST HOLES IN ONE Norman Manley, an amateur from California claims 59 career aces. These were over a period of 15 years. Mancil Davis has 51 aces and is regarded as the world record holder for holes-in-one by a professional (Davis is a PGA of America member who briefly played on the PGA Tour. 4. HOW COMMON ARE HOLES IN ONE? They are more common than you may think. A Hole in One is achieved somewhere in the world every 3,500 rounds of golf on average. 5. GREATNESS NOT NEEDED For those of you who like statistics, you are most likely to get a Hole in One if you are a mid-handicapper. Fifty-seven per-

TITTER ON THE TEE The room was full of pregnant women with their husbands. The instructor said, "Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic muscles and will make delivery that much easier. Just pace yourself, make plenty of stops and try to stay on a soft surface like grass or a path." "Gentlemen, remember -- you're in this together. It wouldn't hurt you to go walking with her. In fact, that shared experience would be good for you both." The room suddenly became very quiet as the men absorbed this information. After a few moments a man, name unknown, at the back of the room, slowly raised his hand. "Yes?" asked the instructor. "I was just wondering if it would be all right if she carries a golf bag while we walk?"

cent of Holes in One are achieved by 14 handicappers. 6. THE BEST CLUB Just in case you were wondering what club to use to get that magic stroke, apparently forty percent of those aces are made with 7, 8 or 9 irons. 7. NEVER TOO OLD There are more golfers over the age of 50 who get Holes in One and you hear of them in Spain because they are retired here. But sixty percent are made by golfers past the half century mark. In January 1985, 99-year-old Otto Bucher holed his tee shot on the Par 3 twelfth on La Manga's North Course! 8. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE TWICE It is proven that 14 percent of golfers who achieve a Hole in One, go on to make another. This gives us all a modicum of hope when we see that car up for offer in a ProAm or the Chip and Spin girl on the courses on the Costa Blanca (or hope that we are part of the 86 percent

to avoid the bar bill). 9. EXPERIENCE HELPS It’s no secret that to get a Hole in One you have to play a lot to get the experience unless you just happen to be very lucky (or unlucky) depending on how you look at it. On average, a golfer will need to be playing for 24 years to achieve the feat. 10: THE BEST BALL Despite luck being the key factor, statistics show that 45 percent of aces are scored with a Titleist; Nike on 14 percent and Top Flite on eleven percent. OMG! My DDH is not listed!! Just to round off (no pun intended) but here is something interesting about that unique ball strike. In America if you have a hole-in-one, you’re expected to buy everyone a drink in the clubhouse. However in Japan, it is traditional to share your good luck by buying your playing partners expensive gifts. In Spain everybody should buy you a drink!!

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Friday 23rd September 2016

Benijofar Victory

Successor Silence

A keenly contested opener to the season watched by a good crowd, saw CD Benijofar pick up a deserved three-nil victory over CD Montesinos last weekend. Most of the first half hour saw the game being contested in the middle of the park, until a blunder in the Monte defence saw Benijofar take the lead through Pitu. The only other chance in the first half came just before half time when Monte had a one on one chance thwarted by a good save. Monte started the second half with more aggression

and put the green-shirted Benijofar side under pressure until the 57th minute when they went two-down as Saez lost possession just outside the box, and Berni scored. It was then all over after an hour when Monte again gave away the ball outside the penalty area, and fine skills from Sergio sealed the deal for Benijofar. Benijofar are away to CD Murada tomorrow (Saturday) with a 4.30 pm kick-off whilst CD Montesinos have a blank weekend due to teams pulling out of the league.

Champions League CD Torrevieja have still have not named a new coach after last Thursday’s resignation of Carlos Gabriel Correa Viana "Correa", which came too late to be includ-

ed in last week’s Courier. Correa quit after Torrevieja’s worst ever start to the season which has seen them lose their first five matches, including last week’s midweek

fixture against Rayo Ibense. The club issued a statement claiming that they planned to announce his replacement “in a matter of hours”, but as The

Courier went to press a week later, no announcement has been made. Torry entertain Novelda this Sunday at the Nelson Mandela Stadium with a 6.00 pm kick-off.

Obele’s Early Strike

CD ALMORADI 1 RECAMBIOS COLON 1 A share of the spoils was a fair result witnessed by 400 spectators at the Sadrián staidum last Sunday as Almoradi dominated the first half, and the visitors held the upper hand in the second period of play. Obele gave Almoradi the lead in the seventh minute and he looked their best player until he

limped off with an injury just before the interval which helped to give Colon a second-half boost. The visitors started after the break in a positive mood looking for an equaliser, which they duly got from an Eric header in the 63rd minute. Colon looked more dangerous but Almoradi did

have a good chance from Sergi Murcia saved by Coronado with a quarter of an hour remaining, and they could even have snatched it with a Saul injury time header . Almoradi are away to Crevillente, who won two-nil at Borriol last weekend, this coming Sunday with a 6.00 pm kick-off. Elsewhere in group six of the third division, Orihuela were beaten one-nil at home by Elche Ilicitano, and that ended up costing coach Miguel Ángel Nicolás his job, after recording one win in the first six matches of the season. 40-year old Orihuelaborn José Manuel Roca Cases takes over as boss, having played in goal for Orihuela, and who has

Lucas Late Show An injury time volley from Dani Lucas helped Thader to get a share of the spoils against promotion favourites Benidorm last Saturday. The home side started brightly with more of the possession, but the visitors actually had the better scoring chances, looking especially dangerous on the counter-attack. Somewhat surprisingly though was nil-nil at the interval. It was more of the same at the start of the second half with Thader controlling the game, and also managing to create some very good chances. First, after some neat passing in midfield, Rubén Sanz was played in one on one with the keeper Nico, but hit his shot straight at Nico’s chest. Then minutes later, Thader were through on goal, and just when José Manuel looked like scoring, a Benidorm defender made a great a last ditch tackle to clear the ball.

CD THADER 2 CD BENIDORM 2 The misses proved costly as the visitors broke and scored straightaway through Guerrero, and then they doubled their advantage five minutes later after a sloppy midfield Thader pass set up Benidorm’s Guerrero for his second strike, and Puncho perhaps should have sealed up the points minutes later. Thader though would not give up, and with eight minutes remaining, Valentin made a chance for himself with the

striker making no mistake with his finish. Then as time was running out for the home side, the 92nd minute saw a free kick cleared to the edge of the box, straight to ex-Torrevieja player Dani Lucas, who sweetly volleyed it first time to pull a point out of the fire much to the joy of the home fans. Thader have four points on the board after three matches and travel to Redovan this Sunday morning with an 11.30 am kick-off.

recently been coaching in Greece. His first match will be at Alamazora this Sunday lunchtime, whilst Elche Ilicitano entertain unbeaten Olimpic Xativa, who are unbeaten and have dropped just one point.

Tuesday 27 September 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45 20:45

Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid CSKA Moscow v Tottenham Hotspur Dinamo Zagreb v Juventus FC København v Club Brugge Leicester City v FC Porto Monaco v Bayer 04 Leverkusen Sevilla v Lyon Sporting Lisbon v Legia Warsaw

Wednesday 28 September

20:45 Arsenal v FC Basel 20:45 Atlético de Madrid v FC Bayern München 20:45 Besiktas v Dynamo Kyiv 20:45 Borussia Mönchengladbach v Barcelona 20:45 Celtic v Manchester City 20:45 FC Rostov v PSV 20:45 Ludogorets Razgrad v Paris Saint-Germain 20:45 Napoli v Benfica

Friday 23rd September 2016

Five Star Barca LEGANES 1 BARCELONA 5

Messi Injured BARCELONA 1 ATLETICO MADRID 1

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JOSE’S CE UNITED FA CITY

Lionel Messi's brace ensured Barcelona got back on track in La Liga as they overwhelmed Leganes last Saturday after slipping to Alaves. Messi opened the scoring before setting up Luis Suarez, who claimed two assists during a typically unselfish display. Neymar added a third before the break, while a Messi penalty and Rafinha stunner put the visitors five up, before a late consolation from Gabriel.

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Barcelona were held by Atletico on Wednesday in a game which saw Lionel Messi brought off with a groin injury which will see him out of action for three weeks. Ivan Rakitic gave Barcelona the lead with a glancing header on 41 minutes, but Messi and Busquets were forced off with injuries after the break. Atletico equalised through Angel Correa, who capitalised on Javier Mascherano's slip to slot the ball into the bottom corner after the hour mark. Barca go to Sporting Gijon this Saturday afternoon.

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Is Neymar going too far? La Liga leaders Real Madrid overcame Espanyol on Sunday to equal Barcelona's record of 16 consecutive La Liga wins. The victory matches the efforts of their fierce rivals, who achieved the feat under Pep Guardiola in the 2010-11 season. In the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and Karim Benzema stepped up to score.

Home Setback ELCHE 0 LUGO 3

Real failed in their bid to win a record 17th straight La Liga game, as they were held to a draw by Villarreal on Wednesday. The visitors took the lead in first-half stoppage time through a Bruno Soriano penalty, after Sergio Ramos' handball. Ramos made amends pulling Real level with a header three minutes after the break, but Real’s pressure on Villarreal couldn’t be converted into a winner. Real stay on top of La Liga and are away to Las Palmas tomorrow.

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Barcelona forward Neymar has drawn criticism this week for his showboating, but has the Brazilian really gone too far? Neymar angered critics with moves that "provoked the opposition" during Barcelona's 5-1 win at Leganes on Saturday, and the strong tackles he received in the final few minutes after throwing one too many stepovers for the newlypromoted hosts' liking added credence to such claims. Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone: "Neymar is an extraordinary player. He has found in Barcelona the right place to express his talent. "Everyone has their own style and their own way of playing. He has been criticised, even in his personal life. He enjoys himself, sings, dances... and destroys teams. They can keep criticising him, the kid responds where he must respond."

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Unbeaten Lugo kept their fine start to the Segunda division season going as the Ilicitanos suffered their first home defeat of the current campaign on Saturday. Elche were second-best in all departments as the visitors controlled the match with a Pelegrín own goal opening the scoring on the quarter hour. Campillo doubled the advantage after 34 minutes, with substitute Igor Martínez sealing the deal in the 80th minute.

Two late goals in a minute helped Elche get their first Segunda division away win of the season as they recovered from their weekend home defeat to Lugo. An uneventful first half led to a second period that brought more of the same until a Hervías low cross/shot from outside the area in the 79th minute surprised the Huesca defence to go into the net. Javi Noblejas doubled the lead within a minute and substitute Nino sealed the points seven minutes later. The Ilicitanos are at home to Levante this Saturday evening.

Manchester rivals United and City will meet at Old Trafford in the fourth round of the EFL Cup. Elsewhere West Ham will host London rivals Chelsea, while Tottenham travel to Liverpool. The ties will be played on the week beginning October 24th. City, who won the cup last season after beating Liverpool on penalties, are yet to lose under Pep Guardiola this season. Jose Mourinho's United ended a run of three successive defeats against Northampton, a sequence that had started with the 2-1 derby loss to City.

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Y B R E D AW DR EFL = Awful… The sponsorless Football League, or ‘EFL’ Cup has now become a Mickey Mouse affair that is only any good for lower clubs and their players to hopefully cock a snoot at their mightier and wealthier soccer cousins: those biggies who have very little to gain and everything to lose in a tie. Previous sponsors have included the Milk Marketing Board, Rumbelows, Coca Cola, Worthington, Carling, and lately-butno-more Capital One. Now nobody wants to sponsor this unexciting affair, it’s so low priority with the wealthy clubs – and it’s hard for real football enthusiasts to get excited about such a non event. Unlike the more ‘romantic’ FA Cup, where even non-league teams can battle through to thrillingly take on the big boys, the all-league affair represents a dread of failure for the superstars and their managers. Merged into midweek, in some cases like this week, it causes those big names to play three games in one week, far from ideal for those involved. Top football today is played at such a space that resting time is crucial, especially for footballers now playing into their thirties. The unfancied reserves are regularly wheeled out and blamed when it all goes wrong (Arsenal and Manchester United are traditionally two of the main culprits), while on a few isolated occasions the underdogs revel in their rare moments of glory. Over the years, but not for a while, unfancied winners of the League Cup have included Birmingham, Swindon Town, Oxford United, Sheffield Wednesday, Luton Town and Queens Park Rangers. Although Liverpool hold the record of eight wins, it’s often a lesser Prem club that gets a chance of glory at Wembley for their faithful fans, like Swansea in 2013. Otherwise for the majority of us – forget it!

Kompany injury scare Manchester City were left sweating on a possible injury to captain Vincent Kompany after he went off late in his comeback game at Swansea. Kompany, who had not played since damaging his thigh in the Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid in May, departed during the dying seconds of Wednesday night's 2-1 EFL Cup victory at the Liberty Stadium. Goals from Gael Clichy and Aleix Garcia ultimately sealed the deal for Man City but substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson pulled one back for Swansea in injury time, after which Kompany hobbled down the players' tunnel as the home side pushed in vain for an late equaliser via a last-gasp corner.

All Over Again! West Ham needed an injury time free-kick from Dimitri Payet to beat League Two Accrington Stanley. There will be at least two Championship sides in the quarter-finals after Rafa Benitez's Newcastle were drawn against Preston, while Norwich travel to Leeds. Hull face Championship side Bristol City while Southampton and Sunderland were paired in another all-Premier League encounter. Arsenal face Reading, who they came from 4-0 behind to beat7-5 in the League Cup fourth round in 2012.

A Lot To Lose! Shh, but the whispers are out in the footb a l l world… Three-

defeatsi n - a week Man U n i t e d fans are wondering wtf it’s clearly not written in the script to lose like this, writes JOHN MCGREGOR. Following the last few years’ disappointments, United have since:- A) Secured the services of arguably one of the world’s great managers; B) Spent an awful lot of money on some very expensive players; C) Painfully lost the Manchester derby by a mile to their detested neighbours, and then D) Lost the next two in Europe to Feyenoord and to Watford in the Prem. Sure, in the boring EFL Cup on Wednesday the reserves +

the-big-guns-when-needed, unconvincingly stuttered past Northampton 3 – 1 the final score to set up tomorrow’s home showdown against champions Leicester City. There are some curly questions already being asked within the Old Trafford House – Jose Mourinho’s latest stunt in self-delusion is to publicly blame his players. Now that is a dangerous ploy, one he wisely stopped just short of, before his demise at Chelsea. United left back and England star Luke Shaw has just recovered from a badly broken leg, playing his way back to his previously fine form before the accident. But rather crassly by modern management style standards, Mourinho was quick to point the finger after the Watford defeat, where the Hornets superior teamwork and team spirit stung their wealthy opponents soft underbelly. Well, on paper Man United v Leicester looks innocent enough. But the feisty Foxes are the reigning Premier League champions, and after a modest start are now beginning to re-assert themselves in their bid to retain the title. Traditionally, Old Trafford

is a daunting proposition for any visitors, but with two thumping 3 – 0 wins within a week, one away in Europe to Bruges, the other in the Prem over Burnley, and last year’s sensational results, Leicester fear no-one. But at the Theatre of Dreams, there have been recent nightmares: the new season/new manager/new players optimism has been quickly eroded: another savage defeat w o u l d really set the tongues wagging.

OLYMPICS The Italian Olympic chief has reacted angrily to the refusal of the mayor of Rome to support the city's bid to host the 2024 Games. Calling the decision "demagogic and populist", Giovanni Malago insisted the project was financially viable. Mayor Virginia Raggi rejected the bid on Wednesday on the grounds that it would be "irresponsible", and would leave the Italian capital indebted. Boston and Hamburg have already dropped out of the running for the 2024 Games. TENNIS World number two Andy Murray says he is "not sold" on plans to let cities bid to stage the Davis and Fed Cup finals. A revamp of the team tennis events has been put forward by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Britain's Murray welcomed ITF proposals to shorten Davis Cup matches from best-of-five sets to best-ofthree and stage finals over two days instead of three. But he added: "The home and away aspect of the Davis Cup is something I enjoy and makes it different and special." Other proposals include doubling the Fed Cup World Group to 16 teams to match the men's event. FORMULA 1 Formula 1 team owner McLaren has dampened down a report that Apple has made a buyout or investment approach for the supercar maker. The Financial Times reported that talks had started several months ago. But a McLaren spokesman said: "We can confirm that McLaren is not in discussion with Apple in respect of any potential investment." However, the firm "regularly" has "confidential conversations with a wide range of parties", he added.

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TIGER ALERT Europe's Lee Westwood says Tiger Woods' role as a USA vice-captain for next week’s Ryder Cup could have an "adverse effect in the team room". The ex-world number one will be one of America’s four vice-captains, but Woods has won only one of the six Ryder Cups he has competed in. "People have always seemed to try to do too much when they have partnered him," said Westwood.

BIG CAPITAL CLASH Saturday’s Match of the Day sees Arsenal entertain Chelsea, writes JOHN MCGREGOR. The Gunners have reloaded again after another modest start, as they put four past hapless-Hull-at-home, to look more Arsenal-like once more in fourth place – oh, and drat, four more past my Forest in Nottingham in the EFL. Meanwhile, cracks are appearing in the Bridge, as Chelsea have stuttered after their initially good start, with ruthless Roman Abramovich far from amused at the Liverpool defeat. On Tuesday, fielding the reserves, Chelsea were 2 – 0 down to Leicester in the EFL Cup, before bringing on the big guns to win after extra time. But as many before – eleven, actually but who’s Conteing (sic) - including mighty Mourinho have found out, it doesn’t take too long before the Russian oligarch’s patience runs out!

LONDON’S PITCH Major League Baseball says it held "a very good meeting" with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan about playing matches in the capital. The sport's commissioner Rob Manfred met Khan on Sunday but no deal was agreed about which teams would play. Khan said that talks were under way with MLB and the New York Mets to play matches at London Stadium, after plans to host regular season games in London were abandoned in July. MLB has never been played in Europe.

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IT’S A FUNNY OLD GAME Hull City started the season with 13 fit players and no manager, but they won the first few games, causing a clamour for acting boss Mike Phelan to get the job full-time. So he gets it, very belatedly – and of course Hull lose immediately to Arsenal! This Saturday, the Tigers need teeth away to excit-

ing Liverpool, with the foraging Reds fifth in the table. Everton’s new manager Ronald Koeman has started well to sit second only to mighty Man City. On Tuesday in the EFL Cup, the Dutchman made six changes, only to go down at home to Norwich, despite enjoying dominat-

ing possession. Back in the Premier League, it’s a long time since the Blue corner of Liverpool were second, and at Bournemouth, Everton will want to erase last season’s disappointment of winning well, only to lose in the final minutes in a pulsating match.

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