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Friday 5th December 2014
UNSEASONAL SPIRIT
WIDOW ROBBED THREE TIMES IN A MONTH
By TONY MAYES
A 74yearold Torrevieja woman has discovered how wicked some people can be not once but three times – after she suffered an unwanted hattrick of daylight mug gings in just in a MONTH. Maria Carmen Schroeler, who lives in Los Balcones, was not injured in the attacks, but as she told The Courier, her faith in basic human nature has been stretched to breaking point. Maria is severely infirm, and has difficulty walking even short distances. She walks with a stick making her an easy target for opportunist thieves who make their attacks in broad daylight. A few years ago, when leaving a branch of the Mercadona supermarket, Maria had her purse snatched. She thought that would be the first and last time she had to ensure such a thing, but things got much worse last month. Maria Carmen, who was widowed just six months ago, went to the Santander Bank on Torrevieja’s seafront at the start of November, where she drew out 300 euros for a fort
night’s housekeeping. But as soon as she got outside, a scruffylooking man in his fifties pushed her and she fell. He then made off with her purse containing all the money. She hadn´t fully recovered from that attack when it happened again, when she was outside a chemist. In that case, an East European woman brushed up to her, and then pushed Maria Carmen and snatched her handbag which again contained about 300 euros. The last attack again happened outside the Santander Bank, on Tuesday of last week. A friend had taken Maria Carmen to Torrevieja Hospital to have major ulcers on her legs redressed, and then took her to the bank to sort out her financial affairs out following her husband´s death as well as drawing out 500 euros to keep her going during the lead up to Christmas. She noticed a young man in his thirties inside the bank and he followed her out when she went through the double security doors. Once outside, he pushed her hard and she fell to the ground, with her purse once again snatched. In total, the last month has left the disabled widow just over one thousand euros worse off thanks to the three daylight street robberies. Maria Carmen told The Courier: "These people are just plain wicked. They target the old and infirm and strike so quickly. We don´t stand a chance against strong, young peo ple. If I met someone so hard up, I would give them 20 euros to help them out. Why are some people so cruel these days?" she asked.
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Last weekend’s rough weather led higher sea levels causing damage to some of the Torrevieja area beaches. Around 40 metres of the Playa de Los Locos walkway (pictured) got hit badly along with the Playa del Cura. Repairs to some of the access points at Los Locos could take several weeks. Heavy rain then struck on Wednesday evening across the Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa areas which had not been forecast. A num ber of motorists were trapped in their cars, including two vehicles being caught in a flood in the N332 underpass that acts as a link to Playa Flamenca beach. La Zenia and the Cala Mosca areas also suffered, whilst there was the usual quota of flooding around La Siesta, San Luis and the Torettas in Torrevieja.
A 37 year old man died when his Audi car crashed some 20 metres off a bridge on the AP7 between Elche and Crevillente on Wednesday afternoon. The driver died instantly after the vehicle veered off the bridge in the Peña de las Águilas area, but authorities were having ini tial problems in identifying him as he was not carrying any documents or cards.
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Friday 5th December 2014
COUGH UP OVER COCK UP
An unnamed British man is get over 57 thousand euros from the Murcia Health Service in compensation after a gallstone operation went wrong nearly six years ago. The expat who lives in the Murcia city area, was admitted to the Mesa del Castillo Hospital in the southern part of the city in January 2009 for what was a fairly routine procedure on his gallstones, but he ended up with necrosis of the liver, a groin hernia and numerous scars in his stomach after a series of operations. During his first operation, a lesion was caused in the hepatic artery, so he needed a second intervention. He was then transferred to the Virgen de La Arrixaca Hospital on February 4th 2009 where had a third operation for an ischemic injury. By then the man had lost 17 kilos in weight, according to Ignacio Martínez (pictured), a locally based lawyer acting for the Patients Defence Association who has been representing the British man’s interests. Eight months later he was back under the knife for a repeated groin hernia after which he suffered a relapse but was not operated on for another two years.
UK STYLE BANK HOLIDAY
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FELINE FIND
The body of a British man, partially eaten by his cat, has been found in his Hondón de las Nieves home. Friends wondered why they had not seen the man for several days and so went to his house before making the gruesome find. The unnamed man had apparently died of natural causes.
POOCH PATROL
Elche’s police have handed out 220 warnings in November to self ish dog owners allowing their pets to foul the local streets and parks, in addition to not having them on leads or muzzles. Prosecution is taking place in 47 “repeat” cases after the monthlong campaign, with the chance of fines of up to 600 euros for not picking up dog excrement, and a top tariff of six thousand euros for the most dan gerous unmuzzled dogs.
DRAINING WORK
Rain, grey skies and turbulent weather conditions are forecast for this bank holiday week end nationally in Spain according to the State meteorological agency, AEMET. Early indica tions are that some of the best of the sunshine will be on the Costa Blanca and the Murcia regions. Saturday December 6th and Monday December 8th are public holidays for Constitution Day and the Immaculate Conception respectively, with roads likely to be busy today (Friday) and on Monday late afternoon with people taking time away for the long week end.
Flood prevention work on Rambla Juan Mateo in Torrevieja is to be suspended over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. The half a million euro Agamed project is meant to reduce the number of floods in the area during heavy storms, but has meant the closure of a key route in the area that businesses have blamed for reduced trade at a key time of the year.
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DEMON DEATHS JOBS BOOST
A 27yearold Zaragoza woman has been accused of killing two of her children, after becoming convinced they were possessed by evil spirits. Ikram B, who has lived in Spain for six years and is originally from Morocco, has been accused of asphyxiating two of her babies and trying to kill a third after becoming convinced they were possessed by the Djinn spirit, an evil force that appears in the Koran and affects infants under three months old with demonic possession. A judge has ordered Ikram B to be remanded in custody at Zuera prison(pictured) in Zaragoza on charges of parricide, or the killing of a close family member.
IN THE SWING
A 67 year old British golf referee was one of three people arrested after an attempt to smuggle over five kilos of the drug, Mescaline, in and out of Spain. A married couple were also apprehended by authorities at a golf development in Sucina, Murcia. The arrests came as part of the recently initiated ‘Mezcal’ after authorities in Madrid airport got suspicious over a pack age posted in Peru that was en route to Murcia. Guardia Civil officers opened the parcel and found several kilos of mesca line, which causes hallucinations. Investigators found out that the plan was for some of the drug to be eventually sent on to Hong Kong with to the offices of a company that organises golf tournaments. The Guardia decided to use the parcel as bait and after getting a judge’s warrant, they took the package personally to Sucina, where the married couple (one British and one from New Zealand) and aged in their sixties, took receipt of it. A further pack was then sent to them by another carrier, and they were then arrested along with a British golf referee based in Tarragona, who knew the couple. Investigators found out that both parcels were going to be transferred to initially to the UK, before being sold there or elsewhere like Hong Kong. Some 300 thousand doses would have been available from the two packets with a total profit of up to 30 million euros.
NEW BATTLE FOR TERESA
The nurse who became infected with Ebola while treating a patient in Madrid is being sued by her local doctor over her claims that she was told to treat her symptoms with parace tomol. Teresa Romero, who caught the deadly virus from a Catholic missionary in October, is facing legal action from a GP who claims that the feverish nurse never mentioned dur ing a consultation that she had been working in an Ebola ward. The unnamed GP says that had Ms Romero been more forthcoming, she would never have been simply sent home with paracetomol, a move that made the GP look incompetent and caused a national scandal when it was first reported in the Spanish media. Meanwhile, Spain was officially declared free of Ebola on Tuesday, according to the criteria set out by the World Health Organization. The Ministry of Health confirmed the news stating, "Our country is free of the virus".
SALUD!
Beerloving Spaniards appear to be abandoning their thirst for traditional lagers as they develop a taste for a more sober lifestyle. A new Mintel study suggests that 60% of Spain’s beer drinkers now go for alcoholfree choices, making them Europe’s largest con sumer of nonalcoholic beer.
A total of 14,688 people left Spain's jobless queues in November, leaving the total number of people registered as looking for work at 4,512,166, according to official figures released this week. This is the best November figure since 1996, or since current records began, according to Spain's employment ministry. Unemployment has risen by an average of 64,000 in November in the last six years, but in seasonally adjusted terms, unemployment queues for last month shrunk by 51,308. In the last year, the jobless rate has come down by 296,792 people, the biggest NovembertoNovember fall since 1998. Locally, figures for Alicante Province actually showed a rise of 1,370 for November, with the total figure standing at just over 205 thousand. 836 left the dole register in the Murcia Region, with over 142 thousand people registered as unem ployed.
HOLE IN ONE
RAJOY STANDS FIRM
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has blasted out a firm “no” to any challenges to national unity, making his pledge in the capital of Catalonia, which last month staged its symbolic vote on independence. "I will not allow challenges to the unity of Spain," Rajoy said in a weekend speech to support ers of the Partido Popular in Barcelona. "No one should have to choose between being Catalan or Spanish."
GOLDIE COMES HOME
A fivestar hotel in La Manga has been crowned as the Best Golf Hotel in Spain, beating off opposition from a num ber of Costa del Sol based establishments at the inaugural World Golf Awards hosted in Portugal. The Hotel Principe Felipe has had a year to remember after opening a new one million euro worldclass golf tuition facility at the venue as well as its own golf academy.
TWO FOR TORRY?
Two new hotels of between a three and four star rating are claimed to be coming to Torrevieja. One is said to be in the Los Europeos area of La Mata, backed by foreign investment whilst the other is projected to be in the Campico de San Mamés area. Torrevieja’s planning boss Francisco Moreno(pictured) said that the council were looking forward to seeing the plans for the La Mata project, and alleged that there was great interest by hotel developers in the San Mamés site.
A neglected horse with crippling front hoof problems has returned to the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales after receiving lifesaving surgery in Barcelona. Goldie came to the Centre last year with severe laminitis in both her front feet, which is a very painful condition caused by years of neg lect. “All of her life she was kept on her own in the most horren dous circumstances and just fed rubbish,” Centre cofounder Sue Weeding told The Courier. Goldie was sent to Equihealth Veterinarios clinic in Barcelona in October, for a highly specialised surgery, which was her last chance. “She’s a lot more comfortable now and is able to move freely without painkillers so that’s been a huge success,” says Sue. “She will always have to have special medical shoeing, but we’re very fortunate that our farrier has worked with and has had training by the Equihealth Clinic so he can continue the work that was done in Barcelona.”
Friday 5th December 2014
ADIOS CARLOS
Carlos Fabra, the man responsible for the infamous 'ghost airport' in Castellón finally went to prison on tax fraud charges on Monday, after a decadelong legal battle and a lengthy appeals process. Fabra, the former president of the Partido Popular in Castellón province in the north of the Valencia region, entered Aranjuez prison after a judge gave him five days in which to voluntary enter a facility of his choice. He will spend four years there after being found guilty of tax fraud in November 2013. A supreme court appeal was later overturned in July. He was sentenced to four years in prison after he and his exwife were found to have over three million euros in unexplained earnings from 1999 to 2004. He was also found guilty of failing to pay one million euros in tax. His conviction ended a decadelong legal saga in which eight judges were unable to make charges stick. It is said Fabra ruled Castellón province like his own private fiefdom, and he is the man behind the white elephant that is Castellón airport, which cost150 million euros, but which has yet to receive a single flight.
BRAWL OF THE DAY
21 people have been arrested after a Sunday morning street fight between football fans which left one man dead. The police have been crit icized for being unprepared for the violence that broke out before Sunday's Atlético–Deportivo match, with a government spokesperson saying a fan's death could have been avoided had the match been classed as high risk. Violent clashes led to the death of lifelong Deportivo fan and fatheroftwo, Francisco Javier Romero Taboada, aka 'Jimmy'. The fatal brawl took place between the 'ultra', or organised hooligan, supporters of Atletico Madrid, Frente Atletico, on the extreme right, and the extremeleft ultra supporters of Deportivo La Coruña, Riazor Blues. Atletico have subsequently have stripped Frente Atlético of official fan club status, it announced on Tuesday. It will now use "all means within its power" to stop banners or other distinctive paraphernalia associated with the group from being displayed in its home ground, the Vicente Calderón. Authorities described Sunday's events as exceptional, but also as "extremely serious", promising that they would come down hard on clubs that didn't take action against hooligan fans.
MORE FOR ALICIA
More money has come into the coffers of a Torrevieja single mother in her fight from being evicted and losing custody of her son. More than two thousand euros has been raised in just over a month, with a raffle at a night of entertainment last Saturday at Punta Prima’s Asturias Restaurant getting a bumper sum of 325 euros. Two years ago Alicia Garcia’s fridge/freezer caught fire at her Los Altos flat, and the blaze spread into a communal area between other properties. Because she was uninsured she faced a 4,378 euro for damage caused to a neighbour's property. The insurance company issued a court summons for her to appear on December 15th, which could have led to her being evicted from her home and her nine year old son, Angel, being put into care. The Englishspeaking community have rallied to her help, supported by the charity Help at Home Costa Blanca, The Courier newspaper and the local church. As reported a fortnight ago, the insurance company has suspended the court action until least the end of February which means that the imminent threat of eviction has been lifted due to the fundraising that has taken place. Pictured are Angel Garcia in the front with his mother behind along with some of the guests and organisers of last Saturday’s function.
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THROWN BY A STICK
APART from his annual bouts of depression because I refused to enter him into Crufts, my first dog appeared to be a con tented, scruffy, middle sized mongrel. But was he? I mean I'm not disputing that Brian was a scruffy, middlesized mongrel and that was why I did not dare enter him into prestigious dog shows. No, I take exception to Mrs S's belief that her beloved pooch was a happy and satisfied beast ie. In all honesty, I thought he could be a bit mean and moody at times. Brian's best friend was the Jack Russell terrier who lived up the street and I once asked his owner if his dog might be able to shed any light on my dog's puz zling personality. My neigh bour pointed out that ani mals very rarely confided in him. 'So how is your Jack keeping these days?' I asked his owner in an attempt to appear sociable. 'My Jack is studying for a BSc Honours degree in Economics and Mathematical Sciences,' he replied. 'Wow!' I said, impressed. 'That is one clever dog you have there.' My neighbour slammed his open palm against his brow in acute frustration. 'How many times do I have to tell you? Jack is my eldest son. My dog's name is Rex.' Anyway, according to Mrs S, if Brian had his problems, it was because of my antipa thy towards him. But how could she possibly say that? I was reared by parents who were crazy about animals. My folks owned many creatures including a dog named Rover, a cat called Tiddles and a budgie named
Joey. Not very imaginative of them, I know, but you get my drift. I was brought up with animals and I loved them all dearly. 'Point of order!' shouted Mrs S the other evening. 'I happen to know that in your childhood home, YOU came
I blushed furiously. 'Who told you that?' I demanded. 'No, don't tell me. I bet it was that Porky the pig who squealed on me. I remem ber his beadyeyed pres ence in our kitchen, taking in everything that was going on. Yes, that nosy swine
'Actually, it was your psychi atrist who mentioned your deprived upbringing. I fully understand that this is why you are a grumpy old beg gar but that was no reason to take out your childhood unhappiness on our dear pet Brian.'
points of patient confiden tiality. 'Tell me something,' I said to Mrs S. But before I could continue, she stated: 'Caracas is the capital of Venezuela. There, I've just told you something.' 'Tell me something else,' I
last in the pecking order. Everybody and everything got their meals before you did.'
was always sticking his snout into the Silver family's business.’ Mrs S shook her head.
'Absolute garbage!' I snapped, at the same time vowing to visit my analyst to remind him about the finer
said. 'How come whenever I threw a stick for our dog to chase he would just sit there and refuse to fetch it?'
Mrs S snorted. 'Why should our Brian have fetched the stick when it was YOU who threw it! Why did n't YOU bring back the stick? It was your idea to fling it in the first place.' I stared at Mrs S. 'Firstly, please don't refer to me in capital letters it makes me nervous. Secondly, it's a dog's job to fetch sticks.' Mrs S snorted again. 'And how do you figure that, Grumpy?' 'Because,' I explained, 'the motion of throwing the stick ignites the prey instinct in the dogs which causes them to chase after it. They bring it back because the dog wants to share its kill with you.' Mrs S snorted yet again. 'Sharing its kill? My good ness, if our Brian was here now I'd have to cover his ears. That pooch was a sen sitive soul and I miss him madly. And by the way, where did you get all that stuff about killsharing and prey instinct?' I mentally reached into the quiver containing my sarcasmtipped arrows and fired one. 'I got it from read ing the dogs’ column in The Caracas Courier when I was in Venezuela looking for a new wife.' When Mrs S snorted for a fourth time I reverted to my concerned husband mode and said: 'Darling, you are either starting a head cold or you're morphing into Porky the pig.' Mrs S sighed and took my hand. 'I hate it when we argue. Let's change the sub ject and cease talking about dogs chasing sticks.' 'Oh, it's not only sticks that dogs chase,' I said. 'I was talking balls, too.' Mrs S raised her eye brows and said: 'I rest my case.'
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NOT HAPPY
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WALK THIS WAY
A quarter of a million euro revamp of the La Mata walkway in Torrevieja has got underway. The two month long project is meant to repair the damage caused by natural erosion to the three kilometre long pathway which was full completed 11 years ago.
GLASSES HALF FULL
Nearly a million people hit the streets across Spain last Saturday to protest against the Madrid government. The biggest gathering was in the capital with around half a million show ing their anger over what they claimed were policies from the Rajoy administration that had increased poverty and unemployment.
CALLING TIME
Late night revellers are to be curbed in the Los Palacios area of Formentera after com plaints from local residents. Mayor Francisco Cano has unveiled proposals for a new plan that will see bars and clubs having to be properly licensed and opening hours to be restricted in the early hours in a wider part of Los Palacios.
WEEDING OUT THE WEEVIL
Murcia region sixth formers will be shown the dangers of drinkdriving with the help of a new pair of glasses that will simulate the boozy sensation! The spectacles will show the wearer how their vision and balance changes when they are over the legal limit, as well as helping them to understand how large quantities of alcohol affect their decision making. Another part of the campaign to influence tomorrow’s drivers will include past victims of acci dents talking about how their lives have changed after being knocked down by a drunk behind the wheel. Spain’s is viewed as having a dreadful road safety record and this is all part of a fresh initiative to get the acci dent numbers down.
WANTED
Murcian officials have asked for EU help to fight the dreaded the red palm weevil beetle, which is threatening to strip the region of palm trees. The area is looking for new ways of dealing with the pest, as current curbs are not working well enough. Early detection by drones is one idea, as well as putting in some sort of protective barrier around the tree, in addition to high quality traps. The weevil first arrived in the Valencian region’s first reported case back in 2005, which also saw the first sighting in Murcia.
STILL HEALTHY
Cuts to health care spending in Spain were three times higher than the European average from 2009 to 2012, with waiting lists to see specialists an area of particular concern for the country, a new OECD report shows. Spain cut its health care spending by 1.9 percent a year against an average of 0.6 percent in the 35 countries looked at in the OECD's new Health at a Glance: Europe 2014 document. Most of the Spanish savings came from a reduced pharmaceutical bill after the govern ment excluded around 400 medications from the health service. However, Spain's health spending level of 9.3 percent of GDP remains above the European average of 8.7 percent. People in the country also live longer than anywhere else in Europe — an average of 82.5 years, just ahead of Italy and 5.5 years longer than in 1990, partly because of the country's universal health cover, according to experts.
The National Crime Agency is appealing to the public to help find a suspected member of a Merseyside based organ ised criminal network that plotted to smuggle up to 40 tonnes of drugs into the UK. Paul John Scott, aged 32, from Liverpool, is wanted for questioning in connection with the plot to import cocaine from South America hidden inside tins of fish and wooden pallets. The Guardia Civil in Spain would also like to talk to Scott about the murder of British national Francis Brennan in Alicante earlier this year. Scott is believed to be in Europe and has links to Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. The appeal for Scott pre cedes the sentencing on 5th December at Liverpool Crown Court of his criminal associate for conspiracy to import cocaine. Jennings was arrested in May 2014 by NCA officers while walking his dog in Walton. Twentyfour members of the highly sophisticated international criminal network were jailed for more than 250 years in October 2011. “We are working closely with Merseyside Police and the Spanish authorities to locate him but we need the help of the public too. “If you have information on the whereabouts of Scott, no matter how small or trivial it seems, please contact the NCA or Crimestoppers anonymously.” Anyone in Spain with information can call a special freephone number 900 555 111 which will be answered in the UK by Crimestoppers’ call agents. A translation service is avail able upon request.
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THE O’BRIEN LANGUAGE CENTRE
The O'Brien Language Centre in San Miguel is not only giving young people and adults a chance to improve their academic grades and/or understanding of English, but is giving teenagers the opportunity to see and feel 'real' content. Our Geography students have been learning about rivers, water usage and all things watery, but what better way to make this come alive than to get in a minibus, mobile 'phones fully charged, picnics packed, and head for the beautiful surroundings of Moratalla via almost impassable detours up steep inclines. Thanks to the Head of Centre, the eponymous John, we successfully reached our misty destination after the obligatory stop to see whether we could actually get a signal on our lifesupport machines, aka mobiles. I could get all oldfogey here and remind you that there was a time when teenagers did not come out of the womb with the latest machine, but I won't. I also won't regale you with how John and I, with our combined age of 122, were far ahead of all of the youngsters in our treks over rivers, down slopes and across marsh land. Suffice to say we were not focusing on how muddy our fashionable clothing was being 'spoiled' by nature. These young people, if asked, would surely tell you they now have a more effective understanding of this part of their exam course, have a more sophisticated apprecia tion of what might seem 'dry' (pun intended) in a text book but is now a part of their memory bank, ready to be applied in upcoming exams. The test to determine if the students had exerted both brain and sinew during the day: they slept on the way back. Derek Raishbrook Geography teacher: O'Brien Language Centre.
IF YOU CANT STAND ALL DOLLED UP THE HEAT
An iconic factory which pro duced flamenco dolls in the Andalusian town of Chiclana has finally shut down after 86 years in existence, claiming it is a victim of competition from Asia. Marín's unique dolls, which adorn the top of many Spanish television sets, were wellknown throughout the world but competition, particularly from China, has now seen the company close its doors. It marks the end of a tenyear long struggle to keep the business afloat. In 2009, the Marín work force was cut from 17 to just five, but at its peak in the 1960s and 1970s, the firm employed over 100
The chef at Casa Julio restaurant in the village of Fontanars dels Aforins, on the border of Alicante and Valencia provinces has decided to hand back his coveted Michelin star because he can’t take the added pressure after being in the famous guide for the last four years. Casa Julio has been run by the Bioscas family since the 1940’s, and in the mid2000s, under fourthgeneration Julio Biosca, the restaurant saw a distinct change in its cuisine, attracting the prestigious Michelin guide, but putting off locals who didn't appreciate the new, smaller portions and modern twist on traditional Spanish cuisine. Julio had wanted to incorporate what he had learnt while working at the Bilbao restaurant, Zortziko, where he met José Luis Ungidos, who would become chef at Casa Julio. “We were looking for something new based on traditional cuisine”, he told the newspaper, El País. But after four years in the Michelin guide, Julio had had enough. He has nothing but respect for the Michelin guide, "The inspectors work really well…It is because of the respect that I have for the guide that I preferred to leave it". Julio says it is not the publication that he has a problem with but, "the whole world that’s generated around it". "When everyone is telling you you’re the best, when you don’t get your second Michelin star, you’re psed off." But it´s not as easy to give back your Michelin star as you might think. Julio wrote to the guide in 2013 but was still featured in the 2014 edition, only finally managing to hand back his star in time for the 2015 edition, published a couple of weeks ago. Casa Julio is not the first restaurant to give back its Michelin start. In 2005, French chef Alain Senderens chef renounced his three Michelin stars, saying, "In these restaurants it’s all about the theatre. It has little to do with real life". Many restaurants complain that, if anything, they lose money after receiving the Michelin star. Ferran Adrià explained in his memoirs that he lost half a million euros a year while the head chef of renowned Spanish restaurant, elBulli. So for many, the coveted star can be a curse rather than a blessing.
LIST OF SHAME
Spain is home to more endangered species than any other European country. According to the latest Red List of Threatened Species, a total of 552 endangered species – including the Iberian lynx and the Mediterranean monk seal – live in Spain. This is nearly double that of the secondworst country on the European list, Greece, which has 286 ‘at risk’ species, according to the 50th annual list released by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Southern European countries are particularly bad, with Italy home to 276 endangered species and Portugal home to 254. This follows a worrying global trend with an extra 1,125 species joining the list worldwide in the last 12 months, up to 22,413 species. The announce ment comes as green groups – including Ecologistas en Accion and the World Wildlife Fund – have slammed the PP government in Madrid for continuing to allow hunting in Spain’s national parks.
people and produced around 350,000 dolls a year. The company's dolls have featured in movies by top Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar, as well as in English television shows and in an MTV awards celebration in Barcelona. Marín dolls have also been honoured at the international level with doll maker José Marín Verdugo winning top prize at the International Dolls Biennale in Krakow. All is not lost though, for fans of the dolls but a museum will continue to house examples in Chiclana.
NOT EGG-STATIC
Opposition groups in the northern city of Vitoria have described as "ridiculous" the local council's bid to enter the Guinness Book of Records by cooking the world's biggest potato omelette after reports the dish was cooked incorrectly. The Guinness Book of Records has reportedly rejected the attempt to make the biggest tortilla in the world because it did not accept the way in which it was cooked "in precooked portions and assembled like a puzzle". Chefs fried the potato, egg and onion mixture in nor malsized pans, making rectangular slabs of omelette that were then fitted together to make one gigantic tortilla. Antxon Belakortu, of the Basque nationalist party Bildu, referred to the attempt as "a cir cus" while Patxi Lazcoz, of the Basque wing of the PSOE Socialist party, called the whole episode a "scam" and said Vitoria would now be christened "the capital of the ridiculous" in the national and international press. The mayor of Vitoria, Javier Maroto of the Partido Popular, told journalists he did not yet have official notification of the rejection from Guinness but maintained that just to have attempted the record was something "positive" and "worth the effort". The tortilla consisted of 840 kilos of eggs, 1,600kg of potatoes, 30kg of onion, 10kg of salt and a whopping 150 litres of olive oil, providing 10,000 portions for the hungry hoards that crowded into the Plaza de Virgen to watch the spectacle. The attempt took place on August 2nd under the watchful eye of young Spanish chef, Senén González, who received a 2010 Spanish award for best tortilla.
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LOCAL LOOK-IN
CHOIR MIX UP OLD AND NEW
YULETIDE TUNES
The songsters and part of the congregation at the International Christian Assembly church in Torrevieja were special guests at the official switching on of the Christmas lights at Zenia Boulevard last Saturday, but there was one snag! The official event programme described them as coming from TCF, the Torrevieja Christian Fellowship, which is a completely different church! An ICA spokesperson told The Courier: "It was a bit galling, but these things happen. We were able to give a full programme of carols and we were lucky that the rain, which started about an hour earlier, stopped as we began singing." The evening began with the arrival of Father Christmas who met hundreds of parents with their children, before the turning on of the lights on the giant tree.
BLACK AND WHITE LIFT
Youngsters at the Elche Children’s Home have been given a boost of one thousand euros to help them go shopping as well as getting some essential items, all helped by a recent Black and White Night at the Quesada Country Club. The event, sponsored by Spanish Life Properties SL in Quesada, attracted 70 guests with music from PDQ. Another similar event is being planned for next May.
PHOENIX RISES FOR XMAS
The Phoenix Concert Band, pictured here in their new uniform, have recently been busy appearing at vari ous venues for the Royal British Legion in aid of the Poppy Appeal, and are now getting ready for a series of Christmas performances. The band will be taking part in a Spiritual Carol Service at Benijofar Church on Tuesday December 9th, and the following day they’ll be at the Torrevieja Christian Fellowship Church. Finally, the band have a busy Friday December 12th lined up as they’ll be taking part in the annual Torrevieja Carols in the Square at 5.45 pm before making a quick dash to Casa Ventura, in San Luis to play carols for the Torrevieja Branch of the Royal British Legion. The San Miguelbased band is going from strength under their Musical Director, Julie Schofield, and they have a wide repertoire for all tastes. Experienced players with a band background will be warmly welcomed to join, and any local groups who want to book the band should not hesitate to make contact. Phone: Julie Schofield on 634 184 747 or Email: thephoenixconcertbandgmail.com
TIP TOP NIGHT
Over 200 people enjoyed the first Help at Home Mar Menor dinner dance at the Hotel 525 in Los Alcazares, and nearly fifteen hundred euros being raised into the bargain. The raffle bagged close to a thousand euros with the special lot of a Jimi Hendrix photo, taken at his home by photographer Bill Zygmant(who was there on the night), raising 305 euros. Lesley Eburne, one of the event organisers, told The Courier: “We actually had a waiting list for tickets this year, but as it was our first event at the venue, we decided not to use the other room! It was a fantastic night, and watch out for next year, as we’ve already booked the hotel again!”
Seasonal cheer will be spread across the Orihuela Costa on Sunday December 14th, with the annual Christmas Concert presented by Nigel Hopkins at La Zenia church. The event features the chamber choir, In Harmony, as well as the Cantemos! Youth Choir. There will be plenty of audience participation with a good selection of popular Christmas carols and as an added bonus, In Harmony will be singing five festive pieces for the first time in Europe, having been written in America during the past year. Meanwhile, Cantemos! will include a medley of festive evergreens like Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, White Christmas and a special performance of Rudolf, the RedNosed Reindeer amongst many other favourites. This concert in aid of the new church building fund is always a sellout, and say it is strongly encouraged to get your six euro tickets from La Ponderosa Gift Shop on La Zenia Island as soon as possible!
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THE CHRISTMAS SHOP
The popular Christmas Shop in Torrevieja’s San Luis area has become a regular seasonal fixture over the years, but it’s a lot more than just a business. The team there value getting involved with the local community including getting involved in supporting charities like the Elche Children’s Home and the orphanage in Gandia. One of the big annual fundraising projects is the annual raffle for a seasonal hamper which will be drawn on Christmas Eve, and is used to help needy youngsters. After last year’s raffle, some two thousand euros in the pot is being used to get half price dental treatment at the Carradent Dental Practice as a well as a free checkup for the residents of the Elche Children’s Home and the Gandia orphanage. Annette English is the fundraising coordinator for the Home and the orphanage and she works with the Christmas Shop on coming up with ideas to spend the proceeds which also include creating a 30 euro voucher which the young sters can use themselves on buying toiletries from Carrefour or from other outlets like the Christmas Shop itself. So the bottom is line is clear! The more raffle tickets you buy, the more youngsters in Elche and Gandia will benefit, and donations are also gratefully received by The Christmas Shop!
WHAT TO DO IF YOU’VE BEEN BURGLED Statistics in Spain Crime rates in Spain remain among the lowest in the EU according to the latest Interior Ministry crime report. However, since the economic crisis began in 2008, there has been a steep increase in domestic burglaries and theft as a result. In 2012 the number of bur glaries in homes rose by 25.4%. The message to expat residents is not to panic. There are some simple precautions to take, as you would back in the UK, such as fitting security grills, installing exterior lights and alarms, being careful about what content is posted on social networks, especially anything to do with trips and holidays away from home. It also helps to take out a quality home insurance policy that will cover your home and its con tents should any unfortunate incident occur.
When you discover you’ve been burgled As soon as you discover you’ve been burgled, whether it’s a breakin or theft at your home, first call the police. Don’t touch anything until they arrive. A police report will be needed to process your claim. Then secure your home to avoid further damage, board up any broken windows, make a list of damaged or missing belongings, detail the damage to your home resulting from the burglary, taking photographs of damaged windows or door. At this point, you can call the claims department of your home insurance company. We advise you to have your policy on hand when you call.
Peace-of-mind with Linea Directa We understand that your peaceofmind is important, especially in your home. Our claims department will take a full statement of the circumstances of the incident. We will check the insurance coverage with you explaining all the procedures. If emergency repairs are required from locksmiths to glaziers, we will help you swiftly handle your claim and get things back to normal as soon as possible. Fortunately, incidents of theft in Spain are rel atively small compared to other EU countries, however should you be burgled, your home owner’s insurance policy will cover the loss or destruction of personal property if it’s stolen from your home.
Hold-up outside the home In many cases, your home insurance policy may cover you for any incidents that occur outside your home. Should you be the victim of a holdup outside your premises your per sonal belongings are covered. We will ensure replacement documents are quickly and efficiently dealt with, and if required, arrange the locks on your home to be changed. We hope the information provided in this article is of interest. If you would like to contact Linea Directa please call 902 123 161 More information on Linea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com
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DOT AND HER NEW FRIEND
Last week, I wrote briefly about a little kitten we had found in the street, that had been hit by a car. We have named her Dot and her leg was successfully amputated last Friday and she is making a great recov ery with us. I have to give a lot of thanks though to my dogs, who absolutely adore this little bundle of fluff, as they have become her new family. It is simply amazing to see how the animal world looks after each other. It is truly humbling. Lola, my female German Shepherd, will not leave her side. Lola never had babies, but if she did, she would have been one of the greatest Mums of all time. She simply wants to nur ture and care for every animal she sees. So rather than
me rambling on, I thought a picture speaks a thousand words, so please enjoy this selection of nature caring for each other! This is Lola at work with Dot! www.thedogyouneed.com is a registered charity, where we rehabilitate the most severely abused animals. Our charity registration number is 1157175. If you would be kind enough to donate anything to this special cause you can do by Paypal, where the account details are peter@thedogyouneed.com or to our Nat West charity account, where the sort code is 601603 and the account number is 73754900. When donating via Paypal, can you please choose the option, personal pay ment or gift. Thank you.
PETS CORNER : CAN YOU TAKE IN A HOMELESS DOG OR CAT? more. For more information on this lovely boy please telephone the P.E.P.A. helpline on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalchari ty@gmail.com
many have never had one. Can you give one of their cats a happy life and loving home? They have every variation of colour and per sonality, so there's sure to be one for you! To arrange to visit APAH's Cattery please call 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.
Little Emily and her broth er were rescued by APAH when they were puppies. Lucky George now has a home and a family, but Emily is still waiting. Could you make a little girl happy by giving her a home in time for Christmas? To meet Emily please call 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.
DANI Dani is a large GSD cross, and was found wandering in the campo. He is aged between 12 and 18months and is obedient and loving. He likes to play and loves to be with people. If you can offer this super dog a home or if you want to find out more about him, please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email: p.e.p.a.ani malcharity@gmail.com
HEIDI
ALF Alf is a two year old terrier cross. He is very placid and about the size of a spaniel so is a medium to small young man. Alf really is love ly and would make someone a very loyal companion. Please contact K9 or PHONE 600 84 54 20 for more info www.k9club.es
Heidi is such a sweet little girl, and was one of 300 dogs in a Murcia house that needed urgent rescuing. She crawled up to us on her tummy as we were leaving the house where we had already rescued 10 dogs and we couldn’t leave her. She is around eight months old, weighs about six kilos and will be medium size when fully grown. Phone: 645 469 253. www.petsin spain.com
DAISY Daisy is a one year old Jack Russell girl and was rescued from a hoarder’s house with over 300 dogs. Daisy has a lovely nature, is good with other dogs and weighs around six kilos. Phone: 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com
GRU Gru is a happy one year old boy, who has lived with a family so he knows the rules of family life. Gru is looking now for a new home. He likes people, other dogs and lives happily with cats. He would like to have a garden but if not, he enjoys good walks. He walks on a lead and off the lead. If you call Gruuuuuu he will always return. If you want him he will want you back, if you love him he will love you
DAISY
BERRY APAH currently has over 80 beautiful cats and kittens like Berry being cared for in its Cattery. Some of them have lost their loving home,
EMILY
Sasha is a six year old female Husky, was found back in February in the most terrible condition after being neglected. She had a great number of weeping sores covering a large area of her body and face and was extremely thin. She was quite fearful of people and
must have felt extremely unwell but still managed to wag her tail after a few days of good food and lots of cud dles; she became a firm favourite with the staff and volunteers here at the SAT Dolores kennels. Now she is a happy and well socialised dog who loves her walks and is very good on the lead; she
is fully vaccinated, micro chipped and spayed. All Sasha needs now is a happy and loving home which so far in her life has been sadly lacking. If you think you could give a loving home to Sasha then please contact the kennels directly on 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com
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TOP OF THE POPES
Forget the stuff about the American President being the most important person in the world, as I’ll always give that title to the Pope (Forbes magazine last month made him the fourth most important person in the world, probably behind Simon Cowell!). John Paul II did just as much to bring down communism in Eastern Europe as Ronald Reagan did, and though his successor didn’t cut the mustard for me, I have to say that I’m extremely impressed by Pope Francis. This pontiff is leading from the front on a variety of mat ters, and some of his stuffy underlings don’t like it, because I feel they have things to hide on issues like Vatican finances and child abuse, as well major and much needed reforms of the Catholic Church. The amiable Argentinian has not brushed aside the disgusting issues of pae dophile priests, stating that sex abuse was as bad “as performing a satanic mass”.
He pledged a zerotoler ance policy and even got person ally involved in the case of a former Granada altar boy that wrote to him with a series of disturbing allegations dating back some 15 y e a r s . Francis rang him a number of times to apologise and report ed the accu sations to the Spanish authorities. The Pope said the right things in an Istanbul mosque last weekend by saying that the best way of fighting extremism was to take on poverty, and he’s
shown himself to be more open to gay and lesbian matters (interestingly a dif ferent view from when he was a cardinal), as well brushing aside some of the papal trappings of opulence
by living in the Vatican guest house rather than the Papal palace. All that being said, change is a slow process in the Catholic Church, but it is good to see the right exam ple being set from the very
top by a man who clearly has a vision, but can he carry the rest of his flock with him? Mariano Rajoy’s speeches can hardly be said to be laced with hilarity but the Spanish P r i m e Minister hit the jackpot after many times of try ing last week, when he popped up in the Madrid par liament to say that corrup tion in politics was not a problem! He then went to Barcelona last weekend to say that he’d have no truck with anything that would
lead to Catalonia splitting from the rest of Spain. Rajoy looks like a man that nobody wants to listen to and with less than a year to go before the next election, do you think that the Partido Popular will take a leaf out of the old UK Tory book in years gone by, and dump him before the voters do? Switzerland is often shown up as a beacon by people in Britain wanting to leave the EU, who say that the land of bank accounts and cuckoo clocks has done perfectly well on its own. Just two days after a blatant bit of David Cameron elec tioneering over immigration and benefit payouts (too lit tle, too late for many), the Swiss heavily voted in a ref erendum not to cut down migrants coming into their country. Perhaps they realise that those coming into their beautiful part of Europe want to work hard and contribute to their econ omy, just as independent figures for the UK reflected at the start of November.
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HOW TO SAVE AND GIVE
Last week I wrote about animal testing and I men tioned the Dr Hadwen Trust who carry out tests without the use of animals and how you can see their website and maybe buy something or donate money to help their cause. This week I am going to talk a bit more about charity, and how we can help our favourite one without it costing us anything extra and can even save us money! Of course the first way we can help a local cause is by buying from a charity shop. There are always new things being brought in and the fun is in scouring through the rails looking for that bargain in your size. You can pick up anything that has been donated, from clothes and shoes to electrical appli ances, furniture and knick knacks. I do enjoy a rum mage through the various shelves but that might just be my curious nature! Sometimes I walk around and find nothing of interest but the fun is in just looking. I have picked up some great items from designer dresses to useful books, all for a frac tion of the cost if bought new. I was talking to one of
my Spanish female students who had been in a local charity shop and picked up an expensive tea set for more than a quarter of the price in El Corte Inglés. She was delight ed with this item and rightly so, as it went very well with the rest of the set that she had at home and she would never have been able to afford the full amount. The fact that it was second hand didn´t matter to her, as it was something she loved and she was happy with her pur chase. Another of my Spanish students turned her nose up when we spoke about them, but once I explained that you can buy anything, not just clothes and that the prices were great she soon began to think differently. I also explained about the recy cling issue. There are so many sweat shops all over the world, with people being
forced to work for many hours with little pay that any option for reusing items has
to help this planet. For example, if you buy a piece of wooden furniture you are
to be a good idea. Mainly women work in terrible con ditions for various multi national companies from the ones that sell fairly cheap clothes through to those top line branded goods that cost a lot of money. If you buy second hand clothes you are not only supporting the char ity but also taking money away from these big compa nies that feed off poverty. Recycling is the best way
maybe saving a tree from being cut down. If you buy a sofa or chair, you are also assisting to preserve the planet. Second hand has to be the way to go forward and some of the items that are old are in much better condition than the new equivalent as old furniture was made to last. These days the things that we buy doesn´t seem to have the quality as those in the past. I
have found some gorgeous furniture in charity shops, including real wooden cup boards, intri cately carved with sturdy metal handles. I love it more than any mod ern item I could have in my house. Another way to help charities is by going online. If you´re a buyer from sites such as Amazon, you can donate money without it costing you a cent. The web s i t e www.giveasy oulive.com has a huge amount of charities that you can help just by buying from the internet. I purchase stuff regularly from Amazon and the Dr Hadwen Trust has already benefitted from my purchases without me pay ing anything extra. The site that you buy from makes a percentage donation to the charity of your choosing, and it costs you absolutely noth ing and you can choose the
charity you wish to support and change it when you like. There are charities from the most famous such as WWF and NSPCC through to local schools and churches. You can share the link to your Facebook or other social networks and if someone signs up from it, the charity of your choice gets a five pound donation. This really is one way to give that costs you nothing, and if you buy online from a range of stores then what have you got to lose? This is one idea that really is too good to be true, which I was sceptical about until I looked into it, and now I´ve made donations simply by buying what I would have bought anyway. So go online and check out giveasyoulive.com and see for yourself. You´ve nothing to lose, and your favourite charity, whether human, animal or world has everything to gain! I always believe that charity begins at home but while I´m looking after my home and my son why not help others too? Have a great rummage next time you´re near a charity shop and get buying online, beating those Christmas queues.
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Friday 5th November 2014
BLACK FRIDAY DEBACLE
It´s amazing how quick ly otherwise "civilised" and rational human beings turn into animals or revert back into cave men. We saw it in all its glory last week on Black Friday when a section of UK society goes absolutely berserk and is prepared lit erally to go into battle simply to save a few quid off a lux ury item. Supermarkets and stores the length and breadth of Britain were reduced to chaos as shop pers fought each other over "bargains". Police were called to countless outlets where there were assaults as shoppers fought over goods. This nonsense, like so much else which is all based on human greed, has come from America. It was commonplace there for stampedes of people to go berserk, and it’s come to the UK, fuelled by stores doing their utmost to keep the tills ringing no matter what. And it´s been over hyped by the press creating the climate in which the screwloose ele ment in society think it´s a golden opportunity to go and have a punch up in a scrum. What saddens me is how near the surface the animal within us is. It takes very lit tle to bring it out. Just imag ine what would happen if there were real food short ages for a few days? Doesn´t bear thinking about. It´s amazing how the lower social end of society can find the money to go on spending sprees like this, because if you listen to Labour, you’d believe that half of the country is living in poverty. I wonder how many of these stampeding morons are also grabbing all they can in food banks? Time and time again oth erwise rational human beings go completely barmy over animals, deciding to
put themselves at tremen dous risk if their pet is in trouble. People have drowned trying to save their dog from a swollen river or a stormy sea, or to climb down highly dangerous cliffs, as examples. Last week a police officer was involved in a drugs search in Lewisham and was con fronted by a large dog which clamped its jaws on his leg and wouldn´t let go. Finally he was forced to stab it to death, with the officer having to be treated for leg w o u n d s . Complaints have poured in about the incident: How dare the police stab a dog to death? We have a very sad society when, increasingly, people value animals more than people. Could you imagine the prince of an Arab state allowing part of their reli gious services to have read ings from the Bible as well as the Koran? Anyone who suggested such a thing would more than likely be imprisoned for the rest of his life, or worse! But a "liberal" dare I say crackpot senior Church of England bishop Lord Harries, a former Bishop of Oxford thinks it would be a good idea for Prince Charles´s Coronation service(whenever that will be)to be opened by a read ing from the Koran. He said the gesture would be a ‘cre ative act of accommodation’ to make Muslims feel ‘embraced’ by the nation, according to Lord Harries of Pentregarth. He adds it would give scope to leaders
of nonChristian religions to give their blessing to the new king, and not surpris ingly he has come in for some sharp criticism. Doesn´t he know that Muslim extremists have
been killing Christians in all manner of horrific ways? Doesn´t he know that some Muslims in the UK are plot ting horrific acts of terror ism? Doesn´t he know that some Muslims have been doing everything possible to get to Syria to fight along side fellow IS extremists? Yes, it would be wonderful if we didn't have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people who take religion (sorry, their particular reli gion) so seriously they are willing to kill others and themselves to defend it and people who believe their particular religion is right and everyone else´s wrong? Turkey wants to join the EU but how on earth could a Muslim country with the atti tude to women it has, ever be part of the West? This is what Turkish President Recep Erdogan thinks about equality. He said women
cannot be treated as equal to men, and has accused feminists of rejecting moth erhood. "You cannot put women and men on an equal footing," he told
a meeting in Istanbul. "It is against nature." He dared to make this comments to a women´s conference of course appealing to the right wing Islamists. Turks who have more secular views argue that the government's social policies are taking the country in a dangerous direction. Mr Erdogan has previously urged women to have three children, and has lashed out against abortion and birth by Caesarean sec tion. "In the workplace, you cannot treat a man and a pregnant woman in the same way," Mr Erdogan said. Women cannot do all the work done by men, because it was against their "delicate nature". I wonder how many UK Muslims have Mr Erdogan´s extreme views? On face value, it seemed the rhetoric from David Cameron about curbing wel fare benefits for migrants
from the EU was just what UK voters were clamouring for. They would essentially have to wait for four years before receiving
benefits, like welfare pay ments or council homes. It all sounds great, but will it actually make any differ ence, deterring one single EU migrant from trying to get into Britain? No way. Firstly, this package has to be approved by the EU, so the chances are slim to say the least. European judges are already lining up to fine Britain mega bucks if it tries to deny child benefit to the kids of European workers in the UK. Secondly, there is already a huge network of migrants in Britain only too eager and willing to support their comrades to get a roof over their heads, even if it means 10 to a room, and to find a job, even if that job is less than the minimum wage after all, that wage is far higher than what´s on offer in Eastern Europe. And after six months trying to find legitimate work and failing, will Britain be able to deport them? Of course not
because by then they will have disappeared into that wonderful black economy. And we all know that a black economy fuels prostitution, crime, gang law, rounding up vulnerable white teenage girls into the sex trade for the gratification of fellow ethnics, etc. And we´ll still have the prats trying to tell us that immigration is good for Britain and that it brings a net financial gain to the country. Pull the other one the vast majority of migrants are young and at their most use ful in terms of work. But how about 20 to 30 years on? By then, they are more likely to by a drain on the NHS and be seeking benefits. Yes, he or she becomes an increas ingly drain on the economy, to say nothing of all the dependants he has man aged to drag into Britain in the meantime. Cameron cannot escape the fact that 280 thousand extra migrants got into the UK last year, and that´s far too many for what the country needs or wants. We´re dragging in migrants at a rate that is simply unsustainable, put ting huge strains on educa tion, health and housing. And the only way to stop it is to close the borders, which means Britain quitting the EU. Let´s face it the Tories want migration because it provides cheap labour and that pleases greedy employ ers who are hell bent on keeping wage costs down. And Labour want migration because they still, deep down, have that crazy dream of producing a utopia where all races and all reli gions live in harmony. Wonderful if it was possible. The realists know it is more than likely to end up in strife and bloodshed, which is what we are seeing more of already.
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Spanish 151 I hope you are taking the time to practise your Spanish as often as possible, and trying to include a few new words and expressions each time. The more you use the vocabu lary and grammar the more confident you will be. This week we are going to focus on a verb that has a variety of mean ings, the verb is quedar. In most books quedar will be shown as – to stay or to remain but it is used in more ways than this. In the most commonly known way it is used as in the following exam ples: Quedan dos huevos There are two eggs left / two eggs remain. ¿No te queda dinero? – Don’t you have any money left? But there are other uses for this popular verb. We can also use it to say: to suit it is used in this way to refer to clothes, here are some examples of it in this context: ¿me queda bien este vestido? – does this dress suit me? No te queda mal esa camiseta – That tshirt doesn’t look bad on you. In these sentences the use of quedar is very clear as the subjects of the sentences are this dress and that tshirt, so the meaning of quedar is clearly ´to suit´. Quedar can also be used to mean to meet when making arrangements, for example: quedamos a las nueve – we´re meeting at nine o´clock, he quedado con Juan en la plaza central –I met with Juan in the Plaza Central, again the meaning of the verb is very clear from the sentence. If we say QUEDAR EN it means to arrange to do some thing, to agree to do something, This is a slightly more complex use of quedar and in this situation, quedar must be followed by en, for example: No quedaron en nada – They didn’t agree on anything, Quedemos en vernos el jueves – Let’s arrange to see each other on Thursday, Hemos quedado en ir al cine We’ve agreed/decided to go to the cinema, Note that when quedar en is followed by a verb, the verb will be in the infinitive, eg. hemos quedado en ir al cine. A very common use of the verb is as a reflexive verb, and in this case of course it has the se ending: in this case
quedarse means to stay, to remain. Here are some examples: Me quedé en casa – I stayed at home, se quedan con sus amigos – They are staying with their friends. Once again we find many uses for one verb in Spanish, be sure to listen out for the words and see if you can pick it out of any conversation, or listen for it when you are watching the television. Of course there are other verbs that also means the same things, for example the verb conocer is also used to mean to meet someone but usually only the first meeting, after you have met it becomes quedar, or you could use a different verb altogether such as ver, for example: voy a ver mis amigos esta tarde. When I give you these lessons, it is to tell you about a specific point of grammar or vocabulary, but it doesn´t mean that there aren´t other options! Spanish is a language full of gems, and it is much more expressive than English which means that I have to calm down my Spanish stu dents when they are talking in English as they want to expand a point when in fact we speak quite simply. That´s
not to say that English is easier than Spanish, in fact, apart from the subjunctive I would say Spanish is quite simple when it comes to verbs as you can pretty much get away with a few tenses to say anything you want. Why you are learning Spanish is the reason for how perfect you want to be. If you just want to be able to speak to people then you just need to relax and go for it, don’t think too deeply and just talk. As long as people understand and you are making a real effort then you will be able to converse. Be confident, be clear, get your verb tense endings learnt and enjoy impressing your friends and family.
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Last Weeks Answers: 1) Labrador 2) Shih tzu 3) Greyhound 4) German Shephard 5) Welsh Corgi 6) Poodle 7) Jack Russell 8) Rottweiler 9) Doberman 10) Chihuahua 11) Scottish Collie 12) British Bulldog 13) Pyrenean mountain dog 14) Sharpei 15) St Bernard
TRELI ON THE TELLY TOO MUCH EARLY CHEER
do by those continuity announcers dying to leap in within half a second of the end credits starting up on the main UK chan nels? It’s even worse I’m convinced that Xmas when they blow the seems to start earlier and gaffe on something earlier each year on the box, earlier in the evening with the BBC the main that you may have offender. There seem to be recorded and have incessant trailers for the fes yet to watch! It’s just tive offerings like for the so annoying and Xmas Doctor Who (and I’m a pointless, though at big fan), as well transmitting least the penny seasonal repeats from the seems to have middle of last month! That’s dropped on “squeez to add to the constant ITV ing” the credits which promos for January’s return were totally unread of Broadchurch, but since able unless you could they, barring Downton Abbey “pause” every second on Xmas Day, have absolute to try and work out the ly nothing of consequence to names. offer over the festive period, We’re getting into the seri you can’t really blame them ous business end of things in for wanting to look forward to your weekend favourites, 2015! and I have to say that the Don’t you get irritated as I contest for Strictly Come
with ALEX TRELINSKI
Dancing is wide open. I’ll have a stab at Pixie Lott win ning, whilst for me things are more clear cut on The X Factor, as I plump for the contest being won by Fleur
East. Talking of winners and los ers, this must be the first series of The Apprentice that I’ve watched where I actually think Lord Sugar ought to
take his money and run. A more use less and uninspir ing bunch of candi dates I’ve yet to see, but it doesn’t half make for some entertain ing televi sion! I’ll miss the funny but idiotic J a m e s though, especially as he got under Sugar’s skin. Fun moment of last week was actor James McAvoy on the Jonathan Ross Show singing quite splendidly
along to Copacabana with Barry Manilow accompany ing him on the piano. Despite Bazza’s denials though, I found it hard to believe that his face hasn’t be treated by the same plastic surgeon that has done countless makeovers on Cher over the years! ITV2 have hit lucky with taking a gamble on buying the American drama Scorpion, and landing them selves with something of a Stateside success. It’s a kind of cheap version of NCIS (with even the occasional appearance of an NCIS char acter) with a bunch of twen tysomething geniuses work ing for the FBI. For originality it scores low, but the cast is likeable and it’s good to see seasoned TV actor Robert Patrick being wheeled out in his familiar role as an author ity figure.
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COURIER TV GUIDE Friday 5th December to Thursday 11th December
FRIDAY
5th DECEMBER
00:45 This Week 01:30 Holiday Weatherview 01:35 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Channel Patrol 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 16:55 Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 17:25 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:30 The Two Ronnies Sketchbook 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Citizen Khan 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Not Going Out 23:00 BBC News 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 The Graham Norton Show
00:20 Snooker: UK Championship 01:10 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins 02:10 Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar? 03:10 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Arena: The National Theatre 05:30 Ten Pieces Extra 06:10 Schools Vikings 06:50 Schools In My Shoes: Rotterdam 07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Channel Patrol 08:50 Claimed and Shamed 09:20 Glorious Gardens from Above 10:05 The Great Interior Design Challenge 11:05 Children's Hospital: The Chaplains 11:35 The Travel Show 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Live Snooker: UK Championship 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two 20:00 Mastermind 20:30 Match of the Day Live 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight
02:05 Jackpot247
00:00 Family Guy 01:35 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 02:35 Life Is Toff 03:05 Sweat the Small Stuff 03:35 Comedy Feeds 04:00 Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 05:00 Close 20:00 Great Movie Mistakes 20:15 Atlantis 21:00 Motorway Cops 22:00 Secrets of South America 23:00 Bad Education 23:30 EastEnders
00:30 Queens of Heartache
00:00 Celebrity Juice 00:50 Plebs 01:20 Two and a Half Men 02:15 Dads 02:40 Scorpion 03:25 Teleshopping 06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:25 You've Been Framed! 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Emmerdale 08:45 You've Been Framed! 09:15 The Cube 10:15 Royal Pains 11:15 The Chase 12:15 All Star Family Fortunes 13:15 Emmerdale 14:15 You've Been Framed! 14:50 Royal Pains 15:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! 20:30 You've Been Framed! 21:00 The Mummy 23:30 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now!
DON’T MISS
01:30 Top of the Pops: 1979 02:10 Duets at the BBC 03:10 Puppy Love 03:40 Castles Britain's Fortified History 04:40 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Karajan's Myth and Magic 22:00 The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove 23:00 The Genius of Funk
ALAN CARR: CHATTY MAN 23:00 - CHANNEL 4
12/15. The host is joined by entertainer Bruce Forsyth, who will be returning to Strictly Come Dancing for their Christmas special, and comedian Lee Evans, who talks about his new standup DVD Monsters, which follows his recent tour of the UK and Ireland. Top Gear star Richard Hammond drops in to talk about his series Wild Weather with Richard Hammond, and X Factor finalists Fleur East, Andrea Faustini, Ben Haenow and Lauren Platt discuss the show ahead of the weekend's semifinals. Providing the music is singersongwriter George Ezra, with his latest single Listen to the Man.
04:00 Tonight 04:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 05:05 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 The Martin Lewis Money Show 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! 23:30 ITV News and Weather
00:05 8 Out of 10 Cats 00:50 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:50 One Born Every Minute 02:45 The Paedophile Next Door 03:45 Dispatches 04:40 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 05:35 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 06:30 Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 06:35 Countdown 07:20 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Daily Brunch 12:00 Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 22:00 Gogglebox 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man
00:00 The Missing Evidence 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 05:00 Michaela's Wild Challenge 05:25 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Living on the Edge 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 A Fairytale Christmas 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 World War II in Colour 21:00 Ice Road Truckers 22:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 23:00 Body of Proof 23:55 NCIS: Los Angeles
00:00 Cracker
01:45 River Monsters: Untold
01:05 A Touch of Frost
Stories
03:00 ITV3 Nightscreen
02:40 Black Gold
03:30 Teleshopping
03:25 Tommy Cooper
07:00 Movies Now
03:55 ITV4 Nightscreen
07:10 The Upper Hand
04:00 Teleshopping
07:35 Heartbeat
07:00 Black Gold
08:35 George and Mildred
07:50 Minder
09:05 The Darling Buds of
08:55 The Professionals
May 10:15 Judge Judy 11:35 A Touch of Frost 13:40 Heartbeat 14:40 Agatha Christie's Marple 16:50 Faith in the Future 17:25 French Fields
09:55 Kojak 10:55 Magnum, PI 12:00 Pawn Stars 12:25 Pawn Stars 12:55 Alias Smith and Jones 13:55 Minder 14:55 The Professionals 16:00 Pawn Stars 16:25 Pawn Stars
18:15 George and Mildred
16:55 Magnum, PI
18:50 Heartbeat
17:55 Kojak
19:55 Wycliffe
18:55 Alias Smith and Jones
21:00 Doc Martin
20:00 Pawn Stars
22:00 Doc Martin
20:30 Live Tennis
23:00 Doc Martin
23:30 The Sentinel
COURIER TV GUIDE Friday 5th December to Thursday 11th December
SATURDAY
21
6th DECEMBER
00:20 Cuckoo 00:50 EastEnders 02:50 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:55 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 13:00 BBC News; Weather 13:10 Football Focus 14:00 Live Snooker: UK Championship 17:30 Final Score 18:25 Celebrity Mastermind 18:55 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 19:10 Pointless Celebrities 20:00 Strictly Come Dancing 21:15 Atlantis 22:00 Casualty 22:50 The National Lottery Live 23:00 BBC News; Weather 23:20 National Lottery Update 23:20 Match of the Day
00:00 Siblings 00:30 Siblings 01:00 Family Guy 02:30 Bad Education 03:00 Sweat the Small Stuff 03:30 Some Girls 04:00 Life Is Toff 04:30 Comedy Feeds 05:00 Close 20:00 Doctor Who 21:00 Top Gear 22:00 Sherlock 23:30 Bad Education
DON’T MISS
00:00 Weather 00:05 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 00:35 Snooker: UK Championship 01:25 Comfort and Joy 03:05 Question Time 04:05 This Is BBC Two 07:00 Timmy Time 07:25 Shaun the Sheep 07:30 Hacker Time 08:00 All Over the Place 08:30 Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic 09:00 Marrying Mum and Dad 09:30 Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom 10:00 Junior MasterChef 11:00 Deadly Pole to Pole 12:00 The Blue Planet 13:00 Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey 14:00 The Rockford Files 14:45 The Great Caruso 16:30 Flog It! 17:30 Live Snooker: UK Championship 18:30 Restoring England's Heritage 19:00 Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom 20:00 Live Snooker: UK Championship 23:00 Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction
00:00 Black Music Legends of the 1980s 01:00 Synth Britannia at the BBC 02:00 The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove 03:00 The Genius of Funk 04:00 Black Music Legends of the 1980s 05:00 Close 20:00 Ice Age Giants 21:00 Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 22:00 Inspector Montalbano 23:45 Billy Joel: The Bridge to Russia A Matter of Trust
PALE RIDER 23:30 - FIVE
00:00 ITV News Meridian 00:15 We Own the Night 02:20 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:45 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 The Aquabats! Super Show! 07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Pat & Stan 07:40 Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures 07:50 Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures 08:05 Canimals 08:10 Signed Stories 08:15 Sooty 08:25 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:40 Text Santa: Little Helpers 08:45 Matt Hatter Chronicles 09:10 Text Santa: Little Helpers 09:15 Horrid Henry 09:30 The Munch Box 10:25 Dinner Date 11:20 Murder, She Wrote 12:15 ITV News and Weather 12:24 ITV Meridian Weather 12:25 Storage Hoarders 13:25 Countrywise 13:55 Doc Martin 15:00 Keep It in the Family 16:00 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:15 ITV News and Weather 19:30 New You've Been Framed! 20:00 The Chase 21:00 The X Factor 22:30 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! 23:35 The Jonathan Ross Show
00:05 Toast of London
23:35 From Dusk till Dawn
00:55 Access 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 The Missing Evidence 05:00 Michaela's Wild Challenge 05:25 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Roary the Racing Car 07:15 Angelina Ballerina 07:30 Pip Ahoy! 07:40 The Mr Men Show 07:55 Chloe's Closet 08:05 Olly the Little White Van 08:10 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:25 Make Way for Noddy 08:35 Paw Patrol 08:50 Little Princess 09:05 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:20 Wanda and the Alien 09:40 Zack and Quack 09:55 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10 Jelly Jamm 10:25 LazyTown 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 Santa Jr 13:15 Meet the Santas 14:55 Hats Off to Christmas 16:40 Mrs Miracle 18:35 Noel 20:25 Britain's Craziest Christmas Lights 21:25 5 News Weekend 21:30 Rocky Balboa 23:30 Pale Rider
00:30 Celebrity Juice
00:00 Vicious
01:45 Black Gold
01:20 Two and a Half Men
00:40 Emmerdale
02:40 Minder
02:15 Warren United
03:20 Movies Now
03:30 Cheers
02:40 Dads
03:30 Teleshopping
03:00 Life's Funniest
07:00 World Kitchen
07:00 World of Sport: Petrol
Moments
07:25 The Four Musketeers
Heads
03:25 Teleshopping
09:25 The Royal
07:15 Black Gold
06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen
10:25 The Royal
07:55 Black Gold
07:00 You've Been Framed!
11:30 The Darling Buds of
07:25 Emmerdale
May
10:25 Coronation Street
12:40 The Darling Buds of
10:40 Bundesliga Football
13:00 The Cube
May
Highlights
14:00 You've Been Framed!
13:50 Columbo: Negative
11:45 UEFA Champions
15:05 Rumor Has It..
Reaction
17:00 I'm a Celebrity Get Me
15:50 Agatha Christie's
Out of Here!
Marple
14:30 Live Tennis
17:55 Agatha Christie's
17:30 Cheers
Marple
18:00 Alias Smith and Jones
22:30 The Xtra Factor
20:00 Rosemary & Thyme
19:00 Storage Wars
23:35 I'm a Celebrity Get Me
21:00 Doc Martin
Out of Here Now!
22:00 Foyle's War
Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. A small group of 18:30 She's the Man miners are continually intimidated by a ruthless mine owner who sends 20:40 The Scorpion King his henchmen to attack their homes. Then a mysterious preacher rides into the community and offers protection.
00:40 White Noise: the Light 02:25 Dance Flick 03:50 Boss 04:50 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 05:45 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 06:40 NFL: Rush Zone 07:05 Great Ethiopian Run 08:00 FIM Superbike World Championship 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Weekend Kitchen 11:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30 Frasier 11:55 Frasier 12:25 The Big Bang Theory 12:55 The Simpsons 13:20 Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 14:20 Channel 4 Racing 17:00 Come Dine with Me 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Inside RollsRoyce 21:00 Battleship
03:50 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping
08:45 Wildlife Patrol 09:10 Motorsport UK 10:10 GT Academy
League Weekly 12:15 Alias Smith and Jones 13:25 The Professionals
19:30 Storage Wars 20:30 Live Tennis 23:30 The Living Daylights
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COURIER TV GUIDE Friday 5th December to Thursday 11th December
SUNDAY
7th DECEMBER
00:45 The Football League
00:00 Intruders
Show
00:45 Night and the City
01:40 The Talented Mr Ripley
23:30 Match of the Day 2
Championship
00:40 ITV News and Weather 00:55 Play Misty for Me 02:40 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:45 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 The Aquabats! Super Show! 07:25 Pat & Stan 07:40 Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures 08:05 Canimals 08:10 Signed Stories 08:15 Sooty 08:25 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:40 Text Santa: Little Helpers 08:45 Ultimate SpiderMan 09:10 Text Santa: Little Helpers 09:15 Horrid Henry 09:30 Big Time Rush 10:00 The Aquabats! Super Show! 10:25 Dickinson's Real Deal 11:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:25 ITV News and Weather 12:35 *batteries not included 14:30 All Star Family Fortunes 15:30 The X Factor 17:00 Apollo 13 19:35 ITV Meridian Weather 19:35 ITV News Meridian 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Coronation Street 21:00 The X Factor 22:00 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! 23:30 ITV News and Weather 23:44 ITV Meridian Weather 23:45 I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
00:00 Family Guy
01:00 Billy Joel: Live in
00:35 The X Factor
00:00 A Touch of Frost
02:15 Journey to Le Mans
02:30 Life Is Toff
Leningrad
02:05 The Xtra Factor
02:05 Bomb Girls
03:00 Sweat the Small Stuff
02:20 Top of the Pops: 1979
03:15 Tommy Cooper
03:45 The Hot Desk
02:55 ITV3 Nightscreen
03:45 ITV4 Nightscreen
03:55 Teleshopping
03:30 Teleshopping
04:00 Teleshopping
07:00 World Kitchen
07:00 World of Sport:
07:25 The Nun's Story
Footballing Comebacks
10:25 Heartbeat
07:20 Black Gold
01:25 AWOL 03:05 Weather for the Week
02:25 Beyond the Fire
Ahead
03:40 This Is BBC Two
03:10 BBC News
07:15 Great British Garden
07:00 Breakfast
Revival
08:35 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show
08:15 Countryfile
11:00 Fern Britton Meets
09:15 Glorious Gardens from
12:00 Sunday Politics
Above
13:15 MOTD2 Extra
10:00 The Football League
14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week
Show
Ahead
10:40 50 Golden Years of
14:15 Bargain Hunt
Sport on BBC Two
14:45 Live FA Cup Football 11:40 Saturday Kitchen Best
17:20 Songs of Praise 17:55 Supermarket Secrets
Bites
18:55 BBC News; Regional
13:10 The A to Z of TV
News and Weather
Cooking
19:20 Countryfile 20:20 Strictly Come Dancing
13:55 Live Snooker: UK
21:00 Antiques Roadshow
Championship
22:00 Remember Me
19:00 FA Cup Football
23:00 BBC News; Regional 20:00 Live Snooker: UK
News and Weather
03:30 Some Girls 04:00 Bad Education
03:00 Ice Age Giants 04:00 Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 05:00 Close
06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen
05:00 Close
20:00 The Great War
07:00 Emmerdale
20:00 Top Gear
20:40 Britain's Wild Places
10:05 Coronation Street
21:00 Doctor Who: The
20:50 Britain's Wild Places
Ultimate Guide
21:30 The Day of the Triffids
06:15 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 07:10 NFL: The American Football Show 08:05 How I Met Your Mother 08:30 How I Met Your Mother 08:55 Frasier 09:30 Small Animal Hospital 10:00 Jamie's Comfort Food 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Big Bang Theory 14:00 The Big Bang Theory 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 14:55 The Simpsons 15:25 The Simpsons 15:50 Stardust 18:25 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 20:45 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Billion Pound Base: Dismantling Camp Bastion 22:00 Homeland 23:00 Sinister
03:00 Two and a Half Men
04:30 Comedy Feeds
21:00 The Day of the Triffids
04:05 Hollyoaks
12:30 The X Factor
01:40 SuperCasino 04:10 Gotham 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 05:50 Make It Big 06:15 Angels of Jarm 06:40 Roary the Racing Car 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Roary the Racing Car 07:15 Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps 07:30 Pip Ahoy! 07:40 The Mr Men Show 07:55 Chloe's Closet 08:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:30 Paw Patrol 08:45 Little Princess 08:55 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:10 Wanda and the Alien 09:20 Zack and Quack 09:35 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:55 Jelly Jamm 10:10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:45 Access 10:50 Police Interceptors 13:40 Dear Santa 15:30 Santa Who? 17:20 Ice Age: the Meltdown 19:00 5 News Weekend 19:05 Where Eagles Dare 22:00 Enemies Closer 23:45 The Shepherd
14:00 The Xtra Factor 15:05 The Hot Desk
11:30 Heartbeat
09:50 Minder
22:00 Imagine
23:25 Family Guy
23:25 Foo Fighters: Sonic
15:15 You've Been Framed!
12:30 A Touch of Frost
10:55 Ax Men
23:45 American Dad!
Highways
16:15 Ant & Dec's Christmas 14:35 Rosemary & Thyme
11:45 Journey to Le Mans
15:35 Agatha Christie's
12:45 Live Tennis
Marple
15:30 Cheers
17:40 Columbo: Troubled
16:00 Alias Smith and Jones
Waters
17:05 Paths of Glory
19:45 Inspector Morse
19:00 Live Tennis
22:00 Lewis
22:00 The Specialist
23:00 Family Guy
DON’T MISS
THE SPECIALIST 22:00 - ITV4
Thriller starring Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods and
Show 17:30 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! 18:40 The Mummy 21:00 Scorpion
Rod Steiger. A woman enlists an explosives expert to help avenge the 22:00 The Xtra Factor murder of her parents. But his past is catching up with him, and her alle 23:00 You've Been Framed!
23:30 I'm a Celebrity Get Me giances are more complex than they seem.
Out of Here Now!
COURIER TV GUIDE Friday 5th December to Thursday 11th December
MONDAY
23
8th DECEMBER
00:35 The Apprentice 01:35 Racing for Time 03:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:05 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Oxford Street Revealed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 16:40 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:30 Fake Britain 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Wild Weather with Richard Hammond 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You
00:00 Russell Howard's Good News 00:30 The British Guide to Showing Off 02:05 Countryfile 03:00 Holby City 04:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Claimed and Shamed 08:35 Channel Patrol 09:20 Glorious Gardens from Above 10:05 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05 Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 James Martin's Food Map of Britain 14:10 The Blue Planet 15:10 The Great British Bake Off 16:10 A Place to Call Home 16:55 The World's Most Photographed 17:25 Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain 18:25 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two 20:00 FA Cup Football 20:30 Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Only Connect 22:00 Posh People: Inside Tatler 23:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 23:30 Weather 23:30 Newsnight
00:10 American Dad!
00:25 Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways 01:25 The Story of Funk: One 01:00 Sweat the Small Stuff Nation Under a Groove 01:30 Life Is Toff 02:25 The Genius of Funk 02:00 Edinburgh Comedy Fest 03:25 Imagine Live 04:50 Close 03:00 Secrets of South 20:00 World News Today America 20:30 Great British Railway 04:00 Some Girls Journeys 04:30 Life Is Toff 21:00 London: A Tale of Two Cities with Dan Cruickshank 05:00 Close 22:00 Timewatch 20:00 Don't Tell the Bride 23:00 Castles Britain's 23:00 Some Girls Fortified History 23:30 EastEnders 00:30 Some Girls
DON’T MISS
HOT FUZZ 22:00 - ITV2
Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright the team behind zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead return for this gleeful pastiche of American action movies. Pegg stars as an overachieving London policeman transferred to a crimefree village where all is not as it seems. What begins as a very funny, very British murder mystery eventually mutates into an ironic action spectacular that blows up half of Gloucestershire
01:50 The Store 03:35 Motorsport UK 04:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 05:10 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let's Do Christmas with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 The Royal Variety Performance 2014 23:15 ITV News and Weather 23:45 ITV Meridian Weather 23:45 ITV News Meridian 23:55 The Agenda
00:35 American Pie Presents Band Camp 02:20 Two and a Half Men 03:10 The Vampire Diaries 03:55 Teleshopping 06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:25 You've Been Framed! 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Coronation Street 09:15 The Cube 10:15 Royal Pains 11:15 The Chase 12:15 All Star Family Fortunes 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:50 Royal Pains 15:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You've Been Framed! 19:30 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! 21:00 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 22:00 Hot Fuzz
01:05 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 02:00 American Football Live 05:45 NFL: Rush Zone 06:10 Win It Cook It 06:35 Countdown 07:20 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Kirstie's Vintage Home 12:00 Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Jamie's Cracking Christmas 22:00 Skint 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:35 Toast of London
01:35 Campus PD 02:05 SuperCasino 04:10 The Gadget Show 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 05:50 Make It Big 06:15 Angels of Jarm 06:40 Roary the Racing Car 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:25 Mrs Miracle 14:10 5 News Lunchtime 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 The Christmas Card 16:30 Mistletoe over Manhattan 18:20 Chinese Food in Minutes 18:30 5 News at 5 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Who Killed Tutankhamun? 22:00 Gotham 23:00 Greatest 80s Movies
00:00 Cracker
00:15 Rambo III 02:20 River Monsters 03:30 Nitro Circus 03:50 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 UEFA Champions League Greatest Matches 07:10 Black Gold 07:50 Minder 08:55 The Professionals 09:55 Kojak 10:55 Magnum, PI 11:55 Tommy Cooper 12:30 Pawn Stars 12:55 Alias Smith and Jones 13:55 Minder 15:00 The Professionals 16:00 Cheers 16:30 Pawn Stars 16:55 Magnum, PI 17:55 Kojak 19:00 Alias Smith and Jones 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Pawn Stars 21:00 Storage Wars 23:00 Ax Men
01:10 Cracker 02:10 William and Mary 03:05 Judge Judy 04:10 ITV3 Nightscreen 04:40 Emmerdale 07:00 The Upper Hand 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 French Fields 09:15 George and Mildred 09:45 The Darling Buds of May 10:55 Judge Judy 12:10 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 Agatha Christie's Marple 17:15 Faith in the Future 17:45 French Fields 18:20 George and Mildred 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Wycliffe 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Bouquet of Barbed Wire
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COURIER TV GUIDE Friday 5th December to Thursday 11th December
TUESDAY
9th DECEMBER
00:20 Citizen Khan 00:50 The Graham Norton Show 01:35 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:40 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Oxford Street Revealed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 16:40 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 The Missing 23:00 BBC News 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 A Question of Sport
00:20 Great Continental Railway Journeys 01:20 The Apprentice 02:20 Wonders of the Monsoon 03:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 The Genius of Invention 06:00 Schools Counting with Rodd 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Claimed and Shamed 08:35 Oxford Street Revealed 09:20 Glorious Gardens from Above 10:05 Antiques Roadshow 11:05 Close Calls: On Camera 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 James Martin's Food Map of Britain 14:10 The Blue Planet 15:10 The Great British Bake Off 16:10 A Place to Call Home 16:55 The World's Most Photographed 17:25 Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain 18:25 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two 20:00 James May's Cars of the People 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom 23:00 Brian Pern 23:30 Weather 23:30 Newsnight
00:35 The Jonathan Ross Show 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 UEFA Champions League Weekly 04:25 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let's Do Christmas with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Secret Dealers
00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 American Dad! 01:30 Some Girls 02:00 Don't Tell the Bride 03:00 Sweat the Small Stuff 03:30 The Human Tissue Squad 04:30 Some Girls 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Barely Legal Drivers 22:00 Our War 23:30 EastEnders
00:00 Tales from the Royal Bedchamber 01:00 Sounds of the 70s 2 01:30 Puppy Love 02:00 Rod Stewart at the BBC 03:00 Black Music Legends of the 1980s 04:00 Synth Britannia at the BBC 05:00 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Great British Railway Journeys 21:00 10 Things You Didn't Know About 22:00 The Secrets of Quantum Physics 23:00 James May at the Edge of Space 23:30 The Rolling Stones Return to Hyde Park: Sweet Summer Sun
DON’T MISS
JAMES MAY´S CARS OF THE PEOPLE BBC2 - 20:00
1/3. The Top Gear presenter examines the social significance of cars in the 20th century. He begins by travelling to Germany, Italy and Russia to examine how dictators kickstarted the mobilization of the masses, finding tales of design brilliance, abject failure, war, fraud and double dealing. James also learns about how the British motor industry blew a giftwrapped chance to rule the world and he gets his own back with a stunt that means bad news for one of the planet's most hated cars.
16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Live UEFA Champions League 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Meridian Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:40 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time
00:00 Confessions Of 01:00 NFL: The American Football Show 01:55 Embarrassing Bodies 02:50 The Undefeated 04:45 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 05:40 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 06:35 Countdown 07:20 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Kirstie's Crafty Christmas 12:00 Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 22:00 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings 23:00 Gogglebox
02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 UK's Strongest Man 05:00 Michaela's Wild Challenge 05:25 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:25 Santa Who? 14:10 5 News Lunchtime 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 The Real St Nick 16:30 An OldFashioned Christmas 18:15 Chinese Food in Minutes 18:30 5 News at 5 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 21:00 Michael Buble's Christmas Special 22:00 Kids' Hospital at Christmas 23:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole
00:25 Two and a Half Men
00:00 The Vice
02:20 Fake Reaction
01:10 A Touch of Frost
00:00 Bundesliga Football Highlights 01:00 Motorsport UK 02:00 Black Gold 02:45 Minder 03:40 Movies Now 03:45 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Black Gold 07:50 Minder 08:55 The Professionals 09:55 Kojak 10:55 Magnum, PI 12:00 Pawn Stars 12:55 Alias Smith and Jones 13:55 Minder 15:00 The Professionals 16:00 Pawn Stars 16:30 Pawn Stars 16:55 Magnum, PI 17:55 Kojak 19:00 Alias Smith and Jones 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Chase 22:00 The Sentinel
02:55 Life's Funniest Moments 03:20 Teleshopping 06:50 ITV2 Nightscreen
03:00 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 The Upper Hand
07:00 Life's Funniest
07:25 Heartbeat
Moments
08:20 French Fields
07:25 You've Been Framed!
08:55 George and Mildred
07:45 Emmerdale
09:25 The Darling Buds of
08:15 Coronation Street 09:15 The Cube 10:15 Royal Pains 11:15 The Chase
May 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 A Touch of Frost
12:15 All Star Family Fortunes
13:55 Heartbeat
13:15 Emmerdale
15:00 Agatha Christie's
13:45 Coronation Street
Marple
14:50 Royal Pains
17:05 Faith in the Future
15:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You've Been Framed! 21:00 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now!
17:35 French Fields 18:10 George and Mildred 18:45 Heartbeat
22:00 The Vampire Diaries
19:50 Wycliffe
23:00 American Pie Presents
21:00 Midsomer Murders
Band Camp
23:00 Bouquet of Barbed Wire
COURIER TV GUIDE Friday 5th December to Thursday 11th December
WEDNESDAY
25
10th DECEMBER
23:30 ITV News and Weather
00:05 The British Comedy Awards: Nomination Show 01:05 Poker 02:00 Trans World Sport 02:55 KOTV Boxing Weekly 03:25 Great Ethiopian Run 04:20 FIM Superbike World Championship 05:15 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 06:10 Win It Cook It 06:35 Countdown 07:20 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 12:00 Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Posh Pawn 22:00 Bear's Wild Weekend 23:00 America's Fugitive Family
00:00 NCIS 00:55 NCIS 01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 05:00 Michaela's Wild Challenge 05:25 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:25 Meet the Santas 14:10 5 News Lunchtime 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Secret Santa 16:30 A Perfect Christmas 18:15 Chinese Food in Minutes 18:30 5 News 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Living on the Edge 21:00 Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 22:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 23:00 My Crazy Christmas Obsession
00:55 Two and a Half Men
00:00 The Vice
02:40 The Vampire Diaries
01:10 A Touch of Frost
03:25 Teleshopping
03:00 ITV3 Nightscreen
06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen
03:30 Teleshopping
00:15 The Matrix Reloaded 02:50 Black Gold 03:35 Tommy Cooper 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 World of Sport: Last Orders 07:05 Black Gold 07:50 Minder 08:55 The Professionals 09:55 Kojak 10:55 Magnum, PI 12:00 Pawn Stars 12:55 Alias Smith and Jones 13:55 Minder 15:00 The Professionals 16:00 Pawn Stars 16:55 Magnum, PI 17:55 Kojak 19:00 Alias Smith and Jones 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 Pawn Stars 21:00 GT Academy 21:30 Storage Wars 22:00 River Monsters 23:05 Species lV: the Awakening
00:05 Imagine 01:05 The Lookout 02:40 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Oxford Street Revealed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 16:40 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Waterloo Road 22:00 The Apprentice 23:00 BBC News 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather
00:20 World's Greatest Food Markets 01:20 Film 2014 01:50 The Mekong River with Sue Perkins 02:50 This Is BBC Two 05:00 The Genius of Invention 05:30 Real World Chemistry 06:00 Schools The Bloodhound Adventure 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Claimed and Shamed 08:30 Oxford Street Revealed 09:15 Glorious Gardens from Above 10:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 11:00 Close Calls: On Camera 11:30 See Hear 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 James Martin's Food Map of Britain 14:10 The Blue Planet 15:10 The Great British Bake Off 16:10 A Place to Call Home 16:55 The World's Most Photographed 17:25 Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain 18:25 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two 20:00 James May's Cars of the People 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 23:00 The Apprentice: You're Fired 23:30 Weather 23:30 Newsnight
00:40 The Cube
00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 American Dad! 01:30 Our War 03:00 The Human Tissue Squad 04:00 Barely Legal Drivers 04:55 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Gavin & Stacey 21:30 Gavin & Stacey 22:00 How Safe Are My Drugs? 23:00 Sweat the Small Stuff 23:30 Russell Howard's Good News
00:45 The Rolling Stones at the BBC 01:30 Neil Diamond: Solitary Man 02:30 Sounds of the 70s 2 03:00 Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 04:00 The Secrets of Quantum Physics 05:00 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Great British Railway Journeys 21:00 Natural World 22:00 Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace 23:30 Spike Milligan: Assorted Q
DON’T MISS
MY CRAZY CHRISTMAS OBSESSION 23:00 - FIVE
1/2. Documentary following four American households who take fes tive decorations to the extreme, spending huge amounts of money, time and energy on their properties to bring Christmas cheer to their neigh bourhoods. In Oklahoma, Shay has 168 trees of all shapes and sizes in her home, festooned with more than 50,000 ornaments and 100,000 fairy lights, while New Jersey couple Charlie and Connie invite their friends and neighbours around on December 1 to watch them turn on a display consisting of 200,000 lights. Jacinta has filled her Kansas house with 5,000 snow people, and Steven and Christy's 13acre Mississippi property is home to the largest collection of Christmas inflat ables in America.
01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:45 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let's Do Christmas with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! 22:00 The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:25 You've Been Framed! 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Holiday Showdown 09:15 The Cube 10:15 Royal Pains
07:00 The Upper Hand 07:25 Heartbeat 08:20 French Fields 08:55 George and Mildred 09:25 The Darling Buds of May
11:15 The Chase
10:35 Judge Judy
12:15 All Star Family Fortunes
11:55 A Touch of Frost
13:15 Emmerdale
14:00 Heartbeat
13:45 The Cube
15:00 Agatha Christie's
14:50 Royal Pains
Marple
15:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show
17:05 Faith in the Future
19:00 You've Been Framed!
17:35 French Fields
20:00 You've Been Framed!
18:10 George and Mildred
21:00 Two and a Half Men
18:40 Heartbeat
22:00 Educating Joey Essex: Winter EssexPedition 23:00 The 40 Year Old Virgin
19:45 Wycliffe 22:00 Harry at 30 23:00 Bouquet of Barbed Wire
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COURIER TV GUIDE Friday 5th December to Thursday 11th December
THURSDAY
11th DECEMBER
00:05 Film 2014 00:35 Rabbit Hole 02:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:05 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Oxford Street Revealed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 16:40 Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 BBC Music Awards 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Question Time
00:20 The London Markets 01:20 Intruders 02:05 See Hear 02:35 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools The Strange Case of the Law 06:00 Schools Seeking Refuge 06:20 Spark 06:50 Schools William Whiskerson: Canal 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Claimed and Shamed 08:35 Oxford Street Revealed 09:20 Glorious Gardens from Above 10:05 The Great Interior Design Challenge 11:05 Close Calls: On Camera 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 James Martin's Food Map of Britain 14:10 The Blue Planet 15:10 The Great British Bake Off 16:10 A Place to Call Home 16:55 The World's Most Photographed 17:25 Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain 18:25 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two 20:00 James May's Cars of the People 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 The Fall 23:00 Russell Howard's Good News 23:30 Weather 23:30 Newsnight
00:00 ITV News Meridian
00:00 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:30 Sweat the Small Stuff 02:00 How Safe Are My Drugs? 03:00 Russell Howard's Good News 03:30 Some Girls 04:00 How Safe Are My Drugs? 05:00 Close 20:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live 23:00 Our War
00:00 Frost on Satire 01:00 Boogie Fever: A TOTP2 Disco Special 02:30 The Joy of Disco 03:30 Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace 05:00 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Top of the Pops: 1979 21:00 Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey 22:00 Castles Britain's Fortified History 23:00 Puppy Love 23:30 Spike Milligan: Assorted Q
01:20 Two and a Half Men
DON’T MISS
THE LOST HONOUR OF CHRISTOPHER JEFFERIES 22:00 - ITV
2/2. Conclusion of the twopart drama based on the murder of land scape architect Joanna Yeates. The last thing Christopher Jefferies wants after being vilified by the national press is to return to the lime light. However, as it becomes apparent things won't be going back to normal any time soon, the retired teacher embarks on a fight to clear his name. Starring Jason Watkins, with Ben Caplan, Shaun Parkes, Nathalie Armin and Joe Sims.
00:10 The Chase 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let's Do Christmas with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 60 Minute Makeover 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 22:00 The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies 23:30 ITV News and Weather
03:10 The Hot Desk 03:20 Teleshopping 06:50 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:25 You've Been Framed! 07:45 Emmerdale 08:15 Coronation Street 08:45 You've Been Framed! 09:15 The Cube 10:15 Royal Pains 11:15 The Chase 12:15 All Star Family Fortunes 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You've Been Framed! 14:50 Royal Pains 15:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You've Been Framed! 21:00 I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 22:00 Scorpion 23:00 Celebrity Juice
00:00 A&E in the War Zone 01:00 24 Hours in A&E 02:00 For Those in Peril 03:35 Waste Land 05:15 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 06:10 Win It Cook It 06:35 Countdown 07:20 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 12:00 Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Babylon
00:00 Kids' Hospital at Christmas 01:00 Dallas 01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 The Railway: First Great Western 05:00 Michaela's Wild Challenge 05:25 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 Igam Ogam 07:10 Fireman Sam 07:20 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:35 Peppa Pig 07:45 Pip Ahoy! 08:00 Little Princess 08:10 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:25 Three Wise Women 14:10 5 News Lunchtime 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Dear Santa 16:30 It's Christmas, Carol! 18:20 Chinese Food in Minutes 18:30 5 News at 5 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 The Railway: First Great Western 22:00 Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty 23:00 The True Story
00:00 The Vice 01:10 A Touch of Frost 03:05 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Faith in the Future 07:25 Heartbeat 08:20 French Fields 08:55 George and Mildred 09:25 The Darling Buds of May 10:35 Judge Judy 11:00 Judge Judy 11:25 Judge Judy 11:50 A Touch of Frost 13:55 Heartbeat 15:00 Agatha Christie's Marple 17:00 Faith in the Future 17:35 French Fields 18:10 George and Mildred 18:40 Heartbeat 19:40 Wycliffe 20:55 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 22:00 The Best of the Royal Variety 23:00 Secret Smile
01:10 Nitro Circus 01:50 Black Gold 02:35 Minder 03:25 Tommy Cooper 03:55 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 World Cup HatTrick Heroes 07:05 Black Gold 07:50 Minder 08:55 The Professionals 09:55 Kojak 11:00 Magnum, PI 12:00 Pawn Stars 12:55 Alias Smith and Jones 13:55 Minder 15:00 The Professionals 16:00 Pawn Stars 17:00 Magnum, PI 18:00 Cheers 18:30 UEFA Europa League Live 23:30 The Matrix Revolutions
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CODE CRACKER 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, 6 represents J and 20 represents Y, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.
QUICKIE
Across
Down
1 Eye part (4) 4 Dreads (5) 9 Identical (5) 10 Release (3,4) 11 Defraud (7) 12 Hours of darkness (5) 13 Delight (6) 15 Sour (6) 18 Fundamental (5) 20 Animate (7) 23 Most important (7) 24 Lower leg joint (5) 25 Less (5) 26 Friend (4)
2 Procedure (7) 3 Hard (5) 4 Fix in place (6) 5 Transmitting aerial (7) 6 Twig (5) 7 Jewels (4) 8 Passionate (6) 13 Small rock (6) 14 Division (7) 16 Ball game (7) 17 Mosquitolike flies (6) 19 Involuntary muscular contraction (5) 21 Throng (5) 22 Level (4)
Last weeks Solution
Across: 1 Praise, 4 Walrus, 8 Rigid, 10 Appal, 11 Dealt, 12 Agree, 13 Hairy, 14 Nasty, 17 Sash, 19 Lamb, 21 Scent, 24 Share, 25 Waste, 27 Crime, 28 Louse, 29 Links, 30 Scared, 31 Depend. Down: 1 Perhaps, 2 Anger, 3 Sadden, 5 Apathy, 6 Replica, 7 Silly, 9 Bags, 15 Arc, 16 Tan, 18 Spatula, 20 Blessed, 21 Secede, 22 Edit, 23 Twelve, 24 Sells, 26 Since.
Scribble Pad
DOUBLE CROSS-WORD Solve the Double CrossWord puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.
CRYTPIC CLUES Across 1 Found the coal Ted dis tributed (7) 5 The Fates contrived a spread (5) 8 Is rat back for the bones? (5) 9 Dud is confused if miser (7) 10 As I lean out in North Somerset (7) 11 Nothing in Kansas squeals (5) 12 Good men digest small Scottish bonbons (6) 14 Some Wrens ignore US officer (6) 17 Welshman in the van, snoozing (5) 19 Holiest organisation has become unfriendly (7) 22 IT gangster in charge, endless typeface (7) 23 Do the French point to benefits (5) 24 Bloodied Libyan leader captured in triumph (5) 25 Treats with contempt a relative by marriage (7)
Down 1 Romance language turns up, to crown it all (5) 2 Mix cider to make explo sive (7) 3 Attempts to score points in rugby (5) 4 Humiliate within the wide meaning of the word (6) 5 So often destroyed deco ration (7) 6 Scandinavians reveal their birdlike qualities (5) 7 The first motive for betrayal (7) 12 Apparent visit to Chinese dynasty (7) 13 Confirm exam, if the end of July (7) 15 Cecil is made from freezing water (7) 16 Monkey from right, he’s American (6) 18 Guatemala mob in siege (5) 20 Plant at the southern border (5) 21 German town makes sense (5)
STANDARD CLUES Across 1 Found (7) 5 Banquet (5) 8 Anklebones (5) 9 Fail to explode (7) 10 Town in Somerset (7) 11 Pig sounds (5) 12 Bonbons (6) 14 Military flag (6) 17 Welsh surname (5) 19 Unfriendly (7) 22 Cursive script (7) 23 Distributes (5) 24 Exaltation (5) 25 Son of your spouse by a former marriage (7)
Down 1 Roman language (5) 2 Explosive powder (7) 3 Attempts (5) 4 Reduce in dignity (6) 5 Hang with garlands (7) 6 Relating to birds (5) 7 Lese majesty (7) 12 Apparent (7) 13 Give evidence (7) 15 Frozen spikes (7) 16 Variety of macaque monkey (6) 18 Famous mission in Texas (5) 20 Grasslike plant (5) 21 Chief city in Ruhr valley (5)
Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Drop, 4 Folio, 9 Asphalt, 10 Muted, 11 Medoc, 12 Economy, 13 Remedy, 15 Urgent, 19 Congeal, 21 Liken, 23 Rarer, 24 Cremate, 25 Aphid, 26 Skip. Down: 2 Rapid, 3 Pranced, 4 Fitter, 5 Limbo, 6 Outdone, 7 Hammer, 8 Eddy, 14 Minerva, 16 Rollers, 17 Tender, 18 Placid, 19 Carp, 20 Earth, 22 Khaki.
FILL IT IN
Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:
2 letter words As At Ma Or 3 letter words Act Any Art Axe Bat Bit Dab Eat Emu Era Ere Gab Ion
Mat Moo Nay Nov One Ore Pep Pro Ran Rev Spy Tar Tee Ten Tie Toy Use 4 letter words Alms Aloe
Ante Area Axis Bees Blue Clue Coat Cons Cool Data Envy Lilt Line Mire Name Nets None Okie Ours Over Past
Peer Post Rely Roar Said Sane Seat Side Skew Sloe Time 5 letter words Amass Amaze Aspen Buyer Caput Genie Matte Obese
Renew Sprat State Strap 6 letter words Assess Bleary Mantra Nuance Proved Tattle 7 letter words Cartoon Seaside 8 letter words Absentee Oversize
SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD
Improve your Spanish clues in Spanish, answers in English or vice versa.
Across 1 Cup (vessel, amount) (4) 4 Motherinlaw (6) 8 Licencia (documento) (7) 9 To water (plants) (5) 10 Seda (4) 11 Atletas (8) 13 In love (9) 17 To listen to (8) 19 Appointment (with client, bank manager etc) (4) 21 Otra vez (5) 22 Avestruz (7) 23 Patatas fritas (de bolsa) (6) 24 Royal (4)
Down 2 Mayor (7) 3 Ass (donkey) (4) 4 Boniatos (5,8) 5 To enrol (8) 6 Derecha (5) 7 Cepillo (para ropa, dientes, pelo) (5) 8 Último (4) 12 Falcons (8) 14 Office (workplace) (7) 15 To kiss (5) 16 Baño (en bañera) (4) 18 Silla (asiento) (5) 20 Remover (sopa) (4)
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COURIER TV GUIDE Friday 5th December to Thursday 11th December Across 1 What name is usually given to dramatic works in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists? (6) 5 Which musical term means ‘an unconnected note, which is short and detached’? (8) 9 In the Australian televi sion series that ran from 1966 to 1968, what sort of creature was Skippy? (8) 10 Which word of Latin ori gin means ‘relating to or resembling the stars’? (6) 11 Released in 1964, was was the title of the third film in the James Bond series? (10) 12 Of the three films in which James Dean played the male lead, the only one to have been released dur ing his lifetime was entitled ‘East of (What)’? (4) 13 What was the first name of the character played by actor Robert Vaughn in the television spy series The Man from UNCLE? (8) 16 What is the title of the BBC television series, first broadcast in September
2008, which features actor Colin Morgan in the title role? (6) 17 Pete Brady, Susan Stranks, and Tony Bastable were the original presenters of which children’s televi sion programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s? (6) 19 What is the surname of the FBI Academy student played by actress Jodie Foster in the 1988 film The Silence of the Lambs? (8) 21 What first name is shared by World War II singer Lynn, Psycho actress Miles and Coronation Street character Duckworth? (4) 22 Bernard Schwartz was the real name of which famous Hollywood actor who died in September 2010, aged 85? (4,6) 25 According to Michael Bentine’s 1960s television comedy series, It’s a (what shaped) World? (6) 26 What was the name of the Avenue that Eddie Grant sang about in 1982? (8) 27 What was the name of the television information
SUDOKU (Very Easy)
retrieval service developed in the UK in the early 1970s
news, weather and televi sion schedules? (8)
that offered a range of wordbased information, typically including national, international and sporting
28 Which word means ‘relieve or ease pain’? (6) Down
2 With which musical instrument would you princi pally associate Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles and Russ Conway? (5) 3 Which word means ‘unable to bend or be forced out of shape’? (5) 4 The former name of BBC Radio Four was the Home (What)? (7) 5 What type of wedding did Roy C sing about in 1966 and again in 1972? (7) 6 Often used in cryptic crosswords, what name is given to a word, phrase, or name formed by rearrang ing the letters of another, such as ‘star’, formed from ‘arts’? (7) 7 First performed in 1935, the verse drama by T S Eliot that portrays the assassina tion of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170, is entitled Murder in the (What)? (9) 8 What name is often applied to an actor who specialises in tragic roles? (9) 14 In ballet, what name is given to the posture in which one leg is extended
backwards at right angles, the torso bent forwards, and the arms outstretched, one forwards and one back wards? (9) 15 The 1999 film Cider House Rules, is principally set in what type of institu tion? (9) 18 Which American rock band reached number two in the British singles charts in 1991 with More Than Words? (7) 19 The Canadianborn US filmmaker, who was the innovator of slapstick come dy in films, was Mack (Who)? (7) 20 The BBC radio ‘soap opera’ described as ‘a con temporary drama in a rural setting’ is better known as The (What)? (7) 23 What general word means ‘imitative of a style or fashion from the recent past’? (5) 24 What nationality, by birth, are the actors Brenda Fricker, Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson? (5)
SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH
CRIMEN CRIME
Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch. (Answers below)
el abogado
el robo
el acusado
el testigo
el acusador
la carcel
el asesinato
la fianza
el chantaje
la justicia
el delito
la llamada
el juez
la pistola
el jurado
la policia
el policia
las esposas
el rescate
la sospecha
general QUIZ
ANSEWRS: 1. Curling 2. Lighthouse Family 3. The Rocket 4. Special Air Service 5. Wimbledon Centre Court 6. T Negative 7. Disney's Fantasia 8. The Czech Republic 9. Richard Nixon 10. Chinchilla 11. Your thumb, thus the rule of thumb. 12. A Device For Measuring Wind Speed
Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 8 Concerto, 9 Avatar, 10 Herd, 11 Apple, 12 Amen, 13 Fourteen, 16 Temple, 18 Plug, 20 Corky, 21 Oboe, 22 Gloria, 23 Eggheads, 26 Diva, 28 Alibi, 30 Beck, 31 Police, 32 Peagreen. Down: 1 Bolero, 2 Acid, 3 Grease, 4 Soap, 5 Tapestry, 6 Gaga, 7 Waterloo, 14/17 Roger Moore, 15 Nurse, 19 Lollipop, 20 Charades, 24 Guitar, 25 Docker, 27 Aria, 29 Imps, 30 Bart.
Empareja estas palabras Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz. 1.el abogado, 2.el acusado,
17.la pistola, 18.la policía,
k.the police force, l.the prison,
3.el acusador, 4.el asesinato,
19.las esposas, 20.la sospecha.
m.the justice, n.the jury,
5.el chantaje, 6.el delito,
o.the rescue, p.the witness,
7.el juez, 8.el jurado,
a.the gun, b.the blackmail,
q.the prosecutor, r.the judge,
9.el policía, 10.el rescate,
c.the murder, d.the bail,
s.the crime, t.the robbery
11.el robo, 12.el testigo,
e.the defendant, f.the suspicion,
13.la cárcel, 14.la fianza,
g.the handcuffs, h.the lawyer,
15.la justicia, 16.la llamada,
i.the phone call, j.the policeman,
Soduko
Span Eng
Quizword
Answers: 1h, 2e, 3q, 4c, 5b, 6s, 7r, 8n, 9j, 10o, 11t, 12p, 13l, 14d, 15m, 16i, 17a, 18k, 19g, 20f.
1. If you had 2 eight enders in one bonspiel what are you playing? 2. Who Took A Drive To The Ocean With Their Kin to See The Ship Safely In? 3. Which Steam Locomotive Won The Prize For Providing The First Regular Passenger Service? 4. What does the Abbreviation SAS stand for? 5. Where Will You Find The Only Digital Rolex Watch In The World? 6. Mr Spocks blood was green. What was his blood group? 7. What was the first film to use stereophonic sound? 8. From Which Country Does Pilsner Beer Originate? 9. Who in 1973 said, 'There can be no whitewash, at the Whitehouse'? 10. Which Small Rodent , Highly Valued For It's Fine , Silky Fur, Lives Almost Exclusively High In The Andes? 11. According to old English law, you can't beat wife with anything wider than what? 12. What Is An Anemometer?
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Friday 5th December 2014
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DRINK 10 COKES A DAY FOR A MONTH? Ten years ago, in 2004, documentary maker Morgan Spurlock decided to see what would happen to his body if he ate nothing but McDonald's food for 30 consecutive meals. The 32year old consumed over 5,000 calories a day and by the end of his experiment had gained 24 pounds. His body mass index had increased by 13 per cent and he reported mood swings and sexual dysfunction. It took him a further 14 months to return to normal. So why would anyone wish to repeat such an unhealthy experiment, when it's clear at the outset that the results are going to make for depressing reading? Ours is not to reason why ours is to share this video of 50yearold George Prior, from Los Angeles, who drank 10 355ml cans of CocaCola a day for a month to see how it would affect him. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the previously gymtoned Mr Prior put on two stone in weight, and saw his blood pressure rise to an unhealthy 145/96. He also reported strong cravings for more sugar, even though he was consuming 350g of sugar daily from his Coke intake alone. Mr Prior, who has been chronicling his Coke con sumption in a series of daily online videos, said: "I did the experiment to get people thinking and talking about how much sugar they eat and how unhealthy it is. People need to be aware of the real and powerful dam aging effects of sugar on
their health. I would prefer not to do it again," he added. "I don't like being this heavy." Earlier this year, the World Health Organisation advised people to halve the amount of sugar that they consume daily, after Britain's chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies said a sugar tax may be needed to curb obesity rates. Last month it was reported that many fruit juices and smoothies marketed at children con tain more sugar than CocaCola.
Before and after drinking 10 cans of Coca-Cola a day for a month
FEEDBACK IN HEARING AIDS
Written by Michael Burke RHAD MSHAA of Digital Hearing
Until very recently one of the great problems with wearing hear ing aids was feedback/whistling. Modern technology has all but eliminated this problem, although it can still occur under certain conditions. Whistling from a hearing aid is caused by acoustic feedback. This can be defined as some aspect of the output signal of the hearing aid being captured by the hearing aid's own microphone and made even louder. There are two types of acoustic feedback the most common being external acoustic feedback. The possible causes and remedies of this sort of whistling are as follows:
CAUSE
REMEDY
Loose ear fitting Remanufacture ear piece Incorrectly positioned ear fitting Advise and train on correct positioning of fitting Loose/broken acoustic coupler Replace Split/broken tubing Retube mould Excessive/impacted wax in ear canal Syringe/drops for wax removal The basic problem in all these cases is due to sound leakage from some part of the loud speaker of the hearing aid being picked up by the hearing aid's own microphone and ream plified. Internal acoustic feedback is caused by inadequate isolation of the loudspeaker from the microphone inside the hearing aid. This may be through a loose or broken receiver tube or from receiver capsule vibrations and the only remedy is for the hearing aid to be returned to the manufacturer's laboratory for rebuilding. More basic modern hearing aids have an inbuilt feedback management system which enables them to identify the frequency at which the feedback occurs and then reduce the power at that particular frequency, thus eliminating the feedback. This however results in a loss of hearing power at that frequency. More sophisticated modern hearing aids identify the frequency at which feedback occurs and put in a counterwave to nullify the feedback without any reduction in power at that par ticular frequency.
If you have any questions about this week's topic, you can email digitalhearing@hotmail.co.uk, contact Michael Burke at Digital Hearing, Quesada Business Centre, Calle los Arcos 7, Ciudad Quesada – Tel 698 418 642, or visit us online at www.digitalhearingspain.com
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My husband is 67 and we´ve just been told he may have dementia. What advice can you give us?
Firstly, I have to commend you for taking active steps, to help your hus band´s condition. As important as it is to learn about helpful supplements, it may even be more important to understand the likely causes of your hus band´s problem. A vital point to consider is that dementia is not a diagnosed disease, but a symptom of a disease. Several medical disorders can give rise to dementia; however it is important to rule out an often neglected cause – Prescription Drugs. Many drugs affect the nervous system and cause drowsiness, which is a commonly listed side effect of medications; however a few of these can also give rise to more serious neurological problems like dementia. Statins for example are prescribed to lower cholesterol levels, however what is hardly mentioned to consumers is that it frequently causes dementia and memory loss. This is because cholesterol is required to maintain a healthy brain and nervous system. Numerous studies have shown that low cholesterol impairs brain function and predisposes a person to dementia, memory loss, personality changes and depression. Dementia can also be caused by atherosclerosis of the cerebral arteries – blood supply to the brain. Atherosclerosis is a condition that results in the furring and narrowing of arteries, making them inflexible and prone to injury. When cerebral arteries become inflamed, it can result in multiple Transient Ischaemic Attacks (mini strokes) which may be go unnoticed for many years before showing up as dementia. And then there are environmental causes of dementia such as contamination with heavy metals like mercury, lead, cadmium and alumini um, which accumulates in the brain and destroys its memory forming capacity. Toxins are removed from the body by the use of chelating agents, which binds to them before flushing them out. The only chelating agent that is taken orally and backed by clinical studies is Pectasol. Several nutritional deficiencies are also known to cause or worsen dementia. Vitamin B12 deficiencies commonly occur in older people and results in the impaired func tions of the nerves and brain. Thiamine or Vitamin B1 mimics the critical brain chemical Acetylcholine, which plays a key role in memory. Many studies have reported the complete reversal of dementia or memory loss by supplementation with Bcomplex vitamins. Zinc is also a key factor in maintaining memory by repairing damaged DNA. When DNA or genetic material is damaged, it leads to the production of abnormal proteins that may disrupt mem ory. One common food causing great excitement as a treatment for dementia is coconut oil. Current research now points to insulin resistance – which prevents glucose or sugar from entering brain cells – as the primary cause of dementia. Glucose is needed by brain cells to produce energy, and without energy they start to die off. Coconut oil provides the brain with
an alternative source of fuel, one that overcomes the insulin resistance to provide the brain with ener gy. The information on coconut oil is still relatively new, and at the moment there are several on going clinical studies to determine its efficacy. The recommended dose of coconut oil is 2 table spoons daily. Coconut oil is one of the best cook ing oils because it is sta ble to heat – it doesn´t break down when heated unlike vegetable oil or olive oil. Vitamin supplements are necessary for man a g i n g demen t i a ; howev er it is best to take a good multivitamin, rather than single vitamins. This is because most vitamins are best absorbed in the presence of other vitamins and minerals. Besides it works out it lot cheaper. Nevertheless, bear in mind that most vitamins available from health food stores are poorly formulated. Apart from your diet, it is also equally important to continue to keep the brain active by reading, and playing cross word puzzles and board games. Physical exercises also improve brain function by providing it with more oxygen.
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HOORAY FOR THE ULTIMATE HOLLYWOOD EXPERIENCE HAIR & BEAUTY About us: Hollywood Unisex Beauty & Hair opened 15 months ago at the Punta Prima Commercial Centre above the Pasteleria El Carmen, and has proved to be a big hit. Hairdresser Wendy studied the subject at Bristol University and has over 20 years of experience, the last decade being spent in Malaga where she had her own salon. Having owned salons in the UK and Spain, Wendy has an extensive knowledge of hairdressing as well waxing and gel nails. Dee the beauty therapist studied the subject at Dublin’s Crumlin College and has four years’ experience under her belt and has been up to date with the latest courses and treatments since moving here, enabling her to offer customers a wide range of treatments.
Services: Sam is the semipermanent make up specialist and deals with Eyebrows, Eyeliner, Lip liner, Full lip & corrections and top ups of semipermanent make up offering a free con sultation on first visit.
Other treatments: Hairdressing using Schwarzkopf products, Beauty treatments, Nail treatments, Acrylic/Gel/Shellac nails, Spray tans, Facials, Manicures/Pedicures, Waxing, Tinting, Ear piercing, Hair extensions, Perms, Lava shell massage, and a variety of other services (free consultation with all services) You will also find Pinky at Hollywood once a week by appointment only who offers: Threading, HD brows, Eyelash extensions and much more. Also on a weekly appoint ment basis is Yvonne with beauty in a flash, offering IPL, CACI, and laser hair removal amongst many other things. Hollywood runs a loyalty card scheme for clients based on their treatments which mean they get points for special reductions on future visits! You can find Hollywood on Facebook "Hollywood Unisex Beauty & Hair" or check out their advertisement in The Courier, with various weekly special offers. The team would like to thank all their loyal clients and are look forward to meeting new ones over the com ing busy weeks! To speak to the professional friendly team phone 965 326 082 or mes sage them via Facebook.
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Horoscopes Aries March 21 April 19 Your ruler, Mars, takes charge of your social life from Friday until into the New Year, so put seeing friends, meeting people and exchanging new ideas high on your agenda in the weeks to come. If you put ambitious career plans on hold, you could also start to see a recent problem in perspective. It seems that there is more than one route to your goal.
Taurus April 20 May 20 Your intuition should be working overtime this week, so do not let advice from friends make you doubt your judgment. If you back a hunch later in the week, you can bring about some kind of break through. It seems that someone close is now ready to agree to certain changes, so set the scene and do not be afraid to ask a leading question.
Gemini May 21 June 20 With your ruler, Mercury, in charge of your close bonds with others in the weeks to come, you can solve a recent problem and establish a much deeper understanding with someone who preoccupies you now. Romantic Venus also eases recent ten sions later in the week, so postpone career decisions and concentrate on what is happening in your private life.
Cancer June 21 July 22 Support from someone close could help you solve financial problems that have held you back, so do not try to work things out alone this week. What matters now is being confi dent about how much you have to offer, so do not sell yourself too short. An unexpected conversation later in the week could help you turn the tide.
Friday 5th December 2014
By Pandora Leo July 23 August 22 Support from someone close could help you solve financial problems that have held you back, so do not try to work things out alone this week. What matters now is being confident about how much you have to offer, so do not sell yourself too short. An unexpected conversation later in the week could help you turn the tide.
Virgo August 23 September 22 Communication is the key to solving cer tain problems with a friend or loved one, so be prepared to make the opening move and break the ice. With your ruler, Mercury, and diplomatic Venus helping you to put your feelings into words, you can avoid misunderstandings. All you need to do is be yourself and trust your sense of timing.
Libra September 23 October 22 This week’s link between your ruler, Venus, which is travelling through your chart’s communication zone, and Uranus, the planet of creative growth and change, which brings sudden, unexpect ed breakthroughs, suggests that some important changes in your private life are due. Do not hold on to ideas or situations that you have outgrown.
Scorpio October 23 November 21 Your financial situation enters a more upbeat phase in weeks to come, so take advantage of the stars to reach a goal you may have thought was way beyond your reach. Friday’s link between creative, lucky Venus and Jupiter, the planet of good fortune, gives you a winning hand, so aim high then and take advantage of an unexpected break.
Sagittarius November 22 December 21 With the rational planet, Mercury, in Sagittarius from this weekend, you can at last see a tricky situation in perspective. The position you are in is stronger than you think. If you press home your advan tage later in the week, when the stars are on your side, you can bring about a break through.
Capricorn December 22 January 19 A career dilemma may preoccupy you now, but do not make a snap decision. If you wait until the planetary pattern changes later in the week, you can take advantage of a powerful link between the planets of good fortune, Jupiter and Venus, which is due to put you in a strong position. What matters now is being flex ible about the future.
Aquarius January 20 February 18 This week decisive Mars moves into Capricorn, and a time of wondering and waiting ends. If you are focused, you can overcome a recent setback and move for wards, so trust your sense of timing and take action. Important changes are on the horizon and you need to be proactive now. Plan to socialise with an old friend later in the week.
Pisces February 19 March 20 With so much action in your chart’s career zone, you are now ideally placed to push through changes that you know are over due. An unexpected piece of luck later in the week could also give you the advan tage in a situation that has held you back. The key to getting what you want, long term, is being proud of what you have to offer, so aim high.
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Friday 5th December 2014
RICHARD CAVENDER
Bluemoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es
BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services com pany on the Costa Blanca, they provide quality computer services at realistic prices and specialise in working with home users and small businesses.
Richard moved to Spain eight 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 prob lems. 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 expe rience and qualifications to (usually) 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: Ivan wanted to know how to play DVD’s bought ADVICE: Mike wanted to know how to send pictures with his Windows Live Mail system. in the US here.
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Hello, can you help me with a problem please? When I try to use Safari on my ipad the following message appears: http://mobile.comox.net Tu ipad ha sido infectado con un virus! Pulsa OK debajo para comenzar el proceso de limpieza... I am reluctant to press OK in case this introduces a virus, and am using my laptop to send this message in case there is already a virus on my iPad. I hope you can provide an answer for me. Many thanks, Bobbie
Hi, using windows 7 how do you send photos by email? Reply: Hi Mike, what email program or website are you using? Reply: Hi Richard. You probably realise I am not computer literate; however my inbox states Windows Live Mail.
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Hi Mike, thanks for your reply I just wanted to check the program you were using to confirm I had the right information for you, now I know its Windows Live Mail you should be able to use the instructions below... http://windows.microsoft.com/enGB/win dows7/Sendpicturesinemail Hope it helps, if it doesn’t work then I would need to come out and go through it in front of your computer to figure out what's happening, let me know how you get on.
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ADVICE: Margaret wanted to know if it was ok to cancel an antivirus update part way through.
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Hi Richard, I have AVG 2013 free download and it has been great but it is updating and seems to be stuck on 60%, is it safe to cancel. Margaret
Hi Margaret, I assume you are referring to an antivirus definition (a normal daily update rather than an update of the whole program?) If that’s the case then yes you can cancel it, just restart the computer and try it again, you will probably find it works fine the next time.
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Hi Bobbie, you’re right to be suspicious. What you are seeing is simply a web site that is pretending to warn you about a virus, if you were to click on it (please don’t) then it would attempt to infect your computer.
Thankfully you have an iPad and they cannot become infected :)
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Office: 902 906 200
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Friday 5th December 2014
SIM CARD ALERTS EMERGENCY SERVICES OF ACCIDENTS
SPANISH motor manu facturers are piloting a scheme where cars are fit ted with a SIM card that automatically calls the 112 emergency hotline in the event of an accident. A chip similar to those found in mobile phones records details of the vehi cle, the seriousness of the accident and the location, and alerts the police while the crash is happening to ensure a faster response time. Known as the eCall sys tem, all European Union countries must fit these to every car sold by October 1, 2017. The SIM card will also tell the police whether or not the airbag has inflated, how many people were in the vehicle and whether or not they were wearing seatbelts. It even tells the 112 hot line which language the car owner prefers to speak,
given that multilingual serv ices especially English are already available to any one calling the emergency number. Although it will become compulsory for any car sold by a dealer in three years' time in the meantime own ers can request one volun tarily. In Spain, the programme has been tested on motor bike helmets, but not on the bikes themselves given that their noise volume is higher and communication is more difficult. Dealers stress that fitting the SIM card carries a 'truly tiny' cost, both for parts and labour. They hope to develop the programme even further by linking the SIM card to tele phone reception aerials and adding GPStype systems that tell drivers where the nearest restaurant, hotel or petrol station is located.
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A HIRE CAR THEY MIGHT HAVE A TERRIBLE REP, BUT EX-RENTAL CARS ARE SOME OF THE BEST ON THE SECOND-HAND MARKET
As a used car buyer, your instinct probably tells you to steer clear of anything that was once a daily rental. But don’t be too hasty. There’s evidence to suggest that these are now some of the bestkept secondhand cars available. The reason, it seems, boils down to profit. A decade ago, the rental market was still seen as a dumping ground for cheaper, entrylevel cars, which were then handled roughly by inconsiderate drivers. Now, though, manufacturers have realised the potential for using this market as an extended test drive to showcase their latest models, gadgets and engines. This only works if the cars are kept showroom fresh. Fiat’s commercial director, Karl Howkins, said: “Rental cars are typ ically on the road for no more than nine months.” That makes them “ticking time bombs” for rental compa nies looking to get the best return for their investment, according to the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association. A spokesman said: “When they come offfleet, they face competition from preregistered cars and nearly new demonstrators, so companies have to make sure the vehicles are in mint condition.” But aren’t rental cars thrashed around by heavyfooted hol idaymakers while on fleet? That’s the used car buyers’ biggest worry, but in reality there’s little evidence of extra mechanical wear and tear. Howkins said: “They may come back with scuffed alloy wheels or minor dings, but clutch replacement is rare.” Hertz general manager Neil Cunningham said that most of its breakdown and recovery callouts are due to “lost keys and flat batteries”. Figures from insurer
Accident Exchange seem to back up these statements. It says general bodywork repairs account for more than 60 per cent of its rental car claims. Fear of red tape and £1,000 policy excesses could well be to thank for people taking better care of rental cars. A spokesman for dealer group Pendragon said: “Rental cars are often in better shape than ones on lease or fleet, as the drivers know they have to pay for any damage.” Wear and tear is closely monitored by hire firms, too. Cunningham said: “The average Hertz vehicle has oil, water and tyre pressures checked every six days. This is certainly not the case for the average privately owned car.” The pressure on hire firms to keep their cars in good con dition is also driven by buyback schemes. That’s where the age, condition and mileage of cars as they come offfleet has all been agreed in advance by the manufacturer, which has fixed a price to buy them back. Fiat says that 95 per cent of its rental stock is dealt with in this way. These cars end up on franchised dealer forecourts, after more quality checks, as approved used stock. They have covered more miles than the average for a car of their age – usually between 10,000 and 11,000 – but they should be cheaper as a result. Exrentals are also sold through auction houses, while some hire firms sell direct to their customers. Hertz’s Rent2Buy programme offers customers an extended test drive of up to 10 days, after which they can either pay the rental fees, or buy the car and deduct those from the price. Technically, exrentals don’t depreciate any quicker than any other comparable used car, according to car valuation expert CAP Automotive. “We don’t differentiate between an exrental and a privately owned car,” CAP’s retail and con sumer editor, Philip Nothard, said. “Our value is based on what people are paying for cars based on age, condition and miles on the clock.” Of course, you may never discover that the car you’re buy ing is an exrental anyway. Despite the industry consen sus that this history should no longer carry any stigma, dealers are still reluctant to come clean. Pendragon agreed it would reveal this detail only “if asked”. Dealers are breaking the law if they knowingly with hold the fact that your car was once a loaner if you ask, however. It’s classed as a misleading omission, because the Office of Fair Trading argues you might not have bought the car had you known. If you do find out that the car you’re interested in is an exrental, though, it certainly shouldn’t put you off. CAP said: “They’re no more risky than any other approved used car.” And the Telegraph’s own used car expert, Honest John, advises: “Exrental cars are better run in than cars from single own ership because of the many different driving styles they have been subjected to. Forget your prejudices and don’t worry because there’s no cause to do so.”
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Friday 5th December 2014
MARY BERRY: START PLANNING CHRISTMAS DINNER NOW
Thought you had ages till you need to start planning Christmas? The doyenne of The Great British Bake Off thinks otherwise! Cooking Christmas dinner is a notoriously stressful business. But it needn't be, believes The Great British Bake off host Mary Berry pro vided you start planning now. The cookery author, 79, said that by December 1, a smart cook is getting "that big sheet out" and starting to plan the dishes. ‘Christmas dinner is all about organisation. The more you think about it, the easier it is. It is only a big roast dinner. Monday is December 1 and that is the time to get that big sheet of paper out and start plan ning," she said. "And not on the back of an enve lope mind, a proper big sheet of what you’re going to do – you do your cards by this time, what shopping you can do, what you can do for the freez er, what you can get ready and what is
last minute," she added. Ms Berry, who lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband Paul, was speaking at the Specsavers National Book Awards, where she received a lifetime achievement award. When it comes to turkey, she rec ommended buying "the best you can afford", and said that even though she is a cook, her family always bring their own dishes to add to the table. "As a family, we all get together. Usually, I host it, and various mem bers of the family bring a pudding, or they help me on Christmas morning or bring a batch of shortbread," she said. Ms Berry, who trained at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, has published more than 70 recipe books, including a guide to Christmas cooking.
Friday 5th December 2014
WINTER CLASSIC 1900
GET READY FOR THE COLD WEATHER WITH THIS WARMING GINGER AND RUM CONCOCTION
When it comes to classic cocktails, there are far more in the canon than just Martinis and Manhattans. Many of these wonderful drinks, however, have sadly disappeared almost entirely from the public consciousness, despite their fantastic flavours and – often – even more fantastic names. You don’t get many people now wandering into a bar asking for an Adonis, a 19th century sherry and vermouth concoction (though I'd like to see what, or who, the bartender offered instead) or Up in Mabel's Room, a whisky cocktail named for a 1919 play and, later, a film. At The Four Sisters, a cosy neighbourhood bar in Islington which also has a rather interesting name (its moniker hints at its former life as a brothel), one of these obscure drinks takes prize of place on the menu. Called the Winter Classic 1900, it’s a warming mix of rum, lime juice and ginger, with just a touch of dark spiciness from a slightly obscure liqueur called Pimiento Dram. The drink is wintery, but not too Christmassy – which is exactly what you need for gloomy nights in early December. Simon Bastable, the owner of the bar, says that, as the name sug gests, the drink is from the early 20th century.“It's mentioned in a
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number of 'forgotten classics' and 'revival' books," he explains. "Although very little is known about the origins of the drink, it's remained on many people's lists because unlike a lot of the forgotten recipes, the core ingredients have remained readily available in the following century or so.” So, there's really no excuse not to make it. SERVES One INGREDIENTS 50ml Havana Blanco, or other white rum 20ml lime juice 10ml Canton Ginger, or other ginger liqueur 5ml Pimento Dram 5ml simple syrup 2 drops Angostura bitters METHOD Shake all ingredients with ice, then strain into a chilled coupette or Martini glass. Garnish with three piece of crystallised ginger on a cocktail stick.
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It is hard to believe that it has been over seven years since Mulberry’s was first featured on BBC TV’s Living in the Sun, and since then the restaurant has built up a fan tastic reputation. The premises, just a stone’s throw away from the famous ‘Arches’ in Quesada, offer a stylish and relaxed dining experience. Its intimate bistro atmosphere offers you the option to eat in the Parisian style dining room, or on the ambient lit terrace. Mulberry’s II in La Marina has been open for eighteen months and in that time has also built up an excellent reputation. It specialises in German and Italian cuisine, and also offers Mexican, Thai, and Malaysian food together with weekly entertainment. Diners can choose from the a la carte menu, or special set menus during both daytimes and evenings. Choose two courses for €10.95 or three courses for €12.95, both of which include a drink. Mulberry´s is one of the very few restaurants in the region to make fresh food to order, using high quality locally and internationally sourced ingredients. The con stantly evolving menus feature starters such as Mediterranean brochettes, or sweet chilli chicken salad with toasted nuts and fresh coriander. Main courses include El Burrito Grande, mixed poppers and char grilled chicken or vegetable wrapped in a flour tortilla, served with rice and homemade salsa, sour cream and salad. Another thing Mulberry´s really prides themselves on are their steaks, offering sirloin and rump steaks, cooked to your liking and served with homemade chips or mash, seasonal fresh vegetables and a selection of sauces. With the warmth of the friendly staff, the affordable prices and the great atmosphere, Mulberry’s really is a rare find at Quesada or La Marina.
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CHURCH SERVICES Torrevieja Christian Fellowship at Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183, welcome residents and visitors alike, to their friendly and lively 10.30 am. Service each Sunday morning. They will not be holding the Wednesday night meeting at 6.00 pm. For further information and/or direc tions please telephone 966700391 or visit our website on www.tcf spain.org." International Christian Assembly, Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja. Evangelical nondenomina tional church. Sunday serv ices 11am. Children's
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DEDICATED FOLLOWERS OF FASHION
When you put over 150 players out on a golf course over 40 times a year like the PGA Tour in the States, you're going to see fashion tastes—as well as the lack thereof. But that's what happens, I suppose, when you have players from all around the world chasing money and titles on the world's best professional golf tour, as well as uncontrolled sponsors. So it might seem that ranking and best and worst attire (four in each category) might be a simple thing. But it's not. It's all about the eye test— just my opinion of what looks good and what doesn't. The first four comprise the worst category, the second four the best (Both in Eric Morleystyle reverse order).
to be much more strongly on the bland side. Black pants, black shirt with broad white band across the chest and the notverypretty green belt and hat. Hoffman is sporting a much shorter haircut these days, so maybe his attire will sharpen up as well.
2. Boo Weekley
golf game, Poulter's taste in clothing is brash—but not in the Ryo Ishikawa or Graham DeLaet way. Poulter still projects a classic look. The trouser, the plaids and the occasional pink somehow works for him. He has his own clothing line, IJP Design, based in Leighton Buzzard and it continues with the same grace and flair.
WORST 4. Graham DeLaet
Boo Weekley is a character on the PGA Tour. Remember him riding his driver going off a tee in the 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla? Remember him entertaining people folks with his homespun folksy stories? While his recent form suggests his best play is behind him, his taste in attire hasn't changed. He's worn a lot of camouflage, most likely a tribute to his upbringing in Milton, Florida. I'm not a fan, but I know a lot golf fans are. And that's why he's on this list.
1. John Daly When John Daly was winning the PGA Championship and the Open, he was a phenom enon. A good old boy who hit it a country mile and walked the fairways with his long hair flapping in the breeze. Over the course of time, Daly lost many battles with personal demons and became a cari cature of the twotime major champion. His fans still love him, although maybe much of that has to do with the absolutely most bizarre (loud mouth) collection of attire ever seen on the PGA Tour. Daly wins the worst attire award hands down!
Some might call Graham DeLaet's apparel funky, and I'd agree with that. But the sometimes brilliant colours and pat terns get to be a bit much. Well, a lot much, actually. DaLaet has gained a reputation as being an aggressive player who possesses great ballstriking skills. I looked at some of his outfits on Google and said to myself, "that's not for the faint of heart." Call me faint!
3. Charlie Hoffman
Over the years, Charlie Hoffman has managed to be an average player on the PGA Tour as well as combining long, blonde hair with some really interesting (not really) outfits. The picture above is an example. Having noted the other players were on the outer edges of wildness, Hoffman tends
BEST 4. Ian Poulter
Our own Ian Poulter can be loud, brash and irritating. He had become especially so in Ryder Cup competitions where he helped Europe dominate the United States. And just like his
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In stroke play, a competitor concedes his fellowcompetitor a
3: Rickie Fowler Rickie Fowler was an instant hit with young golf fans when he hit the PGA Tour. He had longish dark hair, wore bright colours (emphasising the orange of Oklahoma State) and had those flatbilled golf (skateboard) hats that have become the rage. As Fowler has grown as a player, he's become a favourite of golf fans of all ages. The young man has become a very snappy dresser, sporting a traditional look and the bright colours work for him.
2: Adam Scott Look at the Aussie, Adam Scott, and two words come to mind: classic and classical. His swing will is one of the best ever in the game, making it a classic. Scott's "look," combin ing his athletic physique and the stylish clothing you always see him in, make him a classic for his style. He's what pro fessional golfers have looked like over the years until “indi vidual” styles became the rage.
1:Tiger Woods Tiger has never worn an outfit he didn't look good in (when he is playing). He is the kind of man who could show up in a hessian sack and would look good in it. I can't remember ever seeing him on the golf course and wonder ing why he wears a particular outfit. Of course, a big part of that is the sculpted body he puts into those outfits. All of that Nike clothing wouldn't look nearly as good on other players as it does on him. Tiger Woods is definitely the best dressed player on the PGA Tour.
short putt and knocks the ball away. The fellow competitor lifts his ball, does not replace it as required by Rule 184 and plays from the next tee. What is the ruling?
TITTER ON THE TEE A woman phoned her male neighbour and said:
A: Stroke counts
"Close your curtains the next time you & your wife are
B: The fellowcompetitor is disqualified. C: Both players are disqualified
having sex. The whole street was watching and laughing at you yesterday."
ANSWER C: The fellowcompetitor is disqualified (Rule 32).
To which the man replied: "Well the joke's on all of you because I wasn't even at home yesterday”.
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REAL ON A RUN NO CONTEST MALAGA 1
REAL MADRID 2
Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid rewrote the club's record books after beating Malaga last Saturday to record their 16th successive win in all competitions. Goals from Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale proved decisive as they continued their great run of form which has seen them beat every opponent since going down to Atletico Madrid in midSeptember. Real were made to sweat a bit at the end after losing former Malaga midfielder Isco to a red card before seeing Roque Santa Cruz pull a goal back in stoppage time, but they held on to stay top of the table, ahead of tomorrow(Saturday) night’s home match against Celta Vigo.
REAL MADRID 5
CORNELLA 0 (AGG 9-1)
Real Madrid's Jese scored on his return after nearly nine months out as the holders eased past thirdtier Cornella in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday night. The 21yearold netted his side's fifth goal, to give Carlo Ancelotti's side an easy aggregate win to reach the last 16. With Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale rested, Colombia international James Rodriguez scored two goals(pictured getting the first one). Real's other goals at the Bernabeu came from Isco and Borja Lopez's own goal.
EASY PICKINGS MESSI IN A BOTTLE HUESCA 0
BARCELONA 4
There might a second leg of this Copa del Rey tie to come at the Nou Camp, but Barcelona pretty much sealed the deal against a lower league Huesca side on Wednesday night. Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a free kick which flied into the top left cor ner beyond Huesca goalkeeper Daniel Jimenez's reach. Iniesta, who returned from an injury sustained in his team's October loss at Real Madrid, netted four minutes later after he latched onto Rakitic's pass. Pedro Rodriguez (pictured being congratulated) scored Barca's third as he unleashed a powerful shot inside the near post before Rafinha deflected his shot off Alex Garcia into goal for Barcelona's fourth in the 72nd minute.
VALENCIA 0
BARCELONA 1
Sergio Busquets(pictured celebrating) netted a lastgasp winner in the fourth minute of injury time as Barcelona's late pressure paid off. The late goal on Sunday night proved too much too handle for one home supporter who threw a water bottle towards the players, hitting Lionel Messi on the head as he celebrated the winner. Messi complained to the referee and was subsequently booked as he exited the pitch rubbing his head after what was a hard fought win, which extended their winning streak to five matches, which keeps them two points behind leaders Real Madrid, with a Sunday encounter at home to Espanyol to look for ward to.
ILICITANOS COPA DEL BORE WOES DEEPEN REAL VALLADOLID 0
REAL SOCIEDAD 3
Elche capped off a poor November last Friday night by going down to fellow rele gation strugglers Real, who gave their supporters some thing to shout about with a first victory for new boss David Moyes and a hat trick for the Mexican, Carlos Vela. Real got a dream start in the third minute when Carlos Martinez and Sergio Canales exchanged passes down the right hand side and the former picked out Vela in the area before he
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sent a crashing header into the net. On the half hour mark, Xabi Prieto lofted the ball over the top to catch Elche's defenders out of position, allowing Vela to race through the middle and slot into the bottom corner. Elche could have found a way back into the game early in the second half when Adrian found himself free in the area, but missed the target. Although not dominant, Real continued to cause damage on the break,
and Vela nabbed his hat trick in style seven minutes into the second half. The for mer Arsenal man was played in on the right hand side of the area by Martinez and took one touch before drilling the ball across goal and in off the post to com plete his treble, and sealing defeat for the Ilicitanos. Elche continue to be second from bottom in the table and next entertain the champi ons, Atletico Madrid tomor row evening (Saturday).
Elche were held at second division Real in Tuesday night’s first leg of their last 32 clash in the Copa del Rey. Valladolid's Carmona was the first player to set his sights on goal as he unleashed a worrying shot from distance that flew wide of the post in the opening minutes of the game. In a first half of very few chances, the only other effort of note came
from a tame Elche side, with Rodrigues trying his luck from range, only to see his shot lack the quali ty to test an unmoved Dani Hernandez in the hosts' goal. The second half of the tie was dominated by Valladolid as they missed a number of chances to take a lead into the second leg, firstly as Jorge Hernandez was denied at the bottom
corner, before Zakarya Bergdich was stopped by a sprawling Przemyslaw Tyton(pictured). Elche arguably had a speculative chance to snatch an important goal in the closing stages, but Faycal Fajr was wasteful from a free kick when he shot wide to leave the con test all to play for in the second leg later this month.
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SPORTS FIXTURES
ANOTHER SATURDAY SHAMBLES JOVE ESPANYOL 2
CD TORREVIEJA 1
Saturday 6 December 13:45 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 18:30
Newcastle United v. Chelsea Hull City v. West Bromwich Albion Liverpool v. Sunderland Queens Park Rangers v. Burnley Stoke City v. Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur v. Crystal Palace Manchester City v. Everton
Sunday 7 December 14:30 West Ham United v. Swansea City 17:00 Aston Villa v. Leicester City
Monday 8 December 21:00 Southampton v. Manchester United
Friday 5 December 20:45 Fulham v. Watford
Saturday 6 December 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00
Blackburn Rovers v. Sheffield Wednesday Blackpool v. Birmingham City Cardiff City v. Rotherham United Derby County v. Brighton and Hove Albion Huddersfield Town v. Brentford Ipswich Town v. Leeds United Millwall v. Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest v. Charlton Athletic Reading v. Bolton Wanderers Wigan Athletic v. Norwich City Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Bournemouth
Friday 5 December 20:45 Ross County v. Dundee United
Saturday 6 December 13:45 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00
Motherwell v. Celtic Aberdeen v. Hamilton Academical Dundee v. Inverness Caledonian Thistle Partick Thistle v. Kilmarnock St. Mirren v. St. Johnstone
Saturday 6 December 16:00 18:00 20:00 22:00
Elche v. Atlético de Madrid Athletic Club v. Córdoba Real Madrid v. Celta de Vigo Deportivo de La Coruña v. Málaga
Sunday 7 December 12:00 17:00 19:00 21:00
Rayo Vallecano v. Sevilla Barcelona v. Espanyol Villarreal v. Real Sociedad Granada CF v. Valencia CF
Monday 8 December 17:00 Eibar v. Almería 19:00 Levante v. Getafe
Teams have now worked out that if you move your fixture against CD Torrevieja to a Saturday, then you can bag three points come what may! Torry's last three away games have been on a Saturday and all losses, and to add an extra edge to the parade of Saturday routs, Jove nor mally play their games at high noon on a Sunday! Torrevieja were missing quality personnel in the form of defender Martin Mendy and goal scorer Rafa Gomez, but this was not the sole reason they lost on the road yet again. Add into the mix a now almost pathological fear of set pieces, as well as an inability to score more than one goal per game and therein lies the heart of the problem. Cesar executed a lovely shot on the turn just after a quar ter of an hour to put Torry into the lead, but then the match turned with goals for Jove on either side of the interval.
Firstly the set piece spectre reared its ugly head in the 42nd minute as Jove won a corner which former Torry player Raul Manrique headed home with power. They then took the lead four minutes into the second half, as Panos drove a sweet shot into the net to rock the visitors back on their heels. Cristian Sanchez was immediately introduced to add pace to Torry attacks, and then Steve came off the bench to try to salvage the match, but neither could produce the magic required. Thus Saturday sucked for the Salineros and instead of sit ting in the top four, they have gone down to ninth place, but tantalisingly just four points behind the leaders Oriheula. They entertain Novelda at the Nelson Mandela stadium with a 5.00pm kick off. It will be a tough ask as in the 18 contests between the pair since Novelda returned to the third division in 2005 from 2B, Torry have managed only three wins. The good news though, these have all been at home and by a scoreline that Torrevieja may just be capable of, namely 10.
KINGS OF MONTESINOS CD MONTESINOS 5
Like any derby encounter, this meeting is always about local bragging rights, and credit has to go to perennial strugglers TD for giving their rivals a real contest and scoring their first goals against them in four years! In difficult rainy conditions, CD(pictured in a team shot) started well, with M+A slotting home on the quarter hour from outside the area, but then not for the first time this season, the home side pressed the selfdestruct button and their vul nerable defence conceded a goal just two minutes later. Carlos was always causing a threat on the left as he twice went close to scoring as well as setting up Orouker and Marcos, only for their efforts to go wide. The first half high light was in the 35th minute with a great move involving Marcos and Ruben who put Vaz clean through only for the
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TD keeper to pull off a fantastic save. Two minutes after the interval, CD took the lead when Fernando skilfully found Marcos whose goal bound shot was deflected cruelly into the net. That was the cue for CD to start to dominate but they were prevented from doing so with TD being more resilient these days, and they had a chance to level up matters before CD striker Vaz popped up to score from midway inside the TD half, taking advantage of a poor goal kick. M+A quickly made it 41 with a deft finish from a Fernando cross. though TD did score again from a goal that was blatantly offside which marred a good refereeing per formance. The home side then wrapped up matters as sub stitute Sito found fellow sub Dario to make it a happy day for the CD supporters. This weekend, CD travel to Dep. Rayo Orihuela for a Sunday morning kick off at 11.30am.
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SAINTS SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS
In 1967 I was posted down to the South Coast near Portsmouth for the next five years. As a football nut from the Midlands I went to watch Portsmouth one week, then Southampton the next. At Fratton Park it was dire: Pompey had been in the old Second Division since Pontius was a pilot, and I felt sorry for all their loyal sup porters – and I still do… Down the road at The Dell, however, it was a different matter. My Nottingham Forest had had some right royal battles with the Saints earlier in the Sixties, one Cup tie took three matches before we won. Their astute manager Ted Bates had steadily built a good ‘First Division’ – today’s Premier League side to compete with the best. The first weeks I went to The Dell there was uproar as Bates sold top striker Martin Chivers to wealthy superstars Spurs for – wait for it £125,000! ‘Don’t worry, lads,’ said Ted. ‘I have a younger, hungrier reserve who can do anything Chivers can do – and more…’. His name was Mickey Channon and the young West Country lad went on, along with Terry Paine, Ron Davies and a few more to take Saints to great heights. Happy days they were, Southampton went into the Seventies winning the FA Cup in 1976 by beat ing the great Manchester United 1 – 0, courtesy of another local favourite Bobby Stokes.
The great Matt Le Tissier came and went, with Saints coming second once in the eighties, but never really looking that good again, and the club slowly slipped back down two divisions. But several years ago a new management team took the footballyunfashionable club apart and completely rebuilt them from the modest equivalent of Division Three, aka Division One now, taking the Saints right back up to the Prem, but this time with excellent young unheardof (English!) players from their newlybuilt academy.
Southampton had a great season in 201314, when they finished in eighth place, but suddenly their bright new man agement team and its key young stars were dismantled and sold off. Tottenham (again) moved in for their manag er Mauricio Pochettino and half the first team, key play ers Rickie Lambert, Calum Chambers, Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw and Dejan Lovren ended up being sold for a total of £92m. Almost to a man the football world immediately predicted the sad end of the exciting new venture – and Saints’ impending demise. Shock/horror: the pundits were wrong… Southampton have not just coped without their stars, they are now actually doing better than last season. This factor completely bucks the Prem trend where cashcrazy Chelsea and Man City rule the roost and Man United are playing catchup. Somehow Saints’ replacements on and off the field are doing better than their predeces sors is it just luck that the new signings have done so well so quickly? No sir, this time, instead of the envied youth setup producing so many stars, the Saints’ player recruitment department, led by one Paul Mitchell (lately poached again by Spurs, funny that) has worked in tandem with the new manager, experienced Dutchman Ronald Koeman to bring the right men in. The defence has done particularly well. For the anoraks Saints have made the most tackles of any topflight team this season, with an average of 23 per game, and their suc cess has provided the bedrock to take Southampton near the top of the Prem. Last season, under Pochettino, Southampton were excellent defensively, but since Koeman took over they have been exceptional. Their newlook team has had seven clean sheets and conceded only ten goals in 14 league games, giving them the joint thirdbest defensive record in Europe's top leagues Spain, Germany, Italy, France and England. A consistent lineup has definitely helped that organisation too. Just 15 players have started their 12 league games so far, the fewest by any Premier League side. Seven of their players are everpresents and it’s no coincidence that they include goalkeeper Fraser Forster and three of their back four Ryan Bertrand, Nathaniel Clyne and Jose Fonte. In their new home of St Mary’s last week the club are enjoying capacity crowds of over 30,000: the faithful are happy again after huge misgiv ings when the family jewels were sold off. But right now is a hugely testing period as Saints play
BARBARIANS INVADE The newly formed DS Barbarians rugby club have started training this week at Daya Vieja after being given the green light to start from the local council, as opposed to using Guardamar beach. Training will still be twice weekly on a Monday and Wednesday but between 8.45 pm and 10.15 pm, but since the sessions are on arti ficial grass, no studs are allowed. The aim is to get teams into the leagues for next year for both the seniors and the juniors. All ages, genders and nationalities are wel come along with all levels from beginners to players of experience. The club is also planning a fundraising for a week tomorrow (Saturday December 13th). For more details contact Saul on 634 042 913 or Dutch on 692 767 242.
three top teams in a week. Worringly they have already lost two of the three key matches against the formidable might of Champions Manchester City and perennial con tenders Arsenal. Previously unbeaten in their last six matches, Saints never looked like extending that unbeaten run against Man City who proved too strong, but were then unlucky losing to a Sanchez strike right on time against Arsenal at The Emirates. Now Southampton's proud new creden tials are going to be tested in another hugelydifficult game at home, this time against revivingatlast Manchester United. The burning question is do the new Saints have the long term qual ity and strength indepth need ed under pressure against injuries and dips in form that are needed to stay in the top four which would then lead to a whole new adventure for the South Coast club Europe. Can Saints do it? A big night on Monday will tell us much!
TIGERS ROAR
In Rugby Union, the Torrevieja Tigers beat ITV Orihuela Vega Baja, 2112 in their Cadete League fixture last week end at the Nelson Mandela Stadium. It’s a result that keeps the Tigers at the top of the table, with Lorca in second place after they won 39nil at bottom of the table San Javier.
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HALO-TOESIS!
This is the condition that only Saints suffer from, when their haloes slip towards their toes and they become mortal again – like losing twice in four days and slip ping to third – and then having to face resurgent Manchester United on Monday evening. See more overleaf about this remarkable club who are outperforming expec tations following an amazing peri od in their history. Leaders Chelsea, sinCostainc Drogba put Spurs’ temporary revival back to the drawing board at Stamford Bridge with an emphatic 3 – 0 win, although Citizen Kane could have got Tottenham going early doors when his header hit the bar. Similarly at the Stadium of Light, secondplaced Man City dimmed the brightness of last year’s bogeymen Sunderland, the Blues now looking ominously lethal again in a 4 – 1 win. Yes, that man did it again, super striker Sergio Aguero scoring yet again with a razorsharp brace – for the anoraks that’s an incredible record 108 minutes per goal. Oh, and at the Etihad the Lamplight’s still burning and the wick may be extended. With Saints stumbling, it’s looking like only City can challenge Chelsea for the title, coming from behind once again – and they’ve ‘bin there and done that before… Old European proverb: ‘Go fourth and richly qualify’? Rooneyless, and with no costly Angels flying down the wing, City’s nasty neighbours Man United just managed to overcome Stoke 2 – 1, that’s four wins on the spin now. That means the Red Devils stay in that magical fourth spot – that’s the one that grants heavi
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lyexpectant football teams the Holy Grail of UK foot ball: entry to Europe and riches. Talking of money, the firm that makes the Fellainitype wigs that the Everton faithful used to sport on the Goodison terraces must be breathing a big sigh of relief as the big Belgian is back in business at Old Trafford , his firm downward header putting United ahead. N.B. Ashley Young got booked (again) for diving boo! Do we not like that? Potential party poopers Stoke nearly ruined the Reds revival night right at the end but De Gea saved United, yet again. Earlier N’Zonzi had equalised but ultimately it didn’t Mata as the Spaniard scored the winner on the hour to provide the Theatre of Dreams with a happy night. Question: with 75,000 packing Old Trafford, is LVG bringing back the good times? Poor old Mark Hughes’ return to Old Trafford was not a happy one, that’s three defeats in a row now but he’s got a gem to polish with that new Spaniard Bojan… After the game United boss Louis Van Gaal spoke to The Courier: ‘Hey, I am over ze Mooney, zat is four ones on the span now. We won even wizout Woone and De Mary! But Feelingly and What Matters scored good goals. We want to be turd next, like my Holland were turd in ze World Cup. Ha ha, now we have to go to play ze turd team on Moonday are zey called Sam Hooton? Those Stains are managed by another good Dutch boy Ronnie Koeman. I vill buy him a Schnapps if ve win…’ Oh dear, that King Power fever that swept through Leicester last year and earlier this season as the Foxes put five past Man Utd is steadily evaporating. Once more City led, this time through Ogee, but again were pegged back to lose 3 – 1 to a relieved Liverpool where beleaguered manager Brendan Rodgers gained some (temporary?) solace from his suddenlyharsh
critics and hardtoplease shortmemoried supporters. The Reds are now eighth in the Prem, and scoring is the problem: which brings me nicely to Bored, Barmy Balo, currently (and conveniently) injured. Unlike on the field these days, the controversial Italian has a wonderful knack of being in exactly the right place at the right time with his antics. This time he ‘Tweeted’ (sigh) a supposedly spoof carton of his namesake Mario, using racist jokes in very poor taste to provide ample ammunition for his and Liverpool’s critics. If Barking Balo can’t hit the ball straight on the field he can certainly shoot himself in the foot with unerring accuracy. Quaintly Persisting Relegation went down 2 – 0 to those superb Swans in Swales. Unlike nasty neigh bours Cardiff, who gave the perfect blueprint last year of hownottodoit Swansea have come up, but then consolidated their Premier League status and sit sat isfactorily in seventh. Mind you, doing even better are Sam’s Hammers who in the Western battle at The Hawthorns overcame West Brom 2 – 1, West Ham staying a solid fifth. Prem précis: after 14 games only six points separate the bottom half of the table, from Aston Villa in 12th to bottomplaced Leicester. The top half is much more stretched out with Chelsea top on 36 points down to 11th placed Everton on 18. This weekend MOTD looks like West Ham v Swansea, or perhaps Man City v Everton. If it’s tough at the top, then its bedlam at the bottom: QPR v Burnley, Hull v West Brom and Aston Villa v Leicester are all dramatic six pointers. Oh, and don’t forget Man United at Southampton on Monday that result will tell us a great deal…