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Friday 30th October 2015

AND THEY KEEP ON COMING!

WINNER OF PET IDOL 2015

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ALEX TRELINSKI

pain has broken yet another tourism record after welcoming 54.4 million international visitors up until the end of September, according to the Industry, Energy and Tourism Ministry. The new figure is three point eight percent higher than calculations taken at the end of September 2014 for the same nine-month period. Last month, Spain broke its all-time record for the number of foreign tourist arrivals up to August when it registered 47.2 million visits – a four point one percent rise from the first eight months of 2014. The latest figures from the ministry's Tourism Border Movements Survey (Frontur) show that once again most visitors came from Britain, Germany and France – which together make up more than half of all tourists entering the country. In all, Spain received two million more tourists than in 2014 over the same nine-

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The Courier TV Pull-out month period, Frontur said. The Madrid region showed the biggest improvement in the survey with an 11 percent increase in visitors. Catalonia remains the preferred destination of most foreign tourists with almost 14 million arrivals – three point two percent more than last year. The Balearics ranks second with more than 10 million foreigners landing on the islands – a two and a

half percent rise over 2014's figures. The Valencia region, including the Costa Blanca, welcomed five point three million tourists over the first nine months of 2015, a rise of four point two percent on last year's returns. Not surprisingly the record visitor numbers have led to record spending in Spain by tourists with figures showing an increased expenditure of just over six percent over the first nine months of 2015

compared to the same period last year. Just under 54 billion euro hit Spanish coffers this year thanks to the tourists, which amounts to 197 million euro a day going through the cash registers and card machines. British spending was up by over ten percent, and a quarter of all tourist expenditure in Spain comes from the UK, with big rises in spending also noted amongst visitors from the Far East.

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There’s a 17 percent rise on winter season flights being offered at AlicanteElche airport over the next five months compared to the same period last year. Over 3.9 million seats are being offered during the winter season which kicked in last weekend with new routes being launched to destinations like Rome, Kiev, Warsaw, Antwerp, and Sevilla in addition to an extensive range of links to Scandinavia which is helping to fuel the winter

increase in services and passengers. Meanwhile, there’s been a welcome piece of news for San Javier airport where the winter and summer timetables have been steadily reducing as Alicante-Elche is taking away services from the Murcia facility. Aer Lingus has begun a four flights per week service linking Dublin to San Javier, with Ryanair ending daily services on the same route from Tuesday November 3rd for the winter period.

Brit Held A 60-year-old British woman was arrested in the Murcia region earlier this month on an international warrant with the British police wanting her in connection with child abuse charges involving allegedly drugging and abusing her step-daughter when she was aged between 11 and 13. The woman had been living in a variety of locations in Spain over the last decade including Almeria, Granada, and Malaga, and was detained in Fuente Alamo, between Murcia City and Cartagena.

Give It Back

Orihuela council has got to hand back over 800 thousand euro to Spain's finance ministry in Madrid, after it

had been overpaid. The authority will be able though to stagger the payments over a ten year period.

A teenager who was kept prisoner in a Dolores house for two days by her boyfriend, before she escaped through a window, has been recounting her ordeal in front of an Alicante court this week. The man sat in the dock facing charges of illegal detention and also for beating up the girl, who was aged 16 when the incidents happened in the Vega Baja town. Now aged 17, the teenager

told the court about what happened in February this year after the couple had lived together for just a month. Prosecutors say that the man lost his temper in a fit of jealous rage beating the girl around the face and calling her a “whore” and a “slut”, before not allowing her to leave the house. It’s alleged that he even got her to call her parents to say that everything was

well. On her second day of imprisonment, she told the court that she was beaten up, and dragged across the floor by her hair. The man denies the charge of illegal detention but has admitted to acts of violence against the girl. Prosecutors have called for a six year jail term over the imprisonment charge, and two sentences of 10 months each for two counts of violence.

Change For The Better Israel's Ambassador to Spain, Daniel Kutner has taken part in a name-changing ceremony for a northern Spanish town that did away with an old anti-Semitic name. The town, formerly Castrillo Matajudíos, which translates to Camp Kill Jews, was renamed as Castrillo Mota de Judíos, or Jews' Hill Camp. Historical records indicate that Jews' Hill Camp was actually the town's original name, which was changed to Camp Kill Jews in 1627; 135 years after Jews were ordered to convert to Catholicism or flee the country in the 1492 Spanish Inquisition. Although Jews were killed in the area, researchers believe the town received its current name from Jewish residents who converted to

Catholicism and wanted to convince Spaniards that they opposed Jews. Others think it might have simply come from a slip of the pen. "It must be remembered that the expulsion from Spain was for Jews a traumatic event of

historic dimensions and set out the trajectory for the Jewish people from there on," Kutner said at the ceremony. There are no Jews living in the town today, but many residents have Jewish roots.

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Suicide of Benidorm Brit

A British father-of-two from Bolton hung himself in a Benidorm police jail after the National Police arrested him for assaulting his partner of nine years. Antony Abbott, 36, was on a family holiday to the resort with Catherine Corless and their two children when she called the

police after an incident at their hotel, which followed a night of drinking. The assault happened at the Hotel Palm Beach at 2.00 am last Friday morning in front of witnesses, and he was taken to the police station to be charged with a crime against women. 45 minutes later, Mr. Abbott was found dead. After the usual processing formalities, the National Police said that he was taken to one of the cells and a few minutes later when they were doing a routine check, they found that he had hung himself using a blanket as a rope.

A source added Mr Abbott was "agitated" following his arrest, and was later found hanged in his cell. "A court coroner came to inspect the body and ruled out the involvement of any third party in the death. Speaking shortly after Mr. Abbott was found dead, Catherine Corless said: “He can be a bit of a show off when he’s had a drink.” Miss Corless, who is reported to have returned to Bolton with her two children, said that she had been Mr Abbott’s partner for nine years and that they had enjoyed the “best holiday ever”.

Bottom Beater

A Gijon father has been given 80 days for thrashing his 12-year-old son across his bare buttocks for not doing his homework. The incident happened in May when the 48-year-old dad asked his son to do some

studying but refused. The father, who plead guilty in court, then took umbrage over the refusal and got out a leather belt and took down his son’s trousers and underwear before hitting him on his bare bottom and his left

leg. The injuries took five days to heal and the father has been given an order where he can’t come without 300 metres of his child for six months as well as having to pay him 200 euro in compensation.

Fundraising Appeal The Courier is very proud to take part in The Appeal for Francis House. Please help raise money for her charity The Kirsty Club which set up a JustGiving page this week following the 20-year-old's death. A new fundraising drive has begun in memory of Kirsty Howard. Kirsty was given only weeks to live at the age of four, but she beat the odds

and went on to become an inspirational fundraiser. Her charity The Kirsty Club set up a JustGiving page this morning to raise money to go towards the £4m-a-year running costs of Francis House children’s hospice in Didsbury. Kirsty, 20, was born with her heart back to front and died in the early hours of Saturday surrounded by her family. The hospice relied on

donations for its existence as only 16 per cent of its funding came from the British Government. David Beckham's heartfelt tribute to 'amazing' fundraiser Kirsty. 'It was an inspiration to meet such a brave young lady'. Anyone who wants to donate can go to the JustGiving website and by text in the UK, visit: www.justgiving.com/Kirsty Club/

Angela’s Achievement A transgender woman hoping to make history by becoming Miss Spain last Sunday had to make do with fifth place, but said afterwards that she felt like a winner. Angela Ponce, 23, from Sevilla, represented Cadiz, but she lost out to Miss Barcelona, Mireia Lalaguna, saying: 'I have the regional crown on my head and I will keep fighting to make us seen, to make us heard and to demonstrate that I am already a queen with my own crown.' Angela also said that the 'battle continues' to raise awareness for the transgender community in Spain.

Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli soldier, police say. Warplanes believed to be Russian bombed targets in the southern Syrian province of Deraa for the first time.

'Society is not educated for diversity and that is what has made me go public. Here I am and I'm not weird, I just have a different story,' she said.

Jail Call Prosecutors are calling for a Swedish man to be jailed for three and a half years after he allegedly caused a car crash that killed a Torrevieja couple on the N-332 in Santa Pola in September 2014. The 34-year-old Swede tested positive for alcohol

and drugs with the crash happening at 5.30am adjacent to the Santa Pola salt lakes between the salt factory and the Torre de Tamarit next to a lay-by on a bend. The couple from La Mata in Torrevieja were travelling to Alicante to catch a train.

Meaty End An unlicensed meat storage facility in Albatera that supplied produce to grocery shops and restaurants right across the Vega Baja, in addition to the Elche and Santa Pola areas has been raided and shut down by the Guardia Civil. The Guardia got involved after Orihuela’s Public Health department told them about the illegal

facility on an Albatera industrial estate, with the proprietor also running a local butchery shop. It was discovered that the storage depot didn’t have the appropriate documentation as well as breaking a number of health and safety rules, with the owner subsequently charged with public health offences.

Algorfa Outdoor Boost

A new children’s play area is to be built in Algorfa, with the Alicante Provincial Council funding the 90 thousand euro project which will see swings and slides appearing in the town’s Plaza de España. The money will also be used to build a Biosalud facility in the municipality’s Los Crispin urbanisation,

aimed at improving the physical health of the more elderly residents in the area. Work on both new projects will start early next year according to Algorfa mayor, Manuel Ros, who said they replaced the previous PP-administrations plans for any new local skate parks.

Charges brought against U.S. police officers in fatal shooting incidents have spiked this year. Deutsche Bank to cut 35,000 jobs after $6.6 billion loss. Barclays net profit rises as new CEO appointed. China buys Airbus jets worth $17B during Merkel visit. 600 criminal complaints filed in Switzerland following VW scandal. Protests hit Kashmir after India says it killed top rebel. Shell suffers vast $7.416-billion Q3 net loss after scrapping projects. Samsung profit rises on record earnings from semiconductors. Nokia and LG profits drop because of reduced smartphone demand. China to raise penalties in new carbon market rules. Amnesty accuses Australia of paying people smugglers. Nepal turns to China for fuel after India restricts supply. Austria to build border fence, threatening Schengen zone. Ferrari production cap edges higher, to 9,000 units by 2019.

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Double Centurion

The Watchtower Pilar de la Horadada's iconic watchtower could be opened up for tourists to go round it if Mayor, Ignacio Ramos, gets his way. Ramos met with Valencia Tourist Agency president Francesc Colomer to discuss his plans for the 400 year old structure, which also include getting Culture Ministry officials to analyse the state of it.

Santa Pola is celebrating 200 years as an independent municipality with a special exhibition looking the development of the town. With the official opening last Sunday, the event will run until Sunday November 22nd in the Ayuntamiento’s Exhibition Hall.

Cure Trial

Fatal Blowout

Spanish doctors are to run the world's first trial to cure five HIV patients within three years by using blood transplants from umbilical cords. The National Organisation of Transplants (ONT) is behind the project and doctors hope to start treatments for the first patient over the next two to three months in Madrid.

A Load Of Cobbles

Bigastro’s worn –out roads and pavements are set for improvement, starting with 60 thousand euro of work funded by the Alicante Provincial Council for resurfacing in five areas around the centre including the re-surfacing of the cobbled stretch of Calle Purisima which has been the subject of frequent complaints. Officials say that much more funding is needed for more extensive work that they say needs to be carried out across the town.

Party Animal A Bolivian man has had a one year jail sentence confirmed after he locked his three young children inside his house and went out to a party. Murcia Provincial Court upheld the original sentence after the incident happened over four years ago at an undisclosed location in the region. The man decided to have a night out, whilst the youngsters (the oldest of which was six) were locked in at their home. Worried neighbours called the police, who in turn got the fire brigade to smash down the door and they took the children for a check-up at the local hospital. The man was found guilty of abandonment and endangering the lives of children at his original trial.

Sheepish Demo

Spanish shepherds led two thousand sheep through the streets of Madrid last Sunday in defence of age-old grazing and migration rights that they say are increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and fenced-in pastures. Tourists were surprised to see wide avenues blocked

A 55-year-old driver was killed on the AP-7 in the Albatera area last Friday when his Mercedes car was hit by a lorry that had gone over the central reservation onto the opposite carriageway.The man died instantly whilst the

lorry driver only had mild injuries, with the road having to be closed in both directions for over two hours. Early indications were that one of the lorry's tyres had burst forcing the vehicle to go out of control.

off in the capital to let the woolly parade - bleating loudly and clanking bells cross the city, accompanied by sheepdogs. Government agriculture spokesman Carlos Cabanas says the tradition is essential to "maintain native breeds that are in danger of extinction."

Shepherds have held the right since at least 1273 to use droving routes across land that used to be open fields before Madrid became a sprawling metropolis. A shepherd handed over 150 maravedies - coins minted in the 11th century - to city officials for the crossing.

Flying The Flag

Floor Stays Sabadell Bank says it will keep on selling mortgages with a so-called 'floor clause', which impose a limit on how far mortgage interest rates can fall in line with a benchmark rate. The terms of these mortgages are clearly marked to potential buyers, according to Sabadell boss Jaime Guardiola. Analysts believe that the removal of the widely-used 'floor clauses', would have hit the profitability of Sabadell.

Fogged Out

Barcelona Football Club has declared war on European football governing body, UEFA, with club president Josep Maria Bartomeu threatening to take the body to the European Court of Human Rights after the club was fined for fans displaying flags supporting Catalan independence. UEFA fined Barca 40 thousand euro for the flags displayed during the European champions

win over Bayer Leverkusen last month. It was the second such sanction in a matter of months as Barca were fined 30 thousand euro for the same “offence” after winning the Champions League final. But Bartomeu claimed he would drag UEFA through the courts for violating the club's fans' right to freedom of speech. "Enough is enough," he told the club's

annual general meeting on Sunday. "We will appeal the sanction to UEFA's appeals committee and if they don't accept our case we will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. If even there our case isn't accepted, we will go to the High Court of Switzerland and, if necessary, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg."

Safety First

A family of four from the Vega Baja area including a three-year-old child and a 75-year-old man had to be rescued when they got lost in fog walking in the Font Roja de Alcoy park last Sunday morning. No details of their nationality or their

exact home location was released by authorities, who were called in to rescue the group shortly before 10.00 am in the area of the village of Sant Antoni when thick fog fell and caused the family to lose their bearings.

The Guardia Civil has brought in an company to make safe a septic well in Santa Pola before they resume their investigation into whether the body of a teenager that went missing back in 1991 is down the well. 19-year-old Remedios Ludeña Gea vanished from the nearby Calvario area of Santa Pola, and it's believed that a tip off led to the start of a Guardia operation looking for the girls remains down the hole which is said to be around 15 metres long. The walls need strengthening and the authorities are looking to make everything safe

before their investigations can continue. Two people that want answers are Ludeña’s par-

ents who have told the media that they are looking for answers and closure over the matter.

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All A Lie

A Sevilla woman who faked her own kidnapping in order to squeeze money out of her mother to clear her debts has been arrested by the police. Earlier this year, a Cartagena man tried the same trick and failed, and in this case, the 21-year-old female admitted it was a lie when police called round to her boyfriend’s home and found her there. Her mother reported the “kidnap” to the police, after she had given over two thousand euro to her in three separate instalments at a shopping mall, with the daughter saying that the “kidnappers” were watching her. As her mum was

filing a report to the police, she got more mobile text messages from daughter saying that she had been beaten up and tied up with

Duo Halted

Two men have been arrested after a car chase in Catral over holding counterfeit cash; drugs possession and distribution; and weapons charges, after a month long investigation by the National Police. The men, who were based in Los Alcázares, were alleged to have been involved in a wide scale distribution of drugs across the

Vega Baja area. A substantial quantity of narcotics and paraphernalia was found in their Alcázares home as well as 64 thousand euro in fake 50-euro notes. They were captured after being pursued in Catral with the men throwing out a bag of drugs, and being caught with guns in their possession.

New Boss

The Vega Baja hospital has a new manager with Valencia's Health Ministry

appointing Miguel Fayos in overall charge of the facility. Fayos has worked as a doctor at the orthopaedic department and his appointment comes amidst anger from workers, unions, and some local politicians that no management structure had been put in place over the last few months, after the previous manager, Emilio Bascuñana, quit because he became Mayor of Orihuela. The priorities for Fayos appear to be speeding up the opening of the new-look emergency department as well as boosting primary care services.

other victims. That’s when the police smelt a rat and decided to visit the girl’s boyfriend, where they made their arrest.

Cool As A Cucumber A German court has backed a Málaga-based vegetable cooperative's claim for compensation after the E.Coli scare was incorrectly linked to Spanish cucumbers. The Frunet Coop in Algarrobo says it lost 'practically all of its customers and suppliers' when cucumbers it exported to Germany were blamed for an outbreak of the deadly intestinal virus E.Coli, an epidemic which caused dozens of deaths in the central European country. Sales director for Frunet, Richard Söpenberg, says that although the co-op had sued for €2.3 million, the case was more about clearing its name than earning back the money it had lost through the unfair fingerpointing at its produce. The exact amount of compensation due to Frunet has not been confirmed, and 'the ball is now in Hamburg's court' in terms of negotiations with the cooperative for the financial and reputation damage caused. "I hope this will all end soon, but as yet it's not over yet – the city and state of Hamburg has never been willing to pay us and has pushed us to the limits to prove that we had nothing to do with the E.Coli epidemic," Söpenberg added.

Lighting Up Torrevieja's street light system needs a major overhaul according to the Mayor, Jose Manuel Dolon. He said that he wants to get approved plans for the Rocío del Mar and the Acequión areas up and running in conjunction with funding from the Alicante Provincial Council, who he wants a meeting with to get the projects started as soon as possible. Dolon added the city's lighting network was 30 years old, and needed replacing, with the main priorities being at Lago Jardín 1; Las Barcas; Las Villas; and La Veleta which would total well over one point two million euros, whilst the Torreta Florida urbanisation refurb would come to around two million euros. ExPP mayor, Eduardo Dolon, said that there were 500 deficiencies in local lighting with breakdowns or blackouts, calling for a major investment in the system, which he oversaw until last spring.

Weevil Home Sweet Second Home Worry Parts of Torrevieja’s Plaza de la Constitucion have had to be roped-off from pedestrians after a palm tree collapsed after being infected by the deadly red palm weevil. Two other trees are believed to be infected.

A Big Hola Orihuela!

Cruise ship passengers arriving at Alicante City next autumn are set to be wooed by a series of excursions to the Orihuela area. Options will include a cultural trip to Orihuela City; a gastronomy tour; and a longer golfing trip including a local overnight stay.

Over 20 percent of Spaniards own a second home, according to a survey. Rural areas, villages and small towns tend to be the most popular locations for a second or subsequent property – with 44 percent of Spanish second-home owners having a house in the country and just over 37 percent in a village. This type of property is more likely to be used for holidays (59.8 percent of cases) or weekends (35.3 percent of cases), with only two point nine percent of Spaniards owning a second residence for work reasons. Age bears a direct rela-

tionship to the number of second homes owned, with those aged between 40 and 49 more likely to do so, followed by the 30 to 39 agegroup where 15 percent have an additional residential property. Nearly a quarter of Spanish city-dwellers were more likely to own a second residence, compared with those who already live in the country who account for 11.5 percent of those who do. Income not surprisingly also has a large influence – of those Spaniards earning more than four thousand euros a month, 43.3 percent of them owned, or were keen to own, a second property

What A Dive

Answers Please A San Miguel de Salinas residents group has asked the local council to explain about some unexplained work that’s going on next to an industrial estate in the town. La Asociación de Vecinos San Miguel Arcángel wants the authority to shed light on earth and rubble work that has happened on the land and whether it is potentially a new rubbish dump.

Square Deal Two of Torrevieja's squares are to have improvements made to them by the council's Parks and Gardens department. The Miguel Hernández square (pictured), which features the Municipal Theatre, will see the removal of the theatre box office, which will be incorporated within the theatre itself, and other safety measures will also be carried out. A children's play area will be built at the Plaza de Oriente.

Castle Kept The grounds of Guardamar Castle are to get a makeover and made safer in a key task with over 200 thousand euro being spent to take on 24 people in an employment workshop. Work should begin towards the end of November. In addition, the old municipal slaughterhouse will be renovated with the aim of basing a community centre there.

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A local diving group roped in 30 Madrid University students last weekend to help clear out rubbish left by tourists in Torrevieja's coves over the summer.

The Bubbles diving club and the students pulled out cans, bottles, fishing gear and even large piping which was said to resemble local street lighting poles.

Double Date

A trial which centres on the Infanta Cristina, younger sister of King Felipe VI and her husband Iñaki Urdangarín will last five-and-a-half months, according to magistrates at the provincial court of the Balearic Islands. Urdangarín faces up to 20 years in jail for embezzlement of public funds, along with his co-director of the Nóos Institute, a firm purporting to be a non-profit association promoting sports and cultural events. And the Infanta, now estranged from her Royal

brother, owned 50% of the 'front' company Aizoon with Urdangarín – a firm with no known commercial activity which was used to launder the surplus from inflated invoices sent to the regional governments of the Balearic Islands and Valencia for organising cycling races and other events. It was revealed recently that the trial would start on January 11th, some four years after inquiries were launched and nearly five years after the scandal came to light. Now, the

court has confirmed it expects to finish the trial on June 30th. This will be the first time that a member of the Royal family has appeared in the dock and, as a result of her alleged involvement in the Nóos case – which has also been said to have involved offsetting personal expenses against Aizoon's tax declarations and the evasion of millions of euro in duties – the Infanta Cristina has limited relations with her own family now, including the stripping of her title of Duchess of Palma.

Going The Wrong Way Traffic cops in the northwestern region of Galicia were called out by motorists who saw an 85year-old woman driving the wrong way down the AP-9. She travelled for several kilometres against the flow but amazingly didn’t hit anything. When she was pulled up and surrounded by the police, the lady was said to be 'somewhat disoriented',

Jail Call

but she is still facing legal action based upon her having committed a 'very serious motoring offence'. Police 'strongly recommended' that she undertake a medical examination – of the type normally required every few years for licence renewals, but also an extra one to check that she 'fulfilled the mental and physical aptitudes necessary for driving'.

Taught A Lesson Public prosecutors have called for a four-year jail term for the train driver involved in one of Spain's worst rail disasters, in which 80 people died in 2013, and that victims' families receive 42.9 million euros in compensation. Francisco Jose Garzon Amo was driving the high-speed train that went off the rails and ploughed into a siding near the city of Santiago de Compostela on July 24th, 2013. Investigators found that Garzon was talking on the

phone shortly before the Alvia-type train crashed as it hurtled round a sharp bend at 179 kilometres per hour -more than twice the speed limit for that stretch of track. The public prosecutor's office in the north western region of Galicia said in a statement it had recommended he be tried for 80 counts of reckless homicide and 144 counts of injury and receive a sentence four years in jail and be banned from driving trains for six years.

Top Gear The number of vehicles made in Spain in September rose by 26.78 percent over a year to a total of 272,521 vehicles, according to figures from the Association of

Car Manufacturers (ANFAC). Car factories produced nine thousand vehicles a day, which was the largest figure for a single month since April 2008.

A 41-one-year old man has been jailed in Mallorca for beating his horse to death after failing to win a race. It’s the first time that somebody has been sent to prison in Spain in an animal abuse case with judging refusing the suspend the eight month sentence after

Eugenio Sánchez repeatedly beat Sorky das Pon, the horse he co-owned, with a metal bar after it was disqualified in a trotting race in Mallorca nearly three years ago. The judge rejected an appeal and refused to allow the suspension of the jail

term, where in Spain a prison sentence of up to two years is normally suspended for a first offence. She said that for the animal abuser to avoid a jail term and instead do community service "would be an absurdity and counterproductive to justice".

Dave Silver

Friday 30th October 2015

Is Anybody Out There Apart From Elsie?

LOTS of my newer readers have been asking me the derivation of the nicknames I give to my fellow inmates down at the pub. But first, a word from my sponsor as I notice Mrs S gesticulating wildly in the living room doorway. 'What's up, chuck?' I ask. 'I've just started to write this week's Courier column and, as you can see from the look of deep concentration in my usual lacklustre eyes, I am trying to get on with the job at hand.' 'And that is why I am gesticulating wildly,' she responds. 'After all, I don't want you making a fool of yourself with your colleagues on The Courier.' 'What on earth are you going on about?' I ask. 'No! What are YOU going on about?' says Mrs S. (By

more or less echoing my words she cleverly reduces her own thinking time.) There is an impasse as husband and wife glare at each other until the latter breaks the uneasy silence. 'You cannot start your column with a reference to "lots" of newer readers. I don't believe you have "lots" of newer readers. Indeed, I don't believe you have "lots" of ANY readers. 'By exaggerating the number of people who peruse your mad musings you are cheapening your already tarnished reputation.' 'Well, thank you for your input,' I say, not meaning it. 'My pleasure, husband,' she says, really meaning it. Anyway, the bottom line is that I shall have to start this column again . . .

Mrs Elsie Scroggins, who recently spent a pleasant two weeks on holiday on the Costa Blanca, has asked me the derivation of the nicknames I give to my fellow inmates down at the pub. How did Indoor Lou, Fearful Phil, Daft Barry and, of course, Ol' Red Eyes happen to become thus-called by yours truly. For the benefit of Elsie (and only Elsie, unfortunately) I shall therefore provide a brief recap of how those jolly japesters were so informally christened. I gave my neighbour Lou the prefix Indoor because the poor guy had not left his house for ages. Lou was adamant that he was under constant watch by intergalactic aliens who were determined to capture him and suck out his brains. The

poor deluded bloke wouldn't even risk stepping over the back doorstep to take shelter in his jerry-built DIY underground shelter. I convinced Lou that even the most primitive extra-terrestrial weapon could penetrate his cardboard-reinforced earthbag defences and he might as well forget about it and instead accompany me to the pub for a bit of human company. The clincher was that Lou's wife had threatened to leave him if he did not resume giving her a lift to bingo. As for the pubmate I call Fearful Phil, the poor sap was so superstitious that he had spent the whole of 2013 in bed because that particular year contained the Devil's number. Apparently, Phil's granddad had done the same in 1913 and, being lazy as well as ultra-cautious, probably would have overslept into the following year had there not been a world war brewing. Now Daft Barry, so called because he struggles to come to terms with most things that are rational or sensible, ironically could be the most enlightened one of us all. I base my belief on the fact that Barry's big hero is none other than myself, although my fellow pubsters insist that it was they who gave Barry

the sobriquet Daft after he confessed that he looked up to me. There are as many reasons as he has eyes that Ol' Red Eyes is so called. Firstly, his eyes are always red. Secondly, no-one knows his real name. The old codger spends his 'waking' hours asleep on the pub floor and while still possessing all of his faculties is usually too out of it to use them. As for the other pub regulars, Fag Ash Bill earned his appellation from his non-stop smoking habit which means that for legal reasons he has to remain on the pavement and thus cannot actually be called a pub regular. Go figure. Dave the barman on the other hand is very much a regular by virtue of his position as both owner of the inn and also his own sole employee. Although he has no informal moniker, Dave is frequently known by the title of Water Resources Technician for his expertise in diluting his ale, wines and spirits. Well, that more or less takes care of everybody. 'Hang on a second,' says Mrs S. 'Surely, YOU must have a nickname at the pub. What is it?' 'Me?' I ask. 'I don't have any alternative form of nomenclature. I'm simply

Dave. How can I explain something I haven't got?' 'Oh, really?' says Mrs S. 'Well, a few minutes ago you tried to explain the number of Courier readers you haven't got.' 'Read my lips! I have no nickname!' I declare, puckering my lower face to add extra authenticity. 'Oh, really?' says Mrs S again. 'What about at school?' 'Okay, okay,' I grumble, giving in. 'At school I was known as Yogi because my classmates said I looked like Yogi Bear. I was also called Boo-Boo because I did a mean impression of Yogi's constant companion. And I was also called Huck because they told me I walked like Huckleberry Hound. 'But that's it! I haven't had a nickname -- cartoon or otherwise -- since I finished my education.' At that moment the phone rings. 'Hello, Mrs S, it's Dave the barman here. Would you ask Mr. Bean if he's coming in tonight? Only it's his round.' 'That's it!' I cry. 'I'm off to climb the stairs to my bed. On second thoughts, I'm too tired to climb. I'll probably just walk up the stairs instead.' (Always leave 'em laughing.) So goodnight, Elsie Scroggins, wherever you are.

Lost Footing A 55-year-old man trying to help a neighbour who was locked out of her Granada flat, died last Saturday after falling from the woman's eighth-floor balcony. The police heard that the deceased man had been trying to help his neighbour, who had locked her keys indoors, by climbing across from his balcony to hers – where the patio door was open – so he could open her apartment from the inside. He lost his footing and fell to his death eight storeys down.

Just The Ticket Spain’s rail network will offer Wi-Fi on 89 trains and in 20 outer suburban metro stations, according to operator RENFE. It won’t happen everywhere straight away as the roll -out period will take until at least then end of 2017, since connecting up trains to the network

will mean each one has to be out of action for a month. The first areas to get Wi-Fi will be the highspeed AVE train from Madrid to Sevilla; Getafe Centro station in the Madrid area; and the Plaza de Catalunya station in Barcelona.

Nasty Cuts

A 30-year old woman had two fingers cut off from her right hand on Tuesday when she was operating some machinery in a factory in the Carrús area of Elche. The National Police are investigating the incident.

Street Fighters Local police broke up a street fight in the Capuchins area of Oriheula City and arrested four of the participants. The first brawl had been broken up, but then one of the participants took a break to bring over a gun, with the officers intervening to stop things getting worse.

Plot Foiled

It’s A Wrap

Volunteer Day 20 local groups took part in Torrevieja's annual Volunteer Day on the city's Paseo Juan Aparicio last Saturday. The various groups, including HELPVega Baja, used the occasion to boost membership numbers with a variety of live performances enhancing a well-attended event.

News

Friday 30th October 2015

The hit TV show, Game Of Thrones, has finished their production work in Spain ahead of this spring's sixth series, and the producers ordered five different cakes to celebrate the different loca-

tions they've been shooting at in Spain. The stars of the fantasy series have been filming in Girona, Bardenas Reales, Zafra Castle, Peñíscola, and Almería for the past few months.

One Careful Owner Two Ferraris belonging to the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos, are being auctioned by the tax authorities, after the ex-monarch donated them to help give public funding and services a boost. Both the Ferrari FF (F151) are three years old, 6.3cc, 12V, Euro 5 emissions levels, and 486 CV with 20" diamond-studded wheel-hubs, hand-held fire extinguishers, leather mats and trays, back-seat entertainment system, maximum-power Hi-Fi, frontal and parking cameras, coloured steering wheels, TV tuner, and blacked-out rear windows. Their tyres are said to be practically unworn, and the metallic grey one has 763 kilometres on the clock,

plus two scratches on the nearside front and rear wings which are said to be 'negligible'. It has been valued at 345 thousand euro, but the black one, which does not have a mark on it and has never been driven at all, is given a value of 350 thousand euro. They were a gift to the now-abdicated King by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, chief minister of the United Arab Emirates, just after Juan Carlos visited the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi in November 2011. The cars are therefore, technically, nearly four years old, but were not registered until September 2012. Both carry commemorative plaques in silver.

Two Moroccan migrants who were kidnapped as soon as they entered Spain illegally by ferry and who were being beaten and held for ransom have been rescued by the National Police. The two men smuggled themselves into a ferry in Tangier bound for the port of Algeciras in early October by clinging to the undercarriage of a freight truck that boarded the boat. As soon as they arrived in Algeciras they were approached by two other Moroccan men who lured them to an apartment in the city with the promise of food and the chance to take a bath

after the trip. The migrants were tied up and beaten and their family members received threatening phone calls demanding up to five thousand euro to secure their release. Police began their investigation after receiving a complaint from the wife of one of the kidnapped men who lives in the northern city of Lugo. They received a tip from someone in Morocco who said two men were being held at an apartment in Algeciras and when they raided the flat they found the two kidnapped migrants. "Both kidnapped men

had suffered injuries, and one of them even told the officers that he had thought of throwing himself out the window if they were not freed by police," said a National Police statement. Police arrested the two suspected kidnappers, one was outside the apartment and the other inside. Thousands of migrants tried to reach Spain from Morocco each year. Many try to smuggle themselves across the border to Ceuta and Melilla, two tiny Spanish territories that border Morocco, hidden in cars while others cross the Mediterranean in flimsy boats or hidden on ferries.

A Bridge Too Far

A cocky 23-year-old man who didn't think the authorities could pick him out on social network sites, has been fined for videoing himself hanging off several bridges in Alicante Province after police tracked him down. The Spaniard had taken pictures and filmed himself

while climbing on the 138fthigh San Jorge bridge and 115ft-high Viaducto bridge, both in Alcoy. He was arrested and was fined 600 euro for his stunts after he uploaded material to his Facebook page. One of the pictures shows him clearly holding on to the bridge with just

one hand, while a film clip shows him tempting fate by hanging with his feet dangling off its edge. Raul Llopis, the councillor for Citizen Security, said that the man: 'Not only put his life in danger, but he could have caused a lot of other damage if he had fallen on pedestrians walking below.'

Friday 30th October 2015

Lavenderia Los Altos

Lavanderia Los Altos was recently acquired by The Laundry Group as its first outlet for the company in Spain. The Laundry Group has extensive experience in the trade and brings the latest state of the art equipment to the Costa Blanca. This investment ensures that your items are cleaned to the highest possible standard and as we are fully insured there is peace of mind as well that your garment's are in safe hands!!! Lavanderia Los Altos provides the same high level of service to everybody no matter how big or small whether you require a service wash or a bespoke Company Cleaning contract. In addition to offering all aspects of machine cleaning, we also provide a quality dry cleaning service and a specialist duvet and rug cleaning service, as well as providing an on-site alteration service We also offer a collection and delivery service for your items. For more information on how we can help you either visit us at Unit 16 Commercial Centre, Los Altos or call us on 966 445 005.

Friday 30th October 2015

Matilde’s Swansong One of Matilde Sanchez’s last official duties as President of the Alzheimer’s Association (AFA Torrevieja) was to pick up 940 euro from

AMMA Boost

a fund-raising night at the El Alto La Dolores Restaurante in Guardamar. Matilde retired as AFA President a fortnight ago.

It’s A Stick Up The Sailing Association Mar Menor (SAMM) recently presented a bumper cheque for twelve hundred euro to a local Alzheimer’s charity, AMMA. The money was raised at the sailing club’s annual

Local fundraisers, the Los Pistoleros Westerners, were out in force for a charity Country and Western night at the Reflexions Bar in San Luis, Torrevieja, with the big hat filled and raffle tickets sales amounting to a grand total of 311 euro which will

go to the Los Pistoleros charity fund for allocation at April’s annual presentation dance. To learn more about the group’s big fund-raising efforts, just go and visit their useful website at, Lospistoleros.info

Sky High Diane Diane Blacknall skydived over the skies of Murcia earlier this year, inspired by her sister June’s brave and successful battle against cancer. Now Diane, who was sponsored by her customers at The Treasure

Chest jewellery shop in Villamartin, along with the pool team from The Green Baize Bar, was able to hand over 715 euro to Maria & The Pink Ladies, who in turn passed over the sum to the AECC Cancer charity.

charity day in June, and the members (dressed in pirate gear) handed over the very welcome sum to AMMA President, Raquel Peña, during the annual Los Alcázares beach fiesta, El Dia de Caldero.

Books Galore

San Fulgencio schoolchildren have a got big book boost after fifteen hundred euro was raised by the New Cardenal Belluga Theatre Group after two recent performances of their new production, Musical Mystery Tour. The total was also helped by a 500 euro donation from the La Marina-

based Hope Christian Fellowship church. Theatre Group chairman, Tom Ford, went to the school to hand over the money to buy new books for the local youngsters, with plans already afoot for their next production in June. New members are welcome and details are available just calling 966 790 547.

Local & News

Jeanette Erath - Learn Spanish

Friday 30th October 2015

The Many Uses of “Tener” I’m bringing you another verb this week, and this time round we have TENER. It means ´to have´ or as we commonly say in English ´have got´. It is not used when we deal with the perfect tense in Spanish, whereas in English it’s the same verb in Spanish as they use the verb ´haber´ for ´to have´ as an auxiliary in the perfect tenses, just to remind you the present perfect is ´have been´, ´have seen´, etc. TENER is an irregular verb, e = ie change except in the ´yo´ form, so it conjugates thus: TENGO, TIENES, TIENE, TENE M O S , TENÉIS

pen, He´s got a big house (tengo un bolígrafo, él tiene una casa grande) and it´s also used to show obligation, as in I´ve got to go, we´ve got to see the film, but in this case we have to add the preposition ´que´ after the conjugated verb TENER, so it becomes; tengo que ir, tenemos que ver la película. We also use TENER in various situations where in English we use a different verb, here are some of the most common uses: Tengo frío – I´m cold, Tienes calor – you´re hot, tenemos suerte – we´re lucky, Él tiene 20 años – he´s 20 years old, tengo hambre – I´m hungry, ella tiene sed – she´s thirsty, ¿tienes sueño? – are you sleepy? Tengo dolor de la cabeza – I´ve got a headache, tienes razón – you´re correct (right). e th f There are more o ll a f Out o idiomatic expres, why s e g a u g n other la sions that are more ant to is it import h? general such as is n tener prisa – to be in study Spa a hurry, tener éxito – to be successful (note the ´false friend´ there – éxito), TIENEN. tener la culpa – to be guilty, As you can see it´s tener ganas de – to feel like, regular in the nosotros and as in tengo muchas ganas vosotros forms. de ir a Londres – I really feel When do we use TENER? like going to London, it can It´s used in English to show also mean ´looking forward possession, as in I´ve got a to´, tener in cuenta – to bear

WHY SPANISH?

in mind. Note in all the above phrases the word TENER is joined with a noun e.g: el año, el frío, el calor, el hambre, la sed, la culpa, la prisa, therefore the word is modified by an adjective not an adverb, basically it means we use a lot of rather than very. Also remember whether the noun is masculine or feminine as you will, of course, need to change the adjective ending, so how do we say á lot of´ in English? Of course it´s mucho or mucha as in its normal form it ends with an ó´ then when it´s with a feminine noun we need to change the ending to á ´, so how do we say Í´m very hungry´? Yes, that´s right tengo mucho hambre, and to say I´, very thirsty we say: tengo mucha sed. Don´t worry too much if you´re not sure about what an adjective or adverb is, all you need to remember is to use mucho or mucha with these expressions and never use muy! I´m going to end with more conjugations of TENER, starting with the indicative: preterite (past tense) tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron, imperfect (past tense): tenía, tenías, tenía, teníamos, teníais, tenían. Conditional: tendría, tendrías, tendría, tendríamos, tendríais, tendrían. Future

(will) – tender, tendrás, tendrá, tendremos, tendréis, tendrán. Past participle (had): tenido. Present participle (having): teniendo. Subjunctive: present: tenga, tengas, tenga, tengamos, tengáis, tenga. Imperfect 1 (past): tuviera, tuvieras, tuviera, tuviéramos, tuvierais, tuvieran. Imperfect 2 (past): tuviese, tuvieses, tuviese, tuviésemos, tuvieseis, tuviesen. Future: tuviere, tuvieres, tuviere, tuviéremos, tuviereis, tuvieren. Imperative: yo – tú ten, él/ella tenga, nosotros tengamos, vosotros tened, ellos tengan. Here are some sentences for you to translate into Spanish:

I´ve got a blue car, he´s got to go out at six o´clock, we´ve got to eat now, do we have to go to the party tonight? I´m very sleepy, I´ve got a lot of books in my bedroom, are you hungry? I didn´t have time, I´ll have to go to Madrid soon, I´ve got a

pain in my leg, I have three children, how old are you? It wasn´t my fault, I don´t have any idea, will they have enough food? Do you have children? I have a lot of friends, do you have a light? I´ll give you the Spanish translations next week!

Pets

Friday 30th October 2015

The Courier ‘s Pet Idol 2015... The Winners are...

After the votes have been counted and checked, we can now reveal the winners of Pet Idol 2015. In first place, and the winner of a 50 euro voucher to spend at the San Anton pet store and hospital in Guardamar, is Monty, a 4year old Terrier mix who is a rescue dog and now lives with Dawn in La Marina. Dawn said in her entry email for Monty that he is “very loyal and loves to snuggle up to you, even in this heat”. Monty scored an average of 9.4 out of 10, with almost 400 votes alone. In second place is Nelly, also a dog who clearly loves to dress up. Nelly, who was entered by Valerie, has won the 10 euro voucher for a pet hairdo, courtesy of Tidy Paws.

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In third place is Millie Milner, at 6 years of age, Millie is full of fun and beautiful and, apparently, always has the last word. Millie has won a 10 euro voucher to spend at Los Montesinos vets.

Finally, in fourth place, is Honey, a white cat who captivated many with her beautiful blue eyes. Honey has won a free rabies jab at Eduardo Pets. We will be in contact with the winning entrants with

details of how to collect your prizes soon, but we must thank everybody for getting involved. Collectively, thousands of votes were cast, proving the love felt towards these beautiful animals. It is just a

shame that only a few could take home the prizes, but we will return for another competition soon, so keep checking The Courier newspaper, and the website, thecourier.es, for the start of Pet Idol 2016, coming soon.

Pets Corner: Can You take in a Homeless Dog or Cat?

HENRY & OLIVER Henry and Oliver were rescued with their brother and sister when they were small puppies. Now they are older it is apparent that they are Great Dane X. If anyone out there is a 'big dog 'person' and is looking for a new family member, they can't get much bigger than them. To arrange to meet the beautiful family, please cal today onl 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

ANNIE Annie around seven months old and is the most adorable, friendly little girl. She is a Staffie cross and is in a foster home with other dogs and cats and is brilliant with them. Annie weighs approx 10 kilos and we don't think she is going to get much bigger. Call: 645 469 253 To meet the cats and kittens. and take a look at the website www.petsinspain.com.

EMILE Emile is a beautiful five month old podenco pup, who is very intelligent, and likes to be cuddled. He is very good with other dogs and cats and is currently being fostered in a home with loads of them that he likes to play with. He is very funny to watch and a real little character. For more on Emile, please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail. com.

MUNGO Mungo is 11 months old and is fully vaccinated and passported. His mum was found on the road pregnant and Mungo is one of eight siblings, yet strangely he has not found a home. He’s house trained and loves to go for walks and to play with other dogs. For more on Mungo, please phone 634 065 540 or email lasthopedogrescue@outlook. com

PASHA Pasha is a five-year-old Pachon Navarro who was going to be euthanised. Pasha is va ery healthy and loving dog and needs a home where she will get the love that she needs and deserves. For more information on this lovely girl please phone P.E.P.A. on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail. com

TOMMY Tommy was found when he was a four month old puppy and will be two years old in December. He is a happy and healthy boy who loves to go for a walk and would enjoy the freedom of a loving home. He is a medium size and fully vaccinated, micro chipped and castrated. If you think Tommy is the boy for you then please contact the kennels on 966 710 047 or email satanimalrescue.com

Friday 30th October 2015

The Taxman and his superpowers!

You've probably heard about the changes coming into effect from 1st January 2016 on how financial information is exchanged between Spain and the UK. In April 2013 the UK along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain (the G5) set up a pilot scheme to explore the possibility of developing a common approach to automatic exchange of financial account information. Under the new regulations, financial institutions will be required to capture information in relation to accounts in existence as at 31 December 2015, and new accounts opened on or after 1 January 2016 with first reporting in 2017. Information such as names, addresses, tax identification numbers, balance/value of assets, interest and dividend payments and any gross proceeds from the sale of financial assets will be collected. The information will be passed to the taxman and if there is any suspicious activity further investigation into where the money came from originally may be carried out. So, whereas before, information between the two countries was only exchanged where there was firm suspicion of tax evasion, now the information will be automatically exchanged. What should you do? Firstly ensure that you are correctly declaring assets to the correct tax authorities. This might be by ensuring you submit a Moduelo 720 for assets above â&#x201A;Ź50k outside of Spain or by reviewing what tax should be paid to what tax authority (UK or Spain?) This might be a good time to consider whether your savings and investments are tax efficient to you as Spanish Ex Pat. Whatever your current situation, now is a good time to review your financial position and seek advice on how to ensure you are ready for the changes. For more information about the changes please contact us at Seagate Wealth Management on 965 704 338 or email contact@seagatewealth.es

Friday 30th October 2015

Tony Mayes - About Life

Bonkers Bureaucracy Strikes Again!

If there's one thing that gets right up the noses of British people, it is being told what to do by authority. We encourage the rule of law and value law and order and want that kind of authority, imposed from within, but when it comes to outsiders telling us what to do, it's like a red rag to a bull. And that's why I think the latest craziness to come out of Europe, requiring farmers to put up signs saying they have received EU grants will be totally counter-productive. Under the new EU ruling, farmers must erect billboards, visible to the public, publicising they have received EU grants, and if they don't, they will face having money clawed back. It's led to a massive row with eurosceptics saying British farmers are being forced to become part of the "EU propaganda machine" in the run-up to the 2017 referendum. It's doubly annoying because while Europeans have no problems having advertising signs everywhere and blight the landscape with them (the N332 Orihuela coastal strip is a classic example), in Britain they are shunned, and are strictly controlled by planning

legislation.The European Union is demanding that the size of sign to be erected will depend on the size of the subsidy. Those receiving more than 50 thousand euros of funding must put up a plaque of at least one square foot, while those getting 10 thousand euros must display an A3 poster. Farmers will be expected to foot the bill for the signs themselves! Stuart Agnew, a UKIP MEP and the party's agricultural spokesman, said: "It is outrageous that farmers are obliged to get involved in the EU propaganda machine when this money came from the British taxpayer." The controversy comes after a report, published this year, found that the EU is spending more than ÂŁ500 million a year promoting itself. Perhaps farmers should consider erecting even bigger posters stating that the EU spends ÂŁ500 million a year in self-promotion. October is a big month for Mrs M and me. We celebrate our birthdays and our anniversary, and this year it was Mrs M's biggie, her 70th. How sad it was therefore that the majority of her birthday cards were delivered three days after the

event, and there was mail for me dated more than two weeks prior. To receive a birthday card after the event is totally useless, and the Spanish post office should be ashamed of itself for this appalling service. Clearly our mail had been hanging around at the sorting office for many days before it was all delivered in bulk. It's even worse because we had advised everyone, if they were planning to send cards, to post them in the UK at least a fortnight prior because of the service. Last week I criticised Spanish banks, the Spanish sewerage system (or lack of it) and the lack of effort in clearing up animal mess on public footpaths, and now it's the postal service. Come on Spain, get your act together! Much has been written and televised about the Oscar Pistorius case, hitting the headlines again last week after he was released from prison having spent only one year of a five-year term - freed under house arrest. People in Britain cannot imagine why anyone would want to fire four bullets into a bathroom door believing there may be burglars behind it. But when you hear

that in 2013 alone in South Africa there were 16,259 murders, it is obvious that many people living in fear for their lives. That makes why Pistorius fired bullets through the door more understandable. Many years ago my next door neighbour was over the moon that he had been short-listed for a job in South Africa and flew out for a final interview. He arrived at the office early and so he sat in a nearby park to kill time. While there, he was mugged, stabbed and subsequently died of his

wounds. Final word on the case - house arrest is part of the judicial system in South Africa. Fine if you are rich like Pistorius, you live in luxury. Not so good if your home is a mud hut. So much for equality under the law. Good news for parents to be, a blood test has gone on sale for just under two thousand pounds which screens couples for thousands of genetic flaws. It tells prospective parents if they are at risk of having a disabled child before they start trying for a baby. Doctors say it empowers couples to take action to avoid passing incurable disease on to their children. It analyses whether the couple's genes, when combined, could cause problems for their child. If couples are told they have a chance of having a child with disease, they face the option of taking the risk and pushing on with a natural pregnancy, adopting, or having special IVF treatment which can screen out embryos with genetic flaws. Spanish firm iGenomix, which was demonstrating the test at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in Baltimore, said that it has proved incredibly popular in Britain since launched in April this year. You would have thought that every sensible person would welcome such a test - noone wants to sire a disabled child, but inevitably there are

critics. Dr David King, of campaign group Human Genetics Alert, said: "That will lead to a society in which parents with disabled children will be blamed and disability will become less and less acceptable." Well, I for one welcome the day when everyone has a test and the number of babies born with disabilities is reduced to the absolute minimum. A dustcart out of control killing pedestrians; a bus out of control ploughing into pedestrians; and last week, in Guildford, a car ploughed into people on the pavement, seriously injuring two children and four other people. These accidents have a pattern - either people with serious medical conditions, or elderly drivers. The last accident, in Guildford, involved an 89-year-old driver whose car mounted the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians. Obviously, people want to remain driving for as long as possible, because giving up means a loss of independence. Sadly there are those who don't recognise their loss of reaction and are simply a danger behind the wheel. We followed a car last week travelling no faster than about 20kph for ages until we were able to get past and saw that the driver was really ancient. Goodness knows what age he was. This puts other people's lives at risk, as we are increasingly seeing.

Friday 30th October 2015

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BMW's Perfect-Seeming M2 Hits Dealerships in Spring 2016 365 horses, rear-wheel drive, and an honest-to-goodness six-speed stick. This thing can't come soon enough speed dual-clutch automatic, courtesy of the new 2015 BMW M3 and M4, a strong possibility as well. Motor Trend's resident racer Randy Pobst recently called the M235i "the best BMW [he's] driven in 10 years," which sets the bar pretty high for the genuine M Division-tuned car. Expect the BMW M2 to make its debut late this year and go into production by the middle of next year. Europe will likely get the new M car first, with the M2 hitting the U.S. in early 2016.

Oh man are we excited about the 2016 BMW M2. With an official power output of 365 horses and 343 lb.-ft. from a 3.0-liter turbo straight-six, rising to 369 lb.-ft. on overboost, this little two-door is gonna be a bruiser. And with a six-speed stick available for those who don't speak sevenspeed DCT, it'll be a fitting tribute to the old days of analog M coupes. The good news is, we won't have to wait that longhopefully, the M2 will hit

dealerships in the spring. We don't have official pricing yet, but figure that the baby M coupe will slot in somewhere below the M3 and M4. Say, low $50,000 range? Yeah, that'd be just right. The BMW M2, will allegedly be powered by BMW's potent N55 3.0-litreturbocharged I-6, reports BMW forum 2addicts.com. With that engine already making 320 hp and 330 lb-ft of torque in the 2014 M235i, the M2 will get a significant power boost, producing

between 365-375 hp. BMW have reportedly considered the 228i's 2.0liter turbo-four for M2 duty, but decided the turbo I-6 would be a better fit for the M car. Codenamed F87, the BMW M2 will likely sport an upgraded suspension over the M235i, with stickier tires, a quicker steering rack, and visual upgrades to match the performance aspirations of the car. The M2 will likely be available with a six-speed manual transmission, with a seven-

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2 - The Courier TV Pull-out

Scare The Pants Off – Whatson´s Choice

It´s Remembrance Sunday next week, a very emotional day for so many people. It´s important to keep history alive I think, memories fade over time and as we know, we should never forget. You can read all about what the BBC have got lined up for the week below. There are a couple of great nature shows on this week too. You can read about

The Hunt: The Hardest Challenge on the right, but we didn´t have space to tell you about Earth's Wildest Waters: The Big Fish which continues on BBC One. The next leg of the expedit i o n leads Ben F o g l e and the five anglers to Costa Rica. Teeming with life and hundreds of species both above and below the water, there is no shortage of fish

when the anglers explore the Pacific Ocean this week - and come face to face with some of the most incredible species in the world. Not for everybody and probably not actually factually 100% accurate, there is a great film to look out for on Sunday night on Channel 5. Arachnophobia is described as a comedy horror starring Jeff Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak and John Goodman. In the small California town of Canaima, Dr Ross Jennings has to overcome

his arachnophobia when a host of killer Venezuelan spiders brings terror to the local community, and our living rooms! That, by the way, is the reason for my Halloween themed costume this week. On the subject of Halloween, there are some scary films on over the weekend, but my tip is to check out Hannibal Rising on BBC Three on Saturday. The prequel exploring the origins of the Silence of the Lambs villain Hannibal Lecter is a must for a spooky night.

The BBC marks Remembrance Week 2015 across television, radio, and online with a range of programming. From Monday 2 to Friday 6 November, The People Remember will be shown on BBC One across the week at 9.15am. Presented by Sophie Raworth and former Army Officer Andy Torbet, the show was filmed at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in Cambridgeshire – formerly an important air base during the Battle of Britain. The programmes honour people who have played a role in conflicts, both on the battlefield and on the home front. Special guests include EastEnders

actress June Brown, Hairy Biker Si King, former Dragons’ Den businessman Duncan Bannatyne and broadcasters John Sergeant and Angela Rippon. There’ll also be a compilation programme of highlights from the series which will be shown on Remembrance Sunday. The Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance will be broadcast live on BBC One from the Royal Albert Hall on the evening of Saturday 7 November. Presented by Huw Edwards, the Festival will be performed in front of Her Majesty the Queen, members of the Royal Family, the Prime Minister and leaders

of the opposition together with senior members of the military. The festival line-up includes Andrea Bocelli, Rod Stewart, Gregory Porter and Pixie Lott performing with the RAF Band, The Queen’s Colour Squadron, The Band of HM Royal Marines and the Band and Pipes of the Brigade of Gurkhas. It will also mark the following anniversaries: Blind Veteran's UK Centenary, the 200th Anniversary of Gurkha Service to the Crown, the Battle of Britain 75, and VJ Day 70. The Festival will end with the formal act of Remembrance as the poppy

petals fall from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall, to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. David Dimbleby presents live coverage from The Cenotaph in Whitehall on Sunday 8 November from 10.25am-12.25pm on BBC One, where Her Majesty The Queen will lead the nation's Remembrance Sunday commemorations. The Prime Minister, leading politicians, representatives of many of the world's religions, dignitaries from around the Commonwealth and military leaders join thousands of veterans from countless conflicts for the Two Minute Silence at 11am, the service and march past. All gather to remember those men and women who have died serving their country. Sophie Raworth will meet veterans and those taking part in the march past to hear their remarkable stories. BBC Two will show The Cenotaph highlights. Bill Turnbull presents a special Songs of Praise on BBC One, from the Imperial War Museum in London. The programme reveals the story of the Last Post and in a poignant tribute of Remembrance, Royal Marines Bugler Lance Corporal Nathan Crossley will play a special rendition at the close of the show. Also, a year on from the breathtaking poppy display at the Tower of London, Pam Rhodes meets up with its creator, and discovers the remarkable story of why those ceramic poppies hold special memories for two Christians. The programme also features the remarkable story of 31-year-old Afghanistan veteran Martyn Compton who nearly a decade after receiving 75 per cent burns to his body in a Taliban rocket attack, is rebuilding his life as a motor racing driver. Hundreds of stories about the Home Front during World War One have been compiled into a free, interactive eBook by the BBC, which will be available to download from Friday at bbc.co.uk/ww1

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The Hunt: The Hardest Challenge The contests between predators and prey are the most dramatic events in nature. For both sides, it’s a matter of life and death. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough and made by Alastair Fothergill (Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Frozen Planet) and Huw Cordey (Planet Earth, South Pacific), The Hunt will reveal, as never before, the difficulties predators face in catching their prey. They encounter many challenges in their lives, but the most defining, supported by statistics, is this: most hunts fail. Episode One on Sunday shows how predators must overcome not only the significant defenses of their prey, but also the unique challenges of their habitats. Innovative filming techniques will put the audience right amongst the real-life drama: running alongside wild dogs chasing wildebeest; racing through the open ocean with orca, taking on 40-ton humpback whales; in Zambia, creeping alongside a leopard, stealth-hunting gazelle. Even for the most skillful hunters the outcome is never certain. The leopard’s success hinges on its powers of stealth and its ability to make the most of whatever cover it can find, to get within striking distance of its prey. The wild dogs in Africa’s open plains rely on teamwork and stamina to catch their prey, in a habitat where there’s nowhere to hide. For the killer whales it’s all about intelligence. The planet’s most patient predators, the giant crocodiles of the Nile, have the ability to wait an entire year for a meal and can hold their breath for up to two hours waiting for prey to come close enough for their lightning strike. Amur falcons travel an epic 16,000 miles every year in their search for insect prey. Darwin’s bark spiders build a web up to 25 feet wide to make a bridging line across a river. Whatever the strategy, the surprising truth is that most predators fail most of the time. It’s what makes predators some of the hardest working animals on the planet.

Simply Nigella Relaxed, inspiring and as mouth-watering as ever, Nigella Lawson’s latest series shows us that what and how - we cook can make us feel better and more alive. Packed with new recipes and tips designed to make our lives easier, Nigella proves that whatever the occasion, food, in the eating and the making, should always be pleasurable. From energy-boosting breakfasts and satisfyingly simple suppers, to fuss-free ideas for feeding a crowd and 'bowl food' to nourish and uplift, every episode is full of irresistibly easy recipes to help create some breathing space after a busy working day, or unwind with friends and family at the weekend. In this first episode on Monday, Nigella introduces us to recipes that are quick and calm. There’s Nigella’s favourite breakfast - a twist on avocado toast, with radishes; a deliciously different Thai noodle dish with cinnamon and prawns that was inspired by a recent holiday to Thailand; and a laid-back family supper of luscious lamb ribs with Nigella sativa (black cumin seeds), served with a speedy feta and avocado salad. To help the wind down at the end of a hectic day, there’s some stove-side pottering with Nigella’s warm spiced cauliflower and chickpea salad. And a sweet treat comes in the form of a beautifully simple apricot almond cake.

Jonathan Ross On Saturday´s Jonathan Ross show on ITV, the host is joined by Priscilla Presley, who will be discussing her forthcoming role as the Genie in the pantomime Aladdin in Milton Keynes, and music legend Elvis Costello, who is set to release his memoir Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. Plus, comedian Rob Beckett is also on the show, and there is music by French experimental band Caravan Palace.

Friday 30th October 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders It’s Halloween in Albert Square and events soon take a spooky turn for certain residents 21:30 Citizen Khan The family decides to have a family day out at Farley Manor, which is putting on a display of Indian treasures collected during the British Raj 22:00 Have I Got News for You Satirical news quiz with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop 22:30 The Kennedys It’s Jenny and Tim’s wedding day, and Tony is determined that everything will go according to plan 23:00 News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 00:25 Asian Provocateur 00:50 Film - Hollywood 02:40 (12) Homicide Weather for the Week Ahead 02:45 News

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There´s no Emmerdale tonight, but in Coronation Street, in tears, Alya assures Gary that she loves him and that’s why she had to tell him the truth. Alya tries to explain to Gary how she was grieving for her dad, she got drunk and had sex but it was all a terrible mistake. As Yasmeen, Sharif and Zeedan head home,

07:45 My Life on a Plate 08:30 The Edge 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Great British Menu 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Bergerac 15:00 The Box 15:30 The Great British Bake Off 16:30 Nature’s Weirdest Events 17:30 Natural World 18:15 Flog It Come Strictly 19:00 Dancing: It Takes Two

Morning Good 07:00 Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Pick Me 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News

20:00 Coronation Street In the wake of Alya’s revelation, Gary lashes out Mary is thrilled with Gymnastics Brendan’s presence Ken 20:00 Coverage of the World has a new admirer Gymnastics Championships from Glasgow and Japan’s 20:30 Rugby World Cup: Kohei Uchimura is attempt- Bronze Final South Africa ing to win an incredible sixth v Argentine Coverage of men’s all-around title in a the Bronze Final (Kick-off 9.00pm), as the losing row teams from the semi-finals 22:00 Great Continental face each other at the Journeys Olympic Stadium in London Railway 1913 in a battle for third place. Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide Wales and Australia faced in hand, Michael Portillo vis- each other in this contest its Italy, where he experi- four years ago, and on that ences first-hand the nation’s occasion it was the need for speed in a state-ofWallabies who came out on the-art Maserati sports car top, claiming 21-18 victory Michael discovers how the at Eden Park in Auckland, leaning tower of Pisa was rescued from near collapse New Zealand. Subsequent programmes are subject to 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight change 00:00 Artsnight 00:35 Later with Jools Holland 01:35 23:15 News 00:00 Rugby Film - Witchfinder General World Cup Highlights 00:45 01:40 Chase (18) 03:00 Question Time The 04:00 Brett: A Life with No Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Arms 05:00 This is BBC Kyle USA 04:40 ITV Two Nightscreen they’re shocked to see Alya in floods of tears being pursued by an angry Gary. When Gary reveals that Alya has had sex and it wasn’t with him, the Nazirs are horrified and stare at Alya in disbelief.

chats to Alex and makes him see how much he worried his mum by staying out all night. Nessa thanks Ken for all his help and it’s clear she fancies him. Audrey bristles, while Alex apologises to mum Nessa.

Lashing out, Gary accuses Aidan of sleeping with Alya, but will Jason step up and admit it was him? At the same time, Alya returns home to face the music. Meanwhile, Ken and Audrey find Alex enjoying a drink in The Rovers. Ken quickly phones Roy. Nessa arrives in the Rovers, relieved to see Alex alive and well. Roy

In an hour-long Eastenders, Halloween has arrived on Albert Square, but the Mitchells and Beales are still fearful as sinister Gavin contin-

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07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Posh Pawn 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Sarah Millican Hijacks Deal or No Deal 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Unreported World Reporting on the aid workers trying to reunite the children and parents trapped on different sides of the frontline 21:00 TFI Friday Chris Evans’ guests include Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Duran Duran, Eagles of Death Metal and Foals 22:00 Gogglebox The nation’s favourite armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:05 First Dates 01:05 Rude Tube 02:00 Film - Miss March (15) 03:35 Supernatural 04:25 Four Rooms 05:20 Hugh’s 3 Good Things 05:30 Deal or No Deal ues to play on their minds. Just as things are beginning to look up for both of the families, things take a haunting turn on Halloween night. Kathy, Ben and Phil find themselves in a terrifying situation with no escape. As those involved attempt to save themselves and each other, a shocking truth emerges... Meanwhile, Stacey is preparing to host a Halloween party but is shocked to come across an engagement ring hidden away in Martin’s toolbox. She quickly tells Whitney that she can’t get married. While Lee is busy

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Oliver’s Ghost (U) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors PC Damo Stevens takes on an aggressive arsonist intent on bringing Darlington to a standstill, and dog handler Andy Hunt is called to a violent domestic disturbance 21:00 Conspiracy Bart Sibrel and journalist Marcus Allen claim to have evidence that proves that the American moon landings in the late 1960s and 70s were faked 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans After a sailor is murdered in the champagne room of a strip club, the NCIS team links the murder weapon to two additional unsolved cases 23:00 NCIS 23:55 NCIS: Los Angeles 00:55 Access 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 Now That’s Funny 05:00 Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives 05:45 House Doctor fixing a faulty fuse in her flat, Stacey is honest with Martin and tells him that she doesn’t want to get married again. Martin urges her to change her mind, but what will Stacey decide? Later, the party begins and Martin goes ahead with his plans to pop the question in his own unique way, which leads to the proposal taking quite an odd turn. Not long afterwards, things get scary as Stacey gets a nasty electric shock from the fuse that Lee failed to fix properly. As Stacey is rushed to hospital, everyone desperately waits to hear whether she and her unborn baby will be okay.

07:00 You’ve Been Framed 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 09:05 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film Scary Movie 4 (15) 23:45 Educating Joey Essex 00:45 Film - House of Wax (15) 02:50 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 03:15 Teleshopping ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 In Loving Memory 07:35 Heartbeat 08:35 Murder, She Wrote 09:35 Where the Heart is 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 Inspector Morse 14:15 Heartbeat 15:15 Wild at Heart 16:15 Where the Heart is 17:20 Doctor at Large 17:55 Rising Damp 18:25 In Loving Memory 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:00 Marchlands 01:05 Film Angela’s Ashes (PG) 03:35 Where the Heart is 04:25 Judge Judy 04:45 ITV3 Nightscreen 05:00 Emmerdale Omnibus ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:50 The Sweeney 08:55 Minder 09:55 Highway Patrol 10:50 Magnum, PI 11:50 The Professionals 12:50 Pawn Stars 13:45 Darts: European Championship 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Darts 00:00 Film - Fire Down Below (18) 02:05 The Football Mavericks 03:00 Ax Men 04:00 Teleshopping

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

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07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen 12:30 James Martin: Home Comforts 13:00 News 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Saturday Sportsday 14:00 Bargain Hunt 14:30 Gymnastics: World Championships 17:15 Final Score 18:25 News 18:45 Pointless

07:10 Film - Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon (U) 09:05 Film - The Man in the White Suit (U) 10:30 Homes Under the Hammer 11:30 Animal Park 12:00 Animal SOS 13:00 My Life on a Plate 14:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 15:00 Talking Pictures 15:35 Film - Lucky Jim (PG) 17:10 Film - Whisky 19:35 Strictly Come Galore! (U) 18:30 Escape Dancing Tess and Claudia to the Continent 19:30 Flog present this year’s It Halloween special, as the 11 remaining couples dress 20:30 Great Continental up in spooky attire for Railway Journeys Michael Portillo visits Italy another ballroom battle 21:15 Doctor Who The Zygons have been living in secret on Earth, unknown and unseen - until now

21:30 Dad’s Army War Weapons Week is to be marked in Walmington-onSea by a parade of all auxiliary services

22:05 Casualty Thing become fishy when an unlikely patient arrives in the Emergency Department, while Dylan settles into his new home and Cal falls in love with his estranged daughter

22:00 The Dresser Drama about the working relationship between an ageing actor and head of a touring Shakespearean theatre company, and his personal assistant

22:55 The National Lottery Live 23:05 News 23:25 Match of the Day 00:50 The Apprentice 01:50 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:55 News

23:45 F1: Mexican Grand Prix - Qualifying Highlights 01:00 Film - Fright Night (18) 02:40 Film - Horror Express (15) 04:05 This is BBC Two

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:40 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 08:05 Share a Story 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Super 4 08:40 Adventure Time 09:00 Marvel Avengers Assemble 09:30 Thunderbirds are Go 10:00 Jessie 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:20 Jeremy Kyle USA 12:15 News and Weather 12:25 Jeremy Kyle 13:30 Downton Abbey 14:30 The X Factor 16:00 Rugby World Cup Final: New Zealand v Australia 19:45 News and Weather

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 08:30 Ben Nevis Braveheart Triathlon 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 13:00 The Simpsons 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 16:55 Come Dine with Me 19:30 News

07:00 Milkshake 10:30 The Saturday Show 12:30 The Gadget Show 13:30 Ice Road Truckers 15:25 Film - The Ghost of Greville Lodge (PG) 17:10 Fail Army 17:40 Now That’s Funny 18:40 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away

20:00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud revisits Andy and Nicky Bruce who were building an experimental amphibious house on a small island on the Thames in 20:00 The Chase Buckinghamshire Celebrity Special Good Morning Britain’s Ranvir 21:00 How to be Queen: Singh, journalist John Sergeant, ex-rugby interna- 63 Years and Counting A tional Ugo Monye and TV panel of leading royal presenter Mariella Frostrup watchers assesses how the pit their wits against ruth- Queen has retained her less quiz genius the Chaser place in the nation’s affecin the hope of winning thou- tions, after 63 years on the sand throne,

19:30 Film - Superman III (PG) Superman is pitted against a megalomaniac tycoon who, with the help of bumbling computer genius Gus Gorman, has his sights set on world domination 21:55 News National and international news

21:00 The X Factor Caroline Flack and Olly Murs present the first of this year’s live shows

22:30 It Was Alright in the 1970’s Matt Lucas narrates another look back at TV shows from past decades

22:00 Football League Tonight In the C h a m p i o n s h i p , Birmingham City take on Wolves, Sheffield Wednesday welcome Nottingham Forest and there are also highlights of Friday’s West London showdown between Brentford and QPR

23:25 The Jonathan Ross Show 00:30 News and Weather 00:45 Rugby World Cup Highlights 01:45 Jackpot247 04:00 Show Me the Telly 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

23:30 TFI Friday 00:35 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 01:40 Fargo 02:50 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 03:50 Hollyoaks Omnibus

23:25 Film - The Cabin in the Woods (15) 01:15 Film - White Noise (15) 02:55 Super Casino 05:00 The Gift of Life 05:50 Make it Big

14:20 Tricked 15:20 You’ve Been Framed 16:25 Film The Little Vampire (U) 18:20 Film - Scooby-Doo (PG) 20:10 Film - ScoobyDoo 2: Monsters Unleashed (PG) 22:00 Film - Scary Movie 5 (15) 23:45 Celebrity Juice 00:35 Release the Hounds 01:30 Tricked 02:30 The Almost Impossible Gameshow ITV3 13:50 Inspector Morse 16:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 18:00 Lewis 20:00 Doc Martin 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Lewis 23:00 Lewis 01:05 Inspector Morse ITV4 13:45 Darts: European Championship 18:00 Pawn Stars 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Darts: European Championship 00:00 Film - Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (18) 02:15 The Cycle Show

09:00 Trev Massey, 12:00 Gordon Lack, 15:00 Keith Nicol

Sunday 1st November 07:00 Breakfast 08:35 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 Homes Under the Hammer 15:15 Eat Well for Less 16:15 Escape to the Country 17:00 Points of View 17:15 Songs of Praise 17:50 Pointless 18:35 News 19:00 Countryfile’s Ramble for Children In Need

07:00 This is BBC Two 07:30 A to Z of TV Gardening 08:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 09:15 Countryfile 10:15 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:45 My Life on a Plate 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 FA Cup 14:30 Gymnastics: Championships World 17:45 Rugby League: England v New Zealand

20:00 Caribbean with Simon Reeve Simon Reeve’s journey around the Caribbean Sea starts on 20:15 Strictly Come beautiful islands and takes Dancing The results show him along the coast of South America 21:00 Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce 21:00 Earth’s Wildest presents the second of two Waters The five anglers episodes from Bolsover head to Costa Rica Castle in Derbyshire 22:00 Britain’s Ultimate 22:00 The Hunt Sir David Pilots: Inside the RAF The Attenborough takes an inti- summer air display season mate and detailed look at draws to a close the strategies employed by hunters to catch their prey, 23:00 Match of the Day 2 and the hunted to escape 00:00 Family Guy 00:45 Top Coppers 01:15 NFL 23:00 News 23:30 F1: 02:15 The Film Mexican Grand Prix - Abominable Snowman Highlights 01:00 Citizen 03:40 Countryfile 04:35 Khan 01:30 Weather for the Holby City 05:35 This is BBC Two Week Ahead 01:35 News

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:40 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 08:05 Share a Story 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Super 4 08:40 The Matt Hatter Chronicles 09:00 Marvel Avengers Assemble 09:30 Fish Hooks 10:00 Horrible Science 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:25 Jeremy Kyle 12:25 News and Weather 12:35 Jeremy Kyle 14:45 All Star Family Fortunes 15:25 The X Factor 17:50 Everything or Nothing: The Untold Stories of 007 19:35 News and Weather

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 Cycling 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Film - The Legend of Zorro (PG) 16:00 Film The Core (12) 18:40 News 19:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

20:00 Restoring Britain’s Landmarks Alastair DickCleland heads to the Trust’s most remote and challenging location, Lundy Island, where he oversees the complex restoration of 20:00 Jekyll and Hyde the famous old lighthouse Robert cannot understand Great Canal how he survived the 21:00 Journeys Timothy West attempt on his life and Prunella Scales travel Birmingham to 21:00 The X Factor from in Results Show The results Braunston Northamptonshire of last night’s live shows 22:00 Downton Abbey 22:00 Homeland Carrie Henry Talbot invites the finds that the answers she Crawleys to watch him needs are eluding her motor racing at Brooklands 23:05 Gogglebox 00:10 23:05 News and Weather Film - Warm Bodies (12) 23:20 Bond Girls are 02:00 Grand Designs Obsessive Forever 00:20 The Chase 02:55 Cleaners 01:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Compulsive Motorsport UK 04:50 ITV 03:50 Come Dine with Me Nightscreen 05:40 Food Unwrapped

07:00 Milkshake 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 Football League Tonight 12:55 Ice Road Truckers 15:50 Film - Haunted Honeymoon (PG) 17:25 Film - High Spirits (15) 19:15 Film - The Addams Family Values (PG) The arrival of baby Pubert leads to some “deadly” games in the Addams household as the jealous kids try to dispose of their new sibling 20:55 News National and international news Film 21:00 (PG) Arachnophobia Heart-stopping horror yarn in which a doctor, Ross Jennings, moves his family to a new town only to find his patients falling victim to the offspring of a deadly tropical variety of the very creature he loathes - the spider 23:05 The Haunting of Radcliffe House 01:00 Film - Poltergeist (15) 02:55 Super Casino 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make it Big 05:50 Make it Big

14:30 The Almost Impossible Gameshow 15:30 Totally You’ve Been Framed 16:35 Film Scooby-Doo (PG) 18:20 Film - Space Jam (U) 20:05 Film - Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (PG) 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 The Ty and Ky Show 23:30 All About the Bants ITV3 13:35 Inspector Morse 15:50 Lewis 17:50 Midsomer Murders 19:55 Sunday Night at the Palladium20:55 Wycliffe 22:00 The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Song 23:30 Birds of a Feather 00:00 A Touch of Frost ITV4 13:45 Darts: European Championship 18:00 Rugby World Cup Highlights 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Darts: European Championship 00:00 Film - Tremors (15)

09:00 Trev Massey, 12:00 Gordon Lack, 15:00 Tony De Love

Monday 2nd November 07:15 My Life on a Plate 08:00 The Edge 08:45 Flog it! Trade Secrets 09:15 Escape to the Continent 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 A to Z of TV Gardening 14:15 F1: Mexican Grand Prix Highlights 15:45 The Great British Bake Off 16:45 Nature’s Weirdest Events 17:45 The Wonder of Animals 18:15 Antiques 19:00 Roadshow Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

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07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Pick Me 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News

22:00 Hugh’s War on Waste Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall is on a mission to find out why the UK wastes so much food

22:00 Autumnwatch Live from a brand new location the Wildfowl and Wetland Caerlaverock Trust Reserve

23:00 BBC News & Weather 23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:20 The Graham Norton Show 01:05 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:10 News

23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Britain’s Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 01:15 Face of Britain by Simon Schama 02:15 The Apprentice 03:15 DIY SOS 04:15 This is BBC Two

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Benchmark 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun: 20:00 Emmerdale Megan Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a worries her secret is out Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 20:30 Coronation Street 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Angry Zeedan lies in wait News for Jason 21:00 Dispatches While 21:00 Countrywise Paul controversy rages about heads to Norfolk to help the government’s planned with the annual shear of an cuts to Working Tax animal more suited to the Credits, Tazeen Ahmed has South American mountains been following a new initia- the alpaca tive by the Department of Work and Pensions 21:30 Coronation Street Kylie is in danger of spilling 21:30 Food Unwrapped the beans to Eva The team look back at some of their favourite 22:00 Doc Martin Martin Food Unwrapped investifinds himself trapped by gations Annie Winton who desperately wants him to try and 22:00 SAS: Who Dares save her husband Jim. Wins Chief instructor Ant Louisa is worried about and his team play mind Martin and wonders if the games on the 12 remaining breakdown of their therapy recruits could have led to him deciding to leave Portwenn 23:00 Fargo 00:05 It Was for good Alright in the 1970’s 01:10 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 02:00 23:00 News and Weather Kitchen Impossible with 23:50 The Job Lot 00:20 Michel Roux Jr 02:55 Film Murder, She Wrote 01:15 Kai Po Che (15) 05:05 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Location, Location, Kyle 04:45 ITV Nightscreen Location

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workers that she will be their new boss. However, her joy is short-lived when they hear the news that Jai is in A&E.

Hanging her head in shame, Alya admits that the wedding is off as she slept with Jason behind Gary’s back.

Nikhil is about to leave when David tells him the news about Jai. Megan also feels responsible when she hears, having walked away leaving Jai to die. When Megan finds out he is still alive, she is determined to leave the village before he figures out she is pregnant.

Zeedan lies in wait for Jason at the builders’ yard, clearly angry. Zeedan suggests it’s Jason’s fault that Alya had sex with him, but when Jason is quick to point out it was what Alya wanted, Zeedan sees red and punches Jason.

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The People Remember 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News & Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News & Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders As Halloween in Albert Square continues, the nightmare for the Mitchells is far from over 21:30 Hooked on Painkillers Declan Lawn meets patients who have been hooked on painkillers for years and he goes inside the NHS clinic helping them kick the prescription habit

In Emmerdale, Megan worries that Jai now knows she is pregnant, but Sam reassures her that he will have taken drugs and forgotten their recent encounter. David and Leyla both fear the worst when they come across Jai’s lifeless body where he fell in the graveyard. Soon afterwards in the factory, Priya is full of excitement as Rishi informs the

20:00 Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Paul visits the ‘Atlantic Twin’ islands of Coll and Tiree 20:30 Only Connect Quiz show 21:00University Challenge Quiz series 21:30 Simply Nigella Nigella introduces us to recipes that are quick and calm

In Coronation Street, Anna worries when she realises that Gary never came home last night. Convinced that he’s in trouble, Anna heads to the factory and confronts Alya.

In part 2, in a rage, Zeedan threatens to push Jason off the balcony. Spotting the commotion, Alya and Eileen rush to Jason’s rescue. Alya assures Zeedan that she instigated sex with Jason and it wasn’t his fault. Zeedan lets go of

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Ice Road Truckers 13:10 News 13:15 Ice Road Truckers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Deadly Revenge 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Gadget Show Jon questions whether mobile phone reception is getting worse and Amy get technical in a hair salon and internet sensation Vikkstar123 reveals how he keeps his millions of followers happy 21:00 Police Interceptors The Interceptors are outnumbered and outmuscled when they stop a coach load of cage fighters following an anonymous tip that there are drugs on board 22:00 On Benefits: 26 Kids & Claiming 23:00 Britain’s Horror Homes 00:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 01:00 My Sister Had My Boyfriend’s BabyAnd Other Betrayals 01:50 Super Casino 04:10 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 The Great Artists 05:45 House Doctor desperately needs? In Eastenders, Halloween in Albert Square continues and the nightmare for the Mitchells is far from over as those involved find themselves fighting for their lives.

Jason and turns his anger on Ayla, disgusted by her behaviour. Yasmeen suggests they all talk about what has happened, but Sharif can’t bear to look at his granddaughter. Alya feels terrible. Later, Zeedan finds Alya in the Bistro staring into an alcoholic cocktail. He points out that getting drunk isn’t going to help, but will he be able to offer her the support she so

When further truths come to the surface, one resident makes a disturbing discovery... Meanwhile, Ronnie and Mick cement the details of their plan to get rid of Dean tonight. With Roxy and Amy away, Mick comes up with an idea to get rid of Shirley and Buster for the night, leaving Dean alone. Will Mick really go through with the plan?

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Psych 07:55 Coronation Street 08:30 The Cube 09:30 Dinner Date 10:30 Psych 11:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Coronation Street 13:40 The Cube 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - The Fast and the Furious (15) 00:10 The Comedy Basement 00:40 Pranksterz 01:10 Celebrity Juice 01:55 Two and a Half Men 02:15 The Comedy Basement 02:40 The Vampire Diaries ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Murder, She Wrote 09:20 Where the Heart is 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 Wild at Heart 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:10 Doctor at Large 17:40 Rising Damp 18:15 George and Mildred 18:50 Heartbeat 19:50 Murder, She Wrote 20:50 Wycliffe 22:00 Executed 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:00 Like Father Like Son 01:35 Inspector Morse 03:25 ITV3 Nightscreen ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:55 The Professionals 08:45 Minder 09:50 Highway Patrol 10:50 Magnum, PI 11:50 The Professionals 12:50 The Sweeney 13:55 Minder 14:55 Highway Patrol 15:50 Gunsmoke 16:55 Magnum, PI 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Rugby Highlights 21:00 Storage Wars New York 22:00 Storage Wars Texas 23:00 Benidorm 00:00 Bundesliga 01:00 Rugby Highlights 02:05 Motorsport UK 03:05 Ax Men 03:55 ITV4 Nightscreen

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Tuesday 3rd November

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The People Remember 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News & Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders The Mitchells reel from the events of Halloween, but things grow worse when one family member makes an alarming discovery 21:00 Holby City Arthur wants his first day back to go smoothly but finds he has a lot of ground to make up with Morven 22:00 River The investigation into Stevie’s murder changes direction when CCTV footage shows her to be closely involved with an illegal immigrant who owned the car that was used in her murder 23:00 News 23:35 Imagine 00:45 Film - Blackthorn (15) 02:20 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:25 News

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Priya is still feeling betrayed by her father, so Rakesh suggests they should go on holiday. Soon afterwards, Rishi is bringing Nikhil up to speed about the state of the business when Priya walks in, upset that they are having a meeting without her. Jai isn’t happy to see Nikhil going over the books and soon realises that he will have to play along with Nikhil’s

07:15 My Life on a Plate 08:00 The Edge 08:45 Junior Bake Off 09:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 A to Z of TV Gardening 14:25 Bergerac 15:15 The Box 15:45 The Great British Bake Off 16:45 Wild China 17:45 The Wonder of Animals 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul Rick’s journey begins in the magnificent city of Venice 21:00 Autumnwatch Martin is on a stakeout to unravel the extraordinary night-time shenanigans of red deer 22:00 The Great Pottery Throw Down The search for a top potter begins with a four day assignment to make stackable kitchen bowls from lumps of earthenware clay 23:00 Later Live with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Earth’s Wildest Waters 01:15 Face of Britain by Simon Schama 02:15 Britain’s Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 03:15 This is BBC Two requests if he wants to get rid of his brother. Later, Cain warns Debbie that Nikhil is back and she is determined to find him and make things right. However, Debbie’s apology backfires. Ross arrives to hear Nikhil flinging insults and punches Nikhil in the face. Will Debbie be grateful or angry? In Eastenders, the Mitchells are in shock following the events of Halloween and they struggle to come to terms with everything that has happened. Ben takes the lead by doing his best to keep his family together, but his plans are faltered when he makes an alarming dis-

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Pick Me 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Priya feels betrayed

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Ice Road Truckers 13:10 News 13:15 Ice Road Truckers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Burden of Evil 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News

22:00 Lewis When an idyllic Oxford summer’s day is shattered by a parcel bomb, Lewis and Hathaway are called in to investigate

20:00 Now That’s Funny This episode features parties you’ll be happy you weren’t invited to, and 21:00 The Secret Life of 4 nature shows its less-thanYear Olds The four-year- graceful side olds take their first steps towards independence, 21:00 Pets Who Hate Vets learning about friendships Kaiser is a huge slobbering and social interaction with Doberman who hates the all the ups, downs and vets so much it is impossihumour that entails ble to get him in the car and Tezpur is an ASBO cat 22:00 24 Hours in A and E whose behaviour has seen A little girl has serious him given the elbow by two injuries after being kicked different vets practices and in the head by a race Dudley horse. Daisy, who’s 22 months old, arrives at St 22:00 How the Other Half George’s by air ambulance Live Documentary series in which Eamonn Holmes 23:00 Catastrophe 23:35 Ruth Langsford Tattoo Fixers 00:35 and explore the lifestyles of the Bodyshockers 01:30 PokerstarsCom Shark super-rich

23:00 News and Weather 23:45 The Jonathan Ross Show 00:50 Rugby Highlights 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:45 ITV Nightscreen

23:00 CSI: Cyber 23:55 The Mysteries of Laura 01:40 Super Casino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 The Great Artists 05:45 House Doctor

20:30 Deals, Wheels and Steals The car dealers battle and bid for a little Corsa runaround, a family friendly Focus and a quirky London taxi. Can newcomer Jim prove himself against the rest, including old hand Scott? 21:00 Eternal Glory The surviving competitors must hold themselves up over water for as long as they can, back themselves in an exhausting game of strategy, before taking on their toughest physical and mental challenge yet

covery.

Meanwhile, Stacey’s ‘miracle baby’ has hit the front page of the local newspaper following the events of Halloween and Martin invites his friends to The Vic to celebrate. Denise sees through Shabnam’s attempts to be happy for her best friend. They have a heart-to-heart and Denise discovers that it would have been Zaair’s due date today. Later, Martin makes amends with a guilty Lee, but he finds himself unintentional-

Cage 02:25 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:55 Gillette World Sport 03:20 Ben Nevis Braveheart Triathlon 03:45 Cycling 04:40 Location, Location, Location 05:40 Fifteen to One ly upsetting Shabnam in the process and she leaves the celebratory lunch. Stacey follows her and drops her own bombshell. In Holby City, Arthur arrives back at work after taking control of his general anxiety disorder. He expects to pick up where he left off professionally, but he’s in for a rude awakening as he has been ousted as Morven’s mentor and has a lot of ground to make up. Arthur is bolstered when his professional hero Professor Dunn is admitted into AAU as a patient, but he’s surprised to learn that the Professor’s life had been ruined by alcoholism. A chance conver-

sation with Guy puts it all into perspective for Arthur - he won’t waste his potential like his professional idol has. Can he make things up with Morven and move forward? Meanwhile, when Patsy Brassvine’s son is brought into Holby with a neurological condition, Guy must

overcome his crisis of confidence in order to save the boy’s life. But is he up to such a high risk operation?

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Psych 07:55 Emmerdale 08:30 Coronation Street 09:30 Dinner Date 10:30 Psych 11:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Tricked 23:00 Glitchy 23:30 The Job Lot 00:00 Release the Hounds 01:05 Two and a Half Men 02:00 Pranksterz 02:25 The Vampire Diaries ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 George and Mildred 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 Murder, She Wrote 09:35 Where the Heart is 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 Inspector Morse 14:10 Heartbeat 15:10 Wild at Heart 16:15 Where the Heart is 17:20 Doctor at Large 17:55 Rising Damp 18:25 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 20:55 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Carry On Forever 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:00 Like Father Like Son 01:35 Inspector Morse ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:55 The Sweeney 08:50 Minder 09:50 Highway Patrol 10:45 Magnum, PI 11:50 The Professionals 12:50 The Sweeney 13:50 Minder 14:50 The Big Fish Off 15:50 Gunsmoke 16:55 Magnum, PI 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Chase: Celebrity Special 22:00 Film - Fire Down Below (18) 00:10 Film - Above the Law (18) 02:15 Ax Men 03:10 Minder

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Wednesday 4th November 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The People Remember 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News & Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News & Weather 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Cuffs Jake is humiliated when he makes a spectacular rookie error on Brighton Pier. Meanwhile, an eccentric drug dealer is finally in Jo’s sights, but his esoteric musings prompt her to consider her life choices 22:00 The Apprentice At the London Library in St James’s Square, Lord Sugar sets the candidates a surprising task - write and design a children’s book, and record an accompanying CD, before selling it to London’s bookshops 23:00 BBC News & Weather 23:35 A Question of Sport 00:05 Film - 2015 00:35 Film - Thirteen Days (12) 02:55 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:00 News

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Marlon is nervous as he gets ready for his date in the café with Chloe. To make things more awkward, he bumps into Laurel, who tells him that she is working a shift in the café. Later, Rhona asks Paddy to help Leo’s new teaching assistant over something. Paddy is alarmed when

07:15 My Life on a Plate 08:00 The Edge 08:45 Junior Bake Off 09:15 See Hear 09:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 The Daily Politics 14:00 A to Z of TV Gardening 14:25 Bergerac 15:15 The Box 15:45 The Great British Bake Off 16:45 Wild China 17:45 The Wonder of Animals 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul Rick’s journey continues in the Byzantine city of Ravenna 21:00 Autumnwatch The wild goose chase continues, along with action from badgers, otters and the UK’s most powerful birds of prey 22:00 Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You Dominic Sandbrook explores British post-war culture 23:00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Len Goodman’s Dancing Feet: The British Ballroom Story 01:15 See Hear 01:45 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 02:45 Earth’s Wildest Waters 03:45 This is BBC Two Marlon and Chloe’s date moves over to the pub and Chloe makes an admission. Paddy is then shocked to find out who Leo’s teaching assistant is... Meanwhile, struggling to cope with Nikhil’s presence, Jai comes close to ringing his drug dealer. He asks Nikhil if he is just around for a few weeks. When Nikhil avoids answering the question, Jai is left paranoid he is here to stay. Elsewhere, Chas is convinced that someone is after her when she finds a beer pipe disconnected from a barrel. Cain is

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07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Benchmark 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News

20:30 Coronation Street Steve is angered when Tony tries to make amends with Liz 21:00 Restoring Britain’s Landmarks Alastair Dick21:00 All Star Mr and Mrs Cleland visits an engine The couples hoping to win house at a former Cornish this week are Chris Chittell copper mine, where a and his fiancee Lesley Dunlop, Tessa Sanderson refurbishment is underway, and her husband Densign while John Evetts searchand Rylan Clark and his es for an antique telescope to complete the tower at fiance Dan Belmont House in Lyme 22:00 Joanna Lumley: Regis Elvis and Me Joanna Lumley travels to the USA 22:00 Grand Designs to follow in the King of Rock Kevin McCloud presents a ‘n’ Roll’s footsteps, meeting four-part series exploring his closest family and Britain’s contemporary and friends. She aims to discov- cutting-edge homes, all of er the man behind the which are in the running for myths and find out what life was like before his world- the Riba House of the Year wide fame changed every- Award 2015 thing 23:00 UEFA Champions League Highlights 00:00 News 00:50 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 01:20 Jackpot247 04:00 Ejector Seat 04:50 ITV Nightscreen shocked at how vulnerable his sister is. Emma tells Chas that she is probably having panic attacks after the shooting.

23:00 My Psychic Life 00:00 24 Hours in A and E 01:00 Blink: Music on 4 01:30 Film - Fashion (PG) 04:15 Film - Edge of Eternity (U) 05:40 Location, Location, Location hospital.

Later, when James is still worried about Chas and goes to check up on her. Emma is left seething with jealousy. Also today, Debbie and Nikhil clash again, but they agree to stay out of each other’s way. Nikhil assures Debbie that he hates her more than she could ever hate herself. Finally, Pearl offers to teach Vanessa how to knit as something to do while she waits around in the

In Coronation Street, with the aid of an online video, Steve sets about tiling the ladies’ loos. When his hard work fails to pay off, Liz is forced to enlist Tony’s help. She makes it clear to Tony that he’s only there to fix the tiles and then she wants him gone. Tony tells Liz how sorry he is for all the

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Ice Road Truckers 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Ice Road Truckers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film The Good Witch’s Destiny (U) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Secrets of the Scammers Sheila staked her future on a fake fiancée but lost out in an online romance scam that left her penniless and heartbroken Behind GPs: 21:00 Closed Doors Dr Watson offers ‘talking therapy’ to a young lady who recently lost her mother 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away This episode features a feisty eviction in a brothel, a lockdown in a takeaway and a tricky tenant who has cost a landlord a small fortune 23:00 The Gift of Life 00:00 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 01:45 Super Chris 04:10 Casino Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 The Great Artists 05:45 House Doctor pain he’s caused and begs her to give him another chance. Meanwhile, Izzy is furious with Alya, pointing out that Gary has disappeared, Jake is missing his dad and it’s all her fault. Alya arrives home upset and announces to Yasmeen and Sharif that she is moving out as she knows what a disappointment she is to them. Yasmeen begs her not to go, but will Sharif be able to offer Alya the assurances she so badly needs? Sophie is thrilled when Kevin presents her with a 21% share of the garage for her 21st birthday.

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 The Cube 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 Paving the Way 21:00 The Mobo Awards 2015 23:00 Release the Hounds 00:00 The Vampire Diaries 01:00 Tricked 02:00 Two and a Half Men 02:25 Release the Hounds ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 George and Mildred 07:35 Heartbeat 08:35 Murder, She Wrote 09:35 Where the Heart is 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Inspector Morse 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 Wild at Heart 16:15 Where the Heart is 17:20 Doctor at Large 17:50 Rising Damp 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:05 The Vice 01:10 Inspector Morse 03:10 ITV3 Nightscreen ITV4 07:00 Football’s Greatest 07:05 Gunsmoke 08:00 The Sweeney 08:50 Minder 09:50 Highway Patrol 10:50 Magnum, PI 11:50 The Professionals 12:50 The Sweeney 13:55 Minder 15:00 Pawn Stars 15:55 Gunsmoke 17:00 Magnum, PI 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Storage Wars Texas 22:00 The Football Mavericks 23:00 Film Out for Justice (18) 00:55 Ax Men 01:55 Minder 02:55 I Want That Car 03:45 ITV4 Nightscreen

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Thursday 5th November

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The People Remember 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Housing Enforcers 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 My Life on a Plate 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders One resident comes to a startling realisation, and Whitney grows frustrated at Lee’s behaviour 21:00 Watchdog The team go undercover to investigate the car-repair industry, a high-pressure salesman is finally caught by the police in Rogue Traders, and a red button special explains the confusion over new pension laws 22:00 Class of 92: Out of Their League It is February, and new managers Anthony ‘Jonno’ Johnson and Bernard Morley have arrived at Salford FC, bringing with them a fearsome reputation and much-needed discipline in the dressing room 23:00 News 23:35 Question Time 00:35 This Week 01:20 Holiday Weatherview 01:25 News

07:15 My Life on a Plate 08:00 The Edge 08:45 Junior Bake Off 09:15 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:25 Bergerac 15:15 The Box 15:45 The Great British Bake Off 16:45 Wild China 17:45 The Wonder of Animals 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Pick Me 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News

20:00 Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Paul travels to the largest island in Britain

21:30 Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs Paul meets a famous face when A-list actor and massive dog lover Tom Hardy drops in for a tour. Paul introduces him to big, boisterous American bulldog Titch who proves to be the perfect playmate for the Hollywood action man

20:30 Autumnwatch Unsprung Chris is joined by a live studio audience to preview the final show of the series 21:00 Autumnwatch Chris , Michaela and Martin report live on all the wildlife stories from their base on the Scottish coast 22:00 The Last Kingdom Uhtred wins the protection of Alfred 23:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You 01:15 Hooked on Painkillers 01:45 The Celts 02:45 Doctor Who 03:30 This is BBC Two

20:00 Emmerdale Chas gets locked in the cellar 21:00 Coronation Street Can Fiz forgive Tyrone’s mistake?

22:00 Unforgotten As Cassie and Sunny’s investigation into Jimmy’s death continues, Sir Phillip Cross makes a difficult decision in order to protect his family and salvage what is left of his reputation 23:00 News and Weather 23:40 UEFA Europa League Highlights 01:00 Birds of a Feather 01:20 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Benchmark 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces George meets a father and daughter who are turning an American school bus into a festival campervan and in Germany he visits a young father who has made a home from a grain silo 22:00 Kitchen Impossible with Michel Roux Jr The chef continues his challenge to give eight people with disabilities the basic skills to cope in a modern professional kitchen 23:00 First Dates 00:05 Gogglebox 01:10 SAS: Who Dares Wins 02:05 Embarrassing Fat Bodies 03:00 Dispatches 03:30 Four Rooms 04:25 Location, Location, Location 05:15 Fifteen to One

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Ice Road Truckers 13:10 News 13:15 Ice Road Truckers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Deadly Revenge 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors Kev and Andy pull over a Peugeot but the occupants are in no mood to hang around 21:00 When Sharks Attack After years without shark problems, the densely populated coastline between LA and San Diego has suddenly been targeted by nature’s largest and most ferocious predator 22:00 Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys Chris discovers how a 2,500-mile transcontinental railway was built against huge odds in just a few decades, and turned a vast wilderness of isolated communities into the country we now know as Canada 23:00 Film - The Expatriate (15) 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 Conspiracy 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 The Great Artists 05:45 House Doctor

07:00 You’ve Been Framed 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:05 You’ve Been Framed 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 The Xtra Factor 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Almost Impossible Gameshow 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 00:50 Two and a Half Men 01:45 Glitchy 02:10 The Job Lot ITV3 07:00 George and Mildred 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Murder, She Wrote 09:25 Where the Heart is 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 Wild at Heart 16:15 Where the Heart is 17:20 Doctor at Large 17:50 Rising Damp 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 20:55 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans 23:00 Law and Order: UK 00:00 The Vice 01:10 Inspector Morse ITV4

SOAPS

In an hour long Emmerdale, Chas wakes to find that the cellar has been left open in the night. She and Cain wonder who the stalker could be. Emma is aware that Cain is scrutinising her and offers to help behind the bar, but she is more a hindrance than a help. When Chas goes down to

the cellar to fix one of Emma’s mistakes, Emma accidentally locks her in. As the fireworks start outside the pub, Chas’s cries are not heard as another panic attack overcomes her. Chas rushes up the stairs, but trips and is left unconscious as a gas canister continues to leak. As more fireworks light up the night sky, Chas’s life is in danger...

Marlon recognises her. Rhona wonders why Paddy never mentioned it as Paddy does his best to cover.

Meanwhile, Paddy offers to take Leo to school, but his motives are far from innocent as he wants to talk to Tess, who is taken aback by his accusations. Later, when Tess turns up for the bonfire, Paddy begins to despair when

Later, Chesney, Sinead and Craig join Fiz and Tyrone at Number 9, where they hold their own indoor firework party for Hope and Ruby. As Tyrone breaks down, telling Fiz how scared he is for Hope and how he just wants to

In Coronation Street, when Fiz overhears Tyrone telling Kevin how he wishes he had cancelled the Lapland trip, she is furious as she realises how much debt they’re in.

make her happy, will she be able to forgive his mistake? Meanwhile. Brendan and Mary set off for their ghost walk. Brendan suggests that Mary should leave her mobile phone behind as it could interfere with the spirits. Dev confides in Sophie that he’s worried for Mary’s safety as she

has gone off with a weird bloke without her phone.

In Eastenders, Tensions continue to run high among the Mitchells following Ben’s discovery. Can he get to the bottom of what’s going on? Meanwhile, it’s the day of Shabnam’s Mehndi and Fatima helps her prepare for the celebrations. Shabnam makes amends with Stacey, who agrees to come to the gathering. However, when Shabnam has a conversation with Martin, she comes to a startling realisation. Later, as the celebrations kick off, Shabnam shares her emotional speech for the wedding - causing an upset Stacey to leave.

07:00 Gunsmoke 07:55 The Sweeney 08:50 Minder 09:50 Magnum, PI 10:50 Gunsmoke 11:55 The Professionals 12:55 The Sweeney 13:55 Minder 15:00 Pawn Stars 15:55 Gunsmoke 17:00 Magnum, PI 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Storage Wars New York 22:00 Film Eraser (15) 00:20 Film Smokin’ Aces (18) 02:35 Minder 03:30 Nitro Circus

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xxSaxon boy gets kidnapped by nasty Vikings. Boy then gets to like his adopted Viking father, before even nastier Vikings bump him new daddy off in a bit of revenge business over something that happened a few years back, so a now grown-up boy returns to his old Northumbria home to reclaim what is his from his very nasty uncle. The Last Kingdom on BBC2 is an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling Saxon Stories, and he’s best known for creating Sean Bean…..sorry, Sharpe. Foolishly there’s a Game of Thrones label been attached to The Last Kingdom and it’s nothing like it, as for a start we don’t have a dozen multi-layered plots and it’s not as graphic in the love-making department. Just because it’s a historical yarn, doesn’t make it a GoT wannabe, and it should be treated as what it is: - namely a very

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entertaining piece of drama with Hungarian landscapes doubling up for ye olde England. It’s wonderfully done as we follow the adventures of Uhtred, who has a foot in both Saxon and Viking camps, and we meet a variety of characters that just seem to get killed as soon as we get to know them. As an interesting aside, the show is made by the same company that does Downton Abbey, which probably explains the inspiration for Earl Grantham’s bloodsoaked dinner a fortnight ago! When was the last time that ITV put on some Sunday teatime drama that wasn’t a soap? No, I can’t remember either, so full credit to putting on a cracker in the shape of Charlie Higson’s re-working of Jekyll and Hyde set in the thirties. Tom Bateman makes for a charismatic hero/villain in what Higson has turned into almost a

Aries March 21-April 20 You can now put your point of view across and win support from an unexpected quarter for a new idea or project. Their help could transform your chances of success in months to come, so take full advantage of the opportunities that come your way this week. Tuesday’s Full Moon also helped you overcome a recent setback or problems.

Taurus April 21-May 21 Tuesday’s annual Full Moon in your sign marked the opening of a new chapter in your private life, so do not be afraid to break free from a situation that you find restrictive, or hesitate to branch out on your own. If you are prepared to take the road less travelled, you could also find that what you want, or need, from someone has been subtly changing.

Gemini May 22-June 21 A close relationship comes first this week, so focus on your private life and put career plans on hold. Tuesday’s Full Moon in your chart’s most psychic zone also helped you to pick up on what remains unsaid between you and a loved one. You can reach a new understanding if you trust your instincts. Let your intuition be your guide.

Cancer June 22-July 23 Tuesday’s Full Moon highlighted social life and friendship, so make catching up with people you would like to see much more of, or breaking adventurous new ground, your top priority this week. Persuading someone close to see life from your point of view should also be plain sailing. All you have to do is let down your defences.

comic book-style tale, and it certainly works well as that. Richard E Grant is excellent as well as Bulstrode who uses J & H for his own purposes. This show has been plugged for months, and fortunately in this case, ITV hasn’t been flogging a dead horse, as this is really good fun. There’s certainly Friday fun aplenty with the revived TFI Friday on Channel Four, and there’s no middle ground here. You either love it or hate it. The energy that Chris Evans exudes is quite something, and if an item isn’t working, then

you’ve only got a couple of minutes to wait until the next one comes along, and I do like all the cameo appearances from unscheduled star guests. Even if you hate Evans and the show, you have to acknowledge this. It is shamefully the only programme on British TV that showcases mainstream pop and rock acts in a live setting, and TV execs have to ask themselves why this is at a time when the UK largely rules the music world. Jools Holland’s excellent BBC2 show has a different remit, but just two

Leo July 24-August 23 Lucky Jupiter, creative Venus and this week’s Full Moon align across your skies to help you reach a more secure career position. If you play your hand right, you can leave recent problems in the past and win the recognition you deserve, so do not let an unexpected piece of news throw you off your stride midweek.

Virgo August 24-September 23 Your close relationships are under easygoing, optimistic stars this week, when Jupiter and Venus, the planets of good fortune and romance, meet up in Virgo. Recent tensions or misunderstandings can be left behind you, so take full advantage of this chance to usher in a whole new era. Tuesday’s Full Moon also brought a new ambition into sharper focus.

Libra September 24-October 23 If you let go of preconceived ideas about the way that you should try to solve a recent problem, you could come up with a new, inspired solution. This weekend’s meeting between Jupiter, the Lord of Luck, and your ruler, Venus, gives you a winning hand, so trust your judgment. You will recognise the moment to take action when it comes.

Scorpio October 24-November 22 With the Sun in Scorpio from this weekend, your recent doubts about a close relationship are due to fade, so do not look for problems where none exists. With the zodiac’s luckiest planets, Jupiter and Venus, beaming down on an important friendship, all you can do wrong is fail to take advantage of the stars.

shows a week on a limited run just isn’t good enough to reflect such a comprehensive music scene. I’m no prude and I’ve been a big fan of the black over-the top-comedy that is American Horror Story screened on Fox UK. When I read a critic reviewing the new story set in a hotel, describing it is the vilest thing he had ever seen on TV, I thought this was some pompous plonker writing for the Daily Mail, but I have to say he has a point. AHS has in the past pushed the boundaries of taste to the level that makes Game of Thrones look a chimps tea party, and I’m all for that freedom of expression, especially when it makes some sense in the context of the story. But gosh, this latest tale has sacrificed a witty script for the most grotesque scenes of sex and violence that I’ve encountered in a TV drama.

AHS has walked the tightrope for the last five years and done it well, but I’m afraid it has fallen off it, with no safety net for protection. Boundary pushing is all well and good, but using some great actresses like Kathy Bates and Angela Bassett (I note that Jessica Lange isn’t in this run) as a mask for a hard porn/slasher fest isn’t good enough. Strictly is absolutely destroying The X Factor ratings wise, and good old Bruno turned the air the blue last Saturday night to get even more publicity. Are people really that bothered these days? Meanwhile the “live” Judges houses section on the X Factor was drawn out longer than a string of spaghetti, and you can put your fortune on the fact that “re-called” bad boy Mason Noise will be voted out quickly by the viewers, as judge Nick Grimshaw made a bad choice by putting him through.

Sagittarius November 23-December 21 This week’s meeting between your ruler, Jupiter, and creative, lucky Venus in your chart’s career zone is due to put you in a strong position. If you are proactive, you can win support from those who count and get a lot closer to your current goal. Feedback from a colleague early in the week could also give your confidence a major boost.

Capricorn December 22 - January 20 Travel and romance are linked this week, so do not let work commitments stop you from enjoying what the stars have in store. The emphasis is now on broadening your horizons and on living life the way you choose. If you put your own interests first instead of feeling that you should fit in with others’ plans, you can usher in a more fulfilling era.

Aquarius January 21 - February 19 Tuesday’s Full Moon in your chart’s domestic zone stressed the importance of longterm bonds and family life. It is also due to throw new light on certain issues that have puzzled you in recent weeks. If you trust your intuition, you can turn a tricky situation to your advantage, so do not wait for concrete proof that you are right.

Pisces February 20 - March 20 Romantic Venus meets the planet of good fortune, Jupiter, in the area of your skies that rules your love life early in the week. A new relationship, or important changes in a close alliance, are on the horizon, so be flexible about the future and prepared to change your plans. Tuesday’s Full Moon also gave you extra powers of persuasion.

10 - The Courier TV Pull-out

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, 26 represents C and 22 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 Friendly (8) 5 Overtake (4) 9 Ecstasy (5) 10 Chief (7) 11 Unusual (3) 12 Deduce (5) 13 Frightening (5) 14 Chauvinist (5) 17 Twelve months (4) 19 Net (4) 21 Exhausted (5) 24 Sturdy (5) 25 Sustain (5) 27 Small bed (3) 28 Boat race meeting (7) 29 Concise (5) 30 Companion (4) 31 Daring (8)

1 Grant (7) 2 Boss (5) 3 Take in (6) 4 Toady (6) 6 Stir violently (7) 7 Regretful (5) 8 Banquet (5) 15 Sprite (3) 16 Possess (3) 18 Amid (7) 20 Tackle (7) 21 Declare (5) 22 Get away (6) 23 Giggle (6) 24 Go away (5) 26 Cut up (5)

Last weeks Solution

Across: 1 Clarinet, 9 Lookout, 10 Adder, 11 Away, 12 Dead Sea, 15 Spoken, 16 Hassle, 19 Parsley, 21 Fret, 24 Guess, 25 Examine, 26 Side, 27 Strikers. Down: 1 Collapse, 2 Avocado, 3/5 Iron Lady, 4 Esteem, 6 Addle, 7 Yard, 8 Cardiac, 13 Persist, 14 Restless, 17 Surmise, 18 Relent, 20 Ahead, 22 Ages, 23 Mali.

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

CRYTPIC CLUES Down Across 2 Tim returns with ruler, 1 Type of seabird. You’ll goodness (5) find ‘em back in this south- 3 Coax wheeled contrapwest region (4) tion (7) 4 A host injured by muske4 A Kipling hero, unfinished teer (5) boy, with hands on hips (6) 9 Salieri composition for 5 Copper initially swaps Jerusalem resident (7) 10 National prime minister bottle opener for heroin as a sideline (5) beheaded (5) 11 Disliked death, as it 6 Cricketer DJ (7) were (5) 7 Comes down with some12 Bean toy, used as a thing for the cat (6) weapon (7) 8 Present head of 13 Sweet German bread Government if time (4) with middle missing is hot 14 Turk’s seat (7) (6) 15 Gangster going around 16 Swimming stroke not Turkey in souped-up car used by Chappell in infamous cricket match (4,3) (3,3) 19 He will throw an earth- 17 Wonder about depressenware vessel (7) ing experience (6) 21 Joint mix up below (5) 18 Attempts to contain 23 Ray gets a letter from British social divisions (6) Greece (5) 19 Call for part of a book 24 Read with feeling (7) (4) 25 A nest I’d find back in a 20 Had or drunk reservoir hot place (5) 26 Irish county’s Lord (5) 22 Goat’s club (5) Mayor’s Show (4) STANDARD CLUES Down Across 2 Be worthy of (5) 1 Diving duck (4) 3 Cajole (7) 4 Oldest Musketeer (5) 4 Hands-on-hips position 9 Someone from Tel Aviv (6) (7) 5 Pastime (5) 10 Russian pancake (5) 6 Angler’s lure (7) 11 Detested (5) 7 Illuminations (6) 12 Rifle attachment (7) 8 Present (4) 13 Filched (6) 14 Thick cushion used as a 15 Racing car (3,3) seat (7) 19 Ewer (7) 16 Throwing style (4,3) 21 Arm joint (5) 17 Depressant (6) 23 Greek letter (5) 18 Clans (6) 24 Form of written lan- 19 One side of a book leaf guage for the blind (7) (4) 25 Insect’s nest (5) 20 Secret store (5) 26 Irish county (4) 22 Male goat (5) Last weeks Solution Across: 7 Demons, 8 Anodes, 9 Case, 10 Easterly, 11 Teacher, 13 Jaunt, 15 Jaded, 17 Factory, 20 Nominate, 21 Tool, 22 Fillip, 23 Nerves. Down: 1 Relate, 2 Tome, 3 Ushered, 4 Lasso, 5 Tolerant, 6 Merlin, 12 Credible, 14 Taverns, 16 Adonis, 18 Rhodes, 19 Tampa, 21 Turn.

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Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

2 letter words Am Ma 3 letter words Ass Ere Ess Fin Lea Spa Two Wad 4 letter words Agar Ages Ales Area

Aria Bale Band Bang Boas Clad Clot Cord Deed Deny Dewy Eras Giro Grey Lane Mare Oafs Oboe Ogee Okay

Orca Raga Reel Roar Slew Tore Tray Wren 5 letter words Andes Arena Aural Cargo Cater Caver Cured Dance Elect Elegy

Epoch Erase Halos Harem Hares Isles Manes Mince Octet Ogles Panel Pares Purse Ratty Scala Triad Wages Water

6 letter words Barrel Cosmos Curses Fences Flashy Namely Operas Shears 8 letter words Cavalier Teenager 9 letter words Cafeteria Fancywork

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

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

Across 1 Celery (4) 4 Kitchen (6) 8 Plum (fruit) (7) 9 Floor (of room) (5) 10 Arena (tierra) (4) 11 Llegadas (8) 13 Films (movies) (9) 17 To climb up (road) (8) 19 Spade (tool) (4) 21 Fugarse para casarse (5) 22 Traffic (7) 23 Patatas fritas (de bolsa) (6) 24 Fregadero (4)

Down 2 Chirivía (7) 3 Obedecer (person) (4) 4 Four hundred (13) 5 Castle (building) (8) 6 Granddaughter (5) 7 Bag (paper, plastic) (5) 8 House (4) 12 Mantas (para taparse) (8) 14 Estación (de ferrocarril) (7) 15 Panadero (5) 16 Turkey (bird) (4) 18 Coro (agrupación) (5) 20 Gatos (4)

The Courier TV Pull-out - 11 Across 1 Thin glass cylinder closed at one end, used to hold small amounts of material for laboratory experiments (4,4) 5 Sports equipment worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs (6) 10 ITV serial set in the 1930s starring Nigel Havers as Ralph Ernest Gorse, a seducing conman and murderer, Rosemary Leach as Joan Plumleigh-Bruce, the smitten victim widow and Bernard Hepton as Donald Stimpson: The ------- (7) 11 Surname of comedian Des and singers Hazel and Sinéad (7) 12 Name that has been assumed temporarily (5) 13 Largest city in Alaska (9) 14 Supergroup from the 1980s made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members

John Taylor (bass) and Andy Taylor (guitar) (5,7) 18 People who sell or arrange trips or tours for customers (6,6) 21 Slender, flexible limbs or appendages in an animal, especially around the mouth of an invertebrate, used for grasping or moving about or bearing sense organs (9) 23 Large, long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world (5) 24 BBC Radio show hosted by Wilfred Pickles that ran from 1946 to 1967 and launched such catchphrases as What’s on the table, Mabel? and Give him the money, Barney (4,1,2) 25 Modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect (7) 26 Prescribed movement, typically a raising of a hand to the head, made by a member of a military or similar force as a formal sign of respect or recogni-

SUDOKU (Easy)

Quiz Word

tion (6) 27 In Scotland and the US, a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or

block of flats (8) Down 1 System of signalling by hand signs used by book-

makers at racetracks (6) 2 Russian leader, real name Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (6) 3 Town in Arizona best known as the site of the Gunfight at the OK Corral (9) 4 An elongated tethered blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low (7,7) 6 City in central Japan on southern Honshu that was the imperial capital from 794 until 1868 (5) 7 Country in East Africa with a coastline on the Indian Ocean whose capital is Dodoma (8) 8 Rank of non-commissioned officer in the army or air force just above corporal (8) 9 Savoury relish of vinegar and soy sauce and

spices, first made in a cathedral city in western England (9,5) 15 Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head (9) 16 Sudden sharp pains in the side of the body, caused by strenuous exercise (8) 17 Annual festival, typically during the week before Lent in Roman Catholic countries, involving processions, music, dancing, and the use of masquerade (8) 19 Song recorded by the Jam from the album The Gift that reached number one in the UK singles chart in February 1982: Town Called ------ (6) 20 Substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket (6) 22 At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an aeroplane (5)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH

EL SUPERMERCADO

Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch. (Answers below)

comprar

la caja

congelados

la canasta

efectivo

las bebidas

el carrito

liquidación

el estante

una bolsa

el horario

una moneda

el pasillo

un cupón

history QUIZ

ANSEWRS 1. Canada 2. Napoleon 3. Cat 4. Stethoscope 5. Caledonia 6. Pilot, Jimmy Angel crashed into the falls in 1937. 7. Standard Poodle 8. Great Grandson 9. Ivory 10. Corsica 11. Romans 12. James Hoban 13. Overgrown Foreskin 14. A Date - unsure if it would continue

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 1 Balls, 4 Vice squad, 9/22 Amy Johnson, 10 Air, 11 Rampart, 12 Dior, 13 Perihelion, 15 Bingo, 16 Reattempt, 17 Boardwalk, 21 Major, 23 Grapefruit, 24 Chav, 27 Asinine, 28 Hoe, 29 Sun, 30 Danseuses, 31 Monks. Down: 1 Brand, 2 Lay Down, 3 Snap, 4 Vermeer, 5 Corsica, 6 Summertime, 7 Uranium, 8 Detonator, 14 Bowdlerise, 15 Baby grand, 18 Acadian, 19 Air beds, 20 Knights, 25 Venus, 26 Germ.

enlatados Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz. 1.comprar, 2.congelados,

13.una bolsa, 14.una moneda,

i.sale, j.a coin, k.drinks, l.to buy,

3.efectivo, 4.el carrito,

15.un cupón.

m.frozen products,

5.el estante, 6.el horario,

n.the opening times,

7.el pasillo, 8.enlatados, 9.la

a.a bag, b.the till, c.a trolley,

caja, 10.la canasta,

d.a coupon, e.the shelf, f.cash,

11.las bebidas, 12.liquidación,

g.canned products, h.the aisle,

Soduko

Span - Eng

Quizword

o.the basket. Answers: 1l, 2m, 3f, 4c, 5e, 6n, 7h, 8g, 9b, 10o, 11k, 12i, 13a, 14j, 15d.

1. What country was once named New France? 2. Who said "Ability is useless without opportunity"? 3. What animal was the symbol of freedom in ancient Rome? 4. Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810? 5. What did the Romans call Scotland? 6. Where did the Angel falls get it's name? 7. What kind of dog was 'Charley' who belonged to John Steinbeck? 8. In 1715 Louis XIV Of France Was Succeeded By Louis XV What Relation Was He? 9. What item's price soared from $63 to $260 per kilo when it became illegal, in 1976 10. Where Was Napoleon Bonaparte Born? 11. Who founded cheese making in England? 12. Which Architect Designed The Whitehouse? 13. Louis the XVI France did not consummate his marriage for 7 years, what was the reason? 14. What did the first issue of Playboy in 1953 not have?

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Junctions

A road junction is a location where multiple roads intersect, allowing vehicular traffic to change from one road to another. Priority The notion of “priority” refers to the passage of vehicles and which vehicles are allowed to move through junctions and roadways first. In modern terms, we refer to priority in a similar manner to how the phrase “right of way” was once used, but in a time of shared space and multiple different uses for roads and vehicles, to which nobody has a “right” to be on the roads over any other vehicle, it is acknowledged that drivers do have to “give way” to other road users and so we not only replace the terminology but also the notion of how traffic flows. The driver of a vehicle that has to give way to another must not initiate or continue a manoeuvre across a junction in the event of that manoeuvre causing a hazard by forcing the other vehicle to deviate from its speed, course or direction. Unmarked Crossings

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DGT to Test Traffic Drones Road sign P-2, which is formed of an “x” type cross in a red triangle warns of a junction where the general rule offers priority to vehicles approaching from the right.

When no signs, signals or road markings indicating priority are present at a junction, drivers must give way to approaching vehicles from their right, irrespective of the type of vehicle that it is, including cycles, horse and carts, agricultural vehicles, cars, buses and trucks, except in the following cases: In the event of movement from an unpaved road to a paved road, the vehicles on the paved road have priority.

At junctions where road markings indicate the need to give way or to stop and give way, drivers passing through that junction on the major road in either direction have priority through the junction.

Already ground-breaking in their method of policing the roads from the air, the DGT has contracted a Spanish company to create an “Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or “drone” to monitor traffic. With many of their helicopters already fitted with the pinpoint accurate Pegasus radar system, the DGT already use their eyes in the sky for speed detection as well as traffic flow, this latest development could revolutionise the skies once again. However, the current legislation does not allow for the use of drone to monitor traffic, as the pilot of the drone has to be able to maintain visual contact with the air-

craft, and so monitoring could only be done on a local level. That said, it is intended that the first prototypes will take to the air in summer of 2016, equipped with a camera and setting about monitoring the conventional road network. The drone is much cheaper to fly that a conventional aircraft and offer a faster response. In addition to monitoring traffic flow, it is hoped that they could be used emergency and incident response, following exceptional loads, fault detection and (eventually) enforcement. Drones are already in use by numerous police forces around the globe, often for monitoring purposes, and in America there was a huge outcry in 2013 when California´s highways suddenly saw warning signs about Law Enforcement by Drones, although on this occasion it was part of an art project and not real.

Google Set to Identify Drivers Vehicles running on rails have priority over all other road users.

Irrespective of the priority through a junction, no vehicle is permitted to enter any junction or pedestrian crossing unless the exit from the junction or crossing is clear. Some junctions are protected by yellow boxes which dictate the same, although the rule applies irrespective of the presence of such a feature that a junction must not be blocked by any vehicle unless the exit from that junction is clear and the only thing impeded the egress is the flow of traffic crossing its path. At roundabouts, vehicles on the roundabout have priority over those wishing to enter it. Vehicles traveling on a motorway have priority over those seeking to access the highway. Signalled Junctions Drivers of vehicles approaching a junction controlled by an officer of official controlling traffic must stop their vehicles when ordered. The instructions of officials controlling junctions overrule the signs. The driver of a vehicle approaching a junction controlled by traffic lights must stop their vehicle in order to give way when indicated by a red of flashing yellow light. Road signs P-1, which are formed of pictograms enclosed in a red triangle warn of a junction ahead, indicate the priority through that junction by means of the larger, bolder arrowed line.

As far too many humans are still incapable of acknowledging the dangers of using a mobile phone whilst driving, developers are taking to use the devices themselves to solve the problem. Distractions whilst driving are one of the principal contributing factors to road traffic collisions and using the mobile is right at the top of the list when it comes to identifying one of the biggest causes of distraction. Using your mobile whilst driving is illegal. Wearing a headset, even just one, is illegal. Using a hands free kit which does not go in your ear is legal. Touching your GPS device whilst driving is illegal. The only legal way of using these devices whilst driving is to stop your vehicle in a safe and legal place which doesn’t cause inconvenience to other road users. With the explosion in the market of smartwatches, linked to your mobile phone,

the possibility of distractions is increasing. Whilst the development of driverless cars is continuing, Internet giant Google is also trying to help solve the problems caused by allowing humans behind the wheel, having patented a system, primarily for smartwatches, that detects your location in the vehicle, thus allowing the device to determine if you are located in the driver´s seat. Not only does the system identify your location, it also monitors movement, such as if you are steering the vehicle or changing gears. If the device identifies that you are the driver, it automatically disables some of the more distracting functions, such as notifications, thus reducing the risk. That said, so long as humans are in control of these devices, the element of risk still remains, and the system can of course be bypassed simply by removing the watch. However, the fact that a global enterprise is trying to go some way to assist in the problem should be recognised.

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Dessert

Gooseberry fool Ingredients 450g/1lb gooseberries 150ml/5fl oz elderflower cordial For the custard 2 egg yolks 1 tsp arrowroot 150ml/5fl oz milk 30g/1oz sugar 150ml/5fl oz double cream Fresh elderflowers, to decorate. Directions Top and tail the gooseberries. Put them into a pan with the elderflower cordial. Bring up to the boil and then simmer gently until soft and pulpy. Leave to go cold, and then place in a serving dish. Make the custard heat the milk up in a pan to the point of boiling. Beat the egg yolks, arrowroot and sugar together in a jug and pour the hot milk into the jug.. Mix well and then return to the pan. Heat gently until the custard thickens, but do not boil. Strain into a clean bowl and cool. Whip the cream to the same consistency of the gooseberries. Gently stir the cream into the gooseberries and then fold in the custard. Try to give it a marbled effect in the serving bowl. Place a few elderflowers on top to decorate.

Chicken dumplings, and tagliatelle with blue cheese

Food & Drink Bramble & Co Cocktail Apple and Blackberry cocktail that ticks all the autumnal boxes

Very moreish chicken dumplings with sesame avocado rice This Californian-style rice is very moreish, and is made even more addictive by the addition of golden chicken dumplings. Ask the butcher to mince the chicken for you if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a meat mincer (itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great addition to the kitchen arsenal: look for one online). Serves four to six. 300g brown rice, 1kg minced chicken thigh (the meat from about 8 chicken thighs), 25g fresh ginger, peeled and grated or finely chopped, 2 fat garlic cloves, peeled and grated or finely chopped, 3 spring onions, finely chopped. Salt and freshly ground pepper (white, ideally), 2 ripe Hass avocados, 3 tbsp sesame oil, 2 tbsp sesame seeds (I like to use both black and white). The juice of 2 limes, 3 tbsp sunflower oil, 200g shiitake, portobello or chestnut mushrooms, roughly sliced. 1 pinch dried chilli flakes (optional) For the marinade. 100ml chicken stock, 100ml soy sauce, 100ml mirin, 30g brown sugar, 1 clove garlic, crushed, 10g ginger, finely sliced. Rinse the rice a few times, then leave to soak in water while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

Mix the minced chicken with the ginger, garlic and half the spring onions. Season with salt and pepper, white if you have it. Wash your hands, then pat the mixture into oblong patties about the size of a small madeleine, or two walnuts side by side: you want about four patties per person. As you pat each one into shape, put it on a baking sheet lined with greaseproof paper, then put in the fridge to firm up. Put all the marinade ingredients in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, then turn down the heat and simmer gently for 10-15 minutes, until rich, glossy and slightly sticky. Put the rice in a pan, cover with double its volume of water, salt generously and bring up to simmering point. Simmer for 15 minutes, cover, turn the flame to its lowest setting, and leave the rice to finish cooking in its own steam. (If there is any water left in the pan once the rice is cooked, drain it.) Dice the avocado and toss it in the sesame oil, seeds and lime juice. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a large

frying pan. Brush the patties with the marinade and fry in batches for four minutes a side, until golden and just cooked through (keep them warm in a low oven). Once the chicken is cooked, add another tablespoon of oil to the pan and fry the mushrooms on high heat for five minutes, until golden. Sprinkle with chilli, if using, and season with just a touch of salt and pepper. Toss the mushrooms, remaining marinade, avocado mix and the rest of the spring onions into the rice, and serve topped with the chicken balls. Tagliatelle with blue cheese, tahini and caramelised onions. This pasta dish is really simple, and very comforting: munching your way through the silky noodles, sweet onions, nutty tahini and salty blue cheese is like being enveloped in a warm duvet. 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, 30g butter, 900g onions, peeled, cut in half and sliced thin, Salt and freshly ground pepper, 450g Greek yoghurt, 3 tbsp tahini, 450g tagliatelle. 300g frozen peas, 100g good blueveined cheese.

Blackberry and apple is a hard flavour combo to beat at this time of year. Serve as an aperitif. Per serving: 12ml blackberry syrup (make up a batch: simmer 200g blackberries, 200g sugar and 100ml water, strain and store in the fridge for up to a

week) 25ml vodka 40ml sweet vermouth 75ml cloudy apple juice 1 slice fresh apple Fill a tumbler with ice then add the syrup, vermouth and vodka. Top with the apple juice and stir. Garnish with a thin slice of apple.

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Summertime Greece recipes

Roast chicken with lemon and oregano

Like many Greek children, I spent much of my childhood in the company of women cooking. I’d wake in the morning to the smell of garlic and oregano drifting through the door of the bedroom, and follow it into the kitchen to find my godmother sitting at the small kitchen table, plastic tub propped on her lap, briskly peeling potatoes. She’d cut the potatoes in her hand and wedge them around the chicken sitting in a big roasting pan next to her, slick with olive oil and fragrant with garlic and rigani, the earthy oregano that grows wild on hillsides all over Greece. My godmother’s came from her village on the island of Evia, as did the peppery, deep green olive oil that was the basis of everything she cooked. Later we would take the pan of chicken down to the

bakery on the corner, where it would join the pans of all the other women on the block in the bakery’s big oven. I don’t know what kind of an arrangement they had with the bakery: whether money changed hands, or whether, in typical Greek fashion, this was a gesture of neighbourliness to be repaid in homemade sweets. Whatever the case, everyone cooked like this in the summer, when the Athenian heat hovered near 40C and the only means of cooling off were ageing ceiling fans and the lacy mantília that the older women used to fan themselves. We kept the lights off and napped in the afternoon, lulled by humidity and the hum of cicadas. The evenings brought visitors: neighbours bearing syrupy cakes; assorted widows, all in black and fanning

furiously; and later, my parents and my godmother’s family, to eat and talk well into the night. But I didn’t grow up in Greece, which is part of what made all of this so magical. I grew up in the heart of New York City, a land of cramped single-family apartments and Chinese takeaways. This is where my parents met my godmother; she had answered my mother’s ad in the local Greek newspaper for a nanny to take care of her newborn daughter. Noná, as I called her, had moved to the US from Greece with her husband in the 1970s. She hadn’t planned to become a nanny; her dream was to open a bakery, but her husband didn’t think owning a business was appropriate for a woman. Years later she would say that that missed

opportunity was her biggest regret in life. Girls allowed: the entrepreneur helping migrant women start food businesses When I moved to London in 2010 for graduate school, I found myself at a loose end. Alone in a new city, I gravitated toward community kitchens, where I could put my love of cooking to use and connect with people. There I met other new arrivals who were doing the same; women who needed work but couldn’t find any, who loved to cook and who dreamed, like my godmother, of opening a little place of their own one day. Cooking with them, I began to piece together the idea for a restaurant that would showcase their wonderful cooking and rich cultural heritages, and in 2012 Mazí Mas was born: a roaming restaurant staffed by women from migrant and refugee communities. Mazi Mas, which means “with us” in Greek, is a tribute to my godmother and to the way she taught me to cook: with patience, feeling and generosity. Roast chicken with lemon and oregano. Greek cooking at its best: simple and full of flavour. Serve with tzatziki. 1 chicken, cut in 4 pieces, 4 large

garlic cloves, finely chopped, Juice of 2 lemons, 120ml olive oil, preferably Greek.1 tsp salt, ½ tsp ground black pepper., 1 kg potatoes, 1 tbsp dried oregano, preferably Greek rigani, 200ml water. 1 Marinate the chicken in the garlic, lemon juice, about 60ml olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano for 30 minutes. Peel the potatoes and cut them lengthwise into quarters or sixths depending on size. Add to the roasting tin, pour over another 60ml olive oil, and mix. Roast at 230C/450F/gas mark 8 until the chicken starts to colour – about 30 minutes. Take the roasting tin out of the oven and add 200ml water. Turn the heat down to 180C/350F/gas mark 4 and

roast for another 30-45 minutes.Tzatziki. 1 large cucumber, peeled and grated, 1 tsp salt, 500g Greek yoghurt, 1 garlic clove, minced, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, 3 tbsp olive oil. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the potatoes into a large shallow roasting tin, drizzle with 1 tbsp of the oil, season well and toss to coat. Roast for 20 mins until starting to crisp. Season the chicken thighs and add to the roasting tin along with the shallots, bacon lardons, lemon wedges and oregano. Drizzle with the remaining oil, then return to the oven for 20 mins. Pour over the wine and stock, and roast for a final 20 mins until the chicken is golden and cooked through.

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Can aspirin stop cancer returning? Study to begin: Taking aspirin every day can stop cancers from coming back

The world's largest clinical trial to see if taking aspirin every day can stop cancer returning has been launched. The study will recruit 11,000 patients who have recently had - or are having treatment for bowel, breast,

oesophagus, prostate or stomach cancer. It will run at more than 100 centres across the UK and will last for up to 12 years. The study will compare a group of people taking 300mg of aspirin daily, a group taking 100mg of

aspirin daily and a group taking dummy drugs. Aspirin is already proven to help prevent heart attacks and strokes in some people. Previous research has suggested it could also prevent some types of cancer. The Add-Aspirin phase III

trial is funded by Cancer Research UK and the National Institute for Health Research. Its overall aim is to see whether or not taking aspirin every day for five years can stop or delay cancers that have been caught and treated at an early stage from coming back. "This trial is especially exciting as cancers that recur are often harder to treat so finding a cheap and effective way to prevent this is potentially game-changing for patients" - Dr Fiona Reddington, Cancer Research UK Professor Ruth Langley, chief investigator from the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, said: "There's been some

interesting research suggesting that aspirin could delay or stop early-stage cancers coming back, but there's been no randomised trial to give clear proof. "This trial aims to answer this question once and for all. If we find that aspirin does stop these cancers returning, it could change future treatment - providing a cheap and simple way to help stop cancer coming back and helping more people survive. "But, unless you are on the trial, it's important not to start taking aspirin until we have the full results as aspirin isn't suitable for everyone, and it can have serious side-effects. Please speak to your oncologist or research nurse if you would like to join the Add-Aspirin

trial."Dr Fiona Reddington, Cancer Research UK's head of population research, said: "Aspirin's possible effects on cancer are fascinating and we hope this trial will give us a clear answer on whether or not the drug helps stop some cancers coming back. "This trial is especially exciting as cancers that recur are often harder to treat so finding a cheap and effective way to prevent this is potentially game-changing for patients." Earlier this week, a US study showed that taking around a quarter of a regular aspirin tablet - the amount that is safe for a child - can increase the chance of getting pregnant and giving birth, even for women who have previously suffered a miscarriage.

Action on sugar reveals staggering findings Supermarket ready meals contain double as much sugar as a can of Coca-Cola Some supermarket ready meals contain almost twice as much sugar as a can of Coca-Cola. A study of the contents of pre-prepared supermarket meals shows a wide range of products with worryingly high levels of sugar. A joint investigation by The Telegraph and the campaign group Action on Sugar found a sweet and sour chicken dish sold by Sainsbury’s contained 61.2g of sugar - equivalent to almost 13 teaspoons of sugar. The dish - Sainsbury’s Crispy Sweet & Sour Chicken - weighs a total of 400g, meaning almost onesixth of the weight of ingredients in the dish consists of sugar. • 'Healthy' children's fruit snacks contain more sugar than Haribo sweets Sainsbury’s says it is ‘reformulating’ its recipes across its ‘oriental meal range’ and promised to roll out new dishes, with reduced sugar content, in the new year. Another sweet and sour chicken dish - this one sold by Marks and Spencer - contained 60g of sugar. By comparison, a single can of Coca-Cola has 35g of sugar, equivalent to nine tea spoons. Other dishes that contained more than a can of Coke’s worth of sugar include a Waitrose lemon chicken in batter with a sugar content of 42.6g; Tesco’s pad Thai with noodles contained 37.8g; a

Marks and Spencer chilli chicken dish with 48.4g of sugar; and a Sainsbury’s duck in plum sauce containing 52.8g of sugar. The quantity of sugar in some ready meals follows calls made in a report by Public Health England (PHE), the Government’s advisory group, for a sugar tax of between 10 and 20 per cent to tackle obesity. The findings of the PHE report were only published last week amid claims that Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, had delayed its publication. Downing Street confirmed on Thursday that David Cameron had already ruled out a sugar tax before reading the report. "It is vital to check the amount of sugar in products, particularly in processed, ready meals," Jennifer Rosborough, Action on Sugar’s campaign manager “Our analysis shows that a similarly structured and universal programme of reformulation to reduce the levels of sugar in all contributing food and drinks available would significantly lower sugar intakes, particularly if accompanied by reductions in portion size,” concluded Public Health England. The survey of ready meals by The Telegraph and Action on Sugar also highlights the confusion for consumers in deciding how to discern what product to buy. Supermarkets employ a

‘traffic light’ system in which the quantity of sugar is labelled green, amber or red, with red showing highest levels of sugar. But the levels vary depending on whether the amount of sugar is by total pack size or by portion size. That makes it harder for shoppers to compare like with like. Even more confusingly, products vary within supermarkets so that a Tesco sweet and sour chicken dish, weighing 400g, contained 32.8g of sugar while a Tesco takeaway Sweet and Sour Chicken, total weight 385g, contained 49.6g of sugar. The study showed that even dishes where consumers would expect only a small amount of sugar, there was a surprisingly large amount. Marks and Spencer’s ‘Four cheese ravioli in tomato sauce’ in its healthy Count on Us range contained 16.2g of sugar in a total pack weight of 345g equivalent to four teaspoons of sugar. Marks and Spencer said the dish contained naturally occurring sugars in the toma-

toes as well as added ‘free’ sugar but that the total on the label did not differentiate between the two. Action on Sugar said the findings showed an urgent need for the food industry to be regulated and ordered to set targets for maximum levels of sugar and to introduce average levels across whole ready meal ranges. Graham MacGregor, Action on Sugar’s chairman and a professor of cardiovascular medicine, said: “Fifty grammes of sugar in any ready meal is far too much. The amount they are stuffing in is ridiculous. You wonder who on earth has the gall to put so much sugar in.” Ready meals and their sugar content per pack • Marks and Spencer: Chicken fillets with sweet and sour sauce 420G 60g • Tesco: Tesco Takeaway Sweet & Sour Chicken 385G 49.6g • Sainsburys: Sainsbury’s Crispy Sweet & Sour Chicken 400G 61.2g • Waitrose: Oriental Sweet & Sour Chicken in Batter 380G 43.6g.

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and swelling, skin rashes, headaches, dizziness, chest pain and kidney problems. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) presents with a characteristic rash the spreads across the face in a butterfly pattern. Lupus is nine times more common in women than in men, and the symptoms start appearing between the ages of 15 and 45. We do not fully understand the cause of lupus, but there is strong evidence suggesting that it typically starts following a viral infection. Scientists believe that viruses interact with normal tissue making them appear foreign

to the body and prone to attack by antibodies. Some medications such as hydralazine used to treat high blood pressure give rise to a form of drug-induced lupus that usually disappears when the drug is stopped. Environmental contaminants such as heavy metals, insecticides, pesticides, etc., have also been implicated in lupus. Lupus is an inflammatory disease, and the aim of management should be to remove the likely causes of inflammation and to reduce inflammation in the body. Toxins are removed from the body through a proper detox,

Will eating more fruit and vegetables make me thin? Guidelines are likely to push a typical “healthy Mediterranean-style diet”, big on plant-based food, to avoid more people becoming super-sized. But dietary advice being notoriously fickle, a research paper in this month’s PLOS Medicine says that eating more fruit and vegetables doesn’t necessarily help weight loss: it depends which ones you eat. Eating starchy vegetables such as corn and potatoes (boiled, mashed or baked – the amount of butter added unknown) was linked to weight gain. Eating more high-fibre, lower-glycemic vegetables such as broccoli and brussel sprouts was associated with weight loss.

Lower-glycemic foods do not raise blood sugar levels as much as higher ones. So should you stick to nonstarchy vegetables and is most fruit still a slimming aid? The study, from Harvard University, looked at changes in the intake of specific fruit and vegetables recorded in the dietary questionnaires of 133,468 US men and women over 24 years. It took into account other lifestyle factors that affect weight, such as smoking, amount of sleep, hours watching television and exercise. Dr Monica L Bertoia, the lead author, says that, in America, the most common choices of fruit and vegeta-

bles are orange juice and potatoes. “There are many fruits and vegetables that may be better choices for the prevention of weight gain, such as apples, pears, berries and non-starchy vegetables,” she says. The idea of eating more fruit and vegetables to lose weight only works if you eat less of something else – all calories count. A study last year from the University of Alabama, looking at previous research on weight loss and increased fruit and vegetable intake in more than 1,200 people, found that people who didn’t reduce their calorie intake overall did not lose weight. Different fruit and vegeta-

bles have different characteristics – lower-glycemic foods cause fewer and smaller blood sugar spikes and may reduce hunger. So if you want high-fibre, lowglycemic fruit, go for blueberries and avocados. Strawberries are low on fibre but good on the low-glycemic scale, as is grapefruit – unless you pour sugar on it. Pears and apples came out well, even though they have a high-glycemic index – their higher fibre may compensate. For vegetables, try sprouts (without crispy bacon), broccoli, tofu, cauliflower and sweet potatoes or yams rather than potatoes. But remember, they all still have calories.

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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 problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to (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: Barry had some questions relating to the ADVICE: James wanted to know if he could move from his Windows 10 upgrade. Windows computer to an Apple equivalent without issues.

Hi again Richard. I have downloaded onto a memory stick the programme using the tool that you recommended in your email to me back on 3/9. I want to now burn it onto a DVD but am unsure if I can just copy it across. When I view the contents on the stick there are just about 9 individual items, not 1 specific file. Does this sound right? Additionally, the blurb said that I would need the Microsoft code to install the program but where do I get the number from? I tried FAQ and it stated, as is normal with other versions, that it would be on the packaging, but there is none with a download! Help please! Thanks Barryregards, Brian Jakes.

Hi Barry, I´m not sure you can move the files from the stick to a DVD, you would need to follow the original process again and this time tell the downloader that you want to burn the files to a DVD. In terms of your Windows product code, you should find this on a sticker on your computer. Some more modern computers (Windows 8 onwards) don’t have these stickers but have the license key in the computers BIOS and it will be automatically applied when you upgrade to Windows 10.

ADVICE: Bob wanted to know how to change his keyboard language in Windows 7

Hi. I have an Acer laptop running win10, I am getting fed up with the many things that go wrong with it. If I buy an Apple laptop can all the files I currently have on my win 10 be transferred to the Apple. Yours James.

Hi James, well the easy answer is “yes”, but of course to give you a detailed answer I would need to know what “files” you are referring to. Pictures for example (.jpg files generally) will move over without a problem, document files (.doc, .xls etc. if you use Microsoft Office) will also transfer but you will need to purchase a new copy of Microsoft Office (if you don’t already have a subscription to Office 365. It might be better to have an expert look at your current computer and help you work through the problems rather than just jumping ship to another operating system that you may be less familiar with you.

Hi Richard, I have a keyboard problem, try as I may I cannot get the computer to accept that I have a Spanish keyboard. I have added it to the top of the list but it still insists that the English keyboard is the default. I am using Windows 7. HELP !!! Bob

Hi Bob, you can change the Windows 7 keyboard language options by doing the following… 1. Open Region and Language by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Clock, Language, and Region, and then clicking Region and Language. 2. Click the Keyboards and Languages tab, and then click Change keyboards. 3. Under Installed services, click Add. 4. Double-click the language you want to add, double-click Keyboard, select the text services options you want to add, and then click OK.

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Friday 30th October 2015

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To be our STARS of the Dog Shows at the exciting Town Meets Country Event! PETTASTIC TIMES ARE AHEAD! On Saturday 14th November in Torrevieja! GM promotions with sponsors Grupo Rubio and Skoda are bringing a brand new style of event to Torrevieja with some amazing animal attractions in the display arena ........ For one day only this fun-day with a village fete, country show atmosphere will inform and delight everyone, animal lover or not there is something for everyone to enjoy, and everyone is welcome, adults, children and your pet dogs, YES WE NEED YOUR PET DOGS to enter into our two DOG SHOWS that we will be staging at the

event....Below are the categories, if you would like YOUR dog to be A STAR at the Town Meets Country Event's DOG SHOW? Now is the time to enter into one or more of the following categories! To enter your dog into our Pet Dog Show! sponsored by Continental Wealth Management and The FUN Pet Dog Show Challenge! Sponsored by Protectapet email address to contact gina@gmpromotions.es for an entry form and further information. Entry fee just 2.00 euro per category, ALL proceeds going to our animal charities. The Dog Show! Categories are: Showing in the Display Arena from 1.00 – 2.00 pm Proudly

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Advantages of Pet Ownership Children raised with pets show many benefits. Developing positive feelings about pets can contribute to a child's self-esteem and self-confidence. Positive relationships with pets can aid in the development of trusting relationships with others. A good relationship with a pet can also help in developing non-verbal communication, compassion, and empathy. Pets can serve different purposes for children: They can be safe recipients of secrets and private thoughts--children often talk to their pets, like they do their stuffed animals. They provide lessons about life; reproduction, birth, illnesses, accidents, death, and bereavement. They can help develop responsible behavior in the children who care for them. They provide a connection to nature. They can teach respect for other living things. Other physical and emotional needs fulfilled by pet ownership include: Physical activity, comfort contact, love, loyalty, and affection Experience with loss if a

pet is lost or dies. Although most children are gentle and appropriate with pets, some may be overly rough or even abusive. If such behavior persists, it may be a sign of significant emotional problems. Any child who abuses, tortures or kills animals should be referred to a child and adolescent psychiatrist for a comprehensive evaluation.

Caring for a Pet

Taking care of a pet can help children develop social skills. However, certain guidelines apply: Since very young children (under the age of 3-4 years) do not have the maturity to control their aggressive and angry impulses, they should

be monitored with pets at all times. Young children (under 10 years) are unable to care for a large animal, a cat or a dog, on their own. Parents must oversee the pet's care even if they believe their child is old enough to care for a pet. If children become lax in caring for a pet, parents may have to take over the responsibility on their own. Children should be reminded in a gentle, not scolding way, that animals, like people, need food, water, and exercise. Parents serve as role models. Children learn responsible pet ownership by observing their parents' behavior.

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TKO Teddy On The Road

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young fans. Then it was onto last Sunday’s game against Castellon, and I had to get up earlier than normal from my den for the noon kick-off, but I knew that I would enjoy some of that fantastic free paella that the club had laid on for me, as well as all of the fans and the players. If you want to keep track of what I’m getting up to, with loads of fabulous photos, then just look for me, TKO Teddy, on Facebook! See you next week!

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There was plenty of excitement last weekend when England’s Justin Rose took his first European Tour title since the 2014 Scottish Open, albeit it in the Orient, courtesy of the UBS Hong Kong Open. The fact that Rose won in Hong Kong means that he has now

The 2016 Rules of Golf changes have been revealed by the R&A, and include a number of additions alongside the previously announced anchoring ban. The changes take effect on January 1st 2016, and come after a four-year review cycle and a collaborative effort between The R&A and the USGA. It also comes after CONGU announced plans to change the way handicaps are calculated. The most significant 2016 Rules of Golf changes include:

Ivie Davies on Golf

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Rose Blooms In The Far East won an event in each of his last four European Tour seasons. It was his eighth European Tour victory in all, and after Matthew Fitzpatrick at Woburn and Andy Sullivan nearly a fortnight ago in Portugal, this was a third straight English victory on the European

Tour. Justin Rose has now earned more than 19 million euros on the circuit during his 18 year career and moved to number six in the World Rankings. Another battle though raged in Hong Kong on Sunday: the fight to secure playing rights for 2016. England’s Matt Ford fin-

ished in seventh place to force his way into the allimportant top 110 on the Race to Dubai standings. But, there was heartbreak for Ben Evans. Despite ending the week in a tie for 11th, he came up agonisingly shy, in 111th spot. Matt Fitzpatrick looked set to secure third

place on his own but he dropped three shots in his last four holes. Even so, it was another superb finish for the youngster and it will see him climb further up the Race to Dubai standings and the World Ranking. And after securing a late entry in his bid to play the

New Golf Rules To Learn

If your ball moves at address there is no longer an automatic penalty Rule 18-2b (Ball Moving after Address) has been withdrawn. This means that if a ball at rest moves after you address it, you are no longer automatically deemed to have caused the ball to move. A one-stroke penalty under Rule 18-2 will still be applied only when the facts show that the player has caused the ball to move. My verdict: This is a great common sense move. If you’ve done nothing to cause

your ball to move it seems unfair to be penalised. No longer an automatic DQ for submitting an incorrect card A new exception has been introduced to Rule 6-6d (Wrong Score for Hole) to provide that a player is not disqualified for returning a lower score for a hole than actually taken as a result of failing to include penalty strokes that the player did not know were incurred before returning their card. Instead, the player incurs the penalty under the Rule that was

breached and must add an additional penalty of two strokes for the scorecard error. In all other cases in which a player returns a score for any hole lower than actually taken, the penalty will continue to be disqualification. My verdict: This has been introduced after a few high profile incidents of players signing score without knowing they’d incurred a penalty. Possibly one for the Tour pros! Modification of penalty for use of artificial devices or

TITTER ON THE TEE KNOW YOUR RULES A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying, “Everyone who thinks they're stupid, stand up!” After a few seconds, Little Larry stood up. The teacher said, “Do you think you're stupid, Larry?” “No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!”

QUESTION

A player strikes the ball more than once during the course of the stroke. Which of the following is correct? A: The player must count the stroke and add two penalty strokes. B: The player must count the stroke and add one penalty stroke. C: The stroke is cancelled and the player is penalised a stroke for each time the ball is struck.

ANSWER B: The player must count the stroke and add one penalty stroke

equipment The penalty for a player’s first breach of Rule 14-3 (Artificial Devices, Unusual Equipment and Abnormal Use of Equipment) during the round has been reduced from disqualification to loss of hole in match play or two strokes in stroke play. The penalty for any subsequent breach of Rule 14-3 will continue to be disqualification. Prohibition on anchoring As announced in May 2013, the new Rule 14-1b (Anchoring the Club) prohibits anchoring the club around the world.” My verdict: All those who currently use a belly putter, should take note. We think the ruling bodies were right to address this issue and this modification is there for a reason – but I’m not entirely sure

required 13 events to maintain European Tour membership and Ryder Cup eligibility, Ian Poulter started promisingly with opening rounds of 67 and 66, but a third round of 73 spoiled his chances and he ended the week in a tie for 29th place on fiveunder-par.

either “directly” or by use of an “anchor point” in making a stroke. The penalty is loss of hole in match play or two strokes in stroke play. David Rickman, executive director Rules and Equipment Standards at The R&A, said: “We continually look at ways we can improve and clarify the Rules of Golf. The R&A and the USGA collaborate closely and we consult with our respective national and international advisory members to produce a code of Rules that is relevant to all golfers around what! Printed copies of the Rules of Golf are now available from The R&A. More detailed information on recent changes and the complete Rules of Golf can also be found at randa.org.

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Nigel Is Rugby’s King Maker As Britannia Rules The Waves TWICKENHAM will raise a special cheer for the Best of British as the Southern Hemisphere's greatest rivals battle out the 2015 Rugby World Cup Final tomorrow (Saturday), writes GERRY GREEN. The home nations may have been brushed aside without even troubling the semi-final fixture schedule. But while New Zealand and Australia have been unquestionably the two best sides, hosts England deserve some credit too. Not so much for their dubious achievement in becoming the first host nation to be knocked out in the pool stages, but for making a more than decent fist of organising a hugely successful programme which enabled fans throughout the country to taste live action at

the unlikeliest of venues. Who will ever forget Japan's unbelievable victory over the mighty Springboks in Brighton, of all places? Or mighty France running out in the unlikely setting of Milton Keynes? Or the eventual finalists lining up for action at Aston Villa and Newcastle United's historic football stadiums? One thing is for certain. Britain - or to be specific a diminutive Welshman with a penchant for witty oneliners - will wield more influence on tomorrow's result than any individual player. And that includes New Zealand skipper Richie McCaw, the mostcapped player in history, who will be making his 148th appearance in All Black colours. When it comes to rugby refereeing, Nigel Owens

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is, quite simply, the best. He is also around 5ft 6in of fearlessness – and the bigger the transgressor, the harsher the admonishment he's likely to receive from no-nonsense Nigel. Take, for instance, Scotland fullback Stuart Hogg's dive against South Africa at St James' Park that would have done any Newcastle United striker proud. "Try it again and come back in two weeks to play," Owens warned redfaced Hogg. The openly-gay Owens is also happy to make selfdeprecating comments about his sexuality. In one match, after a particularly wonky Harlequins lineout, he chided the hooker: '"I'm straighter than that one." And when he was invited to Buckingham Palace earlier this month, along with players from various

countries, he announced on Twitter: "Well I have met a few Queens in my time - some of you even say I am one. But on the way to Buckingham Palace now to meet the real one.'' And what do tomorrow's might combatants think of little Nigel? Well, let's just say that the All Blacks like him, while the Wallabies do not exactly bounce with joy over the results of previous matches he has officiated. Which is one reason why I take Macaw's reigning champions to become the first nation to successfully defend the World Cup – and the first to win the trophy three times. Scoreline? Around 2012...and I get it all wrong, here's where I sign off until 2019.

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second period of play. Almost immediately, Wallace hit the underside of the Callosa goal with a brilliant header and then shortly afterwards, Dani did the same into the right side upright’s corner. Monte’s control of the match was total with countless opportunities for an even greater margin of victory. The pace of the match was relentless helped by the referee keeping his yellow card in his pocket and not one appearance from either trainer of physio. Monte lie fifth in the table, five points off the top, and entertain old rivals Benejuzar with a 4.00 pm kick-off this Sunday.

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Monte got their fourth win of the season and deservedly so, with a frenetic start to Saturday’s encounter as they pretty much parked themselves in the Callosa half for most the match. The visitors took the lead in the 14th minute after a foul in the half circle of the Callosa penalty box, resulted in a fine strike by Dani, straight into the bottom right corner of the net. Surprisingly there were no further goals in the first period, and Monte dominated second-half proceedings, with Dani doubling his account with a great header from a corner some 20 minutes into the

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Despite their clear superiority it was another defeat for Torry last Sunday, whilst new manager syndrome worked for Castellon who dismissed their previous boss a few days earlier, replacing him with Francisco Ramírez González, who watched the victory from the stands. Javi Selvas had an impressive Torry debut, clearing off the line in the first half and making a superb tackle in the second to deny Castellon another goal. Quintero was also terrific, just pipped to the

Man of The Match award by the tenacious and never say die Sanchez (pictured), who is now beginning to show his worth. Rafa played the second period and showed flashes of brilliance, but after a cross field run, he fluffed his shot when an equaliser looked likely. The only goal came just before half time when Torry failed to stop Marena down the right. He slipped into the box and shot across goal with Oscar unable to get down quick enough. It was virtually one

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way traffic all the second half in favour of Torry, but despite numerous corners and Selvas heading inches wide, the equaliser would not come. Torrevieja did not lack for effort or invention but Castellon were resolute at the back. They are a big, strong outfit and Torry got out-muscled when the chips were down. Not captain

Jorge, however, who ploughed through tackles and players like he was made for rugby! But the eternal problem remains - who can score for this side? Ruben Sanchez will make his debut at Torre Levante this Sunday afternoon, but he is essentially a midfield player, though he has this much desired knack of scoring.

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There mixed fortunes for our local Rugby Union sides last weekend in the first round of the Murcia Region Federation Cup, FERRMUR. ITV Orihuela Vega Baja (squad pictured in yellow) ran out 25-14 winners over Lorca, with the Orihuela having an 18-7 half-time advantage at their Universidad Miguel Hernández ground. The San Javier Squalos (pictured in the blue at the line out) in contrast lost 24-nil at home to XV Rugby Murcia. In the league this weekend, first division action will see ITV Orihuela entertain Cartagena, whilst in the second division, the Squalos play Cartagena’s B side.

Real Madrid stayed top of the Primera Division after clinching victory last Saturday at previously unbeaten Celta Vigo. Ronaldo scored after just eight minutes and Danilo doubled the lead midway through the first half, but Madrid were again grateful to goalkeeper Keylor Navas, who produced three stunning saves. Celta finally managed to beat Navas in the 86th minute thanks to a magnificent strike by Nolito, only for Marcelo to stretch Madrid's lead late on. Real have what appears to be a home banker tomorrow when they entertain struggling Las Palmas.

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Wayne Rooney should "adapt" his game and play in a deeper role to prolong his career, according to Xavi. Rooney, who turned 30 on Saturday, has scored just twice in the Premier League this season and received criticism for his performance in the 0-0 draw with Manchester City on Sunday, where he played as a lone striker. The debate about the England captain has prompted Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal to admit he is fed up with being asked about Rooney's form.

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Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick as 10-man Barcelona came from behind last Sunday to beat Eibar and keep pace with Real Madrid with the same number of points at the top of La Liga. Borja Baston gave the visitors a shock early lead with Eibar's first ever goal against Barca. Suarez headed the hosts level before half-time and fired them ahead early in the second half. Javier Mascherano was sent off for dissent but Suarez scored again to put Barca level with leaders Real. Barca area away to Getafe tomorrow.

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Treble winners Barcelona gave a some underwhelming display as they struggled at third-tier Villanovense in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last32 tie. A virtual second-string Barca team only managed three efforts on target on Wednesday. The second leg is at the Nou Camp on December 2nd.

It was an even contest at the Martinez Valero stadium last Saturday and even though Leganes actually controlled substantial parts of the match, Elche created the better scoring opportunities. A Sergio León header from an Alex Martinez free-kick produced a fine save from Leganes keeper, and was the best Ilicitanos chance in the first half. León also had the best second half chance of getting onto the scoresheet after a defensive Leganes lapse should have seen him capitalise better with a better shot on goal. Elche are away to Zaragoza this Sunday lunchtime.

The awarding of the 2018 World Cup to Russia has been cast in further controversy bySepp Blatter, who claims a decision on where to stage the tournament was made before voting had taken place. The remarkable revelation by the suspended Fifa president means England, who unsuccessfully bid for the tournament along with joint attempts by Spain/Portugal and Belgium/Holland, could have wasted millions without standing a chance from the outset. Greg Dyke, the Football Association chairman, told the culture, media and sport select committee on Wednesday the bidding process appeared fixed from the start and that “it would be very nice to get taxpayers’ money back”. Fifa’s executive committee awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively in December 2010, but both decisions have been heavily criticised. England spent £21m on their bid, £2.5m of which

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Host Before Vote! public money, and rolled out Prince William and David Beckham in an attempt to secure votes but were comprehensively defeated. The United States lost out to Qatar for the 2022 tournament. Blatter, who has been suspended by Fifa’s ethics committee for 90 days along with the Uefa president Michel Platini while an investigation into a suspicious payment takes place, made the 2018 claims in a wide-ranging interview with the Russian news agency, Tass. A spokesman for the Swiss told the Guardian he stands by his words. “In 2010 we had a discussion of the World Cup and then we went to a double decision,” said Blatter. “For the World Cups it was agreed that we go to Russia because it’s never been in Russia, eastern Europe, and for 2022 we go back to America.

Top class football management is a lot to do with image, isn’t it? The way you portray yourself is important. Win, lose or draw, it reflects on you, your club and your fans. It’s said that in defeat Alex Ferguson would go away tight-lipped, in private raging, and then grimly sit down to plot out how it could never happen again – and it rarely did… Style is important. Poor old Tim Sherwood conducted himself well last weekend as he knew the bullet was coming if Villa lost, pointing out that the club was ‘in a hole’, and not him personally. After the family silver had been sold off the others left were just not up to the Premier League bar which is set very high, but Sherwood left with his dignity intact. Jurgen Klopp? The jury is still out, but the Teutonic passion and the touchline theatrics are all there, though the German has a huge job to turn all that purchased power into points. Klopp has a style all of his own which the Reds’ fans will embrace if he brings Liverpool success. The quietly effective way West Ham’s popular ex-player-now-manager Slaven Bilic is impressive, as the Croatian has quickly built a team to be reckoned with. With the latest thundering win against

confused.com Chelsea, the Hammers are third, while at last playing ‘West Ham’ type football. Bilic’s boys are bringing back the exciting times for the notoriously difficult-toplease Hammers fans. As a nosey neutral it was brilliant to see Andy Carroll soaring to head the deserved winner on Saturday. Bilic has been around a bit – and the man has class - you can’t buy that. ‘Trouble ahead’ sniggering was rife when Leicester strangely appointed funny man Claudio Ranieri their manager, but who’s laughing now? The Italian has a witty interview style all of all his own and brings a breath of spring to the Prem, with the team fifth in the table. Similarly stylish is that bearded Spaniard, Quique Sanchez Flores: the 50 year old has been around over 30 years, both playing and managing in Spain. Managerless at the start of the season, Watford are now midtable above Stoke and Chelsea, and the Hornets are the best of last year’s promotees currently. A huge test for managers is what to do when things go wrong. Young Gary Monk has just reversed the hearse at Swansea to right the ship after several surprising defeats. The Prem needs

successful new British management blood like their ex-player, what with a number of clubs currently run by ‘international’ managers as mentioned above. In the case of Chelsea the ‘going-wrong’ question is valid, where the club’s management style is being exposed savagely. Jose Mourinho has picked up many enemies along in his fantastic but often controversial career, but now his critics are having a field day currently as the sullen-faced one lurches from one crisis to another worse-still one. Never-havingstayed-too-long-anywhere Jose now seems unable to put right Chelsea’s very mediocre start to the season, each match marked with everincreasing disasters both on and off the field. Now Jose’s players are following his example with poor disciplinary problems that threaten the club’s success, as last year’s champions unbelievably flounder in 15th place. Can Mourinho put it right? As it’s getting worse every week it would appear not. So – where will Roman Abramovich go from here with all that money and investment? It can’t go on like this, that’s for certain: Chelsea are geared to success - and the ruthless Russian must surely act soon. Saturday?

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h c a e r o t e c a l a P h s City sma uarter-finals! Cup q After losing to Leicester last weekend, Crystal Palace went down to mighty Man City in the League Cup. Now Pardew’s players will be looking for Prem revenge by taking Man United down at Selhurst Park, and ‘do a Middlesborough’ where the Red Devils were knocked out of the League Cup by the Championship club after penalties. Last week, even United’s nasty Mancunian neighbours City couldn’t do that and score at Old Trafford, and so it should be a great game in South London. As for the Blue corner of Manchester, on paper entertaining nervy Norwich should be a formality – but This Is Football – remember that! Hey, here’s a belter: Swansea at home to secondplaced Arsenal. In true Gunners David and Goliath/shooting-themselves-in-the-foot style, Arsene’s artisans went down disastrously 3 – 0 to Sheffield Wednesday in the Capital Cup on Tuesday. The Swans stopped their recent rot by winning at Villa, thus causing Tim Sherwood’s departure - but now Monk’s men face a huge task to stop the Gunners’ Prem bandwagon thundering along, second but equal with Man City on points.

Hey, you don’t think – nah, we’re talking Arsenal here. After last week’s 3 – 0 debacle at Sunderland, there’s another chance for Steve McClaren to get second-bottom Newcastle going at last, this time at home to Stoke. The Potters surprisingly lost 2 – 0 at home to Watford last weekend, but edged out Chelsea AET in the Cup midweek Watford v West Ham: anything could happen here with two teams triumphant from valuable victories at the weekend - something must give. And also on Saturday, there’s an East v West Midlands derby as West Brom play Leicester. Don’t take this result for granted in Leicester’s favour, ‘cos in case you haven’t noticed, Tony Pulis has steadily pushed the Baggies up to tenth place - that’s a cool claim to climb above the likes of Everton and Swansea: and Steve Bruce’s Hull knocked Leicester out of the League Cup on Tuesday. Can Jamie Vardy push on to even greater goalscoring records and score again in the Prem? Not if West Brom’s mean-n-clean sheet defence has got anything to do with it.

I WANT TO NOTHING GO - PEDRO TO PROVE Chelsea winger Pedro has reportedly told friends, including teammate Cesc Fabregas he regrets leaving Barcelona in the Summer to sign for the struggling Blues, and would jump at the chance to return to the Catalan club. Meanwhile, Zlatan could leave PSG and Neymar is set to be offered a massive £500,000-a-week contract by Barcelona.

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Lewis Hamilton emulated his boyhood hero Ayrton Senna by sealing a hat-trick of titles after he won a dramatic United States Grand Prix, an achievement some days later he says still "doesn't feel real". He became the first British driver to successfully defend his grand prix crown, will now head to Mexico in Formula One's first race there in more than two decades.

This weekend’s fixtures couldn’t kick off with a better belter, as early doors it’s Chelsea v Liverpool. That’s Jose v Jurgen, highly-charged managers of two great clubs who hate each other’s guts following controversial events in key matches over the last few years. After Stoke knocking holders Chelsea out of the Capital Cup on Tuesday, the battered and beleaguered Blues daren’t blow it again in the Prem after the ill-disciplined debacle at the hands of West Ham last week. In direct contrast, the resurgent Reds are revving up royally for the Heavyweight Clash of the Titans on the back of their cup win over

Vs Bournemouth. Defeat for Liverpool wouldn’t be the end of the world for Klopp’s kids, but for Mourinho’s men the result is everything. Another Premier loss – and the Battle of Stamford Bridge could famously spell the end of another epic era for Jose. With form so bad, Chelsea will have to set a Premier League record to make the top four this season. The defending champions are currently 15th in the table with just 11 points from their first 10 games. No team has finished in the top four after making such a poor start. In fact, no team with fewer than 13 points at this stage has made fourth place.

Kings of the SOUTH!

The big traditionally-tribal south coast rivalry used to be between Southampton and Portsmouth, but these days Pompey are 40.000 (well, three) leagues below the Premier sea, and have been replaced these days by Bournemouth. After a brilliant start, the Cherries are in trouble, last week hammered 5 – 1 at home by spirited Spurs, Harry Kaneing ‘em with a hat trick. Now manager Eddie Howe must pick up the pieces to face a resurgent Southampton who are going well again, pulling off a late draw to thwart Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. Elsewhere, Everton should be able to stifle Sunderland and stall Sam’s stalwart attempts at revival after the Black Cats committed daylight robbery to nuke nasty neighbours Newcastle 3 – 0. Another Monday Night Football pairing puts shot-to-pieces Astounded Villa against the high-five scoring Spurs-in-sixth, who are going well at last. At White Hot Lane, all things being equal, only one result looks likely but ‘This Is Football’ rules as usual! Now also dumped out of the Capital Cup by Southampton on Wednesday, what brave/stupid hero is going to Park themselves in the white-hot seat at Villa? Sherwood’s short shift’s shot, the guy with the gilet’s gone.

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