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Property vs Investment Portfolios Investing in property has been popular in past years, with many people buying property to rent out as an investment.

The attractions of property are clear. The UK sector has

By Tracy Storer historically Senior Partner Chorus Financial delivered a compelling rental yield, combined with an attractive level of capital growth over the long term.

However, property is not right for everyone and here I highlight some of the main factors that should be considered.

1.-Age – Once you really start getting to the later years of life, your risks start to become greater. You no longer have the luxury of investing for the long-term. For example, if you’re 80 years old, and invest in property during a property boom, in 2 years time the market may start to dip. The market may recover after 10 years and put you back into high profits. But you may no longer be around to reap the benefits. So

essentially, the older you are, the shorter your opportunity becomes for a long-term investment.

2.-Cost - The costs involved in buy-tolet can quickly stack up and erode the returns. Buying costs, including legal fees, agency fees and survey fees, all of which are usually paid upfront need to be considered and in Spain this can be somewhere around 15%! Then you will need to find tenants or advertise the property for holiday lets. Then you have the ongoing costs, which could include redecoration and repairs, gas and electrical appliance maintenance, buildings and contents insurance, legal insurance and the costs of complying with the various landlord regulations.

3.-Tax - You should also ensure you have a firm grasp of the tax implications of purchasing a buying property as this will cause a further limiton returns. In Spain the purchasing tax is 10%, so essentially you are 10% down from day one, but there are other ongoing taxes to consider. If you have a property you rent out in Spain and live in Spain yourself, you will have to declare the income on your Spanish tax return (declaracion de la renta de las personas fisicas) every year and then of course when you sell the property you will have to

consider the possible capital gains tax.

4.-Lack of diversification - If you own your current home, investing in a second could leave you heavily exposed to the property market. If property prices falter, your wealth could be significantly affected.

The property market is also highly illiquid, meaning a property can sit on the market for months, or even years, before a buyer is found. If you need to access your money quickly, you could be forced to accept a lower offer than you could achieve given more time and even then, this could take some time.

We should also take into consideration the location of the property. Unlike the UK the rental yields in Spain can be as little as 2-3% gross and if you take into consideration the buying fees, often it can take over 5 years just to break even!

So what if buying a property is not a suitable investment for you? What are the alterative options?

Number one, leaving money in your bank can be a bad idea if you want to achieve growth. UK inflation is currently at 2.5% so unless your bank are paying you 2.5% interest (which is very unlikely) you savings are depreciating daily.

So what about investing? Many people get

put off by that word. They think that it is only for the experienced or for big risk takers but it really isn’t. The key to investing is getting the right advice, making sure that all of your needs and objectives are considered and that everything is explained in a simple manner that you understand.

At Chorus Financial, we do just that. If a client comes to me and purchasing a property is the right thing for them, I’ll advise them of that – and if it isn’t? I’ll sit down and talk through the various options available, whether they just want to grow their money at the same rate of inflation or they are more aggressive investors looking for bigger growth, we make sure that it is right for them.

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Mystery surrounds the exact details of the incident, which occurred in the early afternoon of last Sunday at the complex formerly known as the Magic Excalibur, situated between Benidorm and neighbouring resort, Playa d’Albir.

Unconfirmed reports from witnesses, suggest that although lifeguards were on duty at the resort pool at the time, the boy was actually recovered by two other guests, one of whom was a doctor from Madrid and another from the medical profession, who administered cpr until paramedics arrived.

As news spread of the tragic incident on social media groups linked to Benidorm, a Facebook appeal was posted in an effort to gain more information from potential witnesses.

Posting on the Benidorm & Costa Blanca News & Information Forum group Tracey Dwyer urged users to come forward: “ U R G E N T I N F O R M AT I O N REQUIRED: We are urgently looking for pictures/videos taken in the MAGIC ROBIN HOOD on 09/09/18 between 12.30pm-2pm.

“Someone somewhere must have taken pictures during this time, this could prove vital information regarding an incident that has taken place in

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the pool and has left an eightyear-old boy fighting for his life.”

“Any pictures, Snapchats or vids taken between this time would be of great us and very much appreciated.

“Thanks in advance!”

Read the post, on which some replies commented on the lack of a defibrillator at the resort and the difficulty of access required by the air ambulance, which attended the scene, by landing on a nearby car park.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson from the Magic Robin Hotel also posted comments regarding safety procedures and protocol at the pool which is manned by lifeguards employed by an outside company.

“We are compiling statements from clients who were at that time and all agree that the first intervention was made by our lifeguard.

“When the clients who declared themselves to be nurses and a doctor appeared, they took control of the situation because according to the protocol they have priority due to their profession.

“At all times we offered our help to the child and the family. We have 4 lifeguards in the main pool in addition to others in the slides, and now we have increased them with

one more.

And replying to another poster with the message: “We understand what the family and friends must be going through right now, since thousands of families come to our resort every year and our

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purpose is to see their children running and playing and having fun, that is the “magic” spirit.

“We will give you all our help and support and any information or anything other clients could have seen at

that moment will be of vital importance, and you can send it to: helpmagicrobinhood@ gmail.com However, other posters on the thread alleged that the lifeguards were more

3 interested in chatting to guests and were inexperienced in delivering cpr to the victim.

Blair is still in a critical condition but a Facebook post by his grandmother revealed that he is awake and attempting to talk.

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Ryanair warning

BUDGET carrier Ryanair and hundreds of thousands of its customers across Europe have been warned to brace themselves for “the biggest strike action the company has ever seen” which could at the end of the month.

Spanish as well as Dutch, Italian, Belgian and Portuguese representatives of pilots, cabin crew and ground handling workers issued a joint statement in which they said no real progress had been made on their demands since a pan-European strike over the summer.

The statement emerged after seven unions from the five countries held, what they described as, an “historic” meeting in Rome.

There are suggestions they may ask their fellow Ryanair unions in

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their countries to join with them in the action.

The union bodies also claimed the current executive board of directors at the company had demonstrated that they were “incapable of having meaningful talks with unions”.

Four year old lifesaver

Irish-based staff already have a deal with Ryanair, but a major disruption to services is expected, with the strike day expected to be in the last week of this month.

Students being priced out

MANY students starting their studies at Elche´s Miguel Hernandez University this week are being forced to commute in from far afield due to the exorbitant cost of renting

in the city combined with low availability.

Many are choosing to live in coastal resorts such as Santa Pola, where renting is very expensive in July and August but prices drop

away once the school years starts.

What rentals are available in Elche are only staying on the market for a day or two in many instances with students being forced to

rent the first place they find rather than spend time looking around.

Even for those with a bigger budget, in the area close to the campus it is almost impossible to find anywhere available.

AMBULANCE staff are saying that a four year old boy may have saved his mother´s life by calling the emergency services after she had collapsed.

The incident happened at about 7pm in the town of Bierzo (Castilla y Leon) last week when the child called the 112 number as he had been taught after his mother lost consciousness.

The operator who took his call asked the lad to open the house door when the ambulance crew arrived

by Simon Russell

which he duly did.

A Twitter post from the Castilla emergency services praised the boy’s actions, saying it highlighted the importance of teaching even very young children how to act in the case of an emergency. The mother is being treated; it is not clear if she had a preexisting condition that caused her collapse.

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Armed Brit killed in hotel shoot-out THE identity of a British national killed by Spanish police in a Malaga hotel has been identified as Sean Hercules, aged 39 and originally from Leeds. The chain of events leading to the man’s death started on Monday morning in Puerto Banus when there were reports of a man fleeing a traffic accident with a weapon. It is thought that he was known to the authorities and was traced to a hotel in Cancelada, close to Estepona in the province of Malaga.

They entered the hotel, confirmed as the Autosole, and when they went to Hercules room he opened fire. The officers returned fire and the suspect died as a result of wounds received.

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by Simon Russell

authorities said that he had a police record for drugs and weapons offences and he had also spent time in jail in the UK for shooting a man outside a Leeds nightclub as well as armed robbery.

The National Police carried out the operation and their spokesman said “Officers came under fire when they went to arrest a man and were obliged to use their weapons to repel the attack, resulting in the death of the gunman. Two firearms and four cartridges were found next to the body of the man, a British national.” A Foreign Office spokesman has said they are in contact with the deceased man’s family.

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Good hearted company

Death in the skies

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A British national died last Saturday on a UK flight destined for Ibiza. The Jet2 plane had taken off from Manchester in the evening on it’s way to the Balearic island. When it was clear that the man’s condition

by Simon Russell

was a medical emergency the plane was diverted to France’s Toulouse airport.

He was taken to the local hospital but the airline confirmed that he had

died. A Foreign Office spokeswoman said “We are in contact with the French authorities following the death of a British man in Toulouse and we are supporting his family at this difficult time.”

MAYOR Jose Chulvi gratefully accepted a defibrillator for use by Javea Town Hall which was donated by a local business. Dick Kuizenga was representing European VIP Security and handed the new machine over to the mayor this week. Mr Chulvi also announced that the town is preparing to purchase three other defibrillators, this time mobile versions which will be carried in the vehicles of local police and civil protection agents.

The machines can be the difference between life and death, ensuring people get immediate treatment in the vital first few minutes after a cardiac incident.

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REDUCED tax on basic food products and reducing income tax for selfemployed people are two of the decisions agreed upon by socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias, the leader of the leftwing Podemos party.

The minority PSOE socialist administration needs Podemos votes in Congress to keep them in power, and

by Alex Trelinski

Podemos helped to sweep Mariano Rajoy and his Partido Popular government out of power in the spring.

A meeting between Sánchez and Iglesias agreed to cut IVA on basic necessities, although it is not yet clear whether this will involve reducing the 4% bottom rate or adding more

goods and services to the 4% bracket which are currently in the 10% mid-band or 21% top-levels.

They reached the ‘beginnings of an agreement’ to increase income taxes for people earning more than €140,000 a year, or €10,000 a month, which Iglesias says ‘is not going to hurt them much’.

Income tax will reduce for the self-employed on

a sliding scale, with those invoicing less than a given amount – expected to be that of the minimum wage, currently €858.55 per month – being tax-exempt.

It has not been revealed how the scale will work, or whether it will directly affect retentions or merely be recalculated when quarterly or annual declarations are filed.

Cruising to success

ALICANTE has four big cruise liners coming into port over the course of this week, bringing an estimated 7,000 tourists to the city who will spend about €600,000 based on previous figures. The cruise sector has had an excellent 2018, with visitor numbers up by 10% to about 100,000. The biggest liner due this week is the “Celebrity Eclipse” which has 3,000 passengers and is stopping in Alicante

other towns in the region improves. Others prefer to for the first time. make their way around on As numbers increase the their own steam and there infrastructure that transports are several bars, restaurants them around the city and to and food stalls that stand to

by Simon Russell

Heartless pet owner sought

DISTRESSING images of a dog on a roof terrace in Elche which died after being tied up have been circulating on Facebook, prompting a search for the owner of the creature. The abuse has been officially

by Simon Russell

reported and the Local Police are now also involved and have requested citizens help.

The incident itself occurred last month at an apartment block

in the Carrus area.

Due to the amount of residents who have access to the terrace it is proving difficult to trace the person responsible who may even have been a holidaymaker or visitor. The dog’s corpse was removed

and an autopsy carried out to determine the cause of death’ although details have not yet been released.

Anyone who has any information about the owner has been asked to contact the Elche Local Police.

The Weekender Team has deemed the photo to distressing for publication

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Ready to rock in 2019

EARLY details have been announced this week about next year´s Montgo Rock music festival, fast becoming one of the premier events for rock fans in Spain. The venue will be at La Fontana, just off the beach, and the dates are the 10th and 11th of May. Season passes and tickets are already on sale (see www. montgorock.es) and range from €25 for a basic day pass to €105 to a weekend pass including camping and prime views of the stage plus dinner and drink. The missing ingredient of course is the line up, and announcements will begin to be made as that is finalised.

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Free help learning the lingo

A bar in Javea is running free courses for English and Spanish speakers to learn and improve their language skills.

Cafe Cortado in Javea Port started the “Intercambio” sessions this week and they will continue every Tuesday from 7pm until 8.30pm. They are aimed at all levels and the organiser has said that is not just about learning languages but also a good way to meet new people, both English and Spanish. The start date is set to coincide with the children of Javea’s return to school after the summer break.

Animal magic

LUCKY visitors to Valencia’s Bioparc last week were treated to a double dose of drama. First of all they were fortunate enough to witness a zebra giving birth in the replica savannah area of the park where they live. The baby appeared to be perfectly healthy when born but after becoming separated from the umbilical cord tumbled into the nearby lake. Gamekeepers had been letting nature take it’s course up to this point but now felt they had to

intervene and a rescue mission began to save the new born.

A team of two were quickly able to remove the baby from the water where it was returned to it’s relieved mother who started the cleaning process.

Spontaneous applause broke out from the watching crowd who came away with a story – and probably several photos of the event.

The foal is a male and mother and baby are both doing well the Bioparc confirmed.

Beach lightning strikes pair

TWO people were injured when lightning struck the beach at Bellereguard, near Oliva, last Friday. One of the pair, a 20 year old male, suffered a suspected cardiac arrest and had to receive

Awash with plastic

by Simon Russell

emergency medical treatment on the sands, including pulmonary resuscitation. It is believed that the treatment was successful and he was transferred tom Gandia

A recent report states that Spain dumps 126 tons of plastic into the Mediterranean each day, making it the second largest polluter of the Med after Turkey. The WWF findings goes on to say that 95% of all waste in the Mediterranean is plastics, much of it generated by the tourist industries that

Hospital. The other victim was a 50 year old female who suffered leg pain from the strike but no serious effects. The incidents happened at around noon when violent storms moved up the Valencian coastline.

line the coast.

Overall Spain was the fourth highest user of plastics across Europe, consuming 10% of the total for the continent. Plastic bottles are the most common, many of which end up polluting the oceans. The report states that the Mediterranean is fast reaching saturation point for

waste and has one of the highest concentrations of plastic waste per square kilometre across the planet. The WWF says that as with most European countries better waste management is needed in Spain, particularly with regards to recycling, use of landfills and the reliance on single use plastics.

Pride of Benidorm As the glitter settles on another fantastic Benidorm Pride Festival week, it’s hard to believe the event has only been running since 2011.

This year’s Pride brought thousands of tourists from all over Europe to the resort, filling hotels and apartments to almost capacity and putting some much needed cash into the bars, restaurants and businesses of Benidorm, suffering

by Andy Mansell

after a downturn in profits after a particularly poor summer season.

Exact numbers have yet to be calculated, but there is no doubt that the festival is set to grow into one of the biggest of its kind and is now wholly embraced by Benidorm tourist officials who see the events huge potential.

With ten parties, in several different locations

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across the resort, the event brought a visible sea of rainbow colours, attracting interest and curiosity from local residents and tourists, who lined last Saturday’s parade route in great numbers and joined in the after party in the Julio Iglesias Auditorium with great enthusiasm.

The delighted organisers are planning even greater things for 2019, so watch this space.

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Benidorm wins TV choice Best Comedy Award

by Andy Mansell

Just two months after being axed from their schedules, ITV’s longest running comedy show, Benidorm has won Best Comedy at the prestigious, TV Choice award ceremony, held last Sunday.

The BAFTA award winning comedy series, filmed on location in and around the resort, made household names of the actors who played the loveable cast of larger than life characters.

However, ITV bosses, decided to pull the plug, after the tenth season of the

record breaking, prime time show, despite its regular appearances towards the top of the TV listings.

At the time, creator and writer of Benidorm, DerrenLitten, admitted the decision was not unexpected, but likened the crew to one big family, so it was not only him that the cancellation affected.

“What people forget, is that we are a big employer in the area”, he explained, “Not just the actors and film crew, who have come back regularly for four months work every spring over the last 11 years, but all the back up team of local technicians, drivers, catering companies and extras who come back year after year.”

However, the TV Choice Awards are voted for by

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viewers, and Benidorm triumphed over fellow nominees The Big Bang Theory, The Keith & Paddy Picture Show and Not Going Out on the BBC. It was a fact show creator DerrenLitten was quick to point out when he picked up the gong - shortly after tweeting: ‘Pissed already.

Hope we don’t win because I don’t know my own name right now.’

He told the audience at the ceremony: “This is awkward. We’ve just been cancelled. The show has just been cancelled.”

Litten, then likened the award to being sacked from your job and then being recognised as employee of the month.

Despite being cancelled

by ITV, the sitcom has been turned into a live show featuring many of the

Japanese get a taste for local cuisine

EIGHT Japanese tour operators have been to Denia as part of a visit to the Valencian coastline. They visited sites such as the Baix la Mar district, the fish market and Las Marinas.

They also had a chance to sample local gastronomy, with seafood being a definite favourite. Many Japanese are becoming increasingly interested in cuisines outside of Japan, and the Mediterranean diet, high on fish, rice and vegetables is very popular there. The group have also visited Valencia City, Peñiscola and Algemesi.

Internet scammer arrested POLICE have released details of the arrest of a woman from Denia who has been detained on several charges of fraud. The 25 year old has been accused of offering various items for sale over the internet at a vastly reduced rate.

She would get to know the prospective buyer through on-line chat and would then get them to send her the shipping costs. However the item would never appear and the accused would then sever contact with the buyer. The police are aware of at least 11 people who have been taken in by the scam, located all across Spain. They say that the detainee has a long criminal history.

original cast, which kicked off a UK tour at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle last week and continues well into 2019.

In another piece of good news for the writer, the pilot episode of his new baby, a 30 minute situation comedy set in another famous seaside town, but this

time in England, has been commissioned by the BBC. Fronted by former Coronation Street star Katherine Kelly, comedian Jason Manford and veteran actress Stephanie Cole, ‘Scarborough’, which is set to air late next year, “follows the lives and loves of a small handful of residents in

Scarborough, the sometime sunny beach resort in North Yorkshire, who meet most nights in the local karaoke bar where they swap gossip and sing 80’s classics”.

Sound familiar? Well, if the show is even half as successful as its predecessor, the BBC have a sure fire winner on their hands.

Canary cruises DENIA based ferry and shipping company Balearia has this week given more details about it’s new planned route between Spain and the Canary Islands. They have revealed they will be joining forces with Norwegian cruise giant Fred Olsen for the new route and this week the chairmen of the two companies met in Denia and signed the agreement.

Chair of Balearia Adolfo Utor said this was a great opportunity for the two

by Matthew Richards

companies.

His counterpart at Fred Olsen, Andres Marin, said “We could not have found a better partner for this new project than Balearia.” The two firms have begun work on integrating much of their management and technical systems.

The new route is planned to start in midNovember and the two ships used will carry passengers, cars and freight.

Missing person case ends in tragedy

POLICE are looking for the partner of a woman found dead in the Valencian town of Borriol last week. The 35 year old victim’s family had raised their concerns about her safety to police after she had not been heard of for several days. Agents went to the address given and found the woman’s body.

It had clearly lain there for

by Simon Russell

several days and the police were awaiting the result of an autopsy to determine her cause of death. They have now said that they are very keen to talk to the woman’s partner, a man aged 40 who has not been seen since her death.

Neighbours said that the couple were well

known in the small town where the man worked in a local restaurant. If this is confirmed as a gender violence case it will be the thirtieth such killing in Spain this year and the second in Valencia in the last two weeks. This follows the strangulation of a woman in Orihuela by her male partner at the end of August.

Assault with a chair

A 26 year old man has been arrested in Castellon after assaulting his male partner with a metal chair.

The incident happened last weekend when a neighbour called the police after

hearing what sounded like a violent disagreement. The first authorities on the scene entered the ninth floor apartment to find a 46 year old man lying on the floor with a head wound. The

alleged attacker had fled the scene but was soon tracked down by the police. He has been charged with domestic violence.

The victim´s wounds required stitches but are not life threatening.

Helping with the cost of school THE association HLA San Carlos is organising a solidarity day to help with families that are struggling with the high costs of sending children back to school.

Next Monday, 17 September, is the day set aside and people are asked to donate

materials such as pencil cases, writing and drawing instruments, glue, notebooks etc. Many people may have these left over from their own children´s schooling and good condition second hand materials will be gladly accepted.

The day is the culmination of an eight day campaign by HLA where items can be left at their stand in the main entrance to Denia Hospital.

The children receiving the items are students at the Raquel Paya special needs centre.

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The circus is coming to town

Ancient rhythms The Buddha’s back THIS Saturday, 15 September, sees the third edition of Pedreguer’s Al Dani Music Festival. It is a celebration and showcase of some of the worlds oldest musical styles, Andalusian and Sephardic. As well as performances by some of the top artists in these fields there are also workshops and other events.

The three main

Drugs gang busted

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performers are Mara Aranda, a singer of Sephardic music, Jota Martinez who plays medieval stringed instruments and Abdeltif Louazo a Moroccan multiinstrumentalist. The event starts at midday in Plaza Mayor and continues until the evening; e-mail culturapedreguer@gmail. com or cal 966 4560 200 for more information.

THE International Buddhist Centre in Pedreguer, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Europe, opens it’s doors to a new season of events this week. On 12 September a course based on The Meditator’s Nest, the classic manual of Tibetan Buddhism began. From 11 to 14 October Lama Rinchen will be teaching courses on emotional

A major drugs organisation has been stopped in it’s tracks after six people were arrested in Denia this week. The operation started after complaints from people in La Xara relating to the behaviour of a group of men near the school zone in the village. A police investigation led them to suspect that their activities were drug related, although the gang was well organised and strong security measures were in place.

Further investigations led the police to various addresses and the vehicles they believed were being used to distribute the drugs across the Marina Alta. Searches of properties in La Xara, Ondara and Pedreguer led to the seizure of 4 kilos of processed marijuana, 5 grams of cocaine, 100 kilos of marijuana plants and weaponry. This led to the arrest of five men and one woman this week, aged between 20 and 43.

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balance alongside psychologist Jorge Molto.

23 to 25 November sees a course about quantum physics and Buddhism, studying how hard science and religion can work together. The centre also offers talks, meditation and it’s doors are usually open to visitors who want to simply look around.

CIRCARTE, an international circus festival which never uses animals, is setting up it’s big top across Alicante province from 14 to 29 September and Denia is the venue for three of the activities for the first time.

On 16 September there is “Circ d’Aci”, a spectacular gala. This features jugglers, acrobats and trapeze artists among other things and will be a mixture of traditional and contemporary circus acts. The venue is the Denia Social Centre Auditorium from 7pm and entrance is free.

The following day the activity moves outside

to Calle La Via and will also feature a circus skills workshop for kids of four years and up (preregistration required). This runs from 5pm to 6.30pm and is followed by a show performed by the Mumusic Company, a mix of circus skills, dancing, theatre and live music.

Other venues across the province include El Campello, Alicante City, Sant Joan d’Alacant, San Vicent del Raspeig (the university) and Mutxamel.

See www.circarte.com for further information or speak to the local town hall at the various venues.

The people get their say

BENISSA council has held the latest of it’s open meetings where residents get the chance to say what they like and dislike about public services in the Marina Alta town. There was feedback from over 50 people on subjects such as street lighting, road repairs, the bus service between

the beach and main town and the summer clinic.

The meeting lasted almost two hours and councillors answered what they could at the time and have taken away any other queries for future responses. The interactive sessions have been judged a success and are scheduled to continue.

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Freda the complaining Brit to feature in ad campaign

The British pensioner who caused a storm last month by suggesting Benidorm cared less about tourists from the UK than it did about those from Spain, is the face of a tongue in cheek advertising campaign promoting the resort.

Grandmother Freda Jackson, 81, from Blackburn, made a complaint to tour operator, Thomas Cook, stating she felt her two-week break in the resort had been ruined because of the number of Spaniards staying in her hotel.

She needed to use a mobility scooter during her holiday and found some of the Spanish guests “rude” and not very courteous and suggested the food and entertainment at her hotel was geared up to them rather than English speakers.

The allegation was part of a wider compensation claim the pensioner made, which covered flight delays and problems with her room allocation at the Hotel Poseidon Playa on Benidorm’s Poniente Beach.

However, media reports focused on her complaint that the hotel was too Spanish and her suggestion that people from Spain should go somewhere

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else on holiday.

Freda later said her words had been misinterpreted but she has turned out to be the star of the show, even if unwittingly.

Tourism chiefs in the resort, felt the publicity, misquoted or not, gave people a bad impression of Benidorm and potentially harmed the flow of Brits, which has already seen a decrease because of the pulling power of competing locations such as Egypt and Tunisia.

Social networks were flooded with responses and jokes and it was from these that the “Enjoy Benidorm with the Spanish people” was born.

Artist behind the new campaign, Pepe LópezAperador, has created an image of Freda as he thinks she probably looked in her youth and his picture now stars on all the promotion material, especially posters.

Pepe, known as “Pep Art”, says co-existence between the British and Spanish should be

encouraged.

He says Freda provided the inspiration for the redheaded girl on his poster with Benidorm in the background.

He believes this is how she would have looked in the 60s and hopes she likes it.

The campaign is expected to feature posters, mugs, teeshirts and other souvenirs with the “Enjoy Benidorm with the Spanish people” slogan.

She was even invited to last week’s launch of the campaign, but declined to attend.

Spare a Brits knifed copper A POLICE union has slammed San Fulgencio council for having just two local police officers allocated to each shift over the summer.

The area, which includes the La Marina urbanisation, swells to a population of around 30 thousand during the peak holiday season, The SPPLB union, which represents local police and fire fighters, says that they had warned the authority months before of potential staffing issues, but they claim the council did nothing to improve the situation.

They said that the local police force has been unable to provide a proper service, not helped by the fact that part of their team have taken their annual leave in recent weeks.

Suicide doctor blamed for double murder

POLICE believe that a doctor who took his own life in Zaragoza last week was behind the death of his 68 year old wife and 92 year old mother. The man’s wife, also a retired doctor, was stabbed to death and it is reported that she suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease.

National Police attended the scene after a body was reported on the street. This turned out to be the alleged

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killer who it appeared jumped from an apartment window.

When police entered the apartment they found the corpses of the man’s wife and mother in separate rooms. Sources say that the man left a note and police are not looking for anyone else in connection with the triple tragedy

THE GUARDIA CIVIL are searching for two Romanian men who knifed two British nationals in the El Chaparral area of Torrevieja last week.

One of the attackers dropped his mobile phone during the assault, allowing the Guardia to identify the assailant, The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday morning last week, with a 59-year-old British man suffering stab wounds to his chest and leg while a second, aged 35, was knifed in the arm.

Both men were taken by ambulance for treatment at Torrevieja Hospital where operations were carried out, with their conditions not life-threatening.

The Guardia Civil press office said that all four men got into an argument outside a bar on Calle Rodrigo and a fight ensued.

The Romanians then returned to the area later with some knives and assaulted the Brits, who live in the area.

Family members and friends of the injured men have taken to social media to dispute previously published accounts of what happened.

They say that that there was no altercation earlier in the evening, and that the men were around 200 metres from their home when an unprovoked attack happened “out of the blue”, with a dog also let loose on them..

High tech tourists

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AS part of it’s plans to establish itself as a Smart Tourist Destination, Benidorm will be hosting the first Digital Tourism Forum next month. Mayor Toni Perez took part in last week’s presentation in Santander to various businesses from the tourism industry.

He said how Benidorm was striving to become the world’s first certified Smart Tourist Destination and how important it was that the city had been chosen to host the event.

DigitalTourist’18 will be held at Hotel Villaitana from October 15th to 17th and expects to welcome more than 300 industry insiders from both the tourism and technology sectors. About 30 experts and innovators will host presentations and workshops over the course of the three day event.

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Suicide under discussion

THE association HLA San Carlos is organising a solidarity day to OVER 150 experts in the field of suicide, particularly amongst children and young adults, have been attending a conference in Elche’s Vinalopo Hospital this week. This is the second conference of the Spanish Society of Suicidology which was set up to examine the subject, until recent years something of a taboo in the old conservative and Catholic Spain.

Around ten people take their own lives in Spain each day, many of them young. Dr Jesus Mesones, head of psychiatry at Torrevieja University Hospital, said that the reasons are complex and can be biological, psychological or caused by other less obvious circumstances. By examining case histories and discussing the subject with other experts in the field it is hoped actions can be brought into place to reduce suicide rates, especially among the young.

Sushi and paella

Scooter firm keen to get it’s skates on

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LIME, a company that rents electric scooters in Valencia City, has said it is eager to start dialogue with the city council which has started carrying out it’s threat to remove the firms scooters from the streets. 50 of the vehicles have already been confiscated out of a fleet of 200 with the council saying that Lime lacks the proper licences to operate. The firm has defended it’s position saying they have consistently asked the council to sit down with them and explain exactly what they need.

Both sides agree that the scooters are an environmentally friendly form of transport and a better alternative for tourists in particular than cars or taxis. However there have been complaints about the speed and carelessness that the vehicles have been driven at, often in pedestrianised areas and on pavements.

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A secondary school cookery teacher from Denia was chosen to represent Spain in a recent gastronomic event in Japan.

Nuria Oreja, who teaches at the Maria Ibars school, took part in the Creative Gastronomy Summer Programme in the city of Tsuruoka alongside chefs from Italy, Poland, Argentina, India and Japan at the end of last month.

The week long partly televised event involved all participants sharing tips and secrets relating

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to their very different national cuisines. There were also trips to see how local Japanese people prepared food as well as high end restaurants. The group also took part in local traditions such as a tea drinking ceremony. Now back in Denia and ready to start her new school year Nuria described the trip as “a complete and fully satisfactory experience”. She also said how much the local cuisine of Tsuruoka, with it´s mountains and coastline, had in common with the Marina Alta.

Toddler with head for trouble FIREFIGHTERS had to be called out after a two year old boy managed to get his head stuck in railings in a park in Valencia. The incident happened in Parque de Oliva at around noon on Monday. When the adults in

charge of the child realised they could not get the him out of the concrete railings without hurting him they called the authorities.

The fire crew soon arrived and quickly extracted the unfortunate toddler who was unhurt.

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Great outlet for shopaholics DETAILS of the seventh edition of the Benidorm Outlet Fair were announced this week by Councillor for Commerce Ana Pellicer, this week. The fair is seen as a win-win, allowing traders to move their out of season stock on while shoppers can benefit from huge discounts.

Raul Parra, president of the towns Independent Traders

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Association, said he thinks this years edition will be “massive” based on preregistration numbers and remaining stock. There will be publicity campaigns for the fair throughout Alicante, Albacete and Murcia provinces to further promote the event.

Stores wishing to take part can register on https:// benidorm.org/es/feriaOutlet until 17 September. The fair itself will be held from 28 to 30 September inclusive at Plaza de Sus Majestades los Reyes de España. The event will be family friendly, with a play area for the kids as well as games, bouncy castles and a magic show.

Organic waste solution EL Poble Nou de Benitatxell has installed a composter for residents to dispose of organic waste in an environmentally friendly fashion. The machine will move between three sites, by the Civil Protection HQ, in front of Lady Elizabeth School and in the Lilles area.

The composter comprises half a dozen cubic metre containers, each to be used at a different stage of the fermentation process.

The end product is completely eco friendly and

Good day for equal rights residents will be able to collect the compost for fertilising their plants and gardens.

Organic waste includes

leftover food, garden cuttings and cut grass. For full details of the scheme and what can and cannot be composted

ALTEA council voted unanimously to approve a Local Council for Women at a plenary meeting last week.

In a move promoted by the Department of Equality the new group will have a four

year plan to ensure there is no gender bias in all aspects of the running of the town.

“Citizen participation will be encouraged and, in particular, the participation and coordination of of associations

in the field of gender equality” said councillor Vicenta Perez. The new group will meet regularly and discuss appropriate issues, often on the recommendation of the main council.

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Fishy stealers

FIVE PEOPLE who illegally caught 40 kilos of shellfish from a Mar Menor beach have been arrested by the Guardia Civil.

Several swimmers at Playa Honda alerted the Guardia that clandestine catching was taking place,

Hunt for mirror vandals

POLICE in Santa Pola are searching for a gang of youths in Santa Pola who went around smashing car wing mirrors then posted the footage on social media.

The group seem to have

made little effort to hide their identities and the authorities are confident they will be able to track them down.

The Elche Police force have a unit dedicated to tracking crimes featured on social

media and are also involved in the operation. The footage appeared as a “story� on Instagram this week and was quickly shared by outraged local residents who reported the incidents.

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with the group filling up buckets with the shells, and then putting the contents into a van parked nearby.

The group, who had recently moved from Alicante Province to the

Murcia region, pretended to be family enjoying a day on the beach, and they used small nets for their illegal haul.

The gang has been charged with breaking regional fishing rules including the taking of

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Pet poisoning case drags on

The people get their say Victory for public right of way

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THE authorities have admitted that they are no closer to solving the multiple dog poisoning incidents that shook pet owners in Benissa earlier this year. Nine dogs were killed and at least five poisoned but survived in rural Benissa over March and April.

Seprona, the animal protection unit of the Guardia Civil, admit they are still awaiting the results of toxicology tests that are currently with a Denia

laboratory before the matter can proceed.

A local politician, Carles Mulet, called the delays “scandalous” and also wanted to know what was being done to ensure the situation wasn´t repeated.

Seprona have suspects for the incident in mind after toxins were found at sheds used by hunters.

However the toxicology results are needed before any charges can be considered.

Running to fight cancer DETAILS of the annual Oliva Cancer Run have been announced in a press conference this week.

Arranged in co-ordination with Spanish cancer charity AECC, Oliva Triathlon Club and the town hall, the event will take place on 7 October when many other towns will

CALPE Town Hall have taken the side of a group of complainants who alleged that the owner of a large private property had illegally fenced off a public road. The incident was first reported in “The Weekender” at the start of the summer after a group of hikers found a large gate

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blocking their proposed route in the Terrasala area.

A technical team who visited the site said that about 350 square metres of public road and land had been blocked off and now needed to be returned to public use.

be holding similar events.

As part of the fund raising shirts will be on sale each Friday until the event at a stall in front of the indoor market. The race itself will have two categories, an eight kilometre course for runners and a four kilometre circuit for those who prefer to walk.

Treated like pigs

A landowner in Pedreguer is facing charges after a number of Vietnamese pot bellied pigs were found on his property in what authorities have described as appalling conditions. The

animals were thin enough that the ribs on the normally corpulent creatures were showing through and a vet said they were close to death through starvation.

There were also two dogs

there, both in poor condition and the outside area where all the animals were kept was said to be strewn with rubbish and waste.

The situation has been publicly denounced by Addama, the

animal defence association for the Marina Alta. It is believed that the pigs were being kept for breeding and sale, and a witness told of being offered a pig for €50.

More gender violence protests

MATRIA, the association against violence on women based in Denia, has said that they will now be gathering outside the Town Hall every time there is a gender violence death across Spain. A Matria spokeswoman said “When a woman is murdered, not only do they kill her but her entire environment, often leaving vulnerable children effectively orphaned.” The solemn meetings will always

be held at 7pm in Plaza Ayuntamiento and they ask that members of the public join them to show solidarity with victims and their families.

2017 had the highest recorded amount of gender violence incidents since records began 20 years ago. Prior to that it was not recognised as a separate crime, despite it being seen as an inherent problem in Spanish society tied in with the machismo self image of some males.

Streets of shame SOME local residents in Javea are so fed up with the state of the streets and other public areas in the town that they have taken to cleaning them themselves. They say that the situation has been ongoing since June; the opposition PP agrees and has denounced the council over the matter.

A PP spokesman said that it is not just full time residents that have noticed the situation and many tourists have made unflattering comments over the summer. They go on to say the problems include “rubbish strewn pavements, filthy corners, unswept streets, weeds and badly maintained public lighting”.

The governing PSOE has said that it is “satisfied” with the cleanliness levels of the town.w

Wall of water

A passenger on a boat off the coast between Denia and Oliva last week took spectacular video footage of a giant water spout in the distance.

Spotted about ten nautical miles out to sea last Thursday, the footage has been released by Alicante University’s Climatology Laboratory.

Despite their fierce appearance

the spouts are rarely a danger to shipping or marine life. They are very rare outside of the tropics but climatologists predict they will become more common in other parts as the seas heat up as a result of global warming.

Waterspouts are usually formed as rain clouds develop over very warm water and can be up to two kilometres wide.

British man found dead at bus station FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2018

THE BODY of a 52-year-old British man was discovered in a public park next to Cartagena bus station last week, after he was barred from boarding a bus earlier in the day because he was drunk.

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Cartagena local police were called to help the British national after he was turned away, but he refused their assistance.

He is believed to have died of natural causes.

Free Krava Maga self-defence course for women

Females from age seven upwards are invited to attend a free course, where they can learn simple selfdefence techniques to help them should they ever find themselves in threatening and dangerous situations.

The KravaMaga course, will run from 10:00h to 12:00h, next Sunday,

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September 16, at the Pau Gasol Pavilion in Alfas d’el Pi. This free personal defense course aimed at women, will be taught

by KravMaga instructor and bullying expert TomásLópez, accompanied

by his entire team, focusing on classic situations women often find themselves facing, such as sexual aggression or scenes of gender violence.

KravaMaga is a combat system that was developed in Israel in the 1940s, designed to defend a person from real day-today aggressions, that could

happen in real life.

It teaches women, according to López, “to be alert to possible dangers and be able to get out as quickly as possible from any aggression using the weak points of the attacker.”

The advantage of KravMaga is that everyone can learn it, because anyone

is susceptible to aggression.

“The important thing is to know how to defend oneself,” says López, who stresses that you can start practicing from age 7.

“It is a very interesting course, because through simple movements you learn very effective techniques that allow us to

face with greater confidence a possible aggression, either on the street or at home,” says the instructor, who has received around 200 enquiries from women wishing to attend.

Women and girls wishing to attend on Sunday should show up at the venue before 10.00h.

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Back to school Across the desert at last! in an old banger

MANY parents across the region will be breathing a sigh of relief as the majority of kids in the Alicante province return to school this Monday, 10 September.

After a holiday lasting about 10 weeks, most schools will still have shorter days in September due to the heat, before the timetable proper begins in October.

Parents will also have to have the annual headache of finding money for new

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school books, usually costing well into three figures for each child depending on their age and courses. A number of schools are also welcoming two year olds for the first time as the experiment of starting education a year earlier has started to expand.

Looking ahead the next holiday is Christmas from

Clearing the way to safety

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THE Alicante Diputacion has awarded a grant of â‚Ź40,000 to clear the Barranc del Vicari on the outskirts of the municipality of Benitatchell. The area is considered a major fire risk when vegetation and other rubbish builds up, and although well away from the main town centre is close to the Cumbre del Sol urbanisation.

The mountainous

landscape has now become extremely neglected, with overgrown trees and shrubs increasing the risks of fire and flooding.

Works will also be done in the Calistros area which was largely burnt out in the fires of two years ago.

Environment Councillor Manolo Segarra said that a pleasing benefit of completing the works was that the hills would be better opened up for hikers.

December 24 to January 6, followed by Easter (April 18 to 29) before the school year ends again on June 20 2019.

Along the way there will be the usual one, two or even three day fiestas, although, other than national holidays,

Wheelchair fall leads to death

A woman who fell out of her wheelchair when leaving a church in Seville has died, her family confirmed. The 85 year old was being pushed by her son as she left Nuestra Senora de la Fuente church and the chair overturned on the access ramp. She had been in hospital since but died there this week. Questions have been asked about the safety of the ramp; however the mayor has asked that people await the results of the autopsy to confirm that she died of her injuries and not of natural causes.

A brother and sister from the Marina Alta are taking part in the challenge of driving the route of the famous Dakar Rally – but piloting a car that is more than 20 years old and only using a map and compass to navigate.

Carlos Gil and his sister Lorena, from Teulada, say this is not just about the challenge but about building links between the Marina Alta and Morocco, especially the remote desert villages enroute.

The race is part of Uniraid 2019 and starts next March in Tangiers. Teulada City Council have offered the siblings their full support and this week Mayor Carlos Linares led a presentation of the challenge. Carlos and Lorena are collecting

material to donate to some aiming to win and will be of the poorer villages, happy to finish without including shoes, computers, incident. monitors, clothing, toys, glasses and medicines. 30 kilos can be carried in the car itself and the rest will be distributed by the organisers.

They will also be doing presentations at local schools, outlining the mission and are asking local schoolchildren to write letters to their counterparts in Morocco which will be translated into French.

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Guardia Civil officers in Benidorm, swooped to arrest a forty two year old man suspected of kidnapping a woman on her way to church last Sunday.

The incident occurred around 08.00h, when the sixty year old victim, walking on her way to morning mass in the inland town of Ibi, noticed the suspect staring at her from inside a parked car.

As she passed the vehicle, the man, got out of the door and by grabbing her from behind was able to cross her arms to immobilize her and force her into the rear of the car, where she became trapped in the gap between the seats, unable to move.

After a terrifying drive of around ten kilometres, he stopped the car and bundled the woman out of the door, but not before he stole all of the money she had on her person, an amount of 30 euros.

He then drove off, leaving the woman in the road, where she was picked up by workers from a nearby cafĂŠ, who escorted to her church, where she was subsequently taken to a

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health centre for medical examination by friends.

The investigating officers were able to verify, through recordings in surveillance cameras in the area, that the woman was disoriented and stunned by the tension of the situation, after leaving the vehicle.

Luckily the cries of the victim, who had not stopped screaming during the whole struggle, had drawn the attention of several neighbours, who wrote down the licence plate of the vehicle helping the officers locate where the car was registered and identify the alleged kidnapper.

Once identified, the agents, based in Ibi, travelled to Benidorm to arrest the suspect, of Spanish nationality, on charges of illegal detention, robbery with violence and intimidation and of causing injury.

He was placed at the disposal of the judicial authority, before finally been released on charges, pending the conclusion of the corresponding trial.

All lit up

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TO R R E V I E JA council has committed to spending just over 100 thousand euros per annum in maintaining the city’s traffic lights in a new four contract that has just been advertised.

The package will also lead to new lights being installed in addition to the maintenance of the existing network.

Sex abuse caretaker case starts by

THE trial has started in Alicante Crown Court of a man who it is alleged took advantage of his position as a concierge and maintenance worker to sexually abuse a child.

The accused works on an unnamed urbanisation in the Alicante area and was asked by the 14 year old to remove a spider from their

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apartment as they had a phobia about the creatures.

The man agreed but when he was in the property and alone with the child it has been alleged he sexually abused them. The Office of the Prosecutor has requested a sentence of three and half years if a guilty verdict is reached.

Sad start to school year

A teacher at a school in San Vicente del Raspeig died on the first day of the new school year. Jose Tomas Marco was a mathematics teacher at IES Maria Blasco. He had a heart attack in the school car park and was taken to the local

hospital but his death was confirmed later the same day. Jose was a well known local figure, the secretary of the Mutxamel socialist association and an active participant in the town’s Moors and Christian fiestas which started this week.

Incinerated vegetables

A lorry transporting a truck load of vegetables last weekend turned over and then caught fire on the A-7 motorway in Alicante. The vehicle left the A-7 and ended up blocking off a road next to the motorway, the EL-

20. Fortunately the incident happened in the early morning when the road was relatively quiet, although the road was blocked for several hours.

Five fire vehicles attended the scene and there were no reports of any injuries.

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Special day out

NEEDY children in the south of Alicante Province were given a special treat last week, with a day out at Terra Mitica, all thanks to the HELP Vega Baja Association.

50 youngsters and their parents from Almoradi(pictured),

Selfie slip-up

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Benijofar, and San Miguel de Salinas were taken by coach to the theme park, and had a day to remember.

HELP President, Michele Masson said:- “There was a lot involved to ensure that the

FIRE crews had to come to the rescue after a girl became trapped between several large boulders after apparently trying to take photos on her phone. The incident happened in Valencia cities famous dried river

day was a success, and I must thank everybody involved from the local council and the HELP volunteers, plus Euro Tours, and Beatriz Lara from the Casaverde Fundación who was our link with the social workers and made sure everything was in order”.

bed, in the Quarts de Poblet district of the city. The Paterna Park fire crew attended the scene, with their work made difficult by the weight of the rocks which was described as several tons.

However they were able to eventually free

the girl using a series of blocks and wedges which allowed them to safely shift the boulders. The youngsters age was not released but she was confirmed as a minor who was in the Turia Park with some friends.

I´ll give it a go!

A SET of 15th Century sculptures have been garishly repainted by an Asturias resident in northern Spain in yet another botched amateur restoration attempt.

In one of the previously plain wooden statues, Jesus was given a bright green robe while Mary got a bright pink headscarf and eyeliner.

Another statue showed St Peter, now dressed in deep red.

They are in a chapel in the hamlet of El Ranadoiro, where Maria Luisa Menendez, was given permission from the local priest to paint the figurines.

“I’m not a professional, and so I painted them as I could, with the colours that looked good to me, and the neighbours liked it,” she said.

The Asturias region’s Education Adviser, Genaro Alonso, described it as a

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“vengeance rather than a restoration”.

In June a church in the northern town of Estella was criticised after it employed an arts and crafts teacher to update a 16th-Century wooden sculpture of St George.

Meanwhile the infamous botched restoration of the Ecce Homo fresco in 2012 has since become an attraction in its own right, drawing thousands of visitors to the town of Borja.

The art conservation association ACRE has decried the “continued pillaging in our country”.

Scooter sharing scheme hits brick wall

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LIME, an offshoot of Uber that is running a business hiring out electric scooters in Valencia City, has been told by the town council to remove it´s 200 scooters or the police will seize them. The Lime scheme works by people renting the two wheeled vehicles on the street with a mobile app which tells you where to find them by location devices. When you have finished with your ride you leave it parked on the

pavement for the next user to pick up.

The city council has said that Lime does not have a licence to run the business, which has been an immediate success with tourists in particular. However many residents have complained about the vehicles whizzing along pavements, often ridden by people who don´t know the city streets. The council have said the firm need civil liability

insurance for the vehicles and a full licence to trade. If these demands are not met the local police will treat any scooters on the pavement as abandoned property and confiscate them.

Lime, along with it´s parent firm Uber and businesses such as Deliveroo is part of the burgeoning gig economy.

However like the other firms it is being accused of bypassing employment laws by classing it´s workers as self employed.

The night train is coming GENERALITAT President Ximo Puig has announced plans for the Valencian metro system to run overnight, probably starting next year.

He made the announcement in a general police debate, saying that Metrovalencia, the firm that runs the service, has agreed to the change. This will be for weekends and public holidays, something that regular users have been

campaigning about for a while.

Bus services have also been improved recently, with the night service doubling, something helped by the ban on parking on bus lanes overnight which was permitted before. The other main transport announcement for the city was the new rail connection joining Calle Alicante to Natzaret by 2021.

Words of warning

ORIHUELA’S local police chief has made his annual warning about dwindling police numbers at a ceremony to commemorate the force’s patron saint, the Virgen de Monserrate, José María Pomares warned that if his force does not recruit new officers over the next year, maintaining

security across the area would become even more difficult, as people begin to hit retirement age over the coming months.

The police boss pointed out that he has a current staff of 142, with an average age of 46 years, which is well below the recommended level of 200 officers.

Pomares made his remarks at the La Lonja auditorium in front of Orihuela mayor Emilio Bascuñana and security councillor, Mariola Rocamora, with the politicians seemingly in a conciliatory mood, after a series of clashes with the force, which led to officers staging an overtime ban.

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Performers plea Tourist murder has Market sweep from Players twist in the tail

THE Javea Players are looking for two more performers for their upcoming presentation of the well known musical “My Fair Lady”. They are hoping to find a male singer for the chorus with a tenor or baritone voice. The successful candidate will also be playing some small parts in the play, including Mrs Higgins’ chauffeur, a policeman and various servants. No previous experience is necessary, just a good voice and sense of rhythm as some dancing is involved.

SIX Senegalese men have been arrested for selling counterfeit goods at a Torrevieja area market, after a major operation launched by the Guardia Civil.

30 Guardia officers were involved in the sweep that took place at the popular weekly La Mata market, which switched to a new site at the start of the month.

Some agents posed as potential customers, as they confirmed reports filed to them that the illegal hawkers

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The second requirement is for a female singer for the maids and flowergirls chorus line. If you fancy either part, contact director Cherry Cabban on 636 798 109 – age is not an issue. “My Fair Lady”, which includes many well known numbers such as “Get me to the Church on Time”, will be at the Gata de Gorgos theatre from 25 to 30 March 2019 and then moves to Elche’s Rojales Theatre for one night, April 13.

POLICE investigating the murder of a French tourist in August have arrested her travelling companion in a surprise development. The mystery started on 18 August after a woman’s body was found on a wind farm in Sos del Rey Catolico (Zaragoza), hidden in a secluded area and without documentation.

The corpse showed signs of violence and an autopsy confirmed that the probable cause of death was strangulation.

Eventually the victim was confirmed as a 54 year old French woman who had been travelling through the area staying at campsites.

She had a travelling

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were selling fake items, as well as blocking pavements making it difficult for people to walk past.

A thousand items of “branded” clothing were seized, as well as over 300 pirated DVDs and compact discs, which the Guardia estimated to have a total retail value of over 70 thousand euros.

The six men have appeared before a Torrevieja court and were granted bail.

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companion, another female who could not be traced.

Further investigations showed that it appeared the second woman had travelled back to France, posing as her friend and using her credit cards and car. The woman was traced and forensic teams have found blood in the car, indicating this was the scene of the murder. A 58 year old female French national has now been charged with murder, identity theft and fraud.

Police have not ruled out further arrests as someone may have been shielding the accused, either in France or Spain.

Tools of the trade catch out thief

THE National Police in Elche have arrested a 23 year old man in connection with a house burglary in July. Their investigation had led them to approach second hand shops and markets to try and identify items taken. These searches turned up a number of tools

which the victim confirmed were stolen from his property.

Once the police had identified the person who had passed on the stolen tools, they detained the young man who has also been linked with another robbery around the same time, the theft of two bicycles.

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Brexit dominates celebrations on The Rock GIBRALTAR celebrated it´s National Day on Monday, using the event to make it clear that they want to remain part of Britain and not the EU as the UK get´s ready to leave the European Union. Flags and banners were much in evidence proclaiming “Gibraltar is British” while their chief minister, Fabian Picardo, gave a speech welcoming the challenges Brexit would bring.

Theresa May sent a personal message to the islanders, which was played out on a big screen to cheering crowds – a

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level of support she probably wishes she could achieve in the UK. In the message she reassured Gibraltarians of their future and promised we would “stand shoulder to shoulder.”

She then reinforced her governments commitment to the people, saying “we joined the EU together and we will be leaving it together”. Gibraltar voted 99.64% in favour of remaining British after a recent referendum asking if they wanted to be part of the UK or neighbouring Spain.

Near the top for rentals

DESPITE it’s size, Denia has the seventh most properties for rent on holiday websites such as Airbnb according to a recent survey. The report

by Datahippo said that there are 5,202 Denia rentals listed on Airbnb and similar portals such as HomeAway and Houset.

These

“sofa surfing” sites put holidaymakers directly in touch with property owners and have totally changed the face of the holiday rental market completely.

Not everyone sees them as a good thing of course, with unregistered lets, increased property prices for locals and some resorts

being turned into tourist ghettos being among the complaints. Barcelona and Madrid top the private letting list in Spain comfortably with 24,000 and 23,000 listed respectively. The only other destinations ahead of Denia are Sevilla, Valencia, Marbella, Malaga and Adeje in the Canary Islands.

Local recruitment drive by British airline Jet2 is looking for 150 new recruits to support it’s growing Alicante operation.

The British firm, which consists of the airline Jet2. com and the tour operator Jet2holidays flies from 15 Spanish airports to nine airports in the UK. Alicante is the firm’s main link to the Costa Blanca where it connects with LeedsBradford, East Midlands, Belfast, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Birmingham, Stansted, Manchester and Glasgow.

The firms CEO Steve

Heapy said “This is our largest recruitment campaign on the Costa Blanca to date and demonstrates our commitment to invest in

the care of our customers and the development of out team.” For more details about the roles on offer go to www.jet2careers.com

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Pensions News

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There are still many people in Final Salary (DB) Pension schemes, the good news is that Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for FTSE 100 organisations have achieved a surplus of £3 billion, moving out of deficit for the first time in 10 years, according to the JLT Employee Benefits monthly index.

The index, which tracks the funding position of all UK private sector DB schemes based on the IAS19 numbers disclosed in organisations reports and accounts, shows that the deficit for FTSE 350 schemes has dropped from £43 billion to zero since July 2017. It also registered a drop in the deficit among all UK private sector pension schemes, from £130 billion on 31 July 2017, to £22 billion on 31 July 2018.

However for some the flexibilities of transferring to a SIPP or QROPS may be more attractive. These flexibilities include the ability to withdraw funds in

a more ad hoc fashion, greater freedom of investment choice and the ability to pass on 100% of remaining funds to their chosen beneficiaries on death.

SIPPs benefit from increase in pension transfers According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) a record £10.6 billion was transferred from and between UK pension schemes during the first quarter of 2018.

This continues the upward trend from 2017 when a total of £36.8 billion was transferred over the course of the year. To put this into context, the figures for 2015 and 2016 were £13.2 billion and £12.8 billion respectively.

Figures published by Fintech company Origo suggest that SIPP providers have been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the increase in pension transfer activity.

Its data shows transfers to self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) have increased by 30% over the last year.

Origo’s Options Transfer service is used

by more than 95 firms, including the major pension consultancies, life companies, platforms and SIPPs’ providers. Origo estimates the vast majority – around 90% – of pension transfers in the contract market go through its service.

Clearly the pension freedoms introduced in April 2015 have played a big role in encouraging the rise in pension transfers to defined-contribution (DC) arrangements.

At the same time, low interest rates mean that transfer values can appear extremely generous for those exiting their valuable defined-benefit (DB) schemes.

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It may not be the best course of action in every case.

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GHOSTLY DECEPTION Meadwell had been A man who posed as banned from contacting Ms s the ghost of his ex-fiancée’n Wimbury after assaulting wi to bid a in r the mo . d dea a her in December 2016 from ned her back has been given ban o als s He wa suspended jail term. ering Cornwall - where ent m fro , 51 , ell adw ining Roy Me a she lived - by the restra Yeovil, broke the terms ofhe order, but visited the county restraining order when ter on four occasions. sent Kay Wimbury a letost In July 2017, he went to c pretending to be the gh the Willow Moon psychi a for of her mother. all rnw Co in p sho The letter told Ms consultation, and took a de Wimbury she had ma in leaflet which he included in ke” sta mi le a “terrib the anonymous letter. rejecting Meadwell and The letter did not name do added “all you have to n Meadwell but spoke of is call him”, Exeter Crow “the man who sacrificed Court heard. everything for you” and He was sentenced to urged her “all you have to , four months in prison do is to call him”. suspended for two years.

S U R P R IS E FO R LI FE S AV ER S AFTER seeing a note pinned to the windscreen of their ambulance which had been blocking a drive after an emergency call, the crews hearts sank, thinking they were going to be berated by the occupant of the house. To their surprise they found that the note said “You blocked my drive but it doesn’t matter, I wasn’t going out anyway. Enjoy your day and buy a coffee.” Pinned to the note was a five pound note. The incident happened in the Lincolnshire town of Spalding and prompted the crew to post a picture of the note on Twitter, calling it a heart warming gesture by a member of the public.

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Pets & Wildlife

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OLLIE Just in time ARC agreed to take this little girl from Valencia Perrera.

Soon after her arrival she produced 4 boys and a little girl. Mila is approx. 2 years old and is a super Mum, she and her pups will be ready for their forever homes around 19thSeptember.

Please contact ARC if you can foster or adopt any of them.

It’s currently estimated that the UK’s pet population stands at some 65 million, roughly the same as the number of people that live in the country. An astonishing figure, taken from statistics made available by the Pet Food Manufacturer’s Association, it’s proof if any were needed that we’re a nation of animal-lovers.

The same organisation also ranks the most popular species to have in the home, and although there are some obvious inclusions in the list, some entries might surprise some people. Fish in tanks and ponds make up the biggest proportion of pets, with conservative estimates reckoning some 40 million now live under our watchful eyes, which is no big revelation, given that most fish owners will look after more than one individual gilled pal. Cats and dogs feature in the biggest proportion of homes, with roughly half the population having one or the other - another less-thanastounding fact.

Nevertheless, the results are not without some shocks.

For example, who would have thought that domestic fowl would account for 1 million of the animals we consider to be friends, ranking at number six overall, even with the

MILA This gorgeous little guy is 10 weeks old and needs a forever home. He will have his first injection. He is good with other cats and dogs and very playful. Please contact ARC if you can foster or adopt him.

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obvious rise in popularity of self-sufficiency and the clear egg-related benefits of owning a chicken? Or that just under 1% of all households now have a lizard of some description, irrespective of the increased access to such exotic creatures Britons have been afforded in recent times?

Inspired by the findings, and sure we’re not the only ones who would find this kind of survey interesting, it seemed like a good idea to report the statistics to you. As such, take a look at the full list below, and see which others you didn’t expect, and whether or not your favourite non-human housemate is something of a rarity on these isles, or a more common feature in residences across the country.

Fish (kept in tanks) : 20-25 million - 9% of households Fish (kept in ponds : 20 million - 5% of households Dogs : 9 million - 24% of households Cats : 8 million - 17% of households Rabbits : 1 million - 2.4% of households Domestic fowl : 1 million - 0.8% of households Caged birds : 1 million - 1.4% of households Guinea pigs : 1 million - 1.1% of households Hamsters : 400,000 - 1.4% of households Lizards : 400,000 - 0.7% of households NB - Figures are estimated, based on estimates from a sample 6,000 UK homes, taken by the Pet Food Manufacturer’s Association, over the two years to 2014.

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Are you aware of the trend in the UK for giving children antidepressants?

Why should children need such powerful drugs? What is going on in their lives that drive parents to such extremes?

It appears that doctors in the UK are prescribing more and more antidepressants for children. In 2016, there were 64.7 million prescriptions for antidepressants which is the highest ever recorded (2015 = 61.0 million). Of this number the prescriptions for under 18-year-olds amounted to 64,765; for 7 to 12-year-olds there were 3,876, and for those of 6 and under, there were a staggering 315 prescriptions.

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NEW Dacia Duster When it comes to new cars, there’s not much you can get for €12,000 these days - even the cheapest Fiesta would set you back at least another €4,000. Yet you can get your hands on a shiny new Dacia Duster for your hard earned €12,000.

And it represents a lot of SUV for the money.

Dacia says it has spent the past five years listening to existing Duster owners to find out exactly what needed to be improved when it came to producing the 2018 generation Duster.

What those owners must have said is sort the interior out, as it’s here where you’ll find the biggest changes

from the old model. This is still a budget car, make no mistake, but it’s a lot nicer inside now with less rough plastics and a better quality finish.

The seats have been redesigned and are far more comfortable, plus you get the added bonus that the driver’s seat no longer wobbles.

Which is nice. It’s also much quieter inside, thanks to better sound insulation.

Go for the basic Access model with its headline sub€12,000 price and you’ll have to be prepared to make some compromises. For starters, there’s no radio. At all. So the steel wheels will be the least of your worries.

Security flaws in Tesla and McLaren keyless entry Researchers at the University of Leuven in Belgium uncovered a serious security flaw in the keyless entry and start system used by manufacturers such as McLaren and Telsa.

The group`from the Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography research group (COSIC) were able to successfully attack and clone the key fob of two Tesla Model S cars in “a matter of seconds”, allowing them to unlock and start the vehicle.

Developed by software

company Pektron, the system is fitted to a number of high-end models.

According to the research team, it’s easier to attack than other systems of this type, because the attackers don’t need to be close to the car and the key fob at the same time. They released a video online, showing how quickly the Model S was accessed.

McLaren has confirmed that the research demonstrates a “theoretical vulnerability in our vehicle security systems”, but that

it has “not been proven to affect our vehicles, and we know of no McLaren that has been compromised in such a way”. Customers are being contacted by email to inform them of the issue, however, and are being sent a signal blocking pouch for the car’s key.

Tesla previously released a ‘pin to drive’ security feature as a response to the findings, which the researchers recommend owners use alongside disabling the passive entry system.

Still, you do get electric front windows, Isofix in the back and a heater.

You’re better off with an Essential which gets things like air con while Comfort at €14,500 comes with sat-nav. Even the top Prestige model still looks very good value for money at €16,000 considering it gets climate control, keyless entry, parking sensors and navigation.

The 1.6 SCe engine is fine around town but pretty gutless if you want any sort of half decent acceleration.

Fortunately the far superior 1.2 TCe is on its way. The 1.5 dCi is the best choice if it’s low down pulling power and big mileage economy you want.

The Duster is pretty much what you’d expect from behind the wheel.

The steering is responsive enough and it rides reasonably well but as with the old Duster, this is a car that’s designed for affordable A-to-B motoring, if it’s bells and whistles you want, you’ll be disappointed.

What you do get is an honest and unpretentious SUV that’s great value.

While this Duster is

based on the same platform as the old model, Dacia says it started with a clean slate (our favourite kind of slate) when it came to the interior.

It’s definitely a big improvement from the previous model and now less like a mish-mash of old Renault parts. It still feels like a budget car, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it is now at least somewhere you can enjoy rather and endure.

The plastics are all that bit nicer and less scratchy, while the gear lever and steering wheel are much nicer to hold. The design is more user-friendly with the ventilation controls and screen all moved up the centre console plus there’s better cabin storage too.

The front seat cushions are a little longer and all models have a centre armrest, lumbar adjustment and a new height-adjustment system with more travel than before. Overall it means it’s now much easier to find a comfortable driving position in the Duster, especially if you’re tall. Another added bonus is that the driver’s seat no longer wobbles when it’s at its lowest setting.

For Sale

Jenson Button announced on his Instagram account on Monday morning: “McLaren P1 up for sale so that someone else can enjoy her. It’s a tough decision but living in America I don’t really get the chance to drive this beauty, I did give her a final blast up to Silverstone for WEC last month though!”

How much? Well, as they say, if you need to ask you can’t afford it. But as a guide, a 2015 example sold at auction in America earlier

this year for US$1.7 million (£1.3 million). The car is being sold by Steve Hurn Cars, based in Suffolk.

Jenson is currently promoting his new book, Jenson Button: Life to the Limit. The P1 is far from the only interesting car he has owned over the years.

His collection has included a Vauxhall Cavalier, Ferrari F355 & F40 and a Bugatti Veyron that unfortunately broke down in Kensington during the first few weeks of

ownership.

“It doesn’t matter how much money you have in your bank account, you still seem to come to the end of the month and ask yourself ‘how did I spend all that?’” .

“One of my favourites ever is a VW camper van I bought. We spent a fair bit doing it up, but what I realised is that there’s far more fun to be had in buying cars you can use, and enjoy, than ones that you sweat over driving every mile in, because of the expense”

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07:00 Breakfast 07:00 An Island Parish 10:15 Council House Crackdown 07:30 Garden Rescue 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Antiques Road Trip 12:00 Dom on the Spot 09:00 Gardeners’ World 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 13:15 Bargain Hunt 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:00 BBC News at One 13:15 Politics Live 14:30 BBC London News 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 Doctors 14:45 Building Dream Homes 15:15 Neighbourhood Blues 15:15 Who Do You Think You 16:00 Escape to the Country Are? 16:45 Garden Rescue 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 16:15 World’s Weirdest Events 18:15 Pointless 17:15 Natural World 19:00 BBC News at Six 18:15 Put Your Money Where 19:30 BBC London News Your Mouth Is 20:00 The One Show 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 20:30 A Question of Sport 19:45 The Repair Shop 21:00 EastEnders 20:30 Great British Menu 21:30 Celebrity MasterChef 21:00 Gardeners’ World 23:00 BBC News at Ten 22:00 Ancient Invisible Cities 23:25 BBC London News 23:00 Mock the Week 23:32 BBC Weather 23:35 Room 101: Extra Storage 23:30 Newsnight

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News

07:35 Mike & Molly 07:55 Mike & Molly 08:15 Mike & Molly 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 14:55 ITV News London 09:55 Frasier 10:25 Live: Formula 1 Motor 15:00 Judge Rinder Racing 16:00 Tenable 12:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen 17:00 Tipping Point Nightmares USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 18:00 The Chase 13:05 A New Life in the Sun 19:00 ITV News London 14:10 Live: Formula 1 Motor Racing 19:30 ITV Evening News 16:05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 20:00 Emmerdale 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 20:30 Coronation Street 18:00 Come Dine with Me 21:00 The Island Strait 18:30 Extreme Cake Makers 19:00 The Simpsons 21:30 Coronation Street 19:30 Hollyoaks 22:00 Doc Martin 20:00 Channel 4 News 23:00 ITV News at Ten 21:00 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 23:30 ITV News London 22:00 Gogglebox 23:45 The Jonathan Ross Show 23:00 Naked Attraction

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21:00 Two and a Half Men and George Lamb 21:30 Superstore 22:00 Big Brother 22:00 The Expendables 07:00 MILKSHAKE 10:15 Jeremy Vine

07:00 Coronation Street 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Heartbeat 08:55 The Royal 09:55 Judge Judy 10:25 Judge Judy 10:50 Judge Judy 11:20 Inspector Morse 13:35 The Royal 14:35 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:15 Coronation Street 16:50 Goodbye, Mr. Chips 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Home Fires 22:00 Grantchester 23:00 Grantchester

07:00 Dino Dana 07:00 This Is BBC TWO 07:10 Super 4 07:30 Top Class 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 08:00 Marrying Mum and Dad 07:25 Super 4 07:35 Make It Pop 12:30 Nadiya’s Family Favourites 08:30 All Over the Place 09:00 The Dengineers 07:55 Share a Story 13:00 Football Focus 09:30 Absolute Genius With Dick 08:00 Om Nom Stories and Dom 08:05 Mr Bean 14:00 BBC Weekend News 10:00 Planet Dinosaur 08:15 Mr Bean 10:30 Elephant Diaries 14:15 Live: World Championship 08:30 ToonMarty 11:00 The Animal’s Guide to 08:40 ToonMarty Rowing Britain 08:55 Thunderbirds Are Go 12:00 Natural World 15:45 ITU World Series Triathlon 13:00 Nigel Slater: Eating 09:25 Spy School 09:55 The Haunted Hathaways Together 17:15 Final Score 10:25 ITV News 13:30 Great British Menu 10:30 James Martin’s Saturday 18:15 BBC Weekend News 14:00 Great British Menu Morning 14:30 Tom Kerridge’s Proper 18:25 BBC London News Pub Food 12:40 The Island Strait 15:00 Homes Under the Hammer13:10 ITV Lunchtime News 18:30 Impossible Celebrities 15:45 Wanted Down Under 13:25 The X Factor 19:20 Pointless Celebrities 16:30 Scrappers 14:30 Live: ITV Racing Live 17:00 Saving Lives at Sea 17:00 WOS Wrestling 20:10 Strictly Come Dancing 18:00 Trust Me I’m a Doctor 18:00 ITV Evening News 18:30 Ancient Invisible Cities 21:25 Casualty 18:20 ITV News London 19:30 Dad’s Army 18:30 Harry Potter and the 22:15 Killing Eve 20:00 This Beautiful Fantastic Chamber of Secrets 21:30 Princess Margaret: The 23:00 BBC Weekend News 21:25 The X Factor Rebel Royal 22:40 The Jonathan Ross Show 22:30 Live at the Apollo 23:20 Match of the Day 23:45 ITV News 23:00 Three Summers

07:20 The King of Queens 07:00 MILKSHAKE 07:45 The King of Queens 12:20 Police Interceptors 08:10 Everybody Loves 13:20 Police Interceptors Raymond 14:20 Police Interceptors 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 15:20 Bad Tenants, Rogue 09:00 Everybody Loves Landlords Raymond 16:20 Bad Tenants, Rogue 09:30 Frasier Landlords 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:20 Rich House, Poor House 11:25 The Big Bang Theory 18:20 5 News Weekend 11:55 Live: Formula 1 Motor 18:25 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Racing 13:25 F1 Meets...

Away!

13:55 Live: Formula 1 Motor 19:20 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Racing Away!

16:45 Car S.O.S 20:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it 17:45 The People’s Vet 18:45 Escape to the Chateau: Away!

DIY 21:00 Secrets of Underground 19:40 Channel 4 News Britain 20:00 Britain at Low Tide 21:00 Hannibal’s Elephant Army: 22:00 How the Victorians Built The New Evidence Britain 22:00 Daddy’s Home 23:00 Britain’s Greatest 23:50 X-Men: The Last Stand Bridges

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:35 Emmerdale Omnibus 10:45 Coronation Street Omnibus 13:40 Catchphrase 14:40 You’ve Been Framed!

15:40 You’ve Been Framed!

16:10 The X Factor 17:15 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 19:05 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 21:10 Hot Pursuit 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy

07:00 Murder, She Wrote

07:00 Breakfast 09:35 Match of the Day 11:00 The Andrew Marr Show 12:00 Sunday Politics 12:30 Sunday Morning Live 13:30 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC Weekend News 14:15 Still Open All Hours 14:45 Hold the Sunset 15:15 Escape to the Country 15:45 Lifeline 15:55 Points of View 16:10 Songs of Praise 16:45 Fake or Fortune?

17:45 Shop Well for Less?

18:45 Pointless Celebrities 19:35 BBC Weekend News 19:50 BBC London News 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Bodyguard 23:00 BBC Weekend News 23:20 BBC London News 23:30 Match of the Day 2

07:15 The King of Queens 12:20 Police Interceptors 07:40 The King of Queens 13:10 Friends 08:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 13:30 Friends 08:30 Everybody Loves 14:00 Friends Raymond 09:00 Frasier 14:30 Friends 09:30 Frasier 15:00 Friends 10:00 Sunday Brunch 13:00 Live: Formula 1 Motor 15:30 Friends Racing 16:00 Friends 13:40 Live: Formula 1 Motor Racing 16:30 Friends 16:30 Live: Formula 1 Motor 17:00 Friends Racing 17:15 Orangutan Jungle School 17:25 Friends 18:15 The Great British Bake Off 17:55 Disney’s The Kid 19:30 Channel 4 News

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:25 You’ve Been Framed!

07:50 Emmerdale Omnibus 11:00 Coronation Street Omnibus 13:50 Ninja Warrior UK 14:50 You’ve Been Framed!

15:20 The X Factor 16:40 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 18:30 Minions 20:25 Battleship 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Family Guy 23:55 Family Guy

07:00 Murder, She Wrote 07:50 Heartbeat 08:50 Heartbeat 09:50 Inspector Morse 11:55 Inspector Morse 14:10 Goodbye, Mr. Chips 16:15 Columbo 17:55 Foyle’s War 20:00 Foyle’s War 22:00 The Good Karma Hospital 23:00 The Good Karma Hospital

07:00 Breakfast

SUNDAY 16th September 07:00 Dino Dana 07:00 This Is BBC TWO 07:10 Super 4 07:05 Around the World in 80 07:35 Make It Pop Gardens 07:55 Share a Story 08:05 Gardeners’ World 08:00 Om Nom Stories 09:05 Countryfile 08:05 Mr Bean 10:00 The Beechgrove Garden 08:30 ToonMarty 08:40 ToonMarty 10:30 Saturday Kitchen Best 08:55 Thunderbirds Are Go Bites 09:25 Spy School 12:00 Great British Menu 09:55 The Haunted Hathaways 12:30 Great British Menu 10:25 Ninja Warrior UK 13:00 Great British Menu 11:20 WOS Wrestling 13:30 Live: World Championship 12:20 The X Factor 13:30 ITV Lunchtime News Rowing 15:00 ITU World Series Triathlon 13:40 You’ve Got Mail 16:00 Paul O’Grady’s Little 16:30 Flog It! Heroes 17:20 Money for Nothing 16:30 Love Your Garden 18:05 Natural World 17:30 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 19:05 Indiana Jones and the 18:30 The Chase 19:30 ITV Evening News Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 19:45 ITV News London 21:00 Dragons’ Den 20:00 5 Gold Rings 22:00 King Arthur’s Britain: The 21:00 The X Factor Truth Unearthed 22:00 Vanity Fair 23:00 Mock the Week 23:05 The Imitation Game 23:30 No Activity 23:45 ITV News

20:00 Million Pound Mega Yachts 21:00 Battle of Britain: Model Squadron 22:00 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 23:00 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

19:55 5 News Weekend 20:00 Extreme Sea Monsters 21:00 Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle 23:00 Big Brother

07:55 Columbo 09:40 The Likely Lads 11:25 Inspector Morse 13:45 Inspector Morse 16:05 Carry on Loving 17:55 Lewis 19:55 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Endeavour

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MONDAY 10th September

07:00 This Is BBC TWO 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 07:15 An Island Parish 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 07:45 The World’s Most 12:00 Dom on the Spot Photographed 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 08:15 Antiques Road Trip 13:15 Bargain Hunt 09:00 Fake or Fortune?

14:00 BBC News at One 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 14:30 BBC London News 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:45 Doctors 12:45 The Week in Parliament 15:15 Chase the Case 13:15 Politics Live 16:00 Escape to the Country 14:00 FEI World Equestrian 16:45 Garden Rescue Games 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 16:30 Natural World 18:15 Pointless 17:15 Ingenious Animals 19:00 BBC News at Six 18:15 Put Your Money Where 19:30 BBC London News Your Mouth Is 20:00 The One Show 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders 19:45 The Repair Shop 21:30 Panorama 20:30 Great British Menu 22:00 Reported Missing 21:00 Monkman and Seagull’s 23:00 BBC News at Ten Genius Guide to Britain 23:30 BBC London News 21:30 University Challenge 23:42 BBC Weather 22:00 Black Earth Rising 23:45 Have I Got a Bit More 23:00 QI News for You 23:30 Newsnight

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Tenable 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Griff’s Great Britain 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Strangers 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News London 23:45 Serial Killer with Piers Morgan

What’s

ON

07:35 Mike & Molly 07:55 Mike & Molly 08:15 Mike & Molly 08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 10:35 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A New Life in the Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Extreme Cake Makers 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Jamie Cooks Italy 21:30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

22:00 The Undateables 23:00 Gogglebox

TV

07:00 MILKSHAKE 10:15 Jeremy Vine 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

13:10 5 News at Lunchtime 13:15 NCIS 14:05 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 Broken Trust 17:00 Friends 17:30 Friends 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Premiership Rugby 21:00 Traffic Cops 22:00 Paddington Station 24/7 23:00 Big Brother

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:45 You’ve Been Framed!

08:10 Dress to Impress 09:00 Emmerdale 09:25 Coronation Street 10:25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:15 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

12:15 Dress to Impress 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You’ve Been Framed!

19:30 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Superstore 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 Ghosted 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Family Guy

07:00 Coronation Street 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Heartbeat 09:00 The Royal 10:00 Judge Judy 10:30 Judge Judy 11:00 Judge Judy 11:25 Goodbye, Mr. Chips 13:30 The Royal 14:35 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:15 Coronation Street 16:45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Doc Martin 23:00 DCI Banks

new this week

Big Brother: Live Launch 2018 Killing Eve Season 19 Episode 1 - Ch5 10:00pm Fri 14th September

Season 1 Episode 1 BBC1 10:15 pm Sat 15th September

NEW SERIES: With the celebrity version out of the way, Emma Willis ushers in another diverse group of fame-seeking individuals who have been chosen to spend eight weeks invading the nation’s living rooms.

There may be bad news on the horizon, however, as there are rumours that Channel 5 are resting the show after this series. Whether that will be for a year or permanently remains to be seen, so any fans who want a final fix of Big Brother had better cancel their plans for the next couple of months

NEW SERIES: Desk-bound MI5 security officer Eve Polastri is bored in her job and yearns for a more exciting life. When a Russian politician is murdered, she is given the task of protecting the only witness and soon finds herself on a collision course with a psychopathic assassin known as Villanelle. Spy thriller, based on Luke Jennings’ Codename Villanelle novella series and adapted for television by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag).

Starring Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh

TUESDAY 18th September

07:00 This Is BBC TWO 07:35 Mike & Molly 07:00 Good Morning Britain 07:00 Breakfast 07:00 MILKSHAKE 07:55 Mike & Molly 10:15 Council House Crackdown 07:15 An Island Parish 09:30 Lorraine 10:15 Jeremy Vine 08:15 Mike & Molly 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 07:45 The World’s Most 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it 08:40 Everybody Loves Photographed 12:00 Dom on the Spot Raymond 11:30 This Morning Away!

12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 08:15 Garden Rescue 09:05 Everybody Loves 09:00 Nadiya’s Family Favourites13:30 Loose Women 13:10 5 News at Lunchtime 13:15 Bargain Hunt Raymond 09:30 The Farmers’ Country 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:00 BBC News at One 09:35 Everybody Loves 13:15 NCIS Showdown Raymond 14:30 BBC London News 14:55 ITV News London 14:05 Access 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 10:05 Frasier 14:45 Doctors 15:00 Judge Rinder 14:15 Home and Away 10:35 Frasier 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 15:15 Chase the Case 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 16:00 Tenable 13:15 Politics Live 14:45 Neighbours 16:00 Escape to the Country 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen 14:00 The Super League Show 17:00 Tipping Point 15:15 Double Daddy 16:45 Garden Rescue Nightmares USA 14:50 Natural World 18:00 The Chase 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 13:00 Channel 4 News 17:00 Friends 15:30 Politics Live 13:05 Come Dine with Me 18:15 Pointless 19:00 ITV News London 17:30 Friends 16:30 Coast 14:05 A New Life in the Sun 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:30 ITV Evening News 18:00 5 News at 5 17:15 Ingenious Animals 15:10 Countdown 19:30 BBC London News 18:15 Put Your Money Where 16:00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 20:00 Emmerdale 18:30 Neighbours 20:00 The One Show 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Your Mouth Is 20:30 £10k Holiday Homes 19:00 Home and Away 20:30 EastEnders Sun 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 21:00 Love Your Garden 21:00 Holby City 18:00 Four in a Bed 19:30 5 News Tonight 19:45 The Repair Shop 18:30 Extreme Cake Makers 22:00 Wanderlust 22:00 Caught on Camera 20:00 FIA World Rally 20:30 Great British Menu 19:00 The Simpsons 23:00 BBC News at Ten 21:00 Saving Lives at Sea 23:00 ITV News at Ten Championship 19:30 Hollyoaks 23:30 BBC London News 22:00 Princess Margaret: The 20:00 Channel 4 News 23:30 ITV News London 21:00 The Yorkshire Vet 23:42 BBC Weather Rebel Royal 21:00 The Great British Bake Off 23:45 Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest 22:15 The Circle 22:15 Murdered by...

23:45 Stacey Dooley 23:00 Motherland Investigates Airport 23:15 Big Brother 23:15 Naked Attraction 23:30 Newsnight

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:45 You’ve Been Framed!

08:10 Dress to Impress 09:00 Emmerdale 09:25 Coronation Street 09:55 Coronation Street 10:25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:15 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

12:15 Dress to Impress 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You’ve Been Framed!

19:30 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Superstore 22:00 The Expendables

07:00 Coronation Street 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Heartbeat 08:55 The Royal 10:00 Judge Judy 10:30 Judge Judy 10:55 Judge Judy 11:25 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 13:35 The Royal 14:35 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:15 Coronation Street 16:45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Scott & Bailey

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Sudoku

Easy

Across 1 Name of a male character? (4) 3 It’s cheap sort of imitation (8) 9 Cautious deployment of fur and lace (7) 10 Rhode Island was first to be annoyed (5) 11 Creepy English lake (5) 12 German connection one has cancelled (6) 14 Prize taken from astrophysicist (6) 16 Bird for a magician (6) 19 Team turning on renowned inventor (6) 21 Planet near the centre (5) 24 A girl I care about (5) 25 Blonde seen after a month in part of London (7) 26 Infernal? Not at all! (4,4) 27 American editor may be employed (4)

Down 1 Old people, for instance, going astray (8) 2 Queen or rook captured? That may be a false move (5) 4 Wholehearted call for total strike? (3-3) 5 Fed up with idle artists regularly turning back (5) 6 Officer in company - with no company left (7) 7 Whirl concealed by breached dyke (4) 8 Father Edward’s first in wood once more (6) 13 Having an uninteresting job, daughter is unable to move (8) 15 The devil’s former prison? (3,4) 17 Waugh, extremely lonely in flat (6)

Medium

18 There’s nothing about mother following a beast (6) 20 Drastically reduce rent (5)

22 About to get a manuscript lots of sheets (5) 23 Fit source of water (4)

QUICK CROSSWORD

Across 1 Exultant (10) 7 Finally (2,3,3) 8 Hold tight (4) 9 Red gem (4) 10 Rich in resources (7) 12 Star-gazers (11) 14 Cattleman (7) 16 Agitate (4) 19 School class (4) 20 Hindrance (8) 21 Expert (4,6)

Down 1 Male singing voice (5) 2 Dwell in (7) 3 Submissive (4) 4 Spiny creature (8) 5 Hours of darkness (5) 6 Gangways (6) 11 Leading (8) 12 Female warrior (6) 13 Take out (7) 15 Punctuation mark (5) 17 Monarch (5) 18 Continent (4)

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Drop Quotes Copyright © 2017 Best for Puzzles Drop Quotes are similar to cryptograms, in that the goal is for the solver to uncover a hidden quote.

A black-and-white crossword-style grid is set up for each quote, with a number of letters “hovering” above each column. Your task is to “drop” each of those letters into the appropriate square in each column, until the entire quote is revealed. All punctuation (commas, periods, dashes, etc.) has been removed. Good luck!

Aries 21st Mar – 20th Apr http: //bestforpuzzles.com/dc/print.html? Four puzz=ofdaily-codeword-18 0 712 Coins Aries need to be mindful of their money this week. Your creative, artistic or imagination is well starred just now, planning your next move should incorporate all those talents, on the whole a good month for new plans and moving forward.

Lucky Number 7

Tarus

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21st Apr – 21st May King of Pentacles The King speaks to you of general money matters and although you may not feel as though you are progressing in that area renew your determination to make things work out as you wish them to and you will be pleasantly surprised with the outcome. Lucky Number 11

Gemini 22nd May – 21th June Two of Wands Travel is well starred this month, wether this is in your own countryside or abroad. There some new opportunities where work is concerned. Someone new is coming into your work/hobby space and they could well end up being a good friend to you.

Lucky Number 13

Cancer 22nd June – 22nd July Ace of Swords There is a need for you to keep your own council this month, and be aware there are arguments in the air, you will be the peacemaker around work issues. A few surprises are on the way concerning family members try not say ‘i told you so’. Lucky Number 22

Leo 23rd July – 22nd Aug Queen of Pentacles It seems to be a bit of a slow month for you this and nothing is happening fast enough for you, however keep focussed and listen to those around you especially an older gentleman who will help you out of a sticky predicament. Lucky Number 9

Virgo 23rd Aug– 22nd Sept Eight of Cups This card is talking to you about realising when it is wise to walk away in order to keep your own peace of mind, there is a lot of feminine influence around a personal decision you need to make. Wednesday will be a lucky day for you, have fun.

Lucky Number 6

Libra 23rd Sept – 22nd Oct Two of Cups Put your plans into action and concentrate now on making them work for you, a partner or close friend will help you with them, as this is a time to push forward with your life. This is a great week for relationships of all kinds, lots of love and fun around. Lucky Number 17

Scorpio 23rd Oct – 21st Nov Six of Wands Six of Wands speaks of victories big and small around the workplace, be aware someone is noticing the work you do and will be pushing to advance you.

There is a need to use patience in the home this week, as you are patient, others around you will follow. Lucky Number 32

Sagittarius 22nd Nov – 20th Dec Page of Swords New ideas are around you at this time put them down/ on paper and see the possibilities for positive changes in your life.

It could be wiser to keep quiet in one area and listen there will be some great news for you.

Thursday will be your luckiest day. Lucky Number 5

Capricorn 21st Dec – 19th Jan 1/1 The high Priestess Your intuition is high and developing nicely, be confident in your own gut instincts and follow them for a transformational time. This is a time of new beginnings and personal discovery if you go with the flow the week will end on a high note for you. Lucky Number 29

Aquarius 20th Jan – 19th Feb The Hermit Time to do your own thing and take time out for yourself, as the Hermit follows his own light. You will find your answers in Meditation and quiet contemplation. Any plans will become clear as the week comes to its conclusions so will you. Lucky Number 3

Pisces 20th Feb – 20th Mar Ten of Cups Good news about family is on the horizon for you this week.

A child will bring much laughter around the middle of the week.

By the end of this week everything will look much better for you and yours. Contact with an old friend will be beneficial.

Lucky Number 25

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WEDNESDAY 19th September

07:00 This Is BBC TWO 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 07:15 An Island Parish 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 07:45 The World’s Most Photographed 12:00 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Garden Rescue 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 09:00 Great British Menu 13:15 Bargain Hunt 09:30 The Farmers’ Country 14:00 BBC News at One Showdown 14:30 BBC London News 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:45 Doctors 13:15 Politics Live 15:15 Chase the Case 14:00 Lifeline 16:00 Escape to the Country 14:10 For What It’s Worth 16:45 Garden Rescue 14:55 Coast 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 15:15 Who Do You Think You 18:15 Pointless Are? 19:00 BBC News at Six 16:15 World’s Weirdest Events 19:30 BBC London News 17:15 Ingenious Animals 19:55 Party Political Broadcast 18:15 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 20:00 The One Show 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 20:30 Ill Gotten Gains 19:45 The Repair Shop 21:00 Shop Well for Less?

20:30 Great British Menu 22:00 DIY SOS: The Big Build 21:00 Trust Me I’m a Doctor 23:00 BBC News at Ten 21:30 Upstart Crow 23:30 BBC London News 22:00 Trust 23:42 BBC Weather 23:00 Defending The Guilty 23:30 Newsnight 23:45 A Question of Sport

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Tenable 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:25 Party Political Broadcast 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Bad Move 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News London 23:45 The Imitation Game

07:35 Mike & Molly 07:55 Mike & Molly 08:15 Mike & Molly 08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 10:35 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A New Life in the Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Extreme Cake Makers 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Supervet 22:00 Grand Designs 23:00 The Circle

07:00 MILKSHAKE

07:00 This Is BBC TWO 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 07:15 An Island Parish 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 07:45 The World’s Most Photographed 12:00 Dom on the Spot 08:15 Garden Rescue 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 09:00 Saving Lives at Sea 13:15 Bargain Hunt 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 14:00 BBC News at One 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:30 BBC London News 13:15 Politics Live 14:45 Doctors 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 Food & Drink 15:15 Chase the Case 15:15 Who Do You Think You 16:00 Escape to the Country Are? 16:45 Garden Rescue 16:15 World’s Weirdest Events 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 17:15 Ingenious Animals 18:15 Pointless 18:15 Put Your Money Where 19:00 BBC News at Six Your Mouth Is 19:30 BBC London News 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 20:00 The One Show 19:45 The Repair Shop 20:30 Great British Menu 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Back in Time for the 21:00 Celebrity MasterChef Factory 22:00 Press 22:00 The Mighty Redcar 23:00 BBC News at Ten 22:45 Comedy Shorts 23:30 BBC London News 23:00 MOTD: The Premier 23:42 BBC Weather League Show 23:45 Question Time 23:30 Newsnight

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Tenable 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Birds of a Feather 22:00 Serial Killer with Piers Morgan 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News London 23:45 Vanity Fair

07:35 Mike & Molly 07:55 Mike & Molly 08:15 Mike & Molly 08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 10:35 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A New Life in the Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Extreme Cake Makers 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location 22:00 No Offence 23:00 The Circle

07:00 MILKSHAKE 10:15 Jeremy Vine 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

13:10 5 News at Lunchtime 13:15 NCIS 14:10 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 The Nanny Betrayal 17:00 Friends 17:30 Friends 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 Great British Ships 22:00 Michael Palin In North Korea 23:00 Big Brother

07:00 Coronation Street 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Heartbeat 08:55 The Royal 10:00 Judge Judy 10:25 Judge Judy 10:55 Judge Judy 11:20 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 13:35 The Royal 14:35 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:15 Coronation Street 16:45 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 23:00 The Street

ACROSS 1 Name of a male character? (4) 3 It's cheap sort of imitation (8) 9 Cautious deployment of fur and lace (7) 10 Rhode Island was first to be annoyed (5) 11 Creepy English lake (5) 12 German connection one has cancelled (6) 14 Prize taken from astrophysicist (6) 16 Bird for a magician (6) 19 Team turning on renowned inventor (6) 21 Planet near the centre (5) 24 A girl I care about (5) 25 Blonde seen after a month in part of London (7) 26 Infernal? Not at all! (4,4) 27 American editor may be employed (4) DOWN 1 Old people, for instance, going astray (8) 2 Queen or rook captured? That may be a false move (5) 4 Wholehearted call for total strike? (3-3) 5 Fed up with idle artists regularly turning back (5) 6 Officer in company - with no company left (7) 7 Whirl concealed by breached dyke (4) 8 Father Edward's first in wood once more (6) 13 Having an uninteresting job, daughter is unable to move (8) 15 The devil's former prison? (3,4) 17 Waugh, extremely lonely in flat (6)

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THURSDAY 20th September

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Golf - The Evian Masters 2018 - Sky Sports Golf - 12:00 Rugby Championship - Australia v Argentina - Sky Sports Action -12:05 Premier League - Tottenham v Liverpool - Sky Sports Main Event - 13:30 Formula 1 - Singapore Grand Prix - Qualifying - Channel 4/Sky Sports F1 - 15:00 Premier League - Man City v Fulham - IPTV - 16:00 Premier League - Bournemouth v Leicester City - IPTV - 16:00 Premier League - Newcastl;e v Arsenal - IPTV - 16:00 Premier League - Huddersfield v Crystal Palace - IPTV - 16:00 Premier League - Chelsea v Cardiff - IPTV - 16:00 Rugby Union - Gallagher Premiership - Harlequins v Bath - BT Sport 2 - 16:00 Premier League - Watford v Man Utd - BT Sport 1-18:30 English Championship - Blackburn v Aston Villa Sky Sports Football - 18:30

Sunday 16th September Golf - The Evian Masters 2018 - Sky Sports Golf - 11:00 Formula 1 - Singapore Grand Prix - Race - Channel 4 - Sky Sports F1 - 14:10 English Premier League - Wolves v Burnley - Sky Sports Main Event - 14:30 Rugby Union - Gallagher Premiership - Wasps v Leicester - BT Sport 1 - 16:00 English Premier League - Everton v West Ham - Sky Sports Main Event - 17:00

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ALFAZ FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Just as the Alfaz Fantasy Football League gets going we are interrupted with an International Break, well at least it’s not the usual meaningless Friendlies as they have glossed it over by calling them U.E.F.A. Nations League. By the way, there is 2 more before Christmas.

The break gives us a chance to reflect on what has happened so far in Premier League & the A.F.F.L. The Fantasy League got off to a great start with the Transfer Window closing the Day before the Season started, it meant that most Fantasy Managers could have their team sorted out without fear of losing their selections after the Season had started.

With the World Cup behind us now, the Premier League has returned to its typical dramatic style. In the opening 4 weeks, we have seen Liverpool’s defence go from sieve to safe as houses while Chelsea & Watford have kept up with them and are all on maximum points.

The early frontrunners in the A.F.F.L. are Pauline’s Vodka Army, Clarky’s team Deportivaclarkoruna, Jin’s Dream Team and Nikki’s Liverpool 94, they have all tasted life at the Summit. Most of their points have come from Liverpool Players.

Record signing goalkeeper Alisson is the top scoring keeper so far with 19 points to his name while his team-mate Virgel van Dijk has also collected 17 points. The top defender so far is Chelsea’s Spanish full-back, Marcus Alonso with a tally of 31 points. Top Mid-Fielder is also an Anfield favourite Mane who has waded in with 26 points which is 4 more than Spur’s Brazilian ace Lucas Moura. Upfront Manchester

City’s Sergio Aguero leads the way with 27 points after scoring the only Hat-Trick so far in this Season’s Premier League. Next, to him, 1 point behind is former Newcastle striker Mitrovic who has been banging goals in for fun for Fulham, following his barren spell at St.James Park. Wow, the Magpies could do with him now!

The most selected Player this Season in the A.F.F.L. is no surprise is Liverpool’s Mo Salah who has no fewer than 105 Fantasy Managers thinking he can produce last Season’s form.

Personally, I don’t think so! Most selected Keeper is Liverpool’s Alisson with 57 choices, Top Defender or should I say wingback is Spur’s & England’s top Player in the World Cup Kieron Trippier who was backed by 78 Managers. Spur’s Harry Kane was the most selected Striker with 101votes, 7 more than Sergio Aguero. Probably the biggest disappointment so far is Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne who got injured in training and looks as though he his going to miss the early part of the Season, Unfortunately the 70 Managers who chose the talented Belgium will have to be patient and hope for a speedy recovery. (me included).

Moving on to our Fantasy League tables, we have had 3 different Leaders of our Junior League. William & Henry started well and have since dropped down to 4th then Balutellitubbies to over and have now been replaced by the present Leaders Harley’s team Ginger Ninjar who have a slight 3 point lead at the top. At the other end of the table, Roo & Woos Wombles have been hoovering over the Trap Door since the start of the Season.

In our Mark Carter Ladies Section Pauline’s Vodka Army have taken full control in the early stages with a comfortable 18 point advantage over Jeanette’s Jin Dream Team, Down at the very foot of the Table Kim’s Ginger United are in big trouble as now trail Kate’s team The Bairns by 13 points.

The Golden Boot League which is sponsored by Rachel at Across the Costas as been very competitive already with no fewer than 4 teams sharing the Summit so far. 121 goals have been scored, which is 22 more than at this stage last Season. The top Player in this Section is Liverpool’s Sadio Mane with 28 points to his name.

Presently Des’s team Wigan Champs are top of the League with a 7 point cushion over former leaders Stephen’s team Ortongans.

Both teams have Fulham’s Metrovic & Burnley’s Tarkowski in their Line -Ups who have both clocked up 20 points apiece.

Our new Champion of Champions League as started well with last Years top Lady team Pauline’s Vodka Army streching their lead at the top over Macca’s Albir Villains to 16 points. Jin Dream Team who led early on are in 3rd place followed by Keith’s team Max & Paddy who won our Golden Boot League in 2016.

Overall the Season as got off to a flying start with 121 goals in 80 Premier League games( Mind you Defenders have helped putting 3 goals passed their own Keeper),we have had 20 clean sheets, 138 yellow cards and 9 red ones which is 1 less than last Season.

Lets hope all our Players come back from the International Break free from injuries and are ready to again at the Weekend.

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British defeat remembered in miniature

Alfaz cat sterilisaton programme boost

by Simon Russell

THE infamous Anglo-Zulu war is the in Valencia that is currently underway. hosting an exhibition of 2,500 handing back to 1880 The most famous batwhich was loosely portrayed in the Mikick-started his long film cagoes down as the greatest nation to a native army, conquered the Zulu naof the pieces on display to commemorate the is part of the Valencian Film Festival and con-

subject of an unusual display The Mercantile Athenaeum is made lead soldiers, some dattle of the war was Isandlwana, chael Cane movie “Zulu” that reer. Although the war itself loss of life by a western the British eventually tion in 1879, and many would have been made victory. The exhibition International Children’s tinues until 7 October.

BBC 2018 Masters Competition Alfàs del Pi town hall has received a financial grant from the Alicante provincial government to help fund its CES (Capture-Sterilize-Release) project aimed at controlling feral cat colonies in the municipality. The agreement was announced earlier this week by deputy mayor, MayteGarcía, health councillor, Marisa Cortés and president of the animal protection group, APPA, Vanessa Pareja.

The CES Project involves catching the majority of cats in a colony, sterilizing them and returning them to their territory.

by Andy Mansell

Since the project was launched around fifty colonies of feral cats have been treated with a total of more than 500 males and females neutered.

To carry out the work, the municipality signed an agreement with the veterinary clinics of the town who perform the sterilizations and APPA volunteers who are responsible for capturing and releasing the animals.

Mayor Garcia explained, “The 2,230 euro subsidy granted this year by the

Provincial Council will be added to the 10,000 euros that from the city council contribute to the agreement with the veterinary clinics for the CES Project.”

She also confirmed that “This method takes into account the animals, as it ensures their welfare, health surveillance and nutrition and, on the other hand, prevents the overpopulation of felines,” whilst stressing that they are following the example of other Spanish cities, such as Zaragoza, which was already implementing the programme.

The BBC 2018 Masters Competition took place over four days from 3rd September to 6th September. In extreme heat and humidity, 70 bowlers from bowling clubs around the Northern Costa Blanca (Javea Green, El Cid, Bonalba), provided some excellent bowling.

The competition comprised four bowling disciplines, namely Rinks, Triples, Pairs and Singles. The photograph shows the overall winning team of Rod Warnes, Lynda Warnes, Mick Adams, Linda Richards, and Jeff Richards all from BBC, together with Izzy Hardy from one of the sponsors, Telitec.

Winners of the individual disciplines were: Rinks - Tony Hesketh-Field, Clive English, Chris Evans and David Browne, Triples - Rod Warnes, Linda Richards and Jeff Richards, Pairs - Jack

Wardrop and Dee Hamilton, Singles - Alan Phillips.

BBC thanks Telitec, Ginestar (Renault) and Direkt Optik for sponsoring the competition and all the bowlers who took part.

PEGO GOLF SOCIETY MAGIC 3 STABLEFORD COMPETITION PLAYED AT OLIVA NOVA ON TUESDAY 11th of September 2018

On the morning when we were due to play golf at Oliva We were playing a Magic Three Competition, and there Nova, the day was dark and overcast as we had a cup of were 36 members taking part. coffee before the golf, but as soon as we stepped out of the Nearest the pin at Hole No 5 with their second shot was door, the heavens opened with torrential rain and this lasted Shaun O’Gorman with 5.9 meters. just over one hour. Many of our members and guests called There was only one two scored today, and that was from it a day, and finished, but there were about 18 out of 39 who Mick Connelly, putting on a temporary green. braved the elements, and came in with very good scores.

The Balls in the water competition, was not won today,

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Next week, we have another tournament, so should you want to join us at Pego, please contact Penny Barden at pegohandicapsec@gmail.com. and we would love to see you.

RIGHT ON ‘KEW’ - GARDENS TO BLOSSOM IN ST LEGER The Weekender’s racing columnist Andrew Atkinson looks at Saturday’s historic St Leger at Doncaster - First staged 242 years ago will Kew Gardens blossom in front of 30,000 racegoers?

The St L e g e r £700,000 prize-pot staged at Doncaster on Saturday is the final Classic of the 2018 British Flat season run over 1 mile 6 furlongs.

Andrew A i d a n O ’ Brien Atkinson trained Kew Gardens, heavily backed at 6-4, and Irish Derby winner Latrobe, 10-1, trained by his son Joseph O’Brien, are both expected to run well.

Kew Gardens won the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot under Ryan

Moore in June over a mile and six furlongs: “We always thought he’d stay,” said Aidan.

“He loves fast ground. He’s had a little break and trained for the St Leger,” said Aidan who won the race with Capri, ridden

by Ryan Moore, in 2017.

Joseph O’Brien and his brother, jockey Donnacha, won the Irish Derby with Latrobe in June, it being the first success in the race for two siblings in modern times at the Curragh.

“Latrobe stays really well and we’ve always thought he was a really good horse - he’s never run a bad race - he’s very good,” said Donnacha.

“Latrobe is a tough horse and stays well. We always loved him having bought him as a yearling in Newmarket - he has never really let us down,” said Joseph.

Record breaking trainer Mark Johnston saddles Dee Ex Bee (141) having finished second behind Masar in the Derby in June.

Johnston became the most successful racehorse trainer in Britain, when saddled his 4,194th winner in August.

The flagship day of the William Hill St Leger Festival, Saturday’s St Leger Day, is set to attract over 30,000 racegoers, the St Leger Stakes being the world’s oldest classic.

Wells Farhh Go has been well supported, backed down to 10-1 from odds of 25-1 - after impressing in the Bahrain Trophy Stakes at Newmarket.

Tim Easterby trained Wells Farhh Go made all over 1 mile 5 furlong to win the Group 3 race, ahead of Loxley and Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Inaugurated in 1776 - the race was the dream of Anthony St. Leger, an army officer and politician - originally run over two miles.

Conduit, trained Sir Michael Stoute, won the race in 2007, it being his first St Leger victory, fulfilling wins in all English Classic races.

Stoute could be in line with an early 73rd birthday present with a string of winners at Doncaster on Saturday.

Stoute, son of the former chief of police in Barbados, has entered Dream Of Dreams, Alamania, and Sun Maiden, by Frankel and a half-sister to Group One-winner Midday. (Final declarations Friday) Stoute, who took out a trainers licence in 1972, has also entered stable notables Veracious, Crystal

Ocean and Poet’s World at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Stoute, Knighted in 1998 for services to tourism in Barbados, who has won a plethora of Champions’ trainer titles, trained Shergar to win the 1981 Epsom Derby.

Shergar was later stolen.

Newmarket based Stoute, 72, who trains at Freemason Lodge Stables and Beech Hurst Stables, has tested Dream Of Dreams over 6 furlongs.

Along with the St Leger stakes, the Festival’s showpiece day features top class races - including the Champagne Stakes and the Portland Handicap.

St Leger betting: Kew Gardens 6-4, Lah Ti Dar 5-1, Old Persian 7-1, Wells Farhh Go 10-1, Latrobe 10-1, Southern France 14-1, De Ex Bee 14-1, Raymond Tusk 16-1. 20-1 bar.

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Young blood for Ferrari

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FERRARI have confirmed that 20 year old Charles Leclerc will be lining up on the grid for them next season, replacing Kimi Raikkonen who is moving to Sauber, the team Leclerc currently drives for. The Flying Finn has been with the

by Simon Russell

Italian FI outfit for five years, his second spell there after his world championship success with them in 2007.

Monaco born Leclerc has been picked by many as a star of the future and Ferrari

will be happy to have a younger driver lining up alongside the experienced Sebastian Vettel. Sauber meanwhile have said that Raikkonen’s experience is an important stepping stone in the team’s growth and development.

Kimi Raikkonen (left) to replace Charles Leclerc (right)

Gloves are off as McGregor sued

by Simon Russell

MMA star Conor McGregor may have a different kind of battle on his hands as a fellow fighter has announced he is suing the Irishman. American lightweight Michael Chiesa is claiming an incident where McGregor and his entourage stormed a UFC event has led to “severe emotional distress, mental trauma and bodily harm”.

The target appeared to be McGregor’s bitter rival Khabib Nurmagomedov who Chiesa was sitting close to on the team bus. He claims he was injured in the attack and there is footage of large objects being thrown in the incident. Chiesa says that the injuries have stopped him from fighting and he is partly suing due to loss of income.

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