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ISSUE 058

Friday 17th August 2018

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MOUNTING ANGER

PROTEST organisers claim that 400 people took to the streets of La Zenia over poor services on the Orihuela Costa. Last Friday’s demonstration was organised by La Zenia Citizen’s Movement, backed up by local associations, with protestors

by ALEX TRELINSKI

calling for the resignation of Orihuela’s Partido Popular mayor, Emilio Bascuñana. Movement leader, Felix Arenas, said that the Orihuela Costa was the poor relation of the municipality, with the bulk

of budgets going to the Orihuela City area. A large number of demonstrators were British and German, with placards written in Spanish and English, chastising Orihuela council for broken promises and asking where local tax revenues are being spent.

The march from Cala Bosque beach went to La Zenia roundabout on the N-332, with some protestors trying to block the road, but that attempt was quickly stopped by the presence of Guardia Civil and local police officers.

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• making deposits; • buying ﬁxed interest securities; and • buying equities. Each must bear a relatively stable rate of return relationship to the other for the economy to function. Let’s look at how they compare.

Cash Deposits

By Tracy Storer

Senior Partner Chorus Financial The world of investing can be very complex and confusing. Making the right investment choices however is absolutely paramount to ensuring your long term ﬁnancial goals can be met. Most people seek a professional Financial Adviser or a Discretionary fund manager to select and manage their investments, but it is always good (and sometimes interesting) to getting a better understanding of the main areas of investing.

Deposits generally yield less than ﬁxed interest securities for a similar degree of risk, and rarely achieve much real growth over time once tax is taken into account, but funds can be accessed more easily.

Fixed interest securities Fixed interest securities generally yield lower overall returns than equity investments, but have higher returns than deposits; however, they will rarely beat inﬂation by a signiﬁcant amount. They tend to be lower risk than equities.

Equities

Equity investments will generally achieve returns that are higher than both ﬁxed interest securities and cash deposits

over the longer term. The dividend yield on equities is, however, usually low compared to the yield on ﬁxed interest securities, but both dividends and share prices have the potential to grow over time to compensate. There may be a higher level of risk.

is almost certain to have repercussions in the others, i.e. a reduction in interest rates could encourage a rise in both ﬁxed interest and equity values, but lower returns from deposits.

Diﬀerent Roles

There is, therefore, a fixed hierarchy of returns that is unlikely to be breached for any substantial period. In assessing the choices that are available, the following points should also be considered: Investors’ money tends to move to those areas where it will achieve the best results, in relation to both the risk that is involved and how long investors are prepared to tie up their funds. There are separate financial markets in each of the main types of investments (cash deposits, fixed interest securities and equities). However, a change in one market, such as an interest rate change,

As an adviser, I have a wide range of investment products from which to choose when making a recommendation to a client. Each category of asset has a potential role to play within a client’s overall investment portfolio; however, each has a different risk/return profile. If you are considering investing or if would like a review of your current investmentspop into the office or give me a call on 693 1070 44 or email t.storer@ chorusfinancial.es

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ABANDON SHIP!

Two British families escaped uninjured after a one-million-euro luxury motorboat hit rocks off Cala de Portixol in Javea on Sunday afternoon. The skipper of the 19-metre-long boat, named only as Jason, said that everybody on board, including two children, got “very scared” when the vessel struck the rocks, some 250 metres from the shore of La Barraca beach at around 4.00 pm. “It all happened in a matter of minutes”, added Jason, as the holidaymakers were rescued by a jet ski and boat manned by the Cruz Roja and the local police. “We heard a large bang, and we went below to see the cabins filling with water very quickly”. The two families were forced to leave their personal effects,

including their mobile phones, on the boat, which then sank. Once ashore at La Barraca, the six-strong group were looked after by the owners of a local bar, who helped them dry out their clothes, and supplied a phone so that Jason could call the authorities at Dénia Marina, where the boat had been moored, in addition to notifying the insurance company. The boat was said to be three-years-old, with the skipper Jason, reported to be an experienced navigator who knows the local waters well. A salvage company was commissioned on Monday to deal with the sunken vessel, with concerns over possible pollution, since the boat had up to a thousand litres of diesel in the fuel tank.

SIX ARRESTED FOR TRAVELLING ON FALSE DOCUMENTS

In a week which saw the first drop in passenger figures at Alicante Airport in six years, specialist Border Security officers arrested six people illegal passports. The detainees, who entered the country on flights from different countries, were of different ages, failed to convince the agents, trained in spotting forged documents, that their passports were genuine. Border control officials are aware that people try to take advantage of increases in passenger traffic at this time of year to attempt to enter the country illegally, so more of the specially trained staff are put n place during the peak months. Alicante-Elche airport registered a 2% decrease in year on year passenger numbers during the month of July, the first negative figure for more than six years. A fall in number, of over

by Andy Mansell

10,000 travellers saw July’s figure reach 1,598,795, a fall of 1.8% on the same figures last year. The figures echo those of hotels, apartments, campsites and other tourist facilities in Benidorm, which have also seen a dip in fortunes during the same period.

As visitor numbers from the UK show the most notable losses, tourist officials believe the hot weather experienced during the early part of the summer encouraged travellers to abandon plans to fly abroad and instead remain closer to home for their annual holiday. However, despite the drop in July, annual figures still show a positive trend, as

the figures from AENA, the airport operator, revealed 7,919,047 passengers used the facility during the first seven months of the year, which represents an increase of 1.1% in the number of passengers compared to the same period of 2017 and the airport remains the fifth busiest in Spain calculated on passenger numbers.

Festival horror

OVER 300 people were injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden platform collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in northern Spain on Sunday night. It had been packed with people watching a rap artist at the two-day O Marisquiño event in the north-west city of Vigo, in Galicia. Witnesses reported scenes of panic as people - many of them teenagers tried to scramble to safety, with some falling into the sea. Several emergency teams attended to the injured, and divers were sent into the sea to check that no-one was trapped beneath the

by Alex Trelinski

structure. The incident happened shortly before midnight on Sunday as a crowd was listening to the Mallorcan rap artist Reis B. According to eyewitnesses, the wooden platform gave way during the first song of the concert as Rels B, who had just started his performance, told the crowd to jump. It is not clear whether the platform collapsed because there were too many people on it, or because the structure itself was weak, or whether other factors were involved. O Marisquiño is a free

Giant of the skies

outdoor festival that takes place in Vigo every August,

which is attended by some 160 thousand visitors.

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VALENCIAN based Air Nostrum and Irish airline CityJet have agreed to a deal that will make them the largest regional airline network in Europe. The deal was announced at the Farnborough Air show in the UK, a platform for everything from arms deals to cross business cooperation. Air Nostrum is an exclusive carrier for Iberia and reaches 60 destinations in Europe and North Africa.

CityJet is a carrier for firms such as Air France, SAS and Brussels Air and has bases across Europe. Air Nostrum CEO Carlos Bertomeu said “By combining with CityJet we have found a formula to combine our respective resources in terms of aircraft, crew, support and maintenance services.” The operational HQ for the new holding company has yet to be announced, but Valencia will be one of the possibilities.

Water shortages hit the Marina Baixa

The prolonged period of extreme temperatures combined with a lack of rain across the Alicante Province have caused water supply problems for two areas around Altea recently. Residents living in the inland mountain village of Tarbena have will have a restricted overnight service between the hours of 22.00h and 07.00h from this coming Sunday August 19th, whilst those residing in the13,000 homes on the exclusive Altea Hills development have been advised not to drink or use tap water for cooking purposes. Tarbena town hall warned its residents of the impending

by Andy Mansell

cuts in supply, through a social media announcement last week. The overnight cuts will affect both properties within the town and those in the surrounding rural areas. The reasons given were purely due to a lack of water in the Murtawell which serves the town, owing to a lack of rain in recent weeks and the extra usage caused by summer visitors, which double the population of the municipality. The cuts come only days after homes were left without water last week following an

electrical fault, which took three days to rectify. Angry business owners of the municipality have complained that their livelihoods are being affected, even though a proposed plan to transfer water from another well six kilometres away, Picassaries are halfway to completion. Meanwhile, the situation in the Altea Hills Urbanisation has left homeowners and residents complaining bitterly about the service offered by their water supplier Apobersa, as the problems of contaminated tap water occurs most summers. They have already been

experiencing water cuts and been prohibited from using tap water to fill their swimming pools. They say the situation is unacceptable, as they pay their taxes and IBI just like the rest of the population, but the problems only seem to affect them, accusing the Altea council of looking the other way, whilst a 2.7 million projected plan to connect the development to the mains water supply sits on the table. One member of the residents association said “All we are asking for is that we can open a tap and water comes out for consumption, just like in the rest of Altea”

Albir Fiesta Starts Friday

Crowds of partygoers are expected to pack in toAlbir’s shady Eucalyptus Park this weekend, for the annual summer fiestas which begin on Friday August 18th. For the duration of the fiestas, which end on Sunday, the park is completely taken over by the dozens of ‘penyas’ or social clubs who are allocated a few square feet each within the park to make their own. A total of around 41 penyas with approximately 750 associated members, including 120 minors

by Andy Mansell

are expected to take part in this years event. Organisers, encouraged by a good weather forecast are looking forward to welcoming a bumper crowd of residents and tourists to the three days of activities. Friday’s inauguration party includes a performance by folk group The Boys of the City and continues with music from Ivan Deejay. On Saturday, apetanque

championship will be held at the Retirement and Pensioners Club of l’Albir, aquatic attractions set up for the little ones on ÓscarEsplá Avenue, a Flower Power party will take place at the Eucalyptus Park, and a scary mascletá nocturnal organised by the Ricasa pyrotechnics will bring a touch of drama to the Albir market car park continuing with live music from the Gamma Live orchestra and, finally, a foam party with DJ Jes Set takes place back in the Eucalyptus park.

Browser blackmail

THE NATIONAL POLICE have warned about a big blackmail plot which looks to expose web users’ porn site history unless they cough up to two and a half thousand euros. Blackmailers are sending emails to their targets in which they reveal victims’ personal passwords and claim their computers have been hacked. ‘They claim to be in possession of personal intimate pictures or videos obtained through the computer’s webcam when the user was visiting pornographic sites,’ the National Police

by Alex Trelinski

said in a statement. They then demand payment in bitcoin or other virtual currencies within 24 hours to stop them from publishing them. Sums of between 350 and two and a half thousand euros are being asked for by the blackmailers, as they threaten to send videos to families of their marks. The National Police say they are getting around a hundred complaints a day, and that the demands should be ignored as they are a bluff, especially since no videos exist because the computers were not hacked in the first place.

Monday shaker

THE MOST powerful earthquake to hit Alicante Province in 58 years struck on Monday afternoon, with the epicentre between Albatera and Crevillente. The tremor, which happened at 4.40 pm, lasted for 20 seconds and measured four points three on the Richter Scale, and was felt across a large part of Alicante Province, as well as the adjoining Murcia region. Experts say that it was the fourth largest quake in the area since 1919, but because of its 11-kilometre depth, no structural damage was caused. Besides being felt in the immediate

Fuel thief found

by Alex Trelinski

area including locations like Almoradi, San Fulgencio, Benferri, Orihuela, Dolores and Callosa, the tremor reached areas like Elche, Villena, Sant Joan, El Campello, Aspe, and Santa Pola. Valencian emergency services say that got around a hundred phone calls concerned about the quake, which

was also felt in Alicanteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gran Via shopping centre. As a means of comparison, the earthquake that caused destruction in the Murcia town of Lorca back in May 2011, measured 4.5 on the Richter Scale, followed an hour later by a strong aftershock an hour later of 5.1. Those quakes, however, were just four kilometres below ground.

Trend Reversed ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has seen the first drop in passenger numbers over an annual July to July period, since 2012. After many consecutive months of increasing growth, the facility at El Altet logged a drop of just over two per cent last month, compared to figures for July 2017, with one point six million passengers using the airport. Over the first seven months of 2018, Alicante-Elche airport

by Alex Trelinski

has seen a rise of one point one per cent in passenger numbers compared to 2017, with UK travellers dominating with over 40 per cent of the market. However, domestic flight numbers are accounting for most of the small passenger growth this year, suggesting that tourists are being tempted by cheap holiday packages in North Africa, Turkey, and the Middle East.

A MAN who syphoned off 20 litres of fuel from a lorry being repaired in an Alicante City garage, and who then tried to run over a mechanic who blocked his escape, has been arrested by the National Police. The mechanic called the police last Friday to report the incident after catching the fuel thief in the act, before trying to run him over in his car. The worker threw himself

by Alex Trelinski

to the ground to avoid being struck and then filed a report with the authorities. National Police agents didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take long to find the getaway car in the area, along with the stolen fuel in the canister, ahead of promptly arresting the 48-year-old thief, who was charged with committing a crime of robbery with violence and intimidation.

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Albir Bike Show Hundreds of custom bike owners and enthusiasts are heading to Albir at the end of the month to parade their magnificent machines through the streets of town. The Costa Blanca Custom Bike Show, now in its eighth year, has become a major event on the resort’s calendar, proving popular with bike lovers and anyone who likes to get up close and personal with these glorious pieces of engineering. Meeting place and arena for the show, which takes place on Sunday August 26th, is the towns

by Andy Mansell

Eucalyptus Park, just behind the Hotel Kaktus in Avenida Oscar Espla. The event, which comes at the end of a busy month for the town, following on a week after the Albir Fiestas, is free to enter and bikes of all types and makes are welcome to be entered into the show, with prizes given for outstanding machines. The fun kicks off at 10am with the highlight of the day undoubtedly being the spectacular parade of bikes along

the seafront and major streets of the town, bringing traffic to a halt and gasps of awe from onlookers. Throughout the day, a line-up of live rock bands and musicians will entertain the crowds, whilst a full bar service will provide refreshment and food stalls will feed the hungry hordes as they wander around the park, gaze at the amazing bikes and chat to other enthusiasts. Organisers expect a huge turnout for the show, which has grown in popularity year on year and requested visitors to get to the event as early as possible.

HOW DARE THEY?

A BRITISH grandmother has hit out at travel company Thomas Cook, for putting her in a Benidorm hotel which had “too many Spaniards” in it! 81-year-old Freda Jackson from Blackburn had a fortnight booking with a friend in May at the Poseidon Playa Hotel in the Poniente area of Benidorm and has since tried to claim a refund of over eleven-hundred pounds for the holiday or a free trip. Thomas Cook initially offered a 75-pound holiday voucher, but have since made a goodwill offer of over 500 pounds, which Freda and her fellow traveller have still to

by Alex Trelinksi

decide on whether to accept. According to the Lancashire Telegraph, Thomas Cook was hit by a list of complaints from Mrs Jackson including the “steep” location of the hotel, and that not enough was offered for British visitors. She said the tour company had ignored her request to put her in a hotel that was “on the flat” because of mobility issues, and that the holiday date was moved a day forward, which they discovered with just six days remaining before the original flight date to Alicante-Elche airport.

But Freda’s big blast came at the actual fellow-residents at the Poseidon Playa. “The hotel was full of Spanish holidaymakers, and they were so rude. One evening, a Spanish guy nearly knocked me flying and he just walked off without apologising”. “The entertainment in the hotel was all aimed at and focused on Spaniards. Why can’t the Spanish go elsewhere for their holidays?” Despite popular misconceptions in the UK, the Benidorm area attracts more domestic tourists throughout the year, as opposed to foreign visitors.

Baby left in car for 8 hours dies A 10-month-old baby girl died in Manacor on Mallorca last Friday after her grandfather left her in the back of his Renault Megane car for eight hours in temperatures of up to 30C. Police quizzed the 56-year-old on suspicion of manslaughter - but released him without charges

Model´s rape quiz

by Alex Trelinski

pending an ongoing court probe after he told officers he forgot she was with him when he parked up at 7.00 am to go for a coffee and only discovered his fatal mistake when he returned at 3.00 pm. A passing doctor tried

to revive the child but like paramedics called to the scene, could do nothing to save the youngster’s life. The child’s family come from the village of Son Macia outside Manacor, with a judge now having to decide whether or not to proceed with manslaughter charges.

A FORMER Northern Ireland junior rugby player turned model has been arrested in Mallorca and accused of tying up and raping a woman. 26-year-old Dylan Rogers, from Co Down, was photographed being led into court last Friday, his head down and wearing shorts and a T-shirt. He was remanded

A QUICK Sad ending SPOUT

RAIN and wind combined on Wednesday morning to produce a rare weather sighting off the Torrevieja coast, in the form of a waterspout. The waterspout up to around 20 is a weaker water- minutes. We d n e s d a y ’ s based version of a tornado, and last waterspout based off

the coast at La Mata was spotted just after 10.00 am and lasted for several minutes.

A BABY dolphin died despite a valiant rescue attempt in the shallow waters off the Mar Menor coast on Sunday afternoon. Lifeguards at El Estacio beach at La Manga spotted the weak and disorientated dolphin and called in a vet from El

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Valle wildlife centre to help, as well as scrambling a maritime rescue boat. Unfortunately, the one-week-old dolphin was in such a weak state, it passed away when it arrived for treatment at El Valle.

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into custody. The 6ft 2in exUlster under-19 player is accused of beating up and raping a 22-year-old woman at an apartment in Playa de Palma. The woman, a foreign non-British expat, raised the alarm after freeing herself from insulating tape and was reportedly rushed to hospital

suffering from bruising to her face, arm and legs. Rogers has lived in the Palma area for

the last few years, working as a model, after initially coming to Mallorca on holiday.

Border planning

SPAIN’S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, met German chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Cadiz at the weekend, and agreed to push for more European Union help to countries like Morocco to reduce the number of migrants coming to mainland Europe. “Fourteen kilometres separate the coast of Spain -- and therefore Europe -from those of North Africa but there is an infinitely greater distance in terms of development,” Sanchez said. Faced with a crackdown by Libyan authorities and by Alex Trelinski Italy’s hardline approach to immigration, Spain has now Europe from Africa. become the main destination Sanchez said he and for people trying to get to Merkel agreed to “intensify

Puig´s present 23 small municipalities across Alicante Province will be able to access a pot of 800 thousand euros to help combat decreasing population numbers. The money has been made available by the Valencian regional government, with President Ximo Puig saying that action “must be taken to stop population falls threatening

by Andy Mansell

third Chinese women, aged 32. Independent traders, running small businesses close to the Chinese shops in Albir and Altea, filed a complaint to the Guardia Civil, owing to the excessive amount of counterfeit goods being sold within the stores, which led to the coordinated operation and subsequent arrests

dialogue and cooperation with countries of origin and transit” of migrants, mainly Morocco. He said they were in

on charges of crimes against industrial property. In total, 1,057 articles of clothing, bags and counterfeit watches, valued at around 357,000 euros were seized by the agents during the operation. The largest seizure came from a raid on a large Chinese store in Albir, where the officers seized 412 t-shirts of well-known brands, 102 caps, 57

POLICE in the northern region of Navarra got themselves an unwanted full house at the weekend, as a car driver tested positive for every drug on their checklist. It was fiesta time in the town of Carcastillo on Saturday, as a resident tipped off the cops that “several people were getting into a car under the influence of alcohol”, at around 8.30 am. Police struck the jackpot with the driver as he tested positive for every drug they look for, namely cannabis, amphetamines/ methamphetamine, cocaine, and opiates. He was also found to be well over the drink-drive limit.

discussion with the European Commission to unlock aid that would allow Morocco to patrol its borders more effectively.

watches, 51 wallets, 45bags, all counterfeit products. Sales of these products would have caused estimated losses of 250,000 euros for the companies affected. Highlighted amongst these items, was a shirt with a price

British teen Discharged A BRITISH teenager, who was poisoned after going on a night out with his family on the Orihuela Costa, is back home in Yorkshire. 17-year-old Callum Forster from Leeds was released from Torrevieja Hospital earlier this month after spending 11 days on a life support machine. As previously reported in The Weekender, Callum was rushed to hospital a month ago, after he and his stepfather collapsed after having some drinks in Villamartin. Callum’s mother Helen told The Mirror that the pair had drunk spirits mixed with cola at a bar, with medics diagnosing that they had pesticides in their bloodstream. Helen, a housing support worker, said: “We don’t know if their drinks were spiked or if it was some accident with cleaning products.” Callum, who may have to take epilepsy drugs for the rest of his life, said: “I would say to everyone be careful with their drinks.” Investigations are still continuing over what was the cause of the poisonings, whilst over two and a half thousand pounds was raised through a crowd-funding appeal to compensate for lost wages, as Helen and her family stayed in the area, until Callum was discharged from hospital.

local communities”. Rural areas are the most vulnerable with younger people moving out and not getting involved in agriculture. Each municipality will be able to make a bid for money for projects like improving medical centres or providing better school buses.

A bit of everything

Fake designer goods seized in Chinese shop raids More than a thousand items of counterfeit designer clothing, bags and jewellery were seized by Altea Guardia Civil officers last week, from three Chinese stores in the nearby area. The raids, on retail premises in Altea and Albir, led to the arrest of two women, aged 48 and 46, of Chinese nationality, whilst investigations were also opened into a

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The driver ended up with a thousand euro fine and deducted six points from his license for failing the alcohol test, and another thousand euros and six points for failing the drugs test. All of his five passengers, aged in their late twenties, were fined 200 euros each for not wearing a seatbelt, plus an additional three points deduction handed out to the driver, which includes having too many people in his vehicle. Not surprisingly, his points total means that his license has been suspended, and his car has also been impounded by the authority.

tag selling at 10 euros whereas the original cost would be nearer to 400 euros. Raids on the other establishments inspected, one more in l’Albir and another in Altea, led to the seizure of 213 and 69 garments respectively.

The magic of Pablo Alboran in Alicante by Andy Mansell

One of Spain’s most popular performers takes to the stage of Alicante’s Plaza de Toros on Saturday night August 18th. Pablo Alboran, who at the age of 29, has a string of hit singles and albums behind him, will be showcasing songs from his latest album ‘Prometo’, which has been at the number one spot on the Spanish charts for the last eight weeks. Famous for uploading his songs onto Youtube, whilst he was recording them for his first album, the 2010, self entitled ‘Pablo Alboran’, the young Malagueno singer became one of the biggest internet hits in the country, with millions of views of his videos. Eight years, four albums and multiple hit singles

later, the modest performer has become a favourite with music fans of all ages, who love his self penned ballads and upbeat numbers, such as ‘Solamente Tu’, ‘Tanto’, ‘El Beso’ and ‘Quien’, which have all reached number one in Spain and throughout Latin America. Following the highly

successful South American leg of his tour, Alboran landed in Spain earlier this year to perform for the first time in two years on home soil. Organisers of the event announced in the last few days that a few tickets for Saturdays concert were still available, by visiting the singers website www.pabloalboran.es

Caught in the act

Fireworks Galore

by Alex Trelinksi

Hot wheels

TWO of Europe’s biggest fireworks displays hit the Alicante Province region in the last week, with Elche’s Nit de L’Alba celebrations on Monday night(pictured), whilst Altea staged the L’Olla

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display on Saturday night, Elche’s celebrations date back to the Middle Ages, where families are said to have made offerings to the Virgin Mary by way

of launching a rocket for each of their children. Around 50 thousand people witnessed Saturday’s events in Altea, which marked the end of the annual San Lorenzo fiestas.

FOUR PEOPLE escaped without injury after their car exploded in a Costa del Sol resort on Sunday night. The Audi Q7 was about to pass a barrier into the marina area of Puerto Banús near Marbella when it burst into flames. The area was packed with tourists at around 8.00 pm, the passengers exited the vehicle as it caught fire. One woman suffered temporary deafness as a

by Alex Trelinksi

result of the explosion with two Marbella fire crews being called in to put the blaze, with the plumes of smoke seen over a large distance. An electrical fault or an overheating car battery are said to be the likely causes of the explosion, which caused initial concern amongst some people who feared it might have been a car bomb.

FOUR THIEVES resorted to throwing everything they could at the police, bar the kitchen sink, after being rumbled in a house robbery by Pilar de la Horadada officers. The Spaniards were robbing a villa in Torre de la Horadada in the early hours of Saturday morning, but were unaware that neighbours had heard the noise and had called the authorities. The thieves, all aged in their twenties, were surprised by the officers coming through the front door to arrest them, as they were rifling through the property. The quartet ran to the top floor and then started to throw chairs, appliances, broken glass, and even knives at the police officers, who with reinforcements, then went upstairs and found the men all in one room. They were arrested and handed over to the Guardia Civil, ahead of a court appearance.

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suffering from bruising to her face, arm and legs. Rogers has lived in the Palma area for

the last few years, working as a model, after initially coming to Mallorca on holiday.

El Lab takes shape in La Nucia

One too many

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Work on the construction of a new business centre aimed at small companies, start-ups and young entrepreneurs in La Nucia, has begun. Foundations were put in place last week on the 827, 000 euro project, which will be known as ‘El Lab’, when the expected completion takes place next spring. Once complete, Lab Nucía will be a two storey building with a constructed area of 814.65 square meters. The concept and aim of the project is to become a “Business Incubator” open for the creation and training of entrepreneurs and the building will be equipped with entrance-reception, meeting room, work room, various offices and Terraces at different levels workshops, office, rest area, of the construction will help multipurpose room (google to encourage interaction and space) and warehouse. communication (networking) Lab Nucia is being among all users of the La constructed on a 1,653 square Nucía Business Laboratory, meter municipal plot, located creating synergies and joint on the Guadalest road next to work between companies. the Ecopark and in front of The name has been chosen the Lidl Supermarket, in the with a goal of becoming l’Alberca industrial estate. a place to develop talent,

THE driver of a 40-ton beer lorry heading towards Alicante was pulled over the Guardia Civil last Sunday afternoon, and found to be seven times over the drinkdrive limit. The 53-year-old boozy trucker was spotted veering between lanes on the A-7 motorway in the Murcia City area, and his antics forced Guardia bike patrols to guide off the highway

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onto the N-301 road to Cartagena. The Malaga-based Spaniard set the alcohol readings sky-high on the breathalyser, and was charged with drink-driving, whilst a message went out to his bosses down south to bring up another driver for the beer to be delivered to Alicante.

Dry Hooter meaning common spaces have been created for interaction and exchange of ideas among the business users. The intention is that selected entrepreneurs will be offered use of the “labs” (office) free of charge for two years to carry out their business project, whilst

receiving specialist training and advice to help to advance their ideas. The project, which is financed with an investment of 826,790.58 euros, 45% of which is provided from Alicante provincial funds and 55% by La Nucía town hall, has a ten month completion timescale.

AN OWL was saved from almost certain death, as it was rescued by a falconer, after falling into an irrigation basin in Benejúzar. The owl apparently hit the basin’s fence, and was unable to climb back out to safety on the slippery slope, or to fly away because its feathers were wet. The owner of the farm, where the basin is located,

spotted the owl in trouble and called in falconer Evaristo Rodriguez of the recentlyformed Friends of the Sierra de Benejúzar Association. Evaristo used a lassoed rope to hook onto one of the owl’s legs, and pulled it to safety. It was none the worse for wear after being trapped for several hours, and after a health check, it was released back into the locals.

The sound of silence

IT’S the second anniversary this weekend of 61-year-old expat Rob Sneddon being mowed down by a British-plated car on the AP-7 in Guardamar, but nobody has still been bought to justice. Mr.Sneddon, a former psychiatric nurse who worked in Eastbourne, before retiring to the Costa Blanca in 2001, was fatally injured at around 10.40 pm on Sunday August 21st 2016, as he was hit by a

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British-plated white Land Rover, as he crossed the highway. The vehicle was abandoned next to the scene by the driver and at least one other passenger that was with him. The story caused outrage within the local British community at the time, with reports that the Land Rover Discovery was

registered to a UK firm, but two years later, no arrests have been made in either Britain or Spain, let alone any progress reports on the inquiry to find the driver of the car. His daughter Mandy made countless appeals on social media two years ago to bring her father’s killer to justice, as she graphically described how he was left to die “like a piece of meat” on the road. “You wouldn’t leave a

La Mata move THE POPULAR Wednesday market in the La Mata area of Torrevieja will definitely be moving to a new site this autumn, after a July switch had to be postponed. Torrevieja councillor Fanny Serrano said that the green light has now been given for the site transfer, after the July 4th transfer date came and went, because the council had not come up with a emergency plan, after green-lighting the switch back in April.

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It’s the end of a battle for some traders and residents who have objected to the move from the existing car park site close to the N-332, to an area on Calle Avenida de Francia. Torrevieja council were ordered to find a new site because of the old area being susceptible to subsidence. The authority have not as yet declared a formal transfer date.

dog like that. I just want to know what happened and who did this,” Mandy said at the time. Sources have suggested that the Land Rover had been used for “criminal” activity and that the UK plates were false, but authorities have refused to comment as Mr.Sneddon’s family continue to be left in the dark, and urgently seeking some kind of closure to their personal tragedy.

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Following new legislation that shops (including charities) must charge customers for plastic bags, HELP Vega Baja thought they would look for an alternative solution. After looking for sponsorship, President Michele Masson met up with the José Miguel Perez from Grupo ASV and discovered that both organisations wanted to do what they could to help the environment. “We are keen to do what we can to not only help keep costs down for the charity but to consider the environment too. When we met with José it was wonderful to hear that he shared the same views and we agreed to work together to

produce carrier bags made of paper! Grupo ASV covered the cost of the bags and we were delighted to take delivery of 1,000 bags last week. As charities have to now charge for plastic bags the situation can be a little crazy. For example, we have heard from other charities that in some cases customers insist on new bags as they have to pay rather than accept used bags that are often donated to charities. Sadly this could lead to charities having to purchase plastic bags which obviously negates the whole benefit of the legislation. The sponsorship and support we received from Grupo ASV has been terrific

and the bags are now available in our shop in San Miguel. We still ask that customers bring along their own bags when shopping and any donations for the paper bags will go towards future stocks. The aim of the charity is to go completely “plastic free” for bags and we are working towards this”. If you would like to find out more about sponsoring HELP Vega Baja with any of their projects (bags, leaflets, posters etc), volunteering or if you have a group and you would like the team to come along to give a talk on the charity, please contact their San Miguel Centre on 966 723 733 or Michele Masson direct

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He declined to comment Secretary, Ex-Foreign shirked as reporters quizzed him ons, Johnson, Boris controversial remark questions last Sunday on the ead ise inst offering them a cup whether he would apolog Muslim of tea. comparing for Mr Johnson said: “I have ka to bur the ring wea n me wo g to say about this letterboxes and bank robbers nothin except to offer you tter - by offering reporters camped ma tea”. outside his home a cup of tea. some ssed in a purple zipDre In what was clearly a fleece, Mr Johnson twice ed up erg em n nso media stunt, Joh ed se ask reporters if they would from his Oxfordshire hou brew. on Sunday armed with a like a said: “I am here solely He ted aus exh for gs mu of tray humanitarian mission journalists waiting to confront on a e you have been here aus ka bec him over his divisive bur all day.” comments.

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THE MAX FACTOR

A Jack Russell dog called Max decided to do it a bit of exploring at his London home, but it didn’t exactly go to plan. He ended up stranded on a ledge two floors up after slipping out the window of his home in Maida Vale. However, despite his precarious position, Max

was rescued by a fire crew from Paddington who were called to the building. London Fire Brigade posted a photo on Twitter that showed Max patiently waiting as firefighters launched the rescue other with mission, members of the crew ready to catch up on the ledge below.

Crew manager Sean Sloan said: ‘It seems Max managed to climb out of the window and then realised he couldn’t turn round on the ledge and was well and truly stuck.” “The owner was very distressed, but Max was fine and seemed to enjoy all the attention that he got!”

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POTHOLE BLAMED

A pregnant woman who crashed her car just weeks away from giving birth has blamed the loss of her baby on hitting a pothole. Nicole Chahal, who was 34 weeks pregnant, lost her baby and almost died when her car overturned on a country road in Kent and ploughed, upside down, into a tree. The 32-year-old’s pelvis was shattered, her femur snapped in half, and she suffered broken ribs and numerous other bones. She was rushed to a hospital and had an emergency but section Caesarean her child was stillborn. Nicole, who spent 11 weeks in the hospital recovering, conditions icy believes and a wide pothole caused the accident in February. Kent County Council said it found “no defects” on the road after carrying inspection an out following the accident.

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If your dog just really loves digging then you might want One trick that can work well in some cases is to booby trap to consider allocating a small section of your back yard the trash. Balance some cans filled with coins or some other where your dog can dig. You can play games to encourage object that would make a loud noise if it fell to the ground. digging in this area. Try burying your dog’s favorite toy or a Chances are that your dog will get such a fright when the objects fall to the floor that he scampers! Finally, you might be able to teach your dog not to tamper with the trash by using some spray deterrent. Chilli or cayenne powder also works well as dogs hate the smell and flavor of these.

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A leading Italian doctor reported that after running extensive tests on 2,354 elite athletes he shockingly discovered that six had potentially fatal disorders and disqualified them from There are many measures competing. He presented his findings at a European Society of Cardiology. we can take to help prevent exertional related illness or Some more statistics: death: • always exercise in the early Dr Paulo Adami from the Institute of Sport Medicine and Science of the Italian Olympic morning or evening – never, Committee, studied athletes short listed for the Olympic Games between 2004 and 2014. ever in the mid-day sun! Tests included ECG tests (recordings the electrical activity of their hearts) both at rest and • drink plenty of fluids – never during exercise and ultrasound scans of their hearts. become dehydrated Worrying signs were picked up in 300 athletes. • avoid alcohol and caffeinated And after further investigations six athletes with potentially life-threatening conditions beverages were found which meant they could no longer compete. • do not smoke Some 165 were allowed to continue their careers with annual checks. • never use anabolic steroids or stimulants in an attempt to improve performance More than 100 individuals identified as at risk on the initial set of tests were dismissed as • inform your family doctor (prior to starting exercise) if there is any family history of having spurious results or changes that were unlikely to lead to problems later. heart disease, stroke or sudden death

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Heart screening is designed to pick up abnormalities that could leave people at risk of without delay: sudden death. This thankfully is rare but according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF) it • chest pain – however mild is more common in athletes than the general population. • excessive, prolonged shortness of breath Nobody knows why this increased risk exists, though it has been suggested that extensive • unusually rapid or irregular heartbeat exercise can sometimes put strain on heart muscles, causing them to enlarge. • prolonged fatigue It is wrong to take for granted that all athletes must be healthy but predicting which ones • dizziness or fainting may be at risk is not easy. Some may say ‘why aren’t all young people screened for risk, whether they are an athlete or not’ but to do this if not feasible as it would pose such a On the other side of the coin…….. strain on the NHS. However, the BHF recommends that screening be applied to all elite athletes regardless of the sport they practice. This is because of the intensity and stress on Although sudden death in athletes is devastating, it is very rare and the benefits of exercise their cardiovascular system. for all ages are recognized by improved lipid levels, glucose (sugar) tolerance, enhanced selfHowever, care must be taken not to stop young, ambitious athletes from following their assurance, and improved overall quality of life.

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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 Dickinson’s Real Deal 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 James Martin’s American Adventure 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Doc Martin 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News London 23:45 Couples Retreat

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07:00 Breakfast 07:00 This Is BBC TWO 07:00 Sooty 07:05 Tenerife Blue Trail 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live Running 07:10 Make It Pop 07:35 Marrying Mum and Dad 12:30 Nadiya’s Family Favourites08:05 Oﬃcially Amazing Goes 07:35 Dino Dana 07:35 The King of Queens 13:00 Football Focus 08:00 The King of Queens 07:50 Mission Employable Bunkers 14:00 BBC Weekend News 08:25 Everybody Loves 07:55 Oddbods 08:35 The Dengineers 14:15 Live: IAAF Diamond Raymond 08:05 Ninjago: Masters of 09:05 Deadly Dinosaurs with League Athletics 08:50 Everybody Loves Spinjitzu: Possession Steve Backshall 17:30 Final Score Raymond 08:30 ToonMarty 18:15 Wedding Day Winners 09:35 David Attenborough’s 09:20 Frasier 08:40 ToonMarty 19:15 Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Natural Curiosities 09:50 Frasier 08:55 Drop Dead Weird Day Out 10:20 Frasier 09:55 Nature’s Miracle Babies 09:25 ITV News 19:40 BBC Weekend News 10:55 The Big Bang Theory 11:00 Natural World 09:30 Zoe Ball on... 19:50 BBC London News 11:25 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Miniature Britain 20:00 Impossible Celebrities 10:25 James Martin’s Saturday 11:50 The Simpsons 13:00 Nigel Slater: Eating 20:50 Pointless Celebrities 12:20 The Simpsons Morning Together 21:40 Casualty 12:20 James Martin’s American 12:55 Come Dine with Me 22:30 Mrs Brown’s Boys 13:30 Great British Menu 13:55 Four in a Bed Adventure 23:00 BBC Weekend News 14:25 Four in a Bed 14:00 Great British Menu 12:50 Eat, Shop, Save 23:20 Match of the Day 15:00 Four in a Bed 14:30 Homes Under the Hammer13:20 Love Your Garden 15:30 Four in a Bed 15:30 Garden Rescue 14:20 £10k Holiday Homes 16:00 Four in a Bed 16:15 Escape to the Country 14:55 ITV Lunchtime News 16:30 A Place in the Sun: Winter 17:00 Flog It! 15:10 The Chase Sun 16:15 The Scorpion King 17:50 The Big Life Fix 17:30 The People’s Vet 18:00 WOS Wrestling 18:50 A Passage to Britain 18:35 Escape to the Chateau: 19:00 ITV Evening News DIY 19:50 BBC Proms Extra 19:30 Channel 4 News 19:15 ITV News London 20:30 Dad’s Army 20:00 A Year in the New Forest 19:30 Japandemonium 21:00 Blitz: The Bombs That 21:00 Saving Planet Earth: 20:00 Big Star’s Little Star Changed Britain 21:00 The Lord of the Rings: The Fixing a Hole 22:00 QI XL 22:00 Terminator Genisys 22:45 The Boy with the Topknot Two Towers

SUNDAY 19th August

07:00 Sooty 07:10 Caterham UK Motor 07:00 This Is BBC TWO 07:10 Make It Pop 07:20 Coast Racing 07:35 Dino Dana 07:50 The A to Z of TV 07:40 Mini Challenge Motor 07:50 Mission Employable 11:25 Sunday Morning Live Gardening Racing 07:55 Oddbods 08:35 Gardeners’ World 12:25 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Ninjago: Masters of 08:05 FIA World Rallycross 09:35 Countryﬁle Spinjitzu: Possession 13:00 Animals Behaving Badly 10:30 The Beechgrove Garden Championship Motor Racing 08:30 ToonMarty 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best 09:00 Frasier 14:00 BBC Weekend News 08:55 Drop Dead Weird Bites 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Frasier 14:15 Bargain Hunt 12:30 Great British Menu 09:30 Zoe Ball on... 10:00 Frasier 13:00 Great British Menu 10:25 Japandemonium 14:45 Songs of Praise 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Great British Menu 10:50 Cannonball 15:20 Fake or Fortune? 13:30 The Simpsons 14:00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of 11:50 Ninja Warrior UK British 12:50 WOS Wrestling 13:55 The Simpsons 16:20 Eat Well for Less? 15:00 ISAF World Championship 13:50 ITV Lunchtime News 14:25 Peng Life 17:20 Pointless Celebrities 14:00 Big Star’s Little Star Sailing 14:55 Location, Location, 15:00 Best Walks with a View 18:05 Swallows and Amazons 16:00 Ulster Grand Prix with Julia Bradbury Location Motorcycle Racing 19:35 BBC Weekend News 15:30 Paul O’Grady’s Little 17:00 Seven Wonders of the 15:55 A Place in the Sun: Winter Heroes Commonwealth 19:50 BBC London News Sun 16:00 Tenable 18:00 Tribes, Predators & Me 17:00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 16:25 Homes By the Sea 20:00 Countryﬁle 19:00 Fighting for Air 18:00 The Chase 17:30 The Devil Wears Prada 20:00 Inside the Factory 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 ITV Evening News 19:30 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dragons’ Den 19:15 ITV News London 22:00 Fake or Fortune? 22:00 Eight Go Rallying: The 20:00 Flying Across Britain with 19:25 The Amazing Spider23:00 BBC Weekend News Road to Saigon Man 2 Arthur Williams 23:00 Supercar, Superfam 22:00 Unforgotten 23:20 BBC London News 21:00 Hidden Britain by Drone 23:30 Man Like Mobeen 23:05 ITV News 23:30 Match of the Day 2 23:50 Man Like Mobeen 23:20 easyJet: Inside the Cockpit22:00 Bridge of Spies 07:00 Breakfast

10:00 Match of the Day

07:00 MILKSHAKE 11:40 Police Interceptors 12:25 Police Interceptors 13:20 Police Interceptors 14:20 Police Interceptors 15:20 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 16:15 Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords 17:15 Rich House, Poor House 18:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 19:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 20:00 Cricket on 5 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Blind Date 22:00 Gino’s Win Your Wish List 23:00 Celebrity Big Brother

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:45 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:10 Dress to Impress 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Emmerdale 09:55 You’ve Been Framed! 10:25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20 The Bachelorette 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Judge Rinder 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Superstore 22:00 Skyfall

07:00 Coronation Street 07:25 Coronation Street 07:50 Heartbeat 08:50 The Royal 09:55 Judge Judy 10:20 Judge Judy 10:45 George and Mildred 11:20 Inspector Morse 13:35 The Royal 14:40 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:15 Coronation Street 16:45 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 23:00 Prime Suspect 1973

07:00 Murder, She Wrote 07:50 Murder, She Wrote 08:55 Inspector Morse 11:15 Inspector Morse 13:30 Inspector Morse 15:50 Carry On Cowboy 07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00 Coronation Street

17:50 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 20:00 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Endeavour

Omnibus 12:55 Catchphrase 13:40 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 The Flintstones 16:30 Ella Enchanted 18:25 Star Wars: Episode IV -A New Hope 21:00 Robin Hood 23:45 Family Guy

07:00 MILKSHAKE 12:20 Police Interceptors

07:00 Emmerdale Omnibus

07:00 Judge Judy

09:25 Coronation Street

07:20 Murder, She Wrote

Omnibus

08:10 Heartbeat

15:10 Police Interceptors

12:25 Ninja Warrior UK

09:15 Heartbeat

16:10 Police Interceptors

13:25 You’ve Been Framed!

10:15 Inspector Morse

13:15 Police Interceptors 14:10 Police Interceptors

17:10 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 20:00 Cricket on 5 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Greatest Ever Celebrity Wind Ups 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 Straight Outta Compton

14:30 Spy Kids 16:20 The Smurfs 2 18:25 Star Wars:

12:35 Inspector Morse 14:55 Rosemary and Thyme 15:55 Rosemary and Thyme

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Sudoku

Easy

Across 1. Chants may confuse sailor (9) 8. Artist gets left in rooms (5) 9. For slimmers, food always there for starters, costing nothing (3-4) 10. Blue swallow (4) 11. Veg giving little brother dreadful colic (8) 13. Patron saint has doctor brought in again (6) 14. Seen to suffer detention? (6) 17. Haul back organ for traveller (8) 19. Girl in train or automobile (4) 21. First-class soldier thanks heartless type for trouble (7) 22. Rex intially wrecked us in wrecks (5) 23. Bad start with faulty game plan (9)

Down

Medium

2. Everyone was in debt, it is conceded (7) 3. One who entertains crowd (4) 4. One group of fliers when turning up for hunting expedition (6) 5. Magazine features about rice and salt (8) 6. Legendary vessel making a right turn (4) 7. Where publicans may be locked up (6,4) 8. Angry head’s corrected bloomers (10) 12. The Saint may be undecided (8) 15. Ecstasy’s the reason for showing a lot of feeling (7) 16. See apt conversion for former currency (6) 18. Garlands from exotic isle? (4) 20. A song from Maria Callas? (4)

QUICK CROSSWORD

Across 1.Exactly right (4,2) 4. Concurred (6) 8. Upper part of the leg (5) 9. Pouch worn with a kilt (7) 10. Capable of being heard (7) 11. Breast (5) 12. Geographical dictionary (9) 17. Dance of Cuban origin (5) 19. London cricket ground (3,4) 21. Relief in time of distress (7) 22. Eat gluttonously (5) 23. Sleepy (6) 24. Gentle wind (6)

Down 1. Malaise caused by air travel (3,3) 2. Hidings (anag) (7) 3. Term of respect in India (5) 5. Farewell (7) 6. Noblemen (5) 7. Monday (anag) (6) 9. Onlooker (9) 13. Ardent (7) 14. Daydream (7) 15. Rubbed out (6) 16. Sheep’s coat of wool (6) 18. Exaggeratedly masculine (5) 20. Enthusiastic (5)

Hard

Difficult 25

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ROSETTA

2 3 4 A Rosetta is made up of a 7 6 centre coloured hexagon Example encircled by 6 white hexagons. To complete the puzzle, fill in all 7 Rosettas with each number between 1 and 7 in no particular order while also ensuring that :

CODEWORDS

Scribble Pad

1. No number is repeated in a horizontal row 2. Each number from 1 to 7 are represented in the 7 grey coloured hexagon cells.

4 7

6 1

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STAR PUZZLE Medium Star 0003-Grid_M1 STAR PUZZLE *

To complete the puzzle fill in each of the empty hexagon cells with numbers between 1 & 7 following the 3 rules below; 1. No numbers in a horizontal line can be repeated. 2. No numbers in a diagonal line can be repeated. 3. No numbers in the 7 gray hexagons can be repeated.

Drop Quotes

Source: Dalai Lama

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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!

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* Note that each white hexagon belongs to a line of 7 that must contain each of the numbers between 1 and 7.

MONDAY 20th August

07:00 Breakfast 07:00 An Island Parish 10:15 Animal Park 07:30 Animal Park 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Impossible 12:00 Wanted Down Under 09:00 The Sheriﬀs Are Coming 12:45 Thief Trackers 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 13:15 Bargain Hunt 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:00 BBC News at One 13:00 Coast 14:30 BBC London News 13:25 Whisky Galore! 14:45 Red Rock 14:45 Building Dream Homes 15:30 Escape to the Country 15:15 Collectaholics 16:30 Royal Recipes 16:15 Nature’s Weirdest Events 17:15 Flog It! 17:15 Oceans 18:15 Impossible 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 19:30 BBC London News 19:45 The Repair Shop 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Great British Menu 20:30 True North 21:00 Nadiya’s Family 21:00 EastEnders Favourites 21:30 Panorama 21:30 University Challenge 22:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 22:00 Bollywood: The World’s 23:00 BBC News at Ten Biggest Film Industry 23:30 BBC London News 23:00 The Wedding Guru 23:42 BBC Weather 23:30 Newsnight 23:45 Cuckoo

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 Dickinson’s Real Deal 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 Give It a Year 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Lewis 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News London 23:45 The Detectives: Inside the Major Crimes Team

What’s

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 The King of Queens 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:35 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 The Simpsons 12:30 The Simpsons 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Bang on Budget 15:10 Countdown 16:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 The Simpsons 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 How to Get Rich Quick 21:30 Jamie Cooks Italy 22:00 Saving Poundstretcher 23:00 Who Is America? 23:35 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness 07:00 Coronation Street 07:00 MILKSHAKE World Records 10:15 The Wright Stuﬀ 07:25 Coronation Street 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it 07:50 Heartbeat World Records Away! 08:50 The Royal 07:45 You’ve Been Framed! 13:10 5 News at Lunchtime 09:55 Judge Judy 13:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 08:10 Dress to Impress 09:00 Emmerdale 14:10 Access 10:20 Judge Judy 09:30 Coronation Street 14:15 Home and Away 10:45 George and Mildred 09:55 Coronation Street 14:45 Neighbours 10:25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20 Inspector Morse 15:15 Cagney & Lacey 11:20 The Bachelorette 13:35 The Royal 16:15 Garage Sale Mystery: The 13:15 Emmerdale 14:40 Heartbeat Art of Murder 13:45 Coronation Street 18:00 5 News at 5 15:40 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 18:30 Neighbours 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 16:15 Coronation 19:00 Home and Away 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show Street 19:30 5 News Tonight 16:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:45 Inspector 20:00 Cricket on 5 17:55 Judge Rinder 21:00 Big Week at the Zoo 19:00 Dress to Impress Morse 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 19:00 Heartbeat 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 23:00 Celebs on the Farm 20:00 Murder, She 21:00 Two and a Half Men Wrote 21:30 Superstore 22:00 Family Guy 21:00 Agatha 22:30 Ghosted Christie’s 23:00 Family Guy Marple 23:25 Family Guy 23:55 American 23:00 DCI Dad! Banks

new this week

Eight Go Rallying

Celebs on the Farm

Season 1 Episode 1 - BBC 2 10:00pm Sun 19th August

Season 1 Episode 1 - Channel 5 11:00pm Mon 20th Aug

NEW SERIES: Four teams of celebrities get behind the wheel of classic cars to compete in the Endurance Rally Association’s Road to Saigon event, beginning in Northern Thailand and travelling 3000km through Cambodia and Vietnam. The teams consist of Noel Edmonds and his wife Liz in a MGB GT, married couple Martin and Shirlie Kemp in a 1972 Mini, mother and daughter Andi and Miquita Oliver in a 1959 Morris Minor, and friends Tinchy Stryder and Jordan Stephens in a Hillman Imp.

NEW SERIES: Stephen Bailey presents as eight famous faces spend 10 days tending to animals and carrying out other standard duties under the instruction of farmer Chris Jeffery. In the first edition, TOWIE star Bobby Norris, country singer Megan McKenna, Dancing on Ice judge Louie Spence, Sandi Bogle from Gogglebox, Strictly Come Dancing professional Gleb Savchenko, reality star Charlotte Dawson, actress Lorraine Chase and judo champion Ashley McKenzie are dropped off at Lunsford Farm in East Sussex

TUESDAY 21st August

07:00 Breakfast 07:00 Good Morning Britain 07:00 The TV That Made Me 10:15 Animal Park 07:30 Animal Park 09:30 Lorraine 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Impossible 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:00 Wanted Down Under 09:00 Nadiya’s Family Favourites11:30 This Morning 12:45 Thief Trackers 09:25 The Farmers’ Country 13:30 Loose Women 13:15 Bargain Hunt Showdown 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:00 BBC News at One 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 14:55 ITV News London 14:30 BBC London News 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:45 Murder, Mystery and My 13:00 The Super League Show 15:00 Judge Rinder Family 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 13:40 Coast 15:30 Escape to the Country 17:00 Tipping Point 13:45 Natural World 16:30 Royal Recipes 18:00 The Chase 14:45 Building Dream Homes 17:15 Flog It! 15:15 Collectaholics 19:00 ITV News London 18:15 Impossible 16:15 Nature’s Weirdest Events 19:30 ITV Evening News 19:00 BBC News at Six 17:15 Oceans 20:00 Emmerdale 19:30 BBC London News 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 20:30 10k Holiday Homes 20:00 The One Show 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 21:00 Love Your Garden 20:30 EastEnders 19:45 The Repair Shop 21:00 Holby City 22:00 Long Lost Family 20:30 Great British Menu 22:00 Age Before Beauty 23:00 ITV News at Ten 21:00 Saving Lives at Sea 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:30 ITV News London 22:00 A Passage to Britain 23:30 BBC London News 23:45 The Frankenstein 23:00 Goodness Gracious Me 23:42 BBC Weather Chronicles 23:30 Newsnight 23:45 The Truth About...

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 The King of Queens 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 The Simpsons 12:30 The Simpsons 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Bang on Budget 15:10 Countdown 16:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 The Simpsons 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Ackley Bridge 22:00 999: What’s Your Emergency? 23:00 Manhunting with My Mum

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness 07:00 MILKSHAKE World Records 10:15 The Wright Stuﬀ 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it World Records 07:45 You’ve Been Framed! Away! 08:10 Dress to Impress 13:10 5 News at Lunchtime 09:00 Emmerdale 13:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 09:30 Coronation Street 09:55 Coronation Street 14:10 Access 10:25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:15 Home and Away 11:20 The Bachelorette 14:45 Neighbours 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 15:15 Cagney & Lacey 14:15 Coronation Street 16:15 I Know Your Darkest 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Secrets 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle 18:00 5 News at 5 Show 16:45 The Jeremy Kyle 18:30 Neighbours Show 19:00 Home and Away 17:55 Judge Rinder 19:30 5 News Tonight 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been 20:00 Cricket on 5 Framed! 21:00 Big Week at the Zoo 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 21:00 Two and a Half 23:00 Autopsy: The Last Hours Men 21:30 Superstore Of ... 22:00 Paul

WEDNESDAY 22nd August

07:00 Breakfast 07:00 The TV That Made Me 07:30 Animal Park 10:15 Animal Park 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Impossible 09:00 The Great Cheese Chase 12:00 Wanted Down Under 09:30 The Farmers’ Country 12:45 Thief Trackers Showdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 14:00 BBC News at One 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:30 BBC London News 14:45 Murder, Mystery and My 13:00 Coast 13:20 A Hard Day’s Night Family 14:45 Building Dream Homes 15:30 Escape to the Country 15:15 Collectaholics 16:30 Royal Recipes 16:15 Nature’s Weirdest Events 17:15 Flog It! 17:15 Oceans 18:15 Impossible 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 19:30 BBC London News 19:45 The Repair Shop 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Great British Menu 20:30 Rip-Oﬀ Britain 21:00 Recipes That Made Me 21:00 A Life on Screen 21:30 Recipes That Made Me 22:00 The Real Marigold Hotel 22:00 Horizon 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:00 Rhod Gilbert’s 23:30 BBC London News Work Experience 23:42 BBC Weather 23:30 Newsnight 23:45 A Question of Sport

07:00 Countdown 07:00 Good Morning Britain 07:45 The King of Queens 09:30 Lorraine 08:10 The King of Queens 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 08:35 Everybody Loves 11:30 This Morning Raymond 13:30 Loose Women 10:00 Frasier 14:00 ITV Lunchtime News 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen 14:25 ITV News London Nightmares USA 14:30 Live: ITV Racing Live 12:00 The Simpsons 17:00 Tipping Point 12:30 The Simpsons 18:00 The Chase 13:00 Channel 4 News 19:00 ITV News London 13:05 Come Dine with Me 19:30 ITV Evening News 14:05 Bang on Budget 20:00 Emmerdale 15:10 Countdown 20:30 Coronation Street 16:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter 21:00 Paul O’Grady’s Little Sun Heroes 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling 21:30 Coronation Houses Street 22:00 David Walliams 18:00 Come Dine with Me Presents...Return of 18:30 The Simpsons Alright on the Night 19:00 The Simpsons 23:00 ITV News at Ten 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 23:30 ITV News 21:00 Orangutan Jungle School London 23:45 Bad 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Hang Ups Move 23:30 How to Lose Seven Billion Pounds

07:00 MILKSHAKE 10:15 The Wright Stuﬀ 12:15 Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords 13:10 5 News at Lunchtime 13:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 14:10 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 Cagney & Lacey 16:20 Forgotten Evil 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Big Week at the Zoo 22:00 Celebrity Big

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:45 You’ve Been Framed! 08:10 Dress to Impress 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! 10:25 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20 The Bachelorette 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Judge Rinder 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men

07:00 Breakfast 07:00 The TV That Made Me 10:15 Animal Park 07:30 Animal Park 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Impossible 12:00 Wanted Down Under 09:00 The Big Life Fix 12:45 Thief Trackers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 14:00 BBC News at One 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:30 BBC London News 14:45 Murder, Mystery and My 13:00 In Which We Serve 14:50 Talking Pictures Family 15:30 Escape to the Country 15:20 Natural World 16:30 Royal Recipes 16:15 Nature’s Weirdest Events 17:15 Flog It! 17:15 Great Bear Stakeout 18:15 Impossible 19:00 BBC News at Six 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:30 BBC London News 19:00 Celebrity Eggheads 20:00 The One Show 19:45 The Repair Shop 20:30 EastEnders 20:30 Great British Menu 21:00 Celebrity MasterChef 22:00 Keeping Faith 21:00 Saving Lives at Sea 23:00 BBC News at Ten 22:00 Searching for Mum 23:30 BBC London News 23:00 Quacks 23:42 BBC Weather

07:00 Good Morning Britain 07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:30 Lorraine 08:10 The King of Queens 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30 This Morning 10:00 Frasier 13:30 Loose Women 10:35 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen 14:00 ITV Lunchtime News Nightmares USA 14:25 ITV News London 12:00 The Simpsons 14:30 Live: ITV Racing Live 12:30 The Simpsons 13:00 Channel 4 News 17:00 Tipping Point 13:05 Come Dine with Me 18:00 The Chase 14:05 Bang on Budget 15:10 Countdown 19:00 ITV News London 16:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter 19:30 ITV Evening News Sun 20:00 Emmerdale 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 20:30 Tonight 18:00 Come Dine with Me 21:00 Emmerdale 18:30 The Simpsons 19:00 The Simpsons 21:30 Birds of a Feather 22:00 Inside the Court of Appeal 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 23:00 ITV News at Ten 21:00 Location, Location, Location 23:30 ITV News London 22:00 Alton Towers 23:45 David Walliams Presents... 23:00 Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage Return of Alright on the Night

07:00 MILKSHAKE 10:15 The Wright Stuﬀ 12:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 13:10 5 News at Lunchtime 13:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 Cagney & Lacey 16:15 Til Death Do Us Part 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 To Be Announced 21:00 Big Week at the Zoo 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 Nandos: A PeriPeri Big Success Story

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness 07:00 Coronation Street World Records 07:25 Coronation Street 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness 07:50 Heartbeat World Records 08:50 The Royal 07:45 You’ve Been Framed! 09:55 Judge Judy 08:10 Dress to Impress 10:20 Judge Judy 09:00 Emmerdale 10:45 George and Mildred 09:30 Coronation Street 11:20 Inspector Morse 09:55 Coronation Street 13:35 The Royal 10:25 The Ellen DeGeneres 14:40 Heartbeat Show 15:40 Coronation Street 11:20 The Bachelorette 16:15 Coronation Street 13:15 Emmerdale 16:45 Inspector Morse 13:45 Coronation Street 19:00 Heartbeat 14:15 Coronation Street 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres 21:00 Vera Show 23:00 Law & Order: UK 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Judge Rinder 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Superstore 22:00 Fast & Furious 7

THURSDAY 23rd August

23:45 New Tricks

23:30 Newsnight

07:00 Coronation Street 07:25 Coronation Street 07:50 Heartbeat 08:55 The Royal 09:55 Judge Judy 10:20 Judge Judy 10:50 George and Mildred 11:20 Inspector Morse 13:35 The Royal 14:40 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:15 Coronation Street 16:45 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Lewis 23:00 The Street

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

CODEWORD

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Pego Golf Society

We were 34 players today including five guests, Chris Andersen, Mark Caldwell, Jonathan Park, Ian Camp and Cameron Mitchell at Oliva Nova, playing in very dull and humid conditions. This didn’t stop some players achieving very high scores in a Singles Stableford Competition. The results were: Division 2 1st place with an incredible score of 42 points playing off 31 was Carla Chaszczewski. I hate it when Carla wins as I have to constantly check the spelling of her name! 2nd place with 36 points

was Peter Cornes playing off 33 3rd place with 35 points was David Blakeley playing off 23 Division 1 1st place with a magnificent score of 42 points was the venerable Russ Peters playing off 18, looking forward to a huge cut. 2nd place with another great score of 39 points was Terry Moore playing off 14 3rd place with another great score of 38 points was Penny Barden. Nearest the pin on Hole 5 was John Chessher and on Hole 16 Terry Moore.

There were three twos today, John Chessher, John Nicol and Terry Moore Carla (see the spelling above) won the balls in the water competition, correctly guessing 91. She also put up a bottle of champagne to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary, won by the lucky Keith Price. Celia Cronin put up 2 bottles to celebrate her birthday, won by John Nicol and Shawn O’Gorman. Next week we have a Texas Scramble, if any guests wish to play please contact pegohandicapsec@gmail. com

San Miguel Golf Society at Vistabella Half past August at Vistabella and forty one players showed up for another round of the Eclectic competition. That was almost double the number from last week at Roda which suggests the summer exiles are starting to trickle back, along with a handful of overseas members taking annual holidays. Either way, a big enough field to merit 3 divisions once more. As Hugh ‘Mr Catchphrase’ Reilly would say, “Nice to see you, to see you, nice!”. Vistabella is now well established as one of the best tracks in the area, the new holes have bedded in well and added positively to the original character and challenge of the course. It was in very good condition and much enjoyed by all on the day but particularly by the winners. Robin Eastman came out the right side of the countback re-

sults this week, pipping John Osborne to the top spot in Gold with 38 points. Darren Hancock was a mere point behind in third. Best score of the day was posted by Ken Flaherty with an excellent 42 points. Hugh Reilly (38 points) and Kevin Albright (36 points) completed the Silver podium alongside Ken. The knife fighting bandits in Bronze continue to carve each other up a treat with Norman McBride ultimately employing age and cunning to overcome the youth and enthusiasm of Kyrre Skarsmoen on countback. Their 39 point scores were sufficient to relegate Norman Padmore to third by one shot. Bronze is clearly no place for those short on balls or shots. Or pacemaker batteries. Eva Pettersson, Bob McKeegan and Joost Boelhouwer were the nearest the pin sharpshoot-

ers, with Noel Stewart and Rod Wilcox taking first and second place guest honours. All receiving a sleeve of balls, sponsored by Moneycorp. Well played everyone. Ralph Tilbrook was the recipient of the Abacus prize this week, a lesson - perhaps the first of many - with Vistabella pro, Adrian Rudge, kindly donated by Adrian himself. Finally, a stewards’ enquiry has been ordered to investigate the result of the football draw prize this week. The football draw will be suspended until the outcome is announced. In its place a competition is being run to come up with a new nickname for Ken Flaherty. The competition will be free to enter and will not be run by Ken. Submit your entries to Tony on the back of a 5 euro note (non refundable).tabella for a very enjoyable day.

Las Ramblas Golf Society

We started the week with a 6x6x6. Played in teams of four, with the best single score to count on the first six, the best two on the middle six and three to score on the final six holes. The final result could not have been any closer, only 2 points separating the top three teams. With 84 points our winners were, Terry Field, Marleen Billen, Mike Mahoney and John Shervell. Wednesday saw a Stablefordcompetition with a couple of jokers thrown in.

In first place (yet again!) was ‘Slimmer’s World’ pin up boy of the month, the Rt Rev Bryan Neal with44 points. Well done Bryan, a great run of form. Lindsay Forbes came in with 43 pointsto take the runner’s upspot and Dave Pulling made a much awaited reappearance on the leader board with 41 points. Ken Robertson took the fourth slot. Andy McDonald was originally 2nd on countback but was disqualified for playing off the wrong handicap!

Six ‘2’s today. Well done but I’m not going to mention you! Friday was a 2 ball better ball which went to (Pedro) Dunn and Marleen Billen with 43 points, just pipping myself and that man again, Bryan Neal, by one point. Bryan’s promised the diet plan will follow soon! And finally, in the words of Bob Hope ‘If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play at it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.’ Pues, hasta la semana que viene

Club Deportivo Torrevieja - New players update CD Torrevieja can confirm that Claudio Fabián Arturi (Buenos Aires, 1971) will be joining the club at the start of the new season as the new coach for the CD Torrevieja reserve team. Claudio is a National Level 3 and UEFA Pro coach, with experience in 1º Regional and 2º Regional.He has also trained Under-18 teams (Infantiles and Alevines) and also boasts a successful career as a professional footballer, having played in the 1º Division and 2º Division in Uruguay, Chile, Columbia, China and Spain.

CD Torrevieja has confirmed that midfielder Nana Kwaku Obeng (Ghana, 1998) has been signed to the club, after reaching an agreement. Nana has a good, well-rounded midfield game and a lot of potential. The African player trained in several of the major clubs in this area, including Elche CF, Hércules CF and Real Murcia CF. He joins CD Torrevieja from Real Murcia CF where last season he played in the reserve team, although a great deal of his training was carried out with the first team.

CD Torrevieja has closed the deal on signing Juan Pedro Navarro Valverde (Murcia, 1998) to the club, after both parties reached an agreement. Juanpe plays in goal. His strengths include his excellent reflexes and his ability to position himself well. He is a great prospect for the future. The Murcian player trained in the Santomera CF youth team and comes to Torrevieja from CD Plus Ultra in the Murcian Preferente league, where last season he was on the verge of ascending into the 3º División. Despite his young age (19 years), he was named the best goalkeeper in the Preferente league for the whole of Murcia, based on his youth career with Ranero CF and ADM Lorqui in First Division.

CD Torrevieja can now confirm the addition of Héctor Catalá Martínez (Elche, 1994) to the club, after reaching an agreement with the player. Héctor plays in right-back position. He stands out for due to his experience, strength and excellent aerial game. Catalá joins CD Torrevieja straight from SF Benidorm CF where last season he was a fixed player on the pitch. After having trained in the junior categories of Elche CF, he made it into Preferente in 2013/2014, and thanks to a spectacular season, he was signed to Crevillente Deportivo where he played three consecutive years in the 3º División with the club.

ALFAZ FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

The 25th Alfaz Fantasy Football League got off to a flying start last week with the Premier League when there was 25 goals,8 clean sheets,28 yellow cards and 1 red one which was Everton´s Phil Jagielka who was dismissed by Referee Craig Pawson who just happens to be the same Referee who sent off 2 Chelsea players in their 1st game last Season, Wow talk about setting an early marker down! There was plenty of Fantasy points up for grabs and the 1st team to take advantage was Nikki´s Liverpool 94 who rattled up 60 points which took them to the top of the Fantasy League by one point over Winnie´s team Le Hombre Rioja. Both teams are full of Liverpool Players who enjoyed a walk in the Park when they beat west Ham 4-0 at Anfield. Lee´s team Athletico Higgo are right on their tails and are only 1 point behind them.Down at the bottom of the table Susan´s Brazilian Hooligans are joined by John´s Dodgy Dribblers, both on 7 points. The two Ladies are also top of our Mark Carter Ladies Section just ahead of M.A,K. Forever and last Season´s winner of this League Pauline´s Vodka Army who are joint 3rd. At the opposite end of the Table Kim´s Ginger United have got off to a bad start and are 4 points adrift of last Season´s serial Wooden Spoon Winner Laura´s Legends. William & Harry are newcomers to the Fantasy League and they have taken to it like a Duck to water has they have wasted no time in reaching the Summit of our Junior League with a 4 point advantage over young Olly´s team Olly F.C. Roo & Woos Wombles are holding

ALL TIMES GIVEN ARE SPANISH TIME

Friday 17th August Golf - Nordea Masters 2018 - Sky Sports Golf - 11:00 Tennis - Western & Southern Open 2018 - BT Sport 2 - 17:00 Championship - Birmingham v Swansea - Sky Sports Football - 20:45 Golf - Wyndham Championship 2018 - Sky Sports Golf - 21:00 Saturday 18th August Rugby Union - Australia v New Zealand - Sky Sports Action - 11:45 Cricket - England vs India - Sky Sports Cricket - 12:00 Soccer Scottish League Cup - Partick v Celtic - BT Sport 1 - 13:30 EPL - Cardiff v Newcastle - Sky Sports Main Event - 13:30 EPL - West Ham v Bournemouth - Sky Sports Main Event - 16:00 EPL - Everton v Southampton - Sky Sports Main Event - 16:00 EPL - Tottenham v Fulham - Sky Sports Main Event - 16:00 EPL - Leicester v Wolves - Sky Sports Main Event - 16:00 Championship - Preston v Stoke - Sky Sports Football - 18:30 English Premier League - Chelsea v Arsenal - BT Sport 1 - 18:30 Boxing - Tyson Fury vs Francesco Pianeta - BT Sport 1 - 22:00 Boxing - Carl Frampton vs Luke Jackson - BT Sport 1 - 23:00 Sunday 19th August Cricket - England vs India - Sky Sports Cricket - 12:00 Scottish League Cup - Kilmarnock v Rangers - BT Sport 1 - 13:30 EPL - Man City v Huddersfield - Sky Sports Main Event - 14:30 EPL - Burnley v Watford - Sky Sports Main Event -14:30 EPL - Brighton v Man Utd - Sky Sports Main Event -17:00 Monday 20th August EPL - Crystal Palace v Livepool - Sky Sports Main Event -21:00

Brothers together La Liga Returns

British twin brothers Adam and Simon Yates will race together at the Vuelta a Espana for Australian team Mitchelton-Scott. Simon was scheduled to take part in the final Grand Tour of the season and will be the team’s leader in the race. Adam also decided to ride to add to his experience of competing in multiple big races after a modest Tour de France. He will ride in support of his 26-year-old sibling in the race, which starts in Malaga on August 25th.. “The Vuelta a Espana wasn’t originally on my programme,” Adam said. “But, together with the management, we came to the decision

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that doing the Vuelta after the Tour would be another good chance to get some experience in riding multiple Grand Tours in one year.” Adam, who was fourth in the 2016 Tour de France as he won the young riders’ classification, finished in 29th - more than an hour behind winner Geraint Thomas - in this year’s race. Thomas and last year’s winner Chris Froome are almost certainly going to give La Veulta a miss, with this year’s race not coming to the Costa Blanca, but further south it will be taking in the Murcia region and Mar Menor.

THE SERIOUS domestic business of La Liga returns this weekend, with champions Barcelona kicking off their title defence this Saturday night against Alaves at the Camp Nou. Barca romped to the title last season, as Ernesto Valderde’s side left the likes of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid trailing in their wake. There’s one other bonus for Barca with Cristiano Ronaldo’s shock move from Real to Juventus, meaning that Lionel Messi will no longer face off in one of the most thrilling personal rivalries in footballing history. The Argentinian talisman has some new responsibilities this season as he has been named as

the club’s new captain. Ronaldo-less Madrid entertains Getafe on Sunday night and has exChelsea keeper, Thibaut Courtois to boast as one of their summer signings. The tastiest looking match comes on Monday night as Valencia entertain Atletico Madrid, with French striker Kevin Gamiero joining Valencia from Atletico, and he is set to partner loanee, Belgian World Cup star, Michy Batshuayi up front. After last season’s vast improvement, Valencia are certainly making their intentions clear, and need a winning start to make a serious push to break up Barca along with Atletico and Real at the top.

New look Fury British heavyweight Tyson Fury says “the old Tyson Fury is gone” as he continues his comeback when he takes on Francesco Pianeta this Saturday in Belfast. Fury became world champion in 2015 with a shock win over Wladimir Klitschko but

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then spent two-and-ahalf years out of the ring, during which time he says he “ballooned up to 28 stone” in weight. The 30-year-old returned to action with a victory over Sefer Seferi in June.

“To lose that weight has been mentally and physically draining,” said Fury. “To do it there has to be a want in the brain and I have that. That’s why I’m a sick boxer and I win fights. “The old Tyson Fury is gone, never to be seen

again in history. The new Tyson Fury is here now.” Fury says he will not take the challenge of Pianeta lightly ahead of their Windsor Park bout, which is on the undercard of Carl Frampton’s WBO featherweight title defence against Luke Jackson.

all the young ones up at the bottom and are trailing Harrison´s Boden Boys by 3 points. The Golden Boot League this Year is being sponsored Rachell at Accross the Costas. With 25 goals hitting the back of the net it meant it was a good start for this Division which once again Nikki´s Liverpool 94 took advantage by making the top spot for the 2nd time this week with a 5 point margin over 3 teams who are in joint 2nd place. Nick´s Black Cats,Chris´s Anirtak Hotspurs and La Catalan. At the very foot of the table 8 teams have yet to score. Three teams are going into our Monthly Wine Draw and they are our highest scoring team which was Liverpool 94 who clocked up 60 points and Two teams who got a very creditable lowest score of 7 points Brazilian Hooligans & Dodgy Dribblers. Manager of the Month for August is being kindly sponsored by Linda at the Bar Tapas in Albir which is situated right on the front in Albir who provide a special International Menu as well as serving up very tasty Tapas. With only one week gone the top four is the same as the Main League.5th place is Carl´s cheekly named team Liverpool are better than City while also in contention is Chris´s P.G.Tips for this fabulous meal for 2 at the Bar Tapas. At the moment I´m having a few problems with my computer so I ask you to be patient as we form our Mini - Leagues. This Season we have over 200 teams competing for our very prostigious A.F.F.L. Trophy. So Folks fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the Rollercoaster ride of the Premier League and 25 th A.F.F.L.

ADIOS ALONSO SPAIN’S two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season. The McLaren driver will end a career that began with a debut for Minardi at the Australian Grand Prix of 2001. Alonso, 37, who is competing in his 17th F1 season, won the 2005 and 2006 championships when racing for Renault. “After 17 wonderful years in this amazing sport it’s time for me to make a change and move on,” he said. “I made this decision some months ago and it was a firm one. There are still several Grand Prix to go this season, and I will take part in them

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with more commitment and passion than ever,” he added. “Let’s see what the future brings; new exciting challenges are around the corner. I’m having one of the happiest times ever in my life but I need to go on exploring new adventures.” Alonso has in recent years branched out into other series and in June he won the Le Mans 24 Hours sportscar race at his first attempt.

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STOKES ACQUITTED ENGLAND all-rounder Ben Stokes is free to resume his international career unhindered by any legal worries after a Bristol jury found the 27-yearold Durham player not guilty of affray on Tuesday. Stokes played in England’s first test win over India at Edgbaston but missed out on the second test at Lords because of his trial. The England selectors initially decided not to include him in the squad for the third test which starts at Trent Bridge tomorrow, but after the not guilty verdict, they announced that Stokes would join the squad.. Stokes denied the affray charge following the fracas between a group of men last September. Ryan Ali, 28 - who was

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knocked unconscious in the brawl - was also found not guilty of the same charge. The fight happened several hours after England had played a one-day international against the West Indies at the County Ground in Bristol. Stokes told the jury he had “stepped in” to defend two gay men who were being verbally abused but then had to defend himself from Mr Ali and Ryan Hale, 27, who was threatening violence. The matter is not over yet for the player, as he is now set to face an England and Wales Cricket Board independent disciplinary committee, where is likely to be charged with bringing the game into disrepute.