A VICAR lottery outlethas sold tickets worth€7,698,000 correspondingto the 11,419 and31,826 Christmas Lottery

numbers, each carrying a€6,000 prize per ticket.

***A MILD earthquakeregistering 2.4 on theRichter Scale has beenfelt in Canjayar andLaujar de Andarax.

***A TOTAL of 740 kilogramsof immature fish havebeen confiscated by theauthorities this year inAlmeria Province.

POLICE have arrested 22people in AlmeriaProvince for allegedlyconning the SocialSecurity and the StatePublic EmploymentService (SEPE) out of€314,515 in unemploy-ment pay and SocialSecurity contributions.

The group offered

unemployed people thepossibility to illegallycollect monthly allow-ances and subsidies inexchange for a €300monthly fee.

They have beencharged with tax officeand Social Security fraudand document forgery.

National Police learned

of the fraud after a citizenreported having receiveda letter from the SocialSecurity about a group ofpeople newly-enrolled asworking for a cleaningcompany, of which hewas the owner when, inreality, he did not haveany involvement with thecompany.

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A NEW YEAR alert has gone out over anongoing online UK tax scam!

For while email seasonal greetings andcards were being exchanged bythousands of expat families in Spain,fraudsters were once more circulatingmessages purporting to be from the UKtax authorities to trick expatriates intorevealing their bank details.

What Costa del Sol resident RitaArnold thought might be a tax rebatebonus has since been confirmed as ahuge scam.

She received an email that lookedtotally authentic from what she thoughtwere the tax authorities stating that shewas owed £300 (€372).

They requested she fill in a form withher account number, how much moneywas in her credit card account, and alsopasswords.

Clearly had she provided the details asrequested, instead of receiving a £300

(€372) payment to her account, shewould have found it rifled by the scamoriginators.

Mrs Arnold decided to check the emailwith her lawyer son and he immediatelyidentified it as a fraud.

She is not the only British expatriate tohave received such scam attempts.

Six months ago Siobhan Hutton* ofBenalmadena received an emailseemingly carrying an HM Revenue andCustoms letterhead with the subject‘Unclaimed Tax Refund Notification’.

But something did not seem quiteright with the email, even though at firstglance it appeared authentic.

So Mrs Hutton phoned the British taxauthorities with regard to the possible£239.41 (€300) rebate.

And she was immediately warned itwas a scam.

“They asked me to forward the email Turn to Page 4

A New Year scam alert

FLASHBACK: Shoppers out seeking bargains atlast year’s winter sales.

All geared-up forthe winter sales

TRADERS are nowgearing up hoping fora business bonanzawhen the annualwinter sales open onMonday. Shoppersable to splash the

cash - or with plans tohit their credit cards -will find manybargains, withdiscounts of up to 70per cent.

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Expat discovers tax rebate a fraud

22 are held in swoop by Almeria police

FRONT EXTRA

€6,000 lottery wins

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Fruitybusiness

FRUIT and vegetableproduction profits inAlmeria Province wereup 43.6 per cent lastautumn compared tothe same period in2011, thanks to higheryields and more landunder cultivation.

Popular fair MORE than 2,000people attended thefirst cultural, gastro-nomic and tradingfair in Las Norias deDaza in El Ejido.

Good grades A SURVEY of 464 day-patients at El ToyoHigh Resolution Hos-pital carried outbetween May andSeptember last yearrevealed 99.6 per centin patient satisfaction.

NEWS EXTRA

A SIXTEEN-MONTH-OLDbaby girl allegedly kid-napped by her mother’spartner from a farmhousein rural Almeria has beenfound dead.

Police say the suspectconfessed to killing thechild and told them wherethe body was.

Official sources told localSpanish daily IDEALALMERIA that the girl wasfound in a pond in theNacimiento area by theGuardia Civil Special Sub-aquatic Operations Group.

The girl was allegedlyabducted from afarmhouse between theAlmeria towns of Alboloduy,Nacimiento and Fiñana, onDecember 20 by 25-year-old Jonathan MoyaGonzalez, who was themother’s partner, after thecouple had an argument.

After an extensive landand aerial search by 100police officers fromdifferent squads, thesuspect was arrested on

December 27 at thefarmhouse where he livedwith his parents in theCamino Real district ofAbrucena.

A second person wasalso arrested in the

operation for allegedlybeing involved in the crime.

Baby found dead

Jonathan Moya Gonzalez.Inset: The baby girl with hermother.

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A MAN, 61, was arrested at Sevilla Airport uponarrival on a flight from Brazil, after police detected11 kilos of cocaine in his luggage.

It was hidden in a sound system which officersnoticed was unusually heavy. ‘and finally...

SHE should say sorry moreoften and acceptresponsibility’

Jaime Lissavetzky, Socialist oppositionspokesman in Madrid City Hall referringto the Mayor, Ana Botella (pictured) andthe Madrid Arena tragedy.

is the maximum price of abutane gas bottle, which will

remain the same in 2013, while electricity billswill increase by 3 per cent, the Ministry ofIndustry, Energy and Tourism has announced.

Number of the week

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EWN ishelpingto saveplanet

ALL 135,000 copies ofthe Euro Weekly Newsare from this weekonwards being printedon recycled newsprint.

In keeping withmany major publishinghouses, EWN has nowswitched to the use ofrecycled paper, addingto increasing globalefforts to furthersafeguard the environ-ment by reducing theamount of trees felledto produce paper of allforms.

Changing to recycledpaper has in no wayaffected the quality ofprinting, or picturereproduction, withmany readers notnoticing recent trialscarried out prior to thenow complete fullswitch.

Maddocks’ Viewon Life - Page 29

OUNG and old throughoutSpain will flock to see theThree Kings on Saturday

evening.This is the highlight of the local

non-expatriate festive celebrationsas the Three Kings - the Three WiseMen in UK Christian tradition - theirpages and cartoon characters,accompanied by floats and music,parade through villages, towns andcities.

And annually, wide-eyed childrenlook on as symbolically the Kingsdistribute thousands of sweets toonlookers, with some youngsterseven holding opened umbrellas tocatch the goodies as the floats pass.

Traditionally Spanish childrenbelieve that the Kings - Melchior,Gaspar and Balthasar - deliverpresents on January 5 night, leavingtheir shoes on window sills to befilled with gifts which they haveasked for.

Those who have not behaved mightexpect to find a sack of ‘coal’,

represented by black,sugary sweets,

which can befound inmany shops.

OnJanuary 6

morning,when the

children receive

Shops hope for sales cash-inSHOPS throughout Spain are hoping to cash inwhen the winter sales start on Monday.

But many traders predict a similar pattern tobuying as last January’s sales when shoppersgenerally sought bargains at leading High Streetbrands - including Zara and Mango - while manysmaller local traders found it difficult to attractextra business.

Discounts ranging from 20 per cent in somestores up to half-price buys, and even 70 per centoff some items, can be found, and some shopseven put up the sales stickers immediately afterChristmas.

One Costa del Sol commercial centre tradersaid she had started her sales offers early “tocatch business before the Christmas visitors andtourists returned home.”

And Dunnes Stores, an Irish brand with outletson the Costa del Sol and Axarquia, began smallreductions before Christmas “to encouragecustomers to part with their last bit of cash,”explained Beatriz Garcia.

“And on Monday, our main sales of up to 50 percent will take effect. The past week has been alittle quiet. It seems as though people are waitingfor the sales before spending any more. We

predict the sales to boom as they did last year.”Meanwhile, Zara shop assistant Maria Gonzales

said she and colleagues expect next Monday’stwo-month-long sales to be similar to those ayear ago. “We should be very busy, especiallywith most of our customers in the 16-35 agebracket.”

But Pepe Torres from a nationwide electricalstore was not too optimistic. “Family budgetscontinue to be hard hit. While some will havesaved to make one-off buys, in general we do notexpect business levels to be the same as thegood old days five or six years ago,” he said.

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Three Kings...bearing giftsand ‘naughty’ black sweets

SMILING KING: Letters to ponder from children. Rosco deReyes (left).

their presents, many families enjoy thetraditional ‘Roscon de Reyes’, a large, ring-shaped cake, filled with cream and covered withcandied fruit, representing the Kings’ crowns.

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Quote of the week

Accidenttheory

THE 41-year-old Adra man founddead in Adra port may haveaccidentally slipped off a boatand hit his head, a post-mortemexamination has ruled.

Prison threatA MOROCCAN who stabbedhis brother to death lastJanuary in Almeria City facesa possible eight-year prisonterm, according to Almeria’sPublic Prosecutor.

Wife sentencedA WIFE has been sentenced tosix months in prison by anAlmeria court for a €7,478unpaid phone bill she registeredin her estranged husband’sname.

Third sliceA THIRD Serrano Ham slicingtraining course is being plannedat the Virgis Formadoresacademy in Berja following thesuccess of the second.

300 celebrateTHREE HUNDRED peopleattended the 523rdanniversary celebrations ofthe capture of Almeria Cityby the Catholic Monarchs.

PROGRESS on works for anew 263-space car park inAlmeria City has allowedthe reopening of trafficalong Calle Marin.

Good politics ALMERIA CITY PopularParty’s (PP) NewGenerations held acharity dinner inHuercal-Overa to raisefunds to buy food,which was donated tothe Caritas association.

Almeria Citycentre road

reopens

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From Front Pageto phishing@

hmrc.gsi.gov.uk sothat the mattercould be investig-ated further.

“They told methey never makecontact by email,which immediatelyalerted me that itwas clearly a totalfraud and scam.”

A pensioner, MrsHutton has been inSpain for the lastnine years, andlives in semi-retirement.

Sadly, herhusband Reginaldrecently died, butthis has not put astop to the scamattempts to trickher.

“Since last AugustI have received fouror five moreemails, advisingthat I still havetime to claim therebate due to me,”she said days afterChristmas.

“The original, andall subsequentcorrespondence, atfirst glance looksauthentic, and is ingenerally goodEnglish, thoughthere were minorerrors in them,including ‘receiving’incorrectly spelttwice.

“No doubt thescam attempts willcontinue through-out 2013.

“All expatriatesshould be verycautious and not betricked,” Mrs Huttonadded.

*Name changedupon request toretain privacy.

Expattax

scamalert

A MAN accused of abducting twopeople who have never beenseen since faces 27 years andnine months in jail.

The man, known as JT, a

Moroccan national, will be tried atAlmeria Provincial Courts for thedisappearance of the two men in2007 and 2009.

He is charged with two alleged

kidnapping offences, two allegedrobbery offences and a furtheralleged public documentfalsification offence for havingreplaced the registration plate

from one of the victim’s cars.The first abduction was of an

Ecuadorian man, an acquaintanceof JT, on August 2007 after thetwo met at a bar in Almeria city.

He has been missing eversince.

The second disapp-earance, which happenedin December 2009, is thehigh-profile case of El Ejidoresident Juan AntonioSanchez, who went missingafter he struck up aconversation with JT, whomhe did not know, outside anAlmeria city bar.

The Public Prosecutionwill request a total of 27years and nine months inprison and a €3,240 fine forJT, who has never disclosedthe whereabouts of the twomen and has beenremanded in prison for

three years.

MANY Almeria city education centresparticipate in the regional government’s‘Forma Joven’ programme aimed atpromoting a healthy lifestyle among studentsby dealing with a wide range of issues.

One of the centres making the best use ofthe programme is the secondary educationinstitute (IES) Albaida. The institute’scounsellor Maria del Carmen Torreblanca tolddaily IDEAL the centre holds workshops andclass discussions by medical professionals aswell as special activities in order to raiseawareness about smoking, bulimia, anorexiaand drug consumption, as well as sexualeducation.

MORE THAN €350 hasbeen raised for MACS bythe Sexy Santas.

The singing groupvisited establishments onMojacar Playa and inTurre, entertaining thecrowds enjoying a festivenight out.

The Sexy Santas havebeen entertaining andraising money forcharities for 14 years.

Jail call in missing men case

Agreementfor tourism

THE Andalucian Tourism and Trade Department hassent to the central government a draft agreement fora project aimed at developing tourism in easternAlmeria.

The project aims to diversity its current tourist offer,reduce seasonality and create stable jobs, but also tocreate a tourist destination of excellence byimplementing customer service quality systems aswell as making the region a national and internationalreference in terms of environmentally-responsibletourist development. Eastern Almeria will be targeted.

Schools tacklehealth issues

Promoting health.

Wintersex

appeal

SEXY SANTAS: The singing group in their festive outfits.

INLAND Alicante’s drought-threatened olive crop hasbeen saved by the autumnrain.

Earlier this year, growersin El Comtat watchedanxiously as the dry springand summer affected theripening olives.

As the fruit began towrinkle, co-operatives inCocentaina, Muro, Planesand Beniarres amongstothers thought they wouldbe lucky to harvest 13

million kilos of olives. They were also

pessimistic regarding thequality and flavour of the oilfrom this year’s crop in anindustry worth an annual €8million.

Gloom was replaced byoptimism thanks to theautumn rains, particularly inNovember when growersrealised that they could nowlook forward to a goodseason.

“You could say that things

are back to normal,” saidAlberto Llorens of thePlanes co-operative. “The25 per cent we thoughtwould be lost to drought hasbeen made up,” he added.

Growers now expect topick around 15 million kilosbut, better still, the pricehas risen from last year’s€1.70 to approximately€2.45 a kilo. “That will help,given that we hardlycovered costs at the oldprice,” Llorens said.

Alicante oil outlook good

By Susan Leachsusan.leach@euroweeklynews

.comTHE MARINA (PuertoDeportivo) is set to openthis week in Garrucha.

Local people and touristswent out in the sunshinelast weekend to try out thenew walkways despitebarriers and no entry signsstill being in place.

In addition to more than100 parking spaces and336 moorings for privateboats, there is a green areawith plants and trees and apedestrian area by the sea.

The marina, which took11 months to build at a costof more than €4 million,does not include the tunnelbeing built at the edge ofGarrucha near Mercadonaand the temporary trafficlights.

This underground accessroad for lorries is a separateproject and it is unknownwhen, or if, it will becompleted.

A source who asked notto be named has confirmedthat the tunnel won’t becompleted this year.However, there are plans toreturn the roads andpavements to their originalstate by April so thatpedestrians and traffic cancirculate as before.

A Port Office employeecommented that themarina ‘seems very good

so far,’ adding: “We’ll soonget a better idea, now it’sup and running.”

A percentage of the finalpayment for the marina willremain as a deposit withthe Junta de Andalucia(regional government) for ayear to cover the cost ofputting right anyimperfections.

The worker’s opinion wasechoed by a young AndrewBromley-Wilson, aged 10,from Wickford in Essex wholives in Garrucha: “It’simproved a lot,” he said.“I’ll be able to come downhere with my family on myscooter. It’s great!”

The paved area used tobe an abandoned stripcovered in rubbish.

Most of the workersinvolved in the marina’sconstruction were localpeople and now that it’sbeen completed, a numberof maintenance jobs willalso be created for locals.

In addition, there’s an

area where shops andrestaurants will be built andthere has already been a lotof business interest shown,according to the PortAuthority.

The majority of non-Spanish boat owners thathave applied for the use ofmoorings are British.

Some of the applicantswant to move their boatsfrom other more crowdedsites whilst others havebeen waiting for themarina’s completion inorder to buy boats.

A total of 201applications have beenaccepted from people ofseveral nationalities,including French, Dutchand German.

At the time of going topress it was not knownwhether an official openingceremony is going to takeplace but the Port Authorityconfirmed that the barriersare to be removed thisweek.

MOST couples in Almeriawho decide to put an end totheir marriage, do so withinthe first 10 years.

The majority of the 1,356couples who got divorced inthe province in 2010, did sobefore they had spent morethan three or four yearsmarried.

This was revealed by the

Andalucian Institute ofStatistics which shows thatAlmeria is the sixth provincein the region for the numberof divorces, with only Jaenand Huelva registeringfewer.

Eighty-two couples whogot divorced had beentogether for four years, 81for three years, 73 for six

years and 626 for 10 years.There were 21 couples whodivorced before they hadspent even 12 monthstogether, and 41 who did soin the second year.

Meanwhile, 67 couplesgot separated, the lowestfigure in Andalucia, andthere were five annulments.

In the whole of

Andalucia, the total numberof divorces, separations andannulments was 19,935,4.2 per cent more than in2009. Of these, 36 weresame-sex couples.

Sevilla, Cordoba andMalaga are the provinceswhere divorces increasedthe most.

Almeria couplesdivorce early

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January 5 Issue 1383

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€4m marina set toopen in Garrucha

By Jennifer LeighfieldFIREMEN took an hour anda half to arrive at the sceneof a fire in Velez Blanco.

The Deputy Mayor ofVelez-Rubio, Juan Chacon,also in charge of CivilProtection, said they have‘no obligation to attendbecause they arevolunteers’.

He admitted there hadbeen a ‘lack of co-ordination’ but said the fire

had been extinguishedthanks to their newequipment.

The fire broke out ataround 7pm last Saturday

for reasons which are stillnot known.

The flames, of up to fourmetres, completely guttedthe ground floor of the

building, where there weretwo vehicles and buildingmaterial.

The owners, who werenot at home, were alerted

by neighbours, who alerteda Local Police officer whowas in the area.

The neighbours wereevacuated from theirhomes and manyattempted to no avail to putout the fire while theywaited for the firemen.

The local mayor, AntonioCabrera, had to go to VelezRubio to get the fire truck,and Civil Protection fromthe neighbouring town alsoattended the scene.

Local Police, Guardia Civiland Albox firemeneventually arrived and tookmore than an hour toextinguish the blaze.

Meanwhile, Cabrera saidhe planned to request theJunta de Andalucia thatthere be a driver on stand-by for the Infoca fire engineat all times.

There were another three

fires in the province overthe weekend, althoughfortunately no-one wasinjured.

In Roquetas, severalpeople had to be rescuedfrom their homes, and sixwere taken to the PonienteHospital in El Ejido mainlyfor stress and anxiety.

In Huercal Overa, 15people were evacuatedafter a coal burner caughtfire in an apartment.

In Albox, a fire broke outin a two-storey building,causing serious materialdamage, although theoccupants, a couple, theirthree children and anelderly relative, escapedunharmed. This fire wasalso caused by a coalburner.

Firemen 1½ hourslate to Velez blaze

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FEBRUARY

February 16 Issue 1389

A RESIDENT of Almeria, 35, wasarrested in a nationwide operationagainst child pornography.

Two hard drives containing imagesof children being abused were foundin his home.

He is one of 57 people who werearrested throughout Spain forpossessing and sharing childpornography on the internet.

In an operation codenamed‘Koben’, National Police use aprogramme called GnuWatch whichdetects users who are sharing filescontaining extremely cruel childpornography.

The programme showed that eachof the users under investigation haddownloaded an average of five files.Some owned as many as 800.

More than 240 hard drives were

seized and 24 other people werecharged.

The police commented on thedetainees’ high levels of qualificationand computer knowledge due totheir studies or work, which madeidentifying them more complicated.

Many had used professionalsoftware to eliminate traces of thepornographic files.

They also said that many of themhad been arrested in previousoperations against childpornography.

The police are now viewing the

files in an attempt to identify any ofthe victims or the people abusingthem, and determine whether any ofthe detainees abused the children ormade the videos.

The other arrests took place invarious parts of Spain, including LaCoruña, Malaga, Murcia, Barcelona,Tarragona, Soria, Leon, Cordoba,Huelva, Sevilla, Alicante, Valencia,Castellon, Cantabria, Huesca,Zaragoza, Vitoria, San Sebastian, LasPalmas, Santa Coloma de Gramanet,Sanlucar La Mayor, Novelda, Elche,Alcoy, Gandia and Lerin.

Almeria man arrested in child porn operation

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By Staff Reportereditorial@euroweeklynews.com

FOUR people have beenarrested in Mojacaraccused of credit cardfraud.

Investigators believe theamount the suspectspocketed could exceed€100,000 of customers’money, Guardia Civil said.

The authorities said thesuspects received paymentfor bookings for packageholidays, mainly linked tosporting events, but used astolen credit card or cards,to pay for the trips. So far,43 people have comeforward.

Their alleged victimswere mainly British touristsand residents who plannedto attend internationalsporting events.

Several customers hadcomplained after being toldtheir trips had not been

paid by the Mojacarcompany.

The detainees ran a legalbusiness in Mojacaroffering various services,from which they soldmobile phone services aswell as flights and packageholidays, according to astatement by the NationalPolice and Guardia Civil.

The investigation beganafter victims reportedtheir cards being used tobuy tickets and bookhotels.

Although the officialstatement from the Spanishauthorities was notreleased until this Tuesday,local unconfirmed reportsof arrests in this case hadbeen received by EWN atthe end of last week.

The detainees have beenidentified by Guardia Civilby their initials: G.S.F. (62),B.J.T. (22), S.G.C.A. (43)and Y.D. (32).

The last two are alsocharged with documentfalsification and car theft,

after two high-end carsreported stolen in the UKwere found in theirpossession.

The whole group has alsobeen charged with ‘illegalassociation’ and furtherarrests and additionalcharges have not beenruled out by investigators.

Their nationalities havenot been officiallyconfirmed.

The case is beinghandled by the court inVera.

SEIZED GOODS: Stolen credit cards were found.

Almeria housewiveshang up their aprons

By Jennifer LeighfieldJennifer@euroweeklynews.com

ALMERIA PROVINCE hasone of the highest rates ofemployment amongstwomen in Spain, with 57.8per cent out at work.

This is attributed in partto the financial crisis,meaning they can no longerafford to stay at home.

In Andalucia, some300,000 families have noincome, as none of themembers are working andtheir unemploymentbenefits have run out.

This means that manywomen who would notnormally have gone out towork will now jump at thechance.

Since 2008, thepercentage of womenworking has risen steadilyto 52.93 per cent in Spain,according to the WorkingWomen’s Profile Reportcarried out by employmentagency Adecco.

Meanwhile, employmentamongst men has fallen to67.3 per cent.

In 2009, 100,000 womenwho were previouslyhousewives joined thenational workforce and in2010 and 2011, another170,000 and 195,500respectively, amounting toalmost half-a-millionwomen who have left theirhousehold tasks over thepast three years.

In Andalucia, in 2011,34,600 former housewiveswent out to work.

Of the female workforcein Spain, 1,868,000 areemployed part-time, whichis more than double theamount of men workingpart-time (590,500).

However, this is not oftenbecause women attempt tocombine their jobs withspending time with theirchildren or looking after thehome, but rather becausethey are unable to find full-time employment.

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March 8 Issue 1392

4 arrested in Mojacarfor credit card fraud

2012Look back on

By Jennifer LeighfieldSEVEN members of a familywhich allegedly specialisedin stealing from the houseswhere they worked havebeen arrested in by AlmeriaPolice.

One of the womenworked as a cleaner andinformed the others of thesecurity systems in thehouses as well as where tofind jewellery, money andvaluables, and when theowners would be out of thehouse.

Her partner also worked

as an odd-job man in thesame houses.

They copied keys to getinto the properties, whichled police to investigatepeople who were known tothe homeowners.

The seven detainees,

aged between 29 and 50,planned to flee to Cuba withthe stolen goods.

Five of them have beenremanded in prison.

The police haverecovered €94,000, most ofwhich was hidden up a

chimney and in the falsebottom of a wardrobe, aswell as mobile phones,

documents of interest in theinvestigation and jewelleryvalued at €25,000.

By Linda HallA PARAGUAYAN coupleconvicted of running aMojacar brothel were jailedfor five years.

In 2007 they werecontacted by a youngParaguayan womaninterested in working as aprostitute in Spain, thecourt heard. After agreeingto finance her flight fromParaguay, the manaccompanied her from SaoPaulo (Brazil) to Madrid.

He also providedUS$500 so that she couldenter Spain as a tourist.

This was paid back bythe girl once they wereclear of the airport.

The couple and the 21-year-old girl were detainedafter police from animmigration unit inter-cepted their car outsideMojacar.

A search of their rentedvilla in Mojacar Playarevealed three youngParaguayan women

working voluntarily asprostitutes.

Aged between 20 and25, they told police thatthey paid the couple 30per cent of their takings atthe villa as well as fromworking in hotels.

However, it could not bedemonstrated that theyoung woman, whoreceived witness protec-tion, had been deceivedwith false promises, thecourt ruled.

The court also dismissedclaims that she wasforced to maintain sexualrelations with clients andhad her passportremoved.

She was not prevented

from leaving the Mojacarhouse or communicatingwith her family and hadnot been humiliated,

threatened or insulted,the judge said.

Despite the five-yearprison sentence, which

the couple are appealingagainst, the court clearedthem of four other countsof prostitution.

Prison for Mojacarbrothel owners

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April 5 Issue 1396

MAY

May 17 Issue 1402

2012Look back on

AN organisation whichallegedly paid people totransport cocaine intoSpain has beendismantled in Almeria.

The alleged ringleadersare amongst the 18detainees. They were incharge of the logistics ofthe operation, as well asfinding people who

needed money andconvincing them to carrythe drugs amongst theirbelongings or within theirbodies.

Other members of thegang would meet them atairports or hotels to takepossession of the drugs.

The ‘mules’ would stopover in European

countries when travellingfrom South America andAfrica to avoid policeinspections carried out forflights from drugs ‘hot-spots’.

Nine of them have beenarrested and police haveseized almost five kilos ofcocaine.

The investigation began

after police found severalAfrican residents ofRoquetas de Mar and thePoniente area were sellingsmall quantities of drugslocally.

They realised they werejust the last step of abigger operation runbetween Madrid andAlmeria.

Almeria drugs ring smashed

‘Crime’ family held forstealing from employers

By Jennifer LeighfieldA JUDGE has denied amother the right to chooseher working hours, on thebasis that there are ‘cheapbaby-sitters’ available.

The General WorkersUnion, which wasrepresenting the woman, is‘surprised’ at the judge’sdecision, especially thereasoning behind it, whichthey say favours the so-called ‘black economy’ ofpeople working withoutcontracts or social security.

The Almeria woman, whohas worked as a shopassistant for more than fouryears, requested that heremployers reduce her

working week from 20 to 18hours so she could lookafter her five-year-olddaughter.

She wanted to work10am-2pm from Monday toThursday, and from 12pm-2pm on Friday.

The company agreed toher request, although theyasked that she work onrotation with other staff inorder to carry out tasksoutside of normal workinghours, including atmeetings or preparing forthe sales.

She was offered atimetable which requiredher to work some morningsand afternoons and she had

Tuesdays and Sundays off. She rejected this, as well

as an offer to be moved toa shop closer to home orother possibilities.

The court in Almeria hasruled that, as she knows thetimetable proposed by thecompany, she couldorganise for someone tolook after her daughter asshe has provided no proofshe is unable to work in theafternoon.

Nor has she proven thechild’s father is not availableto help to take care of her.Having a child, the judgehas said, does not preventher from finding otheralternatives.

Judge suggests motherhires ‘cheap’ baby-sitter

HOLLYWOOD actor Will Smith wasin Madrid on Sunday for theSpanish premiere of Men in Black 3(MIB3).

Smith was accompanied by his

wife Jade Pinkett Smith, as well asco-star Josh Brolin and directorBarry Sonnenfeld.

The film will be released in Spainnext Friday May 25.

Men in Black 3 Madrid premiereLEADING MAN: Will Smith at the Madrid premiere.

By Susan Leachs.leach@euroweeklynew

s.comTWO CARS, both drivenby Britons, collided whenone of them veeredacross the A-1203 roadleading to the Mojacarpetrol stationroundabout.

The Prescotts, bothaged 70, were on theirway to a funeral inMojacar Pueblo, in theirgrey Audi A8, when theaccident happened atabout 11.30am.

Barry Prescott claimed

that he had suddenlyseen a car from theoncoming lane drivingstraight towards them.

Cherry said if herhusband hadn’t swerved,they would have had ahead-on collision.

“I thought we weregoing to go over there,”she said, pointing to theroadside barrier. “Barrydid very well and itcertainly wasn’t our faultin any shape or form,”she claimed.

The other car ended upon the Prescotts’ side ofthe road facing the wrongway.

Barry said thatimmediately following theaccident, they saw thedriver of the red Toyotathat had hit them,slumped over the steeringwheel. He said they andreportedly otherwitnesses first thoughtthat he had died whiledriving. Then they sawhim move.

The driver, JamesSmith, a widower, got outof his car and told themhe had come from thedentists, where he’d hadan anaesthetic.

Cherry said he thenfainted backwards,banging his head on theroad.

More than 10 GuardiaCivil Police arrived. Theydirected traffic and tookstatements from Barry,who speaks Spanish, andother witnesses.

Cherry remarked thatthe ambulance took quitea while to arrive, but thateveryone was veryhelpful.

A Spanish man hadcalled the emergencyservices.

Mr Smith was treated inthe ambulance and about20 minutes later, drivento Huercal-Overahospital. The extent of hisinjuries are unknown.

Cherry, a former nurse,remained calm after theaccident but felt bad that

they couldn’t go to thefuneral. Barry wasn’thurt.

Cherry had X-rays atHuercal Overa Hospitaland they found nothingbroken.

At the time of going toprint she had badbruising from banging herarms when their carspun, and also seatbeltstrain.

She was trying to rest,and had been prescribedpain-killers. She said itcould have been so muchworse. The Prescotts’ dogoften travels on the backseat, but luckily wasn’twith them on the day ofthe accident.

The passsenger sideback wing of thePrescotts’ car wasdestroyed, and the backdoor fell off.

Cherry has lived inSpain for 24 years, andBarry 39 years. Theyown the Hierba Buenacampsite in Cuevas deAlmanzora.

British couple ‘lucky to be alive’following road smash drama

EWN EXCLUSIVE

NARROW ESCAPE: Cherry and Barry Prescott minutes after the crash.

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JUNE

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By Daphne HilaridesALMERIA PORT hasfinally been ruled out ofthis year’s ExtremeSailing Series circuit.

The sporting event hastraditionally been one ofAlmeria’s best touristattractions, bringingsome 15,000 visitors tothe city each year it washeld, according to Juntade Andalucia CouncillorMaria Isabel Requena.

In addition, theadvertising campaignhas reached 200 millionpeople from 120countries all over theworld. Requena blamesthe situation on thetown hall and AlmeriaProvincial Government

for failing to support theevent as they hadpreviously promised.

Requena claims bothgovernment bodies havebeen trying to postponefinancial negotiations forthe sporting event, buthave left it so long nowthat there ‘is not enoughtime to organise it’.

The event, which hastraditionally taken placeduring the weekend of

October 12, has cost theAndalucian governmentup to €600,000 perseries.

However, this yearProvincial GovernmentPresident Gabriel Amatand Mayor of Almeria LuisRodriguez-Comendadorhave been ‘absolutelyirresponsible’, Requenasaid, despite severalmeetings in which theyhad spoken of committing

to work towards organ-ising and funding theevent.

Requena estimatedthat the city could haveearned approximately€2.7 million by hostingthe Extreme SailingSeries, due to the rise in

business restaurants andhotels would have seenduring that weekend.

She also challengedProvincial GovernmentVice President JavierGarcia to ‘find anotherexcuse to explain toAlmeria’s tourist and

sports-related busine-sses why they haven’tsupported this importantevent’ instead ofblaming it on the ‘lack ofcouncillors’.

Almeria Port missesout on €2.7 million

EXTREME SAILING SERIES: Almeria hosted the event last year.

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ALMERIA hosted the largest labour unionprotest the city has witnessed in the pastdecade. It was one of 80 demonstrationswhich took place all over the country.

In Almeria alone, more than 15,000people joined forces to protest against thegovernment’s recent financial measures tosteer the country through the financialcrisis.

The government’s strategy has been tomake budget cuts, raise taxes and publicuniversity costs, establish prescription co-payment, cut benefits, change labour lawsand the dependency law.

However, these measures have been metwith much criticism from oppositionpoliticians, labour unions and citizens.

The labour unions UGT, CCOO and CSIFshared their outrage with the people ofAlmeria in a march from Puerta Purchenato Plaza de las Velas, carrying signs andbanners that read: “They want to ruin thecountry. We have to stop this. There aremore of us.”

Union leaders say these new policies willset the country back even further, and thatthey will harm the economy even more by‘taking us to income levels from 1975’.

Almeria sees largest protest in a decade

ROQUETAS DE MAR hosted Oona Fortune and the Rocketeers live inconcert as well as a performance by the folklore group Antonio deTorres. The shows were a part of the town’s ‘A pie de calle’ culturalevents, which cater to many different tastes in music.

ON STAGE: Antonio de Torres folklore group.

Music and dance for all tastes

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LA ROMANILLA Beachhas been awarded thefirst ISO (InternationalOrganisation forStandardisation) qualityflag to be raised inRoquetas de Mar.

Roquetas is one of themost awarded areas inSpain for its beaches, andLa Romanilla is noexception, as it hasalready won a Blue Flag,an Ecoplaya recognitionand a Quality ‘Q’ for beinga tourist and environ-mentally friendly beach.

The ISO certificateguarantees adequateinfrastructures for thebeach, safety, clean-liness, accessibility forall and environmentalhealth.

Several consultantsand auditors have visitedthe beaches of Roquetasde Mar to rate thecoastline, and to thisdate the town hasearned six Blue Flags,six ‘Qs’, three Ecoplayasand two ISO flags. Thesecond ISO award will

be given to La BajadillaBeach for 2013.

The town hall has toinvest money intokeeping the beaches inperfect shape, and dueto the present economicsituation consultingagencies and mainten-ance work for thebeaches may seem like aluxury.

However, according tothe tourism and beachcouncillor, AngelMollinedo, they are vitalto tourism because

visitors are increasinglyseeking this type ofrating for their beachholidays.

La Romanilla Beachpicks up 4th award

MUCH AWARDED: La Romanilla Beach in Roquetas de Mar.

NUDIST tourists spendapproximately three millioneuros each summer inAlmeria.

This year’s nudist tourismhas suffered the effects ofthe economic crisis, alongwith other types of tourism.However, nudists have notgiven up completely onAlmeria’s beaches for theholiday season, and usuallyspend €60 per day.

Predictions for this yearforecast a slight decrease inthis year’s numbers,although it is not expectedto be dramatic. Thesetourists tend to stay an

average of 4.2 days, andbecause of the crisis,

Spanish tourists aregenerally staying at

national destinations forthe holidays.

The province of Almeriahas a total of 31 beacheswhere it is legal to practicenudism throughout theprovince. Andalucia’sNaturist Nudist Association(ANNA) has designed amap that shows the areasin which nudism is mostcommon.

Several beaches in ElEjido, Carboneras andMojacar are frequented bynudists and non-nudistsalike, although the mostrenowned nudist-friendlyarea is in Vera.

Nudists spending €3mevery year in Almeria

POPULAR: Almeria has 31 nudist beaches.

AUGUST

August 2 Issue 1413

DRUG consumption is dropping in Almeria,but alcohol intake is increasing.

This is revealed in the latest study on drugsby Andalucian residents carried out by theJunta de Andalucia.

Residents have been found to use fewersubstances of almost all types, with theexception of alcohol.

Cannabis, hallucinogenic products,tranquillisers and other products have alsoslightly decreased. Daily consumption oftobacco has dropped from 45.7 per cent to31.5 per cent, but alcohol consumptionincreased from 4.8 per cent to 5.5 per cent.

The main purpose of the study was todetermine the prevalence of psychoactivesubstances, as well as the most commonsocio-demographic profiles of drug-users.

Drug-taking decreasingON THE DECLINE: Cannabis use.

Copper wiregang held to endAlmeria raidsA GANG of copper wirethieves has beenarrested.

Damage caused by thegang allegedly added upto €150,000 in somecases.

The Guardia Civilbrought the raids inAlmeria and Murcia to anend with the arrest offive men aged 24 to 41who are said to havelater sold the valuablewire.

They were held forallegedly stealing copperwiring from machinery inrural areas of Vera afterbreaking into fiveirrigation pump houses.

During these raidsthey allegedly caused

damage estimated bythe owners at around€150,000.

They were arrested forsimilar activities inMurcia last month, andare also believed to beresponsible for sixrobberies in the BajoAlmanzora area ofAlmeria.

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ONE day last week, theconcerns were allabout drought.

Less than three days later,the rains we thought wouldease a problem brought terrorto Southern Spain.

So far, 11 people –including a 52-year-old Britishexpat and a nine-year-old girl– lost their lives acrossAndalucia, Almeria andMurcia as thousands battledto escape the flash floodswhich made headlines aroundthe world.

Diana Dudas was reportedmissing in the town of Vera,Almeria, after the rains hit thearea. She had lived in thearea for several years, had aSpanish husband and ran ahairdressers and holistictherapy shop in the town.

Five of the dead are fromMurcia Province, threeAlmeria and two Malaga,where the first victim of thefloods, a woman in her 80sfrom Alora, was found onFriday.

Five people who werereported missing have beenfound alive.

The flooding disrupted roadand rail travel with many lines

and bridges impassable.Now those who fled the

devastation have returned totheir homes to count the costof the damage, clearing upthe mess with the help oflocal authority workers.

Elsewhere, a tornado sweptthrough a fairground in themain square of Gandia inValencia, injuring 35 workerson the temporary funfair as aFerris wheel was flattenedand other rides damaged.

Two cargo ships also ranaground and the ports ofValencia and Sagunto weretemporarily closed onSaturday.

As the heaviest stormsstarted on Friday, hundreds ofpeople were evacuated fromtheir homes in the Andaluciaand Murcia regions, withAlmeria and Malaga amongthe hardest-hit provinces. Thewoman in her 80s died in

Alora at her home in the ElPuente neighbourhood due tothe river overflowing.

Another elderly womandied in La InmaculadaHospital in Huercal Overaafter being evacuated byMaritime Rescue helicopter ina residential area of VeraPlaya (Almeria).

The heavy rains in the areareached 120 litres per squaremetre.

The bodies of a man andwoman were found togetherin their car in Cuevas delAlmanzora (Almeria).

A man who was in a criticalcondition passed away in theafternoon during the transferby helicopter to Vera byMaritime Lifeguards to LaInmaculada Hospital inHuercal Overa.

Two others, a man ofaround 71, and his wife, bothfrom Aguilas but who have a

property in the area, werefound inside their vehiclewhich had been covered inmud in Guazamara Rambla,Cuevas del Almanzora ataround 8.50pm.

These are believed to bethe worst floods in theAlmeria region since 1986when floods caused threedeaths

The road from Bedar toSerena, below La Fuente,was cut off by flooding asa result of torrential rainwhich started in the earlyhours of Friday morningand continued on and offthroughout the day.

The Club Itica Verastables were flooded andone of their seven horseshas disappeared.

A shepherd has been leftdestitute after his 200sheep were swept away inthe floods.

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Coming to terms witha day of tragedy

ADRA is calling for thelocal riverbed to becleared urgently toprevent a similar disasterto the recent floods.

Back in October 1973,a storm bringing 206litres of rain per squaremetre caused the river tobreak its banks, resultingin severe damage, withwater reaching a depthof two metres in parts.

At its worst, the riverwas flowing with up to1,200 cubic metres persecond, breaking thewalls which had beenbuilt to divert its course.

For seven years, thetown hall has beensending requests to thegovernment delegation inthe province for theriverbed to be cleared, asits current state is adanger to the town.

Local mayor, EnriqueHernando, has recentlymet with the territorialrepresentative for theJunta de AndaluciaDepartment of Agric-ulture, Fishing andEnvironment, Jose

Manuel Ortiz, to discussthe matter. Ortiz said hedidn’t realise the riverbedwas so bad.

The mayor hasannounced that if

nothing is done, the townwill take the case tocourt, although previousrepresentatives said theproblem with clearing theriver is the presence of a

protected species of fish.Hernando said hispriority is the people ofAdra but he has ‘nothingagainst the fish’.

When the town hall

took clearing the riverinto its own hands a fewyears ago, they werereported for their effort.The river continues to befull of cane and plants, as

well as agricultural wastewhich blocks the flow ofwater and can causeserious damage in caseof floods.

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NOVEMBER

Nov 1 Issue 1426

‘Clear our river’pleas from town

TWO care-home workershave pleaded guilty toinvoluntary homicidecharges following thedeath of two elderlypatients.

The manager of theNicolas Salmeron carehome in Alhama deAlmeria and a cleaninglady were accused ofnegligence after fourpatients drank hydro-chloric acid that had beenstored in a plastic waterbottle.

The pair were sentencedto six months in jailsuspended in lieu of finesof €540 each.

The tragedy occurredfive years ago when theacid was mixed with

water in a bottle, whichwas ‘forgotten’ about in atoilet after an emergencycall.

Six days later, anotherstaff member picked upthe bottle and used it to

quench the thirst of fourpatients.

The four immediatelybecame ill and a day latera 75-year-old womandied. The second victim, a91-year-old man, passed

away a month after theincident.

The insurance companywill have to pay out a totalof €143,000 in compen-sation to the victims’relatives.

Carers plead guilty inacid-death case

THE ‘Safe Shopping Plan’(Plan de ComercioSeguro) campaign hasbeen launched jointlybetween El Ejido Localand National Police aswell as the council itself.

Guaranteeing policesurveillance in thoseareas with a highernumber of shoppers isthe aim of the initiative,in order to avoid theusual type of offences

suffered by bothshopkeepers andcustomers during theChristmas period.

The campaign’s start

coincided with that of the‘Night in White’ (Nocheen Blanco) cultural eventand the Cheese Fair onDecember 14, and will

finish on January 9.El Ejido Councillor for

Tourism and Trade LuisaBarranco said that thetown hall will make agreat effort to optimisethe available humanresources in order tocontribute towards thecampaign’s success.

Barranco, NationalPolice SuperintendentAngel Fernandez andCitizens’ ProtectionDirector Jose LuisGuerrero met with ElEjido shopkeepers todiscuss the initiative.

It was later announcedthat a practical guide

would be distributedamong shopkeepers tohelp them detect possibleinstances of theft andfraud that could happenon their premises duringthe Christmas period.

Making shopping saferfor all this Christmas

SHOPPING SPREE: Police to keep extra watch.

EULOGIO CARMONA, theman who offered hisholiday home in Vera toan evicted family for atwo-year period, issurprised that only threefamilies have showninterest in his offer duringthe first week since hemade it public.

However, he admitted

that a contact telephonenumber he could bereached on was onlypublished in the lastcouple of days.

Carmona wants to givetemporary help to a familyfacing eviction or analready-evicted one untilthey find employment andget back on their feet.

He praised Vera MayorJose Carmelo Blanco ‘foroffering him all the helphe could give, not as acitizen, but as a mayor’.

Carmona described theVera Mayor as ‘someonewho cares about thecountry’s problems’ andplans on meeting himnext week.

Lack of response surprises manwho offered to house evictees

DECEMBER

Dec 6 Issue 1431

A NEW Mojacar tourismbrochure has been createdin German in order to breakinto the north Europeancountry’s tourist market.

The brochure, titled‘Entdecken Sie. Mojácar’(‘Discover Mojacar’) with anA3 format, lists the town’scultural and scenicattractions as well asaccommodation lists and

sports and leisure facilitiesand events. It is alreadybeing distributed inGerman travel agenciesand will be on offer at theBerlin Fair in March.

The new cataloguecomplements the 80-pagepromotional brochurealready available in bothSpanish and English.

And to attract walkers a

new five-kilometre circulartrekking route has beeninaugurated in the town byMayor Rosa Maria Cano,which adds to the fouralready-existing ones.

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FUN DAY: Runners dressed up for the fun marathon.

A CROW that launched a series of viciousattacks on people has been banished fromAlmeria.

The bird lurked on a roof top fromwhere it spotted potential victims toswoop on and savagely peck.

One woman was left bleeding from herwounds after several people had beenassaulted by the feathered fiend inAlmeria city’s Castell del Reyneighbourhood.

The crow was finally tracked to its lairby two agents from the Department ofAgriculture, Fisheries and Environment.

The capture was difficult due to pooraccessibility as well as the crow’sresistance. It seems that the bird hadbeen in captivity before as it had a leatherbracelet on one of its legs.

Now the creature has been released inthe Sierra de Gador mountain range in thehope it stays clear of people in the future.

Violent crowis banished

RUNNERS helped the poorwith food when the AlboxSeventh San Silvestremarathon took place onSunday.

Organised by thecouncil’s Sports, Youth andCulture Department as wellas the cultural associationSomos Albojenses, theentry fee was a kilogrammeof non-perishable foods

which was later donated toCaritas for distribution tothe poor.

The race started at 11amfrom the municipal sportspavilion and prizes weregiven to the first threerunners of the men’s andwomen’s categories, as wellas to the best individual orcollective fancy dresscostume.

AN Almeria city criminal court has sentencedtwo brothers, EMR and JJMR to six months inprison each after a scuffle with police officers.

The were also sentenced to a €90 fine forinjury and abuse offences, as well as beingordered to pay €240 compensation after theydrunkenly fought with two Local Policeofficers, one of whom was injured, outside abar on Calle Arapiles in Almeria city in theearly hours of January 31, 2009.

Runners help poorMojacar brochure toattract German tourists

Jailed afterdrunken scuffle

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EWN 2013 NATIONAL HOLIDAY GUIDE

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Spain January 1: New YearJanuary 6: Three KingsMarch 29: Good FridayMay 1: Labour DayAugust 15: Assumption DayOctober 12: National DayNovember 1: All Saints DayDecember 6: Constitution DayDecember 25: Christmas Day

United KingdomJanuary 1: New YearJanuary 2: 2nd January (Scotland)March 18: St Patrick’s Day (Northern Ireland)March 29: Good FridayApril 1: Easter MondayMay 6: Early May Bank HolidayMay 27: Spring Bank HolidayJuly 12: Orangemen’s Day (Northern Ireland)August 5: Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland)August 26: Summer Bank HolidayDecember 2: St Andrew’s Day (Scotland)December 25: Christmas DayDecember 26: Boxing Day

GermanyJanuary 1: New YearMarch 29: Good FridayApril 1: Easter MondayMay 1: Labour DayMay 9: Ascension DayMay 20: Whit MondayOctober 3: German Unity DayDecember 25: Christmas DayDecember 26: Boxing Day

NorwayJanuary 1: New YearMarch 24: Palm SundayMarch 28: Maundy ThursdayMarch 29: Good FridayMarch 31: Easter SundayApril 1: Easter MondayMay 1: Labour DayMay 9: Ascension DayMay 17: Constitution DayMay 19: Whit SundayMay 20: Whit MondayDecember 25: Christmas DayDecember 26: Boxing Day

SwedenJanuary 1: New YearJanuary 6: EpiphanyMarch 29: Good FridayMarch 31: Easter SundayApril 1: Easter MondayMay 1: Labour DayMay 9: Ascension DayMay 19: PentecostJune 6: National DayJune 22: Midsummer DayNovember 2: All Saints DayDecember 25: Christmas DayDecember 26: Boxing Day

DenmarkJanuary 1: New Year March 28: Maundy ThursdayMarch 29: Good FridayMarch 31: Easter SundayApril 1: Easter MondayApril 26: Common Prayer DayMay 9: Ascension DayMay 19: Whit SundayMay 20: Whit MondayJune 5: Constitution DayDecember 25: Christmas DayDecember 26: Boxing Day

In addition in many nations when a holiday falls on a Sunday the following day becomes a day off.

A potted guide to the main national holidaysin Spain and the European nations from

where many of our readers originate.

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Couple sentencedfor poisoning lynx

Woman is marriedto three men

A COUPLE in Jaen has beensentenced to 20 months inprison and a fine of €115,000for killing an Iberian Lynx withpoisoned bait.

WWF Spain reports that thecritically endangered specieswas poisoned on the couple’sproperty in Andujar. Thecouple can appeal thesentence, but if it is confirmedby a higher court and they areunable to pay the fine, theycould be sent to prison.

Spain and the rest of the EUare investing large sums ofmoney to attempt to save theIberian Lynx from extinction.

Guardia Civil from theNature Protection Serviceentered a fenced property tolocate the lynx’s corpse andgather evidence in 2008. Thecouple claimed that they didnot know who had set thebait.

Using poisoned bait is illegaland can be punished withprison time and large fines. IBERIAN LYNX: An endangered species.

FALSE: An investigation began as a result of the marriage certificate.

A WOMAN, 40, was arrested in Madrid for being married to three Nigerians whoshe had charged €3,000 each so they could get Spanish nationality.

The investigation began when police discovered irregularities in the request fora residency permit of a Nigerian man. He had married a Spanish woman andincluded the marriage certificate in his request. However, the woman wasregistered as having married two other Nigerian men in other parts of Madrid in2007 and 2008.

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A NETWORK of call centreswhich allegedly laundered€30 million of drug moneyhas been broken up byNational Police.

Forty-nine people werearrested in Madrid,Barcelona and Albacete.

The police reported thatdrug dealers used theorganisation, which had 12call centres but attractedhardly any customers, inorder to transfer the moneymade from drug sales fromSpain to Colombia.

They allegedly launderedsome €50,000 per day.

Police officers seized€500,000 in cash, utensilsfor cutting and packingdrugs, two guns, 100 piecesof jewellery and luxurywatches and money-counting machines, as wellas cocaine and a gun, whichwere found at the home ofthe Colombian ringleader.

A FAMILY-RUN restaurant inBeniparrell, Valencia, offered a luxurymeal to 350 local families who arehaving financial difficulties.

The families were chosen by SocialServices in seven towns on theoutskirts of Valencia.

The restaurant, run by the fifthgeneration of the same family andcelebrating its 125th anniversary,specialises in weddings and largeparties, and wanted to offer the

families the chance to get togetherover Christmas.

The size of the family was notimportant and there was anythingfrom two to 14 members, of which 115were children.

Forty employees served food at thebanquet and did so for free. The menunormally costs €50 to €60 per person.There was a mobile disco and alcohol-free bar, as well as a magician toentertain the children.

Network laundered€50,000 per day

Paying for a jobRestaurant puts on luxurybanquet for poor families

SEIZED: Cash and other goods in police haul.CHRISTMAS SPIRIT: A Beniparrell restaurant made sure the needy celebrated in style.

A PRIVATE school inGranada reportedlycharges €190 for a jobinterview.

The Maria NebreraTeaching Company islooking for 90 employees,including teachers,maintenance staff andcomputer technicians,but aspiring candidatesmust reportedly pay €190

into an account in orderto be considered for theposition.

Ten people havealready submitted CVsand the selection processis open until March.

The company has apre-school and plans tobuild other centres whichwill offer studies fromPrimary to High School.

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same month last year,amounting to 19,105,

according to the NationalInstitute of Statistics.

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CHEERS: Spanish vineyards need to closely monitor their export markets.

SIX out of 10 Spanish women say they havebeen unfaithful to their partners following aChristmas work or New Year party.

In a recent study - not just reflecting onparties this festive season - but also in previousyears, 57 per cent of men admitted seasonalinfidelity, with 42 per cent blaming alcohol.

When it came to the women, 84 per cent saidtheir actions were due to alcohol.

Also, 94 per cent of men and 98 per cent ofwomen claimed to have fantasies aboutcolleagues.

While the figures will surprise many, it shouldbe noted they were gathered from a websitespecialising in extra-marital relationships withmore than 800,000 users in Spain and 16million throughout the world.

PARTY TIME: But justbeware of colleagues.

Guilty secrets of office parties

FORGET the Christmas cheer that festivesales annually bring to Spanish wineproducers globally.

National producers exporting to theUK may have to reassess their long-termmarketing strategies following a reportthat shows just how price sensitive

British consumers are becoming.The traditional stigma against wine in

a box or with a screw-top cap islessening as UK tipplers decide that priceis more important than a cork.

As many as four in 10 wine usersagreed that wine in a box or a pouch is

equally as good qualityas bottled wine.

Just a quarter of wineusers thought of boxedwine as inferior.

Meanwhile, screwtops are even less of anissue for wine lovers,with just 17 per centclaiming not to trustscrew cap quality wine.

Chris Wisson, of glocalmedia analysts Mintel,said: “Recent yearshave seen many winedrinkers reappraisingtheir perceptions anduse of wine in differingformats and packagingstyles.

“Boxed wine has theadded advantage of thewine keeping longer,allowing more flexibleusage and encouragingmoderate drinking.”

2013 hope forproperty firms

WHILE real estate willremain a difficult businessthroughout 2013, somehopeful signs are beingreported.

Some firms on the CostaBlanca have in recentweeks reported encour-aging sales, and now afirm has revealed it feels2012 could be the lastyear for price falls inMarbella.

“The only peoplereducing house prices onthe Costa del Sol right noware the banks with their

less-than-favourable re-possession stock anddevelopers who haveproperties that literallynobody wishes to buy,” saidNick Stuart, a Marbella-based real estate companydirector.

Stuart, of Spanish HotProperties, was also quotedas adding: “The Belgians,Dutch, Russians andScandinavians are hot onMarbella as they realisethat prices are at theirlowest and representincredible value for money.”

THE EU summit a fewweeks ago focused mainlyupon the structure andmanagement of a bankingfinancial regulator tocontrol, in the firstinstance, the eurozone’snational banks.

The aim is to form theminto a single entity thatwould, in theory,mean that everyeurozone bankwould, at least inpart, be respon-sible for the fiscalintegrity of all. If,say, the Bank of Francefound itself moving into adanger zone, theregulator would ensurethat the entire eurozonewould act to protect it.

A good idea perhaps,but one riddled withpitfalls. Germany, sus-picious of anything thatsmells even faintly of‘debt mutualisation’ hasalready expressed doubts,and this plan, raisingBerlin’s hackles as it does,appears to reek quitestrongly.

Britain is alreadythreatening to veto theentire project unless itincludes inviolate clausesthat will protect the Cityof London’s status asan independent Europeanfinancial hub, thusraising the blood-pressureof Christian Noyer,Governor of the Banquede France.

As a respected financialcorrespondent puts it: “MrNoyer appears to be moreconcerned with under-mining the City of Londonthan anything else.”

Clearly, urgentmeasures are required ifthe eurozone is to bestabilised.

There is growingevidence of economicrecovery in the USA,China and even in Britain,where car production andsales worldwide are up 15per cent on those of ayear ago, in contrast toFrance, where bothRenault and Citroén havecrashed 19 per cent.

Both companies havemade efforts to turn thesefigures around, but havingconcentrated for so longon the European internalmarkets, they have failedto recognise thechanging, and perhaps

more demanding, require-ments of overseascustomers.

In an article publishedin the Daily Telegraph onDecember 17, ProfessorKlaus Schwab, ExecutiveChairman of the WorldEconomic Forum, laudedthe ‘success’ of the euro,stating that “it hasprovided major economicrewards, and increasedtrade within the eurozoneand the more tightlyintegrated Europeanfinancial markets.”

It makes one wonder ifthese experts ever botherto see how othereconomies are doing.

Would the USA havebecome one of the richestand most powerfulnations in the world if ithad closed its frontiers,leaving the separatestates to trade only withone another?

Would China haveachieved the super-economy status it nowenjoys if it hadconcentrated its effortstowards developing onlyits home market?

Of course not; and yetEuropean economistsseem to be, even now,promoting the EU’sinternal market, almost tothe exclusion ofeverything else.

The European problemlies of course in the drearfact that the euro was,and still is, a politicalproject. It is said that‘nothing is so bad thatpolitical tinkering can’tmake it worse’, and yet,unfortunately for theordinary people of the EU,politicians continue tofumble and ‘tweak’,attempting, more in hopethan expectation, to savethe euro.

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Q. I HAVE seen several alarming adverts from Spanishtax consultants and others which state that the SpanishTax Agency can now take money directly from the bankaccounts of people who have not paid their taxes. I thinkthis refers mainly to non-resident property owners andthey refer to December 31 as a deadline. In my own smallbuilding I know several non-resident owners who say theyhave owned their property for years and have never paidany taxes at all. Can you clear this up?

M O (Costa del Sol)

A. YES, we can. First,Hacienda, which is properlyknown as the Tax Agency,can indeed take money frombank accounts. They havealways been able to do this, but only after variousnotifications to pay, leading finally to the seizure andembargo of assets. There is no deadline of December 31,except that another year has passed.

Nevertheless, we have a real situation here. Theseadverts refer to a series of letters which the Tax Agencyis now sending out. There are three in the series. The firstletter simply states that the recipient is a non-residentproperty owner and that there is no record of his payingthe non-resident property owner’s tax. The second letterdescribes in detail the total tax owed, and the third letteroffers a payment plan.

If a non-resident property owner who has never filed aform 210, formerly 214, declaring for Non-ResidentProperty Owner’s Imputed Income Tax, receives the firstletter, then they have been found out. They will receivethe second letter, and the third letter. If all the letters areignored, the Tax Agency will proceed to seize their assets.

At the law office I work with, several owners have comein after receiving the first letter. Our advice is always totalk with the Tax Agency and pay what you owe, thesooner the better.

David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters whichwill be of interest to the greatest number of readers.

You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates inFuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.

3 - 9 January 2013Costa de Almería

Ignore taxman’s cashdemands at your peril DEPARTMENT store John Lewis

shrugged off the economic crisiswith a record festive period, taking£157.8 million (€192 million) in theweek up to Christmas, 26.5 percent up on a year ago.

£ £ £

BRITONS suffered the biggest fall intheir finances in seven months inDecember with a third ofrespondents to a survey by MarkitHousehold Finance saying their

economic situation had worsened.

£ £ £

BRITAIN moved up to sixth in theglobal economic league tableduring 2012, overtaking Brazil. The

value of the UK’s national outputovertook that of Latin America’sbiggest economy following a fall inthe value of the Brazilian currency,the real, a study by the Centre forEconomic and Business Researchfound.

£ £ £

BIG companies paid £21 billion(€25.6 billion) in corporation tax in2011/2012, down 21 per cent in 10years.

B ritish usinessriefs

A truly festive fling for John Lewis!

By David Searl

You and theLaw in Spain

MONEY MARKET: UK Government looking to safeguardCity of London’s status as European financial hub

Jim Collins

Costa Blanca

Introspective Europe shouldlook to rest of the world

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planning takes all the latest taxchanges into account? You should aska locally based tax planning specialistlike Blevins Franks to review yourcurrent arrangements and establish ifyou can lower your tax liabilities onyour savings and investments andprotect your wealth from capital taxeswhere possible.

At the same time you shouldconsider what you can do to reducethe inheritance tax liabilities for yourheirs, both in the UK and here inSpain. Many people intend to reviewtheir estate planning but never quiteget round to it. Make 2013 the yearwhen you get it sorted, to ensure youleave as much of your estate aspossible to your heirs rather than thetaxman.

Probate can be a lengthy andcomplicated process, especially whenyou have assets in a few differentcountries. You may be able to make

life easier and cheaper for your heirsby using financial arrangementswhereby the assets can be passeddirectly to your chosen beneficiaries.Your wealth manager should adviseyou on this.

In tandem with tax rises,governments across Europe have beenclamping down on tax evasion overrecent years, and we will see muchmore of this over the coming years.Whether you are looking to loweryour personal tax liabilities or thosefor your heirs, it is essential to onlyuse arrangements that are fullycompliant in your country ofresidence as well as, in the case ofinheritances, where your heirs arebased.

Here in Spain the new reportinglaw comes into effect this year, andyou have to declare all your overseasassets, from bank accounts toproperty, worth over €50,000 by 31stMarch. Failure to do so would incurvery costly penalties.

This is part of Spain’s latest effortsto recoup unpaid tax and preventfurther tax evasion, and is one of the

measures included in its new anti-taxfraud law.

Savings and investments Successful investment is about

managing risk versus return andhaving a well thought out portfoliostrategy specifically based on yourpersonal circumstances, needs andobjectives.

Consider the following:Did you buy your current

investments according to a strategicoverall plan, or have you boughtshares and funds here and there overthe years? If the latter, it is time for anoverall review. Your portfolio may beriskier than you realise, and riskierthan it need be to meet yourobjectives.

Are you confident that you haveadequate diversification and the rightbalance between assets to reduce risk?

Is your portfolio specificallytargeted to your needs? For example,if you require income, do you ownassets which produce a naturalincome so that you do not have towithdraw capital?

Have any of your circumstanceschanged over the last year or so? If soyour portfolio may need adjustingaccordingly.

Has your portfolio been reviewedover the last 12 months to see if itneeds re-balancing to remain in linewith your risk profile? Re-balancinghelps to control risk and tends tohave a positive effect on portfolioperformance.

Finally, going back to taxplanning, how tax efficient are yourcurrent investments? You will notwant to lose any more of yourincome and gains to tax than youhave to, but are your savings andinvestments tax efficient here inSpain?

What matters are after tax returns.Ideally tax planning and investmentplanning should be tackled together.The two are inextricably linked andyou want to find a wealth managerwho can provide both investmentexpertise and tax expertise.

Blevins Franks, for example, havespecialised in providing integratedtax and wealth management toBritish expatriate for decades, andwould review all your currentfinancial planning, along with yourneeds and objectives, andrecommend the best way forwardfor you for 2013 and beyond.

To keep in touch with the latestdevelopments in the offshore world,check out the latest news on ourwebsite www.blevinsfranks.com

Here we are at the beginning ofanother year again, a time when manypeople reflect on the previous 12months and look ahead to what theycan improve over the coming yearand beyond.

Do you already have a considered,strategic wealth management plan inplace? If not, this is a good time tostop and review your investments,pensions and tax planning to evaluateif they are ready for what 2013 mayhave to bring and, importantly, if theyare designed with a long-term view topreserving your wealth and meetingyour objectives.

For the most effective results, andpeace of mind that you haveconsidered everything and have themost up to date information to hand,you should discuss your currentfinancial planning, objectives andcircumstances with a professionalwealth manager like Blevins Frankswhich specialises in providing wealthmanagement and tax planning adviceto expatriates.

Tax planning One of the key trends over recent

years - and which is set to continue -is tax rises. Taxpayers across Europe,including here in Spain, are payingmore and more tax. Higher earnershave been hit hardest, though mostpeople are affected in one way oranother.

Are you sure that your assets arestructured in the most tax efficientmanner for Spain, and that your tax

by Bill Blevins, FinancialCorrespondent, Blevins Franks

New Year Resolution ToImprove Your

Financial Planning

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LOBAL

Amazon topsAMAZON has been votedthe best US website foronline shopping for theeighth year running.

Sales soarDAIMLER, the world’sbiggest truck maker,saw global sales of itssix brands - Mercedes-Benz, Fuso, Freight-liner, Western Star,Thomas Built Buses,and BharatBenz - rise to424,000 vehicles from January-November.

Ford investsFORD plans to invest morethan $773 million (€583million) on new equipmentand updated facilities in sixfactories in the UnitedStates as part of a plan toinvest $6.2 billion (€4.67billion) in US plants by 2015.

CORREOS plans to sellnewspapers from its 2,300offices throughout Spain.

The Spanish post officenetwork will sell papers,office equipment,stationery goods andcomputer equipment.

The company haspresented a plan which isto be completed within1,500 days, and aims toincrease the commercialcapacity of its offices andmake them the ‘bestprovider of physical andelectronic communicationservices on the Spanishmarket’.

The measures it plansinclude providing postalservices at ‘competitive’prices and promotingcourier and online services.

The president, JavierCuesta, presented theproject before the Ministryof Public Works and the TaxMinistry.

New plansfor postal

service THE Spanish luxury sector hasended 2012 with €4.79 billion insales.

This is 15 per cent more than in2011, when the sector sold 20 percent more than the previous year

thanks to many products being soldinternationally.

The upward trend is expected tocontinue in 2013, with afurther 15 per centimprovement.

Forty per cent of themoney made by Spanishluxury product companiesis thanks to internationalsales.

However, 55 per cent oftourists visiting Spainpurchase internationalbrands which can beacquired here at lowerprices and many can alsoget them tax-free.

Meanwhile, according toconsultants Bain andCompany, Spanish clientsbuy fewer products but ofbetter quality.

The favourite productsare those related to foodand beauty.

Most luxury products aresold in Barcelona (32 percent) and Madrid (27 percent), followed by Marbella,Ibiza and Mallorca,according to Luxury Spain.

Luxury sector on the rise

COSTA DEL SOL based PLCAdvertising and MarketingAgency Managing DirectorPhilip Langley proudlyholds the Expatriate Agencyof the Year Award hereceived at the Euro WeeklyNews (EWN) Annual Partyheld in Mijas.

Also pictured is SeniorAccount Director VanessaAlvarez.

After being presented withthe award by EWN PublishersMichel and Steven Euesden,Philip commented: “We workhard year round to meetclients’ objectives, whichmeans much planning, a highlevel of creativity and truededication, so to win thisagainst such strongcompetition is the cherry on

the cake to our exceptionalyear!”

Winning ways for PLC

WINNING SMILES: Philip and Vanessa.

THE price of seafoodproducts rose sharplyover the Christmasperiod.

Products includingeels, sea bream andoysters rose as much as30 per cent, according tothe User and ConsumerOrganisation, OCU.

The report was basedon prices at Alcampo,Carrefour, Eroski,Mercadona, municipalmarkets and other stores

in Madrid and Barcelonain November, earlyDecember and onDecember 21.

It showed that toavoid high prices,products should ideallybe purchased 15 daysbefore the start of theChristmas period.

Baby eels cost €1,660per kilo in November,whereas by the end ofDecember they had risento €1,775, while sea

bream rose from €30.12per kilo to €38.81 andoysters from €24.53 fora dozen to €31.48.

Other fish, includingbass and hake also roseconsiderably, as didsuckling lamb,barnacles, langoustines,purple cabbage andpullets.

The price of clams,beef, pineapple andIberian ham fell overChristmas.

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IN our house over the lastmonth we set ourselves achallenge to try and buySpanish, or European, ifpossible. Boy, has it beenhard!

First off we needed tobuy a fan heater for thebathroom. Every model inour price range came fromChina. And in the end wecouldn’t stand shivering inthe shower any longer andsettled on a Chineseheater.

Next was a form ofheating for the sitting-room. We wanted a gasheater and once againnearly every one wasmade in the People’sRepublic of China. Only bychance on the way to thecashier did we spot aheater made in Italy. Itwas a little moreexpensive, but the delightof finding something made

inEurope wasenough to make us buy it.

Next were Christmaspresents. My husbandneeded a leather mes-senger bag for his iPad andbits and bobs because hecycles. Lots of nice andreasonably priced bags are

available online, but whatabout in Spain? Not achance!

Numerous shops Ientered could supply abag, but at triple the costof those online.

Also, while the leather

was nice, for some reasonthe bags couldn’t be madewith the same secure zip-up inside pockets andquality lining. Not wantingto make it any easier forpickpockets, I was forced

to buy online, rather thanlocally.

Then came the task ofbuying Christmas toys forall the kids in the family.The biggest problem isthat anything made locallyis much more expensivethan what’s availableonline.

A lovely toyshop near ussells beautiful, old-fashioned toys includingquality picnic baskets forlittle girls and lovely,handmade wooden toys.They are to die for, but soare the prices. And while Iwould love to support thisshop, I just can’t afford to.

So once again the toyscame from Amazon andafter opening all thepackages, guess what?Made in China!

At least the food we ateover Christmas was locallysourced.

Pay moreMERCADONA will pay€0.01 per litre more tothe 2,000 plus Spanishfarmers who supply theirstores with milk.

Bank dealBANCO SANTANDERhas sold the CanalejasComplex where itsheadquarters werelocated in Madrid tothe Villar Mirconstruction groupfor €215 million.

Salary riseTHE Spanish Ministry ofEmployment hasproposed increasing theminimum salary by 0.6per cent in 2013 to€645.3.

Share surgeSTOCKS of Spain’s majorcosmetic surgerycompanies, CorporacionDermoestetica, surgedby 16 per cent afterannouncing it wasleaving the stockexchange.

Tourism upSPAIN received morethan 55 millionforeign touristsbetween January andNovember 2012,which was 2.9 percent more than forthe same period in2011.

BUSINESS

IZHard work trying to buy localin a Chinese dominated world

THE financial crisis is hittingSpanish golf hard, with the numberof PGA professional tournamentsplummeting to just the SpanishOpen.

In 2011, Spain hosted sevenEuropean Tour tournaments.

But now in deep recession, puttingup enough prize money to attractgolf’s big names is an unaffordableluxury, said Javier Gervas, CEO ofMatchGolf, which promoted theformer Iberdrola and CastelloEuropean Tour events.

Tourist boards that oncebankrolled tournaments andcompanies that providedsponsorship either no longer havethe money to do so or do not wantto be seen spending it on golf whenSpaniards are so hard up, he added.

Seafood prices soaredas Christmas neared

SEAFOOD DISHES: Prices of fresh fish shot up.

Loosechange

Jane Plunkett

A look at finance for females

jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

TOO EXPENSIVE:Locally madewooden toys

to die for.

Financial crisis puts golf in a bunker...

YET again I have been rejected.After my fantasy of a romantic

Christmas Day liaison had beenfirmly dashed by Crispin, Iexcitedly asked him to put asideNew Year’s Eve for just him andme. But he turned me down.

While I accepted him spendingChristmas with his parents,

sharing the entire festive periodwith family seemed far-fetchedseeing as from what I had

gathered recently he is a socialbutterfly throughout more normaltimes. If he was as committed to

‘us’ as I am, surely he would havemade more effort to see me andspend time with me.

Christmas and New Year havealways been a time for lovedones... and in my book I wantedto be among his loved ones onNew Year’s Eve, and not oncemore left on the touchline with

room only for his parents. Anyway, having sat alone at

home on Christmas Day, to cheermyself up, I decided to go outwith the girls on New Year’s Eve,many of them returning to thecoast for the Christmas period,and many of whom I had partlyneglected after Crispin first

bounced into my life.I wanted to take my

wandering mind off him andenjoy myself. That’s whatNew Year’s Eve is all about.

So in true Marbella style,five of us donned oursparkliest frocks, skyscraperLouboutins, longest lashes,and drank Champagne.

Some of my favouritemoments have been spentwith my girlfriends.

There was the night we allwatched British rap-starTinie Tempah in a PuertoBanus club and then tried tosneak into his VIP area.

And the countless hoursgossiping about our latestmale encounters, gigglingabout our conquests.

Plus, of course, thehopping from Louis Vuittonto Dior, and from Hermes toD&G, overladen withshopping bags filled with thelatest styles and planningwhen next to show them off.

Meeting Crispin wasanother highlight, althoughNew Year’s Eve wasn’t thetime to reflect on that.

Instead as thecelebrations wore on, we alldrunkenly stumbled thenight away, until the finaldestination brought a senseof familiarity over me.

For there, in the car park,was Crispin’s Porsche.

If he was supposedlyspending the evening withhis family, why was his car inPuerto Banus?

My heart raced as Isheepishly entered thediscotheque, unsure of whatI would encounter.

Limited space means...more anon.

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XPAT EXTRAWEEKLY ROUND-UP OF REGULAR AND OCCASIONAL TOPICS

LETTERS

LEAPY

HEALTH & BEAUTY

FOOD

TIME OUT

HOMES & GARDENS

PETS

TV

As I see it...Ana Jefferson-Smith takes an irreverent look at life as asingleton expat in Spain

E

Splendidisolation

CATALUÑA President ArturMas is obsessed with goingahead with hisindependence plans. Ifevery Catalan shared thisobsession he would havewon the November regionalelections with an overallmajority. Instead he andthe CiU party lost seats.

There is a message here,but Mas either does nothear it or prefers to ignoreit. Instead of heeding theelectorate he is listening toa delirious inner voice.

A healthyattitude

THE Constitutional Tribunal(TC) validated the BasqueRegion’s refusal to cancelillegal immigrants’ healthcards.

Humanitarian motivesapart, assuring them ofhealthcare will help checkthe spread of thecontagious and infectiousdiseases that immigrantsoften bring with them, saidthe TC. Health Minister AnaMato does not see it thisway and intends to appeal,demonstrating yet againthat politicians only acceptverdicts that they dictatethemselves.

COMMENT

A SOUTH PACIFICisland, shown on marinecharts and world mapsas well as on GoogleEarth and Google Mapsfor at least a decadedoes not exist.Australian scientistswent to inspect thesupposedly sizeable stripof land midway betweenAustralia and NewCaledonia but foundonly ocean.

***CHINA’s rich are payingup to £200,000(€245,000) for rare

bottles of whisky at TheJohnnie Walker Housethat has opened inTiananmen Square inBeijing.

***AN American dentalassistant - fired forthreatening her boss’smarriage after his wifecomplained about hisinfatuation for her - haslost her discriminationlawsuit.

***US

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SKY15:10am Don't Forget the Lyrics6:05am Don't Forget the Lyrics7:00am A League of Their Own7:30am A League of Their Own8:00am The Middle 8:30am TheMiddle 9:00am The Middle 9:30amThe Middle 10:00am Terra Nova11:00am Terra Nova 12:00pm TerraNova 1:00pm Glee 2:00pm Glee3:00pm Ashley Banjo's SecretStreet Crew

4:00pm The Middle4:30pm The Middle5:00pm The Middle5:30pm The Middle6:00pm Futurama6:30pm Futurama7:00pm Modern Family7:30pm The Simpsons8:00pm The Simpsons8:30pm The Simpsons9:00pm A League of Their Own10:00pm An Idiot Abroad11:00pm A League of Their Own

12:00am Cop Squad 1:00am CopSquad 2:00am Brit Cops - FrontlineCrime 2:55am Road Wars 3:45amRoad Wars

SKY MOVIESCOMEDY5:45am Dunston Checks In 7:15amHouse Arrest 9:05am Wild Hogs10:50am The Big Year 12:30pm LittleFockers 2:10pm 30 Minutes or Less3:35pm Love and Other Drugs

5:30pm Wild Hogs7:15pm The Big Year9:00pm Little Fockers10:45pm 30 Minutes or Less

12:10am Love and Other Drugs2:05am White Men Can't Jump4:00am Cedar Rapids 5:30am Prom

SKY MOVIESDRAMA4:30am Casino Jack 6:30am

Cowboys and Aliens 35mm Special7:00am The Age of Innocence9:20am A Little Bit of Heaven11:10am Anonymous 1:20pm LikeDandelion Dust 3:05pm TheTempest

5:00pm The Terminal7:10pm A Little Bit of Heaven9:00pm Anonymous11:15pm Just Go with it

1:15am Purple Rain 3:15am BoysDon't Cry 5:20am The Tempest

SKY MOVIESACTION4:20am Ironclad 6:25am Spy Kids8:00am Sanctum 10:00am Hanna12:00pm Real Steel 2:10pm SafeHouse

4:10pm Haywire5:50pm Twister7:50pm Real Steel10:00pm Safe House

12:00am Haywire 1:45am Rambo III3:35am Money Train 5:35am In theLine of Duty: Smoke Jumpers

TCM6:00am Twelve O'clock High 8:20amThe High Chaparral 9:25am TheHigh Chaparral 10:30am The MagicSword 12:05pm The Man FromSnowy River 1:50pm The HighChaparral 2:55pm The HighChaparral

4:00pm Kings of the Sun6:05pm The Big Lift8:25pm Riot in Cell Block 1110:00pm U.S. Marshals

12:25am A Show of Force 2:15amCity Heat 3:50am U.S. Marshals

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5:10am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast Thelatest news, sport, business and weather fromthe BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am WantedDown Under 11:00am Homes Under theHammer 12:00pm Saints and Scroungers12:45pm Cowboy Trap 1:15pm Bargain Hunt2:00pm BBC News at One The latest nationaland international news stories from the BBCNews team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBCLondon News The latest news, sport andweather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pmThe Two Ronnies Sketchbook 3:45pmEscape to the Country Series in whichprospective buyers are helped to find theirdream home in the country.

4:45pm PerfectionNick Knowles hosts the general knowledgequiz show. 5:30pm Flog It!Antiques series.6:15pm Pointless7:00pm BBC News at SixThe latest national and international newsstories from the BBC News team, followed byweather.7:30pm BBC London NewsThe latest news, sport and weather fromLondon.8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind8:30pm EastEnders9:00pm Waterloo RoadSchool-based drama. 10:00pm DIY SOS The Big BuildHome renovation series. 11:00pm BBC News at TenThe latest national and international news, withreports from BBC correspondents worldwide.11:25pm BBC London NewsThe latest news, sport and weather fromLondon.11:35pm Summer in Blackpool

12:35am Have I Got a Bit More News for YouAn extended compilation of the popular newsquiz, looking back at the big news of 2012.1:20am Skiing Weatherview Detailed weatherforecast. 1:25am Natural World 2:25amCountryfile 3:25am Antiques Roadshow4:25am Great British Food Revival Cookeryseries where chefs and foodies championBritish produce. 5:25am BBC News

7:00am Pingu 7:05am Timmy Time Stop-frameanimation series about the adventures of a lambat nursery school. 7:15am Rastamouse 7:30amThe Large Family 7:40am Andy's WildAdventures 8:00am Naomi's Nightmares ofNature 8:30am Four O'Clock Club 9:00am M.I.High 9:30am Hero Squad 10:00am The Swordin the Stone 11:15am Coast 11:45am The GreatBritish Bake Off 12:45pm The Great BritishBake Off 1:45pm Great British Food Revival2:15pm The Weakest Link 3:15pm InsideClaridge's

4:20pm Confessions of a ShopaholicRomantic comedy. 6:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys7:00pm Eggheads7:30pm University ChallengeIt is the last of the semi-final matches in theUniversity Challenge Christmas quiz. 8:00pm Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food andLose Weight9:00pm Nature's Weirdest EventsDocumentary series exploring bizarre andextraordinary natural events on the planet. 10:00pm Queen Victoria's ChildrenPrinces will be Princes... In a 60-year familysaga this three-part series explores the reign ofQueen Victoria through her personalrelationships with her husband and her ninechildren. The series uses a wealth of writtenmaterial and photos left by Victoria, Albert andtheir children, including letters, diaries, memoirsand journals, to bring the subject and charactersto life. This final episode focuses on Victoria'srelationship with her sons and how, after Albert'sdeath, they struggled to live up to his model ofpurity.11:00pm Mrs BrownDramatisation of one of history's most unusuallove stories.

12:40am I'm a Pop Star! In the final part of theseries it's all about the solo artists as we delveinto the psyche of the men and women who go italone. What drives them into pop single combat...braving the baying hordes armed with just amicrophone, some songs and an unquenchablebelief that what they have got to say is worthhearing? 1:40am Hebburn 2:10am TwentyTwelve Comedy series. 2:40am BBC News

5:55am ITV Nightscreen Text-based informationservice. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am ThisMorning Presented by Phillip Schofield and HollyWilloughby. 12:25pm ITV News The latestheadlines from around the world. Followed by alocal weather forecast. 12:30pm This MorningPresented by Phillip Schofield and HollyWilloughby. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITVNews and Weather The latest headlines fromaround the world. 3:00pm Dinner Date Daterstry to find romance as they enjoy three meals,cooked for them by three blind dates.

4:25am Destination Moon 6:05am Deal or NoDeal 7:00am The Hoobs 7:25am The HoobsNothing makes a Hoob laugh like a hoobledangler.7:55am Will and Grace 8:20am According to JimAndy starts dating Ruby's piano teacher. 8:45amEverybody Loves Raymond Ray buys Debra anelaborate Christmas present so that she will let himgo on a golfing weekend. 9:15am EverybodyLoves Raymond 9:50am Frasier 10:20am Frasier10:50am The Big Bang Theory 11:20am The BigBang Theory 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pmThe Simpsons 12:50pm The Last Mimzy 2:40pmVon Ryan's Express

5:00pm Deal or No Deal6:00pm Come Dine with Me7:00pm The Simpsons7:30pm Hollyoaks8:00pm Channel 4 NewsIncludes sport and weather.8:55pm 4thought.tv9:00pm Location, Location, Location10:00pm The Restoration Man11:00pm MillionaireBoy Racers

12:05am The 15-Stone Babies 1:05am Catfish2:45am Frankenstein: A Modern Myth 3:40amWhen Hell Freezes 5:00am Time Team 5:55amDeal or No Deal

7:20am Jelly Jamm 7:35am Peppa Pig 7:40amOlive the Ostrich 7:45am Little Princess8:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom8:10am The Mr Men Show 8:25am Thomasand Friends 8:35am Noddy in Toyland8:50am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:00am PeppaPig 9:10am Peppa Pig 9:20am Roary theRacing Car 9:35am Bananas in Pyjamas9:50am Tickety Toc 10:05am Bert and Ernie'sGreat Adventures 10:10am Castle Farm10:25am Mist: Sheepdog Tales 10:40amLooney Tunes 10:50am Meerkat Manor11:20am Emergency Bikers 12:25pm CSI:Miami 1:25pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:30pm TheMentalist 2:25pm Meals in Moments 2:35pmJane Doe: Ties That Bind

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes8:10pm Kung Fu Panda HolidayAnimated family film. Po is asked to hostthe annual winter holiday feast for the kungfu masters. 8:35pm Monsters vs Aliens10:00pm Bad Education10:30pm Bad Education11:00pm Bad Education11:30pm EastEnders12:00am Family Guy12:25am Family GuyAnimated comedy series about family life. 12:45am American Dad!1:10am American Dad!Animated series about family man StanSmith, who works for the CIA. 1:30am Russell Howard's Good News2:00am The Revolution Will beTelevised2:30am The Revolution Will beTelevised3:00am Bad Education3:30am Bad Education4:00am Bad Education4:30am Him and Her

8:00pm BBC World NewsThe latest national and internationalnews, exploring the day's events from aglobal perspective.8:30pm Britain on Film9:00pm Operation MincemeatFor more than 60 years, the real storybehind Operation Mincemeat has beenshrouded in secrecy. 10:00pm DefianceThriller based on a true story.12:05am Survivor Stories1:05am The Treasures of AncientRome2:05am Sex and Sensibility: TheAllure of Art Nouveau3:00am Sonny Rollins4:00am Arena: Sonny Rollins '74:Rescued!

Satellite channels

4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal5:00pm Tipping Point6:00pm The ChaseQuiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. 7:00pm London Tonight7:30pm ITV News and WeatherThe latest headlines from around the world.Followed by a national weather forecast.8:00pm EmmerdaleRachel and Rishi worry that Jai is struggling tocope with not seeing Archie. 8:30pm Tonight9:00pm EmmerdaleCharity's hand is forced when an argumentbetween Jai and Rishi explodes. 9:30pm Nursing the Nation10:00pm Trouble Abroad11:00pm ITV News at Ten and WeatherThe latest headlines from around the world. 11:35pm Gary Barlow and FriendsGary Barlow is joined by some superstar friendsincluding Peter Kay, James Corden, Mark Owen,JLS and Nicole Scherzinger for a musicalspectacular at the Manchester Apollo.

12:50am The Golden Rules of TV 1:10amJackpot247 Join the presenters live and playroulette on your telly. 4:00am Tonight 4:25amPushing Daisies 5:10am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

4:15pm Out of the Woods6:00pm 5 News at 5National and international news.6:30pm Emergency BikersAction-packed documentary series following thework of emergency bike crews. 7:30pm 5 News at 5National and international news.8:00pm Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers

Observational documentary series. 9:00pm Great Northern

Cookbook10:00pm Celebrity Big

Brother

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit onthe Side 1:00am Super Casino Live interactivegaming featuring roulette, blackjack andautowheel. 4:55am House Doctor Homeimprovement series. 5:20am Divine DesignsPaul Binski examines some of Britain's mostfascinating religious artworks and artefacts.5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge

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SKY15:10am Don't Forget the Lyrics6:05am Don't Forget the Lyrics7:00am A League of Their Own7:30am A League of Their Own8:00am The Middle 8:30am TheMiddle 9:00am The Middle 9:30amThe Middle 10:00am Terra Nova11:00am Terra Nova 12:00pm TerraNova 1:00pm Glee 2:00pm Glee3:00pm Ashley Banjo's SecretStreet Crew

4:00pm The Middle4:30pm The Middle5:00pm The Middle5:30pm The Middle6:00pm Futurama6:30pm Futurama7:00pm Modern Family7:30pm The Simpsons8:00pm The Simpsons8:30pm The Simpsons9:00pm A League of Their Own10:00pm An Idiot Abroad11:00pm Stella

12:00am Cop Squad 1:00am CopSquad 2:00am Brit Cops - FrontlineCrime 2:55am Road Wars 3:45amRoad Wars 4:45am Crash TestDummies

SKY MOVIESCOMEDY5:30am Prom 7:15am American Pie8:55am Bad Teacher 10:35am Diaryof a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules12:15pm The 40 Year Old Virgin2:15pm American Pie 2

4:00pm National Lampoon'sChristmas Vacation5:40pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid:Rodrick Rules7:20pm Bad Teacher9:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin11:00pm American Pie

12:40am American Pie 2 2:25am 41Year-Old Virgin Who 3:50am HowDo You Know 5:50am Win a Datewith Tad Hamilton

SKY MOVIESDRAMA5:20am The Tempest 7:15am Cupid,Inc 8:45am Moneyball 11:05amBurlesque 1:10pm I Don't KnowHow She Does it 2:50pm RabbitHole

4:30pm The Stepford Wives6:10pm The Hobbit6:40pm Albatross8:15pm Red Riding Hood10:00pm I Don't Know How SheDoes it11:35pm Moneyball

1:50am Against the Ropes 3:50amPermanent Record 5:30am Cupid,Inc

SKY MOVIESACTION5:35am In the Line of Duty: SmokeJumpers 7:20am The Warrior's Way9:05am Flight of the Phoenix

11:00am Super 8 12:55pm Mission:Impossible Ghost Protocol 3:10pmColombiana

5:00pm Collateral Damage7:00pm Super 89:00pm Mission: Impossible GhostProtocol11:15pm Collateral Damage

1:10am Colombiana 3:00am Kiss ofthe Dragon

TCM10:20am Kings of the Sun 12:20pmRider on a Dead Horse 1:50pm TheHigh Chaparral 2:55pm The HighChaparral

4:00pm Sinbad of the Seven Seas5:50pm Ben-Hur10:00pm Band of Brothersmore)11:25pm Band of Brothers

12:35am We Stand Alone Together:The Men of Easy Company

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BBC3 BBC4

5:25am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00amHomes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Saintsand Scroungers 12:45pm Cowboy Trap1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News atOne The latest national and international newsstories from the BBC News team, followed byweather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latestnews, sport and weather from London. 2:45pmDoctors 3:15pm The Two RonniesSketchbook 3:45pm Escape to the Country

4:45pm Perfection5:30pm Flog It!6:15pm Pointless7:00pm BBC News at Six7:30pm BBC London NewsThe latest news, sport and weather fromLondon.8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind8:30pm A Question of Sport9:00pm EastEnders9:30pm Room 10110:00pm EastEnders10:30pm Live at the Apollo11:00pm BBC News at TenThe latest national and international news, withreports from BBC correspondents worldwide.11:25pm BBC London NewsThe latest news, sport and weather fromLondon.11:35pm The Graham Norton ShowThe award-winning host continues his uniquechat show.

12:20am I Love You, Man 2:00amWeatherview Detailed weather forecast.2:05am Room on the Broom 2:35am Who DoYou Think You Are? 3:35am Great BritishFood Revival Over recent years, the UK haslost three quarters of its runner bean fields.4:35am BBC News

7:00am Pingu 7:05am Timmy Time 7:15amRastamouse 7:30am The Large Family 7:40amAndy's Wild Adventures 8:00am Naomi'sNightmares of Nature 8:30am Four O'ClockClub 9:00am M.I. High 9:30am Hero Squad10:00am The Magic Roundabout 11:15amCoast 11:45am The Great British Bake Off12:45pm The Great British Bake Off 1:45pmGreat British Food Revival 2:15pm TheWeakest Link 3:15pm Inside Claridge's

4:15pm Jason and the Argonauts6:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys7:00pm Eggheads7:30pm University Challenge8:00pm Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food andLose Weight9:00pm Timewatch9:50pm The Young VictoriaPeriod drama from Downton Abbey writer JulianFellowes. 11:30pm QIQuiz show.

12:00am The Review Show 12:45am JoolsHolland: My Life in Music 1:45am Hebburn It iswedding day in Hebburn. 2:15am TwentyTwelve 2:50am The Emerald Forest

5:10am ITV Nightscreen Text-based informationservice. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am ThisMorning Presented by Eamonn Holmes and RuthLangsford. 12:25pm ITV News The latestheadlines from around the world. Followed by alocal weather forecast. 12:30pm This MorningPresented by Eamonn Holmes and RuthLangsford. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITVNews and Weather The latest headlines fromaround the world. 3:00pm Dinner Date Datingshow with a twist.

5:55am Deal or No Deal 6:50am Sali Mali6:55am The Hoobs There's some surprisingnews from Hubba Hubba. 7:20am The HoobsGroove wants someone to keep him companywhile he's out collecting. 7:50am Will and Grace8:15am According to Jim 8:40am EverybodyLoves Raymond 9:10am Everybody LovesRaymond 9:40am Frasier 10:15am Frasier10:45am The Big Bang Theory 11:15am TheBig Bang Theory 11:45am The Simpsons12:15pm The Simpsons 12:45pm Cocoon: TheReturn 3:00pm Calamity Jane

5:00pm Deal or No Deal6:00pm Come Dine with Me7:00pm The Simpsons7:30pm Hollyoaks8:00pm Channel 4 NewsIncludes sport and weather.8:25pm 4thought.tv8:30pm The Channel 4 Mash UpThe Channel 4 Mash Up returns for a night ofshow-swapping fun with our favourite Channel 4stars. 8:35pm The Million Pound Chatty Man Drop8:55pm Come Dine with Me Comedy Mash Up9:30pm Made in Chelsea9:55pm The Million Pound Chatty Man Drop10:15pm Chatty Man Mash Up10:35pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Deal or NoDeal11:40pm The Million Pound Chatty Man Drop

12:05am Come Dine with Me Comedy Mash Up12:35am Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2:35am TheFly 4:15am The Silent City 4:25am St.Elsewhere 5:15am Smallville Drama seriesfollowing the teenage years of the futureSuperman, Clark Kent.

7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben andHolly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. MenShow 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45amNoddy in Toyland 8:55am Fifi and theFlowertots 9:10am Peppa Pig 9:15am PeppaPig 9:25am Roary the Racing Car 9:40amBananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Tickety Toc10:10am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures10:15am Mist: Sheepdog Tales 10:45amMeerkat Manor 11:15am Emergency Bikers12:20pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm 5News 2:25pm Tornado Warning

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes8:05pm Room on the Broom8:30pm Bolt10:00pm CuckooComedy series in which a daughterreturns from her gap year with anAmerican husband in tow. 10:30pm Cuckoo11:00pm Cuckoo11:30pm EastEnders12:00am EastEnders12:30am Family Guy12:55am Family Guy1:15am American Dad!1:40am American Dad!2:00am Russell Howard's GoodNews2:30am Cuckoo3:00am Cuckoo3:30am Cuckoo4:00am Live at the Electric4:30am Him and Her

8:00pm BBC World NewsThe latest national and internationalnews, exploring the day's events from aglobal perspective.8:30pm Robin Gibb's TitanicRequiem9:45pm Sounds of The SeventiesSolosVintage rock, pop and soulperformances from the BBC archives. 9:50pm Sounds of the SeventiesGlamour with a seventies subversivequality in this selection from the BBC'sback pages. 10:00pm Top of the Pops10:50pm Top of the Pops11:50pm Queen Live in Budapest1:20am Top of the PopsIn 1978, Top of the Pops began to turnthe credibility corner. 2:10am Top of the Pops3:10am Robin Gibb's TitanicRequiem4:25am Robin Gibb: Me and MySongs, a Tribute

Satellite channels

4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal5:00pm Tipping Point6:00pm The ChaseQuiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.7:00pm London Tonight7:30pm ITV News and WeatherThe latest headlines from around the world.Followed by a national weather forecast.8:00pm EmmerdaleJai tries covering the truth, but Charity isunconvinced and insists they stay apart. 8:30pm Coronation StreetLewis lays his cards on the table. Will Tommy takethe flack for Tyrone's mistake? 9:00pm Wild Britain with Ray MearsBrand new series with Ray Mears as he continuesto celebrate Britain's landscape and its wildlife. 9:30pm Coronation StreetWill Gail follow her head or her heart? Leanne isdetermined to win back Nick's affections. 10:00pm Benidorm11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather11:35pm The IslandFuturistic thriller about a seemingly Utopiancontainment facility in the mid-21st century.

2:00am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live andplay roulette on your telly. 4:00am Must LoveDogs Romantic comedy. 5:40am ITVNightscreen Text-based information service.

4:10pm Frozen ImpactDan Blanchard races against time to retrieve aliver, donated to his son, from a plane crash.6:00pm 5 News at 5National and international news.6:30pm Emergency BikersAction-packed documentary series followingthe work of emergency bike crews. 7:30pm 5 NewsNational and international news.8:00pm Eddie Stobart: Trucks and TrailersObservational documentary series. 9:00pm Ice Road Truckers10:00pm Celebrity Big BrotherCatch up with the latest events inside theCelebrity Big Brother house. 11:00pm Celebrity Big BrotherCatch up with the latest goings on inside thehouse.11:30pm Celebrity Wedding Planner:Eastenders Special

12:30am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on theSide 1:00am Super Casino Live interactivegaming featuring roulette, blackjack andautowheel. 4:50am Motorsport Mundial A lookat the latest motoring action from around theworld. 5:20am Divine Designs Paul Binskipresents the series examining Britain's religiousart. 5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge

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Airport helperfar from being a lady MY wife and I recently had to meetelderly neighbours returning toSpain from the UK.

Due to the husband’s difficulty inwalking distances, he requestedairport wheelchair assistance whenbooking his flight.

The couple were last off theplane, by which time an airportemployee was waiting impatientlywith a wheelchair.

Once the man sat in thewheelchair he was quickly whiskedaway, with his wife, also in her 70s,left with both her husband’s and herown hand luggage to manage.

She soon lost sight of them andwas left to guess where they hadgone.

By the time she caught up, thewheelchair helper was hassling mywife and I to find out where wewere parked, saying: “My shiftfinished three minutes ago. I wantto get home.”

She seemed determined to makeus feel guilty, and while en route toour vehicle continued to make rudeand snide comments.

N J, Mijas Costa (Malaga)

Ungodly change!EACH year I make an effort to go tochurch with my wife at Easter andChristmas.

After checking on the ChristmasDay service at La Cala Church andnoting in advance outside on aboard on December 22nd that theservice was scheduled for 1pm, wearrived at around 12.45pm for theservice, but discovered the churchwas locked.

On re-checking the notice board,it was evident the original timing of1pm had been crossed out andchanged to noon.

Instead, the 1pm service wasindicated as being at Calahonda,and while we had a car andmanaged to re-route, not allchurchgoers would have been in thesame position.

Also, from the number of peoplearriving at the Calahonda servicemidway through, I suspect manyothers found themselves scrabblingaround.

Xmas Worshipper, El Faro(Malaga)

Religious woeI MAKE a point of lighting a candle inchurch over Christmas.

Imagine my disappointment when,on a visit to Malaga two daysbeforehand, I was barred fromentering the cathedral unless I paidthe full tour entrance fee.

Having toured the cathedral in thesummer - a very impressive building- I had only a desire to enter, light acandle, and briefly pray, but anofficial said this was not possible.

Entrance was only for visitors whopaid the full price of a ticket.

M Haddon,Torremolinos (Malaga)

Help yourselfWE all have a duty to look afterourselves and it is naive to putblame on the medical professionwhen things go wrong, (LettersIssue 1433).

If a person spends years over-

indulging with the wrong food anddrink, and sits for hours every day,the body is bound to start breakingdown somewhere. Knee joints,vertebrae, shoulders, they all needto be kept moving and, apart fromhousework, walking is one of thebest exercises a person can do.

S P Kelly, Los Gallardos (Almeria)

Rubbish issueI FEEL that as a boat owner I mustcomment on your article (Rubbishwashed up at Javea, Issue 1433EWN Costa Blanca North).

I have always found that boatersare amongst the mostenvironmentally-conscious people aswe get troubled enough by fouledpropellers and blocked water intakeswithout adding to the problem.

Tidal streams and winds bringashore rubbish that is discardedworldwide by the general public.

Plastic is the world’s biggestoffender; an island of rubbish knownas the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’more than three miles deep and sixtimes the size of England is alreadyestablished in the Pacific Ocean.

Ted Milsom (by email)

Hospital thanksIN reply to the letter (Issue 1433)about healthcare problems. In June

I was operated on at the HospitalCosta del Sol (Marbella) where Iwas the recipient of a new knee.

I can only say the treatment Ireceived and am still receiving byway of follow-up has been fantastic.

Maybe it is a language problem asa large number of English peoplehave no Spanish. I am by no meansfluent but every single person Ihave seen has been helpful andefficient.

Elizabeth Church, Estepona(Malaga)

Pension rightRE UK winter fuel payments (Issue1432), not every pensioner lives inMalaga.

I personally have lived severalplaces in Spain and love it all, butbelieve me it is very, very cold inwinter North of Granada.

I worked from the age of 14 to 62and paid for my pension, such as itis. If the powers-that-be paid adecent pension then they wouldn’thave to give a winter allowance. Nomatter where I choose to live, I amentitled to the pension I paid for.

Jean Ray, Turre (Almeria)

Cash raisedAS we start a new year I would liketo update readers as to what ‘HELP’achieved in 2012.

We have bought 1,800 litres ofmilk which is being distributed to 60needy families in Almoradi (VegaBaja, Alicante). And 35 San Miguelfamilies are being given a box offruit and vegetables, a box oftoiletries and washing products, abox of dry goods and meat or fishvouchers.

We have also contributed half thecost of school books to Almoradiand San Miguel underprivilegedchildren and made a donation ofequipment to ‘Reach Out’ charity inTorrevieja.

On top of that more than €500was raised from a raffle anddonations at a recent event atPortico Mar with thanks to many fortheir donations to the raffle and allthe participants and volunteers.

Ron (President) HELP Vega Baja(Alicante)

Editor’s note: HELP is acharity that gives assistance ona wide range of subjects frompaperwork to hospital visits inthe Costa Blanca area aroundTorrevieja.

ettersLBy John Seymour of Marbella (Malaga)

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“Christmas morning I went for a walk at the Refugio de Juanarabove Marbella. I took this snap. Shame I didn’t wait longer asthe sun came out just as I got back home!”

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4:00pm Diversity in Dublin5:00pm The Middle5:30pm The Middle6:00pm The Middle6:30pm The Middle7:00pm Hawaii Five-08:00pm Hawaii Five-09:00pm Galapagos with DavidAttenborough10:00pm Making Attenborough'sGalapagos11:00pm Species

1:10am Cop Squad 2:10am CopSquad 3:05am Brit Cops - Frontline

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Postcards 8:45am War Horse11:15am Shakespeare in Love1:25pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding3:10pm Conviction

5:05pm Love and Other ImpossiblePursuits7:00pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding8:40pm War Horse Sky MoviesSpecial9:00pm War Horse11:30pm Shakespeare in Love

1:40am Just Married 3:20am StayCool 5:00am Les Miserables Special5:30am A Valentine's Date

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4:45pm Spider-Man6:50pm Spider-Man 29:00pm Fantastic Four11:00pm Immortals

12:55am First Blood 2:35amRambo: First Blood Part II 4:15amDaylight

TCM6:00am Twilight in The Sierras7:10am The High Chaparral 8:15amThe High Chaparral 9:20am Ben-Hur1:30pm Marjorie Morningstar

4:00pm Many Rivers to Cross5:50pm The Story of Will Rogers7:50pm The West Point Story10:00pm Phone Booth11:35pm Stir of Echoes

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4:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast Thelatest news, sport, business and weather fromthe BBC's Breakfast team. 11:00am SaturdayKitchen Live 12:30pm Baking Made Easy1:00pm BBC News The latest national andinternational news from the BBC. 1:10pm BBCLondon News The latest news, sport andweather from London. 1:15pm Football Focus2:00pm Athletics 3:30pm Darts

5:30pm Final Score6:10pm BBC NewsThe latest national and international news fromthe BBC.6:20pm BBC London News6:30pm Celebrity Mastermind7:00pm Animal AnticsFrom criminal cats to piano-playing pugs, thisis the news as it has never been seen before. 7:30pm Richard Hammond's Secret Service8:10pm Britain's Brightest9:25pm The National Lottery: In It to Win It10:15pm Casualty11:05pm Mrs. Brown's Boys11:35pm BBCNews11:55pm Piratesof theCaribbean: AtWorld's End

2:30am Weatherview Detailed weatherforecast. 2:35am BBC News

7:50am Sylvia Scarlett 9:15am The LittleMinister 11:00am A History of Britain by SimonSchama 12:00pm Meet The AncestorsArchaelogical programme unearthing pastsecrets. 12:30pm Map Man 1:00pm IndianFood Made Easy 1:30pm Talking Pictures2:15pm Of Human Bondage Drama based on anovel by Somerset Maugham. 3:35pmEastEnders Omnibus

5:00pm Great British Food RevivalCookery series where chefs and foodieschampion British produce. 5:30pm DartsColin Murray is joined by Bobby George forcontinued coverage from Lakeside. 6:30pm The Choir: A Year with the MilitaryWives7:30pm Flog It!8:30pm Dad's ArmyClassic wartime sitcom. 9:00pm Stanley Baxter: The Many Faces of10:00pm QI XLStephen Fry comes over all indecisive.10:45pm Cemetery JunctionComedy drama set in 1970s Reading.

12:15am Darts 1:05am Darts

5:40am ITV Nightscreen 7:00am Handy Manny7:25am The Hive 7:35am The Hive 7:40amDino Dan 7:55am Dino Dan 8:05am FleabagMonkeyface 8:15am Fleabag Monkeyface8:30am Fleabag Monkeyface 8:40am MattHatter Chronicles 9:05am Ultimate Spider-Man9:30am Victorious 10:00am Jessie 10:25amITV News 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show US11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 12:20pmRiver Monsters 12:50pm ITV News andWeather 1:00pm Fa Cup 3rd round

6:00am Deal or No Deal 6:55am Sali Mali7:00am The Treacle People The sticky heroesget stuck into some redecorating at The Bubbleand Boggart. 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am TheHoobs 8:00am International Volleyball 9:00amThe Morning Line 10:00am Everybody LovesRaymond 10:30am Everybody LovesRaymond 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier12:00pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm TheBig Bang Theory 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory1:55pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Channel 4Racing

5:00pm Come Dine with MeIn the historic mill town of Blackburn, first to hostis super-competitive Kelly Barlow. 5:35pm Come Dine with Me6:05pm Come Dine with MeIn Blackburn, self-confessed 'Stepford Wife'Michelle Brandon is hosting the third party. 6:40pm Come Dine with MeIt's the last day in Blackburn and Steven's turn inthe kitchen. 7:10pm Channel 4 News7:40pm 4thought.tv7:45pm Is Our WeatherGetting Worse?8:40pm The DayAfter Tomorrow11:00pmInglouriousBasterds

2:00am Hard Eight3:40am Hollyoaks OmnibusSienna concocts a plan to help the Osbornes.5:45am Smallville

8:45am City of Friends 8:55am LittlePrincess 9:10am The Adventures of BottleTop Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25amAngelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom10:15am Toby's Travelling Circus 10:25amRoary the Racing Car 10:40am Jelly Jamm11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai11:35am Batman: The Brave and the Bold12:10pm Inside Hollywood 12:15pmCelebrity Big Brother 1:15pm The All NewGadget Show 2:15pm Shattered Silence

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8:00pm Lost Land of the TigerAlan Rabinowitz. Three-part serieswhich follows a dramatic expeditionsearching for tigers hidden in theHimalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Withtigers heading for extinction, aninternational team of big-cat expertsand wildlife film-makers is given uniqueaccess to the jungles and mountains ofBhutan for what could be the lastchance to save this magnificent animal. 9:00pm A History of Art in ThreeColours10:00pm Borgen11:00pm Borgen12:00am The Richest Songs in theWorld1:30am The Joy of DiscoDocumentary about how a much-derided music actually changed theworld. 2:30am Sounds of the 70s 2:Arthouse Glam - Get in the Swing3:00am Days of Glory4:00am A History of Art in ThreeColours

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4:00pm Dancing on Ice Live Tour 2012Highlights of the nationwide Dancing On Ice LiveTour 2012.5:00pm London TonightRegional news update for the capital and theSouth East, plus local weather.5:15pm ITV News and WeatherThe latest headlines from around the world.Followed by a national weather forecast.5:30pm Fa Cup 3rd round8:15pm Splash!9:45pm Take Me OutPaddy McGuinness returns for a fifth series ofthe hilarious dating show, introducing a brandnew batch of single girls to a succession ofsingle guys. Who will make it to the Isle ofFernandos? 10:45pm The Jonathan Ross ShowJonathan Ross returns with a new series andwelcomes Hollywood star Jeremy Piven, topcomedian Sarah Millican, and ex-Doctor Whostar David Tennant.11:45pm ITV News and WeatherThe latest headlines from around the world.Followed by national and local weatherforecasts.

12:00am FA Cup Highlights 1:30am The Store3:30am Pushing Daisies Quirky US dramaseries about a man who can bring the dead backto life. 4:15am ITV Nightscreen Text-basedinformation service.

4:00pm The Dam BustersClassic war film with one of the best-knowntheme tunes of all time. 6:30pm Random Hearts8:50pm 5 NewsNational and international news.8:55pm NCISNew series of the drama following the USNavy's dedicated federal agency.9:50pm NCISUS drama series following the navy's dedicatedfederal agency.

10:45pm Celebrity Big BrotherCatch up with the latest goings on

inside the house.11:45pm 50 Shocking Facts

About Diet and Exercise

12:45am Forensic Files Documentaryseries examining the application of moderntechnological advances in police work. 1:15amSuper Casino 5:00am Michaela's WildChallenge Michaela Strachan and colleaguesundertake a range of wildlife-related dares inexotic locations. 5:25am The Great Artists5:50am Rough Guide to Activity Holidays

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4:00pm The Middle4:30pm The Middle5:00pm The Middle6:00pm The Simpsons6:30pm The Simpsons7:00pm Got to Dance9:00pm Glee10:00pm Hawaii Five-011:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

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5:10pm Analyze That7:00pm Friends with Benefits9:00pm The Hangover Part II10:45pm Bridesmaids

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5:30pm The Art of Getting by7:00pm Just Go with it9:00pm The Hours11:00pm The Help

1:30am Mother and Child 3:40amTake Me Home 5:20am That ThingYou Do!

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Moon 2:45pm X-Men: First Class

5:00pm Batman Begins7:25pm Transformers: Dark of theMoon10:00pm X-Men: First Class

12:15am Batman Begins 2:45amRambo III 4:35am Your Highness

TCM6:00am Target Zero 7:40amMarjorie Morningstar 10:10am TheWest Point Story 12:15pm ManyRivers to Cross 1:55pm The Storyof Will Rogers

4:00pm Return of the Seven5:55pm The Horse Soldiers8:10pm Crossfire Trail10:00pm Hell on Wheels11:00pm Hell on Wheels

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2:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast Thelatest news, sport, business and weather fromthe BBC's Breakfast team. 10:00am TheAndrew Marr Show 11:00am The BigQuestions Nicky Campbell presents The BigQuestions from the Harris Academy in Peckham,south London. 12:00pm Helicopter HeroesRav Wilding presents the series following thework of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. 12:30pmBargain Hunt 1:30pm BBC News 1:40pmCountryfile 2:35pm Escape to the Country3:35pm Old Dogs

5:00pm Britain's Favourite SupermarketFoods6:00pm Songs of Praise6:35pm Africa7:35pm BBC NewsThe latest national and international newsstories from the BBC News team.7:50pm BBC London NewsThe latest news, sport and weather fromLondon.8:00pm Countryfile9:00pm Antiques Roadshow10:00pm Ripper StreetCrime drama set in Victorian London. 11:00pm BBC NewsThe latest national and international news, withreports from BBC correspondents worldwide.11:15pm BBC London NewsThe latest news, sport and weather fromLondon.11:25pm Bruce Almighty

1:00am The Sky at Night 1:20am TheCelebrity Apprentice USA 2:40amWeatherview Detailed weather forecast.2:45am Miniature Britain 3:45am Holby City4:45am MasterChef: The Professionals5:15am You've Been Scammed 5:45am BBCNews

7:00am They Flew Alone Biopic. Amy Johnsonachieved world-wide fame as one of Britain'sbest-loved pilots. 8:40am The Yellow Canary10:15am A to Z of TV Gardening 11:00amSaturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pmEastEnders Omnibus Joey returns to AlbertSquare to support Alice after the death of theirfather. 1:55pm Darts Colin Murray and BobbyGeorge introduce live coverage from the openinground at Lakeside.

5:45pm CoastThe Coast team journey around the shoreline ofEast Anglia. Nicholas Crane discovers how apotentially lethal combination of tides andweather can cause catastrophic floods. 6:30pm Flog It!Paul Martin and experts Adam Partridge and WillAxon are in Darlington. 7:30pm Blackpool: Big Night OutExploring Blackpool's history as the beatingheart of British entertainment. 8:30pm Fawlty Towers9:00pm Neil Armstrong - First Man on theMoonBiopic of Neil Armstrong, the first man on themoon. 10:00pm Tankies: Tank Heroes of World War IIIn the first of this two part special, historian andformer tank commander Mark Urban tells thestory of six remarkable men from the Fifth RoyalTank Regiment across World War II. 11:00pm Speed Dreams: The Fastest Placeon Earth

12:00am Darts 12:50am Darts Rob Walkerintroduces highlights from the first round at theLakeside Country Club. 2:50am BBC News

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5:25pm Deal or No Deal6:25pm Time Team7:25pm Channel 4 NewsIncludes sport and weather.7:55pm 4thought.tv8:00pm Come Dinewith MeThis brand newculinarycompetitioncomes fromWrexham. 9:00pm The Hotel10:00pm TheIron Lady

12:05am The Wedding Date 1:40am Venus3:15am Jennifer Saunders: Laughing at the90s A two-hour romp through the story of tenyears that saw comedy finally arrive centre stage.5:05am Smallville Drama series following theteenage years of the future Superman, ClarkKent. 5:45am Deal or No Deal

8:55am Little Princess 9:05am The Adventuresof Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky9:20am Mio Mao 9:25am Angelina Ballerina9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly'sLittle Kingdom 10:15am Toby's TravellingCircus 10:30am Roary the Racing Car 10:45amJelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: SuperSamurai 11:35am Batman: The Brave and theBold 12:00pm Inside Hollywood 12:05pmCelebrity Big Brother 1:05pm Once Upon aTime 2:00pm Are We There Yet? 3:50pm WhiteFang

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 201210:00pm Alice in WonderlandTim Burton fantasy featuring LewisCarroll's creations. 11:40pm Family GuyAnimated comedy about the everydaytrials and tribulations of American familylife.12:05am Family GuyAnimated comedy about family life. 12:25am Family GuyAnimated comedy about family life. 12:45am Family GuyAnimated comedy about family life.Stewie finds out that his life in thefuture is miserable.1:05am Russell Howard's GoodNews1:35am Olympics 20122:35am Live at the Electric

3:05am Live at the Electric3:35am Russell Howard's GoodNews4:00am Being Human

8:00pm Britain on Film8:30pm Britain on Film9:00pm Time Shift10:00pm Doris Day: Virgin TerritoryMichael Brandon narrates a profile ofone of the big screen's more enduringlegends. 11:00pm I Am LoveThoughtful Italian drama about anhaute bourgeoisie family in Milan. 12:55am Top of the PopsIn 1978, Top of the Pops began to turnthe credibility corner.1:45am Top of the Pops2:45am Doris Day: Virgin TerritoryMichael Brandon narrates a profile ofone of the big screen's more enduringlegends. 3:45am Britain on Film4:15am Britain on Film

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4:30pm FA Cup 4th Round Draw LiveMark Pougatch introduces live coverage of thedraw for the FA Cup fourth round from Wembley.4:45pm Midsomer Murders6:45pm London TonightRegional news update for the capital and theSouth East, plus local weather.7:00pm ITV News and WeatherThe latest headlines from around the world.Followed by a national weather forecast.7:15pm Dancing on Ice8:45pm All Star Family FortunesVernon Kay presents the first episode of a brandnew series. 9:30pm Dancing on Ice10:00pm Mr Selfridge11:30pm ITV News and WeatherThe latest headlines from around the world.Followed by national and local weatherforecasts.11:45pm FA Cup Highlights

12:45am Royal Babies 1:40am RugbyHighlights 2:35am The Store 3:55am PushingDaisies Quirky US drama series about a manwho can bring the dead back to life. 4:40am ITVNightscreen Text-based information service.

5:50pm Stand by Me7:20pm 5 News WeekendNational and international news.7:25pm X2Marvel Comics superhero sequel. 10:00pm Celebrity Big BrotherCatch up with the latest goings on inside theBig Brother house.

11:00pm Most Shocking CelebrityMoments 2012

1:50am Super Casino Live interactive gamingfeaturing roulette, blackjack and autowheel.4:55am House Doctor Highlights from thehome improvement series presented byCalifornian interior designer Ann Maurice.5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Rough Guideto Short Breaks Highlights of the travel seriespresented by Julia Bradbury and Toby Amies.

Meryl Streep

10:00pm - The Iron LadyDirector Phyllida Lloyd's biopic recount-ing the life, rise and fall of former PrimeMinister Margaret Thatcher. Writer AbiMorgan's script follows Thatcher's risefrom modest beginnings to her role asPrime Minister, framed by a contempo-rary imagining of her later years, largelyspent outside public scrutiny.

CH4

AT the time of writing,thousands of peoplewill be wondering

why I’m even bothering!I know, I know, so what’s

new about that? Cheeky!I’m actually talking aboutthe people who believe theworld will come to an endtomorrow.

Due to the yuletideholidays all columnscribblers need to presenttheir copy at an earlierdate. This means tomorrowwill be December 21, theday literally hundreds ofthousands of supposedlysane human beings willtuck their heads betweentheir legs and kiss the worldgoodbye. If you’re readingthis, of course, then yetanother loony load of sadidiots will all be wonderingwhat actually didn’t hitthem? (If you’re not…!)Seriously, what is wrongwith these people?

This latest bunch are thebelievers of the Mayancalendar, which has been inexistence for thousands ofyears and goes out of printpermanently tomorrow,presumably along with the

demise of the planet (andI’ve bought a ticket for ElGordo. There’s optimismfor you!).

Hundreds of thousandsacross the world will havewoken up in the morning,firmly convinced it wouldbe their last day on earth.Is that depressing or what?Actually I don’t find it allthat funny. These cultsoften have truly disastrousends.

Among others, Wacko,Hale Bopp and the Jonescults resulted in massmurder and suicides.

How do vast numbers ofthe human race allowthemselves to becomebrainwashed by thesepeople, who seem to pluck

some strange idea out ofthin air and turn it into abelief that makes peopleoften hand over all theirworldly possessions andblindly follow them, oftenliterally to the death?

I wish I knew. I’d love tobe able to spin a story thatmade people delighted togive me all their readies.Don’t worry, I’m working onit. I’ve actually had somestrange premonitions about

the next leap year.Who better to save you allfrom disaster than yourstruly in my namesake year?All donations and worldlygoods gratefully received.Get ready for the deluge,chaps! Dream on, Leapy.

Hopefully, you’re allperusing this in the relativesafety of a planet still in onepiece. Let’s hope this yearis a better one for all.Somehow I’m afraid Idoubt it. Never mind.

Positive thinking is whatwe need. Feel secure in theknowledge that a wholenew bunch of X Factorcontestants are out therejust waiting to entertainyou. Makes it all seemworthwhile.

Amazin’, ennit?

Happy New Year to allKeep the Faith

Love LeapyLeapylee2002@gmail.com

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Resolutionsgo digitalNEARLY half of NewYear’s resolutions areabout setting health-related goals, and thereare plenty of apps tohelp people achievethem. iPhone app-lications ‘5K Runner’helps people to runfive kilometres com-fortably in eightweeks, and ‘Food-ucate’ helps shop-pers make healthierpurchases by scan-ning barcodes andgetting an insightinto how healthy theproduct is.

Dating flopA MASS dating event- South Korea’s‘Battle of the Singles’- organised on Face-book fizzled out withthousands of lovelornmen turning up, butvery few women.More than 36,000people signed up.

END COLUMN

Sad cults getit wrong againand again

LEAPY LEESAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT LOONY: Doomsday merchants.

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4:00pm Stargate SG-15:00pm Stargate SG-16:00pm Futurama6:30pm Futurama7:00pm Got to Dance7:30pm The Simpsons8:00pm The Simpsons8:30pm The Simpsons9:00pm Bond's Greatest Moments10:30pm Road Wars11:00pm Spartacus: Vengeance

12:15am Cop Squad 1:15am Brit

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SKY MOVIESCOMEDY5:50am Dunston Checks In 7:20amLove and Other Drugs 9:15amSchool of Rock 11:05am TheMuppets Sky Movies Special11:35am A Thousand Words 1:10pmThe Dilemma 3:10pm Wild Hogs

5:00pm Shanghai Noon7:00pm School of Rock9:00pm A Thousand Words10:45pm Little Nicky

12:25am The Dilemma 2:20am HowDo You Know 4:35am Snow Dogs

SKY MOVIESDRAMA5:20am That Thing You Do! 7:20am

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5:00pm The Magic of Belle Isle7:00pm Morning Glory9:00pm Romeo and Juliet11:00pm One Day

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5:40pm Batman and Robin7:50pm Sahara

10:00pm Safe House

12:00am Killer Elite 2:00am RushHour 3:45am Battle: Los Angeles5:45am Angel Flight Down

TCM6:00am My Cousin Rachel 7:45am

Crossfire Trail 9:35am The HorseSoldiers 11:55am Return of theSeven 1:50pm The High Chaparral2:55pm The High Chaparral

4:00pm Kings Go Forth6:05pm Gun Glory7:50pm Rio Conchos10:00pm The Curse of the JadeScorpion11:55pm Dark City

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5:45am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast Thelatest news, sport, business and weather fromthe BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am WantedDown Under 11:00am Homes Under theHammer 12:00pm Rip Off Britain 12:45pmCowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advicefor homeowners who have fallen victim tocowboy builders. 1:15pm Bargain HuntOswestry Showground plays host to musicalbargain hunters. 2:00pm BBC News at One2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors3:15pm Privates

4:00pm Escape to the Country4:45pm PerfectionNick Knowles hosts the general knowledgequiz show.5:30pm Antiques Road Trip6:15pm Pointless7:00pm BBC News at SixThe latest national and international newsstories from the BBC News team, followed byweather.7:30pm BBC London News8:00pm The One ShowIf it's got Britain talking then it will get talkedabout on The One Show. 8:30pm Inside Out9:00pm EastEnders9:30pm Rip Off Britain10:00pm Miranda10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys11:00pm BBC News at Ten11:25pm BBC London News11:35pm Have I Got Old News for You

12:05am Room 101 Extended edition of Room101. 12:45am The Graham Norton Show1:35am The Celebrity Apprentice USAAmerican version of the business-basedcompetition. 3:00am Weatherview 3:05amBarenboim on Beethoven 4:35amMasterChef: The Professionals 5:35am BBCNews

7:35am Homes Under the Hammer 8:35amSaints and Scroungers 9:20am Cowboy Trap9:50am Swing Time 11:30am The Story ofVernon and Irene Castle 1:00pm The DailyPolitics Jo Coburn with the latest political news,interviews and debate.

2:00pm Darts 5:15pm Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pmEggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys8:00pm Heir Hunters 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm The Battle for Malta 10:30pm The Polar Bear Familyand Me11:30pm Newsnight

12:20amDarts Colin Murrayintroduces highlights from the night's matches inFrimley Green. 1:10am American Football MattRoberts introduces highlights from the NFL wildcard play-offs. 2:10am Darts 4:10am BBC News5:00am The Science of Space Dive 5:30am TheCode

4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based informationservice. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am ThisMorning A vibrant mix of showbiz news, fashion,cookery, gardening, travel, advice and DIY.12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines fromaround the world. Followed by a local weatherforecast. 12:30pm This Morning A vibrant mix ofshowbiz news, fashion, cookery, gardening,travel, advice and DIY. 1:30pm Loose Women2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pmStorage Hoarders

5:45am Deal or No Deal 6:40am Baking Madwith Eric Lanlard 7:05am Sali Mali 7:10am TheHoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Will andGrace 8:30am According to Jim 8:55amEverybody Loves Raymond 9:25amEverybody Loves Raymond 9:55am Frasier10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover BossAustralia 12:00pm A Place in the Sun 1:00pmChannel 4 News Includes news headlines andweather. 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals1:35pm Tobruk 3:40pm Countdown

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The Story of Vernonand Irene CastleMusical starring Fred Astaire andGinger Rogers. When Vernon Castle,a vaudeville clown, meets IreneFoote, a dancing legend is born - buttragedy is waiting in the wings.

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Fred Astaire &Ginger Rogers

THE EURO WEEKLY NEWS has contacted some of themany expatriates’ associations in Spain, in order to knowfirst-hand their opinions and experiences about themunicipal register (padron). Since most of those whoreplied are established residents in Spain, we expect theirthoughts will be of great help for newcomers.

1) What is your personal experience with thepadron?

It is very easy to register with the padron in Coin. Therewas some confusion as to whether you had to re-registerevery now and then. We have since found out that it isdone every two years; or if you move or if you need tomake some major purchase such as a house or car. It is amatter of taking your passport, house deeds if you havethem and residence certificate and all is completed in thetown hall’s front office, generally in a matter of minutes.

- Jo Taylor, Chairman, TheRoyal British Legion, Coin

(Malaga).2) Why did you register?We had made every effort to

become as ‘legal’ as possible oncewe had decided to live here inSpain. Registration was a simpleprocess.

- Michael Rushbrook, TheRoyal British Legion, El Campello

(Alicante).Civic duty. It enables the town hall to qualify for more

money for local services.- Richard Rogers, Public Relations Officer, The Royal

British Legion, Marbella (Malaga).

3) How has it helped you being in the ‘padron’?By being able to vote. - Frederick Wallis, Vice president of the International

Theatre Studio, San Pedro de Alcantara (Malaga).Provides eligibility for: healthcare, car purchase,

transfer of English to Spanish driving licences, establishing‘domestic’ and ‘fiscal’ residency, registering for town hallSpanish language lessons, membership of our association,Imserso (Spanish Government subsidised holidays).

- Michael and Penelope Elliott, Pensioners Association,Los Montesinos (Alicante).

I can cast my vote at certain elections, I have access toa doctor when I need to and if we have wildfires, there arefiremen to help us. I am also ensuring my future – asshould my health deteriorate and I need help – being onthe padron ensures that I can at least apply.

- Margery Taylor, Chairman, The Royal British Legion,Mijas (Malaga).

4) Where did you get the information about the‘padron’ from?

The original information came from the town hall but weare glad to see that the Euro Weekly is promoting thepadron.

- Mary Le Corney, District Secretary The Royal BritishLegion, Torremolinos (Malaga).

Our information comes in the main from the media, suchas the Euro Weekly.

- Ken Davis, Chairman, The Royal British Legion,Zurgena (Almeria).

5) Does your association co-operate in any way topromote the ‘padron’ among foreign residents?How?

We give frequent reminders to our members to ensurethey and their neighbours are registered on the padron, asthis enables the local council to obtain maximum benefitsfrom central and regional government as well as to makepurchases or register for a SIP card.

- Helen Tudor, Secretary Neighbourhood Watch, VecinosCooperando, Rojales (Alicante).

We at the RBL strongly recommend that all shouldregister themselves on their local padron and have giventhe reasons why. I would like to say there are still manyexpats who have been here for many years and still notregistered.

- Bill Raford, The Royal British Legion, Algarrobo Costa(Malaga).

JUST because Santa hasbeen it doesn’t mean thereare no toys left to buy.

The Spanish traditionallygive gifts on Three KingsDay (Epiphany), so mostSpanish families will begathering together onSunday.

Although the first rule forany good present-buyer isto sort it out in advance,some of us still have anephew or a cousin forwhom we still have to buy alast minute present.

So, what to buy? In Alicante, there is the

Toy Technological Institute(AIJU), a non-govern-mental foundation that hasgiven expert guidance ontoys since 1985.

It runs tests on toysbefore they are marketedby their manufacturers tomake sure they meet allsafety measures requiredby EU laws.

AIJU’s staff includesexperts on child educationand psychology.

During the year morethan 15,000 children visitits headquarters to have aday-long play. Also, morethan 7,000 volunteerfamilies co-operate with theinstitute.

The AIJU publishes a freeannual guide reporting on awide selection of toys, 140this year.

All of them have passedtheir quality and safetytests, many manufacturedby Spanish companies.

The AIJU also carriesout extensive marketresearch to find out themain trends.

Children like toysthey can play withanywhere; they alsolike unexpected feat-ures to surprise them.

Toys based ontechnology gadgets arepopular. Handicraftsand toys like doctorkits, sewing, cooking, andDIY are also in fashion.

Read AIJU 2013 guide at:www.guiadeljuguete.com.

Expat associationsshare their padron

experience

GOOD ADVICE: The Royal British Legion is one ofthe expat associations encouraging foreigners tosign on the padron.

QUESTION: MY wife and I obtained a padroncertificate each for residence purposes inNovember 2010. We had registered with thepadron when we purchased our property inOctober 2005 using our NIE. Do we require to

re-register and if so at what period of time?Answer: You may indeed need to confirm your

registration. Our advice is that you get in touch with yourtown hall’s padron office or foreign residents departmentto confirm that. As for the period of time, confirmation is

done every five years if you are EU residents andregistered with your Certificate of Residence. But if youare non-EU residents, then it is every two years. For EUnon-residents who used their passport, it is also twoyears.

Life inSpain

By Raul Candela

A weekly focus aimedat keeping expatriate readersinformed on various aspects of Life in Spain

Send your questions to: raul@euroweeklynews.comQ A

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Last minute presents?

PLAYTIME: Enjoy the look on his face.

A rough guide fortoy buyers:

THE following 10 tips are based onsuggestions by the Spanish toy store

chain Imaginarium. 1. Buy the toy as soon as possible.

Otherwise, the toy you thought of maybe sold out.

2. Make a list. It helps withplanning expenses and making sureeveryone is remembered.3. Buy quality and safety. Look for

quality seals and recommended ageson the box.

4. Go with the child, if possible. It isthe best way to get what they want.

5. Look for Special Discount days. Askthe store staff if any sales are coming up.

6. Tell the rest of the family which toyyou bought. It avoids repetition.

7. Buy online. It can save a lot of time.But check delivery is not too slow.

8. Buy educational toys.9. Keep the receipt and check the

store is able to replace the toy or refundthe money.

10. Ask for advice. Staff at the toystores can help you decide.

Source: shutterstock.

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5:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast Thelatest news, sport, business and weather fromthe BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am WantedDown Under 11:00am Homes Under theHammer 12:00pm Rip Off Britain 12:45pmCowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advicefor homeowners who have fallen victim tocowboy builders. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt2:00pm BBC News at One The latest nationaland international news stories from the BBCNews team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBCLondon News The latest news, sport andweather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pmPrivates

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IT always mystifies me how Ican pay a small fortune for aminuscule room in a trendyhotel in London and feel lessat home than in my ownhome!

I dislike the fauxenvironmental concern of:‘Washing towels wastes waterand is bad for theenvironment.’ It also costshotels megabucks which I’msure is their main concern.Just come out and be straightwith us about it!

Also hotels which are whollyinflexible regarding check-in,check-out times. Surely in thiscomputer age they couldmanage/match the shortstayer with the longer stayer?How about paying by thehour? And no, not what you’rethinking!

But most basic of all, please,a comfortable bed! Who wantsto end up ram-rod stiff after a

couple of nights? And if thereis a pillow menu, a pillow fromit shouldn’t be something Ishould have to beg receptionfor, is it? Trust me, it’sinvariably mission impossible.

Then there are the curtains.A reasonable night’s sleepmeans not being woken up inthe morning by light streamingin at 6am. So, please, providecurtains that do their job first,and are snazzy second.

Cushions are anotherbugbear. I counted 15 in one

hotel room. Hoteliers who putcushions on beds should besmothered with them. Asshould those who describetheir place as ‘Boutique’ simplybecause they’ve put pebble-filled jam-jars in bathrooms,towels twisted into ‘swans’ onbeds and original, ahem,

‘artwork’ on walls. Then there are the satellite/

TV remote controls whichrequire a PhD in technology tooperate. Shower mixers whichare so clever they’re anightmare to switch on. First,there’s some massive showerhead in the ceiling you can’t

adjust and as soon as you domanage to switch the thingon, it’s either freezing cold, orscalding hot, but never warm!

Not to mention tea-makingfacilities which are tuckedaway in a low-lying drawer,need to be plugged insomewhere else, filled under amixer-tap in the bathroom andcome with tiny-portionedcoffee, sugar and curdled milk.

These are just a fewpractical issues I’d be reallygrateful if any hoteliersamongst you out there couldconsider in 2013.

Think about it from theclient’s perspective! Okay, rantover!

Nora Johnson’s thrillers SoulStealer & The De ClerambaultCode (www.nora-johnson. com)from Amazon in paperback/eBook(€0.89;£0.77) and iBookstore.Profits to Cudeca.

BreakingViews

NORA JOHNSON

Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for anumber of years, is the author of psychological

suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on anyof the issues raised in Nora’s column, go to

www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/nora-johnson

Mystery of soulless hotels that leaves me feeling cold

HOTEL ROOMS: Can be lacking in character.

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IT defies logic that a rationalhuman being would attach a longplank of wood to each foot, pointthem down a slippery precipiceand take off.

Perhaps it is the thrill of dicingwith death in this otherwise socontrolled life most of us lead thatleads millions of us to take to theski slopes each year. This week Iam writing from the tops of theTyrol mountains in Austria.

It’s been a while since I skied,and believe me, it is not like ridinga bicycle; first of all I am morepetrified of imminent death than Iwas in my 20s. Time, if nothingelse, makes you aware of yourown mortality: it’s an awfully longway down…

“Bend zee knees!” our fearlessinstructor Hans bellows, whichdoesn’t really help since I wouldneed them to stop shaking like atree in a hurricane first, but sinceHans is rather dashing (aprerequisite for this professionjudging by the parade ofstrapping lads and the ladies onthese slopes), I try my best. “Putzee feet together!” comes thenext instruction when it is my

turn, something I do much in thestyle of a lame elephant.

“Can we stop for someGluhwine now?” I lead therebellion, pointing my polevigorously towards a little woodenhut nearby, and I have a fewbackers in the group. I figure thatthis drink must have beeninvented to glue your skistogether if only I can carefully spillthe sticky sweet liquid in the rightplace.

But Hans is not to be swayed:“Nein!” Audible sighs follow frommy fellow would-be mutineers,but since our chances of making itdown the mountain without Hansare slim to none, we mournfullybid farewell to the tempting littlecafé on the piste.

Now, I am all for the après-ski,but it does infer that you have todo your duty on the skis beforegraduating to the multiple bars,restaurants and shops in thisquaint ski village. Still, as Hansshepherds us towards the nextchairlift for another round of slideand tumble, I mumble my

apologies and take off with aspeed and finesse hithertounseen in my skiing. As I bee-linetowards a bar I can still hear Hansbaffled voice behind me: “But, ithaz only been one hour…?”

I am in fact all in favour ofskiing, as long as my vantagepoint is from the warmth of a

café, where I can peruse all thosenimble skiers and snowboardersat my leisure while sipping a niceglass of wine and reading thepaper. I get enough of a work-outfrom shlepping my skis and polesin an unruly mess from the chaletto the ski-stand; it’s really aHerculean effort and I wonderwhy golfers get caddies for asimple bag of clubs, when usskiers have to stumble aroundwith these planks, with feet stuckin the rigid contraptions of ski-boots.

As the daylight fades, we allreturn to the open fire with storiesof the day’s adventure. Everyoneelse appears so animated aboutit, I can’t really admit to bailingout: “Oh, great! Yes, I reallymanaged to hone those parallelturns!” I hide my newly-manicured nails and shuffle theshopping bags under the table.

Just then, the managerappears: “Frau Marshall, Hanscalled to ask if you will be joiningthe ski group tomorrow? He wasvery concerned that you hadtaken ill, when you left so earlythis morning.” Oh, well…

The call of the slippery slopes

SNOW JOKE: Skiing or supping?

Expat Strife Swedish-born Ulrica is a freelance

journalist living in Mallorca with herfamily. Her debut novel $Expat Wivesis available on Amazon and iBooks.To comment on any of the issuesraised in Ulrica’s column, go to

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ulrica @euroweeklynews.comULRICA MARSHALL

SIMON COWELL reportedly wants to hire Kate Moss as astyle consultant on the next X Factor series. The TVproducer is said to be hoping to land the British model tohelp with contestant’ fashion choices, while also bringing innew advertising deals for the show, according to reports.

A source claimed: “Simon is looking at ways of refreshingthe show and one idea he will bring to the table is gettingKate Moss on board. He knows how important the stylingof the contestants is and having a supermodel and a world-famous name on board would certainly raise the bar.

“Kate could give the contestants advice and ideas onhow they want to look and also how to look afterthemselves and still look great in the years ahead.” Cowell’sspokesperson is quoted as saying that “no firm plans hadbeen made” over Moss’s role, but that meetings will be heldin January.

The X Factor producers are rumoured to be planning bigchanges for the next UK series following a further dip in theratings for its latest run. Rihanna was recently named as apotential new judge on the panel and an online suvey hasvoted for Nicole Scherzinger to return next year.

Former Emmerdale star Danny Miller has joined Scott &Bailey. The show is centred around main characters DCRachel Bailey (Suranne Jones) and DC Janet Scott (LesleySharp), both of whom are members of the Major IncidentTeam of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police.

Spooks star Nicola Walker and Coronation Street’s TracieBennett were announced to appear in series three of the

crime drama last month. Filming on the third series of Scott& Bailey began in November. The new episodes will be seteight months on from series two’s climax.

Guy Ritchie is currently shooting a World War Two TVdrama called The Few. The series is based on a group ofelite RAF servicemen who fought in the Second World War.A source told reporters: “Guy is really excited about theproject. He can’t wait to put his stamp on it. He’s alwaysbeen interested in the military, so telling the story of theseheroes was something he would love to bring to a newaudience. It could be as big as Band of Brothers.”

The subject is said to be close to the director’s heart ashis grandfather Major Stewart Ritchie died in action on thebattlefields of France in 1940. The new series is notconnected to the WW2 novel of the same name. Ritchie’sseries is an original idea conceived by the director’sproducing partner Lionel Wigram and will be written byTom Butterworth and Chris Hurford.

‘The Few’ was the name given to the fighter aircrew ofthe RAF who protected Britain from the threat of invasionfrom the Nazis during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Ritchie

became a fatheragain last month when fiancee Jacqui Ainsley gave birth toa baby girl.

Dawn French has admitted that she nearly turned downher role in The Vicar of Dibley. The actress admitted thatshe questioned whether the show was funny enough whenshe was initially offered the part, reports the BBC. Frenchspoke about her famous role in an interview on BBC Radio4’s Desert Island Discs. “I thought, ‘How on earth do youplay a central character who’s so blooming good?’” she toldKirsty Young. “I thought, ‘Where are the flaws? Where isthe monster in this woman?’ That’s what I understandcomedy to be.” The show aired on the BBC for 13 yearsbefore its final episode on New Year’s Day 2007, andfeatured cameos from Johnny Depp and Kylie Minogue.

If you would like me to answer any questions you mayhave on satellite TV or to expand on anything, please callme on 678 332 815 or email on richard@europa-digital.com I look forward to your comments andquestions. Don’t forget to listen to my radio show everyweekday from 10am on Spectrum Radio (90.8fm), or listenonline at costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net for the latest newsand views from the world of satellite television.

Of Europa Digital

By RichardShanley

DISHING THE DIRT

Simon Cowell ‘wants Kate Mossas X Factor style consultant’

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KATE MOSS: Will shebe giving contestantsstyle advice?

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CAPRICORN(December 22 - January 20)A loss of patience with a situationshows this week but is not to youradvantage. Whatever you feel, be subtle in yourapproach. Try to see your position clearly andthe result will be that you realise you havemore control than you thought.

AQUARIUS(January 21 - February 19)A feeling that you should totally commityourself to something or someone thisweek should be avoided. You will come upagainst a brick wall if a situation is forced. Timeis all that is required to see things change forthe better.

PISCES(February 20 - March 20)There may not be enough time to doeverything you want, so why can't youjust reorganise your life so there is?Not as easy as it sounds, Pisces, unless you

learn the magic word: no. Know your limits andstick to them.

ARIES(March 21 - April 20)Extra pressures at work leave youfeeling less than energetic. Checkon your health and don't go overboard

with the physical activities. Set out to becomemore active, socially, and maximise onrelaxation. you?

TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)Social activities are likely to changeat the last minute. If energy levels are

not as high as normal, use this week forplanning. With holidays in mind, the summerseems far away but maybe a weekend trip willfill the gap.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)Although health should be good,energy may be a little low. A bit of amystery surrounds a close friend and youropinion may be sought. Hold fire until all thefacts are known and you are sure a personhas been honest with you because someonemay try to keep you in the dark to get theright answer. .

CANCER(June 22 - July 23)The temptation to run round like aheadless chicken is strong this week.There seem to be so many demands on yourtime that things become confusing. Be sureyou are getting enough rest because this timeof the year can be fraught for you.

LEO(July 24 - August 23)A situation could becomecomplicated if you do not planahead. With a little thought andplanning, matters can be kept simple which isalways desirable. Be choosy about thecompany you keep because a bad charactercould taint by association.

VIRGO(August 24 - September 23)A lost cause tries to demand yourattention, but you must try to see thesituation for what it is. Sentimentality shouldnot come into business or be allowed toupset your home life.

LIBRA(September 24 - October 23)Ruts are awful things to get into buteven more difficult to get out of.Being cosy is one thing, but gettingbogged down, mentally and physically, isanother. All you need is to keep your optimismalive and use your imagination.

SCORPIO(October 24 - November 22)Are you suffering from winter blues?Although it is a common feeling atthis time of the year, keep optimistic.There is so much to look forward to, in fact,that you are spoilt for choice.

SAGITTARIUS(November 23 - December 21)Recent events have perhaps left agap in your social life that is hard tofill. Patience is needed because itwould be foolish to rush into something new ifyour heart is involved. Concentrating on workand other people will alleviate any loneliness.This may seem a short-term solution but it is allthat is needed for now.

AN English internationalauthor who recently became aresident of Benalmadena on theCosta del Sol has released herfirst book.

Shirley Amy’s The WinningWay to Quit Smoking uses arevolutionary protocol derivedfrom a natural and holisticfoundation.

It incorporates healthscience, and embracescomplementary andnutritional therapywith an accent onbiological regulationand the intrinsic healing of themind, body and soul.

It is designed to slowly and

systematicallychange smokersinto non-smokers inaround sixmonths withoutthe need fornicotinereplacementproducts andanti-smokingdrugs, which is

perfect for all those New Yearresolutions.

Nacho Duato, bornJanuary 8, 1957. He is aSpanish modern ballet

dancer and choreographer. He was theartistic director of the National SpanishDance Company from 1990 to 2010. Heis currently the artistic director of the

ballet at Moscows̓ Mikhailovsky Theatre.

IF ITʼS YOURBIRTHDAY THIS

WEEK: The desire to find

an ideal mate bringsan edge to the

months ahead. It isalmost as though you

are daring fate totempt you.

Word ladder

Move from thestart word (COAT) tothe end word (RACK)in the same numberof steps as there are

rungs on the WordLadder. You must on-ly change one letter

at a time.

COAT

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When 22-year-old drug dealerChris (Hirsch) has his stash ofdrugs stolen from him by hismother, he has to come up with $6,000 quick, orhe’s dead. Desperate, he goes to see his father,Ansel (Hayden Church), and lays out the plan.Chris’s mother has a life insurance policy. EnterDetective ‘Killer’ Joe Cooper, a hired hit man,who will get rid of her - for an upfront fee - thatChris and Ansel can’t pay. Just as Joe is about toleave, he spots Dottie (Temple), Chris’s innocentyounger sister. Joe makes Chris an offer, he’llkeep Dottie as sexual collateral until the moneyis collected and his fee can be paid.1h43 Director: William Friedkin Starring:Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, JunoTemple, Thomas Haden Church

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1. Which Norwegian explorer was the first to traversethe Northwest Passage and, in 1911, the first to reachthe South Pole?2. Who, in February 1979, became the first soccerplayer to be transferred within the UK for a fee of over£1,000,000?3. According to the Guinness Book of Hit Singles, whatwas the title of the Rolling Stones’ first British numberone hit single?4. The Norwegian diplomat Trygve Lie was the firstperson to hold which position?5. Which sporting first occurred at the Iffley RoadTrack, Oxford, on May 6, 1954?6. According to the Bible (John 20 and Mark 16:9), whowas the first to see Jesus after his Resurrection?7. Which famous horse race, first (officially) run in1839, was won by Lottery ridden by Jem Mason?8. What was the name of the world’s first orbitingsatellite, which was launched by the USSR in October1957?9. What was the name of the first First Minister ofScotland at the head of the Labour-Liberal Democratcoalition in 1999?10. In which south coast resort was Britain’s first nudistbeach established in August 1979?

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Very good: 37Excellent: 46

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Across7 Cooking instructions: pierce

bananas (6)8 Plundered devastated Toledo (6)9 Being in April, if everything is OK (4)10 Sounds like this princess is timid

when it comes to facing a tribe ofIndians (8)

11 Wren set off for action movie (7)13 Guide one through the story line

(5)15 Fast, first class railway sprite (5)17 Twelve inch high chaps used as

servants (7)20 Iʼm done, so change the game (8)21 To incite a dog is naughty (4)22 Partly taking the reins in this place

(6)23 Actorʼs remarks not for B teams (6)

Down1 Catty remarks from your lifeline (6)2 Excavation belongs to me (4)3 Piggy comes from gym class and

gets a couple of hundred a yearback (7)

4 Football team in the dumps (5)5 Nationalist opposition leader against

the Spanish is Middle Easternauthor (8)

6 Shelter is on late broadcast (4-2)12 Insects are, perhaps, emitters (8)14 Lassie from Sirius? (3,4)16 Shore bird at cove flying

around (6)18 Paint two women (6)19 Illegal stash of meat cut for

roasting (5)21 The way I walk gets an immense

titter at first (4)

Across1 Fabric used for clothing, chairs,

sails or tents (6)5 Look for (6)8 Slim (4)9 Aromatic bark used as a spice

(8)10 Sweat (8)11 Rush (4)12 Area (6)14 Penalise (6)16 Overtake (4)18 Infatuated (8)20 Convinced (8)21 Simmer (4)22 Calm (6)

23 Horse barn (6)

Down2 Accomplish (7)3 Goddess of love (5)4 Department (7)5 From that time (5)6 Desert (7)7 Irritable (5)13 Hearten (7)14 Own (7)15 Particular (7)17 On oneʼs own (5)18 Backhander (5)19 Shinbone (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

CRYPTIC Across:1 Workload, 7 Flute,8 Nostalgia, 9 Sow, 10 Herb,11 Wet rot, 13 Gimlet,14 Lanark, 17 Purdah, 18Wasp, 20 Leo, 22 Astronaut,23 Nippy, 24 Teaspoon. Down: 1 Wench, 2 Rostrum,3 Lead, 4 Angles, 5 Quest,6 Network, 7 Fairway,12 Hearsay, 13 Gallant,15 Arapaho, 16 Castle, 17Poppy, 19 Piton, 21 Eons.

QUICK - Across: 1 Twisted,5 Bliss, 8 Baked, 9 Startle,10 Obstinate, 12 Gap, 13Smudge, 14 Escape, 17 Lea,18 Senseless, 20 Amiable, 21Trade, 23 Abhor, 24 Torment. Down: 1 Taboo, 2 Irk,3 Tidying, 4 Dismal, 5 Brave,6 Integrate, 7 Steeple,11 Squeamish, 13 Sultana, 15Sweater, 16 Insert, 18 Sober,19 Spent, 22 Ape.

ENGLISH - SPANISHAcross: 1 Book, 3 Blind,8 England, 9 Tea, 10 Ruler,11 Broma, 12 Oro, 13Ciruela, 14 Goose, 15 Sopa. Down: 1 Beetroot,2 Orgulloso, 4 Ladybird,5 Nitrogeno, 6 Fabricas,7 Calabaza.

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FUNAGRAM SOLUTION1. SESAME STREET2. MATT DAWSON

Play on Words

Answers: Four poster, Cut back

1.Unscramble the name of a famouschildren’s television programme, firstbroadcast in 1969 (two words):SEES TEAMSTER2. Unscramble the name of a retiredEnglish rugby union player:TWO MAD ANTS

Discipline is the bridgebetween goals andaccomplishment.’‘

Jim Rohn (1930-2009) Americanentrepreneur, author and

motivational speaker.

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Across1 Soup (thick) (4)3 Hierbas (5)6 Cebolla (5)8 Pears (5)10 Nail (on finger, toe) (3)11 Serious (problem,danger, illness, mistake)(5)12 Baile (pieza, arte) (5)13 Mar (3)14 Hoja (de papel) (5)

15 Sudor (transpiración)(5)16 Heat (warmth) (5)17 To fall (4)

Down1 Esponjas (7)2 Spring (season) (9)4 Swords (7)5 Aubergine (9)7 Our (7)9 Más dulce (7)

The clues are mixed, some clues arein Spanish and some are in English.

ENGLISH - SPANISH

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the CodeBreaker gridrepresents a

different letterof the alphabet.

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every time thefigure 20

appears and Wevery time the

figure 21appears. Now,

using yourknowledge of

the Englishlanguage, work

out whichletters should

go in themissing squares.As you discoverthe letters, fill

in other squareswith the samenumber in themain grid and

the controlgrid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Longer, 2 Dinner, 3 Wilder, 4 Borrow, 5 Noises,6 Shrunk, 7 Metres, 8 Wheels, 9 Booths, 10 Mellow,11 Barest, 12 Writhe, 13 Taller, 14 Lusted, 15 Patrol,16 Mortar, 17 Either, 18 Sparks, 19 Hasten.

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlockingcells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be writtenCLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (BELLOW) and one letter in four

other cells are given as clues.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

H e x a g r a m

AGREES

ANGERS

BEARDS

BELLOW (10)

BREAST

CHARMS

CHOSEN

EVENTS

GAITER

GREASE

LETTER

MILLET

PATROL

PLEDGE

SPIRES

STATUE

TWEEDS

WELLED

WRITER

TUC

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THE most expensive cheese in the world comes fromthe Serbian donkey.

The average dairy cow can produce more milk in sixweeks than the entire farm of 130 donkeys, outside ofBelgrade, Serbia, can produce in a year and 25 litres ofdonkey milk are needed to make one kilo of cheese.This could account for its price tag £1,000 (€1,219) akilo.

The cheese is not commercially produced at present,but there are hopes it could soon be on the shelves ofHarrods department store.

DIFFERENT: The cheese may be available at Harrods.

Donkeycheese mostexpensive

FIVE chefs in Italyhave baked theworld’s largest pizza.

The world-recordpizza is a 130ft widemargherita and wascreated in Rome,Italy. The dough wasbaked in over 5,000separate batches. Itwas then coveredwith 19,800lbs ofmozzarella and8,800lbs of tomatosauce.

The pizza smashedthe previous worldrecord set in 1990 inSouth Africa whichmeasured 122ft indiameter.

Slices of the pizzawere donated to localfood shelters in Rome.

The world’slargest pizza

PIZZA: Anyone for aslice?

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USING Facebook could make you more likely to eatunhealthy snacks.

That’s the finding by researchers from ColumbiaUniversity and the University of Pittsburgh (USA)who say that regular contact with friends on thesocial network site left users with higher levels of

self-esteem but lower levels of self-control. Theyfound that people were more likely to snack onunhealthy food once they had logged off -particularly if they had been chatting withclose friends.

The team usedfive experimentson the behaviourof Facebook usersto see how it

affected them whenthey were offline.The studies suggested

there was a linkbetween the use of thewebsite and poorself-control overwhat they ate andhow much moneythey spent,

particularly whensocialising with close

friends.

Unhealthy snackslinked to Facebook

SELF-CONTROL: Is poor after using the internet.

EASY TEST: The new scan can predict how fast patients could deteriorate.

AN easy eye test can help measurehow fast multiple sclerosis (M.S.) isprogressing.

Researchers performed scans on164 M.S patients that measured thethickness of the lining at the back ofthe eye. They found that patients withthinning of the retina had both earlierand more active forms of the disease.

M.S. affects nerves in the brain and

spinal cord, causing problems withmuscle movement, balance and vision.Many sufferers have periods wheresymptoms are mild, followed by flare-ups making monitoring of the diseasedifficult for doctors.

It is hoped this new scan, calledOptical Coherence Tomography (OCT)could be helpful in evaluating theprogression of the condition.

M.S. eye scan test

WANTING a largefamily? Well, whensearching for yourperfect baby-makingmate, first count thenumber of brothers hehas. Scientists say thegreater the number ofmale siblings yourpartner has, the morefertile he is likely to be.

The findings werepublished in the AsianJournal of Andrology.

Lots ofbrothersmeansfertility

TRYING to think of acommon set of newyear resolutions for the

EWN readership is not easyas some have large andothers small properties, somehave long matured gardensand others are just starting todevelop new gardens and ofcourse some live inapartments with smallstorage balconies or elegantroof top gardens. Howeverwe hope the following makessense:

• Aim to make allspaces more usable,productive and enjoyable.

• Be adventurous butcautious with your plantings.Adventurous in recognisingthat an enormous range offlowering and evergreenplants and trees, fruit,vegetables and herbs can begrown in all situations inSpain.

• Cautious in focussing onplanting mainly drought andfrost resistant plants tominimise the cost of losses.

• Recognise that in allgardens the predominantcolours will be the multitudeof green tints and hues soadd to the assortment of leaf

colours for interest. Even at Christmas we had

getting on for forty types of

plants in flower. For ideas fornew colour schemes read thechapter on ‘Painting withplants’ in our book ‘YourGarden in Spain – Fromplanning to planting andmaintenance’.

• Finally go eco andavoid using potentiallydangerous chemical garden-ing products. A bottle ofneem oil insecticide nowwidely available since Flowerlaunched two neemproducts, a bottle of propolisas a fungicide which if not inyour local garden centre is inthe health stores and honey

shops, a bottle of potassiumsoap or an eco washing upliquid plus a few cloves ofgarlic to crush to add towater or to plant in geraniumpots or under rose bushescan sort out most gardenproblems.

For snails and slugs tryNeudorff’s eco snail pelletswhich do not end up withpiles of dead snails and slimysnail tracks. Persuade yourneighbours to do likewise. • Start to grow a fewvegetables even if only inlarge size builders’ buckets orwindow boxes or on agrowing table. Theillustrations in ‘ApartmentGardening MediterraneanStyle’ and ‘Growing HealthyVegetables in Spain’ will giveyou plenty of ideas. If you likefreshly harvestedmushrooms, a sporeimpregnated sack from alocal garden centre,agricultural co-operative oranimal feed warehouse is a

very easy and productive wayto start.

If you can’t trace a sackcontact info@cultisett.com orcultisett@hotmail.com.

• Add some additionalfruit trees bushes or plantsfor fresh seasonal fruitsranging from peaches toredcurrants and strawberries.With home grown fruit youcan harvest when really ripeand if not sprayed or spayedecologically one can eatdirectly from trees.

• Get out and enjoythe first sunny days ofthe new year andprogress the annualwinter clean up and

cutback early to create a neatgarden and give plants plentyof time to bud up for springand early summer flowering.

• If you don’t haveroom for a veggie plot takeon an allotment.

• Encourage the nextgenerations to take aninterest in nature andgardens beyond growingcannabis. From what wehave heard when runningquestion and answer standsat village fairs and flowerfestivals many youngsters areexperts at that and the skillsare there to grow healthiercrops.

Whatever your new yearplans for the garden andapartment terraces do enjoythem to the full this year.

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THE early 1970s inMojacar was thebest of times and the

greatest of times. Almostanyone you spoke to wasinterested in having “theirplace in the sun.”

Since the average costwas less than $10,000(€7,600) for a two-threebedroom house with land,people bought as if I hada stand in the Saharadesert selling ice coldbeer. They queued up,waited and pleaded tobuy.

I calculated one nightthat at that rate of sales Icould buy the Province ofMurcia by January of thefollowing year.

Early in the morningcame the Spanish eager tosell their prized posses-sions.

“Land that had been intheir families since beforethe Moors arrived.”Incredibly large tracts ofland.

From the beach to Antasthen over to Lorca andthen down to the sea.That was about $5000(€3,800) if you had it.

The Spanish came indroves and didn’t waitpatiently for their turn.

They barged in, grabbedyou and shoved wrinkled,crumpled yellow sheets ofvery old paper and handdrawn sketches in yourhand. Ten thousandorange trees, more olivetrees than they couldcount, chickens, horses,and pigs, each of whichhad a name.

If you balked orhesitated in the slightestthey would offer theirdaughters, sons and theirfavourite burro. A dealsimply had to be done.

Trouble was only one in5,000 had legal titledeeds. This complicatedthe issue because youthen had to go to each oftheir neighbours and havethem sign a map and legalpapers to attest to thefact. Trouble was, youcould French kiss a snakea lot easier.

Once you tried to walkthe land with the selleryou’d better be quick torun as you’d be greetedwith buck-shot and a lot ofangry words and dispar-aging remarks.

Friends that oncegreeted you as one of the

lost Three Kings now senttheir wives to the end ofthe field to wield knivesagainst you should youmake it that far.

None of them mindedyou buying, unless it wasfrom someone else. Buyingfrom a close neighbour,relative or life long friendwas an “insult” beyondimagination. If you weregonna buy his land, youhad to buy theirs too.

That wasn’t the onlytrouble. All of a suddenwhile erecting the houseswe soon discovered noone could read plans oreven the sports pages. Ifyou didn’t sit on the siteall day with the workersthey were just as capableof putting windows in theceilings as six to sevendoors next to each otherin the back of the house.

Getting the plumbingput in was a delicacy thatwas never mastered byanyone from around thearea, and a lot of hardwork and lengthyexplanation was neededfor this minor frivolity.

Then there was theelectrical circuitry that wasalways hammered into theblock walls after thebuilding was plasteredand nicely finished.

The most distinguishedmaster builder was onethat could make thechimneys. Now that is anart form as much asproper swimming pools.And ‘trouble was’ they allthought they were thebest and most completeengineers and masons theworld had known.

But over the course of

construction you soonfound out that putting upa house was just as easyas launching a rocket tothe moon built with Legoparts. And, if you left theconstruction site for theslightest excuse, you werecommitting a mortal sinthat always provedirreparable and incrediblycostly to remedy.

Trouble was, if you askeda man to dig a trench andturned your back on him formore than 20 minutes he’ddug over the hill and halfway to Carboneras.

Always singing. Alwayspleasant. And very hardworking.

But if you paid them onFriday evening everythingthat you owed them, youwouldn’t seen them untileach worker’s individualfiestas had run theircourse.

The worker’s wife wouldreturn him to the job by hisears with the warning thatshe had to receive half thewages or he wouldn’t beback again, ever!

I had a lot to learn. Andit all was more complicatedto me than rocket science.

HOUSE INSPECTION: Clients inspecting their houseoverlooking the Med. These pernickety folk evenwanted a roof.

Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 andbecame one of the pioneer developers. He read

extensively and travelled in South Americapanning gold and looking for El Dorado.

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Trouble was making moneyand no time to spend it!

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A STUDY on 8,900 schoolchildren inDenmark has found that women havea better sense of taste than boys.

The findings showed that girlsrecognised taste much better thantheir male counterpart, andboys need 10 per centmore sourness and 20per cent moresweetness to be ableto recognise the tasteof something.

Also, boyshave asweeter

tooth than girls.Carried out by the Danish Science

Communication and The Faculty ofLife Sciences, each child was suppliedwith a kit of taster samples.

The tests were designed torecognise the ability of the

children to discoversweet and sour tastesand to find out whatthey prefer when eachsensation varied inintensity.

Women havesuperior taste buds

TASTE SENSATION: Girls can recognise taste better than boys

DO NOT underestimateyour slow, unassumingpet. Goldfish have sharpmemories, oftenremembering the personthat feeds them.

Unlike the archetypalsaying that goldfish onlyhave a three secondmemory, their minds canin fact recognise aperson after a three-month separation.

Also, all varieties ofgoldfish can see beyondthe violet; that is to saythey can see ultra violetand infrared lights.

They can even seesparks from static

electricity which peoplecannot. So be carefuldragging your socks onthe carpet beforeholding your goldfishaquarium or your petfish might see sparksflying.

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CATS do have a ‘rightingreflex’ that operates whenthey fall.

First, the braincommands the head andneck muscles to put thehead ‘square’ with theground. Then the restof the body aligns itselfwith the head and, heypresto, the cat ends upin a perfect positionfor a soft landing.

Newborn kittensdon’t have this reflex,as it depends on acombination of eye andinner ear messages

It might seemreasonable to assume thatthe greater the height ofthe fall, the worse theinjuries. This is, however,only true up to a level ofseven storeys; after thatthe fracture rate actuallydecreases.

This is because afterdropping for a distance ofabout five storeys, the catreaches maximum speed,the so-called terminal

velocity of a falling body.At this point, the speed is

constant and thus the innerear is no longer aware andstimulated by acceleration.So the cat relaxes andspreads its legs out just asa freefall parachutist doeswhen he is stabilising hisdescent.

On landing, relaxedbodies are much less likelyto fracture, which is alsotrue of infants, and adultswho are drunk.

Moggiesmake themost oflightIN a totally blacked-outroom, a cat can see nobetter than you or I. Whatit can do, however, ismagnify the faintestquantities of light in itssurroundings, and it needsonly one-sixth of the lightwe need.

It’s eyes possess a light-intensifying screen madeup of 15 layers of cellscontaining glittering,

iridescent crystals,the tapetum lucidum, set

behind the retina.This screen reflects

every speck of light afterit has been processed bythe retina, doubling theeffect.

It is this that makescats’ eyes flash in thedark, and probablyinspired Willliam Blake’sfamous lines: ‘Tiger!Tiger! Burning bright, inthe forest of the night.’

Though cats can’t seecolour as well as we do,their black-and-white visionis better and they candistinguish up to 25different shades of grey.

For your local radiofrequency log ontowww.talkradioeurope.com.

Chino

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Cats that can landon their feet

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FALLING:Cats have

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CHINO, my two-year-old pug, was given a newscarf from Father Christmas, and now won’t takeit off. Luckily for him, he looks super cool in it.

Steve Matthews, Almeria

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A TERM given to the bratty behaviourof small dogs, small dog syndrome iswhen the animal will bark at theirowners continuously until they getwhat they want.

Because small dogs appearinnocent and harmless, some ownersforget they are dogs and not littlehumans. To stop the syndrome

developing into something that couldend with a lawsuit, or a trip to thehospital, follow these simple rules.

Act as the alpha dog. Have blackand white rules that everyone canfollow. But don’t hit, put it in a smalldog crate for several minutes.

Don’t condone the behaviour, justbecause the dog is small and cute. Do

not make the mistake of letting badbehaviour go unpunished.

Set limits in the house. No eating onthe counter or table, no jumping onthe couch if uninvited, no jumping onpeople’s laps if uninvited, no barkingto get what it wants.

Reward good behaviour with a toyor treat.

Stop small dog syndrome

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THE bar of safety inSpanish cars has beenraised during the last fiveyears. However, there is stilla notable gap between thesafety equipment of higherand lower segments.

In this sense, Germanyhas been identified as themost advanced country inEurope in terms of carprotection systems.

These are some of themain findings in a report bythe Fundacion Mapfre’sInstituto de Seguridad Vial,a traffic safety research

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INFINITI, the car brandof Nissan Motor,confirmed it willmanufacture vehicles inEurope from Nissan’sproduction base inSunderland, UK.

The announcementrepresents a substantialinvestment of around£250 million (€306million) and is expectedto create a further 1,000jobs at Sunderland andacross the country.

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THIS weekend 32 teams will beparticipating in the third round ofthe FA Cup and, as always, there

will be a handful of surprises as manytop-line clubs play banana-skin tiesagainst inferior opponents.

There are four all-Premiershipencounters. Seven-time winners andholders Chelsea visit Southampton,Manchester United travel to West Ham,there’s a repeat of the Boxing Day

clash between QPR and WBA at LoftusRoad while Swansea play Arsenal atThe Emirates.

Potential giant-killing acts could beperformed by Brighton (at home toNewcastle), Bournemouth (v Wigan),Crawley Town (v Reading), possiblyBurton Albion at Leicester and Luton athome to Wolves.

And with Aston Villa conceding goalsleft, right and centre, they will certainlybe tested by Ipswich. Sunderland won’tfind it easy at Bolton, neither willNorwich at Peterborough nor Stoke atCrystal Palace, and I must wishHastings United, the lowest-ranked

team left in the tournament,good luck at Middlesbrough.

Elsewhere, Everton (vCheltenham), Liverpool (vMansfield), Manchester City (vWatford), Fulham (v Blackpool)and Tottenham (v Coventry)should all go through, but younever know; anything canhappen in the third round of theCup and invariably it does!

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* Manchester United delivered another‘Fergie Time’ Boxing Day knockoutto beat Newcastle 4-3. It was the‘12 goals of Christmas’ for AstonVilla who lost 8-0 at Chelsea and4-0 at home to Tottenham in thespace of five days (Gareth Balescored a hat-trick for Spurs). Agoal by ex-Manchester City starAdam Johnson gaveSunderland a late Christmaspresent-win over Roberto Mancini’smen and WBA have now attainedtheir best half-season points tally since1982.

* The big game in the Championship over thefestive season saw leaders Cardiff beat Crystal Palace2-1. Second-placed Hull drew 0-0 with Leicester (5th)and after losing

1-0 at second-placed Middlesbrough, Blackburnsacked their manager Henning

Berg.* Sean O’Driscoll wasalso dismissed as

manager ofNottingham Forestjust two hours afterthe Reds hadwhipped Leeds 4-2.It’s a precarious

job, managing afootball team, unless

your name is Ferguson,Wenger or Moyes!

* Also last week, lowlyPeterborough stunned Wolves 3-0 at Molineux in theChampionship while League Two strugglers Barnetcaused an upset by winning 1-0 at table-toppersGillingham.

* Former World Cup referee Graham Poll haseffectively told PL managers to ‘learn the rules’ of the

game and to stop blaming match officials!This followed the remarks made by

ranting and raving Sir AlexFerguson after Newcastle were

awarded a ‘fair’ own-goal atOld Trafford on Boxing Day. Iknow he’s 71 but that’s no

excuse. He’s been in footballsince he was 16 and shouldknow the rules by now.

* Sri Lankan batsmanKumar Sangakkara has becomethe 11th batsman in

cricket history to score 11,000 Testruns, reaching the milestone against

Australia on Boxing Day. And in the samematch, Australia’s captain Michael Clarke became

his country’s highest run-maker in a calendar year,scoring 1,545 in 2012, to beat Ricky Ponting’s 2005 tallyof 1,544. And staying with cricket, Indian batsmanSachin Tendulkar has retired from limited over matches.

* Scot Colin Montgomery has emerged as favourite tocaptain Europe’s 2014 Ryder Cup team in his homecountry.

* Rafael Nadal, who hasn’t played a serious game oftennis since Wimbledon last June, had hoped to takepart in a tournament in Abu Dhabi last week butwithdrew due to a stomach bug. However, he hasn’truled out playing in the Australian Open later thismonth.

Did you know?Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero ismarried to the daughter of DiegoMaradona.

And Aguero’s striker-partner at The EtihadStadium, Mario Balotelli, once had a trialwith Barcelona

SHAKY COMEBACK:Rafael Nadal had towithdraw from Abu

Dhabi tournament dueto a stomach bug.

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A former football player and the world’smost prolific author of football books(more than 100 published), Tony is alsothe sports reporter for Spectrum Radioand lives in the Cabrera mountains.

By Tony Matthews

SPORTS SCENE

TWENTY THREE members and guests ofthe 19th Hole Golf Society paid itsfortnightly visit to the picturesque AguilonCourse.

As always the course was in pristinecondition for this singles Stablefordcompetition, and the weather was as goodas you could get for playing golf.

Several surprising results followed on thisbeautiful day with the ladies performingparticularly well on the shorter par threeholes. Zeta Denyer taking nearest the pinon hole 10 and Christine Dow on the 106m17th.

Harry Eels had a good round finishing

third with 32 points, and a nearest the pinon the fourth hole, just behind TerryCaddick on 33 points.

But winner on the day with the very goodscore of 36 points was Keith Kingdom.Keith was playing off his new handicap of27 and, on this result, the Handicap Mastercomputer programme has cut that to 25.

The 19th Hole G/S is now arrangingweekly games at various courses in thearea, the home course, which we playfortnightly, is Aguilon.

To join the 19th Hole give the secretarya ring on 610 340 653. Or emailgs19thhole@hotmail.co.uk.

ALEJANDRO CALVOGARCIA is not ahousehold name, unlessyou support ScunthorpeUnited. The nippy Spanishstriker served the ‘Iron’from 1996-2004 duringwhich time he scored 41goals in 268 first-classappearances and becamea legend with theLincolnshire club’ssupporters.

Born in Gipuzkoa,Basque County, on NewYear’s Day 1972, heplayed for Real Sociedad,Beasain and Eibar beforeScunthorpe and laterassisted Torrellano CF.* I’m sure ‘Jandro’ is theauthor of the only bookabout football in theSpanish language with‘Scunthorpe’ in the title(‘Scunthorpe hasta lameurte‘ or ‘Scunthorpe ’tilI die’).

Pedro Manuel Matiaswas born in Madrid in 1973and is still in action today,playing for CF Carabanchel.He began his career withCiudad de Los Angeles in1991 and went to play forReal Madrid, Almeria andLogrones before spendingseven years in England withMacclesfield Town,Tranmere Rovers, Walsall(141 League games),Blackpool, Bristol Roversand Kidderminster Harriers.He then returned to Spain,has since served withCiempozuelos, Gimnastica,Socuellamos, Illescas,Vallecas and his presentclub. He also played oncefor Spain’s U21 team.

Albert Ferrer, nowaged 41, was the firstSpaniard to play in Englandwhile still representing hiscountry at internationallevel (he went on to win 36full caps). After a loan spellwith Tenerife, he wassigned by Chelsea from hishome town club Barcelonain the summer of 1998.

He went on to amassalmost 100 seniorappearances for the Bluesand in fact, he played in thematch against South-ampton on Boxing Day

1999 which createdPremier League history.

Chelsea kicked-off with11 foreign-born players intheir line-up, the first timeever that an all-foreign XIhad started a game in the111-year history of Englishfootball to that date. He leftChelsea to become coachof the Dutch club, VitesseArnhem, taking over asmanager in 2011.

Manuel Almunia, theArsenal goalkeeper from2005-11, was born inPamplona and beforemoving to London he hadserved with Osasuna,Cartagena, Celta Vigo,Sabadell, Eibar, Recreativoand Abacete. He made over150 appearances for hisSpanish clubs. He nowplays for Watford.

Playing with Almunia atThe Emirates wascompetent defender PedroBothelo, a Salvadorian,who also served withSalamanca, Celta Vigo andCF Cartagena.

The highly-skilful mid-fielder Cesc Fabregas,born and bred in Vilessocde Mar in May 1987, scored38 goals in 212 Premiershipgames for the Gunners aswell as gaining 58 full capsfor his country. We allknow he’s currently plyinghis trade with hisboyhood heroes,Barcelonawho hejoined lastyear afterspendingeight trophyless seasons atThe Emirates.

Ignasi Miquel, a 6ft 4inreserve defender, and anative of Barcelona, hasbeen on Arsenal’s books forthe last three seasons. Hestarted his career at theNou Camp and has alsobeen with CF Cornella.

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BADGERS visitedMacenas Golf fortheir ChristmasBash.

After a cold start tothe morning, theweather soonwarmed up.

Top award for theday went to RogerWhitehead comingin with 38 points,followed in secondplace on countbackby Mick Weston andin third place wasThe Badger himselfalso with 35 points.Nearest the pinswent to Derick Dale,Mick Weston andtwo going to PaulAdams.

In the Saturdaycompetition Badgerswere at Macenas.Top player of the daywas Dave Wright,taking the honoursfor the second weekrunning with 39points from TonyRandall with 35points.

Guests arewelcome to join thesociety on bothWednesday andSaturday competi-tions and can book ineither at BadgersRestaurant on Moja-car Playa or by phoneon 950 478 525.

Aguilon course inpristine condition

ChillyBadgerswarm up

A former football player and theworld’s most prolific author offootball books (more than 100published), Tony is also the sportsreporter for Spectrum Radio andlives in the Cabrera mountains.

By Tony Matthews

SPORTS SCENE

CESC FABREGAS: The highly skilfulmid-fielder presentlyplays for Barcelona.

CORTIJO GRANDE members feel like they areplaying summer golf with the recent warmweather, good scores and competitive play.

Winner in the club’s weekly competition wasJohn Wardley with 34 points, second withanother 34 Frank McGovern and third with 31John Hill. Ball sweep winners were CathalHiggins, John Wardley and Peter Jackson.

On the Sunday it was a good day for theWardleys. Wife Barbara won with 36 points,Tony Stubbs was second with 35 and husbandJohn third with 34. What some men will do tokeep the peace!

Ball sweep winner was John Hill. Visitorsand guests are always welcome at CortijoGrande.

Summer ishere again

Spanish who took on theEnglish at their own game