The Courier Week 81

THE Courier has a newVoice of Sport. JohnMcGregor, football nut, pas-sionate scribbler andNottingham Forest fan (yes,they still have a few) joinsour unmatchable team todaywith a fresh approach to theaction in the UK and inSpain. The son of a NewZealander (did we hear theword rugby?), John ran theLondon Marathon in 1990 –but it’s football that reallyturns him on. Read his

thoughts on the currentscene, and his reflections ona true legend of the game,on Pages 47 and 48,

Edition 81 www.thecourier.es Friday, September 7, 2012

By DONNA GEE

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WHY DID THEYHAVE TO DIE?

THE mystery of why aseemingly innocent familyof British tourists were tar-geted in a horrific tripleassassination in theFrench Alps deepened lastnight.

The two survivors of theattack, sisters Zaina andZehab al-Hilli, aged four andseven, are both under maxi-mum police protection afterthe bodies of their parents,engineer Saad al-Hilli and hiswife Iqbal, were found in theirBMW, its engine still running.The body of a French cyclistlay nearby. He had also beenshot dead.

Four-year-old Zaina isbelieved to have been hidingunder the body of her motherfor eight hours before policeentered the vehicle.

Conjecture is growing thatthe family may have stum-bled on criminals brokering amajor drugs deal and beensilenced as witnesses to thecrime. And although Mr Al-Hilli was described as anintelligent, respectable familyman who worked in engi-neering, investigators are try-ing to establish if he had linkswith any suspicious elements

his native Iraq. The Al-Hillis, who lived in

Claygate, Surrey, were on acaravanning holiday in theFrench Alps and were stay-ing at Le Solitaire du Laccamp site in Saint Jorioz.

A British cyclist, an ex-RAFofficer, discovered the scenenear Lake Annecy.

She was shot once, andhad head fractures after suf-fering ‘’a violent attack,"according to M. Maillaud.

The family had arrived atthe campsite on Sunday andwere due to leave at the endof the week.

M. Maillaud said the Britishcyclist was passing along the

Local prosecutor EricMaillaud told a press confer-ence yesterday that three ofthe four fatalities had beenshot in the head.

"It was clearly an act ofextreme savagery and it wasobvious that who did thiswanted to kill," he said.

An automatic pistol was

used, and the killer "targeted"the victims rather than indis-criminately firing into the car.

The older daughter, foundoutside the car with a bulletwound and head fracture, isin hospital in Grenoble whereshe is in a medically-inducedcoma pending further sur-gery.

road and saw a BMW withthe engine still running. Theolder girl collapsed in front ofhim, and he helped her into arecovery position, then calledfirefighters.

He broke the driver's win-dow of the car and saw threebodies inside.

Little Zaina was concealedbeneath her mother and notfound until midnight – eighthours after the attack. Shespent Wednesday night inhospital, with a nurse by herside all night. Police said

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MEET MAC, OUR NEWMOUTH OF SPORT…

Police guardthe scene afterthe shooting

they had spoken briefly toher.She was found "ter-rorised, motionless, in themidst of the bodies" afterfellow guests at the camp-

site told officers the fami-ly had two children, M.Maillaud said.In the UK, Surrey Policeare assisting the Frenchauthorities and liaisingwith the Foreign andCommonwealth Office

(FCO) following the shoot-ing.A neighbour of Mr al-Hilliin Claygate, GeorgeAicolina, said: "They werea very caring family andthey always did thingstogether. The father used

to read to the girls quiteregularly. It's an almightyshock."I was speechless when Iheard and cried for awhile. It's very sad to hap-pen to such a young andlovely family.

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CAM BLAST FOR ‘BURGLARYTAKES COURAGE’ JUDGE

A JUDGE who told a repeti-tive thief that his raids tookcourage has had his fin-gers rapped by PrimeMinister David Cameron.

Judge Peter Bowers, whois to be investigated by theOffice for Judicial Complaintsover his comments, sparkedthe outcry during a case atTeesside Crown Court.

He apparently told anoffender who raided threehomes in five days: "It takes ahuge amount of courage, asfar as I can see, for some-body to burgle somebody'shouse. I wouldn't have thenerve."

Handing the 26-year-oldman a suspended 12-monthterm, the judge said: "I'mgoing to take a chance onyou."

But The Prime Minister,who revealed he had been

burgled twice, branded theoffence "despicable andhateful".

He stressed that he hadnot seen the details of thecase, but he told ITV'sDaybreak programme: "I amvery clear that burglary is notbravery. Burglary is cow-ardice. Burglary is a hatefulcrime.

"People sometimes say itis not a violent crime, but

actually if you have been bur-gled, you do feel it was vio-lence.

"I am very clear that peoplewho repeatedly burgle shouldbe sent to prison."

Mr Cameron added: "Thatis why this Government isactually changing the law totoughen the rules on self-defence against burglars,saying householders havethe right to defend them-

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selves."Tory MP Philip Davies also

raised the issue in theCommons.

He said: "There has been agreat deal of concern aboutlily-livered judges by manypeople, not least from me.

"How can we make surethat idiots like this are nolonger in the judiciary andthat people who are appoint-ed to the judiciary don't reflectthe views of this particularindividual?"

The Office for JudicialComplaints said it wouldinvestigate the judge afterbeing contacted by angrymembers of the public abouthis comments.

If complaints are upheldthe case will be passed to theLord Chief Justice and theLord Chancellor, who willconsider if disciplinary action

is needed.They have the power to

advise, warn, reprimand orremove a judge for miscon-duct.

Judge Bower's commentsdrew a furious response fromDavid Hines, chairman of theNational Victims' Association.

He said: "What messagedoes this send out to society?Quite frankly it is outrageous.

"The criminal justice sys-tem has let the victims down.Burglars are going to believethat judges think they arecourageous. I think this judgeis on a different wavelengthto everyone else."

A spokesman for theJudiciary of England andWales said Judge Bowerswould not be censured for hisremarks and judges are inde-pendent to make commentswhile sentencing.

"They were well estab-lished in the area, the twogirls went to a localschool. It's very difficultfor me to talk about."Police had believed onlyone child was involvedbecause only one childseat was found in the car.The dead French cyclistwas identified as SylvainMollier. His wife contactedpolice after he failed toreturn from his bike out-ing.

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OWNERS of pre-2009 vehicles that lack Spain’s equiv-alent of the MOT test face instant prosecution fromJanuary 2013.A new ITICI system will alert the Guardia Civil to recog-nise instantly vehicles that have not passed the ITVtest. With this measure the DGT (Dirección General deTráfico) aims to improve road safety and prevent vehi-cles in bad condition using Spain’s roads.The DGT (Dirección General de Tráfico) wants morecontrol over poor-condition vehicles using the roadsillegally. And thanks to the new inspection technique,the authorities will be instantly aware of vehicles with-out an ITV through the immediate transfer of informa-tion from the various ITV stations to a computer sys-tem.A pilot of the Inew system has been operating inValencia and Catalonia since the beginning of thisyear. From January 2013, it will be extended to the restof Spain. Currently, the information transfer is done monthly,but from January any Civil Guard patrol can consultthe full ITV database which will be automaticallyupdated to detect instantly vehicles that are movingirregularly. The implementation of the ITICI project, developed bythe ITV stations and the autonomous communities, isintended to improve road safety. It follows repeatedrequests from the Government for more control overvehicles that circulate without an ITV.In 2011 there were 16,58,628 ITVs (almost 5% morethan in 2010) in Spain. However, the AECA-ITVAssociation estimates that between one million and

1.5 million of the 27 million vehicles on Spanish roadshave not passed the ITV test.The association is especially concerned that many ofthese vehicles are vans weighing more than 3,500 kg. Luis Rivas, President of the AECA said the new system"is the best way to flush out those vehicles that cannotpass the technical inspection and whose repair wouldcost more than purchasing a new car".

THE ROAD TO DESTRUCTION

AUGUST was thehottest month on recordover the last 70 years,according to by AEMET,the Spanish state mete-orological agency. Theaverage temperatureduring the month was27.8 Celsius (82F) - 2.6Chigher than the averagefor August.

The temperatures wereexceptionally high on20 days, reaching 43C(109F) on the August 1and 45 (113F) on August10 in Alhama and 44.6(112.3F) just outsideMurcia city. The mini-mum temperatureswere also extremelyhigh.

EL RASO BREAK-INS ‘NO WORSE THAN NORMAL’

THE Guardia Civil thisweek assured residents ofburglary-battered El Rasothat crime figures on theurbanisation are no worsethan normal.The message was deliv-ered by two local Guardiarepresentatives onTuesday to worried home-owners at aNeighbourhood Watchmeeting – only for the offi-cers to dash off premature-ly to answer an emergencycall in a nearby street.The Guardia men, who

identified themselves onlyby their first names Albertoand Antonio, told the meet-ing that homes at El Rasowere an inviting target forrobbers because most hadtwo doors to target - one atthe front and one at theback. And they circulated a nine-point advisory list of prac-tical tips to thwart the vil-lains, including:• DO NOT leave handbags,purses, wallets and keysclose to open windows,because it is easy to stealthem with sticks andhooks.• PUT small sound alarms

in doors and windows.• TAKE the registrationnumber of any suspiciousvehicle you see prowlingaround your house.• LEAVE lights, music or aradio on when you go out,so potential burglarsbelieve someone is athome.Homeowners were alsoadvised NOT to take onintruders because Spanishlaw, like that in the UK,teds to give the villainmore rights than the vic-tim.The Guardia’s visit to ElRaso followed a spate ofrobberies recently, includ-ing three in one small culde sac in El Bovalar thespace of one week. Meanwhile, El RasoPHEW! AUGUST WAS

BAKING - OFFICIAL

Neighbourhood Watch offi-cials spoke of the ‘’sillyseason’’ carelessness ofresidents and holidaymak-ers whose lack of vigilancemade them easy targets forthe villains.The community has beenconsidering the installa-tion of a CCTV system atthe entrance of El Raso,linked directly to thepolice. Another possibilityis the erection of a highfence at the bottom ofCarrer El Bovalar to blockwould-be robbers fromusing the field opposite themost targeted homes as anescape route. Neighbourhood Watch isseeking a new Presidentfor El Raso following therecent death of RalphRoebuck.

DONNA GEE REPORTS

Cars without ITV faceinstant Guardia action

SPAIN HONOURS TRAVOLTAJohn Travolta will grab a

lifetime achievement awardat Spain's top film festivalthis month, alongside OliverStone, Ewan McGregor andTommy Lee Jones.

The 58-year-old Americanwill be honoured with aDonostia award by officials ofthe San Sebastian Festival ,where he is presenting his

latest film, Savages. From Travolta’s long list of

films, including Pulp Fiction(1994), Get Shorty (1996),Grease (1978), and Carrie(1976), Festival chiefs high-lighted Saturday Night Fever(1977) - ‘’origin of the discophenomenon in the 1970s" -which earned him an Oscarnomination.


Viva España! Feel the REAL rhythm of Spain

THERE are few nations in the world thathave the flamboyant excitement of theSpanish culture.

Imagine as dusk falls, out of the shadowsstride the familiar muscular shape of themagnificent Andalucian horses. Strongyoung men wearing tight fitting suits andbroad rimmed hats sit proudly, almost arro-gantly astride their steed. Behind them, armhooked gently round the rider’s waist, prettyyoung ladies in colourful Flamenco costumesit side saddle.

The horses and riders work skilfullytogether to entertain and impress theassembled crowd. Young ladies, also inFlamenco costume, mingle with the crowdand distribute glasses of another Spanishfavourite, Sangria.

Following the horse show, you are invitedin to a large ambient restaurant area. Food

follows swiftly, served by smartly dressedwaiters and waitresses. Three courses ofexcellent food with wine and water included.A pleasant feeling of well-being fills the roomas the wine and food flow. Then suddenlythe light go down, the powerful sounds of tra-ditional Spanish music, and the clicking of adozen Spanish heels fill the room.

Pretty young women with gracefullyarched backs swirl to the music, hands con-stantly clapping to the inimitable Spanishrhythm. A male dancer drifts and swirlsbetween the girls. One act follows another inwhat seems like ever increasing tempo, thespellbound audience breaking out in roundsof rapturous applause.

After the show a photo call, when the audi-ence are invited to take photographs with thedancers. The night is rounded off with danc-ing to live music.

It is an extremely happy party of peoplewho return to the coaches for the journeyback to Torrevieja. This fabulous excursion,which is exclusive to David’s Coachtrips SLwill go from all the usual pick up points inand around Torrevieja, is going on SaturdayOctober 6. The price of 44€ includes dinner,dance, show, coach. It is definitely not one tomiss.

Join the party by calling David’sCoachtrips SL on 966785910

TORREVIEJA tennis prodi-gy Nicola Kuhn is headingfor Ibiza as he chases anAmerican dream, writesDONNA GEE.The 12-year-oldmulti-champion –unofficially the bestplayer of his age inEurope - has takenthis year’s NikeJunior Tour bystorm and will headthe eight-playerfield in the NikeMasters Final, to beheld on the Balearicholiday isle fromSeptember 19-23.The qualifiers forthe final are thebudding stars withthe most pointsfrom their four bestNJT tournaments.And Nicola’s fivetournament victo-ries – the NJT

events at Valencia,Barcelona, Seville andAlicante, plus the presti-gious National

Championship of Spain -earned him 1,400 points,the maximum possible.And he will travel to Ibiza

event as a strongfavourite to capturean invitation to theGrand Final in theUnited States inDecember.The Spanishschool authoritieshave grantedNicola – whose ten-nis idol is RogerFederer –Deportista de Elita(Elite Sportsman),which clears him toplay in a growingnumber of tourna-ments in 2013.His father Alfredsays proudly: ‘’Hetrains 15 hours aweek – and stillmanages to excelat his schoolwork.’’

Torry tennis kidon US title trail

Nicola (left) after a recent tournament success in Germany

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IT’S not often that I praise the lawsof God Bless America, but the fat-test nation on earth have got atleast one thing right.

If a lowlife breaks into your home, you arefree to play The Terminator and save thecost of keeping him behind bars for a fewyears. (We’re talking heavy-handed Yankshere, not namby-pamby British wimps who’dsend the villain on a luxury cruise on theQE2).

I’ve always been against free public own-ership of firearms and America is testimonywhy. The evidence is overwhelming - count-less massacres by nutters who can walk into

a shop and buya lethal weaponover the counter.That’s as madas the archaicUK law thatallows a home-owner only touse ‘‘reasonableforce’’ to deteran intruder.

The fact thescumbag is try-ing to bludgeonyou to death ismerely coinci-

dental. Just takeyour punishment

like a good victim and the government willsee you get a nice funeral.

I am told that Spain, surprisingly, has sim-ilar laws to the UK when it comes to bur-glars. Guardia officers from Guardamar

advised members of my localNeighbourhood Watch this week NOT totake on robbers because the law favoursthem rather than their victims.

Just as it seems to have done with theLeicestershire couple arrested this week forfiring a gun at four men who broke into theirhome in the middle of the night.

One of the villains called an ambulance,another went to hospital (nothing trivial, Ihope) – and the husband and wife werearrested on suspicion of causing grievousbodily harm.

Although the intruders face prosecution

for aggravated burglary, local MP AlanDuncan, a government minister, said: "Thehouseholder is the victim here and justiceshould support them and prosecute the bur-glars."

Problem is that Duncan and his cronies –the people who make the laws of the land –won’t change the archaic legislation thatburglars can treat their victims as if theywere BBC TV’s Mrs Brown doing a head-hit-ter’s job on Grandad with her frying pan. Talkabout a pain in the feck!

When TKOfm disc jockey Rachel Angusconfronted an intruder wearing a balaclava

in her living room recently, the villain wasprobably more frightened than she was.

But had he moved menacingly towardsher, what was she supposed to do? Leafswiftly through the law books for an explana-tion of ‘reasonable force’ before he landedthe first blow?

No, she should have whacked him overthe head with any available ‘weapon’ – andif it killed him, tough.

Fortunately, I suspect the joke they callpolitical correctness (and which chokes anti-crime activity in the UK) is not alwaysrespected in Spanish Guardia circles – par-ticularly when they catch these scumbags inthe act.

A friend once asked an officer what sheshould do if she and her husband ever cor-nered an intruder.

“Just put him face down in the nearestriver - we won’t be rushing to find him,’’was the Guardia man’s reported answer.

THE STEAL OFAPPROVAL...

Kill first, talk later: Yanks have answer to burglars

Alan Duncan: FellowMPs must act


I HAVE just started a diet -- and it's already driving menuts.

'Thanks for reminding me,' Mrs S butted in. 'You'll have togive up nuts as well as all those other snacks you have hith-erto been stuffing your gob with.'

'Never end a sentence with a proposition,' I pointed out.'And anyway nuts are necessary for my daily intake of essen-tial oils.'

Mrs S disagreed. 'With the amount of pistachios andpecans you put away, your essential oils will overflow andsend you slithering and sliding off this mortal coil long beforeyou're due to meet your maker.

'And that,' she summed up, 'will mean the end of MY sen-tence of having to live with you!'

'Cleverly put,' I commented. 'Now what's for dinner?'The simple truth was that it didn't matter what meal I was

served. I would chomp on anything at any time.Considering that I was now a silver-haired (yes, all 16

hairs) supposedly settled and sophisticated individual, howcome I would stoop so low as to systematically swipe vittlesfrom the plates of my grandchildren?

I decided to seek professional help. My doctor advised meto lose a bit (all right, a lot) of weight.

'Incidentally,' the GP added as I attempted to maneouvremy mass from the scales, 'I seem to recall that I banned youfrom the surgery.'

'No, doc,' I said. 'It was merely a brief period of suspensionwhich has now expired -- although I still maintain that I didhave the symptoms of every one of those exotic diseases IGoogled and which necessitated my consulting you everyother day.'

The doctor managed a slight smile. 'Well, let that be a les-

son to you. Just remember the boy who cried wolf.'I left the surgery and was deciding whether or not to pop

into the pub to launch my diet with a spicy potato pasty andslimline tonic when a thought occurred to me.

I barged into the doctor's room where the GP was perform-ing a minor procedure on his next patient.

'Oh, hello Mrs O'Shaughnessy,' I greeted the womanstretched out on the bed. 'I see you're having your verrucasdone.'

'Would you please get out!' the doctor yelled at me.'Sorry, doc,' I mumbled. 'I was just wondering about that

wolf you mentioned. What are the symptoms of a lupine bite?I'm only asking because it's a full moon in a couple of days.'

The GP reached towards his intercom. 'No need to sum-mon security. I'm leaving,' I said, backing out of the door. 'Allthe best to you, Mrs O'Shaughnessy, and keep your feet cov-ered up if you're going to the swimming baths.'

I turned to the doctor. 'Her Veronica had verrucas. I reckonMrs O caught them off her. They're very contagious, youknow. Well of course you'd know. You're a medical practition-er.'

I was now beginning to feel rather giddy. 'Sorry, doc. Ialways jabber when I'm nervous. It's all that talk about thewolf.'

The GP slipped a tablet between my trembling lips, waited

until I had calmed down and then banned me from the sur-gery for the next five years.

I arrived home and soon cottoned on that Mrs S was strug-gling not to strangle me.

'I say, is it something I said?' I said.'You can say that again,' retorted Mrs S. 'But actually it

isn't. It's something you did -- and more than once.''Like breathing?' I suggested.Mrs S glared at me. 'Do you realise that all three of our

grandchildren are refusing to dine at our house because Iallegedly don't give them enough to eat?'

She went on: 'Well I DO provide the little loves with suffi-ciently-sized portions. However, while their trays leave mykitchen fully laden, they arrive almost empty in front of thechildren.'

I pretended to think for a moment. 'The butler did it,' Ioffered.

'You're the food thief!' Mrs S accused me. 'I wouldn't mindso much if you had a discerning adult palate but you'll stealanything off their little plates -- happy faces fries, dolphin-shaped fish fingers, mushy peas.'

'That's a lie!' I countered. 'I never take the mushy peas.They're much too sloppy to conceal in my cheeks.'

And that reminds me. I once ordered a meal of egg and

GRABBING A BITE AND A BOLT

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Learn the lingo - with a little help from JEANETTE ERATH

SAY IT IN SPANISHLESSON 36

WELCOME back to another week of learning, as men-tioned last week, we are going to be learning a new verb thisweek to add to your growing vocabulary.

We touched on it with stem changing verbs so this is reallyrevision, however it is an important and widely used verb soI want to go through it and make sure that you are learningit as there were so many verbs with the stem changing onesit´s easy to overlook some.

The verb we are going to learn this week means TOWANT and the infinitive of this verb is QUERER. Because itis stem changing it is easy to forget the infinitive, also it isalmost always conjugated which is another reason peopleforget the infinitive, we normally say, I want, we want, etc. itis rarely used in the infinitive but can be, for example if youwanted to say, Áre you going to want to go to the shoplater?´ you would need QUERER because you are using ´towant´ in the sentence, can you write the above sentenceinto Spanish? Have a go then read on.

The Spanish translation of the above sentence is: ¿Vas aquerer a ir a la tienda más tarde?´ I hope you got it cor-rect.

So the conjugation of QUERER is:

Here are some examples, although by now you should begiving me examples, indeed if I was teaching you I wouldask for examples before giving any, so spend a few minutesagain before moving on and think of a few sentences whereyou could use QUERER.

I hope you have thought of a couple, here are some I

thought of: I want a white coffee – QUIERO un café conleche, You want to go to the beach – QUIERES ir a laplaya, We want more – QUEREMOS más.

Remember: with querer there is nothing else added, if youremember with IR in future actions we add á´ - voy a ir, vasa ver, with TENER when it is an obligation we add QUE –Tengo que ir , tienes que ver. With QUERER we add NOTH-ING. Quiero ir, Quieres oír, Queremos ver.

So, as you can see it is a verb that needs to be learnt asit is only regular in it´s nosotros and vosotros forms, but withregular use you will soon be saying it naturally.

You may have noticed that the Spanish do not seem aspolite as the British when asking for something. It is morecommon to hear Í want´ than ´please may I have´ or Íwould like´ it is not rude to the Spanish, it is their way of talk-ing and in order to sound like the Spanish it is best that youlearn to speak the way the natives do. There are a fewways the Spanish talk that may seem rude to us very politeBrits but this is their way and is natural for them, therefore itis up to us to accept it and go with it, however strange itseems at first you will soon get used to it.

Probably the time you will use querer the most, certainlywhen you are learning it, is with ´Quiero un café´, or anyother time you are in a café or restaurant because you canuse it to ask for anything, ´quiero un bocadillo´, ´Queremosdos cervezas´

As we are building sentences we tend to get confused atfirst because some of the words are in a different order inSpanish than in English, try not to worry about this becausea lot of sentences can be translated directly, as in the firstsentence we translated. The hardest thing to remember is toknow when the verb is in the infinitive or it is conjugated andthen to think of them, this comes with practise and the moreyou speak the quicker you learn.

Point to remember the infinitive of a verb in English startswith TO which is omitted in Spanish. So any time you say inEnglish TO then you know you will need the infinitive of the

verb.Here are some more longer sentences in Spanish see if

you can translate them into English:Quiero ver la película, ¿Quieres ir al supermercado?

Quiero tener dos litros de agua, Queremos unahabitación con dos camas.

Try and think of a few of your own now, keep using yourSpanish whenever you can, I hope those of you with childrenare ready for the return to school and use the opportunity topractice talking to the Spanish parents and teachers.

FINALLY, A READER’S QUESTIONHello Jeanette,I have written to you in the past and this week I would like

to make a query as I feel this is the only way to learn andadvance with my Spanish. I got one of the answers wrong inmy homework of week 34. I put una fiesta grande and youranswer was una gran fiesta. I would like to know why I cansay una casa grande and not una fiesta grande as they areboth feminine.

I would like to say that I do enjoy your Spanish lessonsand look forward to printing it off on a Friday. I look forwardto your reply with interest.

Thank you, Audrey.

Hi Audrey, with situations such as a party it is more com-mon to hear Un gran... or Una gran... rather than puttinggrande at the end, it basically means great rather than bigbut is used for both. For example you would say España esun gran pais, or eres una gran persona. One way to thinkabout it is if you try and think of whether you are taking abouta place, person or event, use GRAN and put it first, for allother nouns it is GRANDE and goes after the noun. Forexample una gran fiesta but una mesa grande. As you listento Spanish you get the idea of what is being said and theway they say things, a lot of the time Spanish is about howit sounds, which eventually you will get used to. It all comeswith listening and talking as much as possible...what otherexcuse do you need for a chat?


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WHY DO THEY DO THAT?

The week before last was a great week. A good friend ofmine, Richard Brown and myself drove the 1,296 milesfrom London to Benferri in Spain to collect thefour puppies I have been trying to re-home,along with their Mother. I found them all goodhomes in London and kept one of the puppiesmyself.

The journey down to Spain was great. Why can’tEnglish motorways be like the ones in France andSpain? They are a delight to drive on, with very lit-tle traffic. We could not believe the temperature aswe drove closer to Spain and once we crossed theborder and carried on past Barcelona and towardsValencia the heat became intense.

For the final three hours of the journey, the tem-perature gauge in the car read 43 degrees! Wewere in trouble, big trouble as the compressor thathelps the air conditioning to work had decided to failen route.

Sometimes my sense of humour can be a littlewicked and as I glanced over to see how Richardwas coping with the heat, he just had a constant gri-mace on his face and looked like he was about to beshot! I couldn’t help but laugh. Maybe this was myrevenge, as earlier Mr Brown found it very amusing to try andtrap my arm in the electric window as I leant out to grab amotorway toll ticket and later sprayed me with water from thewindscreen washers on trying to grab another ticket!

In these situations you either laugh or you cry and it wasprobably making fun of the situation that got us through it.Plus the constant bantering. We argue like an old marriedcouple, which did wonders for how quickly we completed thejourney. We don’t mean a bit of it but, boy, does it help witheating up those miles.

The fella was an absolute star and 350 euros and 18 hourslater we had the most powerful air con system I have everknown!

After some great hospitality from our hosts, Anne and LesWager, who had also so kindly nursed the puppies back tofull health after having Distemper, we headed on out to theA7 to start the journey back with the four puppies and theMother being superb travellers.

The air con was now so powerful that we thought we wouldneed a hammer and chisel to chip our frozen bodies out of

the car at the next service station!Collecting the Mother was a great moment. When I first

met her in the shelter in Orihuela, she looked totally lost withno hope and now she was heading to London along with herbabies, and a whole new exciting life. I must thank Dave, whodid a fantastic job in looking after her at his wonderful home.He even has a goat who thinks it is a dog. That was specialto see. All these dogs and a goat in the middle of them!

The journey back was exhausting and we man-aged with a couple of hours sleep each and verylittle food. The low point was when we had to stopand try our best to sleep. I just cannot sleep incars, no matter how tired I am and I ended up ona picnic bench somewhere in the Pyrenees atthree o clock in the morning with a towel over myhead!

What we did not realise was that we were now1500 metres above sea level and instead ofsleeping I nearly froze to death. We decided thatwe just had to make one big push for home andafter more playful bantering and arguing, wefound ourselves driving through the lottery ofParis. Before we knew it we were checking thepups and Mother in at the Euro Tunnel in Calaisand what a superb service that is. It took threeminutes to check in five pets!

People back home were charting ourprogress on maps of Spain and France as theywere so excited to finally get the puppies they

had waited so long for. It was really special to givethe puppies and the Mother to their new homes and as forthe Mother, a German Shepherd, what a star she was. Hernew home in South London had eight cats and another dogand she just walked in, looked at the cats and lay down as ifto say, “Thank God, a home at last”!

Along with the people I have mentioned here can I also saya big thank you to the people who gave these wonderful dogsa home and others who gave much needed help and sup-port. They are Jean Magill, Val Brown, Yasamin and PhilTuson, Sara Black, Louise Gallivan and Sue. You are allangels.

It’s a dog’s life onthe Benferri Road

THE PUPPY TRAILBefore you get onto the next argument, you look at the sat

nav and we have just covered 50 miles!We knew though, on arriving at our destination we had a

serious problem, as we were due to turn around in 24 hours,with the puppies and the Mother and head back towardsLondon. But not without air con.

When we arrived in Benferri, we drove a couple of miles upthe road and came to La Murada. Noticing there was still amechanic open we drove straight in and pleaded for help.

Peter with Richard and Ria, the puppy Peter kept

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I HAVE just been reading about how cer-tain things are now suddenly bad for youand am wondering what, if anything I caneat, drink, look at, smell, touch or listento.How many of us actually take note of whatthese experts tell us? I for one don´t. If I likesomething I eat it, if I don´t want to look atsomething I won´t. I am an adult and it ishard to take all this advice seriously, well it isfor me at least. Don´t get me wrong, I knowfor example that smoking is bad for you,which is why I gave up 14 years ago. Thereis medical evidence that it does damage tothe body, so ignoring smoking and illegaldrugs, what evidence is there that how welive our lives is good or bad? Of course I amtalking about the usual suspects here,although too much fruit can rot your teethand milk can make you fat so let´s not ignorethose healthy options!For example let´s take wine, red for me,chilled in the summer and room temperaturein winter, but is it as simple as red wine isgood and white wine bad? How muchshould we be drinking? Apparently wineconsumption has fallen dramatically overthe years due to a drop in the number of

now wherefat seemsto sit on mythighs and Iam awaregrease isnot a goodlook, but Ieat a bit ofeveryth ingin modera-tion. As I´vemen t ionedbefore I ama vegetarian

so I don´t eat anymeat or fish; however some fish are verygood for you and some say others can killyou. I´ll let you fish eaters figure that one out.It seems that every week I am reading thatcertain foods are good, then bad, then goodagain. Our grandparents did not count thecalories or worry about saturated fats, theygot on with their lives, worked hard whichnaturally kept their weight down and lived fulllives. The fact that we now live longer I putdown to better medical care rather than abetter diet. If my grandmother lived withoutgood bacteria special drinks, then I am sure

female winedrinkers, Imust say I´mdoing my bit,come onladies keepup! Thenthere ischocolate, Icould writethe rest of myarticle on thevirtues of thesweet stuffbut I´ll try andkeep it short. Dark chocolate good, milkchocolate yummy - white chocolate?Sometimes depending on how I´m feelingand if I´ve bought some for my son and hedoesn´t feel like finishing it, as far as beinggood or bad, no idea.Cheese is great melted on toast or overspaghetti, eggs are favoured scrambledbecause it reminds me of my youth or addedto make a pancake when all I could affordwas flour, eggs and milk; white bread is bestfor sandwiches but brown for toast.This is how I see what I eat, I try not to fryeverything because I have reached the age

that I can too.I am not overweight although if I overeat Iwould very easily gain weight which is why Itry to exercise regularly and try not to eat toomuch. I finish eating when I´m full and havemanaged to wean myself out of the eat every-thing on the plate syndrome. But, apart fromfood and drink I don´t like, I deny myself noth-ing. My fridge is a mix of salad and chocolate,fizzy pop and water, and my cupboards con-tain crisps and olives. All foodstuff provides uswith an invaluable part of our health, there arevery few foods that have absolutely no nutri-tional value at all and those that have very lit-tle still provide us with something just asimportant, a sense of satisfaction or evenhappiness.The only rule I tend to try and follow is drinkwater when it´s hot, I also read that we nolonger need as much water as once advocat-ed, but I have always drunk when thirsty,seems a good rule to me!I am not advocating everyone go out and stufftheir faces with chocolate and wine, althoughwhat a diet! All I´m saying is enjoy the foodsand drink you love just don´t survive plainly onit because even carrots are bad for you if youeat too many.

Eat, Drink and ...

chips ('but hold themushy peas') at my localcafe. However, as usual Iwas still hungry after I'dfinished.

A fellow customerplonked himself down atmy table with a mug ofsteaming tea in one handand in the other a plate onwhich rested two vanilla

slices.With tummy twitching, I

observed the guy con-sume the first cakebetween gulps of his bev-erage. Then he dabbed athis mouth with the paperserviette, stood up andleft.

I stared at the secondvanilla slice just lyingthere wantonly on his

plate. The guy's eyes musthave been bigger than hisbelly, I reckoned. But mypeepers certainly weren't.

My hand whippedacross the table like thetongue of one of thoseinsect-eating reptiles andthe cake disappeareddown my throat. I lickedmy lips and sighed withsatedness.

And then the guyreturned to the table witha second mug of tea.

Yikes! I legged it fromthat cafe like a dementedcheetah. (I was going tosay like Usain Bolt butdoes the world championsprinter need any morepublicity?)

I ran all the way homeand collapsed shaking

onto the sofa, bits ofunconsumed egg, chipsand vanilla flying from myquivering jowls as Ithought of my escapefrom what surely wouldhave been a supremelyembarrassing situation.

'Blimey!' exclaimed MrsS. 'I think you should goon a diet -- you're so out ofcondition.

'You look like you'vecome a poor third in a racewith a demented cheetahand Usain Bolt.'


POLITICIANS AREALL SO TAXING!

The Spanish PM, MarianoRajoy, refuses to learnfrom past mistakes. Whensome of the economicallysuicidal IVA rises kicked inlast weekend, he gliblypromised that there wouldbe no tax rises in 2013.

Didn’t we hear somethingidentical in November’s elec-tion when he made a similarpledge on IVA for 2012?

The political naivety of thisis astonishing becausenobody knows what’ll hap-pen to the economy in thenext year, and I’ll bet youanything that it won’t be goodnews. The fact that the oppo-sition PSOE is

even more unpopular thanthe PP shows that theSpanish voters are totallydisillusioned with all politi-cians, and they can’t believea word they say. But ofcourse we knew that any-way!

qIt’s that time of the yearjust before the UK party

conferences, when dag-gers are sharpened todraw blood from the partyleaders. For the Tories,

David Cameron’sleadership opponent,

David Davies, israttling the PM’scage over his poli-

cies. For Labour,the Shadow

Chancellor EdBalls is digginghis heels in oversome of Ed

Miliband’s ideas,whilst some Lib

Dems have beenknifing Nick Clegg,

saying that he shouldstand down before

the next election. Who needs the opposition,

when so often it’s the enemywithin that provides you withthe knockout blow?

qThere was a wonderfulpiece of speculative

rubbish that the formerEngland cricket captain,Andrew Strauss, would beparachuted in as Tory candi-date for the Corby by-elec-tion. Bookmakers evenstopped taking bets on it, butthe whole story was utternonsense, with the localTories choosing a local can-didate. The last ex-Englandskipper to have a shot at get-ting into the Commons wasTed Dexter in 1964, but hehad the impossible task ofbeating Labour’s JimCallaghan in his safe Cardiffseat, and that was it for ToryTed.

In fact only a few celebri-ties have won seats in thelast 40 years, with GlendaJackson, Gyles Brandrethand Seb Coe springing to

mind. Generally, celebritygimmicks don’t work andfrankly in Corby it doesn’tmatter who theConservatives have standingfor them. A chimpanzeewearing a red rosette andshorts would give Labour abig win, with the hapless LibDems lucky to save theirdeposit. Meanwhile, MrStrauss is perhaps buyinghis time for some more help-ful playing conditions wherehe could open up the battingon a Tory pitch more to hisliking.

qThe former Archbishopof Cape Town,

Desmond Tutu, will alwaysbe remembered for his fightagainst apartheid. The NobelPeace Prize winner has saidthat Tony Blair and George WBush should be marched tothe International CriminalCourt to face charges of lyingover Iraq and those mysteri-ous undiscovered weaponsof mass destruction. Tutuadded that the Iraqi invasion

caused many of the prob-lems that we now have inSyria and across the MiddleEast. He makes an interest-ing point that as dictatorsfrom Africa and Asia aredragged to The Hague toatone for some of theiractions, Western leadersseem to operate under a dif-ferent standard. Not for thefirst time, Mr.Tutu seems tohave cogently pointed outsome of the blatant hypocrisythat the West regularly sub-scribes to.

qOnly self-importantpoliticians and political

journalists get really workedup about cabinet reshuffles.Joe Public is totally disinter-ested, and I’ve never boughtinto the line that moves likethose made by DavidCameron on Tuesday help tofreshen up a team. It’salways done with self-moti-vation and self-interest, withhalf an eye on the next elec-tion, and the other half onkeeping uneasy MPs of the

ruling party happy. At least the useless

Baroness Warsi has beenremoved as Tory Chairman,despite desperately trying toplay the race card by sayingthat she appealed toMuslims! She’s beenreplaced by the much morearticulate Grant Shapps.

Ken Clarke does stay inthe Cabinet, but as a Ministerwithout Portfolio - a title lastheld by the Dark Prince,Peter Mandelson. The veryunliberal Chris Graylingtakes over at the JusticeMinistry, and there’s a gener-al smell of a lurch to the rightabout the overall changes.But all the big names are stillthere in the same positions,and the only thing that any-body cares about in the UKwill be the state of the econ-omy, as opposed to who maybe getting a ministerial salaryboost.

That one economic factorwill decide the result of the2015 election.

From P10


ALL SYSTEMS GROW!Soon we will be back in Spain and I'll be getting my hair off

once again over Spanish roundabout craziness. But that's arant for another day!

qStill on the subject of motoring, I was appalled to read ofthe Los Angeles motorist just a fortnight from his 101st

birthday who reversed his car onto the pavement and moweddown 11 people, mostly children leaving five in a critical con-dition.

There is no way a 101-year-old has the alertness, reactiontime or ability to recognise dangers and act on them to be fitto drive.

People over 70 should have to submit to periodic medicalexamination to establish whether they are capable of drivingsafely, and over-80s should have driving tests. Roads aredangerous enough without having dithering farts behind thewheel of cars.

qONE of my pet hates is people being put on pedestalsjust because they're always on our TV screens, or hap-

pen to become top footballers.So it came as a breath of fresh air that I heard of the review

of the way the honours system operates.It's crazy how over the decades entertainers, footballers,

captains of industry and civil servants have been handedOBEs, MBEs and even knighthoods, simply for doing theirday jobs.

People should be rewarded for doing things over andabove their normal job. Like Mr Smith or Mrs Jones who havedevoted years looking after the disadvantaged, offeringthemselves as foster parents for numerous children or help-ing in the community. That would give a real boost to the

THERE'S a new game for motorists to play in Britain - it'scalled spot the road sign.

It would be laughable if it was not for the serious implica-tions.

All through Britain's wet summer, trees, bushes andhedgerows have grown like wildfire and spread over manyroad signs - and because of council and government cashcutbacks, they have not been trimmed as in past years.

On our travels up north last week we spotted many speedsigns partially or completely obliterated, as well as manydirection signs and warning signs. A cut-back too far or what?

Just as irritating is that councils seem to be turning a blindeye to ensuring that motorists can see speed cameras inadvance of reaching them - as is the law. I spotted severalwhere trees have been allowed to grow between anapproaching motorist and the camera. Surprisingly, theredoes not seem to be the same obstruction on the "live" sideof the cameras. Now I wonder what forces are at work here?No prizes for the answer!

Out in the countryside, hedgerows have not been main-tained and drivers have to be ultra careful of protrudingbranches, which can easily scrape along the side of the carand damage paintwork.

Then there are the growing number of potholes which arenot being repaired, and previously free car parks suddenlybecoming pay and display. Just some of the fun and gamesof being a motorist in Britain… and then there's the mammothmotorway queues. It took us four hours to travel from the endof the Birmingham toll road to the Manchester turn-off on theM6 - no accidents just the volume of traffic.

A sign of the times on Britain’s roadscredibility of the honours system and end the craziness ofpeople getting gongs simply because they are constantly onour TV screens and have little more than charisma (or not!).

qSQUATTING has now become a criminal offence inEngland and Wales, punishable with imprisonment and

fines. Such action is long overdue.Entering someone else's property is totally wrong - and

damaging it in the process, as most squatters do, is repre-hensible. But so, too, is the practice of some home ownerswho choose to keep their homes boarded up for years ratherthan use them or sell them.

To my mind, the rich property owner, who may have two ormore homes and chooses to keep them empty - perhapshoping for the day when they rise in value - treating them asif they were stocks and shares - is probably more morallywrong than the squatter, who simply is in need of a roof overhis head.

And when the empty house is owned by a council, whichjust lets a property sit empty when there are people wantinghousing, it's reprehensible.

I would have liked the government to have introduced atwo-pronged attack on the problem. Yes, bring in a squattinglaw, making it illegal to enter another person's home (andcriminalise travellers entering land, too, for that matter), butalongside this should have come legislation bringing in puni-tive taxes on empty homes.

That way home owners would have a financial need to gettheir unwanted houses rented out, used or sold. And if theyhave to sell at reduced prices, all well and good. It wouldhelp to bring down the cost of housing.

Ingredients1x can tuna 4tbsp reduced-fat mayonnai-se 1tsp mild mustard 1tbsp each of finely choppedred and yellow pepper A few snipped chives for gar-nish 2 thick slices of granarybread Handful of salad leaves

Method1. Mix all of the ingredients together and season to tastewith salt and freshly ground black pepper.2. Arrange some salad leaves on each slice of bread andtop with the tuna mixture to serve.

THE ULTIMATE PICNIC SANDWICHIngredients

2 slices of thick, wholemealbread1tbsp low-fat cream cheese½ tsp chopped chivesHalf an avocado, peeled andstoned, roughly mashed with aforkLemon juice30g tomatoes (2 cherry toma-toes) roughly chopped50g roasted yellow and redpeppers, sliced40g (1-2 slices) smoked salmonA few chilli flakesBlack pepper to season

Method1. Mix low-fat cream cheese with chopped chives and spre-ad on a slice of bread.2. Top with slices of smoked salmon.3. Add a squeeze of lemon juice, black pepper, choppedtomatoes, roasted peppers and chilli flakes to the mashedavocado.4. Place on top of salmon (if using two pieces of salmonplace one underneath and one on top of avocado filling).5. Spread the other slice of bread with the cream cheeseand chive mixture and place on top of the sandwich.

CHOPPED CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICHIngredients

4 slices white or wholemealbread200g cooked chicken2tbsp salad cream2 celery stalks

Method1. Chop the chicken and dicethe celery, place in a bowl withthe Salad Cream and mix well.If you are not eating thisstraight away take a few saladleaves and place on the bread, this stops the bread goingsoggy.2. Now add half the ingredients to each sandwich andserve.

TURKEY, RED PEPPERAND WATERCRESS

Ingredients2 red peppers

1 x 150g pack of Turkey Rashers1 bunch watercress2tbsp low fat mayonnaise3tbsp low fat yoghurt1tsp Dijon mustard4 small baguettes or rusticstyle rolls1 small bag mixed leaves

Method1. Place the peppers under thegrill and allow them to becomeblistered all over. Leave to cool for 15 mins.2. Grill the Turkey Rashers for 1 min 30 secs on each side,then cut each in half.3. Trim the watercress and chop finely. Mix the mayonnaise,yoghurt and mustard together until smooth, then stir in thewatercress.4. Peel the peppers and remove the seeds, cut into 1.25cm(1/2in) wide strips.5. Cut open the rolls and spread the watercress mixtureover each cut side of bread. Cover the bottom pieces gene-rously with leaves, add the pieces of turkey then top withpepper strips. Cover with the bread tops.

SALMON, AVOCADO AND BRIEIngredients

2 pieces of seeded rye bread 1tsp of butter, optional 50g smoked salmon 2 slices of ripe brie cheese ½ avocado, sliced A squeeze of lemon ½ tsp poppy seeds

Method1. Lay the two pieces of breadout on the kitchen surface andspread each with the butter. Lay on the smoked salmon andavocado, then squeeze with lemon. Top with Brie and thensprinkle with poppy seeds and a good grinding of blackpepper.

GRILLEDHAWAIIAN

PIZZA STYLESANDWICHIngredients

2 slices of seeded bread,toasted50g grated cheddar cheese1 tomato, diced2 slices of ham2 pineapple rings, grilledSprinkle of mixed herbs

Method1. Add layers of the ham,diced tomato and gratedcheddar cheese to oneslice of the toasted bread.2. Place the pineapple rings

on top and sprinkle with mixed herbs. Cover with the otherslice of toasted bread. Cut into triangle quarters and serve.

OPEN HALLOUMI AND PEPPER SANDWICH

Ingredients250g halloumi cheeseZest and juice of 1 lemon3 tbsp cold pressed rapeseedoil1 ciabatta loaf (275g)200g chargrilled peppers in oil,drained

Method1. Cut the halloumi into 8 sli-ces. Mix together the lemon zest, juice and 2 tbsp oil. Addthe cheese and marinate for 5 minutes.2. Meanwhile, cut the bread in half and each in half againlengthways. Brush each side with the remaining oil andgriddle for 1-1½ minutes each side until golden and crisp.3. Griddle the cheese for 1 minute on each side until gol-den. Top the bread with the peppers and then the cheese.4. Drizzle over the remaining lemon mixture.


Tasty Sandwich FillersGive your lunchbox a break from plain cheese and ham

and get creative with these tasty sandwich fillings.PEPPERY TUNA SANDWICH


[email protected] POSTBAG: YOUR VIEWS ON OUR NEWS

qDEAR Donna Gee (Grumpy Old Gran),Sorry to hear about your experience of bad

service in a greasy spoon. The reason I am writ-ing to you, is not to sound off like ‘infuriated ofTunbridge Wells’, but to enquire why. Why bother visiting Quesada in the first place?

If its residents are poorly educatedscroungers living off benefits and spiralling intoa sink estate, surely a well-educated middleclass person like your good self shouldn't needthe culinary offerings of such a dire place asQuesada. You could have left the greasy spoonand used the other ten or more establishmentsin the area!

I am sure your comments were meant to belight-hearted banter; however the stigma of‘Chav’ is not acceptable to anyone in this era,Bernard Manning etc have been consigned tonegative history, if you were not aware!

May I suggest one engages brain beforeinsulting the readership your advertisers areaiming at. EDWARD BARLOW (Proudto live in Quesada and definitely not a Chav).

qSORRY you didn't enjoy your evening inQuesada, Donna, but I am so disappointed

in your comments. I would never class Quesadaas Chav City, now Benidorm yes - it’s wellknown as Chav City!

I have lived in Quesada for four years and

never has it been called Chav City. What are youtrying to do - put tourists off coming to Quesadawhen the economy is so bad?

I cannot comment on the bar/restaurant youwent to as you haven't named it. But I canassure you that it is not the norm.

We need to support our communities notknock them. I believe El Raso is going through aspate of burglaries at the moment!

ROBERT J WEIRDONNA SAYS: I admit I was out of order -

every town has its Chavs and Chav-nots. It’sjust that whenever I go to Quesada, there doseem to be a disproportionate number ofChav types wandering around.

THE ULTIMATEVANDALISM

Chav you lost the plot, Donna?

There can be no question that Britainhas a serious problem with uncon-trolled mass immigration.

However, its also true that not allBritain's immigrant communities con-sist of violent drug dealing thugs andscrounging parasities rattling beggingbowls.

You don't find members of Britain's

Indian and Chinese communities ram-paging down the High Street burningand looting shops. You don't find Indianand Chinese men rampaging downBritish streets declaring that Britain'slaws don't apply to them and praisingthe murder of British solders.

Neither do you find them blowing upwomen and children on trains and

buses or forcing their women to wearrags on their noses and dress in blackbin bags.

Far from being scroungers, Britain'sIndian and Chinese communities gen-erate some £35 billion a year forBritain's economy, with their globaltrading

DESMOND JOHNSON

The acceptable face of immigration

IT WOULD seem thatfly posting has sunkto an all-time low, onthe back roadbetween Campoverdeand Pilar De LaHoradada.

The small buildings, asshown in the photograph,that are dotted around theregion, at one time used to providewater to the fields, and to farm work-ers’ cottages. Many remain in use tothis day.

To place a template against thehandmade bricks, and attack with aspray can, is true vandalism.

These buildings are both listed andprotected. I will be passing the pho-tographic evidence across to ourlocal Mayor and Policia Local.

ROBERT W BARNES, Pilar dela Horadada

I AM very interested in learning Spanish and do likeJeanette Erath’s 's format of learning. Does she have awebsite where I can follow her lessons, say fromLesson One? Or is it possible I can be sent all her les-sons from Lesson One to Lesson 35?

DUNCAN MULLEN

qYou can catch up with Jeanette’s lessons on ourwebsite at www.thecourier.es Just click on Back

Issues and you can read every Courier from Issue 1.Jeanette’s Spanish Lessons are almost invariably onPage 11 of each edition. - EDITOR

LOOKING FOR LESSONS

qTHE complaint from JHolden about the cafe

that did not care about themwanting food, reminded meof a local bar doing some-thing similar to us.

Five of us had been outwalking and decided to go toa local bar for something toeat. We sat down and askedfor breakfast for five people -and were informed that thekitchen was not open until 10o’clock.

It was then 9.50 and thecook was leaning on the bar.Obviously they only workedthere. We went elsewhere.

E L F

WE are aware that wecould help more people,especially those who arevulnerable, perhaps tooproud to ask for help butreally do need it, in theTorrevieja, OrihuelaCosta, La Marina andCuidad Quesada areas.

There are so many peo-ple out there who do notknow where to go or whoto ask for advice or help.We at Help At Home

Costa Blanca offer a fulladvice service, similar tothe CAB service in UK.

We work closely withthe British Consulate andSpanish Social WelfareServices.

We are holding aVolunteers Meeting onMonday 10 September 10at The Emerald Isle LaFlorida (5pm). To learnmore, please come alongto find out for yourself ifwe can offer you the sup-port you need to be a vol-unteer for a fantasticcharity.

NORAH BONDPresident, Help At Home

Costa Blanca

Help us to help them


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CAMBRIDGE Weight Plan, one of the leadingweight management solutions in the UK –developed at Cambridge University in the1960’s and founders of The Obesity Forum,has launched a range for the Spanish market.The Spanish product is Cambridge 800, part ofthe successful range of Cambridge WeightPlan products.

Cambridge has helped thousands of peoplelose weight and more importantly keep it off.Available in more than 26 countries worldwide,Spain is one of the latest countries to provideweight management solutions withCambridge.

At the product’s launch in Marbella inJanuary 2012, Britain’s trade ambassador inAndalucía, director Joe Cooper described thecompany as ‘groundbreaking’.

He said: “This is a positive and excitingarrival. I am sure it will do very well.”

According to data released from the EU inDecember 2011, the levels of obesity in Spainhave doubled since 1987 with now more than15% of both men and woman classed asobese.

Rising levels of overweight and obesity havecreated a ticking time bomb, affecting the qual-ity of people’s lives and increasing the burdenon public health services in Spain and aroundthe world. It is well documented that obesityhas a significant effect on the health of theoverweight and increases the likelihood ofdeveloping Type II Diabetes, heart diseaseand strokes to name but a few.

Cambridge 800 ® is proven to be successfulin helping people from all walks of life achieveand manage a healthy weight and lifestyle.

A range of five-step weight managementplans, Cambridge is only available fromCambridge 800 Accredited Consultants.

Cambridge is now available atMedaesthetics, Orihuela Costa who will behappy to talk to you. You can contact Lynda orLauren on 965 326 082 for a free no obligationconsultation and no joining fee applies.

If you live out of this area and want to findyour local consultant, please call CambridgeHead Office on 952 586 324 or visit the website on www.cambridge800.es

FOLLOW THE HEALTHY ROUTE – AND KEEP THOSE POUNDS OFF

carbohydrates raises the lev-els of phenylalanine in thebrain. High levels of pheny-lalanine reduce the levels ofserotonin leading to emotion-al problems such as depres-sion and mood swings.Serotonin plays an importantpart in regulating sleep andmood, and thus recognisedas the ‘feel good hormone’.Methanol also known aswood alcohol is a deadly poi-son. When ingested, itbreaks down into formalde-hyde, a deadly toxin to thebrain. Methanol poisoning iswell known for its damagingeffects to the retina, leadingto blindness. Other symp-toms include headaches,dizziness, nausea, abdomi-nal discomfort, weakness,


SICKLY SWEET ‘ASPARTAME’DR MACHI MANNU’S ADVICE CLINICEmail your questions and comments to [email protected]

it is happening for the firsttime, it certainly will growback off season. The bestway to manage your condi-tion is to visit a doctor foran extensive health-checkto rule out other causes ofhair loss such as medica-tions or nutritional deficien-cies. If your hair loss ishereditary, there areapproved drugs that helppattern baldness such asminoxidil and finasteride. Some people havealso seen positive results from taking thenatural product Saw Palmetto.

QMy mother is 62 years old, and hashad tremors since the past two

years. This has gradually worsened untilshe saw her GP four months ago. Hediagnosed essential tremor and pre-scribed Inderal LA. This helped a lot. Thetremors had become constant andsevere, and the medication improved it.Unfortunately she stopped taking themedicine because it made her very tiredand drowsy whereas before she was avery active person. I would like to knowif there are alternative treatments, andalso if I can inherit the tremor.

AEssential tremor is a type of nervoussystem disorder resulting in chronic

shaking or rhythmic muscle spasms. It isgenerally more common in women than inmen, and is not known to be inherited. Sinceyour mum stopped taking her medication, Ican presume that her condition is not very

Aspartame is an intenseartificial sweetener soldunder several brand namessuch as Equal, Spoonful,Amino sweet, Canderel, andmany more especially sinceits patent expired in 2005. Itis the most widely used artifi-cial sweetener, and inEurope, it is authorized to beused as a food additive infoodstuff such as drinks,desserts, chewing gum,dairy, energy reducing andweight control products. The

EU has also made it manda-tory for the label of foodscontaining aspartame to indi-cate either its name or its Enumber- E951. SinceAspartame was firstapproved in 1981, it hasremained the most contro-versial food additive inhuman history. And there is avery good reason for that.Even though aspartame has

become an integral part ofthe modern diet, it was oncelisted by the Pentagon as abiochemical warfare agentdue to its deadly effects onthe brain and nervous sys-tem.

Aspartame is a chemicalcompound containing pheny-lalanine, aspartic acid andmethanol. Even thoughaspartic acid is found in cer-tain foods, it becomes verydamaging to health whenconsumed in excessivequantities. Aspartic acidplays a role in the body as aneurotransmitter, and assuch carries messagesacross the network of nervesin the body especially thebrain. However when there istoo much of it, the nervesbecome over excited leadingto neurological problemssuch as seizures, memoryloss and brain damage.Phenylalanine is equallyfound in the body but causessevere health problems inchildren born with a geneticinability to metabolise it. Innormal people, it has beenshown that consumingaspartame especially with

chills, memory lapses, andbehavioural disturbances.Formaldehyde is also knownto interfere with the DNAcausing birth defects, and isalso a cancer causing agent.

Several studies haveshown that aspartame dis-turbs amino acid metabolism,protein structure, hormonalbalance and brain function. Itis also known that its break-down products indirectlydecrease the production ofother vital chemicals neededfor the brain and nervoussystem to function normally.In addition it also leads to theinability of enzymes to func-

QI am only 30 years old, and for awhile I have been losing a lot of hair,

especially at the top of my head. Whileshowering I notice gobs of hair on myhand and I am afraid I may go bald.Someone told me this may be due to theweather, is this true? And how can I stopthis from happening.?

AHello, there are a number of reasons forhair loss, the commonest being pattern

baldness. This hereditary condition affectsboth sexes, but is more frequent in men.Pattern baldness is characterised by areceding hairline from the sides of the fore-head, and a thinning crown. Both becomemore pronounced until they meet. If youhave a family history of baldness, this maybe the reason for your thinning hair.Nevertheless, you may need to see a der-matologist for a definitive diagnosis.Underlying medical conditions such as min-eral deficiencies and hormonal imbalancescan also cause hair loss. Zinc and Seleniumwork with the body to promote hair growth,and a lack of these minerals have beenlinked to hair loss. Iron deficiency is anotherreason for hair loss, and so you will benefitfrom an extensive blood test to rule out thedeficiency of these minerals. Hair loss alsooccurs after a period of prolonged stress orillness. However, this type of hair loss istemporary and more common in women.Other causes include certain kinds of med-ications and shampoos. There are medicalcases of people reporting some form of sea-sonal hair loss, and if this is true with yours,then you should have noticed it before, but if

severe. In any case, thereare a number of steps shecan take to minimise hersymptoms. Essentialtremors can worsen inextreme tiredness, strongemotions, low blood sug-ars, cold, caffeine andcertain medications suchas antidepressants.Effective natural thera-pies include valerian,which has been used for

thousands of years for relaxation. This canbe consumed as a tea, or as a supplement.Passion flower is also known to be veryhelpful even though scientists have notbeen able to figure out how. For more infor-mation about alternative remedies, pleasevisit www.medb.es

QI had a right hip replacement about amonth ago due to osteoarthritis.

Should I still be experiencing sorenessand pain in that hip? I feel heaviness andstiffness in my legs when I go to bed,and wonder when I can expect to be freeof pain

AThe discomfort you are still experienc-ing is not uncommon. Even after a

month, healing will still be progressing andyou may still feel discomfort. What is impor-tant is that you are improving noticeably andare able to make more use of your right leg.If this is not the case, then you should seeyour surgeon. Hip replacement after careinvolves a series of exercises and dailyactivities that are vital to making a full recov-

ery. These include bed exercise such asthigh muscle contractions and ankle exercis-es. In addition you should also have routinechest physiotherapy to avoid any chest com-plications. Your healthcare providers shouldhave informed you of these activities. Thereare other precautions to be taken for anuneventful recovery. It is important to sit inchairs with arms because they support yourweight while getting up. Do not cross yourlegs while sitting and avoid bending down toput on your shoes. In fact it is very importantto avoid bending for any reason until you arecompletely healed. In the meantime, youshould take painkillers.

QWhat is an aneurysm?

AAn aneurysm is an abnormal swelling orbulge in the wall of a blood vessel, such

as an artery. It begins as a weak spot in theblood vessel wall, and then balloons out ofshape over time from the force of the pump-ing blood. Usually, aneurysms develop at thepoint where a blood vessel branches,because the ‘fork’ is structurally weaker andmore vulnerable. Aneurysms usually occuranywhere throughout the circulatory systembut most commonly develop along the aorta(the body’s main artery) and in blood vesselsof the brain. Aneurysms are potentially fatal ifthey rupture, leading to death within minutes.Some causes include unregulated high bloodpressure over many years resulting in dam-aged and weakened blood vessels,Atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries due toa plaque), and polycystic kidney diseasewhich can cause an aneurysm in the brain.

tion optimally. The EuropeanFood Safety Agency recentlydecided to re-assess thesafety of Aspartame thismonth, but until its ban, it isnecessary to take steps toprotect your health. A goodstart is to check the ingredi-ents of the food you buy foraspartame especially underthe label E 951 or otherbrand names such asNutraSweet. Be cautiousabout using products con-taining aspartame if you arepregnant or breast feeding.Use natural sugars or honeyto sweeten your drinks andfood, and if you are trying tolose weight, use a little less.

Hair today, gone tomorrow?


Richard moved to Spain seven years ago hav-ing left his management background behind inthe UK and decided to use his IT skills to helphome users and small businesses with their PCproblems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he isout and about in the Spanish sun every day,making house and shop calls and using hisvast experience and qualifications to (usually)sort out the problem there and then. Computersare his hobby as well as his work so don’t besurprised to get an answer to your email in theearly hours!

RICHARD CAVENDERBluemoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es

BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services com-pany on the Costa Blanca, they provide quality computerservices at realistic prices and specialise in working with

home users and small businesses.

[email protected] www.bluemoonsolutions.es

Mobile: 655 044 970 Office: 902 906 200Don’t forget you can follow me on twitter@bluemoonspainAlternatively why don’t you sign up for mynewsletter. You can do this by going to:-www.bluemoonsolutions.es and fill inthe form that is on any page except thefront page.

ADVICE: Mary wanted to know how to safely delete all ofthe information from her old computer.

Hi Richard, I now have a new laptop and one day I will need to dispose of my oldtower PC. From a security point of view can I successfully delete everything on it,or do I have to take it to a professional technician to delete the contents?

Hi Mary, it’s a good question – as you have probably heard simply deleting the con-tents of your personal information will not destroy it, it still remains easily recoverablefrom your computer until such a time as its overwritten by more information. Thereare a number of companies that will be able to offer you data wiping services,

BlueMoon Solutions is one of them, however if you are wanting to be 100% sure yourself thatyour information has been destroyed then probably one of the most effective ways is toremove the hard drive platters (the things inside your hard drive that store information) andphysically destroy them – this also happens to be quite a satisfying way to kill your data! Ihave done a bit of searching and a guy called David Gewirtz has published a step by stepguide on how to do this – you can find it at http://tinyurl.com/c2fr2k

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ADVICE: David wanted to know how to change the font inthe new replacement for Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook

Good afternoon Mr.Cavender. Many thanks for your informative notes in theCourier. Perhaps you can help me. I noted today that you discussed default fontsin Hotmail. Please tell me how I can get a default font in Outlook Hotmail too whichI have just converted. Am I missing something very obvious?

Thanks in anticipation, Kind regards, David

Hi David, you should login to your email and clickthe following…1. From the inbox screen click the gear icon in thetop right hand corner of the screen

2. Click “More Email Settings”3. Under “Writing Email” click “Message Font andSignature”4. Choose the font settings you would prefer and click Save…hope that helps.Update: Many thanks for your reply. Much appreciated -something about wood andtrees comes to mind - apart from senility!!

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ADVICE: Trevor wanted to know how to set up a newGmail email address

Hi, how does one change their Google emailaddress, reason since I made IE my browser I amreceiving approx. 200 spams a day seems a coin-cidence since I changed from Google Chrome.

Hi Trevor, in order to set up a new Gmail accountyou should go to...https://accounts.google.com/SignUp...and complete the information online.

I agree with you it is a coincidence that you are receivingspam after moving to Internet Explorer, you could check bydownloading Google Chrome from the following link...https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

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ADVICE: Bernie received a hoax call from someone pur-porting to be from Microsoft

Hi Richard, Your advice please on a bit of a strange one. This morning I receiveda phone call from someone called Ricky, surname I think is Dustin but because ofhis accent i.e. either Indian or Pakistandifficult to understand that bit. He pur-

ported to be ringing me from London for Windowsas my computer was generating a lot of error mes-sages and high usage warnings. Having just gotout of bed I told him him to ring back later and hesaid he would ring back in an hour and a half.Which he did. He also wanted me to be at mycomputer so he could show me the error and highusage messages and would go through how Icould sort this.He confirmed he was working for windows and acting for Microsoft. Gave me a phone num-ber of 9546883011. I have not tried to ring this number. When I asked how I could validatewhat he was saying he said I could check it out on a .com site called gmiits. I have not visitedthat site, being of a suspicious nature and cautious. Needless I was not doing anything untilI knew he was genuine......My concerns are that he had my name and phone number. When I have error messages andit asks if I want to send the report I say no. Obviously this sounds like a hoax / scam and myson concurs. The fact that the guy rang back came as a surprise but both times the call hada slight time lapse on it as if it was a radio call.Many thanks for any suggestions, Bernie

Hi Bernie, yes I understand why you might be concerned but if it sounds too good tobe true then it probably is too good to be true. I don’t think that even Microsoft havethe resources to personally contact each and every person purporting to be "gener-ating high usage warnings"

As you have already assumed, it’s a hoax, we had a spate of them about 12 months ago andit looks like we are starting to get a new round of them - feel free to pass on my details tothem if they ring back, I would be more than happy to talk to them

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Debbie’s the girl with the powerYOU could say there’s something electric about Debbie…

or perhaps she has some special power. But the normallyquiet month of August has seen the Electrical Shop reallybuzzing.

Under Debbie’s guidance, the store has become renownedfor its friendly service and top-quality advice. “We have hadlots of new clients that have been recommended to us byother happy customers,’’ she says. “We have noticed a lotmore people about this summer and August has been verybusy.’’

The Electrical Shop stocks a fantastic selection of every-day electrical appliances and also fits satellite TVs andinstalls boilers. There’s a rather handy Easy Photo instantphoto printing ma-chine, too, that’s a big hit with customers.

Just go into the store and you will see a constant stream ofpeople buying goods, asking for advice and just waving afriendly hello. Yes, the atmosphere really is electric!

Tidy Paws - a pampering to bark about!CALLING all dogs! Just ‘paws’ for a moment and think,

“Where can I get the most tail-wagging pampering in thearea?’’ The answer of course is from the caring staff at TidyPaws, led by proprietor Anna.

After 15 years of dog grooming, and six and a half years inbusiness at Tidy Paws, Anna knows exactly what any dis-cerning pooch wants.

A former veterinary nurse, her fully-equipped premisescater for all breeds and sizes and no dog is allowed to leaveunless Anna feels it looks perfect. Her background also helpsher to identify any problem that might need medical attentionand can refer the owner to her husband at Eduardos Vets.Anna’s happy friendly team start by clipping their canineguests, then its wash time using filtered water and a top-qual-ity shampoo – finally a dry and final trim to complete a furry-tail day.

Get the London lookKaren and David at Medaesthetics have worked in Spain

for 8 years, they both trained and worked at Tony & Guy inLondon, they take time and care to style your hair.

How many times have you been to the hairdressers, comeout looking great but never been able to recreate the style athome?!

That's not the case with David and Karen they createstyles with precision cutting that enables you to get the samefantastic look you have at the salon but at home too.

We aim to give you the "feel good" factor beautiful coloursand a lovely garden to relax to sit and enjoy a glass of Cava,Coffee, tea or iced water.

As well as everyday hair, Medaesthetics specialises instunning wedding styles, makeup and nails to ensure everybride can look gorgeous on her big day.

Let Bev put the icing on your big dayYOU can’t have your cake and eat it, so the saying

goes. But you CAN do the next best thing by calling inBev at Dreamy Cup Cakes for your special party occa-sion.

Bev has been in business in Spain since 2001 and hada hairdressing salon for 10 years before switching fromcuts to cups…of the cake variety.

Her services include providing birthday cakes, buffets,children's cup-cake parties, ladies’ afternoon teas full offun either at home or in a bar, and a unique taster to hennight celebrations.

So if you are looking for that little something differenton those special occasions (or perhaps just for fun), justgive Bev a call.

Oh, and she still does hairdressing, by the way!

A beautiful missionLynda Gibson’s vision of a holistic health and beauty centre

was born from a diverse background in medical aesthetics,counselling and lecturing.

She developed the model while running her own clinics inthe UK, and in 2007 opened what has become one of theCosta Blanca’s most successful businesses, Medaesthetics.

Medaesthetics offers clients a whole range of treatments toimprove their health and beauty, including hair styling, skincare, beauty treatments, weight management programmesand cosmetic surgery. Lynda trained at Liverpool, Manchesterand Oxford Universities, and at the Royal College of Surgeonsin London, as well as with industry leaders in Spain andFrance. So she not only offers Medaesthetics customers thebest results but also the peace of mind of knowing they are inexpert hands.

Lynda’s mission is to constantly explore innovations inhealth and beauty and offer the very best services available.


Hair loss? It’s all grow at Margaretha‘s! IF you're feeling self-conscious or worried about hair loss,

Salon Margaretha is here to help you with practical no-fusssolutions that will help restore your hair health and feeling ofwell-being and confidence. Their 20 years experienceensures that you are in trustwor¬thy, professional hands andtheir completely private consulta¬tion offers unrivalledadvice, personalised treatment and tailor-made hair replace-ment solutions. Their wide range of wigs and prosthetic hairpieces is so natural that it's impossible to tell them from realhair and their cutting and styling expertise ensure that yourlook is completely 'your own'.

If you need any help in connection with hair loss, contactMargaretha herself on 966 921 846 at her clinic. (She spe-cialises in alopecia and disruptions in hair growth due to ill-ness, injury, hormone imbalances and chemo/radiotherapytreatments).

No more run in the sun Imagine sitting in the hot Spanish sun with your face beau-

tifully made-up but free from the fear of melting streaks ofcolour running down your cheeks. Or just think of jumping ina pool without a moment’s worry that your waterproof eyelin-er will turn out not to be. Better still, envisage waking up look-ing just as good as when you went to bed.

This freedom to look good ALWAYS is just what advancedsemi-permanent make-up specialist June Hutchinson givesher clients. June, a key member of the Medaesthetics teamhas worked in the beauty industry for many years, andtrained in the art of semi-permanent make-up with worldacknowledged experts Finishing Touches.

With semi-permanent make-up, June can define eye-brows, draw in eyeliner and put subtle definition back intolips. June also offers medical tattooing and non-laser tattooremoval.

Unlock the ultimate with GoldenkeysGoldenkeys property CB started in Northern Ireland in

September 2004 and came to Spain in May 2005. We offer awide variety of professional services to cater for all budgets - anda service that is second to none in property sales, property man-agement and after-sales service. We arrange professional tradeservices for your home, as well as NIE, legal advice, bankaccounts, mortgages and help, car hire, nursery hire, bicyclehire, coach trips, day trips and so on.

We do holiday rentals and can arrange long term rentals atgreat prices. Visit our website for more information and updateson offers. W e are on Facebook. We have a saying ‘We lead,others follow” so contact Ena today to see what we can do foryou and your home in Spain. Telephone (0034) 636942204

Check out www.goldenkeysproperty.com or come and see uson a Saturday at Moncayo Market in Guardamar between 9.00and 13.00 in the retail village.

Company women award winner 2011 for business excellence.

Dance success is all about FootworkFootwork Dance are a friendly multicutural local dance school

and since opening the new studios last year in Los Montesinosthe school has gone from strength to strength.

At Footwork many styles of dance are available for you toenjoy, Dance is for everyone no matter what age or ability, Ericais a fully qualified teacher and her certificates are displayed at thestudio for all to see. We are very conscious that classes are fun,but taught correctly and safely in a friendly and relaxed atmos-phere, everyone is treated as an individual and encouraged toprogress at their own pace.

Not only do we produce shows to support local charities weenter competitions and we will be entering exams in March nextyear.

If you would like to join a winning team whether it is for fun, fit-ness or your future either call, e-mail or pop in to our studios, welook forward to meeting you. [email protected] 662137 329

Colour up your image at PinksPINKS hair, beauty and tanning studio in Benijofar offers a

huge range of hair and beauty treatments from a highly qual-ified and friendly team. Laura, who won Junior hair stylist for2011, is an excellent stylist and is fantastic at hair up, hairextensions, gents cuts and much more.

Grace is the top colour technician with three years experi-ence of working in Spain. Indiana is Pinks new Junior and isshowing great potential, and Sandy is there to sort out allyour beauty treatments from facials to gel or acrylic nail setsincluding nail art and pro-polish.

Pinks is also one of the only salons which now offer facialthreading by Zara.

All colour hair treatments used are organic and the salonnow offers Keratin anti-frizz treatments. Pinks can also offerspray tans or they have an upright tanning booth.

To make an appointment, please call 965724671

26 Friday, September 7 2012

WHAT makes YOUhappy? Well, ClareLawrence is aiming to lift thespirits of anyone who is feel-ing down – by compiling abook of uplifting quotes.

And the Quesada-basedjournalist wants YOU to helpthe ‘What Makes YouHappy? Project, which shehopes will take hold all overthe world.

Says Clare, 32: “I am ask-ing people to send me theirquotes about what makesthem happy. They can sendme anything from one word,to one sentence up to awhole paragraph.

“The response so far hasbeen fantastic and I couldn'thave wished for a better out-come. I have set up both agroup and now a page onFacebook for the project,which I am getting a lot of

activity and positivity from. “People are putting a lot of

effort into their quotes and Iwant to get a few thousandeventually. I know it'll takesome time, but I want to helppeople - that's the maininspiration really. To providesomething that if people arefeeling down or sad or arestruggling with a difficult situ-ation or a crisis etc, thenthey will have somethingthat they can refer to, to helppick them up.

“I know that books suchas these have been invalu-able to me in the past.’’

All you need to do is sendClare a quote, a word, asentence or a paragraph

about What Makes YouHappy. You could say some-thing like "Sunshine" or

"The sunshine makes mehappy’’ or "The sunshine

makes me happy because Ican sit around the pool andwhen I get too hot, I canjump in the cool water."

You can contact Clare byemail [email protected] [email protected]

Link to the "What MakesYou Happy?" Book Projectgroup on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/444899825554628/?ref=ts

27Friday, September 7 2012

THE ShowG r o u pTorrevieja havelost their homeof 20 years –and are nowsearching for anew rehearsalvenue. It is with greatsadness thatthe group havehad to sayfarewell to thehomely com-fort of LosArcos, where they haverehearsed and performedthroughout their long his-tory. One of the oldest theatregroups in Torrevieja, thegroup have been enter-taining residents and

tourists with their energypacked shows for the lasttwo decades. During theirlong existence The ShowGroup have staged well-loved musicals, pan-tomimes, original musicalcomedies, murder myster-ies and several variety

s h o w s . A n dtheir effortshave raisedwell over50,000€ forlocal charities. The hunt isnow on for anew venue inT o r r e v i e j awhere thegroup can forhold their twicew e e k l yrehearsals -and maybe

even for their shows. If anyone has space andfacilities to give theGroup Torrevieja a newlease of life, please con-tact Jan on 96 618 9741 or647 579 068 or Sandy on96 671 3614

FROM STYLE TO AISLE!

HELP! WE NEEDA NEW HOME!

Come along and enjoy the fun at LaCampana Bar, Urb Eden in Guardamar onSaturday 15th September from midday, all inaid of Emaus. Stalls will include FacePainting, Angel Cards, Craft Stalls, CharityStalls and many, many more.TKO’s very own Andy James will be in atten-dance entertaining you throughout the day

as will the many dancers and signers too. As always, there will be an auction and a raf-fle with great prizes available.There will be plenty for kids and adults toenjoy. Oh, and of course, a BBQ! For moreinformation, please call 966 184 597 691 305749 or email [email protected] Seeyou there!

CHARITY FUN DAY IN AID OF EMAUS

THE WRITE SIDEOF HAPPINESS

Lauren makes the cut – and lands golf pro MarkYOU could say that Lauren

Gibson’s romance with MarkShakespeare got off to a hairystart.

Because they met when Markwalked into the clinic where Laurenworked – and asked to have his hairtrimmed.

That was three years ago andlast Saturday Lauren, Manager ofthe Medaesthetics Clinic in PuntaPrima, married golf professionalMark at El Bancalito, Los Perez,San Miguel, in a ceremony attend-ed by 90 guests from England

Ireland and Spain.Mark is originally from Little

Aston, Birmingham while Laurenwas born on the Wirral, Cheshire.

The groom is the son of MrsChristine Shakespeare, who stilllives in the Birmingham area, andLauren is the daughter of Lynda andBill Gibson, who have lived in PlayaFlamenca since 2004.

Lauren, whose first date withMark was to go ice skating at Elche,has lived in Spain for seven years –four years longer than her husband.

The newlyweds are both very

involved with the Spanish communi-ty. The bride is a founder memberof Beats and Breaks DanceCompany and the only British mem-ber of Torrevieja de Sal CarnivalDance group - travelling throughoutEurope to attend Carnival events.And the groom is part of Pinnacles50s, 60s and 70s music group andalso a member of the Torreviejaroller hockey team.

The couple intend to continuetheir careers in Spain and plan tohoneymoon in the Maldives later inthe year.

MARIA and the PinkLadies will be at theCivic Centre in PlayaFlamenca everyWednesday between

12 noon and 2pm afterthe summer break.Everyone is invited

along to discuss book-ing either a mammo-gram or prostate test orto just talk about livingwith cancer whether itbe as a sufferer or sup-porting someone withcancer.

The AECC earlydetection programme issubsidised and is avail-able to everyone. Thereis nocharge but dona-tions would be grateful-ly received.

LIVINGWITH

CANCER

CHRIS HUGHES of Lawns in Spain clued Vega BajaGarden Club members in on the common mistakesmany people make in trying to grow good green lawnshere on the Costa Blanca. He illustrated his talk withsamples of different types of grass and addressed six

basic problems with cultivating a lawn. He explainedhow it is possible to achieve success through carefulchoice of the type of grass and proper preparation ofthe ground, without having to use large volumes ofwater, and at an ongoing economic cost. More informa-

tion can be found on his website:www.lawnsinspain.com .

The Garden Club’s next meeting is at Los RosalesRestaurant on October 1 at 13.45 for a prompt 14.00start. It will include a talk by John Donovan on growingtomatoes, a general Gardening Question and Answersession, and the Club's AGM. Further information fromVal on 966716527.

GROWING A GREEN SPANISH LAWN


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SPANISH NEWS

SPANISH Prime Minister MarianoRajoy refused to be drawn yester-day (Thursday) on whether his gov-ernment would tap a new EuropeanCentral Bank programme designedto keep a lid on the borrowing costsof the euro's more indebted coun-tries.

During a visit by German ChancellorAngela Merkel, Rajoy declined to commenton whether Spain would make an officialrequest for the ECB help, which would besubject to conditions and likely-monitoredby the International Monetary Fund.

"When I have something new, I'll com-

municate it," he said at a press conferencealongside Merkel

However, Rajoy, whowas speaking after ECBpresident Mario Draghioutlined details of a bigchange in the centralbank's bond-buying pro-gram, left the door openfor a request.

Spain "must control itspublic finances," headded.

Rajoy added that thewave of tax hikes andspending cuts he has

p u s h e dt h r o u g hs i n c eJanuary "are very difficultmeasures and difficult toexplain, but in the situationthat we're in, we have to doit."

Merkel praised Spain'sefforts and said the twoleaders discussed a sepa-rate bank rescue packageaimed at propping up thecountry's lenders hurt by aproperty boom that wentbust, and the deterioratingfinancial condition ofSpanish regional govern-ments that function muchlike U.S. states.

On Tuesday a Ryanairflight that departed fromLeeds-Bradford Airport wasrequired to request permis-sion to land in front of otherwaiting planes atLanzarote’s Arrecife airportbecause it was low on fuel,a spokesman for the publicairport authority AENA hastold Spanish news agencyEfe. The incident comesshortly after a governmentprobe was launched into thelow-cost airline for possiblebreaches of fuel-load safetyrequirements.

It is believed that the aircontrol staff requested thatall aircraft with scheduledlandings around 4pm circlethe easternmost Canaryisland as due to poor weath-er conditions a reschedulingof landings was required. Atwhich point the captain ofthe Ryanair plane requestedpriority from the tower, stat-ing his craft was “very lighton fuel.” The request wasauthorized and the aircraftjumped to the front of thefour airplanes waiting. The

others, according to LasPalmas based newspaperLa Provincia, were aThompson flight fromLondon Gatwick, a Condorfrom Frankfurt and anotherRyanair that departedBologna.

The controversial airline,previously criticized forobliging its pilots to take onthe minimum amount of fuelpossible to save money hasbeen in the news in recentweeks after three of its air-craft were required to per-form emergency landings inValencia on July 26 due toan alleged shortage of fuelwith an investigation by theSpanish Public WorksMinistry currently pending.

The Irish company hashowever released a state-ment saying that Tuesday’slanding request was due tothe dangerous weather con-ditions, rather than a lack offuel, and sources have toldEfe that this was not treatedas an emergency landingrequest, rather just a solici-tation for priority.

Ryanair in freshfuel controversy

Road deaths during the peak July-August holiday period hit their lowestlevels on record this year, the govern-ment announced on Monday.The head of the traffic department, MaríaSeguí, told a news conference that 262people were killed in road accidents inthe period, 62 fewer than a year earlier. InJuly alone, the number of fatal accidentsamounted to 111, with 117 deaths, a drop

MURCIA’S PresidentRamón Luis ValcárcelSiso has promisedthat Corvera Airportwill open “soon”.

He didn’t give anexact date, saying itwould be a matter ofmonths because allthe building work isnow complete. But he assured ABCradio listeners: ““Verysoon trial flights willtake place, and once itis clear that the airportis completely func-tional flight compa-nies will start to makebookings.’’“Work on the airportwas started in 2007and five years is notan excessive length oftime to build an air-port,” he added. Valcarcel alsoexplained that officialswere in the midst ofnegotiations withAENA to transfer theworkers at San Javierairport to Corvera.This would mean thenew airport would takeover the 1.5 milliontravellers who use SanJavier every year.

RAJOY, MERKEL MEET ONA KEY DAY FOR SPAIN

SUMMER ROAD DEATHSFALL TO RECORD LOW

CORVERAAIRPORT TO OPEN‘SOON’

of 55, or 32 percent, from a year earlier.There were 127 such crashes in August,with fatalities falling by seven to 152. Thenumber of serious injuries also fell.“This is a particularly welcome day,”Seguí said. “It gives us reason for a lot ofhope for the rest of the year. She congrat-ulated the public as the “stars behindthese results” in paying greater heed tosafety advice.

Ex-chief justice dropscompensation claim

Carlos Dívar, the disgracedformer Supreme Court chiefjustice and president of theGeneral Council of theJudiciary (CGPJ), has decidedto give up his fight to claimmore than 200,000 euros incompensation he wasdemanding following his resig-nation from both positions onJune 21.

Dívar, 70, was forced to stepdown after it was revealed thathe spent 28,000 euros in judici-

ary money for 32 weekendtrips to Marbella and othertourist destinations between2008 and March this year. Hewas demanding that the CGPJcompensate him under the lawfor 208,243 euros, which is 80percent of his salary that hewas entitled to receive. But in astatement released lateMonday, the council secretarygeneral Celso RodríguezPadrón said Dívar had with-drawn his claim.

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UK HEADLINES

A STUDENT appeared incourt this week accused ofcooking a hamster.

James White, 21,allegedly “caused unneces-sary suffering to an adultfemale Syrian hamster bysubjecting her to hyperther-mia”.

White, from York, deniedkilling the animal at thecity’s magistrates’ court.

And the court was toldthere was conflicting evi-dence on how the pet died

so the case was adjourned.White was given uncon-

ditional bail.Stephen Munro, defend-

ing, said: “It’s a very sensi-tive case and it’s a casethat’s going to be a battle ofthe experts, in essence.”

White is due back incourt on October 4.

'CLARE'S Law', a scheme tohelp protect women fromdomestic violence, launchedyesterday (Thursday).

The pilot scheme will givewomen "the right to know" iftheir partner has a history ofdomestic violence.

The campaign for achange in the law wasbrought about by MichaelBrown, the father of a murdervictim Clare Woods.

Clare was strangled andset on fire by ex-boyfriendGeorge Appleton at herhome in Salford, GreaterManchester, in February2009.

Appleton, dubbed the“Facebook Fugitive”, thenwent on the run before hang-ing himself.

Miss Wood, 36, a mother-of-one, met Appleton onFacebook, unaware of hishorrific history of violenceagainst women, includingrepeated harassment,threats and the kidnapping atknifepoint of one of his ex-girlfriends.

At the inquest into MissWood’s death last year,Coroner Jennifer Leemingsaid women in abusive rela-tionships should have theright to know about the vio-lent pasts of the men theywere with.

The family’s campaign wasalso taken up by Salford andEccles MP Hazel Blears andbacked by police and Home

Trusting Kieran in ‘Bulger’ scare

A YOUNGSTER was led outof a supermarket by twoteenagers in a chilling caseechoing the Jamie Bulgertragedy.

Michelle Peachment, 32,was horrified when her belovedson Kieran suddenly vanishedduring a shopping trip.

Shoppers told her they hadseen the 11-year-old - who hasa mental age of seven - leavethe store with two youths.

Police launched a massivehunt for missing Kieran afterbeing contacted by distraughtMichelle.

The boys had lured Kieranfrom the Asda store after say-

Hamsterdamned

The Sun

Murdered ... Clare did not know her partner's past

Secretary Theresa May, whoagreed to run the pilot.

Ms Blears said: “Followingthe tragic death of ClareWood, who was a resident inSalford, I have worked close-ly with her father and familyto gain cross-party supportfor ’Clare’s Law’.

“Too many women andmen continue to sufferdomestic violence and it isvital that all possible stepsare taken to protect peopleand to provide them with the information they need to make an informed decision.”

Information may be disclosed via a request from a member of the public, the “right to ask”,or by an agency where a decision is made to consider disclosing the information in order toprotect a potential victim – the “right to know”.

Daily Mirroring he could meet their“famous father”.

They then took him on a bus- where a concerned fellowpassenger challenged them.

The Good Samaritan leftthe bus with Kieran and tookhim to a police station inLeicester.

It bore chilling similarities tothe case of Jamie Bulger, theyoungster who was murderedby two boys in 1993.

“I was crying and felt sick,”said Michelle. “I couldn’t copeand felt like I was empty.

"It made me think of what

happened to Jamie Bulger.“These boys told Kieran I

wouldn’t be upset if he wentwith them and he believedthem.”

Violent partnershit by Clare law

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£8 BILLIONTO PARK!

British drivers spend up to £150on parking each month.

While this might seem steep,drivers in Knightsbridge,London have to contend with charges of£36 for three hours of parking, withother sites nearby charging £33 and£32 for the same period. According tothe survey, the top 10 most expensivecar parks in the country are in andaround central London, with charges of

BRITISH motorists nowspend £8 billion each year onparking after charges haverisen 12.5 per cent in the lastyear.

Expensive parking is also hit-ting local shops and amenitiesas well as drivers' wallets, with65 per cent of respondents to asurvey saying that the high costof leaving their car puts them offshopping locally and 69 percent simply avoid areas with thehighest charges.

According the survey by con-fused.com, 78 per cent of

£33 and £24 to park for three hours.More than one in five (21 per cent) feel

that car parks don't offer enough space.With only 33 per cent of sites in the UKoffering more than 100 spaces, it's notsurprising that 60 per cent of drivers saythey spend between six and 20 minutessearching for a space.

AnyoneforGolf?

HIGH-HEELSOR THE

HIGH-WAY?IT'S not often that the

worlds of fashion and roadsafety intersect, but sincedriving shoes started tobecome fashionable a fewyears back, that's exactlywhat has happened. Andabout time too, because fartoo many drivers are makingbad footwear choices.

A poll by the AA in 2010found that 27 per cent ofrespondents had encoun-tered difficulties while drivingbecause of the shoes theywere wearing, with 5 percent claiming that theirfootwear had actually led tothem driving dangerously,losing control or having anaccident. If those figures arerepresentative of the 37 mil-lion licence holders in theUK, about 1.8 million driverscould potentially be wearingunsuitable – even dangerous– shoes.

The act of driving – espe-cially in traffic conditions thatinvolve constant use of thepedals – can take its toll onyour feet and ankles. Wearthe right shoes and your feetfeel relaxed, your car controlimproves, you can reactfaster to changes in traffic orroad conditions and you canbecome a smoother driver.Yes, all because of the shoesyou wear.

Soles and heels are key.Thick soles mean that yourfeet can't feel the pedalsproperly, so you can't accu-rately judge how much pres-sure to apply, making brak-ing and accelerating moreabrupt and jerky. Quite apartfrom the effect it has on yourpassengers, this will do noth-ing to reduce the wear andtear on your car. Solesshould be a maximum of10mm (1cm) thick, but some-

thing along the lines of 4mmis even better (you can feelthe difference if you comparethe two). You also need toavoid wide soles, whichcould mean you pressing twopedals at the same time. Theimportant thing is that youcan feel the pedals to gaugehow much pressure to apply.

Moving on to heels, highones are a definite no-no.The heel of your foot needsto be on the floor to achievethe correct pedal action: highheels elevate it and distortthe ability to measure howmuch pressure needs to beapplied. The only thingworse than high heels is plat-form wedges – a doublewhammy of high heels andthick soles.

IT'S a busy week for newcars. First there was thelatest version of Ford'sFiesta, then the teaserimages of Vauxhall'sCascada Convertible andnow the new VolkswagenGolf.

The seventh-generationof the popular family hatch-back uses the VW Group'sMQB (ModularerQuerbaukasten) platformthat was first seen in thenew Audi A3 earlier thisyear, along with styling thattakes an "evolution ratherthan revolution" approach.At 4,255mm, the latest Golfis 56mm longer than theMk6 version that itreplaces, as well as 13mmwider at 1,799mm with awheelbase lengthened by59mm. This has helped tocreate additional interiorspace, while new produc-tion techniques mean that itis up to 100kg lighter thanits predecessor.

Compared with the Mk6

Golf the new car has moreleg and shoulder room frontand rear, and the boot hasincreased in size by 30litres. All Golfs now featurea touchscreen infotainmentsystem as standard. Anelectronic parking brake isalso fitted as standard, asis a multi-collision brakesystem that automaticallybrakes the vehicle after acollision to minimise thechance of a second impact.

Further options includetwo autonomous emer-gency braking systems(one that works from93mph and one from19mph), adaptive cruisecontrol and an automaticparking device. For the firsttime the Golf is also avail-able with a "driver profileselection", which lets thedriver choose betweeneco, sport, normal and indi-vidual settings for throttle

mapping and engine man-agement. Auto stop/starttechnology is also stan-dard.

Petrol engines include a1.2-litre producing 84bhpwith fuel economy of57.6mpg and CO2 emis-sions of 113g/km, and a1.4 with Active CylinderDeactivation, which candeactivate two of the cylin-der when they are notneeded, with figures of138bhp, 58.9mpg and112g/km.


Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues;instead, every letter of the alphabet has beenreplaced by a number, the same number representingthe same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have todo is decide which letter is represented by whichnumber. In this week’s puzzle, 2 represents P and 22represents Q, when these letters have been enteredthroughout the puzzle, you should have enoughinformation to start guessing words and discoveringother letters.

CODE CRACKER

CRYTPIC CLUESAcross1 Father securesfootwear for royal resi-dences (7)5 Virginia rented a per-sonal assistant (5)8 Drunkenly rob a gembar (7)9 Horrible pains in thiscountry (5)10 Drunk Yugoslav guymissing shots (5)11 Maintain America is ina spot (7)12 So, Cain tidied up theplayroom (6)14 Five lodged in shock-ing holes; positive slums(6)17 Wander, headingMiddle East followed by aqueer-looking nerd (7)19 An incus is part of aRoman villa (5)22 Whisper to a group ofplayers (5)23 Wandering strider isemotionally aroused (7)24 Metal discoveredamidst eels25 Sunday in church andabout Frank (7)

Down1 Iron newspaper (5)2 All be confused by Mark(5)3 Funny picture of a boxwith nothing in it (7)4 When small operationsget out of order, use apartner (6)5 Saves broken jars (5)6 Escape from can? (7)7 A number of workersare lessees (7)12 Firm politician, a shipdirection finder (7)13 Horrible disease forthe beach (7)15 Oxygen helpingspeech (7)16 Credit is double bigtrouble (6)18 Five hundred suc-cessfully live (5)20 French writer is neverwrong (5)21 Daybook with no end-ing on the shelf (5)

Last weeks SolutionAcross: 1 Oranges, 5 Waste, 8 Service, 9 Stage, 10 Tonga,11 Turning, 12 Pastel, 14 Madrid, 17 Trample, 19 Chase, 22Atoll, 23 America, 24 Ladle, 25 Testers. Down: 1 Onset, 2 Apron, 3 Grimace, 4 Sweets, 5 Wiser, 6Shadier, 7 Emerged, 12 Pitfall, 13 Seafood, 15 Archers, 16Depart, 18 Pulse, 20 Agile, 21 Exams.

DOUBLE CROSS-WORDSolve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the

standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.

2 letterwords

AsSo

3 letterwords

AgoAskAteEgoEreRobSatToe

4 letterwordsAgesAgogAiryAkin

BeadBeltBergBoltByteCapeCarsCineElseEyedGnatGongGrabLameLandLockLungMarlOboeOgle

OkayOpalOralPalePaneParaRareRope

5 letterwordsAdiosAlias

ApaceCoati

CometCongaDebitDictaElateIdiot

IrateLeaveMoorsOtterReranRevueSaladSalveServeSeverShareShaveSlateStateStrutTapirTrineVines

6 letterwords

CannedCorneaDabbleLocateOracleSevereSonnetSurfer

8 letterwords

DesolateSemiarid9 letterwords

RecombineSeafaring

FILL IT INComplete the crossword grid by using the given words:

Across 1 Deer meat (7)5 Add together (3,2)8 Religious doctrine (5)9 Violently destructivewindstorm (7)10 Determined to be suc-cessful (9)12 Slide on snow (3)13 Dry red wine (6)14 Get away (6)17 Deciduous tree (3)18 Offensive to the mind(9)20 Question closely (7)21 Seat for one person (5)23 Foot joint (5)24 Bishop's jurisdiction (7)

Down 1 Russian liquor (5)2 Badger (3)3 Surprise (7)4 Country (6)5 Rotates (5)6 Restate from one lan-guage into another (9)7 Vow (7)11 Gambling card game (9)13 Acute intestinal infection(7)15 Hot wind from NorthAfrica (7)16 Protect (6)18 Dwell (5)19 Brief and to the point (5)22 Beer (3)

QUICKIE

Last weeks SolutionAcross: 1 Sham, 3 Mattress, 9 Antenna, 10 Natal, 11Cornish pasty, 13 Lupine, 15 Albedo, 17 Freudian slip, 20Idiom, 21 Example, 22 Distress, 23 Less. Down: 1 Scarcely, 2 Altar, 4 Apathy, 5 Ten-gallon hat, 6Entitle, 7 Sale, 8 Indian summer, 12 Compress, 14Permits, 16 Biceps, 18 Lapse, 19 Bind.

Across 1 Cheap (goods, labour,shop) (6)5 Traffic jam (6)8 Wolf (4)9 Cacerola (8)10 Waitress (8)11 Priest (4)12 Flies (insects) (6)14 To run (6)16 Bears (animals) (4)18 Cakes (8)20 Cobweb (8)21 Cola (de animal,avión, cometa) (4)22 Predicar (6)23 Adviser (in business,politics etc) (6)

Down 2 Aguacate (7)3 Now (at this time,immediately) (5)4 Ostras (7)5 Help (assistance) (5)6 To move closer (7)7 Silla (5)13 Waterfall (7)14 Chestnut (7)15 Enemy (7)17 Lanza (5)18 Melocotón (5)19 Between (5)

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORDImprove your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers inEnglish or vice versa.

STANDARD CLUESAcross1 Royal residences (7)5 Gentleman’s gentleman(5)8 Commerce restriction(7)9 European country (5)10 Volley (5)11 Maintain (7)12 Gambling room (6)14 Shacks (6)17 Ramble (7)19 Blacksmith’s iron block(5)22 Apart (5)23 Emotionally moved (7)24 Alloy of iron and car-bon (5)25 Earnest (7)

Down1 Fourth estate (5)2 Mark (5)3 Humorous drawing (7)4 Partner (6)5 Flower jars (5)6 Unwanted outflow (7)7 Renters (7)12 Navigational instru-ment (7)13 Coast (7)15 Formal speech (7)16 Emergency situation(6)18 Live (5)20 French science fictionwriter (5)21 Shelf (5)

Scribble Pad

el chico alto

el coche nuevo

el lápiz azul

el libro rojo

el padre guapo

el perro negro

el tio viejo

el vaso blanco

la casa nueva

la chica alta

la gata blanca

la goma negra

la madre guapa

la mesa azul

la puerta roja

la tia vieja

Empareja estas palabras para animales - Match the Spanish and English animal wordsYou will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1.el chico alto, 2.el coche nuevo, 3.el lápiz azul, 4.el libro rojo,5.el padre guapo, 6.el perro negro, 7.el tio viejo,8.el vaso blanco, 9.la casa nueva, 10.la chica alta, 11.la gata blanca, 12.la goma negra,

13.la madre guapa, 14.la mesa azul, 15.la puerta roja, 16.la tia vieja

a.th handsome father, b.the tall girl, c.the red door,d.the old aunt, e.the tall boy,f.the white glass, g.the beautiful mother, h. the new house,

i.the black dog, j.the blue pencil,k.the white cat, l.the new car,m.the red book, n.the black rubber, o.the blue table, p.the old uncle.

Answers:1e, 2l, 3j, 4m, 5a, 6i, 7p, 8f, 9h,10b, 11k, 12n, 13g, 14o, 15c,16d.

33Friday, September 7, 2012Across7 What was the surname of the Russian-born science-fic-tion author of The Foundation Series? (6)8 Which Hindu festival (also known as the Festival ofLights) that is held in October/November, celebrates theend of the monsoon? (6)10 Which American men’s magazine was founded inChicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates? (7)11 Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire were albums record-ed by which 1960s British rock supergroup? (5)12 Which small ground-dwelling songbird with elongatedhind claws and a song that is delivered on the wing, is typ-ically crested and with brown streaky plumage? (4)13 What name is often applied to an assembly of witches,usually 13? (5)17 What name is given to viscera and trimmings of abutchered animal often considered inedible by humans? (5)18 Which word can precede: back, board, house, moon andstop? (4)22 Which 1979 science fiction horror film, directed byRidley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver,Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, IanHolm and Yaphet Kotto, told the story of a highly aggressiveextra-terrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of aspaceship? (5)23 In baseball, what name is given to one of nine divisionsof play during which each team has a turn at bat? (7)24 Derived from the Spanish for ‘otter’, what name is givento the skin or fur of the coypu? (6)25 By what other name is the hallux better known? (3,3)

Down1 Also known as a ‘pollywog’ or ‘porwigle’, what is the nameof the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particu-

larly that of a frog or toad? (7)2 What was the surname of the father and daughter whoreached number one in the UK singles chart in 1967 withSomething Stupid? (7)3/4 Which American chess master defeated Boris Spasskyin 1972 to take the world championship, which he held until1975? (5,7)5 Rutherford B who was the 19th president of the US from1877 to 1881? (5)6 What is the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet, transliterat-ed as S? (5)9 What name is given to an uncontrollable desire to set fireto things? (9)14 Prior to the introduction of the euro in 2002, what wasthe name of the monetary unit of Germany, equal to 100thof a mark? (7)15 What was the surname of the British-born American nov-elist who is remembered chiefly for her novels for children,including Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess(1905) and The Secret Garden (1911)? (7)16 What is the surname of the actor who starred as PC‘Fancy’ Smith in the BBC police drama Z-Cars from 1962 to1965? (7)19 Originating in Finland, what name is given to a smallroom used as a hot-air or steam bath for cleaning andrefreshing the body? (5)20 In Roman numerals, what number is represented by theletter L? (5)21 By what other name is the small bone or ossicle in themiddle ear, the incus also known? (5)

Quiz Word

Last weeks Quiz WordsolutionAcross: 1 Arkle, 9 Diocese, 10 Bayou, 11 UFOs, 12Sceptre, 13 Pat, 14 Zeta, 16 Leek, 18 Tea, 20 Whistle,21 Oslo, 24 Chase, 25 Arsenal, 26 Athena, 27 Emery. Down: 1/4 Aldous Huxley, 2 Kyoto, 3 Eden, 5Umbrella, 6 Layette, 7 You Bet, 8 Yeast, 13 Pantheon,15 Epitaph, 17 Kwacha, 18 Texas, 19 Morley, 22Synge, 23 Ashe.

SUDOKU SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH

Last Week’s Solutions

Code Cracker

Soduko Span - Eng Quizword Fill It In

1. How Long Does A Game Of Field Hockey Last?2. What two sports use mallets?3. Ingemar Stenmark won a record 85 world cup racesin what sport?4. In which sport would you find a Bomb, a Blitz and aShotgun?5. Who Did Rafael Nadal Beat In The Final When HeBagged His First Ever Wimbledon Title?6. What Nationality Was The Formula 1 Driver AyrtonSenna Who Was Tragically Killed In 1994?7. Who Was The First British King To Attend An FA CupFinal?8. Which sport do the Detroit Red Wings play?9. When Commonwealth Gold Medalist Judy SimpsonWas On Gladiators What Was Her Characters Name?10. What Is The Official Circumference Of A Football?11. Why did Dorothy Cavis-Brown make news atWimbledon?12. In Which Sport Did Ballyregan Bob Win 32Consecutive Races?13. Which Colour Ball Is Not Placed Back On The TableIf It Is Illegally Potted?

ANSWERS:1. 70 Minutes 2. Croquet and Polo 3. Skiing 4. American

Football 5. Roger Federer 6. Brazilian 7. George V (In1914) 8. Ice Hockey 9. Night Shade 10. 27-28 Inches 11.Lineswoman - slept in chair 12. Greyhound Racing 13.Red

sports QUIZ

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

masculine and femenine agreement

fun and attitude. Played byJenna-Louise Coleman,she’s going to be TheDoctor’s new companion,and based on the last fewminutes, I’d love to know howshe’s going to reappear forthe Christmas Special.

qThere was also a neatbit of business where

the rather annoyed Dalekswere all involved in a rousingchorus of shouting outDoctor Who as the Time Lordslipped away from them inThe Tardis. It was a very

ing as it was in the old days. Full credit to the producer,

Cynthia Cidre, who said shewas determined to keep faithwith the original show, whilstmaking it accessible to newviewers. It’s must- watch fun,so catch a repeat of theopener on Channel Fivetonight Friday) and rejoice inthe fact that a second seriesis coming next year.

qPutting many hours intoan event, doesn’t mean

you’ll get things right. I wasconcerned that Channel Fourbeating the BBC to the rightsto the London Paralympicswould mean that the qualityof the coverage would suffer,and I fear I’ve been provedright. Putting aside some ofthe badly judged timings oncommercial breaks, a lot of itlooks dated with the presen-ters sat in a studio, with just aplain background. I presume

that Four couldn’t afford to bebased at Olympic Park.

Even Clare Balding didn’tlook comfortable with it, andit just has a cheap look withtoo much talk and notenough action. I hope theorganisers enjoyed the extramoney they got fromChannel Four, as opposed totheir event being splashed allover BBC1 and BBC2, whichit would have been, with atleast double the viewers.

qSo we’ve had lots ofcomplaints to the UK

broadcasting regulator,OFCOM, about the depictionof Muslims in the BBC 1comedy show, Citizen Khan.I would humbly suggest thatthe complainants focus onthe main problem andinstead target their criticismat the BBC by asking why theprogramme is unfunny and apiece of total trash.

34 Friday, August 31, 2012

It’s been a great week tosay hello to old friends likeDoctor Who, the Daleksand of course the bestbackstabbers in the busi-ness - the Ewing Family!There was no better wayfor BBC1 to start a new runof Doctor Who than tobring back his old ene-mies, those pepper-potshaped figures of fun. Andthey were just as nasty anddevious as ever.

I’d sooner trust a Costaproperty agent than do busi-ness with the Daleks, whichthe Doctor was forced to. Heand his companions, theestranged Amy and Rory,were brought together todeal with a dumping groundfor deranged Daleks on aplanet that the fully workingmodels wanted to destroy.

But we got a glorious twist,as leading the resistance onthe junkyard planet was acharacter called Oswin, full of

entertaining and easy to fol-low opening episode whichbodes well for the next fewweeks and what is promisedto be a very emotional exit forAmy and Rory.

Matt Smith, as always, wasspot on with a top perform-ance as the Doctor, and let’shope he sticks around fornext year’s 50th anniversaryof a show that, based on lastSaturday’s opener, is show-ing no signs of flagging.

qBack in 1977, ‘Variety’magazine reviewed the

TRELI ON THE TELLY

start of a new drama serieswith these words: - “A limitedseries with a limited future”.That was something of a mis-judgement as the poorreviewer was talking aboutDallas!

I’ll admit that it eventuallyran out of steam, and therewas a ridiculous final episodewhere Joel Gray played thedevil, and came to haunt

JR, who may or may nothave killed himself! But at itsbest, Dallas was wonderfulhokum, which introduced UKTV viewers to glitzy Americansoap. And 20 years later, it’sback on Channel Five, freshas ever. From the openingcredits and the big charac-ters of JR, Bobby, and SueEllen, mixed in with newnames and the promisedreturn of old favourites, it’sone of the best revivals I’veseen. And the big news isthat Larry Hagman’s per-formance is just as entertain-

with ALEX TRELINSKI

Horoscopes By Pandora

Aries March 21 - April 19 A piece of sound financial advice will be

given to you by a circus trapeze artistwhich may make you change your mindon the future trend of commodity prices inthese troubled economic times...

This week your favoured sport is thetriple jump, which, as we all know, is thelong jump for posey overachievers.

Taurus April 20 - May 20 A period of beach time fun is well

starred this week after you have faced upto your annual fear of stripping virtuallynaked in front of others. Use beach towelsstrategically until your confidence hasreturned.

Throwing things and catching things arewell starred especially Frisbees, balls andbabies.

Gemini May 21 - June 20A previously mild mannered cat will

become aggressive after you seem to beabout to feed it but then don't. The cat issuffering from mild heat stroke and misun-derstood your actions, but even so yourcatty faux pas will put you straight to thetop of its 'humans to bring down' list. Thisweek your destiny will agree to mostthings you suggest.

Cancer June 21 - July 22Reindeers and hearty slaps on the

back from manly deep voiced and possi-bly bearded men, will pepper this weekwith angst based joy.

Despite your attempts to conserveenergy, Saturn is determined that yourfuel bills will be at record levels. Resignyourself to bankruptcy and everythingelse is a bonus.

Leo July 23 - August 22Carry on regardless and things might

turn out OK, or they might not, who cantell?, just plan this week as if the planetswill have no direct impact on your life asthey will be busy doing other things.

Philosophy will continue to have a pro-found effect on your life in the comingweek. This week your destiny is shy, sogive it a hug.

'Fashion' modeling is set to inspire youthis week in all of its pouty exuberance.Walking quickly, stopping, looking mean,then turning around and walking backwhere you have just come from willenhance an otherwise dull week filledwith fears for the economy.

Your destiny wears the fluffy coat of ahighly pampered pet.

Libra September 23 - October 22You will be drawn to the benefits of

loan sharkery on the 10th: lending moneyfor up to 2000% interest at times certainlywill have its attractions to you. Try toavoid loaning to Taurus and Aries howev-er, the other star signs rarely resort to vio-lence if it all goes wrong. This week yourdestiny is screaming at you silently aboutyour dress sense.

Scorpio October 23 - November 21The threat of financial peril coupled with

a difficulty in finding food to feed wild birds,is set to make this week zing with a MaryPoppins type sadness. As you might havesuspected, Mary Poppins is Saturn'sfavourite movie of all time and he stillweeps at that bit with the old woman andthe pigeons.

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21Items previously considered to be lucky

will stop being lucky this month, and itemspreviously thought to be unlucky will growin unluckiness, taking on a profound sinis-terness that even Vincent Price andChristopher Lee would find difficult tounderstand.

Hearty laughter may help you handleyour destiny this week...

Capricorn December 22 - January 19After last week's problems with pista-

chio nuts, the planets are concerned atyour suicidally high sodium intake. If thehallucinations start drink lots of water andpray in the direction of Jupiter, which isup for about half of the time.

This week your destiny is undecided,and may leave any outcome until nextweek.

Aquarius January 20 - February 18Your favoured method of throwing

things this month is in the shot-put style,and not in your everyday over the armthrowing style, especially at the end ofviolent domestic arguments in which youusually like nothing better than to throwplates and slam doors. This week yourdestiny wears the knee length shorts of astreet juggler-cum-golfer.

Pisces February 19 - March 20

Dogs will present difficulties this week,and you may find that your standard 'ticklethem under the chin' attempts at ingratia-tion will fail spectacularly, or at least fail tothe extent that you would consider your-self mad to even think about trying itagain. Remember that dogs can sensefear, people can smell it, adjust your bodydeodorising policy accordingly.

Virgo August 23 - September 22

The Doctor and thederanged Dalektrics

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The Courier Friday TV September 7

00:20 Gone Baby Gone02:10 Holiday Weatherview02:15 Panorama02:45 Countryfile03:45 Land of the Lost Wolves04:45 Doorstep Crime 99905:15 BBC World News05:30 HARDtalk06:00 BBC News06:30 World Business Report06:45 BBC News07:00 Breakfast10:15 Rip Off Britain11:00 Homes Under the Hammer11:58 BBC News; Weather12:00 Escape to the Country12:45 Cash in the Attic13:13 BBC News; Weather13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather14:30 Regional News and Weather14:40 Doctors15:10 Only Fools and Horses16:05 Marrying Mum and Dad16:35 Splatalot17:00 Who Let the Dogs Out?17:30 Blue Peter18:00 Newsround18:15 Pointless19:00 BBC News19:30 Weather20:00 The One Show20:30 BBC News; Regional News21:00 EastEnders21:30 Miranda22:00 In with the Flynns22:30 Mrs Brown's Boys23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 Would I Lie to You?

00:20 The Rob Brydon Show00:50 James May's Things YouNeed to Know01:20 BBC News01:30 HARDtalk02:00 Newsday02:30 Asia Business Report02:45 Sport Today03:00 BBC World News03:30 Asia Business Report03:45 Sport Today04:00 BBC World News04:30 Asia Business Report04:45 Sport Today05:00 Shakespeare Unlocked

06:00 Schools: 3, 2, 1, Go! - KeyStage 307:00 Guess with Jess07:10 Louie07:20 Wibbly Pig07:30 64 Zoo Lane07:40 Chuggington07:50 Rastamouse08:00 Barney's Latin America08:30 League of Super Evil08:40 Leon08:45 Frankenstein's Cat08:55 Newsround09:00 What's New Scooby-Doo?09:25 Buzz and Tell09:30 Nina and the Neurons: In theLab09:45 Baby Jake10:00 Tinga Tinga Tales10:10 Uki10:20 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion10:30 The Large Family10:40 The Koala Brothers10:50 Dirtgirlworld11:00 Octonauts: Creature Reports11:05 Kerwhizz11:30 Driver Dan's Story Train11:40 Waybuloo12:00 In the Night Garden12:30 BBC World News13:00 Daily Politics14:00 My Life in Books14:30 To Buy or Not to Buy15:15 Weakest Link16:00 Wanted Down Under16:45 Hairy Bikers' Best of British17:30 Flog It!18:15 Put Your Money Where YourMouth Is19:00 Eggheads19:30 Celebrity MasterChef20:00 Live Athletics22:00 Gardeners' World22:30 Parade's End23:30 Newsnight

00:35 Poms in Paradise01:05 Jackpot24704:00 Tonight04:25 ITV Nightscreen05:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 Dickinson's Real Deal16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 My Tasty Travels with LyndaBellingham18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Live International Football23:00 ITV News at Ten andWeather23:30 Meridian Tonight andWeather23:35 International FootballHighlights

00:15 Rude Tube01:20 David Blaine: Drowned Alive02:15 Dave Gorman's GooglewhackAdventure04:10 Stalked04:35 This Is Me04:40 Time Team05:35 Deal or No Deal06:30 Quick Bakes with EricLanlard06:40 Freshly Squeezed07:05 Paralympic Games 2012Tonight08:00 Paralympic Games BreakfastShow10:15 Paralympic Games 201213:00 Channel 4 News MiddaySummary13:05 Paralympic Games 201214:00 Paralympic Games 201218:25 Paralympic Games 201220:00 Channel 4 News20:30 Paralympic Games 2012Tonight23:30 The Last Leg with Adam Hills

00:00 Celebrity Big Brother's Bit onthe Side01:00 SuperCasino04:55 HouseBusters05:20 House Doctor05:45 Michaela's Wild Challenge06:10 Nick's Quest06:35 Nick's Quest07:00 Thomas & Friends07:10 The WotWots07:20 City of Friends07:30 Jelly Jamm07:45 Peppa Pig07:50 Big School08:00 Little Princess08:10 Ben and Holly's LittleKingdom08:20 The Mr Men Show08:35 Thomas & Friends08:50 Make Way for Noddy09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots09:15 Peppa Pig09:25 Peppa Pig09:35 Roary the Racing Car09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas10:00 Abby's Flying Fairy School10:15 The Wright Stuff12:10 Robson's Extreme FishingChallenge13:10 5 News Lunchtime13:15 Celebrity Big Brother14:15 Home and Away14:45 Neighbours15:15 Numb3rs16:15 Elevator Girl18:00 5 News at 518:30 Neighbours19:00 Home and Away19:30 5 News at 6.3020:00 Ice Road Truckers: DeadliestRoads21:00 Dallas22:00 Celebrity Big Brother

DALLASUpdated version of the soap, following the glamorouslives and vicious feuds of Texas oil dynasty the Ewingsin the 21st century. The series begins with Bobby's sonChristopher preparing to marry his fiancee Rebecca, agrand occasion that has brought the whole family backto Southfork Ranch. However, Bobby is hiding a terri-ble secret - while John Ross Ewing, son of notoriousschemer JR, has been doing some dodgy deals thatthreaten to tear the clan apart once more.

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The Courier Saturday TV September 8

00:05 Come Fly with Me00:35 The National Lottery FridayNight Draws00:45 EastEnders02:40 Weatherview02:45 The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation03:45 Land of the Lost Wolves04:45 Newswatch05:00 BBC News05:30 On the Road With06:00 BBC News07:00 Breakfast11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live12:30 Lorraine's Fast, Fresh andEasy Food13:00 BBC News; Regional Newsand Weather13:15 Football Focus14:00 World Class14:30 Homes Under the Hammer15:30 Bargain Hunt16:30 Cash in the Attic17:15 Escape to the Country18:00 BBC News; Regional Newsand Weather18:20 Formula One19:35 Total Wipeout20:35 Doctor Who21:20 The National Lottery: SecretFortune22:15 BBC Proms 201223:45 BBC News; Weather

00:00 Weather00:05 Youth in Revolt01:30 It's All Gone Pete Tong03:00 BBC News03:30 The Record Review04:00 BBC News04:30 Click04:45 Close

07:00 Guess with Jess07:10 Louie07:20 Little Robots07:30 64 Zoo Lane07:40 Dipdap07:45 Rastamouse08:00 Roar08:30 Project Parent09:00 The Scooby-Doo Show09:20 Dennis and Gnasher09:30 The Slammer10:00 12 Again10:30 Incredible Edibles11:00 Cop School11:30 Richard Hammond's BlastLab: The Experiments11:35 Splatalot12:00 Prank Patrol12:30 Diddy Movies12:45 MOTD Kickabout13:00 The Sky at Night13:20 Coast13:30 The Big Circus15:15 A Man for All Seasons17:15 Flog It!18:00 Wartime Farm19:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip20:00 Dad's Army20:30 BBC Proms 201222:00 QI XL22:45 The Thick of It23:15 A Single Man

00:00 Celebrity Big Brother's Bit onthe Side01:15 SuperCasino04:55 Motorsport Mundial05:20 House Doctor05:45 Michaela's Wild Challenge06:10 Wildlife SOS06:35 Wildlife SOS07:00 Peppa Pig07:05 Roary the Racing Car07:15 Fifi and the Flowertots07:25 City of Friends07:40 Harry and His Bucket Full ofDinosaurs07:50 Abby's Flying Fairy School08:00 Roobarb and Custard Too08:10 Ben and Holly's LittleKingdom08:20 Play!08:30 Noddy in Toyland08:40 Bert and Ernie's GreatAdventures08:55 Little Princess09:05 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky09:25 Angelina Ballerina09:45 Rupert Bear10:00 Bananas in Pyjamas10:10 The Mr Men Show10:25 Roary the Racing Car10:40 Jelly Jamm11:00 Power Rangers Samurai11:35 Batman: The Brave and theBold12:10 Animal Rescue Squad12:25 Celebrity Big Brother14:25 Coroner Creek16:10 Back to the Secret Garden18:10 Jesse Stone: Benefit of theDoubt20:00 Cricket on 521:05 5 News Weekend21:10 NCIS22:10 CSI: Miami23:05 NCIS

00:35 Captivity02:00 Jackpot24704:05 Columbo: Troubled Waters05:45 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Mini CITV08:25 CITV10:25 ITV News10:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA11:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA12:20 The Real Housewives of NewYork City13:15 The Real Housewives of NewYork City14:15 ITV News and Weather14:19 Meridian Weather14:20 Columbo: Caution - MurderCan Be Hazardous to Your Health16:20 The Living Daylights18:55 Meridian News and Weather19:10 ITV News and Weather19:25 New You've Been Framed!19:55 Fool Britannia20:25 Red or Black?21:10 The X Factor22:10 Red or Black?22:55 The Jonathan Ross Show23:55 ITV News and Weather

00:15 Derren Brown: Hero at 30,000Feet01:30 Family Business03:25 My Name Is Earl03:45 My Name Is Earl04:10 Happy Endings04:30 The Confession04:35 Mesh04:40 St Elsewhere05:30 Deal or No Deal06:25 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard06:40 Close06:50 The Treacle People07:00 Channel 4 Presents07:05 Paralympic Games 2012Tonight08:00 Paralympic Games BreakfastShow10:15 Paralympic Games 201214:00 Paralympic Games 201219:30 Channel 4 News20:00 Paralympic Games 2012Tonight23:30 The Last Leg with Adam Hills

THE THICK OF ITArmando Iannucci's political satire returns with long-suffering MP Peter Mannion taking charge at theDepartment of Social Affairs and Citizenship as part ofa coalition government. However, he must also workwith junior minister Fergus Williams - an arrangementneither man is enjoying. As the series begins, Fergusexcitedly prepares to launch his new digital educationinitiative - until Downing Street spin doctor StewartPearson announces technophobe Peter is going to bethe spokesman for it instead.

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The Courier Sunday TV September 9

07:00 Guess with Jess07:10 Louie07:20 Little Robots07:30 64 Zoo Lane07:40 Dipdap07:45 Rastamouse08:00 Roar08:30 Deadly Art08:45 Copycats09:15 Paradise Cafe09:40 Wingin' It10:00 12 Again10:30 Junior Bake Off11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites12:30 The Great British Bake Off13:30 Ride Lonesome14:45 The Victors17:15 Flog It!18:15 My Perfect Wheelchair19:15 Swimming with Crocodiles20:15 Richard Hammond's CrashCourse21:00 China on Four Wheels22:00 Dragons' Den23:00 Mock the Week23:30 Hilary Devey's Women at theTop

00:09 Meridian Weather00:10 The World Is Not Enough02:30 ITV News Headlines04:00 In Plain Sight04:40 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Mini CITV08:30 CITV10:25 ITV News10:30 House Gift11:25 There's No Taste Like Home12:25 The Hungry Sailors13:20 ITV News and Weather13:29 Meridian Weather13:30 The X Factor14:30 Murder, She Wrote15:30 Columbo: Rest in Peace, MrsColumbo17:30 Doc Martin18:35 The Talent Show Story19:30 Meridian News and Weather19:45 ITV News and Weather20:00 Coronation Street21:00 The X Factor22:00 The Scapegoat

00:15 The Butterfly Effect02:25 David Blaine's Street Magic03:10 Happy Endings03:30 This Is J0303:35 Hollyoaks05:45 Deal or No Deal06:40 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard06:50 The Treacle People07:00 Paralympic Games 2012Tonight08:00 Ironman Triathlon08:25 British Rallycross09:00 Will & Grace09:30 Frasier10:00 Frasier10:30 Paralympic Games BreakfastShow12:30 Paralympic Games 201218:25 The Great BritishParaorchestra19:30 Channel 4 News20:00 Paralympic Games 2012

00:05 NCIS01:05 SuperCasino05:00 HouseBusters05:25 Divine Designs05:50 County Secrets06:00 Hana's Helpline06:10 The Milkshake! Show06:35 Thomas & Friends06:45 Roary the Racing Car07:00 Peppa Pig07:05 Roary the Racing Car07:15 Fifi and the Flowertots07:25 City of Friends07:40 Harry and His Bucket Full ofDinosaurs07:50 Castle Farm07:55 Abby's Flying Fairy School08:05 Roobarb and Custard Too08:15 Ben and Holly's LittleKingdom08:25 Play!08:35 Noddy in Toyland08:45 Bert and Ernie's GreatAdventures08:55 Little Princess09:05 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky09:25 Angelina Ballerina09:40 Rupert Bear09:55 Bananas in Pyjamas10:10 The Mr Men Show10:25 Roary the Racing Car10:40 Jelly Jamm11:00 Power Rangers Samurai11:35 Batman: The Brave and theBold12:10 Looney Tunes12:20 Celebrity Wedding Planner13:20 The Hotel Inspector14:20 Sabrina the Teenage Witch16:05 Daddy Day Camp17:50 The Aristocats19:30 5 News Weekend19:35 The Fifth Element22:00 Resident Evil: Extinction23:50 The Replacement Killers

00:05 Live at the Apollo00:50 The Football League Show01:25 Things to Do in DenverWhen You're Dead03:15 Weatherview03:20 Dateline London04:00 BBC News04:30 Our World05:00 BBC News05:30 Click06:00 BBC News06:30 On the Road With07:00 Breakfast10:00 The Andrew Marr Show11:00 Sunday Morning Live12:00 Country Tracks13:00 BBC News13:05 Homes Under the Hammer14:05 Bargain Hunt15:05 Cash in the Attic16:00 Escape to the Country17:00 Songs of Praise17:35 Planet Earth Live18:35 Formula 120:05 BBC News; Regional Newsand Weather20:30 Countryfile21:30 Inspector George Gently23:00 BBC News; Regional Newsand Weather23:25 Michael McIntyre's ComedyRoadshow

00:50 Harper02:45 Close

DRAGONS DEN

New series. More aspiring entrepreneurs climb the infa-mous stairs to face self-made millionaires DuncanBannatyne, Hilary Devey, Peter Jones, DeborahMeaden and Theo Paphitis, hoping to secure invest-ment for business ideas that could change their lives.Among the contenders are a former professional boxerwhose pitching style proves to be a big hit, a NorthernIrishman whose figures don't seem to add up, a chip-shop owner who showers the panel in confetti, andthree friends from north London with eye-catching mim-ing skills.

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The Courier Monday TV September 10

00:10 In with the Flynns00:40 Honeymoon in Vegas02:10 Weatherview02:15 The Dark: Nature's NighttimeWorld03:15 Holby City04:15 Good Cop05:15 BBC World News05:30 HARDtalk06:00 BBC News06:30 World Business Report06:45 BBC News07:00 Breakfast10:15 Rip Off Britain11:00 Homes Under the Hammer11:58 BBC News; Weather12:00 Escape to the Country12:45 Cash in the Attic13:13 BBC News; Weather13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather14:15 Regional News and Weather14:25 Olympics 201217:00 Doctors17:30 Flog It!18:15 Pointless19:00 BBC News19:30 Weather20:00 The One Show20:30 BBC News; Regional News21:00 EastEnders21:30 Olympics 201222:00 New Tricks23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 Citizen Khan

00:30 Formula 102:00 Newsday02:30 On the Road With03:00 BBC World News03:30 Asia Business Report03:45 Sport Today04:00 BBC World News04:30 Asia Business Report04:45 Sport Today05:00 Close07:00 Guess with Jess07:10 Louie07:20 Little Robots07:30 64 Zoo Lane07:40 Chuggington07:50 Rastamouse

08:00 Barney's Latin America08:30 League of Super Evil08:40 Eliot Kid08:55 Newsround09:00 What's New Scooby-Doo?09:25 Buzz and Tell09:30 Nina and the Neurons: In theLab09:45 Baby Jake10:00 The Adventures of Abney &Teal10:15 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion10:25 The Large Family10:40 The Koala Brothers10:50 Dirtgirlworld11:00 Octonauts: Creature Reports11:05 Kerwhizz11:25 Driver Dan's Story Train11:40 Waybuloo12:00 In the Night Garden12:30 BBC World News13:00 Daily Politics14:00 My Life in Books14:30 To Buy or Not to Buy15:15 Weakest Link16:00 Wanted Down Under16:45 The Hairy Bikers' Food Tourof Britain17:30 Helicopter Heroes18:15 Put Your Money Where YourMouth Is19:00 Eggheads19:30 Celebrity MasterChef20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip21:00 University Challenge21:30 Lorraine's Fast, Fresh andEasy Food22:00 Horizon23:00 James May's Things YouNeed to Know23:30 Newsnight

00:00 ITV News and Weather00:14 Meridian Weather00:15 Premiership Rugby Union01:15 ITV News Headlines03:15 Golden Balls04:05 Motorsport UK04:55 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 Dickinson's Real Deal16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 My Tasty Travels with LyndaBellingham18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Coronation Street21:00 Paul O'Grady: For the Loveof Dogs21:30 Coronation Street22:00 Leaving23:00 ITV News at Ten andWeather23:30 Meridian Tonight andWeather23:35 Hillsborough - The Search forTruth

01:35 SuperCasino05:00 The FBI Files05:50 County Secrets06:00 Hana's Helpline06:10 The Milkshake! Show06:35 Thomas & Friends06:45 Roary the Racing Car07:00 Thomas & Friends07:10 The WotWots07:20 City of Friends07:30 Jelly Jamm07:45 Peppa Pig07:50 Big School08:00 Little Princess08:10 Ben and Holly's LittleKingdom08:20 The Mr Men Show08:35 Thomas & Friends08:45 Make Way for Noddy09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots09:15 Peppa Pig09:25 Peppa Pig09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas09:55 Mio Mao10:00 Abby's Flying Fairy School10:15 The Wright Stuff12:10 Robson's Extreme FishingChallenge13:05 The Family Recipe13:10 5 News Lunchtime13:15 Rory McGrath's Pub Dig14:15 Home and Away14:45 Neighbours15:15 Numb3rs16:15 Pregnancy Pact18:00 5 News at 518:30 Neighbours19:00 Home and Away19:30 5 News at 6.3020:00 World's21:00 Frontline Police22:00 Cowboy Builders23:00 Lethal Weapon

00:30 I'm Spazticus01:00 Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind02:00 American Football Live05:45 Brief Encounters of theSporting Mind05:50 Brief Encounters of theSporting Mind05:55 Deal or No Deal06:50 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard07:20 Sali Mali07:25 The Treacle People07:35 The Hoobs08:00 Freshly Squeezed08:30 According to Jim08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond09:25 Frasier09:55 Come Dine with Me12:30 The Renovation Game13:30 River Cottage Bites13:45 Channel 4 News MiddaySummary13:50 London 2012: Our GreatestTeam Parade17:00 Deal or No Deal18:00 Gordon Ramsay's UltimateCookery Course18:30 Come Dine with Me19:00 The Simpsons19:30 Hollyoaks20:00 Channel 4 News20:55 4thought.tv21:00 Dispatches21:30 Food Unwrapped22:00 999: What's YourEmergency?23:00 9/11: The Miracle Survivor

LEAVING

New series. Twenty-five-year-old Aaron is unemployed,single and still lives with his parents. The day he meetsmarried mother-of-two Julie, 44, he is drunk and miser-able, but a bond begins to form between the pair whenhe takes a job at the hotel where she works, and aftersharing a kiss, they embark on an unlikely relationship.Tony Marchant's drama, starring Callum Turner andHelen McCrory.

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The Courier Tuesday TV September 11

00:05 Gavin & Stacey00:35 The Lock Up01:15 Stolen02:40 Weatherview02:45 Felicity Kendal's IndianShakespeare Quest03:45 Doorstep Crime 99904:15 Rip Off Britain05:00 Celebrity MasterChef05:30 HARDtalk06:00 BBC News06:30 World Business Report06:45 BBC News07:00 Breakfast10:15 Rip Off Britain11:00 Homes Under the Hammer11:58 BBC News; Weather12:00 Escape to the Country12:45 Cash in the Attic13:13 BBC News; Weather13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather14:30 Regional News and Weather14:40 Doctors15:10 Only Fools and Horses16:05 Marrying Mum and Dad16:35 Splatalot17:00 Who Let the Dogs Out?17:30 Trade Your Way to the USA18:00 Newsround18:15 Pointless19:00 BBC News19:30 Weather20:00 The One Show20:30 BBC News; Regional News21:00 Holby City22:00 Trouble on the Estate23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 The Lock Up

00:20 Dragons' Den01:20 Richard Hammond's CrashCourse02:05 Newsday02:30 ABC World News 03:00 BBC World News03:30 Asia Business Report03:45 Sport Today04:00 BBC World News04:20 The Super League Show05:00 Schools07:00 Guess with Jess07:10 Louie

07:20 Little Robots07:30 64 Zoo Lane07:40 Chuggington07:50 Rastamouse08:00 Barney's Latin America08:30 League of Super Evil08:40 Eliot Kid08:55 Newsround09:00 What's New Scooby-Doo?09:25 Buzz and Tell09:30 Nina and the Neurons: In theLab09:45 Baby Jake10:00 The Adventures of Abney &Teal10:15 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion10:25 The Large Family10:40 The Koala Brothers10:50 Dirtgirlworld11:00 Octonauts: Creature Reports11:05 Kerwhizz11:25 Driver Dan's Story Train11:40 Waybuloo12:00 In the Night Garden12:30 BBC World News13:00 Daily Politics14:00 My Life in Books14:30 To Buy or Not to Buy15:15 Weakest Link16:00 Wanted Down Under16:45 Helicopter Heroes17:30 Flog It!18:15 Put Your Money Where YourMouth Is19:00 Eggheads19:30 Celebrity MasterChef20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip21:00 The Great British Bake Off22:00 Vikings23:00 The Rob Brydon Show23:30 Newsnight

00:35 The Gauntlet02:25 ITV News Headlines04:00 Champions League Weekly04:25 ITV Nightscreen05:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 Dickinson's Real Deal16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 My Tasty Travels with LyndaBellingham18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Live International Football23:10 ITV News and Weather23:40 Meridian Tonight andWeather23:45 International FootballHighlights

00:05 Random Acts00:10 Bad Sugar01:00 The Good Wife01:55 The Good Wife02:35 Revenge03:20 Charlie's Angels04:05 Happy Endings04:25 St Elsewhere05:15 Deal or No Deal06:10 Make Do & Mend06:35 Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard07:05 Sali Mali07:10 The Hoobs07:35 The Hoobs08:00 Freshly Squeezed08:30 According to Jim08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond09:25 Frasier09:55 Come Dine with Me13:00 Channel 4 News MiddaySummary13:05 Undercover Boss USA14:05 Channel 4 Presents14:10 SuperScrimpers14:40 The Battle of the River Plate17:00 Deal or No Deal18:00 Gordon Ramsay's UltimateCookery Course18:30 Come Dine with Me19:00 The Simpsons19:30 Hollyoaks20:00 Channel 4 News20:55 4thought.tv21:00 Double Your House for Halfthe Money22:00 One Born Every Minute23:00 Rude Tube

01:10 Cricket on 502:05 SuperCasino04:55 HouseBusters05:20 House Doctor05:45 Michaela's Wild Challenge06:10 Wildlife SOS06:35 Wildlife SOS07:00 Thomas & Friends07:10 The WotWots07:20 City of Friends07:30 Jelly Jamm07:45 Peppa Pig07:50 Big School08:00 Little Princess08:10 Ben and Holly's LittleKingdom08:20 The Mr Men Show08:35 Thomas & Friends08:45 Make Way for Noddy09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots09:15 Peppa Pig09:25 Peppa Pig09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas10:00 Abby's Flying Fairy School10:15 The Wright Stuff12:10 Robson's Extreme FishingChallenge13:10 5 News Lunchtime13:15 Rory McGrath's Pub Dig14:15 Home and Away14:45 Neighbours15:15 Numb3rs16:15 A Sister's Secret18:00 5 News at 518:30 Neighbours19:00 Home and Away19:30 5 News at 6.3020:00 Cowboy Builders21:00 The Yorkshire Ripper - Mindof a Killer: Revealed22:00 Person of Interest23:00 CSI: Crime SceneInvestigation23:55 CSI: Crime SceneInvestigation

RUDE TUBE

Joined by a new sidekick - a talking computer - AlexZane showcases more of the world's most popularinternet videos, beginning with a countdown of 50clips on the theme of failure, featuring spelling bees,crashed Lamborghinis, the world's worst bedroomband and a skateboard disaster.

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The Courier Wednesday TV September 12

00:15 Citizen Khan00:45 On a Clear Day02:20 Weatherview02:25 Toughest Place to Be03:25 Rip Off Britain04:10 Celebrity MasterChef04:40 Celebrity MasterChef05:10 BBC World News05:30 HARDtalk06:00 BBC News06:30 World Business Report06:45 BBC News07:00 Breakfast10:15 Rip Off Britain11:00 Homes Under the Hammer11:58 BBC News; Weather12:00 Escape to the Country12:45 Cash in the Attic13:13 BBC News; Weather13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather14:30 Regional News and Weather14:40 Doctors15:10 Only Fools and Horses16:05 Marrying Mum and Dad16:35 Splatalot17:00 Who Let the Dogs Out?17:30 12 Again18:00 Newsround18:15 Pointless19:00 BBC News19:30 Weather20:00 The One Show21:00 Watchdog22:00 Who Do You Think You Are?23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 The National LotteryWednesday Night Draws23:45 Not Going Out

00:20 China on Four Wheels01:20 BBC News01:30 HARDtalk02:00 Newsday02:30 Asia Business Report02:45 Sport Today03:00 BBC World News03:30 Asia Business Report03:45 Sport Today04:00 BBC World News04:30 Asia Business Report04:45 Sport Today05:00 Schools: Eco Maths - KeyStage 305:30 Schools: The Code

06:00 Schools - Counting with Rodd07:00 Guess with Jess07:10 Louie07:20 Little Robots07:30 64 Zoo Lane07:40 Chuggington07:50 Rastamouse08:00 Barney's Latin America08:30 League of Super Evil08:40 Eliot Kid08:55 Newsround09:00 What's New Scooby-Doo?09:25 Buzz and Tell09:30 Nina and the Neurons09:45 Baby Jake10:00 The Adventures of Abney &Teal10:15 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion10:25 The Large Family10:40 The Koala Brothers10:50 Dirtgirlworld11:00 Octonauts: Creature Reports11:05 Kerwhizz11:25 Driver Dan's Story Train11:40 Waybuloo12:00 In the Night Garden12:30 Daily Politics14:00 See Hear14:30 To Buy or Not to Buy15:15 Weakest Link16:00 Wanted Down Under16:45 Helicopter Heroes17:30 Flog It!18:15 Put Your Money Where YourMouth Is19:00 Eggheads19:30 Celebrity MasterChef20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip21:00 Restoration Home22:00 Dead Good Job23:00 The Boss Is Back23:30 Newsnight

00:45 Grimefighters01:15 ITV News Headlines03:45 Golden Balls04:40 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 Dickinson's Real Deal16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 My Tasty Travels with LyndaBellingham18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Coronation Street21:00 All Star Mr & Mrs22:00 Mrs Biggs23:00 ITV News at Ten andWeather23:30 Meridian Tonight andWeather23:35 Assassins

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Ref 25 3 bedrooms 2 bath-rooms fully furnished villa tolet on a small urb €500 permonth plus bills. Call: 965707 188 or 626 397 397Ref: 112, Spacious 3 bed-room detached villa with itsprivate pool is located on theEl Raso urbanisation nearGuardamar. Convenient forall amenities, shops, super-market, restaurants andbars. Short term rental avail-able. Call: 965 707 188 or626 397 397 Ref: 63, Two bedroom 1stfloor apartment situated inMonino Blanco. The proper-ty overlooks a superb com-munal pool area, in withinwalking distance of bars,restaurants and shops.Short or long term rentalavailable. Call: 965 707 188or 626 397 397 Ref: 155, Luxurious ThreeBedroom Villa With PrivatePool, in Quesada Close toshops and restaurants with-in a five minute drive, and

Guadamar Beach is within aten minute drive. Short termrental €800PCM. Call: 965707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref 702: Beautiful 2 bed-room apartment, locatednear los Locos beach, beau-tifully furnished. Short termrentals from 175€ per week.Call: 965 707 188 or 626397 397El Chaparel/La Siesta Twobedroom apartment in aquiet gated urbanisation forrent €350 per month plusbills. Reference No 17 Call:965 707 188 or 626 397 397Ref: 709, A lovely 1 bed-room apartment in AguasNuevas, within a 5 minutewalk of the beach. There is aterrace outside with views tothe sea. Short or long termrental available. Call: 965707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 117, A Lovely 3Bedroomed 1st floor apart-ment on the outskirts ofTorrevieja (Mar Azul). TheApartment is in walking dis-

tance of the excellentbeaches and a good selec-tion of restaurants, shopsand bars. Long and shortterm rental available. Call:965 707 188 or 626 397 397Ref: 61, A lovely two bed-roomed ground floor apart-ment, located in the centreof the small Spanish town ofLos Montesinos, With apleasant communal swim-ming pool adjacent & allamenities in walking dis-tance. Long and short termrental available. Call: 965707 188 or 626 397 397

Excellent cover for yourhouse and home, includestravel assistance for whenyou go away. Interestingprices for expats; policiesavailable in English orGerman. Call 966 923 963for a quoteLovely Corner property inNovamar V, Gran Alacant. 2bedrooms, 2 BathroomsBeing sold fully furnishedincluding appliances, Hassecure underground parkingand faces large oasis com-munal pool. Walking dis-tance to beach. 139.000Euros, Call 627 711 155 andquote Ref No. K10Ground floor duplex, withsplendid views. Quiet loca-tion in Gran Alacant.Immaculate condition. Pricehas just been reduced to105.000 and includes every-

thing. For viewing call 627711 155 Ref. No K27Rare opportunity to pur-chase on Mediterrania III,Gran Alacant. 2 bedrooms,2 bathrooms, PrivateParking, F/Furnished, Largecommunal pools & Tenniscourts S/W facing,Dramatically reduced forquick sale to 126.000 euros.Ref No. K58 Call 627 711155 for immediate viewingDon Pueblo, Gran Alacant. 3Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms,Large Kitchen with Galleria,Secure underground park-ing, Gas Central Heating,Glazed in Porch, Solariumwith stunning views.Viewings absolutely essen-tial. Very large property atreduced price of 190.000euros. Ref No. K38 Call 627711 155 Opportunity to purchase atthe off plan price of 195.000euros. Large 4 Bed, 3 BathBrand new property. Secureunderground parking for 2cars and communal pool.Situated opposite GranAlacant and over looks pro-jected golf course. Ref No.K52. 627 711 1552 Bed, 1 Bath Ground floorduplex. Central heating,Grills, Fully furnished,Glazed in Galleria, 2 com-munal pools, private parkingand walking distance to theGran Alacant commercialcentre. Situated in the popu-lar urbanisation of PuertoMarino. Now only 96,500euros for quick sale Ref No.K46. 627 711 155Immaculate ground floorDuplex, 2 beds, 2 bath,Private Parking, Situated inNovamar, Gran Alacant.Price includes very tastefulfurniture and white goods.Walking distance to all localamenities and beach. Now

only 129,750 euros. Ref NoK24. 627 711 155Gran Alacant Detached villa,located in a very soughtafter location.Situated on a560m2 S/W facing plot andconstructed in 2005.Comprising of 3 bedrooms,3 bathrooms (2 full baths),Lounge-Diner, fullyequipped Kitchen, Porchand Solarium with Alicante &Sea Views. ref.L81.€258,000 neg. Tel.680333242Ref 533: Lovely 2 bedroomTownhouse located in thepopular area of PuntaPrima, the property has alarge lounge and fullyequipped kitchen, 2 doublebedrooms, one with balcony,bathroom with double show-er. €126,000 Call: 965 707188 or 626 397 397Gran Alacant, Largedetached villa with beautifulgardens set on 550m2 plot,built in BBQ area and large10x6 pool.Comprising of 3Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms,Lounge Diner with fire place,Independent Kitchen, aircon H/C, Solarium, front

porch, converted under buildwith 3 extra rooms, privatecovered parking, irrigatedgardens, close distance tobeach and amenities. Ref.K18 €250,000 Tel680333242 Gran Alacant Gem!Fabulous detached Villa,with Alicante sea views tothe front and wood landviews to the rear, means thisimmaculate villa is very pri-vate and un-overlooked.Comprising of 2 large bed-rooms with fitted wardrobes,2 bath, large fully equippedkitchen,glazed porch sittingarea, solarium, AttractivePool with cover, well main-tained Gardens. CentralHeating, Air Con, Ceilingfans, Private Parking, Alarmsystem, Decorative workingFire Place complete withelectric Fire. Outdoor work-shop/storage area, QualityPergola & BBQ.Constructed in 2006, on plotsize of 380m2 and beingsold fully furnished includingwhite goods. ref L80.€234,995 Tel 680333242


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Gran Alacant immaculatevilla, 3 bedroomed, 3 bath-roomed property maintainedto a very high standardinside and out and the interi-or furnishings are top quali-ty, offering a feeling of luxuryand good taste. The plotsize is 400m2 and has beenbeautifully tiles, and grav-eled and has establishedpalms and plants. Oil firedcentral heating throughout,log effect fire place, ceilingfans in all rooms, towelheater rails, glazed in show-er units, instant hot water,water purifier, free EnglishTV, phone & internet lines,fitted double hangingwardrobes, safe, glazed infront porch, vanity units and

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X 4 m2 salt water pool,meaning maintenance ismuch easier plus outsidetoilet and shower. Sea viewsto front with Greenlandviews to the rear. ref K51.€245,000 Tel 680333242 Viva Villa and VacationServices are pleased to offerproperty sales for theTorrevieja and Oriheulaareas of the Costa Blanca,Spain. Call: 965 707 188 or626 397 397 or Visit :www.villaandvacation.comBalsares is opposite GranAlacant where the proposedgolf course is now beingstarted so this property willvirtually be on the golfcourse, it is an investmentnot to be missed. The prop-erty is on a small gatedurbanisation of 18 houseswith private undergroundparking for 2 cars and directaccess to the house, com-munal pool andtoilets/changing rooms etc.The house is brand new andconsists of 4 bedrooms, 3bathrooms, lounge withworking fire place, largekitchen 12 m2, large galle-ria/ utility room, bedroom

balcony and front tiled ter-race. This property also hasa converted under build foran extra lounge or bedroom.ref K52 €198,000 Tel680333242Ref: 521, €105,000. Thiscomfortable bungalow islocated in San Luis with anew roof and solarium tiles.It is close to supermarkets,bars, restaurants and is onthe local bus route. Call: 965707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 516, €39,999. Studioapartment in San Luis, closeto amenities. Open plan fullyequipped kitchen. Goodsized lounge, bedroom andout onto balcony which hasbeen glazed to createanother room. Call: 965 707188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 510, €70,000.Bungalow located in SanLuis. It is close to the super-markets, bars and restau-rants and is on the local busroute. An Opel Corsa car isincluded in this sale. Call:965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: KP3100, €183,000.Three bedroom, two bath-room detached villa, locatedin San Luis, on a 450sqmplot, with communal pool.Garage to side of house.Call: 965 707 188 or 626397 397 Ref: 78, €120,000. Threebedroom Quad in Jardin DelMar VII. There is off-road

parking and small storageshed in the enclosed gardenarea, communal pool near-by. Call: 965 707 188 or 626397 397 Ref: 709, €60,000 A lovely 1bedroom apartment inAguas Nuevas, within a 5minute walk of the beach.There is a terrace outsidewith views to the sea. Shortor long term rental available.Call: 965 707 188 or 626397 397 Gran Alacant, Situated inthe "Alto" part of GranAlacant, this 3 bedroomed,4th floor apartment, offersluxury accommodation, withabsolutely stunning seaviews, as well as views ofAlicante bay and the famousSanta Barbara Castle.Theapartment is 89 squaremeters with open plankitchen / living room andincludes all electrical appli-ances & furniture also thereis a utility room, open ter-race, and private parking.The urbanisation also offersmany communal pools, ten-nis courts, restaurants andbars. Ref. K20 €109,000 Tel680333242Gran Alacant large detachedvilla with 3 double bed-rooms, 2 bathrooms,lounge-diner, fully equippedkitchen, large porch, roof topsolarium, 400 m2 Plot, withestablished low mainte-nance very private gardenswith irrigation system, elec-tronic gates, private parking,

outside wc, sink & shower,terraces, air con ( h & c ),mosquito nets, grills,alarmed, large spa pool withseparate Jacuzzi section.Within easy walking dis-tance to Gran Alacant com-mercial centre and close tolocal bus and tram route.Ref K33. €260,000 neg Tel680333242Gran Alacant limited editionvilla, not very often availableon the market. Only a few ofthis type were ever con-structed- Very large 5 bed-rooms, 4 bathroom(2 en-suit) property, situated on alarge corner plot with a 10 x5 private pool and privateparking. Lounge-diner withworking fireplace, fullyequipped kitchen with utilityroom. Large landing area,leading onto solarium, withextra storage external room.Front porch area leadinginto large well establishedgardens with irrigation sys-tem and fruit trees. Beingsold fully furnished. Withinwalking distance to GranAlacant commercial centre

and 5 minute drive toCarabassi beaches. ref.K11. €270,000 Tel680333242Gran Alacant Limited editionbungalow. Only six of thistype available in GranAlacant. Constructed in2003 and immaculatelymaintained on a large plotsize of 500m2 with a 10 x 5pool.Comprising of 3 bed-rooms, 2 bathrooms,lounge-diner leading outonto front porch, independ-ent kitchen including whitegoods, outside galleria,court yard, large garage withelectric door, roof top solari-um and private parking. Alsobuilt in wardrobes, Toldosblinds, air con H/C, securitygrills, alarm, security doors,bathrooms heaters, outsidetoilet, outdoor lighting, irriga-tion system, attractive andwell kept gardens, beautiful-ly tiled inside and out, fireplace, English TV, phoneline. Being sold with topquality furniture. ref L95.€275,000 Tel 680333242

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GOLF TIPS

So the teams are selectedand we know who is goinginto battle. The only thingwe do not know is who isgoing to be Davis Love’svice captain.

The greatest golfing spec-tacle, if not in the sportingworld, is just 20 days awayand the US Captain’s pickswere announced onTuesday. So this is to whetyour appetite and to creatediscussions before you settledown on the 28th with yourcans of lager and packets ofcrisps and, for the first time intwo years, the control of theTV remote.

There is going to be loadsof chat as to who shouldhave been in the teams andwhy so and so was left out,but Love’s selectionof his four

— as well as the last fourworld No.1s.

But Azinger is nothing ifnot patriotic.

He rabbited that golf is aglobal game but the corestrength of the game stillcomes from America and thestrength and the depth of the12 guys that are representingthe US can prove that.

But both teams are verystrong and this should beone of the most compellingRyder Cups ever. The latteris definitely correct, as theteams appear to match up sowell.

It is undeniable that thePGA Tour is stronger than theEuropean Tour, but when itcomes to the best 12 of boththere is very little in it. Love,to his credit, has done all hecould to redress the recentRyder Cup anomaly ofEuropean dominance.

One of the odd things thatthe US have done is the deci-sion to give Michael Jordancomplete access to the teamroom – as a motivator Ithought that was the physicaltrainer on GMTV a few yearsago. He married TessaSanderson .

It was Paul Azinger whoinsisted on doubling thenumber of wild cards fouryears ago. Love shouldthank Azinger, not just for hisadvice and cheerleading, butalso his foresight.

So let’s start some foodfor thought. Stricker isWoods’s partner; Furyk pro-vides experience in a sidecontaining four rookies com-pared to Europe’s one;Johnson’s immense length ismade for Medinah; andSnedeker’s immense puttingis made for matchplay.

From a European point ofview the discussion may con-cern the mediocre form ofGerman Kaymer who chose

wild cards, Jim Furyk, SteveStricker, Brandt Snedekerand Dustin Johnson, willhave the most discussion.

The last US Captain to winthe Ryder Cup, Paul Azinger,welcomed Love’s wild-cardchoice and said that the side“has a great opportunity toprove that America is still theleading force in the game ofgolf”.

José María Olazábal’sEuropean team will no doubthave a little chuckle at thecomments of Azinger, whohoisted the Stars and Stripesloudly and proudly inKentucky in 2008.

They can inform him of thefact that America have wononly once in the last fiveRyder Cups and that Europeboast three of the top four

players in the world

to miss the last points-count-ing event, the JohnnieWalker Championship inScotland, to work on hisgame.

Martin is not the sameplayer he was a couple ofyears ago when he was USPGA champion and worldnumber one, that's for sure.But he's won enough moneyin this campaign to qualifyautomatically.

In the days when BernardGallacher was captain, hehad worries about a numberof players so having only oneworry out of 12 players isokay.

In my opinion it's just aconfidence thing with Martin.Sometimes you can just geton a bad run, but with ayoung player like Kaymerconfidence can turn aroundvery quickly.

So it’s all set for the 39thRyder Cup at MedinahCountry Club, Chicago,Illinois. Get your armchairposition, go to Carrefour orMercadona and order yoursupplies. This is your time,after all it is only three daysevery 730.

How they line upEUROPECaptain: José María

Olazábal. Vice Captains:Miguel Angel Jiménez,Thomas Bjorn, Darren Clarkeand Paul McGinley

Team: Rory McIlroy (NIR),Justin Rose (ENG), PaulLawrie (SCO), GraemeMcDowell (NIR), FrancescoMolinari (ITA), Luke Donald(ENG), Lee Westwood(ENG), Sergio Garcia (ESP),Peter Hanson (SWE), MartinKaymer (GER), Ian Poulter(ENG), Nicolas Colsaerts(BEL)

UNITED STATESCaptain: Davis Love III.Team: Tiger Woods,

Bubba Watson, JasonDufner, Keegan Bradley,Webb Simpson, ZachJohnson, Phil Mickelson,Matt Kuchar, Steve Stricker,Jim Furyk, Dustin Johnson,Brandt Snedeker

TITTER ON THE TEEIt's been a rough day. I got up this morning... put a

shirt on and a button fell off. I picked up my golf bag andthe handle came off. I'm afraid to go to the bathroom.

Chapters in my new golf instruction book which is beingreleased for Christmas

Highlights include:Chapter 1) How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth PuttChapter 2) How to Hit a Maxfli ball from the Rough When

You Just Hit a Titleist from the TeeChapter 3) How to Get More Distance off the ShankChapter 4) When to Give the Course marshall the FingerChapter 5) Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9:00

a.mChapter 6) How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw

Go in the WaterChapter 7) How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three off

the TeeChapter 8) How to Relax When You Are Hitting Five off the

TeeChapter 9) When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to

Your Opponent

WILD ABOUT LOVE!America’s high Ryders still

the best, insists Azinger

DavisLove III Paul

Azinger

THE rugby players of ITVOrihuela are back intraining at MiguelUniversity – and the two-month break has proveda shock to the systemfor some of them.Tuesday and Thursdaysessions are now on at20.00, with ‘real’ trainingbeing added to the fit-ness side. The only designatedrugby bar in the area,The Steakhouse inRojales (formerlyTylers Bar), will bescreening all the biggames this weekend.First up is Cardiff Bluesv Edinburgh on Fridayat 20.00, followed by theFour Nations at 12 noon

on Saturday withAustralia v South Africa- and on Sunday at15.30, Saints v ExeterChiefs in the AvivaPremiership.For more info, or to buyrugby gear, call Garry on692 767 242 – or checkout his Saturday stall atMoncayo Market.

WELL, certainly the 1990sClough wouldn’t have sur-vived, when ‘the greatestmanager England neverhad’ (see Footnote) wasreduced to an embarrass-ing wreck by alcohol.

But Brian’s great manage-rial years, the 60s buildingDerby and the 70s and 80sbuilding and rebuilding mybeloved Nottingham Forestproved that Cloughie wasundeniably one of the verybest, who produced title andcup-winning sides. Yes, Iknow he never won the FACup - but he won just abouteverything else, includingthe European Cup twice insuccession, and the FirstDivision title twice with twounfashionable East Midlandclubs. What a legacy BrianClough left behind…

But the question I posedis valid in these ever-chang-ing times – would Cloughiehave survived in the moderngame, with the continentalinfluence, agents, playersdemands, appalling behav-iour on and off the field, andnumerous other factors thatare prevalent today. Ofcourse he would! Clough

was a survivor, just asadaptable to big changesthat took place in his hey-day. Didn’t the 60s, 70s and80s change enormously infootball terms?Cloughie handledthe greats of yes-terday like DaveMackay, PeterShilton, TrevorFrancis, StuartPearce and manyother strong charac-ters with firm but fairm a n a g e m e n t ,learned at the foot-ball coalface in theNorth-East, wheremen were men andwomen were proudof it. How did he doit? It is said in the 15minutes beforematches he madeordinary players likeMcGovern, Lloyd andGemmill play likesuperstars and har-nessing, then releasingsquandered talent likeHinton, Burns andRobertson to win all thosetrophies.

Wages? He wasn’tafraid to pay players big

salaries IF their on-field per-formance merited it, some-times straining the club’sresources to do it. But, thatlast awful early 90s periodapart, Cloughie deliveredhis clubs the success themanagement, players andfans could only dream of.Clough grew up, played

and learned through thetimes when players weretreated like chattle by theclubs, unable to move

unless the managementsaid so; only paid a total-ly unrealistic maximum

wage ofa pal-

t r y

£20 per week, most supple-menting their income withsecond jobs to make endsmeet and feed their families.That farcical situation waseventually broken by men

like Jimmy Hill,and led by

t h eE n g l a n da n d

F u l h a mc a p t a i n

J o h n n yHaynes, theDavid Beckhamof his day whobecame the first

£100 a weekfootballer.

C l o u g h i ebegan learningthe immensely dif-ficult art of football

club managementat pennilessHartlepool, where ofnecessity he pol-

ished the previously-used match balls,

painted the stands anddrove the team bus,

before being brilliantlyhead-hunted by the late,great Len Shackleton totake the reins at once-big

Derby County, then lan-guishing in the bottom halfof the Second Division(today’s ‘Championship’).Within five years Derbywere First Division champi-ons - you listening, ourNigel? - where he shouldhave stayed. But I for oneam glad he didn’t, takingForest so high we neededoxygen. Through the yearshe took on – and beat thebest: the likes of Shankly,Busby, Review and many

continental super clubs likeReal Madrid. Yes, Cloughiewas a winner. I just wishhe’d retired before, or evenstraight after losing the infa-mous ‘Gazza’ cup finalagainst Spurs in 1991. Iwas there – RIP, Brian!

FOOTNOTE: Last year Imet and chatted withTommy Docherty when hecame to Torrevieja: when Iasked him what he thoughtof Brian Clough, that was hisanswer.


Introducing the Voiceof 1959BC and all thatJOHN McGREGOR was nine years old when his fam-ily settled in Nottingham in 1958. And whenNottingham Forest won the FA Cup the following year,he became an ardent fan. It was 1959 ‘BC’ – Before Cloughie.

At grammar school, John was taught English for twoyears by the author Stanley Middleton. He joined theRoyal Air Force in 1967 and travelled the world exten-sively, leaving in 1972 to embark on a selling careerthat took him to senior sales positions with four dif-ferent companies. John ran the London Marathon in 1990 and has livedin Nottingham, Wrexham, Swindon, Thatcham,Dunstable, Tring and Northampton. In 1995 he boughta house here on the Costa Blanca and now divideshis time between England and Spain as he followshis various hobbies. In addition to both English andSpanish football, these include studying for an OpenUniversity degree in English, writing, travel, seeinghis family, playing his guitar badly and counsellingwork. John lives with his wife Anne and boss(y) cat Cleo,and has two children and four grandchildren.

WOULD CLOUGHIE HAVE SURVIVED INTHE 2012 GAME?

The Courier’s new Voice of Footballexamines the legacy of a legend

PAIN GAMEUSAIN TO PLAY FORUNITED... REAL-LY!

Bolt in linefor Madrid

friendlyOLYMPIC champ Usain Bolt is beinglined up to play for ManchesterUnited against Real Madrid.

The sprint king — who is a huge RedDevils fan — could appear in a glitter-ing friendly next season.

Bolt, 25, was guest of honour atUnited’s first home game of the seasonagainst Fulham, when fans cheekilyurged boss Sir Alex Ferguson to “signhim up”.

Now Ferguson, 70, has hinted hecould make the Jamaican’s lifelongambition come true.

He told Inside United magazine:“Usain’s a character and a big Unitedfan.

“But it’s interesting he says he’d liketo play in a charity game. It could bebrilliant, and next year when we play

Real Madrid’s Legends again, therecould be opportunities to bring him upand see how he does.”

Just last month, Bolt told The Sunhe would happily quit athletics for aspot in the United squad.

Fergie also revealed how hecashed in after backing Bolt to win the100m and 200m at the LondonGames.

He said: “I must thank him becausethat was my biggest bet. Bolt was 4/5to win each of them a week before theOlympics started. It was a brilliantbet.”

Ferguson added: “I watched all theOlympics. For us to get 29 goldmedals was terrific. It was probablythe most uplifting thing that’s hap-pened in Britain for a long, long time.”

A youngCloughiemakes apoint


OK, so the Premiership is alreadybeing led by real WEST LondonersChelsea (just don’t mentionAthletico Madrid and Falcao).

But WEST Ham and WEST Bromcould be challenging for the top sixthis season after showing somestunning early form. Did you seeBig Sam’s old boys taking poor oldFulham apart? Now that he’s reunit-ed with (naughty) big mates AndyCarroll and Kevin Nolan,Allardyce’s new ‘ammers look a bitlike Bolton uz-woz when Sam were

last ‘oop there – big, strong and ugly!Harry Redknapp - and he should know - was heard to

opine ‘What a signing!’ on MOTD re. Carroll’s arrival atUpton Park. The only worry (England included, seebelow) is that the much-maligned striker limped off inthe second half, having led the line magnificently andcaused havoc in Fulham’s dodgy defence. Questions:were you watching, Liverpool? Oh, what have you done,Brendan bach? Down in Swales your Swans are stillsuperbly swimming! Why did you do it, boyo?

Similarly Steve Clarke’s West Brom looked good,

pricking Everton’s early bubble 2 – 0, Fellaini comingback to planet earth by missing an early sitter, and los-ing his man defensively as McCauley headed the sec-ond. The results put the Baggies third and West Hamseventh, and both sides look good to challenge the topsix mafia we have become used to in recent seasons(well - except Liverpool - sorry youse...)

Talking of ‘Arry, whither Tottenham? The man gaveSpurs back league position respectability, and tookthem right up there again with the big boys where theybelong. As some superstars like Van den Vaart andModric leave, I do ask if loopy Levy has chosen the rightman in Chelsea-reject AVB, who sounds more likesomething you use to stop nasties on your PC. One ofmy major ‘couldn’t-make-it-up’ football issues is whenclubs appoint as their new astronomically highly-paidmanager (there’s a clue there, John) a man who clearlyfailed in his previous employment and often was rightlysacked. Stand up Alex McLeish, Mark Hughes, SteveBruce: the list goes on…

You’ve got to hand it – well something, even if it isn’ta trophy, to our Arsene, the Gunners doing better so farin the north of the capital than Spurs. Next alongWenger’s conveyor belt of new and replacement talentfor the likes of Song and Robin-fleeing-the-nest are

Cazorla, Podolski and Giroud. Oh, and is Diaby nowtheir new midfield controller? He certainly looked thepart against those meandering Merseysiders.

In The Championship, Blackpool lead with ninepoints, closely followed by Blackburn - and my Forest!Both those two have eight, trailing all the way down tonil-points by bottom placed Peterborough.

If you didn’t know, there is no Premier andChampionship football this weekend as the World Cupqualifiers take place. Next domestics weekend isSeptember 15/16. Moldova is one of those countries Iwould have trouble finding on a map, but featured, albeitrelatively poorly, in Euro 2012. No doubt at their place,wherever it is, they will test England, now already with-out Rooney, Carroll and Cole. Forwards at this stage areWelbeck, Defoe, Sturridge and Walcott, the last twobelieved to be unsettled with their clubs: perhapsWelbeck is too, with Van Persie’s dynamic arrival at OldTrafford.

In the other Home Countries, Scotland are home toSerbia, Wales take on Belgium in Cardiff, NorthernIreland play mighty Russia in Moscow, and the Republichave Kazakhstan, also away. So plenty to worry aboutfor all of us!

See you next week!

JohnMcGregor

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