ISSUE NO. 1437
17 - 23 JANUARY 2013
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Tough times blamed as cults on increase
FLOOR SYMBOLS: Cabo de Gata Salinas temple.
RELIGIOUS, satanic and sexual cults are flourishing in Almeria. Sects frequently thrive during tough times and local membership is now estimated to be around 2,000. Almeria Province is continuing to face up to the tough economic surrounds, a situation that leads to cults flourishing, according to the Sect Studies Ibero-American Network. The province now has among the highest
Hoping for €225m sales boost ANDALUCIAN shopkeepers are hoping for a €225 million sales bonanza. With discounts of 50-70 per cent, they hope to sell enough to make up for the poor results of past
months, according to the Andalucian Business Confederation. The biggest and best discounts are on clothes, which represent 75 per cent of all sales items sold.
prevalence of ‘pseudoreligions’ in Spain with an increase in satanic ritual practices, including the Children of Lucifer cult. Other cults include pyramid structure companies which are alleged to cash in on members’ work and investment, and also sexual cults. Dead animals with their throats slit, candles and inverted crosses as well as other satanic paraphernalia have been found in the Benahadux, Alhama de Almeria and Carboneras, it has been reported. Satanic symbols and writings were also previous reported in Cabo de Gata’s Las Salinas temple with the floor covered with a parchment that included symbols. Jose Miguel Cuevas, a cult expert, said: “A third of members leave cults by themselves; a smaller fraction leave with the help of a professional and a third group get expelled because they are no longer useful to the organisation.”
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Oh baby, what a total surprise A BELGIAN woman – aged 23 – said she did not know she was pregnant after giving birth to a healthy boy at the Cala de San Pedro beach in Nijar.
Sharp drop AROUND 14,000 cruise passengers are expected to arrive at Almeria City Port this year, a 45 per cent drop from 2012.
Young goal TWENTY-FIVE children participated in the BB (Baby) category of the Adra Tournament, organised by Almeria Football Federation.
Late payer THE outstanding payments from last year owed to the 500strong Almeria Province public defenders’ workforce by the Andalucian Government will be paid from now until April.
Priest homage A SQUARE has been built in Canjayar as a tribute to Father Pedro Aliaga, who served the town for 47 years until his death.
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US ‘atomic’ bus put up for sale A BUS sent by the US Government to measure radiation levels after a 1966 nuclear accident is up for sale. The seller, from Zaragoza, has put the vehicle on Spanish auction website Todocoleccion with a starting price of €15,000. The radioactivitymeasuring bus was sent by the US Government to check for contamination around Palomares in Cuevas de Almanzora. Four nuclear bombs had accidently fallen from a US B-52 bomber after a mid-air collision with a refuelling tanker over the Mediterranean. Three of the bombs landed in Palomares and the fourth was recovered intact at sea. While none of the three onshore
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Blue balloon death tribute BLUE balloons were released at Parque la Cuesta in Adra in tribute to a 25-year-old woman who died at the Hospital de Poniente.
Good cause EL EJIDO Rhythmic Gymnastics Club will hold an event at the Teatro Auditorio on February 2 to raise funds for a Vicar girl, 7, with a rare disease. NUCLEAR INCIDENT: Hydrogen bomb recovered from 869 metres beneath the Mediterranean Sea. bombs exploded, the casing on two of them broke, releasing plutonium and other radioactive material into the atmosphere. The bus, which was one of a kind at the time, contained a highly-
sophisticated nuclear laboratory. Now the seller advertises it as ‘perfect for turning into a nightclub, a mobile terrace, a children’s playground or a theme park’ although it needs restoration.
Foreign visit THREE European volunteers will take part in upcoming Purchena’s cultural, social and youth activities as part of the WelcomEVS to the South project funded by the EU.
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Death crash fugitive held A WOMAN aged 25 wanted for her involvement in a 2009 car crash in Romania in which two people were killed has been arrested in Almeria City.
€39,000 work A €39,000 roundabout to improve traffic flow has been built in Tabernas between Avenida Ricardo Fabrega and Avenida Europa.
Jobless parents move ews Nwatch into a rent free home Young A 31-YEAR-OLD jobless couple with two children picked by Eulogio Carmona to live rent-free at his second home in Vera for two years have moved in. Alvaro Chico, Yolanda and their five-year-old daughter and 17month-old baby previously lived in Granada. But their financial
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Naughty dog
Safe number ONE HUNDRED firemen, Guardia Civil and police officers safeguarded Almeria City’s Torregarcia Hermitage local pilgrimage (‘romeria’).
Sales thefts FORTY TWO people have been charged with 32 thefts by Guardia Civil at Vicar’s Viapark shopping centre since the winter sales began.
Better care ALMERIA CITY’S Torrecardenas Hospital and Mastectomised Almeria Women Association (AMAMA) have signed an agreement aimed at improving breast cancer patient care.
Getting better THE University of Almeria is now the 43rd best Spanish university out of 71 - three spots higher than previously.
seeking to move into Carmona’s second-home, two were ruled out because they could not meet the requirement to pay for the water, electricity and community fees. “My wife and I are very happy to have sorted out this family’s life for two years, or whatever it may take to find jobs,” said Carmona.
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S Placido Domingo set to become recognised as a pop star as well as a global opera singer? This seems a fair question as the renowned Spanish baritone and tenor prepares to celebrate his 72nd birthday next Monday. The Madrid-born opera singer is currently conductor, director, producer and composer of the Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera in America. But he recently released a pop album - his first for 20 years - and now admits that he feels more ‘exposed’ singing this type of song because “with opera, there are not so many people who sit at home and say ‘well I could sing that too’ as there are with pop.” In Songs - his latest album - the Madrid-born star sings in four languages and performs several duets including with his son Placido Domingo Junior, and with British singing sensation Susan Boyle. Domingo, who debuted in 1959 in Mexico, three years later joined the Tel Aviv in Israel Opera which launched him to fame. He debuted at an international level in Hamburg in1967, and obtained greater recognition worldwide in 1981, when he recorded Perhaps Love with US star John Denver. In 1982, he recorded the track for the Football World Cup in Spain and eight years later formed
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situation prevented them from keeping up-to-date with mortgage payments. However, Alvaro, who worked in construction until a year ago and Yolanda, who has been jobless for four or five years, managed to settle the bank debt upon repossession. Out of four aspiring families
Domingo switches to pop as birthday nears
EL EJIDO Council wants to delay the Andalucian Government plans for it to begin €116 million debt repayments to suppliers from September 2014.
GOLFITO, an Adra dog, has been found safe on the town’s San Nicolas beach after escaping from a temporary shelter home.
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Closing hospital emergency rooms at night puts people’s lives at risk’
Francisco Parra, Albacete Medical Association President, regarding plans to do so in 20 towns proposed by the Castilla-La Mancha regional government.
charges
THREE youths aged 12 to 16 are among seven people charged with breaking into three Seron homes and stealing televisions and alcoholic drinks.
Rates help El Ejido families with three or more children will have their IBI property tax halved. Up to 500 households are expected to take up the offer. More info at www.elejido.es.
Bad trend THERE were 8,063 unemployed people in El Ejido last month, almost 600 more than in December 2011 and up from 2,740 in December 2007.
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Swim event TWO eleven-year-old boys from the Ciudad de Adra swimming club have qualified for the Andalucia Swimming Championships to be held in Sevilla on March 16 and 17. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Domingo the celebrant and Susan Boyle (left). The Three Tenors. On his 70th birthday in 2011, a gala concert was held in his honour in Madrid, attended by Queen Sofia, who accompanied him from the Royal Box. In the past decade he has performed and recorded albums with many stars including Carlos Santana and Michael Bolton.
Number of the week in Spain demand that the 20 towns government modify the current
legislation regarding marihuana plantations. One is Rasquera, Cataluña, which last year granted seven hectares of land to a cannabis association for two years.
Overcharged SIX HUNDRED enquiries and 339 complaints were processed at the Municipal Consumer’s Information Office (OMIC) in Adra last year, mainly about telephone, water and electricity bills.
and finally... TWO lieutenant colonels of the Spanish Army are on trial for accessing the email of a sergeant and demanding that he send them photographs of himself naked. They reportedly pretended to be women on a adult contact site to which the sergeant subscribed.
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Tourism board unjustified expenses reported THE unjustified €44,500 spent by the previous socialist team at Almeria Provincial Board of Tourism has been reported to the Almeria Provincial Prosecutor’s Office by Popular Party (PP) members. The lawsuit, filed by the current Popular Party government at
Almeria Provincial Government, comes after number of bills allegedly proving numerous ‘ghost trips’ by the previous Socialist Party (PSOE) board team – which Spanish daily El Mundo tried unsuccessfully to get answers from – were found, including a €9,709
trip to Edinburgh Fair not attended by any board members, despite €3,805 being spent on air fares and €5,904 on hotel rooms; a visit to the 2010 London Tourism Fair for just one board member with €5,000 and €6,000 being spent on air fares and hotel rooms
respectively; a €4,125 visit to Madrid that no board members attended; a €7,800 six-day visit to the 2010 Valencia Tourism Fair that one board member attended as well as a €12,000 five-day visit to Portugal in October 2010, also attended by a single member.
Crisis hits brothels BROTHELS are being hit hard by the recession. Two houses of ill repute in Almeria City have recently been forced to close by the hard economic reality. And that is forcing more prostitutes to take to the streets to practice their profession. More than 50 – most of them Russian and Romanian – are offering their services at the Carretera Sierra de Alhamilla as well as at the Bayyana and Pescaderia areas. And prices for their services are also being
Prostitues are being forced to the streets. forced down. Now residents who have long complained about the street walkers are still waiting for the different political parties to finally agree to pass the Civic Coexistence
Ordinance. It will impose fines for street prostitution, which is not illegal. Harsher fines will be imposed on soliciting less than 200 metres from trading or residential areas.
Squatters move in
A DOZEN gypsy families have occupied duplex properties which have been empty since their completion two years ago. Mayor of Berja, Antonio Torres, says the families are all long time residents of the town. As the occupied homes are in the same area where the families previously lived the mayor ruled out a potential public disorder problem. He added that some of the families had originally paid deposits on the apartments, but could not get mortgages.
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Pepper farmer appeals AN ADRA farmer fined for a shipment of toxic peppers will have a chance to clear his name. He was fined €7,000 after the 674 kilo shipment of red peppers was
found to be contaminated with 0.01 milligrams of insecticide in February 2004. The farmer presumed appeals to the Agriculture Delegation had been
SCHOOL TOUR: Officers are visiting primary and secondary schools.
successful when he heard no more about the matter. But when he suddenly had his bank account frozen in 2008 he found the delegation had been sending letters to the wrong address. By then the debt had grown to €10,000 and he had to sell one of his farms to pay it. Now an administrative court in Almeria has agreed to hear an appeal on the basis that those in charge of labeling the peppers – in this instance the La Union vegetable exchange – should have been the ones fined.
Agents tackle school bullies BULLYING and the dangers of the internet are being tackled by Guardia Civil officers on a school tour. The team of 18 officers lectures students in schools around Almeria Province on issues such as drug addiction, domestic violence, cyber-bullying and violent gangs.
Last term they visited 239 schools and high schools and talked to 8,032 pupils and 2,186 parents. A Guardia Civil spokesman said: “Schools use us as a tool to eliminate problems on a small-scale like cyber-bullying or drugdealing. Pupils are impressed when a Guardia
Civil agent turns up to explain the legal consequences of their actions. That can change their attitudes completely.” As part of the Coexistence and Improvement for School Safety Plan, the officers visit both primary and secondary schools.
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Flood victims ‘on their own’ POLITICIANS have been accused of turning their backs on farmers after the devastating September floods. The Confederation of Cattle Breeder and Farmer Associations (COAG) says the central and regional governments have left Almerian farmers on their own with not one euro being paid to help. Crops were lost and animals drowned in the floods, which have left many farmers struggling to survive, said the association. COAG Almeria secretary Andres Gongora said: “They are laughing at people who are really having a hard time. When thousands of families have lost their means to make a living, every politician rushes to appear in a photo next to the affected. They don’t need kind words, but actions, and urgent ones at that.” He also said that the only measure taken so far is a “useless law” enacted on December 26 that does not specify the actions to be taken by the central and regional governments. Gongora also accused the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of
NO HELP: Farmers are struggling. only wanting to help those with Agricultural Insurance, but even then those affected by the August 31 floods in Pulpi are being excluded.
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Job success rewarded SERON Town Hall has won an award for an employment programme. The council was named winner in the Progreso National Awards’ employment category for small towns The Employment Promotion in Seron project was given rewarded in recognition of the council’s efforts to help the unemployed. The council invested €2,500,000 in the project, which included a six month-long job-access programme. Two skilled workers were taken on in permanent posts and six different labourers employed each month. More jobs were later created as the council organised the construction of several buildings.
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government is finally to get its allocation. At least that is what Andalucian Government sources have said after
Old town due for facelift ALMERIA’S Mayor has unveiled plans to renovate the city’s old town. Luis Rogelio Rodríguez-Comendador wants to restore more than 350 old town homes and pedestrianise streets. He also wants the city council to support traditional businesses and invest in energy-saving measures for new buildings. Speaking in Brussels he presented the plans as part of a project called Slow Cities. Almeria is one of 10 cities participating in the ‘Urbact-links’ European programme aimed at sharing ideas and experiences. The ‘Slow Cities’ project seeks to create areas where priority is given to quality of life and respect for historic and cultural heritage as well as the environment.
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Hot news! School set to turn on heat THE school in Seron without propane gas for running the heating system due to unpaid expenses by the regional
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Seron Popular Party Spokesman Jose Angel Iglesias reported last week that the Sierra de los Filabres secondary education institute had still not received the money assigned to cover running expenses for the 2012/2013 school year. This has meant teachers and pupils having to wear coats, scarves and gloves in class since the postChristmas return. Current morning temperatures in the town range between zero and 3º Celsius. But now, according to sources at the Education, Culture and Sports Almeria Delegation, a €26,685 allocation for running expenses will reach the institute within the next few days.
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Buses re-routed to avoid ‘thugs’ PASSENGERS on a mini-bus were left cut and bleeding after stone-throwing thugs launched an attack. Now the buses in Almeria Old Town will be diverted away from Calle Chamberi after 6pm to avoid the troublesome area after what was the latest in a series of attacks. The service is popular with old town residents as well as tourists heading for La Alcazaba, the city’s main tourist attraction. The decision was made after
discussions between bus company Surbus and the city council. Almeria City Security and Mobility Councillor Maria Muñiz explained that vandals had attacked mini-buses before, but now the assaults had got more dangerous. “Stones were thrown in the latest attack and some of the passengers were cut by glass fragments from broken windows, with a few needing to be treated at Torrecardenas Hospital,” she said.
Pay monthly, but hurry! TAXPAYERS in Roquetas del Mar can pay their town hall bills in monthly instalments for the first time. But they will have to hurry as applications have to be in by tomorrow (Friday). Those interested in the new system can
download forms online and hand them in at the council’s Tax Income Department (Area de Recaudacion) or at the municipal offices in Aguadulce, Las Marinas and La Gloria. Vehicle, rubbish, kiosk and market taxes can be
paid in four monthly instalments. A second period for paying IBI property taxes can be spread over six months. Anyone missing the deadline for instalments will have to use the traditional system and pay in two lump sums.
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101 cultural resources in region THE Valle del Almanzora región has now 101 different cultural heritage resources registered on the Andalucia Tourism oficial
Men arrested for club thefts TWO men were arrested exiting an Almeria City nightclub allegedly with stolen money and equipment. A passer-by had informed National Police about two men trying to take several objects out of the popular nightclub in Nicolas Salmeron park. When police arrived the alleged burglars tried to flee but were caught a few metres away. Upon arrest, police say they were found to have two metal boxes containing €500. Also, police allege, they had piled two large loudspeakers and a sound system at the club’s entrance ready to be taken. An inspection of the premises discovered a safe box containing cash and documents had been wrenched off a wall. The men, aged 18 and 27, have already appeared in front of a judge.
Your say ROQUETAS DE MAR’S Izquierda Unida Party proposed at the council that residents have their say on municipal investments for building council-owned buildings and public spaces.
website. The resources include Calar Alto Observation Point, the Virgen del Saliente Sanctuary-Monastery, the
Menas de Seron mining village, the Casa Ibañez and Pedro Gilabert museums, as well as numerous viewpoints like the ones in
Cherco Viejo, Partaloa or the Macael quarries. The internet tourist portal also offers 19 routes including cultural routes,
popular habits and traditions routes, craftsmanship routes with a special emphasis on nature routes for trekkers or mountain-bike lovers.
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Carers’ red tape speed up THE regional government has earmarked €851,213 to pay for workers to speed up red tape for
carers. THE Andalucian Government has approved the money to cover the
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annual salaries of Almeria province social workers employed to handle applications for carers’ benefits. The figure was revealed by sources at the Health and Social Wellbeing Almeria Delegation. A total of €10.3 million was approved by the regional government to be split between the eight provincial governments for a total of 81 Andalucian towns with a population of more than 20,000. As a whole, the Andalucian Government has invested €121.1 million to hire support personnel for processing dependency-related paperwork. That is even though the central government has decided not to pay benefits for ‘moderately dependent’ carers until 2015. It is not currently necessary to hire support workers for mass-processing of new claims for moderate dependants, unlike when the Dependency Law first came into effect. The Almeria delegation also said that Andalucia is the national region where the Dependency Law has been developed the most, with around €4,000 million invested as a whole.
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A royal shot in the foot A WRITER who pretended to shoot at the Spanish king on Catalan regional TV has been summonsed to appear in court. Jair Dominguez and the presenter of the programme, Bibiana Ballbe, could be charged with crimes against the Crown for the programme in which he pretended to shoot at a silhouette of King Juan Carlos and other famous people, including the UK’s Prince Charles. They have not been charged but advised to attend the hearing with their lawyers. The programme aired on October 9, 2012, and was reported by union Manos Limpias. The director of the programme resigned after it came to light, saying that the images were against ethical and democratic principles.
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Father’s lies result in search bill of €140,000 THE search for the two children reported missing from Cordoba in October 2011 cost the state more than €140,000. This amount could have been saved if Jose Breton, the father of Ruth, six, and Jose, two, had confessed instead of claiming they had been snatched from a park. But more importantly, it could have been saved if the forensic scientist who first analysed remains found on a bonfire on a property belonging to the children’s paternal grandparents had not described them as being animal bones. All evidence pointed to Jose Breton, and police searched the property belonging to his parents on several occasions, as well as the surrounding
CAMPAIGN: Poster used in the search.
area and the Guadalquivir River.
Specialists were brought in from Madrid
who had to be accommodated and fed for eight months, fuel had to be purchased for the vehicles used in the search, and the studies and reports carried out in the case had to be paid for, all amounting to more than €140,000. However, Breton has claimed he is bankrupt, so will not be able to pay the cost of the investigation or any compensation to the children’s mother which could amount to €1 million for each child. Her lawyer plans to ask for 40 years in prison for the murders of the two children and a fine for making a false report.
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Parking attendants prevent car theft TWO parking attendants prevented a car theft outside a shopping centre in Nervion, Sevilla. The two men, who are homeless and earn some money helping people to park in the area, saw a man approaching a BMW in which a woman was waiting for her husband. The would-be thief, 41, who has more than 50 prior arrests, got into the driver’s seat and attempted to start the vehicle. He threatened to stab the woman if she did not tell him how to do so. Passers-by and the two car park attendants nearby were alerted by the woman’s screams. The two men forced the criminal out of the car and held him until police arrived.
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Lost Briton is seen in Alicante A MAN missing from Sussex, UK, has reportedly been sighted in Benissa, Alicante. Robert Golden, 54, of Shoreham, flew to Sevilla on November 5, 2012, for a walking holiday and was due to return two weeks later. He had told friends he planned to trek through Granada, Cordoba, Cadiz and Jerez. He has not used his bank cards since November 8 but was reportedly spotted in Benissa at the end of last month, although the report has not been verified.
KEEN WALKER: Robert Golden.
Parents demand new concierge PARENTS of pupils at the Galeon High School in Isla Cristina, Huelva, won’t let anyone enter the premises until a second concierge is hired. The Parents’ Association has been demanding a second concierge since 2008 and
are now preventing teachers and pupils from entering until their demands are met by the Junta de Andalucia Education Department. They have the support of the teachers. The school, one of two in the town, has 600
pupils and had two concierges until 2008 to see to the needs of parents and students. One of them retired and no-one has been hired since. There have reportedly been numerous robberies at the school.
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Neighbours prevent kidnapping A POLISH resident of Granada, 33, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to kidnap a boy of 10 while he was walking his dog near his home. Residents in the area were able to rescue the boy from the would-be kidnapper and alert the National Police. A friend of the boy’s parents took him home. The suspect allegedly grabbed the child by the arm and began to drag him along. The child began to cry, scream and kick his attacker, alerting the neighbours and passersby. Police officers were able to locate the man thanks to a report made by a Romanian national who witnessed the event saw him flee the scene.
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Pensioners thrown out on street FORGERIES: €70,000 in €200 notes circulated in Spain.
Police swoop on gang of forgers SEVENTEEN alleged members of a network which distributed forged €200 notes throughout Spain have been arrested. The arrests were carried out by National Police and the Catalan Regional Police, Mossos d’Esquadra, in Madrid and Barcelona.
Almost €46,000 in forged notes was seized in nine searches, as well as nine firearms, falsified documents and equipment to forge the money. Most of the detainees were Spanish who were part of a gang in which the leader acquired the notes and gave them to
other members to complete the process of forgery. They later used them to purchase cheap items in small shops and get change in legal currency. In the past year they had allegedly put around €70,000 into circulation in €200 notes.
A COUPLE have been arrested in Valencia for allegedly abandoning two elderly relatives. The pensioners were found by Local Police at a bus stop in Sagunto on Christmas Day at around 4am. They told the officers that their son and his partner had thrown them out of their home in Altura, Castellon, the night before and that they had gone to Sagunto because they used to live there. The woman was taken to hospital because she was diabetic and required medication, and neither of them had eaten for hours. They were later taken to a local hotel before being moved to a care home. The next day, the man’s son and his partner were arrested for abandonment and domestic abuse.
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DIY camp-site anger
Forged cash A MAN has been arrested in Los Alcazares after forged banknotes with a €4,100 face value were found in his car.
No revival REVIVAL nightclub in Los Montesinos plans to close after a farewell party on February 9, with the owners complaining of ‘constant pressure by the Guardia Civil of Torrevieja’.
WASTELAND in Albir has become an unofficial camp-site. Residents complaining about the parked camper-vans in the area off Calle Sant Pere have so far had little response from the authorities. The site has no water, electricity or drainage. IMPROVISED SITE: Unofficial, but here to stay.
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Costly rubbish FORTY residents in rural areas outside San Vicente del Raspeig have complained that SUMA is charging them for four years’ rubbish collection even though they have never been given any bins.
Man reeled in A GUARDIA CIVIL helicopter rescued a 37year-old unemployed Javea man from the Cala Blanca cliffs. He had intended to catch fish to eat but found himself in difficulties halfway down.
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THE string of heritage buildings in Antequera have been featured in ‘Antequera, Ciudad Monumental’, a 288page new illustrated guide by local history expert Jesus Romero.
VELEZ-MALAGA and the North-African Spanish town of Melilla are now twin towns. The agreement signed by the local authorities will bring further cooperation between them.
Car crash
FIVE were injured, including two men and three women aged between 25 and 54, after a collision on Marbella’s Avenida Ramon y Cajal, involving two cars.
Prize winners A TOTAL of €90,000 from three winning tickets of El Cuponazo de la ONCE lottery was won in Motril, out of
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Leaking school SOLUTIONS to prevent further floods in Nerja’s San Miguel Primary school during heavy rains have been put forward to the Andalucian Government by the town hall.
MALLORCA
Making history FRANCISCA MORA (Convergencia per les Illes) has become Porreres’ first ever female mayor after Bernat Bauça’s resignation.
Holy premiere JAVIER SALINAS conducted his first mass as newly-appointed Bishop for Mallorca Cathedral at Santuari de Lluc monastery last weekend to a large congregation.
‘Back to works’ IMPROVEMENT works on the Selva to Inca road are predicted to be completed by the Mallorca Insular Government in two months, after being inactive in total for the last 12 months.
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Stat of week FUEL prices increased 1.9 per cent at the start of the year, with petrol rising to €1.40 and diesel €1.36 per litre.
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Bosses gain most as pay triples AVERAGE salaries throughout Europe have tripled since the late 1970s. But in the same period management salaries have risen eightfold. This is revealed in the latest Europe Survey of the BAT Foundation for Future Studies, in which more than 11,000 people from 10 countries - including Spain - were interviewed. The survey also showed that during the last three years, despite the tough economic times the number of regional millionaires has risen 19 per cent, with 10 per cent of the total European population owning 60 per cent of the total assets. Also 5 per cent of the European people own as much real estate property as the other 95 per cent. All across Europe the trust in political representatives has reached a new low with just 12 per cent now feeling politicians are preparing
well for the future, while two years ago that figure was 14 per cent. Danish people are the only ones still believing to some degree in the appropriate behaviour of their elected representatives. In Poland and Greece, Germany and Britain, on the other hand, only a small minority trust the politicians. Almost seven in every 10 people in Europe expect further crises in the future, especially in Spain and Greece, who are suffering particularly from the current economic situation. But also three-quarters of the French and two thirds of the German people display a pessimistic view of the future. Even among the usually positive-thinking Dutch people, almost half of them dread a continuation of insecure times.
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FLYING HIGH: 2012 was a record year.
14.8 million give Vueling record year SPANISH low-cost airline Vueling carried a record 14.8 million passengers last year. This was 20 per cent more than in 2011. Occupancy levels for the year
reached 77.7 per cent on 108,433 flights. In December alone, 967,456 passengers used the airline, which is 14.3 per cent more than in
Top firms to sack 30,000
December 2011. Vueling continues to expand internationally, with a flight planned between Alicante and the Russian capital Moscow from June.
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THIS year 30,000 workers will be dismissed by 20 of Spain’s leading firms. Staff cutbacks will come at AENA (the airports authority), the Valencian Railway Department, the Paradores and companies dependent upon the Ministry of Public Works. Regional TV channels will also cut back staff. Iberia, the nation’s airline, also plans to dismiss 4,500 people. Meanwhile, BFA-Bankia has plans to axe up to 6,000 jobs, and further dismissals are planned by Novagalicia, Banco de Valencia, Caja3, BBVAUnnim, Sabadell-CAM, and Banco Santander, following its fusion with Banesto.
A boost from sunny thoughts TRAVEL firms in the UK braced “This week is always our busiest as themselves this week for bumper people tend to run out of money business as Britons tried after an early payday in to drag themselves out of December, feel guilt winter depression by perpetuated by broken seeking breaks in the New Year’s resolutions sun. and are knocked by the “Every year we see inevitable sun depthousands of Brits in a rivation that creeps up mad rush to book SUNNY BREAK: Many Britons on many. January breaks in a bid suffer from winter depression. “Even just the idea of a to cheer themselves up,” holiday can help some said Directline Holidays CEO, Maria through the dour January and February months,” Whiteman added. Whiteman.
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Taxman’s snooping is an anti-fraud measure
Q. WE have been seeing articles in the Englishlanguage Press here and adverts from lawyers and tax consultants that all residents of Spain must declare to Hacienda any assets they hold outside Spain by March 31 this year. I know a number of Brits who are resident in Spain and who have investments and property back in the UK. They bring You and the into Spain enough income for their needs and they Law in Spain By David Searl declare this for Spanish tax. Nevertheless, the majority of their assets are outside Spain and have never been declared to the Spanish Tax Agency. These people are very concerned about what might happen in the future if they declare. Will Spain start to tax them on these assets? SD (Costa del Sol) A. The new law, part of an anti-fraud package passed in November, is drawing criticism precisely because it does not contain any reference to the future use of the data. In fact, even the forms for making the declaration are not yet available only 10 weeks before the due date. Let’s look at a few points. The penalties for not declaring are extremely harsh, starting with minimum fines of €10,000. If your assets outside Spain do not exceed €50,000, you do not need to declare. At the moment, you are required to make this declaration only once. If the Spanish taxman chooses to come after you in the future, he will only be able to claim on income arising from these assets, not the assets themselves. For example, if you own a property in the UK which you rent out and pay tax on the income in the UK, you still owe the Spanish tax agency because, as a resident you are subject to Spanish income tax on your worldwide income. It is a disturbing thought that Spain’s tax agency should have all this information about you, but on balance it seems safer to make the declaration. Yes, you should use a tax consultant to assist you. David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers. You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.
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Tesco back on form after festive feasts TESCO Chief Executive Philip Clarke claims the supermarket giant is ‘back on form’ after seeing a 1.8 per cent rise in like for like sales over the Christmas period.
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year with 2.04 million vehicle registrations, the highest figure since 2008, reported the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
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THE Bank of England has decided not to extend its quantitative easing programme, which injected £375 billion (€456.75 billion) into the UK economy by printing money. It is also keeping its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent where it has been since March 2009.
Red lights flash as EU High Command considers Britain ONE can imagine the High Command of the EU huddled down as it meets in secret conclave to decide what’s to be done about that turbulent and troublesome United Kingdom. Red lights are flashing, ticker-tapes rattle and messengers scamper to and fro, while a haze of smoke from cigarettes and fat cigars hovers above the table. Possibly that’s only a product of my fevered mind, but it does seem rather as though the EU is flapping its collective hands and running around in small circles at the very idea that the UK might one day decide to wave goodbye. On December 18, 2012, David Cameron moved away slightly from his habitual stance that: “Britain must remain in the EU, fighting its corner from within,” to admit that an exit is now a possibility. “All futures are imaginable,” he said in answer to a question from his MPs. “We are in charge of our own destiny; we can make our own choices,” adding, “but Britain’s departure is not my preference.” The problem with which he is forced to wrestle is that his coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, are for the most part staunch Europhiles, determined not only that Britain should remain as a member of the EU, but also that at some future date
ANTI-EURO: Most Britons polled want the UK to leave the EU.
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will it will embrace the euro. That is despite recent independent polls that show a clear majority of Britons would like to see the UK leave the EU forthwith. Prior to all this, and perhaps tiring of Cameron’s insistence that he would ‘fight for a better deal for Britain’, seeking to claw back certain powers previously handed to Europe, the French president François Hollande said: “Britain cannot repatriate powers from Brussels.” Even earlier, on December 8, Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, insisted the Britain could not ‘cherry-pick’
which laws from Brussels it wished to follow. What’s really scaring the EU barons is that any successful repatriation of powers might pave the way for a British exit, thus encouraging other countries to examine similar deals. Van Rompuy has warned that “countries must not seek to undermine the EU, since such actions could cause the entire European project to fall apart.” That may, of course, be political rhetoric to frighten possible backsliders into standing straight to salute the blue EU banner. Following all this, on December 24, Germany strode into the fray, with Wolfgang Schauble, the country’s finance minister, stating that Germany will not allow itself to be ‘blackmailed’ by the threat of a possible British exit. Further, he urged (demanded?) that Britain should not hold a referendum on EU membership, since that would create ‘uncertainty’. It’s come to something when the finance minister of a foreign power feels he has the right - not to dictate perhaps, but certainly to influence - British foreign policy! Perhaps the holidays, intervening so fortuitously, will have provided the EU barons with the sorely-needed opportunity to ‘just calm down’.
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www.euroweeklynews.es The Isle of Man has agreed to automatically exchange tax information with the UK. Jersey and Guernsey want to make this a global initiative. The US is forcing financial centres to automatically report on American clients. Spanish residents need to get ready to report their overseas assets to the Spanish government. We are entering another new era in local and international efforts against tax evasion and fiscal fraud. Sharing and reporting information will play a major role. There have been major developments in international tax planning over the last decade. There are still more to come. Many expatriates are affected, and it is important to keep up to date with all the changes to ensure your tax planning is fully compliant and as effective as it legitimately can be. If you hold savings and investments outside Spain, for peace of mind ask an experienced tax and wealth management advisory company like Blevins Franks to look over your assets and how they are structured. Not only can they advise you regarding reporting requirements, they can advise you how to structure your assets to minimise tax and maximise income. Spain’s new reporting law By 30th April 2013 (31st March in future years), Spain residents need to report their overseas assets to the authorities. This includes bank accounts, shares, bonds, funds, life assurances, property etc, including
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A New Era In Tax Reporting by Bill Blevins, Financia l Correspondent, Blevins Franks
those held in trust, where you are the owner, beneficiary or authorised signatory, and where the assets in each class amount to €50,000 or more. When anyone is found to have not declared an asset, the penalties will be punitive and the authorities will be able to go back indefinitely to review unpaid tax. Given the amount of exchange of information between countries these days, attempting to hide assets is very risky. The new US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) FATCA aims to ensure that the US tax authorities, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), obtains information on financial accounts held by US taxpayers anywhere in the world. Foreign Financial Institutions have to report their American clients’ affairs to the IRS.
In other words, the US is attempting to force financial centres to automatically exchange tax information on US clients. The incentive for them to do so is pretty high. If they fail to comply their revenues from US sources will suffer a 30% withholding tax. Isle of Man’s new agreement with UK The Isle of Man announced in December that it will enter into an automatic tax information sharing agreement with the UK, similar to the agreement it intends to sign with the US to comply with FATCA. Once in place, it will give HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) access to more information about potentially taxable money held in the Isle of Man. HM Treasury Secretary David Gauke commented: “for years people said this couldn’t be done”. The government is now pressuring Jersey and Guernsey and the British Virgin and Cayman Islands to accept similar agreements. I would expect other countries to later expect similar agreements with offshore centres. This is why attempting to hide assets from local tax authorities is so risky – one day, somehow, they will come to light. Isle of Man Chief Minister Allan
Bell explained that its agreement with the UK will serve to demonstrate the island’s superior level of regulation and improve growth prospects for the local economy. “The US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is a game changer in relation to transparency and the automatic exchange of information agenda”, he said. “It will be used as the lever and model by many countries for equivalent information to be provided to them.” He continued: “Such is its reach and effect, FATCA may even overtake the proposed changes in the EU savings directive. This government considers, therefore, that automatic exchange of tax information in something like the volume and form required by the USA under FATCA will become part of the international standard. It is clear that the next two years will see massive changes in the way in which nations co-operate in the field of international taxation issues.” Channel Islands Jersey and Guernsey have held exploratory talks with the UK authorities but have so far said they will not implement anything yet. They are not against this automatic exchange of information as such,
but rather want the UK to “promote the adoption of automatic exchange of information worldwide to ensure that a level playing field is achieved for all finance centres”. In a joint statement, the islands said they share a common commitment with the UK to combat tax evasion and participate in international efforts to combat fiscal crime. For clarification on the latest local and international tax regulation developments, and advice on the most effective legitimate tax mitigation arrangements for you, speak to an advisory firm like Blevins Franks which keeps fully up to date and has decades of experience advising expatriates in Spain. . The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual should take personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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Horse meat more popular on the menu THE financial crisis has led to more horse meat being consumed in Spain. From January to October 2012, 12,900 tons of horse meat was produced for consumption, while the amount for the whole of the previous year was 11,265 tons. One of the main reasons for this is that horses are expensive to maintain and there is no market for their sale, hire or training, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. Production has increased the most in Andalucia, with 3,197 tons, a rise of 255 per cent. In the first 10 months of 2012, 60,391 horses were slaughtered in Spain, mainly in Andalucia with 16,608. Consumers purchase horse meat for stews and other meals, with markets selling it at an average of €2.05 per kilo.
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Crude forecast ALHAMBRA: Spain’s most popular monument saw visitor numbers decrease.
Ahambra has fewer visits VISITS to Spain’s most popular monument, the Alhambra Palace and Generalife Gardens, fell by 2.28 per cent in 2012. The total number of visitors to the Alhambra in 2012 was 2.26 million, of which 48.69 per cent were Europeans, 8.08 per cent more than in 2011. There were 73,099 visitors to cultural activities held at the
Alhambra, including the Granada International Music and Dance Festival and the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the Alhambra’s naming as a World Heritage Site. The day on which most people visited the Alhambra was October 12, on which 100 per cent of available tickets were sold, and the day with the
fewest visitors was January 16, with just 1,784 tickets sold. The most popular month was April, with 249,876, and the least popular, January, with 10,995. Most of the visitors are European, aged between 30 and 44, have a university degree and are very satisfied with their visit to the Alhambra.
US oil production is predicted to increase from 6.4 million barrels a day last year to 7.9 million a day next year - the highest since 1988 - thanks to the discovery of large shale oil reserves.
Gallic fall FRENCH car alliance Peugeot Citroen’s worldwide sales fell by 16.5 per cent last year, from 3.55 million vehicles in 2011 to 2.97 million last year.
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The ghastly price of being a guest makes a wedding just too costly WHEN it comes to a wedding I really want to say ‘I do’ but sometimes I just can’t. I mean I want to get dressed up in a beautiful outfit. I want to walk up the aisle and take my place. I want to enjoy the party with all my friends, but the A look thing is - with finances at finance as they are at the for females moment - I just can’t afford to be a guest at Jane Plunkett so many weddings. jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. This year, my brother com is getting married in Ireland. A friend is getting married in Spain, while not two other very, very, very good be possible to attend. friends are getting wed in A new mortgage, bills, living Dubai. expenses and our average It’s become a bit of a financial Spanish salaries mean that we conundrum. My brother’s live comfortably to our means wedding is a must and while I’d each month, but there is never hate to miss out on any of the much left for extravagant other three, financially it might expenses.
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EXPENSIVE: Weddings mean the cash till rings, too. A wedding in Spain could be less harsh on our wallets, but it still racks up quite a bill, considering stag and hen parties, a wedding gift, clothes, travel, accommodation and drinks. Meanwhile, the overseas weddings in Dubai are filling us with dread - financially speaking - and we despair at the fact that
we might not be able to attend. Two return flights to Dubai cost an average of €1,200 and then there’s all the extras like accommodation and gifts. Getting married is definitely an expensive affair, even when you are only a guest. In fact, research from the UK recently revealed that 6 per cent of us resent the amount we have to spend to attend and a further 13 per cent refuse to go to some weddings because they cost too much. The study also calculated that 1.6 million people have actually gone into debt in order to attend a wedding. Such debt can be very hard on first-time homebuyers, like us, or those still burdened by student debt. So, while we want to please everyone and support our friends, sometimes we might just have to watch the wedding video!
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Fewer notes THE number of €500 notes in Spain has fallen by 17.5 per cent since the onset of the financial crisis.
Magic deal BANK La Caixa has sold the Isla Magica theme park in Sevilla to French company Looping Group, which runs Pleasurewood Hills in the UK.
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DADDY’s flying in this weekend and it couldn’t have come at a better time. My heart needs repairing after finding Crispin in the arms of another woman, and what better way to fix my shattered soul than to hopefully stitch it up with sparkling presents, adorned with
As I see it... Ana Jefferson-Smith takes an irreverent look at life as a singleton expat in Spain dazzling ribbon. In Marbella on business next week, I see Daddy about four
times a year; twice when he flies here and the other when I join him in the most exotic place I can
identify with on his business schedule. His IT company has really done well and he is always jetting off somewhere or other, and when in Europe, aboard the company plane. As chairman he obviously has lots of responsibilities, and I know
MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE
COMMENT Deadly delay THE PSOE will take no decision regarding party leadership until late 2014. This is not procrastination by current secretary general Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba or the party heavyweights backing him. It is denial. The boys at the top are happy, but to appreciate Rubalcaba’s qualities it is necessary to be a fervent PSOE supporter and they are not the people he must win over. Undecided voters decide elections, not card-carriers.
Nice work RODRIGO RATO, having scuppered nownationalised Bankia, is going to Telefonica. Admitted, his talents will not be let loose in Spain as he is to be a special adviser for Europe and Latin America. His appointment is part of Telefonica’s ‘global vision,’ according to a spokesman. It can only be hoped that he does not touch its finances, or the company’s global vision will soon need its eyes tested.
Pros look to score in World Cup! PROSTITUTES in Brazil are receiving free language classes in preparation for foreign visitors during the 2014 football World Cup. *** THE US congress is currently less popular than cockroaches and lice, a survey by Public Policy Polling has revealed. *** ICELANDIC girl ‘Blaer Bjarkardottir’ is suing her country for the right
JUST FANCY THAT... to use her own name because it does not appear on the list of the 1,712 male and 1,853 female ones approved . *** PRINCESS, a lovesick macaw parrot should be reunited with her male partner after fasting when separated, a Bangladeshi court has ruled. ***
A SWISS court has cleared a farmer of responsibility for a 655-year debt established when an earlier landowner who killed a man in 1357 vowed to finance the sanctuary lamp of a local church for eternity. *** A ROMAN CATHOLIC priest Holland is to
display the names and photographs of parish members trying to leave the Church in the hope that they will decide to stay. *** MC’DONALD’s restaurants across Australia plan to temporarily change their signs to ‘Macca’s’, the name given to the chain by 50 per cent of inhabitants, to mark Australia Day later this month. ***
when I was growing up he was always working, and I rarely saw him. Because of his work commitments we may not meet as often as I would like, but he phones regularly, and always wants to shower me with gifts when we spend quality daddydaughter time together. And I’m never going to complain about that! Throughout his visit, he will be staying in his usual residence, the Royal Suite in the Marbella Club Hotel. While he checked out my own two-bedroom penthouse - which he kindly pays all the bills for - I can’t put him up as it is just too small, and my pooch Stella isn’t going to be kicked out of her bed to accommodate him. I’ll make the most of his Marbella Club surrounds and stay with him one evening, grabbing at the same time the chance to relax in their Thalasso Spa and savour only the finest in their Champagne Bar. Whenever Daddy is staying there I get treated like royalty and this time around it will be the perfect pick-me-up after a not-so festive Christmas. He’ll also have a driver on hand all day every day which should aid some shopping trips together. As his little princess I simply cannot wait to see him. But in his eyes I cannot do any wrong, so will consequently not delve into my escapes with Crispin. Daddy arrives by the company jet at Malaga tomorrow, just in time for a relaxed work-free weekend before he focuses more on business. Luckily my puppy-dog eyes still work, and he just can’t say no to his precious angel. I truly do love him.
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4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country Jules Hudson joins a house buyer in search of a rural retreat in Gloucestershire. 4:45pm Perfection 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 8:57pm BBC News and Regional News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by Weather. 9:00pm Waterloo Road School-based drama. 10:00pm Silent Witness Drama series about a team of forensic pathologists. 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time
12:35am This Week A political review of the week presented by Andrew Neil, with Michael Portillo and guests. 1:20am Skiing Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 1:25am BBC News
BBC3 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride Another brave bride leaves the most important day of her life in the hands of the man she loves. 10:00pm Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands Series about life on the wards for newly-qualified doctors moves to Liverpool. 11:00pm Way to Go 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Way to Go 2:00am Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands Series about life on the wards for newly-qualified doctors moves to Liverpool. 3:00am Don't Tell the Bride 4:00am Pramface 4:30am Way to Go
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6:00am Counting with Rodd 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:50am Cowboy Trap 9:20am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 10:05am MasterChef: The Professionals 11:05am You've Been Scammed 11:35am HARDtalk Interviews with newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. 12:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news, plus top interviews and analysis. 12:30pm BBC World News The latest international news from the BBC. 1:00pm The Daily Politics Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn present the latest political news, interviews and debate. 2:00pm Masters Snooker Quarter-final action gets under way at Alexandra Palace.
6:00am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Storage Hoarders
7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Masters Snooker Hazel Irvine introduces live coverage from the second quarter-final at 2013's Masters. 9:00pm Winterwatch 10:00pm Winterwatch Unsprung 10:30pm Married in Britain 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Kirsty Wark.
4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale Debbie tries to assure Cain that she is in control when things go too far with Dom. 9:30pm Nursing the Nation 10:00pm Inside Death Row with Trevor Mcdonal 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. 11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show
8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm She-Wolves: England's Early Queens 10:00pm Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork 11:00pm Lost Kingdoms of South America 12:00am Birth of the British Novel 1:00am The Riviera: A History in Pictures 2:00am Guilty Pleasures Two-part documentary which looks at the items valued or desired by man over the centuries. 3:00am The Perfect Suit A witty exploration of the evolution of the gentleman's suit. 4:00am Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
6:10am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am Igam Ogam 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:05am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Milkshake Monkey 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime
4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock. 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 1:15pm Celebrity Big 6:00pm Four in a CH5 Brother 2:15pm Home Bed 9:45am and Away 2:45pm 6:30pm Come Dine Neighbours 3:15pm The with Me Bananas in Pyjamas Mentalist 7:00pm The 4:15pm Accused at 17 Simpsons Drama. 7:30pm Hollyoaks 6:00pm 5 News at 5 8:00pm Channel 4 News 6:30pm Neighbours Includes sport and weather. 7:00pm Home and Away 8:55pm 4thought.tv 7:30pm 5 News 9:00pm Location, Location, Location CH5 National and international news. 10:00pm The Restoration Man 4:15pm 8:00pm Benidorm ER 11:00pm Rude Tube 9:00pm Great Northern Cookbook Accused at 17 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother Catch up with the latest events inside the Celebrity Big Brother house. Barbara Niven , William R. Moses, Stella Maeve, Janet 11:00pm Gareth Thomas - Coming Out: My Montgomery, Nicole Gale Anderson, Cynthia Gibb Secret Past
12:20am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:10am Masters Snooker Extra 3:10am Panorama John Sweeney investigates the secretive world of the billionaire Barclay twins. 3:40am Queen Victoria's Children 5:00am Made of Money 5:30am Music, Mud and Making Money
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12:45am The Late Debate Alastair Stewart discusses what has been going on in Westminster with a panel of London MPs. 1:10am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Tonight 4:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:20am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am The Undateables 1:05am Random Acts Channel 4's nightly short-form arts strand. Poet Rob Auton worships the colour yellow. 1:10am Don't Blame Facebook 2:05am Irish Dancing Triplets 2:35am Dispatches Today, one in three children in the UK grow up in a home with only one parent. 3:05am Time Team 4:05am The Churchills 5:00am Deal or No Deal 5:55am Countdown
12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am House Doctor 5:20am Divine Designs Art historian Dr Paul Binski examines some of Britain's most fascinating works of religious art. 5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge
Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am UK Border Force) 10:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm UK Border Force 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00am Diversity in Dublin 1:00am Brit Cops - Law and Disorder 2:00am Road Wars 2:55am Road Wars 3:45am Road Wars 4:35am Crash Test Dummies 5:00am Stargate SG-1
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Shakespeare in Love 12:35pm Albatross 2:15pm Mother and Child
10:00pm Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
4:15am How Do You Know 6:30am Cowboys and Aliens 35mm Special 7:00am Serious Moonlight 8:25am Eurotrip 10:00am Junior 11:50am Little Fockers 1:30pm Bridesmaids 3:35pm Team America: World Police
4:25pm Just Married 6:05pm War Horse Sky Movies Special 6:30pm War Horse 9:00pm Moneyball 11:15pm Shakespeare in Love
12:15am Collateral Damage 2:10am Broken Arrow 4:05am Hanna
5:15pm Due Date 7:00pm Junior 9:00pm Bridesmaids 11:10pm Little Fockers
1:25am Life as We Know it 3:25am Take Me Home 5:10am Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows Special 5:30am Lucky Christmas
12:55am Team America: World Police 2:40am Eurotrip 4:25am The Avengers Special 4:55am The Fighting Temptations
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SKY MOVIES DRAMA 4:40am That Thing You Do! 6:40am Jake Gyllenhaal/Anne Hathaway Face 2 Face 7:00am The Lake Effect 8:40am 33 Postcards 10:25am
4:50am Kiss of the Dragon 6:30am Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Special 7:00am Ironclad 9:10am Collateral Damage 11:10am Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol 1:30pm The Eagle 3:30pm Daylight 5:30pm Broken Arrow 7:30pm Independence Day
TCM 6:00am The Iron Sheriff 7:20am The High Chaparral 8:20am The High Chaparral 9:20am Day of the Evil Gun 11:05am Canyon River 12:35pm The Spider Woman 1:50pm The High Chaparral 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Bad Men of Tombstone 5:25pm Guns for San Sebastian 7:30pm Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte 10:00pm My Cousin Vinny 12:15am Jackie Chan's First Strike 1:50am City Heat 3:30am My Cousin Vinny 5:25am The Making of Band of Brothers
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7:55am Little Princess 8:05am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Milkshake Monkey 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami
4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock. 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks Concern is mounting for Esther, but will anybody help her before she reaches breaking point? 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm First Time Farmers 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 8 Out of 10 Cats returns for a new series. 10:30pm The Last Leg 11:00pm Paddy's TV Guide Paddy McGuinness hosts a brand new six-part comedy show. 11:50pm Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live
4:10pm The Boy She Met Online Drama. 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news. 6:30pm Neighbours Summer suspects that Carmel has feelings for Karl. 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm The Great Falklands Gamble 9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm American Idol Ryan Seacrest presents the brand new 12th series of the US singing competition. 11:55pm Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
12:55am The New Normal 1:20am The Big Bang Theory 1:40am Random Acts Channel 4's nightly short-form arts strand presents a striking film from artist David Musgrave. 1:45am Happy Endings 2:10am Bob's Burgers 2:35am Bob's Burgers 2:55am Glory Daze 3:40am Smallville 4:20am St. Elsewhere 5:10am Deal or No Deal
12:55am Inside Hollywood Get your daily fix of the latest film and TV news from the USA. Presented by Mark Morris. 1:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am Motorsport Mundial The latest motor racing action from around the world. 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge
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4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Wild Britain with Ray Mears 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Great Night Out 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. 11:35pm Raw Deal
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Angelic Voices 10:00pm Glen Campbell 11:00pm An Evening with Glen Campbell 12:20am Country at the BBC 1:50am Glen Campbell 2:50am An Evening with Glen Campbell 4:10am The BBC One Sessions
4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm John Bishop's Only Joking 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad 12:00am Spartacus: Vengeance
1:10am Road Wars 1:40am Road Wars 2:10am Fringe 4:10am Spartacus: Vengeance
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 8:50am Little Nicky 10:25am Hall Pass 12:15pm Friends with Benefits 2:05pm Wild Hogs 3:50pm White Men Can't Jump 5:45pm Little Nicky 7:20pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 9:00pm Friends with Benefits 11:00pm Project X 12:30am Hall Pass 2:20am Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 4:05am The Top Ten Show 2013 4:20am White Men Can't Jump
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:30am Lucky Christmas 7:00am
The Company Men 8:50am Losing Isaiah 10:40am Footloose Special 11:00am Footloose 1:00pm What's Your Number? 2:50pm The Top Ten Show 2013 3:10pm Purple Rain 5:10pm Just Go with it 7:10pm Beginners 9:00pm Footloose 11:00pm What's Your Number? 12:50am It's Kind of a Funny Story 2:40am Beginners 4:30am Conviction
SKY MOVIES ACTION 6:00am Volcano: Fire on the Mountain 7:35am The Tourist 9:25am The Top Ten Show 2013 9:45am Flight of the Phoenix 11:45am Sahara 1:55pm Safe House 3:55pm Immortals 5:50pm Battle: Los Angeles 7:50pm Sahara
10:00pm Safe House 12:00am Immortals 1:55am Your Highness 3:45am I, Robot 5:45am Fantastic Voyage
TCM 6:00am The Grapes of Wrath 8:15am The High Chaparral 9:15am The High Chaparral 10:15am Bad Men of Tombstone 11:45am Guns for San Sebastian 1:50pm The High Chaparral 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Man with the Gun 5:35pm Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 7:50pm Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 10:00pm Band of Brothers 11:10pm Band of Brothers 12:20am Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever 2:05am Brass Target 3:55am The Furies 5:45am TCM Shorts
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Down to earth shock over high security! IF it wasn’t true, it would be laughable. A Dutch neighbour has just flown back to his main home in Rotterdam from Malaga Airport... travelling on his partner’s passport. It seems after she dropped him off at the airport he discovered the passport he had in his jacket pocket was not his own. With no time to return home, and unable to contact her by phone as she was driving, he decided to chance his luck and continue his journey. While I do not have full details, I know that in total his journey included three passport checks though I use the word ‘checks’ loosely - for he was allowed through on each occasion, arriving safely on time at his final and foreign destination. MR, El Faro (Malaga)
Deadly river MORE than 20 dogs have died due to drinking the water of the River Quisi in Benissa. Some pets have been saved as their owners have managed to get them to the vet quickly. I have advised people walking their dogs in the area not to allow their animals to drink this contaminated water. Even the weeds have turned red in places. The Guardia Civil had been advised at the time but I don’t think anything has been done. Apparently hunters put down poison to eradicate foxes which destroy their game. This river water is crystal clear with no visible signs of poison. Marion Fisher, Benissa (Alicante)
Pricey order MANY people have recently received notification from Mijas Town Hall that urbanisations must bury all electric cables. In 2004, our small urbanisation received a quotation for similar work which would have cost us about €4,000 per household. These days not many people have that amount spare. Surely this work should be the responsibility of the people who installed the cables, SevillanaEndesa. If this is principally for
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Sad for charity IT is sad to hear that a very worthwhile charity finds it is unable to keep going, as is the case of the cat charity called PAWS. They state they are not officially registered (Letters Issue 1436). One of the easiest and very inexpensive things to do in Spain is become a nonprofit association. All one need do is go to the town hall, fill in the forms and for less than €20 become legal. Raquel Peña Sirvent (By email)
Stay away TAKEN from Calpe, this photo shows the sun setting over Benidorm after another beautiful day in Spain. It certainly beats the torrential rain we’ve experienced in the UK!
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tourism, then why not limit it to the village as 90 per cent of tourists to Mijas only visit the old town. I think that the hanging cables give personality to the village. James Binyon, Mijas (Malaga)
Staff praised PLEASE be assured, NJ from Mijas, (Letters Issue 1435) that there are some wonderful staff at Malaga Aiport dedicated to helping people. My flight from Gibraltar was relocated to Malaga for technical reasons. Upon arrival at Malaga Airport, passengers had to queue at the desk to have their tickets changed. I have a disability and was directed to the information desk in the middle of the vast terminal. The gentleman at the desk took me to a seat and said everything would be done for me and I should not worry. Very soon, new paperwork was given
to me and another gentleman came and wheeled me to the aircraft. I could not have asked for more. They were so kind. GDC (By email)
Fraud alert A MAN speaking broken English phoned, asked for me by name and said he was from electricity company Endesa. He claimed I owed them €700 and could I pay on the telephone with my credit card. I refused and then phoned Endesa. They told me I did not owe any money. No way would they ask for payment over the phone asking for bank details. A proper bill would be sent for payment. I hope this letter may stop readers paying any money to fraudsters. G Bulmer (By email)
Clean boaters AS a resident of Javea and a boat owner I agree that a large amount of debris and rubbish is regularly washed up on the pebble beach, including palm tree trunks! But it is not correct to say (Costa Blanca North, Litterbugs, Issue 1433) this is caused by owners of small boats. Most leisure craft owners that anchor in Sardine Bay are respectable people
ABOUT the letters from people complaining about churches, (Issue 1435), well, the answer to me seems obvious, stay away. The whole religious, superstitious, nonsense thing is a big deception, and the sooner people realise this the better. Fortunately, the majority of thinking people have already arrived at this conclusion, hence the ever faster emptying pews. I renounced all links with religion a few years ago and feel much better for it. Alan (By email)
Gas query THE Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism has set the maximum price for butane gas as €16.10 a bottle. Yesterday I was charged €16.75 at the new BP petrol station at Rio Padron, (Estepona) 4 per cent more. I wondered if you know if the announcement by the ministry is mandatory or recommendatory. Tony Bolton (By email)
Editor’s note: The figure announced by the ministry is the official maximum price charged at gas depots. Resellers may increase the price.
Bird answer WITH reference to the picture from Phil Holman (Letters Issue 1436) I think the bird might be a Black Redstart. Angela Lane, Casares Costa, (Malaga)
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2:05am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm The Good Cook 1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 1:05pm Regional News All the latest local news. 1:10pm Weather The latest weather information. 1:15pm Football Focus A look ahead to this weekends football action with interviews, expert opinions and highlights. 2:00pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place.
4.00pm - midnight 5:30pm Final Score 6:15pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 6:25pm Regional News All the latest local news. 6:28pm Weather 6:30pm Animal Antics 7:00pm Richard Hammond's Secret Service 7:45pm Britain's Brightest 9:00pm The National Lottery: In It to Win It 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys Agnes is desperate for a holiday but can't find anyone to look after Grandad. 11:10pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 11:25pm Weather The latest weather information. 11:30pm Match of the Day Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action.
12:50am The Football League Show Highlights from the day's Football League games. 2:05am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:10am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
BBC3 8:00pm Merlin 8:45pm Doctor Who Science fiction drama. 9:40pm Top Gear 10:45pm Con Air 12:30am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life. 12:55am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life. 1:15am American Dad! 1:40am American Dad! 2:00am Way to Go 2:30am Pramface Comedy series about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with parenthood. 3:00am World's Craziest Fools Mr T takes a look at some of the craziest clips from around the world. 3:30am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 4:30am Way to Go
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
7:00am Preview 7:30am Flight of Freedon 9:10am Sister Kenny 11:00am A History of Britain 12:00pm Meet the Ancestors! 12:30pm Map Man 1:00pm Indian Food Made Easy 1:30pm David Niven Talking Pictures 2:20pm The Moon is Blue
3:55am The Fugitive 6:10am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20pm Saturday Cookbook 1:20pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:35pm Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 2:35pm My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 3:35pm Dinner Date Dating show with a twist.
5:10am Deal or No Deal 6:05am Countdown 6:50am Quick Bakes with Eric Lanlard 7:10am The Hoobs A fly is small enough to get inside the Hoobmobile. But Groove can't keep a fly in his collection! 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Beach Volleyball 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Undercover Boss Australia 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing
8:25am Animal Antics 8:35am Make Way for Noddy 8:50am City of Friends 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:30am Angelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby's Travelling Circus 10:30am Roary the Racing Car 10:45am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers Super Samurai 11:35am Batman - The Brave and the Bold 12:05pm Celebrity Big Brother 1:10pm The All New Gadget Show 2:05pm Mister Roberts
4:00pm Coast 4:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargain-hunters make a saving. 5:30pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place. 6:30pm The Big Freeze 1963 7:30pm Dad's Army Classic wartime sitcom. The king is coming to Walmington-onSea. 8:00pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place. 11:30pm Doubt
4:35pm River Monsters 5:05pm Garfield 6:30pm Local News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm Splash! 9:30pm Take Me Out 10:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:45pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Round-up of the day's news.
5:10pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me 6:10pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me 6:45pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me 7:10pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:10pm 4thought.tv 8:15pm The Simpsons Movie America's favourite family make their debut on the big screen in David Silverman's comedy. 10:00pm World Without End 11:00pm Saving Private Ryan
4:25pm Operation Crossbow 6:45pm Operation Daybreak 8:50pm 5 News 8:55pm NCIS 9:50pm NCIS 10:45pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:45pm Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
11:00pm Saving Private Ryan
Matt Damon CH4
Steven Spielberg's Second World War blockbuster stars Tom Hanks as Capt John H Miller, the leader of a platoon of D-Day soldiers ordered to find and rescue Private Ryan, part of the advance forces, who is now the sole surviving sibling of a family of four brothers.
Tom Hanks 1:10am Masters Snooker Coverage of the Masters snooker tournament.
BBC4 8:00pm Lost Land of the Tiger 9:00pm A History of Art in Three Colours 10:00pm Borgen 11:00pm Borgen 12:00am Sweet Home Alabama: The Southern Rock Saga 1:00am Top of the Pops 1978 1:30am Top of the Pops In 1978, Top of the Pops began to turn the credibility corner. 2:20am Top of the Pops 1978 Big Hits. 3:20am A History of Art in Three Colours 4:20am Top of the Pops 1978
12:00am The Game 2:20am The Store 3:50am In Plain Sight 4:30am Pushing Daises 5:15am ITV Nightscreen
2:15am Exit Through the Gift Shop 3:40am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:50am Countdown
12:45am Comedy Kings - Best of Just for Laughs 1:15am Super Casino
Satellite channels SKY1 5:15am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Road Wars 10:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Got to Dance 1:30pm Got to Dance 2:00pm Got to Dance 2:30pm Got to Dance 3:00pm Got to Dance 3:30pm Les Miserables Special 4:00pm Diversity in Dublin 5:00pm Diversity 6:00pm Best of Oops TV 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm John Bishop's Only Joking 9:00pm An Idiot Abroad 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Switchback 1:15am Street Crime UK 1:45am Street Crime UK 2:15am NCIS: Los
Angeles 3:10am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 5:00am Don't Forget the Lyrics
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 4:20am White Men Can't Jump 6:30am Cowboys and Aliens 35mm Special 7:00am The Cat in the Hat 8:35am Ice Age 10:10am Johnny English Reborn 11:55am Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1:35pm The Avengers Special 2:05pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 4:05pm The Cat in the Hat 5:40pm Ice Age 7:15pm Johnny English Reborn 9:00pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 10:40pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 12:40am The Dilemma 2:35am Everything Must Go 4:15am How Do You Know
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 4:30am Conviction 6:30am Super 8 35mm Special 7:00am Love, Wedding, Marriage 8:40am Les Miserables Special 9:10am Secondhand Lions 11:10am One Day 1:00pm My Week with Marilyn 2:45pm Legends of the Fall 5:05pm One Day 7:00pm Big Night 9:00pm The Help 11:30pm My Week with Marilyn 1:15am Burlesque 3:20am Legends of the Fall 5:40am A Valentine's Date
SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:45am Fantastic Voyage 7:30am Bunraku 9:45am Batman and Robin 12:00pm Fantastic Four 1:50pm The Recruit
3:50pm Green Lantern 5:50pm Batman and Robin 8:00pm Colombiana 10:00pm Fantastic Four 12:00am Green Lantern 2:00am Batman 4:10am Batman Returns
TCM 6:00am How Green Was My Valley 8:05am The High Chaparral 9:05am The High Chaparral 10:10am Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 12:25pm Man with the Gun 2:05pm Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 4:00pm Calamity Jane 5:55pm Black Gold 7:40pm Driven 10:00pm The Matrix 12:35am The Lost Boys 2:25am The Matrix 4:40am The High Chaparral 5:30am Off Set 5:50am Off Set
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BBC1
BBC2
2:10am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 8:40am Match of the Day Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action. 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show Andrew Marr talks to key figures from politics, current affairs and the arts. 11:00am The Big Questions A series of moral, ethical and religious debates on topical issues. 12:00pm Sunday Politics Andrew Neil presents the latest political news, interviews and debate. 1:20pm Countryfile 2:20pm Bargain Hunt 3:20pm Escape to the Country
ITV
4:20pm Chatsworth 5:20pm Lifeline 5:30pm Songs of Praise 6:05pm Africa David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa. 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News All the latest local news. 7:25pm Weather The latest weather information. 7:30pm Blandings Episode to be Announced. 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm Ripper Street 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Regional News All the latest local news. 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day 2
12:25am Room 101 1:05am Celebrity Apprentice USA 2:30am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:35am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
BBC3 8:00pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 8:05pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 8:50pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 11:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents Series in which teenagers take their first summer holiday abroad without their parents. 12:00am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life. 12:20am Family Guy Subversive animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life. 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am World's Craziest Fools 2:00am Young, Mormon and Single 3:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 4:00am Being Human Supernatural comedy-drama series.
5:15am ITV Nightscreen 7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am There's No Taste Like Home 11:30am 60 Minute Makeover 12:30pm May the Best House Win 1:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:40pm Countrywise Paul Heiney presents a series with memorable scenes drawn from the best of the ITV regions. 1:55pm Dickinson's Real Deal 2:55pm Rosemary and Thyme 3:55pm Murder, She Wrote
1:10am Masters Snooker Coverage of the Masters snooker tournament. 7:00am Preview 7:55am None but the Lonely Heart 9:45am Life in a Cottage Garden 10:15am A to Z of TV Gardening 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 1:00pm EastEnders Omnibus A round-up of the week's events from Albert Square. 2:55pm Snooker
ITV
4.00pm - midnight
Starring Emma Thompson 4:55pm - Nanny McPhee 5:45pm Ski Sunday 6:30pm Flog It! 7:30pm Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey 8:30pm Fawlty Towers 9:00pm Snooker
12:00am There Will be Blood 2:25am Holby City 3:25am Who Do You Think You Are? 4:25am Don't Get Done, Get Dom
BBC4 8:00pm The Golden Age of British Sports Car 9:00pm In Which We Serve Stirring Second World War drama about the crew of a British fighting ship, told through a series of poignant and revealing vignettes. The story of the ship's heroic deeds is narrated by Noel Coward, who, as the ship's captain, acts as a father figure to his stalwart men. 10:50pm Glenn Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy 11:50pm Lebanon 1:15am Country at the BBC 2:45am An Evening with Glen Campbell 4:05am BBC Sessions Paul Simon.
Channel 4
4:55pm Nanny McPhee Cedric Brown has just lost his wife and now he cannot control his seven wild children. 6:45pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather. 7:00pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 7:15pm Dancing on Ice 8:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 9:30pm Dancing on Ice 10:00pm Mr Selfridge 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and
Weather Round-up of the day's news. 11:15pm The Bourne Ultimatum
1:15am The Store 3:20am Monk Crime drama series about a private police consultant with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. 4:00am ITV Nightscreen
Channel 5
5:50am Countdown 6:35am Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Will and Grace 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:10pm The Big Bang Theory 1:35pm The Big Bang Theory 2:05pm The Simpsons 2:35pm The Simpsons 3:05pm Speed 2: Cruise Control Sandra Bullock returns alongside director Jan de Bont for this sequel.
8:35am Make Way for Noddy 8:50am City of Friends 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:30am Angelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby's Travelling Circus 10:30am Roary the Racing Car 10:45am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers Samurai 11:35am Batman - The Brave and the Bold 12:10pm Celebrity Big Brother 1:15pm Loch Ness 3:10pm Muppets from Space
5:25pm Deal or No Deal 6:25pm Time Team 7:25pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 7:55pm 4thought.tv Sexuality has become a major battle ground for the world religions. 8:00pm Come Dine with Me This brand new episode comes from the picturesque Lake District. 9:00pm The Hotel 10:00pm It's Complicated
5:00pm Teen Wolf 6:50pm Pearl Harbour Historical documentary. 9:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother Catch up with the latest events inside the house. 11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
CH4
10:00pm - It’s Complicated
Alex Baldwin & Meryl Streep
12:00am The House Bunny 2:00am Super Casino
12:20am Utopia 1:35am Chatroom 3:15am The Last Mitterand 5:15am Deal or No Deal
Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Best of Oops TV 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:00am Road Wars 10:00am Road Wars 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm A League of Their Own 2:00pm Diversity in Dublin 3:00pm Diversity 4:00pm Best of Oops TV 5:00pm Les Miserables Special 5:30pm The Simpsons 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm Got to Dance 8:00pm Got to Dance 9:00pm Glee 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00am Street Crime UK 12:30am Street Crime UK 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Road Wars 2:30am Road Wars 3:00am Dog the Bounty
Hunter 4:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter The Million Dollar Man, Part 1 5:00am Don't Forget the Lyrics
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 4:15am How Do You Know 6:30am Kung Fu Panda 2 Family Show Special 7:00am Cedar Rapids 8:30am Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 10:10am No Strings Attached 12:00pm Tower Heist 1:50pm Galaxy Quest 3:40pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 5:25pm Analyze This 7:15pm Analyze That 9:00pm Tower Heist 11:00pm Jackass: The Movie 12:35am Jackass 3.5 2:05am No Strings Attached 3:55am Cedar Rapids 5:25am Galaxy Quest
SKY MOVIES DRAMA
Batman Forever 3:15pm Batman Begins
5:40am A Valentine's Date 7:10am Cupid, Inc 8:40am Morning Glory 10:40am Like Dandelion Dust 12:30pm Les Miserables Special 1:00pm Big Miracle 2:50pm The Stepford Wives 4:30pm War Horse Sky Movies Special
5:40pm Spider-Man 7:45pm Spider-Man 2 10:00pm Batman Begins
4:50pm Morning Glory 6:45pm Anonymous 9:00pm Big Miracle 11:00pm The Adjustment Bureau 12:50am Boys Don't Cry 2:50am The Stepford Wives 4:30am Country Strong
SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:10am Batman Returns 6:30am The Avengers Special 7:00am Batman 8:55am Spider-Man 11:00am Spider-Man 2 1:10pm
12:25am Batman Forever 2:30am Money Train 4:30am Braddock: Missing in Action 3
TCM 6:00am Calamity Jane 7:50am Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 9:45am Driven 12:05pm Black Gold 2:00pm Dial M for Murder 4:00pm The Halliday Brand 5:35pm Seven Men from Now 7:05pm How the West Was Won 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 11:00pm Deadwood 12:00am Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 2:05am Before Sunset 3:35am Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
OPINION & COMMENT
17 - 23 January 2013
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Death knell sounds for NHS as floodgates open in Romania and Bulgaria is an insult to the intelligence. The idea of millions of Brits rushing to obtain jobs, have their heart by-passes and receive free housing in these ‘Eastern blocs’ EAPY EE is an example SAYS IT of how OTHERS THINK IT gullible and mentally impaired most British politicians consider BITTER PILL: Demise of Britain’s NHS. their constituents to be. All I can say is thank God you a life-threatening couldn’t even get hold of a we live in Spain. Apropos illness than a cure is packet of Rennies in their the medical treatments horrific. A service now countries of origin, fills me over here, I do remember littered with incompetent with dread. years ago people scurrying staff, where 70 per cent of And now there’s another back to UK for their struck-off doctors were 20 million potential operations, ailments and those who had received ‘patients’ on the horizon. new births. Not any more. their training in ‘other’ Well, as far as I’m Frankly, to me the idea of countries, and waiting- concerned the Brits going for treatment in rooms jammed with deserve all they get. If they hospitals more likely to give hypochondriacs, who are prepared to roll over
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and accept the unacceptable then on their own heads be it. Thank the Lord it won’t affect the wellbeing of my children, who are perfectly integrated and secure in a country that at least retains a fair slice of common sense. Finally, I’d like to pay tribute to a friend and colleague who passed over after a short, devastating bout of cancer. Leo Klein was a wonderfully talented performer, who entertained millions of fans during his 35-year stint on Mallorca. He was the unsung hero of countless charity events for which he neither intended, nor indeed wanted, to receive any personal recognition. RIP Leo Klein. Keep the faith. Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com
Chicken raid TWO men broke into a fried chicken restaurant by mistake instead of a jewellery store, but staged an impromptu hold-up of the KFC branch in Australia, escaping with $2,600 (€1,900).
Cash only VATICAN tourists are limited to cash transactions after card payments for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services were blocked by Italy’s central bank over money laundering fears.
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T the end of this year Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) will finally commit harikari. Indeed, as we speak, millions of Bulgarians and Romanians are listing their malaises, carbuncles and ingrowing toenails in the build-up to an onslaught on this already mortally wounded institution. When the floodgates open to allow some 21 million (you ‘eard!) more immigrants to work freely in the UK, it will also create a scarcity of housing. This will result in the pavements of our once beautiful country of origin being littered with beggars and spongers the like of which have not been seen since Victorian times. It is almost beyond belief that this situation is being allowed to happen without the beleaguered British public having even the smallest say. For the government to point out that by the same token British people will also have the same facilities available
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Bee-zinga A NEW species of bee in Brazil has been named 'Euglossa Bazinga' after a catchphrase from US sitcom character Sheldon Cooper in ‘The Big Bang Theory’.
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MONDAY
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17 - 23 January 2013 Costa de AlmerĂa
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BBC1
BBC2
2:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction. 11:58am BBC News and Weather The most up to date news and weather forecasts. 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Cowboy Trap 1:13pm BBC News and Weather The most up to date news and weather forecasts. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown
4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country Series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country. 4:45pm Perfection General knowledge quiz show. 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out Documentary series which features surprising real life stories from where you live. 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Miranda 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Have I Got Old News for You
12:05am Blandings 12:35am The Graham Norton Show 1:25am Celebrity Apprentice USA 2:50am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am BBC News
BBC3 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Junior Doctors 10:00pm Crazy for Party Drugs 11:00pm World's Craziest Fools 11:30pm EastEnders Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears. 12:00am Family Guy Subversive animated comedy about American family life. 12:20am Family Guy Subversive animated comedy about American family life. 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am World's Craziest Fools Mr T takes a look at some of the craziest clips from around the world. 2:00am Crazy for Party Drugs 3:00am Being Human Contemporary supernatural drama about George and Mitchell, a pair of perennial outsiders. 4:00am Junior Doctors
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
7:05am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction. 8:05am Rip Off Britain 8:50am Cowboy Trap 9:20am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 10:05am MasterChef Long running cookery show which searches for the country's next star chef. 10:35am Return to Forgotten Britain 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Masters Snooker
4:00am ITV Nightscreen 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal
5:15am Deal or No Deal 6:10am Countdown 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Will and Grace 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond Marie accuses Debra of being rude, and they end up not speaking to each other. 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm A Place in the Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:30pm Food Unwrapped 2:00pm Gun Fury 3:40pm Countdown
7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami
7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Polar Bear Family and Me 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Winterwatch 10:30pm Why the Insutrial Revolution Happened Here 11:30pm Newsnight
4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Cornwall with Caroline Quentin 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lewis 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm My Child's Not Perfect
4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock. 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm The Wild Things 10:00pm Embarrassing Fat Bodies 11:00pm What Happens in Kavos...
4:15pm Finding a Family 6:00pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Tensions reach breaking point as Kyle refuses to confess that he kidnapped Casey. 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm Cowboy Builders Melinda Messenger and Dominic Littlewood come to the rescue of homeowners who have been let down by shoddy builders. Melinda and Dom head to Bolton to meet a family that has endured 18 months of misery at the hands of a cowboy builder. 9:00pm The All New Gadget Show Entertainment show devoted to gadgets. 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother Catch up with the latest events inside the Celebrity Big Brother house. 11:00pm Botched Up Bodies
Martin Lawrence, John Travolta , Tim Allen & William H Macy SMC
12:20am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:10am American Football American football highlights. 2:10am Masters Snooker Extra 4:10am Film 2013 5:00am How it Works 5:55am Your Paintings
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Art Deco Icons Series in which architectural historian David Heathcote explores four of the best examples of Art Deco in Britain. 9:30pm Britain on Film 10:00pm Lost Kingdoms of South America 11:00pm Storyville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries. 12:30am Spies of Warsaw Classic tale of spying, intrigue and romance, based on the novels of Alan Furst. 2:00am Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork 3:00am Britain on Film War and Peace. 3:30am Art Deco Icons 4:00am Lost Kingdoms of South America.
5:20pm - Wild Hogs
12:35am Monk Crime drama series about a private police consultant with an obsessivecompulsive disorder. 1:25am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55am The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45am ITV Nightscreen
12:05am One Born Every Minute Two strongwilled first-time mums give birth at Leeds General Infirmary. 1:10am Random Acts 1:15am The Shooting Gallery 1:45am Scandal 2:25am The Promise 3:50am Supersize v Superskinny 4:45am How to Look Good Naked 5:40am Deal or No Deal
12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Celebrity Wedding Planner 2:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.
Satellite channels SKY1
Wars 5:00am Stargate SG-1
6:00am Best of Oops TV 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse) 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm UK Border Force
SKY MOVIES COMEDY
4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm Spartacus: Vengeance 12:15am Spartacus: Vengeance 1:30am Fringe 2:30am Road Wars 3:20am Road Wars 4:10am Road
5:25am Galaxy Quest 7:10am Little Fockers 8:50am Love and Other Drugs 10:50am The 40 Year Old Virgin 12:50pm Mr Popper's Penguins 35mm Special 1:20pm Shanghai Noon 3:20pm Shanghai Knights 5:20pm Wild Hogs 7:15pm Little Fockers 9:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 11:00pm Shanghai Noon 1:00am Shanghai Knights 3:05am Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 5:05am Prom
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 4:30am Country Strong 6:30am Cupid, Inc 8:00am Mother and
Child 10:10am Moneyball 12:25pm Shakespeare in Love 2:35pm City of Angels 4:35pm Moneyball 6:50pm Mother and Child 9:00pm Shakespeare in Love 11:10pm War Horse 1:40am Purple Rain 3:40am City of Angels 5:40am A Valentine's Date
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Youngsters are 75 per cent safer in rear facing child car seats REAR facing children’s car seats save lives and reduce the risk of injury by 75 per cent. That is the message from a study carried out by a Spanish motoring organis-ation. Last year 39 under 14s died in Spanish road accidents. It was an increase of 13 over 2011, despite the number of deaths amongst all age groups falling 180 over the same period. In Spain, 1,304 people died in out- of - town road accidents during 2012, the General Traffic Management (DGT) reported. Deaths on urban roads were not included in the statistics. The only other age group that showed a rise in accident deaths was the 75-84 year old group
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Boost for children
-Out of 1,000 drivers surveyed by RACE, 95 per cent said they use booster seats for their children, with 52 A weekly focus aimed per cent equipped with international standard IsoFIX anchorage at keeping expatriate readers points. informed on various aspects of - Grandparents are sharing the wheel with 19 per cent now Life in Spain regularly driving their grandchildren – mostly on the school run - up from 10 per cent in 2011. - 19 per cent of drivers reported By Raul Candela experiencing an accident or hazardous situation with children on board. - 54 per cent think it safer to have front facing child ‘HEY, MUM’: Fitting the booster seat in the opposite direction seats, rear facing seats got the vote of 21 per which saw 10 more killed for a can be safer for the child. cent of drivers. 25 per cent did not total of 141. know. The Royal Spanish Automobile
Club (RACE) and car seat manufacturer Cybex sponsored a DGT backed study into rear facing safety seats with passenger airbags turned off. Currently all children
using Group 0+ boosters, designed for children up to 13 kilos, must face rearwards by law.
RACE commissioned an independent laboratory to perform crash tests with Group One rear facing and forward facing seats for children between nine and 18 kilos.
Inspections to keep homes safe and sound
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MORE councils around Spain are insisting older buildings be inspec-ted for safety reasons. And the cost of that will fall on the shoulders of property owners. By national law, buildings over 50 years old in towns with a population over 25,000 must undergo periodic Building Technical Inspections (ITE). But regional governments, and even local town halls, can come up with their own regulations. Mijas, Malaga, for example has recently declared that all buildings over 25 years old must pass the ITE tests. “We do not want to generate the type of news coming from other places, where a corner falls off a building killing a passerby,” Manuel Navarro, Urban Planning Councillor for the town said. He added that 10,200 local
What’s the damage? OWNERS whose properties need an inspection should keep in mind that inspectors can charge what they want. Architect Daniel Trujillano said: “In several municipalities, town halls have signed agreements with official architects associations, establishing estimated fees. But this usually is for the town hall’s benefit. The agreed charges are only applied when the owner fails to carry out the test and the town hall becomes responsible for the ITE.” But the Malaga Official Association of Architects and Technical Architects (COAAT) suggests a fee of €30 for the report. Trujillano points out that repair costs may be covered by insurance depending on the cause of damage and the insurance contract. Grants from local or provincial public authorities are sometimes given. “They usually cover part of the technician’s fees or the repair costs and are normally means tested.” But, he added, it is always worthwhile asking the town hall’s Council of Works (Concejalia de Urbanismo) if grants are available.
RUSTY: This building definitely needs some repairs to be done. buildings will be inspected throughout 2013. In Mijas, buildings over 25 years old will need to be inspected every seven years. Those over 50 years old will need to be inspected every four years.
What about people like myself that come to Spain for the winter in campervans and caravans? We stay longer than three months but do not own property here. Do
The regulations vary throughout Spain, but normally the local town hall will notify property owners when an inspection is due. There are two reasons for these inspections:
1. To assess that a building complies with building regulations. 2. To check for structural soundness and list any repairs needed. When notified of an ITE, the property owner must hire a qualified inspector an architect or technical architect – to do a report. “It usually takes no longer than a week, unless
we have to register on the padron? If you keep travelling you do not have to register on the municipal register (padron). However, if you
difficulties arise when inspecting the building or getting the title deeds proving ownership and age,” architect Daniel Trujillano said. The inspector takes pictures of the building and writes a description of any damage found. The owner must take care of any repairs and apply for a works licence.
The results, after performing 64 kph head on collision tests, revealed rear facing seats reduce the chance of injury by as much as 75 per cent. In normal forward facing booster seats children are at more risk because their head is unprotected and jerks violently with whiplash. This, safety experts found, can severely injure the neck and spine and even lead to death. But in order to fix a rear facing Group One booster the car should be fitted with not just an IsoFIX system, but also a special seat adapter. IsoFIX is the international standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars. Many older cars do not have it, and not all child seats can use the system. A child’s height is also a factor. RACE’s study does not specify a maximum height a child can be to comfortably fit in a rear facing seat. So it will be up to parents to decide if the child’s height and weight, as well as the size of the car make rear facing safety seats suitable. More information: www.race.es.
sign a long-term rental contract on a legally registered camping ground, then it is advisable to register. Registration can be done by producing a rental contract.
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Ice water THE latest healthy detox drink comes straight out of a glacier. Health fanatics are singing the praises of Isklar, a sparkling mineral water, which comes from Norwegian glaciers.
BORED?: The brain needs to have some ‘down time’ to be more productive.
Daydream to be more creative DAYDREAMING at work could help boost the brain’s activity and help you become more creative. Two studies carried out by researchers at the University of Central Lancashire (UK) gave volunteers a deliberately boring task to complete followed by another task to measure their creativity. It was found
they did better than those who had not performed the boring task beforehand. To see if daydreaming was a factor in this effect, a second boring task was introduced that allowed even more daydreaming than the first boring task. Senior psychology lecturer Dr Sandi Mann said having a stimulating job that never allowed
the brain any ‘down time’ could be counter productive. “Boredom at work has always been seen as something to be eliminated, but perhaps we should be embracing it to enhance our creativity.” So don't worry too much the next time your brain wanders during that meeting at work, call it being creative.
Thirst quenchers’ depression risk A STUDY has linked soft drinks to depression, with diet versions particularly problematic. Researchers in the USA studied the drink consumption of 265,000 men and women aged from 50-71 and found that those who drank more than four cans of soft drinks a day were 30 per cent more likely to have had depression than those who drank none, with an increased risk
among those who preferred diet drinks. However, those who drank around four cups of coffee a day were 10 per cent less likely to become depressed than non-coffee drinkers. The British Soft Drinks Association urged caution over the findings and pointed out that the scientists themselves said that more research was needed.
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SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:15am Snow Dogs 7:00am Sweet Home Alabama 9:00am The Cat in the Hat 10:35am Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 12:25pm The Top Ten Show 2013 12:40pm Down to Earth 2:20pm This Means War 4:05pm 30 Minutes or Less 5:40pm The Cat in the Hat 7:15pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 9:00pm Sweet Home Alabama 11:00pm This Means War 12:45am 30 Minutes or Less 2:15am The Pool Boys 3:50am Down to Earth 5:20am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 4:30am Lady Jane 7:00am Love and
Other Impossible Pursuits 8:50am The Age of Innocence 11:10am One Day 1:05pm Red Riding Hood 2:50pm I.Q. 4:35pm Conviction 6:30pm The Help 9:00pm One Day 11:00pm Red Riding Hood 12:45am Love and Other Impossible Pursuits 2:35am Conviction 4:30am Django Unchained Special 5:00am I.Q.
SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:30am 22 Bullets 6:30am The Avengers Special 7:00am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 8:55am Immortals 10:55am SpiderMan 1:00pm Spider-Man 2 3:15pm Rambo: First Blood Part II 4:55pm The Recruit
6:55pm Immortals 8:50pm Spider-Man 10:55pm Spider-Man 2 1:05am Rambo: First Blood Part II 2:45am Rambo III 4:30am The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Special 5:00am American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
TCM 8:50am Gunfighters of Casa Grande 10:40am The Return of Frank James 12:25pm The Iron Sheriff 1:50pm The High Chaparral 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Man From Del Rio 5:40pm The Searchers 7:55pm 3 Godfathers 10:00pm On Deadly Ground 11:55pm Hell on Wheels 12:55am Los Amigos 2:35am On Deadly Ground 4:20am Los Amigos
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UNERAL plan provider Avalon has revealed expansion plans for the business after a majority stake was purchased by Lonsdale Capital Partners. Lonsdale said it aims to increase the amount of plans sold to around 10,000 a year to compete with Dignity and the Co-operative Funeral Care. Souter Investments, the private investment vehicle of Stagecoach run by Sir Brian Souter & F&C Private Equity Trust plc, a London listed investment trust with net assets of £189.3 million, are also investors. Avalon currently sells around 6,000 funeral plans a year and has operations in UK and Europe, where the British expat community retain funeral plans with the Wilmslow-based firm. Lonsdale has appointed Steve Chambers as Chief Executive of Avalon who was previously Chief Commercial Officer at Yell Group.
turnover and I have developed an excellent management team. In Lonsdale I know that the business has found an excellent financial partner and I look forward to watching the continued success of Avalon.” New Chief Executive Steve Chambers said: “I am delighted to be given the opportunity to apply my skills and experience to this business.” Avalon employs more than 150 people and expects expansion to double work opportunities within two years. With five offices located in Cheshire, Essex, Alicante, Malaga and Cyprus, and plans to open two more in Costa Brava and the Canaries by the end of 2013, they are well equipped to grow further. CITY INVESTMENT: Avalon moves forward and offers exciting career opportunities. Avalon Founder Mike Cooper said he was confident with the way the company will fare under
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World Championship Snooker staying on BBC THE BBC will remain the primary UK broadcaster of snooker’s biggest domestic tournaments until at least 2017, after extending its current deal with World Snooker. The World Championship, the UK Championship and the Masters will continue to be shown on the BBC up to the end of the 2016/17 season. Under the deal, there is also the option to add ‘one further event’ after 2014. Financial terms were not disclosed. All three major snooker events will be given live network coverage on the BBC in the UK, and coverage will also be available on BBC iPlayer. World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn said that the deal extension is “wonderful news” for the millions of snooker fans who enjoy watching the BBC’s coverage. He said there was over 260 hours of coverage of snooker shown on the BBC last season, and the 2012 World Championship was watched by 28.5 million people, which “proves what a wide appeal there is for snooker.” “The World Championship, the UK Championship and the Masters are among the highlights of the sporting calendar so it’s terrific they will remain on terrestrial television,” Hearn said. “Snooker has made huge progress in recent years and is growing rapidly as a worldwide sport. The BBC remains one of our most important partners and we look forward to many years working with them.” World number one snooker player Mark Selby added: “Everyone’s first memories of snooker are watching the big events on the BBC so it’s great for the players and fans to know those tournaments will remain on terrestrial TV for at least the next four years.”
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By Richard Shanley
SNOOKER: Three major events will be given live coverage. Of Europa Digital
John McCririck has started legal action against Channel 4 over allegations that he was dropped from the broadcaster’s racing coverage due to age. McCririck was one of the channel’s presenters to be axed when it switched production teams from Highflyer to IMG in 2012. Derek Thompson, Mike Cattermole and Alastair Down were also dropped in the handover. Veteran form expert Jim McGrath has remained on the team, alongside new anchor Clare Balding. McCririck spoke out about Channel 4’s decision last October and is now suing the channel with the services of employment and sports law specialist solicitor Stephen Beverley, of the London West End Cavendish Legal Group. In a statement, the TV star said: “Channel 4 and production company IMG Sports Media were yesterday each served a letter before action for age discrimination. After 29 years with Channel 4 Racing, on a rolling annual contract, I have been sacked without any consultation or cogent explanation. I am 72. “For loss of future earnings, unfair career damage, public humiliation, stress and mental anguish, I will be seeking
£500,000. Ageism is illegal. For tens of thousands of employees it has become the feared scourge of our society. This litigation should prove to be a watershed. There’s no upper limit to the amount of damages employment tribunals can award under the Equality Act 2010. “I am seeking a further exemplary, punitive £2.5m, part of which will be donated to charitable organisations helping to prevent negative prejudice in the workplace.” McCririck is a divisive personality with a unique and boisterous presenting style, who famously appeared twice on Celebrity Big Brother when it was on Channel 4. From 2013, Channel 4 Racing will be the new home of horse racing on TV. It will broadcast 88 days of coverage a year and show nearly 300 hours of live action. This includes a range of premium events, including the Cheltenham Festival, Aintree’s three-day John Smith’s Grand National meeting, the Investec Derby Festival from Epsom Downs, Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood. If you would like me to answer any questions, please call me on 678 332 815 or email richard@europa-digital.com. I look forward to your comments. Don’t forget to listen to my radio show every weekday from 10am on Spectrum Radio (90.8fm), or online at costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net for the latest news from the world of satellite television.
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Regime change with a new hero 10-star quiz
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented, but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a ‘looper’ – a hired gunman, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good, until the day the mob decides to ‘close the loop’, sending back Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. 1h59m Starring: Bruce Willis, Joseph GordonLevitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Being at the forefront of a learning experience is pleasurable this week. An unexpected offer seems small but could have a big effect. A friend in need may go over the top and annoy you. It may be necessary to distance yourself and give help through others. .
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Even as you prepare to go on a trip or start something new this week, the future beckons. In small things there are clues to the way forward. A chance encounter brings humour and opens your eyes to a friendship lately neglected.
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Available from El Corte Ingles in Marbella, autographed by the author, The Man details how a new type of hero can influence and change the course of world affairs. The subject of Iran and how to curb its nuclear ambitions fills our news daily now. Yet, other than the two extremes of diplomacy or a strike on its nuclear facilities, no one has
IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Meeting a stimulating person is both surprising and delightful. A few busy months see you burning the candle at both ends. A spring holiday can recharge batteries.
Y our S tars
demands that you find unacceptable and you will need all your tact to avoid unpleasantness, but any resistance by you will only gain you respect.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20)
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)
Emotional and monetary wealth go hand in hand at the beginning of this energetic week. Someone is likely to make
provided a solution. In The Man, Eric Jordan offers us an exciting and audacious alternative that kills two birds with one stone. The hero, Rick Sterling, is a man who both mingles with global policymakers and business leaders and leads a secret life as the
You may feel a bit like Sherlock
one who tackles global threats when others can’t, or won’t. Written by someone who ‘has been there and done that’, and brimming with the latest technologies, sexy hit-women, drug lords, and spies, The Man offers a real and lively contemporary alternative to James Bond.
Pep Guardiola, born January 18, 1971. He is a Spanish football manager and former player. As a player, he spent most of his career in FC Barcelona, winning one Championsʼ League among other titles. In 2008, he signed in as Barcelonaʼs manager winning 13 trophies during the four seasons in charge.
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Holmes when you solve a tricky dilemma. With your intellect soaring, it is little surprise others come to you with problems.
very well if you are willing, but if not keep your distance. As thoughts turn to summer, it is not surprising that a holiday is on your mind.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)
CANCER (June 22 - July 23)
Someone with a romantic interest in you starts buzzing around. This is all
Small matters start to clog up the emotional works. You would rather be somewhere else, but grit your teeth and deal with necessary matters. Finances certainly must be watched most carefully. Get your glad rags on at the weekend and really let your hair down. Of course, there are more serious matters to be considered but not all the time.
SU DOKU
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Mutual plans are exciting but make sure others know your needs exactly. As a Leo, you will never willingly accept second best but how can others know your standards? Your needs and desires are close to your heart but are sometimes held so close others cannot see and respond to them.
HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Putting your thoughts and feelings on a par with someone else will help you to understand their point of view. As painful as it seems, there will need to be some compromise if everyone is to be happy.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Sometimes, you retreat into your shell and your normally gregarious personality takes a back seat. Although you may not have received the expected response to a question recently, it is no reason to brood. Show yourself in your true colours.
1. Acinonyx jubatus is the scientific name (binomial nomenclature) for which longlegged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia? 2. Anura ranidae is the scientific name for which tailless amphibian? 3. Capra hircus is the scientific name for which hardy domesticated ruminant mammal? 4. Chiroptera is the scientific name for which flying mammal? 5. Hymenopetera formicidae is the scientific name for which social insect? 6. Pan troglodytes is the scientific name for which great ape? 7. Puma concolor is the scientific name for which large cat native to the Americas? 8. Rangifer tarandus is the scientific name for which ruminant mammal? 9. Ursidae carnivora is the scientific name for which large, heavy mammal? 10. Vulpes vulpes is the scientific name for which omnivorous mammal?
TARGET: Average: 16 Good: 21
Very good: 30 Excellent: 37
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
cedi, clod, code, cold, cord, dice, diol, dire, doer, dole, door, idle, idol, lido, lied, lode, lord, odor, olid, ride, rodo, cider, credo, dicer, dolce, olor, doric, droil, drole, drool, idler, oiled, older, rodeo, coiled, cooled, docile, doolie, colored, CROCODILE
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case H) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Word ladder
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)
LOTTERY
UK NATIONAL UK LOTTERY THUNDERBALL Saturday January 12
7
3
Saturday January 12
6
IRISH LOTTO
EURO MILLIONS
Saturday January 12
Friday January 11
13
2
4 22
26
11
12
27
24
24
22
30 31
39
BONUS BALL
THUNDERBALL
13
12
LA PRIMITIVA Saturday January 12
EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday January 13
2
3
17
19
20
44
27
29
37 32
33
BONUS BALL
25
41
29
LUCKY STARS
4
45
7
37
REINTEGRO
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4
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DARK
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Look ahead to see how exactly you can make this spring special. Making your plans clear to others means a smooth journey as opposed to unnecessary delays. A particular place brings back memories of a love long past.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)
There is an incredibly romantic week ahead if you only enter into the spirit of it. Let your feelings be seen and felt, showing appreciation for loved ones. You do not need the excuse of a birthday or anniversary to give a gift, just a heart full of love. Contentment surfaces several times this week and is down to your own past efforts.
MEAT
Move from the start word (DARK) to the end word (MEAT) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
DARK PARK PERK PERT PEAT MEAT
The way to bring energy levels up this week is to spend time with energetic people. You may feel a little on the fringes initially but, at the end of the day, your spirit will be lifted. Fresh air and group activities bring the most satisfaction.
Just joking Why do seagulls live near the sea? Because if they lived near the bay, they’d be called bagels. What’s small, red and whispers? A hoarse radish. What’s black and white and eats like a horse? A zebra.
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
Nonagram
Action and Adventure
1. CHEETAH, 2. FROG, 3. GOAT, 4. BAT, 5. ANT, 6. CHIMPANZEE, 7. COUGAR, 8. REINDEER or CARIBOU, 9. BEAR, 10. RED FOX
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Crosswords CRYPTIC
ENGLISH - SPANISH
Across 1 Saw heʼd, by accident, got the dirt off (6) 4 Diabetes is not turning into an argument (6) 7 A name for time spent in an office (4) 8 Disappears if he is in vehicles (8) 9 Joins a union, arise Mr Dance (7) 12 Chime in with a load of twaddle (3) 14 Friends for whom gangster tells tales (6) 15 Has a trying experience of stormy States (6) 16 Sign of agreement appears in no doubt (3) 18 Spread new form of car test (7) 22 Strange clue: ʻPair offʼ (8) 23 Some wombats are loopy (4) 24 Slumbering when former PM returns (6) 25 Rotates head of states troops (6) Down 1 Ate in warm, damaged subterranean pipe (5,4) 2 Confused Marcʼs returned to find 50 in bed (9) 3 Tom Daley is the new Verdi (5) 4 Thick, of French North/South divide, lastly (5)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Principio (comienzo) (5) 4 Needle (5) 7 Aire (3) 8 Smoked (f) (7) 9 Maletín (portafolios) (9) 13 Trillizo (7) 15 Costilla (3) 16 To peel (fruit, vegetable) (5) 17 Cuttlefish (5)
Co d e B r e a ke r 5 Bottom in Cubaʼs easy listening chart (4) 6 Starting tax returns every night, daft craze (5) 10 The right fish and the means to catch them (5) 11 Begin the jump (5) 12 Alert Etna about replacement (9)
13 Has misgivings about Old Bob, trust Sid (9) 17 Begins to write in circles (5) 19 Credit is power snack (5) 20 Rolls goes off (5) 21 Expected to carry money for fool (4)
Down 1 Conflict (5) 2 Nettle rash (5) 3 Admire (7) 4 Stern (6) 5 Large wild ox (5) 6 Real (7) 7 Landscape (7) 12 Outrage (7) 13 Inactive (7) 15 Choose not to vote (7) 16 Postpones (6) 18 Requires (5) 20 Nimble (5) 21 Fragment (5)
CRYPTIC Across: 7 Salami, 8 Latvia, 9 Nets, 10 Cleaning, 11 Loathes, 13 Nails, 15 Yearn, 17 Loudest, 20 District, 21 Bear, 22 Divine, 23 Grocer. Down: 1 Came to, 2 Bags, 3 Air crew, 4 Fleet, 5 Standard, 6 Signal, 12 Turn tail, 14 Pottage, 16 Elixir, 18 Spared, 19 Given, 21 Book. QUICK - Across: 1 Dusk, 3 Spotless, 9 Surplus, 10 Again, 11 State, 12 Rancid, 14 Elapse, 16 Accede, 19 Ramble, 21 Start, 24 Rides, 25 Example, 26 Sinister, 27 Fees. Down: 1 Disaster, 2 Syria, 4 Pastry, 5 Train, 6 Examine, 7 Send, 8 Pliers, 13 Restless, 15 Abandon, 17 Casual, 18 Severe, 20 Basis, 22 Ample, 23 Iris. ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Stamp, 4 Perro, 7 Margarine, 8 Eternidad, 12 Martillos, 14 Roses, 15 Snail. Down: 1 Sand, 2 Arm, 3 Portraits, 4 Platillos, 5 Reina, 6 Obey, 9 Tyres, 10 Amar, 11 Azul, 13 Sea.
Play on Words SLAP L3 and
tickle,
1. Unscramble the name of a famous Scottish-born actress: CREATE BONNIEST 2. Unscramble the name of a football club that plays in Football League Two: POLAR VET
13579 WHELMING Answers: Slap Overwhelming odds
Funagram
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 17 represents C and 23 represents H, so fill in C every time the figure 17 appears and H every time the figure 23 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across 1 Cronies (7) 5 Fake (5) 8 Consultant (7) 9 From that time (5) 10 Hurry (5) 11 Restrict (7) 12 Staid (6) 14 Not often (6) 17 Organise (7) 19 Pointed (5) 22 Male duck (5) 23 Analyse (7) 24 Water lily (5) 25 Genuine (7)
Down 1 Mares (4) 2 To open (5) 3 Viajero (9) 4 Avocados (9) 5 Grape (3) 6 Abbot (4) 10 Jarabe (líquido) (5) 11 Paso (4) 12 Work (4) 14 Enfermo (3)
Quote
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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas Edison (1847-1931) American inventor and businessman
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 sixletter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (GLIDER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ASIDES
FLANKS
SAGGED
AWARDS
FRIGHT
STALLS
BAIRNS
GLIDER(10)
WATERS
BOARDS
GUILTY
WHEELS
CALLER
HARDLY
WRISTS
CLOSER
LEMURS
DESERT
MAIMED
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Relief, 2 Ruined, 3 Chafed, 4 Dangle, 5 Ruffle, 6 Trench, 7 Girdle, 8 Placid, 9 Fleets, 10 Depend, 11 Grains, 12 Seldom, 13 Abated, 14 Awaits, 15 Months, 16 Braver, 17 Hammer, 18 Charge, 19 Escort.
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION ANNETTE CROSBIE PORT VALE
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Try ‘Grandma’s cookery’ at Restaurante Mari Cruz THE Mari Cruz restaurant has been going strong for 22 years and is popular with Brits and Spanish alike. Located on Avenida de Almeria 17 in Turre, it specialises in typical cuisine from the region and all dishes are made from traditional ingredients in what is known as ‘Grandma’s Cookery,’ although modern dishes are also available. A wide selection of grilled meats, fish, pizzas, pasta dishes and tapas can be found. The beautifully-decorated dishes can be accompanied by a generous range of wines and beers. The ‘croquetas’ are handmade and only fresh pasta is used to make delicious Italian dishes, which along with the pizzas, are personally made by owner Mari Cruz, who has 25 years’ experience crafting tasty dishes for others to enjoy. The most popular dishes, however, are grilled Iberian game and the ‘Mari Cruz-style’ cod. There are daily €9 menus offering a choice between two starters – like avocados filled with ‘delicias de mar’ or lobster cream soup
LOCAL CUISINE: Serving popular dishes. – followed by a choice between two main courses – for example, grilled lamb or swordfish – and ending with either dessert or coffee. Nevertheless, the daily menus’ two possibilities for starter and main course change every day. The restaurant, which also makes takeaway food, features a large room for company meals, small-scale events as well as birthdays. Every punter ordering a daily menu or an ‘a la carte’ meal is treated to a post-meal shot (‘chupito’) and groups of four or
more ordering ‘a la carte’ meals get a free bottle of cava. The restaurant crowd not only comes from Turre, but also from Albox, Mojacar, Macael, Cortijo Grande, Puerto Rey, Los Gallardos and Cabreras, The business is open from noon till 3.30pm and from 7pm to 11pm every day of the week except Tuesdays (albeit still open on festive Tuesdays). Further enquiries can be obtained by either visiting the premises directly or on 950 479 646.
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Remedy fit for a princess THE Duchess of Cambridge is reportedly snacking on lavender shortbread biscuits in a
bid to beat morning sickness. Lavender has long been used as an antinausea remedy, although pregnant women usually administer it in the form of a few drops of oil in the bath. However, Kate is said to have had the recommendation from the Duchess of Cornwall, who is known to be a fan of the biscuits. If you can’t get your hands on the biscuits, then there are other traditional methods used to help ease morning sickness. Try drinking herbal tea (especially ginger) and teas made with lemon balm and peppermint, which are also known to reduce nausea. It is recommended that you drink flat, roomtemperature ginger ale to settle your stomach and smelling a slice of lemon has been reported to help. Crackers are the plainest food for those feeling sick and fennel seed is a nausea remedy from Chinese folk medicine.
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Chopsticks and ‘old building ways’ T HE construction business was problematic. If there had been a financial analyst living then that did ‘time motion studies’ we would have failed before they started observing. We simply were spending more time apologising and placating disgruntled clients than working. There simply weren’t enough hours in a normal day to supervise construction and subserviently apologise to our growing list of disgruntled clients. So, we decided to beat them all at their own game, by just building block walls and then allowing the client to come along and chalk out where he wanted a door and where the windows went. That speeded up the process
just a little but threw the client into a tizzy, and what we gained we lost in further time-wasting interrogations and then lengthy lying explanations. We openly had to ‘suggest’ whispering in sotto voce that the builders could ‘read plans’ but desired, no, INSISTED on a more hands-on approach. Feeling the job through the bricks and blocks. Tactical eco building long before ‘green’ became popular. (We too had now been turned into lying fools to sustain our own process. You probably have learned by now that lies are often essential courtship in the big and small
Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 and became one of the pioneer developers. He reads extensively and travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.
business practices of this country.) Then it was decided that we had to find ‘dumber’ buyers. Ones not so investigative, examining, nor contentious. We had hoped we could find some dumber buyers that wouldn’t cost us so much time, but that
AT A SLOW PACE: That was how life went back then.
circumstance never arrived. Rather more photos had to be taken and we had to bribe every official that worked at Telefonica to get a phone installed in the office so we could make those whining, whingeing, butt-kissing
BLOCK WALLS: Just build them up and mark out the windows and doors. phone calls to our clients begging for more money. Hell, even in my own brother’s house, if you flushed the upstairs loo the gas hot water heater in the kitchen below would ignite and send waves of hot water cursing through the pipes and down the bog. Innovative it wasn’t but we tried to sell it as such. Life had turned into one major battlefield for making money. As for our trusted, loyal and ever contented, singing workers they had been building so long in the traditional method that asking them to change was tantamount to barging into the Chinese Embassy, slapping them on the sides of the head
for eating food with those outdated chopsticks. Come on, get with it, start using the knives and forks! Try telling any Chinese who continues his old-style eating habits to quit making such a flagrant eating error and the expression on their faces will summarise our problems and your own obvious psychosomatic, confused indulgences. Our management had become totally Spanish similar to these present times, lost for direction or lacking any envisioned solution.
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A second large tree in a boundary hedge will be trimmed as a thick fan to hide a neighbouring house but retain our mountain views. Having finished these jobs, in January and February we will work through the flower garden and fruit trees following our own advice recorded to remind us of best practices in ‘Your Garden in Spain and Growing Healthy Fruit in Spain.’
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• Name: Lauren Shakespeare • Age: 28 • Originally from: Wirral, England • Lives: Playa Flamenca, Orihuela Costa • Hobbies: Walking my 2 dogs, spending time with my family • Day job: Cambridge800 weight plan consultant and deputy manager at Medaesthetics • Night job: Choreographer/dancer (Beatz
Dance Company) and dancer in La Sal de Torrevieja • Guilty pleasure: Party rings • Biggest achievement: Dancing in street carnivals around Europe (and now Asia) • Would most like to meet: Darcy Bussell • Favourite Food: Chocolate • Favourite Film: Love Actually • Best thing about Spain: Hopping into the pool at the end of a long summer’s day • Worst thing: The paperwork
Carnival dancing queen From Menton to Murcia, Monaco to Montbrison, carnival company dancer Lauren Shakespeare has performed across Europe. Now, as she prepares to travel to Hong Kong, she speaks to Gemma Quinn about how she got involved in La Sal de Torrevieja.
How did you first get involved in carnival dancing and become a member of La Sal de Torrevieja? I am a trained dancer but it was pure chance and coincidence really that I found out about the group. My other half plays ice hockey in Elche and one of the player’s wives is the dance captain in the group and he just happened to mention that they needed members and so I went along.
How many members are there?
There are around 25 members who practise and rehearse once or twice a
week with around 12 travelling to take part in carnivals at any one time. Conchi is our manager and is in charge of all our bookings, liaising with our international manager, Fulvio.
What is it like being the only English member in the troupe? It was a little scary the first time I went away with the girls to take part in a carnival in France as no one spoke any English and you are travelling on a bus across the country and sharing a room with them, but it has certainly improved my Spanish!
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quite elaborate. How long do they take to make? There are around 10 costumes for us all and they take months to make. It’s big business. They are constructed and stored in warehouses across Torrevieja and when we arrive for a carnival we have to assemble them all the night before. They weigh around 25-30 kilos and wearing one is nothing like I have ever done before. I trained in classical ballet, tap, Latin American, modern and this is not technically difficult but it is a heavy weight to carry around when you are walking in heels for a long parade.
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F you want to walk your potentially dangerous dog without a muzzle, you and your dog will have to pass a nonaggression test with a vet. The vet will ask a lot of questions and handle the dog himself because he has to confirm the dog will be under your control in all circumstances and not react in an aggressive way if approached by a stranger. This test is valid for one year and costs €48. To register your potentially dangerous dog, as required by law, you must take the following documents and your passport or residency permit to the town hall: • A copy of your insurance policy. Pet owners must have public liability insurance of at least €120,000 for their dogs • Two pictures of yourself and your dog
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• A form confirming the dog has a micro-chip for personal identification implanted under its skin • The booklet confirming the animal’s vaccinations are up to date. At the town hall you have to fill in two forms. The first one is to confirm you want to have a permit for a potentially dangerous dog; the second one is to put your dog on the municipal register. On this form you
PEOPLE wanting to take the non-aggression test for potentially dangerous dogs should note it is an assessment of both the pet and the owner. Not only is the animal handled by a vet, but its owner has to take a psychological exam. Some psychologists are using the same tests as the ones used on people applying for gun licences. Not every vet is qualified to carry out the tests, only those who have taken a course with their professional body. Be careful when using translated forms, as some I have seen have lost huge chunks of the original text and others have had the meaning of the Spanish question altered. This is not an easy application and unless you are able to speak and read Spanish fluently I suggest you discuss this with your vet and seek his assistance. will have to state the reason you want the animal. For example, as a guard dog or any other reason. It also asks where and by whom the dog has
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A: Cats scratch more when they are feeling insecure. Maybe there is a new cat in the neighbourhood which she is worried about. Buy double-sided carpet tape and put it on the areas inside where you do not want her to scratch. Your email suggests you live in a cave. I am not sure if the tape will stick onto stone, but it will stick on to bedposts. David the Dogman
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* Michael Appleton is Blackburn’s fourth manager this season, following Steve Kean, Henning Berg and Gary Bowyer (caretaker). * England’s rugby coach Stuart Lancaster has selected two uncapped players - Calum Clark and Billy Twelvetrees - in his squad for the first Six Nations match of 2013 against Scotland at Twickenham. * After 13 successive away defeats, England finally beat India by nine runs (325-4/316-9) in the first of five ODIs. * Next month, Darren Clarke will play in India’s new Golf League (modelled on cricket’s 20/20 game). * The Masters Snooker champion-ship is under way at London’s Alexander
PELE: “Messi is the greatest.” Palace. * Brilliant Scott Waites beat Tony O’Shea 7-1 to win his first World Darts title. * Luka Modric (Spurs to Real Madrid) and Alex Song (Arsenal to Barcelona) were the two ‘worst’ signings made by La Liga clubs in 2012, said Spanish newspaper Marca. * The Australian Open
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Lionel Messi’s list of achievements goes on and on.
Marvellous Messi Football enthusiasts know that Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or (World Footballer of the Year) trophy for an unprecedented fourth time, beating Johan Cruyff’s triple success in the 1970s, but did you know these facts regarding the 25-year-old Barcelona magician: • Most goals scored in a calendar year: 91 • Most goals scored in a season: 68 • Most goals scored in a European Cup competition: 14 • Most goals scored in a La Liga season: 50 • Most goals scored in a single European Cup game: 5 • Most goals scored in the Spanish Super Cup: 10 • Barcelona’s top goal-scorer of all-time with 286 • Barcelona’s record goal-scorer in Champions League: 56 • Scorer of most La Liga hat-tricks: 15 • So far this season, scored 41 goals in 32 games.
started on Monday with Olympic and US Open champion and number three seed Andy Murray starting with a first round win over Dutch-man Thomas Haas. * The funeral of former WBA, Chelsea, Manchester City and England centre-forward Derek Kevan (77) takes place at Sutton Coldfield on Monday. The ‘Tank’ scored 235 goals in 440 games, won 14 England caps (8 goals) and played in the 1958 World Cup. He died in Birmingham, aged 77. BAD SIGNING: Luka Modric.
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VALLE DEL ESTE played their monthly medal last week. In third place, with 76 net (92 gross) one of their new members, Lloyd Dean. In second, was Dicky Hull with 74 net (89 gross) and in
first place, playing off five, with 72 net was Patrick Vickery. Nearest the pin on the 12th Bryan Brown and in two on the eighth John Haydon. Also last week the society played a Walz,
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with Chris Banks on form. The team of Chris Banks, Dave Falkus, Robin Hawkins and John Haydon were clear winners with 88 points. Chris has now had her handicap cut by three shots since her return in
December. Society members and friends send their best wishes for a speedy return to Johnny Clements, who is recovering from a knee replacement operation.
Heineken Cup action hots up at weekend
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HE last round of Heineken Cup rug-by group matches will be played this weekend. Biarritz, Clermont, Leicester/Toulouse, Leinster, Montpellier, Munster, Northampton/Castres, Saracens, Toulon and Ulster will round off their Heineken Cup group games ahead of the quarter-finals. Moving to football there are London derbies involving Arsenal and Chelsea and West Ham and QPR. Elsewhere, WBA play Aston Villa at The Hawthorns, Tottenham meet Manchester United and Manchester
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FOR its first match of the season 26 members and guests of the 19th Hole Golf Society ventured played Lorca golf Course. With the players split into two divisions this singles stableford contest got under way. Mike Donarski soon drew clear of the field and ultimately won division one with 37 points whilst playing off a handicap of 14. Graham Clough had a good round finishing second with 32 points playing off 16. In Division two Geoff Smith led the way with 30 points securing first place, Ralph Hunter (29) finished second. Best finishing Lady was Ann Clough in fourth place behind Harry Eels. The 19th hole G/S is now arranging weekly games at various courses in the area, home course, played fortnightly, is Aguilon. More information on the Cucador based club: 610340653. Or email gs19thhole@hotmail .co.uk
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City, seven points behind their nearneighbours, play Fulham. Many teams will have to do without their star African players as the African Cup of Nations gets under way in South Africa this weekend. * Southampton won last weekend’s Premier-ship ‘relegation’ six-pointer 1-0 to send Aston Villa into the bottom three; Reading came back from 2-0 down to beat WBA and QPR drew with Spurs.
FEWER bunkers and more user friendly positions are promised at Aguilon Golf this year. Those are some of the improvements planned, with bosses of the course promising that it will still be a challenging test. Meanwhile in their monthly medal Chris Baker was first, Dave Sharp second and Bill Gibb third. Ian Jenner and Brian Everitt scored twos. In the weekly competition there was a good turnout on a sunny but windy day. First was John Bridgen, 38 points, second Derrick Stephenson (35) and third Bill Gibb (34). More info: 634641199.
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LATEST OF MALAGA: 3-1 to Barcelona. * Both Arsenal and Manchester City finished with 10 men as the visitors won 2-0 while Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford, Robin van Persie netting his 20th goal of this season. * Jonathan Waters, making his 100th appearance for Stoke, ‘scored’ twice against his own team and missed a penalty, in Chelsea’s 4-0 win in the Potteries.
* Leicester won 4-0 at Bristol City to go third in the Championship behind Cardiff and Hull. * Malaga, suspended from European football for a year, must pay off huge debts before March 31 or face another 12month ban. * Lance Armstrong will ‘reveal all’ on the USA’s Oprah Winfrey show tonight (Thursday). Turn to Page 70
GREAT weather and good course conditions made for some fun golf when Badgers Golf visited Valle de Este. Topping the winners list on the day was Jackie Dale with 33 points, from George Crichton playing his home course (32) and Tony Randall (28) third. The only two of the day went to Alan Morris with nearest the pins being won by Tony Randal, Kath Morris, Phil Fellows and in two on the 18th Greg Knight. Saturday’s competition at Macenas was won by Alan Morris (43) beating Dave Crothers (37). Upcoming fixtures both Wednesdays and Saturdays are at Macenas.