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Trumpet solo MERCADONA has withdrawn its New Year’s Eve party bags following complaints that some of the trumpets did not work. Shoppers who have already bought them will be reimbursed, its web page announced.
Doubly lucky MOTYA, Igor Kovalev’s one-yearold rescue cat, has been rescued once again by Finestrat firefighters after spending a day trapped in a stormdrain. He was located using the GPS in his microchip.
Top-flight A TOTAL of 4.37 million passengers flew with budget airlines in the Valencia Region between January and November, a 3.8 per cent year-on-year increase. Of these, 3.34 million passengers used Alicante-Elche airport.
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Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar en route THERE won’t be a city, town or village in Spain without a Three Kings procession on January 5. The actual feast day might fall on January 6, but presents arrive the night before and this year children in Finestrat will receive their presents from the hands of Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar themselves during two processions. One begins at 7pm in the town’s old quarter and another in La Cala, which starts at 6.30pm at Monika Holidays and finishes at the beach.
A buoyant season for Benidorm BENIDORM hotels were 80 per cent full over Christmas and expect 95 per cent occupancy for the New Year. The resort’s available beds have increased by 1,500 over the last month, increasing the total offer to around 34,500 beds. More hotels closed for renovations than in 2013, said Antonio Mayor, President of Costa Blanca hoteliers’ association, Hosbec, but throughout
December they have been pulling up the shutters that went down in early November. Most started taking bookings for Christmas and New Year last summer and now expect lastminute reservations for the end-ofyear celebrations to round up the numbers. The Spanish and British dominate the bookings, together with visitors from Belgium and the Netherlands.
“Russian tourism has suffered most owing to the conflict with Ukraine, not that Russia was ever a major market,” Mayor admitted. Hosbec is putting out feelers to some Eastern European countries but for the moment the picture is similar to last year’s. “We had very positive results at the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 and we expect the same this year,” Mayor said.
An act of kindness A NORWEGIAN family living in Javea has given €1,000 to a single mother in need. The donation arrived at the town hall’s Social Services Department via the local businesswomen’s group Mujeres Emprendedoras. It came with the proviso that the money should go to a single mother in a precarious financial situation with children to care for. The Norwegian family has already donated €4,000 in recent months.
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OUT AND ABOUT: Montgo - not far to go now.
An active year for Denia residents
DENIA Town Hall organised 49 activities for 5,316 people during this year’s Environmental Education programme and the Environment Department collaborated with local schools on 16 different projects for 4,369 pupils. Activities followed guidelines set out in Spain’s White Paper on Environmental Education and included visits to the Mediterranean garden in Pedreguer’s L’Albarda Villa and expeditions to the Molins beach to regenerate the dunes with native plants.
The Actividades en Familia programme scheduled events for Sunday so that families could enjoy them together. Activities included plays, music, dance and conjuring, although outdoor pursuits were not forgotten with bicycle outings as well as conducted tours of places of local interest. ‘Discover Denia’ was another initiative, with outings in July and August organised for late afternoon and evening to avoid the summer heat. Night-time events included astronomy expeditions and a conducted tour of San Antonio marine reserve.
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Any old iron BENIDORM’S new market near the N332 will not affect local trade, the regional government has insisted. It will sell antiques, secondhand goods and craftwork, the Trade, Tourism and Commerce Department said.
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MUCH of the land inside the Montgo National Park is private property. Some belongs to the heirs of Mariano Navarro Rubio, a Franco minister and Bank of Spain governor. The land, which was affected by last September’s forest fire, includes part of a footpath linking the Tango beach to the Cabo de
San Antonio Mirador lookout. The local and regional governments’ regeneration and replanting programme makes no distinction between municipal and private property and there is currently much coming and going of forestry workers. As well as the usual hikers, residents also collect firewood from the felled trees. Large stones now block the
path making it passable only to walkers and cyclists. Notices tell the public when it may be used although it was a right of way long before Mariano Navarro Rubio bought the land from Javea Town Hall in the 1970s. He paid 24,000 pesetas (€144) for it, intending to build an urbanisation and aerodrome, which never materialised.
Language poll ONLY 17 per cent of Valencian Community parents voted online to decide whether their children are taught in Spanish or Valenciano. The administration plans another ballot on continuous school days. See it grow ANOTHER 48 allotments have been allocated in Denia’s Torrecremada district, with applicants drawing lots for the numbered plots. More will be available in the New Year, the town hall said. Toy danger THE regional government withdrew 72,272 toys from the market this year because they did not conform to safety standards. Seventy per cent were imports, with the majority coming from Asia. All shook up CASTELLON’S Public Prosecution Department is to take legal action against the central government’s Environment and Industry Department for allowing Castor to store gas offshore. This caused 512 earth tremors last year, sources claimed.
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Long goodbye ALICANTE mayor Sonia Castedo, who stands accused of corruption, has finally announced her resignation on her Facebook page. She had done nothing dishonest, she declared, but needed to protect her daughters from an unjust situation.
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HONORARY Russian Consul Ramon Congost Valles visited Denia’s theatre school ETC, to promote cultural exchange between Russian residents and other nationalities. While there he viewed a drama class conducted in Russian.
New food bank OLIVA now has its own food bank in Ronda del Rebollet. More than 400 families received food on the first day, after which supplies will be distributed once a month.
Water hike MAYORS from 70 towns in Alicante and Murcia on the Canales de Taibilla board (MTC) have agreed to raise the price of domestic water. It will now cost €0.695 per cubic metre instead of €0.645.
Flu jabs TOWERING CHALLENGE: Tarragona’s spectacular human tower festival.
Tarragona’s castells is a top image of 2014
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OME of the most amazing images of the year have been chosen by press photography agency Barcroft Media, including one particular shot from a Spanish festival which generally has people wondering to themselves: “But what if they fall?” The above image forms part of Barcroft Media’s Best Pictures from 2014 and was taken during the 25th Castells Competition held every October in Tarragona. A total of 30 ‘human tower’ groups gathered in a contest to build the most difficult human tower structure, an annual tradition in the Spanish city. The Castells competition is televised and news headlines usually focus on spectacular
Quote of the Week You are like Jesus on Christmas night. There was no room for him either.’ Pope Francis during a surprise Christmas Eve telephone call to refugees in a camp near Irbil, in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region. ISIS fighters have forced tens of thousands of Christians to flee.
tower collapses, as well as showing those that are successful. Competitors need strength, coordination and a head for heights as they clamber up the human tower, and the falls can regularly be quite serious. The castells have been awarded the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity designation, and the event is just one of a number of bizarre festivals that Spain is known for. Bizarre or not, the competition offers spectacular sights, thrills and spills, and was chosen by Barcroft Media’s celebration of the ‘amazing side of life’. The selection of photos also focuses on major news events from the year.
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per cent is the amount that the Bank of Spain predicts the Spanish economy will grow by in 2015, a year that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has described will be the ‘year of an economic take-off’.
THE regional health department has administered 681,200 flu vaccinations since October. Aimed at the over60s as well as expectant mothers, medical staff and carers, the campaign lasts until January 30.
Running free DOGS will have a fenced 500square-metre park in Gandia’s port area with trees, a drinking fountain and benches where owners can sit. There will be a specific ‘toilet zone’ for the dogs.
On-site dealers A DENIA resident has been arrested for dealing drugs from his home. He and an accomplice were found with marihuana and hashish.
And finally... THE Three Kings in Zaragoza were slapped with fines when they were caught riding motorcycles with no helmets on their way to an appearance at a local school. Police stopped the trio for wearing golden crowns instead of the legally required helmets. Pupils had to wait 45 minutes while the Three Kings were chastised and fined.
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An invitation to visit Clooney film set
More jobs around ALICANTE PROVINCE managed to create employment for the first time in nine years in 2013. The number of jobless fell by 8,547 while the number of new subscribers to the Social Security system rose by 3,618. Construction is once again providing work, following the brusque decline that began with the 2008 crisis. The only sector where unemployment increased was agriculture.
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Altea seafront gets makeover
REMODELLING work on Altea’s seafront and shoreline RY A has begun. NU The Charco, the smelly A J artificial lagoon separating the paseo from the sea, will soon be no more. Built in the late 70s to protect the seafront from the constant battering of waves, the lagoon served its purpose but stagnated even after January 9, Issue 1488.
openings were made to allow more seawater to enter. The smell was often unbearable during the summer and generated endless complaints from seafront business-owners. Diggers are also at work on the town side of the Algar rivermouth, completing the first phases of a 30- to 40metre-wide beach.
FILMING ‘Tomorrowland’ starring George Clooney and Hugh Laurie continues this week in Valencia City. “I haven’t seen George Clooney,” admitted the city’s 65-year-old mayor Rita Barbera, who has never married. She rejected rumours that the city authorities were banned from the Tomorrowland set at the City of the Arts and Sciences where the sci-fi fantasy is being filmed. “That’s a whopping great lie,” the mayor said, as she had been invited to visit the set and watch filming, Barbera revealed. “Perhaps I’ll go,” she added.
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ECONCILIATION, religious violence and corruption were the subjects of the three major Christmas messages of interest to expats in Spain this year. Queen Elizabeth’s speech – the traditional gather-around-the-telly-onChristmas Day event in so many UK households – touched on a number of subjects with the main theme being one of reconciliation. Pope Francis used his annual Christmas message to condemn religious violence worldwide, particularly in Iraq and Syria. And King Felipe VI used his very first Christmas address to the nation to condemn the corruption that has cast a dark shadow over Spain during 2014. His own sister’s questionable involvement in such kind of affairs was noticeably absent from his speech, though he did say that public figures don’t have a right to “profit or become rich”. Christmas messages from world leaders often fall on deaf ears, but they
always bear a message that people should heed. The Queen of England urges reconciliation, and who wouldn’t agree with that? She said “peace and goodwill have lasting power.” And she’s absolutely right; peace and goodwill do have lasting power. The Pope calls for an end to religious violence and King Felipe VI condemns corruption; both opinions that the majority of people worldwide would share. While a lot of people hear the speeches at Christmas time, many instantly forget what the message was and go back to grabbing another mince pie and glass of mulled wine. But to give a thought to the messages and take on board what people are saying can help initiate change. Christmas is a time of peace and goodwill, of reconciliation and of turning our backs on the world’s wrongs. To carry this message beyond Christmas and throughout the year is something that we should all try our best to do.
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Look back on 2014 ON THE COAST: Worries over tourism.
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February 6, Issue 1492. THERE is growing opposition in Javea towards oil prospecting in the Mediterranean Sea. Spokespersons from all political parties - the PSPV socialists, Xabia Democratica, Partido Popular, Ciudadanos por Javea and Compromis attended a meeting called by the mayor, Jose Chulvi. They are presenting a united front to convey their worries to the
central government. A draft statement has now been prepared and is expected to be approved at an extraordinary council meeting today (Thursday). It will set out worries of the local tourist and fishing industries which are anxious to learn what the oil prospecting company Cairn Energy has in store for them. Oil prospecting would adversely affect fish catches, potentially damaging a sector important to the area’s economy as well as the catering industry. This in turn would put even more people out of work. Members of the Marina Alta’s hotel and tourism association Aehtma are also uneasy and want the regional government’s Cabinet to reject
Javea school is one of the best COLEGIO GRAULL in Javea has been ranked as one of the Valencian Community’s best schools. In independent tests, the state school came 13th amongst the 1,322 competing schools in linguistic skills and 33rd in maths skills. The school’s headmistress, Francesca Gil, is one of the region’s 15 headteachers chosen by the regional education department to help shape policies in an endeavour to combat academic failure. “This is all thanks to the effort and hard work of our teachers,” said Empar Bolufer, who is in charge of the town hall’s education department. Bolufer also called on the regional government not to go ahead with the closure of a Javea infants’ school, which is scheduled for next year.
“this threat to our way of life and our legacy to coming generations.”
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LINE-UP: Agustin Navarro inspects Benidorm’s Local Police.
Still going strong
BENIDORM’S Local Police force recently celebrated its 170th anniversary. It was created in 1844, according to the minutes of a town hall assembly presided over by Jose Thous Perez. Two local men, Francisco Orozco and Francisco Zaragoza, were appointed to guard the town. Their successors were honoured 170 years later in a ceremony attended by Benidorm’s mayor, Agustin Navarro, and Sebastian Fernandez from the
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neighbouring municipalities as well as local dignitaries. “Thanks to the dedication, effort and hard work of the three police forces, Benidorm has established itself as one of the safest places in Spain and Europe,” Navarro said. The streets are patrolled by Community Police, the mayor pointed out, although public safety in the resort was further assisted by efficient security and control in neighbouring towns.
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Health cards made easy ACQUIRING a SIP health card can be an ordeal for foreign residents. Knowing this, Javea Town Hall has arranged with Marina Salud - the Marina Baja’s state health care provider - to simplify matters. Newcomers registering on the ‘padron’ or municipal register at the Residents’ Service Office (OAC) can now apply for a SIP card at the same time. Paperwork will include an application form for the health card, explained Residents’ councillor Oscar Anton. Marina Salud will later make contact in the resident’s language. If Javea’s 7,000 to 10,000 unofficial residents were to register, both they and the town would soon feel the benefit, Anton added.
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Paddy’s Got Talent! A SEVENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD British expatriate was the star of the show of Saturday night’s Britain’s Got Talent. Despite being buzzed by Simon Cowell early in what seemed a dull routine, Paddy Jones and her dance partner Nico Espinosa held their nerve to launch into an acrobatic dance routine that left the audience and judges gasping. A twirling Paddy performed a series of moves that would put competitors 60 years younger to shame with her energy, technique and courage. And that led to a standing
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STARS: Paddy and Nico. ovation from the huge crowd at Birmingham’s ICC where the audition was filmed, an apology from Simon Cowell for buzzing
her, and most importantly, Amanda Holden hitting the Golden Buzzer. That puts Paddy (real name Sarah)
Hard-up drivers taking care to avoid fines LOCAL POLICE fines in San Vicente del Raspeig fell by 29 per cent last year. A total of 2,192 drivers were booked, compared with 3,086 in 2012.
The municipal tow truck also did 36 per cent less business, falling from 1,455 in 2012 to just 930 last year, even though officers worked 13 per cent more shifts.
and Nico straight through to the smash ITV talent show’s semi-finals. Paddy revealed that her dreams of becoming a professional dancer ended in 1956 when she married and decided to raise a family. She and husband David finally retired to Gandia on the Costa Blanca, but shortly afterwards, in 2003, he died of leukaemia. So the great-grandmother decided to fill the hours in her new life alone by taking up dance again. She walked into Nico’s dance studio hoping to learn Flamenco. The pair hit it off and were soon competing in club competitions around Spain. In 2009, they won the Spanish TV talent competition Tu Si Que Vales before deciding to bring their routine to a British audience.
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Pay-cut returned to 45 workers AN Alicante court ordered Campello Town Hall to pay 45 municipal employees a total of €50,000. Their pay was docked following crisis-busting legislation introduced during the last government, headed by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. In a money-saving step, public employees’ salaries suffered a 5 per cent pay reduction, apart from workers in lower wage bands who
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Waiting lists reduced IT has taken five years for Marina Salud to eliminate waiting lists at Denia Hospital. Celebrating the hospital’s fifth anniversary, Angel Gimenez - director of the area’s Health Department - said patients now wait an average of 33 days for an operation.
complained the worker’s unions. Legal proceedings were initiated at the time and the case has finally reached court, where the judge ruled in favour of the workers and ordered the town hall to return the wrongly-deducted 4 per cent. The deduction was all the more damaging because the 5 per cent cut was applied to employees who barely earned €1,000 a month, said Miguel Chinchilla, Secretary General of the Alacanti-La Marina branch of the UGT union. Campello Town Hall is considering an appeal against the ruling. municipal sources revealed.
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COSTA BLANCA: The area was so busy over Easter that phones stopped working.
Phone meltdown predicted - again THE Costa Blanca was saturated with visitors over Easter, so it was little wonder that phone communications went into meltdown. And the situation could now be repeated as the May Day long weekend starts today (Thursday) with a predicted 90 per cent occupancy. The Easter rush was welcome but brought headaches for mobile phone companies. Practically every national and international visitor to Benidorm - not to mention residents - was dismayed to find no mobile signal to send off photos and social networking messages. Those who did manage to get connections found them so frustratingly slow that Movistar, Vodafone, Yoigo and Orange were inundated with complaints. Benidorm residents with broadband also complained of an erratic or non-existent connection, as did businesses which encountered difficulties with credit card payment machines. Spain’s principal operator Telefonica admitted having problems but insisted that infrastructure had greatly improved since last year. Meanwhile, Benidorm Council has contacted the principal mobile companies, calling for a solution to what threatens
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to become a recurring problem. “We cannot intervene directly, as this concerns private companies,” said New Technology councillor Ruben Martinez. “Nevertheless, we must ensure that our tourists and residents enjoy a good phone service,” he added.
Easier parking in Calpe CALPE Town Hall is releasing more space for free afternoon parking in Avenida Madrid. This street has heavy traffic each morning. By early afternoon it is practically deserted and the ‘blue zone’ parking bays are hardly used, residents said. The town hall and Pavasal, the parking concessionary company have now agreed Avenida Madrid ‘zona azul’ will start at 9am and finish at 2pm, announced Traffic councillor Jan van Parijs.
JUAN CARLOS decided to step aside after 39years on the throne, announced Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Rajoy addressed the nation to say that there would be an amendment to the country’s constitution to allow the king’s eldest son Prince Felipe, 45, to take over. The new Crown Act, which will regulate the abdication and succession process was being pushed through the lawmaking stages on Tuesday. In his official speech, King Juan Carlos, 76 who has reigned since 1975, said: “We have felt the need for renovation, and to open up a better future. Today a younger generation deserves to
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June 5, Issue 1509. step forward.” “I want the best for Spain, to which I have dedicated my whole life. I have decided to abdicate my crown to give way to a new generation embodied by my son Felipe, heir to the throne. I keep and will keep Spain forever deep in my heart.”
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Wish lantern veto ignored in Javea DESPITE the ban on wish lanterns, dozens were set off from Javea’s Arenal beach on the night of the San Juan festivities. Their launchers intended them to float out to sea but the lanterns instead drifted inland, although fortunately without triggering disaster. The flimsy lanterns with their naked flames
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Leave Finestrat as it is, say residents FINESTRAT Town Hall held a series of meetings with residents to discuss future development plans. Residents were asked to fill out a questionnaire, the findings of which were to be taken into account when drawing up the next Urban Development Plan (PGOU), said Town Planning councillor Juan Francisco Perez. The residents all agreed that they liked Finestrat as it was.
part of the world they are classed as pyrotechnic material and therefore illegal. Last year they caused a forest fire that consumed 1,000 square metres of woodland when set off from a villa on the Denia side of Montgo. The blaze took several hours to put out and the occupants, all members of the same IrishAmerican family were arrested. As the drought continues, all potential fire hazards are banned throughout the Valencia Region. This even includes cooking paellas in the picnic areas of some national parks as reported recently in the Euro Weekly News.
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BENIDORM: Preparing for a swim on the Poniente beach.
Access for all
ALMOST 9,000 people used three easy-access points for the disabled on Benidorm’s beaches between January and July. Thanks to these facilities, Benidorm was ranked eighth amongst all Mediterranean resorts by the Discapnet online guide to accessible beaches. This places it ahead of the Balearics and Cataluña, pointed out Beaches Councillor Vicente Juan Ivorra. Three lifesavers are on duty at each of the easy-
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for assisting those with sight problems, Ivorra said. Each of the points has an access ramp and a boardwalk that connects the ramp to the seashore, with a bathing area marked out with buoys. There are adapted changing rooms, windbreaks and shady areas as well as amphibious chairs suitable for adults and children, Ivorra added. Prominent amongst this year’s improvements are a reading area and a free Wi-Fi connection, the councillor said.
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A royal bargain for Denia shipping line BALEARIA, the shipping line whose ferries link Denia and Baleares, has paid €2.2 million for the former Spanish royal yacht. The Fortuna, which originally cost €18 million, was presented to King Juan Carlos by a group of Balearics’ businessmen in 2001. Juan Carlos returned it last year in a show of solidarity with those affected by Spain’s economic crisis. New owner Adolfo Utor, the chairman of Balearia, was looking for more than glamour when he bought the 41-
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the Fortuna were the powerful Rolls-Royce engines. They are reputedly worth triple the amount that Utor paid for them. Balearia has been involved with RollsRoyce since late 2012 on a project to convert engines to liquid gas. It now remains to be seen if this process can be successfully applied to the Fortuna. The project is close to Utor’s heart because it could reduce fuel costs by at least 30 per cent and cut carbon dioxide emissions by around 25 per cent.
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Rob’s icy challenge in memory of his wife ICE COLD: Rob Harris endures an icy shower.
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pushed him into the water to warm up, rather than cool off. The challenge, which involves dumping a bucket of icy water on someone’s head, began as a way to raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and encouraging donations to research. Everyone who endures the challenge makes a donation and nominates others to follow suit. Rob Harris undertook the challenge in memory of his wife who died from ALS four months ago. In turn he has nominated the pharmaceutical companies, asking them to spend more on trying to find a cure.
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September 4, Issue 1522. ROB HARRIS, a British resident in Calpe, recently endured the Ice Bucket Challenge. Rob took the challenge as literally as he could, bearing the full force of a stream of ice from the local fishing guild’s ice-making plant at Calpe harbour. Following Rob’s shower from the huge hose used to load ice onto fishing boats his waiting friends
Holiday On Ice celebrates 70th birthday in Benidorm
ICE SKATING stars of all ages reunited in Benidorm for a weekend of nostalgia. Holiday On Ice has been thrilling audiences for more than 70 years with spectacular iceskating skills performed by champions, glamorous showgirls and boys, comedians and gymnasts. The first ever show opened in the winter of 1943 in Toledo, Ohio, USA, and was such a success that it went on tour in 1945 using the world’s first portable ice rink. The official 70th Anniversary Show was performed this year in Paris and at the weekend, some of the skaters were in Benidorm for the 70th anniversary reunion. One of them was Sally Harrison who now lives in Spain and runs Axarquia Properties.
REUNION: Holiday On Ice stars reunite in Benidorm for the 70th anniversary. She was in Holiday On Ice in 1970 when she was in her late teens. An actress also, she was spotted in Brighton at the age of just 15 and invited to skate on the first cabaret show in colour on BBC2. Then Holiday On Ice followed; a time of travel, experience and fun of which she has fond memories. “We had people on the show from all over the world and it was so
family-orientated,” she said. Sally added that it is the only industry she knows where people still keep in touch and have reunions. “We were touring and together for 50 weeks of the year so you formed close bonds,” she explained. David Cowen was with the company for 20 years and said: “We had quite a lively time. It was great and quite an education.”
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Lost and found: one Harris’s hawk A DENIA resident sitting peacefully on his terrace was startled when a huge, squawking bird landed beside him. He rang the Local Police from his apartment in the Baix la Mar neighbourhood, nervously watching as the bird paced up and down on his terrace. To his surprise the police explained that they were already looking for the bird, an escaped pet named Pablo who had disappeared two days earlier. He is one of a pair of Harris’s hawks owned by Miguel, a young man from Madrid, who spends long periods in Denia. He routinely takes the birds to the port area so they can spread their wings, but this time they had just arrived from Madrid by road and Pablo got lost. However, they pose no threat to the public, as Miguel handfeeds the hawks.
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October 2 Issue 1526 THE Euro Weekly News (EWN) Media Group has picked up a prestigious award from the Spanish newspaper industry. EWN was nominated in the AEEPP (Asociaciòn Española de Publicaciones Periòdicas) 9th annual awards ceremony in Madrid. Members of the Euro Weekly News (EWN) team travelled to Madrid where they were joined by other media publications from across Spain. President of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio Gonzalez, presented the award to the EWN team. It was made for the dedicated deliverance for more than 15 years of its free weekly publication to the English expatriate and English-speaking community in Spain and the wider digital audience. The award was accepted on behalf of the entire EWN group by Operations Manager, Nicki Burgess.
AWARDS CEREMONY: The Euro Weekly News team went to Madrid to collect their award. Forty awards were presented to media publications, EWN being the only Englishlanguage publication to receive one. Nicki Burgess said: “We are honoured to receive the award and privileged to be here with our Spanish colleagues from other media groups.” Sr. Gonzalez asked who EWN targeted and Nicki explained it was the largest English-language publication keeping expatriates in Spain informed of news across its six editions. He was impressed with the coverage and asked when EWN would be available in Madrid, asking if it would be when Madrid had a beach. He showed
great interest in EWN’s attendance, saying that he could tell the team were from Malaga with their southern Spain suntans. The conversation continued in a jovial manner, with the story being relayed to the president at his request as to how EWN had become such a large and successful news group. EWN owners Michel and Steven Euesden were unable to attend the ceremony as they were promoting the business in Europe at another function. But having seen the photographs of the event, Michel said: “This award is for no one person, it is for all at EWN. We do not work as
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Dog-owners swell town hall accounts BENIDORM Town Hall earned itself €25,000 by fining pet-owners in the last eight months. The term ‘brigada marron’ (brown brigade) is possibly too graphic, but this is the popular name for the street patrol that keeps watch to ensure owners clean up after their dogs. Owners who failed to do this were fined €150 each, accounting for €18,000 of the total. The 70 people sanctioned for not muzzling
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November 6, Issue 1531. their dogs or omitting to micro-chip them each had to pay €100. Dogs’ mess in the town
has been reduced by 60 per cent, said the town hall which is now taking steps to eliminate the smell left by urinating dogs. The patrol will hand out 5,000 spray bottles - big or small depending on the dog’s size - which owners will be asked to fill with water and some bleach. They should then spray lamp-posts, bollards, trees or wherever their pets have cocked their legs, the town hall said.
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BENIDORM: Tourists can book a cheap break during the winter months.
Hotel price war is great news for winter tourists A PRICE war means that ER some tourists heading for B Benidorm are having to pay EM V less for their hotel rooms NO than pensioners on statesubsidised schemes. Some agencies are offering rates for Benidorm hotels at €19, even lower than the €22 per person per day rate by Imserso, November 27, Issue 1534
the cheap winter travel scheme for pensioners. This is good news for tourists looking for a cheap break as hotels have slashed prices to rock bottom. Hotels have to decide whether to take the lower rates to guarantee custom and keep employees busy or to close until the summer.
December 11, Issue 1536. BRITISH by birth, Spanish at heart, Pamela Dawson Tasker has received the British Empire Medal (BEM) for her charitable work and assistance to the expatriate community in Spain. Receiving the medal from the Ambassador’s Residence in Madrid, Pamela told Euro Weekly News that she had been ‘stunned’ to receive the call from the ambassador to say she had been recognised in the Queen’s
HONOURED: Pamela with her British Empire Medal. Birthday Honours List. “I couldn’t believe it and had to keep it quiet until it was officially announced,” said Pamela. As she accepted the medal, Pamela, who has lived on the Costa Blanca for more than 30 years, said it was not just for her, but in recognition of all the
volunteers. She added: “There are hundreds of thousands of volunteers doing their bit and none of this existed 30 years ago. I couldn’t do what I do without the volunteers who help, and I look on this as a recognition of the work done by all these people.”
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business & legal Tourism heads for the record books SPAIN welcomed 61.7 million foreign visitors between January and November 2014. This is 7.2 per cent more than during the same period in 2013 and the addition of December will make 2014 a recordbreaking year. November’s figures were also encouraging, as the 3.4 million
foreign tourists who entered Spain in that month were 2.9 per cent up on 2013. As usual, they came from the ever-faithful source markets of the UK, France, Germany, Scandinavia and Italy. The UK remained at the top of list with 14.3 million tourists during the first 11 months of the
Smart to make do and mend SPAIN now repairs more items than before the economic crisis. This is especially true of smartphones and the two million repaired throughout 2014 doubled those of 2012. There are now 51 million mobile lines in Spain. There are approximately 70 million handsets and 80 per cent of all new mobiles are smartphones, a Telefonica Foundation report has revealed. The expense of a new terminal prompts most owners to opt for repairs because although a repair costs the phone company around €116, users pay approximately €40, as the phones are usually covered by guarantee.
For Movistar, Vodafone, Orange and Yoigo what was a minor subsidiary service has become an important segment of their business and another commercial ploy in the battle to keep clients happy. Some repairs take only an hour at a provider’s outlet while others can require eight days to complete. Screen replacements are the most frequent request, with more phones taken in on a Tuesday than any other day of the week. July and September are the busiest months for repairs, Vodafone said, as most mishaps occur on the beach or at swimming pools while on holiday.
year, a 4.9 per cent increase on 2013 and 23.3 per cent of the total number. The majority of foreign visitors headed for Cataluña, which received 15.9 million tourists, 25.8 per cent of the total. The Canaries were the second favourite destination, followed by the Balearics and Andalucia.
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Pension paradox SPANISH pensions are practically frozen but gained purchasing power in 2014 for the second consecutive year. This was due to falls in the retail price index and oil prices.
Risky shares A MADRID judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Madrid couple claiming that Bankia mis-sold them shares. However uninformed they might be ‘everyone knows’ that buying shares is risky and not a deposit, he commented.
Mastering management THE IESE Business School in Madrid is now 50 years old. It was the first centre to offer an MBA (Master’s Degree in Business Administration) in Europe and it did so with the co-operation of Harvard. Since then, more than 7,200 people from 102 countries have studied there. Although the economic crisis has prompted international questions
regarding the practical value of an MBA, the school’s director-general Jordi Canals dismissed claims that management cannot be taught but is acquired through experience. “Management is the most complex profession that anyone can tackle,” Canals remarked, adding: “An MBA is not the ultimate solution, but it does help to make great professional strides.”
SPAIN’S Economy Minister Luis de Guindos foresaw that growth in the last three months of 2014 would ‘at least’ equal the third quarter’s when the GDP rose by 0.5 per cent.
INBOUND: 61.7m visitors so far this year. Credit IR Stone Shutterstockcom
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Business is a family affair MANY small businesses would struggle if it were not for the help of family members. In their own way each member of the family has an interest in its wellbeing. This has negative economic consequences on the greater community. The unpaid better half and children helping out is work that could otherwise be carried out by fully paid cards-in employees. There is a downside when it comes to employing or being dependent on input from a family member. It isn’t easy to discipline, let alone confront and sack a malingering wife,
Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.
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husband or sibling. There is the added likelihood of causing a family rift if you do so. If you find an employee with their fingers in the till or not pulling their weight you can fire them. It is not so easily done when it is a family member.
There will also be the likelihood of ‘employees’ taking advantage of their family position. They will, not to put too fine a point on it, swing the lead. They may not be as hard-working or as focused as they would be if working in a conventional job. A family business has to work to business principles. These must be inspired and mutually agreed upon by all involved. Running any business has to be a team effort. An important point is to remind every team member that they are not working for you; they are working for the business. The boss is also an employee.
Everyone, the boss included, plays by the same rules. A common mistake made by employees, including family members, is to consider each day’s takings as profit. It is not of course. A family member who worked for me glowed when he showed me the day’s takings. Bless him. I might have rained on his parade by reminding him that I was lucky to see 10 per cent of what was in the till. For some, such as newsagents, the margins are much lower. Is there an answer? Yes, grin and bear it. Happy New Year.
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Take a few sensible financial steps to ensure a happy ever after Loose change A look at finance for females
Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
A NEW YEAR brings with it an eagerness for new beginnings. In January we think about changing old habits and starting out afresh. For a friend of mine, the new project for 2015 is moving in with her long-term boyfriend. And while they have a fabulous relationship and are very excited to live together, research shows that couples argue more about financial matters than any other topic. So rather than concentrating on postcodes and styles of furniture it’s vital to get money matters discussed in detail first and foremost. A poorly planned move-in can put
JOINT FINANCES: Couples should have an agreed plan. tremendous stress on a relationship, so it’s best to smooth out the details ahead of time to avoid disagreements and hard feelings later. Get full disclosure Before moving in together, or mingling assets, couples should fully disclose their finances as
part of a joint financial planning process. Leaving any nasty financial skeletons in the closet will certainly end in even harder conversations further down the line. Split living expenses fairly Develop a plan for paying bills together and divide household
expenses evenly or proportionate to each partner’s income. Who’ll pay for the internet, TV, electricity, water or groceries? Work out a system to divvy up bills so it’s always organised and fair. Who paid for what? When it comes to big purchases
in your new abode, for example a fridge, bed, sofa or washing machine, keep an account of who paid for what. Start a file, where you simply put in the receipts for major purchases with the name of who bought what scribbled on the receipt. This way, no one bears the full weight of furnishing the home, and you’ll avoid arguments over ownership later if things don’t work. Stay independent Many modern couples, especially if both are employed, prefer to hold separate credit cards and bank accounts. Of course spilt all joint bills, but keeping your ‘own money’ to spend on things you want for yourself is definitely a sensible option. Unless enjoyed by both, why should one half share the cost of another’s compulsive shopping habit or gourmet taste in food?
Can he protest noisy bar? Q. I bought a second-floor apartment over an unused community swimming pool which was You and the cemented over. Beneath us was a small restaurant. For years the community voted Law in Spain against allowing it to expand. Now the By David Searl community has voted to allow the new tenant of the restaurant to expand onto the open terrace below us. We can no longer use our own terrace due to noise, chairs being dragged about, cigarette smoke and, at times, some rude, drunk clients. Is Article 18 of the Horizontal Law, which protects individual owners from majority decisions, applicable in the Balearics? What steps can we take against the restaurant owner or to convince the community to reverse the vote and prevent the restaurant from operating under our terrace? What costs would I incur to get to a point where a judge would listen to the case? J M (Mallorca) A. Article 18 does apply in the Balearics. It provides that one owner, who feels his interests are prejudiced by a community decision, can apply to the court to rule on the matter. In your case, I would ask my neighbours who are also affected to form a group to complain about the noise. First, make your complaint in writing to the president. If
you instruct a lawyer to bring your case, it will cost about €1,000. You could also call the police when the bar is noisy.
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BUSINESS EXTRA
More jobs for 2015 DESPITE little economic growth, the government generated employment in 2014 for the first time in six years thanks to political stability, said Labour Minister Fatima Bañez. Unemployment fell by 300,000 with the creation of 400,000 jobs between November 2013 and November 2014 and this rhythm will accelerate in 2015, she predicted.
Small world LOGROÑO-BASED firm Avanzare produces 11 per cent of the world’s thinnest known compound, graphene. Used in medical, chemical and industrial processes, it is also produced by five other firms in Alicante, Madrid and San Sebastian, placing Spain amongst the world’s largest producers.
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Grateful thanks AFA says a big thank you! At this time of year Torrevieja’s Alzheimer’s Association (AFA) is especially grateful to those organisations who remember us when they have their pantomime or carol service or even a Christmas party. We have had some really wonderful donations ranging from a magnificent pantomime donation of €3,000 to a truly lovely raffle donation of €125 with carol service collections in between. We can assure everyone that all of this money will be put to very good use, benefiting our ‘abuelos’ (we no longer use the term patients) and their families who need help more than ever at this time of year. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Matilde Sanchez, AFA President, Torrevieja (Alicante)
Look again IN response to ‘Puzzled’ of Campello, come on! You have only to venture about two miles inland up the bed of the Rio Seco where we are inundated with magpies. We see up to 40 at a time on our telephone wires. EJ Bellamy, Muchamiel (Alicante)
Fast work MY electricity bill with Endesa showed that I was paying a penalty of some €40 every two months for not having an ICB box, of which I knew nothing. How long I’ve been without one, I don’t know. I recently had this so-called box fitted and in turn informed Endesa who said an engineer would come out and check it. The next day an engineer arrived at 7pm. He looked at the box, flicked the switches to see if the lights worked and was there for a total of five minutes. For this he charged me €290 and asked me to pick up a certificate the next day. Is this a standard fee or was I ripped off? R J Hackett, Benalmadena (Malaga)
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EU setup until one member walks away. When that happens the elite will suddenly wake up too late. Once one goes, others will do the same. Perhaps it’s a pipedream but then, just maybe, we can set up a proper Common Market, with full accountability and proper control of our destiny. Balanced accounts? Utopia! Chris Thomas, Puerto Vera (Almeria)
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Wrong number I AM 70 years old and have had ME for the last seven years. I was burgled at 5am in my home and they entered via a locked window. My small dog barked and I tried to listen, but could not hear a sound. Then a light shone in my face and I knew somebody was there. I got out of bed screaming in my native language, something like: “Get out of here you son-ofa-b---h. Then a young man ran out screaming at me: “F--k you, f—k you,” before leaping into the next patio. I saw my laptop, money, bag and keys had gone. I called the police on 112 but only got an answering machine so I called a Spanish neighbour. He came over and tried to call the police but he couldn’t. A few days later I went to the town hall to complain about not being able to call the police at night. The lady there told me not to use the emergency 112, but 092. How on earth should anybody know that? A day or two later a nice English couple came to my gate,
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with all the little cards, my bag, including my driving licence. I was very happy to get them back. Thank you very much, English people. Else Tue Andersen, Torrevieja (Alicante)
Same old story CONGRATULATIONS to Nora Johnson for hitting the nail on the head in her article ‘Cabgate and our smug governing elite’. The true attitude of our politicians towards the voters cannot better be shown than by Gordon Brown’s unfortunate (for him) episode with Gillian Duffy in
the run-up to the 2010 election. She, a lifelong party supporter, explained her concerns about debt and immigration. His reaction? She was a bigot! However, we should also remember that although the politicians set policy, the Administration remains the same, no matter which political group is in power. To quote Sir Humphrey Appleby in ‘Yes, Minister,’ after serving 11 governments in 30 years he would have ended up a raving schizophrenic if he had believed in all their policies. Thus little changes, regardless of the decisions of the electorate. This explains why voters have become increasingly disillusioned with, and detached from, politicians. And this is not confined to the UK: it applies across Europe. Each EU member has its own unelected Civil Service but in the EU we also have an unelected elite which sits in Brussels. There is no doubt in my mind that they look complacently and contemptuously at the voting populace in Europe. Nothing is going to change in the current
WE retired abroad to a then nonEU country some years ago and, unlike many of the people we met, we gave up our entitlement to NHS care back in the UK by informing the appropriate authority. We come to Spain for a few weeks in the winter to enjoy the sunshine. We now live back in the UK and being a UK citizen I am concerned for the country in which we live and in my opinion the best way forward is for the UK to leave the European Union. We need to trade freely with the rest of the world and not be constrained by the rules and regulations of Brussels. When we joined the EU back in the 70s we traded heavily with countries like Australia and New Zealand, which we had to drop like a hot brick, giving us and them two years to make the necessary adjustments. Now Europe is stagnating and we need to look outside. Because of mass immigration, our services are at breaking point. You can’t get doctors’ appointments and the waiting lists for operations are horrendous. We are the most populated country in Europe with more people arriving daily. Mr Frost mentions the poor people of Spain seeking work in the UK, doing jobs that the British will not do but immigrants doing poorly paid work in the UK are subsidised by the taxpayer. Wouldn’t it be better for our own people to do the work and reappraise the benefit system which is so attractive to everyone? Finally, I suggest that Mr Frost returns to the UK to live if he wants to voice how he thinks it should be run. Elizabeth Covington, Mazarron (Murcia)
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No future without love LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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ITH the news of yet more toerag psychopaths screaming Allah Akbar while taking the lives of innocent human beings, I wonder what more atrocities lay in store for all of us in the year 2015. More misery that’s fer sure. How can these people possibly believe that the violent, merciless, murdering message from their God will ever be accepted by peace loving normal people? Of course it won’t, and never will be. History is full of warring races who have tried to take over this planet through violent means. None have prevailed for long. There is no future at all for a human race without love. Love is the superglue of the spirit, both in its ethereal and manifested state, without it we are all empty shells. I have never heard one of these psychopathic toerags tell anyone they love their God or He loves them.
EU DIRECTIVE: It has been suggested obesity be considered a disablement. We should really feel sorry for these misguided souls, who are deprived by their religion of the one thing that truly binds us all together. Not me I’m afraid, I’d like to see them all ‘martyred.’ every last one of them. Can you imagine their God having to supply about a trillion virgins? The mind boggles. To my mind one of the most ridiculous suggestions to surface this week was the
EU directive that obesity should be considered a disablement. Did you ever hear anything as ludicrous as that!? How long would it be till the likes of the odious ‘White Dee’ or whole families are stuffing themselves with as much as they can get into their benefit gobbling mouths, merely to reach the weight necessary for yet another pillage of the public purse? Give us a break. Unless it’s some genuine
metabolism disorder, most of them are fat and greedy, pure and simple. Many of them gorge vast quantities of fattening products, dozens of eggs for breakfast, a half dozen hamburgers for lunch, along with chocolates, ice cream, and Lord knows what else they can stuff down. Disability benefits? I’d reduce the benefits most of them are already on, so they can’t afford to gorge themselves into obesity. If they can genuinely prove they have lost weight through discipline and dieting, they should be rewarded by receiving free time at health farms or spas. Rather the tax payer footed the bill for these type of operations than making these people not only blameless for their situation, but putting them on a par with genuinely disabled people who are in no way responsible for their unfortunate positions. Makes my blood boil it does but you probably gathered that! Oh well. Happy New Year all. Especially to John the electrician who got me out of a whole heap of trouble recently and restored my faith in human nature. Cheers John. Keep that faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
Get in there Darcy and hurry up Colin Bird Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
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HAVE just been made to sit through yet another Jane Austen movie on the
television. This particular one was ‘Emma,’ but quite honestly it could have been ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ ‘Mansfield Park,’ ‘Persuasion’ or just about any one of her six completed novels as far as I am concerned. Let’s face it, they are all as near as damn it, the same story but with different characters. Well alright, not exactly the same story, but certainly identical themes and you pretty much know after the first half hour, how it’s all going to end - Yawn. I should be biased in favour of the lady, because she briefly spent some time with her sister attending a boarding school in my
COLIN FIRTH: As Mr Darcy, sends women into raptures of delight.
home town of Reading, but I guess it’s a bloke thing, because I just cannot get into the heaving bosoms; fainting away with the vapours; well bred young gels attending endless balls thing. Well heaving bosoms are okay I suppose, but you take my point. If Jane’s books (I feel that she wouldn’t mind me calling her Jane) are a true representation of those Regency times, then what utterly boring and tiresome (a good Austen word) the people were. And how the heck did they manage to breed? I mean, when any of her male characters fancies the pants off the likes of Miss Elizabeth Bennet or Miss Catherine Morland, instead of just telling the wenches exactly what’s-what in no uncertain terms, these less than red blooded men go all the way to Moscow just to get to Benidorm. They are lucky not to be drawing their old age pensions before they finally pluck up the nerve to express their feelings.
Or heaven forbid, deliver a peck on the cheek. Yes, yes, I know that the sight of Mr Darcy aka Colin Firth, striding toward Pemberley in his wet kecks is enough to send any modern day woman into raptures of delight. But from a man’s point of view, I spent the whole six episodes shouting at the TV to “get in there my son and stop pratting around”. I ask you! There’s Lizzy Bennet giving off mating signals that could be seen from space, and all that our immensely wealthy, sophisticated man about town Fitzwilliam Darcy can do, is look aloof and walk around in damp M&S underwear. But I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that for a man who seems to dislike the works of Jane Austen so much, I am remarkably well informed on the subject. It’s a trade off with my Princess you see. If I sit through this stuff with her, then I am allowed to watch a Grand Prix occasionally. Simples!
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:00am Bee Movie 11:25am Over the Hedge Computer-animated animal caper. 12:40pm Life Story 1:45pm The Archbishop of Canterbury's New Year Message 1:50pm BBC News at One 2:00pm BBC London News 2:10pm The Boy in the Dress
BBC TWO 7:15am The Great Interior Design Challenge 8:15am Close Calls: On Camera 8:45am Talking Pictures 9:30am The Lavender Hill Mob One of the most famous of the 1950s Ealing comedies. 10:50am A Hard Day's Night 12:15pm New Year's Day Concert Live from Vienna 1:50pm Snow Wolf Family and Me 2:50pm Snow Wolf Family and Me
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ITV 8:00am Canimals 8:10am Sooty 8:25am A Grizzly New Year's Tale 8:55am Super 4 9:10am Super 4 9:25am Dinner Date 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20am Judge Rinder 12:20pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 1:25pm All Star Family Fortunes 2:25pm ITV News and Weather 2:35pm Secret Dealers
CH4 6:50am How I Met Your Mother Marshall fears his angry boss's dressing down after he hands in a piece of work late. 7:15am The 3 Worlds of Gulliver 8:55am The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad 10:45am The Big Bang Theory 11:10am The Big Bang Theory 11:40am The Simpsons 12:10pm The Last Mimzy 2:00pm Channel 4 Racing
CH5 8:10am Little Princess 8:25am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:10am Peppa Pig 9:15am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:30am Thomas and Friends: Tale of the Brave 10:45am Access 11:00am World's Strongest Man 2014) 12:00pm The Dam Busters 2:25pm The Italian Job
THURSDAY TV SKY 1 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Moone Boy 8:30am Moone Boy 9:00am Got to Dance 10:00am Futurama 10:30am Futurama 11:00am Futurama 11:10am The Drop Special 11:25am David Attenborough's Flying Monsters 1:00pm David Attenborough's Flying Monsters 2:00pm David Attenborough's Galapagos
3pm 3:10pm Mary Poppins 5:25pm The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn Animated adventure based on the popular cartoon hero.
3:50pm Galaxy Quest 5:25pm The Archbishop of Canterbury's New Year Message 5:30pm Final Score
3:35pm You've Been Framed! 4:05pm Thunderball
6:30pm Force 10 from Navarone Action-packed sequel to The Guns of Navarone. 8:30pm Tigers About the House: What Happened Next
6:45pm Rita and Me
9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Quartet
9:30pm Birds of a Feather
4:30pm Guy Martin's Passion for Life Guy Martin has passion: passion for engines, mechanics and, most of all, speed.
5:00pm Channel 4 News 5:10pm The Wizard of Oz
4:30pm Ben-Hur Grand historical epic about an aristocratic Jew living in Judea who incurs the wrath of a childhood friend, now a Roman tribune.
3:00pm David Attenborough's Galapagos 4:00pm David Attenborough's Galapagos 5:00pm The Bachelor King
6pm 7:05pm BBC News at Six 7:20pm BBC London News 7:30pm Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Barbara Knox first appeared in Coronation Street in 1964.
7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm Emmerdale
7:10pm Sister Act Whoopi Goldberg stars in Emile Ardolino's comedy thriller as Deloris Van Cartier, a lounge singer at a casino managed by her lover Vince LaRocca.
8:30pm Hercules the Human Bear Documentary telling the amazing story of Andy and Maggie Robin and their relationship with a grizzly bear called Hercules who became the most famous animal in the world.
6:30pm David Attenborough's Natural History History Museum Alive 8:00pm David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies
9pm 9:00pm Miranda 9:30pm EastEnders 10:35pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:10pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Match of the Day
Ensemble comedy drama.
11:30pm Julie Walters: A Life on Screen Documentary telling the story behind the success of Julie Walters.
Essex-based sitcom about sisters Tracey and Sharon and their larger-than-life friend Dorien.
10:00pm The Dark Knight
9:00pm Snow White and the Huntsman Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron star in Rupert Sanders' directorial debut.
11:30pm Rude Tube
Adaptation of the long-running DC Comics series.
Alex Zane brings in the New Year with a top 100 countdown of the greatest internet clips of 2014.
12:55am ITV News and Weather 1:00am The Cube 1:50am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
1:35am The Godfather 4:30am Transworld Sport 5:30am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
9:30pm World's Strongest Man 2014 10:35pm White Dee: What's All the Fuss About? 11:35pm Celebrity Big Brother
9:00pm Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death 11:00pm Predator 2
1:35am Jim Davidson: At Least I'm Not Boring 2:35am Super Casino 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am Wildlife SOS 5:45am House Doctor
1:05am Road Wars 2:05am Road Wars 3:05am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Night Cops 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA
Tough cop Danny Glover finds himself facing a towering alien beast after mutilated bodies begin to turn up all over the city. Strong language/violence/sex/flashing images.
12am 1:10am Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! 2:05am Road Trip: Beer Pong 3:35am Skiing Weatherview 3:40am BBC News
12:30am Mock the Week 1:05am Frenzy Hitchcock thriller. 2:55am Stick It Teen comedy drama. 4:35am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 8:30pm Top Gear 10:00pm Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 11:30pm EastEnders 12:30am Family Guy 12:55am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:40am Family Guy 2:00am Cuckoo 2:30am Sexy Beasts 3:00am Sexy Beasts 3:30am Sexy Beasts 4:00am Sexy Beasts 4:30am Cuckoo
8:00pm New Year's Day Concert From Vienna 2015 10:00pm Wallander
7:00am You've Been Framed! 7:50am I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:50am Emmerdale 9:20am Coronation Street 9:50am Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 11:40am Back to the Future Part III 2:00pm Emmerdale 2:25pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Lost World 5:25pm Despicable Me 7:20pm Die Another Day 10:00pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 12:10am Unseen Celebrity Juice Tit Bits
5:15am A Touch of Frost 7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Judge Judy 7:45am Judge Judy 8:10am Inspector Morse 10:30am Goodnight Mister Tom 12:35pm The Mirror Crack'd 2:50pm Hidden Treasure 4:50pm Lewis 6:55pm A Touch of Frost 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 1:05am Bird on a Wire
7:00am Motorway Patrol 7:20am Highway Patrol 7:45am Minder 8:40am The Professionals 9:40am Kojak 10:40am Magnum, P.I. 11:40am Storage Wars 3:35pm The Sting 6:05pm Guns of a Stranger 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm River Monsters 11:10pm On Deadly Ground 1:15am This is Spinal Tap 2:55am Minder 3:50am Movies Now
7:00am Rude(Ish) Tube 7:20am Charmed 9:00am Rude(Ish) Tube 9:30am Bad(Ish) Robots 10:00am Troy 10:35am Rules of Engagement 11:30am How I Met Your Mother 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm Tooth Fairy 4:35pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Frozen at Christmas 9:00pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 11:25pm The Big Bang Theory 11:55pm The Big Bang Theory 12:25am The Inbetweeners
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At the Lovgrens' funeral, the snooper in the barn is recognised as Mrs Lovgren's brother.
10:55pm Wallander 11:45pm The Clash: New Year's Day '77 1:00am London Songs at the BBC 2:00am Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark Documentary about crooner Nat King Cole. 3:30am The Clash: New Year's Day '77 Built around the earliest, until now unseen, footage of the Clash in concert.
4:45am This is BBC Four
Fast-paced thriller.
3:10am Judge Judy 3:30am Teleshopping
SKY MOVIES Action 5:45am Fantastic Four 7:35am Anaconda 9:10am R.I.P.D. 10:50am Men in Black II Slinky space queen Serleena plots extraterrestrial destruction and Agent J is going to need help.
12:20pm X-Men 2:05pm X2 4:20pm X-Men: The Last Stand 6:10pm The Wolverine An old acquaintance brings the clawed mutant to Japan, where he finds himself in grave danger.
8:20pm R.I.P.D. 10:00pm Con Air 12:00am The Wolverine 2:10am Men in Black II 3:50am The Karate Kid
Comedy 4:25am Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 6:30am Turbo: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Big Daddy 8:35am The Longest Yard 10:30am Grown Ups 2 12:15pm Home Alone 2:05pm The Mask 3:50pm Mr. Deeds 5:30pm Click 7:20pm Big Daddy 9:00pm Grown Ups 2 10:50pm The Longest Yard Sports comedy with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock.
12:50am Anger Management 2:45am Ali G Indahouse 4:25am Click
3:40am Black Hawk Down 6:15am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man 8:00am Cold Comes the Night A Polish gangster takes a motel manager captive when a bag of money goes missing.
9:45am Runner Runner 11:30am The Mean Machine 1:45pm The Da Vinci Code 4:25pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 6:25pm The Call 8:15pm Runner Runner 10:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 11:50pm The Call 1:35am The Da Vinci Code 4:10am Lucky Number Slevin
5:45am Holiday Inn 7:30am Awakenings 9:35am Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Special 10:05am Best Christmas Movies Ever 11:35am Four Weddings and a Funeral 1:35pm Titanic A hard-up young rogue and an unwilling society bride find love aboard the doomed liner.
4:50pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 6:50pm Les Miserables 9:30pm Titanic A hard-up young rogue and an unwilling society bride find love aboard the doomed liner.
12:45am The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2:45am Four Weddings and a Funeral 4:50am Giant
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6:00am Middle Earth: There and Back Again 7:00am Noah 9:20am Captain America: The Winter Soldier 11:45am Ride Along 1:30pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 4:00pm Frozen 5:45pm Captain America: The Winter Soldier 8:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 10:30pm Noah
6:00am TCM Shorts 6:20am Off Set 6:35am The Green Berets 9:20am The Alamo 12:30pm The Searchers
In the face of apocalyptic floods, one man is chosen to be the world's saviour.
1:00am The Amazing Spider-Man 2 3:30am The Heat: Sky Movies Special 3:45am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 5:45am Gravity: Sky Movies Special
John Ford's masterpiece about a five year search for a girl abducted by Indians.
2:45pm Rio Lobo 4:55pm Rio Bravo 7:45pm Big Jake 10:00pm Nowhere to Run 11:50pm The Dead Pool 1:40am Nowhere to Run 3:15am The Dead Pool 4:55am Rock N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits Featuring classic performances from some of the biggest music acts of the '60s and '70s.
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 8:25am Match of the Day 10:00am The Ant Bully Animated family fun. 11:20am BOB's Big Break 11:30am Flubber 1:00pm Bargain Hunt Antiques show. 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm The Sound of Music
BBC TWO 7:20am The Great Interior Design Challenge 8:20am Close Calls: On Camera 8:50am Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar 9:50am Tom Thumb 11:20am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 12:20pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 1:20pm The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure 2:20pm Talking Pictures
FRIDAY TV
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ITV 8:00am Canimals 8:10am Sooty 8:25am Almost Naked Animals 8:40am Mr. Bean 8:55am Super 4 9:10am Super 4 9:25am Dinner Date 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25am Judge Rinder 12:25pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 1:25pm All Star Family Fortunes 2:25pm ITV News and Weather 2:40pm Secret Dealers
CH4 7:05am How I Met Your Mother Robin rekindles a spark with Simon. 7:30am Treasure Island 9:10am Arctic Tale 10:55am The Big Bang Theory Sheldon is annoyed that his friends enjoy the company of his mother so much. 11:20am The Big Bang Theory 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pm The Simpsons 12:50pm The Simpsons 1:25pm Meet Dave
CH5 9:55am Bananas in Pajamas 10:10am Milkshake! Bop Box 10:15am Peppa Pig 10:30am Wanda and the Alien 10:45am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 10:55am The Mr. Men Show 11:00am The Mr Men Show 11:10am World's Strongest Man 2014 12:10pm Ice Road Truckers 1:05pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:10pm Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Moone Boy 8:30am Moone Boy 9:00am Middle-Earth: There and Back Again 10:00am Futurama 10:30am Futurama 11:00am Nothing to Declare 11:30am Nothing to Declare 12:00pm Nothing to Declare 12:30pm Modern Family 1:00pm Modern Family 1:30pm Modern Family
3pm 5:30pm Up Animation telling the story of 78-year-old Carl, who ties thousands of balloons to his house and floats off to South America to fulfil his lifelong dream.
3:05pm How the West Was Won 5:30pm Big Dreams Small Spaces Monty Don works with amateur gardeners up and down the country to help them create the garden of their dreams.
3:40pm You Only Live Twice 007 is sent to investigate the disappearance of an American spacecraft and runs into Blofeld, a megalomaniac bent on starting World War III.
3:10pm Black Knight Fish-out-of-water comedy.
5:10pm Alvin and the Chipmunks
3:20pm Fantastic Voyage 5:15pm Columbo Cries Wolf Murder mystery.
Tim Hill's family film stars Jason Lee as Dave, a struggling songwriter threatened with the sack.
3:00pm Football's Funniest Moments 4:00pm Night at the Museum 3 Special 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:30pm A Question of Sport
7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.
7:10pm Columbo Goes to College
8:30pm University Challenge
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:30pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
9:00pm Mastermind
9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show
9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz
9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm Forrest Gump
6:30pm Flog It! 7:30pm Nature's Weirdest Events Chris Packham continues his exploration of nature's most bizarre and extraordinary happenings.
The police lieutenant is invited to give a college lecture on criminology, but the occasion is marred by murder.
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Room 101 10:00pm The Musketeers 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Live at the Apollo
John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair.
Martin Lewis and Saira Khan present the money-saving series.
Lowly Southern boy Forrest starts off with his legs in metal clamps and ends up running across America, after becoming athlete, war hero, ping pong genius and shrimper.
9:00pm Show Me Your Garden Green-fingered enthusiasts go head-to-head in this new gardening contest.
9:30pm Food and Drink 10:00pm The Big Allotment Challenge 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:15pm Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality
12:30am Mock the Week 1:05am Rope! 2:20am Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 4:00am This is BBC Two
12:10am The Chase 1:05am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen
12:05am The Last Leg of the Year 1:10am The Godfather Part II 4:40am Secret Eaters 5:35am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
12:50am Access 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am World's Strongest Man 2014 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets 1:00am King Arthur 3:25am Hawaii Five-0 4:15am Hawaii Five-0 5:05am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA
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8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm StreetDance 2 10:20pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 12:50am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:35am FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 3:35am Russell Howard's Good News 4:05am Russell Howard's Good News 4:35am Vodka Diaries 5:00am This is BBC Three
8:00pm Nigel Kennedy at the Proms 9:00pm Nigel Kennedy at the BBC 10:00pm Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 11:00pm Top of the Pops
7:00am Holiday Airport 7:55am Emmerdale 8:55am Britain's Got More Talent 9:50am Britain's Got More Talent 10:50am Britain's Got More Talent 11:50am Space Jam 1:35pm Emmerdale 2:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Beethoven 7:50pm Miss Congeniality 10:00pm The Bourne Identity 12:20am Hostage 2:35am Two and a Half Men 3:05am Two and a Half Men 3:25am Teleshopping
7:00am Movies Now
9:40am Kojak 10:45am Magnum, P.I. 11:40am Minder 12:45pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:50pm The Professionals 2:55pm Pawn Stars 3:20pm Pawn Stars 3:50pm Kojak 4:50pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Minder 6:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 10:00pm The Krays 12:25am Natural Born Killers
11:35am Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 12:00pm Frozen at Christmas 1:00pm Rules of Engagement 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:30pm Bad(Ish) Robots 5:00pm Troy 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Transporter 3 12:05am The Big Bang Theory
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The Big Fat Quiz returns for a 10-year anniversary special.
10:00pm Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life Karl finds out how different cultures across the globe deal with life's big questions.
11:00pm An Idiot Abroad
12am 12:05am Cuckoo 12:40am EastEnders Omnibus 3:10am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 3:15am BBC News
1980 Top of the Pops collection.
12:00am Coldplay in Concert 2014 1:00am Singer-Songwriters at the BBC A compilation of some timeless and classic performances from the BBC archives.
2:00am Top of the Pops 1980 was the year that both pop music and TOTP changed.
3:00am Top of the Pops 1980 Top of the Pops collection.
4:00am Coldplay in Concert 2014
The latest news and reviews of this week's film releases.
7:10am Judge Judy 7:30am Judge Judy 7:55am Rising Damp 8:30am Goodbye, Mr. Chips 10:35am Agatha Christie's Marple 12:35pm Agatha Christie's Marple 2:40pm Inspector Morse 4:55pm Sparkling Cyanide 6:55pm A Touch of Frost 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm A is for Acid 1:05am The Mirror Crack'd
SKY MOVIES Action 6:00am Middle-Earth: There and Back Again 7:00am The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 10:00am The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 1:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 4:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Evil forces threaten the peace of Middle-earth.
7:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 10:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1:50am World War Z 3:55am Blade
Comedy 6:30am Despicable Me 2 Special 7:00am National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 8:40am Bad Santa 10:25am Hot Shots! 12:00pm Hot Shots! Part Deux 1:35pm Uncle Buck 3:25pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 5:10pm Grudge Match 7:10pm Bruce Almighty 9:00pm Hot Shots! 10:30pm Hot Shots! Part Deux 12:05am Grudge Match 2:00am The World's End 3:55am Bruce Almighty
4:10am Lucky Number Slevin 6:05am Deep Family Secrets 7:45am A Few Good Men 10:10am Speed 12:10pm Getaway 1:55pm Lone Survivor 4:00pm A Few Good Men 6:25pm The Bone Collector A paralysed forensics expert teams up with a fresh-faced cop to hunt down a serial killer.
8:25pm Getaway 10:00pm Lone Survivor 12:05am The Counsellor 2:25am Speed 4:25am Reasonable Doubt
4:50am Giant 8:10am Mad Hot Ballroom 10:00am Confetti Mirthful mockumentary about three couples competing for the award of Most Original Wedding.
11:45am One Chance 1:30pm The Full Monty 3:10pm The Book Thief 5:25pm The Devil Wears Prada 7:15pm Confetti 9:00pm The Book Thief 11:15pm The Full Monty 12:50am This is 40 3:05am The Four Feathers 5:20am Sweet Charity
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5:45am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 6:15am The Wolverine Special 6:45am The Heat: Sky Movies Special 7:00am The Theory of Everything Special 7:30am Joyride 3 9:30am Veronica Mars 11:30am The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2:00pm About Last Night... 4:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 6:30pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Special 7:00pm Veronica Mars 9:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 11:25pm About Last Night... 1:15am Joyride 3 3:00am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 5:00am The Wolverine Special
6:00am TCM Shorts 6:20am The Long Gray Line 8:55am The Searchers 11:10am Rio Bravo 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Blood Alley 6:10pm Mark of the Gorilla 7:25pm Fury of the Congo 8:45pm Tarzan and the Mermaids 10:00pm The Silence of the Lambs 12:15am Dangerous Ground 2:00am The Silence of the Lambs 4:00am Dangerous Ground 5:40am Michael Caine Off Set
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Football Focus 2:00pm Bargain Hunt Antiques challenge.
BBC TWO 10:10am Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain 10:40am Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain 11:10am British Isles: A Natural History 12:00pm FA Cup Rewind - Third-Round Classics 1:00pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 2:00pm The A to Z of TV Cooking 2:05pm Elvis Presley, The World's Most Photographed 2:35pm Viva Las Vegas
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ITV 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am Nerds and Monsters 9:45am Nerds and Monsters 10:00am Deadtime Stories 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Ejector Seat 1:25pm The 21st Question 2:25pm Columbo
CH4 6:40am Small Animal Hospital 7:10am Arabian Adventure 8:55am The Morning Line 9:55am King of Queens 10:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:25am Frasier 11:55am Frasier 12:25pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1:25pm Gadget Man's Guide to Christmas 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing
CH5 9:15am Wanda and the Alien 9:30am Zack and Quack 9:45am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Jelly Jamm 10:20am LazyTown 10:50am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Access 11:30am Ice Road Truckers 12:30pm Ice Road Truckers 1:35pm Ice Road Truckers 2:25pm McLintock!
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SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Glee 9:00am The Fantasy Football Club 10:00am Football's Funniest Moments 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm A League of Their Own 1:30pm A League of Their Own 2:00pm Futurama 2:30pm Futurama
3pm 5:00pm Alvin and the Chipmunks
4:00pm Big Dreams Small Spaces 5:00pm Restoring England's Heritage 5:30pm Darts
3:55pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 4:55pm Tipping Point 5:55pm Big Star's Little Star
6:30pm Tigers About the House: What Happened Next 7:30pm Sacred Wonders of Britain 8:30pm Dad's Army
6:55pm ITV News London Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather. 7:05pm ITV News and Weather 7:20pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
6:45pm The Simpsons 7:10pm The Simpsons 7:35pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Britain's Wildest Weather 2014
7:20pm Zulu
9:00pm Rubens: An Extra Large Story 10:00pm Albert Nobbs 11:45pm Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe
9:30pm Take Me Out 10:30pm The Hangover
10:00pm Taken 11:50pm Bill Bailey Qualmpeddler
9:55pm 5 News
12:45am Darts 1:35am Darts 3:35am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
BBC THREE 5:00am This is BBC Three 8:00pm FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Puss in Boots 11:20pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:50pm Family Guy 12:15am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:20am Family Guy 1:45am Family Guy 2:05am Family Guy 2:30am Family Guy 2:50am FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 3:50am Russell Howard's Good News
3:00pm Escape to the Continent 3:30pm Darts 5:30pm Final Score
Betty Thomas directs this part-live action comedy sequel, which continues the adventures of the Chipmunks: a trio of pre-teen, talking CGI rodents with a penchant for high-pitched close harmony singing.
4:55pm The Searchers John Ford's masterpiece about a seven-year search for a young girl abducted by the Comanche.
3:00pm Futurama 3:30pm Exodus: Gods and Kings Special 4:00pm Last Man Standing 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family
6pm 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm BBC London News 6:35pm Mastermind Celebrity Special 7:05pm Pointless 8:00pm Frank Sinatra: Our Way
Based on an actual historic event, this is the story of a small group of British soldiers stationed at Rorke's Drift in Africa who are forced to defend their tiny outpost against an attack by powerful Zulu warriors.
6:00pm Portrait Artist of the Year 7:00pm Show Me Your Garden 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9pm 9:15pm The National Lottery 10:05pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:50pm Match of the Day
Comedy about a group of friends who go to Las Vegas for a stag party and wake up to find their hotel room is wrecked, the groom is missing and that they have no memory of the previous night's events.
National and international news.
9:00pm David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies 10:00pm King Arthur
Rapturously received throughout Australia, New Zealand and the UK, Bill Bailey recorded this terrific new show at his local, the Hammersmith Apollo.
10:00pm Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
12:30am ITV News and Weather 12:45am Dog Day Afternoon 2:55am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:50am The Godfather Part III 3:55am Hollyoaks Omnibus
12:55am Access 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Autopsy: Michael Jackson's Last Hours 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big
12:25am A League of Their Own 1:25am Hawaii Five-0 2:25am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:15am Night Cops 4:05am Big Trouble in Thailand 5:00am UK Border Force
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8:00pm Lost Land of the Volcano 9:00pm Do We Really Need the Moon? 10:00pm Wallander 10:55pm Wallander 11:55pm Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle
7:50am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:15pm The X Factor Class of 2014 2:15pm The Cube 3:10pm Space Jam 4:55pm Johnny English 6:40pm You've Been Framed! 7:10pm You've Been Framed! 7:40pm The Guide to You've Been Framed! 8:45pm Mr Bean's Holiday 10:30pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:15pm The Bourne Ultimatum 1:25am Unseen Celebrity Juice Tit Bits 2:10am Two and a Half Men 2:30am Mom
7:00am A Christmas Carol 8:20am Where the Heart is 9:30am Where the Heart is 10:40am The Darling Buds of May 11:50am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Gosford Park 4:45pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Rosemary and Thyme 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Lewis 1:05am A is for Acid 2:55am Judge Judy 3:15am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping
12:05pm Pawn Stars 12:40pm Pawn Stars 1:05pm Pawn Stars 1:35pm Pawn Stars 2:05pm The Sting 4:40pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 6:30pm Storage Wars 7:00pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Storage Wars 8:30pm Storage Wars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Texas Killing Fields 12:10am Total Recall
1:00pm How I Met Your Mother 1:30pm The Spiderwick Chronicles 3:25pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Golden Child 7:50pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Role Models 12:05am End of Days
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Documentary telling Sammy Davis Jr's remarkable life story.
12:55am An Evening with Sammy Davis Jr 1:55am Neil Sedaka: King of Song 2:55am Lost Land of the Volcano 3:55am Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle 4:55am This is BBC Four
SKY MOVIES Action 8:00am Bruce Willis: Die Hard Special 8:30am Die Hard with a Vengeance 10:50am Die Hard 4.0 1:10pm A Good Day to Die Hard 3:00pm Bruce Willis: Die Hard Special 3:30pm Die Hard 5:45pm Die Hard 2 7:50pm Die Hard with a Vengeance Cop Bruce Willis is sent on a wild goose chase by scheming crook Jeremy Irons.
10:00pm Die Hard 4.0 12:10am A Good Day to Die Hard 1:50am The Top Ten Show 2014 2:10am Die Hard 4:25am Die Hard 2
Comedy 7:15am Elf 9:05am Despicable Me 2 Special 9:35am The Nutty Professor 11:25am Get Smart 1:25pm The Heat 3:30pm Identity Thief 5:30pm Elf 7:15pm The Nutty Professor 9:00pm Get Smart 11:00pm The Heat 1:05am Identity Thief 3:05am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4:55am The Top Ten Show 2014 5:10am My Big Fat Greek Wedding
7:35am To Kill a Mockingbird 9:45am The Fast and the Furious 11:35am 2 Fast 2 Furious 1:25pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Teenage car-racing addict Sean is sent to live with his dad in Tokyo.
3:15pm American Hustle 5:35pm Blood Work 7:30pm Bad Boys II 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am The Fast and the Furious 2:15am 2 Fast 2 Furious 4:10am The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
7:50am The Love Letter 9:20am Being Flynn 11:05am Sunshine on Leith 12:50pm In Her Shoes 3:05pm About Time 5:15pm Grease T-Bird Danny Zuko has an identity crisis when his demure summer love turns up.
7:15pm Sunshine on Leith 9:00pm In Her Shoes 11:15pm About Time 1:25am Tootsie 3:25am The Sessions 5:05am All About Eve
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7:00am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:30am Joyride 3 9:30am Elysium: Sky Movies Special 10:00am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 12:00pm Veronica Mars 2:00pm About Last Night...
7:10am Fury of the Congo 8:30am Gunsmoke 9:30am Gunsmoke 10:35am Mark of the Gorilla
Two new couples experience the ups and downs of relationships. Romantic comedy.
4:00pm Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Special 4:30pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 7:00pm Veronica Mars 9:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 11:25pm About Last Night... 1:15am Joyride 3 3:00am Ironclad: Battle for Blood
Jungle Jim must stop Nazis dressed as Apes from stealing a golden treasure.
11:50am Blood Alley 2:05pm Charro! 4:00pm Ben-Hur 8:05pm Funeral in Berlin 10:00pm 300 12:15am The Dark 2:00am 300 Action fantasy from Zack Snyder (Man of Steel).
3:55am Menace II Society
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Rants, gripes and bugbears - a message for hoteliers in 2015! Nora Johnson
Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/nora-johnson
IT always mystifies me how I can pay a small fortune for a minuscule room in a trendy hotel in London or any big city and feel less at home than in my own home! Over-complex controls are a major bugbear. Some shower controls, for instance, require mega experimentation before you suss out how to work the damned thing - without scalding or freezing yourself to death. Hoteliers, please provide simple controls, a steady water pressure and a thermostatic temperature
control! Likewise, the room phone should be simple enough to use without requiring a PhD in electrical engineering and/or telecommunications. A few speed dial buttons clearly labelled to contact the front desk and room service are quite enough. Another gripe is the lighting. Invariably I have to pull the damned plugs out of the sockets to switch off standard lamps. And I like my room to be dark when I am sleeping. I don’t want to be lying under or next to a control console with more flickering lights than Regent Street at Christmas! Also, more easily accessible power points, please! I’m going to use the power supply, so make it easy for me to access it - not have to crawl around or under the desk and unplug other appliances. And speaking of the desk, can you remove all the clutter?
SHOWER CONTROLS: Please make them simple to use! A desk should only have a lamp and a telephone disturbing the vast wilderness of empty simulated wood-grain. The room service menu, advertising for all
the other hotels in the group and directory of services should be stowed away in a drawer. The desk is for my own personal stuff! Finally, there are never enough
pillows, are there? But nor do I want 15 cushions piled on the bed, a daft towel ‘swan sculpture’ or that equally daft bit of fabric draped across the end which does nothing but needs to be removed before I can get in, and be plonked ... where? On top of all those cushions piled in the corner, of course. These are just a few practical issues I’d be really grateful if any hoteliers amongst you out there could consider in 2015. And, for all you readers too, any gripes I’ve missed out? Okay, rant over! Happy New Year! Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
Android Ahoy - modern travel Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
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WAS a 16-year-old rookie sailor when joining my first ship, RMS Britannic, the last of the White Star Liners. Not much had changed for passengers since the RMS Titanic of the same company met its tragic end. Progress was unhurried back then. The Britannic ended its Atlantic crossings with several weeks cruising Mediterranean ports. Many of our populous Costa townships would have been fishing villages then. Progress in cruising since has been nothing short of astonishing. To be honest, I prefer the old ways, but I can’t stop progress. When passengers embarked on those ocean greyhounds there was a long drawn out wearying process of registration and embarkation to
CRUISE LINER: Up-to-date Quantum of the Seas.
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Mike Walsh
complete long before one was shown one’s cabin. Let us then book a cruise on Royal Caribbean International’s latest cruise liner, the Quantum of the Seas. What comparisons can be drawn between the two periods? The RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Britannic was a little over 700 feet in length and weighed a little over 27,000 tons. RCCL
Quantum Class liners are twice the length and at 168,000 tonnes an incredible seven times the weight of the White Star liner. Best not think of the many hours it took to finally recover baggage and reach one’s cabin on the super liners of yesterday. Today, RCCL promise their 4,000 boarding passengers that their luggage will be stowed and
they will be in their cabins within 10-minutes of arrival. Airports take note. There’ll be no piping you on board. You check in online. No queues to join and nor will you wait in a long line to have your ID checked, fill out paperwork and collect your stateroom keys. You take a selfie, load it onto the online check-in website, fill out your passport details and print out your boarding pass. Show this to security and proceed to your stateroom. Yours is a hotel type card key but you also receive a WOWband wristband. It covers all your needs including purchases on-board. It is waterproof so wear it when
splashing about in any of the liners many pools and hot tubs. No escape from the office or Facebook. The liner uses a new type of near earth satellite. Internet access is assured wherever you are on the ship; there are no dead spots. Ship’s staff are equipped with tablets, not the kind you get from the chemist for aches and pains, but hand-held computers that take care of every need. A Royal iQ app and Android devices allows you to plan, change schedules such as spa appointments, dinner reservations, shore excursions etc. Cabins have USB charging ports. There are 45 iQ stations that interact with your WOWband. These access everything and everyone, including your onboard friends. The liners also have two robotic bartenders. Use your tablet to order cocktails, these are mixed and delivered by robots. All of a sudden a voyage on the RMS Titanic looks quite appealing.
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:55am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Escape to the Country 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 2:15pm Flog It! 3:15pm Songs of Praise Connie Fisher celebrates the spiritual side of Elvis Presley.
BBC TWO 7:15am Great British Garden Revival 8:15am Glorious Gardens From Above 9:00am Countryfile 10:00am FA Cup Rewind - Third-Round Classics 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Food and Drink 1:00pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 2:00pm Darts
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ITV 8:25am Sooty 8:35am Mr. Bean 8:50am Ultimate Spider-Man 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am Nerds and Monsters 9:45am Nerds and Monsters 10:00am Deadtime Stories 10:25am Columbo 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Britain's Best Bakery 1:25pm Inside the National Trust 2:25pm River Monsters 2:55pm Midsomer Murders
CH4 6:05am Hugh's 3 Good Things 6:15am Secret Eaters 7:10am The American Football Show 8:05am How I Met Your Mother 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:20pm The Big Bang Theory 2:50pm Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
CH5 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Wanda and the Alien 9:40am Zack and Quack 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Jelly Jamm 10:30am LazyTown 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Monkey Life 12:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:00pm Forever Young 2:55pm The Princess Bride
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SKY 1 6:00am Mission Implausible 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Futurama 10:30am Futurama 11:00am A League of Their Own 11:30am A League of Their Own 12:00pm WWE Raw 1:00pm Modern Family 1:30pm Modern Family 2:00pm Last Man Standing 2:30pm Last Man Standing
3pm 3:50pm FA Cup Final Score Jason Mohammad presents a special FA Cup edition of the football results and reports show.
5:45pm Ski Sunday Skiing and winter sports magazine show. Ed Leigh and Graham Bell are in Munich to witness the breathtaking World Cup parallel slalom event, which takes place in the Olympic Park in the heart of the German city.
4:55pm On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond quits the secret service to track down his old enemy Blofeld, who is holed up in a mountain hideaway working on a scheme to devastate the world's agriculture with biological weapons.
4:50pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid Adapted from the bestselling 'novel in cartoons' by Jeff Kinney, Thor Freudenthal's comedy is the story of pre-teen Greg Heffley and his misadventures as he starts life in an American middle school.
4:50pm Snow White Caroline Thompson's creation presents a twist on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale as Snow White and her father John embark on a fantastic roller-coaster adventure through a magical kingdom.
3:00pm Middle-Earth: There and Back Again 4:00pm Last Man Standing 4:30pm Last Man Standing 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 6:00pm BBC News 6:10pm BBC London News 6:20pm Match of the Day Live 8:30pm Still Open All Hours
6:30pm Coast 7:00pm Tigers About the House: What Happened Next 8:00pm Top Gear
7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a national weather forecast.
8:00pm Diversity Live
6:40pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.
7:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun A new run of shows for Sunday night of the popular property show.
6:35pm Bambi The classic animated story of a fawn whose birth brings joy to the forest.
7:55pm 5 News 8:05pm Rush Hour
8:00pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
6:00pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm Modern Family 8:30pm Modern Family
9pm 9:00pm Countryfile 10:00pm Last Tango in Halifax 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day - FA Cup Highlights
9:00pm Kate Humble: Into the Volcano 10:00pm Reinventing the Royals 11:00pm QI XL Quiz show in which the aim is to be interesting.
11:45pm Racing Legends
9:00pm Foyle's War Crime drama series set in the years immediately after the Second World War.
11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Hot Fuzz
9:00pm The Hotel 10:00pm Walking the Nile British explorer Levison Wood sets out to walk the length of the River Nile from source to sea.
11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
10:00pm House at the End of the Street A divorced woman and her teenage daughter move to a small town, unaware that a tragedy once happened to their reclusive next-door neighbour.
11:55pm Final Destination
High-octane homage to the cop buddy movie genre.
9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life Karl sets off to see how other people achieve happiness, starting off in Mexico.
11:00pm Show Me Your Garden
12am 12:50am The Celebrity Apprentice USA 2:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:20am BBC News
12:45am Darts 1:35am Darts 3:35am Countryfile 4:35am Holby City 5:35am This is BBC Two
1:25am Rugby Highlights 2:20am The Store 3:55am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle hosts the American version of his popular daytime show. 4:40am ITV Nightscreen
12:05am Rude Tube 2:00am Thirst 4:15am The Guides 4:30am Mesh 4:35am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 5:30am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
1:50am Super Casino 4:10am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big
12:00am 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 1:00am Micky Flanagan's Detour De France 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 4:00am Night Cops 5:00am Mission Implausible
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 8:30pm FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 9:30pm World's Craziest Fools 10:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad! 12:10am American Dad! 12:30am FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 1:30am Russell Howard's Good News 2:00am Russell Howard's Good News 2:30am Life is Toff 3:00am Life is Toff
8:00pm ... Sings Musicals 9:00pm Mark Lawson Talks to... 10:00pm Hermitage Revealed 11:00pm A Royal Affair 1:10am Top of the Pops 2:10am The Carpenters at the BBC
7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25pm Take Me Out 1:25pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 2:10pm The Hot Desk 2:25pm Richie Rich 4:20pm Beethoven's 2nd 6:10pm Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 8:00pm Evan Almighty 10:00pm Knocked Up 12:35am Saw II 2:30am Fake Reaction 3:10am The Hot Desk 3:20am Teleshopping
7:20am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 8:15am Agatha Christie's Marple 10:20am Heartbeat 11:25am Heartbeat 12:25pm Wycliffe 1:40pm Rosemary and Thyme 2:45pm Blue Murder at St. Trinian's 4:35pm Inspector Morse 6:55pm Lewis 9:00pm The Zoo 10:00pm It'll be Alright on the Night 11:00pm Northern Lights 12:00am Larry Crowne 2:05am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 3:00am Countrywise
7:00am Greatest FA Cup Finals 7:15am Black Gold 7:50am The Professionals 8:50am The Motorbike Show 9:50am Alias Smith and Jones 10:55am Magnum, P.I. 11:55am Kojak 1:05pm Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders 3:55pm Storage Wars 4:25pm Storage Wars 7:10pm The Cimarron Kid 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm Troy 1:15am This is Spinal Tap 2:55am The Cycle Show
7:00am 90210 7:40am Happy Endings 8:05am Rude(Ish) Tube 9:30am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Frozen at Christmas 11:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 1:30pm Melissa and Joey 2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 6:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 11:20pm The Inbetweeners 12:30am Made in Chelsea
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2:45am ... Sings Musicals 3:45am Hermitage Revealed 4:45am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.
SKY MOVIES Action 4:25am Die Hard 2 6:30am The Karate Kid, Part II 8:25am Die Hard 4.0 10:40am A Good Day to Die Hard 12:30pm Bruce Willis: Die Hard Special 1:00pm Die Hard 3:20pm Die Hard 2 5:30pm Die Hard with a Vengeance Cop Bruce Willis is sent on a wild goose chase by scheming crook Jeremy Irons.
7:45pm Die Hard 4.0 10:00pm A Good Day to Die Hard 11:45pm The Top Ten Show 2014 12:00am Die Hard 2:15am Die Hard 2 4:20am Die Hard with a Vengeance
Comedy 5:10am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 7:00am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:30am The Goonies 9:30am Brewster's Millions 11:20am Last Vegas 1:20pm Home Alone 3:10pm Crocodile Dundee 5:00pm Crocodile Dundee II 7:00pm The Goonies 9:00pm Last Vegas 10:50pm Brewster's Millions 12:35am This is the End 2:25am Idiocracy 3:55am The Man 5:20am The Pink Panther
6:00am To Kill a Mockingbird 8:15am 25th Hour 10:35am Captain Phillips 12:50pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2:40pm The Call 4:20pm Black Hawk Down Brutally authentic war action detailing the covert US mission in Somalia that became a bloodbath.
6:45pm Captain Phillips 9:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 11:00pm The Call 12:35am Oldboy 2:30am 25th Hour 4:45am The Canyons
5:05am All About Eve 7:25am Austenland 9:05am When Harry Met Sally 10:45am Take the Lead 12:45pm Philomena 2:30pm The Notebook Rich girl Allie is swept off her feet by carpenter Noah, but her mum disapproves of the match.
4:40pm Rain Man 7:00pm Take the Lead 9:00pm Philomena 10:45pm When Harry Met Sally 12:30am Cloud Atlas 3:30am Legends of the Fall 5:50am Romeo and Juliet
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6:00am Off Set 6:20am Off Set 6:35am Charro! 8:30am Funeral in Berlin 10:25am Ben-Hur 2:30pm Fort Vengeance 4:00pm McLintock! 6:25pm Rider on a Dead Horse 8:00pm Cahill U.S. Marshal 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 10:55pm Hell on Wheels 11:50pm The Replacements 2:00am Hell on Wheels 2:55am Hell on Wheels 3:40am The Replacements 5:40am Ed Sullivan's Rock N' Roll Classics
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Caught Red Handed 12:30pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Match of the Day - FA Cup Highlights 9:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 10:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05am Close Calls: On Camera 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Darts
ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
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CH4 7:45am According to Jim 8:10am King of Queens 8:35am King of Queens 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Undercover Boss 12:00pm Shipping Wars 12:35pm Shipping Wars 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Four in a Bed
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The fourth way could account for smiles Cassandra Nash
A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
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ABLO IGLESIAS, secretary general of Podemos, has a solution for the Catalans. The party born of political disenchantment and the 11-M movement before the 2011 elections offers a perfect answer for Cataluña. Neither outright independence, nor subject to the constraints of Madrid, but still happily within the fold in a Spain governed by Podemos. “Do I want Cataluña to go? I don’t,” Iglesias said during a recent visit to the region. “But I know that the Spanish caste has insulted the Catalans.” He steered oratory away from independence and concentrated on the issues that currently beset the country’s population, swiping at the PP, the PSOE and also CiU. The party that governs Cataluña is also part of the caste, according to Iglesias.
PABLO IGLESIAS: Offering a fourth way for Cataluña. A poll by the regional government’s opinion studies’ centre CEO showed the ‘No’ faction overtaking ‘Yes’ vote on independence. There has been talk of a third way for Cataluña, but Iglesias is offering a fourth, which could account for smiles that were even wider than usual. So wide, indeed, that Bugs Bunny after orthodontics
came to mind.
Gunpowder plot ON hearing that 37-year-old unemployed Daniel Perez Berlanga had driven a car bomb into the PP party’s headquarters in Madrid, more than one Spaniard could understand why.
All politicians are the same, said financially ruined Perez, echoing the views of many. In fact he had wanted to leave his car loaded with two butane canisters and home-made explosives at the parliament building, but Perez who lives in a Teruel village was unsure of its location. Instead he settled for PP headquarters although he could just have easily chosen the PSOE’s. Nevertheless there was relief, and not only amongst politicians, to learn that Perez has mental health issues and has had problems with drugs. Relief because blowing up politicians is no answer to the country’s problems. Violence only breeds more violence - and it doesn’t get anyone back in work, either.
Shall we dance? SPAIN’S Attorney General Eduardo Torres-Dulce resigned “for personal reasons.” Decoded, this meant that because
he could not be sacked, the government made life difficult enough to push him into resigning. He refused to jump through the government hoop too many times, but above all he had not been forgiven for one huge transgression. He backed the decision to remand the PP’s ex-treasurer Luis Barcenas and let the public peer into a murky world of bribery and corruption. It takes two to tango and voters have seen that it takes two for corruption to take hold.
Calling card SPAIN welcomed the normalisation of relations between the US and Cuba, as “very hopeful,” according to Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo. Tangentially he should benefit too: Raul Castro fobbed him off with the regime’s second-incommand Miguel Diaz Canel when he visited Cuba last November. Next time round he might get the boss-man himself.
Choose good thoughts and create an abundant New Year AS the New Year begins, Sally Trotman practice gratitude and Based in Mallorca, Sally Trotman is a qualified positive expectation for the Counsellor who works with Astrology, Numerology and year ahead. For a the Tarot. Each month she moment, recall a situation will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid or event which brought increased self awareness. you great joy last year. As www.sallytrotman.com you remember this time, feel your spirit lift. You may even find yourself NEW YEAR: Begins full of promise, so set yourself smiling now! From this place of achievable goals. expansion and peace, set the intention to expect In the tarot deck this many more blissful moments like this one to number corresponds to manifest in 2015. You the card of Strength. This create your reality with is the year to recognise strengths and your thoughts. Choose your good thoughts and create develop strength on all levels, mentally, emotionan abundant New Year. The year 2015 adds up ally, spiritually and to the number eight. This physically. A great way to develop is deemed an auspicious number in Chinese culture. more strength is to create
more balance. You may wish to consider, for example, how you can balance your own needs with the needs of other. January begins with the full moon in Cancer on January 5. Comfortable in this sign, Cancer is
bringing the opportunity to nurture yourself more, honour your sensitivity, release the past and connect to your true feelings. The new moon on January 20 ruled by the far seeing sign of Aquarius, is the perfect time to
create a vision board. Find a cork board or paste pictures onto your computer of what you would like to bring into your life over the coming year. The New Year begins full of promise, so set
achievable goals and remain open to receiving unexpected gifts. Planning and yet remaining flexible is key here. The number eight turned on its side resembles the infinity symbol. This is reminding you that you are eternal, that there is no rush. As you flow from one year to the next, everything is happening in divine timing. Embrace inner and outer change this year. Relax into the natural rhythm of life. Sally Trotman teaches Personal Development Workshops and offers one to one sessions in Palma, Watford UK, and via Skype. Visit www.sally trotman.com or sally. trotman@btinternet.com.
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Will you be making a New Year’s resolution? If so, what will it be?
NTJE BRUSKE of Nova Vita Restaurant, Bar and Lounge in Puerto de Andratx, Mallorca, said: “I don’t particularly have any New Year’s resolutions for myself as such, but I think that maybe I am feeling like many others at this time of year, and the greatest thing of all would be world peace.” Lynda ‘LouLou’ Barnes from LouLou’s Hair Design in Velez Rubio, Almeria, replied: “I am determined to lose weight in 2015. I was 60 on December 21 and am determined to prove that a lady can be of a certain age yet still look and feel amazing. I know everyone says they want to lose weight at New Year but I know I will do it.” We think she can do it, too, and wish you well, Lynda!
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business, working hard and getting ready for the busy, busy summer period which is coming. I am planning on increasing my range and styles of human hair extensions and creating even more wigs on a personal order basis so that I can help my Joyce from Curiocity Hairdressers in customers fulfil their own 2015 resolutions Fuengirola, Costa del of having great looking, fuller or longer Sol, told EWN: ”I am looking hair.” not really interested Fuengirola Iceland worker Kelly Young in personal said: “We went on a family holiday to Gran resolutions but my plans Canaria in November and so want to save for 2015 will definitely money to be able to go on holiday again be the development of this year.” my hairdressing Nick Cannidge, owner of The Computer Company in Urbanisation La Marina, Costa Blanca, joked that NICK (far left): To further his resolution will be the expand his company. same as every year: “Smoke less, eat less, drink JOYCE (middle): To less and exercise more, develop her hairdressing which normally lasts a business. day!” He added: “But we are also resolving to KELLY: To save for further improve and expand the business another family during 2015.” holiday.
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LOVE this time of year, when I can legitimately not answer the phone or emails for a few days. It’s also the time of year when I feel like my brain is going to explode with new ideas and projects, as I am the sort of person who can find something to do in an empty room. I enjoy the classical end of the year beginning of a new one as a perfect time to make resolutions and maybe challenge myself to achieve new things too. I find the winter season in Mallorca very inspiring: it’s lovely to get outside and go for a walk in the sunshine where there is only the slightest hint of a chill in the air. We are definitely going up the hill to the Castell of Alaro which is where we are going to spend some time
ROCKY OUTCROP: Castell of Alaro.
over New Year and it is a beautiful spot for thinking and relaxing. The town of Alaro is one of the last outposts of the flat lands north of Palma, the island’s capital city. It sits directly before the Tramuntana mountains which rise abruptly from
the central plain. The landscape is dominated by a twin pair of rocky outcrops: bare vertical cliffs more than 800 metres high that stand as Tolkienesque sentinels guarding the lush valley that leads through Orient to Bunyola. Perched atop
the southern outcrop is the mountain fortress of the Castell of Alaro. Reaching the top of this peak is a popular Sunday jaunt that combines a challenging, but not epic walk, a bit of history, and quite possibly the best Sunday lunch you are ever going to taste.
Once you get to the top of the hill the views back towards Palma begin to open up and on a clear day, you can see across the bay of Palma towards Andratx, and towards the islands of Cabrera over to the East. On the summit views extend to the North
allowing a bird’s eye vista down into the Orient valley, and the highest peak on Mallorca Puig Mayor, easy to spot with its radar station on the summit. We’re going to take some time to visit the small chapel of Mare de Déu, and have a glass of wine and a pa amboli, a traditional snack of bread, tomato, cheese and ham, from the recently restored cafe and overnight hostel. The renovations were completed in 2012 after more than a decade of work transferring building materials via helicopter and donkey. It sleeps 30 people and is reasonably priced. It forms one of the many overnight refuges in the Tramuntana range. It’s an amazing place and a wonderful reminder of how fortunate we are to live in an area of such natural beauty. One of our family resolutions for 2015 is to spend a night in each of the hostels around the island, I can’t wait to start. familymattersmallorca.com
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1892: Ellis Island opens in New York to begin processing immigrants to the United States. The first person to pass through is a 15-year-old Irish girl named Annie Moore. It closes in 1954 after processing millions of immigrants. 1919: The German Workers’ Party - later to become the Nazi party - is formed by Anton Drexler in Munich. Adolf Hitler becomes the party’s 55th member in September of the same year. 1929: Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among the country’s poorest and sick people. Her work later leads to a Nobel Peace Prize and her beatification in 2003. 1971: Sixty-six people lose their lives when crush barriers collapse at Ibrox Park in Glasgow during a derby clash between Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers. It is the worst British football disaster at the time. 1977: British music company EMI fires punk band The Sex Pistols because of their notorious behaviour in public. The band had only been with the label for three months and released one single, Anarchy in the UK. 1985: The UK’s very first mobile phone call is made by comedian Ernie Wise from St Katherine dock to the Vodafone head offices situated above a curry house in Newbury. 1986: Phil Lynott, the Irish musician and former frontman of rock group Thin Lizzy dies from heart failure 11 days after collapsing from a drink and drug binge in his home in Surrey, England. 2002: Twelve of the European Union’s 15 countries start using the new Euro currency. It is the biggest monetary changeover in history and replaces existing currencies by the end of February.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Hard-working, enterprising and self-sacrificing are just some of the words that describe your zodiac sign. It will be these qualities that count. Friday will boost your powers of persuasion, but you won't have too much to complain about if you follow this lucky trend into next week's encouraging tide. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Eager Mars meets affluent Jupiter and enriches your financial forecast. It might show a foretaste of money to come, or on-stream benefits. If you intend to make alterations to your personal and home interests, you'll undoubtedly cope with both offbeat and upbeat activities. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) One thing is certain, when you come through this week's restless planetary antics, you won't be totally the same Piscean who walked in. Whether you're figuring out numbers, analysing your dreams, or getting into a playfully social mood, there'll be much to enjoy and put to the test. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Education, media, creative and social connections are given star merit. The solar eclipse in your own sign bursts with vitality and success, more so for an array of bold moves, replacements and makeovers covering your personal affairs. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Stand by for a week of whoosh and whirl. More importantly, try to avoid getting tongue-tied or dogmatic on Tuesday and Friday. Promising potentials appear, especially if you spruce up your competitive streak. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Throughout this fortunate week, whatever else you decide, refuse to discard your hopes and wishes. As a Gemini, you like to have two strings to your bow of life, which gives you an alternative option, especially if the going gets tough. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A vivid star pattern portends a frantic personal and social diary.
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January 2, Christy Turlington, 46, model Turlington is one of the original supermodels of the 1990’s and has worked with internationallyacclaimed fashion houses such as Calvin Klein and Versace. She has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers during her career. January 3, Mel Gibson, 59, actor Australian-born movie star who shot to fame in the road movie Mad Max. Since then he has starred in numerous Hollywood blockbusters including Braveheart, The Patriot and Hamlet.
Ensure that any tight planning is carefully handled, especially if you hope to fit in everything you would like to say. Don't allow Monday or Wednesday's tensions to spoil opportunities for settling something important. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Pave the way for any ambitious schemes you may have, rather than actually starting them. With your ruler the Sun eclipsing your kindred fire sign, determined Aries, you are now more likely to get the support and affection you need from the powers that be or someone who thinks the world of you. Loosen up on Tuesday and Thursday. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Even if the opposite to what you
1. Blondie, Talking Heads, Duran Duran and Elvis Costello were all associated with which style of rock music popular in the late 1970s? It was derived from punk but generally more poppy in sound and less aggressive in performance. 2. Built in 1903–6 on the site of Newgate Prison, by what other name is the Central Criminal Court in London better known? 3, The ‘Old Lady of Threadneedle Street’ is the nickname of what? 4. ‘There’s talk on the street; it sounds so familiar. Great expectations, everybody’s watching you’ are the first lines of which 1977 UK Top 20 hit by the Eagles? 5. What nickname was applied to the veterans of the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in the First World War (1914)? 6. Which city is the capital of India and seat of the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India? 7. Which city is the state capital of New South Wales? 8. Which country won the 2014 Rugby League Four Nations tournament? 9. Which large breed of sheepdog has a shaggy bluegrey and white coat? 10. Which state in the eastern United States, one of the original 13 colonies, is known as the Old Dominion State?
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January 1, Grandmaster Flash, 57, rapper Born Joseph Saddler in Barbados, Grandmaster Flash is one of the major pioneers of hip hop DJ-ing and early rap music. He is credited with the creation of the first crossfader, made from junkyard parts in the Bronx.
RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW
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 T) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
He has courted controversy in recent years for the portrayal of Jews in his movie The Passion of the Christ.
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January 3, Michael Schumacher, 46, racing driver Seven-time F1 world champion Schumacher drove with Ferrari for 10 years before retiring and then making an unsuccessful comeback. He was involved in a skiing accident in 2013 and was placed in a medically-induced coma.
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January 4, James Milner, 29, football player English central midfielder who joined Manchester City in 2010 after spending two years with Aston Villa. He became a member of the English national team in 2009. In his teenage years he excelled at not just football but also cricket and running.
want happens, it could prove useful. One clue to this week's planetary crossword puzzle is ‘What word could also mean success?’ Check it out, and make it work for you. Never forget that important ideas and developments can stem from seemingly trivial discussions. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The solar eclipse in your opposite sign of Aries intensifies your willpower. Before you say 'go', find out where you stand. It might pay you to leave things be for a little longer to see if anything begins to change. Some of the consequences of your actions will become obvious as your charming ruler Venus begins to have an effect. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) The planets mobilise your streak
Good: 12 Excellent: 21 January 2, Paz Vega, actress. Vega was well known in Spain for her role in television series ‘Menudo es mi padre’ and Spanish movies such as ‘Lucia y el sexo’, before hitting the big time worldwide with appearances in Hollywood movies Spanglish and The Spirit. She has been married since 2002 and has three children.
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of Scorpio daring, but don't stretch your limits. Your most effective weapon against personal and workrelated pitfalls is your ability to be objective. Your desire to make specific situations and conversations work needs to be combined with your faith that they will work. Even if a different approach is required, try it and see. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The main gist of the solar eclipse in fiery Aries and the link between plucky Mars and your ruler friendly Jupiter will stir surprises. Whether you create the right atmosphere all round depends on how you interpret other people's views. Stick to crisp, simple but sensitively tuned answers, then no one can accuse you of not trying.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION cart, cert, cite, curt, cute, fact, fate, feat, feta, fiat, frat, fret, frit, kart, kite, raft, rate, reft, rift, rite, tack, take, tare, teak, tear, tick, tier, tike, tire, tref, trek, true, tuck, tufa, turf, acute, after, caret, carte, cater, citer, craft, crate, cruet, cuter, cutie, eruct, facet, fruit, irate, kraft, krait, react, recta, recti, refit, taker, trace, track, trice, trick, trike, truce, truck, uteri, acuter, curate, faucet, racket, tacker, ticker, tucker, tackier, truckie, FRUITCAKE
Word Ladder BOYS
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Move from the start word (BOYS) to the end word (SHOP) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
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The Skeleton Twins When estranged twins at the end of their tether - Milo and Maggie discover that they have both unsuccessfully attempted suicide during a chance reunion, the pair are forced to confront where and why both their lives went so wrong. As they reconnect after being apart for so long, Milo and Maggie begin to realise that the key to fixing their lives may just lie in repairing their relationship. The Skeleton Twins was met with critical acclaim upon its release and garners an 87 per cent rating on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes. Directed by Craig Johnson and starring Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig and Luke Wilson. Run time 91 minutes. Rated 15.
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1. NEW WAVE, 2. OLD BAILEY, 3, BANK OF ENGLAND, 4. NEW KID IN TOWN, 5. OLD CONTEMPTIBLES, 6. NEW DELHI, 7. SYDNEY, 8. NEW ZEALAND, 9. OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG, 10. VIRGINIA
The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter 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 (BUTLER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous character associated with this time of year (two words): ATHIEF TERM Unscramble the name of a popular drink: CHANGE MAP
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: FATHER TIME, CHAMPAGNE
Play on Words D N A H 6 Begin to arrange a spree (5) 8 Eager, though wrong, to correspond (5) 13 Black leg that is endless infection (7) 15 Fools in some silly class escapade (5) 16 Is caught by props but puts up
a fight (7) 17 Argument about bad tee (6) 18 Get placed in position and attacked on all sides (5) 19 Stick out bent bugle (5) 21 Albert and I have become animated (5)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 17 represents H and 25 represents Z, so fill in H every time the figure 17 appears and Z every time the figure 25 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.
Across 1 Spade-like tool (6) 4 Inspects (6) 9 Brings into existence (7) 10 Grades (5) 11 Rub out (5) 12 Accomplish (7) 13 Possessing sound knowledge (11) 18 Reaches a destination (7) 20 Shoulder firearm with a long barrel (5) 22 Make a mess of (5) 23 Question (7) 24 Sprinted (6) 25 Large animals (6)
Down 1 Holy (6) 2 Drama set to music (5) 3 Outermost (7) 5 Severe (5) 6 Worry (7) 7 Method (6) 8 Fixed (11) 14 Apprehensive (7) 15 Trash (7) 16 Hesitated (6) 17 Flattens (6) 19 Worth (5) 21 Goes wrong (5)
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
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GEO Answers: Hands up, Alter ego
Across 1 March off for appeal (5) 3 Look at manuscript, it appears (5) 7 Manila’s odd beasts (7) 9 Side with gal in trouble (5) 10 She and the Queen are fine (5) 11 Authorise nurse championship (7) 12 Somehow chews a nut (6) 14 Dreads becoming more unhappy (6) 18 Stroll after a bee to the blackberry bush (7) 20 Corset’s remains (5) 22 Society finish off craft (5) 23 Attacks a fool but suffers afterwards (7) 24 Is backing First Lady to sort things out (5) 25 Game in a coaches’ school (5) Down 1 Group of students in charge of work of art (7) 2 A soldier and the French mobile (5) 3 She’s as strange as parts of a window (6) 4 Correct late law (5) 5 Fish Ted concealed and moved (7)
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Across 1 Puro (5) 3 Novia (en boda) (5) 7 Above (6) 9 Water (4) 10 Resto (9) 13 Tía (4) 14 Navy (6) 16 April (5) 17 Beach (5)
Down 1 Masticar (4) 2 Like that (3) 4 Englishwoman (7) 5 Age (of person, animal, building) (4) 6 To walk (7) 8 Limpiadora (persona) (7) 11 Berry (4) 12 Each (4) 15 Thousand (3)
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 3 Doll, 4 Fun, 6 Eggnog, 7 Plates, 11 Asar, 12 Elf, 13 Toy, 15 Comet, 16 Camellos, 18 Opened, 19 Bells, 21 Barba. Down: 1 Pudín de pasas, 2 Holly, 4 Fireplace, 5 Food, 8 Sled, 9 Gift, 10 Stove, 14 Oro, 17 Antlers, 19 Baby, 20 Star.
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TOP 10 STRANGEST NEW YEAR TRADITIONS WITH the New Year right upon us, we take a look at some of the strangest traditions at this time of year from around the globe. Whether practised or not, some of these wacky traditions certainly make for some interesting reading.
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A North Korean submarine 1. In some South American countries, crashes in the Sea of wearing different coloured underwear on Japan, a CIA officer goes New Year’s Eve will determine what kind of missing in Ho Chi Minh year you are going to have. For instance, City and a package of wearing red underwear means the forged documents following year you will find love, gold disappears. Something underwear indicates wealth and white links the three incidents underwear will bring you peace. but it will take time to put 2. In Peru at this time of year, people in the pieces of the puzzle a small Peruvian village in Chumbivilcas together, and time is the Province near Cuzco have fist fights to one thing that Jack Ryan settle their differences in order to start the New Year off with a clean slate. Not SERENA EPSTEIN the kind of place for pacifists on New Year’s Eve! 3. Romanian farmers try to communicate with their cows at New Year, and they all hope that somehow a cow will manage to talk back. Not only will they be able to call themselves Romanian Dr Doolittle’s, but they’ll also have a year filled with good luck. 4. South Africans love nothing more than chucking old furniture out the window in this tradition that is particularly popular in Johannesburg. Many Italians follow the same practice, no doubt in accordance of the old adage ‘out with the old, in with the new.’ 5. In Siberia, holes are cut in the ice covering Lake Baikal and New Year’s trees are carried to the bottom of the lake by divers. Given Siberia’s climate, only professional divers in full scuba gear participate. 6. In a tradition that sounds more fitting
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Just Joking ‘Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet.’ ‘Someone stole my Microsoft Office and they’re gonna pay. You have my Word.’ Q: How do you think the unthinkable? A: With an itheberg.
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for Halloween, Chilean families in Talca like to see in the New Year in the company of dead relatives. Thousands of people will attend a late night mass in the graveyard, light candles and sleep on the graves of dead relatives while classical music plays in the background. 7. Apparently in Ireland some people like to smack the walls with bread in order to get rid of evil spirits. Probably best not to use a sliced pan as you might hurt your hand, but instead a big chunk of thick Irish brown bread. 8. St Mark’s Square in Venice is the place to be on New Year’s Eve if you’re single. On top of the spectacular fireworks display put on each year, the square holds a mass kiss-in, with thousands of smooching couples puckering up. You never know, you might get lucky! 9. Not content with having overindulged on traditional pork with sauerkraut or white and blood sausage during the entire holiday season, Estonians will eat seven times on New Year’s Day to ensure abundance in the New Year. 10. Japan is a noisy place to be on New Year’s Eve. In alignment with the Buddhist belief that bell-ringing brings cleanliness, all bells are rang 108 times, giving a festive sound to the holiday but ringing ears for the next few days.
COW WHISPERING (top left): Unusual Romanian New Year tradition. BREAD (bottom left): Ideal for hitting walls with in Ireland. BELL-RINGING (top right): Japan’s noisy New Year’s tradition. MULTI-COLOURED UNDERWEAR (bottom right): Colours indicate what the year holds.
Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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A fruity after Christmas remedy for overindulgence FEELING guilty about overindulging over the festive period? Then eat bilberries. The bilberry is native to Europe and looks similar to the blueberry, being its wilder and more acidic version. It is believed that eating a handful of the fruit each day could help reduce the impact of a high-fat diet. Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland found that the beneficial health effects of bilberries are due to high levels of polyphenols, a disease-fighting chemical component significantly higher in bilberries than in commerciallycultivated blueberries. As part of the study, mice were fed a high-fat diet for a period of three months. Some of the mice were also fed either 5 per cent or 10 per cent of
freeze-dried bilberries in the diet and found that the bilberries diminished the inflammatory effects of the highfat diet, which can lead to diseases
like heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Bilberries also reduced high blood pressure levels associated with fatty diets.
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How to avoid weight gain at festive celebrations during the party season DURING the holidays, eating habits tend to be altered. Overeating and indulgence can cause us to increase in weight, putting on average up to four kilos. Nutritionist at the Obesity Unit at Chiron Hospital Torrevieja and Murcia, Carolina Perez, gives some guidelines to prevent the festivities taking their toll on our bodies and digestive health. She said binge eating is
the worst cause with many people holding out for that big dinner or party buffet which causes them to then overeat and fill up the stomach too much too quickly. “Eat slowly and chew food well,” Dr Perez recommends to aid digestion. To avoid excesses Dr Perez advises a number of guidelines: Plan celebration and make menus. If having heavy starters, balance
with a lighter main like fish. Whenever possible, grill or bake food and avoid frying and high-fat foods. Swap chicken for the lower fat option of turkey. If you have to have an alcoholic tipple or two, opt for lower calories drinks like champagne and cava rather than creamy liqueurs and cocktails. Serve a fruit platter for dessert before putting Christmas sweets
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AGEING SKIN: New cream could combat wrinkles.
Rogue gene could lead to anti-ageing solution SCIENTISTS are hoping to create a new cream which could combat wrinkles after accidentally discovering a rogue gene that ages skin. In a 20-week tanning experiment, they found that mice who lacked the enzyme Granzyme-B had aged significantly less than those who had it and they also had noticeably smoother skin and their collagen was more intact. The discovery was made by accident as the researchers at the University of British Colombia in Canada were looking into the role of GranzymeB in atherosclerosis and heart attacks. Scientists now hope they can use their findings to block the rogue enzyme and offer a definitive solution to ageing.
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DERELICT AND DECAYING: Europe’s second largest station after Leipzig in Germany. certainly not have been foreseen when the Aragon Government first began to study the concept of a rail link across the Pyrenees in 1853 as a means of expanding trade between Pau and Zaragoza. Although the idea was not met with enthusiasm by either the French or Catalan and Navarre authorities, the Spanish Government agreed to back the project and in 1882 passed the ‘Canfranc Law’. The Somport rail tunnel finally opened in 1912 but the First World War interrupted progress and the rail link from Jaca to Canfranc was not completed until the early 1920s. The Spanish convinced the French that the only suitable site for a station and goods yard was near the village of Canfranc. As work continued on the remaining tunnels and viaducts in France, the monumental station was built together with a village to house
Any expectations of success mountain railway became an were dashed by the Wall economic liability. The final straw Street crash and the for France came in 1970, when subsequent economic a goods locomotive left depression. Further disaster unattended without its brakes on struck in 1931 when a major destroyed a viaduct as it fire destroyed part of the careered downhill towards Pau. station and seriously Despite the 1904 treaty which damaged the hotel. Despite outlawed unilateral decisions, these setbacks French hopes the French rail authorities were raised by a new rail link refused to repair the damaged from Zaragoza to Valencia line. Since the accident 44 years opening the way for traffic ago, no train has crossed the between South West border although one track still France and the Spanish functions with a local service Mediterranean port. maintaining contact for Unfortunately, the 900 villagers and the Spanish Civil Designed for tourists with Jaca and War intervened. the golden Zaragoza. While digging In 1998, the then age of the Somport mayor of Canfranc, tunnel, the Victor Lopez, transport Spanish army had organised a series of built two strategic forts festivities to commemodominating the pass. At the rate the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities in 1936, station’s inauguration, inviting the army blocked the tunnel both French and Spanish rail shutting off the pass and officials in an attempt to commandeered the station for generate support for reopening military use. Before the line could the rail link. revert to its peacetime role, the However, the only new Second World War erupted and infrastructure work has been a for five years only military traffic road tunnel below the mountain was allowed through the tunnel, which by-passes the station transporting material from completely. There is a plaque on Germany and Switzerland across the station entrance which France to Spain. A recent world reads: ‘The Aragon railway Jewry report identified Canfranc workers commemorate the day as a storage centre for Nazi gold 70 years ago when Aragon was shipped from Switzerland. connected to Europe in the hope After the war it seemed the that one day this line will regood times would finally arrive. open.’ In the new age of highBut as competition from air and speed trains the station is a road transport increased the legacy of our rail heritage. SANTIMB/FLICKR
HE Somport pass has been a principal route over the Pyrenees for centuries, frequented by pilgrims using the ‘Tolosana’ path to Santiago de Campostela, and hikers and skiers visiting the region’s natural parks and ski resorts. Yet in this remote valley, seven kilometres from the French border, stands Europe’s second largest railway station after that of Leipzig in Germany. Declared an historic monument by the Aragon Government, the monumental, palatial building is a perfect example of 19th century French urban architecture with stone walls, mansard windows and rounded slate roofs, built with symmetrical precision. The canopy overhanging the platforms is supported by 64 decorative wrought iron columns spread equally along the length of the 280-metre-long station, exceeding by 12 metres the Titanic ocean liner. Designed for a golden age of transport the station is now derelict and decaying. The platforms are deserted, the rails and points overgrown and rusting. The view through the grime-covered windows is like peering into the interior of the Titanic. The remains of the decorative ceiling and main staircase of the ticket hall provide a reminder of its original grandeur and elegance. Inside the vast customs hall rows of bare wooden trestle tables still stand where hundreds of passengers once had to form queues to check their baggage before changing trains. Only the signs identify the French and Spanish arrival and departure lounges, whose doors are now warped and padlocked. The station’s demise could
the 2000 Spanish and French railway employees. Part of the upper floors of the station was designed as an hotel to accommodate travellers while the complex included a post office, telephone exchange and maintenance sheds. On July 18, 1928, with full pomp and ceremony heralding new economic and cultural ties between the two nations, the railway was officially opened by King Alfonso XIII of Spain and French President Gaston Doumergue. But the station’s destiny was to be determined by a new world order.
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Enjoy one of the longest running carveries on the Costa Blanca MONROES Carvery would like to wish all of their customers a prosperous start to 2015 and hope that everyone enjoyed the Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve festivities last year and they would like to thank everyone who came along and made it such a special, wonderful time of year! Monroes Carvery are very much looking forward to seeing you in the New Year for more fantastic food, superb service and great entertainment with fabulous atmosphere for unbeatable value for money!! Don’t forget that the popular, family run Monroes Carvery, which has been established for 26 years, offers a wide range of food, including children’s meals, vegetarian options and of course their famous carvery! The carvery, being the most popular option, consists of a
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a separate bar area called Bar Norma Jean (Tel: 965 761 731) which is open every day from 11am to late serving bar food, all day English breakfasts and showing all main sporting events. The bar also serves coffee, snacks, sandwiches and cocktails and all food is available to takeaway!
However, Monroes is much more than just a carvery with menu variations which include pie nights, fish and chip specials, steaks, burgers, pizzas and salads available across all three restaurants, with each also having their own special offers and dishes. Monroes Pedreguer also has
Full details of the individual menu specialities and variations with opening times of each one can be found at www.monroescarvery.com Moraira 965 744 114 Pedreguer 965 761 731 Monroes Benidorm has a separate menu and opening hours, so please see their website for details.
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GARDENING overall probably remains the number one retirement pastime for those living in Spain all year round. Some retirees do nothing but garden, while for others it might be just an hour or two potter each week, or just monitoring and giving instructions to gardeners. The main motivation for those that care and garden with passion is to have a garden they are proud of. In the best cases a spot of Spain that enables the genuine achievement of that popular expression ‘We came for the weather’ rather than in reality, ‘We
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look out at and drive in good weather, but we live in an air conditioned environment’. In the 70’s and 80’s inexpensive air conditioning was not available, so one purchased a property in a situation with natural shade from mature trees and natural seasonal breezes and one organised working time and siesta time, as the Spaniards did,
PAELLA BOOK: Now selling in the USA. around the pattern of the hottest and coolest hours. For us, during the hottest summer and winter hours a deep covered terrace outside the kitchen and winter dining room was important to comfortable family and invited guest entertainment. The large photo shows us enjoying tapas with Spanish friends on our covered terrace. In the early years we also often entertained smaller groups in the shade of a maturing carob tree and under a large umbrella. But umbrellas don’t last forever and don’t really last long if left out in all weathers, especially if unexpected gales blow up. Also none of these situations were ideal when cooking paellas on a gas
TAPAS: With friends. ring, as few days have no wind. So temperature control was not ideal. The answer was to construct a dedicated shaded facility to celebrate the publication of my book ‘Authentic Valencian Paellas’, which for some reason has suddenly started to sell more copies in the USA than in Spain. The paella kitchen restaurant is shown in the smaller photograph. At the time of the photograph, the paella pans were indoors to protect them from rain.
The kitchen has proved excellent for paellas of all sizes and also North African tagines and griddled fish and meats. Naturally the siting of such facilities is important within the colourful structure of plants, shrubs and trees. The choice of plants varies from gardener to gardener and many have
been through that tempting stage of let’s have one of everything with insufficent regard to their natural source and moisture shade and frost protection needs. But more about that next week. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com January 2015.
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Cat returns home after long trip A CAT that went missing at the start of 2013 has miraculously found its way back home after a 1,200 kilometre trek across France. Dan Bouchery, the owner of Cookie the cat, was on holiday in Grasse - near Marseille in March 2013 when Cookie disappeared. When she found out
her beloved pet had gone missing, she put up posters around the town and adverts in the local newspaper. However, the time had come for her to go back home and she left Grasse thinking maybe Cookie had been stolen. A year and a half after Cookie’s disappearance, Bouchery received an unexpected call. A vet from Orbec assured her that her long-lost pet was with him as a neighbour had found him in the area. The cat was skinny and dirty due to the long journey, but its microchip implant did not leave any doubts that the cat was in fact, Cookie.
Canine resolutions for a better life in the New Year
IT’S that time when we look forward to the New Year and think how can we make life better. It is the time for our New Year resolutions, and I see no reason why our canine friends should be left out. Here is my lighthearted list of the pledges our dogs should make… • I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I’m lying under the coffee table. • I will not roll my toys behind the fridge. • I must shake the rainwater out of my fur BEFORE entering the house. • I will not eat the cats’ food, before, or after, they eat it. • I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of carpet in the house when I am about to throw up. • I will not throw
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up in the car. • I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc.
• I will not chew my human’s toothbrush and not tell them. • I will not chew crayons or pens, especially not the red ones, or my people will think that I am haemorrhaging. • When in the car, I will not insist on having the window rolled down
when it’s raining outside. • I will not drop soggy tennis balls in the underwear of someone who is sitting on the toilet. • We do not have a doorbell. Therefore, I will not bark each time I hear one on the television. • I will not steal my Mum’s underwear and dance all over the garden with them. • The sofa is not a face towel. Neither are Mum and Dad’s laps. • My head does not belong in the refrigerator. • I will not bite the officer’s hand when he reaches in for Mum’s driver’s licence and car registration. DOGGY PLEDGE: I will not roll my toys behind the fridge.
Meet Nat and Jodie house and pet sitters By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch NAT is a former Australian police detective and Jodie a holiday company estates manager. About three years ago after moving to Dubai to explore new horizons, Nat and Jodie
found themselves once again drawn to what they know best namely security and property management. In the last three years they have completed several long term housesits where they were required to look after large properties, sometimes with hotel
accommodation offseason. There were always dogs, cats and other pets to care for. When asked why they enjoy being house/pet sitters, they say: 1. We love animals and will always work with animals. 2. We understand home security and
estate management, and housesitting enables us to do what we are good at. Download your Free Easy Guide to Housesitting www.bit.ly /eurown001 Visit www.HousesitMatch. com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508.
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BUYERS: Want a good deal.
Looking for a bargain in property hot spots FOREIGN buyers, who have been boosting the Spanish property market, continue to look for bargain properties. And they are concentrating on the country’s best known areas in their hunt for a good deal, according to property website Kyero.com. Issue 20 of the Kyero.com enquiry report analyses over 200,000 enquiries made by email through the site from July to December 2013. Alicante and the Costa Blanca continue to be the most attractive province for foreign buyers accounting for 31 per cent of all enquiries generated. In second place, Malaga Province attracted almost 14 per cent of enquiries, followed by Valencia and Tarragona with 6 per cent and 5 per cent respectively. The most popular properties enquired about were apartments (41 per cent) followed by villas (28 per cent) and country houses (15 per cent). In terms of size, threebed properties attracted the most interest (34 per cent) followed closely by two-bed properties (30 per cent) The most attractive price band to foreign buyers was €50,000 to €150,000, (47 per cent) followed by those under €50,000.
HOUSING REFORMS: Households can be awarded up to €2,000 for conservation works. PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTS SEPTEMBER
Government is to award funds for housing reforms THE Spanish Government is to provide grants for housing reforms. Through a housing plan approved in July, the Spanish Government is to allocate €2 million to promote rental housing, restoration and energy efficiency. According to the Ministry of Development, restoration work creates three times as many jobs
as the construction of new buildings. Therefore, in an effort to support this activity and fight unemployment, Madrid has decided to award a series of subsidies, grants and loans to people who wish to renovate their homes. To gain access to the aids, homeowners must fulfil a number of conditions, according to
idealista.com. The building cannot have been built after 1981 and at least 70 per cent of its total area must be designated for residential use only. In the case of housing, the grants are to only be awarded to applicants wishing to restore their home addresses. The Government also requires the funds be used to improve the gas, electricity, ventilation, and
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Hobbit holes come to Europe LOW-COST and low-impact can be highly gorgeous! Bilbo Baggins’ cosy hobbit hole Bag End has met its match for coolness and quaintness. This fabulously original woodland home was developed by Simon Dale, the architect behind not only the concept, but also its implementation. The home is featured on the ‘Why Don’t You Try This’ website (www.whydontyoutrythis. com) which claims that Dale was able to complete the construction at a cost of only £3,000 (€3,600). He acquired the land in exchange for its upkeep, and Dale was able to build his family’s eco-friendly residence in just four months.
Next time you think about property and what materials are actually needed in order to live somewhere comfortable, think about the fact that this charming home required just a chainsaw to cut down about 30 small trees, plus other common tools like a shovel, chisel and hammer. As far as materials, the earth itself provides the roof and a good portion of the walls, providing built-in natural insulation that keeps it warm in winter and cool in summer. And no one would ever know the materials and appliances inside were refurbished or purchased second-hand. Far from giving a ‘get-by-with-whatever’ vibe, the effect is fundamentally one of creativity.
insulation facilities or to build extensions that cannot exceed 120 square metres. The grants can also be invested to reinforce the structure of the building. Some restrictions do apply, however. For instance, the monthly family income of individuals wishing to apply for state-funded aid cannot exceed €2,289 and if a whole community wants to be awarded one of the grants, it is essential the monthly household income of at least 60 per cent of the residents be lower than €3,598. Overall, households can be awarded up to €2,000 for conservation works, an additional €1,000 if the works are related to improving energy efficiency and an extra €1,000 if the work is to make the home more accessible. Communities are to be awarded between €2,000 and €5,000 for works aimed at improving the quality and sustainability of the buildings and an extra €4,000 for improving accessibility. The amounts awarded depend on which region the applicants live in.
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PORTS lovers everywhere often look back, read about, watch (via various sources) and listen to what is said about things that happened years ago, and this week I am checking out 1965... and believe you me there were some great teams and personalities around half-a-century ago. Here are my findings, listed in no specific order and I’m certain you will remember a lot of them - good or bad! • The Wisconsin-based Green Bay Packers won the American NFL Championship for the first time. They went on to complete a hat-trick of triumphs by winning the prize in 1966 and 1967.
• FA Cup holders West Ham United (with Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst in their ranks) defeated German side TSV 1860 Munich 2-0 in the European Cupwinner’s Cup final at Wembley in front of almost 98,000 spectators. • FC Ferencvaros (Hungary) pipped Juventus 1-0 in the final of the Fairs Cup before a crowd of 25,000 in Turin. • Matt Busby’s Manchester United won the League championship (for first time since 1957); Newcastle (second), Carlisle (third) and Brighton & Hove Albion (fourth) were other Divisional champions, while Kilmarnock (not Celtic or Rangers) won the Scottish League crown. • Bill Shankly’s Liverpool (2-1 over Don Revie’s Leeds United after extra time), Tommy Docherty’s Chelsea (3-2 on aggregate v Leicester City) and Celtic (for the double) triumphed in the FA Cup, League Cup and Scottish Cup finals respectively. • Los Angeles Dodgers won the USA Baseball World Series for the third time in six years.
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• Inter Milan retained the European Cup by beating Benfica 10 in front of 89,078 fans in the San Siro Stadium in Italy.
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• Felice Gimondi (Italy) was crowned Tour de France winner and in some style too.
and with it his fourth successive Formula 1 driver’s title, driving his Lotus-Climax.
• The big horse races went to Sea Bird II (Derby), Long Look (Oaks), Niksar (2,000 guineas), Night Off (1,000 guineas), Provoke (St Leger), Jay Trump (Grand National), the great Arkle (Gold Cup) and Kirriemuir (the Champion Hurdle).
• Wigan lifted Rugby League’s Challenge Cup and Wales won Union’s Five Nations tournament.
• Top flat and National Hunt jockeys were Lester Piggott (166 winners) and Terry Biddlecombe (114 winners) respectively. Larry Bird from Boston Celtics • The NBA (USA Basketball) champions were Boston Celtics. • In boxing, Muhammad Ali (heavyweight), José Torres (light-heavy), Dick Tiger (middle), Emile Griffith (welter), Carlos Ortiz (light), Vicente Salvador (feather), Fighting Harada (bantam) and Salvador Barruni (fly) were the other world Muhammad Ali title holders, while the British heavyweight champion was the late Henry • GB’s Mike Hailwood Cooper. won the 500cc World Motor cycling • Worcestershire retained cricket’s championship for County Championship crown while the fourth Yorkshire won the limited overs successive year, NatWest Trophy. chased all the way by Italian • Cricket’s leading batsman in Giacomo Agostini. 1965 was Colin Cowdrey (Kent) with an average of 63.42; the top bowler • On four was Harold Rhodes (Derbyshire) wheels, who conceded only 11.05 runs per Scotsman Jim wicket; and the England-Australia Clark won the Tests Series was drawn. British Grand Prix
• John Pulman was in the middle of five successive World Snooker titles. He took over the mantle from Fred Davis in 1957 and relinquished it to John Spencer in 1969. • Sweden’s Bjorn Knutson became World Speedway champion, taking over from New Zealander Barry Briggs who had won the title three times in eight years. • And finally in tennis, Australian Roy Emerson won two Grand Slam tiles - on home soil and at Wimbledon. Manuel Santana triumphed in the USA and Fred Stolle in France. Emerson’s Aussie colleague Margaret Smith lifted the women’s plate at Wimbledon. And for those interested, when all this sporting activity was going on, The Beatles, Supremes, Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits, The Byrds and the Dave Clark Five topped the UK/US pop charts; American planes bombed North Vietnam; Edward Heath became UK Prime Minister; Cat Ballou, Dr Zhivago, Help and The Sound of Music were the big films and sadly Malcolm X, Nat King Cole and Stan Laurel (film star) all left us. Giacomo Agostini
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MASERATI, continued to celebrate its 100 years of history with a seven-page pictorial featuring supermodel Heidi Klum called ‘Beyond the Swimsuit’ in the introduction of iconic American magazine Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 50th Anniversary issue. “We started our next 100 years of craftsmanship by kicking off 2014 with the launch of one of the best received Super Bowl commercials ‘Strike’ featuring the all new Maserati Ghibli, and extending the brand to another massive cultural icon, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 50th Anniversary issue,” said Harald Wester, CEO of Maserati. “I had a great time
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BEYOND THE SWIMSUIT: Brought together ‘day in the life scenes.’ driving the new Maseratis for their new campaign shot by Francesco Carrozzini,” said Klum. Shot by Italian Master Photographer, Francesco Carrozzini, the seven-page pictorial piece ‘Beyond the Swimsuit’ brought together ‘day in the life’ scenes that befit one of the world’s most famous women, Heidi Klum, the Hollywood star with the glamorous Quattroporte Ermenegildo Zegna Limited Edition, the businesswoman with the Ghibli S Q4, and the thrillseeker with the GranTurismo MC Trofeo Race Car.
New McLaren GT3 racer is unveiled MCLAREN GT has confirmed first details of the McLaren 650S GT3 the latest generation trackfocused racer which will contest GT3 championships across the globe from the 2015 season. Building on the highly successful 12C GT3, which has firmly re-established McLaren at the front of the GT grid over the past three seasons, the 650S GT3 was unveiled in front of fans and the global motorsport media at the recent 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed. As the 12C GT3 continues claiming trophies around the world, the 650S GT3 has big shoes to fill, but it has been designed to do just that. The menacing and purposeful-looking racer is the secondgeneration GT3 car from McLaren GT, the GT race car building arm of McLaren, and follows in the slipstream of the 12C GT3, now competing in its third competitive season. To date, the 12C GT3 has secured three championship titles, 51 race victories and 71 further podiums, a number that continues to rise on a weekly basis, and currently leads the highly competitive Blancpain Endurance Series and the GT Asia championship. Based on the recently unveiled McLaren 650S, and built around the same lightweight carbon fibre MonoCell chassis, the GT3 iteration has been honed using CFD technology and
the latest in automotive and motorsport simulation to offer enhanced aerodynamics and improved levels of cooling. At the front, an aggressive splitter and larger air intakes dominate the purposeful new look, incorporating the familiar McLaren ‘face’ albeit a more aggressive and menacing version, while on the flanks, the allnew lightweight carbon fibre bodywork wraps around reprofiled air intakes, which offer further optimised cooling. The fixed carbon-fibre rear wing works in tandem with the large carbon-fibre splitter to complete the manage-ment of air as it is worked across, through and beneath the sleek lines of the 650S GT3. The road-going version has been designed and developed to provide ‘the ultimate in driver engagement on the road,’ and the 650S GT3 uses this same approach. Revised suspension geometry, wider track and updates to the overall set-up provide enhanced levels of drivability, optimising engagement for the wide range of drivers competing in GT racing. In addition, the updates have been made with added emphasis on endurance racing, pulling from the lessons of the past few years, and responding to feedback from the customer teams. Reduced cost of ownership has been a priority during the design and development.
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third rider to achieve 10 successive race victories in the same season, after Aussie Mick Doohan and Italian Giacomo Agostini. And some more: I must also congratulate golfer Rory McIlroy, the PGA and Open champion who helped Europe win the Ryder Cup, again, under influential captain Paul McGinley… England’s women, winners of Rugby Union’s World Cup and ‘Team of the Year’… Ronnie O’Sullivan, the Welsh Open, Masters and UK snooker champion, and colleagues Mark Selby and Shaun Murphy… Ireland, under skipper Brian O’Driscoll, for their Six Nations Rugby triumph… Sri Lanka, victors of cricket’s T20 World Cup… marathon runner Wilson Kipsang, who won the London and New York events… Northampton Saints, Rugby’s Aviva Premiership and European Champions Cup winners… Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali… Germany, FIFA World Cup winners (and for beating Brazil 7-1)… Real Madrid, inspired by Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, for their Champions League and European Super Cup victories… Sevilla, Europa League winners… MK Dons for whipping Manchester United 4-0…
Grand Prix world champion Lewis Hamilton caps a great year.
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RIP Tennis star Elena Baltacha Bournemouth for smashing Birmingham City 8-0 away… Chelsea, Sheffield United, Spurs and Liverpool for reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup… WorcesterScunthorpe or their epic recording-breaking FA Cup penalty shoot-out (1314)… Britain’s athletes (including 40-year-old Jo Pavey) for some terrific performances in the Glasgow Championships… racehorse winners Tonalist (Belmont Stakes), California Chrome (Kentucky Derby), Pineau de Re (Grand National) and the Aidan O’Brientrained Australia (Derby)… NH jockey Tony McCoy on reaching the milestone of 4,000 winners… Stephen Bunting, the BDO Darts World champion… boxers Carl Froch, four-time World Super Middleweight champion… GB equestrian rider extraordinaire, Charlotte Dujardin… GB swimmer Adam Peaty… and finally skeleton bobber Lizzy Yarnold.
RIP Sadly these sporting folk all left us in 2014: exfootballers Sir Tom Finney (Preston), Tony Hateley (Liverpool, etc), Bert Williams (Wolves) and Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid, Spain); F1 driver Sir Jack Brabham; rugby stars Jack Kyle (Ireland) and Norman Mair (Scotland); jockeys Terry Biddlecombe, Dessie Hughes and Michael Scudamore; trainer Toby Balding; athletes Sir Chris Chataway and Dorothy Tyler; tennis star Louise Brough; cricketers Ian Craig, Gary Gilmour and Phil Hughes (all Australia) and Phil Sharpe (England), and, finally, BBC commentator David Coleman. Marc Marquez, Spain’s ‘Masterclass on wheels.’
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From Back Page the podium 16 times and starting in pole position on seven occasions. He amassed 384 points to clinch his second driver’s title of his career, ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. Lewis’s victories came in Malaysia, Bahrain, China, Spain, Britain (Silverstone), Italy, Singapore, Japan, Russia, USA and Abu Dhabi in that order, clinching the title in the last race. And to cap a great year, the 27-year-old Stevenage-born driver was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year, gaining 33 per cent of the vote. Marc Marquez MotoGP star Spain’s ‘Masterclass on two wheels’ Marc Marquez, ‘MM’ to his colleagues, achieved a hat-trick of World MotoGP championship victories and his fourth triumph in five years. He competed in all 18 races, gaining 13 wins, 14 podium finishes while accumulating a total of 362 points. He won the title with three races remaining. He took the chequered flag in Qatar, America, Argentina, Spain (on three occasions at different venues), France, Italy, Holland, Germany, Britain, Malaysia and India. And with his 10th successive victory in Indianapolis, USA, ‘MM’ became only the
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Three stars shone brightly in 2014
Tony Matthews
International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.
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SO much happened in the world of sport in 2014 that I could easily have filled this entire newspaper covering all the feats, successes and triumphs achieved by individual stars and teams over the last 12 months. However, I have been able to reduce my wordage and hopefully I have covered all the relevant facts and stats. Here are my top three sports stars of 2014: Lionel Messi footballer In October 2014, Barcelona’s Argentinian
superstar Lionel Messi became the youngest player to score 250 goals in La Liga. The very next month, he bagged a hattrick against Sevilla to become the all-time top scorer in La Liga with 253 goals. And later in the month, he netted his 74th Champions League/ European Cup goal to become the all-time leading marksman in this 60-yearold competition. When I compiled these notes the irresistible ‘Leo’ had notched no less than 375
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Stanislav Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic who won eight tournaments between them, the latter the Wimbledon men’s singles title.
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competitive games for Barcá (2004-14) and another 61 in 119 U20/U21/senior internationals for his country. And he’s still only 27. Lewis Hamilton - F1 champion The 2014 Grand Prix World champion Lewis Hamilton competed in all 19 F1 races this year, winning 11, finishing on Turn to Page 71
PROLIFIC: Barcelona’s superstar Lionel Messi became the youngest player to score 250 goals in La Liga.