Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 8 - 14 January 2015 Issue 1540 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1540

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Boy found safe and well A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy who went missing in El Garruchal in San Jose de la Montaña district has been found safe and sound after more than three hours by Local Police and Guardia Civil officers.

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Earth tremor THE earth moved for Torrevieja residents last Friday (January 2) when a tremor of 1.6 on the Richter Scale was registered at 4.45am.

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Warm welcome on a cold night for New Year babies THE Valencian Community’s first 2015 baby was a girl. Her parents Alicia and Jorge

have called her Ana. She was born at nine minutes after midnight on

Lucky Murcia THE ONCE Christmas draw brought €240,000 in prizes to Murcia City. Pedro Sanchez in Plaza Industria sold second prize tickets worth €40,000 while Jessica Garcia at San Juan health centre sold 10 tickets which won €20,000 each.

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January 1 in La Fe Hospital in Valencia City and weighed 3.65 kilos. The first baby to come into the world in Alicante Province was another girl, Sulamita. Her Spanish mother gave birth in Alicante City’s Hospital General Universitario at 12.50am and the baby weighed in at exactly three kilos. Another newborn – and yet another girl – also arrived at 12.50am, this time at Castellon City’s Hospital General. She is to be called Valeria. All three baby girls were received into a This will not only be warm world of family the first year a cruise love, but the weather ship stops overnight at outside was less Cartagena, but also the welcoming as the first time 140,000 cruise New Year was rung passengers visit in one in. season, a figure which is Temperatures fell increasing every year. to 6ºC below freezing Although the number of in some parts of ships due is lower than both Valencia and last year, they will be Castellon Provinces, larger and carry more and also fell to 2ºC passengers. below zero in inland Alicante.

The World is due in port LUXURY residential cruise ship The World will spend three days docked in Cartagena Port at the end of April. Popularly referred to as ‘the millionaires’ boat’, The World has 165 private residences on board with purchase prices ranging from €1 million to more than €6 million and rentals from

€1,000-€4,000 a day. Owners can get on and off the ship, which was built in 2002 by Norwegian designers Petter Yran and Bjørn Storbraaten at an estimated cost of €3 billion, anywhere across the five continents it travels between each year, and residents vote on the routes to be taken.

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INDEX News 1 - 32 Finance 33 - 38 Letters 39 Leapy Lee 43 Daily TV 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 Time Out 55 - 58 Health & Beauty 59 - 61 Food 62 - 64 Homes & Gardens 66 - 67 Services 71 - 74 Classifieds 75 - 77 Motoring 78 - 79 Sport 80

BETTER LOOKING: Avenida de las Habaneras has had a facelift.

Good outcome for renovation works RENOVATION works on Avenida de las Habaneras in Torrevieja have been completed. The works on the road, which connects with the Playa de los Locos area, were mainly aimed at improving safety and enhancing the appearance of the 600metre stretch. New artificial grass in different colours was installed as well as murals made out of small pieces of tiles, which have resulted in a bright and colourful scene. In addition, the traffic signs have been

repainted and the irrigation system has been completely renovated. Head of the Parks and Gardens department, Carmen Gomez Candel, said that it was the residents of Avenida de las Habaneras who had requested the improvements, as they claimed the area looked in a poor state of repair and had not been renovated in years. The budget for the project has only covered the materials used to carry out the work, an outcome that residents said they were happy with.

Applications accepted for beach-bars THE Municipal Coastal Services Institute (IMSEL) of Cartagena Council will be accepting applications from those who wish to run temporary beach installations until January 26.

Information on what is needed to apply to run the kiosks, beach-bars, rental of sun-beds, parasols, tables and chairs, pergolas and nautical elements can be found on the councilâ€™s website.

Local bylaws state that temporary establishments offering food and drink on natural beaches may not occupy more than 70 square metres and must be separated from each other by

at least 300 metres. Meanwhile, within the town limits permanent beach-bars occupying up to 200 square metres are allowed with a minimum separation of 150 metres.

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NEWS Sports star NATIONAL handball-team member Lara Gonzalez Ortega from Santa Pola was congratulated by the mayor after coming second in the European Championships in Croatia and Hungary. Immigrants leave INTIRAYMI immigrants’ association reported that 8,000 Ecuadorian and Bolivian people have left Lorca in recent years due to the financial crisis and incentives offered to return home. Many of those who chose to stay had married Spaniards.

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Technology for schools VALENCIA parents will soon have a new tool to help them keep in touch with schools and follow their children’s progress. The Education Board has announced the imminent launch of Web Familias, a site which will enable parents and legal guardians to access school information from computers, tablets and smartphones.

Expected to be ready for testing next month, the system should be online for all schools, public and private, across the province by the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year. The Education Board explained that the tool will help schools and parents or guardians keep in touch and speed up communication while also allowing parents to keep track

of their children’s progress without having to visit schools repeatedly. Information will be split into various areas including parentteacher association news, information on available places, registration processes, advice for families, scholarships and an individual student area. Conflicts and problems will also be quicker to report and resolve.

Recognition for workers SANTA POLA followed tradition by holding a ceremony to honour municipal workers who retired in 2014. Seven workers were awarded with diplomas by the mayor, Miguel Zaragoza, and council members. Traditional sweetmeat CARTAGENA Cake Bakers Group offered more than 2,000 free pieces of Roscon de Reyes traditional cake in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento on Monday to celebrate the Three Kings’ Parade. Diplomas awarded DIPLOMAS were given to 66 work experience pupils that have completed work on Calle Barranco and the green coastal belt in Orihuela.

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THE number of registered unemployed people in Murcia went down by 8,840 over the last year according to the National Employment Institute (INEM).

Race for charity TORREVIEJA Athletics Club and Urban Woman establishment organised a Charity Three Kings race last Sunday with donations and non-perishable goods collected for Alimentos Solidarios.

Recognition for police IN preparation for Easter 2015, the Santisimo Cristo de la Esperanza y Maria Santisima de los Dolores Brotherhood has awarded Murcia Regional Police force with its gold medal. Local improvements CHANNELLING of the Rambla de las Señoritas in La Viña, Lorca, has left space for construction of a new park and gardens which will offer sports, leisure and cultural activities.

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Worker arrested A WORKER was arrested in Murcia after climbing over a fence outside the Ciudad de Transportes and causing €5,000 worth of damage to a lorry belonging to the company he worked for.

UNDER ATTACK: People have eggs and flour thrown at them while dressed in military gear.

Mock ‘coup’ quelled at traditional festival

OT content with pelting each other with tomatoes during the summer, Spaniards took to the streets over the festive season to chuck eggs and flour at each other, in yet another of the country’s weird and wonderful festivals. The Els Enfarinats Festival, held each year in the town of Ibi in Alicante, saw 3,000 residents throw more than 1,500 eggs and hundreds of kilogrammes of flour at each other as they staged a mock coup d’etat whilst in military-style gear. Each year the rowdy participants stage a mock battle against the authorities, with this year taking on particular significance against a backdrop of high-profile corruption imprisonments and allegations. Caked in flour, covered in egg yolks and surrounded by ear-

Quote of the Week You try to do your job the very best as you can, but when something like this happens, it’s just a delightful surprise,’ said British lawyer Ralph Smith upon being awarded a Member of the British Empire (MBE) for his services on behalf of the expat community in Spain.

popping firecrackers, the allegorical new ‘rulers’ of the town ‘jail’ those who don’t pay fines and engage in a running battle with L’Oposicio (The Opposition) by flinging flour and rotten eggs at each other. The chaotic 200-year-old festivities coincide with Spain’s version of April Fool’s Day and form part of the Day of the Innocents (when the Biblical King Herod ordered the killing of all young male newborns). In a country known for its bizarre festivals and traditions, the Els Enfarinats Festival is definitely one of the most visually spectacular. After the massive food fight and looking like they have just emerged from a snowstorm, the ‘revolutionaries’ coup is quelled and order is restored to the town. Money is collected from participants and onlookers and is donated to local charities.

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€56.3

billion is the record amount of money that tourists to Spain spent between January and October of 2014. The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism says that the figure will be even higher once figures for November and December are included.

Royal visit MELCHIOR, Gaspar and Balthazar visited children in Orihuela hospital on Sunday bearing gifts to brighten up the day for the young patients and their families.

Protected areas FOUR new areas of Murcia were declared Special Protection for Birds Zones (ZEPA) in 2014 meaning 213,000 hectares are now under protection.

Albatera arrest POLICE in Albatera arrested a 38-year-old Spanish man accused of fraud that sold ill dogs via the internet. Buyers had to spend up to €3,000 on vets bills after receiving their pets and discovering they were ill.

And finally... THOUSANDS of revellers in Madrid celebrated New Year’s Eve one day earlier than the rest of the country, in what is fast becoming a tradition. City officials test the chimes at Puerto del Sol a day ahead of New Year’s Eve to make sure all is working for the main event, and so many ring in the New Year on both December 30 and 31.

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Radar rakes the money in SPAIN’S General Traffic Directorate (DGT) collected €508.6 million thanks to radar traps between November 2011 and October 2014. Fines imposed on Valencian Community roads accounted for

€47.2 million of the total during these three years, with drivers from Alicante Province accounting for €13.4 million. With the exception of Cataluña and the Basque Region which were not included in the DGT

statistics, more Andalucia drivers were fined for speeding than in any other autonomous region, contributing €99.9 million to the government kitty. The Baleares tally was the lowest, with just €6.2 million.

San Fernando being rebuilt A CRANE has been placed at the San Fernando district as reconstruction works of the area’s buildings are due to start. Much of the area was demolished after an earthquake in 2011. Former residents, who had to leave their homes after the earthquake, have watched proceedings with special interest and hope to be able to go back to their homes shortly. The reconstruction works and the restoration of supply systems will be carried out simultaneously. The project aims at creating new leisure areas, public spaces for residents, such as green areas, children’s playgrounds and underground car parks, amongst others.

SKATE PARK: Youngsters are already enjoying the new facilities.

Youngsters welcome arrival of skate park SANTA POLA has inaugurated its first skate park. Over 200 people, many being the town’s younger population, gathered at the Els Xiprerets sports area as Mayor Miguel Zaragoza, accompanied by councillors for

Urbanism and Tourism, officially opened the facility. The skate park has multipurpose courts designed for young people to practise their skate boarding, and can be used by scooters, bikes or inline skates.

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Seasonal blues? It won’t last long!

ANTA has been and gone, the New Year’s Eve celebrations have begun to fade from our memories, and the Three Kings have delighted children for yet another year. As things start to get back to normal after the celebrating and partying of the Christmas season, we face into a month that people generally would like to see eliminated from the calendar. After the joy and excitement of Christmas, January is traditionally viewed as a month of bad weather, having little money left after the holidays and not having much on the horizon to look forward to. The decorations come down, office hours go back to normal and life gets back to its usual routine. There’s no doubt that moods can and often do change with the

seasons, and there’s definitely a case to be heard for January not being the most pleasant of months. But when living in sunny Spain, however, downbeat seasonal moods don’t often last for long. Before we know it temperatures will begin to pick up again, the sun will start making a more regular appearance and we’ll soon find ourselves in swimming costumes and flip-flops once again, working on our tans and enjoying lunch on the beach. Time flies - as we all know too well - and in just a few short months we’ll be getting in the summer mood thanks in part to the welcome Vitamin D the sun’s rays so generously provide. So try not to let the January blues bring you down. In Spain at least, the pre-summer buzz will be here in no time and we’ll all be happy chappies once again!

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Motorcyclist dies in Los Nietos car crash AN ENGLISH citizen, resident of Los Nietos (Cartagena) died in an accident at the road F-54. The incident took place at the intersection between Calle Dorada and Isla del Ciervo on December 29 at around 10am, when the 65-year-old man’s motorbike crashed against a car. He died at the scene from serious head injuries. According to witnesses, both vehicles

were driving at high speed when the collision took place. They also added that as the man’s helmet came off in the crash, they believed it was badly positioned or not properly fastened. The 112 emergency services tried to revive the man for almost 30 minutes, but were unable to due to the severity of his injuries. The car driver, another resident from Los Nietos, was unhurt.

Family members killed in blaze

Pensions increase

AN UNDERAGE boy and two adults from the same family were killed in a house fire in Cehegin. It is believed the blaze that took the lives of the boy, his uncle and his grandmother may have started by a heater, although the exact cause

THE number of pensions being received in the Valencia Region was 944,378 during December, representing an increase of 1.3 per cent over the same month last year. The average pension in the region is €807.54 a month, an increase of 1.8 per cent over 2013.

remains to be determined. A family member reportedly tried to enter the burning home, but could not because of the scale of the fire, which destroyed most of the house, except for the second storey.

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Drugs woman to stay in jail CARTAGENA woman Raquel Marinero, currently serving a sentence in Madrid prison for carrying drugs, will not be released early. Marinero was caught with 55 balls of cocaine inside her stomach and jailed in Costa Rica while three months pregnant. The woman and her daughter, who

was born in the Costa Rica prison, were brought back to Spain in 2012. Although her mother Cristina Hercules has collected signatures and asked the Ministry of Justice and the Royal Household for her daughter to be released early due to a personality disorder which requires treatment, the applications have been rejected.

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Lions on La Zenia Beach FOLLOWING the awful weather on Christmas Day 2013, the crowds flocked back to La Zenia beach in their thousands on Thursday, Christmas Day 2014. At 12.30pm, JB Brass struck up to entertain the throng with Christmas Carols, Jingle Bells, White Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and many others, which had everyone singing along. It was a truly European Day with people from all corners of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Finland, Denmark and, of course, Spain enjoying the festivities. As usual the Torrevieja Costa Lions Club were present, raising funds this year for ALPE, the educational and social welfare centre for handicapped children and young adults in Torrevieja. The Lions collection took place during the JBB concert and Lion President Iain Bennett is delighted to announce that €788.30 was raised in just one hour. He also received two exceptional individual donations, one from a gentleman from Quesada who donated €1,000 and the other from a group in Los Dolces who

LIONS ON THE BEACH: A truly European Day with people from all over enjoying the festivities. donated €200. So on the day Lions Charities benefited to the total of €1,988.30. On behalf of the Club, the Lion President would like to thank everyone.

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NEWS 10 millionth passenger for airport ALICANTE-ELCHE airport recently greeted its 10 millionth passenger. The Ryanair Boeing 737 from Stansted landed amidst plumes of water from the hoses of the airport’s fire engines and first down the gangway was Keith Porter. The retired British policeman, the 10 millionth traveller to arrive at Alicante-Elche, was presented with flowers and received two air-tickets for the same route.

REWARDED: Students with their diplomas.

Good results TORREVIEJA Mayor, Eduardo Dolon, has awarded diplomas to 44 students from the Seventh Employment Workshop ‘Mediterraneo’. The students took part in courses covering

gardening, painting, paving and file management. They have also carried out work on the town’s structures and improved the quality of life for residents.

Jobs promise from regional president ALBERTO FABRA, President of the Valencian Community, is committed to creating between 75,000 and 100,000 jobs this year. In his traditional end-of-year speech, he thanked the region’s families for their forbearance in coping with the crisis and promised more employment opportunities. His term in office has been characterised by the four basic pillars of good example,

good management, participation and transparency, Fabra claimed. With local and regional elections in May, he also indirectly attacked the up-andcoming political party, Podemos. “This is the moment of evolution, not revolution. We have to consolidate the progress made since the Transition without making false moves that would have the opposite effect,” he warned.

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Vet videogames for children WHEN buying a videogame for a child, parents should consider their age and the gameâ€™s content, according to a report by a psychology expert at Hospital Quiron Torrevieja, Nuria Javaloyes.

Just like any other toy, videogames given to children must be adapted to their personal development and not only give them hours of fun, but also stimulate their ability to concentrate and improve

Bilingual students guaranteed places THE first Murcia children who took part in bilingual primary studies will graduate next June. Children from Year Six at 25 primary schools which taught bilingual programmes six years ago have been guaranteed places at bilingual secondary schools. Although 96 of the 116 secondary schools in the region offer bilingual studies, they were previously designed for students with more basic levels of English. For the 2015-2016 year, two subjects will be taught entirely in English under the scheme and four or five hours per week dedicated to English language studies.

their reasoning speed. There are lots of videogames on the market today and they are all classified according to the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) body, established to help consumers in Europe make informed decisions when buying videogames. â€œThe key to buying videogames for younger children lies in picking the ones with uncomplicated plots that allow several players to participate at the same time,â€? said Javaloyes. It was not a good idea to give them violent or war games, she said. For older children, it is advisable to purchase educational games which allow them to learn while playing.

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Valencia region abandoning land ALWAYS outshone by tourism, the Valencian Community’s agriculture contributes significantly to the region’s economy. Most is concentrated inland although once a year during the medlar-picking season, nisperos take temporary precedence over tourism in the Marina Baja. The economic crisis has also steered more young people back to agriculture now that there are fewer jobs in the building trade, said Ramon Mampel, secretary general of the Llauradors i Ramaders agricultural union. Despite this, the region has lost 49,000 hectares of cultivated land in the last six years. “People see there’s little money in it,” Mampel said. The provinces of Alicante and Valencia are more conscious of the property

Damaged by frost ARTICHOKES, lettuces and broad beans were the worst affected by frost in Murcia with the Guadalentin area registering the most damage. The regional head of the Agricultural and Breeder’s Coordination group (COAG) Miguel Padillo said that crops took a real beating from frosts and night-time temperatures as low as 4.5 degrees. Padilla declared crops were affected in a big way and explained that 2014 ended with two extremely cold nights and 2015 began the same way. Studies are being carried out to evaluate the damage caused to the crops. Meanwhile the cold helped almonds further to the north, as the cold is expected to make the trees flower later, making them stronger.

market although in Castellon, farmers and growers increasingly lease

land to those willing to work it, Mampel pointed out.

NEGLECTED: Land is in need of some TLC.

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From lighthouse to boutique hotel THE lighthouse on Tabarca Island could be turned into a seven-roomed boutique hotel. The central government in Madrid announced two years ago that it hoped to profit from Spain’s nowdisused lighthouses by leasing them out. Plans to convert Javea’s Cabo de San Antonio lighthouse into a hotel were announced last year and now it is the turn of

TABARCA ISLAND: The disused lighthouse. Tabarca, located halfway between Alicante City and

Winning tickets THE province of Alicante hit the jackpot with the Christmas El Gordo Lottery. Winning ticket holders across the province have pocketed prizes totalling €17 million with the biggest winner being in Torrevieja with a lottery seller selling tenths of the ticket holding an €8 million prize. The second largest amount was in Benidorm of €6.25 million.

Santa Pola. “The idea is to leave the lighthouse intact without touching anything while turning it into a viable hotel,” said Luis Castillo, the businessman behind the initiative. Castillo, who already runs another Tabarca hotel in what was once the home of the island’s governor, is “very excited” about the lighthouse project. “I hope we get permission,” Castillo said.

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Health service to pay THE health authorities must pay a Cartagena woman €12,600 for a hip-replacement she had to have done privately as no health service operating theatres were available. Although the health board appealed that sentence by a Cartagena court, a Murcia Regional court rejected the appeal. The judge stated that as the woman was told she needed a hipreplacement as soon as possible, her case should have been considered urgent and she should not have had to go to a private hospital to have the operation done within a reasonable amount of time.

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Lions’ den man is out of danger ALCOY-BORN Justo Jose Mira Paya who jumped into the lions’ enclosure at Barcelona zoo has left intensive care.

He was set upon by two female lions and a male and was rescued 30 minutes later, covered in bite marks and scratches. “I realised they were going to hurt me, but knew they wouldn’t kill me,” he told a Telecinco interviewer. Although out of danger, he will remain in the Vall de Hebron hospital for another two months for operations on his hip and arm. The 45-year-old, a Local Police officer in Gelida (Barcelona) has been on exended leave for some time. He has alleged neo-Nazi leanings HELPING OUT: The money was used to buy food and had already staged vouchers for those in need. flamboyant one-man protests in Barcelona City. “I denounce injustice,” said Mira Paya, who had intended to display a THE mayor of Los Montesinos, Jose Manuel Butron, placard condemning both recently accepted €1,000 to buy much needed food the Pope and Islam. vouchers for those in the town who have little or nothing. Sue Gibson of Suzi4fitz and one of her ladies, Elaine Walker, who raised the money, made the presentation to the mayor, and Head of Social Services. The donation was taken to a local supermarket to present the money to the manager who agreed that 50 vouchers of €20 each would be produced. The money was raised from the sale of tickets of the Suzi4fitz and Friends Evening of Entertainment that Sue produced at the School of Music and Culture in the town in MURCIA police arrested November. A very big thank you to all those involved. a 35-year-old man from Ecuador who allegedly threatened to kill and tried to strangle his partner in Cabezo FIVE dogs at Castalla’s very serious condition as de Torres. animal shelter are being the virus is a resistant and treated for parvovirus in an hard-to-control strain that improvised field hospital. entered Spain from other It was necessary to countries, vets have THE Ministry of Public isolate them from the other explained. Shared quarters Works has announced animals, explained the have been thoroughly that the toll price for Asoka association which disinfected and meanwhile the Alicante-Cartagena runs the shelter. the infected dogs are being motorway will go up by Two of the dogs are in a treated separately. 1.01 per cent in 2015.

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Fire scare A WASHING machine that caught fire on the second floor of a building in Murcia, supposedly caused by a bird’s nest blocking evacuation pipes, scared neighbours of the five storey block.

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Double death of friends in Villena THE Guardia Civil believe the deaths of two Villena men aged 26 and 28 were homicide and suicide. Friends since childhood, they had gone to the imposing villa belonging to the pharmacist father of the younger man, Miguel, who was on the point of finishing his pharmacy studies. The two friends went there to prepare

for the New Year party they were planning but Miguel was run down by an express Talgo train in Caudete (Albacete) shortly after 7pm that day. Juan, the son of a local surgeon, was found hours later by Miguel’s parents after they went to the house following their son’s death. Here they were confronted by Juan’s body with several axe wounds including a fatal blow to the head. Guardia Civil officers and the Policia Judicial criminal DURING 2014, 97 immigrants attempted to enter investigation unit have a note Spain arriving on the shores of Alicante Province written in their possession in 13 boats; a figure not seen since 2009 when and believe that Miguel was Guardia Civil radars were put into place to curb probably responsible for his the problem. friend’s death. This figure is only exceeded in the year 2007 Neighbours who had known when the phenomenon first began in the province the young men all their lives when it was recorded that 123 immigrants were shocked and surprised arrived. by the double death, The External Surveillance System was set up although some revealed that (Sive), but does not always detect every boat and Miguel sometimes had been there have been complaints about the lack of involved in clashes and was resources faced by the Guardia Civil to combat sometimes ‘a little the arrival of immigrant boats. aggressive.’

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Bingo carries on as solution found! BINGO games at pensioners’ social centres are no longer at risk from police raids. The regional government will modify existing legislation and classify bingo as a ‘traditional or friendly’ game. This reversal of 2006 regulations banning all bingo-type games in the centres is the Generalitat’s response to the outcry from

clubs and associations where they were played for years. The so-called ‘traditional or friendly’ games are not subject to regional Gaming Laws and the Valencia government used this loophole to legalise bingo in third age centres and clubs. During a recent visit to a pensioners’ social centre in Castellon, Generalitat president Alberto Fabra admitted that clubs and associations had ONCE again this year many people gave to the ‘Shoe continually asked for Box’ appeal, launched by the Anglican Chaplaincy of changes since the Torrevieja. From church members and their many regulations were changed friends, gifts of presents for a wide age range of seven years ago. children were plentiful. These gifts were presented to Bingo sessions will now the local ‘Caritas’ charity who were delighted to receive be allowed provided no such thoughtful gifts and from whom a letter of thanks profit is made from the has been received as follows: game and only club and ‘We are very happy and grateful for the many gifts association members and presents you have given to Caritas - San Roque and play. Centres will be Santa Ana. So Xmas also will be holy for the poor people required to register with in their needs. They have a light of love in the cold the Administration and to winter. Thank you very much. The Lord will bless all of have existed for at least you. Parroquia - San Roque y Santa Ana - Torrevieja’ four years.

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Health risks at the law courts TWENTY-TWO forensic pathologists have complained that their health could be at risk following renovations to Alicante City’s law courts. A transformer located in the Palacio de Justicia is known to be dangerous, they said, yet there are plans to site the Institute of Legal Medicine (IMLA) just above it. The Intersindical Justicia union, to

which many Alicante pathologists belong, claimed that draft plans for renovating the Palacio de Justicia show the IMLA directly above the transformer centre. This was formerly the location of Court Number 9, which was transferred to rented premises following complaints from personnel of constant headaches, muscular pain and benign tumours. There were also diagnoses of cancerous growths, the union claimed. Union official Mari Carmen Cuenca contacted the regional health department last November, to reiterate members’ opposition to the proposed location. She enclosed a report endorsed by the A DRIVER who threatened a female motorist majority of the IMLA staff, setting after an accident has had his appeal rejected out the health risks of prolonged by a Murcia provincial court and must pay a exposure to electromagnetic €60 fine. radiation. These included breast The court report stated that after a crash in cancer, brain tumours and Cartagena last summer, the man demanded leukaemia as well as cardiovascular that the other driver fill in insurance forms ailments and changes to the stating events in a way she did not agree with, immune and reproductive systems. and threatened to hurt her and damage her “Siting IMLA so near the car if she left the scene without doing so. transformer is inadmissible,” Although the accused appealed the original Cuenca insisted. sentence, it has now been confirmed.

Aggressive driver’s fine confirmed

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The costa looks east THE reduction in Russian tourists to the Costa Blanca has prompted the industry to look elsewhere. Hoteliers’ association Hosbec now has Azerbaijan, Belarus and Kazakhstan, amongst others, in its sights. The flourishing economies of former Soviet Union republics have created an upper-middle-class, and travel agencies to cater to them. Cataluña already receives tourists from these areas and Hosbec sources have revealed they are planning a series of promotional events in the former USSR states to attract summer tourists. Turkey and to a lesser extent Egypt are Spain’s main competitors for these tourists owing to their low prices. This is nothing new as the situation is similar to the rivalry that exists for Russian tourism, Hosbec said. Despite the Ukraine crisis and falling rouble, twice as many Russian tourists visited Benidorm last year and the Costa Blanca is firmly established as a favourite destination.

NEW CLUB: Enthusiasts can meet in Lo Pagan.

Plain sailing for radio control fans A NEW radio-controlled sailing club has set up premises at Lo Pagan’s newly-built water sports centre in Murcia. San Pedro Council provided the centre next to the marina and fishing quay overlooking the

Mar Menor. Radio Controlled Mar Menor Sailing Group is a small group of enthusiasts who have set up a comprehensive facility and are ready to welcome new members, both beginners and experienced.

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Bag-snatching gang caught SAN JAVIER police have arrested 11 people suspected of snatching valuables from 58 victims,

many of them elderly. Police began to investigate after a number of reports of bag-

Renovations will affect planned fairs ANNUAL fairs usually held at Lorca’s Santa Quiteria fairground will be affected by renovation work due to last all year. New dates have been announced for Sepor Swine Week, which will run from November 3-6, two months later than usual. Feramur Craft Fair will be held from September 24-27, but organisers will announce a new venue nearer the date. Fericab Horse Fair and Tu Boda Wedding Fair plans are also expected to suffer changes due to the work, which includes demolition of existing buildings and construction of a new 5,600-square-metre pavilion with an auditorium on the upper floor. The work has a budget of €7.2 million, with funding from the European Union.

snatching which alarmed residents of San Javier, San Pedro del Pinatar and Los Alcazares. The gang was found to have 11 members aged between 18 and 25, residents of San Javier, San Pedro and Pilar de la Horadada. They would allegedly meet in a park then head to quiet coastal areas to select victims from whom to steal bags, wallets and jewellery. A number of victims were dragged along the ground and injured, some of them required hospital treatment. Loot was later allegedly sold on by a gold trading shop, which had not accounted for €70,000 worth of transactions and two kilos of gold.

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Jail for bean thief A MURCIA Provincial Court has jailed a man for 10 months for stealing 300 kilos of beans worth an estimated €2,700 from a Cartagena farm. Although the accused appealed claiming that there was insufficient evidence to prove him guilty, the appeals court declared that although the owner of the farm was unable to see the thieves’ faces in the dark, he did see their vehicle’s registration plate and noted that it had one door of a different colour to the rest. The accused admitted to owning the car and that nobody else had keys and it had not been stolen, therefore the judge considered it evident that he was driving the car and committed the theft.

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Ladies going pink for AECC charity OVER €1,200 was raised from a sponsored head shave for the AECC cancer charity. Becci Strickleton had her hair shaved into a Mohican and then had it dyed pink in support of her friend Maggie who is going through chemotherapy to help cure her breast cancer. Becci then had the anti cancer ribbon shaved into the side of her shaved head. The event was held at La Fuente Commercial Centre near Campoamor. Becci’s hair was shaved and dyed by Paula at Tiger Feet Hair and Beauty. There was live music performed by Dan Davey and Alan Scott formerly of Showaddywaddy Legend. The event was held on

PINK MOHICAN: Becci (right) with Maria Wilson and her friend Maggie. behalf of Maria and the Pink Ladies with the proceeds to be donated to the AECC’s cancer screening and research programmes. To date a total of €1,210.50 has been raised from Becci’s own sponsorship and a raffle held on the day.

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Spain is top Brit holiday for 2015 SUNNY Spain has once again topped the holiday destination table for Britons taking a vacation in 2015. New research shows that the typical British holiday for this year will be a 10day trip to Spain at a cost of £1,220 (€1,558) per couple. And while Spain remains the most popular destination outside the UK, some 30 per cent of people will take a ‘staycation’ in Britain. The study by Travel Supermarket reveals that the average overseas holiday will see a couple flying to Spain in June and spending £1,218.52 (€1,556.23) while there. Twelve per cent of adults polled said that Spain would be their go-to destination for 2015. “We’re seeing people starting to spend more on

FUN IN THE SUN: Spain is top destination. their main break, go away more often on holidays and even book more luxurious and costly trips,” said Bob Atkinson, travel expert with Travel Supermarket. “While Spain continues to be a firm favourite, holidaymakers are now seeking more than just a ‘fly and flop’ in a sunny clime, whether it’s trekking in the Himalayas, bungee

jumping in New Zealand, or soaking up the culture in a city like Berlin. As the festive period comes to an end, now is the time for Brits to get in early to get the best deals for their 2015 holidays,” he said. The survey also showed that 32 per cent of Britons plan to take their main holiday break in England in 2015.

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FUEL ALLOWANCE: No longer applicable to expats in Spain.

No more allowance UK pensioners living in Spain are to finally lose their winter fuel allowance following lengthy debate, argument and speculation. Ministers in Britain plan to introduce a new ‘temperature test’ to determine which expat pensioners living abroad are entitled to the allowance, with Spain falling outside the proposed criteria. The British government is to stop payments to those living in countries where the temperature is above the average annual winter temperature of the warmest part of the UK (the southwest at 5.2 degrees Celsius). As a result, expats living in sunny Spain will lose their allowance of between £200-300 (€255-380) per year. From September 2015, UK expats in Spain will no longer receive the £8.7 million (€11.1 million) paid out in winter fuel allowances. Spain is the country that

receives the most in winter fuel allowance payments. Other expats to lose out are those living in Cyprus, Portugal, Greece, Malta and France. Official guidelines of the winter fuel allowance state it is ‘to help pay your heating bills’ and is designed as a payment for pensioners to put towards home heating costs during the winter months. The decision to scrap the allowance will affect around 50,000 British pensioners living in Spain. “Winter fuel payments exist to help Britain’s pensioners keep themselves warm,” Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith told the MailOnline. “It’s absurd and offensive that taxpayers are funding these payments for people who have retired to the Mediterranean and enjoy warm weather.”

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‘Selfi’ – Spanish word of 2014 THE Spanish word of the year for 2014 has been chosen, and it is the Spanish version of the English word of the year from 2013. ‘Selfi’ – or ‘selfie’ in English – has been named by the Fundeu BBVA language foundation as the word of the year in Spain thanks to the explosion in the craze of people taking photographs of themselves and posting them on social media sites. In 2013, ‘selfie’ was chosen by Oxford Dictionaries word of the year, and the English version of the word has become more popular than the other Spanish versions meaning the same thing: ‘autofoto’ and ‘autoretrato’.

STAR-STUDDED: The famous Oscars’ selfie. “We aren’t looking for the most beautiful word, or even the most original or novel,” explained Fundeu BBVA director Joaquin Muller. “What we want with our word of the year – apart from being current and therefore used frequently in the media – is that (the word) has a certain linguistic interest, whether it’s

because of its formation or because of the way it has become part of everyday language.” Other Spanish words up for consideration included ‘dron’ (drone), ‘nomofobia’ (fear of being without a mobile phone) and ‘amigovio’ (a longterm partner to whom one is not officially engaged).

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Internet for all MALAGA Provincial Council spent more than €600,000 in 2014 on the Guadalinfo network to provide internet access to citizens in 86 towns and villages at public centres, where training is also given on internet use.

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Cold comfort LOCAL POLICE officers and firefighters in Benidorm complained that their new uniforms do not include a fleece. “They spent €100,000 and forgot to include this fundamental item,” they said.

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Lotto winner THIRD prize tickets for the ONCE special Christmas lottery number 66276 brought €240,000 to Malaga City this year.

OLIVA will turn the Santa Ana hillside into a park with the town’s 12th century castle at its centre. The €319,000 project will provide 36 jobs, the town hall said.

Fire scare

Airlift rescue

TWO men required medical treatment after inhaling smoke in a fire in Alhaurin de la Torre. Neighbours were evacuated while firemen extinguished the flames.

Theft foiled TWO men aged 22 and 29 were arrested in Malaga City’s Cruz de Humilladero district after being caught attempting to steal building materials from a warehouse.

Classic cars MALAGA’S Palacio de Ferias y Congresos will hold at least seven fairs and 12 congresses in the first half of 2015, beginning with a Retro Motor Fair from January 30-February 1.

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Sex shop outrage THE opening of a sex shop next to Palma Cathedral has sparked a wave of protests from local residents. The council, however, said there was nothing it could do as the shop had all the necessary permits.

Dynastic rights THE Infanta Cristina should have already renounced all of her dynastic rights and privileges for the sake of democratic regeneration, the Royal Household and the image she must project, according to General Secretary of the PSIB-PSOE, Francina Armengol.

ORIA: One of the towns to benefit from the new energy-efficient lighting in 2015.

Lighting up for less

THE president of Almeria Council has signed a contract to award measures included in the Plan de Actuaciones de Eficiencia en Municipios (PAE). The plan includes funding of €140,000 for small municipalities in Almeria to benefit from energyefficiency improvements such as outdoor lighting installations. Fourteen towns and villages are to benefit, all of which have fewer than 10,000 inhabitants. Albanchez, Antas, Balanegra, Fines, Gador, Lucar, Macael, Maria, Olula del Rio, Oria, Taberna, Tahal, Urracal and

Emergency call-outs

Tree planting

THE Balearic Emergency Services (SEIB112) responded to 49 incidents on New Year’s Eve, including 14 cases of alcohol poisoning and six street fights. Most of the reported incidents were registered in Mallorca.

THE town of Adra has planted more than 100 ficus, jacaranda and poplar trees in different parts of the municipality. The work has also extended to renovating many of the town’s gardens.

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Self determination

El Ejido crash

BETWEEN 1,500 and 2,000 people took to the streets in Palma to show their support for the right to self-determination and the independence of all Catalan-speaking regions in Spain.

A TRUCK collided with a utility van at kilometre 405 of the A-7 close to El Ejido. Firefighters had to rescue one of the occupants from their vehicle.

Woman injured A 22-YEAR-OLD woman was treated for smoke inhalation at Son Espases Hospital after a fire broke out at her Palma flat on Calle General Riera on New Year’s Day at around 8am.

Velefique will see the commencement of works during 2015. The plan is a collaboration between town and village councils and the provincial council, with the provincial council footing the bill. The company that will execute the works will be Proelec SL. The improvements will see more than 650 lights and 16 control centres installed across the 14 towns and villages, allowing for remote control at the circuit level to reduce consumption at certain times.

Workers blocked FIFTEEN maintenance workers at Viator’s military base were prevented from accessing the building on their first day back at work in the New Year. The angry workers are planning a demonstration.

MAGISTRATES are investigating a hotel in Mojacar to establish whether it was responsible for the injuries one of its guests sustained after slipping on a wet floor at the premises on June 6, 2014.

Park accident THE emergency services had to be called to an accident at Parque de las Familias in the capital. A child was injured on one of the trampolines and had to be taken to hospital in nearby Torrecardenas with neck injuries.

A FIRE brigade helicopter was mobilised to rescue a woman who broke her ankle while hiking on Sierra Segaria (Ondara). She was airlifted to a waiting ambulance and transferred to Denia Hospital.

Happy clients BENIDORM’S OMIC consumers’ office received 1,014 complaints last year, 10 per cent fewer than in 2013. Benidorm and Marina Baja residents made 862 reclamations while the remainder came from elsewhere in Spain and Europe.

Out of sight VILLAJOYOSA Council is to install underground rubbish bins for household waste, paper, cardboard and plastic containers in Avenida del Puerto. The €60,000 scheme will begin this month.

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New Year baby THE first baby born in Costa Tropical in 2015 was a boy named Antonio from Motril. Weighing 2.7 kilos, he came into the world at 2.10am.

Councillor’s farewell HEAD of the Sports and Infrastructure Department of Nerja Council, Antonio Garcia, has announced his resignation to take up a job offer in Madrid. Garcia thanked the government members for their support and trust.

Motorcycle death A 57-YEAR-OLD man died on the MA-3203 in Velez-Malaga when his motorbike went off the road for an unknown reason. There were no other vehicles involved.

Bearing gifts SOME 70 children from Salobreña, whose families are on low incomes, received presents on Three King’s Day thanks to the efforts of the townspeople who donated them following a campaign launched by the council and other associations.

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business & legal Fibre optic ‘parasite’ warning TELEFONICA warned that it could reconsider the timing and funding of its fibre optic network. With the exception of nine cities, Spain’s Markets and Competition regulator CNMC has proposed that Telefonica share its infrastructure with other operators.

The telecommunications multinational has not officially announced its stance but is “voicing worries,” it said. If the CMNC goes ahead with its proposals, this could in turn imperil the profitability of its investment and endanger thousands of jobs created to roll out the new system,

Fuel used as loss leader SOME supermarket chains are selling diesel oil at 98 cents a litre and petrol at €1.03. Service stations now claim that the supermarkets, as they do with chicken or wine, are using fuel as a lossleader to tempt clients to fill up trolleys as well as the tanks of their cars. Average prices by the end of 2014 were €1.16 for gasoil and €1.21 for petrol, according to the EU Oil Bulletin. The price-slashing is possible due to the plummeting price of Brent crude oil, currently just under $60 (€49.23) a barrel, having fallen 45 per cent since the

beginning of 2014. Fuel is at its cheapest since 2010, but the 14 per cent reduction still falls short of the public’s expectations. This is as easily explained as it is inevitable, according to Spain’s Association of Petroleum Operators (AOP), not least because the dollar has appreciated against the euro. Fuel must pass through refineries, importers and transport firms before reaching the customer while almost half of its final price includes 50 per cent tax, which goes to the Spanish government and not the seller, the AOP pointed out.

Telefonica predicted. The supervisor’s decision would act as a disincentive to competitors by imposing “parasitic” conditions on Telefonica that reflect the existing ADSL model, the company said. FIBRE OPTICS: Network timing.

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Bogof appeal THIRTY per cent of supermarket chains’ sales are special offers. Two-for-one, three-fortwo or ‘50 per cent off second item’ are so popular that 2014 prices fell by 1.4 per cent, found marketing analysts Nielsen.

Out of work THERE are now 163,000 fewer public sector workers than in 2012. The central Administration experienced the largest proportional reduction with a 7.11 per cent cutback in staff, government figures revealed.

High-speed train must move THE Spanish consortium building the AVE high-speed train between Mecca and Medina must get a move on. The deal to build the track, supply 35 high-speed trains and handle a 12-year maintenance contract was signed three years ago. Now Saudi Arabia’s new transport minister, Abdullah A-Muqbel, has threatened to rescind contracts unless companies complete on schedule.

The consortium is composed of Saudi groups Al Rosan and Al Shoula, plus 12 Spanish companies. These include Spain’s state track operator Adif, track builders OHL, rail operator Renfe, train manufacturers Talgo, and technology company Indra. The consortium emphasised during a recent meeting that the Spanish and Saudi companies were delivering within the specified time.

THE minimum salary rose by 0.5 per cent to €648.6 a month after it was frozen in both 2012 and 2014. Approximately 200,000 employees will benefit from the increase.

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Rogue trading associations TRADE associations are as rare as hen’s teeth in English-speaking Spain. It is quite the opposite in Britain and much of Northern Europe. Most trades enjoy the possibility to be trade association registered. Whatever one’s calling, it can be assumed there is an association or a guild for it. Trade associations are primarily created to protect the interests of both their members and the public whom they serve. As in all else in life there are the good, the bad and the ugly. Many associations unreasonably focus on protecting their profession’s image and ring-fencing their members.

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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At one time or another I tangled with the British Medical Association (BMA), Police Complaints Commission, associations charged with representing legal, financial, accountancy and journalist trades. The worst offenders appear to be those representing these professions.

The better associations are those that represent skilled trades, the artisan and retail industries such as building and allied trades, hairdressing and art outlets. A trade association is as useless as a bull with teats unless it properly vets its members. It also has to act as arbitrator or offer an independent reasonably priced arbitration service in the event of member versus customer disputes. Over 20 years I represented both the Federation of Master Builders and the Guild of Master Craftsmen. As with anything, one can look diligently for flaws if one is on a mission. No matter how tough a vetting procedure the

occasional rogue will slip through. I recall a pilot, albeit qualified, who was flying Virgin airliners. It was later discovered his qualifications fell short of those required. There are many bad eggs in the police, banking and medical professions. The important thing is to have in place a good monitoring procedure. This has to be backed by swift and uncompromising means of resolution, expulsion and exposure. Every year the UK Consumer Protection Agency successfully prosecutes rogue traders. Merely to falsely claim trade association membership can result in a large fine. Our communities could do with some protection too.

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European Central Bank Stimulus Programme for early 2015? THE Euro started the month of December on fairly steady ground as markets turned their focus on the European Central Bank interest rate decision and press conference. As inflation numbers from the Eurozone had not seen much of an improvement for the last two quarters, economists and investors were expecting Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank to announce the introduction of a quantitative easing programme to kick start growth. However, interest rates were kept on hold and policymakers in the Eurozone hinted that the purchase of Government bonds could help address the issues swamping the region to drive growth, though no action was taken. On the contrary, ECB member Nowotny issued a statement

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saying that although the Eurozone is experiencing a massive weakening and have very few options open to them, measures like full blown money printing, used by their counterparts in the US, will not be suitable for the region. Markets began to price-in that the ECB will announce a stimulus programme in early 2015 after Mario Draghi addressed the European Parliament. With Europe on the brink of yet another recession, Draghi

THE EURO: Started December on fairly steady ground. issued a statement saying that the European Central Bank could start buying government bonds. He also stated this would be one of the measures in the European Central Bank’s armoury as they could further implement uncon-

ventional measures to purchase a ‘variety of assets’ including gold and securities. Retail sales and manufacturing PMI numbers are also steadily on the decline, while GDP data continues to paint a grim picture for the Eurozone

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economy. The Euro has steadily weakened since and after dismal economic data prints, GBP/EUR that started the month at 1.2590 has lost considerable ground to end December just under the 1.29 level. The fate of the Euro is now dependant on Mario Draghi’s stimulus programme which is expected to be announced at the ECB meeting in January as he tries to kick start growth and inflation which has remained considerably poor. With divergence in policies among the major economies it is imperative the European Central Bank need to act; though they may have left it a little too late. Low inflation numbers and monetary stimulus devalue a currency and ending the year on a weak note, one thing is certain - the Euro finds itself wedged between a rock and a hard place.

Can she be elected to office? You and the Law in Spain By David Searl

Q. I have just bought the new 2015 edition of ‘You & the Law in Spain,’ which I am finding very informative. However, I have a question for which I cannot find an answer. Can I be elected to a Community Committee if I do not live in the urbanisation, but still own a property there? L.P. (Costa del Sol)

A. Yes, you can be elected to the Committee or even as President of your Community if you own a property. The registered owner of the property, not the inhabitant, is the member of the Community. When a flat is rented, for example, the owner may possibly give a Proxy Vote power to the tenant, but the owner is the member, not the tenant. If you own two properties, you have two votes and you pay two sets of Community fees. This can lead to a situation where the property developer or an investor owns a number of properties and so has a number of votes, sometimes enough to run the Community in favour of his own interests. The answer to your question is in fact contained in the Horizontal Law

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Campsite woes Spain needs to be updated IN answer to A Nosworthy - not his real name I suspect - there are two sides to every story. I’ve lived in a caravan for 50 years and am now 74-years-old. Over the last nine years I’ve paid over €36,000! This campsite is half-empty most of the year and has gone into liquidation, owing the bank approx €1.5 million. It was sold at auction for €36,000 to a Finnish company, I’m told. If our site and others were cheaper they would be full, but instead we get people staying for one night to fill up, empty the toilet and shower. They use the sauna and pool, then leave. I can’t wild camp with a touring van but sympathise with motor-home owners who are mostly retired and, like me, on a limited income. They live in northern Europe where it drops to 20 degrees below zero in winter and they come here for winter sun. Campsites are expensive and unlike France, there are no municipal sites here in Spain. In Britain every town provides cheap sites as well as Club CL small sites on farmland. If Spain provided sites in every town they would be used. Or they could provide water taps and toilet-emptying points in large car parks, limiting stays to 28 days with no returning for one week. I’m selling up, going back to the UK and getting a motor home! Brian Warman, Mijas Pueblo (Malaga)

Light-fingered I HAD my purse removed from my handbag and €50 notes taken in a local store. Fortunately I was aware of something or someone touching my shoulder bag and I pulled it towards the front. I noticed that my scarf, which I had taken off and pushed into my bag, was missing. My purse was nearer the top of my handbag and not thinking at that point that I had been the

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New Year, though, and is entirely self-centred. I’m not sure how old I was, but we spent New Year’s Day with my grandparents and we left at nightfall to walk the short distance to our own house. I was too small and tired to walk and as I was carried back in my father’s arms I stared up at the stars. They were twinkling in the same colours as the foil decorations on the Christmas tree. I pointed out this fact to mum and dad, who humoured me, as well as my brother who roundly contradicted me. I can still see those stars in my mind’s eye and I don’t care what anyone says: they were coloured! D Pennington (by email)

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WINTER has arrived with a vengeance where I live, but at least spring will soon replicate this photo I took last year.

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victim of a robbery, I pushed it back to the bottom and went in search of my scarf. Not finding my scarf I walked to my car and drove back to Estepona. Here I went into a shop to replace my lost scarf and this was when I realised I had been robbed. My cards were dishevelled and all the notes were missing. I hide my cards behind others, making it difficult to see or find unless you know where they are. If they had been lucky in taking my cards they would have had about two hours to use them before I noticed. I have tried to remember anything unusual that day and the only thing that keeps coming back to me is a small lady walking towards me up this very narrow aisle. She looked at me and half smiled as I turned sideways to allow her room to pass on the opposite side to my handbag. Maybe by turning sideways I presented my bag to an accomplice behind me. In future I will separate my cash from my cards. (Name and address supplied)

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Superstar role I LIKED this quote in Time Magazine from the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, subject of the biopic ‘The Theory of Everything.’ His ideal acting role would be “a baddie in a James Bond film,” he said: “The wheelchair and the computer voice would fit the part,” he said. Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

Long holiday I LOVE the way that the holiday season in Spain lasts the full 12

days that tradition demands. There is still the Three Kings holiday on January 6 to look forward to instead of the flat feeling after New Year that always sets in at home. That’s easily understood, though. What can you expect when everyone is affected by overkill after putting up fairy lights and decorating their trees the minute they tear the November sheet off their calendars? I hope you had a happy Reyes Day, readers, and you enjoyed a slice of Roscon, that very superior bun-round with crystallised fruit on top that knocks spots (and calories) off Christmas pud. Penny S Hague (by email)

Seeing stars I ALWAYS enjoy reading Street Talk. It’s so interesting to hear other people’s points of view, whether I agree with them or not. I was especially impressed by the generosity of readers whose best Christmas memories involved helping others. My own treasured memory of the holiday season involved the

CALL me unobservant if you want to, and I’m the first person to concede that I am nothing of an ornithologist. But like a correspondent a few weeks back, I have never seen a magpie anywhere on the Costa Blanca. I live in Benidorm where there are indeed some strange birds and not all of them have beaks and wings. None of them has ever remotely resembled a magpie, though, but if a Spanish newspaper and a Muchamiel reader say there are flocks of them round here, I’ll take their word for it. Strangely enough, there was a historic Spanish personage named Urraca who was queen of Leon, Castilla and Galicia between 1079 and 1126. Queen Magpie? Loses somewhat in translation, wouldn’t you say? Sidney Armstrong, Benidorm (Alicante)

In the club I AM flabbergasted by the Europhobe letters that appear in the Euro Weekly News especially from readers who want an EU, this is only a glorified trading agreement. If they join the club then they must take the rough with the smooth and pay their dues. Mark my words, if Britain were to walk away from Brussels, these people would be the first to start squealing when the car factories et al upped sticks and decamped to the European mainland. Jeannette Leverson (somewhere in Europe).

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Bring back the soapbox LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

HE problem with scribing a column at this time of year means that, to meet deadlines, it can often be difficult to remain current. Forgive me if this suggestion is therefore, at the time of reading, (hopefully) old hat. With the incubation period of the dreaded Ebola being up to 22 days, is it not pure common sense to place returning health workers into quarantine? These brave and obviously caring volunteers would I’m sure, have no objection at all to spending time in isolation, just to make sure they don’t become the source of an outbreak in their own country. Facilities could be made to see they receive all the comforts available and any visitors suitably protected. I would think that after such a stressful period, some may even welcome a complete break. A little breathing space coupled with all the best attention,

HYDE PARK CORNER: Where you could say exactly what you wanted. remuneration and goodwill a grateful nation would surely be only too happy to provide. I just hope by the time this piece is aired that, what to me is pure common sense, has been adopted and fully installed. Not however holding the breath. One thing we really must overcome in this New Year is the fear of speaking the truth in case it ‘offends.’ If anything has stood out this year, it is the pathetic

protests that have occurred when someone has stated the obvious. (Areas swamped by immigrants’ and so forth). Many of these dissenters come from countries where free speech can be punishable by the heaviest of penalties, including death. We really must drum into the PCs and those who are offended by someone observing obvious facts, that the UK has advocated free speech for

centuries and millions of our citizens have died to preserve that right. If we are frightened to even speak the truth, then we may as well turn the whole place over to those who would stifle and destroy our whole way of life. We cannot let these people win. If they can’t stand the heat they need to ensconce themselves in kitchens that they find more acceptable. Personally I long for those wonderful Hyde Park corner days when anyone could, as long as they weren’t inciting a riot, stand up and, without fear of prosecution, say exactly what they chose. When did that wonderful British institution get stopped? I can’t remember. I do know however, that if our governmental hierarchies weren’t such lily livered wimps, Sundays in Hyde Park could still be as invigorating and indicative of our freedom as it always was. Bring back the soapbox I say. Dream on Leapy. Thanks for all your mail, shame we don’t have space to print them, but I do read every one. Keep ‘em coming. You know I can take it. Peace and love to you all. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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9:00pm Show Me Your Garden 10:00pm Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life

12:05am Darts 12:55am Darts 2:55am Question Time 3:55am This is BBC Two

BBC THREE 8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Cinderellas of the Slums: Secrets of South America 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:35am Crims 2:00am Sweat the Small Stuff 2:30am Russell Howard's Good News 3:00am Badults 4:00am Badults 4:30am Crims 5:00am This is BBC Three

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport

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 The Graham Norton Show

Will Kirk turn up to tie the knot? Enough is enough for Liz. Julie makes a stand for her man.

Highlights of the latest events from the past 24 hours.

Karl sets off to see how other people achieve happiness, starting off in Mexico.

The award-winning gang show returns for a new series, live on Friday nights.

11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:30pm Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

11:00pm Hawaii Five-0

1:30am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

12:05am Adam Hills: Happyism Live 1:10am Ferris Bueller's Day Off 3:00am According to Jim 3:25am According to Jim 3:50am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 4:45am Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not

12:30am Celebrity Big Brother 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am Celebrity Big Brother 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am House Doctor 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am Gremlins 2:05am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

4:40am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Sounds of the Sixties

3:00am Metal Britannia 4:30am Metal at the BBC 5:00am This is BBC Four

7:45am Emmerdale 8:45am You've Been Framed! 9:15am The Cube 10:15am Royal Pains 11:10am The Chase 12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:45pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Happy Gilmore 11:55pm Take Me Out 1:00am Take Me Out: The Gossip

11:40am Judge Judy 12:00pm Judge Judy 12:55pm Wycliffe 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Never the Twain 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Trial and Retribution 12:00am Wycliffe 1:05am Wycliffe

9:50am Kojak 10:55am Magnum, P.I. 11:55am Minder 12:55pm The Professionals 1:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 3:00pm Pawn Stars 3:25pm Pawn Stars 3:55pm Kojak 5:00pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm Minder 7:00pm The Professionals 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Dirty Harry 12:10am Collateral Damage

1:00pm Hollyoaks 1:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 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 Rules of Engagement 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Role Models 12:05am The Big Bang Theory

Comedy

Crime

Family

10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Invention of Lying

12am 12:25am Joanna Lumley Meets Will.I.Am 1:25am EastEnders Omnibus 3:20am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:25am BBC News

Ten-part series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives.

9:00pm Placido Domingo at the BBC 10:00pm Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell 11:00pm Metal Britannia 12:30am Metal at the BBC 1:00am Legends: Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation 2:00am Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell Profile of rock superstar Meat Loaf.

SKY MOVIES Action 5:20am Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot 7:00am Flags of Our Fathers 9:15am Alien: Resurrection 11:15am Deep Impact 1:30pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit) 3:30pm Pain and Gain Three Florida bodybuilders devise a criminal get-rich- quick scheme that goes horribly wrong.

5:50pm Deep Blue Sea 7:50pm Deep Impact 10:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 11:50pm Pain and Gain 2:05am Alien: Resurrection 4:00am Ghosts of Mars 5:40am Rooster Cogburn

5:20am Bean 7:00am The World's End Special 7:30am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 9:15am Grown Ups 2 11:05am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 12:55pm Wedding Crashers 3:05pm The Break-Up 5:00pm The Best Man Holiday 7:10pm Grown Ups 2 9:00pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 10:45pm Wedding Crashers 12:50am Scary Movie 5 2:20am Our Idiot Brother 3:55am Conception 5:25am My Big Fat Greek Wedding

5:45am Point Last Seen 7:30am Proof of Life 9:55am Deadfall 11:45am Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 1:20pm Captain Phillips 3:45pm Proof of Life 6:10pm Children of Men 8:10pm Deadfall 10:00pm Captain Phillips 12:25am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:30am Cherry Falls 4:10am Fear 5:55am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man

5:45am Jingle All the Way 7:20am Epic 9:10am Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 10:45am Smurfs 2 Special 11:05am Dennis The Menace 12:50pm Dennis Strikes Again 2:15pm Walking with Dinosaurs 3:50pm Epic 5:40pm Elf 7:25pm Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 9:00pm Jack the Giant Slayer 11:00pm Walking with Dinosaurs 12:30am Elf 2:10am Jack the Giant Slayer 4:05am Dennis The Menace

Premiere

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7:00am Veronica Mars 9:00am Born to Fight 10:45am Despicable Me 2 Special 11:15am The Grand Budapest Hotel 1:00pm The Lone Ranger Unmasked 1:30pm Behind Enemy Lines 4: Seal Team Eight 3:15pm Veronica Mars 5:15pm Born to Fight 7:00pm Healing 9:00pm The Grand Budapest Hotel 10:45pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Special 11:00pm Starred Up 12:50am Behind Enemy Lines 4: Seal Team Eight 2:35am Starred Up

6:00am Man in the Wilderness 7:45am Gunsmoke 8:45am Gunsmoke 9:50am The Wrong Man 11:50am Dial M for Murder 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Buccaneer 6:20pm Badman's Country 7:45pm From Here to Eternity 10:00pm Dirty Harry 11:55pm Strength and Honour 1:45am Dirty Harry 3:30am Strength and Honour 5:10am The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show

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I’m a Celebrity Chef - take me to your leader so I can dazzle with my cooking 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.

T’S hard to avoid those television chefs at the best of times, but leading up to Christmas they were as numerous as fleas on a tramps vest. Every channel you turned to, there they were, dazzling us with their recipes and expertise on the very best of Christmas fare. But whatever time of year I happen to catch their cooking programmes, they never cease to amaze me with some of the weird and wonderful stuff they knock up, and I wonder just what planet they live on. They all start off with the same laughable line that goes something like this: ‘Today I am

TELEVISION CHEFS: Hard to avoid over the festive period. going to show you this simple and delicious recipe that anyone can prepare in four minutes with just a few ingredients that you will find in any kitchen cupboard’... etc. etc. Yeah right,

because it’s obvious from the start that the pile of ingredients they have in front of them would not be found in the average Sainsbury’s, let alone a domestic kitchen.

Then off they go, chopping onions with a blur of wrist action that on the odd occasion I tried to mimic the technique, nearly lost me several digits. That one process alone would take me twice the length of time as their estimation for the whole dish. And they have this special chef’s language with words that have me rushing off to get the dictionary. Julienne some carrots they say, or garnish with a brunoise of vegetables. Why can’t they just say slice and dice for God sake - we can all understand that. And pulease, why not just say strips of bacon instead of poncy sounding lardons? Tooth grindingly hateful to me is when they melt a bit of chocolate with some cream and refer to it as a ganache. Ganache? Ganache my backside; it’s still just melted chocolate and cream.

They don’t even bother to wear aprons during this wondrous process and it’s not as if they have put something old or tatty on just in case a bit of ganache finds its way on to their person. Oh no, it’s polo shirts sporting little crocodile motifs, designer slacks and even jackets and ties. If I did that, my best clobber would finish up looking as if it had been involved in a Dulux factory explosion and my wife would do a bit of her own Julienning on my tender parts. Then off they swan in their latest vintage car or personal helicopter to their next guest appearance and leave an army of poor beggars to clean up the wreckage and wash the dishes. No, I’ll stick to my own recipes thank you very much, it’s less stressful.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Football Focus Dan Walker and guests discuss the latest talking points and look ahead to the weekend's action. 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Athletics

BBC TWO 7:00am Apache Territory 8:10am Private's Progress 9:45am The Maggie 11:15am Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain 11:45am Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain 12:15pm British Isles: A Natural History 1:05pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:50pm Michael Caine: Talking Pictures 2:45pm The Ipcress File

ITV 8:25am Share a Story 8:30am Scrambled! 8:35am Nerds and Monsters 8:50am Adventure Time 9:30am Horrid Henry 9:50am Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Ejector Seat 1:25pm Britain's Best Back Gardens 2:25pm Who's Doing the Dishes?

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CH4 7:10am How I Met Your Mother 7:35am How I Met Your Mother 8:00am Cycling 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am King of Queens 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Frasier 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm Speed with Guy Martin 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 9:05am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:20am Wanda and the Alien 9:35am Zack and Quack 9:50am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Jelly Jamm 10:25am LazyTown 10:50am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Access 11:30am Ice Road Truckers 1:20pm Ice Road Truckers 2:20pm Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star

SATURDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 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 The Theory of Everything 2:30pm Into the Woods Special

3pm 3:35pm Darts 5:30pm Final Score

4:30pm Escape to the Continent Property show where Brits test drive an alternative life in Europe.

5:30pm Darts

3:25pm Tipping Point 4:25pm Diversity Live 5:25pm ITV News London 5:35pm ITV News and Weather 5:55pm Mamma Mia!

5:00pm Come Dine with Me

6:00pm Mamma Mia!

6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm The Restoration Man

6:15pm Storm Night: Deadliest Storms 7:10pm Storm Night: Scariest Weather 8:00pm Storm Night: Worst Weather Ever? 8:55pm Secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids

6:00pm The Fanatics 7:00pm Show Me Your Garden 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9:00pm Tsunami: Ten Years on

9:55pm 5 News Weekend

9:00pm David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies 10:00pm Gremlins

On the north Kent coast, life coach Ross Duttson kicks off the week hoping to impress with minimum-effort food that looks good.

4:15pm Columbo: Grand Deceptions The crumpled, cigar-chomping detective is called in to investigate the death of a sergeant major at a training camp where civilians pay to be transformed overnight into mercenaries.

3:00pm Last Man Standing 3:30pm Last Man Standing 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 5:00pm Last Man Standing 5:30pm Last Man Standing

6pm 6:20pm Pointless 7:10pm BBC News 7:20pm BBC London News 7:30pm Now You See It 8:00pm The Voice UK

7:00pm Flog it! Trade Secrets Antiques series. Tips and advice on collecting militaria from various conflicts.

Exuberant musical based on the hit stage show featuring the music of ABBA.

7:30pm Sacred Wonders of Britain 8:30pm The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

8:00pm Harry Hill's Stars in Their Eyes

9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Britain's Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court 11:00pm The Other Boleyn Girl

9:05pm Take Me Out

Harry Hill gives the legendary transformation show a makeover in a brand new series.

9pm 9:30pm The National Lottery Shane Richie hosts the game show that sees couples playing to win the prizes of their dreams.

10:20pm Casualty 11:10pm BBC News 11:30pm Match of the Day

A passionate story of love, rivalry and a family torn apart by ambition.

Paddy McGuinness presents the show where 30 single girls battle it out for a dream date.

10:20pm Skyfall James Bond returns to hunt a mysterious enemy that threatens to bring down MI6.

The story of the tsunami that devastated parts of South and South East Asia on 26 December 2004.

10:00pm Bad Teacher 11:50pm Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live

National and international news.

10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother Highlights of the latest events from the past 24 hours.

11:00pm Mr. & Mrs. Smith Action comedy.

When a boy breaks the rules of caring for his unusual new pet, he unleashes a plague of mischievous monsters. Contains flashing images and violent scenes. Comedy horror.

12am 1:00am The Football League Show 2:20am Kevin and Perry Go Large 3:35am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:40am BBC News

12:50am Darts 1:40am Lady Caroline Lamb 3:40am Love 4:55am This is BBC Two

12:05am ITV News and Weather 12:20am Skyfall 1:15am Off Their Rockers 1:45am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

12:50am Cocktail 2:50am Queer as Pop: From the Gay Scene to the Mainstream 3:45am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:55am Hugh's 3 Good Things

1:15am Super Casino 4:10am Celebrity Big Brother 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big

12:05am A League of Their Own 1:05am Modern Family 1:35am Hawaii Five-0 2:35am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:25am Night Cops 4:15am Big Trouble in Thailand 5:05am UK Border Force

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Marvel Avengers Assemble 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:45am Family Guy 2:05am Family Guy 2:30am Crims 3:00am People Just Do Nothing 3:30am People Just Do Nothing 4:00am People Just Do Nothing 4:30am People Just Do Nothing 5:00am This is BBC Three

8:00pm Lost Land of the Volcano 9:00pm Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners 10:00pm Spiral 5

12:50am Totally British 1:55am Totally British 2:55am Top of the Pops 3:25am Lost Land of the Volcano 4:25am Sounds of the Sixties 4:55am This is BBC Four

7:25am You've Been Framed! 7:45am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:05pm The Cube 2:10pm Richie Rich 4:05pm You've Been Framed! 6:35pm Mr Bean's Holiday 8:20pm Evan Almighty 10:20pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:05pm Blue Go Mad in Ibiza 12:05am Ocean's Eleven 2:30am Mom 2:50am Fake Reaction 3:25am Life's Funniest Moments 3:50am Teleshopping

7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Blue Murder at St. Trinian's 9:00am Where the Heart is 10:10am Where the Heart is 11:20am The Darling Buds of May 12:30pm Lewis 2:35pm Inspector Morse 4:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Rosemary and Thyme 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Lewis 1:00am Inspector Morse 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

7:00am Motorway Patrol 7:25am The Professionals 8:30am The Cycle Show 9:30am Alias Smith and Jones 10:40am Pawn Stars 12:55pm The Cimarron Kid 2:40pm Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders 5:35pm Storage Wars 6:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:00pm FIA Formula E Championships Live 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm The Chronicles of Riddick 12:20am Troy 3:25am Highway Patrol 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen

7:45am Happy Endings 8:05am Rules of Engagement 8:30am Charmed 10:30am How I Met Your Mother 11:30am Melissa and Joey 12:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 2:30pm Troy 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The 100 10:00pm Beverly Hills Cop 12:05am The Big Bang Theory

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Crime

Family

French crime drama serial.

10:55pm Spiral 5 11:50pm Rock 'n' Roll Britannia Documentary about the history of British rock 'n' roll.

SKY MOVIES Action 5:40am Rooster Cogburn 7:30am The Last Samurai 10:05am Born to Race: Fast Track 11:45am Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 1:35pm The Last Samurai 4:10pm Romancing the Stone 6:05pm The Jewel of the Nile 8:00pm Lethal Weapon 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 2 12:00am Lethal Weapon 3 2:05am Barb Wire 3:45am Hudson Hawk 5:25am The Jewel of the Nile

5:25am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 7:05am You, Me and Dupree 9:00am Big Daddy 10:45am Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 12:40pm Little Shop of Horrors 2:30pm 13 Going on 30 4:20pm You, Me and Dupree 6:15pm Big Daddy 8:00pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier is back in front of the big band, but not for long.

10:00pm The Heat 12:00am Wedding Daze 1:40am The to Do List 3:30am The Heat 5:30am Little Shop of Horrors

5:55am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man 7:40am Zero Dark Thirty 10:20am The East 12:20pm Closed Circuit 2:00pm Spy Game 4:10pm Derailed 6:00pm The Island 8:20pm After the Sunset 10:00pm Spy Game Slick thriller full of surprises.

12:10am Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2:30am Death Wish 4:15am After the Sunset

7:05am Believe 8:45am The Blue Umbrella 9:00am The Smurfs 2 10:50am Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 12:30pm Monster House 2:05pm Home Alone 3:50pm The Smurfs 2 5:40pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 7:20pm Monster House 9:00pm The Lone Ranger 11:40pm Jumanji 1:30am Home Alone 3:20am Believe 5:05am Jumanji

Premiere

TCM

7:00am Veronica Mars 9:00am Born to Fight 10:45am Foxcatcher Special 11:15am The Grand Budapest Hotel 1:00pm Behind Enemy Lines 4: Seal Team Eight 2:45pm Despicable Me 2 Special 3:15pm Veronica Mars 5:15pm Born to Fight 7:00pm Healing 9:00pm The Grand Budapest Hotel 10:45pm The Top Ten Show 2015 11:00pm Starred Up 12:50am Behind Enemy Lines 4: Seal Team Eight 2:35am Starred Up

6:00am From Here to Eternity 8:10am Gunsmoke 9:15am Gunsmoke 10:20am Badman's Country 11:40am The Buccaneer 2:05pm Assignment to Kill 4:00pm Fiddler on the Roof 7:40pm Villa Rides Western following Pancho Villa (Yul Brynner) and the Mexican Revolution.

10:00pm Rush Hour 11:50pm Raging Bull 2:10am Rush Hour 4:05am Operation C.I.A. 5:35am The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show

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That was the year that was – the highs and lows on TripAdvisor 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

ITH the news at the end of last year that Italy’s antitrust authority fined TripAdvisor €500,000 over ‘defamatory’ hotel reviews, maybe it’s time to take stock of some of its highs and lows in 2014. First off, there were the threats from some in the travel industry. Like the Broadway Hotel, Blackpool, that charged a couple £100 after they posted a critical review describing it as a “filthy, dirty rotten stinking hovel run by muppets.” (This only to be surpassed by New

York’s Union Street Guest House’s surcharge of $500 for negative reviews.) Of course, this backfired spectacularly for both hotels with lots of mocking reviews appearing on TripAdvisor. Don’t you just love it when bad businesses blame the customer and then get uppity when the ensuing firestorm of bad publicity erupts? Instead of fixing the problems, they then have many more people aware of their ‘reputation’. You have to give them five out of five for canniness. The BBC should have sent a production crew up to Blackpool to do a remake of Fawlty Towers. Script not needed. Can’t you just picture Basil scrolling through his TripAdvisor reviews! Sadly, the other side of the coin in 2014 was bribery. Unscrupulous people

MIXED REVIEWS: TripAdvisor can make or break a business. threatened hoteliers with bad reviews unless some sweetener was proffered: a huge discount on checkout (or even before booking). Dragons’ Den panellist/hotel owner Duncan Bannatyne got stuck in: “People are coming to our hotels and threatening to write bad reviews

to get money off their bills.” Some in the travel industry have even taken legal action against TripAdvisor. In 2012, the owner of a Scottish B&B made legal history after winning a landmark case against it. But last year the owners of another Scottish B&B lost their battle to

get it to reveal the identity of negative reviewers so they could sue the authors. TripAdvisor is undoubtedly useful. My main rule of thumb is to ignore any review by those who have only posted one. There are a surprising number of these, and they tend to be either completely glowing or completely damning - either fake or by someone who doesn’t get out enough. Conversely, if the reviewer has 10+ reviews across a range of star ratings, it’s worth reading what they have to say... Nora Johnson’s thrillers Landscape of Lies, Retribution, Soul Stealer, The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson.com) are available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 2:15pm Bargain Hunt

BBC TWO 7:15am Great British Garden Revival 8:15am Glorious Gardens From Above Horticulturist Christine Walkden explores gardens and countryside from a hot air balloon. 9:00am Countryfile 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm Food and Drink 1:20pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:50pm Masters Snooker

ITV 8:10am Sooty 8:25am Share a Story 8:30am Scrambled! 8:35am Nerds and Monsters 8:50am Ultimate Spider-Man 9:30am Horrid Henry 9:50am Deadtime Stories 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Columbo 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:30pm Murder, She Wrote 1:30pm Harry Hill's Stars in Their Eyes 2:30pm Catchphrase

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CH4 6:55am NFL 7:20am How I Met Your Mother 8:10am How I Met Your Mother 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier Frasier and Bebe fill in for a week on a daytime TV chat show. 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm Astro Boy

CH5 9:25am Wanda and the Alien 9:35am Zack and Quack 9:50am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Jelly Jamm 10:25am LazyTown 10:50am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Access 11:30am Monkey Life 12:00pm The Hotel Inspector 1:00pm The Hotel Inspector 2:00pm Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

SUNDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am The Theory of Everything 10:30am Into the Woods Special 11:00am A League of Their Own 11:30am A League of Their Own 12:00pm WWE Raw 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Big Town Dance 2:00pm Last Man Standing 2:30pm Last Man Standing

3pm 3:15pm Flog It! Crowds gather in the Welsh town of Monmouth.

3:45pm Escape to the Country 4:35pm Songs of Praise 5:10pm Shrek 2

3:00pm Masters Snooker The 2015 Masters tournament gets under way at Alexandra Palace with the world's top players battling it out for the prestigious trophy.

3:15pm Midsomer Murders 5:15pm Diamonds are Forever James Bond, equipped with an armoury of hitech gadgets, infiltrates a Las Vegas diamondsmuggling ring in a bid to foil a plot to target Washington with a laser in space.

4:15pm The Princess Diaries Mia Thermopolis is a pleasant, if slightly awkward and geeky, 15-year-old high school student living in San Francisco. She's not the most popular pupil at school, and is regularly picked on by the cheerleader clique.

4:10pm The Pursuit of Happyness Struggling salesman Chris Gardner leaves his dead-end job to train as a stockbroker.

3:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 4:00pm Last Man Standing 4:30pm Last Man Standing 5:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin

6pm 6:30pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News 7:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 7:30pm Countryfile 8:30pm Still Open All Hours

6:00pm Ski Sunday Skiing and winter sports magazine show.

6:45pm Darts Colin Murray is joined by Bobby George for live coverage of the 38th BDO World Professional Darts Championships in Frimley Green.

7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a national weather forecast.

6:30pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

7:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 8:00pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

8:00pm All Star Family Misfortunes

6:30pm Aladdin

8:15pm The Medallion

6:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm Modern Family 8:30pm Modern Family

10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother

9:00pm A League of Their Own

Lavish animated version of the classic Arabian folk tale.

8:10pm 5 News Weekend National and international news.

9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Last Tango in Halifax 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day 2

9:00pm Kate Humble: Into the Volcano Two-part documentary.

10:00pm Reinventing the Royals 11:00pm QI XL 11:45pm Billionaire's Paradise: Inside Necker Island

9:00pm Foyle's War Crime drama series set in the years immediately after the Second World War.

9:00pm The Hotel Hapless-hotelier-turned-entertainmentsmanager Mark continues to create chaos at the Cavendish.

Highlights of the latest events from the past 24 hours.

Referee James Corden welcomes the most successful British Olympian of all time, Sir Chris Hoy.

11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm The Kyle Files 11:45pm The Undriveables

10:00pm Walking the Nile 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

12:45am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:35am Masters Snooker Extra 3:35am Countryfile 4:30am Holby City 5:30am This is BBC Two

12:15am Rugby Highlights 1:10am The Store 3:10am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 3:55am ITV Nightscreen

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What adventure do you see yourself going on in 2015?

OLIN TATHAM, of Pit Stop Tyres in Son Bugadelles, Santa Ponsa, Mallorca said that: “the adventure I would really like to go on this coming year, is to buy two camels and trek through Outer Mongolia, but what I’m really going to do, is to carry on here in the workshop, and continue to provide my valued customers with the great service they deserve.” He went on to add, “maybe I will leave buying the camels until 2016!” Jill Marples, owner of Jacaranda restaurant in Moraira, in the Costa Blanca North, said that the adventure she would most like to go on would be that of retirement! Jill said: “in the 10 years I have been in Spain I have been so busy working that I have yet to explore the rest of Spain and I feel I am missing out. So, when I retire I intend to go on a road trip with my husband and dogs Colin Tatham (left) Steve Hartley (right)

STREET TALK and travel around all of Spain. That is the plan but you never know what is around the next corner in life!” Steve Hartley from Calpe’s The Colina Club said that his dream adventure would be to travel around Africa photographing the wildlife there as he has a love for animal photography and more specifically big cats! “I fell in love with the big cats when I worked in a Wildlife Rescue Centre some time ago, especially the tigers. We built enclosures and worked closely with the animals, even rescuing 27 tigers from a socalled sanctuary in Idaho which

Paul Ross (above) Jill Marples, owner of Jacaranda Restaurant in Moraira were in a variety of sorry states when they arrived and in my time there we also rescued a small pride of lions with three cubs. To see lions in the wild and in their natural state would be a great adventure!” Paul Ross, owner of Paul Ross Fitness in Almeria said that his new adventure will be totally business related. “My big adventure for 2015 has just begun with the launch of the 1to4 Fitness Retreat. This exciting new venture will really put us on the map within the fitness industry and is an amazing new life adventure for me!”

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Spanish Taxation In 2015 Part 1 you have savings and investments “youIf need to protect your income and gains from tax. With the right tax planning Spain can be very tax efficient for retired expatriates.

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The start of a new year is always a good time to review your tax planning, to check that it is up to date and that you are using all the opportunities available in Spain to reduce tax liabilities for yourself and your heirs. It is even more important this year since there are a number of changes for Spanish taxation in 2015. Income tax The “Regulation on Personal Income Tax” has been amended for 2015. The government explains that it lowers tax for all taxpayers, but does more for those on low and medium incomes, and those with large families or who care for

By Gary Cardwell, Partner, Blevins Franks someone with a disability. There are now five tax bands for general income, as opposed to seven, and the tax rates have been modified. The tax exempt threshold decreased from €17,700 to €12,450 and the first tax rate reduced from 24.75% to 20%. The top rate is now 47% compared to 52% last year, but the income threshold for this rate has dropped from €300,000 to €60,000. Last year income

between €53,400 and €120,000 was taxed at 47%, so there is little improvement here. The savings income rates and thresholds are also a little lower. The rates are now 20% for income up to €6,000, then 22% for income up to €50,000 and 24% after that. For non-residents who earn income in Spain, the tax rate is reduced from 24.75% to 24%, but for EU/EEA (European Economic Area) residents it falls to 20%. While this is obviously welcome news after the tax rates over recent years (Spain had the third highest marginal tax rate in Europe!), if you have savings and investments you still need to protect your income and gains from tax. With the right tax planning Spain can be very tax efficient for retired expatriates, so contact the tax specialists at Blevins Franks to find out how

much tax you can save. Wealth tax When wealth tax was reinstated in 2011, it was meant to apply for 2011 and 2012. However it keeps being extended, and remains in place for 2015. Spanish residents pay wealth tax on the value of their worldwide assets as at 31st December. Rates rise progressively from 0.2% to 2.5%. There are however reductions available, ranging from €700,000 to €2million, depending on whether you own your home and if you are single or a married couple. This is a tough tax for wealthy residents, so much so that some consider leaving Spain because of it. Blevins Franks may well be able to help you reduce this liability, rather than having to move, so contact us for personal advice.

Our next article will look at capital gains tax, succession tax and Spain’s new exit tax that could affect investors leaving Spain. As always, it is very important to understand how all the tax changes affect you and your family personally, and seek expert advice on the most suitable solutions to protect your wealth from taxation. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.

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Alex Zane talks to the stars of the blockbuster sequel.

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Between the devil and the deep blue sea Cassandra Nash

A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

SPERANZA AGUIRRE let it be known that she would happily run as Madrid mayor should the PP ask her. A former minister in the Aznar governments during the Nineties, Aguirre was president of the Madrid Community until she resigned after being diagnosed with now-overcome breast cancer. She is still secretary general of the regional PP party and would have a good chance of winning as she is as popular as she is controversial. But will the party ask her? Aguirre challenged Mariano Rajoy when he lost the 2008 general elections, she is still critical of his leadership and if the PP had a Tea Party, she would be in it. What will the president do? Accept the offer and swallow his misgivings? Choose someone

else and risk losing City Hall? This will be a tough one.

Oiling the wheels THE Centre of Political and Social Studies (CEPS) worked with the Venezuelan government until early 2014. Most Podemos leading lights belong to CEPS which is now estranged from Caracas owing to government abuse and repression of its opponents while turning its attentions back to Spain. Here, according to CEPS vice president Fabiola Meco, there are “indications” that Spain would be receptive to the ideas and ideals of Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chavez who wanted a Bolivarian socialist revolution. What many Spaniards are receptive to is a Bolivarian revolution backed by Venezuela’s huge oil reserves. Remove those and both Bolivar and revolution would be non-runners.

Cyber footprints PUBLIC PROSECUTORS who specialise in investigating corruption cases have noticed files missing from their computers. Prosecutors who had not backed up files on external hard discs have lost months of work, said the Anticorruption department. Most intrusions involved organised crime investigations into Russian, Italian and Chinese mafias in Spain. One related to Herve Falciani who

disclosed details of 130,000 tax evaders of all nationalities who have - or had - accounts with HSBC Switzerland. Falciani, still wanted in Switzerland, was arrested in Spain but later released because he had not breached Spanish law and supplied information regarding HSBC Switzerland’s Spanish clients. Not all the hackers focused on international corruption, as

another Prosecutor assisting the Gurtel case noticed that files went missing from her computers. But computer wizards are too clever for their own good. Watergate needed a whistleblower before coming to light, but hackers blow their own whistles and leave their own muddy footprints, especially the Russians that Spanish police are now tracking down.

Preparing for a massacre AS Podemos erodes the twoparty system there have been hints of pacts between the PSOE and the PP after the November general elections. PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez firmly ruled out talk of agreements, but that’s because he has more options than Rajoy. And it already looks as though both parties are admitting to themselves that there is going to be a bloodletting come November.

ESPERANZA AGUIRRE: Would happily run as Madrid mayor.

Banking, a career best avoided Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

ONE normally thinks of a career in banking as a safe occupation, unless you are a customer of course. It certainly isn’t a calling that brings to mind murder, assassination, suicide and unexplained deaths. The banking industry suffers such a high death per employee ratio one might better be advised to opt for a vocation in spying or service in Afghanistan. Recently there have occurred no less than 48 deaths of highflying executives in the banking industry. My advice is that if JP Morgan, Chase Manhattan or Goldman Sachs offer you a job, reply; ‘thanks, but no thanks.’ The same applies should you see job offers advertised by Rockefeller and Company, Bank of Scotland, Merrill Lynch, Ulster Bank. Best to avoid them all.

AL CAPONE: Undoubtedly lived a high risk life. Bankers, like the rest of us, are destined to shrug off their mortal coil at some time. In my not so humble opinion, shooting oneself with a nail gun or being

crushed to death by one’s SUV is not a fitting end for those of us whose sins are few and minor. As pointing an accusing finger at Russian President Vladimir

Putin simply won’t wash, mainstream media tends instead to be discreet. Can you blame them? The list of strange banking industry deaths is far too lengthy to detail here. It irritates me that there is no space for revealing an equally inexplicable number of deaths of scientists who are involved at the sharp edge of scientific research. Do not concern yourself overly if you are a scientist. These deaths tend to effect those involved in cutting edge space and aero war technology. Running through the list of banker’s untimely ends, we have the making of 48 who dunnit crime thrillers in one hit, if you will excuse the expression. There have been 20 suicides or unexplained deaths by hanging, drowning or leaping (or being shoved) from buildings. Seven bankers have suffered gunshot deaths. These are usually self-inflicted. Another eight died from ‘causes unknown.’

Others include house fires and seven very messy road accidents. A number of bankers have simply gone missing or unexpectedly died. Having said that, death might have been presumed in the case of Nicholas Austin (49), a former bank manager from Hersden. He died after drinking antifreeze. It was said he wanted to get high. Some victims have been arrested, charged and on bail, otherwise outed and disgraced, or under formal investigation. Undoubtedly, American low life like Al Capone, John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde lived high risk lives. In their case, sticky end meant sticky in a gory sense. However, it appears their careers were not half as dangerous as were those of the executives of the banks they robbed. As the saying goes, ‘Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world.’ Seems to me there isn’t much between them.

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With the weakening of the English Defence League, splinter far-right groups are on the rise.

Karl sets off around the world in an attempt to understand why people want children.

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