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Water flows THE MuchamielCampello desalination plant, which has been operational since 2013, has received authorisation to supply Alicante City, San Juan and San Vicente. Water can also be transferred to Benidorm during an emergency.
Moonshine ALCOHOL produced at an illicit still in Agost is being analysed for possible adulteration, the Guardia Civil said. The drinks with fake labels were later distributed throughout Spain.
Fair dues THE Valencian Diputacion regional government will withhold funding from collectives that do not respect Spain’s equality legislation. These include the Alginet brass band, which recently banned women from wearing trousers.
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Passport thieves alert By Gemma Quinn BRITONS arriving at Alicante airport are being warned to be extra vigilant at car hire collection points. The British Consulate has issued the alert due to the fact that one out of every five British passports stolen in Alicante Province is taken at the airport, and most of them from vehicles. A further one out of every five stolen British passports is taken from vehicles on the road or in car parks.
The high level of passport thefts from vehicles is now the focus of a new drive by the Consulate and police. The British Consulate met car hire companies and the National Police (pictured) to discuss ways to reduce the number of British nationals who fall victim to passport theft when they collect their hire cars. The Consulate has asked car hire companies to remove stickers from cars
Carpet of pink signals spring in air THE almond blossom has finally burst into life, a couple of weeks later than normal due to the recent rain, snow and cold weather. However, the spectacle is a sure sign that warmer weather is on the way. The Jalon Valley has been blanketed in a carpet of pink and white blossom, with breathtaking views around every corner, as this photo by Jo Pugh shows. The best villages from which to see this wonderful candy-floss effect are
Parcent, Alcalali and Benigembla. Located just off Exit 63 of the AP-7 at Benissa, it is well worth
packing a picnic and camera and spending the day admiring one of Mother Nature’s spectacles.
as this makes them an obvious target for thieves. Hire companies said they will also warn customers to be extra wary when loading and unloading cars, to make sure personal belongings are not visible and to ignore any attempts to distract them whilst driving. The police urged car hire companies to publicise the 902 102 112 number for tourists to report a crime in English if they do fall victim.
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ROADWORKS: Making Jaume I more commercially attractive.
Facelift for Altea REMODELLING work on Altea’s main shopping street, Jaume I, has now begun. This will radically alter its aspect with wider pavements, a resurfaced central lane for traffic, new street lights and urban fittings. The object is to make the avenue commercially more attractive, said Sebastian Gomez and Jaime Selles, respective Neighbourhood and Traffic councillors. All changes have been agreed with the residents as well as business-owners, the councillors claimed, following meetings. They will also be provided with information
regarding the evolution of the project. “It is essential that everyone has up-todate information so they are affected as little as possible, since parking spaces are being eliminated and the road is sometimes closed,” Gomez said. Parking has triggered the biggest problems and loudest grumbles but the town hall has come to an agreement with nearby underground car-parks. They will charge half-price during the facelift’s first month, while the town hall will reimburse them with the other 50 per cent.
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June date LESWORKING is collaborating with the Olagirls three-day gathering in Calpe next June. The international network is present in 15 countries and promotes job placement and integration for gay women in the workplace.
Last minute rescue for centre DOBLE AMOR, Benidorm’s occupational day centre for those with learning difficulties has been saved despite a €150,000 black hole in its finances. The centre, which was founded 44 years ago, faced closure if its outstanding debts of €150,000 were not settled. The financial situation was “dramatic” admitted the board of governors and had
been made worse by the regional government’s introduction of a copayment scheme obliging its 55 users to pay monthly sums ranging from €250 to €450. The town hall stepped in, with the backing of all political parties, and arranged a €150,000 grant allowing the centre to remain open. This guarantees its short-term survival but the town hall wants to
go a step further, said Mayor Agustin Navarro. All councillors agreed that the centre has also had management problems for years and ways should be found of participating directly in its running. All options suggested by his own party as well as the PP, the Liberals and Benidorm’s non-aligned councillor would be studied, Navarro said.
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Park fight SALVEM el parc de Sant Pere will fight plans to remodel the Gandia park. The habitat of 19 bird species, including wagtails, tits and flycatchers could be threatened, the group warned.
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Crop cut DROUGHT reduced the inland El Comtat area’s olive crop by half to 8 million kilos, growers said. Rising prices softened the blow but they have lost around €3 million, they reckoned. Special rate CALPE contracted a new concessionary to run the town’s paid parking system. Parking in beach areas will be charged during the summer although there will be a 50 per cent discount for residents.
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A GUARDIA Civil officer’s shifts in Altea must coordinate with her husband’s in Javea, the courts ruled. Many more couples will now reconcile work and family commitments, a Guardia Civil association predicted.
Double benefit FIVE streambeds have been cleared in Jijona by eight workers employed through the local employment plan. As well as providing jobs this reduces future fire risk, the town hall said.
Smart lights ELEVEN Marina Alta inland and coastal town halls will spend €3.3 million on installing efficient energy systems for street lights. The Alicante Diputacion will contribute €2.4 million of the cost. Hearing off THE trial of former Campello mayor Juan Ramon Varo was postponed after he produced medical certificates confirming his heart condition. He is accused of irregularities arising from municipal contracts.
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Aiming high A BUILDING permit has been granted for a 30-storey hotel with 232 rooms in Calpe. Work on the foundations is expected to begin in six weeks’ time. JUZCAR: Andalucia’s famous ‘smurf’ village.
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F you haven’t heard of Juzcar, a typical white Andalucian village 22 kilometres from Ronda, you’re obviously not a smurf fan. The village was chosen in 2011 by Sony to launch the premiere of the Smurfs Movie, and 4,000 litres of paint turned the village buildings a shockingly bright shade of blue. Overnight, the sleepy village went from receiving 300 tourists a year to an estimated 80,000 in just six months. Although Sony offered to repaint the village white in December 2011, the villagers voted to keep it blue and watched in awe as thousands of fans and curious tourists continued to appear to have a look. Now the ‘pueblo pitufo’ (smurf village) has decided it needs to do a little more work to encourage the visitors to keep on coming, and has created a project to turn locals into smurfs.
Quote of the Week We kiss against discrimination, racism and homophobia, to condemn these acts that are seen too often within companies, society and public life,’ said Jose Lebaniegos, a Madrid Metro ticket inspector who attended a protest kissing session against homophobia in Madrid.
A €15,000 budget has been put in place to take on an artistic director to train volunteers up as actors and provide costumes and props for ‘pitufo’ (smurf) shows, which have proved a popular attraction at the weekends. Lessons and rehearsals are about to begin for local volunteers of all ages, and the council hopes the street shows and other new activities will be ready by May 30. Juzcar Mayor David Fernandez announced that the local smurfs, who are to receive diplomas after completing their lessons, will also be going on tour with shows planned in Ubrique, Marbella, Malaga City and other towns. Along with face painting, a smurf themed market, blue manicures, personalised smurf baseball cap painting and smurf-meals, the new improved shows are bound to give the young and young-at-heart an unforgettable visit.
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is the estimated number of packets of illegal cigarettes that were being smuggled into Spain each week from Gibraltar by a well-organised smuggling gang that has now been busted by police.
Coming soon GANDIA’S new hospital will open by the end of March, confirmed local mayor Arturo Torro. It has individual rooms and will be one of the best hospitals in Spain, he said.
About time LA ROMANA was ordered to compensate 15 residents with €120,000. The town hall had ignored their complaints about noise from nearby marble quarries ‘for years,’ ruled Valencia’s Upper Court.
Open all hours ALFAZ signed a 24-hour emergency ambulance service agreement with IMED hospitals last November. It has been used 108 times since then by both private and state system patients.
And finally... TWO brothers from Girona tried to swindle an Arab sheik by selling him a forged Goya painting for 1.7 million Swiss Francs (€1.58 million), only to discover they had been paid in photocopied bills. The brothers, who were conned when they bought the fake painting, thought they could recoup their losses by swindling the sheik.
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T’S extremely worrying and distressing to see young people from all around the globe deciding to make their way to Syria to join the ranks of IS. Just this week, four people were arrested in Spain suspected of recruiting for the terrorist group, and many of us are praying that the three teenaged girls from Britain, who are believed to have travelled to Syria, are safe and well. When you’re 15 years old, you do not have the sufficient level of maturity and life experience to make a decision as life-changing as running off to a war zone, and it remains to be seen just why they chose to do so. IS recruiters are using social media sites to help indoctrinate impressionable young people to their cause, and the situation once again highlights one of the
dangers that the internet can create. The majority of people in the world would like to see every religion, race and creed living life in peace, as John Lennon put it, but unfortunately – in reality – life is not that simple. While we, in the relative safety of our democratic comfort in the West, baulk at the barbarity of life in places like Syria and Iraq at present, others are drawn to the cause because of misguided beliefs and values. No regime, be it democratic or otherwise, can be viewed with any degree of respect or integrity when they freely behead people on film for not agreeing with their religion or values. IS and other groups such as Al Qaeda and Boko Haram have shown the world that intolerance is one of the greatest evils this planet faces.
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WORK to restore Teulada’s Cap d’Or lookout tower will begin shortly. A start will be made by clearing and weeding the surrounding area before experts get down to treating the cracks on the facade of the 16th century tower and inserting metal stays. Repairs will also be made to the old-fashioned water deposit while the path up to the tower will be made easier with a flight of drystone steps. LED lighting powered by solar panels is to be installed, Teulada’s mayor Antoni Joan Bertomeu has revealed. Donkeys will be used to transport all the necessary materials in order to inflict as little harm as possible on the surroundings and environment.
CAP D’OR: Facelift for 16th century tower. The Cap d’Or is located 165 metres above sea level and has privileged views out to sea and Ifach as well as inland to the Sierra de Toix, Sierra de Olta, Puig Campana and Bernia. Once finished, it will be one of the area’s most fascinating tourist attractions, Bertomeu has predicted.
Jalon’s ‘David and Goliath’ situation JALON is contesting the Alicante Diputacion provincial government’s 2015 Works and Services Plan. Guaranteeing the town’s water supply was omitted from the €12.7 million programme, complained
the mayor, Joan Miquel Garces. The decision to exclude improvements to the waterpipe that carries water between Parcent and Jalon was “incomprehensible,” he declared. The existing pipeline is in such a bad condition that 70 per cent of the water never reaches the town’s 3,000 inhabitants, Garces claimed. The Local Government Regulatory Law states that the Diputacion should help to provide essential services for municipalities with few financial resources, the mayor added. He also called for the invalidation of the Diputacion’s plenary meeting which approved this year’s Works and Services Plan. It was a “David against Goliath” situation and Jalon Town Hall would fight “all the way,” declared municipal spokesman Gerard Fullana.
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Prize draw LA NUCIA, renowned for its sports facilities and promotion, features in the National Lottery Draw on March 7. Each ticket shows the town and bears the caption ‘National Sports Prize’.
Time off EL CORTE INGLES in Alicante City will close for the Santa Faz holiday on April 16 at Mayor Miguel Valor’s request. The store is still considering a similar suggestion for San Juan (June 24).
Cable goes THE regional government has removed a disused power cable from Barranc de l’Infern in the Font Roja national park near Alcoy. Birds’ nesting boxes will be attached to remaining wooden supports.
Top of milk DANONE has selected the Hermanos Plaza dairy farm in Villena as the best of its 700 milk suppliers in 2014. The farm won the same prize in 2010.
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Hunting dogs found in a terrible condition SOMOS GOS, an animal protection association, has reported two Altea la Vieja huntsmen for illtreating eight dogs. The association lodged formal complaints with the Guardia Civil’s nature protection unit Seprona, the Local Police and the town hall after spotting the Ibizan hounds in two cages on private land. They had no food and two were on such tight
leashes that they could not reach their green and stagnant water. One has since died, Somos Gos revealed. “It was in a woeful condition, completely dehydrated with neck wounds from the chains used to tether it,” they said. The owners were contacted but refused to hand over the dogs to Somos Gos as requested. The law will nevertheless
Shade needed at Campello school PINES that were cut down at El Vincle school in Campello school are to be replaced with jacarandas. Nine tree planted 25 years ago were felled for safety reasons after one of them crashed to the ground without warning. This occurred during the holidays and no-one was hurt but the remaining pines were cut down after the first tree was found to be diseased, explained Parks and Gardens Councillor Alejandro Collado. El Vincle pupils are less than happy about the gaps left by the trees, they told Campello’s mayor Juanjo Berenguer when he visited the school recently with the town’s Education Councillor Marisa Navarro. They missed the shade the trees provided, as the sun now streams into the classrooms and makes it difficult to see the blackboard, they said. The town hall now plans to plant jacarandas in place of the pines, Navarro revealed. They had been deliberately chosen to avoid problems with processionary caterpillars and would be in place shortly.
be applied “to its ultimate consequences,” confirmed Altea’s Health Councillor Gregorio Alvado. The two men’s hunting permits will be withdrawn, he said, and although the dogs are still caged they are inspected regularly by Local Police officers. The hounds are now adequately fed and have been seen by a vet but
stricter measures need to be taken, Somos Gos maintained.
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Railway track could become bike lane WORK on the bicycle lane in the southern sector of Alicante City is due to begin next month. The five-kilometre route will link Casa Mediterraneo and the European Union’s Trademarks Office (OAMI in Spanish) whose president Antonio Campinos is a keen cyclist.
Residents’ associations in south Alicante City believe that the cycle lane should follow the former Alicante-Murcia railway line whose disused Benalua terminus now houses Casa Mediterraneo. This would free the Paseo Joan Fuster pavements, currently occupied by a lane where cyclists have priority over pedestrians, they pointed out. The lane would run parallel to the sea to the El Palmeral park, before crossing under Avenida de Elche and continuing to OAMI. A TOTAL of 1,336 lorry and van drivers in the There is still time to Valencian Community were fined over a amend the route that the recent seven-day period. regional government’s Public Of the 2,635 lorries checked on the region’s Works department has in roads during the nationwide campaign, 642 mind, said the associations’ were subsequently fined. spokesman Jose Maria The majority, 266, were sanctioned for Hernandez. tachograph inconsistencies or exceeding the This involves narrowing permitted number of hours at the wheel. the traffic lane and applying Others were sanctioned for irregularities in the urban speed limit which, the vehicle’s or driver’s papers as well as according to the regional speeding, overloading, badly-stacked freight government, will improve or technical faults. road safety.
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Lowdown on high Montgo houses DEVELOPERS are demolishing older Montgo properties and replacing them with big villas. Long-term Denia residents fear that they are changing the area’s character and are unhappy about some modifications. Owners in the Altomira urbanisation which adjoins the Montgo national park recently complained about
a three-storey villa now under construction. Planning regulations stipulate that only onestorey properties may be built more than 100 metres above sea level. The Altomira residents called in a topographer who put the entrance to the urbanisation where the new villa is located at 113.88 metres above sea level.
They acquired homes with uninterrupted sea views, never imagining that any of the one-storey properties in front of their own would be demolished, they said. As well as complaining to the town hall, they will claim damages from the ‘person or persons’ who authorised the construction, the Altomira residents announced.
PRUNING: Participants get expert guidance in cutting the vines.
Winemaking from the inside CONDUCTED tours of Benitachell’s vineyards have continued through the winter months. They are organised by the town hall and growers involved in the local BioMoscatell project. Those who sign up get a comprehensive picture of all the processes involved in producing the town’s distinctive – and organic – muscatel wine. Participants were able to talk to the growers about winemaking and also try their hand at pruning the vines, a task
carried out at this time of the year. Afterwards they sampled grape juice and the raisins that have always been produced in the Marina Alta, rounding off the tour with a visit to the bodega where the Moraig white wine is produced. “This is the best way to see the project from the inside and learn more about the expectations of all the people involved in this new vision of muscatel cultivation in Benitachell,” said Economic Promotion Councillor Manolo Segarra.
Reminders of a grim past A CIVIL WAR air-raid shelter in Alicante City’s Plaza Balmis will soon be on the tourist map. Records cite more than 90 shelters throughout the city but just four of them can be accessed and only two – below Plaza Balmis and Calle Seneca – may be visited. The Balmis shelter will be temporarily open to the public tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday (February 27-28) from
10am until 2pm, although tickets should be acquired beforehand from the tourist office on the ground floor at city hall. Conducted tours will be organised from midMarch onwards. These will extend to the shelter beneath Plaza Seneca where, above ground, a Civil War museum is due to be inaugurated on March 15. The Balmis air-raid shelter was built in 1938,
one of the network begun in 1937. Alicante was the last Republican-held city to fall to Franco and was one of the most severelypunished by air-raids throughout the war that began in 1936 and ended in 1939. City mayor Miguel Valor praised the recovery of the shelters for present and future generations, ensuring that the horrors of the Civil War would never be forgotten.
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La Nucia combats a growing problem LA NUCIA recently held a round table discussion on cyber-bullying at the town’s SEU Universitario. This was the first in a
series of meetings programmed by the town hall in response to popular demand and to provide the teaching community with
Help needed to man the pumps THE Marina Baja water consortium will be asked to pay to pump water to Villajoyosa’s Alfondons deposit. Local growers pay an annual €23,000 to fill this for crop irrigation, but cannot afford to continually pump the water from the local waste-water treatment plant. It is usually at only 60 per cent capacity but could be 100 per cent full if the Consortium helped with pumping costs, Villajoyosa Town Hall said. “We’ll see if they can cover all the cost of pumping so that it is always full,” said Infrastructure councillor Jeronimo Lloret. He also pointed out that growers were not using the Amadorio dam’s domestic supply: “They prefer residents to have drinking water.”
the knowledge and tools to combat internet bullying. The discussion was coordinated by the chief of La Nucia’s Local Police, Javier Burrueco. Participants included the town’s Social Media and Education councillors as well as psychologists, a school inspector and a Guardia Civil officer. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and the internet are increasingly used by the young and by schoolchildren who access them without any type of control. “Cyberbullying and bullying at school are two problems for society in general and in La Nucia, too,” admitted the town’s Education councillor Pedro Lloret. “We have to work to find weapons to stem cyberbullying.”
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Bike theft HOURS after a San Vicente man’s bicycle was stolen he saw someone handing it over to two people. All three were later arrested, one for theft and two for receiving.
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Javea pupils taking a walk on the safe side JAVEA pupils could soon have a ‘safe route’ system to school. The town hall has presented local schools and representatives
from local parents’ associations with an outline of the ‘Camins Escolars’ scheme. Instead of being driven to school, children would be
Badger dies THE latest wildlife victim was a badger found between Vergel and Pego. It had probably come from Penya Roja, seeking water in Pego Marsh.
Joint venture VILLAJOYOSA and MARQ, Alicante City’s archaeological museum signed an agreement to promote their joint heritage. Plans were also discussed for a tourist route featuring their cultural assets.
CHALLENGE: Bikes on Sierra de Olta.
Calpe courts all-terrain cyclists
PROFESSIONAL cycling teams and enthusiastic amateurs are a common sight in Calpe each winter. There are also growing numbers of mountain bikers meeting the challenges posed by the rugged Sierra de Olta adjoining the town. Calpe has now asked to be
included in the nearby Vall del Pop’s all-terrain BTT cycling circuit, incorporating the town’s cycle routes and forest paths. “We want Calpe to be a leader in sports tourism,” said Mayor Cesar Sanchez. “We must use all our resources to boost local economy.”
able to walk or cycle to school in safety on their own. Now that parents and teachers have been informed, the town hall is working on the technical side of the project, studying advisable routes and taking into account the presence of police at dangerous crossroads and the number of pedestrian crossings. The town hall is also considering the possibility of reorganising or limiting traffic in the vicinity of some schools to improve safety and also eliminate traffic jams. Pupils themselves would like to walk to school on their own or meet up with their friends on the way, members of the Consell dels Xiquets (Children’s Council) told councillors. The scheme will be tried out during the last weeks of the school year so that possible flaws can be detected and ironed out before children return in September.
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Alfaz del Pi promotes public transport ALFAZ DEL PI has set aside €36,000 for travel passes. This is €10,000 more than last year, pointed out Mobility councillor, Isabel Davo. The town hall is committed to maintaining, developing and promoting the use of public transport and hopes to boost the existing arrangement with Llorente Bus, she said. “We want to extend the existing advantages and reach an agreement with FGV so that the new passes also cover the tram,” Davo said. A total of 365 travel passes have been given out since the scheme was introduced in 2012, Davo said. These offer discounts of between 28 and 50 per cent for the over 65s, the disabled, large families and young people.
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Hospital requires a new heliport ALICANTE GENERAL HOSPITAL’S lack of a helipad adds up to 20 minutes to journeys for
airlifted patients. The hospital’s original heliport was closed some years back for failing to
Nou Nazaret works to go on SAN JUAN councillors from all parties have voted to take steps to complete the stalled Nou Nazaret infrastructure. Work on the development that envisaged 800 homes and access roads linking Nou Nazaret with San Juan town, the beaches and Alicante City began in 2006. Although the project is 90 per cent finished, it was halted three years ago and the town hall now intends to find another developer. First, however, the town hall needs a favourable report from the regional government’s Legal Advisory Council before it can dismiss the company originally contracted to carry out the work. The town hall is confident that this will be forthcoming within two months.
meet safety regulations as it was surrounded by tall buildings which complicated landing and takeoffs. Helicopters must now land at the Consortium of Fire Brigades’ landing ground in San Vicente where a waiting ambulance transfers the patient to the city’s principal hospital. The same procedure applies when transferring patients to other medical centres. There were plans for a helipad on the roof of the hospital car park adjoining the city’s Gran Via but the contract for installing lighting and markers has still to be put out to tender. Valuable time is lost as airlifted cases are urgent and cannot be treated at the patient’s usual hospital, particularly in burns cases or serious road accidents.
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A taste of Benidorm
Good work THE ANEMONE association for women with breast cancer has honoured its president Maria Botella at an event in Benidorm, which coincided with her birthday.
Sports gala THE 35th National Sports Gala of the Spanish Association of Sports Press takes place on Monday at the Sports Pavilion in La Nucia. Those interested in attending should call 966 896 564.
Youth housing ALCOY has created a housing policy for young people and will allot a number of flats for those unable to leave their parents’ home for their own place due to job insecurity.
Family arrest SIX members of an Elda family, the mother, father and four sons, have been detained for drug trafficking after a police search of their home.
R for Raphael THE letter ‘R’ has been constructed on a Benidorm roundabout at the entrance to the city from the AP-7 motorway, as a tribute to the singer Raphael who performed in Benidorm in 2012.
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THE 2015 Gastronomic Benidorm event runs until Sunday (March 1) with 22 restaurants offering a taste of traditional spoon dishes.
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CATALOGUING: The team at a project meeting.
Castle project is completed A SPECIAL project team from the Amics del Museu de Xàbia (AMUX) is celebrating the cataloguing of the entire collection of detailed site plans of over 50 castles in the Comarca. They were donated to the Museum of Javea by British resident Michael Stephenson. The material filled 12 archive boxes and it took retired librarian Milagros Uriate nearly a year to complete the task. This is the first step in the preparation of the material for a touring exhibition due to open in August. Also working on the project is Christine Betterton-Jones, who has added many up-to-date photographs of the sites
and details from her research. Local archaeologist Josep Castello Marí and municipal archaeologist and Museum Director Joaquim Bolufer are adding their expertise. For many years Michael, together with friends Anne Scott and Ted Adams, visited the ruined castles in the region: “I was always curious about the number of castles I spotted from the road when I drove to Valencia. This, combined with my love of walking, provided the stimulus for the project.” Anyone interested in getting involved in the project should email the AMUX at amuxabia@gmail.com
Hotels off to good start AVERAGE occupancy in hotels on the Costa Blanca, excluding Benidorm, has increased 2.7 points in the first half of February compared to a year earlier. According to data from the hotel employer Hosbec, overnight stays were fairly evenly split between domestic and foreign visitors with more tourists from the USA arriving. Over half of guests (54 per cent) chose to stay in three-star hotels with Finestrat, Alfaz del Pi and Calpe recording the highest occupancy levels.
A NEW newsletter and website is being set up by the Guardia Civil traffic police, Trafico. The idea has come from the N332 Facebook page set up by Officer Francisco Morales with help and support from his colleagues, to explain changes in the law and driving issues in English for the expat community. Having found that many of the questions asked by new followers were duplicates of information already published, a new website will catalogue the articles which will then allow users to search and read through past information. A free newsletter will also address questions and topics and will be emailed to recipients monthly.
TRAFICO: New website and newsletter will explain traffic issues and laws in English. Sign up by emailing news@n332.es with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line or visit www.n332.es. Officer Morales said: “We still have a lot of work to do on the website and newsletter,
so please be patient with us. We are also interested to hear more of your ideas and if anybody would like to help in this project. Thank you for being part of our ever growing community.”
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Road death A YOUNG man, aged 20, died in a road traffic accident when a car and motorcycle collided in Sant Joan d’Alacant.
Street birth A WOMAN gave birth in an Elche street after waiting for an ambulance to arrive. It was the 33-year-old’s third child. Both arrived at Hospital Vinalopo healthy and well.
Still waiting STOP EVICTIONS members gathered at Alicante Town Hall to protest against the plight of 50 families who were evicted from a building earmarked for demolition in 2013, and have yet to be relocated.
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A straight flush for Bello Horizonte A PUMPING station might not sound enthralling but this has made everyone in Bello Horizonte very happy indeed. La Nucia mayor Bernabe Cano, Jose Sanchez and Domingo Pallas, the presidents of Bello Horizonte I and II urbanisations, looked on in satisfaction as buttons were pressed and the machinery set in motion. Both urbanisations are now connected to Altea’s sewage treatment plant and contented residents were spared the €218,446 cost as the 2.35 kilometres of pipeline was covered by the Alicante Diputacion provincial government. All La Nucia urbanisations are now connected to waste treatment plants either in Altea or Benidorm following five years of hard work which have eliminated 26 obsolete disposal plants and 4,500 septic tanks.
SWITCH ON: Jose Sanchez, Domingo Pallas and Mayor Bernabe Cano. “This is Bello Horizonte’s biggest undertaking and we are very grateful as this has brought a lasting solution to drainage
problems on our urbanisations. It took some doing but we got there in the end,” said Jose Sanchez, the president of Horizonte I.
NEWS Labour gang arrested TWELVE people have been arrested for labour exploitation. National Police dismantled a criminal gang dedicated to trafficking humans for labour exploitation in the province of Cordoba. Investigations were initiated following a complaint by two Lithuanian women at Benidorm Local Police station. They claimed to have been brought from their home country “to be exploited.” They told police they had been promised agricultural work for €50 a day but the realities were very different with the women forced to work 10 hours a day without a break, for €30 a week. They were also under strict control as to what they could do in their free time.
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Cash injection for Alicante municipalities ONE HUNDRED days before the elections and the Valencian Government has injected an extra €50 million to the municipalities of Alicante Province. President of the Generalitat regional government, Alberto Fabra, said over the coming weeks €31.47 million owed to local authorities will be settled whilst an additional €18 million will be allocated to execute projects in 141 locations. The money has come from remaining budgets (savings) that were generated last year and are to be used on financially sustainable investments, as required by the central government. The town halls may add additional funds of their own to carry out larger projects.
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Paying to get to their own homes RESIDENTS in the hamlet of Bacarot, Alicante, are calling on the council to find a solution for access to their homes. Twenty families in the Viejo Camino de Elche have to pay €10 a month for access to their homes which passes through a private road owned by a neighbour. Previously the amount was €15 before the landowner reduced it. However now, residents say they are “tired” of paying to get to their homes and gathered to address the situation.
The issue arose when the landowner initially agreed to give access to the area for vehicles but then revoked the permit. Five years ago an agreement was made for the residents to pay for access. They are now calling on the town hall to mediate a meeting between themselves and the landowner to find a better solution to suit everyone. Mayor of the village Ivan Martinez said: “Our will is to find a solution to the problem, but it’s complicated.”
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Homeless man dies on street A HOMELESS man, aged 46, has died on the streets of Valencia. The man was found motionless on a park bench in the city and died from hypothermia on his way to hospital. He is the third victim to die on the streets of Valencia this month as the cold weather makes life even harder for those with nowhere to live.
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Port fight A YOUNG man was kicked in the head during a fight with another man in the port area of Alicante. The fight was recorded on a mobile phone by an eye witness.
Plant visit OVER 150 schoolchildren visit Benidorm’s water purification plant each year to learn more about the natural and urban water cycle and its importance.
New courses ALTEA is offering new English courses for the unemployed. There are 20 places on the course which starts tomorrow (Friday) and ends April 24.
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Appeals for recognition of Asperger in schools THE Asperger Association of Alicante (Aspali) warned that many schools in the province deny the
existence of this syndrome and say mothers who protest and question their child’s ability are often
branded as ‘hysterical.’ President of Aspali, Ezkarne Carazo, said “The most important thing for these families is education, in schools and at all levels.” Carazo made the comments during the International Asperger’s Day saying that despite spending almost a century identifying the characteristics, the condition is still considered the “invisible disability.” Asperger syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is characterised by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour and interests. Children with Asperger’s often lack interaction skills and show little empathy with their peers as well as being physically clumsy.
Water hydrants offer greater fire protection WATER hydrants have been installed in the industrial areas of the Cap Blanc, Altea. Aigues d’Altea has installed the hydrants on both sides of the N-332 with the work costing €30,000, fully borne by the concessionaire. Councillor for the Urban Scene and Infrastructure, Jaime Selles, said: “The installation of these hydrants for the fire service was approved by the governing board in 2014 and means every contingency is covered for fire prevention in the area of Cap Blanc, where numerous warehouses and shopping centres are located.”
HYDRANTS: Installation works.
NEWS Quake rocks the region THE emergency 112 number in the Valencia Region received around 120 calls following an earthquake on Monday afternoon. The quake registered a magnitude of 5.4 with the epicentre in Ossa de Montiel, Albacete, but was felt across the Region and in Alicante Province particularly in Elche. One resident of Villajoyosa said he felt his chair vibrate for around 20 seconds thinking at first it was the lift until he heard about the earthquake on the radio. The quake was also felt in Madrid. According to the Spanish Seismic Network, each year there are about 2,500 earthquakes in the country, although most of them are so mild that people only detect an average of two per month.
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La gente AS part of our series Euro Weekly News reporter Gemma Quinn has been out and about to see what skills, talent and inspirational people can be found on the Costa Blanca. This week she met up with a talented artist....
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HE home of Fredy E. Wubben, nestled in a peaceful hilltop urbanisation in L’Alfas del Pi is a delightful homage to the artist’s work over the decades. Born in The Hague, Fredy has always been interested in art and sculpture, even as a little girl. As a teenager she was looking for an education to do with design or gardens and found the Academy of Art where she became a student in painting and art before finding her real passion was sculpture. “I liked painting and people liked them with many selling immediately, so I think a lot of people were shocked when I went into sculpting, but I wanted to make an actual thing in a space and in an environment. I liked that visual aspect.” Following her graduation
Fredy went on to teach at the Academy whilst continuing her sculpting and carried out a lot of commission work in Holland where many of her sculptures can still be seen in town halls, public spaces and parks: “It was a very good time to be in the industry as there were grants available with a lot of work being put out to tender for artists. “A lot of international artists would come to Holland for these opportunities. When a new town hall was built money would be set aside for art, so there was a lot of work to bid on and opportunities and I got selected on numerous occasions to carry out projects.” Whilst loving the grandeur of her big sculptures and using materials such as bronze and stainless steel, Fredy can also work on intricate glass pieces, having won awards in 2006 for
her design for Maxima Glass. She created a winning pair of glasses in a competition to mark the royal coronation that year in the Netherlands. Hand blown and each pair signed, she created a limited edition range of glasses of around 200 glasses. Now, from her home in Spain, along with her husband, fellow artist Chris, she works on smaller, more private commissions, but continues to exhibit in galleries across Spain and she is keen to work with the local council to create some pieces to liven up the area’s roundabouts. Their home, Casa Sjengarden, is open to visitors to few the garden sculptures and her studio workshop and gallery where Fredy and Chris offer a warm welcome to all visitors. For the last 10 years, they have also
FREDY: Some of her sculptures can be viewed in her garden. held a range of benefit concerts there for local charities. For more information on opening
times or forthcoming events, call Fredy on 966 860 522 or email chris@sjengarden.nl.
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Easter trains MORE trains have been added for Easter week with Renfe offering 4,300 direct AVE high speed trains between Alicante and Sevilla and Cordoba. These trains will run from March 27.
Harmony visit CHILDREN at Alicante’s General Hospital received a visit from Grammy winning conductor Jose de Eusebio, who offered various musical workshops.
Library strike A GROUP of auxiliary library assistants are striking tomorrow (Friday) in Alicante to demand the reclassification of workers to a higher category.
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Congratulations, Heidi and Jamie EVERYONE at Euro Weekly News would like to send their heartfelt congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs Price. Our former reporter Heidi wed her beau Jamie at La Siesta church on Saturday, with Pastor Keith Brown presiding, surrounded by friends and family before an evening reception at El Cortijo de Nacho in Torreta II. The couple, who have been together nearly three years, met at Shannon’s Tavern in Torrevieja where Heidi was working at the time. They had never laid eyes on each other before but realised they lived close to each other and knew the same group of friends. Heidi met Jamie three days before she was leaving Spain to start a new life back in the UK. She had a job, car and house lined up and lasted two weeks before realising Jamie was The One and returned to Spain. The pair have since been inseparable. They got engaged on their second anniversary in Calpe and are now awaiting the birth of their first child, due in May. The wedding was a true love affair
TRUE LOVE: Heidi and Jamie. with the couple thanking their friends and family for all their gifts and support. Heidi and Jamie are now heading down to the Costa del Sol this weekend for their honeymoon, a gift from Heidi’s parents.
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The great costa bake away THE Bake Away is a new feature at this year’s Homes Gardens and Lifestyle Show, being held at the Denia Marriott Hotel April 1011. The cake making competition will be judged by celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson and a team of local professional chefs. The tasty treats will then be donated to the children in the Emaus home and the homeless shelter with the help of the Grant a Wish charity. Your cake will be displayed, tasted and judged on criteria of
texture, flavour, bake levels, skill level and overall design in three categories; decorated sponge cake section; cup cake section and novelty cake section. Cakes must be presented on a cake board or stand and be delivered to the Denia Marriott Hotel, Jesus Pobre, on April 9 between 12 noon and 2pm. To register email jody@grantawish.es or gina@gmpromotions.es entry fee is €2.50 and will allow free access to the show on April 11 when the winners will be announced.
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Police launch online reporting service include lost and found items, vehicle theft, theft from a vehicle, robbery without violence and damage where the identity of the perpetrator is not known. In
incidents where physical violence occurs, it is still necessary to report it in person. Once the offence is reported online, it will still be necessary to visit a Guardia
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IN CONCERT: Spandau Ballet announce Spanish concerts.
Spandau soulboys to sing in Spain EIGHTIES’ pop superstars Spandau Ballet have announced concerts in Spain as part of their Soulboys of the Western World Live tour. On June 18 in Madrid and June 19 in Bilbao, Spandau Ballet will be visiting Spain with a third concert also pencilled in for Barcelona, the details of which have yet to be confirmed. The group announced its return to the road
with a tour starting in March following the release in the UK last October of Soulboys of the Western World, a documentary film on the group. Tickets for the concerts in Madrid and Bilbao go on sale from 10am tomorrow, Friday February 27, from www.livenation.es, www.ticketmaster.es, www.elcorteingles/entradas or www.entradas.com
Civil office within three days to confirm the initial report. Visit https://e-denuncia.guardiacivil. es/eDenuncia/index.faces
Building woes in Las Marinas THE coastal authority has frustrated plans to allow building in front of Las Marinas beaches. This will prevent all future building there although the town’s new PGE general development plan envisaged allowing construction 20 metres from the shoreline. Instead the authority insists that planning permission along these 15 kilometres of coastline must respect the obligatory 100 metres. The central government’s environment ministry has applied new
legislation passed last year that applies the 100metre proviso to all land not zoned for building before 1988. This will apply to all buildings or plots in Las Marinas not classed as building land in the town’s 15 ‘Plan Parcial’ development schemes. It is ready to fight to establish the 20-metre exclusion zone, Denia Town Hall revealed. It argued that two-thirds of the Las Marinas area is built-up and should therefore be classed as building land.
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Hope for ‘illegal’ home-owners HOME-OWNERS’ groups in Spain have hailed a proposed change to the Criminal Code that would help protect people who purchased illegal properties in good faith, as ‘a golden opportunity’ to take a step forward. A proposal by the PSOE political party in the Senate on February 18 for an amendment to the Criminal Code seeks to ensure that third parties who purchase an illegal property in good faith receive compensation before the property is demolished. The AUAN group in Almeria and its sister association SOHA in Malaga who have long campaigned for this change - are calling on all political parties to support it. Their call comes following the demolition of several illegal homes bought by foreign buyers who were unaware of any
ON THE MARCH: Home-owners’ associations. problems at the time of purchase. AUAN estimates there are around 300,000 illegal homes in Southern Spain alone. “The normal practice is that the promoter is given a small fine for building an illegal house, whilst the person who spent their life savings on the house sees it demolished with a theoretical order of compensation that never actually happens,” said
Gerardo Vazquez, lawyer on behalf of the associations. “In reality, the victim receives the greatest punishment and this cannot be right,” he added. A decision is believed to be due at the beginning of March regarding the amendment and at the end of March there will be a general vote in the Senate.
Petition to safeguard EU referendum vote BRITONS living in Spain are being urged to sign an online petition to safeguard their right to vote in any referendum on staying in or out of the European Union (EU). Alan Thomas, a Briton living in France, decided that it was unfair that any referendum in Britain may exclude some of those who would be most affected by it – those people who have been living in the EU for more than 15 years. At the moment people who have lived outside the UK for that period of time lose their right to vote in the UK. This is an issue that has been becoming a hot topic as the British General Election approaches. There has been legislation proposed that would remove the time restriction, but crucially that legislation may not be passed, if ever brought forward, until after an in-orout referendum on EU membership. So Alan has set up the e-petition on
the UK Government website calling for all British passport holders to be given the right to vote in any such referendum, regardless of how long they have lived abroad and is urging British residents in Spain to go online to sign it. The full text of his petition reads: ‘It has been proposed that legislation will be introduced to remove the 15-year limitation on non-residents being able to register to vote in UK elections and referenda. Should a motion be tabled in Parliament to hold a referendum on EU membership, before such legislation is passed, this petition requests that all British passport holders meeting the qualifying criteria who are resident in the EU outside the UK be able to register to partake in any such referendum.’ To sign the petition visit http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/ petitions/74848
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Dead dolphin EQUINAC has removed the body of a dead dolphin from Genoveses beach in Cabo de Gata. The 1.4 metre male dolphin was in an advanced state of decomposition according to Equinac.
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NEWS DESK Winning milk A DAIRY farm in Villena has been named by Danone as the best of its 700 milk suppliers last year. The Hermanos Plaza farm won the same prize for the quality of its milk in 2010.
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Woman injured
Raising awareness
A 67-YEAR-OLD woman has been injured following a collision with a fourwheel-drive vehicle on Paseo Pedro Ponce in El Ejido. She was transferred to Torrecardenas hospital in Almeria City for treatment.
A CONFERENCE on Hyperactivity Disorder in children was carried out in Almuñecar to raise awareness about the condition, as it is estimated that 5 per cent of children in Spain suffer from it.
Sports success
Porsche winner ALMERIA driver and current champion, Jose Antonio Aznar Jose Crisanto, stamped his winning status by coming first in the Almanzora-Filabres rally. He won in his Porsche 911 GT3.
Hermitage works WORK has begun on the restoration of Vera’s Ermita de San Anton. The restoration, at a budget of €150,000, includes repairs to walls, wiring, reconstruction of the choir area and woodwork.
Circus denounced EQUINAC animal protection society has filed a complaint with the Guardia Civil against German circus Berlin Zirkus, currently in El Ejido. The complaint specifies the restricted storage of several wild animals.
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Flames kill pet TWENTY people were evacuated from a building in Ronda after a fire broke out in a fourth floor flat. Although nobody was injured during the incident, a dog was later found dead inside the flat.
Beauties on show THE 12 finalists of Top Model of Spain beauty contest can be spotted in Malaga City this week as the final is at the Plaza del Castillo hotel on Saturday, February 28.
Park reopens SELWO Aventura safari park on the Costa del Sol has reopened after its traditional winter break and is looking to beat last year’s 142,000 visits during the 2015 season.
BALCON BOLLYWOOD: Filming at Balcon de Europa in 2012.
Bollywood films shoot in Nerja NERJA’S scenery regularly attracts the attention of international movie creators, and this time it is a Bollywood production rolling up to shoot in the town. The setting on this occasion is the Balcon de Europa (Europe’s Balcony) for a movie titled ‘Jili.’ Several music scenes are to be recorded at the location and surrounding areas, said the head of the town’s Development department, Bernardo Pozuelo.
The filming took place last Tuesday (February 24), and was organised by production company UV Creations, which has already shot several other scenes in different corners of Andalucia. Actor Gopichand and actress Rashi Khanna play the leads in the film and the choreography is conducted by wellknown Indian dancer, Raju Sundaram. In 2012 musical scenes were also recorded at the Balcon de Europa.
ALMUÑECAR table tennis player, Lucia Lopez, won for the second year in a row the bronze medal at the National Tournament of 2015, held in Valladolid.
Learning English TWENTY tourism workers and taxi drivers of Motril will receive free English courses, as well as manuals with practical English phrases they will be able to use in everyday situations thanks to the town council.
Fire near gas station A VEHICLE burst into flames on February 19 near the gas station of La Paloma, Almuñecar. The fire caused a cloud of smoke that created great alarm amongst drivers who were passing by.
Safety training VELEZ-MALAGA Council has trained more than 2,803 people on safety in the workplace since the service was launched in March of 2012. It provides training to an average of 600 workers per year.
Crash causes leaks
Social housing
CADIZ fire brigade teams were called out to deal with a propane gas leak when a gas-bottle lorry driver lost control and crashed on the A381 motorway in Los Barrios. No injuries were reported.
STOP EVICTIONS members gathered behind Alicante City Hall to protest against the situation in which 50 families evicted before the demolition of a building in 2013 have yet to be relocated.
Musuems near launch
Street birth
MALAGA City Council has announced that the Pompidou Centre will open to the public on March 28, while the Russian State Museum at the old Tabacalera building will open on March 25.
A WOMAN gave birth in an Elche street after waiting for an ambulance to arrive. It was the 33-year-old mother’s third child. Both arrived at Hospital Vinalopo healthy and well.
MORE than 300 new dependant patients will be able to receive treatment in Palma, a number that translates to a 15.1 per cent increase compared with 2011. In total, there will be 2,322 places by the end of 2015.
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Bus protest
Aerial incident
WORKERS at Elche’s bus station have protested about the dismissal of a man with over 30 years of experience. They say he was sacked almost without warning and his job has been replaced by a machine.
LOCAL POLICE roped off Avenida Gabriel Alomar in Palma after an aerial located on the town hall’s building was knocked over by strong winds and left hanging over the edge of the roof, causing concern amongst bystanders who called 112.
Road death A YOUNG man, aged 20, died in a road traffic accident when a car and motorcycle collided in Sant Joan d’Alacant.
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SPAIN: Popular with British holidaymakers.
NEARLY two-thirds of British couples planning to go on holiday during 2015 will travel to Spain, more than three times as many people than will go to the next most popular
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“Violation reports are not our final goal. Speed in and of itself is neither good nor bad, but the challenge lies in managing it.” The DGT are to publish on their website the location of all checkpoints in Spain in order to raise awareness about the need for safe driving. In January of this year, there was a 44 per cent rise in road deaths over the same month in 2014. Despite the bad month, in 2014 there were fewer road fatalities than the year before. “Our 2014 figures consolidate us as one of the safest countries in terms of moving around,” said Ms Segui.
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Spain publishes speed trap locations for safety MOTORISTS in Spain will soon know the location of all speed cameras and traps thanks to the Spanish traffic authority (DGT). What’s more, drivers will get early warnings of the presence of an upcoming speed control in order to make Spanish roads safer. Director general of the DGT, Maria Segui, said all speed controls, both mobile and fixed, would be clearly visible on the roads for motorists. “This initiative is being adopted so that drivers will respect established speed limits, particularly on stretches of road that have been identified as especially dangerous,” said Ms Segui.
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SPEED TRAPS: To be made known. “France and England have reported annual rises of two to six per cent.”
destination, Greece. A whopping 58 per cent of UK holidaymakers will take a sunshine break in Spain, out of season, and stay in a hotel that affords them a healthy spending budget. This is the average British holiday in 2015 according to Monarch Airlines, who surveyed more than 2,000 UK adults about their holiday plans. Spain dominated the top 10 choices, with secondplaced Greece only being chosen by 17.2 per cent. “Spain’s popularity amongst those looking for
sun, sea and sangria is as strong as ever,” said Ian Chambers, head of retail and online at Monarch Airlines. “It’s also great to see savvy travellers making the most of the exceptional bargains to be had outside the traditional peak season - June is a month that offers excellent weather conditions of high summer without the crowds.” The Monarch survey also revealed the most popular amount of spending money to take on holiday is a very sizeable £400 to £500 per person (€545 to €680).
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DENMARK: The Government will spend nearly one billion kroner (€134m) over the next four years to help defend the country against terrorism.
Ferry return DENMARK: The old ferry route between Hundested and Grena could reopen thanks to the campaign of a lowcost bus company.
Bird names SWEDEN: Sweden’s Ornithological Society has banned several names for birds following concerns that they sound racist in Swedish.
Shop attack SWEDEN: A sex shop in Stockholm has been attacked by antipornography protestors for selling ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’-style sadomasochism merchandise.
Prison imam NORWAY: A prison near Oslo is to bring in a local imam to hold seminars and groups to help prevent the radicalisation of Muslim prisoners.
Oil drop NORWAY: Norway’s oil exports have dropped by more than 50 per cent since early 2014 as crude prices dragged down the country’s trade surplus.
Same smoke NORWAY: The Government has proposed all tobacco products sold in the country should have standardised packaging to help prevent tobacco use among young people.
Deadly mosquitoes A DEADLY mosquito capable of carrying the West Nile virus has been discovered in the Thames Estuary. Colonies of culex modestus have been thriving in marshland in North Kent. There is no vaccine for the West Nile virus.
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Veggie quick fix AN AA mechanic in Hertfordshire temporarily fixed a man’s Land Rover by wiring it to a potato, enabling him to drive it 12-miles to the nearest garage where the ignition system was properly repaired.
January sales down BRITISH retail sales fell by 0.3 per cent in January despite motorists filling up on cheaper petrol. Volumes were down in supermarkets and fashion shops, outweighing the rise in fuel and department stores.
Stamp inventions BRITISH inventions such as fibre optics, DNA sequencing and the Colossus computer are
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RESEARCHERS in Munich plan to publish an annotated version of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ in 2016 after its copyright runs out this year.
MADNESS: To perform at F1 British Grand Prix. featured on eight new stamps released by Royal Mail in February. The stamps are already on sale and will be displayed on Royal Mail vans.
Silverstone madness MUSIC legends Madness are set to perform at Silverstone racing circuit on the eve of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix in July. The British band will take to an open-air stage overlooking the race track as part of their Grandslam Madness Tour.
ANGELA MERKEL is to visit Japan for the first time in seven years early next month for a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
High poverty POVERTY levels in Germany have reached an all-time high, with 12.5 million people affected, according to a report from a welfare association.
Roman riches THE Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne has revealed that it is sitting on a €3.35 billion fortune through stocks, funds and property.
Deadly brooms EQUIPMENT shortages resulted in a German battalion assigned to NATO’s rapid response force using broom handles instead of guns during an exercise.
RUSSIAN PRESS War worries MORE than two-thirds of Russians believe other countries pose a military threat to their nation’s security and there is a higher likelihood of war than at any other time this century, according to a research group.
Tourist dies A 51-YEAR-OLD German tourist has died from stab wounds in Brazil after resisting assailants who tried to rob him during the Rio carnival.
Spy gadget fine A VLADIVOSTOK man has been fined €700 for buying a ‘spy’ cigarette lighter on a US online store. The lighter, equipped with a hidden camera, violates the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, prosecutors said.
Baby blue goat A ZOO in Yekaterinburg celebrated Chinese New Year last week by dying a baby goat blue using food dye. 2015 is the Chinese Year of the Goat, or more specifically, the year of the blue, wooden goat.
Drunken fall A 23-YEAR-OLD man in the Kemerovo region who fell eight storeys from an apartment building while drunk was saved by falling into a
Rolls SUV PUSSY RIOT: First song in English. snow drift. He picked himself up and walked back upstairs to his apartment, unhurt.
Pussy Riot single FEMALE punk group Pussy Riot, who were imprisoned in 2012 on hooliganism charges, have released their first song in English. The song, called ‘I Can’t Breathe’ is based on the last words of an American man allegedly choked to death by a police officer.
GERMAN-OWNED luxury car maker Rolls-Royce has announced plans to launch its own Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), the company’s first ever 4x4 car.
Vehicle risk MERCEDES-BENZ is to recall more than 127,000 vehicles in China due to a potential fire risk and steering issues, according to Beijing’s quality watchdog.
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business & legal Ministerial tug-of-war over Bankia ECONOMY minister Luis de Guindos and Finance minister Cristobal Montoro do not always see eye to eye. They disagreed over raising the value-added tax IVA, for instance, with De Guindos for and Montoro against. They now differ over future compensation for small investors who launched lawsuits after losing their savings through Bankia’s flawed 2011
flotation. The bank is now partly nationalised, with De Guindos in favour of limiting Bankia’s compensation liability to 38 per cent. The remainder would come from the bank’s parent company BFA, which is 100 per cent government-owned. Montoro, whose ministry controls Spain’s Hacienda or Treasury, is determined that taxpayers should not
Telefonica bites the bolivar bullet THE falling value of Venezuela’s bolivar has hit Telefonica once more. The oil producer’s devalued currency has cost the company €7.45 billion over the last five years and the Spanish multinational has now decided to reduce the value of its Venezuelan assets. Telefonica announced that henceforth both these and income will be valued at 50 bolivars to the dollar instead of the previous 12. Even this could be considered overpriced as a black market dollar fetched 118 bolivars at the beginning of February, insiders said. US companies like Kimberly Clark have
already adopted the same exchange rate or, like Ford and Pepsi Cola, intend to do so. BBVA and Mapfre have been less courageous and are still valuing assets at 12 bolivars to the dollar. The move will write down its Venezuelan assets by €2.84 billion, Telefonica said, an amount that includes retained profits now estimated at €1.23 billion that it has been barred from repatriating to Spain. Its Venezuela results for last year will be adjusted to the new exchange rate, reducing its gross profit by €915 million and net profit by €399 million.
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Portuguese bid CAIXABANK, which owns 44 per cent of Portuguese bank BPI, launched a takeover bid. Threequarters of BPI shareholders must first agree to reverse rules that restrict Caixabank’s voting rights to 20 per cent.
Orange alert ORANGE ESPAÑA’s 2014 earnings of €3.87 billion were 4.4 per cent less than in 2013 although mobile contracts increased by 455,000. Pre-tax profits of €958 million were 7.8 per cent down.
Hedge funds fly to AENA TWO hedge funds have invested in Spain’s airports operator AENA. London-based TCI acquired a 6.67 per cent stake for €580 million and the US fund, Fidelity, bought 1.3 per cent for €120 million. Morgan Stanley, one of the banks that managed the flotation, controls 3.62 per cent. Some institutional Spanish
investors like Ferrovial and Grupo Alba dropped out when AENA was partly-privatised earlier this month when the €58 initial public offering price (IPO) exceeded the price they were committed to paying. Shares rose by 20 per cent on the first day of trading, however, making an €800 million profit for the big investors.
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STAT OF WEEK HACIENDA received €12.32 billion in taxes last year, making 2014 a record year. Thanks to Hacienda’s onslaught against fiscal fraud and despite staff cuts, each employee collected an average of €479,000.
have to foot the Bankia bill. The Bank of Spain has yet to make a pronouncement, but Bankia itself is uneasy, sources revealed. If it has to compensate all losses arising from the flotation, this will drag down share prices, they said. PROTEST: Bankia shareholders demanding compensation.
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How to write a product review PRODUCT reviews are one of the most effective forms of local newspaper advertising. Basically, these are couched like editorial, and, in small print, you will see that it is flagged up as an advertising feature or similar. The content will be a synopsis of your company’s product or service. Product reviews are a balance between a news story, that you cannot purchase, and a conventional advertisement that you can and do buy. Advertising features are perfectly legitimate and part of newspaper life as long as newspapers have been
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published. The trick is to get your company’s message over so that readers are tempted to take an interest in your business or its products. The larger companies engage
professional copywriters to write, submit and manage their advertising. Copywriting agencies’ fees are notoriously high. But, if what they do is recoverable through extra sales they are, of course, worth the investment. If you are in touch with a newspaper writer you might be lucky enough to get them to do one for you. The going fee is usually about €60 for a small advertising feature. Don’t quote me; as with all else in life, advertising copywriters are perfectly entitled to charge as they wish. If you wish to do your own copy then remember to stick to the five W
principles of editorial writing. Your content must cover what (product), why (the benefits of using it), who (who it benefits), where (your contact details) and when (now as it is a special offer etc.). There is another expression common to selling: KISS. (Keep it Simple, Simon). A trick often used is to pour out your thoughts and then take the blue pencil to it; bring it down to size. The most common mistake is to write far more than is necessary. To give you an idea of size, this column is roughly 350 words in length. Aim for 200 words.
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Get on your bike and save a bomb Loose change
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Riding a bike is fun and it’s also great exercise
CARS - they most certainly are luxury items and for some, even an extension of their personality. Typically… driving a Volvo insinuates you’re a responsible and somewhat boring person. A big 4x4 driven on city streets screams “I am the centre of the world, now move out of my way,” while a dainty little vintage car lets the world know you’re hip and trendy and most likely own a lot of Apple products. So what does it mean to ride a cycle then? What does it say about a person? Well I’ll tell you what - it implies that
does all add up! Then in comparison there is the humble bicycle, which will set you back a microscopic fraction of the cost of a car. I used to drive a car, but for the last five years I have been using a bicycle as my mode of transport. And I love it. My bike cost me €295 and since then I have probably spent an extra €50 on punctures or other bits of minor maintenance. I don’t need to buy petrol, pay for a parking space or fork out for expensive insurance. It really
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MONEY SAVER: Ditch four wheels for two. they’re a smart cookie, because by choosing a bicycle over a car it’s possible to save a heck of a lot of money. Add up the average costs of owning a car. First there is
the purchase price, which can be well into the thousands or tens of thousands, depending on the car. Then there’s petrol, insurance, parking and maintenance. It certainly
Can they embargo rental income? Q. I read your article regarding community debtors who cannot be denied use of the swimming pool. We are a community on the Costa Blanca with the same problem of non-paying debtors. In our case we have debtors who let their properties and therefore receive rents. However these owners do not pay the community fees. We have taken court action and obtained judgements against them but still they do not pay and it seems they have no
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A. Yes, you can obtain a court order against any assets or income that the debtor has in Spain. In fact, I am surprised that your lawyer has not already advised the community to take this step. If you have a court ruling that the debtors must pay, the next logical step is to locate any assets they have in Spain and proceed to seize them for the debt. This would include bank accounts, property, and rental income, whichever is the most convenient and effective.
intention of paying. I was advised that, if an owner does not pay the fees, then the mortgage provider must be advised and action may be taken by them. A further issue is that the downturn in property values has put these apartments into ‘negative equity.’ One owner has suggested that we may be able to insist that any rents paid by the tenants should be paid to us, the Community, and not to the non-paying owners. Can you advise? K.G. (Costa Blanca) If the debtor is not a resident of Spain, with other property here, his only asset in the country is the apartment he owns. In the first place, the court can order the tenants to pay the rental on the flat directly to the court, for final payment to the community. If seizing the apartment to sell at auction is the last resort, this is more complicated. The court may inform the mortgage provider that legal action is being taken against the mortgage holder, especially if the flat itself is being seized. After all, the bank has a financial interest in the property. The fact that the property is in ‘negative equity’ does not influence any of these proceedings.
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has saved me a fortune. To go shopping, simply attach a basket onto the back of your bike to carry the groceries. To transport a small child, it’s the same thing, but rather than a basket, attach a child’s seat. While older kids can have their own bike and cycle alongside you! In the south of Spain the weather is fantastic most of the year and riding a bike is really fun and it’s also great exercise. It can be faster getting around the city on a bicycle too, with bikes being able to cut through places where cars just can’t go. For anyone struggling to pay bills or save money, I highly recommend ditching four wheels for two. It’ll save you a fortune and you’ll be surprised by just how much nicer it is to cycle rather than pollute your way around the town.
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Debt-ridden SPAIN finished 2014 with a public debt of €1,034 billion, 7 per cent more than in 2013 when this stood at €966.18 billion. The debt is the equivalent of 97 per cent of last year’s GDP of €1,064 billion and is the highest it has been in more than a century.
New markets FAGOR CNA, new owners of the longestablished Mondragon cooperative, will take on hundreds of workers before the summer. CNA, which has opened new markets in Russia, Eastern Europe, Argentina and Brazil, acquired all Fagor household appliance manufacturing lines in San Sebastian after the firm filed for bankruptcy in 2013.
High fliers RYANAIR flew 1.53 million passengers in Spain last month, 24 per cent more than in 2014. Having made peace with the unions, budget airline Iberia Express experienced its first-ever January without labour conflict and with a 26 per cent increase in business climbed two places in the rankings to 262,953 passengers.
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Give radicals a ticket out LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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T the time of writing, the news is full of three more young girls, all Muslims, who have allegedly become ‘radicalised’ and left Britain to join up with the IS movement in Syria. Disturbing? Possibly. Worrying? Not at all. If these young people, or anyone else for that matter, thinks they would be happier living in a culture that suits their beliefs and outlook more than the environment they are living in, I suggest they should be given every encouragement possible, even to the extent of paying their air fares. Rather they all left for good, than to stay and turn their frustrations against the people
TAKING-OFF: Those who want to leave UK and join IS should be given every encouragement. they presumably consider enemies of their beliefs. I would go even further. I would set up a Governmentrun helpline, well-funded and equipped with people who used a little common sense (as opposed to the do-gooders’ PC brigade). This department could act rather like Esther Rantzen’s ChildLine. Anyone who feels they would like to
leave and join one of these movements, could ring anonymously, state their case and be given advice and counselling. If they still truly wanted to leave, and weren’t underage, they could then be given every assistance to pursue their ambitions. We could probably get rid of scores of potential terrorist threats in this way.
The only stipulation that would have to be made, of course, is that once their decision had been made, they would have their passports franked to expire one week after their departure, making any change of heart and desire to return virtually impossible. What about the parents and family, you may ask? Well, unfortunately, as upsetting as
it may be, something has been missed in their upbringing. Something has occurred that has made them feel they would be happier away from their home environment. The fact that those close to them have either not spotted it, or done nothing about it is, I’m afraid, simply unfortunate. I’m sure there are many countries they could arrange to travel to and visit their absconded loved ones in the future, so it’s not exactly a permanent loss. Dream on, Leapy, dream on. I see the Greeks have been given another ‘stay’ to resolve their debt problems. If they cough up, or straighten out their position in the next four months, ya can come around and smash every piece of crockery in my kitchen! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com Website leapylee.co.uk
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BRITISH property buyers attracted by the warm, sunny climate and bargain deals are returning in numbers to purchase Spanish properties. In 2014, Spain witnessed a 19.3 per cent increase in the number of residential properties sold to foreign buyers - accounting for almost one out of every five houses sold - and British interest in the Spanish market is once again on the rise. Thanks to a favourable exchange rate and familiarity with the country, Brits purchased 5,014 homes in Spain in 2014, 1,053 more than they bought the previous year. According to the National Statistics Institute in Spain (INE), home sales rose by 2.2 per cent in 2014, indicating that 2015 could be another good year for the once-beleaguered Spanish property sector following the
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HIGH-FLYING corporate travellers form a potentially lucrative base of customers, with interest in buying a ‘business home’ abroad increasing. The Global Business Travel Association Foundation forecasts that corporate travel will increase across Spain, the UK, France, Germany and Italy by 6.6 per cent this year, based on last year’s increase of 4.9 per cent. A Spanish property developer based in the UK plans to jump on that trend, marketing second homes in Spain for business people who
often travel to the same area for work, and who aren’t keen on living out of hotel rooms. They see new international trade with Spain’s recovering economy, combined with the strength of sterling against the euro, low Spanish property prices and corporate travellers’ yearning for home comforts, as the ideal opportunity to suggest investing in a home rather than spending on temporary accommodation. A ‘business home’ could also prove a sensible, long-term investment.
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COMMERCIAL real estate investment in Spain saw its second-best year ever in 2014, with a total of €6.95 billion invested last year. Only 2007 - during the height of the property boom registered a higher figure, according to financial services group BNP Paribas. “Acquisitions in the sector have reacted in parallel with the capital markets as a consequence of improved sentiment on the part of investors regarding our country,” said Francisco Manchon, national investment director for BNP Paribas Real Estate in Spain. “The dynamics of the financial markets, expectations for the recovery of public finances and the anticipated growth in occupancy and rents lie behind investors’ strategies.”
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OFFICE BLOCKS: Were a popular investment in Spain in 2014. American and British funds and a number of private individuals
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Sachs and George Soros. As the Spanish economy began to pick up, investors moved towards assets and portfolios in key areas in the belief that Spain was emerging from crisis. “In 2015 we anticipate a new trend towards core plus,” said Mr Manchon. “Investors are seeking more consolidated assets at a higher price, in order to spend time on their management for periods exceeding even five years and rejecting the opportunity for short-term sale.” Shopping centres and office space were the leading type of commercial property sales during 2014, and industry experts at Spanish Property Insight believe that as all property markets are connected, the enthusiasm for commercial property is “good news for the residential sector also”.
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Financial consultants forecast fast and strong price recovery in Spain ONE firm of financial experts has thrown out the caution with which
most analysts are couching talk of a property recovery in
Spain and predicted a fast and dramatic revival.
Presenting his report on Spanish economic perspectives, Ignacio de la Torre of financial advisory company Arcano, said: “The recovery of the Spanish property market will take place sooner than many forecast, and with higher and quicker price rises than the market expects.” De la Torre’s report, which is generating a lot of heat in the Spanish press, says there are
two errors driving the consensus that any recovery will be tentative. The crisis has left a glut of around 600,000 unsold properties, which many insist will continue to hold down prices. But De la Torre says the most important factor when considering housing stock surplus is location. “When you look at the distribution of this excess housing supply,
Registrars note stabilisation in 2014 DATA released by the Spanish College of Registrars last week confirmed a levelling out of house prices, with a rise of 2.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2014, compared to the same period in 2013. While they were not so confident as to use the word ‘recovery,’ the organisation added its voice to those indicating at least an end to the collapse of prices in the crisis-weakened Spanish property market. Their report points to figures over successive recent quarters suggesting “a certain stability of prices, with positive rates in the very low figures.” The registrars count the total number of housing transactions completed over 2014 as 318,928, 3.1 per cent fewer than the previous year, with 37.2 per cent of homes bought being new-builds, and 62.7 per cent previously lived in.
huge discrepancies can be seen with an important concentration in regions that contribute less than a third of the GDP, while in autonomous regions such as Madrid, Catalonia and the Basque Country, which account for 43 per cent of GDP, supply is below its historic average,” he insists. He adds that different rates of supply within regions are also relevant, with surplus in one town unlikely to impede escalating demand in another. The other tenet dismissed by De la Torre is the belief that low household incomes stand in the way of the property market’s recuperation. He instead points to historically low interest rates, the injection of liquidity from the European Central Bank, and the fact that “a quarter of the market is in hands of foreign buyers with considerably higher incomes” as more significant factors likely to push prices up.
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ESTERN Europeans are waking up to the fact that they have been betrayed by a Brussels elite whose allegiance is to Washington DC. Equally gut-wrenching, their sabotage of the European Union’s economy and security has played out to Russia’s advantage. Since 1945, US foreign policy has lurched from one débâcle to another. An independent think tank estimates that American imperialism has led to the deaths of an estimated 20 to 30 million people. A Greek government minister was recently quoted as saying: “The EU and US pose a far greater threat to Europe than the Soviet Union ever did.” Leading Serbian king-maker Vojislav Selelj said: “Serbia will never join the EU as it is due for collapse anyway.” The mindset that claims US alliance adds to European security and prosperity doesn’t hold water. During the American inspired sanctions, which brings immense hardship to Europeans, trade between America and Russia has increased significantly. Washington DC did admit to
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Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
investing $7 billion (€6.14 billion) in Europe; these were the costs incurred in their overthrow of Ukraine’s legitimate government. I have family and friends throughout Ukraine. I cannot begin to tell you how they suffer as a direct consequence of US policy. The US had no interest in Ukraine other than its own corporate and destabilising geopolitical anti-Russian ambitions. It is ruinous for Ukraine, but tomorrow we could all share the same fate if America gets its dollar-saving war with Russia. Thanks to US policy and Brussels collaboration, Ukraine, Europe’s largest country, has been completely destroyed economically and militarily. Abandoned by the EU and US, neither of which can afford to
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UKRAINE: Has been destroyed economically and militarily. rescue it, all Ukraine’s essential trade ties with neighbouring Russian are severed. The fighting in East Ukraine, which German intelligence reveals has cost the lives of 50,000 Ukrainians, has worked to Russia’s advantage. Russian
President Vladimir Putin, a far smarter statesman than Obama could ever aspire to be, again betters his Western critics. Scratching around for evidence of Russian invasion, Western mainstream media repeatedly make fools of themselves. They’ll
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get used to it. Mainstream media, the government's bullhorn, is forced to use fraudulent photographs to falsely allege a Russian presence in Ukraine. It was never in Russia’s interests to physically intervene in Ukraine. To leave the selfproclaimed independent republics to their own devices was actually to the advantage of Russia. Today, Kiev’s skinhead regime, backed by Washington DC and Brussels, has yet another big problem. Ukraine’s disputed Novorussia, whose five million population is largely UkrainianRussian, is de facto independent, a humiliation and thorn in the side of Kiev and, like Crimea, irrecoverable. Kiev cannot survive whilst at war with an antagonistic rebellious Novorussia that it has lost anyway. Neither can Kiev survive without this most productive and prosperous Ukrainian region. Game, set and match. Another success for Russia that, at Western Europe’s expense, now turns to far more productive eastern markets. Keep this article; I have just written tomorrow’s obituary on Western Europe.
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The Principle of Restricted Choice You are in a high-level contract and need to ensure that you have no trump losers. This is your trump suit:
A K
98653 T4
You play the K and East drops the Q. Do you play East for QJ doubleton, or for the singleton Q? Intuitively, you may think the choice is close. It may surprise you to learn that the finesse against West is almost twice as likely to succeed, compared with playing for the drop. Why? The answer from the principle is that when East possesses the singleton Q or J, his choice of play is ‘restricted’- he must play the singleton honour. When East has QJ doubleton, he can be assumed to play the Q half of the time and the J half of the time. Calculation of the A Priori Probabilities confirm the conclusion.
East holds: singleton Q = 6.25%; singleton J = 6.25%; doubleton QJ = 3.3%. Consider these two situations:
(1) AT54 KQ6
(2) A954 KQ6
In example (1) declarer cashes KQ and continues with the 6. Both opponents have followed with small cards and now declarer has to decide whether to finesse the T or play for the 3-3 break. The odds are slightly in favour of playing for the Jack to drop, only because the right-hand opponent, at the time of declarer’s decision, holds one more card than the left-hand opponent. (Although a 4-2 is A Priori more likely than 3-3, we must exclude the
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In example (2) declarer cashes KQ, dropping Tx from his right. He continues with the 6 and when West plays low he has a similar choice. Should he finesse or play to drop the Jack? Are the odds the same as in example (1)? Surprisingly, instead being slightly against the odds, the finesse is now roughly 2:1 on that it will succeed. Why? The principle provided the answer. If East had had JTx then half the time he would have played the Jack on the second round and half the time he would have played the ten. His play of the ten is restricted from Tx (he has no choice) but will only be played half of the time from JTx. There are many play situations in which the Principle of Restricted Choice applies.
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6:30pm The Wonder of Animals 7:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 8:00pm Flog It! 8:45pm How We Got to Now with Steve Johnson
6:35pm Local News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm Saturday Night Takeaway
6:15pm Come Dine with Me 6:45pm Come Dine with Me 7:15pm The Simpsons 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Homes by the Sea
6:10pm 5 News
9:45pm Dad's Army 10:15pm Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South 11:15pm James Brown
9:25pm Take Me Out 10:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:35pm ITV News and Weather
9:00pm The World's Weirdest Weather 10:00pm Cuban Fury 11:55pm Runaway Jury
9:05pm NCIS 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 11:55pm Law and Order
9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Batman Begins
4:30pm Natural World Wildlife documentary.
5:30pm Final Score
Classic Western about a sheriff who leads a gang of misfits trying to keep a notorious villain in jail until the US Marshall can take him to town.
3:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 4:00pm David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies 5:00pm The Simpsons 5:30pm Modern Family
6pm 7:55pm BBC News 8:05pm Regional News 8:10pm Weather 8:15pm The Voice UK
The latest news coverage.
6:15pm Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light 8:10pm NCIS
6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9pm 10:15pm Casualty 11:05pm The National Lottery Live 11:15pm BBC News 11:28pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day
Mr. Dynamite.
A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.
A billionaire playboy begins a one-man crusade to clean up Gotham City's streets.
11:50pm Boxing
12am 12:55am The Football League Show 2:15am Halloween Resurrection 3:40am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 3:45am BBC News
12:55am Brooklyn's Finest 3:00am Beauty and the Briefcase 4:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
1:30am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am Nightscreen
2:25am The Last Leg 3:20am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:30am The Supervet
12:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am 10,000 BC 5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series that works its magic on neglected homes.
12:40am Hawaii Five-0 1:40am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:40am Road Wars 3:30am Night Cops 4:20am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 5:10am UK Border Force
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 8:10pm Great TV Mistakes 9:10pm Top Gear 10:15pm Déjà Vu 12:10am Family Guy
8:00pm The Secret Life of Elephants 9:00pm A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley 10:00pm Hostages 10:45pm Hostages 11:25pm Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe 11:55pm Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace 12:55am Brothers in Arms 1:55am Kinks at the BBC 2:55am The Secret Life of Elephants
1:40pm Evan Almighty 2:40pm FYI Daily 2:45pm Evan Almighty 3:35pm The Hot Desk 3:50pm The Brit Awards 2015 6:10pm Nanny McPhee 7:10pm FYI Daily 7:15pm Nanny McPhee 8:10pm Jurassic Park 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Jurassic Park 10:40pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:25pm The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 11:55pm Reality Bites 12:40am Ibiza Weekender
7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Where the Heart is 8:20am Where the Heart is 9:30am Agatha Christie's Marple 11:35am The Darling Buds of May 12:40pm A Touch of Frost 2:55pm Wycliffe 4:05pm Carry on at Your Convenience 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm Carry on at Your Convenience 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Foyle's War 11:05pm Lewis 1:10am A Touch of Frost
12:40pm Field of Dreams 1:45pm Dragnet 2:45pm FYI Daily 2:50pm Dragnet 3:50pm Dunkirk 4:50pm FYI Daily 4:55pm Dunkirk 6:35pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 7:35pm FYI Daily 7:40pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 8:30pm Championship Boxing Live 11:45pm ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights 12:50am The Island
3:00pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Baby Daddy 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm How I Met Your Mother 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm Troy 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm He's Just Not That Into You 12:35am The Big Bang Theory
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Subversive animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.
12:32am Family Guy 12:54am Family Guy 1:16am Family Guy Subversive animated comedy about American family life.
1:38am Family Guy 2:00am Uncle 2:30am South Side Story
Nature series revealing the emotional and dramatic lives of elephants in Kenya's Samburu reserve.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot 8:30am Die Hard with a Vengeance 10:50am Die Hard 4.0 1:10pm A Good Day to Die Hard 3:00pm Bruce Willis: Die Hard Special 3:30pm Die Hard 5:45pm Die Hard 2 7:50pm Die Hard with a Vengeance 10:00pm Die Hard 4.0 12:10am A Good Day to Die Hard 1:50am The Top Ten Show 2015 Which movies are doing the best business at home and across the pond?
2:10am Die Hard 4:25am Die Hard 2
Comedy 7:35am Bruce Almighty 9:30am Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 11:25am Last Vegas 1:25pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Special 1:55pm Hot Shots! 3:30pm Hot Shots! Part Deux 5:10pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier is back in front of the big band, but not for long.
7:10pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 9:00pm Last Vegas 11:00pm Hot Shots! 12:30am Hot Shots! Part Deux 2:05am Bruce Almighty 3:55am In Security
7:30am Closed Circuit 9:10am Deadfall 10:50am Proof of Life Engineer Peter Bowden is snatched by professional terrorists in the South American jungle.
1:05pm Bad Boys II 3:35pm Dead Calm 5:15pm The Island 7:35pm Black Hawk Down 10:00pm Bad Boys II 12:30am The Counsellor 3:00am A Man Apart 5:05am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man
7:00am Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 8:35am Ella Enchanted 10:30am Ever After 12:40pm Stage to Screen 1:10pm Maleficent 3:00pm The Prince and Me 5:00pm Ella Enchanted 6:50pm Ever After 9:00pm Maleficent 10:40pm The Prince and Me 12:35am Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 2:05am The Neverending Story 3:45am Corpse Bride 5:05am The Reef 2: High Tide
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7:00am The Perfect Summer 8:45am The Knights of Badassdom 10:15am The Art of the Steal 12:00pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 1:45pm The Perfect Summer 3:30pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Special 4:00pm Bad Neighbours 5:45pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 7:30pm The Knights of Badassdom 9:00pm Bad Neighbours 10:45pm The Art of the Steal 12:30am The Big Bang 2:15am Catch.44 4:00am The Big Bang
8:05am Gunsmoke 9:05am Gunsmoke 10:10am The Bounty Hunter 11:40am Seven Days in May 1:55pm Ziegfeld Follies 4:00pm Superman 6:45pm What's Up, Doc? 8:30pm Black Spurs 10:00pm No Way Out Critically acclaimed crime thriller based on the novel "The Big Clock".
12:10am Year of the Dragon 2:35am No Way Out 4:30am The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
OPINION & COMMENT YPICAL, now my iPod has gone wrong! Having written about the unreliability of modern day technology - or at least the fact that gadgets are simply not built to last these days - yet another piece of high priced gear is giving me a hard time. In fairness, I’m not sure whether it’s the iPod itself or the docking station where it sits and sings to me when I’m happy, and in the mood for a bit of José Feliciano or Cat Stevens. Conversely, when I’m feeling sluggish and I turn up the volume for the full blown Black Sabbath experience to blast out the cobwebs and ear wax. And if I’m really brassed off, some Leapy Lee is always guaranteed to lift my spirits. (Mine’s a large Havana Club on the rocks Leapy) But in any event, iPod or docking station, it was not reenergising as it should. I found that it would charge quite happily if I connected it to my computer overnight, so that’s what I started to do. But not for long, because the other morning I found that all 8,700
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Oh for the long playing record! 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.
tracks had disappeared. I thought my wife was marvellous. She is just not used to seeing me blubbing like a baby, balanced on our window sill in my underwear and threatening to jump. But she managed to talk me down by means of a mug of tea and a packet of Jaffa Cakes. Alright, it was the downstairs lounge window, but that’s not the point - you could inflict some nasty damage by dropping three feet into a pot of cacti. But I needn’t have worried, because on closer inspection, I found for some reason known only to the rebellious machine, it had uploaded all my music onto the computer. Phew! I love my iPod when it’s behaving - it is convenient and
MODERN TECHNOLOGY: Fine when it’s working well. compact, but I’m sorry, I still recall those far off days of vinyl
recordings with dewy eyed rapture.
There was something exciting and yes, romantic, about travelling into town on a Saturday to purchase the newly released 45, or the latest long player (they weren’t called albums then). And the best part was, you got to hear them before you bought. You simply made your selection from the packed record shelves, took it to the desk where it would be placed on a turntable, then you would be directed to booth four or whatever to sample your prospective purchase. Vinyl may have been fragile, scratched easily and prone to warping, but I miss the sheer adventure of buying records and those fab LP sleeves that were often works of art in their own right. And yes - I still favour flared trousers.
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:40am 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 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Bargain Hunt
BBC TWO 7:00am Preview 7:15am Great British Garden Revival 8:15am Glorious Gardens From Above 9:00am Countryfile 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 1:50pm A Taste of Britain 2:20pm A Taste of Britain 2:50pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:30pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:35pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:45pm Neil Diamond: One Night Only 2:55pm Catchphrase
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CH4 7:20am How I Met Your Mother 7:45am 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 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Amazing Spaces: Shed of the Year 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory
CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Sponge Bob Square Pants 11:35am Chinese Food in Minutes 11:50am The Dog Rescuers 12:20pm The Hotel Inspector 1:15pm The Hotel Inspector 2:15pm Thunderbirds
SUNDAY TV
SKY 1 6:00am UK Border Force 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am The Fanatics 9:00am Glee 10:00am Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 10:30am Chris and Wes: Let's Do This 11:00am Chris and Wes: Let's Do This 11:30am Football's Funniest Moments 12:00pm WWE Raw 1:00pm Modern Family 1:30pm Modern Family 2:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton
3pm 3:00pm My Chinese New Year 3:30pm Six Nations Rugby Union Action from the Six Nations Trophy.
3:15pm Three Up, Two Down 3:45pm Hi-De-Hi! 4:15pm Flog It! 5:00pm Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth
3:40pm Tipping Point 4:40pm A View to a Kill
6:00pm The Tuxedo 7:30pm Pompidou 8:00pm The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway
7:05pm Local News and Weather
Spy drama in which James Bond is assigned to foil a wealthy industrialist's plot to destroy California's Silicon Valley and corner the world's microchip market.
3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Wizard of Oz 5:30pm Location, Location, Location Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp head for Liverpool.
4:00pm Arthur and The Invisibles 5:45pm 3 Men and a Little Lady The three swinging bachelors are now sharing their luxurious digs with the adorable little girl and her mother Sylvia.
3:00pm Emergency Animal Rescue 3:30pm Emergency Animal Rescue 4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family
6pm 6:00pm Songs of Praise 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm The Big Painting Challenge 8:00pm Countryfile
All the very latest local news and weather.
6:35pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.
7:45pm 5 News The latest news coverage.
7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm Celebrity Chase 8:30pm Off Their Rockers
7:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 8:00pm Four Rooms
7:50pm Ghost Rider
9:00pm All Star Family Fortunes 10:00pm Mr Selfridge 11:00pm ITV News and Weather
9:00pm The Auction House 10:00pm Indian Summers
10:00pm Total Recall
Comic-book adventure about a stunt motorcyclist tricked into making a pact with Mephistopheles.
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm About a Boy 8:00pm Modern Family 8:30pm Modern Family
9pm 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm The Casual Vacancy 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2
9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief 10:50pm Cosmopolis
A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.
The 10-part drama continues.
11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
11:15pm ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights
Classic but brutal sci-fi action thriller set in 2084, based on a Philip K. Dick short story. Douglas Quaid has an ordinary life, although he dreams nightly of Mars - a planet he has never visited.
9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
12am 12:30am Genghis Khan 2:30am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside. 3:30am Holby City 4:30am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:15am Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 1:15am Aviva Highlights 2:15am The Store 3:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:15am Nightscreen
12:05am Twilight 2:25am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 3:15am The Million Pound Drop 4:10am Come Dine with Me 4:35am Come Dine with Me
12:15am Twelve Monkeys 2:50am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heart-thumping casino experience every night. 4:10am 10,000 BC 5:00am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:00am Night Cops 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am UK Border Force
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8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm The Voice UK 11:00pm I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy
5:05am This is BBC Four 8:00pm The Great War 8:40pm Britain's Wild Places 9:00pm Mark Lawson Talks to... 10:00pm Arts Question Time with Kirsty Wark 11:00pm Storyville 12:20am Newsnight Debate
12:50am Animals Through the Night: Sleepover at the Zoo 2:20am Sounds of the Eighties 2:50am Synth Britannia at the BBC 3:50am Guitar Heroes at the BBC
3:35pm Scorpion 4:30pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 5:55pm The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 8:10pm Jurassic Park III 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Jurassic Park III 10:00pm Ibiza Weekender 11:00pm The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 11:30pm American Pie Presents Band Camp 12:30am FYI Daily
7:40am Stephen Tompkinson's Australian Balloon 8:40am Carry on at Your Convenience 9:40am FYI Daily 9:45am Carry on at Your Convenience 10:30am Heartbeat 11:35am Heartbeat 12:35pm Rosemary and Thyme 1:35pm A Touch of Frost 3:45pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:50pm Inspector Morse 8:00pm Lewis 10:00pm Sunday Night at the Palladium 11:00pm Birds of a Feather 11:35pm City Lights
3:30pm Storage Wars 4:00pm Dragnet 5:00pm FYI Daily 5:05pm Dragnet 6:10pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 7:10pm FYI Daily 7:15pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 8:00pm The Big Fish Off 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm Pale Rider 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Pale Rider 12:25am Buried
1:30pm Revenge 2:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3:30pm The 100 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 11:00pm The Inbetweeners 11:30pm The Inbetweeners 12:05am Rude Tube
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Crime
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12:35am The League Cup Show 1:15am The Apprentice USA 2:40am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:45am BBC News
Subversive animated comedy about American family life.
12:45am Uncle An out-of work musician is forced to look after his 12-year-old nephew when his sister is busy.
1:15am American Dad! 1:35am I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 2:35am Bangkok Airport 3:30am South Side Story
Political programme where a panel of guests debate the latest topics and headlines.
SKY MOVIES Action 6:30am Thor: The Dark World Special 7:00am S.W.A.T. 9:05am Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 10:55am Kick-Ass 2 12:40pm The Bridge on the River Kwai 3:25pm The Last Samurai 6:00pm Kindergarten Cop A tough cop is forced to impersonate a kindergarten teacher in order to catch a criminal.
8:00pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 10:00pm Kick-Ass 2 11:50pm Commando 1:30am S.W.A.T. 3:35am Three Kings 5:40am The Bridge on the River Kwai
7:25am Anger Management 9:20am School of Rock 11:20am Grudge Match 1:20pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 3:25pm The Dukes of Hazzard 5:20pm The Harry Hill Movie 7:00pm School of Rock After guitarist Dewey is kicked out of his own band, he makes money posing as a supply teacher.
9:00pm Grudge Match 11:00pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 1:05am Anger Management 2:55am The Dukes of Hazzard
7:25am Blood Work 9:20am Last Passenger 11:05am Reasonable Doubt 12:45pm The Transporter 2:25pm Spy Game Slick thriller full of surprises.
4:35pm Harsh Times 6:35pm An American Haunting In 1818, the daughter of a Tennessee landowner is haunted by an evil spirit.
8:20pm The Transporter 10:00pm Spy Game 12:10am Green Street 2:05am Shame the Devil 3:55am Single White Female 5:55am Deep Family Secrets
7:00am Monster House 8:40am Saving Mr. Banks Special 9:10am Stuart Little 10:45am Stuart Little 2 12:15pm Masters of the Universe Hero He-Man hunts for a powerful cosmic key with the evil Skeletor and his henchmen in hot pursuit.
2:10pm Bean 3:50pm Stuart Little 5:30pm Stuart Little 2 7:00pm Masters of the Universe 9:00pm Bean 10:35pm Secondhand Lions 12:25am March of the Penguins 1:50am Peter Pan
Premiere
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7:00am The Perfect Summer 8:45am The Knights of Badassdom 10:15am The Art of the Steal 12:00pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 1:45pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Special 2:15pm The Perfect Summer 4:00pm Bad Neighbours 5:45pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 7:30pm The Knights of Badassdom 9:00pm Bad Neighbours 10:45pm The Art of the Steal 12:30am The Big Bang
6:00am Ziegfeld Follies 8:00am What's Up, Doc? 9:50am Black Spurs 11:20am Mara Maru 1:15pm Superman 4:00pm Arrow in the Dust 5:35pm The Train Robbers 7:20pm Mark of the Gorilla
An LA private eye goes on the hunt for a missing girl and the diamonds she's disappeared with.
Jungle Jim must stop Nazis dressed as Apes from stealing a golden treasure.
8:35pm The Iron Sheriff 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 11:00pm Death Proof 1:05am Menace II Society 2:50am Death Proof 4:40am Buchanan Rides Alone
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Heir Hunters 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Operation Hospital Food with James Martin 12:45pm Watchdog Test House 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 9:20am Wanted Down Under 10:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05am Great British Railway Journeys 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:05pm Cagney and Lacey 2:50pm The World at War
ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
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CH4 8:35am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm For the Love of Cars 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Costa Del Casualty 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
MONDAY TV
SKY 1 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 9:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:45pm Africa 4:45pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 5:15pm Three Up, Two Down 5:45pm Hi-De-Hi!
3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm 1000 Heartbeats
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Out of Control
6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Top Gear
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm The Gadget Show
9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm A Cook Abroad 11:00pm Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm More Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Arthur and George 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show
9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm NHS: ÂŁ2 Billion a Week and Counting 11:00pm My Baggy Body
9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole
12:15am Weather 12:20am Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power 1:20am Inside the Commons 2:20am This is BBC Two
12:45am A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 1:15am Jackpot 247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:30am Nightscreen
12:00am 24 Hours in A and E 1:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:55am Alois Nebel 3:25am Random Acts 3:30am Double Your House for Half the Money
12:00am Crimson Tide 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Costa Del Casualty 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am House Busters 5:45am House Doctor
12:30am Futurama 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA
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8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 8:30pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:30pm Waterloo Road 10:30pm Uncle 11:00pm Cuckoo 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am South Side Story 2:00am I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 3:00am Cuckoo 3:30am Uncle
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Nature's Great Events
1:30am Great Continental Railway Journeys 2:00am Wallander 3:25am Climate Change by Numbers 5:10am This is BBC Four
2:15pm Coronation Street 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Mom 10:30pm Mom 11:00pm American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile 12:00am FYI Daily
12:05pm Judge Judy 12:35pm Judge Judy 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Where the Heart is 4:05pm The Royal 5:10pm Fresh Fields 5:45pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood
3:05pm Ax Men 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Hogan's Heroes 5:30pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Storage Wars Texas 10:30pm Storage Wars Texas 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Bundesliga
4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Revenge 11:00pm Taking New York 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
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3:15pm WPC 56 4:00pm The Link 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Drama in which a young officer goes undercover when an informant is killed.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm The Real A&E 4:30pm The Real A&E 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Crimewatch 11:55pm Waterloo Road
Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.
Documentary series lifting the lid on the reality of life on benefits in Britain.
11:00pm 10,000 BC
9:00pm The Holidaymakers 10:00pm Moone Boy 10:30pm Arrow 11:30pm Critical Sixty minutes to save a life.
Documentary in which 20 modern-day Brits try to survive two months in the wilderness.
12am 12:50am The Graham Norton Show 1:35am The Daisy Chain 3:00am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 3:05am BBC News
Series about the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet.
10:00pm Climate Change by Numbers 11:15pm Storyville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.
12:30am Saints and Sinners Britain's Millennium of Monasteries.
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3:50am Powder Room 5:20am Home Alone
7:35am Flesh and Bone 9:45am Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 11:30am The Washington Snipers 1:05pm Transporter 2 2:40pm RocknRolla 4:35pm Conspiracy Theory 6:50pm Cold Comes the Night A Polish gangster takes a motel manager captive when a bag of money goes missing.
8:25pm Transporter 2 10:00pm RocknRolla 12:00am Blow 2:05am 25th Hour Drug-dealer Monty Brogan is going down for seven years.
7:10am Baby's Day Out 9:00am The Flintstones 10:40am The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 12:20pm Turbo 2:10pm Lassie 4:00pm Doctor Dolittle 5:35pm Turbo 7:20pm The Flintstones 9:00pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 10:35pm Lassie 12:20am Doctor Dolittle 1:50am Baby's Day Out 3:30am Looney Tunes: Back in Action
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6:00am Container Wars 6:25am Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura 7:30am The Wackiest Ship in the Army 9:15am Arrow in the Dust 10:50am Mark of the Gorilla 12:05pm The Train Robbers 1:50pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Hostile Guns 5:45pm The Texican 7:20pm Bad Men of Tombstone 8:45pm Fury of the Congo 10:00pm The Juror 12:10am The Dead Pool 1:55am The Juror 3:55am The Dead Pool
An LA private eye goes on the hunt for a missing girl and the diamonds she's disappeared with.
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Time for the ‘big four’ to BOGOF? 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/norajohnson
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HE top 10 packaging tricks employed by supermarkets to tempt customers are misleading and confusing according to a recent Which report. Tactics include tiny portion sizes making products seem healthier; own-label products copying the packaging of international brands; poor-value gift sets in which the cost of individual items is the same, and oversized packaging that looks as if you’re getting a lot until you open it to find one third empty space. Then you clock the catchall: ‘This product is sold by weight, not by volume.’ But the problem’s much bigger than a few packaging tricks. Supermarkets in the UK are
SUPERMARKET TIP: Best to have quality items at honest prices, which is what most people want. having a really tough time. Sainsbury’s reported its worst Christmas for a decade and is cutting 500 jobs. Morrisons announced 400 job-losses, the closure of 10 loss-making stores and sacked its CEO. Tesco, reeling from a series of profit warnings and that ‘black hole’ in its accounts, is cutting 10,000 jobs, closing 43 stores and
has shelved plans to open 49 superstores. Basically, the ‘Big Four’ are suffering from falling sales as everyone’s buying more cheaply elsewhere. People don’t want ‘Loyalty cards,’ ‘points’ on some vague scheme where 50,000 points equal 50p or BOGOF (buy one, get one free). Especially so on perishable goods - unfair to
singles or the elderly whose families have flown the nest and the ‘free’ item likely to go mouldy before it can be consumed. They want quality, but lower prices. Well, I have a few tips for supermarkets. Please stop constantly moving everything everywhere all the time to force the shopper to walk around more of the store. You know where
everything is, but your customers don’t. Can you also stop doing those annoying two for £5 (when each item costs £2.47 individually) type tricks? And generally can you please try to treat your customers with a modicum of respect rather than trying to wheedle a bit more money out of them? Aldi and Lidl aren’t to everyone’s taste but, now accounting for over 10 per cent of Britain’s grocery sales, they’re scaring the living daylights out of the Big Four. Maybe it’s because they don’t have Two for Ones or stuff endlessly moving aisles? Just quality items at honest prices which strangely may be what most people want when they’re shopping. To misquote Tesco, ‘Every Lidl’ helps.
Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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BBC TWO 8:50am Island Parish Sark Winter 9:20am Wanted Down Under 10:05am Attenborough's Birds of Paradise 11:05am Great British Railway Journeys 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:05pm The Super League Show 2:50pm The World at War
ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
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CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
TUESDAY TV SKY 1 7:00am Nothing to Declare: Australia 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 9:00am Airline USA 9:30am Airline USA 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:15pm WPC 56 4:00pm The Link 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3:45pm Frozen Planet 4:45pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 5:15pm Three Up, Two Down 5:45pm Hi-De-Hi!
3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm 1000 Heartbeats
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me
3:15pm NCIS A team of special agents, operating outside the military chain of command, must investigate any crime with pieces of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
4:15pm Stealing Paradise
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm The Real A&E 4:30pm The Real A&E 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders
6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Wanted in Paradise
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm River Monsters
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Police Interceptors
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Natural World 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Bargain Fever Britain 10:00pm Exposure 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm On Assignment
9:00pm Mary Portas: Secret Shopper 10:00pm The Romanians are Coming 11:00pm Drugs Live: Cannabis on Trial
9:00pm Costa Del Casualty 10:00pm Killer Psychopaths 11:00pm Chicago PD
9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm Critical 11:00pm Ross Kemp: Extreme World
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Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.
12am 12:45am Cemetery Junction 2:15am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
12:15am Weather The latest weather information. 12:20am Reinventing the Royals 1:20am Film 2015 1:50am This is BBC Two 5:00am Michael Mosely: Infested! Living with Parasites 5:30am Rock Pool Survivors
12:10am Benidorm 12:40am Carry on Follow That Camel 2:15am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am Nightscreen
12:35am Don't Look Down 1:30am Pokerstars.Com European Poker Tour 2:25am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:50am Transworld Sport 3:45am FIM Superbike World Championship 4:15am Mobil 1 The Grid
12:00am Jack the Ripper: New Suspect 1:00am GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Jack the Ripper: New Suspect 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am House Busters 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA
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11:25am Psych 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Dinner Date 10:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:00pm Ibiza Weekender 12:00am Reality Bites
10:40am The Royal 11:40am Judge Judy 12:05pm Judge Judy 12:35pm Judge Judy 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Fresh Fields 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood
2:40pm Highway Patrol 3:05pm Ax Men 4:05pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Hogan's Heroes 5:30pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm Benidorm 10:30pm Benidorm 11:00pm Paula Radcliffe: Sports Life Stories 12:00am ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The 100 11:00pm Supernatural 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
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An out-of work musician is forced to look after his 12-year-old nephew when his sister is busy.
11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:05am Family Guy 1:30am Uncle An out-of work musician is forced to look after his 12-year-old nephew when his sister is busy.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:15am The Island 9:45am Man of Tai Chi 11:45am World War Z 2:00pm The 6th Day 4:10pm Executive Decision 6:30pm Batman Begins 9:00pm Man of Tai Chi A talented but ill-disciplined martial arts student joins a lucrative underground fight club.
11:00pm World War Z A United Nations worker battles to halt a zombie pandemic.
1:15am Executive Decision 3:35am Barb Wire 5:25am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers
7:05am The World's End Special 7:35am Little Miss Sunshine 9:30am American Pie 11:15am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 1:10pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 2:50pm You've Got Mail 4:55pm Love Actually Romcom following the interconnected lives of a group of loved-up, and lovelorn, Londoners.
7:15pm American Pie 9:00pm American Pie 2 10:50pm American Pie: The Wedding 12:35am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 2:20am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 3:50am Why Stop Now? 5:25am You've Got Mail
8:10am The Truth About Emanuel 10:00am Syriana 12:20pm John Q 2:20pm The Bone Collector A paralysed forensics expert teams up with a fresh-faced cop to hunt down a serial killer.
4:25pm Murder by Numbers 6:30pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 8:00pm The Bone Collector A paralysed forensics expert teams up with a fresh-faced cop to hunt down a serial killer.
10:00pm Misery 11:50pm Kiss the Girls 1:50am Cherry Falls 3:35am Fear 5:25am Malpractice
7:00am Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 8:50am Eragon 10:40am The Smurfs 2 12:40pm Chimpanzee 2:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 3:50pm Doctor Dolittle 2 5:20pm Eragon 7:10pm The Smurfs 2 9:00pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 11:25pm Chimpanzee The story of a baby chimpanzee in the wild. Documentary.
12:50am Doctor Dolittle 2 2:20am Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 4:45am The Good Witch's Wonder
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6:00am Container Wars 6:30am Container Wars 7:00am Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura 8:00am Gunsmoke 9:05am Bad Men of Tombstone 10:30am The Texican 12:10pm Hostile Guns 1:50pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Rage at Dawn 5:45pm King Richard and the Crusaders 7:55pm Come Fill the Cup 10:00pm The Long Kiss Goodnight 12:20am No Good Deed 2:10am The Long Kiss Goodnight 4:15am Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura 5:05am Container Wars 5:30am Container Wars
An LA private eye goes on the hunt for a missing girl and the diamonds she's disappeared with.
2:15am Catch.44 Three stripper friends take on a job for a drug lord that spirals out of control. Crime.
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BBC TWO 7:45am Canterbury Cathedral 8:45am Island Parish Sark Winter 9:15am Wanted Down Under 10:00am Eat Well for Less? 11:00am Great British Railway Journeys 11:30am See Hear 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:05pm Cagney and Lacey 2:50pm The World at War
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SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Nothing to Declare: Australia 7:30am Nothing to Declare: Australia 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 9:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:45pm Frozen Planet 4:45pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 5:15pm Three Up, Two Down 5:45pm Hi-De-Hi!
3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm 1000 Heartbeats
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me
3:15pm NCIS: New Orleans 4:15pm Honor Student
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Wanted in Paradise
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Cowboy Builders
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power 10:00pm This World 11:00pm Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Big Star's Little Star 10:00pm DCI Banks 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm Pop Gold
9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Being Bi-Polar
9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Batman Begins
12:15am Weather 12:20am Reinventing the Royals 1:20am See Hear 1:50am Modern Times 2:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 5:00am Poets in Person 5:30am Save Your Energy
12:40am Spandau Ballet 1:35am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:40am Nightscreen
12:00am My Tattoo Addiction 12:50am Nas: Time is Illmatic 1:45am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:35am The Conspirator 4:35am Location, Location, Location 5:30am Kirstie's Vintage Gems 5:40am Deal or No Deal
12:00am Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 1:00am Trauma Doctors 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Britain's Biggest Primary School 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am House Busters 5:45am House Doctor
12:40am Stella 1:40am Flintoff: Lord of the Fries 2:40am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:30am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:20am Hawaii Five-0 5:10am Airline USA 5:40am Airline USA
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Nature's Great Events 10:00pm A Horizon Guide: Climate Change 11:00pm Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice 12:00am Rise of the Continents 1:00am Nature's Great Events
11:25am Psych 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm The Cube 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Vampire Diaries 11:00pm The Butterfly Effect 12:00am FYI Daily
1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Fresh Fields 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 10:00pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 10:30pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wycliffe
1:10pm The Professionals 2:10pm Highway Patrol 2:35pm Highway Patrol 3:05pm Ax Men 3:55pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Hogan's Heroes 5:25pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm River Monsters 9:00pm The Big Fish Off 10:00pm Storage Wars 10:30pm Storage Wars 11:00pm ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights 12:00am Pale Rider
2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm The Mindy Project 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm Iron Man 11:30pm The Big Bang Theory 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
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6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show
9pm 9:00pm The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 10:00pm The People's Strictly for Comic Relief 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Match of the Day
Documentary taking a look at what goes on in the consultation room.
10:00pm My Violent Child 11:00pm Farage Fans and UKIP Lovers
A billionaire playboy begins a one-man crusade to clean up Gotham City's streets.
12am 1:15am Three Fugitives 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:50am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
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12:32am Family Guy 12:55am American Dad! 1:15am Family Guy 1:40am I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 2:40am Uncle 3:10am Russell Howard's Good News 3:40am Flat TV 4:00am World's Toughest Jobs
Series about the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet.
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4:00am Horizon Guide to Climate Change
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7:10am Mad Dog and Glory 9:00am Night Falls on Manhattan 11:05am Murder at 1600 1:05pm Black Hawk Down 3:35pm Witness 5:40pm No Good Deed 7:30pm Black Hawk Down 10:00pm Runner Runner 11:35pm Internal Affairs 1:35am Ashes 3:30am The Ladykillers
8:00am An American Tail 9:25am Harriet the Spy 11:10am Ever After 1:15pm Journey to Dinosaur Island 2:50pm Escape From Planet Earth 4:20pm Doctor Dolittle 3 6:00pm Contest 7:30pm Journey to Dinosaur Island 9:00pm Escape From Planet Earth 10:30pm Contest 12:00am Doctor Dolittle 3
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After leaving his young daughter Cassandra in the back of his car while he pops into a diner, Matthew returns to find she has vanished without a trace. Her unsolved kidnapping destroys his relationship with his wife, but eight years later a series of events occur that indicate she may still be alive. Detectives discover recent images of Cassandra online, and as a suspect in his daughter’s disappearance, Matthew takes matters into his own hands to ensure his daughter’s safe return. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Rosario Dawson and Mireille Enos. Run time 112 minutes. Rated R. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) So far as your work or business life is concerned, those in authority may seek to see things done their way. Where they seem to pay lip service to your needs, that is all it is talk. Be clear that you want action and that you will not give in easily. Humour will not help. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Putting yourself first is necessary at the moment. There is so much happening this week that you may be tempted to run yourself ragged trying to do it all yourself. It is possible to persuade others to give a hand and, although it may seem too much trouble at the time, you will reap the benefits in the longer term. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You should bear in mind that you are the best one to decide what you want, when you want it and how you will go about getting it. Others may offer you short cuts, but is that really going to deliver the goods? I think not. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You know where you are going and who with, but there is this one unresolved thought in your mind. It is just a thought, isn't it? Or is it more? This is something only you can answer. Be prepared this week to take advice and ask questions.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Robots, 2 Thence, 3 Barrel, 4 Minded, 5 Holder, 6 Borrow, 7 Yonder, 8 Elders, 9 Render, 10 Yellow, 11 Others, 12 Shadow, 13 Killer, 14 Crease, 15 Solder, 16 Monkey, 17 Shred, 18 Inlaid, 19 Seeing
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February 28, Ainsley Harriot, 58, chef British celebrity chef who hosted the television series’ ‘Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook’, ‘Ready Steady Cook’ and served as resident chef on breakfast television show ‘Good Morning with Anne and Nick’. He has sold over two million books worldwide. March 1, Justin Bieber, 21, singer Canadian popstar who was propelled to fame with the release of his 2010 single, ‘Baby’. He has sold over five million albums worldwide and routinely packs out stadiums with his live performances. March 1, Roger Daltrey, 71, singer Lead vocalist and co-founder of the classic rock band The Who. In their 1960’s heyday, they shot to fame with songs such as ‘My
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case C) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Generation’, ‘Substitute’ and ‘Pinball Wizard’. Daltrey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. March 2, Daniel Craig, 47, actor The current James Bond, Craig got his first on-screen role in television series ‘Heartbeat’. He has since starred in Hollywood blockbusters such as ‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’, ‘Munich’ and ‘Road to Perdition’. He married actress Rachel Weisz in 2011. March 3, Zico, 62, football player Often called the ‘white Pele’, Zico was part of the golden generation of Brazilian football in the 1970’s and 1980’s. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers and free kick takers of all time given his ability to bend the ball in all directions.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) You are still looking more to the past than to the future, but now it seems that circumstances are urging you to move ahead at more of a pace. Because the matter becomes urgent, it may seem to you that circumstances are overtaking you. The choice is still yours if you show speed and determination.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) With your self-confidence on a high note, you are ready to sing the song of your future. There will be highs and lows but that is what makes life interesting and exciting. Do not now avoid changes for the sake of peace. What is exciting and balanced this week is where your future lies.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Judgment may be impaired this week and it would be advisable to get second and even third opinions. In much the same way that you sometimes have an instinctive feel for things and situations, you now have this sensation about a certain person. An unbiased and imaginative opinion scatters your stress.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) What you truly want in life is now becoming clear to you. Not for you the fuzzy ideas of the past. Now, you realise that, if you do not give a strong lead, then others will lead you. To avoid going backwards now you must be determined and clear. Show others that you are firmly taking the lead in your future.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Where you see things failing to go your way, it may seem that others are being unfair. It is unlikely to be that simple. Perhaps, by being too easygoing and friendly, you have given the impression of not being particularly caring. State your case and change the tune.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This week be prepared to be forthright when it comes to a certain difficult situation. This involves someone trying to get you to make a decision you are either not sure of or against. Your good humour is unlikely to deflect them but being openly insistent may.
THAT’S ALL FOLKS! 1. Actor Jim Backus provided the voice for which shortsighted, wealthy, short-statured retiree cartoon character? 2. Released in 1937 and based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, what was the title of the first full-length animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series? 3. Usually depicted wearing a short polka-dotted dress with a matching bow and white gloves, what is the name of Micky Mouse’s girlfriend? 4. What is the title of the fictional animated television series that is regularly watched by Bart and Lisa Simpson? 5. Which British pop group was named after the two bumbling detectives in Hergé’s comic strip The Adventures of Tintin? 6. Which cartoon character was portrayed as the ‘fastest mouse in all Mexico’? 7. Which cartoon character’s trademark was his tone deaf and inaccurate rendition of Oh My Darling, Clementine? 8. Which famous cartoon duo won seven Academy Awards (Oscars) between 1943 and 1953? 9. Which Terrytoons cartoon character had companions called Vince the gopher and Muskie the muskrat? 10. With which cartoon ‘villain’ would you principally associate the catchphrases: ‘Drat, drat and double drat!’ or ‘Triple drat!’ and ‘Curses, foiled again!’?
TARGET: Average: 10 Good: 13 Very good: 19 March 1, Javier Bardem, actor. Spanish actor who starred in numerous Spanish hit movies before making the move and hitting the big time in Hollywood. He won the 2007 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a hitman in ‘No Country for Old Men.’ He is married to actress Penelope Cruz.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Are you being pushed into a corner? There is no need to respond with aggression, but a smooth and fast move is required to avoid this. They say that forewarned is forearmed. You know more of the circumstances than I do, but there is someone you can call on as an ally, isn't there? AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are looking to having everything your own way, which may not be entirely out of the question. The only sticking point could be that you are not even willing to be sharp with someone who has been far from straight with you. Be prepared to trip over a loose end later if you do not tie it up now.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION cape, cava, cave, cite, epic, pace, pact, pica, tact, vice, apace, attic, civet, evict, tacet, tacit, vatic, active, capita, caveat, tipcat, vacate, captive, activate, capitate, CAPTIVATE
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Move from the start word (SOFT) to the end word (CELL) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
SOFT SOOT COOT COLT CELT CELL
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1. MR MAGOO, 2. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, 3. MINNIE MOUSE, 4. THE ITCHY AND SCRATCHY SHOW, 5. THOMPSON TWINS, 6. SPEEDY GONZALES, 7. HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, 8. TOM AND JERRY, 9. DEPUTY DAWG, 10. DICK DASTARDLY
The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (BUTLER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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Unscramble the name of a famous Irish writer and poet: LOW SIDECAR
Across 1 Secret dress rehearsal version of trays (7) 4 Trials for important matches (5) 7 The right fish and the means to catch them (5) 9 Arranged taverns’ helper (7) 10 Make plans for a railhead on the mountains (7) 11 Crime is the result when clergyman loses his head (5) 12 You and I, Al deserted a wooded area of southeast England (5) 14 The dog for a pugilist (5) 19 Shaky house-building materials? (5) 21 Calm down, silly sausage! (7) 23 Closest set ran frantically (7) 24 Turn away from a green (5) 25 Point ties out on locations (5) 26 For a change, respect the royal staff (7)
Unscramble the name of a famous British horse racing course (two words): NO DARK PAWNS
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: OSCAR WILDE, SANDOWN PARK
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HSAL 5 Scrapes vehicle aboard the ship (5) 6 Industrial actions where there is no action (3-3) 8 Weird peer I encountered inside (5) 13 Enlists fresh minds (7) 15 Some surfer, a serious wipe
out! (5) 16 Perfumes made from many nests (6) 17 Religions reorganise a shift (6) 18 Intelligent leader embraces a tender nature (6) 20 Cook in the right oven (5) 22 Criticise tablet (5)
Code Breaker
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents G and 23 represents Q, so fill in G every time the figure 10 appears and Q every time the figure 23 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Across 1 Talk with (8) 5/24 Genuine (4,4) 9 Outlive (7) 10 Skinflint (5) 11 Humiliation (5) 12 Card game similar to rummy (7) 13 Fortified wine (6) 15 Compositions (6) 18 Equivocating (7) 20 Low waterlogged ground (5) 22 Appearance (5) 23 White ant (7) 24 See 5 25 Worried and uneasy (8) Down 1 Expenditures (5)
2 Give a running commentary (7) 3 Superior group (5) 4 Communication by word of mouth (6) 6 Fertile area in a desert (5) 7 Unpaid overdue debt (7) 8 Corrects (6) 13 Principal law-enforcement officer in a county (7) 14 Destroyed physically or morally (6) 16 Extreme greed for material wealth (7) 17 Mild and refined in manners (6) 19 Give officially as a payment or prize (5) 20 Proud stiff pompous gait (5) 21 News medium (5)
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
VETRYIN Answers: Backlash, Try in vain
Down 1 Form of water around river or what may flow into it (6) 2 Quintessentially in German town (5) 3 Method of making tea messy? (6) 4 Mad? Not Dora, it's just wind (7)
Funagram
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Sorrow, 4 Berate, 9 Opera, 10 Okapi, 11 Rites, 12 Eremite, 13 Scales, 15 Assess, 19 Peerage, 21 Agate, 23 Shade, 24 China, 25 Sheath, 26 Career. Down: 1 Spheres, 2 Roost, 3 Oversee, 5 Erode, 6 Avarice, 7 Exile, 8 Cadet, 14 Acetate, 16 Stamina, 17 Slender, 18 Leach, 19 Pests, 20 Agent, 22 Abate. QUICK Across: 1 Pets, 3 Passages, 9 Soldier, 10 Again, 11 Upset, 12 Splash, 14 Errors, 16 Eraser, 19 Barber, 21 Snaps, 24 Reign, 25 Shelter, 26 Pleasing, 27 Urge. Down: 1 Pastures, 2 Tales, 4 Arrest, 5 Small, 6 Glasses, 7 Send, 8 Litter, 13 Preserve, 15 Realise, 17 Rushes, 18 Prison, 20 Banks, 22 After, 23 Crop.
Across 1 Tallas (de ropas) (5) 3 Stamp (postage stamp) (5) 5/3D Sopa de guisantes (3,4) 7 Nautical (7) 9 Tienda (4) 10 Tía (4) 14 Pride (satisfaction) (7) 15/14D Salir del sistema (3,3) 16 Late (after usual time) (5) 17 To open (5)
Down 1 Toads (5) 2 Hijos (4) 3 See 5 Across 4 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3) 6 Entre (5) 8 Equal (5) 11 Tigre (5) 12 Azul (4) 13 Wedding (4) 14 See 15 Across
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Casas, 4 Primo, 7 Ahi, 8 Ahijado, 9 Shed, 10 Gansos, 14 Storage, 16 Ace, 17 Agria, 18 Aisle. Down: 1 Coats, 2 Shine, 3 Scar, 4 Primavera, 5 Ida, 6 Oro, 11 Swans, 12 Siete, 13 Raza, 14 Sea, 15 Oar.
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TOP 10 CLASSIC YOUTUBE VIDEOS IT’S hard to believe that the video sharing site YouTube is only 10 years old; it feels like it has been around for much longer than that. So as YouTube celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, we take a look back at some of the classic videos that went viral. To see them, search for the title in YouTube. 1. We have to start with the first ever video put up on YouTube. Uploaded by the site’s cofounder Jawed Karim, the 19-second clip titled ‘Me at the zoo’ - whilst completely uninteresting - radically altered how people consumed media. It has received more than 18 million views. 2. Christian the Lion: Just try not to shed a tear whilst watching two 1970’s Australians being reunited with the lion they owned as a cub but couldn’t care for anymore. Christian was reintroduced to the wild, but recognises his two companions a year later when they visit him in Kenya. Eleven million views.
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US journalist Weiss and Syrian analyst Hassan explain how the violent terror group ISIS evolved from a small Iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who have conquered territory equal to the size of the UK. The key figures of the group are profiled from their
3. The Sneezing Baby Panda: Everyone’s a sucker for cute fluffy animals which may explain why this 17second clip of a baby panda sneezing and startling its mum has attracted an incredible 216 million views.
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elusive leader Abu Bakr alBaghdadi to the former Saddam Hussein Baathists in their ranks - and also examined is where their financing comes from and how they have attracted such large support. ISIS’s goal to create a new Muslim caliphate that observes the strict rules of Sharia law, the authors reveal, is being helped by
million SUSAN BOYLE: 165 views and counting.
4. The Force: Volkswagen Commercial: A young Darth Vader unsuccessfully tries to move household objects using the Force, until his dad’s brand new Volkswagen Passat pulls up into the driveway. Music, acting and camera work are all brilliant, resulting in 61 million views.
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6. Gangnam Style: The most viewed video on YouTube since 2012, this pop video from South Korean star Psy has been watched 2.2 billion times. It had so many views it actually broke YouTube’s counter, which they had to fix with new software.
political and military manoeuvring by the US, Iran, Iraq and Syria.
JUSTIN BIEBER: A YouTube discovery.
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
7. Charlie Bit My Finger: A British baby laughs while biting his big brother’s finger and more than 800 million people laugh along with the finger-munching tot. 8. Evolution of Dance: The most viewed clip on YouTube until Gangnam Style came along. Motivational speaker Judson Laipply takes an audience through the evolution of dance from Elvis Presley to N Snyc in a hilarious and brilliant performance.
GANGNAM STYLE: The most viewed clip since 2012. YOUTUBE: Ten years old this year
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5. Susan Boyle’s Debut: A sniggering audience and a sceptical Simon Cowell were silenced after just one note when frumpy Scot Susan Boyle began singing ‘I dreamed a dream’ on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009. Has so far attracted 165 million views.
9. Dramatic Chipmunk: It’s only six seconds long, but you will watch it over and over and over again. Popularly known as the best short clip on the internet and to date has nearly 43 million views.
10. Justin Bieber Baby: The Canadian pop idol and heartthrob was discovered through his YouTube postings. The video for his song ‘Baby’ has more than 1 billion views and he’s now probably worth somewhere in the same region in dollars.
Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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Just Joking Q: How does NASA organise their company parties? A: They planet Q: Did you hear about the new corduroy pillows? A: They’re making headlines everywhere! Q: What’s the best part about living in Switzerland? A: I don’t know, but the flag is a big plus.
Very good: 46 Excellent: 57
SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION utter, outer, otter, cooker, cooks, attar, toots, tooth, token, teaks, teats, taken, taker, totter, tucker, tucks, mucks, mutate, treat, treks, trash, skate, stock, stoke, stuck, state, stake, start, stare, neath, retook, agate, gasket, garnet, break, breast, brake, brats, brash, brags, abash
OPINION & COMMENT
Bilateral pact please stop moaning! LEAPY LEE says he’s sick of debating about Islam. As someone who lived in various Muslim countries for 20 years, I’m sick of reading Leapy’s constant distortion of life there. All right, he lived for eight years in Saudi Arabia, a country which is about as typical of the Muslim world as the deepest recesses of the US Bible Belt are of Christian culture. The restrictions he suffered in Saudi are simply not enforced elsewhere and most Muslims are embarrassed by Saudi attitudes, even if they reluctantly have to defer to them for economic reasons. The rest of Leapy’s article is a moan which only amounts to saying that Britain, like the rest of the world, has irrevocably changed. Of course that does not mean that British Muslims should murder British soldiers or go off to fight for the Jihad, but then only a tiny minority ever think of going to such extremes. On the other hand, we will see more extreme conduct if we persist in seeing Muslims as the stereotypes that Leapy keeps on presenting. Here’s an offer, Leapy: stop your moaning and I’ll lay off too! Bill Campbell (by email)
Big deal I HAVE just received notification that I will receive an age addition of £0.25 with my pension from April 2015. Actually I was 80 years old in February 2014. I remember my mother receiving the same amount when she was 80 in 1989 and even then it wouldn’t buy a small loaf. It’s unbelievable that 26 years on the amount is the same. But we are only pensioners who worked and paid into the system. M Caldwell, Benitachell (Alicante)
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Gobsmacked I WAS so pleased to see that somebody had at last highlighted the issue of why footballers feel compelled to spit at every conceivable opportunity. Before a free kick, after a free kick, immediately before they come on to the field as a substitute, straight away afterwards and incessantly during the game. It is a disgusting habit which is picked up frequently when players are featured in close-up. Apart from being a health hazard and a bad example for young kids who mimic the behaviour of their idols, who would want to fall over on a
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CHRIS TAYLOR’S complimentary comments on the exemplary quality of the Euro Weekly News’ writers is to be praised and I would like to make a suggestion that will hopefully copper-fasten them. As we have been suffering north-easterly mini-gales since early January, I have (as an old-timer sorely in need of exercise) found it difficult to continually chase and finally retrieve the pages that blow away. So how about investing in a couple of staples? Jim Clancy (by email)
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MY gran always knows when the weather is going to turn cold because her cats snuggle up together like this, instead of fighting. Alberto (by email) football pitch? And it’s not only the players; managers patrolling their technical areas are often seen spitting and, occasionally, referees. What on earth is it all about? Do these people spit all over their dining room carpets? Ken Turner, San Fulgencio (Alicante)
Hatchet job I ORDERED via Teletienda-tv a juice extractor which was duly delivered. To my consternation both the instruction manual and the recipes were in German, which I do not speak. Also, there was no accompanying guarantee. I immediately sent an email requesting instructions in either Spanish or English and eventually received a reply saying that this was not possible and asking if I would like to cancel the order. I replied in the affirmative and it was arranged that they would collect the machine and I would receive a refund. Instead I received an email requesting that I destroy the juice extractor (quite a large machine!), take a photograph
and send it by email to show that this had been done. They would then make the refund. I replied that I could not possibly do this as I am 83 years old, live alone, cannot walk as I am waiting for a hip operation and in any case do not have the strength to destroy the machine. Nor do I know how to take and email a photo. This email was ignored and they again asked me to destroy the machine, but to date they have not responded to my reply repeating that this was impossible. As the goods were ordered in Spain, am I being unreasonable in expecting instructions to be in Spanish (or English as it is an American product) or that the product should carry a guarantee? What do readers think? Elma Thompson, Torrox Costa (Malaga)
Hands off PLANS to close San Javier airport in Murcia when the new facility at Corvera opens are a travesty. San Javier is a perfect airport
CONGRATULATIONS on your excellent publication, an absolute must for every Thursday. We wonder if readers can advise us on a problem we are having regarding our NonResident tax in Benidorm? We are, of course, registered on the padron and pay all our SUMA bills promptly and without delay. For the past two years we have used the services of a solicitor to pay the NonResident tax at a cost of €80plus for what seems a 10minute job. We were told that we can deal with this issue ourselves and save some cash into the bargain. Being able to speak reasonable Spanish we ventured to Hacienda for a statement of any amounts owing for 20142015, which we could take to our bank and pay. We were told very brusquely and with great bureaucratic indifference and contempt that we had to do it via the Internet: “Internet. Internet. No comprende?” We downloaded the relevant forms and using past years’ information tried to fill them in. We had to admit defeat after several hours! Surely Hacienda should be able to provide with one click the amount we are due to pay and give us that information to take to our bank? Or was it because we went within 20 minutes of the office closing time that the very rude clerk could just not be bothered to help us in case we delayed his knocking-off time? We look forward to hopefully receiving some very interesting comments. Rita and Michael Stimson, Benidorm (Alicante)
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The War of the Rosés
Battlegrounds make the best bars. Wars make the best parties. Kevin Pilley Pilley’s Planet Kevin is an ex-professional cricketer and the former chief staff writer of PUNCH. He is the UK's most published travel writer. His work appears worldwide. He once went to Vienna and dressed up as Mozart.
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y nine o’clock in the morning, Spanish time, I was half-man, half-marinade. I was completely pickled. My hair had turned a dark velvet and my clothes were spattered blood red. I gave off the unmistakable bouquet of blackcurrants and baked plums with maybe just a hint of cinnamon. I was engaged in closecontact hand-to-hand fighting of the most enjoyable kind. A man pressed a water pistol to the side of my head and asked if I liked ‘Rioja.’ Before I could answer he said “Hasta la vista, baby!” and shot me at point blank range. ‘Tempranillo’ grape juice trickled from my nostrils. ‘La Battala dos Vinos’ or ‘Battle of Wines’ takes place every St Pedro’s Day (June 29th) in Haro, the capital of the Rioja winemaking region of Spain. The town dates back to the 10th century and derives from a shanty town which grew up around a lighthouse on the Turon river and the Rio Ebro. The main attractions are the parish church of Santo Tomas, the baroque ‘Our lady of la Vega’ basilica and the neoclassical town hall. The town is famous for its bodegas and winehouses like ‘La Rioja Alta,’ ‘Muga’ and ‘Roda.’ ‘La Herradura’ (the horseshoe) is the recommended route for a tapas and tippling crawl. Northern Spain’s War of Wines, which lasts three hours and started in 1906, commemorates a 10th century property dispute between Haro and the neighbouring village of Miranda.
BLOOD RED: With a bouquet of blackcurrants.
Over four thousand were involved in the mayhem last year. Torrents of red wine poured past us as we trudged up ‘La Calle Navarre’ to the clifftop battlefield of Biliblio. Returning from the front, battle-stained survivors staggered by, their weapons emptied, their compulsory white shirts crimson. Some stopped to be sick by the roadside. The rocks looked like they had been used by firing squads. In the old days, the ‘guerreros’ used to arrive by foot and horse. Now they come by car, caravan and tractor. Modern technology has improved weaponry. Today, everything from fire extinguishers and pump-action high-velocity ‘Supersoakers’ capable of shooting a half a bottle of plonk in five seconds to water pistols, buckets and farming pesticide sprays are used in the mayhem. Everyone carries their own personal ‘bota’ or leather
wine boot. Everyone knows how to use their boot. It is every man and woman for himself. The ‘Jarrilleros,’ as the locals call themselves because of their jam-making heritage, are born with their boots in their hands. They are great marksmen. They can hit a moving target at eight yards, firing from the hip with an ancient shepherd’s wine gourd. They are masters at boot-to-boot combat. Fifty thousand litres of wine were fired last year. Mostly, it seemed at me. The local council provides four litres per person. Most bring their own ammunition in the form of ‘Don Simon’ supermarket plonk. Some prefer watered-down ‘Valdepenas’ from La Mancha. It causes greater and more stubborn staining. They don’t waste the ‘Roda 1 1995 Reserva.’ “It’s a fiesta intergalacticos,”
said one wine warrior. He wore a pair of welding glasses and we took shelter together near the fifth century hermitage of San Felices, the patron saint of Haro. He reloaded his boot from a large Coke bottle. “Pamplona is cosmopolitan and touristy. It is how you say… He paused to give himself time to be erudite. “Pants! “This is local. The Bunol tomato fest is too big. Our battle is more personal. It is the ultimate wet tshirt contest!” It was the last thing he said before a braless woman shot him straight between the eyes. Vineyard owner Felix Alonso is 82 and battle-hardened. He led the way from the tiny church overlooking the two rivers. Around every corner we were ambushed. Snipers picked us off. Our friend, teacher Edourado Alegria, was caught in the crossfire of expertly squirted Granache. He did not have a chance and was drenched. We carried on down the mountainside to complete the traditional circuit. Thinking we had reached safety, we were strafed by a battalion of youths armed with ‘las bocas de las sulfatadoras,’ sprays used on vines.
‘Charanga’ bands played local folk songs like ‘La Estanquera’ (‘The Tobacco Seller’) and ‘Moros y Cristianos’ (‘Moors and Christians’). In the woods, our fellow fighters made themselves bean stews and barbecued piquillo red peppers with red chorizo sausages and black morcilla chitterlings. The Battle of Wine spares noone. Even your allies turn against you. I had gone into battle with Pedro Ortega, who owns the ‘Senorio’ hotel in nearby Brinas. We ate our lunch below the battlefield. It was snail stew followed by potato hash Spanish omelettes. “These are the good moments in life,” said Pedro. “Food, drink and many, many happy people.” Then, raising his boot and squeezing gently, he shot me in the mouth. Then he offered me some cherries, picked that morning. “War is a fine thing. Is it not, amigo?”
For more info about the War of Wine (La Batalla del Vino) on June 27, contact turismo@haro.org/www.wine-fight.com www.vueling.com fly from Malaga and Sevilla. Fares start at €44.00.
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Women’s Land Army THE Javea Players’ Studio Theatre in Javea’s Old Town invite you to a funny, moving and captivating portrait of some of Britain’s pluckiest unsung heroes in Penny Grant’s production of ‘Lillies on the Land.’ Shortly before the outbreak of war, in June 1939 the British Government recreated the British Women’s Land Army (WLA). Although the WLA came under the Ministry of Agriculture, its head was the formidable Lady Denman and her home, Balcombe Place in Sussex, became its headquarters. Women who wanted to join the WLA had to be
18 years of age or over, had to be successful at an interview and pass a medical before being accepted for training. Land Girls did a wide range of jobs including milking, lambing, managing poultry, ploughing, gathering crops, digging ditches and catching rats. The establishment, including Winston Churchill, failed to acknowledge the contribution of thousands of young women who kept the country fed throughout the war. The Women’s Land Army was the ‘forgotten army’ right up to 2008 when its significant and vital contribution to the
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WE have had two bitches, both spayed, one for five years, aged approx. seven now, and the other for 16 months from the age of four months. They have always got along, and play very well together. But out of the blue on Saturday evening, the older one attacked the younger in the house. We got them apart and they did only slight damage to each other (cuts and scratches on the ears). The following day they were very wary of each other, but by Monday everything seemed to have been forgotten and they were playing again. However, last night the
FIGHTING: Sometimes better to rehome one of the dogs. younger one attacked the older one. We managed to get them apart sooner with no damage done (except for my husband who seems to have come off the worst). This morning they are playing again. I really don’t know what has happened. There does not appear to be any warning they just suddenly go for each other. Do you have any suggestions.? Susan Hello Susan. Your problem is common where females are concerned.
As the younger one gets older she will by nature challenge the older one as a matter of hierarchy. Often the fighting is when someone in the family is present and they become jealous. Shouting only edges them on. Quite often it is better to rehome one of the dogs otherwise the injuries can become nasty and costly. I am aware you love them and emotionally it is a killer, I had the exact same problem and rehomed the younger one. Regards David
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Practise standing on one leg for a few seconds to stay young HOW well you can balance could give an insight into your overall general health. A study found that being unable to stand on one leg for more than 20 seconds was linked to an increased risk of a ‘silent’ stroke, which are tiny bleeds in the brain that don’t cause symptoms, but which raise the risk of both full-blown stroke and dementia. The UK’s Medical Research Council found that 53-year-olds who could stand on one leg for 10 seconds with their eyes closed were the most likely to be fit and well in 13 years’ time. However, those
who could only manage a few seconds were three times as likely to die before the age of 66. There are some things you can do to improve your balance system and keep it working well. Try marching on the spot to strengthen the coordination between your body and your eye movement. Swap shoes during the day, this can help keep the balance sensors in your feet and legs. Watch your blood pressure as high blood pressure can lead to tiny arteries in the brain
hardening, which can lead to balance issues. Go for a swim or play bowls as gentle exercise helps preserve balance and both improve handeye-body coordination.
GOOD BALANCE: Can give an insight into your overall general health.
Addiction linked to emotional instability DO you find yourself constantly playing with your phone and checking for updates? If so, you may be depressed say scientists.
A new study claims that people who can’t put down their mobile phones are more prone to moodiness and temperamental behaviour after
they found a link between phone addiction and emotional instability. Scientists from the Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA, said that individuals who relentlessly check their phone may be trying to improve how they feel emotionally. Researchers had 346 participants take part in their study, aged between the ages of 19 to 24. They assessed their personalities and level of mobile phone addiction by analysing their answers to a detailed questionnaire. As well as emotional instability, the researchers found that those
constantly on their phone also struggled to focus on one thing.
The average smart phone user is believed to look at their handset around 150 times a day and a new app called Moment can monitor phone usage to track how much an individual uses their phone and where.
MOBILES: Not so smart to be using all the time.
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An early night and I’m ready for another day Erica Russell Watson: My journey – and I’m driving
19th February STILL getting back to an even keel after the tragic death of Angus on February 8. Family and friends have had a rough time coming to terms with his untimely departure. By the end of last week I was totally drained and in desperate need of sleep. My next chemo session was booked for February 18 and with such a lack of sleep and irregular meal times, coupled with extreme stress and sadness, I was wondering whether my blood tests would be up to scratch. So into my car I got and drove to the hospital and had my blood test done. Those of you who read my blog will recognise the pattern. Then off for breakfast and then a three hour wait to see the oncologist.
She cheerfully greeted me and asked me how I was. Well that was a question! I replied I was fine despite everything! I asked after my test results and she said everything was fine and my immune system was doing really well. Miracles never cease as I was half expecting her to say that I would not be able to have the treatment due to some dive in my results. Luckily for me this wasn’t the case. I was hooked up for blasting number five. Joy of joys, María Jesús the nurse, an utter star, got the line in first time! This was the first in the next cycle of treatment, so Rosa, the chemo nurse, came and gave me a chat about the possible side effects. I say ‘possible’ because they are worst case scenarios. Frankly I pay very little attention to them and that way they don’t affect me. Who wants their eyelashes to fall out, their nails to blacken, nausea, muscular aches and pains, streaming eyes and red raw eye sockets? Correct, nobody! So best put it to the back of your mind! A quick pit stop for a very late lunch with my lovely Pepi and then it was
back home to do the football run and cook dinner. No rest for the wicked! I got the few bits and bobs and medicines that I deemed necessary and hunkered down for the night. I slept well and have had no side effects at all today and have managed to do lots of jobs around the house. I find keeping busy is the best medicine. I have also answered a great deal of correspondence. The emails and texts keep coming. A special thanks to Marilo and Kevin for their kind comments last week. My love goes to them as I fear they are going through a similar process as me. Good luck and chin up! Later I collected Oliver and greeted him with a roast chicken, his favourite, so all was good. Izzie arrived and got stuck into her books… she is such a swat, but I’m grateful as I have never had to push her to study, a little star. Once all our jobs had been done we went down to the village to meet friends and the boys played football. Always good to let off steam for both the big and little people! An early night for me and I live to fight another day.
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Diet for building stronger bones MANY know that the Mediterranean diet is good for the heart, but research has shown it is also good for the bones. It would appear that just two years of using olive oil rather than less healthy fats may preserve or even build bone in older people. The Mediterranean diet is thought to improve heart health because it is high in fruit, vegetables, fish, nuts, whole grains and ‘healthy’ fats such as those in olive oil, while low in red meat and
dairy products. But a study shows people eating more olive oil had higher levels of the hormone osteocalcin in their blood - a marker linked to better bone strength. Mediterranean countries have lower rates of osteoporosis compared with northern European nations, and therefore traditionally better heart health. However that has been changing as diets too have changed with more saturated fats being consumed.
When bacteria is good for your skin WHEN people think of bacteria they often think bad thoughts. But ‘good’ bacteria are essential for people’s wellbeing. In fact the billions that live in the human gut are essential for the immune system, and the same is true for the bacteria that exist on the skin. The beneficial bugs on the surface of the skin work to maintain moisture and radiance and fight the bad bacteria which cause redness, sensitivity, spots and other infections. What’s more, good bacteria penetrate the deeper levels to repair skin DNA and build wrinkle-preventing collagen, so increasing them can help combat wrinkles, sagging and pigmentation, restoring your complexion’s youthful plumpness and glow, studies suggest.
No napping during the day DAY NAPS: Stop children having good quality night time sleep.
CHILDREN’S day time naps should stop at the age of two. Researchers say new evidence shows that children who take an afternoon nap over the age of two don’t get such good quality night time sleep.
Researchers analysed data from 26 studies to find out what impact day time sleeps had on a child’s night time sleep quality up to the age of five years old. They found some evidence indicating that napping beyond
the age of two increases the amount of time it takes for a child to fall asleep at night and shortens the overall amount of sleep, but the findings on the impact of napping on behaviour and development is not clear.
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Surface tension TOMAS GOMEZ was until very recently the PSOE socialists’ leader in Madrid and candidate for the regional presidency. He is mixed up in a finance scandal dating back to his time as mayor of the Madrid suburb of Parla, enough in itself for his removal. Unforgivably he also led the PSOE to its worst-ever Madrid
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defeat in 2011. Now the party’s national secretary general Pedro Sanchez has booted him out, succeeding where the former socialist president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and his successor Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba both failed. Whether this is enough to regain Madrid remains to be seen, as the party’s different currents produce stormy seas there. This is where the PP has the advantage because its surface is seldom ruffled: whatever happens in its Calle Genova headquarters stays in Calle Genova.
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IF Spain’s monarchy is relatively austere, the same cannot be said of the CCOO union’s bank division, now called Comfia. The change of name clearly put Comfia in another comfort zone as it spent €14.06 million between 2008 and 2012 on ‘journeys and meetings.’ This included annual bills of ‘tens of thousands of euros’ on steaks and seafood, those staples of Spanish jollies, as well as expensive restaurants. Is that what those workers had in mind when they first organised CCOO in the 60s and were often imprisoned for it?
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KING FELIPE: Recently cut his salary by 20 per cent.
Every little helps THE Spanish are not monarchist by vocation. Those who remember the transition to democracy after Franco’s death and the failed 1981 coup - which recently celebrated its 34th anniversary - will always be grateful to Juan Carlos I. His son Felipe benefits from that gratitude and, mindful of it, he recently cut his salary by 20 per cent to €234,204 a year. It’s still a fortune but modest compared with other European monarchs and not a bad gesture during times of need. There were some grumbles because the savings went to other Palace allocations but robbing Peter to pay Paul is a time-honoured way of balancing the books without raiding the moneybox.
Come hither THE PP national government headed by Mariano Rajoy is saving its heavy artillery for Podemos. The newly-formed party is its closest rival for the upcoming elections according to some surveys, which disquiets Rajoy, who believes in and is more comfortable with the two-party system. He want Podemos out of the way instead of splitting the vote, but the strategy is risky and could backfire. Discrediting Podemos is more likely to push voters towards the PSOE instead of luring them to the PP.
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How do you keep in touch? SANDRA FIELD from Consultus Care, “I use SKYPE quite often as you can see the person that you are talking to and I like that. I also use my mobile phone to call the UK because that seems to work out cheaper than my landline would you believe. For work I use the mobile phone and email mostly, WhatsApp gets occasionally used if the Spanish address or email is a bit tricky. Lamia Walker from HousesitMatch said “I really love WhatsApp for the speed and convenience of staying in touch with people all over the world for free from my mobile phone. It’s a great way to stay connected especially with our pet sitters wherever they are. They send me pictures of the pets they are looking after. We’ve even started a competition for the best ALFREDO: WhatsApp offers a quick way of keeping in touch with people you may have lost contact with.
In recent news 98 per cent of Smartphones in Spain have a messaging application such as WhatsApp which seems to be the favoured app among expats to keep in touch with loved ones back home. Do you use it or do you prefer to speak to someone either on the phone or face to face? Perhaps you still prefer to use the post?
STREET TALK HEIDI: Facebook is her preferred choice of communication. SANDRA: Prefers to use Skype as you can see who you are talking to.
LAMIA: Loves the speed and convenience.
photos of Pet Antics - it’s quick and fun.” For our new bride Heidi Price, modern, quick forms of communication have been great for her to share photos and thanks to her nearest and dearest following her big day: “Facebook remains my preferred form of online communication and was really useful on my wedding day for sharing thoughts and photos with absent friends. I do use WhatsApp to send the odd photo and quick messages, but do not rely on it half as much as Facebook.” Alfredo Millá Ferrero, Managing Partner at Sonneil Homes and More, which operates across the Spanish coastline from the Costa Brava, throughout the Costa Blanca and down to the Costa del Sol, said advances in technology and the introduction of programmes such as WhatsApp, has made business so much easier and quicker: “For personal communication it is still nice to receive a letter, but with the dynamics of living today, everything is so quick and instant, so WhatsApp makes it easy to keep in touch with people you may have lost touch with. It is easy to send a quick message to let them know you are thinking of them and to say hi.”
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GLOBELINK has found more and more of its customers are turning to cruise holidays. They need have no worries about insurance cover as Globelink ensures they are covered under the terms of its standard travel insurance policy. With 1.76 million people expected to take an ocean cruise holiday this year, according to the UK’s Passenger Shipping Association (PSA), more people than ever before are settling on the cruise option 2 per cent more than last year, and double the numbers of a decade ago. That is no surprise considering the exceptional value cruises offer, with accommodation, meals and entertainment all included in the package. And all of that with a minimum of packing and unpacking, as yet another exciting destination sails into view...
FLOAT YOUR BOAT: Globelink include cruises in their travel insurance policies Once seen as the preserve of mature travellers who liked to dress for dinner every night, the customer profile has changed significantly. These days the average passenger is under 55 and there are almost as many cruise types as there are kinds of passenger. Adult-only cruises offer the ultimate in sophisticated
getaways, while others cater for all the family, from Playstation-mad children with energy to burn, through to granddads who want to sharpen up their putting skills, or get expert tuition on how to work their iPads. Mainstream cruises now provide classes on everything from history,
antiques or painting to salsa dancing or the art of chocolate-making. Whatever your interest, you’re sure to find something that floats your boat. Even with the best planning, though, the unexpected can happen. A missed transfer, and the ship leaves without you. A cruise that has to be cut short when a close relative falls ill back home. Wise travellers take out travel insurance cover, but even they can be caught out. Unlike Globelink, some insurers exclude cruises from their standard travel insurance policies - which means you could end up paying a hefty premium for adequate coverage before you go. Remember, if you live in Spain your travel insurance might be invalid if it does not cover the entire duration of your return trip from the date you leave Spain until the date you arrive back in Spain.
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Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.
AT last a sunny day after two weeks of generally drizzly weather with an occasional heavy down pour, and more sun is promised for the next 10 days, so it is now a good time to think about planting flowering trees. There are numerous to choose from and they can be used as specimen trees for their flowers, shade, architectural shapes and
varying heights. They can also be planted as integral parts of boundary hedges to frame the best views beyond the garden and hide the worst. The benefits are as follows: 1. The wide variety of seasonal flowerings possible from early spring to late autumn. 2. Most flowering trees are deciduous and therefore provide summer shade and allow the winter sun to shine through the skeleton of branches during the winter. 3. Well planted in enriched soil they can
FLOWERING TREES: Lots to choose from. grow relatively fast. 4. Once established most are fairly frost and drought resistant. 5. The wide range of leaf, flower, fruit and bark
colours and textures with which to brighten up the garden and add interest. However there can be a few problems as well: 1. Flowering seasons are often short. 2. Fallen leaves, dead flowers, fruit and broken twigs need to be swept up especially after strong winds and storms. 3. Some may seem small when taken home from the garden centre. But they can become
too large for their situation unless trimmed every couple of years. 4. Vigorous roots can undermine the foundations of the house, outbuildings, paths and boundary walls. 5. Heavy heads can snap from thin young trunks unless the trees are
well staked for some years after planting. In general the soil needs are the same as for smaller perennial plants and shrubs. Namely reasonably fertile, rich in humus, water retaining and free draining. It is of benefit to work in a little TerraCottem moisture retaining gel into the bottom of planting holes to help roots grow continuously in the first few years. Popular trees include the following: Early flowering Almonds, Acasias, Cersis the Judas trees that flower for Easter, Poinsettias, Laburnum and Tamarix. Summer flowering Albizias, Bauhinas - the orchid trees, Caesalpinias, Chorisias, Jacarandas, Justicias, Lagerstroemias, Melia Azedarachs, Parkinsonias, and Robinias. Autumn flowering Arbutus, Bauhinas, Hibiscus Matabilis and Justicias. Fruiting trees with wonderful blossom displays can also be regarded as early flowering trees. Especially impressive are peaches, apricots and pears. The taller growing varieties of the bottle brush shrubs can also be trained into three of four metre trees. More information about flowering trees and many other groups of plants likely to be of interest in your garden will be found in Part Four of ‘Your Garden in Spain’. Descriptions, flower photographs and Botanical, English and Spanish names are given. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com February 2015.
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HOUSE, Orihuela, new, 4 beds, 2 bath, kitchen, living, air conditioning, 120m2, parking, barbecue, 80,000 euros, Vereda Buenavida 51, Desamparados. 629 991 543 (234575) COUNTRY HOUSE near Gata de Gorgos, in the middle of the mountains at Cami Font Mata and is second house to the right. NEW. 4 bedrooms, 3 bath, kitchen, living room. 160m2 build with 825m plot. 2.5km to the centre, 12.5km to the beaches Javea. ONLY 99,000 euros. Tel: 629 991 543 (228607) SEMI-SHELTERED Apartment, Mutxamel, quiet, CH, 2 bed/2 bath, pool, gardens, buses, shops, 2 mins walk, 75,000€. Tel (34) 635 796 255 / email suzyqed@ya hoo.co.uk (233586)
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Self-driving cars a reality WHO needs a driver? Volvo thinks they could soon be a thing of the past as it presents its ‘complete system solution’ that makes it possible to integrate self-driving cars into real traffic with ordinary people in the driver’s seat. “We are entering uncharted territory in the field of autonomous driving,” said Dr Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research and Development of Volvo Car Group. “Taking the exciting step to a public pilot, with the ambition to enable ordinary people to sit behind the wheel in normal traffic on public roads, has never been done before.” Volvo Cars is moving rapidly towards the aim of placing 100 self-driving cars in the hands of customers on selected roads
around Gothenburg by 2017. The public pilot, one-of-a-kind collaboration between legislators, transport authorities, a major city and a vehicle manufacturer, is a central component of Volvo Cars’ plan to achieve sustainable mobility and ensure a crash-free future. Based on an extensive analysis of potential technical faults, Volvo Cars has designed a complete production-viable autonomous driving system. The key to making this unprecedented leap is a complex network of sensors, cloud-based positioning systems and intelligent braking and steering technologies. “Autonomous driving will
fundamentally change the way we look at driving. In the future, you will be able to choose between autonomous and active driving,” explained Dr Mertens. “This transforms everyday commuting from lost time to quality time, opening up new opportunities for work and pleasure.” Volvo Cars’ Autopilot system is designed to be reliable enough to allow the car to take over every aspect of driving in autonomous mode. The technology advances a crucial step beyond the automotive systems
demonstrated so far since it includes fault-tolerant systems. “It is relatively easy to build and demonstrate a self-driving concept vehicle, but if you want to create an impact in the real world, you have to design and produce a complete system that will be safe, robust and affordable for ordinary customers,” said Dr Erik Coelingh, Technical Specialist at Volvo Cars. “The main challenge is to design an Autopilot that is robust for traffic scenarios as well as for technical faults that may occur. It cannot be expected that the driver is ready to suddenly intervene in a critical situation. “Making this complex
system 99 per cent reliable is not good enough. You need to get much closer to 100 per cent before you can let self-driving cars mix with other road users in real-life traffic,” Coelingh said. “Here, we have a similar approach to that of the aircraft industry. Our fail-operational architecture includes backup systems that will ensure that Autopilot will continue to function safely, also if an element of the system were to become disabled.” The complete technology solution shall handle even the most complicated scenarios, from smooth commuting to heavy traffic and emergencies.
SELF-DRIVE: Volvo presents its ‘complete system solution’.
A speedy and spacious family car THE new Leon ST CUPRA is a unique combination of top performance, style and utility, claim the Spanish manufacturers. Acceleration from zero to 100km/h being just 6.0 seconds combined with 1,470 litres of load space in the estate car go some way to back that claim up.
Among journalists and customers alike, the SEAT Leon CUPRA is much admired as a Sport Coupé and as a five-door. In the trade media across Europe, the CUPRA immediately became a consistent winner in comparison tests with owners said to love its design.
Jürgen Stackmann, President of SEAT SA said: “The new Leon ST CUPRA is the perfect complement to our high-performance model line-up. The combination of refined performance and expressive dynamics with relaxed long-distance comfort and compelling utility make it unique.”
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Chelsea and Spurs are set for final showdown Tony Matthews
International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.
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DIARY OF EVENTS - On Sunday (March 1) Chelsea play Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup final (both teams have won the trophy four times) while in the Premiership this coming weekend, it’s ArsenalEverton, Burnley-Swansea, Liverpool-Manchester City, Manchester UnitedSunderland, NewcastleAston Villa, WBASouthampton and West Ham-Crystal Palace. In the Championship, there’s the East Anglia derby between Norwich and Ipswich while Bournemouth play Blackburn and Middlesbrough visit Sheffield Wednesday. Rugby’s Six Nations continues with FranceWales and Scotland-Italy on Saturday, followed by Ireland-England on Sunday. And Down Under cricket’s World Cup goes into its third week with England-Sri Lanka (Sunday) and Ireland-South Africa (Tuesday). WORLD CUP CRICKET After taking ‘batterings’ from Australia and New Zealand, England, with a record opening stand between Moeen Ali (128) and Ian Bell (54) finally won a game, beating Scotland by 119 runs in their third Group ‘A’ game.
RUN ENDS: Nadal suffers Rio Open semi-final defeat.
King of Clay out
Rafa Nadal has lost his first semi-final on clay for 12 years, beaten by Brazil’s Fabio Fognini in the Rio Open. Earlier, England lost by eight wickets to the Kiwis for whom Tim Southee took 7-33 and Brendan McCullum hit a recordbreaking 16-ball fifty. This was England’s joint heaviest World Cup defeat and afterwards Geoff Boycott said: “I was embarrassed; it was a diabolical performance.” In Group ‘B’ the West Indies reduced Pakistan to one for four before going on to win by 150 runs. There were also victories for Sri Lanka (v Afghanistan) and India (v South Africa). FOOTBALL ROUND-UP • Chelsea drew 1-1 with PSG and Real Madrid beat Schalke 2-0 in recent Champions League games. • In the Europa League knockout stage, 10-man Everton defeated Young Boys of Berne 4-1 with a Romelu Lukaku hat-trick;
DID YOU KNOW? Aston Villa’s 1920s centre-half was Doctor Vic Milne; Birmingham’s 1880s captain Billy Edmunds was a chartered accountant and Manchester United’s 1908 winger Ernie Payne won an Olympic cycling gold medal. And, oh, 44 Smiths have played League football in the UK this season.
Mario Balotelli’s penalty gave Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Besiktas; Spurs drew 1-1 with Fiorentina and Celtic shared six goals with Inter Milan. The return games take place tonight. • Already this week (Tuesday and last night) there was Champions League action involving Manchester City-Barcelona and Arsenal-Monaco. • In the Premiership, Joey ‘Bonkers’ Barton was sent off for the ninth time in his career in QPR’s defeat at Hull... Chelsea had Nemanja Matic red-carded in their surprise home draw with Burnley... Swansea beat Manchester United to clinch their first-ever League double over the Reds)... Stoke (with Victor Moses’ 92nd penalty) won at Aston Villa (bad start for new boss Tim Sherwood)... Arsenal edged out Crystal Palace... Manchester City (aided by Sergio Aguero’s 28-second spot-kick) belted Newcastle 5-0... Harry Kane’s 95th penalty salvaged a point for Spurs v West Ham... Liverpool won 2-0 at Southampton... and the games between Everton and Leicester and Sunderland v WBA were drawn.
• Elsewhere there was a shock in La Liga as Malaga (7th) beat Barcelona (2nd) 1-0 at the Nou Camp. Real Madrid who won 2-0 at Elche are now four points clear at the top (60-56). • In Germany, Bayern Munich made it 14 goals in two games with a 6-0 away win over Paderborn (they won 8-0 four days earlier). IN BRIEF • The winner of the longawaited fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2, will receive €105m, the loser €70m: the richest fight ever. • St Helens lost 3-0 to South Sydney in Rugby’s World Club Challenge. • And Tom Daley has regained his British 10m diving crown.
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Javea still in contention THE Javea Winter League team secured a good result at Monte Mar and kept their hopes alive for securing the Winter League title. Knowling Quesada and San Luis were pulling away at the top of the table, and Javea’s efforts mean they are back in contention. An 8-4 win at Monte Mar was just the result needed. Sheri Fletcher’s rink were two shots down going into the 18th end and were holding two and looking like drawing the game. But Di Ridley, the opposing skip, played her last wood and managed to take out one wood, resulting in a loss by just one shot at 14-15. John North’s recently formed team won 20-18, Clive English’s team won 19-17 and Nick Cole’s team had an excellent 25-12 win to ensure they got the overall shot difference for that all important extra two points. The Berleen team skippered by Jim Fletcher had a convincing 24-10 win. The Javea Northern League teams saw Opal back to their winning ways against Finca Guila Swallows. Javea Quartz welcomed the BBC Jaguars, with Pat Metcalfe stepping in as captain in the absence of Shirley Payne. Quartz fought valiantly but lost all but one of the rinks. Javea Onyx had a 6-4 win against Finca Guila Swifts and their challenger’s team won 2-0.
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Montgo medal competition
MONTGO Golf Society were back at Oliva Nova at the weekend for a medal competition played in great conditions. Keith Cottrell was the winner, with a net par of 73 from his 23.3 handicap. Second was Shaun O’Gorman, third Mick Farmer and in fourth John
Feek. Nearest the pin prizes were picked up by Steve Crossan, Shaun O’Gorman and Ros Fletcher. Shaun and Steve also took home Montgo golf balls for the only two’s of the day. Prizes for the best score on the four par five’s for ladies and the four par three’s for the men went to Penny Barden and Russ Peters respectively, with Sue Horsfield winning the guest prize with a net of 78. Next up for Montgo is the St David’s Day Strokesford competition at Oliva Nova on March 6.
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Tough conditions for the Orba Warblers
A GOOD field of Orba Warblers travelled to Alicante for a Stableford competition which also combined the second leg of the Eclectic competition. Low scores were the order of the day thanks to tough conditions. The Orbas were back to two divisions this week. Division One winner was the new captain, Bob Edwards, on 33 points. Second place went to Chris Williamson on 32 and returning to the podium in third, just losing out on countback, was David Knight. Division Two winner was Rosemary Edwards, who also had the best score of the day, followed in second by Paddy Kenmore and Sally Marsden in third. The nearest the pin prizes were
SMILING THROUGH: The Warblers at Alicante. won by Roy Booth, Nick Berry and Chris Williamson. The Orba Warblers will next play on
March 4 at Oliva Nova for a Stableford competition. Bookings can be made on 639 242 896.