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British couple found shot dead at home
By Jam Gamm FORMER British Olympic diver and retired engineer Peter David Tarsey and his wife Jean, both 77, were found shot dead, lying in each other’s arms at their Costa Blanca villa on Sunday. The couple had not been seen for several days. A friend of the couple, a local estate agent who prefers not to be named, went to the house when she was unable to contact them and found their bodies. “The Tarseys were my closest friends,” she said, “I still can’t really believe it.” A Guardia Civil spokesman said the Tarseys were shot with a small calibre weapon and were lying on the lounge
sofa in their Jalon home. Shell casings were scattered on the floor. The deaths are being treated as homicide subject to postmortem examinations. It is possible the couple had been dead since Friday March 27. No gunshots had been heard. A television was missing from the house and the safe had been unsuccess-
fully tampered with. A computer was found in the swimming pool. The Tarseys’ pet dog, Domino,
was found wandering about the house. Jean Tarsey did a lot of work for local charities. David Tarsey (he preferred to use his middle name) was a familiar face in Jalon’s popular Alleluya Bar. A spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: “We can confirm the death of two British nationals in Alicante, Spain. We stand ready to provide consular assistance.”
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PASSENGER SAFETY: Extra security staff have been employed at San Javier Airport.
San Javier hires extra security
ELEVEN extra security guards have been taken on at San Javier Airport. In compliance with the new European regulations and the need to further strengthen all aspects of flight safety since the recent crash of the Germanwings plane, airport operator Aena has recruited extra staff. There are now 33 security workers within the airport. The move comes in addition to the recent new European directives which mean hand
luggage is likely to be further inspected with one in four passengers being invited to open their bags on special tables with raised panels out of sight of others, or in separate rooms. Laptops, mobile computers, tablets, irons, dryers, cameras and even toys with batteries are all subject to additional searches due to terrorists developing new and inventive ways of hiding explosive devices in hand luggage.
Schools to have 80 per cent of lessons in English ENGLISH is to feature more prominently in schools across the Valencia Region. President of the Government and the People’s Party of Valencia, Alber-
to Fabra, has announced that during the next term the regional government wants “if possible” to have 80 per cent of the classes in more than 70 schools taught entirely in English
“in order to increase future opportunities for all students.” Speaking about the education proposals of the PP’s electoral programme, Fabra also promised more
money for the Erasmus programme and grants, and to enhance the number of skilled professionals to offer “specific care for students with learning difficulties.”
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NEWS Aiding the needy SPANISH supermarket chain Mercadona has recently donated 8,500 litres of milk and 7,000 litres of oil to the Food Bank in Alicante. Drug bust GUARDIA officers arrested eight people, all Spaniards in El Campello and San Juan on drug trafficking charges, seizing cocaine, hashish, marihuana and ecstasy plus €8,000 cash.
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Foreign buyers returning FOREIGN buyers appear to be returning to the Costa Calida. The latest property figures released, relating to purchases in the final quarter of last year, show that overall sales and purchases by foreigners are rising. In total 11,040 purchases were made in the Murcia Region last year, 11.9 per cent
more than in 2013, with the number of non-Spanish buyers rising by 11.4 per cent to 2,338. This equates to 21 per cent of all property purchases made by foreigners. The turnover in property sales also increased in 2014. Spending on Murcian properties last year reached €4.96 billion. In the Valencia Region, prop-
erty market turnover increased by 10.3 per cent last year from the 54,059 properties sold in 2014. Of these sales, 35 per cent of them were by nonSpanish buyers. Most of those were in Alicante Province with over half of all residential property purchases of the Costa Blanca made by foreigners.
El Llano Care Centre THE mayor and the minister for Health and Social Policy turned the first symbolic shovel of earth on Monday for the El Llano Care Centre, Cartagena. Crafty courses SAN MIGUEL de Salinas Town Hall is offering recycling craft courses for young people from April 20 until May 5 at €35. Visit www.ayuntamientosan miguel.com.
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A POLL of 200 citizens by San Miguel Town Hall show that 13.7 per cent of those participating never read a newspaper.
THE Bonotaxi programme has been set up in Murcia to help with taxi transportation for severely disabled people throughout 2015. For more details contact Murcia Town Hall.
Legionnaires budget ELCHE City Council has allocated a €150,000 budget, taken from the contingency fund for the control of Legionnaires disease in municipal sports facilities across the city.
Obviously healthy ONLY 290 foreign residents under the 65 retirement age have subscribed to the €60 per month contribution to be covered for healthcare on the Social Security system.
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All go in Torry AFTER a three year delay work has restarted on the four-storey Easter Museum located on the Avd de las Habaneras in Torrevieja.
What’s the rush ALICANTE, Elche and Benidorm head the list of drivers in the province who have lost points on their licences due to speeding.
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Market pitches TENDER applications for pitches at the Callosa de Segura Municipal Market have been extended until April 17 at 10am.
SEVILLA FERIA: One of the most internationally recognised Andalucian spring celebrations.
Sevilla in April, a citysized party not to miss PROBABLY one of the most internationally recognised Andalucian spring celebrations, the Feria de Abril in Sevilla is held every year during the third week after Easter. But if you want to go you had better hurry to book a hotel as accommodation will be almost impossible to get at the time. Running from April 21-26 this year, the fair officially starts at midnight on the Monday and runs until the following Sunday, although eager party-goers have in recent years begun to start celebrating as early as the Saturday beforehand. The name almost caused a problem in 1973 as the fair was actually held on May 1-6. To stop arguments, the authorities brought the inauguration forward to 9pm on the Monday, April 30. Traditionally known as the Noche del Pescaito
Quote of the Week I want to sweep away trouble-makers,” said Xavier Garcia Albiol, mayor of Badalona (Barcelona) following arrests of suspected jihadists, explaining that his so-called town cleaning was not a campaign against immigrants, but one against conflictive people of any race or background.
(Night of the Fish) due to the fact that people traditionally ate fish for dinner on the night, Monday 20 will see thousands head for the Real de la Feria fairground between Los Remedios and Tablada districts to see the lights turned on at midnight. Dating back to the 1840s, the fair was originally organised as a livestock fair by the city council and held in Prado de San Sebastian on the outskirts of Sevilla. An air of festivity appeared after a year or two when three casetas (temporary marquees) were set up by the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, the town hall and Sevilla’s Casino. These casetas were the first examples of the more than 1,000 mostly private tents which families, clubs and groups set up on the fairground streets each year within which to drink, dance and be merry.
Number of the week
2,600,000
is the number of women who recently admitted to being afraid of their partners during a survey on gender violence in Spain.
Easter school EASTER School in Callosa de Segura is now in session until April 10 from 9am until 1pm for ages 3 to 8 years. A meal is included.
Aspe workshop ASPE’S Black Theatre Workshop on Wednesdays and Fridays is running until Friday April 10. Telephone enquiries should be made to 966 919 900.
Recycling in Aspe THE municipal services department in Aspe continues to support a newly organised campaign to boost recycling in the town with particular emphasis on educating young people on the ecological benefits for the environment.
And finally... MADRID’S emergency services will be speeding to the rescue with a new Porsche Cayenne which has been donated to Samur ambulance team. The car, worth more than €77,000, will carry vital equipment to help keep patients who have suffered a heart attack alive until they reach hospital.
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A marihuana production chain A MARIHUANA plantation discovered by police in Torrellano a few weeks ago has now been described as more than just a plantation. The facilities at the premises were extremely advanced, leading police to conclude that it was a professional production line with plants at different stages of growth, with all the technical means to achieve maximum production. The National Police conducted a search of greenhouses at the property, seizing around 4,600 marihuana plants,
Baby in death fall THE hamlet of Abanilla had an official day of mourning following the death of a baby in the town. The baby, who was just seven days old, fell from a window of the family home. Police are still clarifying the events but the family say the mother was trying to scare a bird out of the house after it flew in through a window and in the event, dropped the infant out of her arms. The baby was taken to the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital of Murcia but passed away shortly after admission to the paediatric intensive care unit.
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Stabbing in Crevillente A MAN has been arrested for allegedly stabbing another man in Crevillente. The 40year-old victim died instantly from a single stab wound.
Fatal crash A MAN, aged 44, has died in a road traffic accident on the A-7 motorway in Elche. The accident involved a car and a motorcycle.
Spring sounds MARIHUANA: Police discover professional operation. half of which were ready for cutting and pre-drying for drug distribution. Five men were arrested during the investigation, which was launched after a strong odour was reported coming from some
old greenhouses located in the rural area of Torrellano. Investigations are ongoing and police are still on the lookout for the ring leader of the organisation.
FESTIVAL season has started as more than 12,000 people gathered at the IFA exhibition centre by AlicanteElche Airport for the Spring Festival involving eight bands and 40 DJs.
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ITH Spring springing and clocks jumping, the overwhelming urge to clear out the old and bring in the new may never have been so significant. The economic crisis of the last few years appears to have subsided and people are feeling a new era beginning. The UK Coalition Government has run its five-year course and died a graceful death, now allowing the UK to choose a new way forward. The Spanish regional elections are due to take place in May - apart from Andalucia where they were held early - followed by a general election later in the year.
New transparency laws and procedures seem to be the height of fashion throughout Europe at the moment, which, while holding large corporations and government officials openly accountable for their actions, should have the larger, longterm benefit of making them work for the public good instead of themselves. The EU reformation issue is high on all member states’ agendas, and it is up to the people to decide how to change it. Maybe now is the time! This year, this Spring. We should take a moment, sit down and think about the important voting matters and decisions that could affect the next five years of our lives.
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Better days to come, says mayor THE next four years will be better than the last. That’s the promise from Torrevieja Mayor Eduardo Dolon. In reaching out to the expatriate community, the mayor, joined by Councillor Rosario Martinez, was open in speaking about projects for the town, past, present and future. He highlighted the biggest project the town hall has undertaken this term in office; that of supporting and helping local families in need. The town hall has also worked hard to reduce the debt which four years ago was 80 per cent; that has now been reduced to 60 per cent and over the next four years, the mayor plans to reduce it further by another 50 per cent. In meeting with the in-
ternational media, Mayor Dolon said exciting times were ahead for the town. He highlighted the last phase of the new Semana Santa museum now under way and plans for the harbour and marina salinas fishing industry. He recognised the work and efforts of the expat community, charities and local associations, saying they probably give more to the town than the town gives them. Close ties have been formed in recent years and the mayor hopes these will continue. Listening to the concerns of residents, Dolon continues to work on the issues of dog mess and bus links but said the opening of the OARI office in new tourist information office headed by multi-lingual Jean Paul Mulero, of-
Puerta del Mar gets a makeover THE Puerta del Mar in Santiago de la Ribera has been remodelled and renovated. The gazebo entrance to the town has new paths, lighting and a new entrance sign. A monument on the roundabout dedicated to the sea, designed by local
artist Jose Julian Buigues, has remained. The sister of the artist, who has now passed away, thanked the town hall, saying that it “remains in the memory of my brother.” The work has cost €72,000 and is the first upgrade since 1985.
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Airport change saves Murcian woman from doomed flight A WOMAN from Murcia has spoken of her lucky escape after she was
due to travel on the illfated Germanwings flight from Barcelona to
Dusseldorf last week, which crashed in the French Alps, but later
changed her flight to leave from AlicanteElche Airport.
Report warns on effects of poverty THERE is enough scientific evidence to affirm that the level of childhood poverty in Spain will leave permanent effects on the health of Spanish children, according to a report. The Spanish Society for Public Health and Health Administration (SESPAS), consisting of 12 scientific and medical associations across Spain, warned that the younger a child is when first exposed to poverty, the more irreversible and permanent the negative effects are. “There is evidence of worse general health and worse mental health in minors belonging to families at risk of social exclusion, who need help to keep their home or who have been evicted,” said the report. “If social inequality growth continues increasing, future generations will see a higher risk for health problems.” This is why SESPAS has urged the governments and public administrations to pursue emergency measures to combat the effects CHILDHOOD POVERTY: Can leave permanent effects. of childhood poverty on children’s health.
Born in La Union and based in San Javier, the woman, called Esther, said: “I don’t know why I changed and decided to fly from Alicante and not from Barcelona,” but it is a decision that ultimately saved her life. She was flying to Dusseldorf for work with a companion, who then was unable to make the flight so she changed hers to fly from Alicante. Upon hearing the news that the flight they were due to take had crashed, she said they had mixed feelings. “There is a sense of relief at it all, but you feel odd and terrible for the people; a thousand things went through my head. I did not sleep uneasy, but I woke up every hour so I
guess it was there in my subconscious.” Tributes paid Meanwhile, tributes have been paid to Javier Moreno Navarro, another victim of the plane crash. He was living and grew up in El Ejido, Almeria, but was born in Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia. Moreno, aged 43, was married with two children, aged four and eight, and worked in the family’s haulage business. According to family sources, he was on the Dusseldorf flight because his nephew Fernando Martinez Rubio, who also lost his life in the air crash, had intended to buy a lorry in Germany and wanted his advice.
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Council approves land use change TORREVIEJA’S ruling PP party has used its majority to approve the reclassification of 640,000 square metres of land to allow the development of new homes. The reclassification
means around 2,600 new homes can be built on the land, in the area close to Torrevieja Hospital. The PP justified the approval with the promoter of the urbanisation, the
Blood donor call MURCIA’S Regional Blood Donation Centre is making an urgent call for more donors. The centre said they are desperately in need of donations from donors, particularly of blood type O. Toñi Gomez from the centre said: “Every day it is harder to get the blood donations needed to meet the demand of hospitals. “Many haematology and oncology patients survive thanks to donations of blood and without them it would be impossible for them to recover.” Donors need to be between 18-65 years of age, weigh more than 50 kilos and be healthy. For more information visit your local health department.
entrepreneur Carlos Carmona, as he contributed the land required to build the Hospital of Torrevieja in 2002, which underwent a land reclassification from rustic to building use.
‘Hate-poster’ arrested A MAN has been arrested in Aguilas, Murcia, for mocking the Catalan victims of the Germanwings plane crash. The 26-year-old is reported to have made comments on social networks inciting hatred and violence towards women and other groups because of race or religion. Police identified the user’s profile, the man was arrested at his home.
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UNSIGHTLY: The Pau 26 area.
RUBBISH: Piles of waste in La Florida, Orihuela Costa.
CLARO Councillor Bob Houliston presented a motion at the last Orihuela Council plenary meeting calling for a campaign to remove ugly, illegal waste tips which are widespread throughout Orihuela. These tips, which are on public as well as private land, contain everything from builders’ rubble, dis-
clearing up the mess.” The motion called for a programme to clean up the illegal tips before the holiday season starts and put in place measures to prevent dumping in the future, including information campaigns, a recycling centre (eco-park) away from housing, and fining those who dump waste.
Campaign to remove illegal waste tips carded furniture, television sets and garden waste. Councillor Houliston said: “It is of course illegal to dump waste and the town hall has a legal obligation to remove what is dumped. However, over the years, those who dump have not been caught and the town hall has been half-hearted in
Injured British hiker rescued CRUZ ROJA (Red Cross) rescued a British woman who fell whilst out walking in the Cabezo de la Fuente in Los Belones. The 66-year-old’s husband called the emergency services, saying his wife had injured her leg and was unable to walk.
A Cruz Roja team from La Union and police from Cartagena attended the scene and dealt with her injuries on site before she was stretchered down the hill and taken to the Santa Lucia hospital in Cartagena. A specialist fire and rescue service team were also on hand.
63,000 counterfeit items seized in police swoop MORE than 63,000 counterfeit items have been seized in a joint operation between police in Alicante and the
National Police. The leather items, imitating designer and wellknown brands, were seized in Alicante from a
stall on the Esplanada, and in Benidorm. Four people were arrested in the operation for distributing and selling counterfeit goods. The network was disbanded after forged items were detected during a periodic inspection of the stalls along the Esplanada in Alicante. The investigation led officers to Benidorm where the company distributing the items was located.
In the course of the debate both the government and the opposition Popular Party (PP) expressed their support.
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Tank fall A MAN was rescued after falling into a septic tank six feet deep in the hamlet of La Retamosa, Puerto Lumbreras. He suffered minor injuries.
More rain RAINFALL in the Segura basin is at nearly 185 litres per square metre, compared to 74.5 litres last year; more than double the 2014 figure.
Crawly thief A THIEF nicknamed ‘Spiderman’ has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail for stealing from a house in Cartagena after climbing up to the first floor balcony.
Hot stuff TORREVIEJA recorded temperature highs of 29.9ºC s at the weekend, the second highest in March since records began.
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November start for new market WORK on the new central market in Elche could begin in November. The work is to cover an area of 25,000 square metres and in a location of archaeological interest.
It will last between 16 and 20 months, with an investment of €11 million. Any salvageable historic items found during the work will be noted and stored in a suitable place.
Alicante-Elche Airport in profit ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport earned €50 million last year before tax, the fifth best record in Spain and more profitable than Madrid’s Barajas Airport. The airport boasted of having its best year last year, exceeding 10 million passengers for the first time, which has shown in the bank balance and achieving an impressive turnaround considering that in 2012 it recorded losses of €2.43 million. Barcelona recorded most profits followed by Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife South and Gran Canaria. Airport operator Aena also showed solvency with pre-tax profits of €652 million, 20 per cent less than last year.
The new market will have three underground levels to accommodate 300 car parking spaces, a basement supermarket, a ground floor with 42 seating areas and smaller outdoor spaces. There will be shopping facilities on the first floor with rooftop terraces and dining areas. Not everyone is in support of the project and a group has been set up against it. The platform said the plans for the new market were “vulgar” and did not fit in with the aesthetic of the historic centre of Elche. Councillor for Infrastructure Vicente Granero defended the market project and said: “It is supported by market vendors and citizens.”
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San Juan beaches safe from flooding ALICANTE has unveiled a flood lagoon at the La Marjal Park which will protect the San Juan beach from seasonal flooding. It has been designed to be accessible to all, including wheelchair users. The pioneering project was funded by Aguas de Alicante with an investment of €3.6 million. The mayor of Alicante Miguel Valor and CEO of Aquas de Alicante Joaquín Marco attended the official inauguration last week. The flood barrier has a capacity to retain 45,000 cubic metres of rainwater washed down from the neighbouring municipalities of Mutxamel and Sant
Joan d’Alacant. At the moment the excess water flows into the park and deposits in the pond. However, during torrential downpours the pond overflows and the excess goes straight into the sea, dragging with it rubbish dragged down from the streets. The advantage of the new tank is that there is an option to recycle the water which the current system does not have sufficient capacity for. Excess can be sent to the Monte Orgegia, where it would be treated and re-used for irrigation and washing down the streets and pavements. The Spanish ‘Gota Fria’ is a weather phenomenon that occurs when there is a sudden drop in temperatures between day and night and results in torrential downpours, which the drainage system canCHIRINGUITOS granted licences along the not cope with. coast of Torrevieja last summer are to vamp Cars, bridges and even up their external image to the tune of buildings have been dam€6,000. The exteriors are to feature white aged and washed away PVC panels with information on a landmark with the force of the curtourist attraction in the area. rent.
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Extra seats AN additional 8,000 seats are available on AVE high speed trains from Alicante to Madrid from now until April 6 to deal with extra passengers over Easter.
Drug use THE Regional Health Council has approved the regulated use and authorisation of dispensing non-prescription drugs and health products by nursing staff under certain circumstances.
Fallen slab A FALLEN roof slab from the Central Market in Alicante forced an area of the building on Avenida Alfonso el Sabio to be cordoned off.
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Torrevieja’s Easter patrols LIFEGUARD patrols will be in place across Torrevieja’s beaches throughout the Easter period. Councillor for Beaches and Environment, Francisco Moreno confirmed the contract has been awarded to provide the service for a full 10 days over Easter from March 28 to April 6 inclusively, from 11am - 7pm. There will be five central location points where the patrols will be based: two on La Mata beach, with one on Playa Los Locos, Playa del Cura and Playa de Los Naufragos. The patrol services will be assisted by two ambulances, two jet skis and a staff of 25 people. Councillor Moreno said everything will be in place for the start of Holy Week to reduce the possibility of any incidents, improving the beach experience for tourists and residents. Orihuela work Following the recent rains, Orihuela’s Department of Beaches has resumed work to overhaul and update the beaches and also to improve the condition of coastal walks. Councillor for the Coast, Martina
WORK RESUMES: To get the beaches of Orihuela Costa ready for the summer. Scheurer said the work is progressing well despite the damage the wooden walkways had already suffered after being treated and put in place before the recent bad weather. At the beach of La Caleta, the weather swept away much of the sand, leaving what remained covered in algae. The beach is currently closed off as machinery is clearing it away. Lifesaving beaches of Elche For the first time the First Aid
stations at the beaches of Elche have been equipped with defibrillators. They will be in place before the start of the summer season. Alicante and Benidorm beaches also have them, but few other beaches have the life-saving devices to hand. They will be added to virtually all the first aid points of the beaches of El Altet, Arenales del Sol, Carabassi and La Marina. The VisitElche tourism brand has
also announced that the presence of lifeguards will be extended by an hour each day throughout the summer, from 10am-8pm. They usually patrol the beaches from June 15 to September 15. This year, however, they will be in operation from June 1 to September 20. The Easter lifeguard service is now in place along Elche’s beaches until April 6 from 11am-5pm with 10 lifeguards and two ambulance drivers covering the shifts.
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Doing it themselves ACCORDING to research carried out by DIY superstore chain Leroy Merlin, most Spaniards are very happy with the homes in which they live, with 82.3 per cent saying they were
content with their homes’ dÊcor, location and appearance. Almost a third have taken precautions to ensure their home is energy efficient, while 59 per cent
have installed improved security systems. DIY is a relatively new concept in Spain and many Spanish are prepared to try putting up shelves or wielding a paintbrush.
CABLESKI: Soon to be filled with water ahead of opening on May 1.
Cableski park to open THE Uback Cableski Park in Santa Pola is scheduled to open on May 1. Councillor for Town Planning, Lola Gadea confirmed it will open next month and explained that the delay in its implementation was due to a rethink in the project to ensure it complied with the requirements of the development.
She stressed the facilities had not been abandoned, as suggested by some political groups, and final works are being completed. The park is beside the N-332. Cableski parks are becoming the most effective way to introduce people to the sport of wake boarding and water-skiing.
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Holy Week under way IN Torrevieja, the most solemn procession of Holy Week takes place tonight (Thursday) at 11pm when Torrevieja will dim the street lights. There is no music apart from the mournful beat of the drummers as the procession leaves the main town square. Good Friday sees 14 cofradias (a local group) carrying 18 pasos - or floats - in the longest procession of the week, start-
ing at 8pm leaving from the main town square and returning to the same place. In Orihuela, the celebrations were declared of International Tourist Interest in 2010 with many of the traditional activities having survived centuries. One of the most powerful processions is tonight (Thursday) starting at 11pm, when the city hosts the solemn parade as in Torrevieja. The Burial of Christ takes place tomorrow (Friday) at 7pm with its origins having been traced back to the THE pine beetle plague has now reportedly spread 17th century. For full details on Orihuela’s processions into the Murcia Region. celebrations visit According to the authorities, the municipalities of and Cartagena, Murcia, Fortuna, Totana and Mazarron www.semanasantaorihuela. are at serious risk and some areas have already suf- com fered from the devastating effects of the beetle Playa Flamenca Town Hall which attacks and kills pine trees. in Orihuela Costa is organisA new ruling has now been brought in ordering ing a series of buses to take landowners to allow environmental workers on to visitors from the coast to their private property if their trees are infected. Orihuela. For more informaPines affected have to be destroyed. tion call 966 760 000 extension 24 and 32.
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300 homes left without water A LONG running conflict between irrigators and residents in Crevillente has finished in court, leaving around 300 families housed in the sierra without domestic water. A confrontation between the Comunidad de Regantes San Cayetano and the Els
Pontets Association has resulted in complaints before the courts by users of the same pipeline to supply water to two parts of countryside of Crevillent, coming from different locations. Now, after five years of hostility, a court ruling said the channel of one of the claimants is owned by irrigators of San Cayetano, which receives supply from the sewage treatment plant of Crevillent and Els Pontets. The residents are instructed to stop KARLOS BERNABE has been elected as the mayoral using this and use ground wacandidate for Cambiemos Orihuela party for the up- ter from the Albatera well. coming municipal elections. With an 84 per cent partic“Six weeks ago they closed ipation rate, this was the first list elected entirely our taps and our reservoir reserves are almost exhausted,� through open primaries by the citizens of Orihuela. The coalition party brings together the Green Party said Association President of (Los Verdes), United Left (Izquierda Unida) and inde- Els Pontets Francisco Candela. Meanwhile, the irrigators pendent persons with the common goal of citizen participation and a transparent democracy. Second on the have appealed to reclaim rights in San Cayetano and aplist is Marta Guillen and third, Manu Mazon. The list was ratified at the 10th Assembly of Cam- plied to negotiate a fee to pay biemos Orihuela and the list of candidates will be offi- for the pipe while the conflict is being resolved. cially presented this week.
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Police Question & Answer session By Robert Barnes MOTORWAY, border patrol security, coastal
watch, mountain and marine search and rescue teams are just some of the many sec-
tions that make up the modern Guardia Civil. A Corporal First Class stationed at the Guardia Civil barracks in Torre de la Horadada visited the council office in Campoverde recently at the request of the area’s Neighbourhood Watch committee members. With the help of computer projection, residents were shown the latest scams being used by the criminal fraternity, along with the best way to protect their valuables. A series of questions and answers followed. Thanks were given to Roger from the town hall for providing translation, and to the corporal for giving his time.
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FOUNTAIN OF MEMORIES: In Pilar de la Horadada.
A befitting fountain
By Robert Barnes PILAR de la Horadada has a new fountain. It was inaugurated by Mayor José Fidel Ros, who referred to the past efforts of Carmina, Pili, Encarnita, Sole, Fina, Tivina, Maruja and Mariana. In 1965, the ladies managed to motivate the townspeople to build a fountain to be placed in
front of the doors of Pilar Church in Plaza de la Iglesia. At the time, Pilar was still a hamlet of Orihuela. The fountain was later demolished when the plaza was remodelled in 1988. Mayor Jose felt the new fountain was a sincere and appropriate tribute to those ladies from the town hall, and for residents of all ages to enjoy.
TICKETS are on sale for seats in the stands at the biblical processions during Lorca’s Holy Week. Seats are €3, available at the Museo de Bordados or call 968 472 077.
On guard ELCHE has started its lifeguard services for Easter along the beaches of El Altet, Arenales, Carabassi, Pinet, La Marina, and Rebollo.
Access ramp A NEW ramp is being installed at Murcia Cathedral to allow easier access for those with mobility problems.
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Experts gather for lung conference MORE than 300 medical experts attended the 22nd Congress of the Valencian Society of Pneumology (SVN) in Elche. President of SVN, Miguel Angel Martinez Garcia, said the meeting discussed “many of the most current issues in pulmonology, especially recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances of the most common lung diseases in the general population such as asthma and sleep apnoea.�
Antonio Anzueto, from the University of San Antonio in Texas (USA) was guest speaker at the conference. Elche General annually treats around 8,000 people with lung conditions, many related to smoking which is also seeing an increase in the number of cases amongst females. The number of men suffering from smoking-related lung issues has stabilised.
Storm-damaged beaches assessed COSTAS (coastal authority) has visited the beaches in the municipality of Pilar de la Horadada to assess the damage following the recent storms during the San Jose bank holiday weekend. Head of Costas, Rosa de los Rios, said the beaches of Villas and Higuericas were most affected and had suffered a significant loss of sand and the breakdown of one of the boardwalks as a result of the force of the waves. Mayor Jose Fidel Ros stressed the need to find solutions and increase the contributions of sand compared to last year.
Britannia sails in THE Britannia, the newest cruise liner from P&O, arrived in Cartagena bringing more than 3,500 tourists to the city. Mayor Pilar Barreiro welcomed the passengers who went on to visit local historic sites and a Roman and Carthaginian outdoor theatre performance.
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Top items up for auction for MABS MABS cancer charity is hosting its Spring Ball on April 25 at the Marina Hotel in Benidorm. The event will include welcome cocktails and a four-course meal with wine throughout as well as live entertainment
by two of Benidorm’s top groups; Il Divo and Timeless. A raffle includes top prizes including a tablet, TV and tickets for resort attractions, all donated by local businesses. Three star prizes will be auctioned on the night. These include a Barcelona football team mascot, an authenticated blouse/memorabilia worn by Coronation Street THREE loggerhead turtles that have been recovercharacter Michelle Conner ing from injuries in the Arca del Mar recuperation plus five signed Benidorm centre, have now been returned to the sea in Torcast photos. revieja. Bids are invited from all One, Lola, has been fitted with a satellite device over the Costa Blanca which the town hall said is a first in the region. The now for these three star tracking device will enable marine biologists and items by calling Sue on the authorities to receive information about how 664 266 991. the turtle adapts back to life in the sea as well as Ball tickets cost ₏37.50 finding out about migratory habits of the species in for those wishing to atthe Mediterranean. tend. The Valencia Region has a special plan in place All money raised helps to recover beached turtles and anyone who finds the charity to continue one should call 112. Since the programme was their work of supporting introduced in 1991, more than 300 loggerhead turall who are affected by tles have been rescued. cancer.
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4 star relaunch for Guardamar hotel GUARDAMAR’S Hotel Meridional has reopened after a three-month complete renovation to enable it to achieve the respected four star grading. The upgrades come after the hotel was named ‘Best seafront hotel on the Costa Blanca’ by Trivago users. Located on a privileged location overlooking Guardamar’s seafront, every one of the hotel’s 56 rooms has been modernised and refreshed with new décor, furniture, linens and accessories including a mini bar and safe to ensure they meet the requirements to be a four-star hotel. The corridors and reception area has been changed and the restaurant has been renovated with a few changes made to the menu, but still retaining their fish dishes which they are known for. Established for over 40 years, this is the biggest single renovation the hotel has undertaken, but the owners have continually made improvements over the years adding a swimming pool and spa and last year the rooftop terrace and Sky Bar cocktail lounge was opened offering spectacular views of the sea.
RELAUNCH: Hotel Meridional, 4 stars. Hotel Meridional has also received the ‘Bike Friendly’ quality certificate offering exclusive services at no extra cost for cyclists, including a bike garage and repair area.
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La gente AS part of our series La Gente, 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 spoke with celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson, ahead of his appearance at the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle Exhibition at Denia’s Marriott Hotel, April 10-11.... ANTONY WORRALL THOMPSON is a chef through and through, having been cooking for as long as he can remember; partly because he loved it and partly because he had no choice but to learn to cook if he ever wanted a decent meal at home: “I had a lot of au-pairs and the food was pretty bad so I did it myself and really enjoyed it, much to my grandmother’s disgust and horror as she was far too grand to cook for herself!” Antony has firmly established himself as one of Britain’s favourite chefs having opened many successful restaurants over the years, being ahead of the game in introducing new styles of cuisine to the UK market and setting trends: “I was known as the ‘tart of the industry’” he jokes having launched the first Moroccan restaurant and Mediterranean themed venue as well as a steak house at the height of the BSE scare. “I was a big traveller and on the West Coast of America you get a lot of trends and I had a restaurant in India and went to cooking school in Thailand so you pick up a lot of things and then I
would spot openings in the market and most of the time it would work.” Antony, a regular visitor to his holiday home on the Costa del Sol, is also full of praise for Spanish gastronomy which he believes is currently at the forefront of the industry along with Scandinavia: “They are doing very good cuisine and are leading the way, they have a very good depth of knowledge.” Antony is well known in the television work being the first cook on Ready, Steady, Cook, but now jokes he is a “vintage model” and leaves television to the younger chefs, but he hasn’t ruled out more reality shows following his stint on ‘I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here’ which he thoroughly enjoyed: “I’m a naughty little schoolboy at heart, a bit of a leader, bit of a stirrer... I was well cut out for it and I loved the sense of adventure.” Admitting he is “game for anything” we may well see Antony on our screens again in a future reality show: “I would love to do a survival type show in Antarctica or somewhere.” But for now,
he is focusing on his two current restaurants: “They really are my priority at the moment, but there’s also books I want to write and one day I’d love to open a burger bar, I do the best burgers around.”
ANTONY: Looking forward to his visit to the Costa Blanca.
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Charities rescue 50 animals ANIMAL rescue charities Actin Association and Cruz Azul have come together to rescue more than 50 animals from a home in Murcia. The owner had spent a significant amount of money buying pedigree dogs and cats from all over Europe but due to illness could no longer care for them all. Upon investigation of the woman’s premises Actin discovered more than 50 pups and kittens, many kept in appalling conditions, so they agreed to rescue 28 Chihuahuas, two Poodles and 16 cats.
Some puppies and kittens were kept in appalling conditions Actin Association decided to appeal for help with the immediate care of these rescued animals and Cruz Azul joined with Actin to spread the load between them. They were accompanied by a trained counsellor, with many years’ experience, who had been helping the owner of the puppies and kittens for some time. With the written consent of the woman who signed over ownership to the charities, and requests for help from some of the breeders from the locality and a member of the lady’s family, the majority of the animals were removed from her home. All are now being cared for by trusted associations in the area. Those rescued are now in foster homes. Some of the breeders who sold the animals as puppies and kittens are asking for their return. The charities have kept in touch with as many of the breeders as possible and one, Jane Dunbar, said: “I would like it known
that as a breeder in the UK of a dog that went to Spain, I am proud and very thankful to Actin for intervening in the very re-
cent hoarding case. I have the utmost respect and admiration for how they have handled everything and found them
honest, responsible and caring throughout.” The lady owner bought the animals legitimately but rumours abound that
some breeders/vendors of these pets have claimed that they recognised their breeding stock and want them back. This may be
possible if the animals were chipped by them. To apply, email only to adoptions@adoptaspanish dog.com
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A get together for international gala THE 29th International Choral Encounter takes place in Torrevieja at the Municipal Theatre on April 10 and 11. The event is presented by the councillor for Culture, Luis Maria Pizana, accompanied by the President of the Francisco Vallejos Choir, Jose Antonio Quesada and the designer of this year’s poster, Rosa Garcia. On April 10, the Municipal Theatre will host a gala opening concert at 8.30pm with the participation of the Francisco Vallejos youth and senior choirs and the University Choir of Murcia. On April 11 at 8.30pm there will be an exciting closing gala with performances from choirs from Sevilla and
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Poetry prize COX has opened the registration period for the 11th International Poetry Prize. Entrants can submit work of up to 800 lines with a prize of €1,000 available. Contact the town hall for more information.
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CHORAL EVENT: An international event in Torrevieja. Madrid. A forum will be held on the Saturday at the Palacio de la Musica from 11am, with tickets available for €2. Following the performance, all the cast taking part will sing their interpretation of the habanera ‘Riding the Sea.’ A spokesperson from the Department of Cul-
ture was delighted to confirm that this is the most important choral event for the city after the International Contest of Habanera and Polyphony. Since its first edition, 137 choirs have taken part in the Choral Encounter from 18 different countries around the world.
ALMORADI hosted an exhibition ‘Water a Right For All’ in the town’s library, to mark World Water Day.
Book fair THE 19th edition of Torrevieja’s Book Fair has opened along the Paseo Vista Alegre. The fair is on until April 13 and is open daily from 11am-2.30pm and 6-10.30pm.
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Have coffee with Guillen ‘COFFEE with Guillen’ is a campaign asking people to donate €1.20 to help raise funds for research into muscular-dystrophy and other rare and genetic diseases. By donating €1.20, the symbolic price of a coffee, through a short text message, the money raised will go to the Isabel Gemio Foundation for research projects and the development of drugs to improve the lives of sufferers.
Guillen is a teenager with muscular-dystrophy and he is heading up the national campaign. A charity gala is being held on May 6 at the Casa del Reloj in San Pedro del Pinatar to raise money for the cause. To donate, text the word ‘guillen’ to 28014, with the lines open for one year. More information can be found at www.fundacion isabelgemio.com.
English film time THE next films in English at the cinema in Pilar de la Horadada are The Imitation Game today (Thursday) at 7pm and Saturday at 5pm. Next week on Thursday and Friday, the chosen film is Turner. For more information email lah.hh29@gmail.com.
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Singers wanted DAYAMANTES singers are actively looking to recruit new singers for 2015. The group is based in Daya Nueva and like to perform for charities in the area (free of charge) and also take part in seasonal events especially at Christmas. Singers may not have previously sung in other choirs or groups, but they all love to sing. If you’ve sung out before or would just like to give it a go email howardand kay76@gmail.com. The Musical Director has decades of singing experience in popular music and will help you achieve your full potential in a fun and friendly environment.
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Bridge opens THE Puente de la Risa bridge, at the northern end of La Manga, has reopened to the public following a repair and renovation project which cost â‚Ź90,000.
Student visit TWENTY students from Glenbrook South High Illinois visited Orihuela this week and were welcomed by Education councillor Rosa Martinez.
Robots made FOURTH grade students from Las Palmas School in Elche created a series of robots made from recycled materials this week, part of their environment awareness programme.
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Ask the Optician: What are the numbers on my prescription? Louise Stone, Store Director, Specsavers Opticas Javea REGULAR check-ups with your optician can help you to maintain clear and comfortable vision. Most people should have a full eye test every two years and if you wear contact lenses, you will also need to attend regular contact lens check-ups. Specsavers opticians carry out thorough eye tests providing professional and comprehensive checks of your eyes and vision. The test lasts about 20 minutes and includes the use of specialist equipment to examine eye health and to determine the correct lens strength and type for you. Your optician will also be pleased to answer any questions and address any specific problems you may be having with your vision. If necessary the optician will refer you directly for further medical examination to an Ophthalmologist. After your eye test, if your vision needs to be corrected with
EYE TESTS: To maintain clear and comfortable vision. glasses or contact lenses you will be given a prescription which explains the issues with your eye sight. However some people find the information confusing, so to make things clearer here’s an explanation of what the numbers and codes on your prescription mean.
SPH (sphere) - the amount of long (+) or short (-) sight - the higher the number, the stronger the prescription lenses required. This can affect your choice of glasses if you have a higher prescription. Lenses for short sight are thicker at the edges than in the middle and for long sight,
they are thicker in the middle. The higher the prescription, the greater the curve of the lens. CYL (cylinder) - the amount of astigmatism, or visual distortion, caused by an irregularly shaped cornea - the surface of the front of the eye. AXIS - the direction of the astigmatism, measured in degrees. PRISM - correction needed to balance the eyes BASE - the direction of any correction needed to balance the eyes (prism). ADD - the amount of additional correction needed to focus at close distances. If you have a measurement shown in this section of your prescription, it means that you have different prescription requirements for distance and for reading. Ask your optician in store if you have any doubts, we are here to help and are currently offering free eye tests: visit www.specsavers.es
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AAN celebrate a year of helping THE AAN charity in La Marina are marking the first anniversary of the shop opening. In order to celebrate with their volunteers, customers and supporters, the charity will be holding an open day on April 6 at 10.30am outside the shop in Plaza Sierra Castilla near Cagney’s bar. The day promises to be lively with several stalls including ‘Sandals for U.’
Music will be provided by local DJ Jimmy Dene. Any customer spending €2 or more in the shop will also be rewarded with a free ticket for entry into the tombola. President of AAN (Ayuda Al Neccesitado De San Fulencio) Pauline Prior, said: “This year has meant a lot of hard work but with the help and support of volunteers, customers, local businesses and all those who have donated goods, money and their time we have been able to provide at least €1,000 worth of food to the needy of the area every month. FINAL preparations and rehearsals are takWe currently support ing place for the Smile Charity Group’s next 80 families. The charity stage show has achieved its aim this ‘Escape from Butlitz.’ year and we look forThe show is at The Club, Quesada on April ward to an equally suc15, Casa Ventura San Luis, April 16 and at cessful year to come.” Restaurante El Alto La Dolores in Guardamar Those interested in on April 17. having a stall at the Tickets cost €10 including a meal, call 966 open day can call Pauline 712 382 to book. on 660 934 615.
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Ikea: the saga continues THE proposed new Ikea in Alicante is not without its issues, as traders took to the streets in protest - not about the opening of an Ikea store itself, but to a proposed commercial shopping centre adjacent to the store. The earmarked Rabasa area - near to Alicante University and just off the AP7 motorway - not only has local traders worried, but also business owners throughout the city on how the new centre might impact business in the community. If the shopping centre does get the go ahead it will be the third largest in Spain, taking into account the size of the plot. Domingo Martinez, Chairman of the Business Association in Alicante, said a vast shopping complex would be “lethal for small businesses: the effect would be irreversible for the entire city, leading to the closure of shops that would struggle to remain profitable.”
President of Corazón de Alicante Vicente Armengol, a group seeking to protect the heart of the city, has said that once the plans are publicised the message will spread to more neighbourhoods. So far around 500 posters have been printed with the slogan ‘Ikea Si, Macrocentro No,’ which shops have been placing in prominent positions in their windows. The City Council has asked Urban Planning experts at Alicante University to prepare a report on the potential impact such a shopping centre would have, not only on local trade and employment, but the consequences on traffic congestion and the environment. Reports and objections by interested parties have to be submitted by May 13. There is no indication whether the outcome of the proposed shopping centre would influence whether the Ikea store would go ahead.
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The dropout rate in Spain twice as high THE school dropout rate of Spain is twice as high as the European average, says a report. The education system of Spain presents serious deficiencies, according to the study carried out by Save the Children, titled ‘Illuminating their future: investing in education is fighting against childhood poverty.’ The report analysed the coherence of public policies in terms of education of cities and autonomous communities and what measures are taken to avoid social exclusion and poverty. The study shows that one out of three students has already retaken a whole year at least once by the time they turn 15. Around 30 per cent of students do not graduate from secondary school and
EDUCATION SYSTEM: Shows serious deficiencies. the rate of early school dropout sits at 23.5 per cent. The average rate in Europe is 12 per cent. The governments’ investment in education has dramatically fallen between 2007 and 2013 across the country. In total, the education budget has decreased by 10.94 per cent during said
period while the average household expenditure in terms of education has increased by 30.3 per cent between 2006 and 2013, even when average income of families decreased by 10 per cent since 2009. The report displays the link between childhood poverty and lack of equality of education policies.
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FLIGHT SCARE: The flight had to make an emergency landing.
Pilot smells smoke A VUELING flight covering the Barcelona-Munich route returned to Barcelona on the morning of March 26 and made an emergency landing after the pilot smelled smoke. The airline explained that flight VLGH1812, which had taken off from El Prat airport at 6.55am, returned as a
routine precaution as the pilot reported he could smell smoke. The plane landed back in Barcelona and 137 passengers were boarded on another aircraft, which finally took off at 9.40am, Vueling declared, although 12 passengers decided not to board the second plane.
Mass for royal princesses PRINCESS Leonor of Asturias and her sister, Infanta Sofia, will be appearing in public this Easter after a long spell behind the scenes. The young princesses, who have not been seen in public since October 12
when they accompanied their parents to a traditional military parade, will be accompanying King Felipe and Queen Letizia and their grandmother Do単a Sofia to Mass at Palma de Mallorca cathedral on Sunday, April 5.
The Spanish Royal Family have traditionally attended Mass on Easter Sunday at Palma Cathedral ever since they started spending Easter holidays at the Marivent Palace, the traditional royal summer residence.
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Easter traffic plans TRAFFIC authorities are expecting approximately 13.5 million trips over the Easter holiday period, filling Spanish roads with thousands of cars. THE DGT (General Traffic Authority) has planned a two-phase operation in an aim to keep travellers as safe as possible by paying particular attention to drink and drug consumption and speeding. A total of 1,800 Guardia Civil officers and 12 helicopters will be on duty over the holiday period. The operation began on March 27, and will continue until midnight on Monday April 6. Routes towards areas where popular religious celebrations are held are also expected to be busy.
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Job market stops young adults flying the nest A STUDY from the Spanish Youth Observatory has found that eight out of 10 young adults in Spain can’t afford to fly the nest. The study, on the third quarter of last year, found that just 21.8 per cent of under 30s in Spain had managed to set up home on their own, while the rest still lived with their parents and said they could not afford to move out. According to the study, the average salary for people in this age group would only allow them to buy property of less than 50 square metres and to buy anything bigger they would have to earn twice their current salaries. Unemployment is a big problem for young adults in the country, with 52.4 per cent of under 25s out of work, 41.7 per cent of those in work having worked for their current employers for less than a year and one quarter work only parttime. Young adults who did find work
STILL LIVING AT HOME: Young Spaniards cannot afford to leave. in the period studied were only given temporary contracts in 93.7 per cent of cases, and 55.6 per cent
said they were vastly overqualified for the jobs they had had to take as nothing else was available.
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New app to report crime A NEW app for your iPhone or android that allows you to report a crime instantly without having to speak Spanish is now available. For some the thought of having to speak to the Guardia Civil when they have been the victim of a crime is daunting. That should now be a thing of the past with the release of the mobile app called ‘AlertCops’. The app will ask you to download and install from Google Play or Apple, then to register and confirm by return SMS. Once this is done and you are accepted, you will be free to report any crime directly to the authorities without speaking Spanish. The app speaks both! In addition, with the GPS function linked your location is known as well.
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Fire evacuation A FIRE in a building in Calle Panaderos, Torre del Mar (Velez-Malaga) forced the fire brigade to evacuate seven residents. The fire began at 3.46am on March 28 and 11 vehicles were damaged.
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Meet catsharks TWO out of the four catsharks born in the Almuñecar Aquarium back in November can now be seen by visitors. The rest are still in quarantine, as keepers need to control the lighting and water temperature to ensure their development.
Going for gold AN UNKNOWN ‘artist’ has been painting several pieces of urban furniture in gold around Rincon de la Victoria. The town mayor, Francisco Salado, has announced that he is open to discussing a project if the painter comes forward.
Centre inauguration A NEW day-care centre for people with disabilities, run by the association AMIRAX, was inaugurated in Rincon de la Victoria by Mayor Francisco Salado. It will provide services to almost 30 residents.
Foundation laid THE first stone for Nerja’s new fire brigade headquarters was placed on Monday (March 30) by Maria Francisca Caracual, vice-president of the Malaga Provincial Council.
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Record temperature MALAGA Province registered the highest minimum temperatures in Spain on Sunday, March 29. A minimum of 20.1 degrees centigrade was recorded at Malaga airport, beating the previous highest minimum for March of 19.4 degrees, registered in 1987.
Empty pockets A NEW system is being put in place at the University of Malaga that will allow services to be paid for using mobile phones, eliminating the need to carry cash for coffee, photocopies, etc.
Sun and training MORE than 300 athletes from 16 teams from Belgium, Norway, Sweden, France, Ireland and the UK will be training at
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Good taste FESTIVAL DEGUSTHO ALMERIA will be held from April 11-13 in Huercal-Overa. Participants include celebrity chefs David Muñoz, Mario Sandoval and Kiko Moya, plus the jury from the ‘Master Chef’ programme.
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Black beaches HEAVY rain in Valencia has helped clean up after the Fallas but beaches near the city are streaked with black from Styrofoam ash washed up by the waves.
FAMILY OF FOUR: Found dead in a Gibraltar house.
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British family die in Gibraltar POLICE have confirmed that a family of four have been found dead in Gibraltar. The Royal Gibraltar Police said a 31year-old British man, a 37-year-old woman, a four-year-old girl and a sixweek-old baby were found dead on Monday March 30. Detectives and forensic officers have been working in the flat and the area remains cordoned-off. Police found the tragic scene after responding to a neighbour’s screams in
Boschetti’s Steps, just after 11am. Police said: “Presently, we are not looking for anyone involved in this very unfortunate event, but the investigation will be thorough and detailed drawing on the expertise of other professionals.” Reportedly the family had been in Spain for some time and had only been in Gibraltar for a few days. At the present moment, a full investigation is being conducted by officers of the Serious Crime Unit.
AN exhibition of photographs and paintings of Altea collected over the last 60 years is on display at the Fundación Schlotter until April 26.
Forewarned THE Police Union held a conference in Benidorm to train officers in the province on detecting the warning signs of Jihadism and Islamic radicalisation.
Unacceptable delay MANAGEMENT at Villajoyosa Hospital are investigating claims that a cancer patient had to wait three hours for an ambulance to transport them home after treatment.
On a high A DUTCH national was arrested in Altea for growing hundreds of marihuana plants and defrauding the electricity company by bypassing the official meter supply.
the Ciudad de Torremolinos sports facilities in April, making the most of the kind climate.
when a bullet ricocheted off a car. He received a 12-month sentence for illegal possession of firearms.
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THE mobile phone provider Orange has followed in the footsteps of Movistar and Vodafone and signed agreements with Malaga Metro to provide reception for users on the city’s underground.
PROVINCIAL irrigation syndicate FERAL called for a link between Beninar and Almanzora reservoirs. The creation of a ‘water motorway’ would distribute water more fairly to different production areas, FERAL said.
THE number of temporary contracts that turn into permanent contracts in the Balearic Islands has increased by 10.5 per cent in 2014 - from 12,536 in 2013 to 13,800 this year.
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AROUND 8,500 couples seek help for fertility problems each year in Andalucia, the public health system revealed. Approximately 700 live in Almeria, where 400 in vitro procedures were carried out in 2014.
A LORRY fell into the water at Palma’s Port on Monday (March 30). Fortunately, there were no casualties as the vehicle was empty at the time of the accident.
Park plans A NEW riverside park and leisure area is being planned by Estepona Council to complement the recently built fair and sports grounds and auditorium in the Arroyo Monterroso area.
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Buttocks shot A DRUNK who fired a gun in La Mojonera shot a pedestrian in the buttocks
Help needed THE Red Cross helped 62,941 people in Almeria Province last year. This was 5 per cent more than in 2013 and
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Better streets MORE than €1.5 million will be spent by the Calvia Council to improve the town’s pavements and streetlights over the course of this year.
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Temporary passport extension ends THE British Home Office has ended the temporary passport extension stamp provision, introduced last year to ease a huge backlog of applications from expatriates. Britons living abroad will now need to apply to renew their passports online or at local offices as usual from April 10. Expats in Spain will have to use the online application process. Last year’s contingency measures were used to cope with exceptional demand, a 12-month passport extension stamp for British citizens overseas helping more than 20,000 UK nationals.
Human organ treaty FAMOUS pilgrimage city Santiago de Compostela played host to a two-day international conference on human organ trafficking. Spain was one of 14 countries, also including Britain, Italy and Turkey, which signed an international convention that banned the illegal trade in organs for transplants and prohibits making a profit from the business. The scale of the organ trafficking problem was highlighted at a press conference chaired by Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjoern Jagland. He said that organ trafficking was one of the world’s top 10 black market businesses, making €1.1 billion each year around the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that around 10,000 illegal transplants take place each year, with some wealthy people paying hundreds of thousands of euros for a single organ transplant. This is the first international treaty aimed at preventing this highly exploitive trade.
Demand for passports is now expected to return to normal levels and Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) will be contacting all citizens with a passport
extension at least two months before it expires. This is to encourage British passports to be renewed in good time. Immigration and Security
Minister James Brokenshire said: “Overseas turnaround times have improved significantly and are now well within service standards. But we still encourage all
overseas passport holders to apply in good time to avoid disruption to their travel plans.” HMPO has stated that it will provide a seven-day
service to customers in the UK with an extension stamp if they submit all the correct documentation within six weeks of their passports expiring.
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Cost of war DENMARK: Since the country entered the war against IS in October last year, it has spent nearly a quarter of a billion Krone (€35 million), according to the Defence Ministry.
Disease fight NORWAY: So far, Norway has spent some €58 million on the fight against Ebola in Africa. Due to the risk now being greatly reduced, the government has started to ‘scale down operations’. Health workers were due home this week.
Midnight run NORWAY: The annual Midnight Sun Marathon in Norway is now taking entrants for the day-lit night run. Between May and July the sun never sets in Tromso, meaning this is the only night-time race that doesn’t require head lamps or equipment.
Passport pain DENMARK: 11,000 Danes have received passports with errors, meaning they could be refused entry at control points abroad. A software error caused a failure to imprint the legally required fingerprint on the chip.
from Northamptonshire Police,’ a statement said.
ARMY medic Corporal Anna Cross, aged 25, from Cambridge, who caught Ebola while working as a volunteer in Sierra Leone has been declared free of the disease. She was the first person in the world to be given the experimental Ebola drug MIL 77.
Biggest ever jail BRITAIN’S first titan-sized prison has been given the government go-ahead. The £212 million (€290 million) prison will hold 2,100 inmates. The contract to build Britain’s biggest ever prison was signed just days before Parliament was dissolved for the General Election.
Murder arrest OTIS GOLDSMITH, 49, of the Northamptonshire Police force has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife Jill in Wootton. The murder investigation team ‘will not include anyone
Crippen letters at auction LETTERS written by one of the 20th century’s most notorious murderers, Doctor Crippen, will go on sale in Devizes, Wiltshire, this week. Crippen was executed in November 1910 after poisoning his wife and hiding her dismembered remains under the cellar floor.
Gay prison wedding THE UK’s first gay prison wedding took place when convicted killers tied the knot behind bars. Mikhail Gallatinov, 40, and fellow inmate Marc Goodwin, 31, were married in the children’s play alcove at the prison’s visitor centre. Both are serving life sentences at Full Sutton Prison, East Yorkshire.
Amanda Knox free THE conviction of Amanda Knox for the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher has been quashed by Italy’s top appeals court. It is the final ruling in the case following three previous court decisions over the 2007 murder, when Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death in a Perugia apartment.
RUSSIAN PRESS Antarctic reserve UK athlete and swimmer Lewis Pugh has flown to Moscow to discuss the creation of a new marine reserve in the Antarctic’s Ross Sea. He has made long-distance swims in all of the world’s oceans.
A REPRESENTATIVE of the German Labour Ministry was called to a special UN committee to discuss the government’s plan to improve disabled people’s rights. This is hoped to put Germany in line with UN standards.
More needed A RECENT study has found that Germany will need nearly half a million new immigrants per year until 2050, according to a report issued by the Bertelsmann Institute.
Model bank FIDOR BANK has been declared Model Bank of the Year in awards sponsored by research agency Celent at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Morale high CONSUMER morale has hit its highest level for 13 years, according to a survey. This is expected to increase spending and reduce already low unemployment in the coming year.
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SWEDEN: Poet Tomas Tranströmer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011, has died in Stockholm this week at the age of 83. After a stroke in 1990, he lost the power of speech but continued to write and play piano with one hand.
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A KEY witness who testified against a neoNazi terror cell (the NSU) thought to be behind 10 killings between 2000 and 2007, has been found dead in Kaischtal. Murder is not initially suspected.
RUSSIA is considering a request from Guatemala to train its first cosmonaut, according to a statement from Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov.
Putin requests peace VLADIMIR PUTIN has asked for an ‘immediate cessation of military activities’ in Yemen in a conversation with Iran’s al Alam news network. Iran is suspected of giving supplies and training to Houthi rebels, but denies these claims.
REQUEST: Russia to train Guatemalan cosmonaut.
Jordan reactor
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RUSSIA has signed a $10 billion (€9.22 billion) deal to build Jordan’s first nuclear reactor. The power plant will be made up of two 1,000 megawatt reactors. Jordan currently imports 96 per cent of its power.
RUSSIA said it was not prepared to discuss restructuring its $3 billion (€2.76 billion) holding of Ukrainian debt. Russian Finance Minister Siluanov then went on to say he considered Russia to be an official, not a private, creditor.
Thai sorrow THAI Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha offered his condolences for the Germanwings crash that killed 150 people to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone message.
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Cheap and cheerful wine SPAIN is now the world’s principal wine-exporter. Aided by an abundant grape harvest and expanding markets for Spanish bodegas, it exported 2.256 billion litres of wine last year. This topped Italy and France’s figures by a respective 200 million and 800 million litres.
Spain’s bottled wine exports rose 3.4 per cent to 762 million litres, compared with 0.7 per cent for France and 0.2 per cent for Italy. Despite such good export results, turnover from Spain’s sales abroad fell by 4.6 per cent to €2.522 billion. The tendency to concentrate on cheaper wine,
Euro down, but hopes are up THE 2008 days when €1 was worth $1.60 are unlikely to return. Parity between both currencies is approaching but the outlook is not all bad, argued Miguel Angel Bernal, lecturer at the International School of Stock Exchange Studies (IEB). “Parity is a psychological barrier. But it also reflects a devaluated euro,” Bernal said. The downward tendency would continue, he predicted: “The European Central Bank (ECB) has purchased barely 3 per cent of the assets that it said it would acquire before September 2016.” Foreign tourists saved the day during the crisis even when the euro was
at its strongest and the more favourable exchange rates will boost business from outside the eurozone. This will have a specific effect on Britain, one of Spain’s most important tourist sources. Southern Europe’s eurozone countries have repeatedly stressed the need for devaluation, said Jose Luis Martinez, strategist at Citibank. The exterior sector will be the principal beneficiary as Spain’s exports gain in attraction outside the EU. Bernal agreed that this is particularly true of dollarised countries, Latin America countries and others like Chile whose economy benefits from a strong dollar.
much of it exported in bulk, was allied to a general fall in market prices, sector experts explained. Spanish wine now sells at an average €1.16 a litre, compared with €1.43 per litre in 2014, putting it at the bottom of a list that is headed by France with an average price per litre of €5.3.
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Taking a toll THE Supreme court turned down cashstrapped toll road operator AMSA’s request to renegotiate its government contracts. Sparse traffic was not an “unforeseen risk” judges told the Abertis, Sacyr and ACS alliance.
Dressing up CLOTHING chain H & M’s first quarter turnover in Spain grew by 12 per cent to 1.816 billion Swedish crowns (€195 million). The retailer now has 163 stores in this country.
O2 goes to Hong Kong TELEFONICA has sold its UK operation O2 to Hutchison Whampoa. The Spanish multinational and Hong Kong-based Hutchison agreed a purchase price of $10.25 billion (approximately €14 billion). Hutchison will merge 02 with its existing British mobile company, Three, to create Britain’s largest mobile network. Approval from the regulatory authorities must arrive
before the deal can go through, as this will reduce UK mobile networks to three and could herald higher prices and less competition. The sale was expected after Hutchison’s billionaire owner Li Kashing announced plans to acquire O2 last January. Li is the richest man in Asia, with a fortune that Forbes estimates at around €35 billion.
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STAT OF WEEK THE Social Security Reserve Fund’s balance of €66.816 billion in 2011 has shrunk to €41.634 billion. Most of the cash went on pension rises and pensioners’ June and December bonuses.
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Sterling - euro rollercoaster gains pace WE can be excused for thinking that the foreign exchange market is like a rollercoaster at the moment, because this is the way it feels when we look at the recent sharp moves in the Sterling/euro exchange rate. After the pound recently posted seven-year highs (over 1.4250) in early March, the euro seems to have clawed back some of the heavy losses it suffered in recent months and was trading around 1.3550 at the end of March. This 5 per cent move really feels like a loop-the-loop given how quickly Sterling rose and fell in such a short period of time. The quantitative easing (QE) programme launched by the European Central Bank early in March is yielding its first results, and bodes well for a wider recovery in Europe. The Eurozone’s businesses are likely to enjoy further improvements over the coming months by encouraging business investment and hiring.
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This should finally put the Eurozone’s recovery on a more sustainable path. Despite the improvement in the Eurozone, the single currency’s outlook remains negative over the long term. The QE programme should keep the euro weak, because the ECB will keep interest rates low for an extended period as Mario Draghi floods the market with waves of liquidity until at least September 2016. Further downside risks might also be exacerbated if uncertainty in Greece and Russia flare up again in the
STERLING/EURO: Has seen recent sharp moves in exchange rate. coming months and undermine both the recovery and investors’ sentiment. The great British pound has underperformed of late as investors’ confidence is put to the test by the UK’s uncertain political and economic outlooks, which are clouded by the upcoming election in May. Data
released this month showed that Britain is on the cusp of a period of deflation. For the first time since records began in the UK, inflation measured by the consumer prices index has hit zero in the month of March. This has several implications, but not all of them are necessarily as worrying as the
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word ‘deflation’ might suggest. As a result of zero inflation, living standards in the UK will rise as people see their wages and salaries stretching further. The trend of inflation growth will also likely discourage the Bank of England from raising interest rates for longer than investors anticipated. In a speech to a business club in Rutland, the Bank of England’s chief economist, Andrew Haldane, expressed his view that the inflation risks are more skewed to the downside, and that interest rates may be slashed even further before being raised. The market cheered the news but Sterling suffered. The pound will find it very difficult to rally until data improves or the MCP (Monetary Policy Committee) takes a stronger stance on raising rates. To add to this uncertainty, the electoral race is in a very fine balance so far and we are in for an intriguing journey to the polls.
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Need to shift your home - now’s the time YOUR house in Andalucia is hot property at the moment. According to British press reports the Sterling’s recent rise to a seven-year high against the euro, means that purchasing a place in Spain is becoming more of a reality for many British people thinking of buying abroad. In fact, reports show that a fifth of foreign buyers in Spain this year are expected to come from Britain, many in search of a bit more sun, but more importantly enticed by the fact that trading £500 at today’s rates means nearly €100 extra to spend, compared with a year ago. So if you’re a property owner in Spain thinking to upgrade, downgrade
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or just outright sell - now may be your moment. And to get potential buyers interested, remember, it’s vital to do your research and don’t forget about the importance of seemingly trivial details, says a new survey. Selling a property is no easy feat, but a few impor-
tant little changes can make all the difference. Of course tidiness is important, but just flushing the loo won’t cut it. A person’s first impression is impactful, so you need to make sure it’s a good one. Clean the house thoroughly and remove junk and clutter. Make it look more like a show house than a very ‘lived-in’ house. This way potential buyers can identify it more with themselves than the family already living there. As buyers want to see a property that they can imagine themselves living in! Also, if you’re selling the property for a sad personal reason, keep that information to yourself. Nearly a quarter of
buyers questioned in the survey admitted that unburdening personal information, such as, the reasons for a marriage break-up was considered extremely off-putting behaviour. Potential buyers admit that they are not in the market of sympathy buying. Positivity is essential. You may be bored of your house, but that is no need to point out faults or blurt out little asides, like how the drains tend to smell in the heat. Remember this could be a potential future property for some buyers so don’t dampen their dream. Finally something so easy but so effective is to have fresh coffee on the brew. The smell will delight any buyer, as might some freshly baked bread!
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ELL, that was the week of pure arrogance that was. Four jumped-up pillocks. Three who should know better, and one who thought we all came over on the last banana boat. First on the big A List is that total berk, Jeremy Paxman. I, like many others, was truly looking forward to the party leaders’ TV ‘debate’. An opportunity to hear their ideas and visions of the future and also open themselves to unedited examination by an audience of a cross-section of the public. Instead we got a man, generally used to bullying young university students, so pumped up with his own ego, he thought it perfectly acceptable to sandbag
both party leaders. Snidely delivering a couple of aggressive questions, that he no doubt thought were very clever, merely resulted in both leaders spending most of their limited time defending what was basically the indefensible. I’m sure it all made this idiot feel really important, but frankly it robbed the public of a whole range of questions we’d have been far more interested in hearing the answers to. If we had wanted the ‘Paxo The Prat’ show we could have waited for University Challenge. Second A List contender of the week is another Jeremy. Personally I’ve never been able to stand Clarkson, another arrogant oaf. I don’t normally have good words for the BBC, but full marks for sacking this bully for chinning a (much smaller in stature) producer for nothing more than the fact that his [Clarkson’s] already oversized gut wasn’t being supplied with a
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DROPPED: Full marks to the BBC for getting rid of Jeremy Clarkson. hot meal the following day. Third is that awful pontificating Keith Vaz, who, for some inexplicable reason, seems to keep being picked to head up some leftie influenced committee or another. This latest act of
his continuing arrogance is connected with his handling of the accusations of number four on my A List, the father of one of the girls who absconded to join the IS in Syria. He was arrogant enough to think he could get
away with blaming the police and authorities for his daughter’s radicalisation, swearing in front of the inquiry, chaired by Vaz, that he knew nothing about IS and their dealings. It was subsequently revealed that he was in fact an active Islamic radical himself, having been pictured burning the American flag in front of the American Embassy in a mob which also included hate preacher Anjem Choudary and one of the killers of soldier Lee Rigby. Vaz made him and his whole family seem like victims of some appalling crime, and actually got the Met Police commissioner to offer a grovelling apology. Will any of my A Listers issue any type of apology for their actions? Don’t hold yer breath, they’re far too arrogant! Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com www leapylee.co.uk
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These days nothing is certain except death, taxes and... various scams E
VER received one of those emails promising you millions of dollars in commission if you help the widow of Nigeria’s former Finance Minister? Like me, you’ve doubtless laughed at the offer, amazed the author admits to coming from Nigeria (famous for this scam) and didn’t make his message more convincing and original. What probably hasn’t struck you is that this incompetence is deliberate. After all, it doesn’t cost much to send an email to thousands of people trying to entice us into cooperating. What does cost time and money is getting the cash out of those of us who reply. The fraudsters don’t want to waste their efforts on people
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who’ll cotton on part way through they’re falling into a trap. It’s better they realise this at the start and never reply. So the ‘incompetent’ email acts as a filter to weed out the most gullible. Those the criminals lavish their attention upon are therefore those most likely to fall for the scam and end up relieved of their life savings. And the moral? Maybe the best advice nowadays is, sadly: ‘Trust nobody.’ For instance, a burglar posing as someone need-
THRILLER: Lies undercut all aspects of human life.
ing help or asking to use your phone to trick their way into your home and walk out with your wallet. If you really believe a caller’s genuine, crossexamine him to check his story stands up. So, how do you sleuth out deception? Look for telling signals that point to dishonesty: repetition, changing the subject, telling a story in chronological order. Someone who’s lying may freeze their upper body, look you in the eyes a bit too much, fake a smile. One or two of these ‘tells’ doesn’t amount to lying unlike when you start to see a pattern emerge. Now, telling a white lie in order not to offend and flattering someone with ‘compliments’ are both natural deceits adopted at
an early age. In public and private life, white lies are part of our survival mechanism. But when deception becomes a previously trusted person’s modus operandi, when deception becomes their default position, we should all be on our guard. As the latest thriller in my Alice Myers crime series, Landscape of Lies, shows, lying - from everyday half-truths to outright deceit - undercuts all aspects of human life. And death ... Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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CH4 8:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:35am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm The Restoration Man 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me Abroad 2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
CH5 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Gadget Show 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
THURSDAY TV
SKY 1 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Ashley Banjo Secret Street Crew 9:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 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 3:30pm Floyd's American Pie 4:00pm Wogan: The Best of 4:45pm Are You Being Served? 5:15pm 'Allo, 'Allo! 5:45pm Hi-De-Hi!
3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me
3:15pm NCIS 4:10pm The Long Shot
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm The Simpsons 4:30pm The Simpsons 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Portillo's State Secrets 8:00pm Alex Polizzi: The Fixer
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:20pm Party Political Broadcast by the UK Independence Party 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast 8:00pm The Classic Car Show
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Coast Australia 9:50pm Nature's Weirdest Events 10:00pm Banished 11:00pm Inside No 9 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm The ITV Leaders' Debate 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm The Agenda
9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pm Breaking Dawn: Part 2
9:00pm Caught on Camera 10:00pm Glasgow's Killing Streets 11:00pm The Mentalist 11:55pm James Bulger: Britain's Worst Crimes
9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Forever 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
12:20am Strangeways 1:20am Panorama 1:50am Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power 2:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:25am River Monsters 1:25am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the explosive US version of his popular talk show. 4:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:20am Britain's Benefit Tenants 1:25am Raised by Wolves 1:55am Teens 2:50am The Secret Millionaire 3:40am Food Unwrapped 4:10am Secret Location 5:05am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
12:55am Access 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am The Hotel Inspector 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Hawaii Five0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am NCIS: Los Angeles
BBC THREE
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8:00pm The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop 9:00pm World's Toughest Jobs 10:00pm Life and Death Row 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:05am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Russell Howard's Good News 2:00am Life and Death Row 3:00am Killer Magic 3:30am Bluestone 42 4:00am Life and Death Row 5:00am This is BBC Three
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm The Truth About Meteors 10:00pm Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction 11:00pm Building Burma's Death Railway: 12:00am The Normans 12:55am Top of the Pops 1:30am Drills, Dentures and Dentistry: An Oral History 2:30am The Truth About Meteors 3:30am Great Irish Journeys with Martha Kearney 4:00am Terry Pratchett: Facing Extinction 5:00am This is BBC Four
2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:45pm 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! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Reggie and Thunderbirds: No Strings Attached 10:00pm Scorpion 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Release the Hounds 12:50am Two and a Half Men
11:40am Judge Judy 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 5:05pm French Fields 5:40pm Rising Damp 6:15pm On the Buses 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm Endeavour 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wycliffe
3:05pm Pawn Stars 3:35pm Pawn Stars 4:00pm Duck Dynasty 4:30pm Duck Dynasty 5:00pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Pawn Stars 7:30pm Pawn Stars 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm The Goodwood Members Meeting 2015 11:00pm Senna 1:15am The Island
5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 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 How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm 2 Broke Girls 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:30pm Marry Me 11:00pm The Inbetweeners 11:35pm The Inbetweeners 12:10am The Big Bang Theory
Comedy
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3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 5:15pm Flog It!
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders
9pm 9:00pm MasterChef 10:00pm The Truth About Fat 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time
12am 12:45am This Week 1:30am Skiing Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 1:35am BBC News
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am The Patriot 9:55am The Lone Ranger 12:35pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 3:10pm Die Hard with a Vengeance 5:25pm The Lone Ranger A lawman and his Comanche Indian sidekick embark upon a quest for justice across the American West.
8:00pm 47 Ronin 10:00pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 12:25am Die Hard with a Vengeance 2:35am Shaft 4:20am King Arthur
8:40am Bedtime Stories 10:25am Ride Along 12:10pm School of Rock 2:10pm The Flintstones 3:45pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 5:20pm You, Me and Dupree 7:10pm The Break-Up 9:00pm School of Rock 11:00pm Ride Along 12:45am Jackass: The Movie 2:20am Jackass: Number Two More gross-out gags and painful pranks.
3:55am My Man is a Loser Two mates ask their friend for tips that will help reignite the spark in their marriages.
5:35am The Flintstones
10:00am Black Rain 12:10pm The Pelican Brief 2:40pm Derailed 4:35pm The Call 6:15pm Black Rain Cop Nick transfers a Japanese hitman from New York to Tokyo, then loses him.
8:25pm Catch.44 Three stripper friends take on a job for a drug lord that spirals out of control. Crime.
10:00pm Lucky Number Slevin 11:55pm The Call 1:40am Cherry Falls 3:20am Single White Female 5:20am Malpractice
8:30am Bean 10:05am Journey to Dinosaur Island 11:35am Stardust 1:50pm Muppets Most Wanted 3:45pm The Perfect Summer 5:15pm Journey to Dinosaur Island 6:45pm Stardust 9:00pm Muppets Most Wanted 10:50pm The Last Keepers A teenage outcast discovers that - like the rest of her family - she has extraordinary powers.
12:25am Bean 2:00am The Good Witch's Wonder 3:30am The Last Keepers 5:05am The Perfect Summer
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7:00am Next Goal Wins 8:45am Grace of Monaco 10:30am Treehouse 12:15pm Next Goal Wins 1:55pm The Longest Week 3:25pm Northern Soul 5:10pm Guardians of the Galaxy 7:15pm Grace of Monaco 9:00pm Guardians of the Galaxy 11:05pm Northern Soul 12:50am Treehouse 2:35am Kill the Irishman
7:00am Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura 7:50am Gunsmoke 8:50am Gunsmoke 9:50am Behold a Pale Horse 12:10pm All the Young Men 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Texican 5:40pm The Wrecking Crew 7:40pm Darby's Rangers 10:00pm True Romance 12:15am Hell on Wheels 1:15am Queen of the Damned 3:05am Conan 3:55am Conan
Biopic of Danny Greene, the Irish-American dockworker who engineers a corrupt rise to power.
4:30am Chappie Special
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The UK Budget. How Does It Affect You? George Osborne’s sixth Budget as the Coalition Chancellor was on 18th March 2015. We have summarised the changes that may affect expatriates, depending on your circumstances. There may be changes depending on who forms the government after the General Election on 7th May. Income tax The UK personal allowance remains available to both residents and non-residents, and will be £10,600 in 2015/2016, £10,800 in 2016/2017 and £11,000 in 2017/2018. The higher rate threshold is £31,785 in 2015/2016, increasing to £31,900 the following year and £32,300 in 2017/2018. The remittance basis charge for individuals resident in the UK for 12 out of the last 14 years will increase from £50,000 to £60,000, and a new charge of £90,000 will apply to those resident in the UK for 17 out of the last 20 years. A new Personal Savings Allowance
are likely to be taxable in your country of residence.
By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks of £1,000 will be introduced for basic rate taxpayers (£500 for higher rate taxpayers) from April 2016. From autumn 2015, it will be possible to extract funds from an ISA and replace them in the same year, instead of losing that portion of ISA allowance for the year. The investment limit for Premium Bonds will increase to £50,000 from 1st June 2015. If you are not resident in the UK, premium bond winnings and income from ISAs
Capital gains tax Non-residents are liable to UK capital gains tax on UK residential property from 6th April 2015 as previously announced. There is nothing new in the Budget, but although HM Revenue & Customs say that a property does not need to be valued as at that date, they do state that it is ‘sensible’ to do so. It will no longer be possible to elect that a property is your main home for UK tax purposes if you are not resident in that jurisdiction, unless you spend at least 90 days in it during that UK tax year. This could impact your residence position. Inheritance tax No change was announced to the nil rate band and it will remain £325,000 until 2017/2018. There will be a review regarding
using Deeds of Variation to avoid inheritance tax, and a future Finance Bill will introduce new rules to combat tax avoidance through the use of multiple trusts. The Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes will be extended to cover inheritance tax avoidance schemes. Pensions and annuities While it will be possible for individuals with certain pension schemes to take the full pension funds subject to their UK marginal tax rate, there will not be parity for QROPS schemes at the present time. This disparity is apparently ‘temporary.’ From 2016, individuals will be able to sell their annuities and pay only their marginal rate of income tax, instead of the current 55%. From 6th April 2016, the lifetime allowance for pension contributions will reduce from £1.25 million to £1 million and will thereafter be indexed to inflation.
This is just a summary, and more detail tends to emerge following the budget. It is important to seek specialist advice to clarify how you are affected, particularly when it comes to the interaction between UK and local Spanish taxation, and the tax planning opportunities available. Professional advice is even more important when it comes to UK pensions following the new pension freedom. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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BBC TWO 7:00am Flog it! Trade Secrets 7:30am City Beneath the Sea 9:00am The Gospel of John 10:00am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Easter Parade 12:40pm Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 1:10pm Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 1:40pm The Game Plan
FRIDAY TV
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CH4 8:35am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing
CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff - Easter Special 12:45pm The Hotel Inspector 1:40pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:45pm Home and Away 2:15pm Neighbours 2:50pm The Alamo
SKY 1 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Ashley Banjo Secret Street Crew 9:00am Football's Funniest Moments 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm The Simpsons
3pm 3:25pm Wogan: The Best of 4:10pm Are You Being Served? 4:40pm 'Allo, 'Allo! 5:10pm Hi-De-Hi!
3:25pm Judge Rinder 4:30pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:30pm Tipping Point
5:00pm Come Dine with Me
6:00pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Portillo's State Secrets 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Alex Polizzi: The Fixer Revisits
6:30pm The Chase 7:30pm ITV News London 7:40pm 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 8:30pm Unreported World 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm Party Election Broadcast by the Scottish National Party 7:35pm D-Day's Sunken Secrets
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm An Island Parish 9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Springwatch 11:00pm The Clare Balding Show 11:30pm Goodness Gracious Me: Reunion Special
9:00pm Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:15pm A Fish Called Wanda
9:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man
9:00pm Secrets of Great British Castles 10:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 11:00pm NCIS 11:55pm Valkyrie
9:00pm Relatively Clever 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Greatest Disney Songs
12:00am Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos 1:00am Anita and Me 2:30am Question Time 3:30am Nelson: In His Own Words 4:30am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
1:15am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the explosive US version of his popular talk show. 4:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am Troy 1:10am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:35am Jackie Brown 4:05am Fargo 5:00am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:50am Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 5:55am Secret Location
2:10am Super Casino 4:10am War Hero in My Family 5:00am The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Hawaii Five0 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Hawaii Five-0
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9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Bad Education 10:30pm Bad Education 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Bluestone 42 2:00am Killer Magic 2:30am Bad Education 3:00am Bad Education 3:30am I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 4:30am Russell Howard's Good News
8:00pm Messiah at the Foundling Hospital 9:00pm Darcey's Ballerina Heroines 10:00pm Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender - Director's Cut 11:25pm Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert 12:15am Mr Blue Sky 1:15am Jeff Lynne's ELO at Hyde Park 2:35am Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender - Director's Cut 4:05am Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert 4:50am This is BBC Four
9:25am People Do the Funniest Things 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:40pm Emmerdale 2:45pm Mr. Bean 3:20pm Mr. Bean 3:55pm Cats and Dogs 5:40pm Nanny McPhee 7:35pm The Mummy 10:00pm The Shawshank Redemption 12:50am Two and a Half Men 1:15am Two and a Half Men 1:45am Crazy Beaches
10:45am That's Carry on 12:40pm Carry on Screaming 2:35pm Carry on Again, Doctor 4:25pm Carry on Matron 6:15pm Carry on Henry
1:35pm Pawn Stars 2:00pm Pawn Stars 2:25pm Pawn Stars 2:55pm Storage Wars 3:25pm Storage Wars 3:50pm Storage Wars 4:25pm Storage Wars 4:50pm Storage Wars 5:20pm Nevada Smith 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Counting Cars 9:30pm Counting Cars 10:00pm Air America 12:15am John Barnes: Sports Life Stories
4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 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 Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Easy A 11:55pm The Big Bang Theory 12:25am The Big Bang Theory
Crime
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3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 4:45pm Flog It! 5:45pm Spring's Supermarket Secrets
In South Oxfordshire, the first host is exholiday rep and social worker Karina Stratford, who makes all her dishes look like sweet treats in honour of her hero Willy Wonka.
3:00pm The Alamo Star-studded saga of the 1836 defence of the Alamo, when a 187-strong garrison including William Travis and Jim Bowie fought to save Texas from Santa Anna's Mexican army for 13 days.
3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm The Simpsons 4:00pm Greatest Disney Songs 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 6:45pm Pointless 7:30pm BBC News 7:45pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm MasterChef 10:00pm Eurovision's Greatest Hits 11:30pm BBC News 11:50pm BBC London News
A countdown of the top ten songs in Disney history.
12am 12:00am Would I Lie to You? 12:30am The Football League Show 1:50am EastEnders Omnibus 3:45am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 3:50am BBC News
BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.
Historical hamming from the Carry On regulars.
8:05pm Carry on Jack 10:00pm Carry On Forever 11:00pm Carry on Cruising 12:50am Till Death Us Do Part 2:55am Judge Judy 3:20am Judge Judy 3:40am On the Buses 4:05am ITV3 Nightscreen
SKY MOVIES Action 9:40am After Earth 11:25am Bad Boys 1:25pm Bad Boys II 3:55pm Top Gun 5:50pm World War Z A United Nations worker battles to halt a zombie pandemic.
8:00pm Bad Boys 10:00pm Bad Boys II 12:30am Fast and Furious 7 Special 1:00am Top Gun At the US Navy's elite training centre, pilots compete to become the best.
2:55am World War Z A United Nations worker battles to halt a zombie pandemic.
Comedy 7:10am Despicable Me 2 Special 7:40am Doctor Dolittle 9:25am Doctor Dolittle 2 11:10am Saving Mr. Banks Special 11:40am The Nutty Professor 1:30pm The Golden Child 3:15pm The World's End Special 3:45pm Doctor Dolittle 5:25pm Doctor Dolittle 2 7:10pm The Nutty Professor 9:00pm The Golden Child 10:45pm Trading Places 12:45am Life 2:45am Eddie Murphy: Raw 4:25am Trading Places
7:00am The Fast and the Furious 9:00am Proof of Life 11:25am 25th Hour 1:45pm Fast and Furious 6 4:05pm The Fast and the Furious 6:05pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 8:05pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 10:00pm Fast and Furious 6 12:10am A Man Apart 2:10am The Last Boy Scout 4:05am Blow
8:30am Walking with Dinosaurs 10:10am Rio 2 Special 10:40am Mr. Peabody and Sherman 12:30pm Dumbo 1:50pm Despicable Me 2 3:40pm Shaun the Sheep Special A look at the making of the latest animated adventure from Aardman.
3:55pm Khumba 5:35pm Walking with Dinosaurs 7:15pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 9:00pm Despicable Me 2 10:50pm Khumba 12:30am Dumbo 1:50am The Reef 2: High Tide
Premiere
TCM
7:00am The Entitled 8:35am The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box 10:20am Jersey Boys
9:50am The Texican 11:30am The Wrecking Crew
The story of 1960s pop group The Four Seasons.
12:35pm Guardians of the Galaxy 2:40pm How to Train Your Dragon 2 4:25pm The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box 6:10pm Guardians of the Galaxy 8:15pm How to Train Your Dragon 2 10:00pm Jersey Boys The story of 1960s pop group The Four Seasons.
12:30am The Entitled
Secret agent Matt Helm must prevent a villain from stealing a billion-dollar gold shipment.
1:30pm Khartoum 3:55pm Ben-Hur 7:50pm Tootsie 10:00pm Out for a Kill 11:45pm The Foreigner 1:35am Hell on Wheels 2:30am The Foreigner 4:05am Conan 4:45am Conan 5:25am Container Wars
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BBC TWO 8:05am The Football League Show 9:25am The Sword in the Stone 10:40am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 11:10am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 11:40am Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments 12:10pm Nature of Britain 1:00pm A Taste of Britain 1:30pm Michel Roux's Service 2:30pm A to z of TV Cooking 2:35pm Talking Pictures
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CH4 8:05am King of Queens 8:30am King of Queens 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:35am Frasier 12:05pm Frasier 12:35pm The Big Bang Theory 1:05pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing
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6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 8:00am Cinderella Special 8:30am Furious Special 9:00am The Fantasy Football Club 10:00am Wild Things 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm The F1 Show 2:00pm Driving School of Mum and Dad 2:30pm Modern Family
3:05pm The Devil's Brigade 5:30pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door
3:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
3pm 3:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 4:00pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Final Score
3:20pm Wuthering Heights 5:00pm Kew on a Plate
4:30pm Off Their Rockers 5:00pm Big Star's Little Star
5:10pm Come Dine with Me
6:00pm Gardeners World 6:30pm Easter From Kings 7:45pm The Young Victoria
6:00pm Thunderbirds Are GO 7:00pm Local News and Weather
6:15pm The Simpsons 6:45pm The Simpsons 7:10pm The Simpsons 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm The Lakes: Walking Through History
6:30pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:20pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away - Final Demand 8:15pm Police Interceptors
7:30pm Disney's Easter Egg Hunt 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
In Royal Tunbridge Wells, yummy mummy Sharon Pickles starts the week by going back in time with a 1970s-inspired menu.
6pm 6:15pm The Rise of the Guardians 7:40pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm The Voice UK
All the very latest local news and weather.
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EAL characters are an endangered species. A close neighbour in the Suffolk village where we once lived, was Bob. He was eighty-ish (no one seemed to know his exact vintage), and was just one of a number of great characters, many of whom carried strange nicknames like Squibby Murkin, Waters Allcock and Shacker Wright. But in this case, Bob had remained just Bob. We lived at the top of a hill, and every Thursday he would get into his Ford Fiesta - a car which through necessity, was replaced with a new model every year - and drive off to the nearby village of Clare to do his weekly shopping. The banshee wail of the car’s gearbox could be heard around the village as he screamed down the hill in
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Real people an endangered species 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.
first gear, only slipping into a relieved second once he reached the bottom, often forgetting the clutch. On two occasions, having heard an almighty crash, we rushed out to find that Bob had either misjudged the distance or engaged reverse by mistake and driven the car through the back of his garage. Luckily, this was a timber framed structure. Bob, by all accounts, had been a bit of a lad in his day. One old lady in the village once confided in me with distaste, that when Bob was the village postman, it was not only letters that he would put through her letter box. She did not elaborate on this thankfully.
JUST BOB: Keeping character alive and well in a Suffolk village. He put in a few hours gardening every week at a large house that was owned by a young couple, and the attractive wife would often make soup for lunch and invite Bob to join her. One day it seems, he put
down his spoon, leant across the table and fixing the lady with a leer announced: “It still works, y’know.” Luckily she thought it was hilarious and the story circulated like wild fire. We were owned by two
Siamese cats at that time and during the summer, Bob would eat his Sunday lunch from a little fold-up table outside his back door. Doc, one of our felines (his full name was Livingston, but with three syllables it was too much for him to cope with and he only answered to plain Doc) turned up in our garden purring loudly through teeth that were clamped determinedly around half a cooked chicken. Bob had apparently gone inside to get condiments, and Doc had seized the moment, along with the chicken. When I approached Bob to grass up our moggy, he simply shrugged and said: “I alwuz give him haalf me dinner, soo now he’s had two wiks all in one, hain’t ‘e.” We had wondered why Doc had been steadily gaining weight.
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AS the phenomena of male emasculation produced generations of young people unlikely to cope in an environment that the older generation thrived in? I wonder, do I reflect the views of those who, like me, were born in the 1940s and 1950s. Whilst men and women are equal we are wired differently. Men are programmed to teach younger men to survive by example, accept challenge even when it hurts, to defend by aggression if need be, to survive through self-sufficiency. The woman’s role is complementary. The harmony created by the piano’s black and white keys works well, but chaos reigns when the difference becomes blurred. Women, to some extent, replaced men when change in society led to easy divorce and the impotence of the father figure. As a consequence woman’s natural protec-
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The betrayed generations Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
tiveness and the absence of alpha male guidance has left generations vulnerable. The young may find it difficult to cope if a collapsed economy or civil unrest leads to a situation in which the old skills and disciplines are essential to survival. It does happen; we could all go the way of Greece or Ukraine. Millions did live reasonably contentedly in the USSR. When change brought about economic collapse unimaginable hardship became their lot almost overnight. Many, according to recent polls, prefer the old certainties of Soviet life.
Doesn’t say much for the EU does it? Immigrants come for handouts, not hand-ups. Those born after the war were expected to team work with families. We lit fires, helped to cook, grew and caught food, fixed our own bikes, made our own fun, got into scrapes. We delivered groceries and
newspapers. I was 10years old when my brother and I helped Welsh foresters drop trees. It was a rite of passage. Selfsufficiency was the mainstay of independence. We lived meagrely and experienced real hardship. The food we ate had its feet or roots on. Boys were inspired by truly great
men; warriors, philanthropists, great civil engineers, adventurers, writers. We too had sports icons but they were rare because they truly were exceptional. We started work, which was often tough, within days of leaving school at the age of 15. Many of my classmates went on the
DIFFERENT TIMES: We started work at age 15.
building sites or into the armed forces. At 16, young sailors like me, when the situation demanded it, hauled baulks of heavy timber from 4am to midnight in frozen seas. Conditions set the clocks, sleep and rest came secondary. Within days of slipping the bowline, we had no idea where our destination was to be; Japan, Australia, East Africa. If you are young don’t shudder. Our lives were rich by comparison to young people’s lives today. I am glad for the comforts taken for granted by those filling dead men’s boots. I do hope that the lives of the following generations continue without there ever being the necessity for their acquiring lost skills or paying the price for their not doing so.
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Feria de Sevilla means April is here! THE month of April heralds the start of many exciting and colourful festivals throughout Spain. Normally accompanied by warm, sunny, but not too hot, weather. In Sevilla, they have the largest horse fair in the country. The city of Sevilla during the April fair is fabulous. It simply oozes with life. Everywhere you go, pretty Señoritas, dressed in a fabulous array of multi-coloured, traditional Flamenco dresses glide gracefully through the streets as they make their way to the huge area which has been set up to accommodate this magnificent fair. On arrival a myriad of large brightly coloured marquee tents are already emitting the powerful sounds of Flamenco music. Driven on by the strong, guttural voices, and the throbbing of Spanish guitars, dancers whirl through the dramatic ‘pasos’ of the energetic and dramatic flamenco dances. On sand covered streets thousand of horses and carriages
HORSE FAIR: Sevilla hosts the largest one in the country.
MULTI-COLOURED: Everywhere the sight of Flamenco dresses.
wind their way between the rows of tents. Here there is every size and combination of both horses and carriages that you could possibly imagine. Magnificent, sleek dark horses, pulling grand, smart carriages containing whole families of smiling, well dressed locals. Alongside this, a mule pulling a tiny old farm carriage. Behind them young men with grey costumes and wide brimmed hats, skilfully steering their well-bred stallions through the crowds, carrying behind
park, which leads into the fountain filled, beautifully tiled, Plaza España. Here you can even hire your own carriage ride round the city. Along the banks of the lovely river Guadalquivir, round by the magnificent cathedral with its famous ‘Giralda tower,’ through the narrow cobbled streets of the old Santa Cruz district, past the town hall, which was previously a prison where the famous author of Don Quijote, Miguel Cervantes was once incarcerated.
them their pretty colourfully dressed partners, who elegantly sit side saddle with their arm loosely hooked round the rider’s waist. The procession of horses and carriages goes off in all directions for as far as the eye can see. You simply could not fail to be swallowed up in the exhilarating, noisy, colourful and totally absorbing atmosphere of the wonderful ‘Feria de Sevilla.’ Not far away a quieter moment can be had amongst the cool, green foliage of the Maria Louisa
You can enjoy all off this and more on a four-day excursion offered by David’s Coachtrips. The price of only 209€ includes coach transfers and half board in a delightful 4* hotel which sits in its own grounds and provides a comfortable, peaceful location from which to explore Sevilla during the ‘Feria’ both by day and by night Reservations can be made by phone on (0034) 966 785 910 or online at www.coachtripsonline.com
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OPINION & COMMENT
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2 - 8 April 2015 / Costa Blanca South
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Happy days are here again… FIGURES from the National Statistics Institute show there is an increase in tourism with a 1.4 per cent rise in hotel overnight stays in comparison to last year. Do you agree that we are at last in an economic recovery? Are you optimistic that 2015 will see the good times return? EVERYONE we asked looked on the coming holiday season with a great deal of optimism as they have seen the signs of a positive future. Heike of The House Specialist Real Estate in Torre del Mar commented: “I can see some movement this year within business in the area. People have come to visit early this year and many are staying over the Easter period; in other years I have noticed that they have come later in the year. Many of the Spanish
STREET TALK people have a second holiday home here though. At our office we are seeing a demand for houses, which is good, although people are still looking for a bargain. I believe things are on the upturn this year.” Gemma Broad at Telitec Communications SL (Alicante) said: “We are definitely in recovery. Telitec has a wide lens on the Costa Blanca community as a whole, with access to premises across a number of
ROSY: Telitec’s Gemma Broad’s outlook for 2015.
industries. Business is brisk and property is selling again, always a good indicator of economic trends. It has been a long time coming but, yes, 2015 is looking rosy.” Joaquin Garcia Infantes manager of Le Papillon in Marbella (Malaga) was also upbeat. “Having many years behind me in the restaurant business I can definitely feel by the environment that people are very positive this year. I hear and pick up on what the general feeling is of the clients around me, and I believe it is very good. I am now well into my third year at Le Papillon and things are now evolving into how it was when the economy was good. Sterling will go further, which will enable people to enjoy more here. So,
UPBEAT: Joaquin Garcia Infantes from Le Papillon.
yes, I am optimistic about this year,” he commented. In Almeria, Orinta and Richard, owners of Bar Trabalon, said: “We can always tell by our Easter trade if there is an upturn in business as it can be quite difficult to judge before that time in our area. I do think that people may visit Spain more this year, though, as the exchange rate Sterling to Euro is better, so let’s hope that it helps. As a family business we will be ready for the good times.”
HOUSING DEMAND GOOD: Heike of The House Specialist Real Estate has seen movement in the business sector and believes things are on the upturn this year.
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All the answers begin with either CAN or DO 1. In surgery, what name is given to a thin tube inserted into a vein or body cavity to administer medication, drain off fluid, or insert a surgical instrument? 2. What is the name given to the practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power? 3. What name is given to a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall? 4. What name is often given to a widow holding property received from her deceased husband? 5. What was the name of the king of Denmark and Norway, who forced Edmund II to divide England with him and, on the death of Edmund II, became king of all England? 6. Which city is the state capital of Delaware? 7. Which resort on the Mediterranean coast of France holds a famous annual international film festival?
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Across 3 Beat a runner (7) 7 A fraction that is separate (5) 8 Beats up some supporters (5) 9 Example of epic men’s make-up (8) 10 Europeans wandering the Andes (5) 13 Almost grasped the snake (3) 15 Seaman after an Arts degree gets igneous rock instead (6) 16 Alters odd warnings (6) 17 Agenda contains the result (3) 19 Savage beast thumps it’s way to victory (5) 23 Drank demon ale in confusion and found out it was non alcoholic (8) 24 Boxed disc about a period (5) 25 Leg that is broken, Sire (5) 26 Write about air on a planet (7) Down 1 Agree about Earnest (5) 2 Many keen to see a Biblical hero (5) 3 Point to the lock showing strain (6) 4 Dapper monarch is changed and
Across 3 Replies to (7) 7 Turns around (5) 8 Tender and brittle (5) 9 Elegant and easy (8) 10 Christian holy book (5) 13 Writing implement (3) 15 Yellow fruit (6) 16 Harmonised (6) 17 Tie-on label (3) 19 Cooked in an oven (5) 23 Arrange (8) 24 Prepared to fire (5) 25 Paces (5) 26 Causes (7)
ready (8) 5 Plea for North-East to back an agreement (8) 6 Job makes request after first sign of trouble (4) 11 Buckingham Palace ratepayer takes in hack (8) 12 Try out wine with most flavour (8)
13 Had tea out (3) 14 Fill out a notebook (3) 18 Provoke with sharp point (6) 20 Fawn or cattle next to Her Majesty (5) 21 Skip gym in car (5) 22 Put up with large animal (4)
Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 6 represents X and 10 represents B, so fill in X every time the figure 6 appears and B every time the figure 10 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Shaman, 4 Batter, 9 Trade, 10 Abreast, 11 Slap, 12 Repartee, 13 Dated, 15 Geese, 18 Respects, 21 Mail, 24 Agitate, 25 Alike, 26 Seller, 27 Tennis. Down: 1 Sites, 2 Alabama, 3 Abel, 5 Air base, 6 Toast, 7 Rotten, 8 Kale, 12 Red, 14 Elevate, 15 Gas, 16 Station, 17 Dreads, 19 Still, 20 Tees, 22 Leeds, 23 Rage. QUICK Across: 1 Sharp, 5 Head, 8 Rests, 9 Soldier, 10 Portion, 11 Beds, 12 Tap, 14 Ball, 15 Rage, 18 Yes, 21 Adds, 23 Cottage, 25 Examine, 26 Cruel, 27 Care, 28 Solid. Down: 1 Scrape, 2 Austria, 3 Possibly, 4 Absent, 5 Half, 6 Arise, 7 Brass, 13 Protects, 16 Gradual, 17 Camel, 19 Scream, 20 Healed, 22 Drama, 24 Life.
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English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Handball (9) 8 Warning (advance notice) (5) 9 Más nuevo (5) 11 Route (4) 12 Weight (4) 14 Broken (4) 16 Mentiras (4) 19 Carreteras (5) 21 Onza (5) 22 Forward (in position) (9) Down 2 Goodbye (5) 3 Smell (odour) (4) 4 Menta (4) 5 Ahora (en este momento) (3) 6 Lamp (7) 7 Ranuras (7) 10 Oreja (3) 13 Viejo (de mucha edad) (3) 15 Dueño (de casa, coche, perro) (5) 17 Island (4) 18 Blando (madera, droga, agua) (4) 20 Edad (de persona, animal, árbol) (3)
Hexagram 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 (BELLOW) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Casas, 4 Plata, 7 Oca, 8 Cliente, 9 Seed, 10 Faster, 14 Tatuaje, 16 And, 17 Peace, 18 Above.
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Funagram Unscramble the title of a popular American sitcom (four words): EATEN BY BRIGHT HOG FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: JEREMY GUSCOTT, THE BIG BANG THEORY
Unscramble the name of a famous former England rugby union international: REJECTS TOY MUG
Down 1 Occurring in ordinary use (5) 2 Seizes with the teeth (5) 3 Suppose to be the case (6) 4 Experienced soldiers (8) 5 Determined (8) 6 Canines (4) 11 Periodical publication (8) 12 Headless, unconcerned (8) 13 Touch or squeeze fondly (3) 14 Bother persistently with trivial complaints (3)
1 Fourth, 2 Silver, 3 Borrow, 4 Welled, 5 Unsure, 6 Mother, 7 Linger, 8 Muster, 9 Insert, 10 Gutter, 11 Secure, 12 Enters, 13 Cleats, 14 Finely, 15 Seared, 16 Billed, 17 Steeds, 18 Barely, 19 Seated
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One man’s weed... IN reply to a reader’s question about the yellow clover-like flower, it is from the oxalis family. Although some class it as a weed over here in Spain, in the UK it is very rare. Ann White, Pueblo Mijitas (Malaga)
First thoughts DELUSIONAL! That’s the nicest word I can come up with to describe Teejay, the self confessed Cliff Richard fan. Anything else is unprintable in a family newspaper. He appears to think that because Cliff appeared to be honourable and decent when he met him, then he must be honourable and decent at all times. I’m not making any remarks or accusations for or against Cliff Richard. I will say, though, that I once met Jimmy Savile. Well ‘met’ might be a bit much: he was on one of his charity runs and he passed me and my five daughters and waved generously in our direction. He appeared most honourable and decent at the time. Keith Hallam, Lake Viñuela (Malaga)
Finger-pointing I TOTALLY agree with Nora Johnson’s spot-on article about Cliff Richard. Whatever the final outcome of this case, his name should not be disclosed unless he is found guilty. And if found innocent then the accusers should be named. The way it’s being conducted is all wrong. Susan Green (via the Euro Weekly News website)
The bank job ON Thursday March 19 I went to an ATM to withdraw cash. The message said there had been a technical error and I did not get the money. I needed to have said money so
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went to another ATM and to my horror I was told to contact my branch. I duly returned home and was informed that the money had been taken from my account. When I explained that I had not received the money, my branch (which is in the UK) told me that it should be returned to me overnight. By the next morning no money had been paid back so I went to the bank. Now if you would like to be treated like a complete idiot, spoken down to as though you were a child, insulted and generally sneered-at, this is the place to visit. I have never in all my life been treated as badly. Then in the rudest way possible I was told that it would take 10 working days for the money to be refunded. After a few phone calls, which of course cost a fortune, I have got nowhere. I am sure that the ATM is faulty. This was not the first time that the bank behaved in this way as two weeks previously the ATM ate my card and it cost me the same kind of treatment from the staff to retrieve it. William Bull, Vera Playa (Almeria)
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IT’S time for a break from chocolate-box photographs and there’s nothing pretty about this nasturtium’s struggle to survive! Tom Lepage (by email) man like Mike Walsh can be so blind to the obviously neoimperialist machinations of Vladimir Putin? After his article last week we know it is not his fault: it seems he had been brought up by his family to admire Russia and the Soviet Union. There is no doubt these days that in the Thirties, Stalin deliberately starved many millions of Ukrainians. Had he not done so perhaps there would not be so many Russian-speakers in Eastern Ukraine (once home of the Ukrainian Cossacks of Don), who now want to secede and join Russia and which appears reasonable to Mr Walsh. In 1938 Germany invaded and annexed Czechoslovakian Sudetenland because Germanspeakers there wanted to join the Third Reich. So was Hitler justified, Mr Walsh? One wonders who will be next. The Baltic states? After all, Latvia’s population now has 40 per cent of Russian speakers (peeved at having to learn Latvian) due to 40 years of Russian occupation and settlement. Estonia is not too different,
while Lithuania wilfully resists granting Russia’s demands for a corridor across its territory to link up with the annexed Kaliningrad region on the Baltic. All ‘valid reasons’ for future annexations. Not very likely? Ask the Crimean Tartars. R.Dworakowski, Torremolinos (Malaga)
Answers to property queries I’M a property owner from the UK and fly to Benalmadena quite regularly for holidays in my apartment. The first thing I do on arrival is seek a copy of the Euro Weekly News , where I can pick up some hints, tips and news about the Costa del Sol. I would like to see more sections in your newspaper dedicated to UK owners who have property here, as the different rules and laws can be quite complicated in Spain. I compliment you on a great
I HAVE just taken the advice of June Baker-Howard printed in an earlier edition on how to renew my EHIC card. I called the number she gave and was passed around to three different departments and was finally connected with the correct office. They told me I would have to fill in a form which would be sent to me to fill in and return to them before I could receive my new card. Ms Baker-Howard said you would not have to fill in a form but this is not correct. You can call the number she gave but be sure you press option three if they give you options. I did not get these when I called, so I advise you try another number which I think is on correspondence from Newcastle. Len Atkinson, Benichembla (Valencia)
Don’t be fooled THE Microsoft impostors are up to their tricks again. I have written to Your Say in the past about them and a recent spate of calls from then prompts me to warn readers once more. It’s easy to be taken in when a succession of engaging young men speaking heavilyaccented English address you by your name and proclaim that they hope you are well. Each time I tell them in a stern voice that they aren’ t from Microsoft, that they are after my money and I’m not going to give them any. They hang up straight away. Times are hard, so I suppose that accounts for these ingenious ways of parting us from our money. T Freeman (by email)
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CATS are born pleasure seekers, and they will inevitably locate the most comfortable places around your home to spend their quality time. Of course, a comfortable cat is a happy cat, and a happy cat is one who doesn’t mark, shred, or otherwise engage in destructive behaviour around the house. So it’s not a bad idea to expand your pet’s comfort zone by selecting the right supplies and equipment. Cats are playful, and providing a variety of toys will satisfy this natural need to play. Fishing-pole-style toys give a great overall workout by promoting jumping and leaping, while
COMFY CATS: Will find the best places to spend quality time. wind-up or mechanical toys provide mental and physical stimulation (although some find these scary). Plain old fashioned balls encourage running and chasing, and never forget the ol’ reliable milk jug plastic twistie! And don’t forget, like kids, cats get bored with the same old thing, so rotate toys when they lose interest in old ones. Of course, mealtimes are a highlight of the cat’s day, so providing nutritional food they like will keep them active, healthy and
delighted with dinner. While many successfully feed their cats only one type of food, variety prevents boredom and helps convert to a special diet if a health condition (such as diabetes or kidney problems) develops. If your cat has dental disease, they’ll appreciate canned food, which is easier to chew than dry. Always feed a high-quality diet (such as Iams or Science Diet) appropriate for your cat’s life stage and health. You may not know it, but your cat may be influ-
Warning of danger to sperm whales TURSIOPS Association investigators have warned of the presence of wounded sperm whales and their offspring in waters near the Balearic Islands which they suspect have been hit by boats. The whales were spotted during a recent Estemar I scientific campaign aimed at estimating the whale population near the islands. Scientists located a number of Physeter Macrocephalus sperm whales, a species the International Union for the Conservation of Nature classifies as in danger of extinction in the Mediter-
ranean, in the Mallorca Channel by following the sounds they emit to feed and communicate. One of the whales photographed, a female with a baby beside her, bore a number of scars and wounds to the head and back. Campaign director Txema Brotons explained that the fact that females appear to be more in danger of being hit by boats as there are more present in boating channels endangers the breeding capacity of the species, which could seriously affect the eco-system.
enced by their dish as well as dinner. Bowls should be big enough for them to eat without squashing whiskers. If your cat has feline acne (black crusty patches on the chin) stay away from plastic bowls, as they tend to retain oils and can make the condition worse. Research has also shown that cats often prefer to drink water away from their food, so choose separate food and water bowls and place the water dish in a different location adjacent to the food to encourage drinking.
SPERM WHALES: May have been hit by boats.
Elsa loves her sunny spot on the balcony By Lamia Walker of HouseSitMatch NESTLED away in Competa, a village high up in the hills, a cat called Elsa has been feeling rather delicate of late, and not really able to oversee the young’uns. Her owner has 10 cats and one dog. Some of the cats are on medication and need careful feeding. They live in a sunny house with a garden, balcony and stunning views. After retirement in England Sonny, Elsa’s owner, decided to live somewhere quite different to her former home in Surrey, England. She settled in Competa, a place she had enjoyed on many holidays. Within weeks they were living like locals in relaxed and beautiful surroundings. Sonny began to rescue abandoned kittens she found starving in the streets. She and Elsa would nurse them back
to health, and find new homes for them when they were ready. Before they knew it there were 10 cats to feed, water and keep in good health until a kind home could be found. This summer Sonny returns to England to greet her first grandchild. She’ll be gone for eight weeks. Who’ll care for her fur family? A cattery is not viable, certainly not in Competa! Her solution to this pet challenge was online, to find experienced cat sitters who care for your pets at no cost in exchange for free accommodation. It’s a collaboration. Download your Free Easy Guide to Housesitting from here www.bit.ly/eurown001 To find a petsitter visit www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508.
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26th March EACH week seems to come around quicker, which is a good thing. I have had a mixed week again but I won’t tire you with my parental struggles. I am putting it down to having a teenager and another child
who is extremely mature in some ways, but yet just a girl and far more complex. I was brought up to get on with things and not to complain about the hand life has dealt you. If you can’t change it, get your head down and get on with things and if you don’t like it and can change it... well do something about it but don’t expect the rest of the world to sort your life out. I thank my parents for the way they brought me up. They were and are loving, kind, constant and always interested in me and my progress. They tirelessly put all their
effort into bringing me and my sister up to be the best that we could be and to treat others as we would wish to be treated. Well I consider myself a good mother but I don’t think I come close to my
“As far as I am concerned, I do not have cancer” parents. I owe them so much. The values and the strength that they instilled in me have enabled me to face
life and my cancer without fear. People are constantly trying to reassure me that it is more than likely that I won’t die as a result of cancer and if I do, I have a good few years yet. I know their intention is to give me ‘hope’ but honestly I am positive I will not die as a result of cancer. I have two more chemotherapy sessions to go and the overriding emotion that wells within me is one of happiness. As far as I am concerned, I do not have cancer. The treatments are merely to ensure there are no rogue cells bouncing around my body. Soon I will
move onto radiotherapy, which will be a localised zapping of the area from where the tumours were removed. Once the summer is out I will then be able to start rehabilitation on my right arm and then move on to periodic checks. I can look forward to having hair, eyebrows and eyelashes again. Hopefully they will have grown back by then. I will feel stronger and will be able to start to set realistic goals for myself in terms of my career and personal life. I would like to do something charitable in the name of cancer. What that might be I don’t know yet. I have time to contemplate it.
Does fear of being judged stop you from working out? MISSED the gym today? Avoided jogging in the street? What is your excuse? A report says that millions of women are simply avoiding exercise for fear of being judged and laughed at. The report by British MPs on the Commons’ Health Select Committee also highlights how girls as young as 10 avoid PE classes at school because they worry about their body image. The committee, which is also investigating obesity, spoke to experts and women who also said that some have IN PRIVATE: Women worry about body image.
taken to running on treadmills in the shed or garden to avoid being seen. Figures show that just over two thirds of women, 68 per cent, do not take the recommended level of exercise of two and a half hours over the course of a week, higher than the 56 per cent of men who do not do the recommended weekly amount. Experts have warned that a lack of exercise is as harmful as tobacco and contributes to up to one in six deaths in the UK.
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Smokers’ children more likely to develop heart disease CHILDREN of smokers may be up to four times more likely to develop heart disease later in life. According to Finnish experts, dangers still exist even if smokers try and limit their child’s exposure to secondhand smoke. The findings confirm previous research that linked tobacco smoke and toxins with a lasting effect on children’s cardiovascular health. Finnish children were
measured for their exposure to passive smoking and whether their blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood to the head, brain and face, had become narrowed or blocked due to plaque build-up of fatty deposits in adulthood. The studies started in 1980 and 1983, with blood samples taken from children. In 2001 and 2007, ultrasound readings of their arteries were taken.
Finally last year, the researchers measured the participants’ childhood blood cotinine levels from samples collected and frozen in 1980. Cotinine is a bio-marker of passive smoke exposure and the researchers found that 84 per cent of children from households where neither parent smoked had nondetectable cotinine levels in their samples. However, only 62 per cent of children from
DANGER: Link confirmed between smoking and children’s cardiovascular health.
households where one parent smoked and 43 per cent of children from households where both parents smoked, had blood samples with non-detectable cotinine levels. Meanwhile, leading professor in family medicine, Adam Goldstein, said smoke exposure is as abusive as leaving children unattended in a hot car, or drink driving.
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Fertility company brings hope to women AN American fertility company is claiming it can turn back the clock for women who want children. The firm in Massachusetts uses a technique that involves rejuvenating an egg’s mitochondria, which are the tiny structures that create energy to run a cell. By rejuvenating these energy cells, it can help turn back the biological clock for women and aid in fertilisation. Studies suggest that 23-33 is the ideal time to conceive, as a healthy woman is still at her most fertile and may be more psychologically prepared to have a baby. Fertility begins to diminish slowly from the age of 25 as a woman’s eggs decrease. The treatment is not available in the US as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t approved the method but it is, however, available in some in-vitro fertilisation clinics in Canada, the UK, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
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Punjabi Palace birthday celebrations PUNJABI PALACE La Marquesa, Quesada, is celebrating its first anniversary To mark the first birthday of the third restaurant
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bration and choose any starter, any main course with rice, chips or naan bread and a coffee or ice cream along with unlimited draught beer, house wine and soft drinks. Children’s tickets are €15. Joining in the celebrations is a DJ and Bollywood dancers. In just a year, the newest edition to Punjabi Palace’s successful restaurant chain has firmly rooted itself as one of the most popular in La Marquesa. Overlooking the golf course, it is ideally situated for their many customers who regularly travel from Quesada, Rojales and La Marina. Joining Los Montesinos and La Murada, it follows the same modern style offering clean, crisp, sophisticated dining with a splash of colour and art work and has stunning views from the terrace. Whichever of the three
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A WEEK of rain has provided the chance to clear accumulated cuttings and notes from the desk. I have rediscovered the following snippets of information that could be of interest to readers. 1. The proposed EU seed regulation that was to restrict the free of charge exchange of non-officially registered flower, fruit and vegetable seeds has been withdrawn after negative responses by gardening organisations. This would have made it difficult to obtain heritage seeds that had never been seriously commercialised by the agricultural and horticultural industries. 2. Ensure that you have sheltered places for enjoying the winter sun as it has
Join the walkers IF it’s sunny and you would like a not too strenuous but interesting walk in the picturesque Drova-Barx Valley on Saturday April 4, while talking about the history of the area and gardening problems, I would be happy for you to join my Costa Blanca Mountain Walkers trek. It will depart from the town hall car park in the village of Barx, 14 kilometres inland from Gandia at 10am. This is planned as a four-hour walk and it is probable that some walkers will lunch at a local bar after the walk or you can picnic in the valley. been recently determined that many people are seriously undernourished in Vitamin D. The magazine WDDTY suggests that regular short sunbathes without suntan lotion appear to be the best way of regularly topping up Vitamin D reserves. 3. A recent press statement suggested that since some sectors of the agricultural industry in Spain make a profit, EU grant aided support to Spain will be reduced. This could lead
to a further contraction in the availability of a diversity of freshly harvested ecologically produced vegetables and herbs to the general public. So the message continues to be ‘grow your own.’ I hope that some of this up to date information is of use to you. Also that your garden is both colourful and productive for what I hope is a sunny Easter. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com April 2015
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The solar panel that works at night and when it’s raining! SOLAR IN SPAIN is launching the latest solar energy technology, the Solmate Thermodyn, a solar panel that works 24 hours a day regardless of the weather AND it doesn’t have to be installed on your roof. It can be placed on a balcony, on a wall or even inside a carport! Now solar energy is a viable option for apartments with no roof space! The Thermodyn will be launched at Solar in Spain’s next Introduction to Solar Energy seminar which will take place on Thursday April 9 at the Inn on the Green Bowling club in Javea. In addition, there will be information available on how to generate your own electricity and use that electricity to lower your electricity bills. Presentations will be made about the various applications for renewable energy and Solar in Spain staff will be on hand to answer all your questions regarding solar electricity, solar pool heating, solar water heating, solar
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HISTORIC CITY: Cadiz is a windsurfing hotspot.
Remote beach escapes SPAIN may well be one of Europe and the world’s tourism hotspots, but it’s still possible to find a property on the coast in a lovely, little developed area. Here at Euro Weekly News we decided to investigate and see what we could find and for how much. It might be a little beyond the budget of many buyers at €2.4 million but we found a beautifully located four bedroom chalet on the beach near the fashionable historic city and windsurfing hotspot of Cadiz. Located on the beach front with 1,600 square metres of land, an infinity pool, bright lounge overlooking the sea and spectacular sunset views, this would
appear to be lovely spot. On Mallorca’s north west coast is the attractive little town of Puerto Pollensa, overlooking a rugged wooded peninsula and the crystal clear waters of the Bahia de Pollensa. A thee bedroom ground floor flat with Mediterranean views is available here for €525,000. Located in a new development with a communal pool and air conditioning it faces a lovely white sand beach and is sheltered from strong winds from the north by the hills of Sierra de Tramuntana. To find your perfect beachside getaway call one of the agencies that advertise in these pages and find your dream home.
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New mortgage stats show year on year improvements PROPERTY sales in Spain are once again on the up if the latest statistics for mortgages are anything to go by. A new report on mortgages from the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) gave a total of 20,913 new mortgages taken out on homes in January this year, a 20 per cent increase on figures from January 2014. The average amount borrowed was given by the institute as â‚Ź118,397 and the average time the money was borrowed for was 21 years. The areas of the country that led for new
NEW REPORT: A 20 per cent rise from January 2014. mortgages taken out were Andalucia with 3,793, CataluĂąa with 3,665 and Madrid with 3,148. The average initial interest rate was given at 3.29 per cent, 20.6 per
cent lower than for January 2014, and 94 per cent of all new mortgages used variable interest rates with Euribor being the reference value in 89.4 per cent of these cases.
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Castles in the sky PROPERTY comes in many different shapes and sizes. People’s tastes vary from city apartments to barges on a canal. But whatever your taste, if you are looking for something different it can be found in Spain! Tree houses have come a long way from when we were children. Long gone are the days when a cardboard box would be wedged between the branches to make your castle. Today’s tree houses are not only viable properties in their own right, they can also be castles in the sky. If we look at some of the magnificent creations from the British Design company, Blue Forest for example, we start to change our perceptions. The Fibonacci Tree House was built in Spain, and follows the design geometry of nature’s Fibonacci Spiral. The tree house provides a natural hideaway within the rela-
TREE HOUSES: Have come a long way. tive cool of the woodland. Fitted with a modern kitchenette, complete with a drinks fridge and wine cooler, this is not so much a tree house; but art in the air. The Tarifa eco-lodge, consists of a collection of three eco-lodges located in the hills of Andalucía. Highly insulated to withstand the harsh environment, the buildings are equipped with the latest in solar energy and water heating solutions as well as composting toilets and a
water catchment and purification system. Despite the traditional stereotype, tree houses are not just for children! Tree house construction has come a long way, and with ever-growing trends toward eco-friendly building, and quality affordable alternatives, tree houses, or rather, ‘elevated villas’ look to be taking the world by storm. The UK tree house industry is leading the way in this new luxury trend. To see more ideas, visit www.blueforest.com.
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Try living the ‘White Town’ dream IT has long been a dream of expats wanting to move to Southern Spain and set up in one of the region’s iconic white villages, even more so since Chris Stewart, former drummer of Genesis wrote Driving over Lemons and made the enterprise fashionable. With property and the Spanish economy seemingly on the rise in 2015, Euro weekly News wondered whether this was still a good time to buy a property in the white villages and their countryside surrounds. We also decided to look at a range of charismatic white villages which could provide new homes for house hunters. Tolox, Malaga On a little visited route up into the beautiful foothills of the Sierra de La Nieves is the small white village of Tolox, Malaga. Dense verdant flower filled valleys and crystal clear streams give this area a remarkable quality, with wild ibex grazing on the higher meadows and vultures soaring
ICONIC WHITE VILLAGES: Could provide new homes for house hunters. around rugged peaks. Fi n c a s h e r e i n t h i s a r e a have yet to attract the attention of buyers on the Costa del Sol and we found a Finca, with a large plot of private land and good road access fo r 8 5 , 0 0 0 euros through http://www.simplyandalucia. com.
Turon, Costa Tropical The Alpujarras remote villages present a dryer, altogether more rugged landscape, but that’s not to say that the white villages, small country houses and properties here are any less attractive and enigmatic. The Costa Tropical’s beautiful town of Turon has a friendly, undeveloped feel and a
beautiful church and historic centre. About 5 kilometres from Turon http://www.thinkspain.com has a typical south facing country house, newly built with a kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom. The room has six hectares of land and electricity from solar cells. The price is currently 65,000 euros.
Jimena de la Frontera It may not be entirely white but we found a nicely located three bedroom finca close to both Jimena de la Frontera and only 20 minutes drive from the coast. It’s a lovely piece of productive land, covering over 3,000 square metres of land, 900 orange trees and 400 avocado trees. A fenced property with a porch, this house is more expensive at 1.5 million euros through http://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property. Jimenez de la Frontera is a town which can trace it’s history back to Moorish times, with an ancient castle built during the 14th-15th centuries and dominating the town visually and as a tourisim site. For nature lovers the Los Alcornocales natural park is close by. The natural park offers adventures in one of largest areas of cork forest in Spain and a wide range of wildlife survives in this well watered range of hills.
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Gogo Estates for a full and professional service to find the right home for you GOGO ESTATES has been established since 2001 in Aguilas, Murcia, solving property problems and finding the right home for those wanting to be based in Murcia and across the Costa Calida. Owner Ronald Goosen has been selling and renting properties in Spain since 1991 before setting up Gogo Estates and Aguilas was the obvious choice for him having spent many a childhood summer in the town at his family’s holiday home. Studying hotel tourism in Holland, it was maybe only a matter of time before he made the permanent move to make Spain his home. Ronald’s clients in Aguilas were 80 per cent Spanish, with the area being relatively unknown for expats and so naturally Gogo Estates expanded further north to the
GOGO ESTATES: Have opened a new office in Cabo Roig. Costa Blanca. Ronald said: “Many of our clients know the Costa Blanca, they have friends and family with homes in the area and so want to be near to them and near to a lot of amenities.” Serving the Costa Blanca for the last three years and now in their new offices in Cabo Roig,
as well as their established office in Aguilas and one on the Costa del Sol also, Gogo Estates offer one of the largest areas of coverage for house hunters in Spain: “We literally cover the whole coast of Spain, so we are confident of being able to find the right property at the right price for clients.”
The company extensively markets their properties, meaning sellers are getting the best exposure for their home. The company attends around four property exhibitions each year, mainly in Belgium and Holland, to attract international buyers as they welcome them on inspection trips. Their practice clearly works as last year 40-50 properties were sold and contracts exchanged. A full service is offered with Gogo Estates able to introduce clients to recommended and reputed solicitors who speak their language and they try and aid clients every step of the way. With your property purchased, home owners are able to leave the property in the safe hands of the Gogo Estates team who provide a property management pack equating to just €1 a day: “They can call us
any time and we will check the property, arrange for maintenance and works.” A new specially designed rental service for customers that have bought through Gogo Estates is also due to be launched. Ronald is also an official Sabadell agent for bank repossessions working directly with Sabadell and not through agents, so cheaper properties are also available. For more information visit the team in Edifico El Faro, Local 12, Cabo Roig strip. The office is open Monday to Friday from 10am-7pm and by appointment only Saturday and Sunday. Gogo Estates Cabo Roig and Aguilas Tel: 966 845 670 (Cabo Roig) or 968 414 459 (Aguilas) www.gogoestates.com Email: infocostablanca@gogoestates.com
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Sally Trotman Based in Mallorca, Sally Trotman is a qualified Counsellor who works with Astrology, Numerology and the Tarot. Each month she will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid increased self awareness.
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NEW MONTH: Sends a message to think about what needs are the most important to you. to eat chocolate. Once you start looking at the difference between your wants and needs you will become instantly clear about what is important to you. Until April 20, the sun is ruled by the fiery sign of Aries. Under the influence of this sign you will feel more coura-
geous, confident and energised. Make bold steps forward and your willingness to try new avenues will be rewarded. The new moon in Aries on April 18 will help you to forge a new pathway. As Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, your leadership skills may be needed so trust in your ability
to guide others. April is the fourth month of the year, and in numerology the message of this number is to consider the foundations of your life. In order for new beginnings to take root, your foundations need to be firm. So release from your daily routine now anything which may be taking up unneces-
sary energy. This is a great time to begin a new exercise regime to become more flexible, perhaps taking up swimming or yoga. The more flexible your body the more easily you will be able to navigate your way through the twists and turns of life. The fourth card in the Major Arcana Tarot deck is the Emperor. Depicted as an authoritative figure, with the head of the ram either side of the throne, this card is encouraging you to be your own authority. Once you are clear about your own needs, and communicate this respectfully to others, you will feel more at peace. As the sun moves into Taurus on April 20, your plans will find the ground they need to grow, flourish and bloom.
For more information or to book a Skype session, visit www.sallytrotman.com or email sally.trotman@btinternet.com to book your place.
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ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac. There is usually something there for everyone —- but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! During July and August the shop will only be open Wednesday to Saturday from 09.30 until 13.00. We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) SPIRITUALIST CENTRE, BENIJOFAR (formerly Spiritualist Church, Quesada), meets at NEW ADDRESS with immediate affect at Hamilton’s Bakehouse, Calle Vicente 62, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30am, a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7pm and every Thursday there is an Open Circle where you can develop your skills commencing at 6.30pm. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. Jillian and Martin will take the Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday, 8th March at 11.30am. On Tuesday 10th March, Anna-Marie will take an Evening of Mediumship. On Sunday 15th March, David Darnbrough will take the Divine Service with Mediumship. Contact Wendy on 965 323 028. www.spiritualistcentrebenijofar.com. New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail.com or info@spiritualistcentrebenijofar.com. Identificacion Fiscal G54713789. (95454)
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THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Mike Wright, Chairman 966 722 895 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) HELP Vega Baja. We help people of all ages with all sorts of problems, particularly at times of crisis and emergencies. Offices based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). La Marina Helpdesk Calle Madrid 5 (Tel: 673 109 096). Our offices are open Monday to Friday 10am -1.30pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Friday 10 am - 1.30 pm. We are online at www.helpveg abaja.com or email office@helpvegabaja.com Remember we also have a 24 hour Emergency help-line on 966 723 733 (95456) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.ori huelacostarbl.co.uk. (95457) THE BAKER FOUNDATION for SPIRITUAL AWARENESS. 16 Nicolas De Bussi Ave, Playa Flamenca. Sunday Service every week 11am to 12 noon, everyone welcome. For further details please phone/fax 966 760 665 (95458) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460)
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188 (95461) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) meet on the last Tuesday of the month at Casa Ventura, San Luis Urbanisation, 6.30pm. The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. Further details Hon Sec 965 724 652 CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, contact Pi larChristian.CommunityChurch@g mail.com / 968 575 417 / 966 848 806. Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TCF is a multi-national English speaking church now located on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas 68, Torrevieja. The Sunday Service, including Communion and Creche/Sunday School, commences at 10.30am with a Bible Study/Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evenings at 6.00pm. Telephone 966 700 391 or call in to the Church any day between 9.00am until 1.00pm. Monday to Friday to find out more about Church activities. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.acacostablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month @ Scallops Rest on the Arenal at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome to attend as a visitor and join the branch if they wish. Anyone needing any help or advice on welfare, or any information regarding the branch can contact either Sheila on 965 791 270 or Roger on 965 790 123 (95472) TORREVIEJA STROKE SUPPORT GROUP meets each Friday 3pm to 5pm in The Annex, (behind Age Concern Centre), Calle Paganini, Urb. La Siesta. Our aim is to support stroke survivors and their carers by a range of facilities from speech therapy, rehabilitation ex-
ercise, group discussion etc. For info: Louie 96 671 8964 or Carol, Secretary: 966 765 488, e-mail: strokesupportgroup@ hotmail.com Donations and further voluntary helpers are needed and guest speakers with relevant knowledge or experience are very welcome. (95473) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meets 1st Monday of every month (except July and August) at Bar Sioux , Avda Escandinavia GA at 7pm for 7.30pm prompt. For further info contact Brian, Branch Secretary on 639 917 971 / email secretarybr3606@gmail.com (95474) CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc, and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 e-mail aecc_campello@hotmail.com (95475) International Christian Assembly Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja Evangelical non-denominational Sunday services 11am Children’s church 11am House groups in Torrevieja, Los Balcones, San Javier Ladies meeting Thursdays 11am. Pastor, Rafael Restrepo All nationalities welcome 966 799 273 / 660 127 276. (95476)
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2 - 8 April 2015 / Costa Blanca South VW POLO SPORT 2012 - 5 door hatch, 1.4 Adv. Sport (85 bhp), 45,000 kms, 1 owner, FSH, A/C, Alloys, PAS, ABS, CD player, Front fog lights, electric windows/mirrors, remote locking, rear head restraints, Isofix, Metallic black €9,250. www.fwreurocars.com. Tel. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976. (236208) RENAULT MEGANE 2009 - 5 door hatch, 1.5 DCi Elegance, 6-Speed Eco 2, 52,000 kms, 2 owners, fully serviced, A/C (Climate), Alloys, PAS, ABS, Cruise, Front fog lights, CD, E. windows/mirrors, Remote locking, Rain/Light sensors, Isofix, Metallic black, €7,750. www.fwreurocars.com. Tel. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976. (236208) SELLING your car? Quality cars purchased, all paperwork & transfers undertaken professionally. When you’ve tried the rest ring the best. www.fwreu rocars.com. Tel. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976. (236074)
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WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726) SEAT MARBELLA, 100 euros. Tel 608 032 921 (225125)
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PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettraveluk.co.uk. Removals also arranged in other vehicles. Tel UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 (223645)
FORD FIESTA June ‘11 - 5 door hatch, 1.25 Trend, 44,500 kms, 1 owner, FSH, pearl blue /Grey. Stunning condition €7,950. www.fwreu rocars.com. Tel. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976. (236208) OPEL CORSA 2013 - 5 door hatch. 1.2 Selective (86 hp). 24,000 kms, 1 owner, FSH, A/C, Alloys, cruise control, PAS, ABS, front fog lights, electric windows/mirrors CD, four new tyres, remote locking, rear head restraints, dark blue, half leather. Stunning car. €8,995 www.fwreurocars.com. Tel. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976. (236208)
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EASYHORSE CARE RESCUE CENTRE We aim to rescue HORSES. If you would like to DONATE please call 965 967 033 or sales@easyhorsecare.net www.easyhorsecare.net or call Sue 652 021 980 (95706) SPAMA GANDIA SHELTER. Dog and cat rescue registered charity, La Safor area. 500 animals awaiting re-homing. Shelter open 7 days a week 12noon 2.00pm & 3.30pm - 7.00pm. (Spanish speaking staff) or phone Gail 962 896 118. Visit our website for directions. www.spama.org and view our new blog at www.spamasafor.blog.com.es PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM (95707)
GATAMI ORGANISATION, to help kittens and cats, looking for good homes, also spaying wild cats in the community. Kittens require adoption, fully vaccinated, de-wormed, de-fleed. We also need volunteers to help Car boot sale in Polop on Sundays Tel Anna: 966 806 976 / 654 729 977 (95709)
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MOTORHOME - Fiat Hymer Swing 494. 2.5 TDI, LHD, Spanish registration, 1997, 4 berth + extras. €9,995. 606 696 721 (228763)
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P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog, or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepaspain.com EURO WEEKLY NEWS CLASSIFAX AGENT (95708)
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HOUSE in Calpe, Ortembach, for sale 400m plot 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, flat, one level, salon, terrace, place to build a pool, parking, 2 big storeplaces, 137,000 euros. Independent, 400m supermarket, 800m town and beaches. 629 991 543 (231210) 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 (231210) PENTHOUSE under construction in the centre of Calpe, external walls completed, with garage. Price 77,000 euros. 100m2, views (231210) 3 BED, 2 bath duplex. Near Quesada beaches La Mata/Guardamar. Communal pool, furnished, air con, remote fans, excellent rental potential, holiday home or living. 90,000€. Call 965 077 098 / 634 020 648 BONALBA Golf Resort (Mutxamel), 2 bedroom apartment, €80,000. Photos www.bonalba80000.tk / 678 942 228 (236073)
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BRAND new partly furnished two bed apt. In Algorfa town centre, gated, swimming pool 225 euros per month plus deposit. 0044 7949 589539 / londonangels@hotmail.com
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Seat Leon voted best family car for second year running FOR the second year in a row, the Seat Leon has claimed the ‘Best Family Car’ award from car review site, Carbuyer. Commenting on the Leon’s latest trophy, Carbuyer’s Editor, Stuart Milne, said: “Behind those handsome looks lies a car with a big boot and room for five. Despite featuring plenty of cutting-edge equipment, the Leon still represents exceptional value for money.” The Leon line-up has recently expanded with two extra derivatives for its ST (Sports Tourer) body style, the all-road X-Perience as well as the hot Cupra 280. The X-Perience offers a premium feel and permanently available four-wheel-drive,
CAPACITY: A big boot and room for five. coupled to a 2.0-litre TDI 150 and 184 PS engines. The Cupra 280 combines a scintillating 2.0-litre TSI 280 PS power-plant, launching it
from 0-100kph in just six seconds (with DSG), and boasts a load space of up to 1,470 litres. Prices start from around €33,500.
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Big cats, leaps and bounds THE beauty of enthusiasm is that it’s infectious! And the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club (JEC) Spain is spreading the bug, and coming on leaps and bounds. With the recent growth in popularity of the legendary British marque, due mainly to great new models and big advertising in recent years, Jaguar lovers of all ages are looking to share their apprecia-
tion of the Big Cats in more ways than just buying the latest magazine. That’s where the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club steps up to the mark. They provide a wonderful atmosphere of like-minded Jaguar enthusiasts and their cars, for anybody with a hankering towards their love of own-
EXPANDING: The Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club Spain.
ing, touring in, looking at, or just polishing Jaguars. The Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club Spain is expanding. The main JEC Spain membership has typically been in the Costa Blanca region, but now a new branch has been announced for the Costa del Sol area. Eric Arnold, the president for JEC Spain has asked Philip Wray,
the proud owner of a Convertible XK8, to head up the division. Their inaugural meeting will be at the Hotel Rural AlmaZara in Frigliana, Nerja, on April 19. So if you have a Jaguar, or would like to see some, or just become an enthusiast, contact Philip Wray for more details on: 669 434 457 or email him at: JEC.CostaDelSol@gmail.com
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N332 to the rescue THE new British orientated website N332.es , launched by the Guardia Civil has become a big favourite with expatriates in Spain. The English language website has been launched by the Ministry of the Interior and the Guardia Civil Traffic Branch and is proving to be a big help to motorists looking for assisstance and advice while driving on Spanish roads. They have also opened a Facebook page in relation to the site, which at this point has nearly 10,000 likes. They state that their basic concept is up and running; however, the idea is still in its early stages. They hope to include new features as they become available, but in the immediate future, ideas such as pod-
SPORTS SERIES: V8 powered two-seater.
BIG HELP: Guardia Civil Traffic Branch. casts with audio and video, and links to mobile apps could be on the cards. Their idea is to provide accurate information to foreign drivers on a number of different levels. Whether that be: “Where can I buy the cheapest petrol?”
or, “How do I get replacement documents?” In addition, they post up-to-the-minute traffic information, accident hotspot warnings, traffic maps, and motorway camera images. They feel that this medium of contact with the public will help to
keep residents, visitors and tourists that little bit safer while driving in Spain.
You can visit their website at: www.n332.es Or Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/TorreviejaTraffic Department
McLaren launches its Sports 570S coupé MCLAREN has announced that the first model to be launched in its Sports Series family will be called the 570S Coupé. This V8 powered, carbon fibre structured two-seated monster, will show its beautiful yet aerodynamically optimised form for the first time in less than a week when it debuts at the New York International Auto Show. The 570S Coupé marks the first time McLaren has offered its pioneering and race-derived technologies in the sports car segment. And the hint to its BHP is in the name.
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Fun at La Marquesa FORTY NINE from Eurogolf played a fun, better ball stableford pairs at La Marquesa. The weather was blustery but there was some sunshine. Overall winners with a joint score of 43 points was Bruce Gordon and Sandy Holland. TO READ MORE SPORT VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Sun soaked day for El Raso golf THE members and guests assembled at our sun soaked home course La Marquesa to play our monthly stableford. Competition was stiff for best guest, but Ian Eversfield came through with a score of 35 points. Nearest the pin on
the fifth was won by Kath Kirwin, and the 11th was won by Harry Armstrong. The 15th by Malcolm Foskett and Tony Wilson was nearest on the 17th. The best front went to Dave Nicholls with a score of 18. Third place with 32 was Beverley Fairhurst, second was Gordon White with 33 points, but the winner with a creditable 36 points was Debbie Weedon. Our next match is also at home on Friday April 24 and guests are welcome.
TORREVIEJA MASTERS: Santi, Vicki, Paul and Beth.
GOOD SWIMMING: Vilja and Vicky.
THE younger members of the squad in the Alevin and Benjamin age groups, were competing in the Municipal Pool San Vincente and on Sunday it was the turn of the clubs Masters in the Municipal Pool Elda.
improved their times. On Sunday four of the Clubs Masters swam against 172 Communidad de Valencia masters. All four were placed first in their class. Beth Altabas and Santi Perez had excel-
Busy weekend for the Torrevieja swimmers Both teams achieved some outstanding results. On Saturday, Vicky Pigneur (12yrs) came first in both her races. Also in this age category Amy Connolly, Vilja Bilstad and Vitalio Veres greatly
lent swims and Paul Matthews and Vicki Connolly performed well. For more information regarding Torrevieja Swimming Club contact Rosa 665 454 126 or President Felipe on 609 418 776.