ISSUE NO. 1555 // 23 - 29 APRIL 2015
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By Jan Gamm MANY bank customers have until the end of the month to prove who they are or face having their accounts frozen. A law first passed in 2010 aimed at preventing money laundering and funding of criminal and terrorist organisations is finally coming into force from April 30. It requires banks to hold digital ID of their customers to pass on to the authorities. But despite having had five years to get their act together some banks have only recently started notifying their customers to provide identification. For many it has come via a message in Spanish when withdrawing money from
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cashpoints, something that may have left Englishspeaking expats in the dark. Those who have opened accounts since 2010 may not need to take action as the information should have been recorded when
they signed up. Many more, however, who have held accounts longer may face having their accounts frozen without receiving any notice, leaving them unable to honour direct debits, pay bills or withdraw cash. That is because accounts opened years ago before digital information was filed are likely to need clarification of identity. A valid NIE (or DNI for Spanish nationals) or a valid passport will be necessary. In addition you could be asked for a contract of employment, an income tax return, an IVA receipt, a utility bill, a recent payslip or a DAE, which is a statement of economic activity. One bank employee
told Euro Weekly News : “You wouldn’t believe the chaos this has caused, both for the bank and for our clients. We face so much anger and criticism from our customers but the freezing of accounts is conducted by the Bank of Spain and our hands are tied. We cannot legally delay matters while clients collate their documents.” Anyone unsure of their position should check with their bank.
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INDEX News 1 - 38 Finance 39 - 44 Leapy Lee 45 Daily TV 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62 Letters 63 INVESTMENT: Mayor Eduardo Dolon shows off the renovation plans for Eras de la Sal.
Eras de la Sal to get a makeover
Time Out 64 - 65 Health & Beauty 67 - 69 Food 70 - 73 Homes & Gardens 74 - 75 Services 84 - 89 Classifieds 90 - 92 Motoring 93 - 94 Sport 95-96
MORE than €1.18million is being invested in Torrevieja’s Eras de la Sal area. Mayor Eduardo Dolon said the work would include the completion of a pedestrian walkway along from the Paseo Vista Alegre and Paseo Maestro Velero Juan Bautista Buades, connecting to Avenida Greforio Marañon.
Work on the historic Eras de la Sal will include treatment and rehabilitation of the existing external walls, façades and roof of the Salinas Administration House, and provide access to the loading dock. The south wall will also be restored and a ramp and staircase built at the west end of the pier. The stone
floor of the dock, which has been eroded by the sea making the surface difficult to walk on and for wheelchairs, will be repaved. The mayor said the completion of these works will be of great significance for the city, revitalising one of the most historic areas and completing the pedestrian route along the coastline.
British pensioner found stabbed in street A BRITISH man has been found lying in a pool of blood on Avenida Baracaldo in San Luis, Torrevieja. The emergency services were called by a city bus driver who was
driving the route when he found the man. It is reported that he suffered seven stab wounds to his chest and one in his stomach. He has been admitted to the intensive care unit at
Torrevieja Hospital. Despite it being 11am in the morning, in broad daylight on a busy street, residents in the area were unaware of what had happened and
police have launched an investigation into whether the victim was attacked or if the injuries were self-inflicted and the man was suffering from depression.
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NEWS Natural gas OVER 6km of mains natural gas pipes have been installed in Aguilas. It is the first phase to be completed of the project to provide mains gas to residents. Resuscitation experts AN open day in the Plaza Calvo Sotelo of Alicante was organised by cardiology experts for anyone who wanted to learn basic resuscitation techniques.
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More people are volunteering ALICANTE Province has 32,000 volunteers spread across 469 registered associations. At a time when unemployment and economic instability is rife, there has been an increase in the number of volunteers and many (41 per cent) volunteer to keep themselves occupied after being made redundant. Data shows 70 per cent of
volunteers are women, with an increase in the number of university graduates helping out. The University of Alicante has launched various programmes to promote volunteering. Alejandro Perez, head of the volunteer centre of Alicante, reported that although the numbers are increasing, there are still shortcomings in the sector
with a lack of training for volunteers and lack of management within the associations: “The use of new technologies is also not being optimised to increase the visibility of associations.” The volunteer centre was created in 2004 to address the needs of voluntary organisations and volunteers themselves.
Caritas is 50 CARITAS Orihuela-Alicante is marking its 50th birthday with exhibitions and documentaries. The exhibition ‘50 years with you’ is at las Cigarreras, Alicante until May 3.
Jellyfish attack THOUSANDS of jellyfish were washed up along the coast of La Manga del Mar Menor after strong winds. 66 fines POLICE issued 66 fines for driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs during their traffic campaign in Murcia during the annual Spring Fiestas. Open sailing GUARDAMAR'S sailing school is hosting an open day on May 1 at the port where more than 40 sailing schools will be present and offering demonstrations.
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GUARDAMAR hosts the International Day of Dance on Sunday with a gala at 7.30pm in the Casa Cultura. Dance schools from Alicante, Rojales, San Fulgencio and Los Montesinos will take part. Tickets cost €5 donated to charity.
Husband jailed A MAN has been sentenced by the courts in Elche to four years in prison for forcing his wife, a Russian citizen aged 41, into prostitution.
Bee swarm THE Beekeepers Association of Young Farmers (ASAJA) removed a swarm of 6,000 bees from a building in Calle García Morato, Alicante. The bees will be examined and not destroyed, to promote biodiversity. Calf collision A MAN was taken to hospital with serious injuries after his car collided with a calf on the A-7 motorway just north of Lorca, Murcia. It appears the animal had escaped from a nearby farm.
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Cleaning fraud COMPLAINTS have been made that the cleaning company employed in Elche is not cleaning schools and colleges for the necessary contracted hours and is defrauding the council.
INNER SANCTUARY: For an overwhelming scent of jasmine, geraniums and orange blossom.
Blooming wonderful festival in Cordoba
THE COURTYARDS, or simply ‘Patios’ festival of Cordoba 2015 will run from May 4, until May 17. ‘Los Patios de Cordoba’ is Cordoba’s most anticipated, and fragrant yearly event. The first two weeks of May see the most beautiful kept courtyards in the world fling open their doors to the public. Carpets of flowers, handmade Islamic mosaics, striking water features combine with an overwhelming scent of jasmine, geraniums, carnations and orange blossom. Since 1921, the town hall has organised a competition of Courtyards and Crosses in the first week of May, where the owners decorate their houses with great care to try and win the prestigious award offered by the authorities. Over 50 patios will be open free of charge to the public. The town hall has published nine sug-
Quote of the Week I’ve got to kill more people,” said a 13year-old secondary school student in Barcelona over and over again after killing a teacher and injuring another four people on Monday during what authorities are describing as a psychotic outbreak.
gested routes you can visit on your own accord, or you can join a paid tour party to take in these wonderful authentic inner sanctuaries that date back hundreds of years. Firstly the Romans, and later the Muslims adapted the typical design of the popular house to their needs, making the home centre on an inner courtyard (or patio), normally with a fountain in the middle and often a well to collect rainwater. The Muslims made further adjustments, giving the house an entrance from the street which passed through a porch, and filling the courtyard with plants to give the sensation of freshness. A visit is indeed worth the effort, but bear in mind, nearly all the patios close between 2pm and 6pm. For more details and routes, see the website at www.patiosyrutascordoba.com.
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non-Spanish people began paying into social security system in March said reports by the Employment and Social Security Ministry. March was the second month in a row to see increases in the number of foreigners finding legal work in Spain.
Jail time AN Elche man sentenced to a year in jail for falsely reporting a crime has assaulted two guards and smeared the walls of his cell in his own faeces.
Tram police POLICE are to permanently patrol the tram service daily in Alicante. In the first three months of 2015, police arrested three people and removed 55 people for use of or possession of drugs.
Medieval market THE Medieval Market starts tomorrow (Friday) in Pilar de la Horadada and runs until Sunday with over 60 stalls, activities, crafts and food. Sunday also sees the half marathon take place.
And finally... A VIDEO of a choir from Jacaranda school in Sevilla singing La Musica No Se Toca, a song by Alejandro Sanz, has gone viral on the internet after the singer shared it on his Facebook page, stating that he had fallen in love with the entire school.
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Immigrants: To help or not to help?
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OW desperate would you have to be? What could convince you to risk the lives of your children and spouse, not to mention your own? It must be one of the most difficult decisions anyone would have to make to uproot family and place them in the hands of human traffickers, in the hope of reaching a safer country. But that’s the decision thousands of families take every year, often with the tragic outcome witnessed this week when more than 700 people drowned off the coast of Libya. The problem that Europe is facing at the moment with the influx of migrants landing on our shores is not so much: “Should we help them?” But rather: “What is the best way to help them and us at the same time?” There seem
to be two main camps of thought. Those that say: “Keep them out.” And those that say: “Let them in and never mind the consequences.” Australia would be the perfect example of how zero tolerance works well. PM Tony Abbott said: “If you want to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean, don’t let them set foot on land.” And although it sounds harsh, we cannot deny it has stopped the boats heading for Oz. But European refugee groups say: “Forget the future, save them now and sort it out later.” Which on the face of it is the most humane response. Hopefully common sense will prevail at the emergency EU meetings this week. Maybe a mix of both camps will be the answer. Save them all now! Then stop any more boats leaving port.
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Did farmer kill two burglars? A FARMER has been arrested on suspicion of murder after human remains were found on his land in Perleta near Elche. National Police and forensic teams found around 30 poultry bones but believed at least three of them were human. The remains are now being analysed in Madrid. Officers also found an unregistered gun and two shotguns. The possible identity of the victims has not been disclosed but could be linked to two alleged killings around a decade ago. Investigations are now centred on the theory that two people entered the property to commit a burglary and were killed by the owner and their bodies buried. The detainee has denied any wrongdoing.
UK’s most wanted caught in Alicante ONE of the UK’s most wanted fugitives has been captured in Alicante Province. Paul Monk, 54, from Romford in Essex, was arrested at a villa in Javea following an operation involving the Guardia Civil and National Crime Agency. An imitation firearm with silencer and €125,000 were recovered. Just a day later, anoth-
ON THE RUN: Three fugitives have been arrested. er fugitive, Jayson McDonald, was arrested
in Amsterdam. Both were wanted on suspicion of drugs offences and featured in the Operation Captura campaign. They are in custody awaiting extradition proceedings.
Anyone with information on the remaining fugitives can call the special free phone Spanish number 900 555 111.
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28 held on illegal pesticide charges THE illegal use of plant pesticide products employed for treatment of plant diseases and to combat pest parasites has led to 28 people being arrested. The arrests were made across several provinces, including Alicante and Murcia, with the 28 charged with smuggling offences against public health, to the environment, against industrial property, fraud and other rights against the consumer, and money laundering. The gang’s range of activities included importing prohibited goods that were not approved for use or contravened the rules governing industrial property. The
use of these pesticides requires strict security measures. By not respecting the legal conditions, serious damage to the environment and human health can occur as well as the risk of contamination of agricultural soils. The investigation was first launched back in March 2013 when police in Huelva detected the possible commercialisation of a product presented as fertiliser. The line of illegal activity was traced back to the time of production of the product in Asia, its import and the subsequent formulation and distribution in Spain.
â‚Ź23m worth of drugs seized DRUGS valued at more than â‚Ź23 million on the black market have been seized off the coast of Cartagena. The find was part of an anti-drugs operation involving the Inland Revenue and Customs patrols from Alicante and Cartagena. The merchant ship was stopped after the authorities, in collaboration with French Customs, detected the presence of the suspect vessel. Both Alicante and Cartagena sent patrol boats and officers confiscated 15 ton-
nesof hashish. The nine crew members from Egypt, India, Syria and Sri Lanka, were all arrested. The use of the route from the Eastern Mediterranean to transport large shipments of hashish in merchant or fishing vessels before transferring to smaller boats to be landed directly on the Spanish coast was common until a few years ago. Now, with French, Italian and Spanish authorities working together such operations are becoming more sporadic.
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Gang held for 40 robberies EIGHT people have been arrested on suspicion of committing more than 40 robberies. National Police dismantled the gang which specialised in raiding homes and committing robberies from commercial establishments in the province. Police identified a total of 20
thefts from homes and 22 from businesses had been committed by the gang. The organised crime arm of the police launched an investigation in January after detecting a series of burglaries that had been taking place for several months.
Motorcyclist killed A MAN was killed at the weekend in Catral in a road traffic accident. The man, in his 60s, was on a motorcycle travelling along Calle Arroba de Hornos when he collided with a car. Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
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Fraudulent card scam dismantled FIFTY-FOUR people, some in Alicante Province, have been arrested for fraudulent use of foreign bank cards in Spain. Following a police operation into the crime, known as ‘carding’, officers also made arrests in Madrid, Barcelona, La Coruna, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca. The counterfeiting and copying of cards was carried out with the information obtained by hackers then sold on with the aim of establishing business contacts worldwide with criminal groups involved in scams and counterfeit credit cards. As well as the arrests, five workshops have been dismantled used for the falsification of cards.
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BUSY BEACHES: The tourism industry is expecting a bumper year.
Positive outlook THE tourism industry predicts an historic year for the Costa Blanca following an ‘acceptable’ winter and a ‘spectacular’ Easter. Tourist employer Exceltur is convinced that 2015 will be the ‘year of recovery’. According to Exceltur, six out of 10 entrepreneurs believe this has been a positive year, evidenced by the nearly 70,000 jobs created in Spain’s tourism sector in the first quarter, around 3,500 of these were on the Costa Blanca. Declining popularity for Egypt, Greece and Tunisia has also led to more tourists returning to Spain and the Costa Blanca with a forecast for 2015 of 3.5 per cent.
The beginning of the year has also confirmed the strength of the UK market and a strong increase in French tourism, although there was a decline in visitors from Russia, Scandinavia and Germany. Tourists arriving via Alicante-Elche airport have already set a record with more than 669,000 passengers in March, 4.4 per cent more than in 2014, the highest number recorded in any March since the airport opened. The first quarter of the year saw a total of 1,671,423 passengers, almost 5 per cent more than last year, thanks to loyal British tourism and the slow but steady recovery of domestic traffic.
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It’s important that you check your policy carefully. The sum insured must cover the cost of rebuilding the property, and not the current market value. Protecting your home: Contents insurance Contents insurance covers all the general contents within the home such as furniture, furnishings, electrical equipment, paintings and other valuables. It needs to cover all those items that you would take with you if you were moving house. To calculate the value of the cover, you need to work out the cost of replacing all those items. It’s important not to undervalue your contents, as this will reduce the amount you can claim. Understanding your policy and its cover Understanding exactly what your policy covers and exposing any loopholes can be a challenge. When you choose Línea Directa we help you decide on the best insurance for your home. We are committed to providing all our expatriate customers with comprehensive home insurance for their total peace of mind. We hope the information provided in this article is of interest. If you would like to contact Línea Directa please call 902 123 309 More information on Línea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com
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Zombie game
AROUND 1,000 people took part in a zombie survival game which lasted for eight hours, in Pilar de la Horadada. Streets were turned into sets as ‘zombies’ tried to avoid capture.
Beach access COVES in Santiago Bernabeu and Varadero in Santa Pola are having ramps installed to improve access, following public demand.
UK buyers making a comeback BRITONS are buying again. That’s the evidence from property figures which show that the market has recovered in the first months of the year and British buyers in particular are investing in the Vega Baja. Far from reaching the levels prior to the bursting of the housing bubble,
British house-seekers are once again searching along the coast. The main reason for the return is the stronger buying power of the pound with Britons getting more for their money due to the current Sterling-Euro exchange range, against property that remains at a lower price due to the crisis. “The return of the British has been confirmed since the beginning of 2015,” said the Alicante Housing Developers Association, who added that German buyers are also seeking local properties whilst the Russian demand has fallen following the devaluation of up to 40 per cent of the ruble against the euro.
NEWS Bus shelter to arrive after five year wait RESIDENTS in San Luis are getting a new bus shelter in the coming days, which was first promised in 2010. It will be situated in Avenida Baracaldo where locals have currently been using chairs and a sofa which they put together themselves as a makeshift bus stop. Now, after first asking Torrevieja Town Hall for a proper shelter back in 2010, work has begun and the canopy is due to be installed this week. Residents in Los Balcones and Las Torretas also complain about a lack of shelters along the bus routes.
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Warning over bogus tax refund emails ALICANTE and Murcia residents are being alerted to bogus tax return emails.
The Spanish Ministry of Finance has issued a warning over the fake emails that are being sent to people asking for bank details in order to reimburse money collected through taxes. The emails say that the recipient has been chosen for a repayment but the ministry has stated that
under no circumstances would it send emails asking for bank or credit card details, but did admit that the messages looked convincing using similar forms and logos. The ministry has stressed that any return of income is made by established legal procedures by the Tax Agency and is
done personally, to the individual or their representative, and never through this method, so vigilance is required in the event of receiving such a communication. A file of evidence has been submitted to criminal investigators relating to the practice, the ministry has revealed.
Burglars target San Luis A SPATE of burglaries has been reported in San Luis Lakeside in the past couple of weeks, with five occurring in just one night. All the properties were unoccupied at the time the offences took place. Rita Huntley, President of the San Luis Neighbourhood Watch, said: “At one property I know about, the thieves could not get into the house but they did manage to get into the shed and
stole all the tools.� Residents in the area are being asked to be vigilant and to take note of anyone who appears to be out of place. Writing down number-plates of any suspicious vehicles is always a good idea and could help police with any investigations. Anyone with information or concerns should call the police or the San Luis Neighbourhood Watch on 966 785 423.
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Bid to legalise industrial site fails AN industrial area of 120,000 square metres in Los Montesinos will not be granted legal status. The regional government has refused a request by a construction company to legalise the complex of warehouses which has been located on rural land in the hamlet of Los Perez, Los Montesinos, for more than 15 years. The application was made through a Declaration of Community Interest (DIC), which allows the location of man-
ufacturing facilities in rustic areas in certain exceptional conditions, but this time the application failed. The issue came to light in 2005 when the council was forced to open a file on urban infractions following complaints from residents about noise and pollution from the facilities. The process culminated in a demolition order which the company has fought by trying to get the site legalised.
Harassment claims THE mayor of Daya Nueva, Maria Teresa Martinez, has rejected claims of harassment from the police. The CSIF union claims officials of the Local Police force are under “constant pressures, threats and harassment� by the government led team,
which has resulted in two officers being off work. They complain of pay cuts and that they have been pressured to undertake overtime for free, which Martinez denies. She added that a fall in the gross salary of â‚Ź260 had not been the will of the government team.
There are currently five officers in Daya Nueva which Martinez admitted was low, but said the security of the town was guaranteed. Opposition parties have called for a full meeting to be convened on the situation and are waiting for a date to be set.
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A great day for book-lovers INTERNATIONAL Book Day is being marked today (Thursday) across the province with town halls arranging a variety of activities. In Torrevieja at 6pm tonight, it will be celebrated in the municipal library courtyard with the awards of the 19th literary contest. The Junior Reading Club will speak about World
BOOK DAY: Torrevieja’s library is hosting events. Book Day and offer a lighthearted presention on
CLR party will not be part of elections PEDRO MANCEBO, head of CLR, has announced the party will not be standing in the forthcoming elections in Orihuela. Mancebo is urging voters to support the PP to “ensure governance in the city to avoid the situation of the last four years so the only option is to support the project of a renewed People’s Party.” The deadline for submitting electoral lists has now passed.
Cervantes and Don Quixote, coinciding with the 400th anniversary of the printing of the second part. The library’s lending platform will also present the free e-book scheme to bring reading through new technologies. In San Fulgencio, there is a story session for youngsters at 6pm in the civic centre, and Dolores marks the day with events on Saturday for the whole family including a puppet show at 5.30pm.
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Spring misery for hay fever sufferers THE Allergy Unit at the Hospital Vega Baja has initiated an information and prevention campaign about environmental allergy, which is at its peak at this time of year. Pollen levels reach their highest, caus-
ing allergies for hay fever sufferers triggering sneezing, runny noses, watery eyes, difficulty in breathing or asthma. In Spain one in four people suffers from some form of allergic reaction with
Party chooses its mayoral candidates THE Compromis party has submitted its nominations for the forthcoming elections and is standing in the two main towns in the area: Orihuela and Torrevieja. In Orihuela, Cayetano Portuguese, a technical engineer of public works and a civil engineer, is heading the candidates list and is standing for Mayor. In Torrevieja, Ruben Gonzalez will stand for Mayor. Compromis is a relatively new party to have emerged on the political scene in recent years and said it was “the only possible alternative to policies plaguing Valencia right now.�
pollen being one of the main culprits. Due to the recent rains, experts foresee a strong spring with a high concentration of pollen in the atmosphere. Vega Baja Hospital advises keeping car windows shut, avoiding trips to the countryside or gardens and washing fruit and vegetables before eating to remove any trace of pollen.
No demolition THE Green Party in Torrevieja has criticised the attitude of the PP government team for its failure to comply with a demolition order issued in 1999. The case dates back to 1994 when a couple complained about their neighbour’s illegal extension.
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Roundabout for road black spot A NEW roundabout is to be built at an accident black spot in San Miguel. The roundabout has been approved
by the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment on the access to the town from the CV-95 ring road. Several accidents have occurred at the point over the years, with some fatalities. It is reported that the Directorate General of Works has already sent the previous project to the town hall to report if any modifications are required to the original plan. TRAINING: Torrevieja welcomes international sailors. However, work is not expected to start until next year. The construction of the roundabout has INTERNATIONAL sailors are in Torrevieja for three weeks been one of the main as part of their training ahead of the next Olympics in Rio demands of the mude Janeiro in 2016. nicipality to improve Councillor for Sports Luis Maria Pizana, along with the traffic flow and safepresident of the Real Club Nautico de Torrevieja (RCNT), ty, particularly in the German Soler, and sailor Jesus Rogel welcomed the busy summer Olympic selections from Lithuania and Poland who commonths. pete in the Laser Standard Class.
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Belarusian travel agents in Alicante A DELEGATION of 20 travel agents from AirBelService (ABS) the main tour operator in Belarus, are
spending a week in Alicante to see first hand the tourism on offer. The Costa Blanca
The path of the poet AROUND 2,000 people took part in the 19th edition of the Path of the Poet in Orihuela. The annual march recalls the life and work of local poet Miguel Hernandez with participants travelling 70km in two days from Orihuela to Alicante, with an overnight stop in Albatera. It is hoped the path will soon be included in the list of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, to highlight the poet’s legacy. Students from IES Palmeral de Orihuela officially opened the walk with a programme including poetry, dance and flamenco and young Jose Esteban Lorente was awarded ‘walker honour 2015’ for his example in overcoming struggles. The high school student has received numerous awards for his short films in national and international competitions and took part in the walk for the fourth time in his wheelchair.
Tourism Board has arranged the familiarisation trip intended to improve the positioning of the province in this growing visitor market. The group will visit Calpe, Altea, Benidorm, Villajoyosa and Alicante, tasting typically local Mediterranean cuisine, visiting the hotel industry and spending time at theme parks like Terra Mitica, Terra Natura and Mundomar. Joaquín Albaladejo, the deputy provincial minister for tourism, said that given the potential of Belarus as an emerging market on the Costa Blanca, the Tourism Board considered it important to organise these trips that helps bring tourism from citizens of Eastern Europe, a market which is seeing visitors increasing annually by 6 per cent.
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Britannia cruises into Alicante port THE cruise ship Britannia arrived in Alicante this week; the largest cruise liner ever to arrive in port. Arriving from Gibraltar with 4,300 passengers, mostly British, and 1,300 crew, the floating town arrived and although the sun was not shining, visitors made the most of the stop over, being able to spend a few hours in the city before the boat departed at 6pm,
headed for Rome. President of the Port Authority, Juan Ferrer, presented a commemorative plaque to the captain of the Britannia to mark the ship’s first visit. Following the visit by Britannia, two more cruises arrived in Alicante in the last week. The ‘Celebrity Constellation’ and ‘Nieuw Amsterdam’ brought a total of 3,870 tourists.
Department for Dry dock in women proposed San Pedro THE Izquierda Unida (IU) party is proposing the creation of a Department of Women endowed with 5 per cent of the municipal budget (around €5 million). The Department would create a qualified assistance programme for mothers with newborns during the first 10 days after birth. The party announced the proposals under the IU manifesto ahead of the elections as part of their programme for women and creating a work-life balance.
A NEW dry dock in San Pedro del Pinatar has opened. It is inside the harbour next to the fishing port and has the capability to lift 160 tonne boats out of the water for repairs and maintenance. The construction of the facility began in July last year. It created 13 jobs and cost €2.1 million. Its management contract has been awarded to Amjomar for the next 27 years.
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Ask the optician: Sun’s effects AS we enter the spring and summer season we’re enjoying wonderful sunshine and warm temperatures. However, many people don’t realise the damage the sun can cause your eyes. Before the summer starts in earnest, here are some of Specsavers’ most commonly asked questions that will help: Q: Can the sun really damage my eyes? A: Yes. The same as our skin, our eyes can be damaged by UV rays leading to various problems. Children under 10 in particular should be protected, as their eyes can’t block as much UV as adults’ eyes can. Q: What are the effects of sun damage on eyes? A: Exposure to UV rays can cause a number of problems including: Cataracts, Macular degeneration, Eyelid skin cancer, Pinguecula (small, yellowish, slightly raised lesions that form on the surface of the white part
of the eye that can cause irritation and dry eyes) and Pterygium (scar tissue that can grow over the surface of the eye and impair vision). Q: What can I do to protect my eyes? A: The best protection is to wear sunglasses with total UV protection and a hat. When choosing sunglasses we recommend that you: Check sunglasses comply with UNE-EN 1836:2006 + A1:2008 or bear the CE kite mark and are marked UV 400. Consider polarized lenses to decrease the amount of glare and choose large or wraparound glasses All Specsavers’ sunglasses offer maximum UV protection. We are now offering 2 for 1 including sunglasses at the special price of €59 until the end of June. To make an appointment or find your nearest store visit www.specsavers.es. Lisa James: Store Director, Specsavers Opticas Guardamar
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Archaeological park to get €1million ARCHAEOLOGICAL finds in Guardamar are to get an investment of €1 million. The municipality of Guardamar and the Valencian Government, with the support of the European Union, will make the Archaeological Park of Las Dunas become a reality thanks to an investment in the two archaeological sites, one dating back to a Phoenician
colony of the eighth to sixth centuries BC and an Islamic religious historic site dating back to the ninth and 11th centuries AD. The investment will allow for an interpretation centre to be created which will also serve as a reception centre for visitors and is designed to act as a link between today and the ancient civilisations that settled in the area. The first phase of the project is to ensure that excavations continue with restoration and consolidation of both sites. In the Phoenician area pebbles due to arrive, it emergency action will be was a matter of all hands carried out to avoid the disintegration of the to the pump. Some 20 members of walls, which were built the congregation and with materials that refriends arrived on the quire specialised care to day, with the work com- ensure their preservation. The archaeological park pleted within a couple of will be around 23,000 hours. The next project is square metres and will be planting the donated respectful of the natural environment. plants and shrubs.
Church gardens ready to bloom By Robert Barnes A CALL for help went out from members of the congregation of Campoverde’s Anglican Church for volunteers to transform the garden areas. The ground alongside the church was marked out for paths and flowerbeds, and with a lorry load of decorative
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RBL gets the latest on traffic laws THE Orihuela Costa Branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) welcomed guest speaker Francisco Morales, a serving member of the Guardia Civil, to their last meeting at the Olympia Restaurant, Mil Palmeras. Francisco is one of a team of five volunteers behind the increasingly popular N332 website and Facebook page, which now has more than 10,000 followers, as previously featured in Euro Weekly News. Francisco took to the floor with his presentation on ‘Driving in Spain’, starting with background on the Guardia Civil themselves, many of whom are currently serving across the globe alongside the United Nations. He explained that having returned from serving a
APPRECIATION: Certificate is presented to Francisco Morales from RBL Branch Chairman Keith Carter. 12-month tour in a conflict zone himself, he joined Trafico in Torrevieja where he quickly became aware of the difficulties faced by expatriate drivers in Spain. His concerns were shared by a number of colleagues, so together they hit on the idea of the Facebook site. Francisco spoke in very
general terms about problems experienced by expat drivers as he briefly examined the law and took questions which were answered by email the following day. Francisco was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation from the group. Search N332 on Facebook for more information.
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Residents have their voice heard THE last monthly meeting of the former Neighbourhood Watch group, now San Luis Residents Association, welcomed people not only from San Luis but also from La Siesta and El Chaparral. Jean Paul Mulero from Torrevieja Town Hall was present, answering questions and giving advice on subjects like barking dogs, unpaid community fees, holes in the road and tidying of green areas. A few topics from Neighbourhood
Watch were also covered, including reported crimes in the immediate and neighbouring areas, as well as helpful hints on how to avoid becoming a victim. The meeting was informal and lively and everyone agreed that it was both enjoyable and worthwhile. The next meeting will be on April 27 at 4.30pm at Casa Ventura, San Luis. Jean Paul Mulero will again be in attendance and anyone from San Luis, La Siesta and El Chaparral is welcome to attend.
Free courses offered
SANTA POLA has launched its latest programme of activities running throughout April, May and June. Organised by the Department of Equality, Councillor Ana Blasco said: “We always try to run courses and workshops to address issues which directly affect the daily lives of women, such as employment and health.� The civic centre will host a computer course on Monday from 10am-12pm and an adult literacy course will run every Wednesday. Visit the town hall for more information and to register for any of the free courses.
Bee time THE annual bee-swarming season is now under way in the Murcia Region. In Totana, the town hall has set up a service through Proteccion Civil to remove nuisance swarms. Residents having problems with swarms of bees should call 968 424 252.
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Uniting cultures in Santa Pola SANTA POLA has welcomed a cultural exchange in the region. The annual meeting of the Centre for Local Studies Vinalopo (CEL) saw around 25 students of history, culture,
archaeology and humanities visit the town, the chosen location for this year. Councillor for Culture, Feli Bailador, welcomed the initiative and visit. “Because the promotion of culture, the interaction between people and mutual enrichment, is critical to maintaining an identity, to know the past and build the future,” he declared. After being welcomed at the castle, the stuORIHUELA’S Maria Moliner municipal library is celebratdents visited the Roman ing its second anniversary this week with a range of acvilla, museums and tivities and open days. fortress of Santa Pola. There will be exhibitions of children’s books and chilGabriel Segura, archaedren’s poetry and tonight (Thursday April 23) sees a piologist and member of rate party take place with 250 students expected to CEL, said: “Every year we participate in the show. take the group to visit the At 6pm there will be a conference on feminism. Tovarious municipalities in morrow (Friday April 24) there is a concert before the the region and publicise inauguration of the fourth Week of Dance on Saturday. the wealth of our people, Ecodiseño, organised by the School of Art and Debreak down mental barrisign in Orihuela, is now also under way in La Lonja uners that sometimes exist til May 3 with fashion exhibitions, catwalks and conferand work to create a ences. Full details can be found at the library or town hall. cultural synergy in the region.”
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SAILOR’S MARKET: Torrevieja transformed into a traditional seascape.
A traditional market place
TORREVIEJA’S Sailor’s Market welcomed thousands of visitors over the weekend. Opened by the councillor for Trade, Agustina Esteve, accompanied by the organiser, Alberto Almagro, the market saw the Plaza de la Constitucion and along Calle Caballero de Rodas transformed with fabrics, aromas and sights evoking the feelings of a traditional sailor’s market with around 120 stalls offering everything - handicrafts, jewellery, candles and food.
SANTA POLA is hosting a boat show to boost the nautical sector. The fishing town has more than 1,200 moorings and is hosting the event for the first time involving companies and sailing schools seeking to bring the sport and its different formats to residents and tourists. The event takes place from April 30 to May 3. Manager of the Yacht Club of Santa Pola, Vicente Martinez, said: “The industry has seen the worst but there are clear signs of recovery. We have a strong desire to bring water sports throughout the area and remove the concept that you have to have a lot of money or be a member of the club to enjoy the marine industry and sport.”
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AECC donations THE AECC cancer charity has received two generous donations from fundraising events to help its research and cancer screening programmes. The first donation was for €1,600 raised from a sponsored ‘Bike for Life’ at Bar UK, Torre de la Horadada. Thanks go to all participants and to Family Bike Hire, San Pedro, who provided the bikes for the event.
Cascada Golf Society recently raised €1,070 in memory of Adrian Boult and the donation was presented at La Cascada Bar in Algorfa. Maria Wilson, President of the AECC Orihuela Costa and leader of The Pink Ladies, is recovering from a major operation and sent a message of thanks to everyone “for their generous support in our joint fight against cancer.”
Tennis club visits police station YOUNGSTERS from San Fulgencio tennis club were invited to a special tour around the Local Police station in Pilar de la Horadada. The tour was arranged by their coach, who is also a police officer. The children were shown around the premises from where the cars and police bikes are kept, to the control room, CCTV room and were even locked in the cells. They also got the
ROAD SAFETY: Youngsters get to know the rules of the road at Pilar de la Horadada police station. chance to learn about road safety by trialling
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Samaritans help teenagers, too READERS may have heard of the work of the Samaritans but may not know that the Samaritans also operate a support network across the whole of Spain, helping youngsters at school, not just adults. The Samaritans receive many enquiries from people of all ages, from younger teenagers to those well into their old age, with a range of different problems. Contrary to popular belief only 1 per cent of callers have suicidal tendencies. Increasing numbers of younger people are emailing or phoning the helpline with a range of issues affecting them and are offered a confidential support service. The main aim of Samaritans is to listen to callers in a non-judgemental and
supportive way. Posters and leaflets have been sent to more than 50 schools which are members of the Association of British Schools in Spain, raising awareness a m o n g youngsters. Samarians in Spain can help them deal with all sorts of issues. If you are a teenage reader yourself or have youngsters in your circle of family and friends who may need a listening ear, you may wish to find out more by visiting the
webpage www.samaritansinspain. com - or follow Samaritans in Spain on Facebook. The Samaritans Helpline number is 902 88 35 35.
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Dog park GRAN ALACANT’S dog park will soon have street lights installed. Councillor Loreto Cascales has met with the Association of Pets Gran Alacant, to confirm the installation.
Associations fun fair TORREVIEJA’S Stroke Support Group are one of five associations present at a fun fair event being held on Sunday along the sea front.
Tapas route LA UNION on the Mar Menor is hosting their Tapas Route until Sunday with 34 establishments taking part offering tapas and a drink for €2. A route map can be picked up at the Tourist Information Office.
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The Rascals ‘Both sides of the pond’ THE new Rascals variety show hits the stage tonight and tomorrow (Thursday and Friday). It is being performed tonight at the Music and Cultural Centre in Los Montesinos and
then tomorrow at Torrevieja’s Virgen del Carmen centre with both performances starting at 7.30pm. The show, called ‘Both Sides of the Pond’ has songs,
BBQ for Elche children’s home IT’S BBQ time at El Alto La Dolores Restaurant in Guardamar. The event takes place on May 2 at 2pm in aid of the Elche Children’s Care Home. There will be performances from Ronnie Taylor, aka Justin Sane, a singer and comedian and spe-
cial guest Vinny Mack. Tickets cost €10 for the BBQ and show and there is also the chance to win a Mediterranean cruise. Tickets are available from the restaurant, The Post Room Benijofar or The Card Place Benimar, or call 692 866 536.
dances and comedy from the Americas in the first half and from Europe in the second half. This colourful show has different genres of music to suit all tastes. Tickets cost €6, call now to reserve one of the last few remaining seats by calling Sue on 966 784 874 or book online at www.the rascals.org.
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Join the tapas route TORREVIEJA’S tapas route continues throughout this weekend until Sunday. A total of 61 establishments are taking part in the 12th edition, offering visitors the chance to visit different restaurants and sample a range of dishes. A drink and a small tapa costs €2 or €2.50 for a gourmet tapa. rutadelatapatorrevieja.com
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Females leave home earlier THE latest study on youth trends by Eurostat statistics office has revealed that young adults in Spain are amongst the slowest to leave home in the EU. While the average age for moving out for all the member states combined was 26.1, in Spain an average age of 28.9 was reported. While Spanish women were in a bit
FLYING THE NEST: Spanish men wait until they are nearly 29.
more of a hurry with an average age of 27.9, young men take another two years to budge. Scandinavian countries were reported as those where youngsters spread their wings the earliest, with Swedish youths leaving home at an average age of 19.6, Danish at 21 and Finnish at 21.9. They were followed by Holland at 23.5, France at 23.6 and Germany at 23.9. Yet youths in Spain were not those who dragged their heels the most. Croatians were reported as the latest nest-flyers with an average leaving age of 31.9, followed by Slovakia (30.7), Malta (30.1), Italy (29.9), Greece (29.3), Bulgaria (29.1) and Portugal (29). Across all EU member states females were reported to take the leap earlier than their male counterparts.
Minister announces planned changes to help Spain’s recently unemployed to become self-employed CHANGES expected to be approved shortly by the Spanish Government aim to give more help to recently unemployed people who wish to set up as self-employed. Employment Minister Fatima Banez has announced at a meeting with self-employed workers’ group representatives
that the changes will give people a little more help getting started. People of all ages will be able to receive unemployment benefits for up to nine months while starting out as self-employed, and will also have the chance to take their dole money in one lump sum payment.
BENEFIT CHANGES: Employment Minister Fatima Banez announced new plans.
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Spanish terror alert messages are false, Home Office insists
A 13-YEAR-OLD has been arrested after a teacher was reportedly shot dead with a crossbow and several pupils were injured in a Barcelona secondary school. A police spokesman said a youth had been detained on suspicion of murder, and there are unconfirmed reports a crossbow was used. The youngster is said to have forced his way into the Joan Fuster secondary school in Barcelona carrying a crossbow and knife before launching the attack. The boy targeted a female teacher and her daughter, and they both suffered minor injuries, although the teacher was said to have been wounded near her eyes. A male teacher who then entered the classroom was fatally stabbed in the chest, according to local newspaper El Diario.
THE Spanish Home Office released a statement denying terrorism alert changes, rumours of
which had been spreading over social media and chat groups. The official statement stressed
that messages that have been appearing on the internet since attacks were carried out in Paris
last January are completely false and the alert level in Spain has not been changed and remains at lower level three. Any change to this alert status would be announced through official channels and national press, the Home Office exthe ‘world of women,’ inplained. cluding unemployment “Other unofficial comlevels, violence, unequal munication channels do salaries and the differnot have any credibility ence in the amount of regarding anti-terrorist time women dedicate to alert information, and ofhousework and childcare ten simply aim to scare compared to men. the population or cause “If there’s a reason for trouble,” the statement us being here tonight it continued. is that we have many Over recent weeks the reasons to think lots of Home Office, which carries things still need to out regular checks of onchange for women,” the line sources, has detected queen stressed, before an increase in fake mesnoting that along with sages regarding an inunequal work conditions, creased terrorism alert education and marriage level and recommending of young girls also needpeople avoid shopping ed attention. centres.
QUEEN LETIZIA of Spain surprised everyone on Monday night (April 20) by appearing with a new look for an awards ceremony in Madrid. The queen has jumped on the ‘long bob’ bandwagon, a style other well-known women including Victoria Beckham have recently started to favour. Her Majesty Letizia presided over the first edition of the Woman Awards at Madrid Casino, which were organised by Woman magazine. Actress Salma
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QUEEN LETIZIA: Is now sporting a ‘long bob.’ Hayek, doctor Maria Neira and orchestra director Inma Shara were among those chosen to
receive an award. The queen noted that many things needed to change and improve in
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IS blamed for Spanish embassy bombing A BOMB exploded outside the Spanish embassy in Tripoli, Libya. Nobody was injured as the building has remained empty since Spain, like most Western countries, pulled diplomats out of the country months ago after heavy fighting broke out between rival armed groups. The bomb, which was thrown from a vehicle, went off just before 1am local time on Monday, April 20, and caused damage to the building’s outer walls, witnesses reported. IS militants have been claiming a string of killings of foreigners along with attacks on embassies and oilfields in Libya over recent months, creating chaos in the North African country where two separate governments fight for control four years after
BOMBING: Tripoli in Libya. Colonel Gaddafi was ousted. Last Sunday, the group claimed to have killed around 30 Ethiopian Christians, just two months after 21 Egyptian Copts were beheaded on a beach.
Politician’s button mix-up AS Spanish opposition leader Pedro Sanchez rushed to apologise for accidentally voting in parliament for an abortion proposal his party was against, social media filled with jokes on the gaffe. Sanchez hit the wrong button when
the time came to vote on taking the issue to debate. Spanish national newspaper ABC remarked that Sanchez was not the first politician to fail to notice the difference between red and green buttons in congress.
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Cardinal petition TWO thousand parishioners in Javea have signed a petition to the cardinal against the imminent transfer of the popular vicar of the Church of Sant Bertomeu, Julian Puras.
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THE cherry harvest in the Vall d’Acala near Alcoy is predicted to be 10 per cent down this year due to bad weather, estimated at a total crop of only seven million kilos.
THE festival of the Virgen del Milagro that began on Saturday in Cocentaina was marked with 27 fogueras (bonfires) in honour of the tears of the Virgin. La Crema was followed by a spectacular procession.
Jailed teacher THE owner of a Valencian language school has been sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment after embezzling €317,283 from various university courses.
WORK in the Campillo de Vidrio car park in Nerja has been completed, including its repaving as well as road sign painting. Parking spaces have been extended from 50 to 80.
Sports facilities BOUGAINVILLEA PRUNING: Even the gardener looks real.
Estepona unveils its latest mural THE Bougainvillea Pruning, a mural by Jose Fernandez Rios, has been unveiled at Victor de la Serna school in Estepona. The mural covers an entire 300square-metre wall, and aims to confuse the observer, who can be forgiven for thinking the gardener is a real
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Local oil EXTRA virgin olive oil produced in Tabernas won two gold medals at the agricultural trade fair, AVPA in Paris. The winning varieties are named ‘Picual del Desierto’ and ‘Esencia.’
Weight issue TWENTY-THREE per cent of children and adolescents aged between two and 16 in Almeria Province are overweight. Lifestyle changes have ‘drastically’ affected local eating habits, the regional government said.
Giveaway smell A DRIVER and his passenger were arrested at a Cuevas traffic control after a kilo of marihuana was found in their car. They were alerted by the strong smell, Guardia Civil officers said afterwards.
Ageist list THE PSOE mayor of Cobdar will run for the PP after he was sidelined in favour of
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cial advertising spot for the Tour of Spain bicycle race. The filming was carried out on El Cañuelo beach, at the Maro Cliffs Natural Park.
STREET improvement works of Calle Cadiz in Almuñecar have already begun. With a total cost of €24,000, plans are to renovate the sewage and water systems, as well as paving.
Cherry crisis
AN earthquake in the region of the central highway between Xixona, Ibi and Alcoy registered 2.7 on the Richter Scale on Friday evening at 10.58pm, particularly felt in Alcoy. The Emergency Coordination Centre received dozens of calls.
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younger candidates for the May elections. The news was like a ‘cold shower,’ he said.
Days off AN Almeria couple received a nine-month prison term and a €1,350 fine for their children’s repeated truancy. Aged 10 and 12, they missed 82 and 97 days respectively during the school year.
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Come south! ANDALUCIA was present at the B-Travel tourism fair in Cataluña last week to encourage more visitors from the area to come south on holiday. Andalucian hotels registered visits from 519,446 people from the region last year.
Language conference EAQUALS (Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality in Language Services) international conference was held in Malaga last week, bringing 250 people from 30 countries to the city for the event.
person, the artist explained. The painting is the 24th addition to Estepona’s mural route, and joins another two by the same artist: A Day’s Fishing, which at almost 1,000 square metres was declared the tallest mural in Spain, and Girl Watering.
Better parking MANILVA Council has contracted a local company to renovate and improve parking in Playa Paraiso due to popular demand. With a budget of €44,671, the work is expected to be ready before the summer.
Open air art WORKS by 22 emerging artists are on show at Malaga’s La Concepcion Botanical Gardens until May 17. The show, Caprichos, includes more than 50 pieces by local and expatriate artists.
New flights AENA airport authorities have announced two new routes for this summer linking the Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport to Amberes, Belgium, and Amsterdam, Holland.
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Eurovision star EDURNE, Spain’s 2015 Eurovision representative, visited Nerja to record the offi-
WORK to replace the pavement at the sport courts of Maro and the Nerja sports Centre has already begun. The total cost of the project will be €90,000.
Bullying arrests TWO minors from Motril and Madrid have been arrested by National Police for allegedly threatening and harassing another young boy through social media. The victim alleged that the suspects had asked for sexually explicit photographs of him.
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Deadly fall A 65-YEAR-OLD woman died on Sunday (April 19) after falling from the sixth floor of a building in Palma. The incident occurred at around 5pm.
Good cause catwalk THE charity children’s fashion runway event held by the Association for People with Disabilities of Calvia (Asdica) last week, raised almost €3,000, which will be donated to the association’s projects for disabled youths.
Injured rider A MOTORBIKE rider suffered injuries after falling in the Cami de Passatemps (Son Sardina). Local Police believe that the fall was accidental although they are carrying out an investigation in case he was hit by another vehicle.
Sustainable transport THE Balearic Islands Regional Government has allocated €300,000 in funding to convert public transport vehicles to use compressed natural gas. This fuel is more environmentally friendly and 40 per cent cheaper than traditional ones.
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Press conference protester A PRESS meeting at the European Central Bank was interrupted last week when a woman rushed across the room shouting and climbing onto the table in front of ECB President Mario Draghi. She scattered papers and threw confetti all over the Italian banker while screaming: “An
end to the dictatorship of the ECB!” Draghi has since stressed this was not a protest by FEMEN, the feminist group known for its members stripping off and protesting topless against what they perceive as male economic domination, but actually a former member. Spontaneous lone protester
Spain’s recovery not successful OLIVIER BLANCHARD, Harvard and MIT professor and the IMF’s chief economist since 2008, has both criticised and praised Spain’s performance as it emerges from financial crisis, but on the whole says its recovery “is not a success story.” Speaking from his office in Amiens, France, Blanchard remarked that Spain’s high levels of unemployment have still not been addressed effectively. When asked whether he thought that, despite Spain’s high unemployment levels, it had nonetheless come out of recession, he responded: “Can you say that a country has successfully emerged from recession when it still has 23 per
cent unemployment? Competitiveness and exports have certainly improved and are getting stronger, behaving reasonably well. They are very good news compared to a year ago and can continue.” He went on: “How do you define crisis? The country has been left in growth, but unemployment is too high. Therefore Spain is not cured. Unemployment can only go down through reform. “For me, the key is the duality of the labour market and the need to remove large differences between temporary and permanent workers. Spain should not be living with 10 per cent or 15 per cent - or 23 per cent unemployment.”
Josephine Witt had gained entry to the conference by posing as a reporter. She was dressed in a black tshirt bearing the slogan: ‘End ECB Dick-tatorship’. The meeting was suspended for a few minutes while the table was cleaned up.
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Cross-border cooperation IN an article for EU’s, The Parliament magazine, Iskra Mihaylova regional development committee Chair said, “Spain and Gibraltar should work together and coordinate activities as partners in order to boost the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises.
Cuban change THE Spanish secretary of state for trade said Spain wants to be at the forefront of the economic changes that Cuba will experience in the coming years, especially with its relationship with the US.
Coca-Cola feeling flat THE Supreme Court has found that Iberia Partners, managers of CocaCola at Fuenlabrada’s (Madrid) bottling plant, infringed its workers’ right to strike when it used other bottling plants within the group to continue business as usual. The court ruled that by doing so
the company had compromised its employees’ right to a reasonable period for negotiation. The vote was taken at eight votes to five against Coca-Cola. A spokesman for the workers, who had congregated outside the court, said: “Today is for celebrating, not thinking.”
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STAT OF WEEK IT is anticipated that more than 60 Spanish wine producers and bodegas will participate in The World Bulk Wine Exhibition, the largest in the world, scheduled for November 2015.
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Supertel Hospitality, Inc. $ 3.07 Moko Social Media Ltd. $ 5.94 Supertel Hospitality, Inc. $ 20.99 Supertel Hospitality, Inc. $ 8.5695 XBiotech Inc. $ 26.18 Carbylan Therapeutics, Inc. $ 6.09 Cherokee Inc. $ 22.67 Vimicro International Corporation $ 10.56 Fate Therapeutics, Inc. $ 5.96 Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Lim $ 2.55 Aemetis, Inc $ 4.72
1.16 ▲ 60.73% 1.0776 ▲ 22.16% 3.19 ▲ 17.92% 1.2995 ▲ 17.87% 3.47 ▲ 15.28% 0.70 ▲ 12.99% 2.35 ▲ 11.56% 1.01 ▲ 10.58% 0.55 ▲ 10.17% 0.19 ▲ 8.05% 0.35 ▲ 8.01%
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Most Declined GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. Novadaq Technologies Inc Solazyme, Inc. MediciNova, Inc. Wowo Limited SteadyMed Ltd. Spark Energy, Inc. Kornit Digital Ltd. Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. Etsy, Inc. Tarena International, Inc.
$ 10.86 $ 13.75 $ 3.92 $ 4.45 $ 9.16 $ 8.62 $ 12.38 $ 14.41 $ 19.23 $ 27.58 $ 12.21
2.02 ▼ 15.68% 2.45 ▼ 15.12% 0.50 ▼ 11.31% 0.51 ▼ 10.28% 0.97 ▼ 9.58% 0.88 ▼ 9.26% 1.12 ▼ 8.30% 1.29 ▼ 8.22% 1.71 ▼ 8.17% 2.42 ▼ 8.07% 1.04 ▼ 7.85%
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% C H G. -1.02 -0.81 0.47 1.04 -0.49 -0.37 -0.08 -0.36 0.47 0.21 -1.14 0.83 0.27 1.48 0.33 -0.45 0.53 1.54 0.57 1.80 0.66 0.00 0.46 0.17 0.13 -0.14 0.79 0.11 0.04 -0.16 0.27 0.42 0.83 1.22 0.15 -0.09 0.00 0.23 1.07 -1.13 1.34 0.59 -0.57 -0.22 1.96 0.03 0.37 1.35 1.16 -0.26 -0.75 -0.06 -0.34 -0.22 0.49 0.05 0.69 -0.57 1.10 0.40 -0.23 0.03 0.13 -0.02 0.02 0.81 -0.49 0.61 0.42 0.67 -0.31 0.42 -0.16 0.19 -0.32 -0.42
VOLUME 12,919.60 5,035.65 19,598.40 15,176.01 47,680.27 4,932.00 5,089.46 7,308.63 11,654.21 5,478.80 4,687.37 6,103.33 77,642.79 39,508.48 5,309.72 5,867.32 4,222.92 116,623.87 31,383.01 6,412.95 11,662.76 4,284.16 4,651.07 10,728.91 7,032.78 8,416.30 10,103.06 16,739.45 57,027.62 8,781.47 9,355.06 4,347.19 4,582.13 5,078.94 4,698.19 33,611.10 11,136.84 11,837.16 11,237.81 5,311.76 42,743.12 4,716.42 42,996.76 12,871.13 40,408.02 18,125.94 22,573.69 82,136.80 52,334.61 4,491.00 4,409.58 58,749.19 5,163.32 5,320.65 7,553.67 5,064.54 32,227.49 17,998.11 10,263.88 4,476.58 3,970.81 15,491.10 4,986.40 26,309.71 11,231.44 5,290.13 19,580.47 4,926.30 14,756.39 38,644.96 6,607.50 60,286.71 4,058.51 9,493.88 10,615.35 20,613.48
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Banking on moral investments Loose change A look at finance for females
Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
THE simple mention of banks, bankers or ex-bankers these days sends a chill up the spines of many. Corruption and dodgy practices, along with the aiding and exercise of tax evasion are just some of the nasty things that some banks and people like former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato have been knee-deep in over the years. Historically banks have been viewed solely as financial institutions and morality has not entered the equation. Traditional banks thrive on a thirst for profit, and as we have seen from various news reports over the years this is often at the expense of
SOLAR POWER: Ethical banks invest in ‘quality of life’ projects. morals, the environment and customers. You may also be surprised to find out that the money you put into your typical bank is often used and invested in projects that many might find offensive. Would you consciously support a massive weapon-producing establishment? Or donate to an energy project that plans on actively destroying the environment? Probably not! But indirectly
through your banking choice, you could be doing just that. Current profit-focused behaviour means that the typical big banks finance everything from weapons’ manufacture to the most polluting fossil fuel projects on the planet, as well as causing asset bubbles and financial crises. However, not all banks have profit as their overriding objective and there are other approaches
that are becoming successful. Several banks make it their mission to create social and environmental benefits, by carefully choosing which companies and projects they provide finance to. These are called ‘ethical banks’. Ethical banks still prioritise capital and seek to maximise returns, but in doing so they promise to align their money with their values, by using their capital to help finance ‘real economy’ businesses selling products and services, not speculative ventures. They adopt transparency principles to give public insight to how their money is being used. They consider the long-term impact of their lending decisions, in projects that support quality of life for all. Traditional banks have long embraced a profit-over-people mentality, so maybe it’s high time we looked at where our money spends the night and if we’re not happy, take our money elsewhere.
BUSINESS EXTRA
Fraud arrest FORMER IMF chief and ex-Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Rodrigo Rato was arrested for alleged tax fraud, concealment of assets, and money laundering after his home and office were searched.
Party funds THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development welcomed the legislative package on democratic regeneration recently approved by the Spanish Parliament in order to fight corruption and promote integrity and transparency.
Slow progress THE Eurozone crisis was an economic nightmare for many, not least the property sector. While there are signs of growth across the bloc, prices in many countries remain low, according to Eurostat.
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Can Hacienda claim back taxes? Q. I read your article on Spanish tax returns. I am 72 and have been a resident here for 12 years. When I became an OAP in 2008, I was informed that (as you pointed out) as a pensioner, I did not pay tax. This year I received a letter from Hacienda. According to the letter, and my accountant, it would appear that on November 27, 2014, a law was passed and my accountant now informs me that I will have to send in my complete bank records of pensions received for the last five years. This is two
You and the Law in Spain By David Searl
A. It seems that you are being audited by the Tax Agency. In Spanish this is called ‘inspección’. And the picture does not look good. Let us clear up two points. First, I never said that Old Age Pensions are
OAP pensions from England and Scandinavia, plus a small private pension, which total about €12,000 per year. My accountant now tells me that according to the new Spanish tax laws, OAP residents are liable to taxation. I am now confused and worried, as I may be facing a back tax payment of several thousand euros. Where do I stand? F W T (Costa del Sol)
not taxed in Spain. It is only Civil Service or other government service pensions that are taxed in their country of origin. Old Age Pensions are treated as normal income. Second, there is no new Spanish tax law which affects you. Yes, the tax reform package for 2015 was issued in November 2014, but there is no change regarding Old Age Pensions. They are liable for tax in Spain, as I
have written various times. If your accountant advised that you were not liable for Spanish tax, he was in error. And you are not liable for fines and penalties because the law has changed, but because you were misinformed. You must now present your records to the Tax Agency. At your level of income, you probably owe little tax, so the charges and interest should not come to much.
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Not everyone was born equal LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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HE idea that all man/womankind are born equal is complete and utter claptrap. We are not all equal. Even as far as limbs and bodies are concerned, many of us are of course different. The levels of human intelligence and intellectualism are also tremendously varied. Some of us couldn’t hammer a nail in; others are capable of building machines which can bring together proton beams at rates approaching the speed of light. The majority of our human race are followers; leaders are in the minority. Without the leaders, we would all wander off into some New Age state of oblivion. It is therefore my opinion
LEADERS: From corner-shop owners to big business entrepreneurs. that those who are capable and willing to utilise their superior intellect to create companies and occupations for the followers, should reap just rewards for their efforts, not find themselves penalised. From the corner-shop owner
who employs one sales assistant to the entrepreneur who creates jobs for thousands, all should be reimbursed accordingly. So what if the man or woman who employs large numbers has a big yacht or a mansion?
Without their expertise and incentives, many of those they employ probably wouldn’t be able to afford a mortgage, or to clothe or even feed their children. So what if the corner-shop owner can afford to purchase a nice car? Because of his efforts, his sales assistant can no doubt live in a comfortable bedsit and enjoy a relatively stressfree existence. The truth of the matter is that we need these leaders. Outside of themselves, the Labour party do not agree. The Lefties, with their politics of envy, would like to see the back of them all. The powermad, dysfunctional leaders of the Left want the whole country reliant solely on them and their party. They want to kill free enterprise, nationalise just about everything, buy future voters by handing out benefits to all and sundry, and discourage and alienate anyone with
the initiative to think or act otherwise. Have no doubt, if, heaven forbid, Miliband and his awful cronies are elected in a couple of weeks’ time, the brains, entrepreneurs and investors will haemorrhage from the country like blood from an opened jugular vein. This left-wing approach has of course all been tried before and always failed. It’s called Communism, folks. Pure and simple. Do we really want to see the wonderful country of our birth commit suicide by adopting the doctrine of Lenin? Vote for Cameron. You know it makes sense! Lovely mistake in the TV auto descriptions this week when a somewhat average singer told us of the thousands of songs she had ‘sunk’ over the years. Yep! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com Web: leapylee.co.uk
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Is Sanchez on to a good thing? A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
FELIPE GONZALEZ , former president of the Spanish government for nearly 13-and-ahalf years, called on the PSOE to support Pedro Sanchez. Gonzalez admitted he did not vote for Sanchez during the primaries to select the party’s secretary general. He voted for Eduardo Madina, he said, because he knew him but not Sanchez. And there’s the rub: the party grandees did not know Sanchez either and it rankled that he pipped Susana Diaz, their first choice, at the post. They and Diaz herself rejected Gonzalez’s advice to cluster round him, preferring to wait until after the elections. They would be wiser to take Felipe’s astute advice now because if Sanchez does
Young kings will punish DOLORES DE COSPEDAL, the Partido Popular’s secretary general and president of the Castilla-La Mancha region, recently weighed in against Ciudadanos and Podemos. De Cospedal, with territory to defend, would hardly spare kind words for the two new political parties poaching PP votes. But by quoting “The gods send young kings when they want to punish humans,” she tacitly agreed that the PP’s frontman Mariano Rajoy is vulnerable to competition from younger rivals. Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias is no oil painting but he’s young and the ponytail scores points in some quarters. Ciuwell in May he will be unlikely to forget their lack of enthusiasm in April.
PP DE GALICIA FLICKR
Cassandra Nash
The judge’s move is routine and in line with Spain’s legal system, but all of the Gurtel corruption network and the politicians mired must rue the day he took over the case. Without wanting to, he has changed Spain forever.
Power-hungry
DOLORES DE COSPEDAL: Weighing in against rival parties. dadanos, doubly disliked by the PP for its Centre orientation, have a good-looker in leader Albert Rivera and the PSOE’s Pedro Sanchez will scoop up
Up and away QUIET, unassuming, outstand-
votes on looks alone. De Cospedal was half-right because the gods have sent young kings but they will punish Rajoy, not the populace. ingly courageous Pablo Ruz has vacated the Number Five national high court in Madrid.
UPyD, founded by Rosa Diez after she broke from the PSOE in 2007, is crumbling into oblivion. It failed to secure a seat in the Andalucian parliament last month and is leaching candidates. One of them, Juan Antonio Horrach, prospective head of the party’s Baleares list for May’s local and regional elections resigned because staying “amounted to suicide.” He was undoubtedly on the way to defeat, but revealed himself as a politician for whom politics are not a way of life, but a matter of life and death.
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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 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show
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9:00pm An Island Parish 9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Sex and the Church 11:00pm The Clare Balding Show 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Slow Train Through Africa 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Rambo III
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 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
9:00pm Relatively Clever 10:00pm Trollied 10:30pm Trollied 11:00pm The Simpsons 11:30pm The Simpsons
12:00am Election Late Show 12:35am Later... with Jools Holland 1:40am World Championship Snooker Highlights 2:30am World Championship Snooker - Extra 4:30am Question Time
1:30am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am Virtually Famous 12:55am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:20am Withnail and I 3:10am Fargo 4:05am Shameless USA 5:00am Sarah Beeny's Selling Houses 5:55am The Common Denominator
12:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am Gotham 5:00am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Hawaii Five-0
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Sounds of the Eighties 9:00pm BBC Young Dancer 2015 10:00pm Tales from the Tourbus 11:00pm Totally British 12:00am Totally British 1:00am The Old Grey Whistle Test 2:30am Tales from the Tourbus 3:30am BBC Young Dancer 2015 4:30am This is BBC Four
11:25am Psych 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 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! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Bourne Supremacy 12:10am Take Me Out
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1:15pm The Professionals 2:15pm Pawn Stars 2:40pm Pawn Stars 3:05pm Pawn Stars 3:35pm Car Chasers 4:05pm The Car Chasers 5:00pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm UEFA Europa League Highlights 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Counting Cars 9:30pm Counting Cars 10:00pm Two Mules for Sister Sara 12:20am Shootout
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12am 12:25am Would I Lie to You? 12:55am EastEnders Omnibus 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am BBC News
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SKY MOVIES Action 10:50am Zulu 1:10pm Edge of Tomorrow 3:10pm Rocky V 5:00pm Air Force One 7:05pm Elysium 9:00pm Edge of Tomorrow 11:00pm Rocky V 12:50am Air Force One 3:00am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 4:50am Zulu Based on an actual historic event, this is the story of a small group of British soldiers stationed at Rorke's Drift in Africa who are forced to defend their tiny outpost against an attack by powerful Zulu warriors.
Comedy 7:20am Our Idiot Brother 9:05am Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 11:05am Last Vegas 1:05pm The Wedding Singer 2:55pm Employee of the Month 4:55pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier is back in front of the big band, but not for long.
6:50pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 9:00pm Last Vegas 10:50pm The Wedding Singer 12:30am American Pie 2:10am Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 4:15am About a Boy
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6:30am Turbo: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 8:45am Ever After 10:50am The Croods 12:40pm Khumba 2:10pm The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box 4:00pm Return to Nim's Island 5:35pm The Croods 7:25pm Khumba 9:00pm The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box 10:45pm The Last Keepers 12:20am Return to Nim's Island
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7:00am Belle 9:00am You're Not You 11:00am Rob the Mob
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Two down-and-out lovers get in over their heads when they stumble upon a Mob secret.
1:00pm The Anomaly 2:45pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 3:15pm Belle 5:15pm The Inbetweeners 2 7:00pm You're Not You 9:00pm The Inbetweeners 2 10:45pm The Anomaly 12:30am By the Gun 2:30am Top Dog
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Puppets should all be strung up Colin Bird Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
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AM not so sure that modern technology and advanced filming techniques have necessarily made television programmes more enjoyable. I am thinking here of the new Thunderbirds series currently showing on television. Technically it is light years ahead of the early puppet shows on TV that themselves were hailed as milestones in animation technology. This new applied science was called ‘Supermarionation’ and we had the likes of Four Feather Falls, Supercar; Fireball XL5 and Stingray hitting our screens. Then their creator Gerry Anderson upped the game again with the amazingly popular Thunderbirds - you could barely see the strings on those suckers - and my own favourite, Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons. With the latter, here at last were puppets that looked close to being human and did not have oversized heads
CAPTAIN SCARLET: Puppets who looked close to human. perched on their arthritic looking bodies. The reason for those disproportionate craniums, I later found out, was that they carried solenoids in order to be able to lip-sync the voices. With the advance in electronics and miniaturisation, this problem was overcome with the Captain Scarlet series. So good was the modelling in fact, that the young spotty girl living next door to us
thought that the puppet character Captain Black was an absolute doll. I felt the need to point out to her, that’s exactly what the git was. It was easy to see why these new groundbreaking children’s programmes were so popular because they superseded such puppet series as The Adventures of Twizzle; a double jointed little oik who could extend his arms and
legs and open a door in Bristol while standing in Swindon. Also Torchy the Battery Boy who sported a lamp in his head that shone a magic beam. Poor old Torchy’s batteries gave out after 52 episodes but then, this was in the days before Duracell Plus. The sad part is that I can actually remember all this stuff. Sadder still, is the fact that I can scroll back even further to the days of Muffin the Mule and The Flowerpot Men, but in my defence hastily add that this was enforced viewing as a mere toddler when my Mum would take me next door to watch their OXO cube sized television. Muffin was a very lucky mule; if a real horse looked that knackered he would have long since been sent to the glue makers. And interestingly his presenter, Annette Mills, was auntie to Hayley. Bill and Ben progressed into politics of course and formed a coalition government with Weedy Ed still squeaking away between them. So yes, the new Thunderbirds series will undoubtedly be popular with the young generation, but for us old hands you can’t beat the original.
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CH4 8:30am Mobil 1 The Grid 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Frasier 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:25pm Channel 4 Racing
CH5 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Access 11:45am Ice Road Truckers 12:40pm Ice Road Truckers 1:35pm Ice Road Truckers 2:35pm Ice Road Truckers
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3pm 2:25pm Channel 4 Racing 5:15pm Come Dine with Me
3:00pm RSPCA Animal Rescue 3:30pm RSPCA Animal Rescue 4:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family
3:15pm Flog It! 4:00pm Final Score 5:30pm Snooker
3:35pm Housesitter 5:35pm Tipping Point
6:30pm World War One Remembered: Gallipoli Highlights 7:30pm Gardeners World 8:00pm Snooker
6:35pm Local News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm You've Been Framed! Yearbook for Ybf 8:00pm Ninja Warrior UK
6:10pm The Simpsons 6:45pm The Simpsons 7:10pm The Simpsons 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm For the Love of Cars
6:30pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 7:25pm Britain's Horror Homes 8:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!
6:00pm Wild Things 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Modern Family 8:30pm Modern Family
9:00pm Dad's Army 9:30pm Gallipoli 10:30pm QI XL
9:00pm Britain's Got Talent 10:15pm Play to the Whistle 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Inside Man
9:00pm The World's Most Extreme Roads
9:15pm 5 News 9:20pm NCIS 10:10pm NCIS 11:10pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Poseidon 11:55pm Hawaii Five-0
1:00am Snooker 1:50am Snooker 3:50am Antiques Roadshow 4:50am The Truth About Fat 5:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
1:35am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:40am Nightscreen
12:05am Role Models 2:05am The Last Leg 3:00am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 3:55am Hollyoaks Omnibus
12:05am Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am The Devil's Disciple 5:00am Family Secrets and Lies Documentary looking at what happens when things go wrong between family members.
12:55am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:55am Road Wars 2:55am John Wick: Sky Movies Special 3:05am Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am UK Border Force
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8:00pm Ice Age Giants 9:00pm Wild China 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano
1:20pm Britain's Got More Talent 2:25pm Darcy Oake: Edge of Reality 3:25pm Catchphrase 4:05pm People Do the Funniest Things 5:05pm Mr. Bean 5:45pm Mr. Bean 6:15pm The Vow 7:15pm FYI Daily 7:20pm The Vow 8:25pm Stormbreaker 9:25pm FYI Daily 9:30pm Stormbreaker 10:15pm Britain's Got More Talent 11:20pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Britain's Got Talent
7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Where the Heart is 8:15am Where the Heart is 9:15am Agatha Christie's Marple 11:15am The Darling Buds of May 12:25pm Wycliffe 1:40pm The Queen 2:40pm FYI Daily 2:45pm The Queen 3:40pm Inspector Morse 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Foyle's War 11:00pm Inspector Morse 1:20am A Touch of Frost
2:20pm British Superbike Championship Highlights 3:25pm British Touring Car Championship Highlights 4:55pm Smokey and the Bandit II 5:55pm FYI Daily 6:00pm Smokey and the Bandit II 7:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:30pm Storage Wars Texas 8:00pm Shed and Buried 9:00pm Dr. No 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Dr. No 11:15pm The Kingdom 12:15am FYI Daily
11:00am Melissa and Joey 11:30am Melissa and Joey 12:00pm Melissa and Joey 12:30pm Baby Daddy 1:00pm Baby Daddy 1:30pm How I Met Your Mother 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 2:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:55pm Star Trek: Insurrection 5:00pm Made in Chelsea 6:00pm Jane the Virgin 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:30pm The Big Bang Theory 11:00pm Scary Movie 12:45am Rude Tube
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5:30pm Final Score Coverage of the latest results, reports and reaction from the Premiership, Football League, Non-League and Scottish League's.
In Taunton, Somerset, three countryside-loving hosts take on an Essex boy.
3:30pm Police Interceptors 4:30pm Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality A health club owner murders one of his franchisees. Lt. Colombo is on the case.
6pm 6:10pm The Princess and the Frog 7:40pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:53pm Weather 7:55pm Pointless 8:45pm Atlantis
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Panel-based quiz where it is more important to be interesting than right.
The World's Most Extreme takes viewers to the most jaw-dropping places in the world.
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An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas.
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Drama based on the books featuring the idiosyncratic Sicilian detective.
11:55pm The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill 12:55am Kate Bush at the BBC 1:55am Top of the Pops 2:30am Sounds of the Eighties 3:00am Let's Have a Party! The Piano Genius of Mrs Mills 4:00am Wild China 5:00am This is BBC Four
SKY MOVIES Action 9:05am Twister 11:10am Top Gun 1:15pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 3:15pm Pacific Rim 5:30pm Twister 7:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 8:00pm Top Gun At the US Navy's elite training centre, pilots compete to become the best.
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Comedy 8:05am Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 10:05am The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 11:40am A Million Ways to Die in the West 1:40pm We're the Millers 3:40pm Three Amigos! 5:35pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 7:30pm The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult Slapstick sequel with clueless cop Frank Drebin saving the Oscars from a mad bomber.
9:00pm A Million Ways to Die in the West 11:00pm We're the Millers 12:55am American Pie 2
8:10am Fast and Furious 6 Special 8:40am Collateral 10:50am The Fast and the Furious 12:40pm 2 Fast 2 Furious Former LA cop Brian now makes his living driving in illegal street races in Miami.
2:40pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 4:35pm Solo 6:10pm Collateral 8:15pm The Art of the Steal 10:00pm Oldboy 11:50pm The Green Mile 2:55am Lucky Number Slevin Two New York crime lords think luckless Slevin owes them money.
7:20am Walking with Dinosaurs 8:50am Epic 10:35am Ice Age: The Meltdown 12:10pm Stardust 2:20pm Bean 4:00pm Walking with Dinosaurs 5:35pm Epic 7:20pm Ice Age: The Meltdown 9:00pm Stardust 11:15pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 1:45am Bean 3:20am Son of the Mask 5:00am Free Willy
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8:00am Gunsmoke 9:05am Gunsmoke 10:15am Drum Beat 12:15pm The Green Helmet 2:00pm High Society 4:00pm The Toughest Gun in Tombstone 5:25pm Wild Wild West 7:25pm The Gunfight at Dodge City 9:00pm Longmire 10:00pm Longmire 11:00pm On Deadly Ground 12:55am The Long Kiss Goodnight 3:05am On Deadly Ground 4:50am Container Wars 5:25am Container Wars
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BBC TWO 7:10am The Football League Show 8:30am Gardeners World 9:00am The Beechgrove Garden 9:30am London Marathon 11:00am Snooker 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Triathlon World Series
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CH4 7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Volkswagen Racing Cup 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:25pm The Big Bang Theory 2:50pm The Simpsons
CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Chinese Food in Minutes 11:50am The Hotel Inspector 12:50pm The Hotel Inspector 1:50pm The Hotel Inspector 2:50pm James and the Giant Peach
SUNDAY TV
SKY 1 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 10:00am Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 11:00am Glee 12:00pm WWE Raw 1:00pm The Flash 2:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew
3pm 3:30pm Sunday Politics 4:45pm Points of View 5:00pm The Truth About Your Medicine Cabinet
3:00pm Snooker
3:40pm Britain's Got Talent 4:55pm Doc Martin
3:20pm The Simpsons 3:50pm Location, Location, Location 4:50pm A Place in the Sun 5:50pm Paranorman
4:20pm Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
6:55pm Ninja Warrior UK 7:50pm Local News and Weather 8:00pm ITV News and Weather 8:15pm Celebrity Squares
7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Three in a Bed
6:10pm 5 News 6:15pm Labyrinth 8:15pm Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
6:00pm About a Boy 6:30pm About a Boy 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:10pm Coast Australia 10:00pm Hunters of the South Seas 11:00pm The Inside Story 11:30pm W1A
9:00pm Vera 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Perspectives
9:00pm For the Love of Cars 10:00pm The Impossible
10:00pm The Last Stand
9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
12:30am Snooker 1:20am Snooker 3:20am Countryfile 4:15am Holby City 5:15am The Ladykillers: Pest Detectives
12:15am Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 1:15am The Store 3:30am Motorsport UK 4:30am British Superbike Highlights 5:20am Nightscreen
12:15am Whiteout 2:05am Kali Salwaar 4:05am Kirstie's Vintage Gems 4:15am Come Dine with Me 4:40am Come Dine with Me 5:10am Come Dine with Me 5:35am Come Dine with Me
12:30am Navy Seals 2:45am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night. 4:10am The Gadget Show 5:00am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA
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5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm 10 Things You Didn't Know About Avalanches 9:00pm Juliette Binoche: Antigone at the Barbican 10:30pm Renoir 12:15am Tales from the Tourbus 1:15am The Old Grey Whistle Test 70's Gold. 2:45am BBC Young Dancer 2015 3:45am 10 Things You Didn't Know About Avalanches 4:45am This is BBC Four
3:15pm Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 4:15pm FYI Daily 4:20pm Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 4:55pm Scooby-Doo 5:55pm FYI Daily 6:00pm Scooby-Doo 6:45pm Britain's Got Talent 8:00pm Britain's Got More Talent 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pm Rush Hour 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Rush Hour 12:00am The Bourne Supremacy
10:05am Heartbeat 11:10am Heartbeat 12:10pm A Touch of Frost 2:25pm Agatha Christie's Marple 4:30pm The Secret of My Succe$s 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm The Secret of My Succe$s 6:40pm Inspector Morse 9:00pm When Kate Met William 10:00pm Heir We Go Again 11:00pm Elizabeth: The Golden Age 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am Elizabeth: The Golden Age 1:20am The Elephant Man 2:20am FYI Daily
12:55pm Counting Cars 1:25pm Pawn Stars 3:10pm Pawn Stars 3:40pm Smokey and the Bandit II 4:40pm FYI Daily 4:45pm Smokey and the Bandit II 5:45pm Tobruk 6:45pm FYI Daily 6:50pm Tobruk 8:00pm Paula Radcliffe: Sports Life Stories 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm The Interpreter 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Interpreter 12:35am The Killer Inside Me
10:00am Baby Daddy 10:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus 1:00pm Made in Chelsea 2:00pm Revenge 3:00pm Jane the Virgin 4:00pm How I Met Your Mother 4:30pm How I Met Your Mother 5:00pm The Goldbergs 5:30pm The Goldbergs 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 11:20pm Virtually Famous 12:05am The Change-Up
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Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place.
Comedy drama series about a top London surgeon who developed a phobia of blood.
Sitcom about a teenage girl with magical powers.
3:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family
6pm 6:00pm Songs of Praise 6:45pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile
7:00pm London Marathon Highlights Highlights from this year's London Marathon.
8:00pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place.
9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Poldark 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2
Action movie.
12am 12:35am Snake Eyes 2:10am It's a Boy Girl Thing 3:35am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 3:40am BBC News
Archaeologist Indy finds out that his dad is missing.
11:00pm Tatau 11:45pm Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.
12:55am Family Guy 1:15am Tatau 1:55am Killer Magic 2:25am Stacey Dooley Investigates 3:25am Vodka Diaries
SKY MOVIES Action 7:50am Gravity 9:35am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 10:05am Godzilla 12:15pm Rocky 2:25pm Rocky II 4:30pm Rocky III 6:20pm Rocky IV 8:00pm Rocky V 10:00pm Godzilla Legendary monster Godzilla is reawakened, striking fear into the hearts of humankind.
12:10am Gravity When their craft is destroyed, two astronauts are left fighting for survival in space.
1:45am Brick Mansions
7:50am Night at the Museum 9:50am Liar Liar 11:30am The Hangover Part III 1:25pm The Heat 3:25pm Napoleon Dynamite 5:15pm Night at the Museum 7:15pm The Golden Child 9:00pm The Hangover Part III 10:45pm The Heat 12:45am American Pie: The Wedding 2:25am You, Me and Dupree 4:20am National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
8:05am Bad Boys 10:05am Bad Boys II 12:35pm The Call 2:15pm Catch.44 Three stripper friends take on a job for a drug lord that spirals out of control. Crime.
3:50pm Bad Boys 5:50pm Bad Boys II 8:20pm The Call 10:00pm The Departed 12:35am Kill the Irishman Biopic of Danny Greene, the Irish-American dockworker who engineers a corrupt rise to power.
2:35am City of God
7:00am The Reef 2: High Tide 8:30am Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 10:00am How to Train Your Dragon 2 11:45am Mr. Peabody and Sherman 1:20pm National Treasure Ben finds the map to a secret treasure hidden by America's founding fathers.
3:35pm National Treasure: Book of Secrets 5:40pm Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 7:10pm How to Train Your Dragon 2 9:00pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 10:35pm National Treasure Ben finds the map to a secret treasure hidden by America's founding fathers.
12:50am National Treasure: Book of Secrets
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7:00am Belle 9:00am You're Not You 11:00am Rob the Mob 1:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 1:30pm Belle 3:30pm The Anomaly 5:15pm The Inbetweeners 2 7:00pm You're Not You 9:00pm The Inbetweeners 2 10:45pm The Anomaly 12:30am By the Gun
7:00am Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura 8:10am High Society 10:10am The Toughest Gun in Tombstone 11:35am Wild Wild West 1:30pm Dive Bomber 4:00pm Rage at Dawn 5:45pm All the Young Men 7:20pm Atlantis, the Lost Continent 9:00pm Longmire
A young man gets more than he bargained for when he becomes a member of the mob.
2:30am Top Dog 4:15am Rob the Mob
Counting Coup.
10:00pm Longmire Ashes to Ashes.
11:05pm A Few Good Men 1:40am Strength and Honour
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Electricity: Time to shop around? HOUSEHOLDERS are paying 12.7 per cent more for their electricity this year in comparison to 2014. This has led to consumers’ association FACUA asking for government intervention so that users are not victims of restricted choice. Do you shop around for better suppliers? Samantha Warren of Fiesta Crafts in Javea (Alicante) said: “Actually we have been quite pleased with the price levels so no, we have not felt the need to shop around for alternative suppliers. We are invoiced by Iberdrola; there are efficient systems in place for paying bills promptly and we have always had a prompt service.” Luz Trango of SGB Beers in Mijas Costa (Malaga) thought some clarity should be brought to bills. “A lot of people do not understand the breakdown of the electricity bills. They are so confusing to many, even the native Spanish. We have changed suppliers for the business in the past, but in the long run you don’t save Luz Trango of SGB Beers, Mijas Costa.
STREET TALK
Pascale Michiels of Costa Blanca Sales.
money with all the additional costs that you have to pay, and you may be cut off during the transition. I know many individuals who did the same and now stick with their original supplier to save the headache. I think there is not much difference in the choice,” she remarked. Anne Hernandez from The Presidents Club, Marbella (Malaga), commented: “Having been President of a large community for many years this is a subject that has cropped up. I have heard of the difficulties my members have ex-
perienced through changing their power supplier and it has not been good. Bearing that in mind, it would seem it is of no advantage to change as many have gone back to their original supplier.” Pascale Michiels from Costa Blanca Sales has recently bought a new house and has had no electricity for several weeks as she waits for paperwork and a meter to be sorted out. “At the moment to have any electricity would be nice whatever the price!” she joked, “But when Iberdrola have sorted it I will definitely be shopping around and looking for another provider. You just cannot justify these price increases. I will also get a night meter. They cost around €11 and when I installed one at my last property I was saving around €60 on bills.” Anne Hernandez from The Presidents Club.
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CH4 8:10am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:25am Four in a Bed 11:30am Come Dine with Me 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A Place in the Sun
CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Britain's Horror Homes 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
MONDAY TV
SKY 1 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 9:00am Modern Family 9:30am Modern Family 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:15pm Land Girls 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It!
3:00pm The Daily Politics 4:00pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place.
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 Three in a Bed
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Blind Trust
6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast
6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast 8:00pm The Gadget 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 The Secrets of Sports Direct 10:00pm Skint 11:00pm Gogglebox
9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm Person of Interest
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Driving School of Mum and Dad 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Hawaii Five-0
Thriller.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm The Fanatics 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm The Leader Interviews
6:55pm Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Snooker
6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
A party election broadcast.
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You
9:00pm Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 10:00pm Inside Harley Street 11:00pm Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk 11:30pm Newsnight Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.
9:00pm Wild Ireland 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Safe House 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Agenda
12am 12:30am The Graham Norton Show 1:20am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:25am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
12:15am Weather 12:20am Snooker 1:10am The Women's Football Show 1:40am Snooker 3:40am Back in Time for Dinner 4:40am This is BBC Two
12:20am Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys-Jones 1:15am Jackpot247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am ITV Nightscreen
12:00am The Island with Bear Grylls 1:00am The Secret Millionaire 2:00am Embarrassing Bodies 2:55am Supersize v Superskinny 3:50am You Can't Get the Staff
12:00am Unforgiven 2:30am Super Casino 4:10am Can't Stop, Won't Stop 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:25am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Arrow 4:00am Critical 5:00am Stargate Atlantis
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 8:05pm Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 10:00pm Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia Teen Model Factory. 2:30am Russell Howard's Good News 3:00am Killer Magic 3:30am Parents' Evening
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Flying Archaeologist Hadrian's Wall. 9:00pm Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death 10:00pm Storyville 11:30pm The Secret Life of the Motorway 12:30am Ray Mears Goes Walkabout 1:30am Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World 2:30am Storyville 4:00am Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death 5:00am This is BBC Four
1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Judge Rinder 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Mom 10:30pm Mom 11:00pm Celebrity Juice
10:30am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:50am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Never the Twain 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:15pm On the Buses 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:50pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood
11:25am Ax Men 12:20pm Minder 1:20pm The Professionals 2:15pm Car Chasers 2:45pm Car Chasers 3:10pm Magnum, P.I. 4:10pm Pawn Stars 4:40pm Pawn Stars 5:05pm Minder 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Gunsmoke 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm FA Youth Cup Final Live 11:00pm Bundesliga
4:00pm The Goldbergs 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm Rules of Engagement 5:30pm Rules of Engagement 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 The Goldbergs 9:00pm Revenge 10:00pm Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Virtually Famous 11:55pm The Big Bang Theory 12:25am The Big Bang Theory
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SKY MOVIES Action 7:05am The Top Ten Show 2015 7:20am The Fast and the Furious 9:20am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 9:50am Captain America: The Winter Soldier 12:20pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen An alien race of robots crashlands on Earth searching for the all-powerful 'Cube'.
2:55pm Executive Decision 5:15pm Noah 7:40pm Captain America: The Winter Soldier 10:00pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 12:30am Road House
9:25am Ride Along 11:20am Me, Myself and Irene 1:20pm Good Luck Chuck 3:15pm Idiocracy 4:55pm About a Boy 6:50pm Me, Myself and Irene 9:00pm Ride Along 10:45pm Good Luck Chuck 12:30am Idiocracy 2:00am American Pie 2 3:50am Someone Marry Barry 5:20am Brewster's Millions Brewster has to spend $30m in 30 days or he stands to lose his $300m inheritance.
7:00am Blood Work 9:05am Swordfish 11:00am Whole Lotta Sole 12:45pm Veronica Mars 2:45pm Drop Zone 4:35pm Murder at 1600 6:25pm After the Sunset 8:10pm Veronica Mars 10:00pm Misery 11:50pm Kill Bill: Vol. 1 1:50am Kill Bill: Vol. 2 4:15am American Gigolo
7:00am Balto 8:25am Eragon 10:15am Cinderella Special 10:45am Return to Nim's Island 12:30pm Contest 2:05pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 3:45pm Ella Enchanted 5:35pm Eragon 7:25pm Contest 9:00pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 10:40pm Bad News Bears 12:35am Ella Enchanted Ella is put under a spell as a child: she must do everything she is told.
Premiere
TCM
7:00am You're Not You 9:00am Belle 11:00am Rob the Mob
7:00am Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura 7:50am Atlantis, the Lost Continent 9:30am I Killed Wild Bill Hickok 10:50am Westbound 12:10pm Rage at Dawn 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Murder She Said 5:50pm The Story of Will Rogers 8:00pm Dial M for Murder 10:00pm Rush Hour 2 11:45pm National Lampoon's European Vacation 1:35am Conan
Two down-and-out lovers get in over their heads when they stumble upon a Mob secret.
1:00pm The Anomaly 2:45pm Cinderella Special 3:15pm Belle 5:15pm The Inbetweeners 2 7:00pm You're Not You 9:00pm The Inbetweeners 2 10:45pm The Anomaly 12:30am By the Gun 2:30am Top Dog
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Sacré bleu! Names to drive you nuts... and you could end up being in a jam! Nora Johnson
Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/ columnists/nora-johnson
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FRENCH court recently banned parents from naming their baby girl ‘Nutella’ after the hazelnut spread, ruling that it would make her the object of ridicule. The judge ordered the child be called Ella instead. French parents can choose whatever name they want, but local prosecutors can report what they consider to be daft names to a family court. Like the couple who wanted to call their daughter ‘Fraise’ (Strawberry). The baby was renamed ‘Fraisine’ (err, Little Strawberry).
In another instance, a father took legal action to try to stop French car makers Renault from using the same name as his daughter, Zoe Renault. Cedric Renault argued that if Renault named a car model ‘Zoe,’ it would make his daughter’s life a ‘nightmare.’ lain and Sophia Renaud in 1999 saw off legal action to prevent them from naming their daughter ‘Megane,’ even though prosecutors said it sounded too much like the car. Choosing first names can be a headache in the UK too. So, where can you go for inspiration? Well, there are beautiful names from nature at least for girls - like Holly, Hazel, Cherry. But then you have to be so careful with surnames, don’t you? Holly Tree, Hazel Wood, Cherry Pye, anyone? There are enough unfortunate first/ surname combinations around
CHOOSING NAMES: So where do you go for inspiration? like Sidney Harber, Joe King, Chris P Duck, Chris P Bacon and Wendy House. Plus a policewoman in Tasmania, Lauren Order. (Incidentally, there was a girl a couple of years ahead of my mother at school called Primrose Lane. Luckily she married a man with a boring, run-of-the-mill
surname - and that was the end of Primrose Lane.) As for Hollywood and its celebrities, they’re sophisticated and savvy enough not to choose something really naff, surely? How about: Moon Unit (Frank Zappa, also father to Dweezil and Diva Muffin); Kal-El (Superman’s original birth name
courtesy of father, Nicholas Cage); Destry (Steven Spielberg); Aurelius Cy (Elle Macpherson); North West (Kim Kardashian/Kanye West); Apple and Moses (Gwyneth Paltrow). Just imagine how one of those names would go down in your average British school playground. When the next celebrity pregnancy’s announced in Hollywood, may I suggest a national primary school competition to choose the name? After all, the winning entry couldn’t be half as daft as the ones given to the previous lot. 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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BBC TWO 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Channel Patrol 8:45am Cowboys and Angels 9:15am Collectaholics 10:15am The Super League Show 11:00am Snooker 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker
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ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:25am Four in a Bed 11:30am Come Dine with Me 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A Place in the Sun
CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 1:10pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
TUESDAY TV SKY 1 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 9:00am Modern Family 9:30am Modern Family 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:15pm Land Girls 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It!
3:00pm The Daily Politics 4:00pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place.
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 Three in a Bed
3:15pm NCIS: New Orleans 4:10pm Cedar Cove
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Futurama 4:30pm Futurama 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family
The first visit is to the quirky Old Bath Arms in Frome, Somerset.
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders
6:55pm Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Snooker
6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Countrywise
6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast
6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast 8:00pm Police Interceptors
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 10:00pm Wastemen 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Northern Ireland Election Debate
9:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 10:00pm The Queen's Big Night Out 11:00pm Ballot Monkeys 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
9:00pm Britain's Horror Homes 10:00pm Sick Note Skivers Exposed 11:00pm Psychopath: The Nazi Killer
9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm Critical 11:00pm Forever
9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm 24 Hours in the Past 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm Del Boys and Dealers
Henry and Jo investigate a murder connected to a stolen ship the Doc has history with.
Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.
12am 12:50am Ghost Town 2:25am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:30am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
12:15am Weather 12:20am Newsbeat Election Debate 1:20am Snooker 2:10am Snooker 4:10am Rip Off Britain 4:55am This is BBC Two 5:00am Making Art Work: First Idea to Final Piece
12:40am Benidorm 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am ITV Nightscreen
12:35am The Island with Bear Grylls 1:30am Pokerstars.Com European Poker Tour 2:25am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:55am FIM Superbike World Championships 3:20am Mobil 1 The Grid 3:45am Volkswagen Racing Cup
12:00am Autopsy: The Last Hours of Robin Williams 1:00am The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Person of Interest 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:25am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Stargate Atlantis
BBC THREE
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9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Girls Behind Bars: Stacey Dooley in the USA 11:00pm Killer Magic 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy
5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Flying Archaeologist 9:00pm The Secret History of Our Streets 10:00pm Storyville
10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Psych 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Judge Rinder 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Educating Joey Essex 10:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:00pm Knocked Up 1:40am Two and a Half Men
10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:50am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Never the Twain 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Secrets From the Clink 10:00pm Secrets From the Clink 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood
11:05am Ax Men 12:00pm Minder 1:00pm The Professionals 2:00pm Gunsmoke 3:00pm Magnum, P.I. 4:05pm Pawn Stars 4:35pm Pawn Stars 5:00pm Minder 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Gunsmoke 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Shed and Buried 10:00pm World Rally Championship Highlights 11:00pm U.S. Marshals
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Goldbergs 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm Rules of Engagement 5:30pm Rules of Engagement 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 The Goldbergs 9:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Empire 11:00pm Supernatural 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
Crime
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Animated comedy about family life. Stewie finds out that his life in the future is miserable.
1:30am Killer Magic 2:00am Girls Behind Bars: Stacey Dooley in the USA 3:00am Don't Tell the Bride
Documentary about the deadliest day in mountaineering history.
11:20pm The Secret Life of the Motorway 12:20am India's Hospital Train 1:20am Rude Britannia 2:20am The Secret History of Our Streets 3:20am Storyville Documentary about the deadliest day in mountaineering history.
5:00am This is BBC Four
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 7:30am World War Z 9:40am Anaconda 11:25am Fast and Furious 6 1:45pm The Patriot 4:35pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 5:05pm Anaconda A film crew is hijacked by Sarone, a madman intent on capturing the biggest snake in the Amazon.
6:50pm World War Z 9:00pm Fast and Furious 6 11:15pm Lethal Weapon 1:10am Lethal Weapon 2 3:05am Lethal Weapon 3
Comedy 7:10am The Nutty Professor 8:50am The Man 10:15am Patch Adams 12:15pm Grown Ups 2 2:00pm Bruce Almighty 3:45pm The Flintstones 5:20pm The Nutty Professor 7:00pm Patch Adams 9:00pm Grown Ups 2 10:50pm Bruce Almighty 12:40am The Man 2:10am The Best Man Holiday 4:15am Love Actually Romcom following the interconnected lives of a group of loved-up, and lovelorn, Londoners.
8:00am All Things to All Men A corrupt copper plots to stage a bank robbery in order to catch an elusive London crime boss.
9:40am Cellular 11:30am The Da Vinci Code 2:10pm Reasonable Doubt 3:50pm The Chamber 5:50pm Cellular 7:30pm The Da Vinci Code 10:00pm Scarface 1:00am The Counsellor 3:30am The Canyons Drama following the twisted relationships of a group of Hollywood hopefuls.
5:25am Fast and Furious 6 Special 5:55am Point Last Seen
9:10am Curious George 10:45am Journey to Dinosaur Island 12:20pm Turbo 2:05pm Doctor Dolittle 3:40pm Doctor Dolittle 2 5:15pm Doctor Dolittle 3 6:55pm Saving Mr. Banks Special Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson discuss their touching drama about the making of Mary Poppins.
7:25pm Journey to Dinosaur Island 9:00pm Turbo 10:45pm Doctor Dolittle 12:20am Doctor Dolittle 2 1:55am Doctor Dolittle 3 3:35am The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 5:30am Curious George
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7:00am Belle 9:00am You're Not You 11:00am Rob the Mob
7:00am Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura 8:00am Gunsmoke 9:05am Gunsmoke 10:05am Dial M for Murder 12:05pm Murder She Said 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Murder Ahoy 5:45pm Blood Alley 8:00pm Zandy's Bride
Two down-and-out lovers get in over their heads when they stumble upon a Mob secret.
1:00pm The Anomaly 2:45pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 3:15pm Belle 5:15pm The Inbetweeners 2 7:00pm You're Not You 9:00pm The Inbetweeners 2 10:45pm The Anomaly 12:30am By the Gun A young man gets more than he bargained for when he becomes a member of the mob.
2:30am Top Dog
This western follows the relationship between a tough rancher and his mail order bride.
10:00pm No Good Deed 11:50pm Longmire 12:50am Longmire 1:55am The Escort: Trois 3 3:40am Conan
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CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm The Hotel Inspector 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:00am Modern Family 9:30am Modern Family 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Futurama 4:30pm Futurama 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family
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 Three in a Bed
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6:55pm Party Election Broadcast by the Green Party 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Snooker
6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
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6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
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9:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 10:00pm Autopsy 11:00pm Till Death Do Us Part: CSI Special 11:55pm Till Death Do Us Part: CSI Special
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12:55am Till Death Do Us Part: CSI Special 1:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casinoore) 4:10am Emergency Bikers 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:25am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Richard Wilson Learns to Drive 9:00pm Secrets of Bones 9:30pm The Quizeum 10:00pm The Plantagenets 11:00pm The Secret Life of the Motorway 12:00am 10 Things You Didn't Know About Avalanches 1:00am Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach 2:00am Secrets of Bones 2:30am The Quizeum 3:00am Icebound: The Greatest Dog Story Ever Told 4:00am The Plantagenets 5:00am This is BBC Four
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9:30am The Royal 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Where the Heart is 4:15pm The Royal 5:20pm Never the Twain 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Trial and Retribution
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3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Goldbergs 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm Rules of Engagement 5:30pm Rules of Engagement 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 The Goldbergs 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Jane the Virgin 11:00pm Scary Movie 12:45am Virtually Famous
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Action film. A journalist suffers from memory loss after a car accident.
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show
9pm 9:00pm Inspector George Gently 10:30pm Peter Kay's Car Share 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm Elections 2015: A BBC Special
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12am 12:30am Jindabyne 2:25am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:30am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
Series in which the groom must choose every detail of his upcoming nuptials, from venue to cake to wedding dress.
SKY MOVIES Action 9:10am The Knights of Badassdom Three fans of live action role play end up with more than they bargained for when fantasy becomes reality.
10:50am Saving Private Ryan 1:50pm Transformers: Age of Extinction 4:45pm Lone Survivor 7:00pm Saving Private Ryan 10:00pm Transformers: Age of Extinction 12:50am Lone Survivor 3:05am 47 Ronin An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.
5:15am Angel Flight Down A two-year-old girl with a small object trapped in her throat is flown to Denver hospital.
7:00am You've Got Mail A comic tale of romance on the internet. A couple meet in an internet chat room and correspond by e-mail, unaware that they are actually business rivals.
9:00am Grudge Match 10:55am Blended 12:55pm Get Smart 2:50pm There's Something About Mary 4:55pm About Time 7:00pm Grudge Match 9:00pm Blended 11:00pm Get Smart 12:55am There's Something About Mary 3:00am American Pie 2 4:50am Boat Trip Two straight friends mistakenly book onto a cruise for gay men.
7:40am Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 9:15am Closed Circuit 11:05am The Fast and the Furious 1:05pm 2 Fast 2 Furious Former LA cop Brian now makes his living driving in illegal street races in Miami.
3:00pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 4:55pm Solo 6:30pm The Machinist 8:20pm Catch.44 10:00pm Lucky Number Slevin 11:55pm The Firm 1:35am Green Street 3:35am 25th Hour Drug-dealer Monty Brogan is going down for seven years.
7:00am An American Tail 8:30am The Perfect Summer 10:00am Bean 11:40am Escape From Planet Earth 1:15pm The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box 3:10pm The Perfect Summer 4:40pm Bean 6:25pm Greatest Disney Songs A countdown of the top ten songs in Disney history.
7:25pm Escape From Planet Earth 9:00pm The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box 10:45pm Uncle Buck 12:30am The Prince and Me 2:25am Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 4:20am Uncle Buck
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Two down-and-out lovers get in over their heads when they stumble upon a Mob secret.
1:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 1:30pm Belle 3:30pm The Anomaly 5:15pm The Inbetweeners 2 7:00pm You're Not You 9:00pm The Inbetweeners 2 10:45pm The Anomaly 12:30am By the Gun A young man gets more than he bargained for when he becomes a member of the mob.
2:30am Top Dog 4:15am Rob the Mob
Hemophagia has genetically modified almost an entire race of people.
3:15am Conan 4:05am Conan
OPINION & COMMENT
Spot on about health tourism and illegal immigration I TOTALLY agree with Nora Johnson’s spot on recent articles about health tourism, scams and, especially, illegal immigration. It’s all too clear the UK can’t continue being the world’s destination of choice. I don’t have a problem with immigrants moving to the UK if they ’re decent, honest, hardworking people. However, I think the way in which successive governments have abandoned all control of immigration is downright irresponsible. No one really knows how many immigrants have entered Britain, where they’re from, who they are, or what they’re doing there. Britain’s a tiny island in the grand scheme of things, and none of its infrastructure is suited to deal with this massive influx. Housing, transport, education and health services are all buckling under the strain. Surely it needs to shut the doors and get its own house in order before anyone else can settle there? Andrea Turner (Alicante)
Shady deal AFTER reading in the Euro We e k l y N e w s a b o u t s h a d e b e i n g p r ov i d e d fo r h o r s e s ( Costa del Sol issue 1553 ), I wa s s o p l e a s e d . I c a n o n l y hope this will be done soon before the long awaited summer arrives. We all look forward to a good summer but the horses that pull the tourist carriages really do deserve some shade in between their trips around Fuengirola. Mavis Lloyd, Fuengirola (Malaga)
Don’t panic! THERE is absolutely no need for HV Petty to pay a double taxation bill on his (her?) UK sourced pension(s).
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t u r n ove r o f M u s l i m s - t h e y c a m e o n F r i d ay n i g h t a n d were soon gone - ‘where’ I asked? I was told they had b e e n m ove d t o a h o t e l i n t o w n ! T h e y w o u l d n ’ t s t ay there. I n C a r d i ff I c o u n t e d s i x mosques to one church. They work and go off to pray - no problem! Brits would get the s a c k fo r l e av i n g t h e i r d e s k unattended as they do. My son couldn’t get work - they wouldn’t accept his Spanish qualifications. Human rights Where? Kay, Beniarbeig (Alicante)
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ILLEGAL immigrants or drug smugglers? Police in Marbella had to remove this inflatable boat which had been slashed and hidden in a stream bed. JB Mijas (Malaga)
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Just send an email (or a letter) to the relevant Tax Office in the UK stating you no longer want to pay any UK Tax and they will, in a very short time, send back a confirming note together with any Tax Rebate due (I received £18.64p - not much, but every little helps). HMRC will also at the same time issue a new Tax Code for you which exempts you from any further tax obligations to the UK. Brian Maddox, Beniarbeig (Alicante)
Knee-jerk HAVING read the opinions of those interviewed in the Street Talk last week, could one of them please explain to me how extra security checks and delays to passengers will ensure that some suicidal pilot will not fly me into the side of a mountain. This must be one of the best knee jerk solutions ever. Perhaps they hope that if the flight is delayed the pilot might think his p a s s e n g e r s h ave s u ffe r e d enough for one day. John Maclennan Benamocarra (Malaga)
What rights? I MUST reply to Bill’s letter re t h e M u s l i m s : h av i n g g o n e back to the UK and spent 15 months of hell there. I can tell him that the problem is not the Muslims but the government’s attitude to them.
Racial prejudice has backfired into prejudice against British people returning to their land of birth. G ove r n m e n t p o l i c y i s t o bow and scrape to the Muslims or they shout racial prejudice. The first person I spoke to s a i d t o m e ‘ h o w l o n g h ave yo u b e e n a way ? ’ T h e n h e said ‘You must be appalled by your country.’ I did not unders t a n d w h a t h e wa s t a l k i n g about. At Christmas the councils used to have a nativity scene outside - I found it was true that they no longer did - it would upset the Muslims I was told. ‘Harry’ told me they loved Christmas as it came just after their most holy time in November, they got their kids a small present and had a special meal. It was another holiday for them. We s t aye d i n a h o m e l e s s place which had a large
I KNOW I am a bit late, but may be you are still interested. T h e n a m e o f t h e ye l l o w flower featured on your letters page is Oxalis pes-caprae L. It was imported from South Africa in the 18th century and i s a ve r y i nva d i n g w e e d . D o n ’ t l e t i t i n yo u r g a r d e n (even if it looks lovely) it is almost impossible to get rid of. Angelika Danielsen (By email)
Once bitten C E N T R A L F M ’ S A n d y L i tt l e played a brilliant joke. On his morning show he told listeners that due to the celebration of the 1025 Anniversary of the naming of the Mediterranean Sea, 2,500 boats and ships would be leaving Malaga port at 9am. Sailing along the coast, reaching Benalmadena by about 10.30am and continuing along the coast. He asked people who managed to see this amazing spectacle to post their pictures on Central’s Facebook page! Even one of the other DJ’s fell for it! He did the same thing last ye a r, o n l y t h e n i t wa s t h e S p a c e S h u tt l e b e i n g t ra n s ported on an aircraft carrier along the coast. As a result I was wise to the situation, but not last year. Patty (By email)
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) A big change means big chances, so don't let small things get you down. In the past six months you have come a long way. You are not back where you started.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is not a time to take anyone for granted. At this time of the year people tend to look at their situation and ask if they are getting enough out of it. Neglecting someone now could store up a lot of problems for the future.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Challenges that do not please you are inevitable. That does not mean that your attitude towards them could not change. Indeed, unless you want to continue to be upset, it must. AQUARIUS (January 21 February 19) You have a chance to give someone great delight, so why not go ahead? Your insecure side tells you that it is too good to be true and there must be a catch.
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Don't look for spooks in the closet when there are none. Not only does it look silly but it also wastes good time. Basing your actions on past disappointments can only lead to more of the same. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Is someone that you are closely involved with trying to drive a hard bargain? Are you surprised at the amount of time and energy that they are throwing at it?
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Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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bane, bang, bare, barn, bean, bear, beau, been, beer, bene, berg, bier, bing, brae, brag, bran, brig, bung, burg, burn, garb, gibe, grab, grub, rube, bairn, barge, began, begin, begun, beige, being, binge, brain, brine, bring, bruin, burin, giber, grebe, unbar, urban, banger, bargee, baring, beanie, bungee, burgee, graben, urbane, auberge, bearing, beguine, AUBERGINE
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) This is your week to sparkle and show how clever you are. Why be modest? Let others know what you are capable of; your talents will come out sooner or later. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Something that you had set your heart on, although still coming, is terribly slow. This is not a time to be a pessimist. Please don't, however, allow your tendency to put all your eggs in one basket trip you up.
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You have been learning about certain people very fast. Do you feel as though you are in the middle of a soap opera? In the spring sunshine, it is possible that passions will fire up.
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Across 1 Valuable things Tessa’s sorted out (6) 4 Fish have them and musicians play them (6) 7 Former Iranian leader cooking hash (4) 8 Well-read, two accounts about Ms Moore? (8) 9 Begrudges missing the first gifts (7) 12 Fixed place (3) 14 The Parisian read out editorial (6) 15 To begin with Richard acted cautiously in silencing troubled bigot (6) 16 Card expert (3) 18 Beams in September after summer fun (7) 22 Bosses will come from a rebuilt East Germany, but not yet (8) 23 Gave birth to dull person (4) 24 Run away from pudding, say (6) 25 Maybe it’s old and impassive (6) Down 1 Untidy USA, a trial country (9) 2 Raise cast members in access way (9) 3 Country, say (5) 4 Begin to jump when surprised? (5)
Across 1 Give in exchange (4) 4 Morally reprehensible (4) 9 Talk idly or rapidly (7) 10 18th letter of the Greek alphabet (5) 11 Enraged (5) 12 Walk by dragging one's feet (7) 13 Priest's domain (6) 15 Constraint, force (6) 19 Grow worse (7) 21 Conclude by reasoning (5) 23 Lift up (5) 24 Beat thoroughly (7) 25/26 Exclamation expressive of applause (4,4)
5 Abraham Lincoln’s first murder victim in good book (4) 6 The best part of Chinese literature (5) 10 Libellous remarks deleted in, remains troubled (5) 11 Tales about ‘Shade of Grey’ (5) 12 Cylinder jammed? (5,4)
13 A legal document, suspect deleted it (5,4) 17 Go after, as in revolutionary (5) 19 Proficient in a small department (5) 20 Requests tea before the chores (5) 21 Noblewoman made change (4)
Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 17 represents G and 19 represents Z, so fill in G every time the figure 17 appears and Z every time the figure 19 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: 3 Cleanse, 7 Odour, 8 Bagel, 9 Mastered, 10 Belle, 13 Ass, 15 Caters, 16 Oceans, 17 Pan, 19 Carts, 23 Generate, 24 Eager, 25 Stove, 26 Leisure. Down: 1 Boise, 2 Korea, 3 Creels, 4 Awakened, 5 Stealing, 6 Army, 11 Carapace, 12 Settlers, 13 Asp, 14 Son, 18 Averse, 20 Lemon, 21 Eaves, 22 Beam. QUICK Across: 1 Thanks, 4 Before, 7 Lack, 8 Interval, 9 Suggest, 12 Shy, 14 Aboard, 15 Cactus, 16 Has, 18 Spiders, 22 Moderate, 23 Find, 24 Beasts, 25 Sunday. Down: 1 Telegraph, 2 Ancestors, 3 Sting, 4 Bites, 5 Farm, 6 Reach, 10 Girls, 11 Tease, 12 Satisfied, 13 Yesterday, 17 Alone, 19 Plays, 20 Dress, 21 Gets.
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19 Act of defiance (4)
17 Sequential events (6)
20 Perfection standard (5)
18 Made warm or hot (6)
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English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Escocés (5) 3 Sábana (de cama) (5) 5 Uso (utilización) (3) 7 To bore (7) 9 Huevos (4) 10 Macho (4) 13 Respuestas (a preguntas, en examen, test) (7) 14 Hormiga (3) 15 Barcos (de grandes tamaños) (5) 16 Goodbye (5) Down 1 Cacerolas (9) 2 Jabón (4) 3 Alma (espíritu) (4) 4 Storms (9) 6 Bordes (de asientos, andenes, pañuelos) (5) 8 Flash flood (5) 11 Llaves (de puertas) (4) 12 Island (4)
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 (PRINTS) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Altura, 3 Arma, 7 Día, 9 Llegada, 10 Earn, 11 Bone, 14 Seagull, 15 Sea, 16 Sash, 17 Cabeza.
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous Italian composer: VIP’S PEER GUIDE FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: DOMBEY AND SON, GIUSEPPE VERDI
Unscramble the name of a famous novel by Charles Dickens (three words): BEDS ON MONDAY
Down 2 Testifier (7) 3 Examine closely (6) 4 Distant view of a wide area (5) 5 Clear enough to deciphered (7) 6 Subsist on a meagre allowance (6) 7 Long story of heroic achievement (4) 8 Visage (4) 14 Get something (7) 16 Mythical horse-like creature
1 Closer, 2 Afresh, 3 Ghosts, 4 Wagons, 5 Shoots, 6 Beings, 7 Sought, 8 Logged, 9 Course, 10 Solemn, 11 Recent, 12 Throne, 13 Chased, 14 Rushed, 15 Harems, 16 Others, 17 Metres, 18 Hatter, 19 Nearby
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EATING RITUALS: The Alpha dog always dines first. jured is very much to the fore. It is for this reason that all dominance/submissive levels are decided through play. To teach a young dog to growl, pull and persevere brings the reward of winning, or to engage in a rough and tumble and then to give up, are not lessons that we should be teaching him. They are certainly not the games that we allow him to win. Similarly the dog is a predator; therefore, food is
of prime importance, not just for survival but as a means of maintaining the social order. A client told me that her husband worked odd hours. Sometimes, because of this, they ate their evening meal at 5pm, sometimes at 7pm. The dog was always fed at 6pm. What she couldn’t understand was why, when they ate early, the dog never begged from the table. When they ate later he always begged,
despite the fact he was never given food. Think dog; the Alpha dog eats first and the pack have what is left unless he or she decides to have some more. When the family ate second, he was promoted and his instincts told him that he was entitled to the leftovers, which the family were now sharing. It was because the rituals of eating were performed within an hour of each other that these instincts were enhanced.
ELISABETH has been an academic for 10 years, having secured her PhD in record time and turned out a couple of books within her first two years as a lecturer. Finding herself stuck on her next project, a friend suggested she get away to somewhere completely different. A junior academic’s salary is modest so she had to be creative about how she was going to change her working environment to somewhere removed from all the usual distractions. While planning how to care for her own cats in her absence she hit upon the idea of cat-sitting for someone else. That’s how she met Greg and Mandy who lived in Malaga, a British couple who had retired to the sun and liked to return to the UK to see their children
and grandchildren for six weeks each summer. They had registered with HouseSitMatch to find sitters for Wilbur and Max, their tabbies. When Elisabeth heard that the only responsibilities were to care for the cats, water the garden and keep the pool clean she decided she could indeed help them. It was a perfect match, she could focus on her work, away from the distractions at home. By the end of the summer she had a workable draft worthy of her ideas. The cats had more company than ever before, because Elisabeth was at home for much of the day working. Whether you are a homeowner or house-sitter register now for your Free 60-Day Trial and secure your Free Easy Guide to Housesitting. To find a pet-sitter go to www.Housesit Match.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865521508
Horse-drawn carriage petition A PETITION to ban carriages pulled by horses in Palma de Mallorca has already been signed by more than 87,800 people. It was launched on Change.org by Luis Moreira, a Palma resident, af-
ter the death of a horse in front of Palma Cathedral. “For the past few years, numerous incidents have occurred regarding these carriages, for instance, drivers hitting [the horses] due to impatience, the death of animals after suffering heat stroke or excessively long working hours,” reads the petition. “Horses are forced to carry out heavy, physical efforts the entire day, 365 days per year.” The petition has sparked international response, with 63 per cent of the signatories being Germans. The ‘Galeras Rojas’, the
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ONE of the most popular games to play with any young dog is tug-of-war. In fact, there are tug-toys available in pet shops designed to give both the human and the dog their own end to hold. These games are invariably won by the dog. We usually allow them to win because we admire the tenacity and dedication to win that they put into the game, despite what we see as our superior strength. Similarly, rough and tumble games are great fun to play, until the youngster starts to get a bit aggressive and then we give up before it gets out of hand. Being a predator and part of a hunting unit, the instinct not to get in-
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TOURIST DRAW: The Galeras Rojas carriages. name given to carriages in Palma, are one of the most popular attractions. The petition proposes the substitution of horse-drawn carriages with vintage or
classic cars to be able to maintain the drivers’ jobs. www.change.org/p/aytode-palma-de-mallorcaeliminen-las-calesastiradas-por-caballos
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16th April LESS than a week to go now before my last chemo session! Hard to believe, but it seems that the magical date is in sight and approaching fast.
I have been extremely positive throughout my treatment and have, for the most part, been spared the majority of the serious side-effects associated with chemotherapy. I have to say that the cumulative effect is starting to take its toll though. The most irritating thing is a constant watering eye and very dry skin. No hair, eyebrows or eyelashes make you look odd but it’s not the end of the world. In the week immediately after my treatment I notice that I have a very dry mouth and a white tongue (but no ulcers)
which affects how food tastes. This all passes and apart from a tremendous thirst and a slightly achy body life carries on. So once I have my last treatment, I move into a different phase. I imagine that I will be given a CAT scan to see how I have responded to chemotherapy. Before starting treatment, I had three shadows on my lungs in addition to the removed tumours. The doctors wanted to keep an eye on these as the lungs would be a typical place for breast cancer to extend to.
It is the hope that the chemo has eradicated these shadows and that should be that. I will then have to wait for the call to start my radiotherapy. I have been marked out in preparation with tiny tattoos and have to prepare the area to be radiated with some intensive hydration! Being pale, my skin is likely to be more sensitive to the effects of radiotherapy. I am not sure how many sessions I will be given but I imagine around 20 or so. We shall see. In the meantime, life ticks along. The children seem to be
A breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease A BREAKTHROUGH could have been made in Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers say they may have discovered how Alzheimer’s is caused and say it could lead to new treatments. The new study showed that the immune system, which protects bodies from foreign invaders, plays a part in the debilitating disease. Using mice, they found that in Alzheimer’s disease, certain immune cells that normally protect the brain begin to consume an important nutrient called arginine. The scientists looked at ways of blocking this process and found that it prevented the charac-
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more grown-up by the day. I am convinced that they are visibly taller each day. We seem to be experiencing a little calm after the storm, although it is meant to be the other way round normally, in our case we’ve dealt with a mini tsunami so calmer waters are most welcome. Less tears and a slow acceptance of the situation and even some laughter is a great relief. Let’s see what next week has in store for us all. One thing is for sure… life never fails to surprise!
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Clinical trials to start on Barcelona University AIDS vaccine
AN AIDS vaccine has been produced in Spain. The University of Barcelona (UB) is the first centre in Spain accredited by the Spanish Medicines Agency to produce advanced therapy drugs for the HIV and AIDS virus, which will begin trials on 36 patients at the Clinical Hospital of Barcelona in September. The drugs have been produced at the Unit for Research and Development at the university’s Faculty of Medicine. Doctors Josep Maria Canals, who heads the research unit, and Felipe Garcia, who co-ordinates the clinical trial to be held from September, said the accreditation allows UB to perform all the production processes at all stages of cell vaccine for the treatment of AIDS. Canals said the accredita-
AIDS VACCINE: Clinical trials will begin on patients in September. tion to produce the drug “is necessary to make a qualitative leap from basic research
to clinical trials. It opens the door to other researchers and companies to undertake the
whole process of manufacture of another drug of any of today’s advanced therapies, in-
cluding gene therapy and regenerative medicine here.” The university says Spain, with about 50 drugs in clinical development, is at the forefront in the field of advanced therapies. Garcia explained that advanced therapies and, in particular, gene therapy or therapeutic vaccines including those used in the study, are the focus of new experimental technologies which aim to achieve the cure of the HIV infection and to eliminate the risk of contagion. The trials will last a year and will involve taking a blood sample from each patient, working to isolate and purify the virus. Scientists are hoping to achieve 99.9 per cent efficiency of the new cell vaccine and what doctors call a ‘functional cure’ in patients.
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Lack of sleep for toddlers can cause later problems TODDLERS who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to develop emotional and behavioural problems. Norwegian researchers found toddlers who slept less than 10 hours a night or woke frequently, had more emotional and behavioural problems by the age of five. The results come from a
study of 32,662 pairs of mothers and children in Norway backed by the Norwegian Ministry of Health. The mothers filled out questionnaires when they were 17 weeks’ pregnant, when the child was 18 months old and again when the child was five, rating their child’s behav-
iour and how long they slept. At 18 months, almost 60 per cent of toddlers were sleeping for 13 to 14 hours per night with a smaller amount sleeping for less than 10 hours per night and waking regularly. The study’s authors found early sleep issues may be part of the reason for later emotional or be-
Woman’s stress of divorce DIVORCE often causes heartache and pain to both parties, but scientists now believe that women are more susceptible to the biological and psychological effects of the separation from a partner. Researchers found that divorced women are more likely to suffer a heart attack than those who are happily married. Nearly 16,000 people aged 45 to 80, who had been married at least once,
took part in the study and were interviewed every two years from 1992 to 2010 about their marital status and health. Around one-third had been divorced at least once during the 18-year study and although men are generally at higher risk of suffering a heart attack, the findings of the study revealed women fared worse in the wake of divorce.
havioural problems but other factors, like child temperament and parental mental health, may be important as well. “This study does suggest that inadequate sleep in early childhood increases the risks for later emotional and behavioural problems,” said Michelle Garrison of Seattle Children’s Research Institute in Washington, who analysed the research.
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Taj Mahal Indian restaurant welcomes customers back time and time again THE Taj Mahal Indian Tandoori Special Restaurant in Benimar is the area’s most established and popular Indian restaurant. Open for over a decade, it welcomes customers time and time again as they continue to return and praise its food and service, headed by owner Dilbag Singh. He prides himself on the service and atmosphere offered in the spacious restaurant which has gloriously high ceilings and
AL FRESCO: Enjoy dining on the spacious terrace. views over towards the fields and a large spacious
terrace for al fresco dining.
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ings of the Taj Mahal, food is of course at its heart: “Our food is superior,” said Dilbag: “We freshly make all our curries with authentic spices from India. We can also make any dish to our customer’s preference whether they want it mild, medium or hot.” Tandoori dishes, cooked in a loam oven and served on a hot sizzler, are a speciality but there is something for everyone from salads and samosas to biryani and baltis and plenty of speciality rices,
noodles and breads to accompany your meal. Platters and set menus are also available for two, four or six people. Taj Mahal is open every lunchtime and this is the perfect time to sample their cuisine at highly affordable prices with a three-course menu del dia available including a drink. A menu de la noche is also served daily from 6pm and takeaways are available. For information or to reserve a table, call 966 712 645.
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German cuisine at its best in naval themed restaurant GORCH FOCK Restaurant in Los Dolses offers traditional German food coupled with modern varieties. Gorch Fock owners Timm and Hellen Kramer, who previously ran a successful restaurant in Germany before relocating to Spain, pride themselves in providing quality, fresh, home-cooked food and in keeping with their German traditions, serving dishes such as goulash, dumplings, breaded veal and roulade of beef. For the more international client, the steaks are a popular choice and you can choose from a range of sauces to accompany your dish from paprika and mushroom, to pineapple with curry sauce.
GORCH FOCK: Spacious outdoor terrace is ideal for parties and celebrations. The restaurant also offers a range of lunchtime specials. The naval themed restaurant was named after the German navy’s
tall ship the Gorch Fock, whose home port is Kiel, the home town of Timm, so even in Spain this delightful couple have a constant re-
minder of home. Gorch Fock Los Dolses Commercial Centre, upper level Tel: 639 931 675 or 966 764 570.
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International flavour ESTABLISHED for over three years in Quesada, La Campana Restaurant is a hidden delight, nestled just off the main high street behind the Don Carlos. Extended a year ago, La Campana is now double its original size offering a welcoming spacious restaurant area, bar area and outside terrace, perfect for al fresco dining during the summer months and to make the most of the daily cocktail happy hour where large and individually mixed cocktails are served from 12-4pm for just €3.50 each: “We have a lot of regular clients for the cocktail hour and now we know exactly how they like them so we try to accommodate individual tastes,” said owner Laszlo Miklosi. The Hungarian born chef, who was taught by a Torrevieja chef, combines his local Spanish knowledge with his passion for his home country and his love for his expat
WORK OF ART: Diners enjoy fresh home cooked food in uniq clientele to create a truly appetising and international menu combining Spanish, Hungarian, British and French cuisine. For some homely winter warmers try the range of Hungarian stews with lamb, beef or traditional goulash. Coming soon for the summer and for lighter appetites is also a new range of five different salads. A chef’s special
and a la carte menu is also due to be launched soon. Inside the restaurant, aside from the tasty food, is a spectacular work of art that is worthy of a visit to La Campana in itself. A mural of Sevilla adorns the main wall, created by Laszlo’s artist friend who adds to it every time he visits Spain for work. There are also images of Marrakesh: “I wanted to cre-
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que surroundings. ate a restaurant that is dressed up with colour and culture,” said Laszlo, who, despite never having personally visited the sites painted, is inspired and wants his customers to be inspired also: “I want it to be different and something exciting.” If you want to be inspired and excited by Laszlo’s murals, as well as his food, La Campana is open daily. A
LA CAMPANA: Al fresco. three-course menu del dia offers excellent value at €6.50 and an evening menu is €8.50. Parties can be catered for and groups over five have the option of choosing the five course special celebratory menu for just €12 each. So whatever your choice, try La Campana and make your reservation now. La Campana Tel: 698 418 375
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START THEM YOUNG I WAS lucky to have had a small personal garden and junior school garden to work in from the tender age of five. I had the enthusiasm and patience of interested parents and grandparents to instil the challenge and sense of achievement of gardening in my blood, not only in growing flowers but vegetables and fruit as well. So get the youngest members of your family going now. They will soon be proud of their efforts. School gardens Unfortunately, not all schools have gardens and gardening clubs but world-
TASTY VEGETABLES: Encourage children to grow. wide they are becoming very popular with major national programmes in many countries including the UK, USA and Australia. Search the internet for the international Slow Food and UK Think Organic School programmes to get a feel for what is going on. Some schools in Spain do have gardening clubs but mostly they lack impact as the clubs are often not given a suitable plot of land or raised bed. Their
efforts are not promoted as a show-piece for the school such as the entry garden. They are not developed as a vegetable garden providing vegetables for lunch-time sandwiches or meals and the understanding of why things grow is not integrated into the curriculum. Personal gardens Luckily, some parents and grandparents encourage children to have their
own small garden for growing colourful and edible flowers, tasty vegetables and delicious strawberries riper and juicier than many in the shops. The success factors include providing a fertile square metre or two of soil or three or four large containers for use as small raised beds, guidance of what plants are easiest and quickest to grow, a good set of small tools, a lightweight watering can, some
ecologically safe snail pellets and a system of paying for any produce grown and used for family meals. For young children there are many practical experiences that can help them in their understanding of early science and botany lessons at school. The following are extracted from our books ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’ and ‘Growing Healthy Fruit in Spain’. • Smelling things such as ripe tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, fennel, rosemary and thyme. • Sowing seeds like mustard, cress, cut and come again salad leaves, and radishes that will come up and mature quickly. • Seeing how quickly their own tray of sprouting seeds can germinate, grow
and be ready to eat. • Sowing and nurturing one or two sunflower seeds to two or three metre giants and then drying the seeds to eat, as bird food and drying and keeping some to use next year. • Growing, drying and painting colourful vegetables such as Turk’s turban squash and decorative gourds. • Preparing their own salad with their self-grown mustard and cress, lettuce leaves, tomato, radishes, chives and why not sprouting seeds? • Making a refreshing infusion of mint, lemon verbena or a slice of lemon; or ice lollies from pureed raspberries and strawberries. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com April 2015
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MORE than 65 per cent of people in Spain live in an apartment, the highest percentage in Europe; therefore, it would seem very appropriate to talk about how to increase the value of your apartment over the next few weeks. The first important point to consider is that your apartment is one of many apartments in a building; therefore, if your building is well managed and maintained to the highest standards it will increase the value of your apartment. I see many apartment buildings throughout
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Spain which are badly maintained or managed even in prime locations, and I feel sorry for you if you own one of these apartments because your apartment is actually being devalued. A key point is that your building should not only be kept in excellent condition but also the exterior design of the building should be kept uniform.
Mixed styles of glassed in balconies, terraces and mixed extensions designs and TV dishes everywhere, make the building look ugly and actually devalue your apartment further.
Multi-satellite dishes should be replaced with a community system and there should be a standard design for extensions and built-in balconies and terraces. Adding living space to
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The cost of rental properties continues to decrease in Spain THE average rental price of homes in Spain has fallen by 1.21 per cent during the first
three months of 2015. The decreasing trend has been noted in a report carried out by property site pisos.com, comparing the data with that registered at the end of 2014. If compared with figures from March 2014, the decrease reaches a total of APARTMENT LIVING: 4.62 per cent. Important the building is This report would well maintained. confirm a slow recovery of the sector, according to its Privacy and security inauthors. creases the value of your “The beginning of apartment, so having a change in property trends is porter, a modern security reflected in monthly rental entrance system, security prices,” said Miguel Angel cameras or gated commuAlemany, head of the site. nity is important. During the first three Additional factors inmonths, Barcelona was clude a good location, announced as the most views, quality kitchen and expensive provincial capital bathroom, layout, good in which to rent a property, neutral style of decoration with an average of €1,291 and parking space. per month. John Graham FGIS The cheapest capitals 020 32 900 983 / were Lugo and Ourense, +34 657 337 477 with average prices of €380 gk.ipad@me.com and €406 respectively.
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your apartment to increase the value is a good idea, such as closing open balconies or terraces with glass; an extension will give you extra living space and should further increase the value.
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ON SHOW: Hundreds of styles will be available at the new showroom.
HFS expands to Flamenca Beach HFS Kitchens, Bedrooms and Bathrooms have been established on the Costa Blanca for over 12 years and are proud to announce further expansion with the opening of a second showroom in the Flamenca Beach Commercial Centre, Playa Flamenca. Due to open at the end of June, the showroom is in response to their numerous clients in the Orihuela Costa area, offering them a more local point of contact. The showroom will join their existing large showroom in Benijofar, which currently houses 21 displays to give you the customer an idea of what can be created in your home by the experienced and professional team. Offering the latest designs and products from the best Spanish and German designers, HFS literally has hundreds of options for your kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, whatever your style preference and budget. A full range of granite and Silestone composite work surfaces are available alongside brand name appliances, all at very competitive prices. It means that HFS can supply you with everything from the smallest details to an entire new kitchen.
EXACTING STANDARDS: HFS deliver on quality. Minor building works, plumbing, tiling and electrics can also be done to transform your room. HFS is a family-run business, headed by expert professional Graham Jordan who has decades of experience in the industry and ran his own company in the UK before planning to retire to Spain. But upon seeing the lack of quality some others were offering fellow expats, he set about transforming the reputation of the industry in Spain and providing the same exacting high standards his customers in the UK expected. This quality and service is why the company has survived and grown in strength for over a decade. “We work hard for our customers,” said Graham, “They want a fantastic kitchen - they get a fantas-
tic kitchen.” A proud member of Master Builders in the UK, which quality checked Graham’s work before accepting him, all units and parts are inspected as they arrive in the warehouse before being installed; any with the slightest dent or mark are discarded and new ones ordered. Graham’s exacting standards have led to hundreds of happy clients and a folder full of genuine client comments and feedback, available to view in the showroom, which is open Monday to Friday from 10am-2pm. Appointments are carried out in the afternoons with free consultations offered and a 3D design plan can be arranged. So for a company that ticks all the boxes on price, quality, professionalism and service, visit HFS today.
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Away from the madding crowd why not try an island retreat? THE vast majority of people who venture to Spain with a view to living away from the madding crowd, look to the campo (countryside) for solace. A fewer number seek more remote dwellings and hear the call of a mountain plateau for their solitude. But only a mere fraction of people require the isolation that a private island can offer. And you can’t afford it! Well if that’s what you have been telling yourself, you might be surprised to learn that it’s not just the rich and famous who buy private islands. Popular locations around the
ISLAND TRANQUILLITY: Isla Centinela in Avila. world demand popular prices; however, more and smaller islands are becoming accessible in lesser-known
parts of the world to the average Joe because of their low price. Spain is one of those places. Although not the cheapest place in the world to buy an island, you might be lucky to pick one up for less than the price of a large villa in Marbella; €2.6million for example would ensure that you owned, Isla N’Oliver just north of Menorca, or for a little more you could be the lord of the manor at Isla Centinela, Avila.
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Avoiding the STUDIES by Fotocasa show that more people in Spain are leaning towards renting a home rather than buying one, with 38 per cent of tenants saying that renting gives them more freedom. But there are some pitfalls to avoid to be sure it really is home sweet home rather than a rental nightmare. The College of Estate Agents in Cataluña has drawn up a list of the seven most common mistakes made by prospective tenants: • Failing to read (and understand) the whole contract: You are agreeing to everything you sign, so take your time and make sure you understand it all. Don’t let anyone rush you, and if necessary ask for a copy of the contract in advance so you have time to query any unclear points before signing. • Renting from an ac-
quaintance without signing a contract: Although golden opportunities can sometimes arise, when someone you trust offers you a property at a great price you never know what the future may bring. It’s always a good idea to write everything down, if only for both parties’ peace of mind.
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• Not negotiating the price or worrying points: If you think a clause is abusive or you’ve given a bit over one point and want the owner to do the same on another, make sure you make this clear. You’ve nothing to lose and it’s a good idea to make sure everything is crystal clear from the start.
• Failing to check the property before signing: Rental contracts almost always carry a clause stating the tenant will pay for any damage caused. But unless you check the state it’s in before signing you could find yourself lumbered with paying for damage previous tenants made. To avoid this, check the
property carefully and list any imperfections before signing a contract. This list should be signed by both parties and attached to the contract. • Paying in advance: Don’t hand over any money until you’ve seen the property and signed the contract. If you’re pushed for advance deposits, it’s a good idea to make sure you have a document specifying what the payment is for. • Taking on expenses you shouldn’t have to pay: Make sure you know exactly which expenses and bills will be paid by each party, and also that the contract specifies who will pay for repairs that may be needed.
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SPANGLISH HIRE, owned and run by father and son team Ian and Tom Nock, was founded more than six years ago. The pair created the specialist self-drive van hire company from their own needs and experiences. The company has since gained a well-deserved reputation for being reliable and trustworthy and has continued to expand its fleet and services. The self-drive option allows customers to rent wellmaintained and fully legal and insured vehicles, giving people the opportunity to move themselves and their belongings from the UK to Spain or Spain to the UK in the knowledge that they are in full control. Delivery and collection of the hire vehicle can be arranged to anywhere in the UK and mainland Spain or Portugal with prices starting from £50 (€59).
SPANGLISH: A modern and well-maintained fleet available for hire. Drivers need to be aged over 25, provide two forms of ID, a passport and a pre-authorised deposit is taken. A full removals service can also be offered for full or part loads. They can carry out dedicated removals between the UK and Spain or anywhere in Europe. This can, if needed, be coupled with storage in ei-
ther the UK or Spain after collection or before delivery. With all removals a full wrapping package is also available if required, with a wide range of boxes and packing materials available. Ian said: “The difference here from large international movers is we don’ t unload your belongings into a ware-
house to wait for a large truck then load and unload again you book the whole van to go directly between your chosen destinations.” Due to a recent increase in removals and part load capacity they are now able to offer even better rates for all your transport needs. Ian said: “These rates are too low to go
into print but why not send us an email or give us a call to find out more.” Spanglish Hire are also proud to announce that very shortly they will be working in conjunction with ‘Your-Pod’ to bring customers a new and revolutionary way of cost effectively transporting their belongings between Spain and the UK without the inherent hazards of the low-cost transshipment movers. For more information and for a full personalised free quotation, email info@ spanglish-hire.com or call 660 311 844 in Spain - or 0759 598 4208 in the UK. Spanglish Hire Call: 660 311 844 or 0759 598 4208 (UK) Email: info@spanglishhire.com Visit: www.spanglishhire.com
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone
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wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aa-costablanca.org 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. SPIRITUALIST CENTRE, BENIJOFAR (formerly Spiritualist Church, Quesada) meets at NEW ADDRESS with immediate effect at Hamilton’s Bakehouse, Calle Vicente 62, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar. 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. Mark Brandist (UK Medium) will take the Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday 26th April at 11.30am. On Tuesday 28th April, Mark Brandist will take an Evening of Mediumship. Entry 5€. George Lason (UK Medium) will take the Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday 3rd May. Contact Wendy on 965 323 028. www.spiritualistcentrebenijofar.com. New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail.com or in fo@spiritualistcentre-benijofar.com. Identificacion Fiscal G54713789.
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.helpvegabaja.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.orihuelacostarbl.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)
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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 PilarChristian.Commu nityChurch@gmail.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 TORREVIEJA STROKE SUPPORT GROUP meets each Friday 2.45pm 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 exercise, group discussion etc. For info: Louie 966 718 964 or 965 071 920, e-mail: stroke supportgroup@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 secre tarybr3606@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 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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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.spa ma-safor.blog.com.es PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM (95707)
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ELECTRICIAN MR FIXIT. For all your electrical, plumbing, general & appliance & boiler repairs. No call out charge. 698 320 434 (236230)
GARDENING GARDENER with more than 25 years experience on the Costas. English & Spanish spoken. Private gardens. Free quote. Tel 699 682 630 or email billthegardener@hot mail.es (225070)
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SOS <http://www.sosinsur anceinspain.com> Insurance in Spain. Best prices available. CALL US FIRST for all your insurance needs, including best deals on Funeral plans. Buildings and contents cover from just 82 euros per year and cars from 120 euros. Tel 966 787 123 / 622 275 561 / 686 116 297 / email in fo@sosinsuranceinspain.com (225752)
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METAL WORK METAL WORKS, gates, rejas offer: from 50€, buy 3 get 1 free. NOT including installation. 638 449 944 (230670)
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)
WANTED WANTED Cars, vans, caravans, 4 X 4’s British Spanish 600 781 873 ibuyany car@hotmail.com (232082)
PERGOLA COVERS TAILOR made, durable canvas, sails, umbrella, spa and BBQ covers. Mazarron based, and at Procomobel Market, Guardamar Saturday mornings. 667 879 399 krugercanopies@in.com (228791)
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WE BUY, Sell, Store, Remove all types of Mobile Homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzicaley@gmail.com (228718)
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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)
PENTHOUSE under construction in the centre of Calpe, external walls completed, with garage. Price 77,000 euros. 100m2, views
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THE DOG MOVER. Licensed transporters. Two handlers, so never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.thedogmover.com 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 (236009)
PET CHARITIES EASYHORSE CARE RESCUE CENTRE We aim to rescue HORSES. If you would like to DONATE please call 965 967 033 or sales@easy horsecare.net www.easyhorse care.net or call Sue 652 021 980 (95706)
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MAN AND VAN UK - Spain. 2 vans travelling twice a month, Murcia North / South UK. Tel 610 846 260 or 0044 751 918 6355 email van.man@hotmail.co.uk SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanishmoves.net. Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 INTERNATIONAL and European Removals. Expert removals worldwide. www.universalremovals.com. Tel: 951 247 834 / +44 (0)203 128 7007 (231488)
SEWING QUALIFIED SEAMSTRESS 40 years experience, turn-ups to tailoring patterns taken from your favourite cloths, reasonable prices. Torrevieja, Sandra: 966 799 188 / 680 486 336 (232111)
MR FIXIT. For all your electrical, plumbing, general & appliance & boiler repairs. No call out charge. 698 320 434 (236230)
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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)
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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
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BRAND new two bed apt. In Algorfa town centre, gated, swimming pool 225 euros per month plus deposit. 0044 7949 589539 / londonan gels@hotmail.com (231649)
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THE Rational FX team are opening an office in the Costa Blanca South area and looking for the right candidate to develop and maintain a network of partnerships across the Costa Blanca. This role provides an incredible opportunity for an experienced sales professional to join a rapidly expanding market leading company. The successful candidate will have a strong desire for career success, be incredibly driven, passionate and charismatic. Good basic plus commission. Please e-mail spain@rationalfx.com
MECHANIC WANTED. Fully skilled/semi skilled. Good rates of pay. Full contract. Phone Terry 696 650 430 (233620)
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Mr Angry, he goes from zero to crazy in under 5 seconds
I know we have to give those pesky cyclists a metre’s distance when we overtake: but why do people insist on pulling out into oncoming traffic without a care in
the world? They think just because they have to prove a point in being cautious, they can swerve across the road in front of a lorry coming towards them at 80kph. AND expect THEM to move!
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Fiction becomes fact IN the world of James Bond, we have amazing vehicles that can be driven remotely from your iPhone and become invisible, or have gestureactivated controls with laser positioning sensors, but that’s just fiction right? Wrong! The new Land Rover Concept is here. Showcased at the New York Motor show, Land Rover prove the future is here with their Discovery Vision Concept. It boasts remote drive, an ‘invisible’ bonnet that allows the driver to ‘see through’ the car to the ground, laser positioning sensors, and ‘gesture-controlled’ doors. Other features include a laser positioning sensor system to map the terrain in front of you and relay to a display on the dashboard. Land Rover’s latest concept car might not look radical from the outside, but inside it boasts a range of
GADGET-FILLED: The Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept. outlandish gadgets that would make James Bond proud. The most Q-like advance in the Concept is remotecontrol drive, which allows anyone to drive the vehicle ‘at very low speed’ using a smartphone, tablet or the car’s removable console while not actually seated inside it.
The ‘see through’ bonnet meanwhile combines cameras in the grille and jet-fighter style head-up display technology on the windscreen. The idea being that while driving up a steep rocky incline, you will be able to see what is directly under your front wheels.
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RE-PLATE MATE Don’t take a chance! Don’t break the law! Take the hassle out of re-registering your vehicle onto Spanish plates We endeavour to better any genuine quotation 490 Euro + Road Tax + CO2 emission tax if applicable
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The world of Ferrari FANS of four wheels will have a unique opportunity to learn first-hand the history of Ferrari at the Trade Fairs Congress in Malaga from May 1. The Palacio de Congresos will be hosting the prancing horse exhibition which promises some 50 of their iconic supercars
from history. Models from 1965 up to the latest Enzo, F50 or F40 will be on display. The jewel in the crown will undoubtedly be the latest model ‘Laferrari’, of which only 499 units exist in the world. Alongside the stars from Maranelo,
there will be an additional exhibition of 25 other supercars in the hall next door, amongst which will be some of the most exclusive in the world. The Rebellion - the only model in the world manufactured exclusively for world champion skier Jon Olsson - a Spano GTA, and a Spyqer. The two exhibitions will be sepa-
FERRARI: A chance to see 50 of the iconic supercars.
rate; however, those interested in seeing both exhibits can buy a joint ticket for only €8. By way of promoting the event, Ferrari owners from all over Spain will be parading through the streets of the city before its official opening. The address and contact details are: Avenida de José Ortega y Gasset, 201, Málaga Tel: +34 952 045 500 www.ferrari clubespana.com
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Fun, friends and golf ON Friday April 10, the Golf Delux Centre, Los Alcazares, saw the Friendship Club of Help Murcia Mar Menor hold their annual golf contest. The chill in the air and a strong breeze did not put the competitors off. In the end the ladies winner was Margaret Milne with Thelma Manning the runner up, the men’s contest was won by Drew Sykes with Tony Clarke, the runner up. The highest scores in both contests were rewarded with Wooden Spoons presented by Doreen Hibbs, a long standing member, to Ina Bourdon and David Sykes father of the men’s winner. The golf was followed by a lunch in the restaurant. The Friendship Club is open to all to join in, for info call: 968 570 059.
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THURSDAY April 16, saw 60 members of the Eurogolf Society compete in the monthly Stableford competition along with playing for the Easter Cup trophy. Scores were
League 6 contest AFTER a few weeks Easter break, the seasons swimming competitions resumed. On Sunday April 19, it was the turn of the younger regional swimmers in the League 6 competition, held in the 25m Municipal Pool, Elda. Eight of the regions clubs were challenged in the 200m Individual Medley and the 400m and 200m Freestyle events. Seven members of Club Natacion Torrevieja participated in this event, Leila Hernandez and Jhoely Cejas, swam their first competitive races.
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MY name is Jordan Gibb and I am a professional golfer based here on the Costa Blanca. I have competed across the globe on the European Tour, Challenge Tour and the Alps Tour over the past four years. I also compete locally and was the Order of Merit winner for the 2014 Comunidad Valenciana Circuit. I have agreed to write a weekly column for Euro Weekly News ’ readers, sharing my views on various aspects of the game as well as some of my experience as a touring professional. I will also offer advice I feel can help you improve your golf and increase your enjoyment of the game. Readers are welcome to submit questions through my personal website and I will devote one article each month to answering as many as possible. Given the slightly lengthy introduction, this week’s offering will be short and sweet. While I know that most of our new year resolutions have gone out the window by this stage, the reality is our golfing dreams aren’t subject to the constraints of the calendar year. The game of golf takes us on a journey that can last a lifetime and
Franz Berndt winning with 34 points, followed by Gloria Manning on 34, and in third place was Morag Turner also on 34. Bronze Division finished with Gill Gordon winning on 34 points, with Eamonn Devine in second, and David Valentine third with 33. More information about our friendly society can be found on our webpage www.eurogolfquesada.co.uk.
Presentation dinner TORREVIEJA SWIMMERS: At the pool in Elda. Nicolas Acuna, Georgy Murskiy and younger brother Konstantin, swam races never tried before. The other two team mem-
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very close resulting in the winners being decided on count back. Paul Manning won the monthly Stableford and also the Easter Cup trophy, coming in with a score of 36 points. Full results as follows: Gold Division: First, Paul Manning on 36 points, second was Bob Buckeridge with 36, and third place was taken by Pino Perito also with 36. Silver Division saw
it is up to you to decide what you want to get out of that experience. So let’s start to look at why we play the game and what we want to achieve. You wouldn’t get in a car without knowing where you want to go so let’s not make that mistake with golf. I believe we get more satisfaction from any activity if we feel like we are improving and moving towards a goal. In your career that may mean a promotion or a raise. If you are learning a musical instrument, it may mean the prospect of being able to play your favourite song. In golf, your goal may be to break 100 or to get down to a single-figure handicap or maybe it is simply to go an entire round without threeputting. These goals motivate us to practice, work well and ultimately lead to more pleasure and greater learning. You know where you are going, you don’t have to know how you’re going to get there yet. So this week, have a think and try and write down at least five things you would like to achieve in your golfing lifetime with three of those being goals for this year. Good luck and thanks for reading. Sorry for giving you homework in my first week. Have fun. Jordan Jordan is available for Private Instruction at Vistabella Golf. Please feel free to read more or contact Jordan via: www.jordangibbgolf.com.
bers Vicky Pigneur and Amy Connolly were challenged with improving upon previous best times. Call Rosa 665 454 126.
THE presentation dinner for the winter league was a huge success, with over 200 people in attendance. The music and wine had everybody dancing in the aisles and standing on their chairs, but not until the medals and cups were presented by Eduardo Dolon, the mayor of Torrevieja. Many thanks were given to him for giving up his time. A donation of €428 was handed to Luis of Caritas from the league, who stated it was much appreciated. The summer league is now into its second week, and the division one leaders are Amigos Belgas 1, followed by Dominos red who have both had two good wins.
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An early start for San Miguel at Vistabella
AN early start for the 27 members and two guests attending to play in the third round of this year’s President’s Trophy led to hopes of all avoiding the rain forecast for later in the day. However, it was not to be and a little over half way in to the first group’s round drops began to fall. The day’s stableford competition results, in reverse order were: In the Silver Category. Fourth was Keith Stevenson (28), third place was Norman Padmore (31), in second came Chris Hamblett on (34), and first was Ray Ewins with 35 points and the best score of the day. In the Gold Category, fourth place went to Mike Jordan (31 on CB), third was Keith Wickham (31 on CB), second saw Theo Boelhouwer on (32). But the winner was Vice Captain Barry Roehrig with 33 points. Visit our website www.smgs.org or call on 966 731 033 to find out more about the society and its weekly golf get-togethers.
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Three-point victory perks up ‘injured’ Ken ALICANTE GOLF is back to near perfect condition, but Levante members found out that getting the ball up to the hole on true, but slow greens, can be a big problem. As a result, a total of 36 points was good enough to win both divisions, Ken Perkins, playing off 19, and 29 handicapper Eric Edwards taking the main prizes in the first and second divisions respectively. In Division 2, Eric’s 36 points was three more than second-placed Roger Jennings, playing off 27, with Les Vine (23) third with 30 points. Roger Mallaburn had the only two of the day, on hole six, where he was only three inches away from recording his first hole-in-one.
LEVANTE WINNERS: Played at near perfect Alicante golf course. The results were, in Division 1: First place, Ken Perkins (19) 36 points, followed by Roger Mallaburn in second with 33, and Dave Geeson in third also on 33. In Division 2, the winner was Eric
Edwards with (29) 36 points ahead of Roger Jennings in second with 33, and third place being taken by Les Vine on 31. Guest Prize: Terrill Parkin (18) 30pts.