Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 12 - 18 May 2016 Issue 1610 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1610

12 - 18 May 2016

COSTA DEL SOL

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By John Smith In the early evening of May 9, Fatima Dorado Para, a 40year-old Bolivian woman, was struck by a British registered Bentley as she was attempting to cross the road on a pedestrian crossing adjacent to the San Pedro Alcantara Boulevard. A van had stopped to let her cross, but the Bentley appears to have come up on the outside, striking her and throwing her about 100 feet in the air before speeding off without stopping. Emergency Services were

called and Fatima, mother of five children, was rushed to the Costa del Sol hospital but suffered heart failure and died. Police immediately went in search of the Bentley which would clearly be damaged following the fatal accident and found it about six kilometres away from the accident, at Diana Park where the owner and his passenger were discovered drinking in an Indian restaurant. The pair was instantly arrested and they have been identified as driver Wesley Capper and his passenger

Craig Porter, both of whom are said to be implicated in the abduction of a young Latvian woman Agnese Klavina in 2014 and are under investigation. It is reported that Mr Capper appeared before the Marbella Trial Court No 2, on May 10 initially charged with negligent homicide, failure to stop and provide help to the victim, driving under the influence of alcohol, and possession of false documentation. On the same evening, the Bolivian community organised a vigil at the place where Fatima was killed which saw

the road closed and the placing of flowers and candles in memory of this locally employed wife and mother. This is the second pedestrian death in the same stretch of road this year and ironically both victims were women hit by cars whilst on pedestrian crossings.

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Premier pops in MARIANO RAJOY, president of Spain’s interim government and leader of the right wing Popular Party, w il l b e i n Ma l a g a o n Saturday May 14 in order to open his pre-campaign

for the upcoming general election. In ty p ica l fa s h io n , his itinerary is still up in the a ir, a lth o u g h h e w ill n ot participate in any public rallies.

Dumping ground VISITORS to the Guadalhorce Nature Reserve were surprised to be greeted by 12 park benches and 14 public waste bins, which were uncovered after reeds were cut back. Locals who frequent the site say that the furniture was supposed to be installed along the park’s footpaths, but that the environmental department ‘forgot’ about them.

Dramatic pursuit NATIONAL POLICE are investigating an incident involving three vehicles, during which several gun shots were reportedly fired, in a Marbella suburb on Monday May 9. No injuries were reported, although several bullet shells were recovered from the scene, while witnesses described a high-speed chase involving an Audi, a Seat and a Mercedes.

SIERRA DE LAS NIEVES: Could soon become a National Park.

A boost for local wildlife By Matt Ford MALAGA appears to be set for its first National Park, according to an announcement by regional Environment Minister Jose Prosecutor on Tuesday May 10. The future Sierra de las Nieves National Park will extend over 23,000

hectares, also incorporating the Sierra Bermeja and Sierra Blanquilla, a move likely to delight local campaign groups. Currently categorised as a biosphere reserve, the Sierra de las Nieves is home to the Andalucian endemic Spanish fir tree, or ‘pinsapo,’ which is found only in Malaga and Cadiz provinces, plus the most extensive outcrop of peridotite, a

magmatic rock, in Spain. The proposed extension of the National Park to include the Sierra Bermeja, los Reales and the Sierra Blanquilla will now be presented to mayors of the municipalities within its boundaries, and will later require approval by the Governing Council of the regional authorities.

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AS announced by EWN s ome time back, former TOWIE star Elliott Wright has now confirmed publicly that his very own TV show will begin this summer. Tak in g to In s tag ram to ma ke the much-awaited announcement, Elliott said: ‘I must be nuts…But I’m back on screen with my very own show @itvbe #ElliottWrightPlayaInMarbella roll on the summer…’ and ITVBe followed up with a teaser on Twitter: ‘Summer ’s hotting up!’ Elliott has spoken out about how excite d h e is to h av e h is ow n s how, which will give insights into his life in general and his hard work and play on the Costa del Sol. “I can’t wait for you all to see the real me,” he told fans. As the popular restaurateur prepares for the first summer season at Olivia’s La Cala restaurant, ITVBe has forecast that the rich and famous will be flocking to Marbella expecting perfection, and it will all hopefully be caught on camera for his followers. The TV channel is obviously very pleased to have Elliott back, possibly with girlfriend Sadie also involved, as ITV’s Amanda Stavri said: “This is a rea l trea t fo r all th o s e Elliott fa ns

ELLIOTT WRIGHT: Back on ITVBe with his own TV show. missing him on ITVBe.” “We can’t wait to have him back on the channel, as we catch up with him

building a brand new life, in one of the world’s most glamorous holiday resorts, Marbella,” Stavri said.

House sales are on the up HOUSE sales in Malaga Province continued their steady uphill trundle during the first quarter of 2016, with 6,173 transactions amounting to a

meager 1.5 per cent increase on the same period last year. Data released by the National Statistics Institute shows that these figures represent the most

positive since 2009, with around 22,000 homes expected to change hands before the end of the year, in a province with 1.5 million inhabitants.

The strength of the secondhand market is unchanged, with 5,009 of the houses sold being pre-owned, as a result of the lack of new construction.

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A MALAGA resident and ex-Renfe employee has successfully sued the stateowned rail company for €350,000 due to a potentially fatal lung disease acquired while working for them.

Action taken MEMBERS of political party Podemos joined demonstrators outside Andalucian parliament on Monday May 9 to protest at the presence of asbestos in two schools in Torremolinos and Campanillas (Malaga).

Citrus fair COIN celebrates its ‘Orange Festival’ from 11am on Sunday May 15, a showcase for the best of local cuisine with tastings of juice, salads and the traditional ‘boiling soup.’

IDYLLIC BEACHES: Just one of the things the campaign claims winners can spend their instant cash on.

By Eleanor Hawkins THE Costa del Sol has once again managed to make its way into millions of homes across Spain as it was chosen to serve as the backdrop for an advertising campaign for a new lottery creation which hit TV screens last month. Although filming sessions were kept very quiet in March, when the cameras were rolling in Marbella, Estepona and

Benahavis, viewers have now started to recognise some of the backdrops showing in the adverts for ONCE’s new Rasca Moto GP scratch cards. The cards are being promoted as the quickest way to get rich, with the slogan ‘from 0 to €60,000 in an instant.’ To emphasise the speed angle, the adverts jump from scenes of motorbike races to idyllic, peaceful and luxurious scenes of the Costa del Sol. The entire

filming was also done in just one day. Crews started off in Marbella, with actors filmed soaking up the rays in luxury at the Cabane Beach Club at Los Monteros. They then raced to Estepona, where people were filmed making purchases at a ONCE sales booth, before tearing off into the countryside for peaceful scenes at a country residence in Benahavis. Finally it was back to the coast for the night time scenes at a Nueva Andalucia villa.

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Conman questioned over car ownership KNOWN in some circles as the ‘King of Marbella,’ John Disley, who was jailed two years ago for swindling £675,000 (€854,194) from the Royal Bank of Scotland has had a run in with the police, this time on the Costa del Sol. The conman, who was recently released from jail, was spotted by police at Malaga airport and their attention was caught by the Rolls Royce Phantom he was driving. After discovering a second set of personalised number plates inside the vehicle and due to their doubts over the vehicle’s documentation, Disley was taken to the station for questioning but later released on bail.

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It’s pouring rain in southern Spain, not mainly on the plain By Matt Ford THE slightly unseasonal heavy rain sweeping the region over the last few days has brought the usual precipitation-related chaos, with a swathe of floods, traffic accidents , a n d o t h e r u n fo rtu n a te episodes. Urban roads became raging torrents during the downpour, with fountains of water exploding from municipal sewers across Malaga as drivers struggled to make headway through the temporary cascades. A number of public events, such as the San Isidro festival in Estepona , we r e c a n c e l l e d o r s u s pended due to the deluge, with a ‘yellow’ warning in place for much of the week after the heavens opened on Friday May 6. The highest volumes of water fell in l a n d , wi t h 9 3 litres p er square metre registered in Coin over just six hours on Friday,

WET WEATHER: A tourist fights with his brolly in Malaga city centre. amounting to 20 per cent of the entire year ’s total, and 50 litres per square metre measured in Casarabonela and the Guadalhorce valley.

A motorcyclist lost his life, with his passenger seriously injured, when he lost control of his vehicle on the A-357 close to Cartama, as the monsoon-like conditions pro-

voked a number of traffic accidents. A positive outcome of the squall has been observed in the region’s dams, where water levels had be-

come dangerously low following the dry winter, but are now showing vague signs of recovery. In particular, the La Concepcion dam near Mar bel l a has now r eached 75 per cent capaci t y thanks to the triple transfer syst em , i nst al l ed af t er t he gr eat drought of 1995, which captures water from the Guadalmansa, Guadaiza and Guadalmina rivers, i n addi t i on t o t he Ri ver Ver de which feeds the lake directly. The welcome increase should guarantee a problem-free summer for most of the Costa del Sol, although residents of Malaga City are likely to remain on alert as the Guadal hor ce- Guadal t eba dam com pl ex at El Chor r o has r emained at more-or-less the same level as before the cloudburst. The yellow alert remained in place as EWN went to press, with conditions expected to improve on Friday May 13.

Acoprocamar awarded THE Association of Old Town Traders, Acoprocamar, in Marbella has won the 2016 Andalucian ‘Open Commercial Centres’ award, as announced by the regional Department of Employment, Business and Commerce on Tuesday, May 10. The accolade recognises companies with oustanding efforts in business development and organisation, and Acoprocamar fits the criteria due to ‘services offered to its members through various agreements, the use of new technologies and social networks to communicate with partners and users.’ It also seeks creation and maintenance of new municipal employment opportunities,

as councils continue renovations to their commercial centres. Acoprocamar, led by President Carola Herrero, has been selected due to its focus on innovation, commercial development, and tourism, offering personalised attention to traders and professionals via the launch of its Trade Integration Office. It also developed a virtual store, and several successful social network campaigns with titles including ‘Marbella in the Heart’, and ‘Old Town Thursdays’. The new award follows the group’s honourable mention in the National Business Awards 2014.

Car stolen in Marbella ON Saturday, May 7, a BMW X5 owned by one of our readers, registration 2421 HNW was stolen from close to the Melia Marbella Banus hotel. Should anybody see the car or have any information ple as e c all M ar ina on 645 103 960.

STOLEN: BMW X5 with registration 2421 HNW.

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Trash smash TWO people suffered mild i n j u r i e s a f t e r a head- o n c o l l i si o n b etween a pair of refuse trucks, from municipal waste company Limasa, on Sunday May 8.

Kerb glossed ESTEPONA Council have continued their road safety campaign by repainting over 20 kilometres of kerbs on the town’s main streets in gloss enamel, which will ‘wear less’ than the old matt overlay.

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EU funding for initiatives By Matt Ford MARBELLA may receive a €15 million boost from the European Union, after a number of proposals submitted by the city council have been preselected for approval by the international body. Councillor for strategic projects, Javier Porcuna, explained that the schemes form part of his commitment to eGovernment and recognition as a ‘smart city’, while maintaining cultural heritage and regenerating socially disadvantaged areas. The council has submitted

a series of plans, and if all are approved the funds will be supplemented with €3.7 million from municipal coffers. “The city has passed the first screening,” said Porcuna, adding: “They will determine which plans fit within their project by June at the latest, although nothing specific will materialise until the end of the year.” The prospective schemes include a greenway linking westerly zones to the city, urban gardens, improved security for ecological reserves, and, naturally, tourism.

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URBAN INITIATIVES: Marbella aims to modernise while preserving traditional values.

Good sports THE new sports centre in Ca sa re s C o st a h a s opened its doors, with free access to facilities until S a t u rd a y, M a y 15 for residents wishing to test o u t t h e g y m o r padd l e a n d t e n n is courts.

Lisa Brown’s boyfriend is arrested A REPORT in a Liverpool newspaper has revealed that Simon Corner, the some-time boyfriend of missing Lisa Brown, was arrested in Copenhagen three weeks ago under a European Arrest Warrant. According to the report, which

quotes members of Lisa’s family who have been kept up to date by the Guardia Civil, he has now appeared before a court and is due to be extradited to Spain on Wednesday, May 11. Simon Corner has had a busy few

months since her disappearance, as he travelled to the Far East, returned to Spain, supposedly to meet the police, fell out with his legal adviser and then was discovered in Denmark, after leaving Spain apparently without having

been interviewed. As Lisa was living in Sotogrande at the time of her disappearance, it is likely that his first Spanish court appearance will be in San Roque. After his court date he will be passed to the Guardia Civil for in-

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More pets THE number of registered pets in Malaga Province increased by 9 per cent during 2015, reaching a total of 500,311, of which 444,839 are dogs.

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New truck BENALMADENA Council has invested in a new state-of-the-art cleaning truck with all the latest environmental and technical novelties designed to increase efficiency and decrease pollution.

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TAXIS: Have got their act together and improved their marks.

THE Saint George Charity, based in Sabinillas, has made a donation of €9,600 to Manilva council’s ‘Feed A Child’ project, which aims to provide packed breakfasts for 40 underprivileged schoolchildren.

By Eleanor Hawkins T H E Co s ta d el S o l in ge ne ra l, a nd Malaga cabbies in particular, have reason to be proud this week following publication of the results of the latest tourist survey by the Andalucian Statistics and Cartography Institute. The survey, carried out every three months to keep up with the opinions of

visitors to the region, revealed that whereas in the past the taxi sector was one of the worst evaluated in Malaga Province (in 2009 it was given a score of 5.9) it has now gone from one extreme to the other and passed the test with flying colours, achieving a mark of nine out of 10 this year. This is almost an entire point higher than the regional average (8.1) and

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comfortably ahead of competitors Cordoba (8.7) and Sevilla (8.2). Public transport in general in the province was reported by those questioned (745 of them in Malaga and 3,367 in other Andalucian provinces) with buses given a mark of 8.6 and the rail service nine out of 10. Car rental services were also approved of, with an overall mark of 8.5.

THE Guardia Civil is searching for two men suspected of attempted homicide in Mijas Costa. The victim was a 50-year old English resident in Las Lagunas district, and initial reports suggested that the man had suffered gunshot wounds, but when emergency services arrived they found that he only had minor head wounds which did not even warrant a trip to hospital. According to police, he had been approached by two hoodie-clad assailants armed with a hand gun as he arrived home. A scuffle broke out, during the course of which one of the attackers squeezed the trigger, but the weapon apparently jammed, so they resorted to beating their quarry over the head with it before fleeing. Local Police forces have voiced their concern regarding the increasing number of incidents involving firearms, forcing Mijas Council to invest in bullet-proof vests in late 2015.

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Disabled hit by hate crimes By Eleanor Hawkins THE disabled are the most common victims of hate crimes and discrimination, experts have reported during a conference organised in Malaga by the National Police force, in collaboration with the city’s university. In fact, 43 per cent of victims believe they were attacked due to being disabled, ahead of those who claimed to have been targeted due to their sexual orientation, nationality or ideology. Although the Ministry of the Interior reported that 11 people were arrested in Malaga Province last year for committing hate crimes, 25 per cent more than in 2014, those in the know insist that these reports fail to reflect the reality of the situation, as many victims never place reports. This, specialist in legal rights, Antonio Lara Lopez, said at the conference, is mostly down to fear of one type or another. Some do not wish to reveal their personal circumstances, others lack confidence in the competence of the authorities and many also refrain from reporting due to not being legal residents in Spain. However, the conference attendees all agreed, the only way

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Sentence revised A MARBELLA tattoo artist has had his appeal partially accepted by a Malaga provincial appeals court, and his initial threeyear jail sentence has been halved. The man, who worked from home, was first sentenced for sexual aggression by a court which heard how he took advantage of a woman who he was tattooing. However the appeals court decided that the indecent contact the man made with the woman without her consent could not be considered as ‘aggression’ and changed the verdict to a less harsh one of sexual assault. Along with the jail sentence, now reduced to 18 months, the accused will also have to pay his victim €1,000 in compensation.

Top vintage FEAR: Causes many victims of hate crimes to remain silent. to effectively fight this modern day problem in society is to encourage victims to put their fears aside and come forward to report their ordeals. Even when an individual does not wish to pursue their case personally, the govern-

ment’s coordinator of the Hate Crimes and Discrimination Service in Malaga Maria Teresa Verdugo explained, the police or the Public Prosecutor can do so, as these crimes affect large groups of people rather than single individuals.

RONDA continues to garner success on the international wine scene, with a local red having received a gold medal at the prestigious International Wine Festival in Lyon, France, which features 5,800 varieties of plonk from 28 countries. The winning vino, a cabernet-sauvignon monovarietal named Encaste 2010, is produced by the Bodega Doña Felisa-Chinchilla winery, which makes around 160,000 bottles of several varieties each year.

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Out of pocket FUENGIROLA Council has been ordered to pay €5.5m to constructors of the Elola sports centre, after the company successfully won a dispute to charge interest on late payments by the administration.

New look AVENIDA DE ANDALUCIA in Estepona looks set for a makeover as the town council has started work on a draft proposal to rehabilitate the zone, which currently suffers from traffic congestion.

Gas works THE company Gas Natural is to invest €1.2 million in Torremolinos over the coming months, as it continues to expand its commercial and domestic pipe networks in the town.

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Celebrity interest By Matt Ford

MALAGA-BORN Hollywood hero Antonio Banderas has registered his interest in the large plot at the end of the city port’s pier number one, where the Port Authority is seeking a flagship project as it continues regeneration of the zone. The first round of talks has apparently gone well, with the Zorro star wishing to build a large theatre with two auditoriums containing 500 and 200 seats, respectively, a pit for musicians, and a patio with adjustable seating. Port officials are said to be enamoured by the proposals, with the playhouse set to fill the unused space created by demolition of the ‘Boat House’ and former headquarters of the Red Cross and local boating club. The site had previously been earmarked for construction of a public aquarium, but investors pulled out during the initial planning stage.

ANTONIO BANDERAS: Is the local legend about to invest in his home city?

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Urban recovery plan BENALMADENA Council held an extraordinary plenary meeting on Wednesday May 11 in order to approve the Strategy for Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development for Avenida Antonio Machado, which is to be submitted for potential funding by the EU. Aims include prioritising pedestrians over road traffic, giving greater prominence to green areas, and becoming more flexible in respect of working alongside citizens’ groups. Mayor Victor Navas said: “Today we approved the road map that will help us establish an integrated recovery plan for Benalmadena Costa as an attractive destination for both commercial and tourist interests.”

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Latin flavour THE Grand Gala of the Latin Awards takes place in Marbella on Saturday May 14, with a glittering night of showbiz tomfoolery to look forward to, as a host of screen and stage stars converge on the city.

Hot wheels FUNDATUL, the Foundation for Child Protection and Assistance for Disabled People, received a brand-new car on Monday May 9, thanks to ‘La Obra Social La Caixa’, the Catalan banking giant’s social responsibility arm.

Cars on fire DESPITE lashing rain, two cars caught fire just outside Malaga airport on Tu e sd a y M a y 1 0 , with the blaze possibly caused by an electrical fault.

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Dramatic deficit for popular Costa town By Matt Ford

BENALMADENA makes an unexpected appearance in the top three of a list of municipalities in Malaga Province with the most debt per capita. While the other two worst offenders, Alozaina and Guaro, are small towns tucked away in the Guadalhorce Valley, it is more surprising that one of the Costa del Sol’s best-loved expatriate destinations also features in the dubious triumvirate. The data, published by the national Ministry of Finance and Public Administration, shows that just 22 of 103 municipalities within the province owe nothing to banks, whereas 13 are loaded with arrears amounting to more than €1,000 per resident. Alozaina is most wanting, with its overall debt of €5.28

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DEFICIT: Benalmadena owes €1,735 per capita.

million corresponding to €2,538 for each of the town’s 2,082 residents, whereas Guaro is in second place with €1,922 due for each of its 2,060 inhabitants for a total of €3.96 million. Benalmadena, in contrast, has 66,598 official denizens with a staggering overall deficit of €115.58 million, some €1,735 per capita. Mayor Victor Navas blamed “decades of poor planning for revenue and expenditure”, citing the town hospital, constructed at a cost of €20 million, as an example. “It could have been done differently,“ he said. Another case mentioned was the ‘car park’ at Balmoral, which cost €4 million to build but is now on sale for €1 million.

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Rural roads ruined MEMBERS of the Spanish Socialist Worker ’s Party (PSOE) in Malaga have requested that the Popular Party (PP) council provide assistance to smaller municipalities in order to impr ove r oads and ot her infrastructure issues. PSOE Secretary General Miguel Angel Herida sai d t hat : “70 per cent of provincial roads in the Guadalhorce valley are deficient, and the PP has cut t he budget for highways by 23 per cent.” In particular, he demanded that the PP improve connections with the isolated town of Almogia, located around 25 kilometres from Malaga in the Montes de Malaga hills.

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Illegal jobs THE National Government’s Andalucia Delegation has released figures, demonstrating that 12,512 cases of illegal employment or other such irregularities were detected in Malaga Province between 2012 and 2015.

Free magic BUDDING magicians should levitate towards Alhaurin de la Torre, at midday on Saturday May 14, with a free-to-enter magic competition taking place at the Casa de la Juventud on Calle Punto.

USA music WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY’S Symphonic Orchestra (Utah, United States) played its first ever concerts in southern Spain, visiting Ronda on Saturday May 6 and Antequera on Sunday May 7.

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Action for deadly drag By Matt Ford MARBELLA Council has announced a series of immediate measures to restructure the flow of traffic on the town’s main boulevard, following the fatal accident involving a Bolivian woman on Monday, May 9. This is the second lethal traffic incident within a year on the busy thoroughfare, both of which involved women being struck on zebra crossings, while a third person was also injured in July 2015. Additional traffic lights, radar, and other traffic-calming controls are to be installed, while the central roundabout and one of the lanes have been closed to traffic, in addition to existing screens which warn drivers when they exceed 40 km/h. Some of these measures were already planned following complaints from residents concerned over the safety of their children, with a number of play areas located close to the kilometre-long boulevard. Accidents on urban crossings are frequent in Spain, where road safety often seems to take a back seat, as pedestrians often stride onto the tarmac without waiting for traffic to stop, as is customary in the UK.

TRAFFIC CONTROL: The stretch of the boulevard where both fateful accidents happened.

Gay referee is quitting football SPAIN’S first openly gay football referee has quit the game, after being subjected to abuse during matches. Jesus Tomillero, aged 21, came out publicly in March this year when he submitted a complaint against a kit man from an U-19 team based in La Linea, who received a nine-match ban and €30 fine for unleashing a string of homophobic abuse following a disputed decision. The referee had been refereeing games in the regional league, but now says he “cannot take anymore.”

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Dodgy geyser By Matt Ford THE bizarre project to install an artificial geyser in Estepona is afloat once more, with Guadalobon announced as the new site. A public exhibition displaying the bas ic de s ign a nd imple ment at i on of t he scheme has now been requested by the Junta de Andalucia regional government, after they rejected the initial plan due to the proposed location of the water spout on La Rada beach, considered a protected

Site of Community Importance. The geyser, whi ch wi l l al so f eat ur e coloured lighting, will launch a jet of water 100 metres into the air, and contracts totaling €1.5 million have already been agreed upon with two companies specialised in “marine decoration”. Mayor Jose Maria Garcia Urbano will now anxiously await the green light from the Ministry of Environment, since this was a flagship project during his election campaign in 2011.

Serious injuries A 27-YEAR OLD man was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, following a near-fatal stabbing at the motorcycle rally in Alhaurin de la Torre on Saturday May 7. The victim was allegedly speared in the groin by a friend, the pair having attended the event, which attracted between 3,000 and 4,000 biking enthusiasts,

with a group from Estepona. Doctors praised the speedy response of emergency services at the scene, saying the man could easily have died after losing three litres of blood when the knife used in the assault hit an artery. Motivation for the attack remains unclear, but police have recovered both suspect and weapon.

LGBT digs win award THE winning proposal in the fourth annual ‘Best Business Idea’ competition, which pits secondary schoolchildren from across Malaga City against one another, is a care home for elderly homosexuals called ‘Residence Gay Friendly’. Around 660 brainstormers from 17 local schools took part, with the victors a group of students from IES Sierra Bermeja in Ciudad Jardin.

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Tarmac tension at airport POTHOLES, cracks, and ‘deformed pavements’ are among the plethora of urgent issues affecting the runways of Malaga Airport, leading Spain’s airport management body AENA to invite bids for a contract worth €1.44 million to repair the damage.

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The deal on offer is for nine months, and requests that bidders find ways to fix a series of specific issues, including replacement of the current flexible pavement surface with a new rigid version. Work is due to commence after the busy summer period.

MONK PARAKEETS: Look cute, but can devastate certain crops.

Shooting stars in 107 different spaces around the city. This year’s motif is ‘stars,’ and thousands will be seen lighting up the provincial capital, adorning buildings,

trees, and monuments as the city centre is transformed into its own constellation. A special zone for children will be set up on Calle Tomas Heredia in the arty Soho district, where a virtual bonfire will host the mysterious storyteller ‘Narrator of the Stars,’ and youngsters will be handed their own bright star to carry. There will also be live music, theatrical performances, and countless star-themed experiences to be had, in what promises to be a superb evening’s fun for all the family.

By Matt Ford MANY readers will be familiar with the demented screeching of the escaped monk parakeets that have become established along some parts of the Costa in recent years, following their arrival to Spain as pet cage birds. Although noisy, the avian invaders have not been considered to present any ecological issues beyond competition with urban pigeons, but now they are expanding their horizons into agricultural zones where mango and avocado is grown.

In their native Argentina and Uruguay, the little green parrots are notorious crop pests, devouring cereals and fruits, and causing issues with municipal electricity supplies as they fortify their huge communal nests atop utility poles. Around 3,000 individuals are thought to be present in Malaga Province at present, but this is likely to double in less than four years with potentially grave consequences for local farmers. This year has seen the first records in Alhaurin de la Torre, Alhaurin el Grande and Alora Station in the Guadalhorce Valley.

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MALAGA celebrates its annual ‘La Noche en Blanco’ (The Night in White) starting at 8pm on Saturday May 14, with a programme including over 250 events and activities

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More for less MIJAS beaches will be safer places this summer thanks to a new contract for lifeguard and surveillance services awarded to Aunar company for a total amount of €465,194. The council has managed to agree on a price which is €65,000 lower than last year’s while managing to get more lifeguards and services included in the deal. This summer, therefore, there will be 41 lifeguards posted on the beaches, equipped

with three boats and three defibrillators, and there will also be three equipped and manned bathing points for the disabled. Plus, Beaches councillor Jose Carlos Martin announced, the beaches will be staffed for longer with lifeguards on duty from 11am to 8pm every day from June 1 to September 30 and also from 11am to 6pm at the weekends in October, November, December and April.

Day of Norway BENALMADENA’S Norwegian school, with full support from the council’s Foreign Residents department, has organised an event to honour the National Day of Norway on Tuesday, May 17. The event will begin at 9.30am with a religious ceremony at the Inmaculada parish church, after which a parade will leave the centre of Arroyo de la Miel at 10am and head towards the Casa de la Cultura. Once the parade ends, there will be a brief speech and pupils will sing traditional Norwegian songs, school director Bjarte Buen explained, then celebrations will continue with a party at the school which is expected to last until about 2pm.

Water cuts announced BRIEF water cuts have been announced for next week in two areas of Benalmadena by the municipal water company (EMABESA). The cuts will affect the La Viñuela area on Tuesday, May 17, and the Casablanca area on Friday May 20 from 9am to 1pm, the company warned, due to checks being carried out on the mains supply to ensure there are no problems with the service.

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Stilettos a go-go By Matt Ford REGISTRATION for participants of the ‘High Heels and Bag Throwing Race,’ due to take place on Friday June 3 at this year’s Torremolinos Pride event, is open from this week until Thursday June 2 at 8pm, with all over the age of 16 welcome to participate. The route and start time have yet to be finalised, but runners will be expected to be at the start line half-an-hour before the pistol fires. Entrants must provide their DNI or NIE, and be wearing any type of footwear with a heel of at least 7cm, while wedges are NOT permitted. In the middle of the race, contestants will be handed a box full of clothes, provided by organisers, and must don those that appeal, having first stripped off their own gear. After crossing the finish line, competitors must then pick up one of the handbags provided and hurl it as far as possible.

HIGH HEELS: The taller the better! Runners will be disqualified should they arrive to the finish carrying their shoes, or wearing a different pair, but are permitted to continue in the event of a broken heel. The winner will be decided by an independent jury who

will score points for size of heels (taller being better), change of clothing, overall time, and length of bag throw. Those wishing to register for the romp should email personal details to tacones@andalu cialgbt.com.

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Silent mugger is finally thwarted By Matt Ford A VIOLENT ambusher may have been brought to justice, after a 42-year old suspect was apprehended as he slept beneath a bridge in the Chaparral district of Mijas Costa. The arrest came following a series of wordless attacks on local pedestrians in recent weeks. The first occurred on April 2 when a girl, aged 21, was jumped on Camino de Coin, Mijas, although luckily she

had a male friend with her who managed to fight the aggressor off, suffering a number of blows in the process. Later, on Saturday April 30, a 28-year-old university student was hit in the face as she walked past a man on Avenida Miramar, Fuengirola, busting her nose and causing her to run for help. The cowardly antagonist was in action again on Tuesday May 3, as a woman aged ‘more than 50’ was assaulted in the tunnel leading to the

beach from El Faro urbanisation as she walked her dog on Monday May 3, receiving up to 10 blows from what she described as a hammer, but witnesses say was a broken bottle. The assailant departed in silence, punching the victim’s dog in the mouth as he left. The woman was eventually admitted to the Costa del Sol Hospital, receiving treatment for multiple head wounds, including 19 stitches.

Spirit of the sea tourism boost THE longest-serving member of Thomson’s four-strong fleet, Thomson Spirit, will use Malaga port as one of its main bases for Mediterranean and Atlantic cruises, from May 8 until October. It will make a total of 26 weekly stops in the provincial capital, docking each Sun-

day, with 56,000 passengers expected to offer a boost to the local economy. The ship was built in 1983 and has sailed under its current name since 2003, with the trusted brand name attracting mainly British passengers, in search of good-value cruises.

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Snow show THE Vicente Aleixandre cultural centre in Alhaurin de la Torre will play host to a series of theatrical events during the remainder of May, including children’s spectacle ‘The Snow Queen’ on Saturday May 21.

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No evictions BENALMADENA Council has prevented the imminent eviction of 16 families in the Santangelo Norte urbanisation, following positive dialogue with real estate companies Altamira and Mediata.

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ITALIAN STUDENTS: The students are spending a week in Mijas as part of a €14.7 billion initiative.

THE mural ‘Notre avenir est dans l’air’ by Malaga artist Jose Medina Galeote will adorn the city’s Centre Pompidou until September, after the original plan to dismantle it this month was shelved.

By Matt Ford A GROUP of ‘Erasmus+’ students from Italian institution San Filippo de Citta di Castello de Roma, are spending a week in Mijas, where they have joined classes at the local Campanales school. The 10 to 12 year olds are partici-

pating in classes and games with their Spanish counterparts, and upon their arrival on Monday, May 9 they were received by councillors at the town hall, who presented them with a replica of the building’s facade. “We hope you enjoy Mijas, and that you leave with good memories of your visit, it is important that we

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learn from each other,” beamed alderman Andres Ruiz. Erasmus+ is a €14.7 billion initiative launched in 2014, and aims to act as a catch-all framework for education, training, youth and sport, by combining and improving on the EU’s previous schemes in those sectors.

WHAT began as a case of alleged domestic abuse ended in a spectacular drugs bust, as the Local Police seized an enormous hidden cache. Officers from Churriana were cal l ed t o a t ownhouse i n t he Guadalmar urbanisation, between Malaga and Torremolinos, to investigate a reported dispute. Neighbours had described objects being thrown from windows, but when pol i ce ar r i ved at t he scene, they found only a woman lying on her bed, apparently having consumed tranquiliser pills. Following transfer to the Hospital Clinico, the victim disclosed her partner ’s involvement in a drugsmuggling ring, leading officers to locate his car. I nsi de, t hey f ound a ki l o of hashish and €20,000 hidden in the dashboard, after which they entered the house and arrested the man, plus an accomplice. Further investigation led detectives to a storage room in Cortijo de Tor r es, wher e 60 ki l os of hashish, 100 grams of cocaine and a precision scale were appropriated.

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Maybe, or maybe not FOLLOWING more than a decade of procrastination, roadworks on the accident fraught A-377 linking Manilva and Gaucin ‘may’ begin in November, Manilva Council has announced.

Tiny quake A SMALL earthquake, lasting one minute and 56 seconds and with a 2.1 magnitude, was recorded between Mijas and Alhaurin el Grande around 5.20pm on Saturday May 7.

Well done ALHAURIN DE LA TORRE Council has offered a public show of gratitude to the officers from the Local Police and Guardia Civil after they foiled a supermarket robbery earlier in the year.

Ryanair expands winter offerings By Matt Ford IRISH no-frills specialists Ryanair will increase their presence in Malaga by 43 per cent this winter. From late October the company will offer 160 weekly flights, linking the Costa del Sol with 42 international destinations, including new routes to Glasgow and Belfast. Spokesman Jose Espartero said: “We are delighted to present our Malaga calendar for the 2016 winter season, which will allow us to transport four million passengers and maintain around 3,000 jobs at Malaga airport.” In addition, Espartero confirmed that the low-cost carrier will continue to connect Malaga with major domestic destinations and major European business centres with daily flights to Barcelona, Brussels, Dublin and London. “This way we will contribute to converting Malaga into an ideal option for business and pleasure.”

RYANAIR: To increase their presence in Malaga this winter. Meanwhile, a raft of new summer flights have also been announced, as airlines continue to alter schedules based on favourable forecasts for the summer season. Jet2 will strengthen their Costa del Sol

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offering with six additional weekly flights from their Leeds-Bradford base, while easyJet will schedule an extra eight flights per week from Amsterdam, with other additional routes including Moscow, Dresden, Munster and Erfurt.

ALHAURIN EL GRANDE Council have released the programme of events for their upcoming ‘Fiesta de la Cachorreña,’ in honour of their patron Saint Isidro Labrador. The annual party, recognised for its ‘touristic singularity,’ takes place on Sunday May 15 in the Camino de Coin district and is again expected to attract thousands of visitors. Cachorreña is a traditional soup made with fish, usually cod, orange peel and juice, bread, peppers, and garlic, with other ingredients varying depending on the town. Proceedings start at 10am, and visitors are also advised to sample the typical local salad dish ‘mojete alhaurino’ which is sure to be well-represented.

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THE former Repsol industrial site in Malaga City may be about to undergo a radical transformation, should a proposal submitted by civil platform ‘Bosque Urbano Malaga’ (BUM) be approved. The ambitious scheme aims to convert the derelict 177,000 square metre chunk of land into a Mediterranean forest with native oak, elm, pine, carob, and poplar, as well as rockrose and mastic. The BUM project has been designed by Geography professors at the University of Malaga, in conjunction with a specialist in

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Mediterranean vegetation from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, and also includes a natural lagoon plus spaces for fruit trees and urban gardens. The idea is somewhat discordant with those of the two main political parties, h o w e v er, w ith the Spa nis h Soc ia lis t Workers’ Party advocating a ‘classic’ town park, and the Popular Party recommending that the space should include four skyscrapers, offices, a hotel, and four buildings with several hundred apartments for families seeking subsidised housing.

Delish dawdle PUERTO DEPORTIVO: In Marbella is a year-round hive of activity.

Noise complaints are registered By Matt Ford

CULINARY FEAST: Wandering Food Fest will be held in San Pedro de Alcantara. THE central boulevard in San Pedro de Alcantara will host the ‘Wandering Food Fest’ on Friday May 20 and Saturday May 21, a culinary feast featuring no less then 11 food trucks representing various countries. Also on offer will be a market named ‘Kilometre Zero’, where 10 local producers will show off their wares including bread, cheese, wine and honey, alongside tastings and workshops, plus a ‘Show Cooking’ arena with local and Michelin-starred chefs present, and a children’s area.

RESIDENTS of the ‘Marbe lla 2000’ c omple x a nd othe r prope rtie s loc a te d c los e to M a rbe lla ma rina ha ve s ubmitte d offic ia l complaints to the City Hall due to excessive noise in recent months. One of the residents, Thomas Dressler, who has lived in Marbella for more than 30 years, admitted that he has nothing against live music and other entertain-

ment, but said: “There is a very clear law, and we only ask that it is respected.” “When the elections happened there was a certain lack of control, but it doesn’t matter who is in charge, we need t o hi ghl i ght our problems so that our rights are taken into account.” Mr Dressler confirmed that he had submitted a simi l ar com pl ai nt f our year s ago, but that nothing had been done. “I don’t wish to point fin-

gers, only to show a compet ent aut hor i t y wher e t he black marks are,” he said. “Every Friday and Saturday night we must endure outof-control music until well beyond midnight… Nothing is soundproofed and everyone does what they want,” he added, “Musi c al l day, i n t he m or ni ng, i n t he eveni ng, weekends and holidays, in Guantanamo the continued playing of music has been used as a means of torture.”

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Last chance to register for a postal vote in the EU Referendum – deadline May 16! BRITISH expatriates living in Spain have until Monday May 16 to register for a postal vote in the EU Referendum. That is the deadline for making sure you can receive your ballot papers in the post and send them back in time for your vote to be counted. Voting papers will be sent out in the week beginning May 16. If you do miss the deadline for a postal vote, you can still register at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote but you will need to choose someone in the UK to vote for you, known as a proxy vote. Alex Robertson, Director of Communications at the Electoral Commission, says: “If you register to vote by May 16 it should be easier to vote by post, as postal votes for the referendum will be sent out earlier than usual, giving you more time to receive, complete, and return your ballot pack to the UK. “If you wish to vote by proxy, bear in mind that the person you choose to

generation referendum.” vote on your behalf must be registered Worldwide, more than 140,000 and eligible to vote at the referendum. Brits living overseas have now com“You can go to www.aboutpleted the voter registration process myvote.co.uk for more information. since the start of the year. The EU Referendum is going to be a But nearly half of British expatriates significant event and we know lots of in Spain who are elUK citizens will want igible to vote in the to make their voices UK still remain unheard. Please spread aware that they can the word.” go online to register British Ambassador Brits living overseas have Simon Manley adds: “I completed the voter registration to vote, according to know there is a huge process since the start of the year. a survey by expatriate website Anamount of interest gloInfo, carried out among Brits in Spain for the Electoral Commission. in the EU Referendum. In fact, you can apply online in five “Almost 100,000 people with minutes with just your National Spanish IP addresses have so far visitInsurance number and passport to ed the government webpage where hand. Simply go to the website: you can register to vote. www.gov.uk/register-to-vote by May “Ultimately, it is for the British 16, and apply for your postal vote. people to decide whether we should Expatriates who are active on social remain in or leave the European media can use http://bit.ly/22zluRK as Union, but, whatever they think on the short link that will take other the issue, I would appeal to my fellow British residents in Spain to the ‘regisBrits in Spain not to miss the chance ter to vote’ webpage. to have their say in this once-in-a-

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SIMON MANLEY: Urges all expatriates to register before the deadline.

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Nature on the agenda BIOPARC Fuengirola has hosted the most important international conference for the conservation of biodiversity for the first time. Delegates from up to 340 organisations, spanning 41 countries, will join forces for the convention, entitled ‘Building Bridges,’ from May 11-13. The biannual event has been developed by the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA), and is to feature seminars, panel discussions and exhibitions, within which conservation scientists will rub shoulders with staff from the zoo and aquarium community. Conservation in the Mediterranean region will form one of the principal topics, although the overall theme is to bring together professionals with the common aim of reducing the accelerated, unsustainable extinction rate of life on Earth.

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BIOPARK FUENGIROLA: Is hosting an international conference on the conservation of biodiversity.

Suspicious hiring TORREMOLINOS Council awarded a €36,300 consultancy contract for design and development of digital services to a professional engineer based in London, following a series of events that have raised suspicion among opposition parties. The specification for the job was published just three days before the deadline, and it has emerged that the person hired held meetings with local officials in the weeks before the bidding process. Two local companies were invited to submit bids, although noone except the contracted party did so.

In the clear MARBELLA Mayor Jose Bernal published his personal costs over the last 11 months on Sunday May 8, in the latest attempt to use transparency as a means to build public support. The documents state that the official has used money ‘from his own pocket’ for the majority of expenses, and also highlight that public money has not been used for travel expenses of local journalists or photographers, which was a matter of controversy for his predecessor. A spokesperson said that the mayor’s expenses are “significantly lower than those of previous mandates,” and that “soon we will see comparisons detailing the expenses of previous executives.”

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Bar closed LOCAL POLICE in Malaga City have closed down a bar after they discovered 180 underage drinkers inside on Friday May 6, following complaints from neighbours.

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Cash talks MARBELLA mayor Jose Bernal has met with the Spanish ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Joaquin Perez-Villanueva, in order to improve commercial relations between the two opulent destinations.

A MARBELLA and Coin teacher training centre is offering the first-ever official training courses on transsexuality in Spain. Running on consecutive Wednesdays May 11 and May 18, the specialised training comprises a 12-hour session of seminars addressing sexual orientation in the classroom, and legal issues. Interested parties can sign up for the training via the online educational system Seneca, using the code 162923GEJ476.

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Art exhibit TORREMOLINOS is commemorating the fourth centenary of legendary scribe Miguel Cervantes with an exhibition of sculptures in the Plaza Costa del Sol, which will be in place from May 7 until August.

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PHOTO MARATHON: Artistry will be rewarded in Torremolinos. By Matt Ford TORREMOLINOS Council is requesting entries for its inaugural photo ‘marathon,’ forming part of the town’s 22nd municipal photography contest. Prospective participants

should submit a snap of the town’s beaches, Molino de Inca botanical garden, or sports complex, which should be taken over May 14-15 weekend. First prize is €1,500 while €560 will go to the silver medal winner, third place will

pick up two nights in the hotel Mediterranean, while the shutterbug claiming fourth will be treated to a seafood platter for two at Casa Juan Los Mellizos in La Carihuela. Entries can be submitted until Friday May 20.

A second category within the photography contest allows entrants to submit a photo of anything they like, up to a maximum of five images. More information can be obtained from www.concursofo tografia.torremolinos.es.

A SPECTACULAR blaze overwhelmed the LIDL supermarket in the Palmones industrial estate, Los Barrios, around 5pm on Sunday May 8, with firefighters having to work quickly to control the burning building due to its proximity to two petrol stations. Reports suggest the fire originated in the trolley park, before the shop erupted in flames, with up to 10 fire engines on the scene during the initial battle.

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MORE than 600 Alhaurin de la Torre schoolchildren have been planting native trees and other species as part of the council’s new environmental education programme on reforestation, organic gardening and carbon footprints.

Tasty food SUNDAY May 8 saw the food festival ‘Taste of Hungary’ take place in Puerto Banus’ gourmet market, offering visitors the opportunity to taste traditional cuisine, and buy Hungarian products.

Staff cuts THE kidney stone unit in Malaga City’s civil hospital is to be closed for two days a week due to recent cuts, meaning the department will now only be able to treat 21 patients per week.

FILM SCREENINGS: One free movie will be shown each week. By Matt Ford

SCIENCE FICTION aficionados should prepare for one giant leap for Torremolinos over the next couple of months, as the ‘Cinematica’ series of film screenings, organised by the town council’s Department of Culture and audiovisual collective CRO-

MA, is now underway. A sci-fi classic will be presented at 7pm every Friday evening until June 24, with free entry until the auditorium at the Pablo Ruiz Picasso cultural centre reaches capacity. Each movie will be preceded by an introduction (in Spanish) from film critic Francisco Arribal, and the series kicked off strongly with

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Stanley Kubrick’s magnum opus ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ on Friday May 6. This will be followed by Ridley Scott’s claustrophobic chiller ‘Alien’ on May 13, with other futuristic flicks on offer including Ron Howard’s ‘Apollo 13,’ Danny Boyle’s ‘Sunshine,’ and Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Gravity,’ among others.

THIRTY international clubs and associations will contribute to the International Day for Foreign Residents in Torremolinos on Saturday May 14. Taking place in Plaza de la Nogera from midday, visitors will be able to enjoy live music performances and taste culinary specialties from the participating nations, which include Cuba, the Philippines, Russia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Paraguay, Ireland, Mexico, Bolivia, India, Venezuela, China, Taiwan and Singapore, among others. According to official figures around 21.1 per cent of the town’s registered population, some 14,215 people, are from overseas.

Relief for sports FUENGIROLA Council has decided to permit the use of sports facilities at five local schools (Acapulco, El Tejar, Andalucia, Sohail and Valdelecrin) from 5pm to 8pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and from 10am to 2pm on Saturdays and Sundays, in a

pilot scheme designed to reduce current issues with vandalism. Access is free of charge and the facilities will be supervised due to r ecent pr obl em s wi t h t hef t , dest r uct i on of equi pm ent , m ar i huana smoking and ‘botellon’ (public drinking).

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Third store MIQUEL Group launched its third ‘Proxim’ supermarket in Malaga Province on Friday May 6, with the new store in the Doña Pepa shopping centre, Marbella, after recent openings in Benalmadena and Manilva.

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Old tree TORREMOLINOS Council has employed a team of daredevil specialists to “recuperate” the 100-year-old eucalyptus tree in the Molino de Inca botanic gardens using ropes and zip lines.

New paint MANILVA Council is slapping on the white paint in the town centre in order to imbue it with the spirit of a typical Mediterranean village, with citizens also “invited” to use the colour.

MALAGA PROVINCE: Municipal summer schools may become a thing of the past. By Matt Ford MORE than 26,000 children may be left without the opportunity to attend summer school in Malaga Province this year, due to a new interpretation of educational law which threatens to leave them closed for the first time in 20 years.

The issue is with the Junta de Andalucia regional government’s decision to change its criteria in application of the rules concerning the school calendar, which prohibits the opening of municipal institutes in August. Most likely to be affected are families in which parents work longer hours, or take

on temporary contracts during the summer due to meet the increased demand from tourists, and who lack the financial resources to seek alternative options. The summer opening of municipal schools, which are largely subsidised by parents’ organisations, offers a cost-effective option, and

they have been enjoyed by thousands of children aged three to 12 across the province for years. Parents’ associations, who have complained about the lack of response from regional and provincial authorities, have now turned to the local councils seeking unambiguous answers.

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Off roaders targeted THE Coordinator for the Agriculture and Livestock Organisations (COAG) of Malaga has requested the intervention of the Guardia Civil to ban the illegal use of quads and off-road mot or bi kes on r ur al r oads and f ar m tracks. There has been a “significant increase in complaints from farmers regarding stampedes caused by the noise of t hese m achi nes,” sai d a COAG st at em ent , whi ch t he organi sat i on claim is causing a reduction in productivity.

Double trouble TWO traffic accidents in San Roque on t he m or ni ng of Monday May 9 miraculously resulted in just a single minor injury. First, a vehicle was flipped onto its roof in a dramatic incident on the A-7, after it smashed through the central reservation, before two cars collided at the roundabout exit in the direction of La Linea, near the Chinese bazaar and catering school.

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Colossal banger By Matt Ford VISITORS to Malaga’s gastronomy fair over the weekend of May 6-8 were treated by the bizarre sight of the longest ‘salchichon’ (sausage) the planet has ever seen. The world-record breaking banger measured a wh o p p i n g 2 5 5 . 4 me tre s , a n d weighed a staggering 375 kilos, but by Sunday had been wolfed down by the baying public, with more than 35,000 thought to

have attended the foodie love-in, helping to tackle the quarter-kilometre-long dog. Created by local firm Famadesa, who also donated food to five NGOs as part of their promotional effort for the event, the enormous embutido beats the previous record of 210 metres, set by Cordoban producer Gloria e Hijos de Rute in 2012. The fair also featured cookery workshops, live demonstrations, and tastings of local and international cuisine.

Dealers take hit OFFICERS from Malaga Local Police’s Support Task Force (GOA) have arrested two individuals for possession of 43 doses of heroin with intent to supply. The men were apprehended when officers asked the driver to stop during a standard traffic control on the MA-24 road, but rather than stopping he accelerated away, forcing one officer to jump to safety. Following a brief pursuit, the vehicle was intercepted and the narcotics discovered as the two men were frisked, despite one suspect attempting to stuff the illicit goods down his underpants. Police dogs located an additional stash beneath the driver’s seat.

Murderer sentenced A MAN accused of killing two women on the Costa del Sol was sentenced to 45 years and five months in prison. The accused, aged 45, had contacted both victims to have sex with them, but on arrival at their homes proceeded to stab them to death before stealing their credit cards. The first incident occurred in Mijas, and the second in Marbella.

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Car thief LOCAL POLICE officers in San Roque ended up arresting a man who they had stopped for driving “suspiciously” after it transpired that his SUV had been stolen from Madrid and was carrying forged licence plates.

Villa cam FOLLOWING our recent report regarding the lack of security measures at the Roman villa in the Rio Verde valley, Marbella, the local council has announced that a video surveillance system is now fully operational.

Tree crash A CAR crashed into a palm tree on Avenida Cristobal Colon in central Alhaurin de la Torre on Friday May 5, with one of the three passengers suffering a fractured leg.

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Around the world By Matt Ford FOUR continents, 31 countries, 33,000 kilometres and 12 pairs of shoes. Malaga native Nacho Dean has just returned home to a rapturous reception in Malaga after circumnavigating the globe on foot in just three years. Leaving from Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, Nacho headed through Europe, taking in France, I t a l y,

Croatia and Serbia before hitting Asia, where he passed through Turkey, Iran, India, Bangladesh and Thailand, before hopping on a plane to Australia. He then stomped his way through the Americas, including Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras, among others, with Portugal his final destination before returning to Madrid in late March. Nacho came up with the idea to encourage current generations to consider their legacy, believing that

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the planet is not an inheritance from our parents, but on loan from our children. He says there is an urgent need to change the way we live, as pollution, climate change, ecosystem destruction and extinction of species continue apace, with his mission to highlight the natural beauty of Earth using the most ecologicallyfriendly form of transport available: his own two feet.

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Special permits MARBELLA Council and local musicians have had another get together regarding extension of the ‘Vesarte Plus’ initiative, which had been in place from October to April, and has now been extended to May. The scheme allowed musicians to play in bars and other establishments without the need for a municipal permit, and the artists have expressed disappointment that it would not be in place during the summer. The council has relented and a compromise has been reached, whereby individual establishments must apply for a special permit covering the period June-Septemb e r, a l l o w i n g t h e m t o continue hosting live music events during peak season.

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Wet work ESTEPONA Council have announced that renovation of the water supply network in the Lomas de Calancha district has begun, and should be completed within a month at a cost of €61,000.

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Advantage Bernal MARBELLA Mayor Jose Bernal paid a visit to a stand promoting tourism in Marbella and San Pedro Alcantara at the Madrid Open tennis tournament, on Friday May 5.

Blue Flag ANDALUCIA received 76 Blue Flags for its beaches in 2016, around 13 per cent of the national total, of which the 22 located in Malaga represent an increase of five since 2015.

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SUMMER visitors to Malaga will be able to enjoy the benefits of the new ‘Malaga Pass’ card, which is now being distributed to more than 7,000 outlets throughout Spain by the company ‘Neo-Tourism.’ Using the card, tourists can access all museums and monuments in the city, for which queue-jumping and preferential entry will be available, as well as obtaining discounts in shops, restaurants and hotels. The pass is also available as an app for mobile devices running Android or iOS, with both versions priced at €28 for 24 hours, €38 for 48 hours and €62 for a week.

Police’s legal demonstration ANCIENT GRAVE: The burial site was found near Ronda. By Matthew Elliott A MEDIEVAL necropolis uncovered during preliminary construction work, for a new restaurant in the San Francisco district of Ronda, may be the oldest and largest yet found in the area. The ancient site dates back to the ninth or 10th

century, and archaeologists have discovered 16 caskets, some of which were for children. It is believed to be part of the maqbara of Medinat Runda, the name by which the city was known during Moorish times, and experts believe that it may pertain to the Emirate-Caliphate period since some of the bodies were facing east.

MORE than 6,000 children filled the bullring in the Malagueta district of Malaga City, for the sixth annual meeting of local schools and National Police forces. It is the first time that the upper tier of seating has had to be used for the event, during which police officers wowed the youngsters with a series of simulated crime scenes, involving cars, vans, motorbikes, a helicopter, dogs and horses.

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Operation clean up THE landfill site in Entrerrios, Mijas, which has been blamed for polluting the local environment, is to be sealed shut, say the town council. Never shy about taking a dig at the previous administration, Councillor for Infrastructure and the Environment Jose Carlos Martin highlighted that although the Popular Party had been aware of the dispute since

2009, they failed to do anything about it. The Cuidadanos politician said: “This is not about high visibility, but work that is essential for our natural environment.” The site was in operation between 1995 and 2001, and has been leaching toxic chemicals for 15 years, which pose a particular problem after heavy rain.

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OFF ROAD: The race promises to take in some stunning scenery.

via the Guadaiza dam. R id e rs w ill le a ve Sa n Pe dro a round 10.30am, with competitors divided into amateur and professional categories. SAN PEDRO DE ALCANTARA will host Those interested in entering are able to do the third stage of this year’s Tour of Andaluso individually or in teams of two cia off- r o a d m o u n t a in b ik e (female or mixed), three (men), event. or four (businesses). The stage will take place on In total, entrants will pedal for Saturday, May 28, and comprise kilometres of racing will more than 250 arduous kilomea 55.3 kilometre circular route, take place. tres, with the three other stages starting and ending at the Suof the tour taking place in Lucena pera sports complex, with the (Cordoba), Istan (Malaga) and Los Barrios tortuous circuit taking in the peaks of El (Cadiz). Meliche and El Cabrero, before returning By Matt Ford

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Upgraded online public services ALHAURIN DE LA TORRE Council has launched their new ‘Electronic Centre’ website, enabling citizens to access various services without the need to visit municipal offices.

The site is divided into an open public area and a section requiring log-in via electronic NIE or digital certificate, and can be found at the address: https://sede.alhaurindelatorre.es.

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By Eleanor Hawkins THE IEA (Almeria Studies Institute) has published a book on the development of the common chameleon population in the province. The book is the result of a study carried out on the situation, which revealed there are larger than expected numbers, especially in Aguadulce and Carboneras. Forty collaborators joined in with the study, along with 23 photographers who managed to capture some stunning images of the little-known local inhabitant. Author Emilio Gonzalez said the results were surprising, as chameleons were found in highly populated areas and greenhouses.

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MURCIA Provincial Court upheld the judgement of the Criminal Court of Cartagena that sentenced a man to 31 months in jail for a crime of psychological violence and abuse against his wife.

THE Cap Blanc-Punta Regana Defence association met with Llucmajor’s mayor to convey concerns about the size and location of a large solar park planned in the Sa Marina area weighing territorial protection against renewable energy.

ONE of the biggest tourist attractions in Rincon de la Victoria are the cliffs of El Cantal which is why the town hall started a clean-up operation over the last few weeks. Debris weighing in the region of 1,000 kilos and consisting mainly of thicket and dry branches was collected.

EIGHT schools across the province will be joining the bilingual centres list for the 2016-2017 academic year, the Board of Education announced. This will bring the number of publicly funded schools in Almeria Province that hold lessons in two or more languages up to 97.

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THE family of archaeologist William Waldren (1924-2003) has handed over Waldren’s archives to the municipality of Valldemossa. The archaeologist devoted himself to studying Mallorcan prehistory making a series of discoveries in Son Matge and the Son Muleta cave.

THE future of the Juvigolf project, a residential urbanisation waiting to be built in Chilches, remains uncertain whilst the Junta de Andalucia begin an investigation into the medieval farmstead at Santillan, an ancient town between VelezMalaga and Rincon de la Victoria.

Campsite area BIGASTRO’S Socialist Party has criticised the ruling PP government team in the town, for allowing the new works that are being undertaken in the pine forest of La Pedrera. The land is being turned into a municipal campsite area.

Traffic flow A NEW section of the Murcia ring road has opened. The road is designed to ease traffic around the city and improve access to Cabeza de Torres. It has three lanes in each direction and a cycle lane.

Happy anniversary THE Hospital de Sant Joan has held week long celebrations to mark its 25th anniversary including a blood drive, seminars and even a visit of Star Wars characters to the children’s ward.

Maths Olympics NINETY primary and secondary school students took part in the Mathematical Olympiad event organised by Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University which tested maths and science knowledge.

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THE Olula del Rio ‘Feria del Mediodia’ in September is to have a new location. This year’s celebrations will be held at the Nave Polivalente by the Rio Almanzora following complaints from residents relating to traffic congestion during the four-day event.

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HOSPITAL clown Aspirino has made more than 100 appearances this year performing in the hospitals of Son Espases, Llatzer, Manacor and Inca thanks to the support of Endesa Electric Company.

AN alert was made to the Local Police of Almuñecar by a local resident stating that a vehicle equipped with a megaphone was in the proximity and allegedly someone was selling fruit illegally. The police confiscated 39 boxes of strawberries.

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THE Palma City Council will more than double the number of officers for the summer season. A total of 136 Local Police officers will be patrolling areas in the municipality including the city centre, Cala Major, the Paseo Maritimo and Playa de Palma from May 23 to October 23.

SEPRONA, the Guardia Civil branch responsible for protection of nature, has cast its net over 600 kilos of processed fish which did not meet sanitary standards and was deemed unfit for consumption. The festering haul was discovered in a cave house in the coastal village of La Rabita on the Costa Tropical.

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AN Almeri Provincial court has jailed a Murcia businessman for two years for failing to pay a Huercal-Overa farmer for almost 100 tonnes of mandarins. The 51-year-old took 98,935 kilos of the fruit from the farm, by the Albox crossroads, in 2011 after agreeing a price of 56 cents per kilo however he never made the payment.

Creating jobs QUICKER, easier licensing processes implanted by the Almeria Provincial Council’s Assistance to Municipalities department have helped create 225 new jobs during the first 90 days of this year.

School spaces THE Department of Education has published information regarding the registration procedure for Benidorm’s municipal nursery school places for 2016/2017 on its website (www.benidorm.org). The deadline for submitting applications is May 19.

Old art LA SARGA rock shelter in Alcoy, whose prehistoric wall art is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will have an interpretation centre or mini-museum. The shelter is visited by more than 2,500 people each year.

No peace RESIDENTS in Calle Santo Tomas de Villanueva in Gandia complained that buses use the street as a shortcut to the railway station. The noise is intolerable, they said, and the buses also cause traffic holdups.

Cherry aid A 150-STRONG Guardia Civil unit will patrol cherry orchards in 17 inland towns. Local Police and National Police officers and helicopter surveillance will provide backup protection for the protected Cerezas de la Montaña.

Rescue op RED CROSS volunteers in Altea rescued a sailboat that ran aground onto rocks at the Illeta off La Olla beach. Noone was hurt and the boat was towed to Altea’s port.

Wasps kill AN 81-year-old Valencian man died in hospital last week after being attacked by a swarm of wasps while watering crops on his country property. Although he quickly drove himself to hospital, hospital sources reported he was stung more than 1,000 times and suffered anaphylactic shock.

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False wage SWEDEN: Mona Sahlin has stepped down from her position as Sweden’s national coordinator against violent extremism. Her resignation comes after claims she had misrepresented her bodyguard’s salary to help him secure a mortgage.

Sacked surgeon SWEDEN: Previously renowned celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has been sacked by the country’s Karolinska Institute (KI) after growing controversy surrounding his medical methods.

Shoot out TWO ‘British people smugglers’ were wounded in a shoot-out with police during a car chase in France. The UK registered car was being chased by Belgian officers and crossed the border to France.

Drunken death A PENSIONER died in Wales after becoming ‘drunk’ on alcohol fumes and collapsing into a scalding bath that

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PRINCE HARRY: Is to present the Invictus Games in Orlando.

False claim A WOMAN, aged 62, has been jailed for six months after falsely claiming she was raped by two men with Eastern European accents in a bid to make an insurance claim. Police spent over 2,000 hours on the investigation.

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GERMANY’S top court ruled that moving to a different city is no grounds for breaking a contract with your gym. A navy sailor went to court saying because his job forces him to move around a lot he should be allowed to cancel his gym contract.

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DENMARK: A Copenhagen sex club was fined for age discrimination by refusing to hire an 18-year-old receptionist. The ad stated they were looking for someone over 21.

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NORWAY: Former minister for the environment and international development, Erik Solheim, aged 61, is to head the UN Environment Program.

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A HAIRDRESSER in Bavaria has fallen foul of the courts for using an image of Adolf Hitler in an advertising campaign against rightwing extremists.

MUNICH’S Kaufingerstraße street has been revealed as the most popular shopping street in a new survey. No Berlin Street appeared in the top 10 of the survey by real estate agents Engel and Völkers.

NORWAY: A helicopter which crashed on a small island off Bergen killed all 13 people on board. Investigators say it was down to technical failure.

NORWAY is to deploy 60 soldiers to train Syrians fighting the Islamic State. Soldiers from the Norwegian special forces would conduct the training in Jordan.

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THE influx of asylum seekers into Germany, especially from cricket-mad Pakistan and Afghanistan, has created an unexpected boom for the sport. In 2012, there were around 1,500 cricketers in Germany playing, now there are 4,000 registered cricketers.

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NORWAY’S Eurovision hopeful Agnete Johnsen, has cancelled all public appearances ahead of the song contest, saying her mental health is struggling prior to the event.

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Florida in a frenzy THE sunshine state of Florida went into a frenzy as Prince Harry arrived ready to present the Invictus Games in Orlando. The British royal created the multi-sport event in 2014 for wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel.

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BICYCLE EXPORTS: Netherlands is the largest exporter in Europe.

Valuable bikes THE Netherlands is Europe’s largest exporter of bicycles, with the value of exports rising 14 per cent last year to €793 million. They accounted for 25 per cent of all EU bike exports.

Liberation Day THE Netherlands celebrated Liberation Day marking 71 years since Germany surrendered at the end of the

DUTCH PRESS Second World War with the lighting of the Liberation flame in Wageningen.

Driving promotion DUTCH Formula One racing driver Max Verstappen, aged 18, is

moving to Red Bull’s first team for the rest of the season. After being signed in 2015 he has driven for junior team Toro Rosso.

Foreigner prisoners A TOTAL of 2,060 Dutch nationals are currently being held in foreign jails, 10 per cent less than this time last year. More than half have been jailed for drug offences.

Park patrol CITIES in Germany are hiring extra staff to patrol park areas to ensure people clean up after themselves following picnics and BBQs.

Balloon bother BERLIN’S iconic ‘Die Welt’ hot air balloon that floats up to a height of 150m whilst still hinged to the ground, giving visitors views over the city, got caught in strong winds and swayed out of control. Twenty tourists were on board at the time.

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The euro note will disappear By John Smith AS predicted earlier this year, the European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that it will no longer produce the €500 note because of concerns it could facilitate illegal activities, which were highlighted by a European Commission question in February concerning the need for that note. Supposedly introduced at the demand of the German government as it

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€1.8 trillion is the estimated annual amount of illegal money in the world financial system according to bank reports.

was withdrawing its DM1,000 note which equated to €500, it has proven to be popular with criminals and forgers and because of the way it was regarded, the UK government asked banks to stop handling €500 notes in 2010, whilst many shops around Europe are wary about accepting them. The ECB says the €500 banknote remains legal tender and will always retain its value.

The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested they cease all use immediately,” says a statement on behalf of Mick Jagger and the band.

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BERSHKA: Is part of the Inditex Group.

Still the world’s second richest THE Inditex Group, of which Amancio Ortega still holds nearly 60 per cent of the shares, continues to go from strength to strength with a net profit for their last financial year of €2.8 billion. With dividends of 60 cents per share, paid half now and half in November, he is due to pocket €1.11 billion. His daughter, who inherited 7 per

cent of the shares from her deceased mother, will receive around €94 million. There is an old saying that money attracts money which to some extent is true, but there is no doubt that the owner of Zara and eight other brands, has done an incredible job in building such an incredibly powerful and popular group.

Banco Popular HELPED in no small part by a drop in bad debts, Banco Popular announced that its net profit for the first quarter of 2016 had increased by 2.6 per cent to €98.7 million. Although this isn’t a huge return for Spain’s sixth largest lender, it is still not only a positive result but is also slightly ahead of analyst’s expectations.

Cash issues AS long ago as 2009, Zimbabwe stopped producing its own bank notes because it could not keep up with the incredible rate of inflation, and it instructed its banks, businesses and citizens to use the US dollar as the official medium of exchange. Now because of a shortage of US dollar bills, it will produce a range of ‘quasi’ US dollars in a range of relatively low denominations, which will be supported by a €180 million package from the Africa Export-Import Bank.

Cigarette advertising rules THE highest court in Europe has rejected a claim by international tobacco companies appealing against a law being passed by the EU that will standardise packaging and ban the advertising of e-cigarettes. The Court of Justice found that the laws “did not go beyond the limits of what is ap-

€250,000 is the amount that the EU proposes a country could be fined for each asylum seeker it refuses to take under the quota system.

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propriate and necessary.” Under the new rules health warnings will have to cover 65 per cent of the front and back of the packet, and although the rules are due to take effect from May 20, the new packets will not be on sale until stocks of existing cartons have been cleared.

It will stop issuing the note around the end of 2018, when it will bring in new €100 and €200 banknotes which themselves are likely to become the bank note of choice for the money launderer. It has been argued that with the growth in debit cards, high value notes of a range of major currencies should be phased out to discourage their use by criminals, but this is unlikely to occur.

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BA Group’s profit drop IAG which owns Aer Lingus, BA, Iberia and Vueling has seen significant profit increases in the last year, but is warning of a slight slowdown due to worries about terrorism and Brexit, as well as a possibility that a strong dollar would offset fuel price drops. The city was not happy with the conservative position the group took, but CEO Willie Walsh was clear that by reducing growth forecasts from 5.2 to 4.9 per cent, he was being prudent.

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APPLE STORE: Situated at Hangzhou West Lake. By John Smith ALTHOUGH often touted as a company that cares about people, Apple does have a bit of a reputation for understandably trying to protect its trademark by going to law, but on this occasion it has received a verdict which will not be to its liking. The Beijing Municipal High People’s Court ruled in favour of Xintong Tiandi Technology which uses the name IPHONE on a range of leather goods including handbags and it registered that trademark in China in 2010. It must be doubly irritating for Apple as it first tried to register the iPhone name in the country in 2002, but this was not accepted until 2013, three years later than the IPHONE registration. A spokesman for the American giant made a statement saying “Apple is disappointed the Beijing High People’s Court chose to allow

Xintong to use the iPhone mark for leather goods when we have prevailed in several other cases against Xintong. “We intend to request a retrial with the Supreme People’s Court and will continue to vigorously protect our trademark rights.” The court ruled that Apple could not prove it was a well-known brand in China before Xintong Tiandi filed its trademark application in 2007 especially as their iPhones only went on sale in China in 2009. Sales of the company’s phones have shown a surprising drop on a worldwide basis, but in China which has been a very important market their sales have nosedived by more than 25 per cent and coupled with this is the fact that a law passed in March requiring all content shown in China to be stored on servers based on the Chinese mainland resulted in the closing down of iTunes, although the company does hope to resurrect this business soon.

Steel still confuses INDIA plays a very important part in the world steel trade with plants in India itself and through subsidiary companies around the world. Much has been made of the Tata group and its decision to divest itself of its Welsh plant in Port Talbot where it is said to be losing £1 million (€1.3 million) per day. Advertising this loss seems hardly likely to attract potential purchasers and of the nearly 200 contacts it made in a search for a buyer, two have actually presented proposals, one from Excalibur Steel UK

Limited which would be a management buyout, hopefully with worker and government participation and the other from Liberty House, also Indian owned, which would change the business from raw production to recycling. Tellingly, Excalibur are still trying to find bank funding and anticipate around 1,000 job losses if their bid is successful, whilst Liberty have a track record of success in the business and have indicated on more than one occasion that they would expect no job losses.

In the meantime, another Indian steel giant ArcelorMittal has forecast that global demand for steel will stabilise and possibly increase very slightly in 2016 with a marked improvement in the Chinese market. Despite the fact that ArcelorMittal does not operate within the Chinese market, because its operation is so large, its comments are normally treated seriously and hopefully its view of a slight recovery will prove to be correct, if nothing else for the good of the British steel industry.

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There will be war in Europe LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

CAMERON’s claims that we would be more at risk of war should we leave the EU is ludicrous.

Sweden, a country that has been the most welcoming to Muslim/Arab immigrants is already verging on civil war. Recent rioting lasted more than a week.

It is the pathetic rambling of a man, slowly but surely losing the

battle to keep the UK aligned to an organisation that is failing its members on a scale that is becoming more dangerous as we speak. Be under no illusions however, there will be war in Europe, irrespective of whether we opt out or not. The adversary is already within. Leaving the EU and consequently securing our borders will make us safer, mainly by keeping the numbers of the militant Islamists population down and more manageable when it all kicks off. It has, of course, already begun.

Sweden, a country that has been the most welcoming to Muslim/Arab immigrants is already verging on civil war. Recent rioting involved untold numbers of young Muslim men and lasted more than a week. Hundreds of cars were set alight and one resident described the area as looking like a battle scene. On a recent visit to the country Mr Mudan Zahran, himself a Muslim, stated that Sweden’s welcoming and tolerance have been abused by Muslims. They have responded to Sweden’s kindness, by seeking to

DAVID CAMERON: His claims that we would be more at risk of war should we leave the EU is ludicrous.

Islamise the country. Another resident remarked: “I just feel sad for the insults we get from many Arabs and Muslims in this town. We look on them as Swedes and they look on us as the enemy!” How heart-wrenching and how telling is that? Germany has also received a series of riots perpetrated by Islamist militants. Last Ramadan largely unreported incidents involving mobs shouting Allahu Akbar torched cars and attacked the police in a series of incidents lasting up to four days. France and Belgium have also experienced Islamic violence in their towns and cities. And on it goes. One of the results of the authority’s unwillingness to engage the situation is the emergence of many far right organisations. Support for these parties is growing by the day. And they are prepared to meet violence with violence. Result? Civil war. EU or no EU.

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When less can be more When it came to award for Best Set, the adjudicator was gushing in his praise of our minimalist effort.

Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

AS a lapsed luvvie who has not been involved in amateur dramatics for several years, I was looking forward to attending a play by a new group, ACTS, in Benijofar recently. It was a fun evening with excellent performances from each member of the talented cast. But inevitably it got me reminiscing about past productions that I have been involved in dahling. A highlight of the year was the Drama Festival Season. We usually entered several in our corner of East Anglia, and on one particular occasion we were on a roll with the play we had chosen. We had already won Best Director, male actor, junior actor and the coveted Best of Festival award, so ap-

LAPSED LUVVIE: I haven’t been involved in amateur dramatics for several years. proaching the final event we were confident of giving a good account of ourselves. Another group was staging ‘Round and Round the Garden’ – the last play in ‘The Norman Conquests’ trilogy. But our mouths dropped

open in disbelief as they proceeded to erect a set that was composed of Astro Turf, picket fencing, garden furniture and 20 young leylandii in pots. It was like an episode of Gardener ’s World. Ours required a simple set depicting a village hall

that was under refurbishment. Two step ladders with a plank, and a few tins of paint lying around, which were shuffled around between scenes to give the impression of the passage of time. A dust sheet was draped over the plank, allowing

one of the characters, dressed in a dark business suit, being able to enter against a light background. And that was it. On the final night of the festival, the awards were being handed out, and when it came to Best Set, the adjudicator was gushing in his praise of our minimalist effort. The faces of the cast responsible for the poor man’s Kew Gardens set said it all, but the looks of shock were soon tempered with the reality of having to return all of the borrowed items to the garden centre. It was one of those times when less was definitely more.

The transatlantic trade investment John Smith Random thoughts... IN the 1970s and later, science fiction writers imagined a world which was not dominated by warring nations, but by warring multinationals which literally employed and deployed armies of human beings who were used as pawns by these gigantic corporations. Europe has been wooed by the USA into discussing the possibility of a new and ‘exciting’ trading partnership, which is supposed to encourage greater freedom of trade and supposedly promises huge financial benefits to member states of the EU. L a rg e n u m b e r s o f p e o p l e , r e membering the phrase ‘Beware Greeks bearing gifts’, have been sceptical about the benefits and how US Corporations would benefit from this partnership. The fears are now spilling over into government circles especially as Greenpeace has leaked a number of classified documents, which do not show the USA in a

MATTHIAS FEKL: The French trade minister. particularly appealing light. A great deal of the negotiation has been confidential, but the French trade minister Matthias

Fekl said a freeze in the negotiations was the “most likely option,” without a change from the USA as Europe was offering a lot

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BULLIES: Can be caught.

Cyber bullying AS we move into the cyber realm, with more and more people connecting to others across the world, the very fact that many of these contacts are anonymous appears to have given certain people of limited intelligence, or others who are deliberately malicious, a unique opportunity to insult individuals and spread lies about them in a manner never before seen. For some reason, people who wouldn’t dream of insulting someone to their face consider that the internet, emails and Facebook are open forums where literally anything can be said without the possibility of being caught. The really stupid are easily tracked down through their IP addresses, but there are more devious individuals who manage to route their insults and threats via a number of IP addresses, or purchase an anonymous address so that they can’t be traced. In most of Europe now, whilst cyberbullying is not in itself a crime, there are plenty of laws which can be interpreted if prosecutors wish to take action against such activity, and the more threatening it is the easier it is to prosecute. The EU is looking to introduce direct laws to combat this activity, especially as there are so many documented cases of self-harming and even suicide amongst teens who have been attacked mercilessly by their peers. It is sad that as technology progresses, even areas that bring happiness to so many people are hijacked by the ignorant and despicable in order to obtain somewhat vicarious entertainment.

with little in return. “It is an agreement which, as it would be today, would be a bad deal,” he said in a French radio interview. TTIP could “unravel” the international climate change deal agreed in Paris last year, and there appear to be few safeguards for French agriculture (of major importance to all French politicians), nor was there sufficient protection for its industry. Despite the fact that this is supposed to be a Union negotiation, various member States are considering their personal positions and there doesn’t seem to be a large amount of support for this pact. Although Britain was known as America’s poodle in the days of Bush and Blair, any involvement in the partnership could be moot in the event that it leaves the EU, and already President Obama has indicated that it can go to the back of Now we the trade queue if it does leave. want to There have been numerous pubhear your views. lic demonstrations against the TTIP and perhaps on this ocYOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE casion, French self-interest - YOUR OPINION could be in the interest of all of www.euroweeklynews.com Europe.

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BHS crashed into a cliff by its owner: unacceptable capitalism? 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/3.0.15/nora-johnson

WITH now multiple inquiries ordered into the collapse of BHS (involving 11,000 jobs and a £571m pension fund deficit) questions are being asked why regulators didn’t intervene earlier when the company paid more than £400m in dividends under its former owner, Sir Philip Green, or when it was controversially sold for £1 to a group of little-known investors. Well, who’s really to blame here? Supporters of Sir Philip say he built his business empire and employed thousands of people for years. Sure, he did it to enrich himself, but so what? His money provides a living for those who run his businesses, build his yachts, staff his properties,

organise his life and his extravagant parties. Detractors say how can someone already extraordinarily rich want so much money - not counting a third luxury yacht - and leave the fate of his workers to the Pension Protection Fund? How does someone like that want to be regarded? Frankly, he probably doesn’t give a fig about his employees’ pensions or BHS shareholders. But for such an immodest, ebullient man, potential loss of his knighthood might well change his mind. Which raises the question whether he should have been awarded one in the first place. A knight of the realm should surely maintain the highest standards of behaviour. Hardly a role model then, but sadly perhaps few of his peers are either. Charlton Heston wasn’t a modest man either. A former Arts Council chairman recalled the time he met the

actor. After chatting about different categories of film, Heston was asked how he would define the ‘epic’ genre. “Anything starring me between 1956 and 1966,” he replied. That’s the spirit - start small, think big. Today Stow, tomorrow the Wold! And finally, news that those other two loveable rogues, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton, are planning to join forces in a campaign against Brexit to reinforce President Obama’s message. That’s it, then. These two getting together in the UK to tell Brits not to leave. No Chance. Bill and Tony, we stay, YOU leave!

SIR PHILIP GREEN: Should he have been awarded a knighthood?

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory Rush Hour The Adjustment Bureau The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

FRIDAY TV

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Main Event Football's Greatest BPL Legends Barclays Premier League World Premier League Darts The Premier League Years Live Indian Premier League Live Play-Off SemiFinals Barclays Premier League Preview The Fantasy Football Club SPFL Round Up MLS Live The Premier League Years Super League Highlights Action from the First Utility Super League. Football Gold BPL Legends

Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Darts Gold La Liga Show 2015 Live Super Rugby Super Rugby Classic Live Super Rugby Boxing Gold Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Darts Gold Time of Our Lives Sporting Heroes Game Changers Rugby Classic Rugby Classic Live Paris Rugby Sevens Live European Rugby Indian Premier League Sporting Greats Cricket Classic Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Mary Berry Cooks 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm The Brownlees: An Olympic Story 2:30pm Women's FA Cup Final 5:20pm Flog It! 6:10pm BBC News 6:20pm Regional News 6:25pm Weather 6:30pm Can't Touch This 7:20pm Pointless 8:10pm The National Lottery: In It to Win It 9:00pm Eurovision Song Contest 2016 12:30am BBC News 12:48am Weather 12:50am Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 1:20am Buster 2:55am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:00am BBC News

7:40am The Westerner 9:15am A Walk in the Sunday 11:10am Homes Under the Hammer 12:10pm Natural World 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 2:00pm Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 2:30pm Bargain Hunt 3:05pm Escape to the Continent 4:05pm Money for Nothing 4:50pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 5:20pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 6:20pm This Week's World 7:00pm Gardeners' World 7:30pm Attenborough's Passion Project: Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives 8:30pm Attenborough's Passion Project: Darwin's Tree of Life 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Hollow Crown 12:05am Margin Call

4:40am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more. 8:00pm Doris Day: Virgin Territory 9:00pm Francesco's Venice 10:00pm Hinterland 11:30pm Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance Series in which Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley uncover the British love affair with dancing as they explore the nation's favourite dances from the 17th to the 20th centuries and discover what they reveal about the country's social history. 12:30am Blues at the BBC 1:30am BBC Four Sessions 2:30am Blues America 3:30am Blues America 4:30am This is BBC Four

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7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:00pm Britain's Got Talent 1:20pm Britain's Got More Talent 2:20pm Catchphrase 3:05pm Scorpion 4:00pm The Scorpion King 5:00pm FYI Daily 5:05pm The Scorpion King 5:50pm The Smurfs 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm The Smurfs 7:55pm Back to the Future 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Back to the Future 10:15pm Britain's Got More Talent 11:15pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:35am American Dad! 2:05am American Dad! 2:35am The Cleveland Show 3:05am The Cleveland Show 3:35am @Elevenish

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ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show USA ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show BBQ Champ Agent Cody Banks The Wine Show Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather You've Been Framed! Bang on the Money Britain's Got Talent Play to the Whistle ITV News and Weather The Dark Knight Jackpot 247 Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

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Judge Judy Judge Judy Where the Heart is Where the Heart is City of Angels FYI Daily City of Angels The Mirror Crack'd FYI Daily The Mirror Crack'd Agatha Christie's Miss Marple investigates a murder on a film set. Columbo Foyle's War Midsomer Murders Doc Martin Foyle's War Crime drama series set in the Cold War era. Lewis The heavily anticipated detective drama follows up to the hugely acclaimed Inspector Morse series. Trial and Retribution

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King of Queens King of Queens Mobil 1 The Grid British Rally Championships Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond The Morning Line Formula 1 The Superhumans Show The Big Bang Theory Formula 1 Channel 4 Racing A Place in the Sun Homes by the Med Channel 4 News Grand Designers Great Canal Journeys X-Men: First Class G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Stephen Sommers' action-adventure stars Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller and Christopher Eccleston.

7:00am Milkshake! 9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show Live 12:40pm Fail Army 1:10pm Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in Essex. 2:10pm Police Interceptors 3:10pm Police Interceptors 4:10pm Police Interceptors 5:10pm Police Interceptors 6:10pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:05pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 8:10pm NCIS 9:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 10:00pm NCIS 10:55pm 5News 11:00pm Live World Championship Boxing 1:00am Super Casino

Motorway Patrol Ax Men Ax Men Motorsport UK Formula E: Sound of the Future Bundesliga Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars British Touring Car Championship Highlights Blues Brothers 2000 FYI Daily Blues Brothers 2000 Diamonds are Forever FYI Daily Diamonds are Forever Jaws 4: The Revenge FYI Daily Jaws 4: The Revenge Total Recall FYI Daily

7:25am Jaws 3 9:10am Young Sherlock Holmes 11:05am Jurassic Park III 12:45pm Jurassic World 2:55pm Jurassic Park 5:05pm The Lost World 7:20pm Jurassic Park III 9:00pm Jurassic World 11:10pm Jurassic Park 1:20am The Lost World 3:40am Gladiator

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King Ralph Captain America Twins Pitch Perfect 2 Hot Shots! Jungle Book 3D Father of the Bride Father of the Bride II The Wedding Singer Superbad Pitch Perfect 2 The 40 Year Old Virgin

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Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Jane the Virgin Made in Chelsea Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox Gogglebox Rude Tube

7:00am Friday Download: The Movie 8:45am Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 9:15am Kid Vengeance 11:15am True Story 1:15pm Friday Download: The Movie 3:00pm Two Night Stand 4:45pm Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 5:15pm Hot Pursuit 7:00pm True Story Jonah Hill's disgraced journalist discovers that an accused killer has assumed his identity. 9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:45pm Two Night Stand 12:15am We Still Kill the Old Way 2:00am Kid Vengeance A special ops officer vows revenge against the criminal gang who murdered his parents. 3:50am We Still Kill the Old Way

SATURDAY TV

7:45am Football Gold A countdown of the top 20 games from the 2013/14 Barclays Premier League as voted by viewers 8:00am Bpl 100 Club A celebration of some of the finest goalscorers in Barclays Premier League history. 8:30am Barclays Premier League Preview 9:00am Game Changers 9:30am Nick Kicks 10:00am The Fantasy Football Club 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Live Play-Off SemiFinals 3:45pm Sporting Triumphs 5:00pm Boxing Gold 5:30pm Boxing Gold 6:00pm Live Play-Off SemiFinals 8:30pm Live Play-Off SemiFinals 11:00pm MLS Live 1:00am Sporting Mavericks 1:30am MLS Live

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Cricket Classic MLS Highlights Sporting Triumphs Live Paris Rugby Sevens Live European Rugby Sporting Triumphs Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Cricket's Greatest Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Cricket Classic Sky Sports dips into its archives to bring you classic cricket action from 2007. Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Pentecost Sunday Live From Liverpool Cathedral 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm Nature's Epic Journeys 4:45pm Points of View 5:00pm Final Score 6:15pm Songs of Praise 6:50pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile Spring Special 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Undercover 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:10am Texas Rangers

7:00am The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 8:00am This Farming Life 9:00am Gardeners' World 9:30am The Beechgrove Garden 10:00am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 2:00pm Athletics 3:00pm Triathlon World Series 4:30pm Diving 6:30pm Flog It! 7:00pm Choose the Right Puppy for You 8:00pm Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 9:00pm Burma's Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson 10:00pm Louis Theroux 11:40pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone 12:30am Rescue Dawn 2:30am Countryfile 3:25am Holby City

8:00pm BBC Young Musician 2016 Grand Final 10:00pm The Silk Road 11:00pm Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer 12:00am Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach 1:00am Attenborough's Ark: Natural World Special 2:00am Horizon Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great questions about our species: are we still evolving? There's no doubt that we're a product of millions of years of evolution. But thanks to modern technology and medicine, did we escape Darwin's law of the survival of the fittest? 3:00am Engineering Giants: Jumbo Jet StripDown 4:00am The Silk Road

7:15am King of Queens 7:40am King of Queens 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond Robert reveals that he's thinking about leaving the police force. 10:00am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm Formula 1 4:30pm Pocahontas Disney animation based on the true story of a Native American princess who fell in love with an English soldier. 6:10pm Channel 4 News 6:30pm Grand Designs 7:30pm Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber 9:00pm Paul Merton's Secret Stations 10:00pm Indian Summers 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:05am Formula 1

7:00am Milkshake! 10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am The Gadget Show 12:25pm Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 1:30pm Primates of the Caribbean 3:00pm Surf's Up 4:35pm Beverly Hills Chihuahua 6:15pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 8:00pm Penguin A and E with Lorraine Kelly 9:00pm Beaver Las Vegas: Saving the Strip 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm 21 Jump Street 12:10am My Super ExGirlfriend 1:55am Super Casino 1:55am The Yorkshire Vet 5:00am Great Scientists Series presented by Allan Chapman profiling famous and influential scientists. 5:25am House Doctor 5:50am House Doctor

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7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:35pm Take Me Out 1:50pm Catchphrase 2:35pm The Hot Desk 2:45pm Kangaroo Jack 3:45pm FYI Daily 3:50pm Kangaroo Jack 4:30pm The Smurfs 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm The Smurfs 6:40pm Britain's Got Talent 8:00pm Britain's Got More Talent 9:00pm Quantum of Solace 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Quantum of Solace 11:10pm Family Guy 11:40pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guy 1:10am American Dad! 1:40am American Dad! 2:10am The Cleveland Show 2:40am The Cleveland Show 3:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

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7:00am Football's Greatest: George Best 7:10am Hogan's Heroes 7:40am British Touring Car Championship Highlights 9:00am Motogp Highlights 10:00am Fifth Gear 11:00am Pawn Stars 11:25am Pawn Stars 11:55am Pawn Stars 12:20pm Pawn Stars 12:50pm Pawn Stars 1:20pm The Appaloosa 2:20pm FYI Daily 2:25pm The Appaloosa 3:25pm Death of a Gunfighter 4:25pm FYI Daily 4:30pm Death of a Gunfighter 5:20pm Blues Brothers 2000 6:35pm FYI Daily 6:40pm Blues Brothers 2000 7:50pm The Wine Show 8:55pm River Monsters 10:00pm Collateral Damage 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Collateral Damage 12:15am Crank

12:40pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 3:05pm Die Hard 4.0 5:15pm Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 6:50pm Mission: Impossible III 9:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 11:25pm Die Hard 4.0 1:40am Babylon A.D. 3:15am Lucky Number Slevin

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CITV ITV News Weekend Griff's Great Britain Peston on Sunday The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Planet's Got Talent Fierce Britain's Got Talent Uncle Buck Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather The Chase: Celebrity Special Let's Do it: A Tribute to Victoria Wood The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration ITV News and Weather Pop Gold Jackpot 247 Motorsport UK

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Judge Judy The Mirror Crack'd FYI Daily The Mirror Crack'd Heartbeat Heartbeat Inspector Morse Foyle's War Columbo Calamity Jane FYI Daily Calamity Jane Richard Wilson on the Road Doc Martin Lewis Ghostboat Out of Sight FYI Daily Out of Sight Blue Murder May the Best House Win May the Best House Win On the Buses This bold, bawdy and brash sitcom hit British screens in 1969.

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The Full Monty Nine Months Hot Shots! Part Deux The Cable Guy Dumb and Dumber Dumb and Dumber To Unfinished Business Team America: World Police A Million Ways to Die in the West Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny The Lost Boys

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Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Couples Come Dine with Me The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Leap Year The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tattoo Fixers The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The 100 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

7:00am Friday Download: The Movie 8:45am Kid Vengeance 10:45am Fast and Furious 7 Special 11:15am Two Night Stand 1:00pm True Story Jonah Hill's disgraced journalist discovers that an accused killer has assumed his identity. 3:00pm Friday Download: The Movie 4:45pm Kingsman: The Secret Service Special Alex Zane looks at Matthew Vaughn's riotous love letter to the spy genre starring Colin Firth. 5:15pm Hot Pursuit 7:00pm True Story 9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:45pm Two Night Stand 12:15am We Still Kill the Old Way 2:00am Kid Vengeance 3:50am We Still Kill the Old Way

SUNDAY TV

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Football Gold Football Gold BPL Legends Football's Greatest BPL Legends The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Live Play-Off SemiFinals Live Ford Super Sunday Live Play-Off SemiFinals Football First- Game of the Day Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Extended highlights of the action from the final day of the season in the Barclays Premier League.

Cricket Classics Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest MLS Highlights MLS Highlights Live Scottish Premiership Live Ford Super Sunday WWE Experience WWE Raw Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Super Rugby Try Time Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Super Rugby Try Time Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights MLS Live Sky Sports Years Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Neighbourhood Blues 12:45pm Oxford Street Revealed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Code 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Panorama 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Would I Lie to You? 10:00pm Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 10:30pm I Want My Wife Back 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:30am The Graham Norton Show

8:00am Homes Under the Hammer 9:00am The Food Detectives 9:30am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Athletics 3:00pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 3:30pm The TV That Made Me 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 4:45pm Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Swimming 9:00pm Choose the Right Puppy for You 10:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 11:00pm Upstart Crow 11:30pm Newsnight 12:30am Weather 12:35am Burma's Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson

9:00pm Madness on Wheels: Rallying's Craziest Years 10:00pm Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story 11:00pm The Dark Ages An Age of Light. 12:00am The Genius of Marie Curie - The Woman Who Lit Up the World 1:00am Order and Disorder with Jim Al-Khalili Professor Jim Al-Khalili discovers the intriguing story of how we discovered the rules that drive the universe. Energy is vital to us all, but what exactly is energy? 2:00am Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War 3:00am The High Art of the Low Countries 4:00am Redefining Juliet 4:45am This is BBC Four

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Wild Australia with Ray Mears 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Marcella 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm River Monsters 12:10am Die Another Day 2:30am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55am Nightscreen

7:20am Dinner Date 8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:30am Psych 11:20am Scorpion 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am American Dad! 12:30am American Dad!

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Doctor at Large Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Noah's Ark Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Wycliffe Long Lost Family Wycliffe The Knock Noah's Ark Where the Heart is ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping

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9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:35pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Fifteen to One 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Shipping Wars 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Eating Well with Hemsley and Hemsley 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm What Britain Buys 11:00pm Very British Problems

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Her Evil Twin 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Killer Landslides 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm The Big Sting with Paul Connolly 11:00pm Gotham 12:00am Up Late with Rylan UK version of a late night chat show. 12:45am Betrayed and He's Going to Pay... When Revenge Gets Ugly 1:45am Tattoo Disasters UK Series showcasing some of Britain's most hated, stupid and downright terrible tattoos.

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8:45am Kid Vengeance 10:45am Fast and Furious 7 Special 11:15am True Story 1:15pm Friday Download: The Movie 3:00pm Two Night Stand 4:45pm Hot Pursuit 6:30pm X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 7:00pm True Story 9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:45pm Two Night Stand 12:15am We Still Kill the Old Way 2:00am Kid Vengeance 3:50am We Still Kill the Old Way 5:30am Fast and Furious 7 Special Alex Zane travels to LA to talk to Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Michelle Rodriguez about the seventh instalment of the hit, high-octane franchise.

Hat-Trick Heroes Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes Minder Ironside Quincy M.E. Ax Men The Chase Minder Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Fifth Gear Quincy M.E. Ironside Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Cycling Storage Wars Storage Wars Red Heat FYI Daily Red Heat Bundesliga Motorsport UK Manny FYI Daily Manny ITV4 Nightscreen

Three Kings Swordfish Last Action Hero San Andreas Taken 3 Batman Batman Returns San Andreas Taken 3 Reign of Fire The Marine 4: Moving Target

7:40am Young Frankenstein 9:30am Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 11:25am Horrible Bosses 2 1:20pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 3:15pm The Hangover 5:05pm Blended 7:10pm Three Amigos! 9:00pm The Hangover 10:45pm Horrible Bosses 2 12:40am Office Space 2:15am White Men Can't Jump

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Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Empire Gogglebox

MONDAY TV

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw Bpl 100 Club BPL Legends Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice The Premier League Years Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Soccer Am - Best Bits Ford Monday Night Football Special Live Play-Off SemiFinals Ford Monday Night Football Special Spfl Rnd Up Soccer Am - Best Bits Ford Monday Night Football Special The Premier League Years Spfl Rnd Up

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7:30am Countryfile Spring Diaries 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 9:30am Great British Railway Journeys 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Super League Show 2:45pm A Taste of Britain 3:30pm The TV That Made Me 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 4:45pm Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Swimming 9:00pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 10:00pm Old School with the Hairy Bikers 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Insect World 9:00pm The Silk Road 10:00pm David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Colour 11:30pm Animals Through the Night: Sleepover at the Zoo 1:00am Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story 2:00am The Dark Ages An Age of Light. 3:00am David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Colour 4:30am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind. More daily from 7.00pm.

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm River Monsters 9:00pm Fierce Natural series seeking out the world's most fierce animals. 10:00pm Marcella 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm What Would be Your Miracle? 12:45am Bargain Shop Wars 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:30am Psych 11:20am Scorpion 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy

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Doctor at Large Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Return of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to solve more puzzling mysteries. Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Rosemary and Thyme Martin Clunes and a Lion Called Mugie Wycliffe The Knock Where the Heart is On the Buses On the Buses Judge Judy Teleshopping

7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:30am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Fifteen to One 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Shipping Wars 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Country House Cleaners 10:00pm How to Get a Council House 11:00pm Locked Up 12:00am 24 Hours in A and E 1:00am Pokerstars.Com PCA 2016

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Rosamunde Pilcher's Summer 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm Penguin A and E with Lorraine Kelly 11:00pm Your Child in Their Hands: Kids Hospital 12:00am Up Late with Rylan 12:50am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:45am Tattoo Disasters UK 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Castle 5:00am Now That's Funny Clip show compiling the best internet videos.

7:00am World Cup Rivalries England v Argentina 7:20am Fifth Gear 8:05am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. 9:00am Ironside 10:00am Quincy M.E. 11:00am Ax Men 12:00pm The Chase 1:00pm Minder 2:00pm Cycling 3:00pm Storage Wars Texas 3:30pm Storage Wars Texas 4:00pm Fifth Gear 5:00pm Quincy M.E. 6:00pm Ironside 7:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:30pm Storage Wars Texas 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm World Superbike Highlights 10:00pm Heartbreak Ridge 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Heartbreak Ridge 12:40am Raw Deal 1:40am FYI Daily 1:45am Raw Deal 2:50am Minder 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen

7:00am Gladiator 9:45am Behind Enemy Lines 11:45am Terminator Genisys: The Future Reborn 12:15pm Minority Report 2:50pm Dracula Untold 4:35pm Batman Forever 6:45pm Batman and Robin 9:00pm Minority Report 11:30pm Dracula Untold 1:10am Constantine 3:15am Darkman

7:35am The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear 9:05am The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 10:35am Dragnet 12:25pm Idiocracy 1:55pm The Wedding Ringer 3:45pm Barely Lethal 5:30pm City Slickers 7:30pm South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 9:00pm The Wedding Ringer 10:45pm Pixels 12:40am Johnny English 2:20am Nacho Libre 4:00am Just Before I Go

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Attack The Block Tattoo Fixers

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7:00am Friday Download: The Movie 8:45am Kid Vengeance 10:45am True Story 12:45pm Friday Download: The Movie 2:30pm X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 3:00pm Two Night Stand 4:45pm Fast and Furious 7 Special 5:15pm Hot Pursuit 7:00pm True Story Jonah Hill's disgraced journalist discovers that an accused killer has assumed his identity. 9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:45pm Two Night Stand 12:15am We Still Kill the Old Way 2:00am Kid Vengeance A special ops officer vows revenge against the criminal gang who murdered his parents. 3:50am We Still Kill the Old Way 5:30am X-Men: Apocalypse: Special

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Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Sky Sports Years Cricket Classic Darts Gold Boxing Gold Ricky Ponting Masterclass Ricky Ponting Masterclass Ricky Ponting Masterclass Ricky Ponting Masterclass Ricky Ponting Masterclass Cricket's Greatest Super League Fulltime Spfl Rnd Up Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Live Indian Premier League Super League Fulltime Indian Premier League Cricket Classic Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Sky Sports Years Cricket Classic

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Countryfile Spring Diaries 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 11:30am The State Opening of Parliament 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Code 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Weight for Love 10:00pm Nature's Epic Journeys 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News All the latest local news. 11:40pm Weather The latest weather information. 11:45pm Jimmy Hill - A Man for All Seasons 12:45am F.A. Cup

7:30am Countryfile Spring Diaries 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 11:30am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Oxford Street Revealed 1:15pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 2:00pm Pressure Pad 2:45pm A Taste of Britain 3:30pm The TV That Made Me 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 4:45pm Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Swimming 9:00pm Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit 10:00pm In Plain Sight 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

8:30pm Handmade on the Silk Road 9:00pm Addicted to Sheep 10:00pm Billy Elliot Coming-of-age drama about a young boy from a North East mining village who is sent for boxing lessons at school. 11:45pm Everyday Eden: A Potted History of the Suburban Garden 12:45am Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance Series in which Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley uncover the British love affair with dancing as they explore the nation's favourite dances from the 17th to the 20th centuries 1:45am Madness on Wheels: Rallying's Craziest Years 2:45am Addicted to Sheep 3:45am Everyday Eden: A Potted History of the Suburban Garden

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Tonight at the London Palladium 10:00pm Killer Women with Piers Morgan 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm Europa Final Highlights 12:45am British Touring Car Championship Highlights 2:05am Jackpot 247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am The Cube 10:30am Psych 11:20am Scorpion 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm The Cube 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:30pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 9:00pm Quantum of Solace 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Quantum of Solace 11:10pm Plebs 11:40pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guy

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Doctor at Large Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Return of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to solve more puzzling mysteries. Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie's Marple Wycliffe The Knock Where the Heart is On the Buses This bold, bawdy and brash sitcom hit British screens in 1969. Judge Judy

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Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Four in a Bed Channel 4 News Summary Four in a Bed Fifteen to One Countdown Couples Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed Shipping Wars The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Supervet One Born Every Minute Never Seen a Doctor Gogglebox Blink

7:00am World Cup Top Goalscorers 7:15am Fifth Gear 8:00am Minder 8:55am Ironside 10:00am Quincy M.E. 11:00am Ax Men 12:00pm The Chase 1:00pm Minder 2:00pm Pawn Stars 2:30pm Pawn Stars 3:00pm Storage Wars Texas 3:30pm Storage Wars Texas 4:00pm Fifth Gear 5:00pm Quincy M.E. 6:00pm Ironside 7:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:30pm Storage Wars Texas 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm Fifth Gear 10:00pm Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 11:00pm Casino Royale 12:10am FYI Daily 12:15am Casino Royale 1:45am Mcvicar 2:45am FYI Daily 2:50am Mcvicar Roger Daltrey stars as the armed robber who escapes from prison with cellmate Adam Faith.

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm The Gadget Show 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm Forbidden Secrets 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Horror Homes and Landslides 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 11:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 12:00am Up Late with Rylan UK version of a late night chat show. 12:45am On Benefits: Life on the Dole Documentary following people living on benefits. 1:45am Tattoo Disasters UK 2:10am Super Casino

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Crimson Tide Edge of Tomorrow The Rock The Last Samurai Run All Night The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Edge of Tomorrow The Rock Run All Night De@Th on Live

7:20am The Castle 8:50am The Lost Boys 10:35am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 11:05am Big Daddy 12:45pm The Waterboy 2:25pm Ted 2 4:30pm The Goonies 6:30pm Pitch Perfect 2 Special 7:00pm A Million Ways to Die in the West 9:00pm Ted 2 11:05pm The Simpsons Movie 12:40am The Full Monty 2:20am Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Jane the Virgin The Big Bang Theory The 100 Supernatural The Big Bang Theory

8:45am Kid Vengeance 10:45am X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 11:15am True Story 1:15pm Two Night Stand 3:00pm Friday Download: The Movie 4:45pm Hot Pursuit 6:30pm Chappie Special The stars of Neill Blomkamp's latest sci-fi thriller talk about the making of the film. 7:00pm True Story Jonah Hill's disgraced journalist discovers that an accused killer has assumed his identity. 9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:45pm Two Night Stand 12:15am We Still Kill the Old Way 2:00am Kid Vengeance A special ops officer vows revenge against the criminal gang who murdered his parents. 3:50am We Still Kill the Old Way 5:30am Fast and Furious 7

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Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Sky Sports Years Cricket Classic Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Sky Sports Years Cricket Classic Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Live Indian Premier League Live Championship Rugby Final Time of Our Lives Watersports World Darts Gold Darts Gold Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Sky Sports Years Cricket Classic Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

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OPINION & COMMENT

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Serves you right Five devices to In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHAT is it with rucksacks? They used to be something you used to go camping with. You and your family or friends would go off into the big wide open spaces with your hiking boots. It carried your tent and supplies or maybe if you went trekking off round the world. Or you were in the army and you were going off to fight a war somewhere. Move forward and now everybody is using them. Well except me because actually they have turned into weapons of mass destruction but that’s another article! They were meant to be used in fields, long open roads, the wilderness. Where they were not meant to be used was on aircraft with the exception of being a red beret commando or member of the SAS, and for some reason there was a need for you to leave the plane whilst it was at about 20,000 feet, then they are a handy place to keep your parachute. They definitely should not be used on trains and confined spaces. I was on the train to Madrid and there was a family that got on after I was already comfy in my seat and the

monitor traffic AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep you updated on the latest driving and road news kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers. Flickr credit by Fernando RAYO

Mike Senker

whole bloody lot of them had a rucksack on their back! And I tell you they were enormous!! As the dad tried to get one of the children settled he turned round and nearly took my head off. Do they not realise that they are the human equivalent to an articulated lorry? They need space to manoeuvre! They should all be fitted with the same warning beeps. This idiot was swivelling about nearly taking the heads off all those nearby. Me, being me, was the only one who gave him the ‘Oi’ treatment. It never fails. It has to be more than a tut when facing possible head injury. Then there is the whole performance of taking the rucksacks off and getting them in the overhead storage which turns into an episode of the Krypton Factor having to move everything around them to get these huge accessories to fit. As luck would have it there is a happy ending to this story. Dad had to move one of the children to a seat further down the carriage and so he wanted to move his rucksack as well. In all the confusion he must have given his son the wrong one and as he put it on his back and let go and stood back the child toppled over with his legs in the air like a flipped over tortoise. Of course I rushed over to see if I could help... Well, actually, I nearly spat out my coffee with laughter and thought serves you right!

TRAFFIC MONITORING: Devices include Pegasus-equipped helicopters. SPAIN operates a network of traffic monitoring devices, not only looking for drivers who are speeding and for those who skip through red lights, but for such bad practices as using a mobile phone. Here are the five types of monitoring devices currently in use: Fixed cameras: These devices are located along the road network, usually at the side of the road, or sometimes on poles or across the carriageway, and monitor vehicles as they pass, recording those which exceed the limit. Mobile radars: These operate with an operator, or usually a small team, and are often in unmarked Guardia Civil vehicles, as well as those in marked cars belonging to traffic law enforcement groups, including the DGT. Depending on the type of equipment, the recording vehicle can be static or moving. Fixed-section radars: These devices oper-

ate over a fixed distance of road and monitor the average speed between two points on that section. These devices are often considered to give a more realistic impression of recorded speed as the driver doesn’t usually react instantly when they see one, and so the average is more likely speed recorded. Red-light cameras: This equipment does not measure the speed of a vehicle but takes a photograph if the vehicle fails to stop at a red light. Pegasus-equipped helicopters: Pegasus is the name of a recording device fitted to most of the DGT traffic helicopters. Distinctive by their yellow and light blue colouring, these ‘eyes in the sky’ can catch offending motorists from a kilometre away and at a height of 300 metres, recording the average speed and vehicle characteristics, as well as monitoring for other traffic violations.

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First Occupation Licence? TO register your property for shortterm holiday lets under the new Andalucian law, the form to get the licence requires a copy of the First Occupation Licence. I have owned my home for 20 years and I cannot find this licence.

Properly, yes, the First Occupation C e r tific ate s hould be available on subsequent sales of the property. Som e m unic ipalities have a Second Occupation C e r tific ate to replace it. However, thou-

I believe it was issued by the town hall to the builder or developer so he could sell the property. Without it I understand services cannot be connected. Do subsequent purchasers of the property need it? RP (Costa del Sol)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

sands of long-term Andalucian property owners are in the same situation that you are, without the certificate.

Your solution is to go to your town hall and request a copy of the certificate they originally i ssued, or a document which can replace it. Di f f erent t own hal l s handle it differently, but this is the place to start.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you should have always been. David Bowie

in history 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre who is crowned Queen consort of England the same day. 1264 - Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England. 1515 - Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, first Duke of Suffolk, are officially married at Greenwich. 1536 - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is tried and condemned to death on charges of treason, adultery and incest. 1643 - Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. 1701 - The War of the Spanish Succession begins. 1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with 11 ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia. 1889 - The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London. 1912 - The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the UK. 1925 - Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published. 1937 - The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at Westminster Abbey. 1940 - Winston Churchill makes his ‘blood, toil, tears and sweat’ speech to the House of Commons as Germany’s conquest of France begins with the German army crossing the Meuse. 1941 - Konrad Zuse presents Z3, the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic computer in Berlin. 1950 - The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone. 1981 - Mehmet Ali Agca tries to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square. The Pope is rushed to hospital for emergency surgery and survives. 1995 - Thirty-three-year-old British mother Alison Hargreaves becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.

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I’m a feminist. I’ve been female for a long time now. It’d be stupid not to be on my own side.’ Maya Angelou

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Jason Biggs, May 12, Actor, 38 This American actor rose to fame as Jim Levinstein in the American Pie film franchise and was also the voice of Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Although he often plays Jewish roles he was raised Catholic. Married in 2008 to actress Jenny Mollen, he became father to a baby boy named Sid in 2014. Stevie Wonder, May 13, R&B singer, 66 Wonder signed with Motown Records aged just 11 and his album Songs in the Key of Life ranked 56 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the top 500 albums of all time. He broke the record for Grammy Awards held by a solo artist and released more than 30 top 10 hits during his career. Andy Murray, May 15, Tennis player, 29 Murray became the first British man in 77 years to win the British Open when he beat Novak Djokovic in 2013. Sports run in the family: his grandfather was a professional footballer and his brother Jamie plays on the tennis doubles circuit. Janet Jackson, May 16, Pop singer, 50 One of Michael Jackson’s sisters, she gained attention with her debut album Janet and went on to become one of the most successful pop artists in history, selling more than 150 million records. Enya, May 17, singer, 55 A new age singer with four Grammy Awards and an Academy Award nomination under her belt, she received the World’s Best-Selling Irish Act award at the 2006 World Music Awards. Well-known for recording May it Be for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Tina Fey, May 18, actress and writer, 46 Elizabeth Stamatina Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who has won multiple awards for her work.

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YOUR STARS GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Improvising within a new business situation may not give you the perfect answer to a problem. What it will do, however, is give you an insight into the way others live. Until now, your approach to life may have been a little one-sided. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A recent holiday has set your mind racing. This being a romantic time means that you can get a little overexcited. Your romance may not be set to last but you should fully enjoy it nonetheless. Relatives issue words of warning but they have only your best interests at heart. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Opposing opinions on a matter close to your heart see you hesitating. There is nothing wrong with asking for advice. The chances are that you know someone who has already been through your situation. Don’t let pride make you miss out on a solution. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Not everything in the garden is rosy but you are made of strong stuff. Your conviction that something is right helps you in discussions. Support given to a loved one may be misguided, especially if it is a huge financial gamble.

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Opening your mind to a new idea has convinced you that it is time for a change in direction. This is such a time, but not all changes will be permanent. Give yourself a way out of any situation this week. Using your tact and charm, it will require only a little application to please everyone. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is a time to enjoy the present and look forward to the future. Don’t forget, along the way, to congratulate yourself for all that you have achieved in the last year. Sometimes you do not blow your own trumpet and people appreciate you in a quiet way. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) An appetite for something new means that you tread unknown ground. It’s an exciting time when you may find it easier to do things alone. This does not mean you have to feel alone as others can be told of your progress. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Part of being ‘you’ is your independent mind. Some may try to change that this week. Why would someone want to make you more dependent on them? Could it be that they feel insecure? Giving reassurance may be all that is needed. We

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all feel the need for appreciation. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Trying to be everything to all people is tiring. No one knows this more than you. Give yourself a little time and space this week because it will make a great difference to your spirits. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Primarily, you are wanting to see some appreciation. That is understandable given the efforts that you have made. Do not be annoyed, however, if it is a while coming yet. Others are not always as well tuned in as you. If necessary, use a go-between discreetly to make sure of progress. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Increased activity in your love life means less time to really concentrate on business. Make sure that priority financial matters are dealt with. Not doing so will see you kicking yourself later on. A close relationship is going well. There’s no reason to wonder why, the charm offensive is obviously working. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Keeping an eye on your health is particularly important at the moment. Because you have been active, it could be that you need to give yourself a bit of time. Pampering and just plain relaxing are all going to stand you in good stead during the coming week.

PRESIDENTIAL TERMS All the answers contain the surname of an early US president 1. Famous for playing ‘dumb blonde’ characters, which American actress and model was born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926 and christened Norma Jeane Mortenson? 2. ‘Is She Really Going Out With Him’ (1979), ‘It’s Different For Girls’ (1980) and ‘Steppin’ Out’ (1983) were all UK Top 20 hit singles for which English singer-songwriter? 3. In which cycling event do two teams of two riders compete together to score points at the intermediate sprints, held every 20 laps, and gain laps by attacking? 4. Lindum Colonia, was the Roman name for the settlement that is now which English city? 5. What was the maiden name of ‘Posh Spice’, Victoria Beckham? 6. What was the name of Doctor Who’s travelling companion character played by Billie Piper, who first appeared in 2005? 7. What was the name of the pioneering English aviator who, in 1930, became the first woman to fly solo to Australia? She later set records with her solo flights to Tokyo (1931) and to Cape Town (1932). 8. Which American actor reprised his role of Han Solo in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, which premiered in the US in December 2015? 9. Which American writer is best known for ‘The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent’ (1819–20), which contains such tales as ‘Rip Van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’? 10. Which Scottish boxer defeated Rubén Navarro in Los Angeles in February 1971 to become the Undisputed World Lightweight Champion? Not a lot of people know that... the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S Grant, was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse too fast down a Washington street. Answers 1. Marilyn MONROE, 2. Joe JACKSON, 3. MADISON, 4. LINCOLN, 5. ADAMS, 6. Rose TYLER, 7. Amy JOHNSON, 8. HARRISON Ford, 9. WASHINGTON Irving, 10. Ken BUCHANAN

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 R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: • Average: 10 • Good: 14 • Very good: 20 • Excellent: 26

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Across 1 Furniture material from quite a known source (4) 3 Resident's money in account mix-up (8) 8 Saint has lots of paper for courses (7) 9 Sweden and Norway take in country girl (5) 10 South Carolina beer measure (5) 11 Warning! Former girlfriend has sufficient (7) 12 Mr Spielberg's seen TV production (6) 13 Mix boron with spice for muscles (6) 16 Put off ill feeling after religious education (7) 18 Belgian port without an oaf (5) 20 Sent back elegant passenger vehicles (5) 21 Piece of music features feline in loose coat (7) 22 Sample of epic men's design (8) 23 Play around with stew (4) Down 1 Team leader inquires about work assignments (5) 2 A number eager about land area (7) 4 Famous general seen in classic US terminal (6) 5 A funny pose for a Greek author (5) 6 Small boats feature in an Eastenders’ episode (7) 7 Thrill seekers did several spins (10) 9 Figures its cat sits awkwardly (10) 12 Small, quiet religious ceremonies for fairies (7)

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1 Trial, 4 Realism, 7 Elation, 8 Riser, 9 Scope, 10 Element, 11 Nicest, 13 Trader, 17 Garbage, 19 Casks, 21 Abase, 22 Astride, 23 Sleight, 24 Sweet. Down: 1 Treason, 2 Imago, 3 Loiters, 4 Rennet, 5 Instead, 6 Merit, 8 Roe, 12 Carnage, 14 Recites, 15 Respect, 16 Repast, 17 Grass, 18 Aye, 20 Spine.

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14 Improve leave, set off with Lawrence (7) 15 Annoy the French after final tee (6) 17 Criticise leaders of sportsmen leaving after the exercises (5) 19 It’s reported the dogs have reached the tops of the mountains (5) Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents Q and 24 represents T, so fill in Q every time the figure 10 appears and T every time the figure 24 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Meet the requirements or expectations of (7) 5 Instances (5) 8 Enraged, angry (5) 9 Pamphlet (7) 10 Small lake (4) 11 Situation (8) 13 Scallywag (6) 15 Wreckage (6) 18 Ready (8) 19 Heroic poem (4) 22 Draw back (7) 23 Depart (5) 24 Be worthy or deserving (5) 25 Admit to a wrongdoing (7) Down 1 Ship's captain (7)

2 Educate for a future role or function (5) 3 Look for (4) 4 Lemon or banana coloured (6) 5 Single-reed woodwind instrument (8) 6 Person engaged in military service (7) 7 Smooth fabric of silk or rayon (5) 12 Long-tailed parrot (8) 14 Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (7) 16 Triumph (7) 17 Marked by intense agitation or emotion (6) 18 Jewish holiday (5) 20 Stage of development (5) 21 Blueprint (4)

English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

1 Invades, 5 Coats, 8 Sells, 9 Pioneer, 10 Special, 11 Share, 12 Upset, 14 Asked, 19 Drops, 21 Examine, 23 Private, 24 Tease, 25 Steal, 26 Largest. Down: 1 Insist, 2 Value, 3 Dislike, 4 Supply, 5 Cooks, 6 Average, 7 Sorted, 13 Promise, 15 Scatter, 16 Adapts, 17 Reveal, 18 Recent, 20 Snail, 22 Image.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Apio, 3 Naipes, 8 Easiest, 9 Rie, 10 Ordenador, 12 Ron, 13 Prefijo, 15 Please, 16 Rojo. Down: 1 Age, 2 Insurance, 4 Anteayer, 5 Periodico, 6 Seed, 7 Receipts, 11 Trap, 14 Oro.

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Across 1 Gemelos (de camisa) (9) 6 Espada (arma) (5) 7 Between (5) 9 Cucharillas (9) 13 Arriba (indicando situación) (5) 14 To swim (5) 15 Frambuesa (9) Down 1 Thing (object) (4)

2 Vase (7) 3 Tapa (de caja) (3) 4 Grandson (5) 5 Honey (from bees) (4) 8 Fork (cutlery) (7) 10 Cobertizos (para animales, herramientas) (5) 11 Fácil (sencillo) (4) 12 Rezar (4) 14 Plumilla (de pluma) (3)

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ALTHOUGH only recently adapted into a film, Carol, this aheadof-the-times novel was first published in 1952. Two women are drawn to one another and as they spend more time together, their relationship evolves and they fall in love. Their story is not at all easy; the two women face a series of hardships and problems that change them along the way. An engaging and romantic story that asks the reader to question ‘the price of salt,’ or the price a person must pay to live life authentically and without apology. books@euroweeklynews.com

AS Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday Party will be celebrated this weekend at Windsor Castle, this week’s top 10 will be dedicated to The Queen, counting down some important dates and events within Queen Elizabeth II’s life. Her Majesty’s long and relatively peaceful reign has been marked by major changes in many aspects, including her people’s lives, her country’s power, and even how Britain is viewed. At the beginning of her reign Britain still had a substantial empire, dominions, and dependencies. During the 1950’s and 1960’s many of these possessions achieved independence and the British Empire evolved into the Commonwealth of Nations. She has worked with 12 Prime Ministers during her reign, and although she does not weigh in on political matters she still performs Royal duties on an almost daily basis. 1926 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is born on April 21st, in London, to Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who would later go on to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. 1940 At 14 years of age, Princess Elizabeth delivered her first public speech on the BBC’s Children’s Hour radio programme. She addressed the children who had to be evacuated because of the war, and in a calm manner she sent her message, “that in the end, all will be well.”

recovering from WWII. Charles was born the following year and Anne in 1950. 1953 At the time of her father’s death, Princess Elizabeth was touring a remote part of Kenya. The tour was abandoned and she assumed the responsibilities of a ruling monarch. Although King George died on February 6, 1952, Elizabeth’s official coronation did not take place until later on June 2. It took place in Westminster Abbey and was the first coronation to be broadcast on television.

2011 The Royal wedding uniting Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place. Prince William has said that Queen Elizabeth offered invaluable support and advice during the planning stages of the wedding. During the same year, Queen Elizabeth became the first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland since 1911, showcasing the diplomatic and symbolic power the crown still holds.

1965 Queen Elizabeth made visits to many countries as head of the Commonwealth and a representative of Britain during her reign. In 1965 she made a groundbreaking trip to Germany, and became the first British monarch to tour there in over five decades.

2012 Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, marking 60 years on the throne. As part of the jubilee festivities, a special BBC concert was held and the Queen was surrounded by family and friends. A year later, Elizabeth celebrated the birth of grandson His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, son of Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge.

2002 Queen Elizabeth lost both her mother and her sister Margaret and in the same year celebrated her Golden Jubilee, 50 years on the throne.

2015 Queen Elizabeth surpassed Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years, as the longest reigning monarch on September 9. She also celebrated the birth of Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge’s second child, Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.

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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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1945 During the Second World War Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service to help in the effort. She trained with other women to become a qualified driver and mechanic, though her volunteer work lasted only a few months. 1947 Princess Elizabeth married Phillip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey on November 20. She first met him at 13 and they kept in touch, falling in love over the years. Elizabeth collected clothing coupons to get fabric for her gown as Great Britain was still

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HER MAJESTY: Was crowned Queen on June 2, 1953.

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A gentleman’s response IN response to Philip in San Fulgencio, Missing the UK! (Issue 1607). This bar in Quesada, which uses optics which Mr Philip has never set foot in, does have 50ml optics for branded named spirits, not your Aldi or Lidl brands which he is probably used to! He is probably one of the many expats that each day go from bar to bar chasing the happy hours trying to get as much for their euros as possible. This bar doesn’t do any happy hours or cheap branded alcohol. It prides itself on only selling the best-named brands. Even the Spanish suppliers of the spirits agree that by using the 50ml optic is the correct amount that customers should be getting, not getting a bartender who holds the bottle and tries to count to 10 then stops, of course everyone counts at the same speed so they all get the same measure (not!). By using the optics everyone is guaranteed to receive the exact amount, so there is no arguing! Mr Philip adds that the spirits are not anywhere near the gentleman’s size! Not sure how he can say this as he has never been in the bar! He needs to look for himself before he comments about something he knows nothing about! So I suggest if Philip goes to Quesada and enters the bar and looks for himself and takes the little birdie who told him about the so-called sinister happenings in the bar, then he can comment himself rather than sit and write about something he knows nothing about! Albert Henderson, Ciudad Quesada.

Thank you! YES! Yes! Thank you! The return of the Nonogram has arrived! ‘Thinking Cap’ on again and it’s a toughie this week too! It’s nice that you take interest in what your readers think! Happy Lesley from Alcalali EWN reply: It’s our pleasure Lesley, EWN gets it!

Soul singing I HAVE never written a letter to a newspaper. I will soon be 89 but I felt I had to reply to ‘Earl from Alicante’ in issue 1608. How can anyone say that songs like Amazing Grace and How Great Thou Art, and so many others, are ‘ridiculous’? I love singing, as much as I am able to with a poor voice, at the Calpe Christian Fellowship each

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children, and great grandchildren from the shackles of a Europe, dominated by unelected policy and lawmakers which are taking over our country. To me it is as important as those that gave their lives for me and the freedom of the UK. What happens to me if the UK leaves the union is not important, it is the family that follows that will benefit and thrive in a free and open UK. C V Williams, El Cucador

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I SPENT some time (months) in Spain recently where I witnessed the plight of just one of the ill-treated hunting dogs. This dog needs help. He is fed once a week, if he knocks his bucket of stale water over he is left without water. He lives in a shed with a dirt floor 24/7. The shed is filthy... as for mental stimulation or exercise, those are non-existent. I have a home waiting for him in the UK (a friend of mine with a large garden will take him

Sunday and ‘worshipping’ Jesus, and remembering through Holy Communion all that he suffered to pay for our sins. Read the bible Earl, and learn. Ps I do so much enjoy EWN, thank you. Irene

Atlantic angle EURO WEEKLY published a letter from ‘Dario via email’ in issue 1609 that pensioners living here “should have a Spanish social security number which entitles you to healthcare if we are in or out of the EU.” Those of us who are non-EU Americans (and I believe Canadians or Aussies) living here on retirement residencia visas are required to maintain private healthcare insurance. Although living here legally requires paying Spanish income taxes on our worldwide income, we don’t have access to

on), but I need a foster carer to keep him for three weeks so that we can get him ready to travel. Is there anyway you can help or at least publicise his case so that the owner realises the dog needs help? Even if he is sent to a rescue centre in Spain it would be a better life than he has now. In desperation, Leigh Walton EWN reply: We have forwarded Leigh details of a refuge centre.

the Spanish social security system, nor do we get Spanish-paid healthcare. As we never paid into their social security system, why would Spain be responsible for our retirement healthcare here? I have heard British retirees say that things wouldn’t change much if the UK withdrew from the EU. Logically, everything in place through the EU would have to be newly-negotiated by Spain and a non-EU United Kingdom. Retired Americans and most other non-EU citizens certainly don’t receive the benefits and privileges of EU citizens. We spent hundreds of dollars for documents and fees to get our residence visas. Each time we have to renew, it involves multiple trips to Malaga and Torre Del Mar, with photocopies and more photocopies! From healthcare to work permits, to residence permits and renewals, to driveing licence exchanges - all would have to be bilaterally negotiated. Just

imagine a Spanish government insisting that Gibraltar also had to be included in the negotiations! A British friend told me Spain needs the UK more than the UK needs Spain. Maybe so, but Spain needs the EU even more. When the Scots were considering independence, the Spanish made clear their concerns. Spanish leadership could be expected to take a similar tough position on relations with a non-EU UK. Assurances by supporters for leaving the EU that there would be only minor impact for British pensioners here should be taken with much scepticism! Ron Adam

Brexit blues WHAT could not be achieved by force of arms has now been done by stealth. It is my duty and responsibility to vote OUT, to help free my children grand-

IN response to Fine outlook for LGBT, Costa del Sol issue 1609. LGBT travellers don’t need ‘LGBT activities’ or ‘gay/bi services’. We pick our destinations according to, firstly, safety, and secondly, cultural acceptance. Can we hold hands with our partners in public, admit to being gay in conversation if it comes up (or introduce our partners as such)? Will our husbands (for men) and wives (for women) be accepted as such if necessary (for everything from hospital visits to being able to share a hotel room)? Single LGBTs might be keen to see bars, cafés, etc catering to them exclusively. This isn’t segregation. We’re a minority and it’s hard to meet each other. After all, the U3A bars under-50s, doesn’t it, and isn’t considered discriminatory? No, because it’s a society for over-50s no longer in work to meet others in their situation and of their age. Ditto LGB bars. Couples aren’t bothered, unless they’re in an area where they have to keep their relationship very much under wraps for fear of reprisals or even prison. Happily, Spain doesn’t need to make too much effort there (for tourists. It’s crying out for a ‘scene’ for residents). It’s one of the most accepting, if not THE most, countries of LGBTs and those of us living here are actually surprised if we encounter homophobia elsewhere - we’ve forgotten what it’s like! (After all, marriage has been legal for 11 years, longer than in the UK). Kally

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IN a busy few days for the port, not one but two vessels operated by the Royal Caribbean International cruise line called into Gibraltar. The Ovation of the Seas which is the largest cruise ship to dock at Gibraltar with nearly 5,000 passengers made its inaugural call on May 7, followed by the smaller but equally welcome Jewel of the Seas with just 2,500 passengers.

FOLLOWING the Panama revelations which showed that a huge number of ‘offshore’ companies were registered in the British Virgin Islands and the reluctance of the Cayman Islands to comply with a request to give details of beneficial ownership of companies, the Overseas Territories are in the spotlight.

AFTER the decision to ban balloons from the National Day celebrations, the Self-Determination for Gibraltar Group is inviting applications for the running of the Family Pavilion at the Fair, as well as from charities, clubs, associations and businesses interested in setting up a stall, bar or catering facility. More information from 200 672 36 or info@culture.gov.gi.

Israel visits Gibraltar A LARGE party of Jewish students visited Gibraltar on the afternoon of Friday May 6 and were delighted with their welcome as they sang, danced and listened to speeches in the Piazza before moving over to Spain to enjoy their Sabbath evening meal. Both Jaime Levy and Fabian Picardo were well received, especially when the Chief Minister joined them and danced in the Piazza whilst Chief Rabbi Hassid was listened to with respect and understanding. Having journeyed via Poland and Spain, both countries with long if not always happy Jewish traditions, they clearly enjoyed their visit to the Rock and will hopefully recommend others of their faith to visit.

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JEWISH VISIT: The main speakers pose in the Piazza prior to the dancing.

IN the early hours of May 8, an unconscious man said to be in civilian clothes was discovered in the streets of Brecon in Wales and after being taken to a local hospital despite all attempts to revive him he died of his injuries. Subsequent to this a 23year-old man said to be a boxer has been arrested on suspicion of murder and the Ministry of Defence released the following statement. “It is with great sadness and regret that the MoD can confirm a soldier from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment died in

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Death in Wales link to Gibraltar

WITH REGRET: Members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment on parade. Brecon in the early hours of this morning.”

The dead soldier was named as 20-year-old

Matthew Ian Boyd following notification to his family.

Busy week for sport activities GIBRALTAR teams will participate in both hockey and netball tournaments in the coming weeks. Two female teams are taking part in the EuroHockey Club Champions Challenge III to be held in Gibraltar against Austrian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Swedish and Welsh teams. Current male League Champions Grammarian HC are also in action away from Gibraltar when they travel to Bratislava, Slovakia on Wednesday to participate in the European Champions Challenge II. Following the success of the Netball Europe under17 Championships hosted in March, the Gibraltar Netball Association’s Senior Squad will be participating in the Netball Europe Open Championships to be held in Newcastle.

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Spikes Salon is simply the best JOINT managers at Spikes, Helen and Rebecca, along with stylist Amber are hairdressing specialists who offer all up-to-date hair and beauty treatments. The staff are fully qualified and have many years experience here on the coast. They would like to introduce Britt: the latest member of the hairdressing team, Britt also specialises in all types of make-up from weddings to special effects. Spikes also have an in-house chiropodist, Wendy, specialising in treating clients with diabetes and any foot problems. Then they have Amalia, their nail technician for manicures, pedicures, shellac and acrylic nails as well as waxing. Sarah the beautician covers facials and massages and advanced cosmetic procedures. Treatments using electrolysis are becoming increasingly popular as knowledge

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Go for copper to help banish arthritis pain HUNDREDS of people with arthritis have already benefited from the Original Copper Heelers® and it could help you too. The copper heelers were developed by Professor Singer, an orthopaedic technician with over 40 years of experience. Wanting to find a natural, drug-free pain relief solution, the heeler took 18 months to develop. It is ultra thin, moulded to the shape of the foot and light-weight for maximum comfort. Initial trials proved tremendously successful in providing relief from arthritis. Worldwide, an estimated nine million people are using heelers to relieve their pain, some with fantastic results such as Jean Davies. Doctors cancelled a hip replacement operation for

the 72-year-old after a pair of copper insoles apparently cured her arthritis. She became pain free six weeks after starting to wear the copper heelers and doctors said her operation was no longer needed.

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Wean yourself off the addiction MANY experts now believe sugar is just as deadly an addicti o n a s d r i n k a n d drugs, with many people consuming far too much. Whilst it may be easier to lay off the sweets and ch o c o l a t e , n u t r i tionists say it is the hidden sugar in foods that catch people unaware, such as in pre-made pasta sauces and baked beans. So w h a t c a n y o u d o to help wean yourself off sugar? Try and keep your blood sugar balanced and avoid low blood sugar that will make y o u wa n t t o g o a n d get something sweet. Don’t go longer than three hours without eating, especially women, or your blood sugar levels will drop and your body will crave something sweet. Weaning yourself off sugar can be easier for some than others. Some may pre-

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fer to go cold turkey, others gradually reduce it. First, after removing the obvious sources from the house, s u ch a s ch o c o late and cakes, it is recommended to take out of your diet all the savoury foods that contain added sugar. Savoury foods such as sauces like Dolmio, which recently changed its packa g in g to s h o w th e s u ga r content, contain added sugar so look for healthier or home-made versions. Other foods deemed healthier such as yoghurts and cereal bars can also contain high levels of sugar so check the labels.

Next, stop adding sugar to your hot drinks and other foods such as cereal. C he c king the pa c ka ge of your cereal will show you there is already sugar in it. Detoxing from sugar can be difficult and it is normal to struggle with headaches, cravings, tiredness, spots and an upset stomach, but after the initial first few days your body will start to recalibrate itself. Cutting out sugar can reprogramme your taste buds and can improve your body, mind a nd mood, he lping you to s le e p be tte r, ha ve brighter and clearer sight and be less stressed.

deficiency of copper so by getting more copper in to the body, arthritis pain can be eased. When copper comes into contact with the skin it forms chemical compounds called chelates, which play an important role in oxygen transportation. The 250,000 sweat glands on the soles of the feet provide an ideal environment for optimum copper absorption. The Original Copper Heeler® provides a convenient and comfortable way of

COPPER HEELER: Can help ease arthritis pain. encouraging copper into the body. It is then circulated and targets pain throughout the entire body. For more information or to purchase online visit www.copper heeler.es or email info@copperhe eler.es or call 966 763 770. They can also be purchased locally on the Costa Blanca from the Saturday market in Urbanisation La Marina and at the Zoco market near Benijofar on a Sunday. Copper Heeler Tel: 966 763 770 Visit: www.copperheeler.es Email: info@copperheeler.es

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ANEVIVO: A natural fertilisation technique.

First birth using new assisted technique THE first birth of a baby in Spain by a natural fertilisation technique called AneVivo, represents a breakthrough in assisted reproduction. Under the new technique, fertilisation and early embryo development occurs in the uterus, rather than in the laboratory such as in IVF treatment.

IT has always been recommended that people drink more water if they wanted to lose weight but now a study appears to have proven the claim. Researchers randomly split overweight or obese older men and women into two groups.

Dr Marcos Ferrando, medical director of IVI Bilbao, the centre responsible for the first birth of a baby through this technique, said this has the advantage that it is a more natural procedure and the mother feels like more of a participant in the pregnancy.

He added: “The results are very good. The pregnancy rate, of the procedures we have done, is greater than with the conventional IVF in vitro technique. But for now, being a new technique, the number of treatments is lower and it is too early to proclaim an exact success rate.”

Water way to go The first was put on a hypocaloric diet which means they were eating fewer calories than the energy they were using, namely 1,200 for women a

day and 1,500 for men. The other group was put on a hypocaloric diet but were told to increase the water they drank.

After 12 weeks of following the plan, those in the group who were on a diet and were increasing their water consumption and drinking two cups, 30 minutes prior to each of their three large daily meals, had lost more weight.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. AS friends and colleagues start muttering about bikini season and diets, the doctor answers a few questions on obesity, referred to by some as the plague of modern times. What’s the difference between being overweight and being obese? There are different levels of excess fat and obesity. The best indicator is the body mass (BMI) index, which is calculated by dividing weight by the square of height in metres. If the result is between 25 and 29.9 the patient is overweight, if it is more than 30 they are considered obese. Is obesity dangerous? Why? Obesity is a major cardiovascular risk, meaning obese patients are more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, etc. Today it is considered as the most common preventable cardiovascular risk and it has virtually become the epidemic of the 21st century. It is not just an aesthetic problem, it is a real health risk. Also, type two diabetes

is usually associated to obesity and almost all patients with this type of diabetes are obese. What can I do to control obesity then? Although there are other causes, the most common is a simple imbalance between the amount of energy we put into our bodies (what we eat) and the amount we use up. Therefore the best way to control obesity and lose weight is to reduce the amount going in by following a balanced, low calorie diet and increase the amount used with moderate, daily exercise. I have no self-control and find it very hard to exercise, what can I do? It isn’t easy. Losing weight is a complicated task, which needs real involvement from the patient with support from a medical professional such as a Specialist in Internal Medicine. They can help motivate the patient and give advice on the best diet for them and a moderate, daily exercise plan.

If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com The Coast’s Home GP service - wherever you are - at home - in the office - in the car - on the golf course your GP will get to see you any time, anywhere. A priceless service at an affordable price.

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SCENE Charity fashion show AS part of its ongoing commitment to raising funds for a wide range of charities, the La Cala de Mijas Lions club is organising a Fashion Show and Spring Fayre at the Tamisa Golf Hotel on May 16 which will run from 11.30am to 5pm. Entry to the Fayre will be free of charge where there will be a number of interesting stalls as well as an exciting raffle. Cos t o f t h e c o l d b u ffe t lunch which includes a first drink a n d c o m m e n c e s a t 1.30pm is just €20 per person. Tickets for the lunch are availab l e f r o m t h e L io n s Charity shop, Calle Torremolinos, La Cala de Mijas (telephone 677 059 061) or from the Tamisa Golf Hotel Camino Viejo de Coin, km 3.3.

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Top class Asian Fusion at Bing restaurant Fuengirola By Elene Kotetishvili BING, Fuengirola’s top-class Asian Fusion restaurant, is now open all day on Saturdays and Sundays. This über tasty and super busy restaurant has decided to delight patrons by opening from 1pm until late at the weekend, catering to popular demand. At Bing, the food is not only outstanding, but top quality, a feature that has allowed it to gain astronomical popularity in Fuengirola, despite having only been open for just over a year. However it is no wonder the eatery is enjoying such colossal success, as Sara and her husband, Bing, after whom the restaurant is named, have 14 years of experience running a restaurant in Marbella. Bing’s phenomenally delicious dishes include Thai Chicken Satay skewers in a smooth and rich peanut sauce, and

BING RESTAURANT: Is now open to customers all day at the weekend. all types of noodles, spiced to your preference, with beef, prawns, chicken and vegetables. The mouth-watering desserts deserve a special mention as the mango and ice-cream pancakes are simply scrumptious.

Bing also now offer live sports viewing, and there is a television installed on the extensive terrace for those who don’t wish to miss out on the UEFA Euro Cup 2016, taking place this June. A separate indoor area is still

available for diners who would like to enjoy a quiet meal in the friendly atmosphere of this excellent restaurant. Open Mon to Fri 1pm - 4pm and 6pm - 12am. It opens 1pm - 12am on Sat and Sun. See our advert below.

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Indian Beach: For exotic and excellent Indian fare By Elene Kotetishvili INDI AN B E AC H is a n In d ia n restaurant located a stone’s throw away from Marbella’s famous beac h - si d e p r o m e n ad e, P as e o M ar i t i m o . T h e i r s e c o n d -lin e restaurant is ideal for those wishing to sample some excellent and exo t i c I n d i a n f a r e an d s tro ll along the famed walkway, enjoying the relaxing hum of the sea against the shore and the view of the setting sun descending over Gibraltar. Indian Beach is owned by Arshad Mahmood and the story of the conception of the restaurant is as charming and genuine as can be. Arshad, who had previous l y wo r k e d i n b e a c h -s id e restaurants in Marbella for 10 year s, wa s h a v i n g a lo n g ch at late one evening with his friend, Chef Irfan Khan, and together they decided to bring their experience and culinary knowledge to

INDIAN BEACH: An authentic and friendly experience. joy their delicious fare at home. And t he f ood r eal l y i s just that - delicious. Arshad, who ensures that the frontARSHAD MAHMOOD: Brought his know-how of spices with him to the coast. of-house of Indian Beach runs smoothly, talks pasfor dinne r unde r the s ta rs or Marbella. Irfan relocated from sionately about the food that is lunch in the afternoon sun, and India, bringing his know-how prepared in the kitchen and the has plenty of free parking right and spices with him, and India authentic flavours that permeate in front - a rarity in central MarBeach was founded to provide the dishes, amongst which are bella. Open seven days a week, the people of this coastal area fresh okra with lamb, Karahi curfrom 1pm to 11.30pm, India n with an Indian restaurant that is ry with chicken and Malai Tikka, Beach has a great lunch menu authentic, friendly and genuine. which is a special marinade that with two courses for €9.95, and Ba s e d in C alle C a milo J os e gives meat a very tender and spealso offers a delivery and takeCela 13, the restaurant is surcial taste; a similar and yet difaway service, so that you can enrounded by a lovely open terrace

ferent offering for lovers of Tandoori dishes. Of course, there are delectable papadums and relishes for everyone. As a starter or accompaniment their onion bhajis are scrumptious. Furthermore, Chef Irfan’s speciality is the Lamb Handi, succulent meat with a special gravy infused in herbs and spices. The dish is so special that the recipe remains a closely-guarded secret. Indian Beach invites you to discover it for yourself. For booki ngs and orders, please call 951 465 184 or 602 358 395.

Age Care Association expands THE Age Care Association is delighted to be opening a new Coffee Morning venue in Coin at The Festival Cafe, La Trocha, Coin. It will be led by Welfare Leader Dee Lambert and will run from 11.00am until 1.00pm every Thursday. The first meeting will be on Thursday May 19. All are welcome to drop-in to have a coffee or tea and a chat as well as meet Delia and other attendees. Here is a great opportunity to meet new friends and socialise.

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HAPPY MEMBERS: Spent a couple of hours touring the ship from stem to stern which was followed by a four-course lunch.

Coin RBL visit cruise ship By John Smith ALTHOUGH it was the rainiest day of the year, 38 members and guests of the Coin branch of the Royal British Legion had a brilliant day aboard the cruise ship ‘Brilliance of the Seas’ on Sunday May 8. The group boarded the ship at the very wet and soggy Malaga Cruise

Terminal at 9.30am, but their damp spirits were soon lifted by a sunshine welcome by their Royal Caribbean hosts. After a couple of hours touring the ship from stem to stern, and top to bottom, the group was served a fantastic four-course lunch in the Minstrel Dining Room on deck four. The dining room staff really went out of their way

to make the RBL visitors feel welcome and after a slight mix-up with the menu the Food Director brought out several bottles of delicious wine to compensate for their misunderstanding. Some members of the group even managed to have several glasses of this delightful wine to show their appreciation of the cruise line’s unplanned gen-

erosity. Chairman of the Social and fundraising group Peter Brown gave a special vote of thanks to the tour organiser Jean Merry. Her knowledge of the cruise industry was inspirational and several members of the branch are beginning to show more than just a passing interest in cruising. Well done Royal Caribbean!

THEIR last play reading for the 2015/16 season is to be held on Wednesday May 25 and the evening will consist of two ‘One Act’ play readings and dinner. The first play reading, a drama, Murder Play, was written by Brian J Burton and will be directed by Shirley Knauf. Cast: Albert Doody, Richard Hughes, Christine Marriott and Pat ReevesWinsor. After a party, the morning after the night before, two couples talk about what happened with some interesting and mysterious developments. The second play reading will be Theatrical Digs, a comedy, written by Jean O’Connell and directed by Wendy Smith. Cast: Rochelle Shapiro and Margaret SpencerBrooks. A chance encounter, near the pier, leads two women to discover how much they have in common. Thespa performs at the Masonic Hall, Edificio Bougainvillea, Avenida de Los Boliches 108 in Los Boliches. The evening starts at 7.00pm (curtain up at 7.30pm) and normally lasts until approximately 10.45pm. As they only accommodate an audience of 64 booking in advance is essential and bookings can be made on the booking phone line 622 454 422 or by e-mail to thespabooking@gmail.com and it tends to be more efficient if booking is sent by email. Regardless of how you book, it is imperative that you leave your name and those of your party, your contact details and whether you require the set meal or vegetarian option. The entrance charge including the set meal is €16 for members and €18 for guests. Please make reservations by Friday May 20 so that they can organise the catering and if possible bring the correct money on the night. Details of the menu are yet to be announced and it should be noted that the 2016/17 season will commence on Wednesday September 28.

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Top Thai Beach: Thai dining in Laguna Village TOP THAI BEACH is a fabulous addition to the Top Thai restaurant family and is the second of their restaurants to open on the Costa del Sol, following the success of their first restaurant in Nueva Andalucia’s central plaza. Top Thai originally started as a pop-up kiosk in 2006 and, eventually, due to their delicious cuisine, highly experienced chefs and dedication to quality, a sitdown venue was opened to cater to the demands of their loyal fans. Top Thai Beach is no exception and delivers on this ethos; the food there is expertly cooked, delicious and fairly priced. The new restaurant is located in the absolutely charming and alluring venue of Laguna Village in Estepona. The eatery’s floor to ceiling glass windows facing the deep blue of the Mediterranean allows diners to make the most of the stunning view afforded out onto the beach and the Village’s first-line pool and beach club, adorned in gorgeous evergreen plants and trendy night-lights. As Top Thai Beach also has an outdoor terrace area, where you can dine under the stars to the sound of crashing waves, you are guaranteed an ambience that is romantic, intimate and serene.

CLASSIC DISHES: With authentic spices. T h e food itself is flavours o m e and delicious. With classic dishes such as pad thai and som tam, and various stir-fries and curries, you are sure to find all of your favourite dishes on the menu, all flavoured with authentic Thai spices. The large portions served in beautiful blue and white tableware will ensure that you

don’t go hungry at the end of your meal! For those who can’t choose just one starter out of Top Thai’s selection, they can opt for their special mixed-starter selection of delicious satay gai (grilled chicken), pho phia (vegetable spring rolls), gung him pha (prawn spring roll) and khanompang gung (sesame and prawn canapés). All this is served with a stunningly smooth and scrumptious peanut satay sauce. Top Thai Beach is open 12pm-11pm every day and offers a take-away menu. Their friendly, attentive and experienced staff is always happy to help. To get in touch, please call 952 806 661.

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Do something different HAVE you ever wished there was somewhere a little different you could take your family and friends for an exciting fun-packed evening or weekend? Perhaps you’ve grown tired of the same old haunts and are on the lookout for some action and adventure? Did you know that one of Spain’s finest bowling alleys is just around the corner from you? That’s right, with four perfectly smooth lanes, a full bar, and fantastic food, Que Bowling is the only real ten-pin bowling alley in the Fuengirola/Mijas area and comes packed full of epic entertainment choices that will captivate every member of the family. There is a massive full screen television showing all the sporting calendar’s most important events, so you can enjoy the football or a big fight with a few beers. In fact Que Bowling even opens extra late to capture all of the world’s best sporting moments so you can catch those American PPVs.

If you want to be bold and do something different, then Que Bowling is the place for you. Naturally there are full size pool and American football tables and Que Bowling also features the Costa del Sol’s only Pool Football, where you can play pool using your feet on an enormous table, and no that’s not a misprint. A great night out is accompanied by all the classics, from a renowned karaoke contest to all you can eat challenges.

QUE BOWLING: Full of epic entertainment choices.

Due to high demand Que Bowling also caters for birthday parties and any other celebrations so you can book some exclusive fun for you and your loved ones. Children’s parties are a particular speciality and you can rest assured they’ll have the time of their lives. A brilliant menu featuring pizza, hotdogs, burgers, and milkshakes ensures it’ll quickly become a firm favourite. Opening exclusively this summer will be a large open air terrace, perfect for a quiet meal while everyone enjoys themselves inside, and in keeping with Que Bowling’s wonderful atmosphere and ambience. This is a place where the owners know the meaning of a warm welcome and any additional needs or desires you or your party have will be happily obliged. So if you want to be bold and do

something fresh and different with your day, then Que Bowling is the place for you. If there’s one thing that history tells us, it’s that you simply cannot go wrong with ten-pin bowling, pool, karaoke, live sport action, great food and great company. So what are you waiting for? Pick up the phone today and place your reservation for adventure, you can reach Que Bowling on 615 939 633, or on info@quebowlingmijas.com. Visit them online at www.quebowlingmijas.com or simply drop by and see for yourself at Poligono San Rafael Nave 4 in Mijas.

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Fashion at La Sala FORMER Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer David Bentley will be the host of a stylish fashion show to be held at La Sala Banus on Thursday May 19 at 1pm. The event is sponsored by El Corte Ingles’ What’s Hot Loyalty programme to showcase fantastic new designs from the summer 2016 collection of Intropia. There will be a chance to learn all about the What’s Hot Loyalty programme and those who take advantage of the card will be able to enter a spectacular prize draw which will include three prizes which comprise a complete look from Intropia, a beauty treatment by Terry worth €100 or a gift card worth €80. For ladies who have the time to lunch at this exciting spot, the fashion show will be a welcome addition.

ROCK ROUTE: A group performing at the event in 2015.

Rockin’ the Costa By Matt Ford THE second annual ‘Rock Route’ is set to riff its way through Torremolinos, with 30 groups playing live gigs over the weekends of May 13-15 and 20-21, respectively. Local Culture councillor, Aida Blanes, said: “Following the success of the first event, the second Rock Route will offer more groups, on more days, in more places, inundating Torremolinos with live music… it is intended to provide residents with alternatives and benefit

establishments who dare to enjoy rock bands and different styles.”

To benefit establishments who dare to enjoy rock bands. Venues for the series of shows include Baccus, Colonia, Galloping Major, Estrazza 22, Branigans, Solo, Amsterdam, the Pink Elephant, and many more.

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A special show THERE i s t o be a ver y special showing of the Oscar nominated film ‘Steve Jobs,’ the story of the rise and sad deat h of St eve Jobs, co-founder of Apple I nc pl ayed by Mi chael Fassbender, which will be presented jointly by the Mar bel l a I nt er nat i onal Fi l m Fest i val and H10 Andalucia Plaza on May 19.

Tickets for the presentation which will include a buffet meal cost just €20 but must be booked in advance by e- m ai l i ng joanne.f7@gmail.com or calling 952 811 047. The buffet which does not incl ude dr i nks wi l l com mence at 7pm and the film wi l l st ar t at 9pm at t he H10 Andalucia Plaza opposite Puerto Banus.

Classical music THREE charity concerts will be performed by the renowned choir and orchestra of the Collegium Musicum, who will be joined by the Camerata Singers from Sotogrande, under the baton of their director of music, Annemarie Philipps. The two works that will be performing are, Puccini’s Messa Di Gloria with soloists Philip Borge, tenor, and Luis Lopez, bass, to be followed by Morceau de Horn Concert by Saint-Saens, with Alexander Mutafchiev on Horn.

The three concerts will be held at: Hotel IPV Palace & Spa, Fuengirola on May 29 at 8pm with tickets costing €12. Iglesia de la Encarnacion, Marbella on May 31 starting at 9.30pm with free entrance. Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Merced Sotogrande on June 5 starting at 8pm with free entrance. Those who attend and enjoy the performances are asked to leave a generous donation in aid of Concordia.

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Enjoy The C By Elene Kotetishvili THE Claddagh Irish Bar on Avenida Arias Maldonado 16 is lauded as the most authentic Irish bar on the Costa del Sol and provides great entertainment in a fantastic atmosphere with live music five nights of the week and coverage of all the sport, including football, rugby, golf and GAA. Located beneath the Skol Apartments in Marbella centre, The Claddagh Bar has become a favourite spot for tourists and residents alike to catch up on sport and have a beer with the friendly regulars. The Claddagh prides itself on their hospitality and humour and you are certainly guaranteed a warm welcome and a fun night when you spend your evening here. With live music five nights a week, starting at 10.30pm and continuing right through to 1.30am, The Claddagh is the place to be to enjoy a dance and drink. The team here is in-

THE CLADDAGH: Live music. tegral to your enjoyment and their outstanding customer service, as well as genuinely friendly approach to each customer, ensures that you enjoy the Claddagh experience. The Claddagh Bar is known for its excellent and dedicated coverage of sports. With the ability to cater to all your sports-viewing needs on their four large-screen TVs or 2.5 x 2 metre HD projector, all sporting events are covered: from Champions League, Europa League, the Premiership,

Last Estepona floral art demo BELIEVE it or not Estepona Floral Art Club have come to the last demonstration of the current programme and they can’t believe the Flower Club year has passed so quickly. This month’s demonstrator is Sharon Badger from Leicestershire. Sharon is an Area demonstrator who has passed her prenational demonstrator’s test. Her work has been featured in The Flower Arranger magazine on several occasions, twice she has arranged flowers at Westminster Abbey and she also arranged flowers at Leicester Cathedral to celebrate the life of Richard III. Like so many of the demonstrators who come to demonstrate to the Club, Sharon is a very busy lady, she’s Chairman of her local Flower Club in Market Harborough, she has co-designed and organised flower festivals. She is an Area teacher and judge, she teaches a beginners’ class in Leicester as well as private workshops in her local area. Sharon’s demonstration is on Tuesday May 17 starting promptly at 3pm at Agro Jardin,

Cancelada. It promises to be an interesting and entertaining afternoon when Sharon will create several wonderful designs on stage. Everyone is welcome: you don’t need to have a knowledge of flowers or flower arranging to enjoy the afternoon, visitor’s fee is €10. This month Sharon, who teaches flower arranging, has kindly said she will lead a workshop on Thursday May 19, starting at 11am. The design this month will be a table arrangement. This is a superb opportunity to take advantage of some excellent tuition. The workshops are where a small group learn a specific design. Please call Sally, contact details below, to reserve your place at the workshop. For more information and photographs visit www.facebook.com/esteponaflo ralartclub. Alternatively send an e mail to esteponafloralart club@hotmail.com to receive information about the club, contact Sally on 696 378 333 or join their mailing list for the monthly Newsletter.

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as well as the FIFA Euro 2016 football finals to all the golfing events, all of the GAA, and even the Rio 2016 Olympics. Furthermore, The Claddagh Irish Bar also offers excellent promotions all week long: Happy Hour Monday to

Thursday ensures that if you buy two rounds, the third is on the house, and on Fridays, all house drinks are half price. Their opening hours are Monday to Friday 4pm until late, Saturday 1.30pm until late, and Sunday 2pm until late. Having created an authentic atmosphere of Irish hospitality, warmth and humour, The Claddagh Bar is a

wonderful place to dance away the evening hours to live music, experience the feel of camaraderie during big sporting games, or enjoy a contemplative quiet drink whilst watching a match; everyone is welcome. For more information or to get in touch, please refer to their Facebook page, The Claddagh Irish Bar, or email info@thecladdaghirishbar.co m. To speak with the team over the phone, please call 952 779 537.

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HOUSE-SITTER: Shirley made a list of places to visit. SHIRLEY, one of our sitters, has always loved animals and has had cats and dogs for as long as she can remember. When her last pet passed on she realised that she had reached a near retirement age and now wanted to travel. S hir l e y m a d e a l i s t o f places wh e r e sh e c o u ld house-sit, and hopefully get free accommodation in exchange for caring for other people’s p e t s a n d h o mes while they were on holiday. Ronn a a n d B r i a n h ad lived in Malaga for some 14 years, and ever since arriving wi t h t h e i r o wn d o g s found themselves drawn to help abandoned dogs and cats al l o v e r t h e i r n e ig h bourhood. To this day they raise money to care for aban-

doned pets wherever they see them, going to the market in Coin to sell donated second-hand goods to raise funds for food for the strays. After years of working all week and then with the pets at the weekend they decided to take a holiday, so they registered with HouseSitMat ch.com and met Shirley online. “Shirley came to us last October and we went away on holiday for the first time an d n e v er w o rried a b o ut getting back to our six cats and three dogs. Our minds were at peace knowing that we trusted the person who was looking after all of our animals. Shirley came back again in December while we were back in England, and this time she took on feeding all my s tra y an imals th r e e times a week,” said Ronna Clark. H o u s e-s ittin g ca n b e a win-win for both parties, free house and pet-sitting, an d th e ex p e rie n ce d a nd checked sitters get free accommodation! Register now with 50 per cent off using coupon code SPECIAL50. To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com.

FOR years it has been medically documented that companion animals, like dogs, cats, rabbits and birds, help people live longer and healthier lives. Being responsible for caring for an animal often gives new meaning to someone who is living alone or who is far from loved ones. Pets can help elderly people keep an active lifestyle and may help fill a void left by living alone or away from family. For working families taking on a rescue pet should take into consideration that they have time for the new family pet. Children should be encouraged to help and go to dog training classes which are educational, social and really a lot of fun. Seniors may want to consider adopting an older adult animal instead of a puppy or kitten or rambunctious ‘teenage’ pet. Older pets are more likely to be calm, already house-trained and less susceptible to unpredictable behaviour. Animal shel-

RESCUE DOGS: It’s best not to smother them or overdo the attention. ter staff can help potential adopters find the most suitable animal for their lifestyle. Seniors should not be encouraged to take on a large dog. Many seniors take on a dog far too powerful for them, which can become unmanageable. Obviously if you live in an apartment then you have a small dog. Dogs’ lives revolve around odour. I always recommend bathing a rescue pet as soon as possible. By doing this you wash away the old identity and allow the dog to get his new identity. Most dogs will roll on the ground to get their new identity.

Take your new pet for a walk around the area of your street near your home as soon as you are able. This allows your new pet to learn the new smells of the area. Ensure that all doors, gates etc to the home are secure and that you have, apart from a microchip, a tab on the collar with your telephone number. Emotionally you will feel very sorry for the little fellow and often new owners can overdo the attention. Best not to smother the dog and keep in mind that now is the time to set the rules of your home.

Need a cuddle? You should find a human not your pet By Eleanor Hawkins DOG lovers have been trying to convince the rest of the world for years that a cuddle with your pooch is the best way out there to beat the blues, and there have even been reports that a hug with a dog is good for health. Human health, that is. Now it turns out, accordi n g t o a n e w s t u d y, t h a t while possibly good for us, hugging dogs is bad for them.

The study, by Dr Stanley Coren, a canine expert and professor of psychology from the University of British Columbia, analysed pictures of dogs being cuddled by both adults and children and reported that eight out of 10 showed visible signs of anxiety or stress. The reason, which animal experts have actually been trying to point out for years, is simple: they feel trapped and unable to run away.

While humans often mistakenly read physical signs they receive from dogs as they would read them in another human, dogs communicate differently. One example is lip licking. While we could think it means the dog is hungry or satisfied after a meal, it is really an early signal of discomfort in a situation. Other things behaviour experts say dogs may not like anywhere near as much as we think they do are: 1. Petting them on the

head - many dogs dislike this as they can’t see where your hand is going, which worries them. 2. Picking them up constantly - just because you can pick a puppy or small d o g u p d o e s n ’t m e a n y o u should. It is an invasion of their space and can upset them. 3. S t a r i n g i n t o t h e i r eyes- dogs can feel threatened by this rather than enamoured as to them it can be taken as trying to start a fight.

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Perfect plant Accent walls needn’t be tacky pots and tubs By Emily Chettle USING containers to grow plants and flowers in is a great way to decorate a smaller or paved garden. Any receptacle can be used and very often by recycling household containers the effect can create an innovative, fresh look. Different containers that can be used include plant pots, window boxes and wooden tubs to name a few traditional planters. Try using old baths, watering cans, large paint drums, barrels, bins and anything else which can physically hold soil to add extra interest to the garden. Planting in these containers means that anywhere such as roof terraces, balconies and along the drive for example can be used easily. Plus the upkeep is easy. Here are some ideas to achieve that perfect potted look. • Glazed pots hanging on

the house walls on upper terraces where there is little space for containers on the floor. • An assortment of succulents in small and medium sized pots on a south facing terrace. • Window boxes of geraniums and petunias on window sills and hanging on terrace railings will brighten the front of a house. • A collection of geraniums in larger pots in the semi shade of a pergola. • A collection of mixed plants in a variety of painted containers to brighten up your south-facing semi shaded covered terrace, where you can have many meals throughout the year. • A collection of fast spreading mint herbs in large containers in the open ground. • A window box with tomatoes planted and hanging through holes in the base with petunias growing.

SOME may fear that an accent wall is straight out of a tacky 1990s renovation show. It needn’t be this way. They can be subtle but also create an impact and are an inexpensive way to create drama in any room, not just bedrooms. Accent paint colours on a wall can add drama to the room especially if the colours

are dark. It is an easy and economical way to highlight a focal point such as a fireplace or shelves, as an accent wall commands the eye’s attention. The accent wall has encouraged a more adventurous approach to decorating, providing an opportunity to indulge in colour and pattern without the commitment of covering a whole room.

It can also open up a room and allow more vibrant colours to be used as on their own they would dominate the room. These changing hues are great for creating a defined area in a multi-functional space like a loft or a studio apartment. Paint a little nook to create a home office or an inset wall to define a sleeping area.

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Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

DAILY readers of newspapers and magazines are bombarded by persuasive advertisements and articles pushing us towards buying and eating unnatural manufactured vitamin tablets to supplement vitamin deficient diets. But stop for a moment and think, would it be better to eat the vitamins as nature intended them by growing and eating fruit and vegetables that are known to contain the main vitamins we apparently need for continuous good health or for recovery if ill. Interestingly the labels on some bottles of vitamin pills include the note ‘Not intended as a substitute for a balanced diet.’ Further health authorities worldwide now recommend that we eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day for their vitamin and mineral contents, and some emphasise that these are best if fresh and grown ecologically/organically without the use of chemical fertilisers, insecticide, fungicides and weed killers.

The Slow Food movement recommends to try and eat local produce to sustain the local economy and cut down the cost of distribution, marketing and packing houses. Something much needed in many valleys in Spain which a couple of decades ago were more than self -sufficient, but are now abandoned wastelands, new self-seeded pine forests or large urbanisations. So with the need for little space and our free Spanish sun, we can grow our

IF you’re lucky enough to have a lemon tree in your garden, you may or may not know that this gives you access to a lot more than just something to add a slice of to your G&T. Lemons have natural bleaching, degreasing, antibacterial and fresh-scent properties which make them ideal for environmentally-friendly household tasks. Here are a few tips: 1. Clean the air: Simmering cut-up lemons in a pan of water for an hour will get rid of musty

A NOVELTY: The ripening ‘Buddha Hand’ lemon. own in containers on apartment terraces, in raised beds in small gardens, in the garden or if convenient, in allotments. The advantages are that you can focus on growing fruits and vegetables with the greatest beneficial vitamin and mineral contents, and harvest each day what is required for that day. To help you understand which vitamins minerals etc, are of benefit to

your wellness and which vegetables and fruits include them, we include descriptive tables in our book ‘Living well from our garden - Mediterranean style’ which is available from Amazon Books and The Book Depository. If any social or gardening club is interested in a talk or workshop on the topic I would love to support you. Whatever you select to grow ensure you include antioxidant and anti-in-

Clean and green smells or sprinkle a few drops of lemon juice inside your hoover bag before hoovering. 2. Banish ants: Lemon juice and peels are pet and human friendly, but will discourage ants from entering. Work out where they are getting in and spray the area with lemon juice.

3. Disinfect: Wiping surfaces, door handles, phones and remote controls with a mix of lemon juice and water helps disinfect them. 4. Two parts salt and one part lemon juice creates an abrasive scrub that can be used to remove rust and clean chopping boards and so on.

flammatory vitamin/mineral rich foods. We ensure we grow and eat plenty of dark green acelga and spinach leaves, sprouting broccoli, tomatoes, nasturtium flowers and leaves, garlic, onions, rocket, tomatoes, radishes, beetroots and carrots. As for fruit, in the Mediterranean climate one can harvest something on every day of the year to give seasonal diversity. Just a few citrus trees, vitamin C packed mandarins, and oranges can be harvested from September to May and from a perpetually flowering and fruiting Lunar lemon tree lemons can be harvested 365 days a year. Also it is possible to have fun and health by adding the novelty Citrus medica var.sarcodactylis lemon tree to your plantings. The common name is Buddha’s hand as it resembles a half open fist - some fruits have even more and longer thinner fingers. There is little if any juicy centre but the thick skins are excellent for grating. The quality results in individual fruits being sold in Florida and California for up to 12 dollars if sprayed with chemicals and 25 dollars if grown ecologically. © Dick Handscombe May 2016.

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THIS forthcoming Saturday May 14 the prestigious biennial RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction will take place and features an exquisite variety of lots of exceptional value, both monetary and historical. It will hopefully carry on the flames of the 2014 auction which raised an astonishing €41 million in sales. The hotly anticipated 2016 edition will emphasise competition greats and is also beautif u l l y t i m e d t o tak e p la c e alongside the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, making this a truly memorable weekend. One of the world’s most glamorous auctions, the RM Sotheby’s sale will showcase a pantheon of moto r i n g l e g e n d beginning with what is

thought to be the only Ferrari 275 GTS/4 NART Spider of its kind to be sold in Europe. The last 275 sold by RM Sotheby’s secured an astronomical €24 million and the organisers will be expecting a similar p rice fo r th e 1 9 68 mode l up for grabs on Saturday. The other star of the show will be a Ferrari American Barchetta which actually competed in the 1951 and 1952 Le Mans 24-hour race, and could summon an enormous €9 million bid if the seller’s estimates are met. Also on the cards and certain to draw the attention of the attending superrich is the world’s only

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road-legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution, which also won the Canadian GT Championship three times. With its six-cylinder engine sparked up with a pair of KKK turbochargers to produce 600hp, the sleek model is expected to fetch just under €3 million. Classic Porsches will be in high demand as always and RM Sotheby’s won’t disappoint buyers with a wide variety that also includes a 911 Carrera RS (€400,000); a 911 Carrera RS

2.7 Touring (€600,000); a Carrera GT (€800,000); and a 959 ‘Komfort’ Stage II expected to fetch a cool €1 million. Among many others on display will be an Alfa Romeo Giulia Tubolare Zagato (€1.1 million); Lamborghini 350 GT (€750,000); Citroen 15CV Roadster (€750,000); Peugeot 205 turbo 16 Evolution I (€700,000); a Mercedes Benz 280 SL (€110,000); and a far more affordable Fiat 500 Mare at roughly €25,000.

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The fourth wave INSURANCE premiums are set to drop dramatically as the momentum towards driverless cars gathers steam and further technologies contribute a decreased likelihood of accidents. Research by major global insurer Swiss Re has indicated that the enhanced connectivity between cars and various driver assist mechanisms will significantly improve road safety, while Volvo’s chief executive described the rise of autonomous vehicles as the “single most important advance in automotive safety” in years. The research also suggests that by 2020 the majority of new cars sold worldwide will be connected to the internet and other cars and some have described the potential advances as representing the fourth industrial revolution. Insurers have cautioned drivers against developing a false sense of security.

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Lightweight laboratory LOTUS has announced that it has managed to shave 207 kilograms from the weight of its cars in the first quarter of 2016, continuing a trend towards the lightweight elixir of a solid metric tonne. Its heaviest car manufactured at the Lotus site in Norfolk weighed 1,395 kg, and many of its Elises are much closer to around 1,000. Lotus has pioneered a lightweight approach to

manufacturing and has now created its very own Lightweight Laboratory where engineers use special techniques and material to strip away excess baggage. Carbon fibre, forged alloy wheels, carbon sports seats, louvred rear windows and thinner body panels are key, as is the philosophy spouted by CEO Jean-Marc Gales who says â€œto make a perfect sports car, you must consider weight your enemy.â€?

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Khan knocked out as Norwich and Newcastle may go down Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

FOOTBALL • If Sunderland (excellent 3-2 winners over Chelsea last Saturday) beat Everton in last night’s game, then Newcastle and Norwich will be relegated from the Premiership with Aston Villa. • Last weekend, champions Leicester beat Everton 3-1; Spurs (second) lost 2-1 at home to Southampton; Liverpool edged Watford 2-0; Manchester United won 1-0 at Norwich and Crystal Palace defeated Stoke 2-1. The games between Villa – Newcastle (0-0), Bournemouth – WBA (1-1) and Manchester City – Arsenal (2-2) were all drawn. • On Tuesday Swansea’s 41 win at West Ham was their first there for 60 years. Last night, the Hammers

(versus Manchester United) said farewell to Upton Park, their home since 1904. • Burnley and Middlesbrough will be in the PL next season. The play-offs (coming up) will feature Sheffield Wednesday v Brighton and Derby v Hull. • Burton Albion have gained promotion to the Championship, seven years after playing in the Conference in front of barely 1,000 spectators. • Oxford and Bristol Rovers have been promoted from FL2, Accrington Stanley miss out, while Hartlepool’s 775-mile-round trip to Plymouth ended in a 5-0 hammering! • Spurs’ midfielder Moussa Dembele

KHAN: Knocked out by Canelo.

DID YOU KNOW Thirteen teams have been relegated from the Premiership and have not returned, and they are: Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford City, Cardiff, Coventry, Fulham, Leeds, Oldham, Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday, Swindon, Wigan and Wimbledon. And the three oldest League clubs all come from the Midlands: Notts County (formed in 1862), Stoke City (1863) and Nottingham Forest (1865).

received a six-match ban for ‘violent conduct’ towards Chelsea’s Diego Costa at the end of the recent London derby. MOTOR SPORT • Jorge Lorenzo dominated last Sunday’s French MotoGP at Le Mans, winning 10 seconds ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi, with Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales third. One bizarre incident saw both Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez slide off the track at almost exactly the same time. • Despite what can only be described as a ‘trying day’ for the Dynamics Honda team, GB driver Matt Neal left Thruxton Park tied on points with Rob Collard, with a podium finish in the final race of last Sunday’s BTCC meeting. • Coming up on May 22, we have the Portuguese Rally and the MotoGP World C h a m p i onships from Mugello, Italy. TENNIS • After

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beating home favourite Rafael Nadal in the semis, the top British player, Andy Murray, was then beaten two sets to one by Novak Djokovic in the final of the Madrid Open. Serbian Djokovic has now been world number one for 199 weeks. BOXING • Last Saturday, Bolton boxer Amir Khan, moving up two weight classes, was knocked out by Mexican Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in a WBC Middleweight fight. On the same night, GB’s Anthony Crolla stopped Venezuelan Ismael Barroso to retain his WBA lightweight crown. ROUND-UP • Who is Michelle Payne you might ask? Well, she’s a jockey, who, last November, became the first female to

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win Australia’s most famous horse race, the Melbourne Cup, when she rode 100-1 shot Prince of Penzance. Michelle has certainly packed in a fair bit into her 30 years on earth. Her mother died when she was just six months old; she’s lost two of her siblings; another has Down’s syndrome and she has overcame a career-threatening injury. Now she’s a best-selling autobiographer and her life story is being made into a movie. Well done lass. Brilliant. • T h e Invictus

Games, an international paralympic-style multi-sport event, featuring 500 athletes from 15 countries and created by Prince Harry, are underway in Orlando, Florida. And HRH believes that Team GB can win at least 20 medals. • Coming up, we have the Spanish F1 Grand Prix from Barcelona on Sunday, the Geneva Tennis Open starts on Monday, this weekend it’s the final fixtures in La Liga (with Barcelona at Granada and Real Madrid at Deportivo, both going for the title), there are various promotion/relegation play-off matches north and south of the border, next Wednesday (May 18) it’s Liverpool versus holders Sevilla in the Europa League final in Basle, and a week tomorrow England play Sri Lanka in this summer’s first cricket Test.

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Ron Garrood IN 2001 Santa Clara Golf Marbella started its activity in the Costa del Sol. An 18-hole golf course, par 71, measuring 5,878 metres, designed by Enrique Canales Busquets, and placed only a few minutes from the centre of Marbella and opposite Los Monteros Hotel Resort. Close to many amenities of Marbella City, Santa Clara Golf Marbella is set to become one of the finest golf courses in the Costa del Sol. This golf course in Spain has been created with respect for the natural environment of indigenous wildlife and vegetation, providing a fantastic meeting place for golf enthusiasts. Santa Clara Golf Club presents technically challenging but pleasant round, wide fairways with few roughs and open greens without pronounced slopes. The golf

SANTA CLARA: Established since 2001. course is highlighted by the ‘Santa Clara Corner,’ formed by the 12th, 13th and 14th holes, a perfect combination of pars four, three and five, which requires the golfer to make long and accurate shots. The club house offers lovely views of the Mediterranean Sea, overlooking the practice course and the starting and finishing holes. The Golf School in Santa

Clara Marbella is directed by Angel Jimenez, a professional with great experience in teaching golf. Only a few golf clubs on the Costa del Sol have a driving range as well-situated as this one. Reserve a tee time for two players including a shared buggy from May 16, 2016 for only €125.00, and for groups an additional bonus of one in eight players free, call: 34 952 661 849.

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Support future athletes ON May 22, 2016 the ninth Liberty Seguros 10km race will take place in Madrid. This vastly popular marathon has the objective of helping young athletes of the ‘Team Liberty Insurance Paralympic Athletics’ to realise their dreams of becoming professional paralympians. These individuals struggle every day to succeed and advance in the professional paralympian arena, and strive to represent Spain internationally in future Paralympic Games. Registration is no more than €10, however, those that do not wish to take part in the race can contribute to the development of the young athletes by making a donation. This can be done by bank transfer with the reference clearly marked as ‘Dorsal Zero’ to the following account with IBAN number: ES73 2038 1042 7560 0080 7227. Along with the traditional 10km run, this year Liberty Seguros is set to launch the ‘Carrera de la Superación,’ a 1,000 metre race that has been specifically designed for those that have a disability that impedes them from taking part in the main 10km race. This race has been celebrated since 2008. More information can be found at: www.carreraliberty.es.

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Remembering Seve Ballesteros Ahead of the fifth annivers ar y of the de ath of Se v e Ballesteros, Spain’s greate s t-e v e r golfe r, he re are s om e fas c inating fac ts about the former champion, c om pile d by Tony Matthews: Born Severiano Ballesteros Sota on 9 April, 1957, Pedrena, Spain; died also in Pedrena, 7 May, 2011. • From birth, Seve had a physical defect whereby his right shoulder hung down below his left. • He was just 10 when he played in his first tournament, taking 10 shots at the

ope ning hole , e ve ntua lly finishing 5th on 51 over par for nine holes. • At the age of 12, he was e xpe lle d from s c hool for fighting and bad behaviour! • Seve started cycling when he was eight and later owned 12 bikes, using them to keep fit. • He enjoyed boxing as a youngster, and it was in the ring that he first injured his ba c k, w hic h c a us e d him trouble throughout his golfing career. • He turned professional in April 1974 and played in his first ‘big’ tournament that same year - the Spanish Open at La Manga - carding rounds of 83 a nd 76, a nd missing the cut by six shots. American Jerry Heard won the e ve nt a nd c olle c te d £4,336. In contrast, Seve’s first professional wage was just £15. • In 1976, he finis he d joint s e c ond w ith J a c k

Ni ckl aus at t he Open at Royal Birkdale… soon after bailing hay with his father and caddying for his brother Manuel. The winner that year was Johnny Miller. • Dick Draper, a British policeman, caddied for Seve in the mid 1970’s. • A Santander doctor, Cesar Campuzano, lent Seve $1,000 t o hel p get hi m through his first year as a professional. Seve paid him back by giving him the ball he won the 1979 Open with. • Before the 1980 Masters, Seve walked the whole cour se, t aki ng not es of every fairway and every green. • His favourite football team was Racing Santander. He was just an ordinary fan, who paid the entry fee and either stood on the terraces or sat in the stand with his mates. Nothing special. • During National Servi ce, Seve ear ned £2- a-

week teaching Air Force officers how to play golf! • In the 1985 Italian Open, Seve had ei ght birdies in a row and his third round score of 64 contained nine birdies and an eagl e… a r ecor d at t he time. • The tattoo on Seve’s left arm showing him punching the air, was also painted on the door of his house. • In 1988, Seve married the daughter of the owner of Banco Santander, Carmen Botin, who was at the time, one of the richest women in Spain. • In May 2007, Seve played on the Champions Tour in Alabama. His first tee shot missed the 75-yardwide fairway by a distance. He finished with a double bogey and a r ound of 78. With two more horrible rounds of 81 and 73, he finished joint last of 78 participants. He returned to Spain straight away!