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ISSUE NO. 1612

26 May - 1 June 2016

COSTA BLANCA NORTH YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

By Linda Hall

The Benidorm sun comes out, beach umbrellas go up, sunbathers get thirsty, and Levante Beach hawkers sell to a captive clientele. These unofficial, unlicensed traders are breaking local bylaws, although this does not deter them. Nor does it discourage British tourists from buying their cocktails, sangria

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Beware the beach vendors and mojitos or wedges of watermelon. According to David Garcia Cooke, spokesman for the British Benidorm Association, many believe the salesmen are waiters from beachfront bars selling reliable products, prepared in hygienic conditions. â€œHealth laws in the UK are very strict,â€? Garcia Cooke told a Spanish interviewer. Turn to page 4

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Pigeon rustler A 24-YEAR-OLD was accused of stealing 50 racing pigeons worth €20,000 after climbing a wall and raiding a dovecote in Alfaz del Pi. The ringed pigeons were traced

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and identified by Guardia Civil investigators who have recovered 13, but are still seeking the remaining birds. They have not ruled out further arrests.

A sweet move THE old Antiu Xixona turron factory in Jijona will be pulled down, although its listed industrial chimney will be preserved. The building no longer belongs to the Sanchiz Mira company which moved in 1964 to the Segorb district and until the site is developed, the town hall plans to use it as a car park.

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE: Back in the swim again.

Scooter trouble THE h e a t e d d e b a t e o v er mobility scooters continues to rage on. Shortly before going to print, Euro Weekly News received a report that a woman was run over by a mobili t y sc o o t e r in

Benidorm and hospitalised. We will continue to track the story over the next few days to see if anything unfo ld s an d w ill k e e p o u r readers informed of the ongoing situation.

By Linda Hall FOUR loggerhead sea turtles accidentally fished off the Valencia coast were returned to the sea in Albir. Crowds gathered to watch as the four turtles, whose weights ranged from six to 18 kilos, went back to their natural habitat.

All needed care after they were entangled in trawler nets and taken to the Oceanografic aquarium in Valencia City for treatment. Two suffered a gas embolism owing to the stress of being trapped for more than an hour in the fishermen’s nets. One was suffering from pneumonia after inhaling water and another had the beginnings of

pneumonia. They remained at the Oceanografic for just over a month until they had recovered sufficiently to return to the sea. Unlike the past when boats routinely threw the turtles back into sea where the majority died, fishermen now collaborate by contacting the authorities who then take over once they return to shore.

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Londoners visit Benidorm mayor STUDENTS from Brampton Primary School in London visited Benidorm’s mayor, Toni Perez recently. Together with their teachers, the primary students are on an exchange visit with the Colegio Publico La Cala.

More take-aways THE number of vehicles towed away in Benidorm in the first four months of this year has risen by 40 per cent. In that period, 2,381 cars have been removed. That’s nearly 1,000 more than in the corresponding period last year. The town hall has attributed the difference to the change in contractor. It believes the previous contractor had all but given up on its responsibilities. The new contractor, a joint venture between by Sice and Auplasa, also manages the blue parking areas.

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Market licence fight By Linda Hall COUNCILLORS who vote to invalidate the licence for Benidorm’s third open-air market could later face compensation claims. The warning came in a formal document from Dutchowned Outlet Market which is fighting to prevent the town hall from revoking its operating permit approved by the regional government. Selling antiques as well as new and used general items, Outlet Market plans to set up near the ITV vehicle testing station on the old N332 road. There is general opposition to the project and in particular from the AICO association which represents the majority of Benidorm shopkeepers. The town council voted last September to scrutinise Outlet Market’s paperwork for irregularities and commissioned a detailed €17,000 study from Alicante University (UA).

MARKET: Aico president and the Generalitat’s Director General of Commerce visit site. After “demolishing” the way the licence was granted in a process it described as “administratively detrimental,” the UA recommended annulling Outlet Market’s permits. Meanwhile Outlet Market declared that the town hall should scrutinise other licences granted “in identical procedures” to businesses currently trading in Benidorm. Not doing so would be unfair and amount to deception

by omission, the company wrote to the town hall, going on to name five local busi-

nesses in similar circumstances whose licences have not been inspected.

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Sneaky scooter thief sting A PI NOSO Town Hal l employee was recently the victim of a scooterjacking. A man stopped him as he rode to work, telling hi m t hat hi s r ear t yr e was flat but when he got off t o i nvest i gat e t he would-be helper mounted the motor scooter and roared off. Determined not to let him escape, the employee stopped a passing car

and asked the driver to follow him. A 400-metre pur sui t t hough t he Pinoso streets ensued, but when t he obl i gi ng motorist caught up the r i der had cr ashed and the scooter, an electric model, was a write-off. When he was handed over to the Guardia Civil, the thief claimed that the motor scooter’s owner had offered to lend it to him.

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Social housing investment boost By Gemma Elvins-Quinn A TOTAL of €6.5 million is being invested to rehabilitate social housing in Alicante Province. The Regional Minister for Housing, Public Works and Territorial Structuring, Maria

Jose Salvador, said the Department is right now repairing 25 homes with an investment of €145,000 within Monovar, Castalla and Torrevieja. A further 43 homes are due to be renovated soon in Rojales, Almoradi, Dolores and San Miguel de Salinas. In total, 68

Car chaos as fire guts parking lot POLICE are investigating whether a fire which affected 13 vehicles in Alicante was started intentionally. It occurred in the early morning in a parking lot belonging to urbanisation Rosaleda in the Babel district and destroyed eight vehicles and damaged a further five. National Police are investigating whether the incident was intentional as shortly before the fire started some neighbours reported they overheard an argument between two people.

homes will receive investment. Additional housing projects are planned for Elche, Alcoy and Alicante with the Jose Antonio neighbourhood receiving an investment of €2.8 million and the Virgen del Carmen area, in Alicante City, receiving €3.9 million.

Market makeover Work is due to start this week on painting and repairing the exterior of Denia’s indoor market on Calle Magallenes. The walls, shutters, grilles and plinths will all be sanded, cleaned, repaired and painted as required. The work is due to run until June 17.

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Sour aftertaste for Montaña cherries By Linda Hall DESPITE earlier optimism, this year’s cherry crop is down 50 per cent on 2015. Alicante’s inland orchards will yield only

four million kilos of denomination-protected Montaña de Alicante cherries, growers said. Prolonged drought and high temperatures in January and February are to blame, and when rain did arrive it fell at the wrong time,

with cherries already on the trees. One factor nevertheless worked to the Alicante growers’ advantage. Heavy rain in the Jerte Valley (Extremadura) and Aragon, Alicante’s rivals in the sector, recently reduced

the cherry harvest in both areas. With demand outstripping supply, prices have risen by between 40 and 50 per cent, said Hilario Calabuig, who heads the DO Montaña de Alicante regulatory committee.

Trenet resumes services SEVEN months, 11 kilometres and €9.2 million. That’s what went into modernising and renovating the track and infrastructure between Altea and Calpe before the ‘trenet’ train line

started running once more. Work began last October and finished two weeks ago, slightly ahead of schedule as the finishing date was originally set for late June. Line nine, which starts in

Benidorm and finishes in Denia, is the least-used of the tram services operated by the regional Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV). Only four years ago rumours were rife that the line could close, owing to the huge cost of modernisation. Instead the regional government of the day performed an unexpected about-face, pledging a complete overhaul of the line, which last year celebrated its 100th anniversary. The Altea-Calpe revamp is only one phase of the transformation, said Maria Jose Salvador who heads the regional government’s Housing and Infrastructure department. Visiting Altea the day before the service was resumed, she confirmed that renovating the Calpe-Denia section will start next year. “We are negotiating to obtain funding from Brussels via the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), to finance electrifying the line between Benidorm and Denia,” said Salvador.

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Jellyfish alert By Simon Russell JELLYFISH have already been seen off the Marina Alta towns’ beaches due to the high winter temperatures and recent mild weather combined with the rougher sea state. Fortunately, the small blue creatures are unlikely to sting or cause irritation although caution is still advised. While this would normally be a rare occurrence this early in the year, jellyfish were also appearing in large numbers in

both Denia and Javea last May. Of course, some species of jellyfish can be extremely dangerous, the best known probably being the Portuguese Manof-War (there’s probably a clue in the name). However these are not native to the Mediterranean and appearances here are very rare. Although there were a number of Man of War swarms in 2010, the scientific consensus is that this was a one-off episode caused by un-

usual weather and sea conditions over the previous winter. During the summer local beaches should display bathing warning signs if jellyfish are inshore. The standard layout for these is a picture of two jellyfish on a different colour background depending on the colour of the jellyfish sighted. The Spanish for jellyfish is ‘medusa’ if you just have a written warning which may happen on some of the smaller beaches.

Budget announced BENITATCHELL’S budget has been approved, and set at €5.5million. Infrastructure spending includes a sum of €100,000 for much needed road repairs and €76,000 for a new grass football pitch. The spending priorities are focused on social services. These include €110,000

earmarked for employing 10 townspeople for a period of six months. This initiative is aimed at helping the most disadvantaged get back into the job market and during the six month period the emphasis will be on training in core skills.

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A CA NOE I ST b r o u g h t ashore b y t h e Gu ard ia Civil i n C a m p e l l o p a rtly ow ed h i s r e sc u e t o an observ a n t C a l a Pi tere s resident. He n o t i c e d t h a t a ma n 200 m e t r e s f r o m th e shore wa s c l i n g i n g to a caps ize d a n d h a l f - s u b merged canoe and became worried a f t e r h e r e a l is ed that he had not moved for some time. Guard i a C i v i l o ff i c e rs , alerted by the emergency services, immediately went to his a ssi st a n c e a n d brough t h i m b a c k to shore. By this time the stranded man, a 3 2 - y e a r-o ld Paraguayan, was suffering from e x h a u st i o n a n d h y pothermia having drifted for three hours after his canoe begun to let in water.

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Smaller businesses support for Ikea By Linda Hall PLACARDS and banners in support of Ikea have appeared on land once destined for the Rabasa development. Alicante Avanza, would-be developers of the stalled shopping centre, said it was not responsible for the signs proclaiming “Ikea en Rabasa ya!” and “Ikea brings jobs.” Owners of the land earmarked for the project later revealed that they were approached by the “Ikea en Rabasa” platform and gave them permission to put up the signs. The members of this pressure group include 10 neighbourhood associations as well as local business-owners and its coordinator Mari Angeles Cinos Marin is also president of the local Federation of Shopkeepers, Fecoema. The platform would welcome the Swedish multinational to Rabasa, Cinos explained, as they believe it will

IKEA: Despite the groans, everyone goes there if they can. provide work, boost business and improve adjoining districts at the same time. “We have decided to call for what we feel is suitable and fair for neighbourhoods in the north of Alicante

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City,” said Cinos. In contrast to this support, Alicante City Council has asked the regional government to annul the shopping centre project. It, too, remains in favour of Ikea but not in the Rabasa district.

LAST year the Diversitat Association, which defends the rights of the province’s LGBT community, received 14 complaints of discrimination at state system health centres. The most serious case, according to Diversitat, centred on a lesbian who complained that her doctor described her sexual orientation as “abnormal” and claimed that homosexuals had more illnesses than other people. Diversitat received several complaints about health centres arising from comments unrelated to health issues, said the association’s president Juan David Santiago. Four of the 14 protests received by Diversitat ended in court cases, Santiago revealed, and another was referred to the region’s ombudsman. The majority were referred to the regional Health Department “where they were very understanding.”

New use sought for abandoned base THE Alcoy campus of Valencia’s Polytechnic University (UPV) is analysing the future of the deserted Aitana air force base. The installation’s living quarters and buildings on the highest point of Sierra Aitana have been empty for 10 years although the base’s EVA air surveillance antennas remain in use. For years Alcolecha (population 191) has wanted to convert the base’s deserted living quarters and buildings for social, public or environme nta l us e . N a ture classrooms, a Senior Citizen’s centre, a hostel, hotel or a c e ntre for Fore s t Brigades are possibilities that have been mentioned so far. The base, which belongs to the Ministry of Defence, is becoming increasingly dilapidated, and Alcolecha’s Mayor Francisco Fenollar

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AITANA: Base is only used for EVA air surveillance. has now com m i ssi oned a €6,000 f easi bi l i t y st udy from the UPV. “This is an important sum of m oney f or a t own hal l like ours with a budget of barely €140,000,” Fenollar said. “But we want to hurry t hi ngs al ong and per haps

later one of the administrations will finance us.” The UPV st udy wi l l be ready within six weeks, coinciding with a visit to the i nst al l at i on by Cesar Sanchez, President of the Alicante Provincial Council.

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Police raid on Indoor Market BENIDORMâ€™S Indoor Market in the Rincon area of the town was raided by police on May 23 and it is thought they had reason to believe that one or more stallholders in the market were retailing fake luxury goods. After the raid four stalls were closed down, all of which appear to be owned by one family. The trade in fake luxury goods has long been known to be a problem in parts of Spain, especially tourist areas. The Indoor Market itself has traders and shoppers of all nationalities but is particularly popular with the British, both tourists and locals.

Temperatures hit high for the year

HEATING UP: Keeping hydrated on the hottest day of the year so far. By Simon Russell BOTH Pego and Denia in the Marina Alta recorded temperatures of 30.5 degrees at about 4pm on May 22, the highest record-

ed so far this year. It is not unusual to see these warm spikes on the odd day in May and in fact last year saw a record high of 40.4 degrees recorded on May 14. This occurs usually for only a short pe-

riod before the weather system moves on. However, keep the sun cream and water on hand and be aware of the dangers, particularly with children who can be very prone to sunburn and dehydration.

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Dog attack in Marina Alta town MEMBERS of Deniaâ€™s National Police are searching for the owner of two dogs who attacked two cyclists at around 7am on Tuesday morning. They initially attacked a female cyclist, in her mid forties, who received serious leg injuries. The incident could have been worse but fortunately a local bus was passing shortly after the attack commenced. The driver bravely chased the animals off with a stick and put the victim onto his bus. Apparently the dogs then went on to attack another cyclist, a man of about 70, who was bitten on the arm. At this point a man appeared who then called the dogs off, using their names, and left the scene without helping the victim. Police are searching for this man, who is presumed to be the owner of the dogs. Both victims are undergoing treatment.

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ROCKODROME: La Nucia’s mayor (second left) with the Guardia Civil climbers.

Scaling the heights By Linda Hall FOR the fourth year running the Guardia Civil’s Mountain Service is using La Nucia’s Rockodrome. Despite its rock’n’roll name, this is the Camilo Cano sports complex’s climbing wall where 25 specialists are carrying out part of their summer training programme.

The Guardia Civil officers belong to units from Onteniente, Malaga, Granada, Mallorca and Tenerife which come into the area of Granada and the La Nucia exercises were coordinated by Lieutenant Ruben Santo. Training is ongoing for these mountain units and during their time at the Rockodrome the men were introduced to new materials and techniques used in the mountain rescues.

Not such a trivial pursuit TWELVE-YEAR-OLDS in San Vicente are being asked to put their knowledge of sex to the test. The town hall’s Youth Department announced ‘Trivial de la Sexualidad’ an eyecatching name for a workshop on June 2. “Test your

knowledge of sex, erotica, love, gender and health!” it declared, specifying that the workshop is free and aimed at the 12 to 35 age group. The project has come in for a predictable amount of disapproval, with critics claiming that the provocative sub-

ject matter should not be aimed at pre-teens. Javier Martinez, who heads San Vicente town hall’s Youth department explained that all youth activities are orientated towards those aged 12 and upwards. In fact the only distinction that his department makes is for food handling courses, Martinez added. The councillor admitted that the announcement was deliberately attention-grabbing. “If we said that we were going to give a talk on sex education no-one would come,” he said. “The workshop is not meant to be a sexual competition. It will focus on encouraging children to talk and to debunk myths.”

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Payback time FORMER Benidorm Social Services councillor Isabel Martinez received a one-year suspended prison term for bullying the employee who ran the department. She must pay €35,610 compensation.

Forest fire FIRE destroyed seven hectares of Sierra Mariola woodland, 500 metres from the El Sargento urbanisation. Six firefighting aircraft prevented the fire from spreading and had it under control in six hours.

Say it now A TOTAL of 21,333 people in the Valencian Community have made living wills since 2005. Many were prompted by witnessing a family member’s ‘bad experience,’ the regional health department said.

CALLOSA: Streets are getting tidied and painted ready for the summer.

Sprucing up the streets for summer By Linda Hall CALLOSA streets are getting a tidy-up and lick of paint ready for the summer. The work is being limited to different sectors on Wednesdays and Fridays to cause as few problems as possible to residents and traffic, and should be finished by June 10. As parking is not allowed on these days, reminders are put up for residents two days beforehand. Next up are Hort del Senyor and Calle Guadalest tomorrow, Friday May 27, and Calles Alvarez Entrena, Fonteta and La Font-Canterers next Wednesday, June 1.

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Definitely not putting money down the drain PLAYA PUNTA DEL MORO in Villajoyosa will no longer be ravaged by the torrents that routinely ruined the beach during heavy rain. The regional government gave the go-ahead to connect a final section of storm drain to the town’s existing network, that will channel rainwater from the upper part of town directly into the sea. This will finally solve the long-standing problem that prompted the coastal authority, Costas, to intervene some years back to regenerate the beach; particularly torrential rain formed torrents that eroded the sand and swept rubbish and litter onto the beach. In 2014 the council put forward its plans for a sys-

tem that would prevent further damage to the beach. Once Costas had given its consent, it remained for the regional government to give definitive approval. Thanks to a virtual absence of rainfall over the last two years rainfall has not wreaked the same havoc on the Punta del Moro beach as in previous years, but it is vital to take action now, the town hall explained. Authorisation for the €500,000 project has finally arrived from the council’s Environment Department and Hidraqua, which supplies Villajoyosa’s domestic water supply and is responsible for drainage, can now go ahead with the final section of storm drain.

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Murderous couple found in El Campello By Gemma Elvins-Quinn A MARRIED couple have been arrested for killing an entrepreneur in their home country of Ukraine. Officers made the arrest in El Campello in collaboration with Interpol. The man, aged 54, and his wife, aged 56 had

Alicante out on its own ALICANTE has left the umbrella of ‘Costa Blanca’ to become the fifth official tourism brand of the Valencia Region. Regional Secretary of Tourism, Francesc Colomer, announced that the Consell has recognised the character of Alicante as a “multi-product” tourist destination, granting it permission to go it alone and be promoted in its own right, now sitting alongside the Costa Blanca, Benidorm, Valencia Terra i Mar and Castellon Mediterranean tourist brands. Colomer also said that for the next edition of Fitur, in January next year, Alicante will have its own stand on the same surface as Valencia. Entrepreneurs in Alicante have long wanted to be recognised independently claiming that tourists do not necessarily associate Alicante with the Costa Blanca with recent promotion more directed towards golf and beach holidays in other municipalities. Maria Jose Valera, president of a hoteliers association of the city, welcomed the announcement: “It’s about time that someone remembers the city of Alicante. We feel very positive about this news because having a brand will help us to improve the promotion. A sector like ours has all kinds of attractions from the product and quality, but having the support of a brand is essential.”

taken refuge in Spain after fleeing their country after a Ukrainian newspaper printed a photo of the couple under the headline ‘Wanted.’ They are wanted for the murder of Svitlana Mykolayivna Tabolina, director of a Ukrainian pharmaceutical company who was killed in August last year in Buzova (Ukraine).

It is believed the defendants acted as intermediaries in the purchase of lands by the victim, but when it came to collect payment for the purchase they stole the money, attacking the businesswoman hitting her over the head with a hammer leading to multiple skull fractures and her death. The body was then moved to another Ukrainian

town where it was later found on the banks of a river. The couple fled Ukraine that day. Following investigations they were located in El Campello where they had rented a house. At the time of arrest they were carrying a total of €21,500.

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Centre’s 12thhour reprieve WHAT began as a protest in Relleu unexpectedly ended in a celebration. Approximately 100 people staged a peaceful protest outside the Hoya del Rio residence and occupational centre run by Fundacion Relleu, which is dependent on Emaus. The centre faced imminent closure after losing its annual subsidy from the regional government, which covered upkeep and staff salaries. The council’s Equality and Inclusive Policies Department – formerly Social Welfare – has promised financial support until Emaus’s bankruptcy proceedings have been resolved. The news arrived just minutes after staff – who are owed four months’ wages - and supporters gathered in protest. Emaus now has debts of around €20 million, but negotiations are ongoing to ensure that whatever the bankruptcy outcome, Fundacion Relleu will still have a future, said union officials.

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Internet fraudsters easily wrong-footed By Linda Hall THE internet is proving a perfect – but not foolproof - marketplace for fakes as a fivestrong Alicante-based group discovered. They sold supposedly genuine sports shoes and sporting accessories via ‘www.tendenciasurbanas.es’ but their days were numbered, after representatives from two leading sports brands complained to the Guardia Civil in San Juan. Analysis of trainers acquired from the website triggered an investigation leading to San Juan, Alicante City, Novelda and Catral, and the arrests of a woman and four men. The Guardia Civil also impounded 40 pairs of trainers, computers, mobiles and paperwork from the group, who are all Spanish and aged between 26 and 60. The flyers they distributed in several Alicante Province towns included recommendations from satisfied clients who praised their delivery service which included tracking. The group operated only intermittently, but dispatched around 200 packages a

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TRAINERS: Fake brands were sold to unsuspecting online shoppers. month to clients in Spain and abroad. The items were poor quality, low-cost imitations acquired from Chinese distributors, Guardia Civil sources said. Registered brands lose an annual €26.3 billion according to the European Union’s Alicante-based Intellec-

tual Property Office (EUIPO). Rip-off clothes, footwear and accessories not only cost legitimate companies the equivalent of 9.7 per cent of their turnover, but they also eliminate 363,000 jobs, according to EUIPO (the former OAMIOHIM office).

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Pellicer & Heredia inaugurate new headquarters in Alicante ON Friday May 13, Ignacio Pellicer and Pedro Heredia had the great pleasure of celebrating, alongside their talented staff at Pellicer & Heredia International Lawyers, the inauguration of their brand new headquarters in Alicante. The new location, on Calle San Fernando 46, will give Pellicer & Heredia the opportunity to launch themselves into the newest and most exciting phase of their career yet, with a renewed energy and heightened sense of excitement about future opportunities. Family, friends, clients, and collaborators came out to the opening to show their appreciation for the hard work and dedication of this team of dynamic lawyers, which more than just a company, operates as a true family. Their commitment to their clients remains their top priority, with the comfort and peace of mind of their clients always remaining first within their hearts. Anyone looking for legal advice or just a little information can contact Pellicer & Heredia on 965 480 737, or can email the team at info@pellicerheredia.com.

FAMILY: Friends, clients and collaborators came out to the opening.

PELLICER & HEREDIA: Are excited about future opportunities.

NEW HEADQUARTERS: Was inaugurated on Friday May 13.

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Mountain climbing club celebration By Simon Russell THE Centre Excursionista y de Muntanya (CEIM) mountain climbing association celebrated its 10th anniversary last week.

The association covers the Valencian Region and organises regular climbing and hiking excursions taking advantage of local peaks in Alicante, Valencia and Castellon and sometimes as far afield as the Atlas and Himalayan ranges.

The group is keen to promote the opening of new routes in the Valencia area and encourage participation, especially the young. Chairman, 84-year-old Carolina Trapaga, still an active participant, highlights the sports inclusivity.

Celebrations centred around a trip to Javea’s Montgo Mountain where a sunset dinner was enjoyed. Climbers from other countries including Belgium, France and Germany joined in, all united by ‘the brotherhood of climbing.’

Diabetes on the agenda DIABETES, an increasingly prevalent disease, will be under discussion this month at two sessions of the HELP Diabetes Support Meetings. In La Xara on Friday June 10 Leigh Patterson will be talking about the complications of diabetes. This conference is to be held in the HELP activity centre on Avenida Oeste 29. On Tuesday June 14 in Teulada the guest speaker will be Anne Mather. The

topic will be ‘The Nutritional Approach: Diabetes, Blood Pressure and Cholesterol.’ Ms Mathers is an expert on nutrition and will be talking about the effect it can have on those suffering from diabetes. Both meetings are to be held at 6.30pm and are expected to last for around two hours. For more information contact Dorothy on 634 349 240 or e-mail diabetes.helpofde nia@gmail.com.

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Javea rocks out THE weekend of May 21 and 22 saw Javea host its increasingly popular and influential Montgorock festival. The event, the fourth one held, was fully outdoors for the first time but the weather was perfect: nice and warm but not heatstroke conditions either. More than 7,000 people attended the event which saw performances from acts such as Quiqe Gonzalez, Arizona Baby, Los Zigarros, Sexy Zebras and Muchachito. Rock Festivals can be slightly chaotic events but everything went smoothly here. Movement of the large number of attendees in and out of the festival area went without hitch or delay, while the acts themselves put on some fantastic performances and thankfully there were no diva type delays from them or last minute no-shows. Mayor Jose Chulvi said: “as we hoped the festival has managed to attract a new profile of visitor to the town who we hope will want to return again.” There was also a large interest in the event on social media. Early figures from the Department of Tourism suggest practically a

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ROCKING OUT: Los Zigarros, one of the many popular acts to perform. 100 per cent occupation rate for hotels, hostels and campsites. The town itself also reported a boost in visitors over the weekend for traders and even estate agents offices. Most attendees were from Valencia and Madrid, followed by Cataluña and Murcia as well as France, the UK and Norway.

Organisers are already thinking ahead to 2017 and festival director Josan Serrano said: “We are looking forward to 2017 with the firm intention of maintaining a top quality list of acts as well as other activities for the audience. We want Montgorock to become a reference point in the national festival circuit.”

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Army takes over port NEARLY 500 people in Alicante wanted to show their commitment to Spain through the oath and pledging to the flag, within the celebrations to mark Week of the Armed Forces. The Special Operations Command (MOE) based in the headquarters of Rabasa, organised an act of solemnity in the port area of the city with a swearing-in ceremony. The MOE also carried out a drill showing some of their actions. Almost 500 people took part in the swearing-in ceremony, including the government delegate in Valencia, Juan Carlos Moragues, and the President of the Provincial Council, Cesar Sanchez.

Civilians of all ages, men and women, promised to comply with and enforce the Constitution and swore loyalty to the King, in addition to giving their lives for Spain if necessary. Head of the MOE also explained that the realisation of public events like this also act as a way for the public “to know us better and be proud of their armed forces. We are only a part of the public that have chosen to serve Spain and today more than ever we are proud of what we are committed to doing in serving the society to which we belong.” The event also featured a ceremony in memory of the soldiers who have died in the line of duty.

Helping hand offer BENISSA (Marina Alta) Town Hall has confirmed two workshops designed to help businesses in the municipality avoid some common pitfalls. On Saturday June 11 from 9.30am to 1pm there will be a session concerning the obligatory documentation all businesses operating in Benissa must complete. There is also one planned in October to cover the legal and tax obligations of the businesses. If you require more information you can e-mail participa@aj benissa.es.

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Fictitious accident THREE people received prison terms for inventing a non-existent traffic accident in Villajoyosa. They had hoped for an insurance payout, the Alicante High Court heard, and reported a so-called accident after one of the trio was treated at Villajoyosa hospital for a broken ankle. Four months later he and a friend concocted their story, maintaining that the injury was sustained while the latter reversed his father ’s car. A third person claimed to have witnessed the incident. Instead of authorising an insurance payout they had hoped, the Villajoyosa judge who took their statements doubted their story and ordered an investigation. There was a six-month sentence for the ‘witness’ for giving false evidence and five months each for the two friends who must also pay a fine and costs.

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Benidorm backs pedal power By Linda Hall BICIDORM bike-share users have doubled in number between January and May. Bicycles were borrowed 34,488 times compared with 21,692 during the same period in 2015, said Transport Councillor Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate. T h is p ro v e d th at exte nding the town’s cycle lanes was not frivolous, he added. Owing to cycling’s growing popularity it was hoped to increase the existin g 2 5 Bic id o rm b as e s to 50, D e Zarate said, and link the town’s separate sections of cycle lanes. The town hall hopes to cover the cost of adding more Bicidorm bases with subsidies from the Valencia Energy Agency (AVEN) and the European Union although the Sustainable Urban Transport Plan (PMUS) must be approved first.

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NEW street lights in Campello will bring savings of €30,000 to the municipal budget. More than 340 lights in five areas now use LED technology and consume 70 per cent less energy and also reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Bush blaze FIRE destroyed two hectares of bushes and reeds along the Vinalopo river in Sax but was controlled before flames reached nearby pines. Sources said it had been started deliberately in three different spots.

Drug haul JAIME I: The cycle lane launched earlier this year. Once the Jaime I cycle lane continues into Avenida Alfonso Puchades, cyclists will have a specific route from the Poniente beach as far as Salt de l’Aigua.

A future lane on Avenida Murtal will connect Poniente with the existing eight-kilometre section the Terra Mitica area, Avenida Beniarda and the new Foietes park, De Zarate said.

TWO people were arrested when police intercepted an Almeria lorry in Monforte del Cid discovering 100 kilos of hashish. Two others were arrested in Alicante City, one is on remand.

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Living wills are on the rise A TOTAL of 21,333 people living in the Valencia Region have made living wills since 2005. During the past year, the Department of Health registered an increase of 11.36 per cent of those choosing to make ‘advanced directives.’ Many were prompted by witnessing what they felt was a family member’s “bad experience,” the regional Health department admitted. Anyone over the age of 18 and in full mental health, can make an advanced directive reflecting the will of the person relating to medical proceedings they are willing to undergo in an end of life situation. It is a legal document specifying what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity. The person can also make the decision regarding organ donation for transplant or research purposes, meaning that no family authorisation is required for the extraction or use of donated organs when death occurs. The Head of Patient Service and Information at the General Hospital of Elche, Sonia Berenguer, said: “People who have these wills usually tend to be elderly or young people who face a complicated surgery and want to make their wills clear.” Most requests are linked to degenerative or autoimmune diseases, where the patient refuses to undergo more tests or measures to lengthen their life without hope of cure.

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Keeping the schools cool

FOOTLIGHT FANS: Members of the Calpe theatre group with the fans they have donated to a local school. By Simon Russell THE Calpe Footlights theatre group donated 10 powerful fans to local primary school CEIP Gargasindi Calp.

The school does not have air conditioning and the fans will be invaluable to pupils and staff alike as the temperatures start to creep up. The money was raised through a concert held at the Casa la Cultura.

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Drug den is raided THREE members of the same family were arrested in a residence in Denia (Marina Alta) by Local Police officers. The group had been under suspicion for a while of selling drugs in a base close to a school, and were being monitored closely by the police before they pounced. During the raid on the house items seized included 260 grams of marijuana buds prepared for sale, various electrical goods, a high-end designer watch and €235 in cash. Fifteen cockerels were also discovered kept in cages and in poor health, many carrying injuries consistent with cockfighting. To add to the gang's problems it was found that there was no electricity meter in the house and the property was illegally wired into the national grid. The accused, aged between 24 and 33, have been charged with drug trafficking, animal abuse and electricity theft.

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Referendum update MORE than 120,000 in Spain have clicked on the voter registration web page. British expatriates who have been registered to vote in the UK within the last 15 years have until Tuesday June 7 to apply for a proxy vote in the EU Referendum. That is the final deadline for registering to take part in one of the most historic decisions that the British people will make for a generation. The deadline for registering for a postal vote has now passed, but you can still appoint someone you trust in the UK to vote for you. Simon Manley, British Ambassador to Spain, said: “Although the deadline for expats to vote by post in the EU referendum has now passed, you can still register to vote by proxy, as long as you do so by June 7. We all know how important the referendum will be, for us, for our children, and for our country. “Whether you think we

REFERENDUM VOTE: The deadline for registering for a postal vote has passed, but you can still vote by proxy. should leave or remain, I would encourage those who have not yet registered to vote, and who are eligible to do so, to avail themselves of this final opportunity to have their say on June 23.

“I am well aware that expatriates who have lived overseas for more than 15 years are ineligible, and I know that many are frustrated about that. The government will bring forward the Overseas Elector Bill to abolish

this arbitrary time limit, but it must undergo full Parliamentary scrutiny and debate, so unfortunately it cannot be passed before the referendum.” More than 120,000 people with Spanish IP addresses have

now visited the website: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote since the beginning of the year. And thanks to the online registration system, more than 180,000 expatriates worldwide have so far completed their

registration to vote, nearly double the number for last year’s General Election, which was itself a record figure. The process is easy and takes just five minutes. Go to www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or search for ‘UK register to vote’ on www.gov.uk. You need only your National Insurance number and passport. If you did vote in the general election last year, don’t assume you are still on the electoral roll: just as in the UK, you must renew your registration every year. You have until June 7 to go online and make sure you can have your say. If you were last on the electoral roll in Northern Ireland then you need to act quickly. The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland says that if you are appointing a proxy to vote at the EU Referendum, the deadline for sending in your application is 5.00pm on June 3.

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See-through town hall LA NUCIA has the Valencian Community’s most transparent town hall. It’s http://transparencia. lanucia.es website meets 111 of the 143 national and regional governments’ requirements, which stipulate a minimum of 80 on the DYNTRA index for municipal transparency. Only six months ago the town hall complied with just three of the indicators on the DYNTRA list.

Since then it has been working to apply the national government’s Strategic Transparency directives on the town hall’s public and private contracts as well as councillors’ salaries and personal finances. La Nucia’s 77 per cent compliance outstrips all other municipalities in the region, compared with Alicante City Hall’s 42 per cent.

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Bring back your empty containers By Linda Hall THE regional government plans to introduce a deposit return system for bottles and drink containers. Customers will pay a 10-cent deposit which they will get back when returning glass and plastic bottles, tins and tetra brik containers, explained Elena Cebrian, who heads the Generalitat’s Environment, Climate Change and Rural Affairs department. The scheme was successfully introduced more than 20 years ago in Germany where 99 per cent of bottles and containers are returned and practically all are recycled. It is hoped that the system can be in place by 2018, she added. Shops and supermarkets will receive two cents for every bottle and container they accept and store, while another two cents will go to the companies that pick them up. This recompense to Valencian Community businesses should put between €30 and €35 billion in circulation annually.

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DISCARDED: Valencian Community throws away five million containers a day. More than seven million bottles and containers are bought in the Valencian community each day, and some five million are thrown away. This initiative goes beyond mere recy-

cling, Cebrian declared, and is aimed at protecting the countryside and preventing an enormous amount of rubbish from finishing up in the rivers, streambeds, beaches and streets of the Valencian Community.

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‘Non-Stop’ festival, for more than sun, beaches and sangria ACTIVITY and adventure holidays are a growing sector of the tourism industry, and Denia has plans to tap into this market. Over the weekend starting

Saturday, June 4, Denia will be hosting the Non-Stop Festival, an event aimed at those who are looking for more from their holiday than sun, sea and san-

gria. There are more than 20 activities planned during the festival. There will be a kayak expedition through the Tallada caves for experienced kayakers, and basic kayaking lessons for those new to the sport. Various Segway tours are planned through Denia town, taking in sites such as the castle, marina and the beaches. Great for kids of all ages is the ‘Donutski’ experience, which takes place on giant inflatable water rings. There will be three separate mountain bike routes you can join in with, an ‘Urban & Tapas’ route plus two rural routes, one aimed at beginners and the other for experienced mountain bikers. Jet-ski excursions will be available over two different routes. Beginners lessons are available for windsurfing and the lesser-known but up-andcoming paddle surfing. Other activities include

speedboat trips, submarine and boat excursions as well as tours using quad bikes and sand buggies.

20 or more activities are planned during the festival, including kayaking and Segway tours.

Information regarding the cost, dates, duration, equipment hire, experience required etc can be found on the website below. The organising committee stresses that the range of activities available demonstrates the potential for activity breaks right on the town’s doorstep. In addition to the scheduled activities, the town hall has negotiated discounted rates at some of the local hotels and hostels for the duration of the festival. To find out more you can consult the tourism site www.denia.net, which is also available in English.

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Helping to pay for schoolbooks MAYOR of Benissa, Juan Bautista Rosello, announced this week that the town hall has now completed payments for the first phase of the ‘Xarxa de Llibres.’ This initiative is aimed at helping many parents towards the large expenses incurred from the purchase of new school text books. Mr Rosello said this had helped 606 applicants, and involved paying out a total of €56,757. A total of 613 applications for help were made, meaning the vast majority were approved. The second phase is at the end of the school year when books will be bought back for resale, providing they are in suitable condition.

End of the line for Sidi San Juan THE online auction of the bankrupt Sidi San Juan hotel finally took place after months of holdups. An apparently straightforward sale to Torrevieja company TM for €22.5 million was almost gazumped by a last-minute €22.6 million offer. It came outside the stipulated bidding period from an Alicante cooperative, which planned to turn the hotel into luxury apartments. The judge handling the Sidi’s bankruptcy proceedings rejected the offer, maintaining the original bid made by TM. Barring lastminute surprises the developers will demolish the emblematic hotel, where Princess Diana once stayed, and build 175 properties.

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Hives poisoned in bee vendetta

HONEYBEES: Inexplicably targeted in province. By Linda Hall HONEYBEES are being targeted in Alicante Province although this is a criminal offence. Undeterred by sentences of up to three years, vandals have carried out massive beehive poisonings, said the Alicante Young Farmers Association (Asaja).

“The most recent and completely pointless episode occurred in Bacarot where one of our members lost 60 hives,” said an Asaja spokesman. Eighty per cent of the bees died while those that survived have been affected by insecticide. The Bacarot hives and others were vandalised at a time of the year when production

is at its peak, threatening not only the honey yield but the viability of commercial beekeeping. Asaja called on the authorities to investigate the vandalism and take steps to curb uncontrolled fumigations. “Misuse of pesticides is punishable and classed as a grave offence,” the spokesman said.

Negligence sentence mitigated by delay A RADIOLOGIST whose negligence caused an Alicante patient’s death was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The doctor, who received a six-month prison term and cannot practise for 18 months, must also pay €65,992 compensation to the dead man’s widow and €7,332 to each of his three children. The case goes back to 2003 when a 66-year-old man was admitted to a private clinic with strong back pains. The emer-

gency doctor diagnosed renal colic but ordered tests including an ultrasound scan performed by the radiologist. She told her colleagues verbally that there was no sign of kidney stones, prescribed painkillers and discharged the patient. Returning the following day he was admitted to the intensive care unit after entering into shock. A CAT scan revealed an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a swelling of the main blood ves-

sel leading away from the heart, but although the patient was transferred to Alicante General Hospital for an emergency operation, he died the same day. The charge faced by the radiologist normally carries a one to four-year sentence but the judge took into account the delay in bringing the case to court. Acknowledging the 12-month wait for his verdict he added that the courts’ “enormous workload should not operate to the detriment of the accused.”

An early start for gamblers A UNIVERSITY of Valencia survey found that 20 per cent of Villena youngsters admitted to internet gambling. Fifteen per cent of the 15 to 17-year-olds “were in total agreement with internet gambling” although 32.5 per cent were undecided. The researchers also found that just over 30 per cent said they could not be sure that

they would not play in the future. “These findings are alarming because minors are barred from gambling,” admitted Manuel Guardiola, president of Nueva Vida, an association that rehabilitates gambling addicts. “This motivates us to work even harder towards using prevention as a weapon against addiction,” he said.

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Spend row DENIA Town Hall has come under attack from the Ciudadanos party for spending €90,000 on purchasing Microsoft and Apple software when perfectly adequate free versions are available, such as Microsoft LibreOffice.

Postponed THE comedy ‘El Milagros d’ la Tierra’ scheduled for Saturday May 28 at the CV Auditorium TeuladaMoraira has unfortunately been postponed. For more information contact the ticket office on 965 75 04 45 or visit the auditorium.

Jobs boost CONTAINER firm Envases Grau in Tavernes de la Valldigna has announced expansion of its business. Between 15 and 25 new jobs are expected for La Safor’s third largest town.

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Awards handed out for tapas fiesta By Simon Russell THE votes have been counted and the awards were handed out for the participants in Denia’s Tapas Trail which ran for four weeks over February and March. The best tapa award, as voted by the panel, went to Restaurante La Cova Talla for its dish of grilled octopus with potatoes, with second place going to Meson Sureno. However the public vote, polled at the time, went to Restaurante Entrearomas for its eponymous ‘TapaNa Entrearomas’ dish. Prizes were also given out to members of the public who had participated and any diners who had collected 10 ‘passport stamps’ on the trail were eligible for the draw. The lucky winner was Ken Boswell whose prize is a night’s accommodation with breakfast at the Hotel Los Angeles in Denia. Ana Hegru’s name was drawn out to win, appropriately enough, a tapas meal for two at the public choices winner

TAPAS TRAIL: Diners were able to savour the culinary delights. Entrearomas. Maria Jose Manzano wins a meal for two at the Mena Restaurant awarded to someone who had used the specially created app to follow the route. La Cova Talla, which had won the prize of best tapa created using local ingredi-

ents, drew out the name of Maria Fuentes Garcia to enjoy a meal at their restaurant. More than 40 establishments took part in the festival itself where in excess of 36,000 tapas were served and enjoyed by the public.

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Beach ramp ready CALPE Council has completed the installation of a ramp on Playa de la Fossa (opposite the Esmerelda apartments) for heavy vehicle access. As well as maintenance crews this will allow better access to emergency vehicles which is a consideration for any Blue Flag quality awards. Significantly the ramp is designed to give beach access straight from the road without touching the promenade. This is speedier and also minimises wear and tear on the promenade itself.

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Gender equality THE pupils of all Denia’s private and public primary schools have signed up to an initiative aimed at fostering a healthy understanding of gender equality and rights from an early age. Each school has been issued with a teachers pack, with suggestions for activities based around the story La Peluca de Luca (Luca’s wig), and the wig in question will also be supplied. This is to be followed up by an appearance in each of the schools by storyteller and actor Paco Bertomeu who will perform the story, complete with wig of course.

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Fashion on the street THE Spring Street Fair, organised by the Javea Old Town Merchants Association, is to take place on Saturday May 28. Participating traders will be opening their stalls from 10.30am. Fashion will be particularly well represented with several clothing and accessories stalls taking part, with

many offering special discounts. The location is the Plaza de L’Eglesia and there will also be workshops and bouncy castles for the children to enjoy. This event was originally scheduled for last month but was cancelled due to the weather conditions.

Wine walk visit ON May 17, 53 members of the group U3A Oliva visited the town of Novelda, famous for its marble wine and saffron production. Highlights included the stunning Casa Museo Modernista and the Sanctuary Maria Magdalena.

OLIVA NOVA: Was designed by Seve Ballesteros, and is the location of the charity golf day. SEVE BALLESTEROS designed the Oliva Nova golf course, which is the venue for the next event staged in aid of HELP of Denia and the Marina Alta. The format is ‘Four Ball Better

Ball Stableford’ with prizes for best individual and best team, including both ladies and men. The cost is €40 and for another €20 there will be a lunch including wine.

The event is scheduled for a 9.30am shotgun start on Sunday, June 19. Contact Help of Denia on 966 427 044 or 686 320 435 for more information.

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HYPERLOOP: A futuristic development in high speed travel. RUSSIAN RAILWAYS, the vast state monopoly that is one of the world’s largest employers, is interested in bringing high speed Hyperloop trains developed by technology pioneer Elon Musk to the country. Yet to be developed the Hyperloop proposes transportation through pressurised air capsules, with analysis suggesting speeds to easily exceed 1,000 kph.

Vanishing privacy FINDFACE, a mobile phone application that allows users to upload images of strangers and identify them on Russian social media site Vkontakte, is attracting millions of searches and now serious government attention. The technology has huge implications for the security forces and has also been used to identify and shame porn actresses.

NEW APP: Potential risk to security.

Battle Royale THE spectre of ethnic tension reared its ugly head after three Tajiks were killed during a huge cemetery battle in the Moscow hinterlands. Hundreds of people wielding Kalashnikovs, shovels and crowbars fought among the gravestones, with the antagonists thought to be Russians from the North Caucasus region angry over migration from Central Asia.

Feeding fear A FORMER deputy NATO Commander and British General claimed that the West and Russia are on course for war in 2017. Though tensions have certainly escalated, Sir Alexander Richard Shirreff ’s musing should be taken with a grain of salt as he conveniently has a new book to publish.

Tough call THREE editors have resigned from one of Russia’s last major independent news outlets. Foreign journalists claim political pressure was behind the resignations at RBC, which saw the offices of its billionaire owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, raided recently. Prokhorov ran against Putin in the 2012 election and RBC has reported heavily on the president’s family.

Touching tribute AN ITALIAN seeking election to the Varese Council will strive to name a street or square

in the Lombardy town after Alexander Prokhorenko, a Russian soldier killed during the liberation of Palmyra in Syria. The 25-year-old called in an air strike on his own location after being surrounded by Daesh terrorists.

Neighbourhood watch AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has ranked Russia bottom of 27 countries rated on the extent to which their citizens welcome refugees. Only 26 per cent of Russians thought their government should do more to help those fleeing, compared to 86 per cent in China and 70 per cent in the UK.

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Short-haul savings speculation By John Smith THERE is some speculation that British Airways (BA) passengers could be charged for meals and drinks on short-haul flights as the airline continues to fight so-called budget rivals. Although denied by the airline, there are rumours that it is already in discussion with Waitrose over possi-

is the level of operating profit made by BA in 2015.

FANS: Enduring demotion and possible sale of club.

Aston Villa sold to China AMERICAN billionaire Randy Lerner has agreed to sell recently demoted Aston Villa Football Club to minority shareholder Chinese businessman Dr Tony Xia for £60 million (€78 million) and a spokesman for the club said that Mr Lerner had “sought the right owner to take care of the club and restore fortunes.” Although the sale is subject

ble food to be offered for sale. The current policy of including juice and a wrap or sandwich must be costly so if savings help to cut fares, this will most likely be welcomed by passengers, especially as a large percentage of many fares go to the government to cover insurance. The new head of BA, Spaniard Alex Cruz, has been transferred from sister airline Vueling which

People coming from North America and South East Asia are fearful of coming to Europe at all and would rather go elsewhere altogether,” Eurostar Chief Executive Nicolas Petrovic on drop-in passengers.

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to Football League approval, the new chairman will have to find a new manager and decide how to spend the estimated £90 million (€117 million) ‘parachute payment’ payable over three years if the club remains in the lower league, although this is a miniscule amount compared to the share of TV rights that Premier League clubs receive.

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Vodafone losses VODAFONE has posted losses after tax of €5.14 billion for the year to the end of March 2016 due mainly to the revaluation of its investments in Luxembourg, yet share prices rose thanks to confidence in its long-term growth and investment plan.

EU helps Rajoy THE leader of Spain’s largest union, the CCOO, Ignacio Fernández Toxo, has effectively accused the European Commission of timing its decision to delay any fine for missing EU GDP targets as being a definite benefit to Mariano Rajoy and the interim government. He suggests that the delaywill hurt opposition parties, especially if a new government inherits both the current deficit and a significant fine after the forthcoming general election on June 26.

Bankia shares offer news THERE are reports that the Bankia Group has received nearly 200,000 applications from shareholders for refunds after the ruling that the public launch of shares was misleading. It has made provision for eventual refunds of up to €1.2 billion although its dayto-day activities continue to be profitable.

2.1 million is the number of EU nationals currently working in the UK – a triumph for the economy according to government and a disaster according to those supporting the Brexit.

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In further news, a Spanish judge has put one of the world’s largest accounting firms Deloitte on notice that he is investigating that company’s role in the possibly irregular auditing of Bankia prior to the share offer and representatives of the company will be called to appear before him in late June.

merged with his low cost airline Clickair in 2009 so he has a definite understanding of the cheaper end of the market. BA has already introduced cheaper fares for those without hold baggage. With its wide range of services across Europe it often goes head-tohead with other airlines including easyJet and Ryanair so any financial saving it can make will be welcome.

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Peugeot investment THE PSA Group (Peugeot Citröen) has announced that it will invest €700 million in Spain over the next four years, mainly on the manufacture of a new model at its Vigo factory. The company has not yet revealed details but the model is speculated to be a new Peugeot SUV which will help to secure around 6,000 jobs in Vigo. Funds will also be channelled into its Madrid factory which builds the Citröen C4 Cactus.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY 3i Group PLC 507.75 2.30 Admiral Group PLC 1883.00 10.00 Anglo American PLC 577.65 -22.80 Antofagasta PLC 425.70 -3.40 ARM Holdings PLC 966.75 22.50 Ashtead Group PLC 968.50 3.50 Associated British Foods PLC 2923.00 3.00 AstraZeneca PLC 3886.50 -8.00 Aviva PLC 434.50 -2.40 Babcock International Group... 992.00 5.00 BAE Systems PLC 480.10 -3.30 Barclays PLC 176.40 0.55 Barratt Developments PLC 578.75 -2.00 Berkeley Group Holdings 3222.00 20.00 BHP Billiton PLC 797.80 -20.10 BP PLC 359.20 -2.40 British American Tobacco PLC 4134.25 -12.50 British Land Co PLC 744.75 3.50 BT Group PLC 442.82 -0.20 Bunzl PLC 2031.00 6.00 Burberry Group PLC 1088.50 -7.00 Capita PLC 1075.50 -2.00 Carnival PLC 3564.50 31.00 Centrica PLC 201.60 0.10 Coca-Cola HBC AG 1377.00 11.70 Compass Group PLC 1280.50 2.00 CRH PLC 2050.50 8.00 DCC PLC 6550.00 65.00 Diageo PLC 1829.50 -8.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 367.90 -0.10 Dixons Carphone PLC 438.80 -0.30 easyJet PLC 1476.00 7.00 Experian PLC 1268.00 3.00 Fresnillo PLC 1080.00 0.00 GKN PLC 274.20 -1.10 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1435.75 0.00 Glencore PLC 126.17 -2.65 Hammerson PLC 570.00 2.50 Hargreaves Lansdown PLC 1271.50 8.00 HSBC Holdings PLC 427.38 -1.90 Imperial Brands PLC 3693.50 -6.00 Informa PLC 669.25 2.50 Inmarsat PLC 734.75 -20.00 InterContinental Hotels Gr 2570.00 10.00 International Consolidated. 518.00 1.50 Intertek Group PLC 3298.50 6.00 Intu Properties PLC 288.20 1.70 ITV PLC 211.80 -1.10 Johnson Matthey PLC 2881.50 6.00 Kingfisher PLC 359.90 -1.30

% CHG. 0.45 0.53 -3.80 -0.79 2.38 0.36 0.10 -0.21 -0.55 0.51 -0.68 0.31 -0.34 0.62 -2.46 -0.66 -0.30 0.47 -0.05 0.30 -0.64 -0.19 0.88 0.05 0.86 0.16 0.39 1.00 -0.46 -0.03 -0.07 0.48 0.24 0.00 -0.40 0.00 -2.06 0.44 0.63 -0.44 -0.16 0.37 -2.65 0.39 0.29 0.18 0.59 -0.52 0.21 -0.36

NET VOL 275.61 33.75 1,420.95 194.71 1,279.62 104.62 29.01 137.31 311.07 54.22 293.80 3,889.30 367.92 50.26 1,221.93 1,575.43 272.71 371.37 1,687.48 24.33 166.66 43.42 26.77 927.55 40.59 140.25 56.22 12.25 196.33 188.83 86.80 101.73 105.25 106.54 204.32 295.63 5,068.41 56.72 29.21 2,470.62 204.40 126.24 475.53 87.46 353.56 14.95 178.49 736.91 19.48 427.43

COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Land Securities Group PLC 1183.50 8.00 Legal & General Group PLC 225.50 0.10 Lloyds Banking Group PLC 70.56 0.22 London Stock Exchange Gr. 2614.00 16.00 Marks & Spencer Group PLC 438.90 -5.80 Mediclinic International PLC 850.00 3.50 Merlin Entertainments PLC 416.30 0.10 Mondi PLC 1338.50 -1.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 191.75 -1.20 National Grid PLC 986.70 0.10 Next PLC 5330.00 -15.00 Old Mutual PLC 168.80 -0.90 Paddy Power Betfair PLC 8782.50 30.00 Pearson PLC 817.50 1.00 Persimmon PLC 2093.00 3.00 Provident Financial PLC 2866.00 15.00 Prudential PLC 1327.50 -6.50 Randgold Resources Ltd 6117.50 85.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 6811.00 -7.00 RELX PLC 1236.00 3.00 REXAM PLC 628.50 0.50 Rio Tinto PLC 1923.25 -29.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 637.25 -6.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Grp 233.50 1.70 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 1672.50 -16.50 Royal Mail PLC 509.50 17.60 RSA Insurance Group PLC 480.70 0.00 SABMiller PLC 4250.25 0.00 Sage Group (The) PLC 597.00 6.50 Sainsbury (J) PLC 259.55 -1.10 Schroders PLC 2569.50 -6.00 Severn Trent PLC 2211.50 -2.00 Shire PLC 4270.50 -10.00 Sky PLC 945.00 2.00 Smith & Nephew PLC 1155.50 4.00 SSE PLC 1521.50 -14.00 Standard Chartered PLC 519.50 -6.70 Standard Life PLC 330.65 -0.90 St James's Place PLC 896.75 0.00 Taylor Wimpey PLC 204.45 -1.07 Tesco PLC 162.82 -1.50 Travis Perkins PLC 1865.50 6.00 TUI AG 1038.50 0.00 Unilever PLC 3064.25 -16.50 United Utilities Group PLC 956.00 1.00 Vodafone Group PLC 228.12 -0.95 Whitbread PLC 4264.00 -16.00 Wolseley PLC 3997.00 24.39 Worldpay Group PLC 264.60 0.40 WPP PLC 1581.50 -1.00

% CHG. 0.68 0.04 0.31 0.62 -1.30 0.41 0.02 -0.07 -0.62 0.01 -0.28 -0.53 0.34 0.12 0.14 0.53 -0.49 1.41 -0.10 0.24 0.08 -1.49 -0.93 0.73 -0.98 3.58 0.00 0.00 1.10 -0.42 -0.23 -0.09 -0.23 0.21 0.35 -0.91 -1.27 -0.27 0.00 -0.52 -0.91 0.32 0.00 -0.54 0.10 -0.41 -0.37 0.61 0.15 -0.06

NET VOL 163.80 1,020.59 10,566.53 17.31 726.56 55.77 63.07 98.45 412.83 317.25 23.31 330.44 2.37 98.74 75.35 22.59 315.66 72.74 76.34 174.07 112.95 381.79 285.10 787.63 250.75 566.64 133.17 153.62 107.38 533.06 12.32 14.33 160.08 206.14 87.91 161.05 519.41 131.63 50.18 1,966.50 653.35 43.94 43.45 154.38 106.52 2,464.11 128.02 46.02 440.41 236.75

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 165.01 -0.10 -0.06% 1.7M 63.92 +1.18 +1.88% 5.3M 95.22 +1.02 +1.08% 32.0M 127.39 -0.69 -0.54% 3.3M 69.87 +0.44 +0.63% 5.7M 99.79 -0.06 -0.06% 4.7M 27.97 +0.40 +1.45% 32.7M 43.95 -0.37 -0.83% 12.9M 99.78 +1.37 +1.39% 7.3M 65.75 +1.34 +2.08% 3.9M 89.74 -0.37 -0.41% 13.2M 29.56 +0.20 +0.68% 35.0M 154.51 -0.19 -0.12% 3.2M 131.85 +0.12 +0.09% 5.1M 147.25 +2.32 +1.60% 3.7M 30.15 +0.52 +1.75% 22.8M 112.64 -0.21 -0.19% 7.4M 63.51 +0.12 +0.19% 11.9M 122.56 -2.73 -2.18% 9.7M 55.11 +0.53 +0.97% 8.6M 50.62 +0.30 +0.60% 23.9M 56.48 -0.56 -0.98% 13.7M 33.74 +0.36 +1.08% 34.6M 80.02 -0.17 -0.21% 6.5M 111.89 +1.79 +1.63% 1.8M 99.10 +0.59 +0.60% 4.3M 130.94 +0.94 +0.72% 2.5M 49.66 +0.03 +0.06% 15.3M 77.67 +0.79 +1.03% 6.3M 69.86 +0.66 +0.95% 16.7M

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Most Advanced Ocean Rig UDW Inc. PTC Therapeutics, Inc. Otonomy, Inc. Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. SunEdison Semiconductor Limited Applied Materials, Inc. EV Energy Partners, L.P. Ovascience Inc. Genocea Biosciences, Inc. AveXis, Inc. Destination XL Group, Inc.

$ 2.22 $8 $ 13.76 $ 3.50 $ 5.07 $ 22.66 $ 2.40 $ 8.67 $ 4.01 $ 38.61 $5

0.41 ▲ 22.65% 1.35 ▲ 20.30% 2.07 ▲ 17.71% 0.48 ▲ 15.89% 0.64 ▲ 14.45% 2.75 ▲ 13.81% 0.28 ▲ 13.21% 1 ▲ 13.04% 0.41 ▲ 11.39% 3.93 ▲ 11.33% 0.50 ▲ 11.11%

Most Declined Liberty Media Corporation $ 2.52 Destination Maternity Corporation $ 5.49 Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. $ 2.37 Shoe Carnival, Inc. $ 21.27 DHX Media Ltd. $ 4.89 Quality Systems, Inc. $ 13.29 ATA Inc. $ 4.88 region $ 3.02 John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. $ 50.43 ProShares UltraPro Short NASDAQ Biotechnology$ 31.90 USA Truck, Inc. $ 18.65

0.49 ▼ 16.28% 0.64 ▼ 10.44% 0.25 ▼ 9.54% 2.12 ▼ 9.06% 0.48 ▼ 8.94% 1.13 ▼ 7.84% 0.38 ▼ 7.22% 0.21 ▼ 6.50% 3.37 ▼ 6.26% 2.06 ▼ 6.07% 1.20 ▼ 6.05%

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Takeover could see unholy alliance THE German drug and chemicals-maker Bayer, known as the creator of aspirin and the first commercial marketer of heroin, has announced that it has made an unsolicited offer to buy agricultural giant Monsanto in a deal that could create the world’s biggest supplier of seeds and pesticides although no financial details have been released. Despite the fact that the war ended in 1945, there is still some significant antipathy against the company which was then known as IG Farben for their activities working hand in glove with the Nazi administration, so it is more than likely that any decision to amalgamate will be heavily scrutinised. Monsanto has had its own flock of headlines and naysayers mainly with regards to perceived dangers of genetic adaptation of agricultural crops but the company continues to be successful and has an estimated worth of €37 billion whilst Bayer is valued at €80 billion. There has been a great deal of activity around the world with an attempt by

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BAYER: Aiming to become the world’s biggest agricultural product supplier.

many large corporations to merge, sometimes for tax reasons and other times in order to dominate world markets, but a number have failed either due to a change in tax regimes or by government refusal to allow such huge conglomerates to be formed. Although not considered to be an attempt at a hostile takeover, the approach was not invited and the board of Monsanto has indicated that it will make no comment until such time as it has had an opportunity to consider the offer. There are problems with general low prices for many basic agricultural products which has resulted in a general reduction in the price of seeds, fertilisers and pesticides which raises the question of why Bayer would want to make such an acquisition now. Even if the board of Monsanto decide that they wish to recommend acceptance of the offer, there is every chance that American regulators will block it due to the strength that the combined business would have within the important US farming sector often referred to as the ‘breadbasket of the world.’

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Spain and Portugal let off THE European Commission has deferred disciplinary proceedings against Spain and Portugal for failure to meet deficit targets until after the Spanish general election on June 26, it was announced on Wednesday May 18. Spain is required to take measures worth more than €8 billion to reduce its debt below the 3 per cent of GDP target before 2017, despite Mariano Rajoy vowing to reduce taxes if he is re-elected as Spanish Prime Minister less than 24 hours earlier, on Tuesday May 17. EU Economic Commissioner, Pierre Moscovici, said that the Commission do not consider this an appropriate time economically or politically to follow through with the threat of sanctions with the Spanish election among the factors mentioned. “New deadlines are proposed for both countries to correct their excessive deficits and they would receive one extra year only thus the new deadline for Portugal will be 2016, and for Spain 2017,” he said. This is the fourth time that Spain’s deadline has been extended and it may still be fined in July should the Commission consider it prudent, with the postponement representing one last political favour for Rajoy before the upcoming elections. Spain ended 2015 with a fiscal shortfall equivalent to 5.1 per cent of GDP, failing to comply with EU targets for the umpteenth time since the recession began.

LinkedIn hacker

ANTONIO COSTA: Prime Minister of Portugal with Martin Schulz.

THE business equivalent of Facebook, LinkedIn is rather embarrassed that an internet hacker is offering to sell a supposed 100 million LinkedIn login details which were apparently secured when the company website security was breached four years ago. At that time, the company reset the accounts of the members they thought had been compromised and believed any problem had been resolved but either it was incorrect or the person advertising the sale of these details is a scammer. “We are taking immediate steps to invalidate the passwords of the accounts impacted and will contact those members to reset their passwords,” a spokeswoman for the company told the BBC. Readers using the same login details for LinkedIn and any other site, especially one of a financial nature, are advised to change their login details immediately.

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Spanish industry giants to pitch for Cuban trade

VISIT: President Barack Obama with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana. IT has been reported that Spanish electricity providers, including Gamesa, Acciona and Gas Natural, sent emissaries to Cuba in order to establish trade opportunities and connections for business development now that the US has removed its long-standing sanctions and trading embargo with the neighbouring country. The Cuban Government has apparently decided to concentrate on finding new methods of obtaining and maintaining renewable energy sources in order to minimise external influence generated from importing electro-power, preferring to produce their own. The emphasis on finding energy production sources that can be generated from wind or sun is linked to the supposition that Cuban fuel is considered to be of rather low quality, as well as in short supply. A further 55 enterprises from Spain are visiting Cuba during this official trip, organised by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce. The Cuban market, now open after the removal of the American trade and commerce blockade, has attracted massive international interest and many companies headed there in order to cement their position on this emerging economical podium. Amongst the first US companies travelling to conquer new territory were Marriott, Google and AT&T, after US leader, Barack Obama’s historical visit to Havana, closely followed by a state visit from French President, Francois Hollande; the first European leader to make the step. The exciting opportunities come with Cuban President’s Raul Castro’s policies for liberalisation and modernisation of the previously isolated state.

Modesto Pineiro, who is the Vice President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce as well as the Chairman of the Bilateral Business Committee, has stated that, “Spain has a very competitive position in Cuba - it is the third largest presence on the island - and must move to maintain its weight amongst increased competition and interest from other countries.”

38 per cent increase in exports to Cuba, a fast growing market, in 2015.

He believes that Cuba is a fast growing market and that Spain and its companies should take a leading role in Cuba’s development process. Considering that export to the island grew 38 per cent in 2015, reaching a record 964 million, it is not surprising that many countries are interested in sharing Cuba’s expanding commercial platform. Business opportunities for Spanish companies are not just limited to renewable energy products, but also to the island’s plans to develop their shipping industry and trade ports, warranting a visit from Urbas and other real-estate firms, who develop ports such as Ineco and Port of Barcelona. Furthermore, companies such as Productos La Constancia, Roser and Germina, who specialise in the installation of equipment for the food industry, are aiming to improve Cuba’s food tourism sector.

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How am I the sane one here? LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

I’m beginning to believe this could truly be the case

OTHERS THINK IT

I CAN honestly say that never in my wildest dreams would I ever consider myself the voice of sanity. However, with the ever increasing madness that seems to be prevailing on this asylum of a planet, I’m beginning to believe this could truly be the case. A first example is a group of men and women who should be the undisputed bastions of reason and responsibility, namely our esteemed judges. Instead, with monotonous regularity, we read of judgements being made by these people that truly should earn them a one way ticket to the local establishment of lunatics. This week was no exception. One of our twirling top knots actually ruled that a one-legged, self-confessed Albanian double murderer, who has a four-bedroom council house plus £2,000 (€2,587) a month

ESTEEMED JUDGES: Most of these maniacal rulings originate from the European courts. in benefits, and reputedly makes a fortune selling cocaine, should receive legal aid to fight extradition from the UK, under (you’ve guessed

it) the Human Rights Act! You will, I’m sure, note that most of these maniacal rulings originate from the European courts. Yet more reason we

should be breathing sighs of relief and good riddance next month! In yet more insanity, this week Tony Blair announced he would help

three million Albanians get the right to work in the UK! This traitor, who in my opinion is responsible for practically all our immigration problems, is still working to undermine the UK. And last, but by no means least, the Judge’s decision to gag the media in the celebrity ‘ménage a trois’ affair. The identity of this couple has been all over the Scottish Press, is rife in the American media and the Internet. In a highly expensive court proceeding Judges ruled that the British media should be banned from revealing their identity! Well, all I can say is how delighted I was to recently read they were one of the most happily married couples in show biz. Keep the faith Love Leapy, leapylee2002@gmail.com

Government Windfall a Timely Reminder to Check Your Estate HM Revenue & Customs collected over £4bn in UK inheritance tax for the 2015/16 tax year – up 21.6% from last year. While this may be good news for the government purse, it is also a useful prompt to check your own legacy is set to go to the right place. As an expatriate you may think that UK inheritance will not affect you. However, it is where you are domiciled that determines whether you are liable, not where you are resident. Even after living in Spain for many years, you could still be seen as a British domicile in the eyes of HMRC and therefore fully liable for UK inheritance tax. To make sure your legacy goes to the right place it is crucial to understand the ins and outs of the rules in both the UK and your country of residence. Why did HMRC enjoy such a bumper revenue crop this year? It is not just down to the UK government casting a wider net. First, quite simply, there was a marked increase in the number of deaths, partly due to the aggressive flu virus last year.

By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks Second, the increase in house prices generally has brought more households over the £325,000 tax threshold (£650,000 for couples). Thanks to this trend the number of family estates paying inheritance tax has quadrupled since 2010, say the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), from around 10,000 to more than 40,000 this year. With no sign of property values waning, the Treasury expects this number to double over the next five years. Is there relief on the horizon? Next year the government will introduce more breathing space as it

begins phasing in higher allowances on property for homeowners. Starting with an additional £100,000 from April 2017, the new allowance will peak in 2020 at £175,000. For couples, this will mean they can potentially leave up to £1m worth of property tax-free, but only five years from now. By then, the financial impact of the proposed changes will most likely be dampened by the continuing trend for soaring house prices. In addition, the new allowances may not apply at all for estates worth over £2m. Other complex conditions for eligibility are also likely to limit who can benefit. For example, allowances look set to only apply to property that you have lived in and left to direct descendants. As a result, the new reforms have been labelled overly complex and unfair by many commentators, even from within the same government that set the policy in the first place.

With a 40 per cent rate on anything over the current (relatively low) threshold, it is easy to see how inheritance tax has caught out so many people and given such a boost to the Treasury coffers. The complicated and limiting new allowance structure is unlikely to reverse this upward trend in the years to come. Why should you care? Remember, even if you no longer live in Britain, you can still be affected by UK inheritance tax. Domicile law is extremely complex and there are a number of ways in which your domicile status can be assessed for inheritance tax liability. That is why it is essential to get professional guidance to make sure everything is in place for your estate to be distributed as you wish, and ensure your heirs avoid paying unnecessary tax. It may be your heirs and/or executor who have to prove to HMRC that your estate should not be liable to UK

inheritance tax so it is vital to leave all your paperwork in order for them. Involving inheritance taxes and succession law of more than one country further complicates matters. You should speak to an adviser with specialist knowledge of both countries to help you understand how UK inheritance tax interacts with Spanish succession tax. By taking steps now to secure your estate, you can make sure your legacy ends up in the right hands without paying more tax than necessary. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices, which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.

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All change at Globelink It’s goodbye from David – and hello to Christina David Deverson GLOBELINK INTERNATIONAL Insurance correspondent david@globelink.co.uk

AS Globelink Travel Insurance celebrates its 20th anniversary it’s now time for me to hang up the phone and to enjoy some travelling myself. I will certainly miss the friendly banter, and hearing about your fantastic holiday experiences, and I have fond memories of meeting some of you personally at our Roadshows in Malaga, Alicante and Estepona. Many of you have regularly arranged your travel insurance with us since our early years and it is a special pleasure when I see your names year after year. I thank all of you for your support, friendship, funny stories, and even some of your constructive criticism! It doesn’t feel like 20 years ago when I started Globelink from my spare room, and

CHRISTINA SHARP: Is ready to take over.

we have come a long way since then. I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I am very proud that Globelink has become the leading travel insurer for people who live in Spain with a dedicated team focused in continuing the highest level of customer service. Many of you will be on first name terms with Tracey, Sarah, Jordan, Hayley or Alex in our Customer Service Team. Now I am pleased to introduce to you Globelink’s newly appointed Managing Director, Christina Sharp who has considerable experience in the insurance industry and joined us in January from ACE European Group. We have been working closely together to ensure a smooth handover and I know that she is

looking forward to carrying on our philosophy of treating our clients in the same way we would expect to be treated ourselves. Goodbye from David Christina has announced the first of a series of competitions to celebrate our 20th anniversary which she hopes you will participate in by sending us your favourite holiday snap. Just visit www.globelink-20th-anniver say-photo-contest for further information. I encourage you to enter and wish you luck in this chance to win a Kindle or one of many other exciting prizes. For an instant travel insurance quote or to arrange cover securely online, enabling you to print your policy documents immediately, visit www.globelink.co.uk or you can telephone Globelink on 00 44 1353 699082 or their Spanish link lines on 966 265 000 or 951 242 434.

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Fortune favours the brave The region has unexplored depth and strength of character.

By Matthew Elliott WHETHER a house, apartment, villa or idyllic finca, your home isn’t simply a place to put up your feet at the end of the day, shelter for your family, a sanctuary in the sun, it is also a serious investment. Buying or selling a property is a huge milestone and important endeavour for anyone, whether a retired couple looking to put their hard-earned finances to good use, or a young family beginning a fresh chapter in life. Whatever your circumstances, investing in Spain’s gorgeous Costa Blanca North is an especially smart decision as the region has an unexplored depth and strength of character that sees it considered a current and future hotspot for the country’s reinvigorated property market. Welding unparalleled natural beauty with an unassuming urban charm, the northern Costa Blanca boasts wonderfully rustic yet modern towns and cities, including Javea, Denia, Calpe, and, of course, a resurgent Benidorm. Ideally located between these cosmopolitan centres, whether by the Mediterranean or the mountains, are a stunning range of villages where a smart buyer can purchase almost boundless space and a level of independence difficult to find elsewhere for such excellent value for money. When it comes to investment sometimes, however, you need a little more to ensure that, not only will your family flourish, but you will see financial gain and also enjoy peace of mind, something you cannot put a price on. This is where the Costa Blanca North truly distinguishes itself. Here you will find a

RUSTIC AND MODERN: The northern Costa Blanca has unparalleled natural beauty.

community of property experts and real estate agents with roots in their neighbourhood that stretch back generations. The region has cultivated a welcome reputation for fair dealing, transparency, and cutting edge property services that combine a wealth of local experience with a smart approach to investment which ensures that you are afforded some of the best opportunities you will find in Europe. Spain is seeing its property market come back stronger than ever and the country’s coastal regions are widely considered to be the engine of recovery as an influx of serious foreign investors recognise the underdeveloped potential of places like the Costa Blanca North. If you are seriously considering investing in Spanish property then you have clearly done your homework and it is time to go the extra step and begin discussions with local agents, who have the kind of hands-on local experience that money simply cannot buy. Have a look through the pages of this property supplement and, if any of the featured specialists capture your attention, then give them a call today. It’s time to turn thoughts into action and take advantage of such an incredible array of talent, dedication and expertise right here at your disposal.

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More tips on selling your home John Graham The property expert

THIS week we will continue with my Top Tips on selling your home. Right now we will go through tips six to eight. Next week we will conclude with the last two. 6. Not everyone can afford or will want to spend a lot of money on new kitchens, bathrooms, curtains and furnishings etc to make their home look at its best. My Top Tip number six for preparing your home for the buyers visit on a low budget, is cover up and hide anything that looks worn or out of date. Sofas and chairs in the living room can be brought back to life if you buy neutral covers for them and add a few scatter cushions. All old curtains should be open and tied back. For bedrooms, buy new bed covers, and for bathrooms buy matching sets of bathroom mats and

SPARE ROOM: Make it into a dedicated guest bedroom. towels and new shower curtains. Take up carpets that look a bit worn and in the kitchen keep work surfaces clear and tidy and fit new door handles to the cupboards.

7. Most modern villas and apartments in Spain have a garage and storeroom, and the buyer needs to feel he can easily park the car and store accessories in their new home.

My Top Tip number seven is clear out the garage and storeroom so that the buyer can visualise parking the car easily and there’s also plenty of storage space available. It’s a small

detail but sales have been lost because buyers couldn’t visualize their 4x4 car fitting into the garage space. 8. Many homes have what’s commonly called a spare room, which in many cases turns into a junk room because it is not used daily. My Top Tip number eight is give this room a clear identity, you want to avoid the buyer thinking they are paying for something that is a waste of space and will probably want to reduce their offer. Make your spare room into a dedicated guest bedroom, put new neutral colored covers on the bed, add scatter cushions, a matching carpet and curtains. Or if the spare room is a bit small, turn the room into a study, buy a desk and chair, reading lamp and if you have one, put your laptop on the desk. All of a sudden your spare room looks part of the home, neat, tidy and functional. John H Graham is a Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute. You can contact him by email if you are thinking of selling your home. Email gk.ipad@me.com.

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Excellent property returns in the Spanish market ONE of the world’s largest and most respected investor indexes has revealed that returns on Spanish property are currently running at their best results in 10 years. A report from the internationally renowned MSCI has noted an excellent 15.3 per cent total return on investments in Spanish property in 2015. Its comprehensive IPD Spain Annual Property Index followed the financial performance of more than 400 investments which a have combined value of €17.6 billion. The last time such successful figures were seen was back in 2006 when property returns jumped a record 16.9 per cent. Last year’s data marks an eyecatching improvement on the 9.4 per cent increase seen in 2014, and is thought to have been encouraged by excellent capital growth, which rose to 9.7 per cent, from a solid 3.4 per cent the previous year. Senior associate at MSCI, Luis Francisco, was buoyant with the

PROPERTY MARKET: Is demonstrating wider stability in Spain. news, indicating that the figures demonstrated the “health of the sector and its new found resilience.” Real estate is continuing to be the investment of choice for companies

Fixed-rates flourishing MORTGAGE dynamics in the Spanish property market have seen a recent increase in the number of people opting for a fixed-rate deal, traditionally shunned in favour of a variablerate option. The National Consumer Institute (INE) has published new figures which show that, in the months of 2016, those selecting fixed-rate mortgages represent 10.8 per cent of the total number taken out, with an average interest rate of 3.31 per cent.

and individuals alike as it outperforms bonds and equities, he noted. Yield compression has been strong and, importantly, the situation has markedly improved across all

sectors of the property market, demonstrating wider stability and encouraging more investment throughout 2016 as the market exudes confidence.

Heaven wants its grass back GREEN is back in vogue as residents and businesses alike realise the tremendous benefits of landscaped roofs for properties. Spain has cultivated a growing reputation in the field with Madrid building one of the largest ecological covers in the world atop the Banco Santander Financial City, which boasts 100,000 square metres of greenery. Green roofs are proving to have a diverse variety of benefits. They provide thermal insulation in summer to prevent indoor temperatures rising too high, saving businesses thousands on air conditioning. Heating costs are also dramatically reduced through an awning effect, while water bills are discounted by the efficient channelling of soaked up rainwater. Noise pollution is reduced as vegetation and landscaping absorbs sound waves while seating, furniture, orchards and picnic areas provide a welcome respite for those feeling suffocated by city life. The Spanish Association of Green Covers (Aescuve) suggests that landscaping a roof professionally can be so beneficial as to revalue a property by up to 12 per cent.

Five things to ask before taking the plunge By Eleanor Hawkins A HOLIDAY home in the Spanish sun is a dream come true for many. In fact, according to a study by Re/Max Europe real estate franchise, Spain is the country with the fifth most holiday homes on the continent. However, as tempting as it is to take the plunge the moment you set eyes on what could well be the second home of your dreams, there are five questions you should ask yourself before signing on the dotted line.

HOLIDAY HOMES: A dream come true for many. - Will you love the location forever? It’s a good idea to visit the area you’re intending to adopt as your second home during the quiet season, not just when it’s packed with tourists having fun in the sun. You need to know whether you’ll still love it when it’s cloudy, or the sea breeze is too strong to lay on the beach. - How often will you be able to use it? Work out how many times per year you’ll be able to go

there. Think also of the travelling time and bear in mind your professional obligations to determine how often you really will be able to sneak away and compare them to the cost of the home and its maintenance. - Have you talked to the neighbours? Visit local bars and restaurants, wander the streets, nose about and get chatting to the neighbours and year-round residents. Ask what they like the most ( and the least)

about their lives there. - How much will you be able to rent it for? It’s important to think about this as there will often be times when you won’t be able to use the holiday home and renting it out could help cover the maintenance costs. - What are the running costs? Add up all the expenses that come with the property (community fees, taxes, etc) to avoid unexpected surprises later on.

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The deafening silence of a cover up: Stop the scandals and start locking up 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

THE recent inquest into the Hillsborough tragedy and its verdict of unlawful killing again raises questions about police conduct. Now, it’s easy enough to live in a monastery and remain squeaky-clean. It’s hard to remain decent and above the daily grind when ‘keeping in’ with the right people in the underworld is necessary to obtain information. They and the police are two sides of the same coin and have a symbiotic relationship. And compared to what passes for a police service in some parts of the developing world, the UK police look like paragons of honesty, integrity and trust. However, in the view of many, they are failing. And who knows

TRUST: Needs to be rebuilt in the police since they can’t function without it. whether it’s the police themselves, the judicial system, successive Home Secretaries or a combination of all three, but there is undeniably an urgent need for a shake up. As a writer of crime novels (all profits to Cudeca, the Costa del Sol cancer charity), I admit I’m attracted

by crime and all it entails. From lurid descriptions of crime scenes to the gruesome details of post mortems. And given the opportunity to talk to criminals, I’d jump at it for the firsthand information they’d provide. But that’s as far as it’d go. Not so with some police officers, apparently.

The charge sheet gets ever longer, doesn’t it? In addition to Hillsborough (the issue here isn’t that a police force wanted to cover up: it was that it was POSSIBLE to cover up), there’s Orgreave (police brutality), Ian Tomlinson, Plebgate, Stephen Lawrence, Rotherham (child-groom-

ing), Lords Brittan and Bramall (false allegations), to name just a few scandals. Because of the toxic combination of poor leadership and lack of public trust, what’s needed, at minimum, is a massive clear out at the top and searching questions asked. Is dividing the police into 43 forces compatible with the right command structure and cultural change? How genuine is local accountability? Are police and crime commissioners worthwhile? Are sick-leave and early retirement arrangements too generous? This isn’t about fairness or efficiency but about rebuilding the public’s trust since, without it, the police can’t function. Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore.

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BBC News Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Live Mary Berry Cooks BBC News Weather Bargain Hunt Homes Under the Hammer Gymnastics Escape to the Country Can't Touch This BBC News Regional News Weather Pointless Michael Mcintyre's Big Show The National Lottery: In It to Win It Casualty The Musketeers BBC News Weather Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle Live at the Apollo The Tuxedo Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7:30am Homes Under the Hammer 8:30am Death of a Scoundrel 10:25am The Glass Bottom Boat 12:10pm Natural World 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 2:00pm Father of the Bride 3:30pm Flog It! 4:20pm The Great British Sewing Bee 5:20pm The Great British Sewing Bee 6:20pm This Week's World 7:00pm Golf 8:00pm Nick Baker's Wild West 8:30pm RHS Chelsea Flower Show 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Secret of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony 11:30pm Artsnight 12:00am The Prestige 2:00am The Disappearance of Alice Creed 3:35am This is BBC Two

CITV ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show USA ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Kindergarten Cop Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Bang on the Money Britain's Got Talent Let's Do it: A Tribute to Victoria Wood A compilation of songs and sketches in tribute of the late comedienne. ITV News and Weather UEFA Champions League Highlights

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:20am Coronation Street Omnibus 11:50am Catchphrase 12:35pm The Cube 1:30pm A Little Princess 2:30pm FYI Daily 2:35pm A Little Princess 3:30pm Scorpion 4:25pm Uncle Buck 5:25pm FYI Daily 5:30pm Uncle Buck 6:25pm The Smurfs 2 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm The Smurfs 2 8:20pm Hulk 9:20pm FYI Daily 9:25pm Hulk 11:00pm Britain's Got More Talent 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:30am American Dad! 2:00am American Dad! 2:25am The Cleveland Show Animated spin-off from Family Guy. 2:50am The Cleveland Show

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8:00pm Francesco's Venice 9:00pm Hidden Killers of the Post War Home 10:00pm The Disappearance 10:55pm The Disappearance 11:40pm BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 12:40am Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 2:10am Tales from the Tourbus Rock legend and tour bus afficionado Rick Wakeman takes us on a timetravelling trip through the decades in this first-hand account of rockers on the road from the late 1950s to the 80s and beyond. 3:10am Top of the Pops: 1981 3:45am Top of the Pops: 1981 4:25am Sounds of the Eighties 4:50am This is BBC Four

7:10am Cycling 8:05am Motorsport 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am The Morning Line 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Superhumans Show 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing 5:15pm A Place in the Sun 6:15pm Channel 4 News 6:45pm Formula 1 8:30pm Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber 10:00pm Red 2 12:10am End of Days 2:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus 4:35am Posh Pawnbrokers 5:30am Win it Cook it 5:55am Fifteen to One

7:00am Milkshake! 9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show Live 12:30pm Fail Army 1:00pm Police Interceptors 2:00pm Police Interceptors 3:00pm Police Interceptors 4:00pm Police Interceptors 5:00pm Police Interceptors 6:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:55pm 5 News 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 10:00pm NCIS 11:00pm The Championship Final Football League Tonight. 11:45pm The 80s: The Best of Bad TV 1:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:10am Police Interceptors

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7:00am Ax Men 7:55am Motorsport UK 8:55am British Superbike Championship Highlights 9:55am Hsbc Rugby 7's Highlights 10:30am French Open Tennis 10:00pm Cycling 11:00pm Rugby: Aviva Premiership Highlights 12:00am The Long Kiss Goodnight Geena Davis plays Samantha Caine, a schoolteacher in a small town with a sweet kid and a nice boyfriend. 1:10am FYI Daily 1:15am The Long Kiss Goodnight 2:25am Hell on Wheels 3:25am Tommy Cooper 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

9:20am Godzilla 11:35am The Rock 2:05pm The Top Ten Show 2016 2:20pm Avengers 4:50pm The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 6:50pm Godzilla 9:00pm The Rock 11:20pm Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Judge Judy Where the Heart is Where the Heart is The Railway Children FYI Daily The Railway Children Columbo The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes Foyle's War Rosemary and Thyme Doc Martin Comedy drama series about a top London surgeon who developed a phobia of blood. Foyle's War Lewis Trial and Retribution Crime drama series which includes the crime, investigation and trial of a particular case. Northern Lights ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

7:00am Calendar Girls 9:00am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:15am Sweet Home Alabama 11:15am When Harry Met Sally 1:00pm Sleepless in Seattle 2:50pm Trainwreck 5:00pm The Other Woman 7:00pm Calendar Girls 9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm The Other Woman 1:10am Sweet Home Alabama

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SATURDAY TV

Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Jane the Virgin Made in Chelsea Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Maid in Manhattan The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Battle: Los Angeles Gogglebox Gogglebox

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 11:30am 1:45pm 2:00pm

7:00am Max 9:00am The Forbidden Kingdom 11:00am The Maid's Room 12:45pm Self/Less 2:45pm Fast and Furious 7 Special 3:15pm The Bad Education Movie An inept teacher takes his class on a chaotic school trip to Cornwall. 5:00pm Max 7:00pm The Forbidden Kingdom 9:00pm The Bad Education Movie 10:45pm Self/Less 12:45am The Maid's Room 2:30am The Gallows 4:00am The Maid's Room A Colombian immigrant hired as a live-in maid at a luxurious summer house witnesses something she shouldn't. Atmospheric thriller.

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold BPL Legends Bpl 100 Club Bpl 100 Club Live Super Rugby Live Super Rugby Football Gold Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Live Super Rugby Live Championship Play-Off Final Live Fight Night Super League Highlights Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Super League Highlights Championship PlayOff Final Highlights Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club

Cricket Classic Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Live Saturday Debate Live Test Cricket Live Rugby League Summer Bash Cricket Cricket Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Cricket Classic Sky Sports delves into its cricket archives to revive some Ashes action from 2005. Cricket Cricket Cricket Classic Cricket

E W N 26 May - 1 June 2016 / Costa Blanca North

7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 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 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Lose Weight for Love 5:00pm Nature's Epic Journeys 6:00pm Points of View 6:15pm Songs of Praise 6:50pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Wallander 11:30pm BBC News 11:50pm Regional News 11:55pm Weather 12:00am Room 101 12:40am Grosse Pointe Blank 2:20am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:25am BBC News

7:35am Great British Garden Revival 8:35am This Farming Life 9:35am Countryfile 10:30am The Beechgrove Garden 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure 1:00pm Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 1:30pm Rowing 3:30pm Athletics 4:30pm Gymnastics 7:00pm Golf 8:00pm Rugby Union 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Battle of Jutland: The Navy's Bloodiest Day 11:05pm QI 11:35pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone 12:25am Flat TV 12:45am Later... with Jools Holland 1:50am Countryfile 2:45am Holby City 3:45am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Playing Beethoven's 5th 8:45pm Mozart Uncovered: Mozart Arias 9:00pm Ballrooms and Ballerinas: Dance at the BBC 10:00pm BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 11:00pm Biggest Band Breakups and Makeups 12:00am Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons Side by Side: The Interview 12:30am Last Journey of the Magna Carta King 1:30am World War Two: 1945 and the Wheelchair President 3:00am Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain 4:00am Ballrooms and Ballerinas: Dance at the BBC

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7:15am Salvage S.O.S 7:40am Salvage S.O.S 8:05am Monaco Historic Grand Prix 2016 9:00am Frasier 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Step Up 2: The Streets 3:25pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 4:25pm Location, Location, Location 5:30pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:30pm Channel 4 News 6:45pm Formula 1 9:00pm Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon 10:00pm Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2016 12:30am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1:30am The Two Faces of January 3:05am Come Dine with Me 3:30am Come Dine with Me 3:55am Come Dine with Me 4:20am Come Dine with Me 4:50am Come Dine with Me

7:00am Milkshake! 10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Fail Army 11:55am Now That's Funny! 12:55pm Holy Man 3:05pm Bride Wars 4:50pm 5 News 7:00pm Kitten's Got Talent 7:55pm 5 News 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm Egypt: Secrets of the Sphinx 10:00pm 5 News 12:00am League 1 Final: Football League Tonight 12:45am Crank 2: High Voltage 2:30am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night. 4:10am The KKK: Behind the Mask 5:00am Criminals Caught on Camera 5:50am Nick's Quest

7:00am 7:25am 7:45am 8:05am 8:35am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:35pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:35am 1:10am

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 Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Rio 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 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tattoo Fixers The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners Gogglebox

SUNDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 9:50am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 2:15am 2:30am 3:30am 4:30am

7:00am 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:55pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:05pm 5:35pm 7:30pm 7:40pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 11:20pm 12:20am 1:15am 4:00am

CITV ITV News Weekend Griff's Great Britain Peston on Sunday The Jeremy Kyle Show USA ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Britain's Got Talent Midsomer Murders Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Where are They Now? The Reunions The British Soap Awards 2016 ITV News and Weather Perspectives Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights Jackpot Motorsport UK

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:30am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:15pm Britain's Got Talent 2:45pm Beethoven 3:45pm FYI Daily 3:50pm Beethoven 4:35pm The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 5:35pm FYI Daily 5:40pm The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 6:20pm Despicable Me 7:20pm FYI Daily 7:25pm Despicable Me 8:15pm Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 9:15pm FYI Daily 9:20pm Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am American Dad! 2:00am The Cleveland Show

7:00am 7:20am 7:50am 8:55am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:05pm 1:20pm 3:20pm 5:30pm 6:40pm 6:45pm 7:30pm 9:00pm 11:05pm 12:10am 12:15am 1:45am 3:05am 3:55am 4:45am 5:40am

Judge Judy On the Buses The Railway Children FYI Daily The Railway Children Heartbeat Heartbeat The Return of Sherlock Holmes Foyle's War Columbo Doc Hollywood FYI Daily Doc Hollywood Rosemary and Thyme Lewis Good Will Hunting FYI Daily Good Will Hunting Secret Smile 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.

7:00am Football's Greatest 7:20am Tommy Cooper 7:55am Formula E: Sound of the Future 8:30am Fifth Gear 9:25am Cycling 10:30am French Open Tennis 10:00pm Police Academy 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Police Academy The comic misadventures of a group of inept police recruits. 11:55pm The Chronicles of Riddick 1:00am FYI Daily 1:05am The Chronicles of Riddick 2:15am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. 3:20am Tommy Cooper 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

7:00am 8:50am 10:40am 12:40pm 2:25pm 4:25pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 10:50pm 12:45am 3:10am 5:20am

Jaws 3 Wild Wild West San Andreas John Wick Taken 3 The Last Samurai San Andreas John Wick Taken 3 True Lies Last Knights In the Line of Duty

9:30am Sex Tape 11:10am Mamma Mia! 1:10pm The Devil Wears Prada 3:10pm Hot Pursuit 4:50pm The Top Ten Show 2016 5:05pm There's Something About Mary 7:10pm Death Becomes Her 9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:40pm There's Something About Mary 12:50am Sex Tape 2:35am Election

7:00am Max 9:00am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 9:30am The Gallows 11:15am The Forbidden Kingdom 1:15pm Self/Less A dying billionaire transfers his consciousness into a new body, but is it all too good to be true? 3:15pm Max 5:15pm The Bad Education Movie An inept teacher takes his class on a chaotic school trip to Cornwall. 7:00pm The Forbidden Kingdom 9:00pm Self/Less 11:00pm The Bad Education Movie 12:45am The Maid's Room 2:30am The Gallows 4:00am The Maid's Room 5:45am Kingsman: The Secret Service Special

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 3:00am 4:00am

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Live Super Rugby Super Rugby Classic Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Championship PlayOff Final Highlights The Premier League Years Championship PlayOff Final Highlights Live League 1 PlayOff Final Football Gold Football Gold Live Fight Night League 1 Play-Off Final Highlights Championship PlayOff Final Highlights Football Gold Football Gold League 1 Play-Off Final Highlights Championship PlayOff Final Highlights The Premier League

Cricket Classics Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Live Cricket Writers on TV Live Test Cricket Cricket in the 90's Cricket Cricket Indian Premier League Final Cricket in the 90's Cricket Cricket Indian Premier League Final Cricket Day three of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka at the Emirates Durham ICG. Cricket The Verdict offers reaction to and analysis of day three of the second Test.

E W N 19 - 25 May 2016 / Costa Blanca North

10:45am Homes Under the Hammer 11:45am Family Finders 12:30pm Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:20pm Regional News 2:25pm Weather 2:30pm For What It's Worth 3:15pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm The Instant Gardener 5:45pm Flog It! 6:45pm Pointless 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm A Midsummer Night's Dream 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Regional News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:10am The Graham Norton Show

7:00am Council House Crackdown 7:45am Homes Under the Hammer 8:45am Family Finders 9:30am Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 10:00am Quo Vadis 12:45pm 102 Dalmatians 2:20pm Golf 4:20pm Emma 6:15pm Eggheads 6:45pm Bargain Hunt 7:30pm Springwatch 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Springwatch 10:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 11:00pm Upstart Crow 11:30pm The Real Versailles 12:15am Caravanner of the Year 1:25am Lose Weight for Love 2:25am Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit 3:25am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am The Secret of My Succe$s 1:35pm Big Star's Little Star 2:35pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 3:30pm Judge Rinder 4:30pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm The Chase 7:30pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Wild Australia with Ray Mears 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:15pm Class of 92 1:05am Murder, She Wrote

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Cube 9:15am Emmerdale 9:45am Catchphrase 10:30am The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 11:30am FYI Daily 11:35am The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 12:15pm The Nation's Favourite Disney Song 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm The Perfect Man 2:45pm The Perfect Man 3:50pm A Cinderella Story 4:50pm FYI Daily 4:55pm A Cinderella Story 5:45pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 6:45pm FYI Daily 6:50pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 7:55pm The Wedding Planner 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm The Wedding Planner 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy

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8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective. 8:30pm The Brecon Beacons with Iolo Williams 9:00pm Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British 10:00pm Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather 11:00pm Catch Me If You Can 1:15am Biggest Band Breakups and Makeups 2:15am Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War 3:15am The Brecon Beacons with Iolo Williams 3:45am Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather

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Countdown Will and Grace Explorers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Astro Boy Fifteen to One Countdown Couples Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed Shipping Wars The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Big Spring Clean Food Unwrapped 24 Hours in A and E An Immigrant's Guide to Britain Secret Life of the Human Pups 24 Hours in Police Custody Random Acts Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:25pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:20pm 5 News 1:25pm Home and Away 2:00pm Neighbours 2:30pm NCIS: New Orleans 3:30pm Where Eagles Dare 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm Police Interceptors 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm Police Interceptors: Fast and Furious 10:00pm Can't Pay Special: Big Family Bust Up 11:00pm Gotham 12:00am League 2 Final: Football League Tonight 12:45am Tears of the Sun 2:40am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night. 4:10am Castle 5:00am Criminals Caught on Camera

7:00am 7:45am 8:35am 9:05am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:30am

7:00am Highway Patrol 7:30am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. 8:35am The Chase 9:30am Fifth Gear 10:30am French Open Tennis Action from the French Open Tennis tournament. 10:00pm TT 2016 11:00pm Cycling 12:00am 30 Days of Night 1:05am FYI Daily 1:10am 30 Days of Night 2:20am Rugby: Aviva Premiership Highlights "" 3:25am Tommy Cooper 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home

10:50am The Goonies 12:50pm Furious 7 3:10pm The Fast and the Furious 5:10pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 7:10pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 9:00pm Furious 7 11:20pm The Fast and the Furious 1:10am 2 Fast 2 Furious 3:00am Crimson Tide

7:00am Max 9:00am Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 9:30am The Forbidden Kingdom 11:30am The Maid's Room 1:15pm Max 3:15pm The Bad Education Movie 5:00pm Self/Less 7:00pm The Forbidden Kingdom 9:00pm The Bad Education Movie An inept teacher takes his class on a chaotic school trip to Cornwall. 10:45pm Self/Less A dying billionaire transfers his consciousness into a new body, but is it all too good to be true? 12:45am The Maid's Room 2:30am The Gallows 4:00am The Maid's Room 5:45am Pitch Perfect 2 Special

6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:20am 1:20am 1:45am

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote The Return of Sherlock Holmes Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory On the Buses George and Mildred Comedy series following George and Mildred Roper. Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote The Sound of Music Live The Making of the Sound of Music Live The Knock A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

8:55am Two Weeks Notice 10:45am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 11:15am Bridget Jones's Diary 1:00pm Trainwreck 3:15pm My Best Friend's Wedding 5:10pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 7:10pm St. Vincent 9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm Bridget Jones's Diary 12:55am Juno 2:40am St. Vincent

Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed 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 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Empire The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

MONDAY TV

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5:00am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw League 1 Play-Off Final Highlights MLS Highlights League 1 Play-Off Final Highlights International Rugby Union Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Live League 2 PlayOff Final BPL Legends BPL Legends BPL Legends BPL Legends Live Elite League Speedway League 2 Play-Off Final Highlights BPL Legends BPL Legends Elite League Speedway League 2 Play-Off Final Highlights

Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket International Rugby Union Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Live Test Cricket Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket Cricket Cricket Cricket Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time Cricket Classic

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Council House Crackdown 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 11:45am World War One Remembered: The Battle of Jutland 1:30pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm For What It's Worth 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Instant Gardener 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm In the Club 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm All in the Mind 12:30am The Truth About Alcohol 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:35am BBC News

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Supporting a worthy cause I SAW an article in the latest edition (Almeria) about Nick Ainsworth of Zurgena raising money for a local child with Perthes disease. My own daughter suffered with this condition and is now a successful lawyer who also does rock climbing, skiing, kayaking etc. I would like to contact someone involved to give support and encouragement, knowing the process and the results that can be achieved. Is it possible to either provide contact details for the charity or pass on my email to someone involved so they can contact me? Regards Stan Redfern EDITORS’S NOTE: We have put Stan in contact with Nick Ainsworth

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Sadistic sport WE live in central Andalucia in a small, typically Spanish village, where hunting is the winter ‘sport.’ We have three Spanish rescue dogs and one is an Orito Podenco Español who was roaming the village two years ago with a length of rope tied tightly around his neck. Our vet said she thought that he had been hung and we believe that, as he was a young dog (six months no more) he got the rope between his sharp juvenile teeth and severed it and escaped. He now lives a contented life as a member of our 'family'. Some Spanish believe that a quick death by the gun is a waste of a bullet. Peter Stott

I WAS moved by your article prompted by a 91year-old pensioner living on the Costa del Sol. When my wife and I retired to Spain in 1996 we wished to live in peace and tranquillity. The Second World War was a traumatic experience for us, and, although neither of us was old enough to engage in the hostilities, we saw first-hand the tragedy of war, its effect on families and everyday life. Europe since then has started to work together with the EU encompassing more nations and play-

ing a major role in bringing European countries together in peaceful trading and security. Germany divided is now one nation and many other nations labouring under the yoke of communism have cast it aside and joined the EU. The newer members of the EU need the help and experience from the more developed ones. What price peace and security? Let us all bury our differences and join together to build a Europe of which we can be proud. Robert Peake, Mijas

Dogs suffer TERRIBLE, we have a ‘neighbour’ here in Benissa, Alicante with six hunting dogs chained-up and incarcerated in a small 2 x 2m tin roofed hole... the temperatures in the summer go more than 50 degrees, the dogs suffer terribly, cry and bark day and night and live in the sheer hell of their own ‘mess’... My wife and Mother-in-law are traumatised by this cruelty, complained to the town hall and after eight months they replied saying what did we expect living in the countryside... Have taken photos of these dogs and their suffering but not sure what to do with them as nobody here seems to want to know! Toni

Air affair GREAT to know that the blue flag is back in Alicante Province but are you sure that the air people breathe is good? Do you know that people still burn their green waste in this province? Some days the fumes are even blocked under a cloud of mist all over Albir! Every morning people are allowed to burn until 11am (with a permit) but too often they just let the fire burn and die out which might take another hour or two! The problem gets even worse when they not only burn green waste but add plastic, polystyrene etc. The beautiful orange groves are

some days inundated by particle pollution. There are regulations that date from 1997 and it’s high time that they update them and adapt them with the rules dictated by the Spanish Government as well as the European Union. Thank you for passing on the message so people will choose to go to beaches where the air and water are healthy! Micheline Berger

Up the ante THE Nonogram isn’t as challenging as it was before. I appreciate that you brought it back, but I’ll have

you know that I was the Basingstoke Crossword Champion for four years running before the Muslims knocked down our local Bingo Hall and replaced it with a curry house. In 2003 I was invited to Japan to participate in the Suzuki Sudoko Speed Contest and came in fifth place, although customs took my medal away. So stop patronising your readers and give us a real challenge. Gordon

Swing voters MY other half and I were deliberating on whether to write in, but de-

cided it might be of interest to some of your readers to know that we have each arranged a proxy vote in the UK for the upcoming EU referendum. Now here’s the rub, neither of us can make up our minds and, since we are both of shall we say an advanced age, have decided to ask our friends, families, and the greater public for advice on how they think we should vote before instructing our proxies. To be frank we don’t think it’ll make much difference either way but feel slightly guilty because we do have a vote, unlike many expats, and think it should be used properly. We know that, barring some miracle, the result will not really affect us in any way. We’re comfortable and secure in Spain, and have no dependents who will suffer/enjoy the consequences of our decision. We’d be especially interested in hearing from anybody who can’t vote but has a real stake in the outcome, perhaps due to children in the UK or Spain, and a very strong opinion! Philip & Vera, Palma de Mallorca

Marbella madness I FIND it astonishing that the Coastal Authority can just suddenly ‘find out’ that the land on which the chiringuitos stand is their property. A further fine example of the incompetence of Spanish bureaucrats and then of the high-handed way in which they deal with a problem they created themselves... I suppose noone will lose their job for this infringement oversight? But the chiringuito staff will presumably lose theirs and the owners will have to cough up compensation for the staff in the usual draconian way. Mike via web

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An incident remembered We pulled what was left of the car over to the side of the road and ran back to tend to the unfortunate animal.

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MY friend’s beat up Volks wagen B e e t l e l u r c h ed round a tight curve on the unlit c o u n t r y r o a d , a n d there in the glare of our headlights was a woolly overcoat on legs, one moment looking very sheepish, the next looking very upset as the car hit it full pelt. We pulled what was left of the car over to the side of the road and ran back to tend to the unfortunate animal, which as we suspected was beyond help. Then as we began to drag it from the road, we heard the so u n d o f a c a r a p proaching. As th e h e a d l i g h t s ap peared around the curve, brakes were hastily applied and the vehicle slowed to a stop. There was a moment of

DRACULA: Charlie was intent on going as his favourite character. silence with us frozen in tableau, then with a shrieking of tyres the driver of the car attempted a turn in the narrow road, and after ramming a tree and sending clods of earth into the air, it fishtailed off back the way it had come.

A week earlier, we received invitations to a fancy dress bash but Charlie and I had different ideas about what we should wear. He was intent on going as his favourite Dracula chara c te r, w hils t I thought it would be a blast to go as

Laurel and Hardy. He was built like a minor planet and I was a galloping hairpin, so we would be a perfect match. The n I ha d a brillia nt thought a nd I s ugge s te d that we go as Stan and Ollie vampires.

How cool was that. And wonder of wonders, once the suggestion had filtered through to what passed as Charlie’s brain, he liked it too. It started out well. A female friend had painstaki ngl y m ade us up as t wo blood sucking comedians complete with pasty faces, dark eye sockets, fangs and the obligatory gore, all beneath two ludicrous bowler hats. Now here we were bent over a dead sheep i n t he m i ddl e of nowher e and some moron in a car roaring off without stopping to help. What’s wrong with people I thought?

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A threat of a new right John Smith Random thoughts... IN fairness to British politicians generally, no matter on which side of the political spectrum or even if they appear to be totally incompetent, there has been very little possibility of a far right or indeed far left government coming to power in 150 years or more. The same cannot be said for the rest of Europe and it appears that Austria has escaped from having the first extreme right wing President, thanks in part to postal votes which were received from 12 per cent of that country’s tiny voting population of just 6.4 million. The early 20th century saw the rise of communism which was matched by fascism by the time of the Second World War and despite the result of the war, which saw large areas of Eastern Europe turn ‘red,’ Spain stayed defiantly rightist, Greece vacillated from Civil War to the right wing military junta and Portugal went left.

TIME WILL TELL: Syrian ‘refugees’ in Turkey.

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As the end of the 20th century approached so we saw a breakdown of communist rule and a general move towards what is generally described as Democracy. Now however the terrible events in the Middle East and Northern Africa have seen an influx of ‘foreign’ Muslims who have no concept

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A record achievement ALTHOUGH we are proud of what we achieve with the production of six weekly English language newspapers, we don’t normally ‘blow our own trumpets’ excessively but what we and our staff achieved last week with our massive 232 page Costa del Sol edition does deserve repeating. As far as we know, this is a record size for a free English language newspaper, not just in Spain but across Europe and we have to congratulate everyone involved. First and foremost we have to thank our advertisers for supporting the Costa del Sol Success supplement that consisted of 104 pages which included a whole range of stories which had to be written by our team of writers in addition to their normal work. Equally to be thanked are you the reader for risking a hernia in picking up such a large newspaper but we sincerely hope you found it enjoyable. Our printers had to tackle the largest edition they had seen from us in all of our years of working with them and the distributors had to ensure they delivered this bumper newspaper to all of their usual collection points. Last but not least, we need to thank all of the salespeople, writers, proof readers, designers and support staff who spent some very long hours preparing the newspaper for publication. We may be nearly 20 years old but we don’t sit back and hope, we go out and make sure that we produce the most successful and widely read English language newspapers in Spain.

of the European way of life and things have started to turn nasty. Many countries within the EU are agreeable to taking in these migrants/refugees but their electorate is understandably not so happy and we have seen some of the problems that can arise when two completely alien cultures clash, with Germany perhaps being one of the best examples of how good intentions can have dreadful consequences. Without doubt there will be a growth in negative response to the ever-increasing number of new ‘citizens’ entering the Union as well as the somewhat ill-timed possibility of allowing Turkish passport holders into Europe without visas. If the voters in each country are sufficiently motivated by this ever-increasing number of mainly Muslim arrivals, then they will vote for parties that promise to bring an end to the tide Now we and this could see a number of potenwant to tially right wing and possibly isolahear your views. tionist governments which could in turn lead to a break-up of the YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE European Union. - YOUR OPINION Time will tell whether this is a www.euroweeklynews.com good or bad thing.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) As you are in the middle of a plan, it would be a shame to stop now. Yes, I realise that you have given it lots of time and thought. Even so, the events midweek bring a new perspective.

(May 22 - June 21)

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Are you being asked to open your heart? What are you most afraid of about that? On the other hand, what would the rewards be if you did? Sometimes, we have to take a chance that others will not let us down or, at least that if they do, they will let us down gently.

is all that it is though, irritation. See it as a big dilemma and it throws up all sorts of anxieties. Let’s not go there. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You are being shown a great deal of affection which may be taken for granted. Even you are capable of putting people’s backs up. As you dislike making enemies, I suggest that you take a little more time with family and loved ones.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Something has come to your attention and, quite frankly, you don’t understand what is going on. It is possible that, if you don’t react, the situation will just go away. Equally, you may want to influence the outcome and fear that it will not be to your advantage.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Sometimes you wonder why people make promises when they find them so hard to keep. However, losing your temper with someone midweek will not help at all because the person you are dealing with is not very sensitive. Patience will pay off and, by the weekend, a weight will have been lifted from your mind.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) As you try to control someone else’s life, it could be that your own is slipping past you. Have you recently given up on a relationship or job that you dearly would have loved?

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) By deciding now that you will not rise to the bait on a certain matter you are taking the best option. Much as you would like to confront someone head on, it is possible that this is just what they want you to do. Be a little bit canny here.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) You seem to be in a ‘plodding’ situation that is starting to cause you some irritation. That

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Don’t ask a question unless you want to be told the truth this weekend. Go on, you’re a big person and you can take it.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Somehow you seem to be going every which way round a situation but getting nowhere. Rather than burn yourself out and fray your nerves, just stay still. At the end of the day, someone else wants to solve this dilemma as much as you do.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Are you still in a very positive frame of mind? Okay, then. It is time to decide what is to be done about that problem. If you really can’t see a way round this then

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Quick Across 1 Enlisted person (7) 5 Swimming stroke (5) 8 Apartments (5) 9 Spectacles (7) 10 Outermost (7) 11 Wait on (5) 12 Sharp or severe (5) 14 Normal (5) 19 Seashore (5) 21 Vast (7) 23 Increases in scope, range or area (7) 24 Peers (5) 25 Revolves (5) 26 Toilers (7) Down 1 Endure (6) 2 Little beyond all others (5) 3 Look over carefully (7) 4 Feel remorse (6) 5 Marine decapod crustaceans (5) 6 Mountainous European country (7) 7 Endured (6)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents B and 13 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 1 appears and Z every time the figure 13 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.

1 Tester, 4 Stand, 8 Agent, 9 Remains, 10 Echelon, 11 Onus, 12 Err, 14 Edge, 15 Ever, 18 Doe, 21 Warn, 23 Sheathe, 25 Emulate, 26 Afire, 27 Siege, 28 Behest. Down: 1 Teased, 2 Seethed, 3 Extolled, 4 Same, 5 Avian, 6 Disuse, 7 Prune, 13 Relegate, 16 Entwine, 17 Owners, 19 Essen, 20 Defect, 22 Route, 24 Babe.

QUICK Across: 13 Small talk (7) 15 Resembling (7) 16 Consider true (6) 17 Interlocking puzzle (6) 18 Stops (6)

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Across 1 Castillo (6) 4 Kiss (4) 8 Fiesta (reunión) (5) 9 Place (5) 10 Periódico (diario) (9) 14 Hedgehog (5) 15 Lack (5) 16 Fácil (sencillo) (4) 17 Poetry (6)

1 Reads, 2 Swollen, 3 Smoothly, 4 Tailor, 5 Raid, 6 Argue, 7 Several, 11 Magazine, 12 Support, 14 Raising, 15 Equate, 17 Rapid, 19 Maybe, 20 Solo.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Agradable, 7 Nogal, 8 Traje, 9 Granjeros, 13 Llave, 15 Fresa, 16 Everybody.

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Down 1 Glass (for wine, sherry, champagne) (4) 2 Cirugías (9) 3 Law (legislation) (3) 5 Stars (in sky) (9) 6 Bears (animals) (4) 7 Island (4) 11 Lento (ritmo, movimiento, caída) (4) 12 Boss (4) 13 Spade (tool) (4) 15 Ugly (appearance, person) (3)

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1 Rises, 4 Threats, 8 Apologising, 9 Solution, 10 Fear, 12 Single, 13 Patrol, 16 Park, 18 Aquarium, 21 Probability, 22 Tadpole, 23 Eagle.

20 Melodies (5) 22 Person trained to care for the sick (5)

Down: 1 Aunt, 2 Regar, 3 Delante de, 4 Butterfly, 5 Esa, 6 Chew, 10 Obeso, 11 Flag, 12 Lazy, 14 Ace.

Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (GARNER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Assent 2 Ersatz 3 Behest 4 Beadle 5 Coarse 6 Yearly 7 Sacred 8 Touchy 9 Delete 10 Couple 11 Scanty 12 Resent 13 Poncho 14 Twenty 15 Locals 16 Decade 17 Teller 18 Schema 19 Splash.

Across 1 Burglar tried urn by mistake (8) 4 Little sister follows one goddess (4) 8 Spread out the feline in Wisteria Centre (7) 10 Little orphan girl is hiding in the pannier (5) 11 Lively dance can go wrong (5) 12 Old Testament book figures (7) 13 Scary extremists stalk organisation (6) 15 Rushes off for shows (6) 19 Attack artist in a flatboat (7) 21 Philosopher who started philosophising late and too obscurely (5) 23 Fear some Territorial Army recruits (5) 24 Investigate old African dictator taking a boat (7) 25 Cast returns in Orson Welles’s ‘Othello’ (4) 26 Copy lass arranging West Indian music (8) Down 1 Creature’s scent is disguised (7) 2 Prepare for a procession (5) 3 Queen's angry outburst is wrong (6) 5 Wrong church about to be free from

pretence (7) 6 Appears to understand the manuscript (5) 7 Still in nautical miles (4) 9 Swap jazz key (5) 14 Hair highlights for unsteady skaters (7) 16 Colour that is constant in the main (5)

17 Wet forecast for bridal parties? (7) 18 Organised seance for a philosopher (6) 19 Creature spotted in the Danube? A stag perhaps (5) 20 Highest point of lilac meadow (4) 22 Boxer has a Sunday nickname (5)

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Health & safety Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I’VE been away for a few days and have been staying in hotels and have had a couple of health and safety issues. I had just finished a meal in the hotel restaurant and asked for a toothpick. The young lady went off then came back and told me they didn’t have any. “Why?” This is my standard reply when people say no to me. You ready for this - ‘health and safety.’ “What? Are you nuts? How on earth can a tooth pick be more dangerous than the steak knife you just gave me to eat the lousy overpriced tough burger you just served me and which I am having difficulty removing from my teeth?” As usual the person I was talking to was just staring at me blankly. I knew I was going to get no reason from her so I asked to see the manager. As my Polish is worse than my Spanish, I’m in the UK by the way not Poland, I was just told it was a head office decision along with removing all beer mugs with handles!! To be honest I gave up pretty quickly for me and wandered back to my room in

search of a business card to try and bend it into a shape that would do the trick which it did but not before getting some cardboard stuck in between my teeth! The second incident is a blinder. I’m in my room, just had a shower and go to walk out of the bathroom. I open the door and as it opens it springs back, because there are two bathrobes hanging behind the door, and I stub my little toe. I am now rolling on the bed in agony calling the bathroom door every name possible. I look down and see it’s obviously broken as it’s kind of hanging there at a dodgy angle. I get dressed and manage to hobble down to reception as I need to strap it to the little piggy next to it. They open the first aid kit and I find a couple of plasters that will do the job. I then ask if they have any paracetamol to help with the pain. “Oh no sir we are not allowed to give out tablets health and safety.” I said, “I just want a painkiller. I’ll sign a disclaimer.” Not a chance. Then I thought health and safety. They want health and safety, they can have it. I asked to see the manager and told him that he needed to see what had caused my broken toe. He said he will report it to the general manager and we will see what happens. Of course I will let you know. Because you know I’m not letting this go!

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Some potential road hazards 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.

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CYCLISTS: Are perhaps the most vulnerable of road users. EVERY time we get behind the wheel of a car our fate lies somewhat in the hands of others and there are potential hazards at every turn. So what hazards can drivers meet and how can you best avoid the risk? Pedestrian crossings When approaching a pedestrian crossing look both ways to see if anyone is waiting to cross and slow right down. Drivers must give way to allow them to cross and be on the look out for anything that might be blocking a clear view of the crossing. Children Look out for children and young road users as often they have no real awareness of the dangers of the roads and could cross without taking precautions. Look for tell-tale

signs of being near parks, schools and gardens. Young people can also be distracted with their head phones on or being on a mobile phone. Elderly and disabled The elderly can take longer crossing roads along with those with assisted mobility so drivers need to be more patient and aware of their vulnerability. Cyclists Cyclists are perhaps the most vulnerable groups of road users. When you go to overtake make sure you leave a minimum 1.5m gap between your vehicle and cyclist and make sure you can safely overtake. Look out for potential hazards to the cyclist that may cause them to deviate from the bike’s course.

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Items on the Agenda? AN owner took our Community and President to court for not allowing certain items to be put on the AGM agenda for discussion. The Spanish court has now ruled that the President has the obligation to include in the Agenda all items proposed by any owner, but also has the right to reject those items that are not important or relevant to the community. The Horizontal Law, Article 16.2, says the President shall include on the Agenda items that any owner requests but it does not state that the President has the right to refuse items being put on the Agenda. RB (Costa Blanca) The official Agenda for the AGM of a Community of Property Owners is important. Any point to be discussed and voted by the members should be listed on it before

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the AGM. Yes, the President is obligated to include items

proposed by members, but the Spanish courts have ruled over the years that frivolous items or items which do not pertain to the operation of the Community can be refused.

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SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. THIS week Dr Perez Belmonte wishes to respond to a letter received from a reader in response to a recent column: Dear Dr, Just read a letter from a 60-year-old. Havi ng bei ng qui t e si ck over t he l ast 15 years with all the respiratory conditions known t o m an, I over cam e i t with ‘Salt therapy’. My heart goes out to anybody with a respiratory condition, because for the last 20 years the same dose of antibiotics ar e put f or war d as t he solution. I have spoken to many surgeons and t hey al l agreed with me, however t hey cannot endor se i t because it does not come under any medical solution. I t hi nk sal t t her apy, ot her wi se known as ‘halotherapy’ in eastern European countries, is the ONLY solution for this illness. Basically, it’s a matter of breathing in the salt vapour for an hour each day to clear the lungs of the mucus that is catching, thus the coughing. I wi l l l eave i t wi t h you.

The doctor replied: Halotherapy or therapy based on the properties of salt is a form of alternat i ve t r eat m ent wi t h l i m i t ed sci ent i f i c and m et hodol ogi cal evi dence. However, i t i s bei ng used quite successfully in many countries. I t has m ai nl y been used t o t r eat pat i ent s with respiratory conditions and has had mixed results. In my case, as a scientist (Specialist in Internal Medicine and Research) I must exercise caution in suggesting a therapy with limited recommendations, but if a patient is already being treated and i s havi ng cl ear l y beneficial results with no adver se si de eff ect s, I wi l l not be t he one t o refuse it outright. What is really needed is an exhaustive study on a l arge num ber of pat i ent s undergoi ng t hi s type of therapy, as analysi s of t hi s dat a woul d provide us with valuable information.

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EXPERTS’ WARNING: Parents acting without medical advice can make the situation worse for the child. A SICK child is every parent’s nightmare, but experts warn that parents acting without medical advice can be worse for the child. The head of Paediatric Emergency at Hospital La Milagrosa in Madrid, Paloma Nacher, said there are some common mistakes made by adults when their children fall ill: Taking them to school: When a child wakes up with a fever but no other symptoms are still apparent, it is quite common

The gift of life CORDOBA’S Reina Sofia University Hospital has conducted the first liver transplant in Spain using a living adult donor to transplant to a child patient. Baby Emma was just nine months old when she received the transplant from her maternal aunt, aged 35, through keyhole surgery. Emma suffered from a rare congenital disease that causes the ducts that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder to be obstructed. She was made stable until surgery was carried out in March with both baby and aunt reported to be doing well. In Spain, few centres use laparoscopic techniques for liver surgery interventions and Reina Sofia Hospital is one of them. Professionals in this field began in 2013 and now keyhole liver surgery represents approximately 30 per cent of

that parents give the child something to lower the temperature and then send them to school, but Paloma Nacher said: “The child should not go to school because there is some reason that has sparked fever, which among other things, could be contagious, and the child needs rest.” Giving antibiotics without prescription: These drugs are not effective in treating colds or coughs and if administered too often you can create antibiotic resistance.

Alternate drugs: Many parents tend to alternate medications, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen, a pain reliever, but this practice can lead to dosing errors. Coughs: Many parents worry when they hear their children coughing and quickly reach for the medicine cabinet, but often it is just the body’s way of eliminating mucus and things on the chest. If it continues it is best to seek medical advice so the doctor can determine the type and best treat it.

Name mix up is an error in the brain MIXING up the names of family members and your pets may not be a sign of early senility, but simply a common mistake caused by the way the brain puts names into categories. A team of neuroscientists found the problem can affect everyone because of the way the brain works as names of those closest to us are grouped together in particu-

lar categories and this can include the pet dog giving a reason why you could call your child your dog’s name. Phonetics similarity between names can also enhance the mix up so if you’ve named your children with similar endings such as Milly, Mickey, Molly and Holly, then the names are more likely to get mixed up. The Duke University in

North Carolina, USA, carried out the research project and said it is more a cognitive mistake that is made and reveals something about who is considered to be in our group. A recent study has come to some curious conclusions about how our brain tends to compartmentalise so many of the things in our daily lives.

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The Daily Catch: fish & chips SITUATED in the most prime spot imaginable, right on Benidorm’s Levante beach, the town welcomes a brand new fish and chip restaurant. Elcyrel and Stefan moved over to Spain from Rotterdam last year where they had also worked in restaurants. Elcyrel and Stefan purchased the premises back in December and spent nearly four months completely refurbishing it before it was opened last month. The first thing that strikes one on arrival is the view, looking straight out onto the iconic Benidorm Island through a small cluster of palm trees. The restaurant itself is modern and spotlessly clean. When things really heat up there is also air conditioning. There are two seating areas from which the view can still be enjoyed. The food itself has all the ‘chip shop’ classics on the menu but with the emphasis on quality and value. The Fish and Chip meals contain 100 per cent cod, exactly as they should. This is cracking value at €6.50, and

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DAILY CATCH: Elcyrel Visser and Stefan van Efferen behind the counter of their new Benidorm restaurant. it costs only a euro more for a sideorder of mushy peas. Another very popular dish is the Hake Nuggets, several good sized chunks of battered

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calamari, onion rings and baguettes or paninis. Crab sticks have recently been added after customer feedback and are proving very popular. Just want to pop in for a drink and enjoy the view? Not a problem, a full bar is available but why not try some Hake Nuggets to go with that cold beer? The Daily Catch is open seven

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Live music night A FANTASTIC music event, complete with three-course meal, took place recently at Laguna Ribs in Javea, to raise money for the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre. The evening was opened by Doris Courcelles, representing the mayor of Javea, Jose Chulvi who was unavoidably detained in Alicante. She spoke passionately about the terrible disease and the ongoing need for research into the cures for cancer. Throughout the evening there was live music from Javea-based classic rock and

blues band Hangover Tuesday, and legendary singer Tony Rivers, who has worked alongside Sir Cliff Richard, Al Stewart, Shakin’ Stevens, Pink Floyd, The Who, and sang with Sir Elton John and George Michael at Live Aid. There was an eclectic mix of music, with sets by Tony Rivers, together with the fantastic Christian Pearl on keyboards, singing a collection of great songs including classics such as Hotel California and A Whiter Shade of Pale. Hangover Tuesday performed songs

from Pink Floyd, Wishbone Ash, Queen, The Rolling Stones, and others. Tony Rivers and Hangover Tuesday also collaborated on a number of songs and the addition of other special guests on harmonica and keyboards created a truly amazing night. A raffle also took place, which included prizes donated by Javea’s Casa del Vino, Gurkha Palace restaurant and The Charity Library. A fantastic €1,096 was raised for The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre. www.cnio.es

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Oh Happy Day! By Keith Baker SATURDAY would have been a great day anyway, after all, six residents of the Costa Blanca had chosen to offer themselves for Confirmation as committed Christians and members of the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy (The Church of England in Spain). Add to this that the 40 singer strong Basingstoke Ladies Choir, who were on tour in the area, offered to sing at the cere m o n y, a n d t he d a y b ec a me even more special! Then add to that the Suffragan Bishop for the Chaplaincy, the Right Reverend David Hamit, made sure that he was available to preside over the Confirmation service himself, and the day became truly memorable indeed! The c e r e m o n y t o o k p la c e in th e Nuestra Señora de la Merced Church in Calpe and fittingly it was a gloriously warm and sunny afternoon. A huge congregation gathered to support the confirmation candidates and afterwards everybody enjoyed the celebration tea party - cucumber sandwiches and all - which was held on the terrace outside the church. Over €3,000 was raised in support

SPECIAL CEREMONY: Candidates Suzie and David with Bishop David. of the continuing work of the Chaplaincy. If you would like more information on its role, contact the Senior

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Anniversary celebrations JAVEA PLAYERS’ 40th anniversary celebrations take place in the Plaza Baix during the first week of July. On Saturday July 2 there will be an ‘everybody is welcome’ party with free cake, cava and a free concert. The cake will be cut at around 7.30pm and the band, Strikland with lead singer Rob Sweeney, will strike up at 8.30pm and entertain party-goers until midnight The ever popular, Javea Players’ Summer Show plays the Casa de Cultura from Monday July 4 to Saturday July 9 and this year is a special year for the Players. They are importing from the UK the very special one-woman show, Truly Andrews, to be part of their 40th anniversary celebrations. Truly Andrews is devised and performed by singer and actress, Aimi P, who has been a devoted fan of Julie Andrews ever since she trod the boards as one of Von Trapp’s tots in a 1992 production of The Sound of Music. She has included in her tribute show, of course, the songs from Julie’s well-known Truly Andrews.

and greatly loved films such as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady, and she also performs some lesserknown but terrific numbers from the early years of Julie Andrews’ career. It is a tremendous feelgood show - so very right for a special celebration. Before Aimi’s show, theatre-goers will enjoy an al fresco three-course dinner with wine served by the Bar Imperial in the picturesque Plaza Baix at 7pm. The cost of such a perfect summer evening dinner and the show - is just €15. Early booking is strongly advised. Book at boxoffice@javeaplayers.co m or on 966 472 876.

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Support meetings By Keith Baker TWO support meetings will be held by HELP Diabetes in June. The first will be held at La Xara on Friday June 10 in the HELP Activity Centre, Avenida Oeste 29 bajo, 03709 La Xara (next door to the tabac). The guest speaker is Mrs Leigh Patterson - the ‘Foot Angel.’ Also, complications of dia-

betes will be explained by Leigh and Dorothy. The second will be held on Tuesday June 14 in the MABS room of the IMED building, Cami Calvari, Teulada. The guest speaker on this occasion is nutritionist Ms Ann Mather, whose presentation is entitled ‘The Nutritional Approach: Diabetes, Blood Pressure and Cholesterol.’

Fun musical camp THERE will be an opportunity to have fun and learn at the same time this July, when the Campament Musical Vila de Teulada takes place. The camp is organised by the Professional Conservatory of Music in Teulada, Mestre Berenguer and AMPA, the Youth Information Centre of the City of Teulada. It takes place from July 4 to 8, at the youth hostel ‘L’Oroneta.’ In the mornings qualified teachers will give lessons on a variety of instruments, and the afternoons will be dedicated to enjoying outdoor activities, such as swimming, competitions, night games and workshops. There will be a large team of monitors available 24 hours a day. For more information and prices, visit www.teu ladamoraira.org/index.php/campamento-musical.

Both meetings are 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Every meeting gives time for questions on anything related to diabetes as well as the advertised topic. For more information contact Dorothy Cook, lead professional volunteer, on 634 349 240 or email diabetes.helpofdenia@gmail.co m.

Animals benefit BARC (Busot Animal Rescue Concern) held its now Annual Wet Nose Day recently. The registered charity, which rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes lost and abandoned animals in the area raised €1,500 and saw a dog adopted at the event. There was a Fun Dog Show, a Dog Training Exhibition, a Line Dance Show and a live Jazz Band, as well as many attractions for children. If you want to know more about BARC or to get involved, call John on 965 975 470.

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Centre Veterinari Benissa: A one-stop shop for your animals ISIDOR MALLA has been a veterinarian for 30 years and is the proprietor of Centre Veterinari Benissa. At the entrance to the clinic there is a shop selling various pet foods, medicines and every accessory imaginable. Many expatriates have been known to complain that it is difficult to purchase certain products for their pets, but the product range at Centre Veterinari is vast and extensive. Products even include a special kitten food which can be hard to come by in Spain. The treatment area is a truly state-of-the-art facility with a wide range of modern equipment. The animal surgery room contains diagnostic hardware such as X-ray machines, ecographs and hi-tech computers. There are also examination rooms where animals will be looked at for any initial diagnosis upon arrival. This is a very calm area set away

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from the main part of the clinic, so that pets can feel calm, as a trip to the vet can often be a stressful situation for both owner and pet alike. Although cats and dogs make up the main part of the business, Centre Veterinari Benissa also treats a large number of birds. Slightly more exotic animals can also be looked over but it is best to check with the clinic first. Isidor is happy to take special insurance plans into account, as long as clients bring the relevant documentation along with them. Centre Veternari Benissa is open from 10am until 8.30pm and also operates a 24-hour emergency service. It can be found at Avenida Pais Valencia No 28, about 50 metres up from the Mercadona coming into Benissa from the north. If you want to contact the clinic you can call 965 731 955. The number for emergency calls is 600 266 686.

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IT seems now that most dogs wear a harness. I am unable to understand why. If one goes to a proper school they will not allow them. When a dog is being

trained I do not object to using one. A dog harness is similar to harness tack for horses. There are various designs. Harnesses can be used on Seeing Eye dogs in assistance of a disabled person, on working dogs that haul a cart or sled, in sporting events such as the Scandinavian practice of skijoring and pulka, and by non-working dogs for training purposes. Assistance dogs will sometimes wear a harness if part of their job requires guiding or providing physical mobility for a disabled person. Generally, the harness design includes a

built-in handle for the person to grip. This type also offers reinforcement to the handler as well as a padded breast plate for the dog. The sturdiness depends on whether the dog is gently leading, acting as a brace, or physically pulling a wheelchair. Harnesses come in three main types: the freight, the Hback, and the X-back. Dog sports are growing and more types of harnesses are being developed, including the Y-back style and distance harness. The freight harness is often an H-back harness that forms a ladder-like effect across the back with a wide chest band

and sometimes extra padding. The construction distributes the weight across the chest and over the shoulders because of the broadness of the area; it is designed to help the dog pull heavy weights efficiently. They may also feature a spreader bar behind the wheel dogs and before the sled or cart. Racing harnesses are often lighter and shorter than freight harnesses. The X-back harness gets its name from the straps that form an â€˜Xâ€™ across the back of the dog. It is used more frequently than the H-back, with short versions that ride further forward on the dogâ€™s body.

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Top stylish home tricks IF you’ve always drooled over stylish homes pictured in glossy you may well need these five top tricks to bring some style into your own home. Lose the clutter: declutter making sure you have plenty of good, well-thought out storage to keep everyday items close to hand but safely out of the way. Think about displays: shelves and mantelpieces benefit from carefully arranged accessories of different heights. Clever with colour: choose an accent colour from curtains, cushions and bedding and pick out accessories in complementary tones. Break and soften: add colour to a plain bathroom or break up an expanse of monotonous kitchen units with texture and soft furnishings. Say it with flowers: a bunch of flowers can create a focal point and lift a room.

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Summer living gardens Dick Handscombe

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

WAY before having our own property in Spain parts of many summers were spent in friends’ properties in La Carihuela and Montemar south of Torremolinos (Costa del Sol) going back to before the Benalmadena port was even started. Temperatures soared into the upper 40’s but features of old villa gardens that made it bearable still stick in the mind and influenced the development of our own garden. • Shade is a must. The best is under spreading old trees with a thick canopy of overlapping leaves. The second best is a covered terrace stretching out from the house. Next is a gazebo covered with a thick growth of climbers and lastly come umbrellas and sails. • If you don’t acclimatise in

SOLAR COOKER: A tasty alternative to the barbecue for cooking al fresco. the early years in Spain by taking siestas in a hammock or on a sun bed in deep shade rather than indoors with the air conditioning set below 25 degrees centigrade one will never enjoy the realities of Spanish summers. • Plant with drought resistant plants that put down deep roots which within a few

years can be weaned off constant watering. That is why bougainvilleas, lantanas, hibiscus, aeoniums, false acacias, chorisias, palms, cordylines and yuccas were so popular. The plant lists in our books ‘Your Garden in Spain’ and ‘How to use less water in your garden’ include Botanical Spanish and English

names and indicate the drought resistance of some 400 plants. By the way, if you want to grow vegetables through the summer give them shade. Even tomatoes don’t need to be in full sun to ripen. Once the sun becomes low al fresco dinners are a great thing in Spain with rather less flying insects to put up with compared with on a balmy evening in the UK. Like most we started by barbecuing but became bored with the smoky taste and found more pleasure in cooking in tagines purchased from Marrakesh, a Mexican oven, a paella pan and gas ring, and the best of all slow cooking with a solar cooker. Kits for various sizes are available from www.alsol.es. Thinking about summer insects do spray if you have to with ecological products, now widely available and safer for people, pets and nature than most chemical sprays and powders. We remain amazed at the number of chemical insecticides and fungicides in garden centres and many agricultural cooperatives when most problems can be solved by not co-planting drought resistant and thirsty plants, not overwatering and feeding, using neem oil, garlic or ecological soap sprays as insecticides and natural sulphur powder, not copper sulphate, and propolis as fungicides. (c) Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com May 2016

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Creature feature By Matt Ford BIRDLIFE in Andalucia is the richest in Europe, and although many of our summer visitors have already started breeding, the breathtaking European roller, Coracias garrulous, is still on the wing. It prefers warm, dry country with scattered trees, and is among the last migrants to arrive to southern Spain, normally appearing in April and May. A predatory species, adults love to perch prominently on bare branches, posts or overhead wires, as they sit and wait for large insects, small reptiles,

rodents or amphibians to make an appearance. It is surprisingly large, resembling a crow in both size and build, but is easily-identified by its unmistakable azure-blue head and underparts. In contrast to their parentsâ€™ ravishing appearance, the chicks display a stomachchurning defence mechanism whereby they vomit a repugnant orange liquid when threatened, making them less attractive as a snack. Sadly, as with many of our birds, its populations have shown a marked decline in recent years, and conservation work is under way in order to slow the downturn.

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Rajoy is still in denial Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

MARIANO RAJOY, acting president of the Spanish government, still believes that Albert Rivera’s Ciudadanos party robbed him of the December elections. Doubtless Ciudadanos did poach PP votes but Rajoy is in denial. He won in 2011 because the public unfairly blamed the PSOE for the economic crisis and believed in Rajoy’s promises to restore prosperity overnight. He lost his overall majority in December because those same voters, the undecided who decide elections, drifted away to other parties or didn’t bother to vote. Branding Rivera a leftie because of the Cs-PSOE pact, won’t make the PP the best centre-right option. Only defenestrating Rajoy could do that.

Redeeming remorse FORMER ETA member – and killer – Joseba Urrusolo Sistiaga is now 59 and was involved in 16 murders. He left jail in February but while there accepted the Via Nanclares reinsertion programme for ETA prisoners. This requires asking the forgiveness of victims and their families and Urrusola recently repeated to an interviewer that ETA’s operations were “barbarous” and he regretted the pain he has caused. Ter-

Long division THE tempting offer of a PSOECompromis-Podemos joint Senate list in Valencia was snapped up by regional president Ximo Puig. It was promptly vetoed by PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez and Puig toed the party line with a forced smile. The PodemosIglesias strategy is plain to see, nevertheless: if you can’t beat them, divide them. RAJOY: Still believes the C’s robbed him of the December election. Kiki Jimenez / Shutterstock.com

rorists are killers who want to bring about political change through force whether they are ETA, the IRA or Daesch. At least many in the first two groups have expressed remorse. And they never killed in the name of God.

Catalepsy and cat-flaps THERE is resentment inside Cataluña that Brussels is more concerned by a possible Brexit than a Catalexit. Brussels knows that if Catalans ever wave goodbye to Spain, the European Union and Spain would survive the impact. It would be like a smallish meteor that causes local upheaval compared to an outsize asteroid triggering tsunamis, earthquakes and mass extinction. Besides, Catalexit sounds too close to catalepsy while Catexit resembles a cat-flap.

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LOCKSMITH/ELECTRICIAN/CA RPENTER for emergency safe opening. Altea area, call Michael Rice: 686 513 510 or Calpe area Sean Gannnon: 667 507 630 (244778)

TATTOO Removal by laser fading. Free consultation. www.laser-tattoo-removal. info Calpe. Call 965 837 553 (241892)

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ELECTRICIANS www.dragonreforms.com Tel 966 807 098. Free quotes given. (238556) MB ELECTRICS. Approved electrician. Any electrical repair. Iberdrola paperwork. Affordable prices. Miquel 655 282 175 www.mbelectrics.es (243289) NEED AN ELECTRICIAN, moving meter boxes to boundaries, problems with meters tripping, new contracts, upgrading electrics. Mark 608 669 165. (240199) JAVEA British Electrician. All Electrical work undertaken. 667 591 961. (244773)

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MOBILE MECHANIC MOBILE MECHANIC, region Denia - Javea. Call Autobastian. Tel 608 860 725 / email autobastian@gmail.com (244915)

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PAINT CHAPA Y PINTURA LA PEDRERA. Paint & body workshop! Recognised by all major insurance companies. Efficient service. We speak English! 965 731 816 / info@chplapedrera .com (241759)

PAINTER/DECORATOR W. D GILMOUR. Painter & Decorator. Established 35 years in Moraira. Estimates FREE. Call William on 609 691 776 or 966 490 602. (232956)

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PEST CONTROL BUGBUSTERS Fully legal Costa Blanca Pest Control Company. EST 1994. For all pest problems, commercial and domestic. Call Lois Clark 619 054 939/96 686 5204. bugbusterslois@hotmail.com. ROESB 05552 CV (244779) CHAPA Y PINTURA LA PEDRERA (Benissa) Paint & body workshop! Recognised by all major insurance companies. Efficient service. We speak English! 965 731 816 / info@chplapedrera.com (241389)

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COSY dog boarding resort since 1997, LA NUCIA. www.omegamatari.es. Tel: 609 637 385 (244911)

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COSTA BLANCA DOG Transport. The comfort of your pet is our priority. Excellent rates and Defra run. www.costablancadoghom ing.com 675 485 613 (241801)

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WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)

WE BUY CARS, trucks and motorcycles for scrap with accident damage and good running. Authorised to cancel Spanish paperwork. Tow Truck service (Grua) also available. Call 966 104 553/655 891 570 for further details (241893)

NEED YOUR PETS TAKEN CARE OF? Not kennels, just a friendly home. Large fenced area. 699 790 080 Altea (225960)

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MORAIRA. SEMI-DETACHED TOWNHOUSE WITH GUEST APARTMENT. 3 beds, 2 baths, 85 m2. Swimming pool. Sea view. Ref.: 2ad-3587 – Price: € 130.000, Tel.:670 771 680. www.justhomes.es (228116) CALPE. VILLA WITH GUEST APARTMENT. Beautiful. Must see! Everything on 1 level! House 125m2, plot 866 m2. Rennovated in 2014. 3 beds, 3 baths, Price € 380.000, Tel: 670 771 680 (228116) AN APARTMENT IN BENIMANTELL NEAR GUADALEST. 100 SQM. 3 BEDROOMS/1 BATHROOM. GLASSED ENCLOSED BALCONY. INCLUDING GARAGE/SHED, FLOOR HEATING AND LIFT. 678 314 691 (244788) SPACIOUS SEA-VIEW VILLA in good, quiet location of Moraira, with private guest apartment. Consists of 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, the main apartment: Lounge Diner with Fireplace, glazed porch. Pool, terrace and garden. 505.000€, please ask for more information. info@inmo-solmobeca.com (241393)

VILLA wanted for immediate rent. Long term rental 4 bedrooms between Calpe & Moraira. Contact Hannah on 681 691 536 (235529)

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PROP MAINTENANCE PROPERTY SERVICE CAMPELLO -ALICANTE. Home - Pool Garden. Mobile 635 354 068 info@campellopropertyservice.com (235562)

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CLASSIFIEDS SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanishmoves.net. Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 (243500)

ROLLER SHUTTERS ROLLER SHUTTER REPAIRS, awnings, motors, mosquito blinds. Calpe + 50 kms. 659 464 992 www.toldosalchemy .com (241760)

SITUATIONS VACANT FREE accommodation in Spain in return for handyman work. Email oasisparks@yahoo .co.uk. Telephone: 696 090 776 (228034) FIELD SALES positions available. Must have own transport, English and Spanish preferred, but not essential, must have local knowledge of the area and be smart and presentable. Applications by email with full CV should be sent to recruitment@euroweek lynews.com. TELESALES positions available for our Benissa office. English and Spanish preferred, but not essential, must have local knowledge of the area and be smart and presentable. Applications by email with full CV should be sent to recruitment@euroweek lynews.com. DO you want a legal contracted position – in an office – administration – must possess common sense and a desire to work. Full and part time hours available. No time wasters please. Send cv to ssamantha328@gmail.com

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“Everything I have ever bought is in my car. People say it’s a skip and disgusting, and refuse to get in there. That’s one advantage. Another is that last week, I needed a headache pill and it was simply a case of rummaging under the seat until I found one.” Some might say...

IT’S a strange feeling to hear a manual gearstick described as vintage, but that’s the direction Aston Martin have taken their classic V12 Vantage S in, reconfiguring the powerful model

with a third pedal and a proper gearstick. Something of an anachronism in the modern quest to make life faster, more streamlined, but above all easier, the bold move

from the British manufacturer will capitalise on that atavistic demand for serious, old-school, clutch battering driving. The new V12 Vantage S manual doesn’t sacrifice speed for gear shifting interaction. It can hit 100kph in 3.9 seconds, boasts a maximum 330kph, making

ASTON MARTIN: The classic V12 Vantage S.

A T-plate tangle CONCERNED Kiwis have launched a petition to force tourists to disp l a y ‘ T- p l a t e s ’ o n their cars so that they can be more easily identified and given a wider berth. “I started it because I think there needs to be a change in the conditions for letting overseas drivers onto our roads,” said the campaign organiser before unleashing the head scratching statement that “over the last five years there have been 13.6 fatalities involving overseas drivers. Fourteen people that could have survived if overseas drivers were more informed.” New Zealand has seen record numbers of tourists in recent years, more than three million in 2015 alone, and menacing mountainous terrain, but tourism chief Chris Roberts said it was a “stupid idea” that “will never happen,” pointing out that “only a very small per-

T-PLATES: Petition launched in New Zealand. cent of overseas drivers are bad drivers, just like a small per cent of New Zealanders are bad drivers.” Detractors of the campaign have pointed out that labelling vehicles used by tourists so blatantly would

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make them easy targets for criminals and ultimately discourage visitors. Less than 6 per cent of serious incidents from 2010 to 2014 involved foreign drivers, with short-term tourists likely to make up an even smaller fraction.

it Aston Martin’s fastest series production car, helped along by a 6.0-litre engine powering 421kW and 620Nm of torque. Indeed the V12 Vantage S manual is old-school in its entirety, in its very fabric. It stands almost in defiant opposition to contemporary trends towards elegance and sophistication. Not this model – this is a loud, aggressive throwback to times past, a physically confident car that bellows, roars and curves and demands attention. So it makes perfect sense that it would abandon paddle-shifting automatic transmission in favour of a seven-speed Graziano gearbox with the

first six gears positioned as you’d expect, while the seventh is stuck in at the top right in what old-schoolers would call a dog-leg. A definite nod to enthusiasts and hardcore motorheads, the question is whether, at €170,000 there is a significant market of determined car lovers who would take the time to appreciate this beast, or whether those who can afford the model are generally the type to opt for smoother, sleeker, sexier cars they can take around town. Aston Martin has indicated that future production cars will also see manual transmissions incorporated, with automatic backup for those who have forgotten the lost art of proper driving, so the dog-leg might still have its day.

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Brexit brakes MOTORISTS are often left out of the debate on how a Brexit would affect everyday life for British nationals. Though it is impossible to be sure exactly how driving affairs would unfold should Britain leave the EU, the examples of Norway, Iceland and Switzerland are something to go on. Freedom of travel and health insurance would likely continue, albeit with slightly modified rules, while an AA report has suggested a short-term rise in petrol prices in Britain, traditionally higher than on the continent. The cost of cars could change depending on the details of any future trade deal. BMW has already warned that UK staff could see jobs threatened, impacting manufacturing, while new tariffs could come into play for anyone buying an imported car.

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Google patents a sticky car bonnet GOOGLE has patented a bizarre new ‘sticky’ technology which it intends to employ on its self-driving cars in order to protect pedestrians. A layer of the material would be added to the front of the vehicles, with the intention being

to reduce the likelihood of serious injury caused when a pedestrian hit by a car is hurled into other vehicles or objects. The patent description, which was approved on May 17, reads: “Ideally, the adhesive coating on the front portion of

the vehicle may be activated on contact and will be able to adhere to the pedestrian nearly instantaneously. “This instantaneous or nearly-instantaneous action may help to constrain the movement of the pedestrian, who may be

carried on the front end of the vehicle until the driver of the vehicle (or the vehicle itself in the case of an autonomous vehicle) reacts to the incident and applies the brakes.” The company also notes that it could be used on any car.

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Orba Warblers report LAST week the Warblers travelled to Alenda for the Presidents Cup, a stableford competition sponsored by President Arthur Sullivan. There were 36 members competing for this important event, with just the one division and first- sixth places, it was all to play for. The player and star of the day was Steve Cliffe (handicap 12.4) with a great par-breaking score of 39pts to win the cup, well done Steve. In second place initially with a good 38pts was the president himself, but he did not want to be involved with the prizes being that it was his event. So the captain presented him with a sleeve of golf balls. With the order now changed,

in second place was Chris Hoare with 35pts, winning on countback from Roy Booth also with 35pts. Steve Smith was fourth with 34pts and in fifth place was the captain David Knight with 33pts. Roger Vicars claimed sixth on countback from the

luckless Peter Gibson with 32pts. The four nearest the pins were won by David Corcoran on holes three and 16, Tim Harrison on hole five and Fred Cooley on hole 13. There were three twos, achieved by Tim Harrison and Paddy Kenmore

on the fifth and David Corcoran on the 16th. The football card was Bury, and won by Michael ‘let me get to the bar first’ Morley. Well done to all our winners. Thanks also to Arthur Sullivan for the prizes, very much appreciated by all.

PRESIDENTS CUP: Prizes were generously donated by Club President Arthur Sullivan.

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NEW GREEN: Roy Lees, one of the newer members, won the prestigious event. JAVEA GREEN bowlers enjoyed some highly competitive bowling contested on the ‘new’ green! Following the relaying of the new base, 48 members arrived not knowing what to expect, but were delighted with the way the green bowled. It’s common knowledge that problems have existed with the green over the last few years, and so many were looking to the future and were not disappointed. Obviously the green played a little slow, but the peculiarities appear to have been eliminated! The competition involved four groups of six playing in a ‘round robin’ format and threw up some incredibly close finishes. Group A finished with two teams on 39 points, with Roy Lees and John Pittaway just edging out Barry Elms and Brenda Burgess by one shot. Group B saw three teams on 40 points, and the team emerging as winners were Alan Phillips and Daphne Ramage by a two shot margin. Group C saw Chris Evans and Keith Beaman triumphant while in Group D, Ritva

McAuliffe and Gary Kent were in top spot. In fairness the semi finals were both onesided affairs, seeing the pairings of Roy Lees and John Pittaway and Ritva McAuliffe and Gary Kent going through to the final. The final, that was exceptionally well supported by our members, was all square after four ends, with both teams winning just one shot per end but then John and Roy took a grip of the match and went into the last end with a lead of 8-3. For a moment a last end shock was on the cards as Ritva and Gary held three shots, but John put an end to their hopes by drawing shot wood. The presentation was made by sponsor Maria of Dragon Insurance and President Peter Drake. Peter thanked our Members for staying and watching the final, Maria for her continued support and Jan and Alan Phillips for organising the competition so well. The general consensus was that the format of the event was very enjoyable, and it was great to see one of our newer members, Roy Lees, winning a prestigious event.

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Well done all cup winners and Anderson, top bowler 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 • Last Saturday, 88,619 fans at Wembley saw Manchester United win the FA Cup for a joint record 12th time, beating Crystal Palace 2-1 with a Jesse Lingard goal in extra time. United had Chris Smalling sent off in what is said was Louis Van Gaal’s ‘last game’ as United’s boss… his replacement, t h e ‘ Sp e c i a l O n e’ himself, Jose Mourinho! • North of the border, a near-51,000 crowd saw Hibs net twice in the last 10 minutes to defeat Rangers 3-2, to lift the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1902.

However, there were app a llin g s ce n es afte r t he game when Hibs supporters invaded the pitch and certain Rangers players were assaulted. The SFA is investigating the incident. • Elsewhere, there were cup final wins for Bayern Munich (Pep Guardiola’s last game in charge), Juventu s , Ba rc e lo n a (2 -0 o v e r Sevilla) and PSG… and therefore each team completed their domestic double. • At Wembley, Halifax b e a t G rims b y 1 -0 in the Tro p h y fin a l a n d C h ris Swailes (aged 45) scored in Morpeth Town’s 4-1 Vase final win over Hereford. • Last Sunday, England edged past Turkey 2-1 in a pre-Euro 2016 warm-up friendly before 45,000 fans at The Etihad Stadium. Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy scored the goals but Kane

also missed a penalty. • Ex-Inter Milan boss, Walter Mazzarri (54) has be c ome Wa tford’s e ighth manager in four years; Brendan Rodgers is Celtic’s new head coach; Paul Trollope is over at Cardiff City and Neil Warnock has left Rotherham.

and take nine catches in the same Test. South Africa’s AB De Villiers holds the record with 10 dismissals a nd a hundre d in a s ingle match. • Crowds of 9,122, 13,039 and 21,393 attended the three days of the Leeds Test.

CRICKET • England (298) crushed Sri Lanka (91 and 119) by an innings and 88 runs in the first Test at Headingly. • James Anderson took 10 wickets in the match (5-16 and 5-29) while Yorkshire wicket-keeper Jonny B a irs tow c la ime d nine catches and scored 140. • Anderson’s figures were the be s t by a n Englis h bowler against Sri Lanka, beating Graeme Swann’s haul of 10-181 in 2012 and Bairstow is the first Englishman to strike a century

RUGBY LEAGUE • Warrington, Catalan Dragons, Hull FC and Wigan, who outclassed the re igning c ha mpions a nd bottom club Leeds 40 points to eight on their own patch, stand 1-2-3-4 in the Super League. GOLF • Top golfer Rory McIlroy has, at last, won the Irish Open Championship. JAMES ANDERSON: Took 10 wickets against Sri Lanka.

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