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ISSUE NO. 1613

2 - 8 June 2016

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

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Journeying across the Great Divide By Gemma Elvins-Quinn A British grandfather living on the Costa Blanca is preparing to embark on an epic solo journey across America to raise money for charity. Geoff Stacey is leaving his home in Sax, Alicante Province, to travel the Trans American Trail: a 5,000 mile coast to coast trip across offroad tracks on his KTM 690 Enduro R rally bike. Geoff, aged 66, has travelled to all continents of the world, both with and without a bike, but this is his first outing with the rally bike. The trip has been several months in the making and will be in memory of his wife Sue. She sadly passed away in 2007 from a rare and undiagnosed heart condition known as Long QT, more commonly known as Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, coming as a complete shock to the family. The couple had a passion for travelling and were lucky enough to have travelled the world on several occasions. Following her diagnosis their three children had tests, being told it can be hereditary, and

were given the all clear, but their grandson Connor was diagnosed with the condition. He has since undergone treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in the UK, and seeing their work has prompted Geoff to take on the challenge to

raise funds for their charity. In five weeks time Geoff will leave the Costa Blanca and head to his starting point in North Carolina, where he will be scaling the Appalachian Mountains, going over the Rockies and the Great Divide to get to Oregon on the West

Coast around 40 days later. Companies have sponsored him with equipment and shipping costs, but all expenses are being funded by Geoff to ensure that all donations go to the GOSH. To donate, visit: www.justgiving.com/geoffst acey.

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Female addiction THIRTEEN per cent of residents in the Valencia Region who sought treatment for addictions were smokers and of these, 52 per cent were women.

The majority of smokers in the region have between 10 and 19 cigarettes a day although 32 per cent of males and 27 per cent of women smoke more than 20.

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Safe and popular option for tourists

More information TORREVIEJA Town Hall is working on a new website to have content in English to help serve the foreign community. Councillor Javier Manzanares said the site will give information and advice and its new format will allow it to be accessible from smart phones and tablets with audio and video content.

Checks on drivers NEARLY 3,000 drivers were checked during the weekend in the Murcia Region as part of controls by the Traffic Department. Of the 2,838 drivers

tested, 56 yielded positive results in alcohol readings (1.97 per cent). Twenty were also found to be driving whilst under the influence of drugs.

Communion give away by young girl AN eight-year-old from Valencia City, who made her first Communion has selflessly given away all her gifts from family and friends. She received items worth â‚Ź1,300 and has given them to a family of Ukrainian refugees that she had recently met.

FIGURES INCREASE: More foreign tourists are discovering the delights of the Costa Blanca.

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn

THE Costa Blanca is proving more popular than ever. Figures for the start of the year show a total of 1,869,411 foreign tourists visited the Valencia Region between January and May; 20.2 per cent more than the same period last year and well above the

national 13 per cent average increase in visitors. The increase in the region was also higher than other popular tourist hotspots of Madrid, CataluĂąa and the Canary Islands. Regional head of Tourism, Francesc Colomer, said the figures bode well for a successful summer, particularly as travel agents report an increase in enquiries of

Spain amidst political unrest and terrorist fears in other popular destinations such as Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey. The number of French tourists to the Costa Blanca in the first half of the year increased by 44.9 per cent, followed by the UK with 29.6 per cent more than in 2015 and Scandinavia with 16.8 per cent.

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Your papers, your views

Featured News 3

Finance 49 - 54

Stocks 50

Leapy Lee 55

Daily TV 58, 60, 62,

64, 66, 68, 70

Letters 72

Time Out 73 - 76

Colin Bird 77

NEW HOME: Will film studios become new home of RTVV?

By Linda Hall THE ill-fated Ciudad de la Luz film studios in Alicante could become the new home of Radio Television Valenciana (RTVV) in the province. The broadcaster closed down during budget cuts by the previous regional government in November 2013 but will recommence this summer. Bankrupt and at the centre of a squabble

with Brussels because it was built with public money, the film studios were due to be auctioned, but bids did not reach the required amount. Regional President Ximo Puig was confident, he said, that the European Union would now allow the Valenician regional government to reclaim the complex: “We have renegotiated with Brussels and following the auction it is our understanding that we have complied with the EU’s orders,”

Puig told the regional parliament: “If everything goes as we wish, the Generalitat, as Ciudad de la Luz’s principal credit, will once again be its proprietors.” Puig had already announced some days earlier that the complex will house the Valencian Community’s School of Cinematography and RTVV’s Alicante Province headquarters. The ultra-modern and well-equipped studios cost €343 million to be built.

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Health & Beauty 78 - 81

Social Scene 83 - 86

Property 88 - 93

Homes & Gardens 95 - 96

Pets 97

Services 98 - 105

Classifieds 106 - 108

Motoring 109

Sport 111 - 112

Social offence for peeping Tom A YOUNG man was arrested in Murcia for filming a woman having intimate relationships and then sending the footage to

friends on WhatsApp without her knowledge or permission. Specialists from the Technological Crimes Unit of the Na-

tional Police investigated the case after the woman reported the incident upon realising the video was being shared.

Police located and arrested the 21-year-old who admitted he recorded the scene through a window.

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Woman injured by fatigued furniture By Gemma Elvins-Quinn A WOMAN was taken to hospital after injuring her knee by falling off a broken chair. The 70-year-old was at the Guardia Civil headquarters in Torrevieja to lodge a complaint when she sat on a broken chair that collapsed. She was seen by an ambulance crew on site but was taken to Torrevieja Hospital with a possible fractured knee. She has since denounced the incident with the Unified Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) in a statement criticising the state of abandonment of the furniture of the complaints office.

POLICE INJURY: Woman was taken to Torrevieja Hospital after hurting herself. The AUGC said there was a warning sign on the chair telling people not to sit on it but

the sign was in Spanish and the woman was of a foreign nationality and did not understand it.

Unfortunate early summer drowning A MAN drowned in the sea at La Azohia, Cartagena. It is thought the 60-year-old got caught by a rip tide due to strong winds at Playa

de Las Palmeras. Other swimmers managed to pull him from the waves and emergency crews arrived quickly but were unable to revive him.

The seating area with the damaged chair has now been removed. This incident comes just days after AUGC Alicante denounced â€œthe pressure on agents stationed in Torrevieja and the poor condition of the equipment and facilities of the headquarters of the Guardia Civil.â€?

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Tuna is the catch of the day FISHERMEN in Torrevieja caught the attention of everyone at the fish market as they hauled their catch of 700kg of bluefin tuna from the morning’s fish. The capture of wild bluefin tuna is now especially regulated and controlled by legislation. A few weeks ago the 2016 campaign opened allowing them to be caught once a certain size had been reached.

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Camper rules review By Linda Hall IT is an issue that often gets raised across the municipalities: where motor homes and camper vans can park and for how long. Torrevieja recently asked police to carry out a report on the situation and across the border into Murcia, Aguilas requested the regional government to prohibit caravan parking on the beaches. Now, a proposal by the Compromis party put before the regional parliament in Valencia would give town halls the option of letting motor-

CAMPING: Proposal to relax rules for motor homes parking in municipalities. homes stay or telling them to move on. The Valencian Community’s Federacion de Campings criticised the proposal complaining that it could allow public administrations to compete unfairly with legal camp sites: “We have to spend money on sites, taxes, upkeep and staff,” protested the Federation’s President Juan Delgado: “We would not object to town halls providing suitable areas, but

we would if they charged much less without complying with the same conditions,” Delgado warned. The Valencia Region’s camping regulations have the consensus of the sector, argued the Partido Popular’s Tourism spokesman Fernando Pastor. It was the same as Navarra’s and Castilla-La Manchas, demonstrating that this was good legislation, he said. Compromis argued that the

initiative merely set out to respond to the growing popularity of caravanning by distinguishing between parking a vehicle and camping. Allowing a motor-home to stop for some hours while passing through was a traffic question and therefore a matter that should be left in the hands of town halls. In contrast, camping regulations are the remit of governments, Compromis said.

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Urgent rescue for trapped kitten TORREVIEJA firefighters were called to rescue a cat that got caught in a hole in the wall of a house in Calle Jacinto Benavente. The stray animal, a baby kitten, around two and a half months old, became embedded in the concrete wall. Its constant meowing alerted residents who called for help in rescuing the animal. With no way to remove it, firefighters grabbed a chisel and effectively chipped away at the wall to make way for the kitten to come out. One of the neighbours is now caring for the kitten temporarily.

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Abandoned for three decades

LEFT ABANDONED: The building is to be cleaned up. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn TORREVIEJA has promised to tidy up a site in the city that has been left abandoned for years. The council has ordered the pest control and cleaning of the building next to the Vista Alegre Exhibition Hall and has agreed to give it a use in the budgets of 2017.

The plot of 490 square metres has been abandoned for nearly three decades in the centre of Torrevieja. It was handed to the Generalitat as part of an ambitious project presented by former Mayor Pedro Hernandez Mateo in 2007 which was to turn it in to a residence for sailing students. He announced work would start on its construc-

tion within six months with a budget of over €5.5 million. As the project never materialised Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon has asked the Generalitat to return the site to the city so they can look at the most appropriate use for it and improve the site which is “damaging the urban environment” in the heart of the city.

Burned turned to burgled A HOME that was evacuated following a fire in Santa Pola has been burgled. Despite the home being secured after a fire in Calle San Jose, owners returned following repair work to find an envelope containing thousands of euros and boxes

of medieval coins were missing. Police investigations led to the arrest of two men and a woman accused of burglary and belonging to a criminal group. Most of the stolen items were recovered.

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Endesa users warned of scam virus email ents of the email to click on it, at which point your computer is at serious risk of being infected by a malicious virus that could impact your personal data. Endesa is aware of the issue and is on the case, sending an email to cus-

tomers which, translated to English, reads as follows: ‘Dear Customer: Endesa has detected a fraudulent campaign simulating Endesa bill notices inviting users to download the bill. Once you open the mail if you ‘click’ you will be linked

to a page with malicious code (virus) that blocks the personal files of computer users. Endesa do not recommend clicking on any email links or invoices that does not come from the sender: ‘Endesa Online’

gestiononline@endesaonline.com. We are taking appropriate action against these attacks. We will keep you informed of any significant change in this matter. Thanks for trusting us.’

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IT has come to the attention of Euro Weekly News that a fraud campaign targeting energy users in Spain is masquerading as an official invoice from the Endesa energy company. The email sent to unsuspecting victims comes with a link inviting recipi-

AT RISK: The Vega Baja is at highest risk of a large earthquake in the Valencia Region. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE Vega Baja has been named the area of the Valencia Region at the highest risk of a major earthquake. This is indicated by a re-

port from the Agency for Safety and Emergency Response, which is collaborating with the Valencian Institute of Buildings to create an inspection guide and damage assessment of seismic risk.

In 1829 the Vega Baja suffered an earthquake that left nearly 400 people dead. Small earthquakes are common throughout most of the year, with the last one occurring in April.

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Communion guests left with a sour taste By Gemma Elvins-Quinn COMMUNION celebrations left a nasty aftertaste last weekend when numerous guests became ill in the Murcia Region. The Department of Public Health is investigating two outbreaks of gastroenteritis among atten-

Nurse shortage revealed MURCIA was amongst the Spanish regions with the biggest increase in doctors, opthalmologists and speech therapists in 2015, according to the latest survey of health professionals from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). However the survey also showed the region had amongst the fewest number of nurses. The number of registered doctors in Spain increased 1.9 per cent in 2015 to reach 242,840, while the number of nurses increased 3.4 per cent over the same period, reaching 284,184. It equates to a rate of 4.6 doctors per 1,000 people in the population and 5.4 nurses per 1,000 people. By region, the largest increase in the number of registered doctors in 2015 took place in Melilla (4 per cent), Andalucia (3.2 per cent) and Murcia (2.7 per cent). Murcia last year had 6,800 doctors. As Murcia registered an increase in speech therapists, the survey showed the community has the highest rate of this specialist service with 0.46 therapists per 1,000 people, above Madrid with 0.43. Nationally, the number of speech therapists increased by 10.3 per cent last year with the number training as nutritionists increasing 33 per cent and dieticians 13.1 per cent. The region’s nursing ratio is amongst the lowest in the country with 3.9 nurses per 1,000 people in the population.

dees of communion parties, with food safety inspectors saying around 20 people had been affected with symptoms of diarrhoea, vomiting and fever, but the number is still increasing. “Given the symptomatology and its evolution, the most likely cause is norovirus” said Blas Marsilla, head of Food Safety of the Ministry of Health.

They are now working on determining the origin of the poisonings and if it relates to affected food. Inspectors have been able to confirm around a dozen people were affected and they shared a table at a celebration held in a restaurant in Mula. The other outbreak occurred in Murcia City. Norovirus “can be transmitted by poor hand

washing in food handling” said Blas Marsilla. In 2015, the number of people affected increased by 20 per cent in the region compared to the previous year. The increase worried public health officials, who advocate revising the legislation to ensure and enforce stricter rules on health and hygiene around food.

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New instalment for Sidi saga By Linda Hall TORREVIEJA-based TM Group, which acquired the Sidi San Juan hotel for €22.5 million, is finalising the transaction with the Alicante courts. The development group will demolish the hotel, acquired in an online auction last month, and replace it with 175 properties.

Pablo Serna, one of TM’s owners, could take legal action against the Sidi Residencial Cooperativa Valenciana after the cooperative, which had hoped to convert the hotel into luxury apartments, put in a €22.6 million offer after the online auction ended. The judge handling the Sidi company’s bankruptcy disallowed the bid but Serna is studying

the possibility of suing the cooperative for damages arising from ‘manoeuvres and written communications,’ aimed at invalidating the auction process agreed by the courts. The cooperative did not provide the required €1.5 million deposit for the online auction or during the subsequent written phase, Serna pointed out.

Brother gets five years jail THE man accused of trying to kill his brother has agreed to serve a five year prison sentence. The man appeared in front of the Provincial Court of Murcia where the prosecution had initially sought nine years in prison for the man for the crime of attempted murder with the aggravating circumstance of kinship.

The l ower sent ence was agr eed af t er t he j udge t ook i nt o account t hat t he man, who hit his brother with an iron rod, had compensated the victim for the injuries caused by his attack, which took 172 days to heal. The judge ruled that the man must not go within 500m of the victim in the next 10 years.

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Are Your Investments Suitable For You? We often write about the importance of protecting your wealth, from taxes, inflation, institutional failure etc. It is worth highlighting that one key element, whether you are looking at tax planning, estate planning, savings and investments or pensions, is that the arrangements and strategies you use should be designed around your specific personal circumstances and aims. Otherwise there may be unexpected consequences in future which do not suit what you had in mind for your family, or your investments may not be meeting your needs or could be too risky. Your circumstances change over time, as can your objectives, at which point you need to review your wealth management. So, for example, it is important to re-evaluate your financial planning when you retire, and it is critical that you carry out a thorough review when you move to Spain, to take your new circumstances, income needs and the different tax regime into account.

By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks A tailor-made strategic approach is key for the success of your investment portfolio. Every investor has different objectives, time horizon and attitude to risk. So it is vitally important that your portfolio is created and managed to meet your particular requirements. Too many people have portfolios which are not suitable for them. They often carry a higher level of risk than they are comfortable with, even though

they may not realise this. They may not have adequate diversification, or own ‘unregulated collective investment schemes’ or illiquid assets. Or the investment choices or combination of them may not actually be appropriate to meet their specific needs. The opposite can also be true – people can be too cautious, and this can have consequences in your later years. Some risk is unavoidable to achieve an investment return that will outpace inflation. However, to avoid undue risk, you should obtain a clear and objective assessment of your personal appetite for risk, for example through psychometric analysis. Once you have your risk profile, you can move on to look at allocation of assets between money market, fixed income (bonds), equities and ‘real assets’ such as property to create the most appropriate investment portfolio

to match your profile and objectives. The higher your concentration in particular assets (or asset classes), the higher the risk. The tried and tested strategy to mitigate risk is diversification - a well spread portfolio of investments, not only in terms of asset classes but also by geographic region and market sectors, in order to limit your exposure to any single sector of the market. It is widely acknowledged that asset allocation is of far greater importance than the selection of individual stocks and shares. If you want to take maximum advantage of the expertise of the world’s best investment managers, the key to success is a thorough, critical analysis of funds and fund managers in order to select the best managers for each area of investment. As part of your diversification strategy, if you use multi-manager funds, they will be managed by several different fund

managers, each selected for their expertise in specific market sectors. Finally, to achieve the best real returns, and protect your wealth for future generations, you need to use arrangements which shelter capital from tax; provide a tax efficient income, and facilitate the transfer of capital to your beneficiaries with minimum of bureaucracy and inheritance taxes. These should be arrangements which are compliant in Spain. So, for peace of mind, you need to get your appetite for risk assessed objectively and matched to the optimum investment portfolio; diversify across assets markets and investment views; review your portfolio from time to time and ensure your assets are in a tax efficient structure. 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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Promoting healthy habits ORIHUELA is promoting family sports activities in Hurchillo. The Manuel Riquelme School has organised the first sports day involving a

range of different activities aimed at all members of the fa mily. The s e inc lude a 4km ‘H e a lth March’ which also invited families to donate a kilo of

food which was donated to Caritas to support those in need. Councillor for Sports, Damaso Aparicio, said: “The initiative has been

made by the school to promote healthy habits among students and their families, as it is recognised that sport is important to a child’s development.”

Well reserved fine A MADRID tourist has been fined €150 after using his parasol to reserve a space on El Cura beach in Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca, in the first such sanction ever handed out in Spain. Local authorities consider his actions as disruptive to the ‘urban cleaning’ of public areas, despite the beachgoer insisting he had simply gone for a swim and had never left the beach. Torrevieja Council said that leaving a parasol unattended “contravenes a municipal ordinance that aims to avoid reserving a space,” as they handed out the punishment some nine months after the incident took place.

FORBIDDEN: Reserving a space on the beach. The use of parasols, deck chairs or towels to reserve places is apparently forbidden between 3am and 8am, and Beach Ccouncillor Javier Manzanares said: “People who live

in Torrevieja have seen people leaving parasols and other items on the beach at 5.30 am… it is dangerous and makes life difficult for beach cleaners, who work until 6 am.”

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Late night job at the docks

BUSY PORT: More work has led to nighttime activity on the docks. DEMAND at the Port of Alicante has led to more night time activity on the docks. With the movement of solid bulks growing 42 per cent from January and con-

42 per cent is the increase from January in movement of solid bulks at the port.

tainer traffic rising 3 per cent for the supply to the Canary Islands, more work has been occurring at night. The move has boosted coffers and led to more employment, with the rebound in construction reported as being key to the recovery and port activity returns to

nearer pre-crisis levels. However, the extra activity has also sparked complaints from neighbourhood residents in the port environment who complain about the late work. Until April 30 this year the Port of Alicante moved in total 1,200,697 tonnes compared to 907,547 tonnes in 2015. Container movement has also been improved over the previous year, rising from 41,985 containers in 2015 to the 51,236 containers to be transported this year.

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Benefits of virtual doctors MEDICAL specialists at the General Hospital of Alicante support virtual consultations implanted in six services, believing it streamlines assistance and helps to reduce the waiting list. Virtual consultations take place across six speciality fields but some primary care doctors have criticised their introduction, saying they are used as a filter for not referring patients to specialists and leads to a lack of doctors. “We have not invented anything, we’re just applying a model used in other US hospitals,” said Francisco Sogorb, head of Cardiology at the General Hospital. Paloma Vela, head of Rheumatology, said: “Although the system is overloaded, there are ways to optimise and virtual consultations is one of them.” Vela added that the system “is a fast way for the doctor to solve the problem, streamlines the system and prevents the patient movements.” Carmina Diaz, head of Neurology also rejects the complaints of primary care physicians: “Virtual consultations of neurology have been introduced at the request of the doctors themselves and everyone is happy.” Diaz added: “In some instances we resolve cases in a week, something unthinkable with current waiting lists that reach up to nine months in the ordinary consultations.”

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HOSPITAL admissions for childhood asthma have been reduced by almost half in Alicante Province since the first anti-smoking laws were introduced in January 2006. According to experts, they say this clampdown has helped reduce passive smoking, which can be attributed to problems for youngsters. According to the National Statistics Institute, last year in public hospitals in the province there were 123 admissions for asthma in children under the age of 19. In 2006 there were 227 admissions. Regarding the cases of lung cancer directly attributed to smoking, the Head of Oncology at the Alicante’s General Hospital said we still have to wait years to see the impact that antismoking laws have had on this disease. However, cases of heart problems have decreased since 2006 from 2,930 admissions to the 2,672 reported last year.

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn PALS (Protection and Life Saving) has made its largest and final donation of life saving equipment before the association closes, as they presented a new ambulance to the Mayoress of Mazarron, Alicia Jimenez, at a cost of €56,864. The group also provided an additional six defibrillators to the town at a cost of €8,349. The presentation was made at the Farewell PALS concert in the Bahia Hotel where hundreds of people enjoyed a full evening of live music from six different bands. The ambulance and defibrillators were a surprise to the audience, who applauded the efforts of PALS over the past 16 years, in which donations made now total a staggering €317,340.80, with lifesaving medical equipment donated

FINAL FAREWELL: Audience enjoys the farewell concert. to 112, Cruz Roja, Lorca and Mazarron town halls, FAST and the various health centres in the area.

PALS throughout the years became the first registered expatriate charity in the Murcia Region, and it was partly due to pressure from

Bars could face hefty fine MURCIA is to fine bars that violate closing times up to €12,000. Establishments engaged in the catering sector in the region must comply with their legal closing times or they will face penalties ranging from

PALS bows out with a new ambulance

Asthma is reduced by smoke ban

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€1,001 to €12,000, depending on the severity of the breach. The new bill was unanimously approved by the Regional Assembly. It first stated that such serious infringements were punishable by a maximum fine of €5,000 but this was later

amended with the opposition parties believing that many venues would simply carry on in breach of the closing times believing it was cheaper to pay the fine. The Regional Assembly said licences can also be temporarily suspended.

Contract irregularities at desalination plant THE whistleblower in the Aguas de las Cuencas Mediterraneas (Acuamed) scandal confirmed irregularities to a National High Court judge. The scandal broke last January when Francisco Valiente, Acuamed’s ex-director of Engineering and Construction, revealed anomalies in contracts for desalination plants and other water supply infrastructure. Much of the public sector company’s alleged corruption centred on Andalucia although Alicante Province was also involved, Valiente said. Projects including the Muchamiel-Campello and Torrevieja desalination plant had alleged irregularities in con-

tracts of public enterprises in their construction. With Torrevieja, for example, Valiente said that they “moved heaven and earth” to recover some European funds amounting to €55 million, although it had many problems. During judge Eloy Velasco’s questioning in Madrid, Valiente revealed that he and other employees were constantly pressured by Acuamed’s former managing director Arcadio Mateo. When approving contracts whose legitimacy is now questioned, Mateo would insinuate that he, too, was under pressure. This occurred with the Muchamiel-Campello plant.

PALS that the Health Centre on Camposol was constructed, the only such facility on an urbanisation anywhere in Spain. Contact with other local humanities charities was always maintained, as were open lines of helpful discussion with the various administrations locally and with the Consulate in Alicante. This is the second ambulance with which PALS has been involved with, and it was after much discussion and consideration that PALS decided that an ambulance was the most useful purchase it could make for the area, emptying their coffers to do so. PALS President Ken Payne, thanked everyone involved with PALS over the years, and in particular the current committee whose task in closing down a charity seemed almost as difficult as starting one.

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From trains to planes By Gemma Elvins-Quinn PEDRO RIVERA BARRACHINA has been named as Murcia’s new Minister for Development and Infrastructures, taking over from Francisco Bernabe. The 41-year-old comes from a legal background with no previous political experience but will have a number of high-profile projects waiting for him on his desk now that he has been officially appointed. These include the finalisation of the terms of the management contract at Corvera airport. The airport’s construction was finished five years ago and yet it remains unopened. A new contract for its management is expected to be put out to tender this month. Rivera will also be overseeing attempts to speed up the arrival of the AVE high speed train service to Murcia and Cartagena from Madrid.

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Massacre homage ALICANTE recently remembered the May 1938 bombing of the city’s municipal market by Italian aviators. At least 393 people, mainly women and children, died during the Civil War massacre and each year Alicante’s Civic Committee for the Recovery of Historical Memory honours victims. For the first time the homage held at the municipal market was an official act attended by Alicante City Mayor Gabriel Echavarri, Deputy Mayor Miguel Angel Pavon and the Valencia Region’s Vicepresident Monica Oltra. Also present was the honorary Italian consul, Danilo Angelini. Echavarri asked forgiveness in the name of the town hall “for so many years of institutional disregard.”

JOB LIST: New minister will be overseeing AVE arrival in Murcia and Cartagena.

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Scoop the poop or face the fine By Linda Hall SEVEN dog owners in San Vicente were fined €200 for not cleaning up after their pets. As two culprits were underage, the Local Police had to locate their parents to inform them of the fines. Another owner was fined €150 for letting his dog run loose in Avenida de la Almassera but the heftiest fine went to the owner of a dog belonging to a dangerous

breed. Lacking a municipal licence for the animal will cost him €800. San Vicente has an ongoing campaign urging owners to clean up after their dogs: “This is an issue that worries, upsets and exasperates citizens,” the town hall said, which has put up posters throughout the town and on public transport reminding thoughtless owners who forget their pooper-scoopers that they could be fined up to €600.

Business slow for stations THE Alicante-Madrid AVE high-speed train has been a runaway success since it began operating in June 2013. With advanced booking and special offers a single fare can be as little as €19 and many Costa Blanca expatriates sing its praises as it gets them to Madrid in just over two hours.

But that doesn’t alter the fact that some stations, like Villena’s, are little-used. It cost €11.5 million to build and five AVEs going in each direction stop there each day. Unfortunately there is no public transport to the station and rail operator Renfe’s statistics show that only 25,850

passengers out of a nationwide total of 35.129 million bought tickets in Villena during 2014. The station in RequenaUtiel, first stop on the route, is in a similar situation with no public transport to the station and sees an average 20 passengers a day boarding one of the four trains that stop there.

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Celiac day THE University of Alicante hosted numerous e ve nts a nd w e lc ome d the Celiac Association of Va le nc ia (A C EC O VA ), to ma rk the N a tional Day of Celiacs.

Residents welcome ALICANTE’S General Hospital has welcomed 69 ne w re s ide nt doc tors who are continuing their postgraduate studies in various different fields of specialities.

Cleaning contract THE cleaning contract for all public buildings of Crevillente will cost €1.2 million and comprise a total of 40 buildings.

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Defending By Gemma Elvins-Quinn PROVIA, the Association of Real Estate Developers of the Province of Alicante has launched a platform to defend the tourism rental industry on the Costa Blanca. Promoters claim that the campaign, which was begun by hoteliers, and supported by the Valencian Agency of Tourism to deter private rentals in villas and apartments, has begun to have a negative effect on the building sector. They say potential buyers are being put off by the negative publicity against rentals and the threats of fines for those who do not register their home as being rented out. “They pay their taxes but are now scared,” said Jesualdo Ros, secretary general of Provia. They have now set up the platform ‘Let’s save holiday rentals / Save tourist rental’ and are seeking to hold

RENTAL THREAT: Provia warns go meetings both with politicians and with other groups that may be affected by the new regulations.

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overnment legislation could harm the tourist industry. The platform calls for a fair regulation, allowing home owners to legally and freely rent out their homes as

tourist accommodation. The initiative has a page on Facebook page â€˜salvemoselalquilerturisticoâ€™ and an account on

Twitter www.twitter.com/ PlataformaAT which reports on the current industry both in the Valencia Community and in other regions of Spain. Provia warns the development of a restrictive legislative framework for rental housing for short stays, launched in other regions, could paralyse the growth of one of the strategic economic sectors for the province. The association has received concern by companies, foreign residentsâ€™ associations and other social sectors which fear Valencia will lose vital income and tourists. The aim of the platform is to integrate all the agents involved in renting tourist homes and whose objective is to value the benefits that tourism brings to the community and emphasise the dangers arising from the change to a more restrictive legislation.

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Safer bus stop for local children By Gemma Elvins-Quinn A NEW bus stop has been agreed upon in Torrevieja to prevent children from having a l o n g wa l k o n b u s y roads to school. Councillor Javier Manzanares said they have made a new agreement with Costa Azul bus company to ensure that users of the bus service going to the ADIEM School (Association for the Protec-

tion and Integration of People with Mental Illness Vega Baja) will be closer to the centre. The councillor said: â€œSo fa r u s e rs , ma n y o f th e m children, had been dropped off almost 1km away from the centre as there was no closer stop and the journey, besides being long, could be dangerous in some places.â€? Working with Costa Azul

on a s olution a nd a fte r s tudying s e ve ra l options and conducting appropriate consultations between the technical departments and the bus c ompa ny, a ne w stop is now being used in front of the Sports Palace in Avenida Monge and Bielsa, much closer to ADIEM. Manzanares thanked Costa Azul for their assistance in solving the problem.

School urgently needed A SECOND school is wanted in Pilar de la Horadada. Mayor Ignacio Ramos and the councillor for Education, Mayte Valero, held a meeting with the Ministry of Education, Research, Culture and Sports, in which they expressed the urgent need for the construction of a second school in the municipality.

The mayor and councillor showed the report requested by the Regional Directorate of Education, conducted by the inspector Santiago Iniguez, which certifies the urgency and the need for a second school in the municipality. The basic project is already drafted and Ignacio Ramos called for work to start in 2019.

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Harsh words for English B1 exam By Linda Hall THOUSANDS of students in the Valencia Region taking English at an Official Language School (EOI) have protested about this year’s Level B1 exam. They complained to the Regional Government’s Department of Education, protesting about the complexity of the exam questions. The students insisted that these did not respect official guidelines.

“We are challenging the exam and asking to resit it,” said Magdalena Delicado from Alicante City. She has started an online petition that was signed by 2,000 on its first day and will be added to others from each EOI. One student, who habitually obtains a 10 in reading comprehension tests, complained that she was asked to compare the structure of classical music with computer programmes like Windows and Linux.

“I’ve been preparing this for four years, paying private academies, fitting in lessons with my other commitments and all for this!” exclaimed another. “The students should wait for their results because it’s normal to feel worried after coming out of an exam,” said EOI sources. This year’s exams were a pilot scheme and the committee would attend to teachers’ indications if a problem was detected when the papers were marked, the same sources said.

Adoption rules are relaxed COUPLES in common-law partnerships, regardless of gender, can now adopt in the Valencian Community. The Compromis party proposal was backed by the PSOE socialists and the Podemos party although the Partido Popular (PP) and Ciudadanos abstained.

Compromis spokesman Fran Ferri said the modification was similar to legislation in other autonomous regions while his PP counterpart Maria Jose Catala declared that her party “had nothing to prove.” The Compromis initiative was “sheer marketing” according to Catala.

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Better use needed CRISTINA RODES, president of the Provincial Association of Alicante Hotels wants better use made of the port’s Volvo Zone. She has called on the need for a committee to regulate the use of the piers used for the Volvo Ocean Race, which would give them a year-round use with activities and timetables adapted to the sector. The association suggested that the regional government should allow the town hall to decide on appropriate opening hours for events that could be staged in privileged areas facing the sea. Currently these are used only once a year.

“The announcement that Alicante is hosting the Volvo departure until 2023 serves little purpose if we don’t know how to make the most of the port area. There should be something for all tastes and for families, too,” Cristina Rodes said. Until now Volvo Zone area which comprises Piers 10 and 14 is hardly used apart from one-off events like the Spring Festival. Even the open-air markets are sited on the plaza in front of the Casino: “The association has already suggested the Volvo Zone would be a prime site for the best sailing school in the Mediterranean. That would be a start.”

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WATER SAVING: A visit to the municipal facilities irrigated by rain water.

Water saving ways By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ORIHUELA has saved more than 20 million litres of water a year by irrigating green areas with rainwater. Councillor for the Environment, Miguel Angel Fernandez and manager of Hidraqua, Juan Jose Alonso, visited this week the different municipal facilities that have been using rainwater for irrigation. The Hidraqua manager explained that “this initiative came following a study on the vari-

ous possibilities that existed in the municipality to have alternative resources” and that: “we believe it is the best choice from the point of being technically and economically feasible.” The rainwater is collected in a pumping station and then undergoes a pre-treatment to disinfect the water to ensure “we get the necessary quality required for irrigation use of urba n gr een ar eas, par ks, and spor t s fields.”

A NEW plan for pest management in the palm groves of Elche, which launched in September, has managed to save 500 trees. The town hall created a geolocation map of all specimens affected by the palm weevil pest and generated a database with “much more comprehensive information” said the municipal advisor Jose Javier Siguenza. By having greater data and information, Siguenza said it allows the city to be able to act better in treating and preventing spread of the pest. In a first review (held from September 29, 2015 to March 1, 2016) 1,021 infected palms were detected. After a second survey taken recently, the city has managed to save 55 per cent of these trees, which remain under intensive monitoring.

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Question mark over hours THE Provincial Hotel Association of Alicante has denounced the apathy of Alicante City in approving their summer schedules. Hoteliers and restaurateurs have been waiting for a resolution since April and the Department of Planning, responsible for the matter, still has to agree to later openings and discuss the issue yet the deadline for applications for extended hours closes today (June 2). They are calling on Councillor Miguel Angel Pavon to validate the extra hours for the summer season which runs from June 17 to September 25. These allow bars and pubs to stay open until 4am.

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Pricey night taxis By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE rate of a night taxi in Alicante is the second most expensive in Spain. The rate in the city for a taxi at night making a 3km journey is € 1 0 . 3 8 , j u s t b e h i n d Ta r r a g o n a a t €10.91. The figures were revealed in a study by the Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU). They produced a study with data from 54 cities

3km journey through the city of Alicante was €10.38 at night, just behind Tarragona at €10.91,

with the objective to find out the price differences on tariffs across two journeys: one of a 3km journey at 11am and the other, the same journey but made at night. They reported that the fees charged by taxis to their users vary up to 110 per cent depending on the city and where and when the service is used. For day time trips, the average price was €6.17 with Las Palmas (€4.63)

NIGHTLY FEES: Alicante taxis are second most expensive to use. being the cheapest. In Tarragona the price rose to €8.76. The average night time price was €8.07 with Albacete offering it the cheapest at €5.70. The average minimum fare of the cities analysed was €1.82. The OCU

report added that many cities also added surcharges or supplements for certain services such as night and bank holiday journeys as well as for special destinations such as train stations and airports.

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Importance of g tourism recogni By Gemma Elvins-Quinn MURCIA is looking to attract more golfers to the region, recognising the benefits it brings to the economy. Last year the region’s 22 golf courses brought around 130,000 visitors, spending more than the average tourist and staying longer: an average of 16 days as opposed to the average 12 days from ‘traditional’ tourists. Golfers’ average daily spend is also reported to be around €189, boosting Murcia’s economy by €225 million each year. Tourism agencies and the regional government are keen to further boost this figure and are looking at promoting golf as a year round attraction.

The region has been present at a number of tourism events, particularly in Scandinavia to attract more golfers. As a result, contact and agreements have been made with golf tour operators, one being with Eastongolf who will now be bringing some 600 Swedish golfers to Murcia from now until the end of November. The move follows in the footsteps of Alicante Province. Eighty-eight per cent of golfers in Alicante are from outside Spain, the majority from the UK, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands and they spend an average €1,371 per head, compared to the €867 left by non-golfing tourists.

BIG BUSINESS: Murcia figh tourism economy.

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Buildings due a makeover ALICANTE Province has 205,217 residential buildings built before 1981, which may have to undergo a process of rehabilitation as part of the housing protection plan. The Consell is investing €26 million in the plan, with subsidies available of up to €8,000 per household, of which up to €4,000 will be funded by the government. According to data from the National Statistics Institute, there are 86,214 buildings built before 1960, of which the condition of 22,521 is considered ‘bad’ or ‘poor’; 1,568

are considered in ruins and 62,125 in good condition. According to the Association of Architects, about 45,000 properties are likely to undergo rehabilitation immediately. Various grant amounts can be applied for to allow owners or communities to improve their buildings. The Consell aims to promote the rehabilitation processes in the areas of greatest vulnerability, and contribute to solving the problems related to accessibility, energy efficiency and structural problems.

Vets come together A CHARITY football game at the Municipal Sports Centre in Playa Flamenca has helped raise funds for two-year-old Alfie Leggett, who has an impaired vision condition. Money raised will help fund an operation so he can then lead a normal life and be able to play happily with his big brother. The match was between Manchester City Veterans and the Red Card Roy’s Vets, and a raffle that took place after the game raised over €3,000 including an auction of a signed Joe Hart football shirt.

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Waste not want not THE City of Alicante will open the doors to the Fontcalent landfill from the Vega Baja. Alicante Councillor Victor Dominguez, said that the Department of Environment initially asked the city council to assume some 25,000 tonnes per year of waste from the Vega Baja, given the problems the area has with dumping its rubbish, especially in the summer. The council refused because it was against the municipal policy to progressively reduce waste coming from outside to Fontcalent. However, they have now reached an agreement with the Consell which the councillor said they are satisfied with as in exchange for receiving waste from the Vega Baja, it will no longer receive the average of 66,000 tonnes of waste from Xativa. Despite the councillor’s optimism that the area will be receiving less waste, residents in the area have raised concerns and have asked for a meeting with the mayor to explain details of the agreement.

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Beaches are summer ready By Gemma Elvins-Quinn LIFEGUARD services were launched yesterday (Wednesday June 1) on the beaches of Elche. Rescue services, first aid and medical transport are now on the beaches and, like last year, on the beaches of Arenales del Sol and La Marina, there will be accessible points for swimmers with disabilities in place from June 11 and 12. The beaches will have six first aid stations: one in El Altet, two in Arenales del Sol, one in Carabassi, one in La Marina and another on Rebollo beach. Five ambulances will be stationed and a team of 32

lifeguards will be working, manning the beaches until the middle of September. The lifeguard service will operate from 10am-8pm. The beaches of Arenales del Sol, La Marina and El Altet offer water sports during the months of July and August, starting July 7, and tourist information points will be in situ in La Marina and Arenales del Sol from June 17 - September 18.

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No security THE Compromis party has denounced the lack of security in the Rambla area of Crevillente following an accident under the bridge of San Sebastian where a woman was hit by a vehicle.

Biking boost ORIHUELA’S Employment Workshop has built seven kilometres of bike lanes in Orihuela Costa, in a project promoted by the Department of Employment and subsidised by SERVEF, aimed at unemployed people aged more than 24.

Extra cash ON DUTY: Lifeguards now on Elche’s beaches.

DOLORES Town Hal l has closed the financial year of 2015 with a surplus of €1.19 million, reducing the financial debt by 31 per cent.

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Mushrooms from coffee By Linda Hall A MURCIAN company is recycling coffee grounds to grow mushrooms. The company Seta Pocket, based in Alcantarilla, has created a product allowing people to grow their own mushrooms, combining self-cultivation of mushrooms with recycling of coffee grounds. Since starting in 2013 they have sold more than 8,000 units of a product that has used 20 tonnes of waste from bars and restaurants.

The kit is sold over the internet and includes a box of seeds, the coffee ground fertiliser, and a sprayer, with the manufacturers saying it is very easy to use. “There is a small opening for light, the bag is cut to supply water, then the mushrooms begin to sprout within a week” said founder and director of Seta Pocket, Hector Cava. The initiative is based on the concept of ‘blue’ economy, a step beyond the green to seek 100 per cent sustainability and to “harness disposal of one product as raw material for the next.”

The remains of the coffee substrate including the box which is used to cultivate the mushrooms can then be reused as a complement to the garden plant. To make the products, Seta Pocket uses the daily coffee waste of around 30 to 50 establishments in the Murcia Region, reducing the carbon footprint as much as possible. The kits can grow three different types of mushrooms, although the company does warn they can have a slight coffee infused flavour.

Open to virtual world DOZENS of students have had their eyes opened to the world of virtual reality. The Youth Council organised the initiative at La Lonja to enter the 3D world in

a bid to “encourage learning by using new technology, so it is an activity that attracts the attention of young people especially.”

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Fiestas increase their precautions By Linda Hall AS Alicante City prepares for its annual Hoguera fire fiestas later this month, the council has upped Health and Safety requirements. Every district’s fiestas association constructs its own Hoguera bonfire and each has a ‘Raco’ or temporary clubhouse where members eat, drink and make merry in

the days leading up to San Juan’s day on June 24. Conditions of Raco licences are the most stringent yet, and a far cry from the past when organisers hoped for the best and trusted that the worst would not happen. For a Raco to be authorised for public use, it must now have a principal exit and another for emergencies. Fire extinguishers, optional in the

past, are now obligatory for each structure, regardless of size. All electricity cables must be adequately insulated and suspended in the air. All these conditions must be met and all paperwork validated before municipal inspectors will allow a Raco to go up on June 19. Although several can hold up to 1,000 people, none must exceed that capacity.

Road safety at the top of agenda ALICANTE is hosting the second Conference on Road Safety, which will discuss plans and programmes for road conservation and safety. Hosted by the University of Alicante and organised by the Ministry of Housing, Public Works and Territorial Structuring, the conference will focus on road safety and discuss and

propose new road strategies in order to avoid road accidents. The main security problems in the road network of the Generalitat are related to collisions at road junctions and exits, and accidents involving vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and bikes.

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Observations on Brexicide received letters of complaint IN our May 19 edition, the Page 3 article by John Smith elicited some criticism for the fact that it appeared biased and insulting to the British voter so we are publishing the two letters we have received (edited due to size not content) to show that we are always happy to receive comments from readers. As certain assumptions are being made about John’s age, experience and length of time in Spain, he is using his half page byline in this week’s edition of the Euro Weekly News to explain some of his background and knowledge of both Britain and Spain.

“I am staggered, disappointed and somewhat bemused that you should publish such a one sided and quite honestly biased virtually whole page article in this week’s paper on page 3. If you have personal views, just state that fact, don’t try and present it as a balanced view. May I remind you and the writer, John Smith, that the referendum is not based on personalities, name calling and petty quips, but on the real problems facing the UK. If you publish such an article, you should at least take a balanced and more pragmatic approach rather than pandering to one side or the other. As a proud Briton who has served his country, what we need are facts. Yet you seem to believe that the colour and logo on 50 million passports is an issue? What a plonker! If you want to know how the UK is run, just look at any programme from the old ‘Yes Minister’ series. Having worked closely with the inner workings of Government, it is pretty much 100 per cent accurate, very alarming and so, so frightening. State the facts, not the fiction!”

A very disgruntled ex-reader Ian Munro

ARTICLE: Was said to be biased and insulting.

“Mr Smith, I could have ignored your headline, I could have even ignored the ill-informed article you wrote, but sadly and unprofessionally, your penultimate paragraph made the fatal mistake of judging others, their capacity to understand what Independence from the European Union means to the UK, their intelligence and their reasoning…. and just exactly how are you any more informed, educated or able to fully understand or comprehend the results of the UK rejecting their Membership of the European Union? As you have chosen to forsake the UK in favour of living and working in Spain, when was the last time you actually spent any time in your homeland? As a registered Freelance Photo-Journalist with the NUJ in the UK and Internationally with the IFJ in Belgium who has travelled around the European Union for over 27yrs, I have seen for myself the detrimental changes that have occurred and you and many others are sadly mistaken if you think that only people in the UK think that the EU is not working for them Due to our membership of the EU, the UK gave up many trade

ties with former commonwealth countries and leaving the EU will permit the UK to rebuild these trade agreements and relationships and on this topic, whilst blasting our lost predecessors that built the British Empire, it was a different time and place and the people of today need not be reminded and made to feel lesser worth because of the actions of our forefathers. Both my Grandfathers and Great Grandfathers gave their lives in 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 for Democracy, Freedom and Liberty, three words sadly missing in any document relating to the EU and their plans for a super state with a single government. I am proud to be English and therefore British, I am proud to have the Freedoms I enjoy today around the world because of those that gave their lives in two World Wars to give me and every other UK Citizen to vote for what we ‘believe’ to be best for our country… we certainly do not need crass, pious, ignorant insults from a Journalist, who, like the rest of the EU believes they know better than anyone else.”

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Awareness day for butterfly children By Gemma Elvins-Quinn DEBRA the Butterfly Children Charity, will be at the Zenia Boulevard on June 12 to help raise awareness of the condition. The event starts at 5pm where DEBRA volunteers will be giving information and advice about the DEBRA charity. Joining them will be the Melody Makers International, conducted by Nigel Hopkins: a mixed group of 60-70 singers who specialise in performing largescale popular music concerts on the Costa

Blanca. They will be singing every hour on the hour between 6-9pm and the event will be hosted by Simon Morton from Sunshine FM. DEBRA is dedicated to improving the quality of life of children suffering from Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) in Spain. EB is a rare, chronic and incurable genetic condition. It is characterised by extreme fragility of the skin and even the lightest touch causes blisters and painful open wounds which can also occur spontaneously. For more information visit www.debra.es.

Housing aid available SANTA POLA has opened the registration for processing grant applications for rental housing. Councillor for Social Welfare, Lorenzo Andreu Cervera, said: “The resolution, published this week by the Generalitat Valenciana, is of utmost importance for the citizens of

the town of Santa Pola.” The councillor explained this type of aid, promoted by the Ministry of Housing will help ease the burden of paying rent for those families currently struggling through a tough economic situation: “All Santa Pola residents who want to qualify for housing rental as-

sistance can contact the Municipal Service for Social Action. We will collaborate with citizens, facilitating the paperwork so they can benefit from this aid.” Those interested can visit the fourth floor of Civic and Social Centre in Castaños. Applications are open to June 27.

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Change of watchers THE Neighbourhood Watch of Orihuela now has Chris Stimpson and Paul Kelly following the retirement of Chris Poole. For information email paul dkelly@hotmail.co.uk.

Tree felling ILLEGAL felling of pine trees has occurred in the Rio Seco hamlet of Orihuela. The town hall said this in an infringement of the bylaw and is punishable with a €1,500 fine.

Forces day CARTAGENA marked national Armed Forces Day in a ceremony on the Muelle Alfonso XII accompanied by a gun salute and military march, which attracted a crowd of onlookers.

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Motor fans new Torrev TORREVIEJA has welcomed the new Automobile Club Torrevieja. Councillor for Sports, Pablo Samper, presented the club which is chaired by Lubmir Hristov. Samper said: “It is a joy to have a new club. The city council is always ready to promote all clubs in the city and in this sense, this AuThe city council is always ready to promote clubs and this new one has our support. tomobile Club Torrevieja has our support.” The Chairman Lubmir Hristov said the idea of creating a club like this in Torrevieja emerged as “we all love motor racing and would go to circuits together and we wanted to create a club for fans to join us and enjoy the

AUTOMOBILE CLUB: They all events we organise.” Councillor for Security, Javier Manzanares was also present at

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love motor racing and enjoy the events that are organised. the launch, himself being a car fan enjoying classic, sports and racing cars.

For more information or to join the club email clubautomovilis motorrevieja@gmail.com.

Battling the mosquitoes CARTAGENA Town Hall is fighting back against the plague of mosquitoes. This yearâ€™s anti-mosquito campaign has been launched as the number of mosquitoes in the municipality has reportedly increased as has the number of incidents related to rats, fleas and cockroaches. The town hall said as well as the public awareness campaign advising people on how best to avoid mosquito breeding grounds such as avoid leaving stagnant water, the council is closely monitoring the situation. Environmentally friendly sprays are also being used in some of the worst affected areas including Isla Plana, Cabo de Palos and La Manga. Cartagena will also be using a new kind of mosquito trap that will trap the larva inside and prevent the female from escaping. Around 300 of these small devices will be installed in the most affected areas.

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Walking club A WALKING football club has launched in San Miguel for the over 50s. The San Miguel Strollers meet on Wednesdays at 7pm at the Municipal Stadium in Calle Montesino Blanco. Call 638 840 392 for details.

Funds raised A TOTAL of â‚Ź250 was raised from the Oompah Bandâ€™s afternoon entertainment at the Asturias Restaurant, Punta Prima. The money was donated to DEBRA, the Butterfly Children Charity. PANTOMIME GROUP: A great opportunity to explore your hidden singing talent.

Parade time VARIOUS processions were held over the weekend in Murcia Region to mark the Corpus Christi celebrations. The largest was in Murcia City itself, accompanied by hundreds of children celebrating their first communion.

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Panto singers wanted By Gemma Elvins-Quinn KNOW you can sing and want to sing? Then the Rojales Pantomime Group is looking for you. Currently in preparations for their

next production, which is Sleeping Beauty, the theatre group is seeking more male and female voices. This is a great opportunity to explore your hidden singing talent and it makes a change from karaoke, but is still a fun

and creative way to show family and friends how good you are. For more information on the Rojales Pantomime Group and about how you could be joining them on stage, call Christine on 678 212 034.

COSTA COBRA RFC is now starting a new phase in the club with the new committee members who bring with them new contacts, teams and coaching teams over to Spain to help promote the sport over here. There is also a cross trainer for the fitness side of the team. The club now belongs to the Valencian league, so there is nothing to stop them making great progress and putting a team in the league next season. Costa Cobras RFC training is on Monday and Wednesday from 6.30-8pm on Guardamar beach in front of the restaurants and in July and August from 89pm. They are looking to recruit more players to get a team together ready for the beach tournaments and then into the Valencian league. Training is in preparation for the beach rugby tournaments at La Vila and San Javier in July and then San Juan in August. So go along and join the rugby revolution. For more information about the club contact Dutch on 692 767 242.

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Annual Pilar champs THE Pilar Badminton Club has held its annual In House Tournament Finals. The first finals of the Ladies Doubles saw Erika Klose and Carol Winstone beat Judy Adams and Marie Garsous by a score of 21-14, 18-21, 21-14. In the Men’s Doubles between Nico Nicotin and Horst Klose and Derek Styles and Cliff Stansbie, Nico and Horst won a hard fought battle by 21-11, 2117. The last final of the day was the closest, with many exciting rallies before Erika Klose and Steve Walley eventually prevailed 1521, 21-16, 21-17 over the pairing of Russ Eagleton and Carol Winstone. For more information on the club, email carole john_3@hotmail.com.

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Olympic fit NEARLY 500 children from 24 schools in Cartagena took part in an Olympic-themed event ahead of this summer ’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Spanish Olympian David Cal was also present.

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RECYCLING CAMPAIGN: Raised funds for cancer charity in one-off ‘pink boobs’ glass recycling bins. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE solidarity recycling campaign from the AECC cancer charity in Orihuela collected 4,000kg of glass. The ‘Recycle for them’ campaign by Ecovidrio, a non-profit organisation responsible for managing the recycling of all glass packaging waste in Spain, working in conjunction with the Orihuela Town Hall, saw one-off ‘pink boobs’ glass recycling bins installed in

the city and on the coast. For every three glass bottles deposited €1 was pledged and as a result €2,000 has been donated to Maria Wilson and her Pink Ladies who raise money for the AECC to help in the fight against breast cancer. A further €2,000 raised was also donated to the Association Mas Vida charity. Orihuela councillor Noelia Grao and Roberto Fuentes, area manager for Ecovidrio, presented the cheques as they

announced that the two pink containers in Orihuela Costa will remain to remind people to continue their habit of recycling. Councillor Grao said: “Orihuela has shown once again its solidarity and commitment to the environment by actively participating in this campaign.” Maria Wilson thanked everyone who had taken part and said it was such an honour to be chosen over all other charities.

MURCIA City has issued 20,000 leaflets to educate cyclists in road safety and reminding them of the Highway Code and to respect the rules of the road.

New flight VUELING has launched a new direct link from Alicante-Elche airport to Birmingham, UK with flights three times a week in the summer on a Vueling Airbus with a capacity for up to 180 passengers.

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One day closer to skydive ON July 1, Steven Monk-Dalton is doing a Tandem Skydive event in support of Reunite International Child Abduction Centre. Steven is inviting others to participate with him and anyone interested will need to pay a €50 deposit to guarantee their place. Email onedaycloser.re unite@gmail.com for more information. Steven, who runs the One Day Closer charity shop in Villamartin Plaza, is doing the skydive in memory of his mother Doreen: “She always wanted to do this (as if three bungee jumps and a fire walk wasn’t enough). Sadly, she passed away in November 2015 before she could be reunited with her granddaughter who she loved wholeheartedly.” Steven has not seen his daughter for well over five years after she was taken back to the UK by her mother without his consent. Last summer, Steven did a ‘Walk Across Borders,’ walking from Orihuela Court to the Royal Court of Justice, London, to mark his daughter’s 10th birthday. All money raised from the walk and donations received from July’s skydive will go to Reunite. It is a leading charity

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MORE women are seeking advice as well as the morning-after pill which is now free, after it was introduced that appointments can be made online for the Valencia Region’s sexual health centres.

Museums night NIGHT of the museums saw 85,000 people visit museums in Cartagena. The Naval Museum and the Teatro Romano were the most popular amongst visitors.

SKYDIVE: Steven Monk-Dalton is doing a sponsored skydive in memory of his mother. specialising in international child abduction. It operates an advice line offering practical, impartial advice and information to parents whose child has been abducted, or those parents who fear abduction. It also offers advice and information to parents who may have abducted their

child. The charity has continually helped Steven and it is his way of supporting them and also raising awareness about not just his case, but the many hundreds of other parents who have no contact with their children through no fault of their own, leaving them heartbroken.

“It is like a living bereavement” said Steven: “There are failures in the system that allows parental abduction to occur without deterrent or accountability.” To make a donation to Steven’s sponsored skydive visit the website www.justgiving.com/reunite-skydive/.

Fish out of water AN exhibition ‘Like a fish out of water’ can be seen at the Palacio de Molina in Cartagena until June 12. It features sculptures by well known artist Blas Mira.

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World environment day lasts a month to film and has more than 200 locations. T h e t hird doc ume nta ry w ill be s c re e n ed on J une 17: ‘N oma da s de l Viento’ a visually spectacular film on TORREVIEJA is hosting a series of bird migration. events this month to mark World EnviThe Palacio de la Musica ronment Day, in collabowill host screenings of ‘The ration with AGAMED. Adventures of Sammy’ on Councillor for the EnJ une 27 a nd ‘Wa ll-E’ on vironment, Fanny Serralocations were used in the June 28 at 7pm for younger no, said she was “really French documentary viewers. happ y ” t o p r e se n t th e ‘Tierra’ which took Talks and presentations programme along with five years to make. will also be held on June 9 municipal biologist, Juan at 6pm at Torrevieja’s CasiAntonio Pujol, saying it no Cultural Society by Joaquín Araujo, was “a whole month dedicated to raising author of numerous naturalist books; awareness of the need to protect the enJorge Olcina, cimatology professor at the vironment and safeguard our biodiversiUniversity of Alicante; and Carlos Javier ty.” Dura, chairman of the Governing Board The events begin tonight (Thursday of the Natural Park of the Lagunas of June 2) with a screening of the Torrevieja and La Mata. ‘Guadalquivar’ documentary that is only J o s e M a nue l N a da l, ma na ge r of being shown in provincial capitals and is AGAMED, the company that manages being shown for the first time in Torrethe integrated water cycle in the city, vieja at 8.30pm in the Virgen del Carmen said they wanted to participate in this Cultural Centre. On June 15 at the same project as care to environment is “intrintime and place, ‘Tierra’ is being shown: a sic” to the company. French documentary that took five years By Gemma Elvins-Quinn

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Summer rain SWEDEN: Flood warnings were put in place as the summer weather ended abruptly with continual rain. Forecasters predicted as much as 70mm of rainfall in just 12 hours.

No security SWEDEN: The national audit office has warned that IT security in some of Sweden's most important state-controlled agencies is completely inadequate and such deficiencies could lead to significant consequences.

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AN East London tube station was evacuated after a woman got trapped between a train and the platform for 45 minutes after her foot fell into the gap between the platform as she was getting off the train.

BERLIN’S much-delayed new airport’s provisional opening date for late 2017 is no longer achievable according to local authorities who still have to approve plans for the fire safety systems.

Support dropping THE RSPCA has seen a drop in membership by a third over the past 10 years. The charity’s trustees report and accounts for 2015 also reveal that bequests and overall income for the charity has also fallen in the past year.

Child abuse A FEMALE ex-soldier subjected a child to a campaign of abuse using a

Wage war TUBE ACCIDENT: Woman got her foot caught when stepping off train. dog training collar to inflict electric shocks to the boy’s neck. The 34year-old was remanded in custody at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Empty homes LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan has

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criticised foreign millionaires who buy UK flats as “gold bricks for investment” but never live in them. He said there was “no point” building thousands of new homes in the capital if they were just going to become “second homes or sit empty.” shutterstock.

SWEDEN: Malmö has been ranked the sixth-best city in the world for biking. The city has more than 500km of bike lanes and it is reported every fourth trip in Malmö is made by bike.

A 4-YEAR-OLD boy was miraculously saved when a bin man happened to see him hanging from the window ledge and managed to catch him as he fell. The boy was slightly injured on one arm.

Wasted beer THOUSANDS of smashed beer bottles brought the Autobahn to a standstill after a truck driver transporting the alcohol along the A9 Autobahn failed to properly secure it leaving 230 crates to burst on to the road.

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NORWAY: Rescue vessel the Siem Pilot came to the aid of more than 1,000 refugees off the coast of Libya. The Siem Pilot has saved more than 19,000 refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean since June 2015.

Amazing rescue

THE Catholic Church in southern Bavaria is offering religious asylum to refugees who fled Daesh, to help them avoid being deported.

NORWAY: Dominant fishing company Fiskebat has signed up to a voluntary agreement to not expand cod fishing into untouched parts of the Arctic. Other main players such as British-based Young’s Seafood have also joined the agreement.

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AN employee has taken her boss to court claiming her €8.03 an hour wage was below the legal minimum of €8.50, but the court ruled the wage was fair after bonuses and holiday pay was taken into account.

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NORWAY: Terms and conditions of the 33 apps typically found on a Norwegian smartphone amount to 260,000 words. In order to demonstrate the texts’ complexity, consumers were asked to read them on a website and the process took more than 31 hours.

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EAGLE OWL: Has been found a permanent home.

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Owl attacks AN eagle owl which attacked dozens of people in the town of Purmerend last year has been found a permanent home in Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo after experts said it cannot be released back into the wild.

More millionaires THERE are now more millionaire households in the Netherlands with the figure rising to 107,000 in 2014, accord-

DUTCH PRESS ing to the National Statistics Office. It means 1.4 per cent of Dutch households now hold assets over €1 million.

Home mothers A SURVEY of 4,000 youngsters between 12 and 25 found that just 3 per

cent of Dutch girls plan to carry on working full-time after they have children. Even without children, only 40 per cent of girls want a full-time job.

Political interference FACEBOOK has taken down three popular nationalist Dutch websites in the last two months, prompting claims of political interference by the social network.

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary has told a German newspaper that it’s only a matter of time before his German competitors of Eurowings and Air Berlin close and go bust.

Orient Express THE Venice Simplon-Orient Express will leave Berlin’s Central Station in June for a fourday trip to Paris and London. The locomotive will have the original carriages of the luxury train. Tickets cost over €3,000.

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LETTER POSTED: Was not received until 40 years later. IN 1975, an eight-year-old boy living in a small village sent a letter to his sister Yekaterina Denisova, 15 at the time and studying in the city of Tomsk, asking her to send him a compass as the drawing tools were not available at home. However, a family member has told the press, she has only just received the letter, more than 40 years late!

Special treatment RUSSIAN Security Council members are discussing establishing special prisons for terrorists, RIA Novosti news agency has reported. The aim of the jails, part of a plan announced by the Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for Combating Extremism, will ensure that terrorists are unable to recruit those behind bars for other reasons.

Meeting off ALTHOUGH Elton John will be performing in Moscow on May 30, he will not be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin while he’s there after all, presidential spokesman Dmity Peskov has said. However Peskov stressed this did not mean a meeting would not be possible in the future. ELTON JOHN: Will be in Moscow.

Hunting hackers THE authorities are hunting for hackers who managed to get into the Crimean Industrial Policy Ministry website and posted an announcement for a fictitious official photo call entitled Putin is a D*******, government spokeswoman Natalya Kashcheyeva told the press. The ministry later claimed it is not responsible for its website security.

Official pardon NADIYA SAVCHENKI, a former Ukrainian military pilot who spent two years in captivity in Russia after being found guilty of involvement in the death of two Russian journalists, was officially pardoned by Putin and freed last week. She has been appointed to the Ukrainian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence.

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Sacyr’s request for more money By John Smith THE Spanish construction group Sacyr, the leader of the consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), confirmed that it had now completed the work that it had been commissioned to undertake on the Panama Canal and that the first ship will pass through the expanded third lock on June 26.

billion is the original amount agreed between the Government of Panama and Sacyr for the construction work on the Panama Canal.

SPECIAL SESSION: G7 members in Japan.

G7 talk Brexit AT the latest G7 meeting in Japan, the leaders of the six leading industrialised nations, together with the European Union made it clear that they sided with David Cameron in wanting Britain to remain within the European Union saying that any decision to leave would pose a “serious threat to global growth.” Whilst those in favour of leaving will accuse the group of cronyism and promotion of national self-interest, those who wish to remain will be de-

Unfortunately the work has cost nearly double what had originally been forecast and there also appears to be a deficit of up to €3 billion which the company hopes to reclaim from the Government of Panama. The president of Sacyr, Manuel Manrique, has indicated that the causes of the additional costs were due to the poor quality of materi-

“Getting to budget balance, would require an additional year or two of austerity at current rates of spending cuts.” Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on Brexit.

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lighted of the communiqué issued jointly by the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the USA supported by the European Union, and of course David Cameron. Heads of state from a number of less developed countries around the world were invited to attend which gave them unprecedented access to the G7 Heads of State. It was agreed that much needed to be done, global growth is a major priority to deal with threats to the world’s economy and security.

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French crackdown THE French Government, despite its many industrial disputes, is determined to crack down on tax evasion (legal or not) by international companies and has now sent police into the offices of both Google, which it claims owes €1 billion in evaded taxes, and McDonald’s, which it believes owes €300 million as it allegedly diverted profits to Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Motorway madness THE Spanish Development Ministry is up in arms against a court ruling which requires it to continue funding three toll motorways in the Madrid area which are bankrupt. The R3 and R5 will be closed to traffic from the end of September if an appeal is successful.

Spanish still in poor state DESPITE the fact that the Spanish economy is supposedly growing, the government’s National Statistic’s Institute (INI) has published its annual report on poverty and social exclusion for 2015. The report suggests that, whilst some parts of the population are benefitting, many others are still in a poor financial state or worse off. It says that no

€50 billion is the amount of debt which Telefonica is believed to carry and which will not be reduced now that its proposed sale of O2 has been blocked.

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less than 3.2 million Spaniards earned fewer than €332 per month and the average income of Spanish households fell slightly to €26,092. The worst hit section of society continues to be those under 16 as they will be affected by their parents’ poverty and those youngsters of working age who continue to be unable to find any work.

a ls , s tr i kes and unexpect ed changes in regulations so he hopes that the matter will be settled amicably although it may go to court in Miami. At the moment, it appears that the company would be prepared to settle out of court, and possibly for a lesser amount but that would a t le a s t al l ow t hem not t o l ose money on the work undertaken.

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Coca-Cola share listing THREE European bottlers of CocaCola agreed earlier this year to a merger creating a company named CocaCola European Partners PLC which will have plants in 13 European countries and an estimated turnover of €10.7 billion in a bid to cut costs and reverse slowdown of sales. Shares will be traded on stock markets in Amsterdam, London, Madrid and New York and were available to purchase from June 2.

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WITH the UK’s referendum on Europe approaching on June 23, 2016, the campaign for both sides is gaining pace. The Brexit vote is also the major focus and driver for the Great British Pound and this will continue to play out in the run up to voting day. Since the announcement of the vote in February, the pound has eroded in value and this process was catalysed when Boris Johnson aligned with the ‘leave’ camp. After a period of consolidation in the last few weeks, we expect volatility to start to ramp up with the options market pricing in a significant spike in volatility for the month of June. Momentum for the pound will be closely aligned to expectations on the result, at the moment it is slightly leaning towards ‘remain’ and we are seeing some pound gains.

EXCHANGE RATE: Instability and volatility of the pound continues. However momentum could shift sharply if polls show the ‘leave’ camp gaining momentum, in which case the pound will fall. In the Scottish referendum vote in 2014,

the market was largely ignoring the chance of a negative result until polls a week ahead showed in favour of a vote for independence, the result was a sharp nosedive in

the pound across the market. In addition, the latest general election confirms that we can no longer really trust the polls as they certainly did not predict a majority Conservative government. A better indicator would be the bookmakers who currently favour a vote to ‘remain,’ and it will be interesting to see how these odds change in the coming days. To gauge an overall indication we can look to the polls, the bookmakers and risk premium pricing in financial markets but still we face uncertainty. The cloud of uncertainty alone is currently holding the pound back to some extent, despite the uptick on the lean towards remain. As we approach polling day, we expect headlines and polls to drive price action in the pound both ways depending on how the news is leaning, and of particular importance will be the proposed television debates in the run up. The Brexit vote has been the elephant in the room, capping pound gains since the vote date was announced, and this is expected to continue.

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AFTER a meeting in Brussels that finished at 2am on May 25, the Eurozone and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have come to an agreement over another loan to assist Greece’s struggling economy. The payment has allegedly been split in order to comply with requests from the German government, and will now be sent to the recession-hit country in two separate instalments. The final agreed sum of €10.3 billion is apparently a significant reduction to what the IMF originally expected to achieve. Discussions went on for 11 hours, principally because of differing positions between the IMF and Germany. The IMF demanded on Monday, May 23 that Greece’s bailout programme included ‘upfront’ and ‘unconditional’ debt relief, however they have had to make massive concessions due to Germany’s stance; the central European state was adamant that no loans should even be considered before Greece completes its current €86 billion bailout programme, due to end only in 2018.

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BAILOUT BUDDIES: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and EU Parliament President Martin Schulz. It has been speculated that Germany’s reluctance to assist its EU neighbour is due to growing fears over lost votes ahead of the October

2017 federal elections; the governing party has previously faced public backlash for financial decisions in relation to Greece. Greece’s cur-

rent debt stands at €321 billion and is worth 180 per cent of their annual economic output. The new bailout programme is the

second instalment of Greece’s third bailout and the agreed sum of €10.3 billion will be split into two tranches: €7.5 billion in June and €2.8 billion in September. Despite appearances, several Eurozone finance ministers have conceded that they believe Greece has implemented enough changes to earn another bailout; Athens agreed on contingency measures, including tax increases worth €3.6 billion and spending cuts, earlier in May. The recent austerity measures and tax increases, agreed on by the Greek parliament on Sunday May 22, were praised by the Eurozone community. The new bailout programme also includes short-term debt relief measures such as reorganised repayment measures and the locking in of lower interest rates. Furthermore, Greece is also now expected to profit from the European Central Bank by buying eurobonds; since 2014 the Greek government has been unable to benefit from bond arrangements due to a dispute, however it is probable that transfers will be restarted in light of the new bailout programme.

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TURMOIL: Oil refineries and nuclear power stations have been affected. been intensified because of the spring bank holiday closely followed by the Euro 2016 Football Championships, where France will of EVERYBODY has a memory of French farmcourse be in the public eye in a big way. ers blockading British lorries carrying sheep, With a huge influx of supporters wanting to but the current economic turmoil in France is travel across France to watch various football causing a great deal of upset and unpleasantmatches, the fact that internal flights and ness not just for the government but for the trains are so badly affected, coupled with the population and tourists. difficulty in obtaining petrol and diesel means Objecting to new government policies with that unless the unions call a truce, there is the regards to the workforce, pay and security in potential of a chaotic and employment, a range unpleasant few weeks, of different workers ...there is the which will be fuelled by decided to take their potential of a reports in the world’s mecomplaints to the chaotic and dia. streets, with oil reunpleasant Interestingly, not all of fineries, nuclear powfew weeks, which the unions agree with the er stations and the inwill be fuelled by strikes, and indeed some of evitable transport reports in the them actually support the systems adversely afworld’s media. government position. fected. The power of the French Demonstrators have unions even crosses the channel as it now closed motorways, bridges were blocked and transpires that they may have a key role in deflights delayed not only within France but for ciding whether EDF should proceed to build those aircraft needing to enter French air the Hinkley Point power station, as the mainly space. French-Government-owned company has six Following some clashes between demontrade union directors on the company board, strators and police in a number of cities, the and a committee of workers has indicated that French Prime Minister Manuel Valls insisted it is not convinced that EDF would be able to that the reforms will not be withdrawn alafford to undertake the work. though he accepts that there is the possibility No final decision is expected until Septemof them being ‘modified.’ ber of this year, but the possibility of the deal Although the action has been rumbling on not proceeding is very much on the cards. for several months, everything seems to have By John Smith

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A politician we can trust? David Cameron is now running scared.

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT IN my opinion David Cameron is now running scared. In his barely disguised panic, he is actually revealing his true contempt for the voters who put him into office. With every ludicrous statement concerning the downside of leaving the EU, he insults the intelligence of the public even more. Well, tread a little more carefully Dave, better leaders than you have underestimated the British people. You may consider your constituents as inferior peasants, but public schooling and a lofty disdain for those with intellect ‘below’ your standing blinds you to the fact that your average Joes are a great deal brighter than you may think. Personally I don’t believe the leader of our country should be on any side. To my mind he should be a mediator. Garnering all the facts together and presenting both sides of the argu-

CAMERON: Revelling his true contempt for the voters who put him into office. ment, so that people can have clear unbiased choices and make their own minds up accordingly. We are not voting for a govern-

ment; it is far more serious than that. This is a vote for the future, and probably the survival of our children and our culture. All this bickering,

traded insults and increasingly inane statements from our politicians are not helping at all. We need a voice of impartial reason, someone we can

trust and rely on to tell us the truth. Unfortunately Dave, although it should be, it certainly isn’t you. In fact casting an eye over the whole ragbag of the nation’s power-mad politicians, I actually couldn’t come up with one name I truly thought could reach this particular criterion. Now if we could resurrect Enoch Powell, I think the quest would be far easier. Ah well, dream on Leapy. As a final thought this week: correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the economists warn us all those years ago that not joining the Euro would also result in economic isolation and monetary disaster for the UK? Mmm? Thanks for all your mail. Keep ‘em coming, the ol’ boy can still take it. And whatever you do, always Keep the Faith. Love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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7:00am Ax Men 7:45am Ax Men 8:30am Formula E: Sound of the Future 9:00am Motorsport UK 10:00am Fifth Gear 11:00am Fifth Gear 12:00pm Cycling 1:00pm TT 2016 2:00pm TT 2016 3:00pm BRDC Formula 3 Championship Highlights 4:00pm Counting Cars 4:30pm Storage Wars 5:00pm Storage Wars 5:30pm Storage Wars 6:00pm Storage Wars 6:30pm British Touring Car Crashes and Smashes 6:45pm French Open Tennis 8:00pm TT 2016 Sidecar Superstars. 9:00pm TT 2016 Hutchy: Miracle Man. 10:00pm TT 2016 11:00pm Road 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am Road

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On the Buses Judge Judy Judge Judy Where the Heart is Where the Heart is Columbo Hidden Treasure Lewis Rosemary and Thyme Agatha Christie’s Marple Doc Martin Foyle’s War Colditz: Ep Bouquet of Barbed Wire Brand new drama series based on the ground-breaking 1970s show. Northern Lights ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home.

6:50pm 9:00pm 11:20pm 1:10am 3:00am

Jaws 3 Stealth John Wick Furious 7 Charlie’s Angels Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Gone in 60 Seconds Furious 7 John Wick Behind Enemy Lines Crimson Tide

8:05am Mr Woodcock 9:40am The Waterboy 11:20am Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion 1:00pm The Top Ten Show 2016 1:15pm Get Smart 3:10pm Me, Myself and Irene 5:10pm Entourage 7:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 9:00pm Hitch 11:00pm Entourage 1:00am Superbad

7:00am 7:20am 7:45am 8:35am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:05am 1:10am

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

7:00am The Maid’s Room 8:45am Terminator Genisys: The Future Reborn 9:15am Road to Paloma 11:00am The Exorcism of Molly Hartley 12:45pm The Forbidden Kingdom 2:45pm Dope 4:45pm The Top Ten Show 2016 Which movies are doing the best business at home and across the pond? 5:00pm Spy A deskbound CIA analyst has to step into the fray when her partner is taken out of action. 7:15pm Road to Paloma 9:00pm Spy 11:15pm Dope 1:05am The Exorcism of Molly Hartley 2:45am The Maid’s Room 4:30am The Forbidden Kingdom

SATURDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 1:00pm 1:15pm 1:30pm 1:45pm 2:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am 1:30am 2:00am

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold World Cup of Darts Darts Gold II Darts Gold II Darts Gold II Darts Gold II Live World Cup of Darts BPL Legends BPL Legends Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Live World Cup of Darts Sporting Mavericks Sporting Mavericks Football’s Greatest Managers Darts Gold World Cup of Darts Day three of the Betway World Cup of Darts from the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

T20 Blast Cricket Classics Cricket T20 Blast Cricket Live T20 Blast Sporting Heroes Gary Newbon interviews cricketing icon Sir Everton Weekes. Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs A look back at some of sport’s greatest triumphs. Sporting Heroes Gary Newbon talks to former West Indies bowler Joel Garner about his prolific cricketing career. T20 Blast Cricket’s Greatest Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:15pm BBC News 2:25pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:30pm Athletics 5:30pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:00pm Points of View BBC viewers share their thoughts, feelings and opinions on the channel’s output. 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 Duran Duran at Eden 1:00am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:05am Great British Garden Revival 8:05am This Farming Life 9:05am Gardeners’ World 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 How the West Was Won 4:00pm Flog It! 5:00pm Gymnastics 7:00pm Britain’s Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 8:00pm Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm City in the Sky 11:05pm Top Gear Extra Gear 11:30pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone 12:20am Flat TV 12:45am Later... with Jools Holland 1:45am Countryfile 2:40am Holby City

9:00pm Perfect Pianists at the BBC 10:00pm Secret Voices of Hollywood 11:30pm Storyville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries. 12:50am Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq: Natural World 1:50am Stonehenge: A Timewatch Guide 2:50am Andrew Marr on Churchill Andrew Marr discovers the untold story of Winston Churchill’s lifelong love for painting and reveals the surprising ways in which his private hobby helped shape his public career as politician and statesman 3:50am Good Swan Bad Swan: Dancing Swan Lake

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10:00am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25pm Take Me Out 1:35pm Love Island 2:05pm Beethoven 3:05pm FYI Daily 3:10pm Beethoven 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 10:00pm Love Island 11:00pm Family Guy 12:00am American Dad! 12:30am American Dad! 1:00am The Cleveland Show 1:30am The Cleveland Show 2:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 2:30am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

7:00am 7:20am 7:50am 8:50am 8:55am 9:55am 10:55am 11:55am 1:00pm 3:00pm 5:00pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 11:05pm

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CITV ITV News Weekend Griff’s Great Britain Peston on Sunday The Jeremy Kyle Show USA ITV News and Weather Planet’s Got Talent Fierce French Open: Roland-Garros Live Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather. ITV News and Weather Soccer Aid ITV News and Weather Fraud: How They Steal Your ID Tipping Point Jackpot Motorsport UK Nightscreen

12:05am 12:10am 1:40am 3:00am 3:50am 4:40am 5:30am

Judge Judy On the Buses Doc Hollywood FYI Daily Doc Hollywood Heartbeat Heartbeat Wycliffe Columbo Lewis Lewis Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders The Constant Gardener FYI Daily The Constant Gardener 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.

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Salvage S.O.S Salvage S.O.S Salvage S.O.S King of Queens King of Queens Frasier Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch The Simpsons Step Up 3 Location, Location, Location A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun The Jungle Book Channel 4 News Escape to the Chateau Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service About Time Bad Teacher Million Pound Properties Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Win it Cook it

7:00am Milkshake! 10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Fail Army Comedy series taking a look at when things go wrong in the worst possible way. 12:00pm Now That’s Funny! Comedy series showcasing the very best videos online. 1:00pm See No Evil, Hear No Evil 2:50pm Spies Like Us 4:45pm 5 News 6:35pm 5 News 6:40pm Six Days, Seven Nights 8:40pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 11:00pm Most Shocking Celeb Moments 2015 1:55am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night.

7:00am Football’s Greatest: George Best 7:15am Ax Men 8:10am Fifth Gear 9:10am Fifth Gear 10:10am World Superbike Highlights 11:10am TT 2016 Superbike TT Race. 12:15pm MSA British Touring Car Championship 6:40pm French Open Tennis 9:00pm Cycling 10:00pm TT 2016 11:00pm Life on the Limit 12:10am FYI Daily 12:15am Life on the Limit 1:15am TT 2016 Sidecar TT Race 1. 2:15am Hell on Wheels 3:15am Tommy Cooper 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home.

9:30am Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 11:35am Seventh Son 1:30pm Clash of the Titans 3:20pm Eragon 5:10pm Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 7:10pm Seventh Son 9:00pm Clash of the Titans 11:00pm Reign of Fire 12:50am Sword of Vengeance 2:30am Last Knights

5:05pm 6:05pm 7:35pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 12:25am 2:10am 3:05am 3:35am 4:05am 4:35am 5:00am 5:30am

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Coneheads Three Amigos! The Wedding Ringer Pixels Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 13 Going on 30 Let’s be Cops Pixels The Wedding Ringer The Full Monty Cop Out Revenge for Jolly!

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

Rude(Ish) Tube Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Ben tries to get Emma into daycare by flirting with the cute assistant manager, Megan. Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea 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 Twilight Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tattoo Fixers The Inbetweeners

7:00am The Maid’s Room 8:45am The Exorcism of Molly Hartley 10:30am Everest: Sky Movies Special 11:00am Road to Paloma 12:45pm Dope 2:45pm The Top Ten Show 2016 3:00pm The Forbidden Kingdom 5:00pm Spy A deskbound CIA analyst has to step into the fray when her partner is taken out of action. 7:15pm Road to Paloma Jason Momoa’s motorbike-riding Native American goes on the run after avenging his mother’s murder. 9:00pm Spy 11:05pm Dope 12:55am The Exorcism of Molly Hartley 2:35am The Maid’s Room

SUNDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 1:00pm 1:15pm 1:30pm 1:45pm 2:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am 4:00am 4:30am 5:00am 5:15am 5:30am 5:45am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold World Cup of Darts Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Live World Cup of Darts BPL Legends BPL Legends Boxing Gold Darts Gold Live World Cup of Darts Sky Sports Originals Sporting Mavericks Sporting Mavericks World Cup of Darts Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs

7:00am Cricket’s Greatest 7:30am T20 Blast 11:30am Live Cricket Writers on TV 11:55am Live Rl Cup Cricket 7:30pm Sporting Triumphs 7:45pm Sporting Triumphs 8:00pm Super Rugby Try Time 8:30pm Super Heroes - James Horwill 8:40pm Live Top 14 Rugby 10:35pm Sporting Triumphs 10:50pm Super Heroes - James Horwill 11:00pm Super Rugby Try Time 11:30pm Sporting Triumphs 11:45pm Sporting Triumphs 12:00am Sporting Triumphs 12:15am Sporting Triumphs 12:30am Super Rugby Try Time 1:00am Time of Our Lives 2:00am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 2:30am Super Rugby Try Time 3:00am Time of Our Lives 4:00am Cricket Classic Relive the 2004 Twenty20 Cup final between Sussex and Hampshire.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Crimewatch 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Family Finders 12:45pm Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 1:15pm 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 The Andrew Neil Interviews: Leave or Remain? 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Medicine’s Big Breakthrough: Editing Your Genes Panorama 10:00pm Reg 11:30pm BBC News 12:00am Regional News

7:30am Family Finders 8:15am The Instant Gardener 9:00am The Food Detectives 9:30am Gardeners’ World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:15pm Athletics 3:15pm The Big Allotment Challenge 4:15pm Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 5:15pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 6:15pm Bargain Hunt 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Springwatch 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Springwatch 10:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 11:00pm Upstart Crow 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story 1:10am City in the Sky

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:00pm Canals: The Making of a Nation Documentary exploring the history of Britain’s canal network. 9:30pm Handmade: By Royal Appointment 10:00pm Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather 11:00pm Wonders of the Universe 12:00am Rise of the Continents 1:00am D-Day: The Last Heroes 2:00am Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century 3:00am Perfect Pianists at the BBC 4:00am Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather

7:20am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss Canada 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Fifteen to One 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Shipping Wars 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Meet What You Eat 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm An Immigrant’s Guide to Britain 11:35pm Jon Richardson: Nidiot 12:40am 24 Hours in Police Custody 1:35am Random Acts

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm NCIS 4:15pm Fatal Fiance 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm King Tut’s Tomb: The Hidden Chamber 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Can’t Pay Special: Secrets and Lies 11:00pm Gotham 12:00am Up Late with Rylan 12:45am 20 Moments That Rocked the 00s 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Castle 5:00am Criminals Caught on Camera 5:45am Wildlife SOS

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

Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Million Pound Party People The Big Bang Theory

MONDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 9:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm

6:15pm 8:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am 5:00am

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm River Monsters 9:00pm Don’t Look Down 10:00pm Cameron and Farage Live: The EU Referendum 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:50pm You Saw Them Here First 12:55am Columbo 2:15am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:30am Psych 11:20am Scorpion 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm Love Island 8:30pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Love Island 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy

7:00am 7:25am 8:30am 9:30am 10:30am 11:00am 11:25am 11:55am 12:55pm 2:05pm 3:05pm 4:10pm 5:15pm 5:50pm 6:20pm 6:55pm 7:55pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 1:20am 3:15am 3:30am

In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders Wycliffe The Knock A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home.

7:00am The Big Match Revisited 7:50am Minder 8:50am Ironside 9:55am Quincy M.E. 10:55am Ax Men 11:50am The Chase 12:50pm Gunsmoke 1:50pm TT 2016 Sidecar TT Race 1. 2:50pm TT 2016 Sidecar Superstars. 3:55pm Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. 4:55pm Quincy M.E. 5:55pm Ironside 7:00pm The Saint 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm Motogp Highlights 10:00pm TT 2016 11:00pm Joey: The Man Who Conquered the TT 12:30am The Motorsport Mavericks 1:30am Motorsport UK 2:30am TT 2016 Supersport TT Race 1.

10:40am Troy 1:40pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 4:50pm Last Knights 7:00pm Dante’s Peak 9:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 12:00am Taken 1:40am The Package

9:50am Dead Man on Campus 11:30am The Bad Education Movie 1:10pm The Top Ten Show 2016 1:30pm Analyze This 3:25pm Analyze That 5:10pm Pride 7:15pm Mr. Deeds 9:00pm The Bad Education Movie 10:40pm The Heartbreak Kid 12:40am Think Like a Man Too

7:00am The Maid’s Room 8:45am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 9:15am Road to Paloma 11:00am The Exorcism of Molly Hartley 12:45pm The Forbidden Kingdom 2:45pm Dope 4:45pm The Top Ten Show 2016 5:00pm Spy 7:15pm Road to Paloma 9:00pm Spy A deskbound CIA analyst has to step into the fray when her partner is taken out of action. 11:15pm Dope 1:05am The Exorcism of Molly Hartley A fallen priest tries to redeem himself by saving the soul of a woman possessed by the devil. 2:45am The Maid’s Room 4:30am The Forbidden Kingdom

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown! The Premier League Years Sky Sports Years The Premier League Years Premier League Legends Live Junior Wld Championship Rugby Live Junior Wld Championships Live Junior World Championships Super League Fulltime Darts Gold Footballs Greatest Teams Darts Gold Sky Sports Years Football's Greatest Footballs Greatest Teams The Premier League Years Time of Our Lives

Cricket Classics Cricket Spanish Gold Spanish Gold Super League Gold Super League Gold Cricket Super Rugby Try Time Cricket’s Greatest Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Cricket Sporting Rivalries Pace Like Fire Live Rl Cup Cricket Super League Fulltime British Sports Book Awards Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Ricky Ponting Masterclass Adam Gilchrist Masterclass Glenn Mcgrath Masterclass

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10:15am Crimewatch 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Family Finders 12:45pm Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 1:15pm 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 The Andrew Neil 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Medicine’s Big Breakthrough: Editing Your Genes Panorama 10:00pm Reg 11:30pm BBC News 12:00am Regional News 12:10am Weather 12:15am Have I Got a Bit More News for You 1:00am The Graham Norton Show

8:15am The Instant Gardener 9:00am The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs That Built Britain 9:30am The Extraordinary Collector 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Super League Show 2:45pm The TV That Made Me 3:15pm The Big Allotment Challenge 4:15pm Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 5:15pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 6:15pm Bargain Hunt 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Springwatch 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Springwatch 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Jack Dee Referendum Helpdesk 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:00pm Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather 10:00pm Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century 11:00pm The Seven Ages of Britain 12:00am Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home 1:00am Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism 2:30am The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour 3:30am Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century Series in which Andrew GrahamDixon looks back at 19th-century Britain and its obsession with all things Gothic 4:30am This is BBC Four

7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Fifteen to One 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Shipping Wars 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm George Clarke’s Old House, New Home 10:00pm Cutting Edge 11:00pm Lagos to London: Britain’s New SuperRich 12:05am First Dates

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Rosamunde Pilcher’s Autumn 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm Big Brother 12:05am Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 1:05am Big Brother 2:05am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night. 4:10am Castle 5:00am Criminals Caught on Camera 5:45am Wildlife SOS

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

TUESDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 9:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 6:15pm 8:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am 5:00am

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ELECTION promises seldom have to be broken before the punters trudge down to the polling station. But that’s what happened to acting president Mariano Rajoy who pledged to lower taxes if he is re-elected on June 26. But he has also promised the EU’s president Jean-Claude Juncker that once re-elected he will make all the cuts necessary to meet Spain’s deficit target. The voting public is sadly aware that politicians’ promises are like piecrusts and meant to be broken, but this could be the first time the pie didn’t even make it into the oven.

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FORMER socialist presidents Felipe Gonzalez and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero have both travelled to Venezuela. Gonzalez hoped to join lawyers defending political prisoners Leopoldo Lopez and Antonion Ledezma but got the bum’s rush. Zapatero fruitlessly attempted to talk sense into Nicolas Maduro whose government can’t accept defeat in the 2015 elections. Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera was the latest to visit and meet opponents to the regime. He couldn’t resist pointing out that no one from Podemos has yet visited. Pablo Iglesias, Iñigo Errejon and Alberto Monedero formerly assessed Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chavez so their absence is glaring. Or are they reluctant to draw attention to the outcome of their advice?

No majority IF pollsters are correct PodemosIU will overtake the PSOE socialists on June 26, but won’t have an overall majority. Likewise the Partido Popular will be the most-voted party but equally unable to form a government. Looks like it will be a long hot summer dominated by conversations between the deaf and poetry readings by the sightless.

Unholy union ANTONIO CAÑIZARES, Archbishop of Valencia, took his usual swing at gay marriage. Bigoted Cañizares claimed it undermines and demolishes the sacrament of holy matrimony but he contradicts himself. Many homosexuals are keen to marry because they respect the institution as much as the heterosexuals that Cañizares would reserve it for.

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Impact of referendum result IN response to Philip and Vera of Palma de Mallorca (Issue 1612) “comfortable and secure in Spain”......how so?? If the UK votes to exit the EU then all EU citizens would lose the right to reside in the UK and conversely we would lose the right to remain in Spain (or any other EU country). I have read of some rights to reside which might accrue in respect to the length of time spent here but whether this right would be applied and how long you need to have been here to enjoy this benefit has not been clarified, and obviously that covers only existing residents not ones (your children or grandchildren perhaps) who might want to work and live in an EU country in the future. The idea that the result of the referendum “would not make much difference either way” is seriously delusional. Denise Payne, Murcia

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The unknown BACK in UK for a few weeks. The UK public are being bombarded here with ridiculous statements all of which are just lies. Firstly we get so called statements of economic fact about impending disaster. If they can make these ‘accurate’ statements, why couldn’t the same ‘experts’ predict the bank crisis? Why did we need a period of austerity when these ‘experts’ should have seen it coming and introduced measures which would have prevented or mitigated against the need for any public pain. The simple answer is, they are incapable of telling the truth, which is that THEY JUST DON’T KNOW. I will vote LEAVE, not because I won’t live or holiday in Europe but because I want to stand up to people who have no interest in me as a British person. Pete Godfrey, Cala Millor, Mallorca

Religion blight IN response to John Smith’s Random Thoughts: Does Religion Belong in Politics? (Issue 1611) Oh dear! John you make the same mistake most people make when th e y d i sc u ss t h is ma tte r. There seems to be an assumption that because a person is ‘religious’ that this somehow makes them incapable of governing simply by

arch enemies? Don’t forget we were only allowed membership as De Gaulle wanted our expertise for Concorde. This is yet another Cameron myth. We are expected to be gullible enough to believe, like all the other fairy tales to which his campaign has given voice, the latest that ‘every expat wishes to stay.’ George Morland

DEAR Sir We are students at the Instituto IES Núm.1 in Xàbia. We are studying in the 2nd year of ESO. We are all learning English and we have eight hours of English every week. We are writing because we love the EnglishSpanish crossword in your newspaper. We com-

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DEAR EWN Having read in an earlier EWN about unfair pensions to us expats which I myself and many thousands of expats up in turmoil about the increase in pension for the UK married couples but not for the expats who have contributed to the system all their lives like myself. I’m now 80-years-old and married again in April but how can we not be entitled to the same benefit as UK citizens? I suppose it’s out of sight out of mind. England has the worst pension rate I think in the world, even in Spain they send their pensioners on a two week holiday with pay, pity we weren’t born here. I would like some comments from OAP expats and I appreciate you printing this comment. Thanks for your help. RJ Hackett, Benalmadena

Thespa thanks virtue of the fact they have a belief in a superhuman power of God (Webster’s definition of Religion). Wherever is the evidence that this is the case? Does your atheism (incidentally Webster ’s also defines religious as having a devout b elie f in a p rin ciple or c a us e ) make you more qualified to govern? All people come to a position of governance, oversight or leadership with their own principles and they are influenced by them. If I, as Christian, believe in hone s ty, h a rd w o rk , inte grity a nd kindness does that make me incapable of providing leadership? Religious people are blighted by hypocrisy for sure but do you really believe that non-religious people are therefore automatically free of dishonesty? I see no evidence of this! Please do not confuse extreme people, whether reli-

gious or not, with those who have high ideals and do their best to live up to them. Greg Hall, Duquesa

Nonsensical I REFER to Leapy Lee’s week of May 19th column, in which he outdoes even his usual prejudices. Gays, blacks, Muslims, and the Chinese all come in for his special brand of vituperative bile. Leapy Lee may well say it when others only think it, but one has to ask why these silent people acknowledge that it is inappropriate to say it. Could it be that in Spain, which has a significant Muslim population, it is the British who are the immigrants? We all know that the world is becoming a more dangerous place because of extremist views which are fuelled by inflammatory nonsense

and which set out to dehumanise and denigrate others. We are not helping by adding Leapy Lee’s ill-researched hyperbole to the cacophony. L Bailey, Nerja

Expat myth DEAR Editor David Cameron is telling us to vote for Brexit as he has told us the existing terms of membership are unacceptable and, as his earth shattering ‘new deal’ will not be ratified before our referendum, if ever, the only course is to vote for EXIT. The number of times his government has performed some spectacular u-turns in recent history illustrates how the supposed intentions of a political body can’t be trusted or guaranteed, so why should the EU be any different especially when influenced by the French and Germans, our historical

HI! Thank you for your support over the last season. I have received many comments about the good coverage our performances are getting. We are now having our summer break and start a new season in September. We look forward to reading your reports then. Enjoy your summer. Janet Gillett, Secretary of Thespa You’re welcome Janet, EWN is happy to help!

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Directed by: Ben Stiller Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Penelope Cruz Called out of reclusive retirement in the wake of a wave of duck-faced pop star selfie murders, Stiller’s Zoolander and sidekick Hansel (Owen Wilson) find themselves teaming up with Penelope Cruz’s Interpol agent (fashion division) Valentina in order to return to New York to find Derek’s long-lost son Derek Jr, and tackle a new sinister fashion-related plot from the poodle-haired master of fashion crime, Mugatu, played by Will Ferrell. Although Derek and Hansel aren’t as hot right now as they used to be, there is still some warmth to be felt here.

Photo ataelw Rafael Nadal, June 3, tennis player. ONE of Spain’s most popular sports players, Nadal was born in Manacor, Mallorca, in 1986. The grand slam tennis champion defeated Roger Federer in an epic 2008 Wimbledon championship game and reached rank #1 but lost the place to Novak Djokovic in 2011.

• Tony Hadley, June 2, singer-songwriter, 56 This singer, recognisable for his suave image and powerful blue-eyed soul voice described by the BBC as a ‘top crooner’ first rose to fame in the 1980s as lead singer of Spandau Ballet. • Angelina Jolie, June 4, actress, 41 Jolie won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Girl, Interrupted in 1999. She played lead roles in Maleficent, Salt, Changeling, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Mr & Mrs Smith and directed Unbroken in 2014. • Robert Kraft, June 5, entrepreneur, 75 This American business magnate, CEO of The Kraft Group, grew up in a very religious Jewish family, in fact his father wanted him to become a rabbi. However his inclinations steered more towards business and after attending Columbia University on a scholarship he never looked back. • Frida Gustavsson, June 6, model, 23 This Swedish model has represented fashion houses including Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Ralph Lauren. She started modelling in 2008 and was one of the most soughtafter models in the spring season of 2010. • Tom Jones, June 7, singer, 76 Born as Thomas Woodward, Jones spent two years listening to music while bedridden with tuberculosis at the age of 12 and has gone on to sell more than 100 million records. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006. • Barbara Bush, June 8, political wife, 91 Barbara was wife of George Bush, 41st President of the United States, and mother of George W Bush who followed in his father’s footsteps. While First Lady she founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.

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Unscramble the name of a popular foodstuff (two words): CHIPS? ANY SORT

Hexagram

Customer [ringing up a takeaway]: “Do you deliver?” Staff: “No we do lamb, chicken or fish.”

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 (FORGET) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ARTERY AVERSE BEETLE BOTTLE CORSET EASILY FETTER FILTER FIXATE FORGET (10)

LETTER PERIOD SENIOR SLEDGE SPECIE STATED STRAND TRACED TRITON

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1 Filter 2 Corral 3 Uptake 4 Relief 5 Repeal 6 Rename 7 Genial 8 Umpire 9 Tenser 10 Garner 11 Pupate 12 Desert 13 Genius 14 Tweedy 15 Teensy 16 Specie 17 Shoddy 18 Cringe 19 Assist

LEO (July 24 - August 23) There is a highly social week ahead with social gatherings here and there. A trip means that finances start to look brighter. You may find it necessary, if you are to progress, to consider a move to another job or area. Get involved with people who have been in the same situation. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) There is a great impatience this week when someone flatly refuses to see something through to the end. You do not admire sloppiness and your reaction shows this. It may be necessary for you to sort out a situation which has been going on far too long. As you dislike loose ends in any respect, your patience may come to an end. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Energy is high and there is a lot of fun to be had. An invitation sent out brings an old friend to your table. This is not as straightforward as you think it will be. Odd stirrings make you confused.

GEMINI

(May 22 - June 21)

Your mind, as ever, is changeable. This is a fun time to dabble at this and that to bring a bit of variety to your life and work. Meeting new people and starting new projects means that it is a busy time at work but the rewards are high.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You feel like a fish out of water in a confused and noisy situation. Perhaps you are not making the right kind of friends, so take control of the quality of people who you associate with. Maybe it is relatives that are causing concern. You cannot choose your relatives, but it is possible to see less of them. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This is a great social week. Your puppylike enthusiasm attracts others and a barrage of good vibes comes your way. Indeed, your relaxed attitude allows someone close to get their own life a bit more into perspective. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) People look to you to guide them through the maze of right and wrong this week. Your talent for bringing humour into the most tense situations is invaluable midweek. Summer is a socialising time for you and it is all steam ahead as you issue invitations and receive some back.

ODD ONE OUT 1. Which of the following is not a breed of dog: Basenji, Bichon Frise, Borzoi, Briard, Burmilla? 2. Which of the following is not the name of a professional rugby league (Super League) team: Castleford Tigers, Leeds Rhinos, Sheffield Steelers, Widnes Vikings, Wigan Warriors? 3. Which of the following trees is not an evergreen: Douglas fir, European ash, Lebanon cedar, Norway spruce, red pine? 4. Which of these artists was not a member of the PreRaphaelite Brotherhood (later known as the PreRaphaelites): Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Stubbs, James Collinson, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt? 5. Which of these countries is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO): Austria, Canada, Croatia, Norway, Romania? 6. Which of these groups is the only one to have ever had UK number one hit single: Black Sabbath, Dire Straits, Genesis, Soft Cell, the Carpenters? 7. Which of these is not a member of the woodwind section of an orchestra: contrabassoon, cor anglais, euphonium, flageolet, piccolo? 8. Which of these is not a genuine title of a book in the ‘Noddy’ series by Enid Blyton: Noddy Goes to School, Noddy Goes to Sea, Noddy Goes to the Cinema, Noddy Goes to the Fair, Noddy Goes to Toyland? 9. Which of these performers has never played the part of Eva Peron in the musical ‘Evita’: Barbra Streisand, Elaine Paige, Julie Covington, Madonna, Patti LuPone? 10. Which of these words is spelled correctly: accomodation, apparantly, bizzare, idiosyncracy, supersede? Not a lot of people know that... the 1980s TV quiz programme ‘Odd One Out’, hosted by Paul Daniels, was based on a short-lived American game show called ‘Knockout’, hosted by Arte Johnson

YOUR STARS CANCER (June 22 - July 23) This is an emotional week, when it is difficult to keep things to yourself. Get together with others and do a bit of social networking. Talk, and if you cannot bring yourself to confess to a problem, say that it is a friend of yours who has it. Certainly, you need to share this concern to get a balanced picture.

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A lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a trainload of terrapins. It was a turtle disaster.

Unscramble the name of a popular indoor sport/game (two words): WIN BILTONG PEN

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You like to do your own things in your own way and in your own time. That certainly shows this week. It can cause a bit of a stir with family. Even so, it will inspire someone close to step forward and make their own stand. Put someone straight when they step out of line. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) The kind nature that is so much a part of you is only too evident this week. A situation makes you feel frustrated and you need to find a way forward. A bit of expert advice goes a long way even if it does mean that you still have to go it alone. Be strong and remind yourself that this is for someone else. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) As you prefer living in the here and now, you find it difficult to understand and tolerate people who plot and plan in advance. It is tedious in the extreme to consider every little detail of something which may never happen. Because there is this relaxed attitude, you have developed a larger-than-life personality. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This time of year reminds you just how much you enjoy home comforts. Plan ahead now for those chilly winter nights when the air is crisp and the wine is mulled. The urge is to work with others this week and that in itself throws up plans for evenings ahead. Having planned a romantic weekend there may need to be some adjustments.

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Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case G) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: • Average: 13 • Good: 18 • Very good: 25 • Excellent: 33

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alec alee calf caul clan clef clue elan feel flan flea flee flue fuel lace lane leaf lean luff lune ulna anele clean fecal lance ulnae uncle enlace unlace AFFLUENCE

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Across 1 Better honeymoon in European river (5) 3 Dinners perhaps you will find in the summertime also (5) 7 Tea, unusual cure for poet (7) 9 I went off the Twist (5) 10 The Spanish adjust tie for the chosen few (5) 11 Scared about changing shopping centres (7) 12 Posted railway watch (6) 14 Rest some bothersome players (6) 18 Scottish town’s tune has dire arrangement (7) 20 Bombardment starts soon after last villains overthrown (5) 22 Spirit from German publican (5) 23 First lady’s support for highest point (7) 24 Positions spies (5) 25 Stone worker Sam’s back on (5) Down 1 Noises from fiddles... (7) 2 ... all right, a soft island creature (5) 3 Army military leader has dairy repaired (6) 4 Old Mexican is a last detective (5) 5 Rip off complicated new lids (7) 6 Flatten fourth estate (5) 8 It’s easy to understand about Shakespearian monarch (5) 13 Anxious about sun over building (7) 15 Experience Sunday in a London gallery (5)

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1 Intruder, 4 Isis, 8 Scatter, 10 Annie, 11 Conga, 12 Numbers, 13 System, 15 Ushers, 19 Barrage, 21 Plato, 23 Alarm, 24 Examine, 25 Toss, 26 Calypsos. Down: 1 Insects, 2 Train, 3 Errant, 5 Sincere, 6 Seems, 7 Calm, 9 Trade, 14 Streaks, 16 Sepia, 17 Showers, 18 Seneca, 19 Beast, 20 Acme, 22 Alias.

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16 Seen in a squash or tennis professional's contract (7) 17 Puts off desert development (6) 18 Financial backer is in a strangely odd mood (5) 19 Spanish uncle is after an artist for a share (5) 21 Yorkshire city shows the way we hear (5) Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents J and 15 represents V, so fill in J every time the figure 11 appears and V every time the figure 15 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Want (6) 4 Hammered (6) 9 Loses velocity (5) 10 Watch (7) 11 Treated with indignity or contempt (8) 12 Rules (4) 14 Examine in detail (6) 16 Powerful (6) 19 Remain (4) 20 Divide (8) 23 Yellow grassland plants (7) 24 Objectives (5) 25 Appeared to be (6) 26 Trademarks (6)

Down 1 Send away (7) 2 Footwear (5) 3 Determined (8) 5 Posing no difficulty (4) 6 Violent whirling windstorm (7) 7 Requirements (5) 8 Sweet liquid produced by bees (5) 13 Alien (8) 15 Understand (7) 17 Estimates based on little or no information (7) 18 Banquet (5) 19 Teams (5) 21 Once more (5) 22 Not coarse or heavy (4)

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

1 Soldier, 5 Crawl, 8 Flats, 9 Glasses, 10 Extreme, 11 Serve, 12 Acute, 14 Usual, 19 Coast, 21 Immense, 23 Extends, 24 Lords, 25 Turns, 26 Workers. Down: 1 Suffer, 2 Least, 3 Inspect, 4 Regret, 5 Crabs, 6 Austria, 7 Lasted, 13 Chatter, 15 Similar, 16 Accept, 17 Jigsaw, 18 Ceases, 20 Tunes, 22 Nurse.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Castle, 4 Beso, 8 Party, 9 Sitio, 10 Newspaper, 14 Erizo, 15 Falta, 16 Easy, 17 Poesia. Down: 1 Copa, 2 Surgeries, 3 Ley, 5 Estrellas, 6 Osos, 7 Isla, 11 Slow, 12 Jefe, 13 Pala, 15 Feo.

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Across 1 Sábanas (de camas) (6) 3 Alto (edificio, persona) (4) 7 The (pl, f) (3) 9 To know (someone) (7) 10 Passengers (9) 13 Noisy (7) 14 Mar (3) 15 Guiñar (4) 16 Twenty (6)

Down 1 Alone (4) 2 Keyboards (8) 4 Anclas (7) 5 Parrot (4) 6 Sobre (para cartas) (8) 8 Estación (de ferrocarril) (7) 11 Cuervo (4) 12 Merluza (4)

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RICHARD FORTEY is a respected paleontologist who spent his working life at the Natural History Museum. A few years ago he retired from poring over fossilised marine arthropods and escaped “into the open air.” With the proceeds from presenting a natural history television series he bought four acres of beech and bluebell wood in the Chiltern Hills. It is hard to think of a more treasured aspect of the British landscape than woodland, which is surprising when you consider how far we seem to have wandered from the trees, and this book allows the reader to feel a little closer to nature thanks to the author ’s vivid, passionate style. books@euroweeklynews.com

JUST one Spanish city, Malaga, made the top 10 in a European study published this year on the best cities to live in, which was based on answers to surveys on quality of life. These are the 10 cities on the continent which were given the best ratings by their residents: 1. Oslo, Norway One of Europe’s fastest-growing cities, with a population approaching 700,000, the largest city in Norway is turning into a cosmopolitan hub full of world-class museums, restaurants, art and eye-catching architecture yet manages to retain a relaxed atmosphere. Due to its compact centre and efficient transport services, residents can live perfectly well without a car. 2. Zurich, Switzerland Described as a metropolis of experiences by the water, Zurich with its stunning view of the snow-capped Alps on the horizon offers a unique combination of museums, art galleries and fashion and design and boasts the best nightlife in Switzerland. Its location on the shores of Lake Zurich and nearby countryside means the multicultural city really does have something for all tastes. 3. Aalborg, Denmark North Jutland’s main industrial and commercial centre, Aalborg’s prosperity relied until fairly recently on heavy industry but now factories are quickly being replaced by technological and green-energy based sectors leading to a more ecologically and resident friendly city. 4. Vilnius, Lithuania The capital of Lithuania, Vilnius is known for its baroque architecture, especially in its medieval old town which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. The cosmopolitan city has a thriving community of bohemian artists and is also home to thousands of students from its various

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Play on Words OSLO, NORWAY: No need for a car. universities. Like Oslo, residents report high levels of satisfaction with the public transport system, which 45 per cent of the population uses to get to work. 5. Belfast, Northern Ireland The capital and largest city in Northern Ireland and the second largest city in all of Ireland after Dublin, Belfast has a fast-growing population and remains a centre for industry, the arts and higher education. In contrast to others it is a relatively car-dependant city but makes up for it with its wealth of bars, art and cultural events, residents believe. 6. Hamburg, Germany Second only to Berlin in size and population, Hamburg is home to one of Europe’s largest harbours and boasts many waterways and canals, hence its nickname ‘Venice of the North.’ Residents have called it one of the most livable cities in Europe thanks to its size, big enough to have it all, but small enough to be comfortable, and its prices. 7. Rostock, Germany Rostock has been transformed from a former industrial city to one with a maritime character and a centre of culture and science. The harbour city is green and on the seaside, meaning it attracts many tourists who add to the

multicultural feel. Locals boast of a high quality of life with a broad range of cultural and leisure options and excellent residential and shopping opportunities. 8. Copenhagen, Denmark A traditional member of lists of top cities for quality of life, Copenhagen is safe, clean and a beautiful place to live. It has a stable economy, good education and a social safety net. Known to be a very environmentally friendly place, the city even has low railings at traffic lights for cyclists to rest a foot on due to the number of people who get about by bike. 9. Malaga, Spain Malaga has literally reinvented itself over recent years, transforming from a rather dull old place into a hive of activity which is fast attracting new residents from all over the world who are drawn to the cultural melting pot of the Costa del Sol. 10. Munich, Germany Last but not least, Munich is a prosperous city which retains a cosy smalltown feel with lots of green spaces and a sophisticated cultural life. Germany’s version of Silicon Valley, Munich has attracted hundreds of high-tech companies which have attracted a large international population.

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

TARGET: • Average: 20 • Good: 28 • Very good: 40 • Excellent: 52

SCORING: • 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points • 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points • 8 or more letters: 11 points

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION emir erica escape escapee evil lire sire ires vies iris ivies civil cave caver caves cavies cavil carve carver carves cape chair chaise chav char chary chap cheep chip aimer aims aver aves airiest airy achy ache aril hair have haver haves hairiest hail hairy harvest happen heir hippo hiya

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What price independence? This is the most important decision that we Britons will ever make.

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

IN recent weeks, we have been led to believe that in leaving the EU, Europe would be plunged into war, Britain’s economy would descend into chaos, immigration would expand, and unemployment would swell dramatically. Moreover that we would be less safe. Yes, well, tell that to the people of Paris and Brussels. Given that this is the most important decision that we Britons will ever make, Cameron’s declarations are utterly disgraceful. Like all politicians he knows that the most effective way of bringing the people to heel, is to scare the hell out of them. This is why there have been no reassuring words to the many UK nationals living across Europe should we vote to leave.

EU REFERENDUM: Remain in union or go it alone? That is the question. No one knows for sure what would happen, but in the interest of millions of EU citizens living in Britain, as well as us expats, mutual agreements would have to be struck. Failure to do so would cause serious damage to the

Spanish and other EU economies. As for the threat of war, I wonder, as Cameron bows his head before the Cenotaph in November, what the ‘Glorious Dead’ would think of a peaceful Europe that is increasingly dominated by Germany.

Just recently it was reported that the Germans are pushing for a European army in which they should take a leading role. Think about that. The fact that President Obama hopped on a plane to support his pal Dave, has no

bearing on the issue. America has always pursued a policy of self interest and is only concerned with how their powerful conglomerates, aka the owners of US politicians, will benefit. Likewise large corporations and the global banking fraternity. Just look at their record. Their recent history alone should make us doubt the veracity of anything they tell us. Ordinary people are simply cannon fodder for their ambitions. It is of course a worrying time for us expats, but the choice is clear: Freedom for Britain to make its own decisions and laws, or increasingly become a Euro lackey governed by unelected bureaucrats.

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The story behind the face John Smith Random thoughts... IN response to one of my page 3 articles, three readers wrote in to complain about the position I had taken and accused me of a number of things which were based on supposition rather than fact so this week, I will be more than happy to give some of my background and that of my family in order to balance the picture. Naturally we are very happy to receive comments from any of our readers but it is interesting how the Brexit situation has really encouraged those who are in favour to be most vociferous in their comments and perhaps a little unkind in dismissing opposing opinion. My grandfather was one of the officers in Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Parade and went on to train Australian troops and then fight at Gallipoli where he was mentioned in dispatches. My father served in China prior to the Second World War, returned to the UK as an officer in the Home Guard as he

REFERENDUM: I fear that people may vote without understanding.

was in a reserved occupation and was then sent to Tehran in the late 1940s. I married a Gibraltarian girl in 1978 and lived in the UK until 18 months ago, when at the age of 62 we moved to our holiday home in Spain because of health reasons, and so that my wife could be near to her now 93-year-old

mother who still lives an active life in Gibraltar, with many family members around her. Having spent more than 40 years working in the UK initially as a Crown Servant and more recently dealing with a large number of foreign governments at up to Premier level as well as many

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Referendum countdown IT is really quite amazing that the run up to the Brexit referendum has become something of a very poor film script with vaguely believable characters on both sides pontificating on what will happen in the event of either remaining or leaving. It does seem at the moment that the remain camp seems to have the greatest support, but there are still a few weeks for those wanting to leave to promote their position and to change people’s minds. Almost as if set up, the matter of immigration has jumped to the front of the agenda, with two stories of British people-smugglers being caught bringing in Albanian families including children to the UK. When you consider that it is an island completely surrounded by water, there is little doubt that anyone competent and determined will be able to bring migrants over with little chance of detection. Clearly a certain number of Albanians are hedging their bets as they want to get into the UK before the referendum, in case Britain does leave the EU and before any final decision is made concerning that country’s admission to the Union. As we get nearer to the actual day of the referendum on June 23, there are also a large number of expatriates anxiously awaiting their voting papers, which should have been dispatched on May 23 to arrive, and hoping that there will be sufficient time for them to cast their vote and for it to arrive back in the UK in time to be counted.

of the Overseas Territories I was in regular contact with both the FCO, for whom I wrote certain draft papers and with the Palace as well. I try to be balanced in what I write although sometimes I may appear a little frivolous, but am in favour of remaining within the Union and do fear that people will cast their votes without understanding the situation. I don’t pretend that I am a journalist but am delighted to be a writer for a first class company which is very fair in allowing all opinions to appear in what are after all, six free newspapers greatly enjoyed by a huge number of expatriates. There are genuinely plenty of kind reviews of my work but I have quite fairly chosen to publish those that attack me and my opinions and that really sums up the Euro Weekly News. My comment on the British having more knowledge of voting for Britain’s Got Talent was meant to be Now we tongue in cheek and more than a few want to people have told me they thought it hear your views. funny, but the frightening thing is that as only 35.6 per cent of the YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE British electorate turned out for - YOUR OPINION the last European elections, it www.euroweeklynews.com might just be true!

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SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. This week Dr Perez Belmonte has answered a letter from a reader who is worried about a lingering night time cough. Dear Doctor, I’m 38 and about six months ago I caught a cold which took a long time to go away. Although I feel much better now, I’ve been left with a cough. This isn’t unusual for me as I smoke and it happens most winters. However my problem is that at night in bed I start coughing and my chest feels congested. Sometimes I wake myself up making a gurgling noise in my throat or chest. I’ve tried taking mucolytics, first Fluimucil then Pectox, but there’s been no change. My husband says even when I’m not making the gurgling noise I snore and tells me I must stop smoking and lose weight (I’m about 10 kilos overweight). I know he’s right but I work long hours in a stressful job and it isn’t easy to change my habits. As the mucolytics haven’t helped this time I’m worried it could be something serious. What should I do? Can you give me any advice that isn’t just ‘stop smoking and go on a diet!?’ Thank you.

The Doctor replied: This year colds and flu bugs are lasting longer than usual because the viruses we are surrounded by are more virulent than in previous years. Coughs and mucus can take months to disappear, especially in smokers or people with excess weight. This type of patient has a higher risk of complications such as bugs turning into bacterial infections which makes them much worse and can result in pneumonia. This would give symptoms including difficulty breathing, high fevers and greenish-yellow phlegm. In this case, as well as mucolytics and medication to reduce coughing and inflammation, antibiotics would also be required. In my opinion, if you’ve had this problem for many weeks you should see a Specialist in Internal Medicine who will recommend a complete blood test, analysis of mucus and a chest xray. Obviously you also need to stop smoking, try to lose weight and try to reduce your stress levels.

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Pain free ‘Vaping’ USING e-cigarettes or vaporisers could be a safer way to take medical marihuana. Scientists suggest inhaling instead of smoking it to relieve pain, may be safer. Samples of gases generated after inhaling concentrated hash oil found that users inhaled significantly less toxic contaminants. Marihuana is prescribed in the UK and 17 other European countries for medical reasons. A professor from Imperial College London said although the study showed interesting results, a cannabis ‘vaping’ device would be illegal in the UK.

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Prescription drugs EACH year, Spain spends €9.183 billion a year on prescription drugs according to data from the last annual study by the National Health System. The report, based on data from 2013, found that Omeprazole, for treating gastroesophageal reflux and oth-

er stomach conditions, is the most consumed at 6.4 per cent of all drugs prescribed. Paracetamol was the second at 3.8 per cent of total drugs, at a value of €80 million. It also showed that Spain has tripled antidepressants consumption in the last 10 years.

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Fragrances making you ill? THE company which makes a range of cleaning products, SC Johnson, has released a list of the ingredients in the fragrances found in its European products. Their move comes to allay consumer’s fears as many say they worry about dangerous chemicals in their cleaning products. SC Johnson said this is part of their long-term efforts to ‘transform ingredient transparency’ particularly in the fragrances, or ‘parfums’ which are commonly us e d in c he mic a l s pra ys a nd plug-ins.

They have often been a source of controversy with some warning that they can include hazardous substances which may cause lung damage and tumours and cause problems such as asthma. Last June SC Johnson released information on most of its ingredients but did not detail fragrances. They have now gone a step further and created a website which lists all ingredients in its brands. Find out more by v i si t i ng t hei r websi t e at www.whatsinsidescjohnson.co.uk.

Bouncing big baby girl THE world’s biggest baby girl has been born in southern India. The baby tipped the scales at 15lbs, the same weight as an average six-month-old. The doctor who delivered her by caesarean, said she was a ‘miracle’ adding: “I believe she is not only the heaviest baby born in India but the heaviest baby girl

ever born in the world.” The 19-year-old mother said she was unaware she was going to be giving birth to such a big baby. The girl’s birth overtakes the current record holder, Carisa Rusack, who was born weighing 14lb 5oz in Massachusetts, USA, in 2014.

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WANT a flatter stomach in a day? Try these quick fixes to help achieve a slimmer look: Drink more water: The body is made up of around 70 per cent water and many people think drinking less will make you cut down on bloating, but this is not true and adequate

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Easing the bloat water should be drank throughout the day. Careful on fruits and vegetables: Choose fruits and vegetables carefully as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage can cause bloating and excess wind.

No sweet treats: Avoid refined carbohydrates like pastas and pastries as they are likely to cause bloating. They also often contain wheat, which can be a problem for people with IBS symptoms.

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Limit spices: Spicy foods like curry can cause irritation or ferment in the digestive system causing bloating. Chew properly: Chew each mouthful until the food is liquid, this helps ensure the food is properly digested, but it will also help you to eat slower and therefore eat less.

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Journalists’ jibes Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I HAVE to admit that I enjoy TV shows like Britain’s Got Talent (BGT), The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing etc. like millions of others. So I get a little bit peed off when, after every show, the UK’s scum newspapers, usually the red tops, insist on trying to find something to put the winners, or any contestant that comes on to entertain us, down. Saturday night there was a guy who dro p p e d 1 2 f e e t d o w n a p o le an d stopped an inch away from a chain saw. All the papers could say was that he had a safety cord attached to his ankle. So what? I’d like to see those ‘journalists’ even attempt to get up the pole in the first place! Why do they feel it’s their job to spoil my entertainment? Why do they have to do it to everyone that has a bit of success? Every day last week they printed something they considered detrimental to one of the contestants on BGT? For what value? Do I care that a young 14-year-old girl once

sung in a stage show or two dancers danced in another show and the winner was not too bright when he previously appeared on The Chase? No I don’t. Then I’ve just watched Top Gear. I enjoyed it. Why? Because I’m not comparing it to the old one. I’m just enjoying a car show. But you would have thought that the new presenters had committed mass murder if you read the papers today (Monday). Am I the only one that just puts these shows on to be entertained? There is so mu ch d oom a nd gloom in the w orld right now with wars, terrorists, etc. So just let me watch my TV shows which I’m not meant to be watching because of greedy licensing laws by the way. Wow I’m really grumpy this week but it gets me so annoyed to see people that are trying to entertain millions of people have stuff written about them that sometimes has no relevance or truth by useless no talented, tabloid press. I feel better now so I’ll finish with a joke. My annoying neighbour was banging on my door at 3 o’clock this morning …... luckily I was still up playing my drums! Think I’ll enter BGT next year. What do you think?

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LEGALLY SPEAKING More 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.

OBSTACLES: If you need to ‘moove’ into opposite lane you must give way. EVERY time we get behind the wheel of a car to embark on a journey our fate lies somewhat in the hands of others and there are potential hazards at every turn. Last week we looked at some of the hazards and this week here are some more hazards drivers meet and how you can best avoid the risk. Obstacles in the road: There are countless items that could find themselves in the road and pose a problem to vehicles, fallen trees, items fallen from vehicles, rocks and boulders, parked cars, the list is almost endless. If you encounter an obstruction one thing you must be aware of is that if you have to invade the opposite lane then you must give way to oncoming vehicles and only pass when safe to do so. Permanent road features: It is vital that you pay attention to surroundings by reading and observing the physical signs on a road, like maximum permitted speed limits or warnings of hazards ahead. Also look at the

physical characteristics of the road itself for junctions, narrow streets, dangerous bends, elevation changes and dips, blind corners and merging traffic. Parking: When parking your vehicle, always choose a location that is safe, legal and convenient. Respect distances between vehicles, look for signs or signals that prevent or restrict parking. Be careful when opening your door, look in the mirrors and around the vehicle for cyclists, motorbikes, pedestrians or other cars. Reversing vehicles: Always try to avoid reversing wherever possible as the field of vision is significantly reduced. Reversing into a parking bay makes it safer and more convenient for leaving, and avoid reversing from a minor road to a major road. Animals: Animals in the road pose a major risk, especially in countryside areas. Drive slowly and always respect distance, because animals are unpredictable and can be startled.

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Can we change quotas? Some owners in our community have extended their properties by almost 50 square metres, making them into units of three bedrooms and three bathrooms. My own property is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit, as originally designed and built. However, I pay the highest community charges due to the original quota system established in the year 2000. Is it possible to have the cuota reassessed? I have asked at the AGM for equal shares, but this was refused. S M (Costa Blanca) Yes, it is possible to change the assignment of quotas. In your case, it is necessary in order to match the reality of the new construction. Ask these questions: Did the owners have community permission

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from the town hall? Are the new extensions registered in the property registry? Legally, your community needs to change its original basic charter and assign new percentage shares that reflect the new reality.

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Alzheimer’s support A DONATION of €1,072 has been made to the Alzheimer’s Association of San Fulgencio. As Marlene Brown and Joan Rampton made the donation to Bea Villena from AFA, she said the money will be spent on physiotherapy for some of their clients. Angeles Ferrandez, councillor for Social Services in San Fulgencio, and Susana Ortuna, councillor for Cultural Services, were also present and thankful for the donations from the expatriate community.

Summer fair time HELP Murcia Mar Menor is hosting their summer fair on June 18 at the Arches Bar, Los Alcazares. The event will take place from 10am to 2pm and will include a range of clothes, jewellery, handbags, shoe and baby stalls, offering great bargains.

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Glitz and glam for the AECC QUESADA Pink Lady Debbie Weedon organised a Glitz and Glam ball which took place at the Marabu lounge. The night was a great success and through ticket sales, raffle and football cards raised €901 for Maria Wilson and the Pink Ladies which will donate the money to the AECC cancer charity. One of the guests then increased the donations to round it up to €1,000. The night started with a three-course meal, then there was dancing to local singers Kevin Bonser, Ed Blundell Williams and Max Bacon who were all fantastic and performed for free to support the cause. Debbie would like to thank Marabu Lounge for their great service, the artistes and guests for making the night so fantastic and the local businesses who generously donated raffle prizes.

GLITZ & GLAM: Glamorous night in Quesada raises €1,000 for AECC.

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All th THIS year’s internationally famous San Javier Jazz Festival will take place from July 1-30. The 19th edition of the event, which has been declared of Regional Tourist Interest, promises another month of swinging sounds and top musicians. Tickets are now available from the Festival Office in San Javier or you can call 968 191 588 and a pass for all concerts (except the ones on July 17 and 23) is €115. Tickets for individual concerts start at €15. This year there are also four free open air concerts for all to enjoy in various locations. Included in the line-up are Lars Danielsson New Quintet and Ken Hensley on July 1 at 9.30pm. On July 2 Kirk Lightsey, Antonio Serrano and Nik West take to the stage; Ignassi Terraza Cuarteto and Ronald Baker on July 8; Charles Lloyd New Quartet and Myles Sanko

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on July 9. The first free concert is on July 13 at 9.30pm with King Solomon Hicks performing in the Plaza de Espana.

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Charity walks and opera for Orihuela By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ORIHUELA COSTA Town Hall in Playa Flamenca reminds residents and visitors that they are hosting a number of events this weekend. The first is this Saturday, June 4, with an opera at the Teatro Circo in Orihuela City. It

starts at 8.30pm and tickets cost €10 from www.ticketmaster.es. There is a 50 per cent discount for large families. On Sunday June 5, the Pink Ladies have organised a Walk for Life which will take place in the Playa Flamenca Promenade. It will start at 10.30am but registration at €5, starts at

9am with all money raised going to the AECC cancer charity. There will be entertainment all afternoon with music, food, bars and market stalls. The town hall announced the next tourist route, planned to visit La Matanza and La Murada, has been cancelled for Sunday June 5.

Rascals’ finest hour IF you did not see the most recent Rascals performance in Los Montesinos, then you missed an absolute treat. From the moment the curtain went up, it was clear this show oozed professionalism, and could almost be compared to something you might see on the West End. The choice of musical content, which was based on the silver screen, had so much variety and the choreography, which was largely down to new

recruit Julia Young, had the audience in rapture right from the start. Rascals have always featured some well-worked dance routines in their shows, but this year it was clear they had been very well rehearsed and they were performed expertly. Annette Baldwin, show director, said she was proud of such a wonderful cast, many of whom had only joined Rascals this year, and for some, it was the first time on stage. She con-

tinued: “When I look back to January I really wondered if we would ever get a show off the ground. Paul and I have dedicated six months of our lives to get this show off the ground; people don’t realise just how much organising is necessary. We have been so lucky to find Julia Young, our choreographer and a performing arts teacher.” The shows also raised an impressive €3,500 for charity. 965 993 486/therascals.org

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Record number of UK landlords THERE are now more landlords in the UK than ever before as numbers rose by a strong 7 per cent last year to roughly 1.75 million. Together the emergent landlord class, which has skyrocketed with the huge growth in buy-to-let investments, banked a net income of £14.2 billion (€18.6 billion). The figures come from HM Revenue and Customs data which showed that 1.75 million people declared income from property, and the numbers are expected to be much higher at present, given they are based on 2014 data. Property retains its golden halo as the vast majority of people looking to invest their savings turn to the buy-tolet market as a perceived foolproof alternative to the stock market, which has seen its reputation shredded in recent years. Changes to the stamp duty laws from April 1 are likely to dampen the enthusiasm by implanting an additional 3 per cent surcharge on second homes. Heftier taxes will also come into play from 2017 but it is expected that the extra fees will do little to dissuade aspirant landlords that the property market remains the best avenue for profit. The National Landlords Association has argued that the tougher taxes will ultimately impact tenants more as their landlords seek to minimise risk and increase rents.

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HEALTHY GROWTH: The increased trend in the number of new mortgages continues. By Matthew Elliott THE number of new mortgages in Spain increased for the 22nd consecutive month in March according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute published this week. There were 22,983 new mortgages registered in March,

representing a 14.5 per cent increase on the same month in 2015, although the rise was not as noticeable as that recorded in February, which jumped 15.9 per cent on the previous year. The average value of mortgages also rose to a healthy €107,861 and the total capital out on loan jumped to €2.5 bil-

lion, a steep 20 per cent growth on 2015’s data. A lot of the capital lies in the Madrid region at €600 million, while Andalucia boasts a large proportion at €427 million. The southern province also recorded the highest number of new mortgages for the month at 4,712 and registered one of the

largest year on year increases at 37.4 per cent, galvanised by a strong coastal market. The majority of mortgages starting in March had variable interest rates, with just 12.4 per cent fixed rate. However, fixed rate mortgages are increasing as buyers look towards stability rather than financial reward.

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Spanish city smashes into luxury list THE highly regarded Christie’s International Real Estate has conducted a fascinating study into the world’s hottest luxury real estate markets which can expect spectacular growth in the near future. Surprisingly Auckland in New Zealand came out on top of the exclusive list after seeing a 63 per cent growth in sales of homes with a seven-figure price tag. Last year’s top dog Toronto came in second place in the latest analysis with a 48 per cent growth rate, closely followed by its Canuck neighbour Victoria in British Columbia in third place. San Francisco and Sydney also made the top ten list but Spain was represented in fourth by Valencia which has seen remarkable growth of both its prime and luxury real estate markets in recent years. The thriving Spanish city has been completely transformed over the past decade, ushering in a new age of cosmopolitanism, which Malaga is successfully attempting to re-imagine itself on the Costa del Sol.

VALENCIA: A luxurious and thriving cirty. Having Spain present on the luxury list represents further progress for the national and coastal markets which are once again in a great position to tout themselves as

superior alternatives for wealthy elites from the UK, Russia and China to purchase second homes and invigorate local business.

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More top tips fro John Graham The property expert

IN previous weeks we’ve discussed my top 10 tips for selling your home. Today we bring it all to a close with number nine and 10. 9. The buyer is looking at your home and imagining living there. If the buyer doesn’t feel comfortable they will quickly switch off and you’ve lost a buyer. My top tip number nine is to create an attractive focal point or points in your rooms which will make the buyer feel at home. Position your furniture to highlight the views from the rooms. If you have attractive views make sure that when the buyer sits down to discuss your home that you seat the buyers looking out towards the views, which could be views of the sea, golf course, mountains, pool or a well kept garden.

HOME DECORATION: Neutral colours appeal to the ma 10. The majority of buyers who buy property on the Costas or Balearics are from Northern Europe. They want to buy in your region because there are

many more hours of daylight and sunny days throughout the year compared to Northern Europe. My top tip number 10 is make

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jority of buyers. sure that your home looks bright and sunny throughout and the buyer will feel more attracted to buying your home. Open up the windows, pull

the curtains fully back, make sure nothing in the garden is blocking your windows or the views. Use floor and table lamps

with neutral pastel shades, to brighten up the rooms in your home, especially in any dark corners and use warm colour light bulbs to make sure every room looks light and cosy. If you have lighting under wall cupboards in your kitchen make sure all the light fittings are working. To make your home look at its very best when the buyers visit your home, make sure that all your lights are on, even though it is in the daytime, this is a very important small detail. There are of course many more points to cover in preparing your home for sale but even if only one of my top 10 tips helps you in selling your home I’m sure you will be very pleased. 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, his company can be of great help in finding a buyer. Email. gk.ipad@me.com.

Unusual property valuation advice nightmare neighbours have left. WHEN attempting to sell a property, A n ex ce lle nt loc a l w a te ring hole ther e a r e a h u g e ra n g e o f co mmo n goes a long way, adding prestige to a sense factors to take into account, from property and ensuring that your properkeeping it spic and span, to ensuring ty has a unique selling point and is easthat prospective buyers are aware of all ily identified. Research has shown that its advantages. s imply be ing a ble to If y o u ’ r e b u y i n g a home with eye to sellBefore buying a say your home is next ing f u r t h e r d o wn th e new home make to s uc h a nd s uc h a line there are some othsure you check out place can add real valer k e y f a c t o r s t o rethe neighbourhood ue to the price. Street names can also member to ensure that as unattractive and antiyou get the best price. social areas surrounding ma ke a diffe re nc e , Check out the neighthe property can have a more complex in Spain bo u r h o o d sc e n e to negative impact on price but even if you’re sellmake certain there are should you decide you ing to expats, it’s easy no nuisances who can want to sell up. to dis tinguis h the ge ne ric from the rowr e a k h a v o c o n lo c a l ma ntic s ounding. pri c e d y n a m i c s w ith H ous e na me s too c a n lou d , se l f i sh a n d d emake a big difference and even numstructive behaviour. bers can, with many people harbouring Areas can quickly gain a bad reputasuperstitions. tion which can linger even after the

market’s strength

PROPERTY BOOM: Houses are being snapped up fast. HOMES are selling like wildfire in Barcelona with the majority, registered as available for sale, being bought within three months of being advertised. The property portal Idealista, one of Spain’s largest, revealed the interesting figures in its latest market report. The figures for April 2016 showed that just over 50 per cent of homes put on the site were purchased within 90 days, while 15.2 per cent went within just one month. Reflecting the strength of the local market, the results also suggest that homeowners who haven’t sold their property within a year should seriously consider revamping their selling strategy. Barcelona presently enjoys a booming

rental market and it is thought that many of the excited buyers are looking to let out their new properties to capitalise on its continuing momentum. Idealista suggests that, given the current rate of purchasing, those who are having difficulty selling should consider lowering the price, renovating the home or upgrading their advertising to ensure they don’t miss out on the rush. The average price of homes sold in the Catalan capital throughout the month was €324,689, although the largest contingent of sales took place at less than €200,000 and only five per cent went for more than €750,000.

Pound rising against euro POLLS indicating that the remain camp are edging ahead in the Brexit referendum have seen the pound rise against the euro following a period of in-

creased uncertainty over the result. It’s good news for the Spanish property market which has been anxious over the impending vote. Volatility

can be expected in the run up but the strengthening pound highlights continued investor confidence that British buyers will continue to turn to Spain.

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Spain attracts investment FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) is growing strongly in Spain in what is highly significant news for the country’s evolving housing market. FDI sees entities from outside Spain take controlling stakes in local enterprises and

is an essential indicator of international investor confidence. A recent survey measured the level of FDI in key European countries and found that in 2015 Spain was in fourth place in terms of its attrac-

tiveness to foreign investors. Behind only the UK, Germany and France, Spain saw 248 confirmed FDI projects across the year, a 7 per cent increase on 2014. Barcelona and Madrid came in the top ten for European cities, with Cataluña accounting for almost half of the nation’s total FDI projects. In good news for the stability of the Spanish property market, the European Attractiveness Survey indicated that the USA is the largest foreign investor in Spain, with more and more American companies choosing the country. France, Germany, and the UK were the other key origins of investors, while Spain is also seeing increased attention from China, a situation expected to really take shape over the course of the decade. With increased FDI, the property market will experience likely growth and convince other investors to plough more money into local enterprise.

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The Tory Civil War is heading for a bloody climax on June 23 ing is a wake-up call rather than a wake. Finally, have you read the latest about the private security company, G4S? We all know about its past débâcles: the London Olympics security fiasco, overcharging for tagging offenders, losing its prison contracts, losing prisoners (when ‘Group 4’), etc. Now it’s been caught inventing emergency 999 calls. I wonder what contract they’ll be offered next: running the in/out referendum? Let’s face it, they couldn’t run a bath, but would charge a fortune to prove it. (And lose the baby with the bath water whilst they were at it!)

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WITH the Tories descending into civil war over the upcoming referendum with vicious claim and counterclaim, you have to wonder what the outcome will be. One thing’s for sure though, the Tory party won’t ever be the same again. On the one hand, the remainers warn that Brexit could be “very dangerous” for the NHS, food prices and mortgage rates will soar, and Cameron effectively accusing Brexiteers, including his own defence minister, of flat-out lying about the prospect of Turkey joining the EU. The Brexiteers, meanwhile, claim the UK’s powerless to stop Turkey, point to a secret government memo showing the EU costing UK billions,

EU COST: Secret government memo shows EU is costing UK billions. with dear old Boris even “comparing the EU to Hitler.” All this, then, plus respected former MI6 spy chief, Sir Richard Dearlove, warning that the EU is facing a “populist uprising” amid growing anger from voters who feel they’ve been betrayed by political

elites in London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels. “If Europe cannot act together to persuade a significant majority of its citizens that it can gain control of its migratory crisis then the EU will find itself at the mercy of a populist uprising, which is already stirring.”

Sir Richard describes Britain’s in/out referendum as “the first roll of the dice in a bigger geopolitical game,” and brands the EU-Turkey deal “perverse, like storing gasoline next to the fire we’re trying to extinguish.” Oops! Here’s hoping for the EU’s sake, Sir Richard’s warn-

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WELL we have experienced yet another non-traditional May in terms of rainfall. Traditionally the month opens with heavy thunders torms t h a t so a k e d th e ground to enable planting holes for late flowering shrubs and trees to be easily dug, to stimulate the formation of f r u i t o n o l i v e a n d other fruit trees and enable secano (growing without regular watering) of melon, squash and onion crops It also raises the water table, e sp e c i a l l y o n th e north facing where a line of springs ran throughout the year to provide inexpensive running agricultural water and the possibility of bottling up pristine unchlorinated water for domestic cooking and drinking. Sinc e n o n e o f t h i s h a p pened even more villagers have given up traditional agricultural practices and expat gardeners have had to commence summer levels of watering early with very low water tables so there will be no let up until the autumn.

LANTANA: Noticeable difference at the end of May with south facing plants in full bloom, unlike the north facing. It’s d iffic u lt to b elie ve that the first summer we spent in Spain, in the late 8 0 ’s , i t h a d r a i n e d o n 1 0 days in May and it rained on eight in the first half of June. But despite the climatic changes gardens are certainly becoming colourful and p e rfu med an d g rea t v egetable crops are being harv e s te d w ith th o s e b eing grown in well prepared soil

mixe s in ra is e d be ds or builder’s buckets which are less water demanding than poorly prepared vegetable plots in the open ground. In the latter case success comes from ensuring that the top 30 centimetres of soil contains 30 per cent of worked in composts from compost heaps, local horse stables and sheep or goat sheds or bags of ground up well composted animal manures.

In recent years the use of a little TerraCottem water conserving soil improver available via the TerraVida website www.terravida.com a t the bottom of pla nting holes and in seed drills has certainly paid off. It may seem expensive at first but one uses so little per planting that it is in fact e c onomic a l in w a te r a nd plant savings. Thos e w ho de ve lope d

their garden as four mini gardens, each on one side of the house will have noticed significant differences in the speed of leafing up and flowering of plants such as lantanas, hibiscus and roses as i l l ust r at ed i n t he t wo photographs. During the last winter cut back both plants had been pruned to the same size and neither have been watered being now 20-year-old plants.

This adds to the interest of gardening in Spain and by midsummer both lantana plants will be equal. Indeed the north facing plant may well require more summer pruning as it will require less watering as temperatures rise to the mid-30’s.

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EGGS: Good use for shells. prongs up, in the soil round your plants. Nappies aren’t just for babies: Nappies are great moisture retainers. Try placing one in the bottom of a potted plant to keep the soil damp for a little longer. Epsom salt: Rich in magnesium and sulphate, Epsom salt can greatly benefit plants. Mix a couple of spoonfuls in the watering can once or twice a month for potted plants or

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Since it knows that squatting and urinating will stop aggression, it can only assume that the punishment we dish out means that we did not understand its signal. The answer, it thinks, is to give a bigger signal. So, instead of a tiny puddle, we get a large one. Punishing submissive urination always makes the problem worse. The only solution anyone has found to the problem is to react as though you are a wolf, to be non-aggressive. As your puppy matures, submissive urination will slowly cease if you do not exacerbate it by punishment. In the mean-

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airflow to and from the engine bay, while providing increased downforce on both axles. These include a new front bumper with a huge splitter element, modified ducts in the front wings, widened rear wings, a boot-mounted carbon fibre rear spoiler, a new rear bumper with integrated lateral air duct to cool the rear differential, a massive hexagonal central exhaust, and a reworked dual-channel diffuser. The most distinctive stylistic feature, however, is arguably the eye-popping ‘Panamericana’ front grille, which was previously seen on the trackonly GT3 race car in late 2015, and gives the car an impressively menacing appearance. Under the bonnet, the car will feature a tuned version of

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FOOTBALL • Premiership-bound Hull City are now £170 million richer (at least) after their 1-0 play-off final win over Sheffield Wednesday at Wembley. Barnsley beat Millwall 3-1 and Wimbledon beat Plymouth 2-0 in the FL1 and FL2 showdowns. • Real Madrid defeated city rivals Atletico 5-3 on penalties to win the Champion’s League (European Cup) for the 11th time. The game had finished 1-1 after 120 minutes during which time Griezman of Atletico missed a spot-kick. • Recent friendlies saw England beat Australia 2-1 at Sunderland… outplayed Scotland (who did not have a shot at goal) lost 1-0 in Italy… the Republic of Ireland drew 1-1 with Holland… Northern Ireland defeated Belarus 3-0… and Spain beat Bosnia & Herzogovina 3-1. • England won the annual U21 Touloun international tournament by beating hosts France 2-1 in the final last Sunday. • Bosses Chris C o l e m a n (Wales), Roy

SERGIO RAMOS: Captained his team to victory in the cup final.

DID YOU KNOW Last Friday, Marcus Rashford became England’s youngest scoring debutant at the age of 18 years and 209 days old, netting with his fourth touch in the second minute against Australia. He beat Tommy Lawton’s record of scoring against Wales in 1938, aged 19 years and 16 days. Rashford is also the third youngest England scorer ever, behind Wayne Rooney (17 years, 317 days in 2003) and Michael Owen (18 years, 164 days in 1998).

Hodgson (England). Martin O’Neill (Republic of Ireland) and Michael O’Neil (Northern Ireland) have named their 23-man squads for Euro 2016 which starts in earnest tomorrow week. CRICKET • England (498-9 declared and 80-1 beat Sri Lanka (101 and 491) by nine wickets in the second Test in Durham. Moheen Ali scored 155 not out in England’s first innings, while Alistair Cook reached the milestone of 10,000 runs in Test cricket in the second, becoming the youngest ever Englishman to reach figures. The third and final Test starts at Lords on June 9. • The Sunrisers Hyderabad (2087) surprisingly beat favourites King’s Royal Challengers (200-7) in the final of the Indian Premier League. • The ‘big bash’ (T20) tournament is now well underway and tomorrow we have the ‘Battle of the Roses’ when Lancashire take on Yorkshire. MOTOR SPORT • Lewis Hamilton, after taking the lead 45 laps from home, went on to gain a superb victory in a close battle with Red Bull’s second-placed Aussie Daniel Ricciardo with Ser-

gio Perez third in a thrilling Monaco Grand Prix to reignite his title campaign. Hamilton’s first win of 2016 enabled him to cut the deficit to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who came seventh, to 24 points. And afterwards the British driver thanked ‘gentleman’ Rosberg for ‘letting him pass’ at a crucial stage in the race. Next up, the Montreal Grand Prix on June 12. • American driver Alexander Rossi won the 100th staging of the famous Indianapolis 500. BOXING • Super-lightweight Ricky Burns (Scotland) and cruiserweight Tony Bellew (England) are both celebrating after winning title fights last weekend against Michele di Rocco and Ilunga Makabu respectively. Burns, in fact, has now won world titles at three different levels. ROUND-UP • England ran in five tries and George Ford missed five conversions, but they still whipped Wales 27-13 in a friendly Rugby Union international at Twickenham.

• Englishman Chris Woods came back from three shots down to win the BMW PGA golf tournament at Wentworth and Jordan Speith was victorious in the Colonial National in Texas; his eighth title and he’s only 22. The Open is next up on June 9. • At the start of the week, tennis stars Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, holder Stan Wawrenka, David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych, plus the Williams sisters, were all heading for the quarter-finals of their respective singles events at the French Open at Roland Garros, while Jamie Murray and Yung-Jan Chan were going well in the men’s doubles. • On Saturday we have the Epsom Derby… the women’s European gymnastics championships are taking place in Switzerland … and on Sunday we have the latest Diamond Athletics meeting in Birmingham. REAL: Won their 11th Champion’s League trophy.

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San Miguel Society A WELCOME 46 members and five guests gathered at Villamartin, somewhat unusually as it was the end of the month and not the beginning, as is normally the case, to play in a stableford competition. A perfect day weatherwise, the course in its usual condition, although with greens a little slower than they have been recently but still with their usual percentage of crowned holes, and a long set-up, scoring was generally once again better amongst those in Gold, working down through Silver to Bronze. However, it was in those latter two categories that the day’s most impressive scores were found. Mick Roscoe took Bronze with a

superb 42 points, Steve Davis Silver with an excellent 40, made more impressive due to the fact that he was involved in a match-play competition. The day’s competition results, by category and in reverse order, were the following: Best front nine and not in the prizes went to Robin Eastman (19), best back nine to Ivan Hanak (22) The Abacus was won by Kyree Skarsmoen. Nearest the pins on the par threes (open to all) went to Robin Eastman (six), Mike Frankish (nine), Eva Pettersson (13) and Ivan Hanak (17) The Best Guest was Johnatern Brown, winning on CB with 32 points. Thanks go to the staff at Villamartin golf course for their contribution to the day. Keep up to date with all SMGS matters by logging on to teir website www.smgs.org or simply give Barry Roehrig a call on 966 731 033 to find out more about the society and its weekly golf get-togethers.

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Thrilling finals bring the bowls nationals to a close FRIDAY May 27 and Saturday May 28 saw the conclusion of this year’s Linea Directa Spanish Championships. On Friday the first of the finals were played. In the Mixed Triples final Grace Cathcart, Robert Cathcart and son Graham (Teide) were against Bob Nesbitt, Carl Eagle and Ann Eagle (San Miguel). The result went down to the wire. With the Teide team leading by five going into the final end at one stage they were five shots down and it looked as though it could go to an extra end, but Graham managed to reduce the count and his team earned the win. At the same time Lynn Greenland and Stuart Denholm (San Miguel) played the mixed pairs final against Ann Holland and Keith Phillips (San Luis). Although on experience the San Miguel pairing were probably prematch favourites the San Luis pair played some great bowls. They were always just a few shots ahead and maintained their lead to take the title.

Saturday morning was the turn of both Mens & Ladies Pairs. In the Mens pairs two San Luis teams contested the final. Julian Pering and Paul Parkes against Dave Blackie and Scott Malden. Early on it was nip and tuck with the teams trading shots. A count at the midway stage gave Julian and Paul a lead which they consolidated and held onto until the end taking the title. Once the green was cleared it was the turn of the premier events: the Mens and Ladies singles. Pre-tournament favourite Frank Close (Emerald Isle) played Martin Foulcer (Vistabella). Martin won 2117. The Ladies singles saw Ann Eagle (2007 champion) (San Miguel) against Melanie Highland (Quesada). This was, in many peoples view, the match of the tournament with both ladies playing brilliant bowls. Neither lady gave quarter to their opponent with every shot fought for. With her last bowl Ann took the title 21-19.

FINALS: Were a thrilling spectacle.