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ISSUE NO. 1660

27 April - 3 May 2017

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Road rage Tourists targeted by band of thieves By Jack Troughton Police have arrested a gang of highwaymen preying on tourists travelling on the A7 and AP7 motorway on the Costa Blanca. The bandits targeted tourists at service stations in the provinces of Valencia and Alicante, occasionally driving as far as Murcia to rob holidaymakers.

LOOT: Cash stolen by the gang.

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Winner of EWN car contest VIRGINIA DELATORRE UNCETA from Marbella is the winner of the EWN 2017 Win-a-Car readersâ€™ survey prize draw. Her name was picked out from thousands of entries by Sala Group Chairman Ian Radford and former professional footballer Stephen Carr. Full story: page 3

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Public hols SPAIN celebrates Labour Day on Monday May 1, coinciding with the May Day Bank Holiday in the UK, meaning the majority of shops, supermarkets, banks and other public services will be closed.

Wine tasting THE Bodega Mendoza in Alfaz del Pi held a special wine lovers event with 500 people attending. Visitors were given a tour of the vineyards and the chance to sample vintage wines.

Kind heart VALENCIAN paediatric heart surgeon Alejandro Vazquez has participated in a medical mission, travelling to camps in Amman, Jordan to operate on 13 Syrian child refugees with congenital malformations.

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It’s a right royal mess P O L IT ICIA N S h av e onc e a ga in caused the King of Spain’s state visit to the UK to be postponed. The planned June visit by King Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia has been rescheduled to avoid clashing with the snap General Election called by Prime Minister Theresa May. Buckingham Palace said in a statement: “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain have agreed that, in light of the General Election, the planned State Visit to the United Kingdom from June 6 to 8 b y K in g F e lip e a nd Q ue e n Letizia should be postponed. The visit will now take place from July 12 to 14.” The rejig came after Spain’s foreign minister, Alfonso Dastis, indicated that the country would not find it appropriate for the visit to go ahead during an election campaign. This is the second time in just over 12 months that politicians have been responsible for a state visit cancellation, as the King was supposed to visit in March last year. On that occasion, the visit was axed due to political uncertainty in Spain, after a spate of inconclusive General E le c tio n s s o u re d b y b ic ke ring a nd

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: King Felipe and Queen Letizia.

failed deals left the country without a government. King Felipe’s UK state visit will be

the fir st by a Spani sh m onar ch since that of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia in 1986.

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Fallen rambler A HIKER was airlifted f r om t he Bar r anc de l’Infern in the Vall de Laguar with a suspected broken leg. The woman was part of a gr oup of seven wal ker s enj oyi ng an out i ng on Sunday but t he 54- year- ol d slipped on the edge of Font de Rei nos; and complained of extreme pain. The party called the emergency services and a helicopter was scrambled from Alicante. The injured walker, of Taver nes de l a Valldigna, was put onto a stretcher and flown to Denia. The chopper landed at the fire station and she was ferried by ambulance to Denia Hospital with a fracture of the tibia and fibula.

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Home blaze claims life A GANDIA man died in hospital after being pulled from his blazing home by firefighters and suffering 80 per cent burns. The fire broke out in the early hours of Friday morning in a house in Calle Calderon de la Barca and nine fire crews from Gandia and neighbouring Oliva tackled the flames. A medical team attempted to revive the 43-year-old victim at the scene; he was suffering from the affects of smoke inhalation and third degree burns to 80 per cent of his body. Despite the attempts to save his life, he died shortly after arrival at a specialist burns unit at La Fe Hospital, Valencia. The fire is thought to have started in one room of the house and its cause is being investigated. Firemen were able to control the flames and prevent the fire spreading to other property in the street.

Muddy waters RESIDENTS in La Nucia were shocked to discover a tea coloured substance coming from their taps during the week. Many properties in the Maylan urbanisation area of the town, near Elian’s British School, contacted the water supplier, Aqualia, to report the problems. Staff at the Plaza del Sol Aqualia office however, were already aware of the murky water appearing in numerous properties. They stated: “There is no cause for alarm, its part of a maintenance schedule for cleaning the pipes, run your taps until the water becomes clear and it is then safe to drink.” One resident said that they had checked the town hall website to see if any information had been posted, but as there was nothing, they then had to contact the water company.

Beach buzz BEES sparked a buzz in Benidorm when a swarm gathered in the garden

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We have a winner! EWN reader wins car in €15,000 draw

INSIDE VIEW News 1 - 44

Finance 47

Leapy Lee 53

TV 54 - 66

Time Out 68

GRAND DRAW: Took place at La Sala.

Letters 70

Health & IAN RADFORD: With EWN’s Steven Euesden.

Beauty 72

VIRGINIA DELATORRE UNCETA is the winner of the Euro Weekly News’ Win a Car competition. Her name was picked from thousands of entries submitted to EWN over two months as part of a readers’ survey. The prize, a new Dacia Sandero Ambiance, plus insurance and a luxury meal for two, is worth almost €15,000.

of a building adjoining the popular Levante Beach. Police sealed off a section of the promenade alongside Las Palmera, on the corner of Avinguda Alcoi, to protect the public from the angry insects. The alarm was sounded by residents and shopkeepers as the swarm gathered and a beekeeper - in full protective clothing - called to remove it. Bees are considered productive livestock because of the honey they produce and are protected by law.

Joining EWN publisher Steven Euesden for the glittering prize draw at La Sala Banus, Marbella, were Sala Group Chairman Ian Radford and former Premier League and international footballer Stephen Carr. He picked Virginia’s number, and when Ian called her to break the news, she at first found it difficult to fully accept that she had not only won a new car including tax supplied

Bon voyage VALENCIA is set to welcome 208 cruise ships in 2017 with more than 436,000 visitors set to explore Spain’s third largest and historic city. The itinerary is a 15 per cent increase on 2016, and is set to return tourist activity in the port to levels not seen since the heady days of the America’s Cup and Formula 1. Tourism chiefs believe the growth of the cruise market is crucial to the

Officers provide a safety net TWO Guardia Civil officers saved the life of a Muchamiel woman who threatened to jump from her first-floor apartment. Perched on the windowsill, the 54-year-old woman had taken pills washed down with alcohol and was ‘quite drunk’ sources said afterwards. The Guardia Civil officers, unable to enter the apartment after finding that her door was locked, asked neighbours to place a mattress on the ground below in case she

carried out her threat. The woman chose to jump at that moment but the mattress broke her fall and she was unhurt, Guardia Civil sources said afterwards. She was taken to San Juan Hospital for a checkup, following which she made a statement to the two officers who suggested she seek help from Social Services. The following day the same woman went to the Guardia Civil headquarters in San Juan and personally thanked the officers who saved her for their ‘concern and involvement.’

by EWN Media Group, but also that her prize included a year’s free insurance from Abbeygate and a grand dinner at La Sala Banus. EWN, Spain’s biggest and best English newspaper, will use information from the surveys to take another leap forward in what has so far been a defining year for the EWN Media Group with the acquisition of several new titles and more to follow.

local economy and said the city was becoming increasingly popular with cruise companies.

Social 77

Property 84

Services 92

Classifieds 96

Fire funds THE Valencia government has announced an aid package of more than €200,000 to help communities recover from forest fires that devastated the landscape last year. The bulk of the grants will go the town halls of Benitachell and Javea, and Bolulla, which suffered fires last September, and to Artana in Castellon, which suffered a blaze in July, last year.

Motors 99

Sport 102

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The number of lifts per 1,000 Spanish citizens, placing the country at the top of the global ranking, owing to the fact that 65 per cent of the population live in apartments, the most in Europe.

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Spain shows WhatsApp SPAIN’S National Police triggered an international investigation into a paedophile network using WhatsApp to distribute images of child pornography; leading to the arrest of 39 suspects. The force discovered dark web sites directing users to private WhatsApp groups used to share illicit images. Arrests in Europe and South America followed after action involving Europol and Interpol. Searches of homes led to the seizure of hundreds of devices containing images of child sexual exploitation.

Rajoy star witness PRIME MINISTER Mariano Rajoy will have to appear as a witness in the ongoing Gurtel corruption trial, the huge investigation into ‘kickbacksfor-contracts’ that has plagued the Spanish leader’s Partido Popular. Rajoy was general secretary of the PP while Luis Barcenas, who is accused of running a massive slush fund and squirreling away millions of Euros in tax havens, was treasurer.

Power surge PEOPLE in Catalonia want greater powers for the region rather than independence from Spain, new opinion polls suggest. The results indicate 46 per cent of Catalans would support remaining within Spain if the region was granted new and guaranteed exclusive powers. This and the 19 per cent said to be against independence is seen as weakening the case for the region to go it alone. The poll is said to show pro-independence leaders have misjudged the

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Postcard from San Juan de la Pena THE religious complex of San Juan de la Pena, a medieval mountainside monastery in Aragon, is once said to have sheltered the Holy Grail. Part of the community of Santa Cruz de la Seros, the spectacular site is around 90km from the provincial capital of Huesca. Legend is that the chalice used at the Last Supper was sent to the monastery for protection and to prevent it being captured by Moorish invaders. It is said Alfonso V of Aragon presented the cup to Valencia Cathedral in 1438. One of the most important monasteries in Aragon and within the Pyrenees; it is partially carved into a cliff face that overhangs the buildings; the name translates as ‘Saint John of the Cliff.’ The original monastery was built in 920, devastated by fire in 1675, but then restored, with the older parts declared a national monument in 1889. In the 11th century the monastery became part of the Benedictine Order, and it is believed to have been the first monastery in Spain to have used the Latin Mass. The cloister was built around 1190 and features biblical scenes. The second floor of the monastery contains a royal pantheon of kings of Aragon and Navarre; and is a final resting place of royalty. Modern marble and stucco work recalls historic battles and were added during in the time of Charles III of Spain; around 1770.

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mood of voters after months of battling Spanish government in a series of court cases.

Police protest BAYERN MUNICH has accused Spanish police of ‘violent attacks’ on supporters during its Champions League defeat at Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. The club filed an official complaint to UEFA saying riot police actions were “completely misplaced and excessive” and demanded an explanation. Witnesses claimed police stormed the visitors’ section to remove a banner and Bayern fans retaliated; there were some 4,500 at the match.

Big Foot SCIENTISTS say a fossilised footprint discovered in the north eastern Pyrenees in Spain was left by a previously unknown species up to 248 million years ago. The print was amongst other tracks made by the ancestors of crocodiles and dinosaurs, a group known as archosauromorphs – and the reptile looked like a crocodile but had wider legs and measured 1.5 metres long.

Alternative medicine MORE than half of Spaniards continue to believe homeopathy remedies work and have a basis in science. In a survey by the Spanish Federation for Science and Technology (Fecyt) 6,300 people were asked if they believed Homeopathic products work. Despite a lack of scientific evidence to support the curative properties; more than half of the sample group believed the remedies could make a difference.

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Motorway gang under arrest From Front page

The Guardia Civil arrested eight people under Operation Travel, two other suspects, aged 25 and 32, are still being investigated. Cars with foreign number plates were selected by the gang and many of the victims were elderly and visitors to the coast. Operation Travel launched in November after a number of crimes were committed in service areas of the motorway and officers were gradually able to identify a group committing crime along the arterial route. The gang is said to be behind 108 criminal acts. Those arrested were Romanian citizens and have been charged with belonging to a criminal organisation, robbery with violence, robbery with force, theft, and having false documents. It is alleged the gang used distraction tactics to snatch luggage or smashed windows of vehicles to take valuables left on show. Typically they used high end vehicles to travel the motorway and make a speedy getaway; 11 have been recovered by police. Three properties in Castellon have been searched and €10,000 in cash, 25 wristwatches, 15 suitcases, 17 handbags, jewellery, 20 mobile phones and nine pairs of sunglasses seized. A spokesman for the Guardia Civil said the gang was divided into ‘cells’ to commit crimes, and used apartments in communities along the length of the motorway as a base. “One of the gang distracted victims by asking them for a certain place or an address while another would open a door of the vehicle and remove possessions they had inside,” he said. “On one occasion a woman was dragged several metres by the gang’s vehicle as she clung onto a bag.”

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Brutal hammer attack By Jack Troughton A 70-YEAR-OLD British father who attacked his sleeping son with a hammer in their Denia home is likely to face a charge of attempted murder. The 20-year-old victim suffered fractures to the skull after being repeatedly struck with the weapon and when his mother intervened to stop the assault, her husband attacked her. Worried neighbours alerted by screams and shouts raised the alarm and police arrived at the property to find the couple struggling on the doorstep; officers say both were covered in blood and the man still had the weapon in his hand. A blood trail led to the bedroom where the victim was found with “serious head wounds.” It was thought the son was sleeping when he was attacked and was unable to defend himself. Mother and son were rushed to Denia Hospital. The 20year-old’s injuries were described as “serious but not life threatening;” the mother was released after treatment. Investigators have not named the family and have given no motive for the attack, but it is understood they have not ruled out the father underwent some kind of psychotic episode. A judge in Denia later re-

ATTACK VICTIMS: Were taken to Denia Hospital. manded the father in custody. As well as the charge of attempted murder, he is also likely to face charges of assault against his 40-year-old

wife and possible allegations of gender violence. It is understood the British family had been living in Spain for around five months.

No complaints have been filed with Spanish police but the authorities are making inquiries in the United Kingdom.

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PEACE OF MIND: Simon Manley meeting community representatives who shared ideas and concern

Ambassador talks B By Caroline Tyszka SIMON MANLEY, the British Ambassador to Spain, met with expatriates last week, with the aim of discussing peopleâ€™s Brexit concerns. In coordination with the Foreign Office and the Department for Exiting the European Union; representatives from a range of organisations in the area were invited to meet with Mr Manley. The round table event offered an opportunity to share ideas and concerns directly with the Ambassador and a senior representative from the Department for Exiting the European Union. Alongside the Ambassador was Sarah-Jane Morris the British Consul in Alicante, Simon Fairweather, Head of Political Team based at the British Embassy in Madrid, and the head of Spanish Healthcare.

POSITIVE TALKS: Simon Manley with Karen Maling Cowles. The meeting started with a video message from David Jones MP, Minister of State for the Department for Exiting the European Union, who was unable to attend the meeting fol-

lowing the sudden announcement of the June General Election. A key point was to reassure the expatriate community that securing an early agreement on the status of UK nationals in the EU was a top priority once formal negotiations have begun. These negotiations, however, will only commence once a very long list of terms is agreed for Brexit. In particular, the government team has prioritised expatriate rights to health care, education, immigration, benefits and contributions. Discussions included the scaremongering that social media sites and some newspapers were creating. It was clarified that at present, no laws or anything else had been changed, everyone still had the same rights as they did before Brexit was announced, and the Spanish authorities would not suddenly begin deporting British citizens.

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Still disenfranchised

ns about their status.

Brexit Karen Maling Cowles, a Benidorm businesswoman, said she had been asked by several people to raise the issue of schooling, with many parents concerned that as their children were in Spanish schools, they would have to make alternative arrangements. “It was clarified that Spain has a legal obligation to provide education,” Karen said. “All children between the age of six and 16 have this right, and this will not change irrespective of your nationality.” Questions were raised about the benefits of changing nationalities to become a Spanish national. It was made clear that should an individual do this, they would then not be protected by the consulate should the need arise. It was confirmed that, so long as a person has residency, they would continue to have the same rights as a Spanish national. Karen said: “It was a really positive meeting, with an opportunity for us all to express the concerns of our communities. "A key point for me is that everyone should stay calm about the whole process, once completed the effects on expats will be very minimal, if there are any at all. It is not in Spain’s interest for us to up and leave.”

ON more than one occasion Theresa May said she would not call an early election, but she now believes she can defeat Labour. It is most infuriating for those expatriates who were promised the right to vote in the last Conservative manifesto to miss out not only on the referendum, but now what could be the most important general election for decades. Whilst civil servants will shortly go into ‘purdah’ which means that they cannot comment on political matters for six weeks prior to the election, it was clear there was insufficient time to introduce legislation to return the franchise to those who had left the UK more than 15 years ago. We make no secret of the fact that at the EWN Media Group, we are committed to life and business in Spain but as British passport holders, we feel it only fair that we should be able to have an element of input to the future of the country which many of us didn’t last year and won’t again this year. It seems that the UK is divided regardless of what Mrs May says and it is too early to know too much about manifesto policies from each party, but within the next few weeks we will see whether this snap election becomes a second referendum.

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GUADALEST: Reservoir holds a valuable resource.

What a waste of water By Caroline Tyszka IT would seem that there is no happy medium when it comes to the Costa Blanca reservoirs, with 100 Hm3

being released into the sea in the past three months. The Consortium of Waters for the Marina Baixa has called on the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ)

to put into place an infrastructure which could benefit from the excess water collected in the reservoirs; as opposed to ‘throwing it away.’

The 100 cubic hectometres of water, which was released from the Amadorio and Guadalest reservoirs, equates to almost 10 times the annual amount that Benidorm consumes in drinking water, and ironically follows three years of intense drought. The reservoirs reached breaking point following the heavy rain and snow that fell at the beginning of 2017. This has resulted in the CHJ now seeking alternative ways to save the valuable resource. A possible solution proposed is to study the viabili-

ty of raising the dams, and to take advantage of when they are empty to dredge the sludge at the bottom, giving the reservoirs more capacity. The Water Consortium have also suggested that the regulated maximum amount that the reservoirs are allowed to hold is raised, with capacity being almost 3 Hm3 more than the current 25.93 Hm3. With the two reservoirs at critically low levels in December, and then overflowing by the end of January, a solution needs to be found; although it seems that there is no quick fix.

NURSES at t he Deni a Hospital will now work 12 hour shifts. In recent trials at the hospital, the new working pattern resul t ed i n l ess absenteeism, happier staff and happier patients.

New HQ PLANS for Benidorm’s new National Police headquarters will be ready by late May. They will be publicly displayed and submitted immediately afterwards to the Interior ministry for approval.

Building fine ALCOY Council has been ordered to pay €104,000 to the construction company building the Barranquet centre for the mentally ill in the town. The high court made the award because of delays on the council’s part.

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Veteran smuggler By Jack Troughton AN elderly smuggler was arrested at Valencia’s Manises airport attempting to carry more than 2kg of cocaine into Spain. The 71-year-old Argentinian was arrested by Guardia Civil officers as he collected a checked-in suitcase in the baggage hall on suspicion he was involved in smuggling drugs. The suspect arrived on an international flight from Cartagena in Colombia via Medellin in the Latin American country. And a search of the luggage revealed 2.08kg of cocaine hidden in a suitcase discovered to have a false bottom. He was arrested and charged with drug trafficking. The border guards made another arrest two days earlier when they stopped two Chinese nationals, aged 44 and 47, who had 390 packets of tobacco secreted in their luggage. The pair arrived from China via Frankfurt and were arrested and charged with an offence under contraband laws. The Guardia Civil at the airport has

CRANE AND ABLE: The car is recovered.

Crash dive car wash CONTRABAND CATCH: Tobacco discovered in luggage. stepped up security and surveillance measures in a bid to “eradicate” smuggling contraband, including tobacco and drugs.

A DRIVER escaped with just a soaking after losing control of his car and ending up submerged in sea water at the mouth of the River Gorgos in Javea. The 47-year-old’s white Opal Minerva smashed through railings before plummeting off the Triana Bridge and rolling onto its side in the waves in around 1.5m of water. The driver was able to climb free of the vehicle as it filled

with water, before he walked to the nearby Guardia Civil barracks for help. He was assisted by officers and members of the Red Cross. He was found to be largely unhurt despite plunging into the water at around dawn on Monday morning; however, he was taken to the health centre suspected of suffering mild hypothermia. It is not known what triggered the accident. The car left

no tyre marks on the road but mounted the kerb and smashed through the barriers. A crowd gathered later in the morning to watch a crane lift the damaged car from the sea, shopping bags and a first aid kit left floating in the water along with other personal items. The Local Police sealed off the pavement on one side of the bridge for safety reasons and the damaged railings were later removed.

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RESTORATION: Rosa de los Rios and Toni Perez with officials and councillors.

A worthwhile lookout THE dilapidated Les Caletes lookout tower and Punta del Cavall cliff are to have a €350,000 facelift. The cash will come from Costas, the Environment Ministry’s Coastal Authority. Rosa de los Rios, who leads Costas in Alicante Province, visited Les Caletes recently. She was accompanied by officials from the national and regional governments as well as Benidorm’s mayor, Toni Perez and local councillors. De los Rios admitted that the 16th century monument, part of the defence system protect-

ing the coast against the attacks of pirates and enemies, was very deteriorated. “It is essential to solve its structural problems before it’s too late,” she said. “This is of great cultural and scenic value and is located in a unique setting. That is why the ministry has responded so rapidly,” declared De los Rios. Although Punta del Cavall will be tidied up and the tower saved from further ruin, there were no plans to reconstruct it. The architects and archaeologists responsible for the restoration project have pointed

out that there are no records of the tower’s original appearance, the Costas chief revealed. “Returning it to an ideal state would misrepresent reality, and that is not what we want,” De los Rios said. “Work will take three months and should be finished in time for the summer,” she added. “Benidorm people used to come up to the tower 500 years ago when it was a lookout. What we are doing now, changes things round and now people will come up here to look at the tower,” Toni Perez said.

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came with a tighter budget and looked more at prices than on other occasions.” Del Castillo, who owns several establishments in the centre of Benidorm, explained if clients were spending €18 a head in the past, this year they spent €16. “You hardly notice that with one table but if you take into account every service each day of Easter Week, then we have lost out on hundreds of euros,” he said. Del Castillo’s colleagues were in agreement and one of them described the situation more graphically: “We sold more eggs than chops.” Despite these minor grumbles, restaurateurs and hoteliers were satisfied with the volume of visitors. “It was very good and there were more people and movement than last year. If it wasn’t for the lower spending, it would have been excellent,” Del Castillo said. “The challenge for Benidorm is not quantity but quality. We have the quantity, especially at times like Easter Week. But we need tourism with a middle to high-end profile,” he concluded.

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HEALTH conscious shoppers from Benidorm and it’s surrounding towns can now complete their weekly food shop safe in the knowledge it is certifiably organic, thanks to a brand new supermarket which has opened near La Marina Portal. Ecorganic, an exciting new concept for the town, has over 6,000 organically certified products on its shelves which range from fresh fruit and vegetables, cereals, meats, dairy products, bread, pasta, tinned good, baby food, juices, beers and wines to ethical beauty products, cleaning goods and pet foods. The ethically sourced meat is delivered direct from meat farmers in the north of Spain. The large and airy store also has an extensive range of economically priced bulk produce including cereals, nuts and seeds, macrobiotic foods, gluten free products and hundreds of vegan andvegetarian-friendly items. Founder and head of the company, Elisabeth Hofmann, along with husband Pello Aizpuru started the company five years ago, with a small organic store in the city of Valencia.

Benidorm goes organic Since then they have slowly expanded their concept across the Valencia Region, opening two more shops in Valencia , Ondara, Denia and another in Alcoy, Concentaina. The Denia store is their largest to date and the couple now have a total of 85 employees working in their company. The Benidorm store, Ecorganic’s seventh supermarket

ECORGANIC: Fresh fruit and vegetables delivered directly from local farmers.

was designed and fitted out by Project Director Jesus Herrera, who has created a bright, spacious environment for customers to browse amongst their impressive range of products. Marketing Executive Gloria Salinas explained: “We want people to be able to find what is right for them,” she said, “We also have a product range called Economic,

which has items throughout the store, guaranteed to be the best possible price always.” The Ecorganic Benidorm supermarket is open Monday to Saturday from 9.00am to

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positioned next to Tiendanimal and KFC, in a separate building very close to the La Marina Shopping Centre. For more details and further information on Ecorganic visit their website www.ecorgan icweb.com or the Facebook page ecorganicecomercat. Alternatively call them on 965 270 128 or email at benidorm@ecorganicweb.com.

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Prize wines VALL DE XALO muscatel and Riurau 2014 mistela won respective gold and silver medals from Valencia’s Proava Wi ne Com pet i t i on. Bot h wi nes wer e pr oduced by Bodegas Xalo.

Clear treat ALICANTE: The city hall and all political parties in favour of 40,000 square metre store.

One voice over IKEA ALICANTE City Hall still hopes to persuade Ikea to open a store in the Rabasa area. Undeterred after the Swedish multinational cancelled a Madrid meeting, the three-party alliance plans to reoffer the Rabasa site with an adjoining shopping complex. This would be reduced to 40,000 square metres instead of the 80,000 square metre complex that Ikea executives put forward during their one and only meeting with the current team now at city hall. Deputy mayor and Urban Development chief Miguel Angel Pavon of the Guanyar party and city hall spokesman Natxo Bellido from Compromis, agreed that all parties on the council “now speak with one voice.”

It was agreed that the 80,000 square metre complex was “unacceptable” for Alicante City and all political parties, including the opposition, were now in favour of the 40,000 square metre compromise. Although the Partido Popular backed the new proposal, its councillors Luis Barcala and Carlos Castillo believed there was a 95 per cent probability that Ikea had “definitively” abandoned its intention of coming to Alicante City. Yaneth Giraldo, councillor for another opposition party, Ciudadanos also appreciated city hall’s change of heart, welcoming the decision to negotiate and drop its dogmatic “Ikea yes, macro-centre no, stance.”

FINESTRAT wat er dest i ned f or La Cal a and Sierra Cortina urbanisations will first be treated at Benidorm’s two plants to prevent the cloudiness that occurred this winter.

Cold nights A SAN JUAN hospi t al port er denounced t he management f or not suppl yi ng hi m wi t h a j acket . He was f requently cold when working nights at the doors of A & E, he complained.

Clean track REGI ONAL oper at or FVG wi l l spend €60,258 on cl ear i ng culverts and verges border i ng t he Lucer osBenidorm Line 1 TRAM track. Many are still litt er ed wi t h t he debr i s f r om l ast wi nt er ’s storms.

Spruced up ALCO Y Ci t y H al l grant ed 31 of 50 l i cences for rehabilitating old buildings under the €3.5 million ARRU rehabilitation scheme. A total of 387 property owners will benefit, in t he nort hern and southern areas.

No refuge A 34-YEAR-OLD Gandiua squatter who hid in a cupboard during a fire suf f ered t hi rd degree burns to 80 per cent of his body. Sadly, he was unable to recover and died shortly afterwards in hospital.

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With Article 50 triggered, Britain is on track to leave the EU in under two years, on 29 March 2019. The surprise June UK general election is unlikely to change this, as the two key parties have committed to honour the referendum result. While we still have no certainty about how Brexit will affect expatriates in Spain, there are steps you can take today to future-proof your financial planning. 1. Consider securing your EU residency The two-year countdown is underway for current residency and freedom of movement rules. While we can expect a fresh reciprocal agreement between Spain and the UK to protect expatriates in each country, the new rules may be less favourable than today. So if you are still a UK resident but want to live permanently in Spain, take steps now to secure your position. Once resident here, you receive the same tax treatment as other Spanish residents. Non-residents, however, may face higher taxes after Brexit. When it comes to income tax, for example, Spain charges more for nonEU and non-EEA residents. Also, nonEU or EEA residents may not qualify for the generally lower rates offered by the regional autonomous communities

Four ways to prepare as the clock ticks down to Brexit By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks for wealth, succession and gift taxes. 2. Review your pensions As things stand, Brexit should not affect how you can withdraw or transfer UK pension funds. However, the UK’s new ‘overseas transfer charge’ could indicate post-Brexit changes. Since 9th March, a 25% tax applies to UK pension funds transferred to a Qualifying Recognised Overseas

Pension Scheme (QROPS) outside the European Economic Area (EEA), unless you live in the same jurisdiction. Other QROPS transfers remain free of UK taxation, but liability lingers for five tax years after the transfer date (transfers made before 9th March 2017 are exempt). Currently, expatriates in Spain transferring to an EEA-based QROPS (including Gibraltar) avoid this tax. But many think the UK government could use Brexit to recoup revenue from UK nationals abroad with further ‘exit taxes’ on pension funds. They could also change the rules to make it harder to take advantage of today’s high transfer values for ‘defined benefit’ (final salary) pensions. So consider acting now, before Brexit closes the current tax-free window. However, ensure you take specialist, regulated advice to avoid pension scams and

establish the right solution for you. 3. Avoid overexposure to UK investments While markets have proved quite resilient to Brexit news so far, we cannot predict how the UK economy will continue to react. In uncertain times like this it is more important than ever to have a well-diversified portfolio to help ride out market turbulence. Ensure your portfolio minimises risk by spreading investments across countries, currencies, regions, asset types and market sectors. 4. Look for currency flexibility With the fortunes of the pound and euro so tied up with Brexit developments, you should explore the best currency mix for you. Consider using structures that allow you to hold investments in multiple currencies and convert when rates are favourable, including flexibility to choose the

currency of your withdrawals. In any case, you should regularly review your affairs to ensure your assets and investments remain suitably diversified and tax-efficient for your unique situation. The ticking of the Brexit clock makes this even more essential. A locally-based adviser can help you understand the cross-border implications and be fully prepared so you can continue enjoying your life in Spain, whatever Brexit brings. Summarised tax information is based upon our understanding of current laws and practices which may change. This article is general in nature and should not be construed as providing any personalised taxation and/or investment advice. Individuals should seek personalised advice. Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com.

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Local team wins desert challenge JACINTO LLORENS and Beatriz Carrion, both from La Nucia, won the 12th edition of t h e Ma r o c Ch allenge. Representing the Peke-

cars team, they drove more than 2,200 kilometres over tracks, deserts and Moroccan roads to win the rally’s Adventure C1 category in their 1988 Renault 4.

Llorens and Carrion recently visited the town hall where they were received by La Nucia’s mayor Bernabe Cano and Sports councillor Sergio Villalba.

Driver and co-driver outlined to their hosts the diffic ultie s of the c ha lle nge which, with more than 170 vehicles competing, was the most demanding yet. The Pekecars team won the firs t tw o s ta ge s a nd came second in the third but s lumpe d to e ighth on the fourth day owing to a faulty the rmos ta t c a us e d by the high temperatures. Llorens and Carrion then won the fifth stage and came fifth in the last Erfoud-Merzouga leg. All the rally cars had to be registered before 2000 and despite the Renault’s thermostat problem, it was the most regularly-performing vehicle in the rally. A s a lw a ys the te a ms brought with them humanitarian aid and supplies for the Hassilabied Association which works on educational, social and cultural projects as well as the integration of women in Morocco’s

DEMANDING CHALLENGE: For Jacinto and Beatriz. most disadvantaged villages and areas. A case of ‘ t hi r d t i m e lucky for Jacinto Llorens’ who has competed on two previous occasions, this was Beatriz Carrion’s debut as a

rally driver. “It was a dream come true to come first in my first Maroc Challenge. It was an incredible experience, where we stretched our sel ves t o t he l i m i t t o win,” she said.

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Extenuating circumstances for sexual predator A CALLOSA man who groomed and sexually abused a girl of 12 will go to prison for five years. The Public Prosecutor recommended an eight-yearterm, but a tribunal of Alicante high court judges reduced this to five as the accused had attempted to compensate the girl with â‚Ź3,000 despite being insolvent. The man, who was married and had a daughter, was already known to the girl and had contacted her via Facebook. After gaining her confidence he maintained full sexual relations with her from September 2015 until June the following year. Sometimes they met in his car, which he parked in an out-of-the way place, and

Orange alert LA CALA DE VILLAJ OYOSA i s t o h a v e Orange Zone parking from June 15 to September 15. This will affect 153 parking spaces in the M ar i n e r s, Mi t g i o r n , M ar i n a d a , L l e b e i g , Ros a d e l o s Vi e n t o s and Tr a m u n t a n a streets. This last street w ill b e e x c l u d e d o n Tuesdays and Saturdays when the openair market is installed there. There will now be a max i m u m p a r k i n g time p e r v e h i c l e o f four hours, 20 minutes between 9am and 8pm. Vil l a j o y o sa To w n Hall decided to introduce t h e sy st e m s o there is a more fluid rotation of vehicles, exp l a i n e d t h e t o w n hallâ€™s Traffic and Security department. Th i s wi l l a l so i m prove access to local shops and businesses in th e b u si e st b e a ch and tourist zones.

sometimes at his home. Sources close to the case revealed that the girl was in love with the man and was convinced that he would take her back to Ecuador and marry her. She admitted to

the tribunal that their relations were consensual although earlier she had denied this to the examining judge. The judges considered that her court statement was con-

sistent with the contents of online communications between her and the man. He acknowledged their relationship in court and declared that he was aware of her age.

This admission and willingness to admit his guilt prompted the Public Prosecutor to recommend an eight-year sentence instead of 12. As well as the five-year-

prison sentence, he is also barred from coming within 300 metres of his victim for 10 years. Neither may he work in any profession bringing him into regular, direct contact with minors.

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LA MARINA TRAM: Citizens’ dreams of moving around freely may come true. LONG-CHERISHED dreams of continuing the Alicante TRAM as far as the airport could soon be halfway there. They are nearer to becoming reality thanks to Alicante City plans for diverting traffic away from the seafront. This enters into the council’s ambitions for what Mayor Gabriel Echavarri described as a “means of collective and public transport that guaran-

tees citizens’ freedom of movement.” The seafront plans include reopening the closed section of TRAM from the Postiguet beach and La Marina station to Plaza del Mar and extending the line as far as San Gabriel. From the existing and now disused halt at Plaza del Mar the TRAM would continue for approximately 3.5 kilo-

metres along the Rambla and Canalejas, past the Bus Station and Casa del Mediterraneo and other frontline streets before reaching Parque Joan Fuster in San Gabriel. From here there would still be another 8.5 kilometres to cover before arriving at Alicante Airport, although according to city hall there are no immediate plans to do so.

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Twin town triumph

BENIDORM DELEGATION: Visiting and forging links with twin city of Manizales. BENIDORM continues to forge links with its twin city of Manizales, Colombia, which now has a hotel and a square named after the Costa Blanca resort. A delegation comprising current mayor of Benidorm, Antonio Perez, former mayor Agustin Navarro and Servigroup Hotels president Jose Maria Caballe visited South America to attend the Ibero-American Sustainable Cities Congress in the coffee-production capital. During the event, Benidorm was presented as a model of urban sustainability with its waste collection and water management particularly praised.

The men were also guests of honour at the inauguration ceremony for Plaza Benidorm, which was built after Benidorm named a city centre square Plaza Manizales. Later in the day, the group officially opened a new 300-capacity conference centre in the Hotel Benidorm, where they were joined by the mayor of Manizales Jose Cardona among others. They were then served cocktails by local students who are involved in a hospitality management course run by Colombian universities, the Servigroup chain, and both cities, which have been collaborating for the last five years.

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Valuation of properties in successions and inheritance in Spain. Issues to be considered Dear Lawyer, We are the heirs (two sons domiciled in the United Kingdom) of a property that my father has in Denia (Costa Blanca) Spain, and we want to know what value we should give to the property that we are going to inherit, and what we should take into account in order to value it. Thank you for your advice. Dear Reader, thank you for your enquiry. In an earlier article, we explained how to value a real estate asset for the purposes of an inheritance in Spain : In the Valencian Community, coefficients are provided by the authorities, for which it is necessary to multiply the cadastral value of the property, which will result in what is known as the real value of the property for tax purposes, or the minimum tax value. You can calculate and obtain this value on the website of the Generalitat Valenciana. This minimum tax value, in principle, implies the minimum value acceptable by the taxman, that is, if you value the property below it, it is very likely to be revised, since it would be understood that it is not according with the real market value. But there are other issues to consider in order to fix the value of a property. For ex-

ample, it is possible that the minimum tax value is not realistic and also that it is not appropriate for your specific circumstances. Thus, in order to determine the value of the property correctly and in a fiscally efficient manner, it is necessary to know the minimum tax value, but also the approximate real market value, if the heirs wish to sell the property after the inheritance, or if they will keep it for years, etc. An example: Imagine that in your case, you want to sell after the inheritance, and although the minimum tax value of the property is €100,000, the market value is between €160,000 and €200,000. If you are the children of the deceased, and resident in the European Union, the inheritance and gift tax (IHT) of the Valencian Community Law is applicable, each of you will have a reduction of €100,000, that means for the first €100,000 that each of you receives from your father, you will not pay IHT, in Spain. In this case, even if the minimum tax value for the full property is €100,000, fiscally and considering the market value and their intentions of selling, it would be advisable to value the property for about

€180,000 or even €200,000, which would mean that each one will inherit a half of the property, for a value of €100,000 each, and you would not pay IHT, for the reduction mentioned. Thus, in the future sale, if each of you sell your half for the inherited value of €100,000 or less, you will not have a Capital Gain. Therefore, in the case indicated, it is advisable to fix the value of the property in an amount higher than the minimum tax value, as the heirs would not pay inheritance tax, and also, in an eventual future sale, would not pay Capital Gains Tax, by selling for the same or less than the inherited value. If you are going to inherit in Spain or want to design a fiscally efficient inheritance, contact us, we will help you. The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues. Carlos Baos , Abogado / Lawyer Email carlosbaos@white-baos.com http://www.white-baos.com Tel. +34 966-426-185

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FASHION WEEK: Young international designers and models from around the globe. EURO WEEKLY NEWS is delighted to be supporting the Costa Blanca Fashion Week, best male and female model 2017. The fashion week, being held at the Oscar Esplá Auditorium in Benidorm on May 1113, is the fifth such event organised by the Sukier Model Agency. Young international designers and models come together from around the globe to compete against each other, with participants coming from afar afield as Sri Lanka, Armenia, Venezuela, Latvia, and the Do-

minican Republic. The competition provides an opportunity for new young talent to showcase their catwalks and designs at a professional level, and make new friends. Sukier Vallejo Marte, founded the agency in 2003 with his late husband James Shearer, who passed away in December 2016. Sukier said: “This non-profit event continues to demonstrate that the Alicante region is a worthy reference point in the sector, at both a national and international level. Whilst it will be the first year without

James by my side, he is forever in my thoughts and helped make all this possible for so many young talented designers and models.” On Thursday May 11 the show starts at 8.15pm with fashion designers from Sri Lanka, Spain and Columbia. Friday from 8pm it will be the turn of young talent from Bolivia and Armenia, concluding on Saturday evening with a grand gala and the announcement of best male and female models 2017. Further details can be found at www.sukiermodel.com.

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Two shades of grey THE principal entrance to Altea’s parish church has been repainted and looks as it did more than a century ago. The Nuestra Señora del Consuelo church was built with wooden doors in 1910. In 1915 they were faced with zinc sheets and then painted grey using paint left over from the newly-constructed railway bridge over the River Algar. Exactly 102 years later the door has been repaired, missing studs replaced and also repainted. Once again paint left over after reconditioning the Algar bridge has been used, to the satisfaction of some Altea churchgoers wh o we r e u n h a p p y when the door was painted green 10 years ago. The cost was covered by €2,000 left over from their 2015 F i e st a s b u d g e t , e x plained the president of that year ’s organising committee.

Ordered to attend fiestas FORTY-SEVEN firemen fro m th e L a M o n ta ña brigade were ordered to w o rk o v e rtime d u ri ng A lco y ’s M o o rs a nd Christians fiestas. The firefighters, who a ls o co v e r th e C o c e nta in a a n d Ib i are a , re cently decided to ban all overtime until the situation improves and a solution is found for personnel shortages. “After several rounds of talks, when it looked as though an agreement w as in s ig h t w e w e re to ld ‘n o ’, ” s aid A le x M o ra, s p o k e s ma n for the Cocentaina and Ibi brigades. Despite the overtime ban they recently received a decree obliging them to work extra shifts

during the Alcoy, Bañeres and Onil fiestas. This w a s s igne d by the sub-inspector from the Provincial Consortium of Fire B riga de s which is attached to the Alicante Diputacion. As there would be ins uffic ie nt fire me n on ha nd during the fire work displays with their huge c row ds , 47 me n were ordered to work, “Our lawyers tell us the decree is illegal,” Mora said. Although they intend to obey orders, they are pre pa re d to ta ke le ga l proc e e dings , the spokesman said. They a re a ls o inte nd to c a ll meetings to decide what steps they should take next.

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Wacky-races run THE Euro Weekly News are delighted to be supporting the 2017 Benidorm Bangers charity rally. The event, which involves 52 old, brightly and comically decorated cars, sets off from the Ace Café, London, on Tuesday May 2 at 12.30pm, arriving in Benidorm on Saturday May 6 at approximately 2pm. O ne te a m from Pe ter head, the Bloo Toon Loons, are raising funds for Spina B ifida H ydroc e pha lus Scotland with their Thomas the Tank Engine car, with dona tions a lre a dy a p proaching £3,000. Most of the cars are supporting a charity of their ow n c hoic e , but in a ddi tion, every car will also be supporting the Benidorm B us y B e e s c ha rity, e a ch bringing a box of items for the local children’s homes it supports.

PETERHEAD: Bloo Toon Loons raising funds with their Thomas the Rob Scott one of the organisers said: “We have had a fantastic response from the teams wanting to give for Busy Bees, even people not taking part have donated items.” Rob has left nothing to chance, having already done

a dry run with another member of the group, Sugar, a month ago. The rally will also be accompanied by a support vehicle, which Sugar, a former AA roadside assistance worker, will be co-driver. “Nothing is being left to

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Tank Engine car at the charity rally. chance,” said Rob. “We have even arranged for a scrap car person to remove the vehicles not returning to the UK, we won’t be dumping any of the cars in Benidorm.” Each day on their travels the tea m s a r e se t a c h allenge. On day one as they

are leaving the Ace Café, and approaching the M25 e a c h te a m n e e d s to p lay Highway to Hell by ACDC. When they board the ferry they must play Sailing by Rod Stewart, and finally w h e n d is e mb ark in g th e tune to play will be Don’t Pay the Ferryman by Chris De Burgh. Organisers say that points will be awarded for ‘major noise pollution.’ When the teams arrive at the resort they will have a police escort to the Levante beach front, organised by Angelo and his team at the White Lion. Later the cars will be on show in the Jokers car park. “We cannot thank Angelo from the White Lion and Pedro at Jokers enough,” said Rob, “Their support, and that of the Local Police, has helped our event raise much needed funds for various charities.”

Learn the language VILLAJOYOSA is organising Spanish lessons to assist the social and cultural integration of immigrants. The courses will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 10.30am until 11.30am and on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4pm and 5pm. There will also be a support course for those intending to sit the Knowledge of the Constitution and Spanish Society exams that are required for immigrants wishing to take Spanish nationality. This course is still at the registration stage. There will also be literacy lessons each Tuesday and Thursday from 10.30am until 11.30am. “All residents who are interested can come to our offices in Llar del Pensionista to register,” said Social Welfare councillor Jose Ramon Ucles. “Owing to the great demand, we are continuing with these courses to ensure that immigrants can become a part of the community as quickly as possible,” Ucles continued.

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Rain down the drain SAN JUAN has produced plans to control storm water inside the northern part of the town. Local mayor Jaime Albero has now met the Director General for Water, Manuel

Aldeguer to discuss the project. San Juan has been asking the Generalitat for a solution for some time but this is now more of a priority than ever, Albero impressed on Aldeguer.

San Juan was badly affected by the December and January storms which caused damage both to private and public property, the mayor explained. The Local Police station and municipal archive were damaged, but the San Juan hospital suffered most of all, he said. During periods of heavy rain a storm water collection sewer in northern San Juan could absorb and channel water that arrives from four different Muchamiel zones, Albero explained. Costing more than â‚Ź4 million this would supplement the storm drain system installed in 2008 in the Benimagrell and Santa Faz areas. The project was drawn up by Mancomunidad de Lâ€™Alacanti, a consortium of six towns that share some municipal costs and services. The plans are now being studied by Directorate General for Water specialists so that work can begin without delay once the go-ahead is given.

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Auction success THE first Giving4Giving auction was a resounding success, with buyers keen to grab a bargain, helping much-needed funds for local charities. Auctioneer Hazel Layt, who ran Costa Blanca Auction House for more than seven years, was assisted by Pauline Pope. Both moved quickly through the 279 lots with a screen displaying each item up for auction. Two local ladies at the auction were Mal Ritchie and Julie Willis, who had browsed the lots and selected their favoured items. Mal said: “I think this is a fantastic idea, it gives people an opportunity to pick up a bargain whilst helping a very trustworthy charity,” In addition to accepting single items the Giving4Giving auction house offers property clearances. Offering anyone who is relocating or just having a clearout the opportunity to earn a bit of money whilst supporting the charity’s new venture. Gary from Giving4Giving’s said: “I would like to thank all our volunteers, without whom this would have been an impossible task, it was lovely to see so

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ABOVE: Gary with Hazel (R) and Pauline. RIGHT: A full auction room. many members of the public come and support Giving4Giving.” The auction house is on the Poligono industrial estate, Alberca, Calle de Villajoyosa no 3, behind the Vidal supermarket and just off the CV70 when entering La Nucia. The next auction is scheduled for the beginning of May. Anyone looking to buy or sell can contact the auction house

by telephone on 604 383 702 (Spanish) or 0044 7949 718562 (UK). Alternatively visit the website www.giving4giving.com/auctionhouse/, Facebook page Giving4givingcharityauctionhouse or email g4gcharityauction house@hotmail.com.

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ALFAZ DEL PI / ALBIR THE camping Almafra site in Alfaz del Pi transformed into a sea of red and white as expats celebrated St George’s Day at the weekend raising over €4,965 for charity. Over 500 guests danced, waved their flags and enjoyed the bar and food facilities throughout the sunny afternoon, catching up with old friends and making new ones. The packed afternoon of entertainment was provided by Jo Lynne, Tina Turner tribute, The Fantastics, The Rat Pack and Ron on the Rocks. With Matt King, local DJ and drama teacher, stepping in at the last minute to compere. The lucky winner of the entrance ticket prize draw for a Galaxy Samsung tablet was Lesley (Aqua) Taylor, whilst the winning bid of €80, for a signed Brighton Hove and Albion shirt, went to a very happy Con Breslin from Birmingham. A draw for those who purchased a St George’s flag, with the winner getting

Flying the flag breakfast for two at John and Joseph’s in Benidorm, combined with 10 prize envelopes at €10 all helped to make the amazing total, exceeding last year’s €4,525. Many local businesses helped support the event, with one of the organisers Susan Rush overwhelmed by the generosity of the community. She said: “Without our sponsors we would not have been able to offer such great prizes or put on such a variety of entertainment, we cannot thank them enough for their continued support.” This year’s chosen

charities are the Alfaz del Pi food bank and the Busy Bees Charity. Both organisations work tirelessly to support children, individuals and families in need. BIDDING WAR: Winner Con Breslin.

Imagination on canvas MADRID-BORN artist Ana Maria Rodriguez Romero - aka Fefey - has her exhibition ‘Emotion through Painting’ at the Foundation Frax de L’Alfas del Pi, until May 28. The painter soon discovered her vocation as a child. She began painting at age 10, and began her preparation training for Fine Arts at the Artium Peña Studio. At 18, she entered the Solana Studios, under the direction of the painter Juana Alonso, where she learned the techniques of oil, acrylic, landscape, portrait and figure, basic fundamentals of abstraction and colour. Shortly afterwards she began studying the world of sculpture at the Academy of Athena Art. “In 2015 I joined AEDA, Spanish Association of Watercolourists, to discover this art which is so mysterious, difficult and unpredictable,” said the artist. “Here were great masters of watercolour, great painters who have given me a great enthusiasm for the world of watercolour.” She has developed a style

ANA MARIA: One of her watercolour paintings.

that combines realism, figuration and abstraction, in a mixture of techniques and styles to illustrate colourful and imaginative paintings. “I have always painted for pure pleasure, to express those feelings that words cannot

reach, to perceive emotions our daily life cannot offer us. Painting allows me to imagine situations, sounds, aromas ... to take them to a canvas, the dream brings me ideas and the mind is always alive, restless until those feelings come to life.”

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TEULADA Town Hall will lower death duties on bequests of urban land to family members. All parties on the local council voted in favour of amending local taxes when transferring this type of land. This also covers the death duties payable on land inherited by first and second degree family members who will now receive a 90 per cent rebate. This applies to spouses, parents, children, grandparents, grandchildren and siblings.

Hive of activity Full steam ahead for L THE arrival of a swarm of bees in Moraira allowed Ian Francis to renew his interest in entomology, the study of insects at close range. Ian discovered the bees gathering over two days on the back of a sun lounger an d w as c o n c e rn ed th e y might harm his two small dogs if they disturbed the swarm. He said he was “loath” to see them come to any harm as th ere is a s h o rta g e of h o n e y b e e s , d u e to incre a s e d u s e o f ch emic a ls and the fact that they are a

protected species in Spain. “What an amazing sight they were,” he said. “They will not harm you; they are too busy trying to keep the queen warm.” “As long as you sit very quietly you can get up close and study them without being bothered,” he added. Ian’s landlord brought a be e ke e pe r from G a ta de Gorgos to collect the swarm in a hive. He was very happy; he got a ne w hive of bees for free and was smiling when he left.

WORK should start later this year on the12-kilometre Teulada-Calpe section of the Line 9 ‘trenet.’ The Consell, authorised the Valencian Community’s rail operator FGV to advertise the contract to renew the track and overhaul infrastructure. Line 9, which links Benidorm and Denia, currently operates only between Benidorm and Calpe now that the Calpe-Denia section of the line was closed on safety grounds last summer. The contract has been put out

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DECEPTIVE: Line 9 trains are older than they look. to tender for €16.967 million with a 12-month timescale for

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Line 9 halts. Once the Teulada-Calpe section of the line has been completed, work will start on the remaining Gata-Denia stretch so that the entire line is fully operative by 2019. The Consell also authorised a â‚Ź52.9 million outlay on replacing Line 9â€™s six trains which, despite their modern coachwork, are approximately 50 years old and were inherited from FGVâ€™s predecessor Feve. The new trains will have dual traction with both electric and diesel motors and will be compatible with electrified Line 1.

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Street fire is put out just in time A PARKED Volkswagen Golf caused a dramatic but shortlived fire in Camino Fanadix in Moraira. As the flames intensified, accompanied by a pall of thick black smoke, the fuel tank exploded and a sheet of flames reached trees in adjoining houses. Rapid action by the Local Police and the Denia fire brigade extinguished the flames before they could take hold and spread to houses in the residential street. If the fire engine had arrived

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five minutes later the outcome would have been very different, emergency service sources revealed afterwards. Firefighters from Benissa who also responded to the callout, redirected traffic away from the street. According to Camino Fanadix residents, the Golf belonged to a resident in a nearby urbanisation. Initial investigations suggested that the fire started as the result of a mechanical failure or electrical fault.

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Drumming up so J AV EA w ill be the wor l d epicentre of avant-garde percussion this summer. The town hosts the European Meeting of Contemporary Percussion between July 10 and 15 when professionals and soloists will rehearse, discuss and review the new techniques and possibilities that science and technology offer. The course will be led by Juanjo Guillem and Joan Soriano. Guillen is a lecturer and soloist with the Orquesta Na-

PERCUSSION BOOST: Juanjo Guillem, Quico Moragues a cional de EspaĂąa as well as artistic director of the Neop-

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and Joan Soriano. rector of the Valencia Percussion Academy and artistic

director of the SoXXI Festival. The course has close links to the Agora Actual Percussio, a new festival created by Javea’s Culture department also held between June 10 and 15. H e h o p ed to g iv e mo re prominence to percussion, s a id C u ltu re co u n cillo r Quico Moragues. It is a mo s t in te re s tin g field both to watch and listen to and rounded off Javea’s c u ltu ra l o ffer o f cla s s ic a l music, jazz, piano and folk.

Lunch at the eagle’s nest THE Ladies that Lunch group of Javea U3A enjoyed a panoramic eagle’s eye view over the horizon when they gathered for their latest meal. Around 50 members met at the Attico Restaurant, on the top floor of Hotel Javea in the port, where they lapped up a tasty three-course lunch as well as the stunning view of the bay. The get-together was organised by group leaders Sally Wells and Katrina Frost, who always strive to find somewhere enjoyable and different. The ladies’ other halves were not left out as 10 of the ‘abandonados,’ as they are affectionately known, met for lunch at nearby Restaurante Ca Maria.

KEY MOMENT: (from left) Pat, Andy from Javea Autos, Barry and Ruth.

Winning wheels DELIGHTED couple Barry and Ruth Lapham won the perfect anniversary present to celebrate 55 years of marriage, a car. Barry’s winning €5 raffle ticket was pulled out in a raffle to support the volunteer firemen of Javea, ISVH Bomberos of Balcon al Mar, and the horse rescue charity APAC. He could not be at the draw and was at home in Benigembla when he was called with the good news. “I was taken aback that I had won anything because I have never won as much as a lollypop in my life. I am completely surprised and absolutely delighted; and also delighted the draw raised €4,800.” Barry and Ruth, who celebrate their 55th

anniversary this year, fell in love with Spain after visiting for their 40th wedding anniversary and bought a home there the next year. The raffle to win the 2007 Chevrolet Matiz was sponsored by Javea Autos, who also ensured the car was in excellent condition, Golden Leaves, Blu Communications, Villa Mia, and the Salamander Charity Shop. Organiser Pat McCue said the draw was delayed from January to enable more tickets to be sold after a series of events were cancelled in December and January. APAC will receive €6,500 from the raffle and other fundraising and €2,400 will go to the firemen.

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Brexit likely to decide General Election

BREXIT PAGE By John Smith

AS the various political parties gear up to campaign for the General Election, Brexit will form an important platform for each of them. Currently, opinion polls which have been notoriously inaccurate over the past few years indicate that the Conservatives are gaining ground in both Scotland and Wales with potential losses for the SNP in Scotland and Labour in Wales. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has come out, suggesting that the calling of the snap election was a cynical ploy by the government to be re-elected prior to the prosecution of current Tory MPs for election irregularities although this is denied by the party which accepts that its ‘battle bus’ is being investigated. The Lib Dems are appealing to

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SIR KEIR STARMER: The man behind Labour Brexit strategy. Bremainers and promise to run a second referendum if they are elected and many ‘big names’

such as Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and Ed Davey, who lost their seats in the last election, are expected to

stand again with a much better chance of getting back into parliament. Labour in the meantime had been accused of not knowing what to do but its shadow Brexit Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed that if elected it would honour the referendum result but would effectively scrap the government’s current Brexit plans and focus on protecting the rights of EU residents as well as British passport holders in the EU. The Labour party clearly recognises that those areas in the Midlands and the North of England which voted to leave the EU are vulnerable to a Conservative party which is determined to take Britain out of the EU and is trying to maintain its traditional blue collar support. UKIP in the meantime is planning to ban the burka and full face covering in the event that it comes into power. However, more importantly, in real terms the party has indicated that it will not field candidates in marginal areas where the sitting MP is known to be strongly pro-Brexit.

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Both major parties united in support THE next six weeks will see plenty of bitter rhetoric and fights between political parties but little in the way of Brexit progress. Even t hough t he cur r ent Conser vat i ve gover nm ent seems likely to return to power, possi bl y wi t h an i ncr eased majority, it is highly unlikely that there will be any headway i n negot i at i ons wi t h t he European Union until the result of t he Gener al El ect i on i s known. What is almost certain however i s t hat unl ess t he Li b Dems surprise everyone and are elected as the next government, Brexit will go ahead and t he onl y quest i on wi l l be whether it is negotiated by Mrs May or Mr Corbyn as Labour will not ignore the will of the referendum.

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BARC hosts 3rd Wet Nose Day THE Busot Animal Rescue Concern is hosting their third ‘Wet Nose Day’ on Saturday May 6 including a special ‘adoption fair.’ The fun-filled day starts at 11am at the Parque de los Patos, situated in the Hoya de los Patos Urbanisation, and will finish at 2pm. Entrance is free, with all funds raised on the day going to BARC, helping them continue their work of rescuing, rehabilitating and eventually rehoming abandoned animals. Stalls will be selling a wide variety of items, such as clothing, jewellery and bric-a-brac. In addition there will be a competition to guess the number of sweets in the jar, face painting, a bouncy castle, sponge throwing, barbecue and a dog groomer, and for the first time there will be both a cake stall for humans and for dogs. Eleven dog rescue organisations will be joining the adoption fair. They will be taking some of their dogs who are looking for their forever homes, as well as taking part in a spe-

cial parade. Each rescue group will also have their own stall, including the local horse rescue association. Categories for the dog show include: Most handsome dog; cutest puppy; nicest eyes, the one the judge would like to take

home and best junior handler. For further information the group has a Facebook page, which you will find by searching BARC, their website www.barc-busotanimalres cueconcern.org or telephone John on 699 822 027.

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Easter chocolate surprise ABBI WOODCOCK won a huge basket packed with chocolate and other goodies in the Gran Sol Hotel’s Easter Raffle in Calpe. O rg a n i s e d b y P i p p a Jones and friends in aid of MABS and local animal welfare groups, the draw raised €608 to be divided between the charities.

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Abbi from The Studio Hair & Beauty Salon in Calpe won the top raffle prize and a list of the other prize winners is on display at Gran Sol. Once again people generously contributed raffle prizes and items to make up the Easter basket to earn very grateful thanks from Pippa and her team.

Help for Parkinson’s TH E H ELP of D e nia a nd Mar i na Al t a’s Parkinson’s Group meets every month generally on the last Monday - where everyone receives a warm welcome Their group organiser and the team offer a wealth of information all of which is beneficial in some way; and there has always been an added event to look forward to including, The Rock Choir which was great fun. Everyone joined in with the choir’s voice warm-up exercises as it is all very good for people with Parkinson’s. A gentleman from the Red Cross recently visited. Pedro Dominguez, liaises with the

British Consulate to make the British community more aware of the help available through Cruz Roja, particularly the Teleasistencia panic alarm. During their Monday meetings the lovely ladies are at hand distributing tea and cake. It is great fun and you get to meet many new people and make new friends. The group has regular outings to places of interest; the next one planned is to Xativa visiting the castle, lunch, and a tour of the brewery. Anyone who would like to join, contact Pat the HELP Parkinson’s coordinator on 634 301 677.

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Life and ET THE possibility of life within the solar system continues to trouble minds and the star-studded question will be addressed at the next meeting of the Costa Blanca Astronomical Society. Astro-biologist Dr Zita Martin visits the Casa de Cultura in Denia at 7pm on Saturday May 13, with a talk called: ‘The Origin and Detection of Life in Our Solar System.’ Scientists have concluded life may exist in other star systems but NASA has indicated favourable conditions already exist on

Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. Dr Martin, of the Imperial College London, studies life, its origin, detection and its possible forms as an astrobiologist. She will address two key questions: how did life originate on earth and is there life somewhere else in the solar system - she will also discuss how future space missions will detect ‘signatures’ of potential star men. Every-

one is welcome at the talk, and entrance is free. For more information, call Christine Ord on 671 152 686. Dr Zita Martin.

Beacon shines on the children CHARITY Calpe Beacon is staging a ‘Mini Rastro’ on Saturday April 29 to raise funds to support children living in the area. The sale is being staged in the Perlamar Centre, off the main shopping street Avenida Gabriel

Miro between 10am and 1pm; it is an opportunity to grab a bargain and tea and coffee is available. The charity aims to improve the quality of life of underprivileged children in Calpe. For more information visit www.calpebeacon.com.

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TOMATOES: Cheap as chips in Almeria.

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Studying fruit By Matthew Elliott FURIOUS food producers dished out 20,000 tons of free courgettes, a u b e rg i n e s a n d t o m a t o e s i n protest over astonishingly low prices. The horticultural platform ‘Agriculture Live in Action’ said the stunt expressed the basic financial reality that prices are so low they may as well be throwing the food away. Residents of Federico Garcia Lorca street in Almeria were understandably delighted to be on the receiving end of the farmers’ fury. Vegetables may be cheap, but budgets are also tight. Jesus Fuentes, president of the Live in Action platform, claims that around 70 per cent of the fruit and veg grown across Almeria are sold under price in supermarket, some fetching just 50 cents per kilo.

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Brexit news

Stone success

Levelling out

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DURING what will possibly be his last statement on Brexit prior to the General Election, British Ambassador Simon Manley addressed an audience in Palma confirming the British government was committed to protecting expatriates rights.

THE stone quarries of Macael and the incredible art and engineering works they have inspired proved the Costa de Almeria’s secret weapon at a tourist exhibition in Barcelona, B-Travel 2017.

IN preparation for the forthcoming holiday season work is taking place on the beaches of Torremolinos. The idea is to repair all the beaches affected by the March storm by levelling the sand.

CARTAGENA’S mayor visited Madrid to take part in a meeting of the organisation bringing the high speed rail link to the city. He is calling for the government to accelerate its environmental impact studies ahead of construction of the railway.

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Drain in Spain WORK is now being undertaken to improve the storm drains on the Paseo Marítimo in Torreblanca, Fuengirola). The work which is expected to take 21 days attracted 36 bids and the final award was €84,804 cheaper than originally budgeted.

A MAN believed to be a 40-year-old Briton was knocked down and killed by a car in Magaluf early on April 23. Reportedly, the Spanish driver tested positive for alcohol and cocaine has been arrested.

A PENSIONER went wild and attacked his 70-year-old wife and 50-year-old daughter. He even threatened to throw his 89-year-old mother-in-law out the window before being subdued by police at their Almeria home

Mutual interest

Tax turmoil

AS part of a short visit to Mallorca, British Ambassador to Spain Simon Manley met with Francina Armengol, President of the Balearic Islands to discuss matters of mutual interest.

A PROTEST against the Spanish succession tax took place in Almeria demanding the abolition of the ‘inhuman tax’ which can strip many Spanish residents of a big chunk of their inheritance.

THE Local Police in Marbella have received 10 defibrillators and new drug testing equipment. This is part of a €400,000 investment to ensure they are able to cope with the requirements of a modern police presence.

Novel auction

Phone zombies

Flats evacuated

IN support of the British Benevolent Fund charity, Lord Jeffrey Archer travelled to Mallorca to conduct a charity auction. The event, catered by Michelin star chef Marc Fosh raised in excess of €5,000.

A FATHER who confiscated his teenage daughter’s phone was found innocent of mistreatment by Almeria judges after she took him to court. He was angry over her smoking and poor school grades.

A FIRE occurred in the car park of a block of apartments in Huerta Nueva, Malaga which left a number of cars damaged. The fire started in one of the vehicles and spread, causing the evacuation of the building.

Power struggle

Food festival

Fibre optics

THERE is huge disagreement between Endesa and the Council of Mallorca over an old power station in Alcanada. The council wants to keep the building but Endesa wants to knock it down.

DOZENS of chefs brought the flavours of Almeria to the Hall of Gourmets in Madrid. Delicious Almeria produce was a huge hit at the event, one of the biggest food fairs in Europe.

AFTER a lengthy delay, it has now been agreed that fibre optic broadband will be installed in Mijas Pueblo. This should benefit everyone who hs been demanding faster more efficient internet connections.

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Mean streets

IN the search for sustainable fruits, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and IHSM in La Mayora, Axarquia will be undertaking a joint project. They will initially be studying the pawpaw which is not widely cultivated in the USA.

Verdial oil THE town of Periana hosted a party to welcome the latest pressing of olive oil. Unique to Axarquia, the particularly sweet and fruity verdial version is much prized and this year’s harvest provided 1.6 million kilos of tasty oil.

I am Legion SOCIAL media was all a twitter when a video showing 20-month-old Yoel Extramera from Velez-Malaga went viral. The toddler, dressed as a legionnaire executed a number of moves normally undertaken by the soldiers at the Holy Thursday parades.

Nasty accident

TWO ROBBERS who raided the Elche headquarters of an organisation supporting people in need have been arrested 10 months after the burglary. The 21-yearold villains stole a ‘multitude’ of items from the Non-Governmental Organisation in the Carrus district.

FIVE people were injured in a serious accident on the N340 near Almuñecar. The three men and two women had to be transferred to hospital in Motril for emergency treatment.

Water filter

Another fire

THE National Government is to create a €4.2 million ‘green’ filter in the Mar Menor (Murcia) to naturally treat water and allow it to be used in the agricultural sector.

YET another fire broke out in the Salobreña area which required 40 firemen to tackle it. As the weather was particularly windy, officers attended from Motril and Salobreña together with others from the Infoca forest brigade.

No insurance POLICE have arrested an insurance salesman in Santa Pola who pocketed €22,000 in premiums leaving unsuspecting clients without cover.

Young population MURCIA has one of the highest populations of young people - those aged between 15 and 29 years old - across Spain, according to new figures which show that the young represent 16.9 per cent of the total population.

Arms raised THE funeral of former Franco supporter and minister José Utrera Molina took place in Nerja on April 23. A small number of supporters stood outside the church and raised their arms whilst singing the fascist anthem.

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NORWAY

NETHERLANDS

Beggars belief

Female discussion

BEGGARS in Bergen have said they no longer feel safe in the city following a documentary that followed residents of a house connected to the Romanian begging commu n i t y wh i c h was s e n d in g large sums of money to Romania.

QUEEN MAXIMA is joining German chancellor Angela Merkel and US president Trump’s daughter Ivanka in Berlin to participate in a discussion on female entrepreneurship at the Women20 Summit.

Happy rabbit

Green monitoring THE opposition party wants to create a committee in order to monitor how effective the country’s various green energy initiatives actually are.

Smarter transport DRIVE R L E SS p u b l i c tra n s p o rt

BERGEN: Beggars no longer feel safe. c o u ld b e in p la c e w ithin a fe w months following a parliamentary proposal which would see 100 million kroner available for projects to develop smarter city transport. Driverless vehicles are currently not legal on Norwegian roads.

Staying put NORWAY is refusing to lift Russian sanctions. The Trade Minister, Monica Maeland, returned from Russia and disappointed officials by saying she had no intention of lifting the sanctions yet.

A DUTCH Catholic church official has been arrested in Cambodia accused of creating child pornography. Over 1,000 nude photos were found on his camera and phone.

Job satisfaction A STUDY has found that youngsters look for an interesting job over one that is the best paid. Over 70 per cent of the Dutch millennials questioned said they favoured job satisfaction.

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GERMANY

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Cold feet A GERMAN man went missing as he suffered cold feet over his upcoming marriage. The groom was reported missing by his sister over Easter on what would have been his wedding day.

DUTCH animal rights groups have joined with pet shops to launch the ‘Happy Rabbit’ project to remind owners of their responsibilities and to how best to care for their rabbits. Rabbits are the fourth most popular pet in the Netherlands.

Cambodia arrest

ers organisations want tax reform. It is reported that one in 11 workers are paying 42 per cent tax on their income. Anyone earning over €50,000 a year is in the top tax bracket.

Top tax

Rule change

GERMAN workers are complaining about taxes as socialists and taxpay-

CALLS are being made for the dual citizenship rules to be changed. It

comes after German Turks mainly voted in favour of expanding the Turkish President’s powers.

Second vote THE SPD party leader, Martin Schulz, said the UK should hold another EU referendum now that it is clear what PM Theresa May’s plans for Brexit are.

FRANCE

BELGIUM

Attack foiled

Fruit frost

POLICE have arrested two men in Marseille as police say they foiled an imminent attack planned for the lead up to the French election. The two Frenchmen arrested met in prison and had converted to radical Islam.

A LATE frost has potentially damaged crops in the fruit region of Haspengouw. As temperatures dropped below freezing farmers tried to protect crops but it’s feared the damage may have been done.

Extreme eggs

Doggy DNA

FRANCE’S most extreme artist has spent three weeks in a glass box in an art museum in Paris sitting on 10 eggs waiting for them to hatch. He will spend the first 48 hours of their life with them before they live on a farm.

OSTEND is taking action against dog mess as it plans to use DNA technology to identify the dogs responsible. Owners who are found guilty of not cleaning up after their pets face a fine of up to €1,000.

Birth defects

Borrowing benefits

A STUDY has reported the epilepsy medication valproate is responsible for ‘severe malformations’ in 2,150-4,100 children since the drug was first available in France in 1967.

WANT to buy a house but can’t save enough for the deposit? You might want to consider moving to Belgium as they are proposing the possibility of allowing buyers to borrow the entire cost of a home.

Breastfeeding petition A COUPLE has launched a petition against the police officers who told a mother to stop breastfeeding at a police station in Paris as the couple carried out paperwork. They claimed the officer tried to humiliate the woman.

Rail boost BELGIAN RAIL has announced ambitious plans to improve rail transport, offering more services and shorter travel times.

WORKING nights could lead to brain damage. That’s according to a Danish study which found that night shifts increased the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Cold spring DENMARK has recorded the coldest April temperatures this century. Temperatures at Karup airport in Jutland were -6 degrees centigrade, the coldest morning temperature since 1997.

Newer production DENMARK could remove 3,300 of its 4,200 onshore wind turbines, if they were to be replaced by larger, more modern turbines, and still produce the same amount of energy.

Poverty plight SINCE 2002, the number of poor people has doubled in Denmark. The total number of people considered to be living in poverty rose to 44,141 in 2015.

SWEDEN

Shorter days AFTER two years of trialling sixhour work days at an elderly care home in Gothenburg, staff have gone back to eight-hour shifts after the government couldn’t afford to pay the extra staff needed. However, staff had less sick days and were healthier with the shorter days.

Half overweight OVER half of the Swedish population is overweight. That’s according to a study by the Public Health Agency which reported that 51 per cent of those aged between 16 and 84 were either overweight or obese.

Homeless help

Teachers wanted

A WOMAN who tried to buy food from McDonald’s for a homeless man claims she was told by staff she was not allowed as he had been taking leftover food from customers. She said she gave the meal to the man anyway.

MORE Swedish teachers are needed to cut the waiting times for foreigners wanting to learn the language. Foreign residents are entitled to free language lessons with some municipalities having waiting lists of up to six months before classes start.

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New EWNMG takeover Sol Times acquired by parent company EWN MEDIA GROUP (EWNMG) has further expanded its portfolio of newspapers by taking over the Sol Times publications. The takeover announcement comes just weeks after EWNMG, the parent company of Euro Weekly News, added the well-established three-edition RTN Costa Blanca newspaper firm to its expanding empire.

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Originally launched in the Almeria area in 2005, since then the Sol Times has further expanded into Costa Calida, Mar Menor and Costa Blanca. After completing the latest takeover negotiations earlier this month, Michel and Steven Euesden, owners of EWNMG, instigated internal restructuring.

This has today led to all four editions of Sol Times being back on the streets with a greater print run and improved distribution, upgraded paper quality and size, and increased news content. Michel said: “The aim of EWNMG is to offer all media clients the very best advertising and marketing opportunities to suit their target au-

The risks are deeper and more serious than a few months ago,” Luis de Guindos Spanish Finance Minister on European economy.

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Rare metal THE BBC and other media outlets are reporting the discovery of a ‘rare’ source of Tellurium near the Canary Islands. At first this seems to be a useful new source of this element used in the production of solar energy panels but some scientists claim it is an easily extracted side product of copper worth only €20 per kilo.

Rodrigo Rato SPANISH ECONOMY: Was discussed by IMF. DURING an International Monetary Fund (IMF) briefing on the April World Economic Outlook, much mention was made of the Spanish economy. It was suggested by a member of the invited audience that one possible reason for the recent growth in the Spanish economy was thanks to the increasing inequality of wages, the decline of collective agreements and the weakening of the trade unions. Responding on behalf of the IMF, Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti gave some historical insight for the reasons of the sudden decline in the economy and ac-

knowledged that wage inequality was bound to become a factor as unemployment grew so quickly. Spain has suffered from the fact that as part of the eurozone it has been unable to benefit from the usual advantages of declining exchange rates when the economy was bad and therefore the only way to regain competitiveness was to see wages decline. As the economy continues to recover, so he believed that inequality would shrink, but one of the ongoing problems in Spain is the fact of the volume of seasonal work.

ONE small crumb of comfort for Rodrigo Rato, disgraced former government minister is he won’t face charges over a Lazard Bank loan. Prosecutors were alleging a €2 million payment to him was a form of illegal commission but the presiding judge has ruled this was not the case and accepted it could have been a loan.

Migrants up DESPITE high unemployment figures in Spain, foreign workers continue to arrive with Romanians representing the largest number of EU migrants.The total number of foreign workers enrolled in the Social Security system increased by 37,473 in March bringing the total to 1,739,720, a 2.2 per cent increase.

Brazilian energy venture ACCORDING to reports appearing in a newspaper in Sao Paulo, Spanish energy company Iberdrola could create a major new entity in Brazil. It appears that Iberdrola may decide to bid for the shares in Neoenergia which are currently

owned by the Banco do Brasil and insurance company Previ which would then allow a merger with Elektro, a company which it currently controls. The resulting energy group would then become a major operator within Brazil.

dience needs as well as their budgets. “With the four additional Sol Times titles added to the group we now offer the widest choice of advertising and reading options along the Costas with three newspaper brands and a total of 13 editions. “Based on more than 20 years’ experience and local knowledge origi-

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COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Lloyds Banking Group ORD 65.61 1.24 London Stock Exchange Grp 3,280.00 68.00 Micro Focus International 2,480.50 13.50 Mediclinic International 737.50 13.00 Merlin Entertainments 476.25 1.15 Marks & Spencer Group 365.55 5.05 Mondi 1,979.50 35.50 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 235.85 4.55 National Grid 1,011.75 9.75 Next 4,336.50 57.50 Old Mutual Group 195.50 4.10 Provident Financial 3,185.50 48.50 Paddy Power Betfair 8,450.00 130.00 Prudential 1,685.50 45.00 Persimmon 2,291.00 35.00 Pearson 640.00 11.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 7,247.00 32.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 246.15 6.35 Royal Dutch Shell 2,040.25 47.75 Royal Dutch Shell 2,103.25 46.75 RELX 1,569.50 7.50 Rio Tinto 3,105.75 47.25 Royal Mail 416.50 3.20 Rolls-Royce Group 807.50 1.00 Randgold Resources 6,777.50 -292.50 RSA Insurance Group 583.50 10.50 Rentokil Initial 239.45 0.25 Sainsbury (J) 269.25 3.25 Schroders 3,118.00 49.00 Sage Group (The) 658.75 3.75 Shire 4,537.25 39.75 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,042.00 59.00 Sky 983.75 4.25 Standard Life 365.55 5.55 Smiths Group 1,606.00 25.00 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt 368.15 5.95 Smith & Nephew 1,252.50 14.50 SSE 1,409.00 -36.00 Standard Chartered 709.45 23.55 St James's Place 1,101.50 15.50 Severn Trent 2,325.00 5.00 Tesco 177.45 3.65 TUI AG 1,127.50 22.50 Taylor Wimpey 203.00 2.90 Unilever 4,022.50 85.00 United Utilities Group 979.00 3.50 Vodafone Group 202.20 3.45 Wolseley 4,869.50 70.50 Worldpay Group 301.50 3.10 WPP Group 1,714.50 20.50 Whitbread 4,289.50 85.50

% CHG. 1.93 2.12 0.55 1.79 0.24 1.40 1.83 1.97 0.97 1.34 2.14 1.55 1.56 2.74 1.55 1.83 0.44 2.65 2.40 2.27 0.48 1.54 0.77 0.12 -4.14 1.83 0.10 1.22 1.60 0.57 0.88 2.98 0.43 1.54 1.58 1.64 1.17 -2.49 3.43 1.43 0.22 2.10 2.04 1.45 2.16 0.36 1.74 1.47 1.04 1.21 2.03

NET VOL 45,777.25 11,163.84 5,732.05 5,374.51 4,828.14 5,746.66 9,400.32 5,416.27 37,134.90 6,299.90 9,475.40 4,627.21 7,007.48 42,559.62 7,023.42 5,161.73 50,968.28 28,362.48 89,578.68 76,951.03 16,775.38 42,439.97 4,150.00 14,813.08 6,644.69 5,820.20 4,453.70 5,813.03 6,945.67 7,079.63 40,334.75 4,646.07 16,915.13 7,113.56 6,291.63 4,913.94 10,745.70 14,502.58 22,534.57 5,695.75 5,515.69 14,240.92 6,439.81 6,615.34 50,696.65 6,665.46 53,057.80 12,148.18 6,000.00 21,753.68 7,736.57

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 191,500 +0,18% 0,340 114M 79,5900 -0,54% -0,4300 71M 142,270 -0,12% -0,170 746M 180,380 +0,60% 1,080 109M 94,320 -0,36% -0,340 55M 104,89 +0,01% 0,01 198M 32,820 -0,03% -0,010 164M 43,07 -0,05% -0,02 184M 78,6500 +0,46% 0,3600 68M 80,69 -0,40% -0,32 342M 29,5500 -2,38% -0,7200 257M 216,86 -0,55% -1,20 86M 150,0000 +0,86% 1,2800 180M 160,38 -1,18% -1,92 151M 36,3200 +0,39% 0,1400 171M 84,5200 -1,20% -1,0300 300M 121,7600 -0,09% -0,1100 330M 133,4100 +0,11% 0,1400 108M 61,89 -1,06% -0,66 169M 66,400 +1,37% 0,900 513M 55,85 -0,98% -0,55 73M 33,6400 -0,30% -0,1000 200M 88,620 -0,79% -0,710 226M 119,10 +0,19% 0,22 33M 114,99 +0,92% 1,05 92M 171,16 -0,22% -0,38 163M 47,25 -2,40% -1,16 192M 91,15 +0,00% 0,00 169M 74,9400 +0,19% 0,1400 227M 114,4400 -0,30% -0,3500 180M

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Most Advanced Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. Virco Manufacturing Corporation Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. Rocky Brands, Inc. Hydrogenics Corporation Proofpoint, Inc. Changyou.com Limited Northwest Pipe Company Marten Transport, Ltd. PC-Tel, Inc.

$ 19.28 $ 4.45 $ 3.71 $ 7.05 $ 12 $ 7.20 $ 77.65 $ 30.54 $ 14.21 $ 23.95 $ 7.89

2.22 ▲ 13.01% 0.5001 ▲ 12.66% 0.41 ▲ 12.42% 0.75 ▲ 11.90% 1.10 ▲ 10.09% 0.65 ▲ 9.92% 6.65 ▲ 9.37% 2.60 ▲ 9.31% 1.18 ▲ 9.06% 1.95 ▲ 8.86% 0.60 ▲ 8.23%

$ 10.23 $ 3.08 $ 21.79 $ 44.16 $ 5.20 $ 16.90 $ 5.575 $ 2.025 $ 45.76 $ 2.22 $ 3.90

6.79 ▼ 39.89% 0.50 ▼ 13.97% 3.42 ▼ 13.57% 6.69 ▼ 13.16% 0.78 ▼ 13.04% 2 ▼ 10.58% 0.625 ▼ 10.08% 0.225 ▼ 10% 4.82 ▼ 9.53% 0.21 ▼ 8.64% 0.35 ▼ 8.24%

Most Declined XBiotech Inc. Flex Pharma, Inc. Mattel, Inc. Electronics for Imaging, Inc. Immunomedics, Inc. Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation Real Industry, Inc. Manhattan Associates, Inc. China TechFaith Wireless Com Tech Limited InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp.

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House prices on the up SPANISH bank BBVA has released a fairly upbeat report on the property market and forecasts overall price rises of 2.5 per cent in 2017. Perhaps not a huge amount but certainly positive if you are a seller and unlikely to put off those who want to purchase a property in Spain. Not only does the bank see a likely increase in prices but it expects a significant increase in the number of transactions around the country with an uplift of some 7 per cent to nearly 500,000 sales during the year. In support of this view, a second report, this time by property valuers Tinsa has already seen an overall increase of 1.8 per cent in prices for the first quarter of 2017.

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Despite restrictions oil price remains volatile

New green taxes being introduced Photo Credit: Opec

PRESS CONFERENCE: Will be held on May 25, to which non-OPEC members will be invited. INTERNATIONAL oil prices are currently quite erratic due to mixed messages from suppliers. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has indicated that it intends to continue to restrict production in order to force prices of crude oil up, but there have been as

many drops in the wholesale price as rises in the past few weeks. All eyes are now on the OPEC conference to be held on May 25 to which non-OPEC members will be invited to agree continued cuts in supply, but with plenty of US shale oil being made available, their efforts may well

be frustrated. Iran has benefited from the removal of international export restrictions and has assisted in keeping prices down with its large scale exports in a bid to bolster its economy, but prices of fuel in Spain appear to have drifted upwards rather than stabilise.

One ‘ghost’ airport may see life SPAIN has a reputation for building regional airports which never open but now it appears that Corvera in Murcia might just. At the time that work started on the airport in 2008, it appeared that by the time it opened in 2013 it would be able to take over all of the internal flights from San Javier airport which is limited by the fact that it is shared with the Spanish Air Force. All seemed to be going to plan and an agreement was reached with a management company to allow for the opening and at the same time, negotiations commenced with international airlines who were interested in operating new European routes. Unfortunately, nothing was completed and the government of Murcia was forced to cancel the contract with the intended management company due to the fact that they did not comply with time clauses. Whilst this is the matter of a legal dispute, the government has decided to issue a new tender inviting bids to manage the renamed Region de Murcia International Airport which will need

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By John Smith

LYING UNUSED: Corvera, an airport without planes. little additional construction work to complete. According to the call for tender, those who are interested will have until early May to register for the opportunity to obtain a franchise to run the entire airport for 25 years, but they will be required to submit a bond in the sum of €9,917,752 in order to establish their

seriousness and financial worth. The local government believes that there is a need for this airport which has the ability to handle hundreds of thousands of passengers each year through its single terminal and that over a period of four years it would generate €1 billion in income through taxes and handling fees and create

20,000 jobs for the region. Anyone who takes on the project will be required to pay a number of fees to the government and apart from leasing costs it will make a payment for each passenger who travels through the airport, although as passenger number increase so the individual fee will reduce.

AS Britain prepares to penalise drivers of diesel cars entering into polluted cities, the EU continues to encourage ‘green taxes.’ A report based on 2015 data compiled by the Institute for Economic Studies compares the percentage of such taxes collected by all member states and shows that a number of the most successful economies such as France and Germany are bel ow t he EU aver age of 6.8 per cent. Spain sits relatively comfortably at 5.6 per cent but has already announced that it will be introducing new ‘green taxes’ which should r ai se i ncom e and com bat some environmental problems.

Safer credit cards WITH banks and consumers around the world worried about cr edi t car d f r aud, MasterCard has unveiled a new safer card. After trialling the concept in South Africa it has announced that it will be int r oduci ng a new st yl e of card which includes a finger pr i nt sensor wher eby users hold their fingers over the sensor whilst making a payment. It is not completely fool proof as fingerprints can be removed from glass objects, but it is believed to be much safer than the current pin and chip cards currently in use. This is believed to be the f i r st car d of i t s t ype t hat does not require a separate fingerprint sensor but there i s one dr awback as i t can only be used for ‘in-store’ purchases and gives no additional safety for online transactions. The card should find its way i nt o Spai n as i t i s rolled out throughout Europe, but retailers will need to obtain adapted card readers.

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AVILA PLANT: Farewell to the versatile NT400.

Hundreds of jobs saved in Avila By John Smith FOR 60 years, there has been vehicle production in Avila but in September 2019 this will all come to an end. Unable to justify the cost of converting the NT500 truck engine to meet new European Union regulations, Nissan Spain announced in February of this year that it would discontinue that model and that it was also reviewing the future of the factory as the NT400 was due to be discontinued in 2019. There appeared to be every likelihood that the eventual decision would sound a death knell for the Avila plant, but

the president of the RenaultNissan Alliance in Spain, JosĂŠ Vicente de los Mozos has announced that the factory will remain open protecting the 471 workers currently employed there. The NT500 will be phased out but the company has, after discussions with the Junta de Castilla y Leon, agreed to invest â‚Ź40 million in retooling the factory so that it can produce spare parts for Alliance cars. The involvement of the Junta was important as there will be a need to build a stamping plant and to expand the overall size of the facility, so in principle planning

permission was vital but with assurances from the authorities, the jobs and the factory are now safe. This will mean that those who are currently employed will have to enter into new work agreements with the company, but it is likely that they will be no worse than those entered into by workers in other Alliance factories in Spain. Production of the NT400 will cease as planned in 2019 and it is expected that by 2020, the new facility will be producing 80,000 spare parts per month of which 70 per cent will be for Renault cars and the balance for Nissan.

Debenhams, for and against BRITISH department store group Debenhams has been receiving a grilling in the British financial press as it is considered to be outdated. One of the few British stores to set up a special .es website and to advertise its goods in Spain priced in euros with free delivery, it is still

thought to be out of touch with modern trends and needs to reposition itself on the British high street. Having recently granted a franchise to operators in Gibraltar, it seems to operate in a twilight world of innovation and stagnation.

Flying high in Sevilla HAVING signed a new contract with the government of Kazakhstan, Airbus will be producing two new military aircraft in Spain. This will then mean that the Kazakh Air Force will have taken eight of the C295 transport aircraft as an extension of a con-

tract for aircraft and parts signed in 2012. This particular model as well as the similar long range A400M are produced at the Sevilla factory of Airbus Defence and Space and are expected to be delivered before the end of 2017.

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I’d like to be a fly on her wall! LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT WELL, not many of us saw that coming. Theresa May’s announcement of an early election caught just about everyone on the hop. Not least the SNP’s pincer mouthed pain in the butt Nicola Sturgeon. I’d like to be a fly on her bedroom wall. Instead of waking up every morning screaming ‘freedom,’ she now actually has to think of other benefits and policies her tunnel vision party can produce for her Scottish contituents. Corbyn couldn’t wait to jump up on his wobbly, geriatric soap box. Not having time to liaise with his speech writers, he proceeded to spout rhetoric which is so archaic he has undoubtedly blown the cobwebs off diatribes he wrote and delivered as a Hammer and Sickle inspired student decades ago. This Dinosaur throwback will never be happy until the

Red Flag flutters atop parliament and he and his cronies travel to work in special ‘party member’ transport lanes, while his supporters all line the route wearing those silly brown Mao hats. UKIP’s initial gambit has been predictably unpredictable, announcing its manifesto will include the banishment of the Burka in public places ( don’t forget millions scorned their announcement of their Brexit intentions!) And finally, despite their denials, t h e

Lib Dems are hoping once again to scrape into power on the coattails of... well, just about anyone. The only thing the Conservatives have to worry about is complacency. Nothing in this world is a foregone conclusion. Let’s hope the weight of turnout reflects this attitude across the nation. Meanwhile, over the Channel, the fiery right wing challenger Le Penn continues to g a i n pop-

ularity. If she is successful, be prepared for a ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’ ‘Frexit’ and the subsequent ‘Dominexit’ effect I forecast some time ago. Well this week has been quite an eventful occasion for me personally. At one mixed emotional point, I found myself driving my twins, now approaching 17, to their first job interview. As a single parent for the past five years or so, it has been a long old haul and not always easy to achieve my

avowed intent to make up, both physically and emotionally, for the lack of a Mum in our household. However with prayers and a little help from friends along the way, they are now just about ready to venture into those great areas of adult uncertainty. No one could be more proud of them than I, they are a true credit to their old Dad and I wish them a positive deluge of love and luck in their future endeavors. Having been circumstantially forced to become a bit of a reclusive homebody over the last few years, I now find myself with a little more time on my hands. So look out all you socialites, the old Leaper is back! My eldest Granddaughter has also informed me that in six months I will become a GREAT! Love, peace and congrats all around. Funny old life ennit? Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com EARLY ELECTION: Caught just about everyone on the hop.

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7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Joshua/Klitschko: The Knockouts 10:30am Froch Returns 10:45am Froch and Mccracken: Back in the Ring 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Joshua/Klitschko: The Knockouts 12:30pm Froch Returns 12:45pm Froch and Mccracken:Back in the Ring 1:00pm Sporting Triumphs 1:30pm Joshua/Klitschko: The Knockouts 2:00pm Fight Night 4:00pm Wladimir Klitschko / Ruslan Chagaev 5:00pm Ringside Special 6:00pm Sporting Triumphs 6:30pm Joshua/Klitschko: The Knockouts 7:00pm Ffc: Merse Meets Carrick 8:00pm Football Manchester City v Manchester United 11:30pm Carling: In Off the Bar 12:00am Factual

Iona Everest: Special American Fable Tarzan The Top Ten Show 2017 Barbershop: The Next Cut Let’s be Evil Badly in need of money, a young woman takes a job supervising an advanced learning program that quickly spirals out of control. American Fable Tarzan Barbershop: The Next Cut Let’s be Evil Me and Kaminski Daniel Bruhl stars as an ambitious art journalist who journeys to the remote Alps to track down legendary artist Manuel Kaminski. Love Me Do Iona

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Cricket Classics WWE SmackDown! Football Football Football Barclays Premier League World Football Football Football Cricket’s Greatest Live Rl One Day Cup The 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup begins today as Northamptonshire play Warwickshire at The County Ground. Joshua/Klitschko: The Knockouts Great Sporting Moments 2016 Wembley Great Sporting Moments 2016 Joshua/Klitschko: The Countdown World Rugby Premier League Match Pack La Liga Show Joshua/Klitschko: The Countdown

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm MasterChef 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Hospital People 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Witless

7:00am Flog it! Trade Secrets 7:30am Garden Rescue 8:15am Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 9:00am The World According to Kids 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 11:00am Snooker 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker World Championship. 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Debatable 8:00pm Snooker 10:00pm Versailles Sumptuous period drama depicting the decadent and turbulent early reign of the Sun King. 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Later... with Jools Holland 1:05am World Championship Snooker Highlights 1:55am Trump’s First 100 Days 2:55am Doctor Who 3:40am This is BBC Two

8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm The Good Old Days Leonard Sachs chairs the old-time music hall programme, originally broadcast on 14 March 1978. 9:50pm Sounds of the Seventies 10:00pm When Albums Ruled the World Documentary looking at the history of the pop music album. 11:30pm The Joy of the Single 12:30am Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie Documentary series exploring British indie music. 1:30am Top of the Pops 2:10am When Albums Ruled the World 3:35am Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie

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Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Formula 1 Frasier Ramsay’s Hotel Hell Channel 4 News The Question Jury Formula 1 F1: Grand Prix Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Couples Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Unreported World Posh Pawn Gogglebox Sarah Millican First Dates Attack The Block Single Mums Club National Treasure

8:50am Paw Patrol 9:05am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:15am Digby Dragon 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Trump Unauthorised 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Barging Brits in the Sun 10:00pm Spectacular Spain with Alex Polizzi 11:00pm The Bruce Forsyth Story 12:30am Peter Kay: The Early Years

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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 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Culinary Genius 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Judge Rinder’s Crime Stories 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 1:45am Jackpot247

7:10am Below Deck 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:35am Psych 11:25am Below Deck 11:55am You’ve Been Framed! 12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes? 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Emmerdale 2:30pm You’ve Been Framed! 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed! 7:30pm You’ve Been Framed! 8:00pm You’ve Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Shaun of the Dead 12:00am Family Guy

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7:00am Nijinsky’s Triple Crown 7:05am Minder 7:55am The Saint 8:50am Ironside 9:55am The Sweeney 10:55am Minder 11:55am The Chase 12:55pm Pawn Stars 1:30pm Cycling Gary Imlach, with Chris Boardman, presents live coverage of stage one from Bridlington to Scarborough. 6:15pm World Cup Top Goalscorers 6:30pm The Sweeney 7:30pm The Darts Show 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm Counting Cars 9:30pm Counting Cars 10:00pm Another 48 Hrs 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Another 48 Hrs 12:00am Beetlejuice 1:05am FYI Daily 1:10am Beetlejuice 1:55am The Saint

8:55am Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher 10:30am Die Hard 4.0 12:50pm Deadpool 2:40pm The Scorpion King 4:20pm The Chronicles of Riddick 6:25pm Armageddon 9:00pm Die Hard 4.0 11:15pm Deadpool 1:10am Camino

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Road to Avonlea The Corrie Years Heartbeat ITV Racing: Live from Sandown Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green Great Estates of Scotland Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Doc Martin Secrets of Growing Old Law and Order: UK Wire in the Blood A Touch of Frost Martin Clunes: A Lion Called Mugie Charles: The Destiny of a Prince Long Lost Family

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The Cable Guy Sisters Grimsby Robin Hood: Men in Tights Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Sisters Grimsby Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

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FRIDAY TV

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory American Pie: Reunion The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Football 10:30am Joshua/Klitschko: The Countdown 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Football 12:30pm Joshua/Klitschko: The Countdown 1:00pm Football 1:30pm Froch/Groves II: History at Wembley 2:00pm Fight Night 4:00pm Steelhammer: Wladimirs Story 4:45pm Froch and Mccracken: Back in the Ring 5:00pm Ringside Special 6:00pm Froch/Groves II: History at Wembley 6:30pm Joshua/Klitschko: The Countdown 7:00pm Ffc: Merse Meets Carrick 8:00pm Football Cardiff City v Newcastle United 11:15pm Joshua/Klitschko:the Countdown 11:45pm Froch and Mccracken: Back in the Ring 12:00am Factual

Let’s be Evil Love Me Do Tarzan X-Men: Apocalypse Barbershop: The Next Cut Comedy sequel about a barbershop owner trying to come up with a scheme to protect his beloved Chicago neighbourhood from rival gangs. Love Me Do Tarzan X-Men: Apocalypse When an ancient mutant awakens from his slumber, Professor X and his latest recruits must find a way to stop his world-ending plans. Barbershop: The Next Cut Let’s be Evil Iona American Fable

7:00am Cricket Classics 8:00am Super League Highlights 8:15am Great Sporting Moments 8:30am Barclays Premier League World 9:00am Premier League Match Pack 9:30am Live Super Rugby 11:35am Super Rugby Gold 11:45am Cricket Gold 11:55am Live Rl One Day Cup 8:00pm Super League Gold 8:15pm Super League Gold 8:30pm Live Super League Hull FC take on Warrington Wolves at the KCOM Stadium in the Betfred Super League. 11:30pm Barclays Premier League Preview 12:00am The Fantasy Football Club 1:00am Live NFL Draft 5:00am Indian Premier League Highlights

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place. 5:30pm Final Score 6:30pm Who Dares Wins 7:10pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm Pointless 8:20pm Doctor Who 9:10pm Casualty 10:00pm BBC News 10:15pm Weather 10:20pm All Round to Mrs Brown’s 11:20pm Match of the Day 12:30am Murder in Successville 1:00am Wild Hogs 2:35am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:40am BBC News

7:25am On Moonlight Bay 9:00am That’s Entertainment! 2 11:00am Snooker 1:00pm Raymond Blanc: How to Cook Well 1:30pm The Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 2:15pm Talking Pictures 2:45pm The Ipcress File 4:30pm Meet the Moose Family: Natural World 5:30pm Snooker 6:30pm The Crucible: 40 Golden Snooker Years 7:30pm Dad’s Army 8:00pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place. 10:30pm St. Stephen’s Night Calvary 12:05am Versailles 1:05am Rabbit-Proof Fence 2:30am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British 9:00pm BBC at War with Jonathan Dimbleby Documentary looking at the role the BBC played in the second world war. 10:00pm Pioneer 11:45pm Top of the Pops John Peel and David Jensen present the weekly look at the pop charts, first broadcast on 13th January 1983. 12:30am Top of the Pops 1:05am Sinatra: All or Nothing at All 3:05am The Andy Williams Show: Duets 4:10am Sounds of the Eighties

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7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:10pm Britain’s Got Talent 1:35pm Britain’s Got More Talent 2:35pm Take Me Out 3:50pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 4:50pm You’ve Been Framed! 5:20pm Flubber 6:20pm FYI Daily 6:25pm Flubber 7:15pm The Incredible Hulk 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm The Incredible Hulk 9:25pm Scorpion 10:20pm Britain’s Got More Talent 11:20pm Celebrity Juice 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:45am American Dad! 2:15am American Dad! 2:45am American Dad! 3:10am Through the Keyhole 4:00am Teleshopping

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CITV ITV News Weekend The Home Game James Martin’s French Adventure Tipping Point ITV News and Weather Big Heads ITV Racing: Sandown Park and Haydock Planet’s Got Talent Britain’s Got More Talent Catchphrase Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Take Me Out Britain’s Got Talent Through the Keyhole ITV News and Weather Yes Man Jackpot247 Who’s Doing the Dishes? Nightscreen

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Motorsport Motorsport King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Formula 1 F1: Grand Prix Formula 1 The Auctioneers A Place in the Sun Big House, Little House Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. The Restoration Man Walking Through Time Carol Zombieland Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Hollyoaks Omnibus

7:00am Milkshake! 11:15am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Access 11:55am Criminals Caught on Camera 12:20pm The Gadget Show 1:15pm The Gadget Show 2:15pm On Benefits 3:15pm On Benefits 4:15pm On Benefits 5:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 6:10pm Can’t Pay Special: Secrets and Lies 7:10pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 8:05pm NCIS: Los Angeles 9:00pm NCIS 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Football on 5 11:00pm Football on 5 11:15pm The Expendables 2 1:05am Super Casino 4:10am The Long Ships A Viking adventure in which two brothers search for the legendary Golden Bells of St James.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Black-Ish Made in Chelsea Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hop Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 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 Safe House Gogglebox Gogglebox Rude Tube

7:00am Klitschko: Behind the Ropes 7:30am Joshua: Behind the Ropes 8:00am Froch Returns 8:15am Joshua/Klitschko: The Countdown 8:45am Joshua/Klitschko: The Countdown 9:15am Premier League Preview 2016/17 9:45am The Fantasy Football Club 10:45am Soccer A.M. 12:30pm Football Rangers v Celtic 3:30pm Sporting Triumphs 3:45pm Rugby Gold 3:55pm Rugby Union Round 21 - Ospreys v Ulster 6:15pm Football Brighton v Bristol City 9:00pm Scottish Football Highlights 9:30pm Nissan Game of the Day 11:30pm Nissan Match Choice 12:30am Football 1:00am Football 1:30am Football

7:00am British Touring Car Crashes and Smashes 7:10am Motorsport UK 8:00am Bundesliga 9:00am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 10:00am Cycling 1:45pm Counting Cars 2:20pm Counting Cars 2:40pm Football Rivalries 3:00pm Cycling 6:15pm Football Rivalries 6:30pm Storage Wars Texas 6:55pm Fierce 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm The Devil’s Advocate 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Devil’s Advocate 12:55am Don’t Say a Word 1:55am FYI Daily 2:00am Don’t Say a Word 3:05am Cash Cowboys 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home.

8:15am Spy 10:25am 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 12:55pm Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 3:25pm The Dark Knight 6:05pm Spy 8:15pm Hitman 10:00pm Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 12:30am The Dark Knight 3:10am Con Air

7:00am Barbershop: The Next Cut 9:05am Tarzan 11:00am Everest: Special The likes of Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley and Josh Brolin talk about disaster epic Everest. 11:30am X-Men: Apocalypse 2:05pm Sausage Party 3:50pm Barbershop: The Next Cut 6:00pm Tarzan 8:00pm X-Men: Apocalypse 10:30pm Sausage Party 12:10am Let’s be Evil Badly in need of money, a young woman takes a job supervising an advanced learning program that quickly spirals out of control. 1:55am Me and Kaminski 4:15am Iona

7:00am Indian Premier League Highlights 8:00am Indian Premier League Highlights 9:00am Cricket Classics 10:00am Indian Premier League Highlights 11:00am Indian Premier League Highlights 12:00pm Live Indian Premier League 4:00pm Live Indian Premier League 8:30pm Football Espanyol v Barcelona. 11:00pm EFL Goals 11:30pm Rugby Union 1:30am Football 3:30am Sporting Rivalries Series profiling some of the greatest sporting rivalries of all time. 4:00am Indian Premier League Highlights 5:00am Indian Premier League Highlights

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Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Columbo Goodnight Mister Tom Margery and Gladys Lewis Rosemary and Thyme Agatha Christie’s Marple Foyle’s War Feature-length drama about an enigmatic detective working on the South Coast during World War II. Law and Order: UK Law and Order: UK Law and Order: UK Crime drama based on the hit US series Law and Order. ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Teleshopping

SATURDAY TV

7:15am Dude, Where’s My Car? 8:45am Bruce Almighty 10:35am The First Wives Club 12:25pm All About Steve 2:10pm The Intern 4:20pm Bad Neighbours 2 6:00pm Bridget Jones’s Diary 7:40pm All About Steve 9:25pm The Intern 11:30pm Bad Neighbours 2 1:10am The Overnight 2:40am Brüno 4:10am Office Space

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I am grumpy this week! Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man AS I’ve said many times I love living in Spain but there are still some things here that I don’t think you could get away with living in the UK. I’ve found out this week that along the paseo where we like to go to walk the dog and have a coffee, the town hall has said that over the next few years every cafe, bar and restaurant has to change their frontage to have raised wooden floors, glass curtain style fronts and different seating areas outside. I’m not saying it won’t look nice but, me for one, I actually like the rough and ready looking tapas bars and the little family-owned cafes that I have been visiting for years. It’s something that happens a lot here that you are forced to do things with no consideration to the expense involved. I had a shop in the square in Fuengirola buying and selling gold and jewellery. Some of you might remember it. It was called the Old Gold Company. When we opened it we had to jump through hoops to get the four or five licences you needed just to get going. We had to do so much paperwork just to buy a single item it was crazy. But then it seemed that every week they changed the rules. In the end it was getting impossible to actually abide by all the regulations.

One, for instance, was that you couldn’t buy broken jewellery. How crazy is that? Much of the time people wanted to sell us stuff that was broken and which couldn’t be repaired but which, as it was gold, had scrap value. Sometimes the value was even more than when the item was new because, at that time, gold prices were rocketing. People in the UK who were doing the same thing laughed at me when I told them about all the Spanish red tape. Another thing that happened recently was that we had some work done on our pools where we live and, to be honest, we were conned. (Mrs S wasn’t President then) We called the company back to tell them there were some problems with the work and they just looked at us like we were mad. They did the ‘shrug’ and told us the bits that had gone wrong was nothing to do with them it was some other reason blah, blah, blah and they were absolutely not interested in doing anything about it. Denounce them, you might say. Everybody throws that word around like it’s some kind of magic wand. Have you ever tried it? It’s not that easy to get any type of result. The UK system of the county or high courts was much better and didn’t take the years that it takes to get things done through the legal system here. Needless to say we just had to leave it because here everybody knows the system of not paying if you don’t want to. Wow I am grumpy this week! Email me at mikesenker@gmail.com.

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SUNDAY TV

7:00am Breakfast 8:45am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am BBC News 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Wanted Down Under 4:15pm Flog It! 5:05pm Points of View 5:20pm Escape to the Country 6:05pm Songs of Praise 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Line of Duty 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:50am The Women’s Football Show

7:30am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:15am Around the World in 80 Gardens 9:15am The Beechgrove Garden 9:50am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside. 10:45am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15pm Nigel Slater: Eating Together 12:45pm Simply Nigella 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra MOTD2 Extra presents the latest football action. 2:00pm Athletics: World Relay Championships Highlights 3:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 8:00pm Snooker 12:00am Drive 1:35am Question Time 2:35am Holby City 3:30am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Birth of British Music 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Motorway 10:00pm Horizon Series exploring topical scientific issues. Scientists genuinely don’t know what most of our universe is made of. The atoms we’re made from only make up four per cent. The rest is dark matter and dark energy. 11:00pm Trump’s First 100 Days 12:00am Storyville Documentary about the first globally famous stunt performer, exploring the charisma and showmanship at the heart of Evel Knievel’s improbable success. 1:30am BBC at War with Jonathan Dimbleby

7:10am King of Queens 7:35am King of Queens 8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Frasier 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm Formula 1 1:35pm Formula 1 Steve Jones presents live coverage from Russia of the fourth race of the 2017 F1 season. 4:10pm Formula 1 5:30pm The World’s Most Expensive Cars 6:30pm George Clarke’s Old House, New Home 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm The Supervet 9:00pm Escape to Costa Rica 10:00pm Carol 12:20am Gogglebox 1:25am Mud 3:45am KOTV Boxing Weekly 4:10am Gillette World Sport 4:40am Building the Dream

7:00am Milkshake! Programming aimed at children aged two to seven years old. 9:10am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 9:55am Football on 5 10:45am Football on 5 11:00am Great Birmingham 10k 1:00pm Michael 3:00pm Getting Even with Dad 5:00pm Housesitter 7:00pm Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Romantic action adventure based on the legendary nobleman turned outlaw. 9:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 10:00pm Greatest Ever 90s Movies 12:50am Football on 5 Goal Rush. 1:25am Super Casino 4:10am Charade 5:50am House Doctor

7:00am Rude(Ish) Tube 7:30am Couples Come Dine with Me 8:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus 11:00am Made in Chelsea 12:00pm The Goldbergs 12:30pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm Black-Ish 2:00pm Baby Daddy 2:30pm Kevin Can Wait 3:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:30pm New Girl 4:00pm The Net 6:15pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 11:00pm Tattoo Fixers 12:00am Tattoo Fixers 1:00am E4’s Tattoo Artist of the Year 2:00am Celebrity First Dates 3:00am Naked Attraction

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7:00am You’ve Been Framed! 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:05am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25pm Take Me Out 1:45pm Catchphrase 2:30pm You’ve Been Framed! 3:35pm Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium 4:35pm FYI Daily 4:40pm Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium 5:25pm Britain’s Got Talent 6:45pm Britain’s Got More Talent 7:45pm Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 8:45pm FYI Daily 8:50pm Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 10:00pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am The Cleveland Show 2:00am The Cleveland Show 2:30am The Vampire Diaries

7:00am In Loving Memory 7:25am Goodnight Mister Tom 9:30am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 10:35am Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960’s. 11:35am Heartbeat 12:40pm Forever Young 1:40pm FYI Daily 1:45pm Forever Young 2:40pm A Touch of Frost 4:50pm Foyle’s War 6:55pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Royal Stories 9:30pm Royal Stories 10:00pm Prince Harry in Africa 11:00pm Law and Order: UK Crime drama based on the hit US series Law and Order. 12:00am Law and Order: UK 1:05am Wire in the Blood 2:05am Wire in the Blood 3:00am Lewis

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DKV prize for sales team at Abbeygate Insurance A PRIZE for success in reaching a second category target in health insurance sales has recently been awarded to the sales team of Abbeygate Insurance, from the international specialists in health insurance, DKV Seguros SA. Abbeygate Insurance has a great working partnership with DKV, which has resulted in its appreciation, in the form of a prize of €900, which will go towards a day out, where the team can have a bonding experience and a lovely meal out to celebrate their achievement. Abbeygate said, “We are delighted to have been awarded this prize, it is always fantastic for our team of staff to be recognised for their hard work and dedication to excellent customer care.” Abbeygate Insurance offers a variety of insurance for health, motor vehicle, home, travel, marine, funeral, life, pet, golf and commercial including public and employment liability insurance. The head office is in Estepona and the company also has offices in Portugal, Cyprus and the United Kingdom. Abbeygate, the largest independently owned expat insurance in Spain, offers tailored health packages with optional excess amounts available to best suit their client’s needs. Abbeygate is famous for the professional friendly service it provides. Caring for clients is the basis of its success. The reason it is special is because of the great team of dedicated Englishspeaking sales professionals it has. The team assess the needs of the client on an individual b a s i s , through an underwriter, to ensure that they receive the best service and the best advice. The underwriter houses medical professionals who assess each application accordingly and therefore gives the best advice. Abbeygate Insurance

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has accumulated many years of experience in caring for expatriate and local clients, giving an appropriate service that is tailormade to each individual. The company is special in the way that it offers a service that focuses on the needs of the individual and it is able to put the customer’s mind at rest. For the remainder of 2017 it is offering discounted rates of 25 per cent. There’s an offer you shouldn’t miss! Abbeygate’s partner in health insurance, DKV Seguros SA is a specialist in health insurance and has an extensive network of branches, sales branches and exclusive agencies throughout Spain. This allows it to provide a personal and quality service to all its clients. In recent years it has become one of the top five medical insurance companies in the country, through its two commercial trademarks in Spain: DKV and ERGO. Studies have also recognised them on numerous occasions as the insurance company with the largest number of satisfied clients. Its managerial policy is guided towards the client, guaranteeing them strength, security and an excellent quality service. Its focus is on innovation, which includes new specialised products that are introduced into already existing coverage and products, ensuring that clients are made aware of these as part of their individual. The staff at Abbeygate are always at your service, so if you happen to be in the area, just call in anytime to make some enquiries. The team includes Adam from Manchester, who has a background in management and has lived in Spain for over nine years. Then there are the twin girls, Holly and Toni, along with their older sister, Charlie, who have all been educated and living in Spain for 17 years. Sandy was born and raised in India and studied in Barcelona. Matthew is from Birmingham and has lived on the coast for five years. Simona is the visiting rep from DKV and is of Spanish nationality. The team plans to start celebrating the prize money with a trip on Saturday April 29 when they will visit the Estepona Go Kart Track. They will be joined by the dedicated renewals department and also the claims and accounting team.

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IT’S refreshingly reassuring that the slump in Sterling hasn’t diminished our appetite to travel, with holiday bookings for this summer up by 7 per cent on 2016 according to ABTA, the Association of British Travel Agents. If anything, we are more determined to get the most out of our much-needed getaways, and hunt down the best bargains. There are certainly some excellent deals available, as operators compete for our custom and websites like Secret Escapes and Voyage-prive tempt us with exclusive, luxury breaks for a fraction of the usual cost. We are tending to stick closer to home, with Spain, Greece, Portugal and Cyprus all attracting high bookings, partially due to travellers steering clear of the Eastern Mediterranean due to heightened security concerns. We are also increasingly opting for short city breaks for a ‘travel fix.’ Rome, Bruges, Venice and Barcelona remain hot favourites, while Tallinn, Gothenburg and Valetta have joined our minibreak radar too. Whatever your holiday habits, don’t be fool-

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Freedom is no longer enjoyed Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

HOLY WEEK shows Spain at its most quaintly religious with processions, hooded penitents and outpourings of devotion as statues are hauled through the streets. The rest of the year churches are sparsely occupied except for births, marriages, first communions or funerals, and Spain’s hierarchy is hitting out. “Secularism threatens religious freedom,” thundered the Cardinal-Archbishop of Valencia not long ago. What he was actually expressing was regret that the Church no longer enjoys the freedom to impose its will on Spanish society.

Beat the clock CATALAN president Carles Puigdemont recently toured the US, touting for support for independence. He didn’t get many takers and both the US ambassador and the Jimmy Carter Foundation later hinted that neither thought secession was good for Catalonia or Spain. Polls show that Catalans want more autonomy, not secession, but although proindependence politicians are still planning a September referendum, five months is hardly long enough to get it off the ground, experts in electoral logistics say. Brings to mind a bridegroom arriving late at the church in the hope that everyone, and especially the bride, has gone home.

Hangeron PODEMOS, which shores up Castilla-La Mancha’s PSOE government, refuses to support its Budget. The Podemos regional leader Jose Gracia Molina - doubtless on the orders of pa rty s upre mo Pa blo Iglesias - is instead flexing his muscles. “People have regarded us as an appe nda ge to the PSOE,” he complained. Nearly right, but it might be more accurate to reduce that to ‘appendage’ full stop.

A transgression too many ENGLISH writer Richard Ford who spent three years here in the 1830s declared that Spain was governed by “corrupt rogues.” Nearly two centuries later, their descendants would greet this information with a jaded “so what’s new?” The Barcenas scandal, the Gurtel scandal, the Punica scandal, the little-discussed Acuamed scandal, former Industry minister Jose Manuel Soria’s offshore money scandal - the list prompts shrugs, mutterings and a few obscenities. But then, overshadowing them all, comes Rodrigo Rato. Fury and smouldering resentment are reserved for the disgraced ex-vice president, ex-Minister of Hacienda, ex-Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and ex-president of Bankia. On current political form, the charges of fraud, embezzlement, money-laundering and undeclared assets are par for the course. But the latest revelation that Rato salted away €7 million in an offshore account while Hacienda minister will be neither forgiven nor forgotten. Not because he was a corrupt rogue but because he announced “Hacienda somos todos” in a television and press campaign, exhorting the Spanish to pay their taxes. A rogue? Pass. Corrupt? Pass. A hypocrite? Wheel out the tumbrils.

Rodrigo Rato. Photo Credit Wikimedia

The rise of the machines Trudy Stewart I HAVE always loved to play video games. In the same way that books provide sheer escapism and entry to another world through your imagination, video games do it with aplomb! Love them or hate them, in an industry with sales of around $91 billion worldwide last year and an estimated 1.8 billion gamers around the globe, they are here to stay. Every so often, video games are subjected to criticism usually directed towards the violence some contain. They are however subject to a rating system (PEGI) similar to that of films. Their content is always clearly labelled. As an avid gamer, I can definitely agree that there is material that is unsuitable for children, but those games are not for them in the same way an over 18 horror film isn’t. What might surprise you is that there are actually more people over

the age of 50 playing games than those under the age of 18. Far from the image of children glued to their consoles, the average male game player is 35 years old. The most frequent female game player is on average 43 years old. We’re also catching up with the boys with females accounting for 44 per cent of worldwide gamers. Someone needs to try telling that to the staff in the high street games shops. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve gone to buy the latest title only to be asked what console my son or daughter (of which I have neither) plays on to make sure I get the right version! You might not think it to look at me, but I’ve played enough games to feel fairly confident I could hold my own in a zombie apocalypse. I feel fortunate that I’ve been able to watch the evolution of games. From my first glimpse of ‘Pong’ in the 70’s through to the newest generation of consoles, it’s incredible how far the technology has come. Whenever I start a new game and watch the cinematic intro, I am astounded by

how realistic the scenery and characters are. Thanks to motion capture technology, characters now move freely around their environment no longer bobbing about jerkily slightly above the scenery. With so many ways to play and vastly different genres there is something for everyone available. PC gaming still dominates the market accounting for 62 per cent, but with games like Bejewelled and Candy Crush coming pre-loaded on smartphones, everyone is a potential gamer - you don’t have to have a console or computer to play. I think people who say they hate games fall into the same category as those who have also never tried scuba diving or eating calamari, but instinctively just know they wouldn’t enjoy it. I don’t know why some of us are predisposed to enjoying games while others see them as a waste of time and money. Maybe it’s a part of the brain that craves the approval bestowed in electronic congratulations every time we do well in a game. Perhaps it’s to do with suspension of dis-

belief and some can’t disconnect the part of the brain required to get fully absorbed in it. I do feel you’re missing out a bit though if you don’t enjoy games. Some of the best nights I’ve had have been spent gaming into the early hours with a group of friends. There are a plethora of games across a vast amount of genres appealing to all ages and interests. There even exists a game where you can pretend to be a goat! Don’t believe me? Go and do a quick search for it now. It’s called Goat Simulator. I’ll wait. Over the decades that I’ve been playing games, their evolution has been phenomenal. With Sony expanding into virtual reality at the end of last year and Microsoft set to follow suit at the end of this year, it’s exciting to see how far that’s come. It’s almost inconceivable when you see the games of today compared with those early cartridge-based games and I cannot begin to imagine what they will look like in another 20 years. One thing’s for sure (if we

make it through the next two decades), I’ll still be playing those future releases. Hopefully, by that time we’ll be using our minds to play them as by then, my ‘controller claw’ will have settled nicely into arthritis! VIDEO GAMES: Here to stay.

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UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Saturday April 22

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Friday April 21

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YOUR STARS FOR 7 DAYS GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Everything seems an effort at the beginning of this week but as energy levels pick up you will gain momentum. Tackle one thing at a time and realise that Rome was not, indeed, built in a day. As the weekend approaches you will begin to realise that you have been far more effective than you thought. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) You really do need to come to an understanding with friends over a social matter, although this may take a little effort this week. It is clear that there are those who are less helpful than others, but this could be because of a misunderstanding. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Be a social animal this week and you will strengthen both people and business contacts. After being busy last week, you may be inclined to take it easy. If it is the case that you really are low on energy, then use the telephone or email to full advantage to keep in touch.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Someone well and truly treads on your toes this week and it really puts your teeth on edge. There are some bridges that may not be mended at the present time and are best left alone. Show your generous side but resist the urge to give in on an important issue because you are likely to regret it later. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) What a lovely surprise to find that

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The brick wall that you start banging your head against this week is not an illusion. It is, indeed, true that others are not responding to you in an expected way. By Wednesday this wall will start to fall and people will be more receptive.

something you have always wanted is coming your way at last. Keep a firm hand with finances and take control if you want to organise things for the better. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Be cautious this week with your money. You have been aware for some time now that a change in your finances is likely. You have this in common with many others in your situation. Seeking professional help can be free and can make a big difference. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) A special chance to try something new should not be passed over. No one expects wonders from you, they are happy just to see you enjoying life. A recent change in your attitude to your future is already showing. Luck is just waiting for you to invite her in. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your home life gives you the most satisfaction at the moment even though someone seems to be challenging you. Some things are best ignored until they go away of their own accord and that also often applies

to people. There is a time for everything and choosing it will make a task that could be difficult that much easier. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Involvement in a situation connected with someone close may not be the best option this week. Giving advice is all well and good so long as you are sure of your facts.

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Some disruption to your plans annoys you but there’s no point getting in a huff. Outside influences cannot be stopped but you are able to keep calm yourself. Rising to the bait will play into someone else’s hands. Although a situation must be dealt with, do it in your own time and in your own way. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) It seems that you are putting a lot of effort into whatever you do without getting as much out as you would like. However, as the week goes by, you will realise that it is only a temporary situation. Sometimes, it takes others a period of adjustment before they are ready to accept changes of a personal nature.

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Across 1 Row made by fiddle (6) 4 Opts for the soft pieces (6) 9 Whirlwind rent-a-party (7) 10 Sailor, dry, disheartened and late (5) 11 Bird hiding in farmhouse loaf (5) 12 The lion made a stone tool (7) 13 Characters can’t mention policy (11) 18 Upset by putting it in quartz (7) 20 Tremble when she swallows a little potassium (5) 22 African antelope from Cleveland (5) 23 The weather worried Tim and Alec (7) 24 Transparencies of playground structures (6) 25 To laze around with a fanatic (6)

1 Suspect, 5 Sales, 8 Stripes, 9 Aorta, 10 Nudge, 11 Augment, 12 Oppose, 14 Bitter, 17 Shelter, 19 Salad, 22 Edict, 23 Balance, 24 Sieve, 25 Errands. Down: 1 Susan, 2 Shred, 3 Express, 4 Tuscan, 5 Slang, 6 Largest, 7 Scatter, 12 Oysters, 13 Precise, 15 Insular, 16 Arable, 18 Tithe, 20 Lenin, 21 Duels.

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Down 1 Limit an allowance (6) 2 Spades, for example, for California roads (5) 3 Lee put a buckle on shoulder ornament (7) 5 Plenty to join in game (5) 6 Mantra I made up for someone from another planet (7) 7 Dreadfully chesty grass cutter (6) 8 Company events said to be happening at the same time (11) 14 I’m a Giro criminal, manipulating paper (7)

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15 Dud is confused if miser (7) 16 Russian leader swears at lively clubbers (6) 17 Choose some wise lecturers (6) 19 Confuse the theologian with the French (5) 21 Exercise that makes a small number suffer (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents G and 26 represents Z, so fill in G every time the figure 13 appears and Z every time the figure 26 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 7 Containing salt (6) 8 View comprehensively (6) 9 Ready for harvest (4) 10 Example (8) 11 Dream (7) 13 Of no importance (5) 15 Frightening (5) 17 Windlass (7) 20 Pasta in the form of slender tubes (8) 21 Remain (4) 22 Extreme (6) 23 Interfere with (6)

Down 1 Boat harbour (6) 2 Eat (4) 3 Continue to exist (7) 4 Requested information about (5) 5 Soft running shoes (8) 6 Imperfection (6) 12 Menace (8) 14 Assortment (7) 16 Dry red wine (6) 18 Rhododendron (6) 19 Assembly of witches (5) 21 Identical (4)

1 Scrawl, 4 Caring, 9 Aviator, 10 Groan, 11 Piece, 12 Surface, 13 Grasshopper, 18 Arsenal, 20 Tibia, 22 Cross, 23 Embrace, 24 Deeply, 25 Sextet.

Down: 1 Scampi, 2 Raise, 3 Witness, 5 Anger, 6 Isolate, 7 Gander, 8 Crash helmet, 14 Restore, 15 Potable, 16 Rancid, 17 Lament, 19 Nasal, 21 Boast.

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

1 Lamparas, 8 Grito, 9 Suiza, 10 Fat, 11 Olive, 12 Racha, 13 Ski, 14 Aviso, 15 Listo, 16 Sea horse. Down: 2 Abilities, 3 Profesora, 4 Rastrillo, 5 Suitcases, 6 Ignorar, 7 Ganador.

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Across 1 Souvenir (8) 7 Where (5) 8 Siete (5) 9 Sillones (9) 11 Desván (5) 12 Vaso (para beber) (5) 14 Timbre (8)

Down 1/5 Vino tinto (3,4) 2 Hormigón (8) 3 Exercise (physical) (9) 4 To unload (9) 5 See 1 6 Adelantar (vehículo, rival) (8) 10 Lighthouse (4) 13 Sun (3)

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Watch out, thieves about A S a r e g u l a r v i si t o r to S pain, I l o o k f o r wa rd to spending time with family living locally and to some of wonderful sunshine. But one th i n g I r e m a i n d is mayed b y i s t h e l a c k o f warnings over theft in public places. Two years ago my wallet was stolen when I was visiting Fuengirola market, and friends who live in Almeria had valuables - hidden under the p a sse n g e r se at stolen from their hire car after it was broken into when visiting Torre last summer. I have also heard of thefts from cars when drivers have been distracted... only to find once they have told a seemingly innocent inquiring pedestrian a direction, that their shopping has been s tolen, a l o n g wi t h th eir handbag or wallet. While warning signs will not solve the problem, they are essential to make everyone - including all first-time visitors - that while Spain is a wonderful place to visit, and probably to live, it is far from crime free. So come on local authorities: put up signs; admit the risk of theft; and stop helping criminals by ignoring a problem that is not going to go away. JM Calahonda

Share Spanish experiences I NOTICE that the correspondence column is pretty short in the paper. Can that be expanded as it is always good to se e wh a t o t h ers

are visiting or living in. Photographs for possible publication should be sent by email with a full caption to: photonews@euroweeklynews.com

Royal prank at marathon beyond a joke TODAY I noticed something that should be brought to the public. In today’s London marathon someone sprayed water on to the future king who was stood next to his wife. Where was security?? This could have easily been an acid attack on them both! There is a problem as with all these runners it would have been easy for someone to mingle in and carry this out. Thank god it did not happen but let’s hope it’s a wake-up call for the protection of the Royals. I have also sent an email to the BBC on this subject as I think it’s important. Bob EASY TARGET: Wills and Kate.

th in k an d ex p e rie n ce in Spain? Quite often I have noticed that those who write in the E n g lis h p ap ers a re c omplaining about Spanish matters . T h a t may b e f a ir enough but I suspect that such complaints will go unnoticed by the Spanish because such complaints are not in Spanish papers. It is necessary to mention s u c h co mp la in ts in the S p a n is h p res s a n d , of

c ours e , to the re le va nt Spa nis h a ge nc y w hic h might be able to do something about it. The latter point necessitates having some knowledge of the language to make a point. So, English and foreigners who speak and write in English and spend several weeks a year visiting Spain, and such people who live here, need to learn Spanish. They should learn the language of the country they

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Wrong island I WOULD like to point out the great John Surtees won the motorcycle TT on the Isle of Man which is held every year and not the Isle of White as printed in Euro Weekly. Geoff Scott Ciudad Quesada

Divine intervention Reply in response to Roy Leon’s comments FIR STLY, re ga rding the ‘Theory of Evolution;’ all the ‘missing links’ for all species are still ‘missing.’ Therefore, as there is not any evidence to support the the ory, it is , a t be s t, unproven, and probably cannot be proved. Secondly, the cherished ‘Big Bang Theory’ is dismis s e d s inc e ra dioa c tive material and the theory of radioactivity has concluded that at some point in time matter did not exist. If there is no ma tte r, the re is no bang. Pre s ide nt D w ight D Eis e nhow e r w a s told he would have to have a limb a mputa te d. H e pra ye d overnight and walked out of hospital intact. I have had many experiences that substantiate the words: ‘Prove me and know my works’ said the Lord. D L Griffiths Orihuela Costa

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Expats left out of vote YOU mean emigrants whose tax and NI contributions lapsed over 10 years ago when they chose to take up foreign residency. Drew Edgar EXPATS, please remember you need to re-register every year to avoid losing your voting rights even if you have been living abroad for less than 15 years. It is utterly shocking that we who pay taxes in Britain are not allowed to vote. ‘No taxation without representation’ was the cry as far back as 1761 when American colonists objected to being taxed by the British government without being allowed to vote. And look what happened to America! Revolution! Independence! That’s what. Astonishing so little has changed in nearly 300 years. Even if you voted in last year’s Brexit referendum or the previous General Election you will not be allowed to vote in this one if you registered more than a year ago and have not re-registered. I wrote a comment about that in the EWN months ago when I predicted the likelihood of a snap election this year. (smug grin, tee hee!) Of course if you had been only 14 years as an expat last year I don’t need to tell you what happens to your voting rights now! Brian Eagleson WHY should people living in another country be able to vote in UK elections, we can’t vote in their country. As for tax, I used to live in Spain and had the option to be pay in Spain or uk. Most expats like to keep a foothold in the UK ‘just in case.’ Maureen Quarrington

Snap election WELL I guess it’s impossible for the wingers to rest, they couldn’t understand it is better for the UK and its people to leave the EU, they can’t see it is better for Scotland and the Scottish to remain in the UK and now we hear them whinge everywhere firing more proverbial at the PM when she calls a general election because of the MP’s who cannot accept the referendum vote... they just can’t see they all work against the UK and they have brought this on. The Tory party would have been happy to trundle on carrying out the wishes of the majority of the vote but it is the whingers who are to blame, no one else... but they have not got the nuts in their cookies to see even that, and still whinge :-) Personally, I just look at them as losers and the sooner the election comes the better so we hopefully bury most of them :-) Mike in ESP

Dog protest Almeria I LIVE in Spain and have been here 12 years. The way they treat the animals here is appalling to say the least. They treat them as if they are not living breathing feeling animals. The authorities are to blame as they are as bad and they don’t see anything wrong in letting the animals suffer like they do. The laws are there but are not acted upon. Spain is judged by how they treat the animals and at the moment quite frankly it stinks. For God’s sake the laws are there for a reason. We must stand together and make them listen. The law is on our side now we just have to make them use them for what they were meant to be used for and stop the suffering of the animals and stop it now. Good luck with the protest I hope the people in authority take heed and look at the terrible way that these animals are being kept. This makes my blood boil. For God’s sake authorities use the power you have been given!!! Lynn

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THERESA MAY has done a u-turn (I wrote about a possible Brexit u-uurn last week), calling a snap election in which she’ll aim to crush Brexit opposition by seizing a big parliamentary majority. So, good on the PM for taking a decision in the best interests of the country and taking a swipe at Labour, the Lib Dems, SNP etc with their counterproductive whining and talk of coalition, collaboration and tactical voting. The fact that it is in the best interests of the Conservatives is happily convenient for her, but not the driving force. She wants a strong hand in Brexit negotiations and she didn’t

have one. This is also good news for Gibraltar and expats in Spain since the increased flexibility increases the likelihood of a better deal for us all. The effect on Labour should be akin to Trump’s Mother of all Bombs, with Labour ’s pro-Brexit voters, polls claim, already deserting Corbyn. To accusations from Corbyn, Sturgeon etc that May’s ‘breaking’ repeated promises she’d never hold an election before 2020, she’s a politician (the clue’s in the word) and politics by its nature requires that positions are ‘adjusted’ to suit a change in circumstances. She’d be a foolish leader not to take advantage of opportunities when they arise. Doubtless she’ll have a hard time not to put Brexit details into her manifesto and election campaign. How is she going to combine that with keeping her negotiation cards close to her chest? Easy! She just

needs to remain consistent. The negotiations with the EU will hardly have begun by June, so keeping her cards close to her chest is not only consistent but canny. Why give the EU any extra help by showing her hand? All she needs to do is keep to her mantra that she’ll ‘negotiate the best deal for Britain’ ad nauseam. Finally, many thanks to all of you who have purchased my crime thrillers (all profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity), following my piece here two weeks ago about the true stories behind them. And keep those donations going to Cudeca! Nora Johnson’s psychological/suspense crime thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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Work and bullying a concern for students SCH OOL wo r k , a n x ie ty and bullying are the main causes of concern in the life of teenagers. That’s the findings from a ‘Student’s Well-being’ study carried out by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The study analysed for the first time students’ motivation to perform well in school, their relationships with peers and teachers, their home life, and how they spend their time outside of school. The findings are based on a survey of 540,000 students in 72 participating countries and economies. Th e st u d y f o u n d th a t many students are anxious abou t sc h o o l wo r k a n d tests and the analysis reveals this is not related to the n u m b e r o f sch o o l hours or the frequency of tests, but with how supportiv e t h e y f e e l th eir teachers and schools are. O n a v e r a g e a cro s s OECD countries, 59 per cent of students reported they often worry that taking a test will be difficult, and 66 per cent repo r t e d f e e l i ng

stressed about poor grades. Some 55 per cent of stud e n ts s aid th e y are v ery anxious for a test even if they are well prepared. In all countries, girls rep o rted g rea te r s ch o ol work-related anxiety than boys. But teachers and parents ca n ma k e a d iffere n ce . Students whose parents reported “spending time just talking to my child,” “eating the main meal with my ch ild a ro u n d a ta b le” or “discussing how well my child is doing at school” regularly were between 22 per cent and 39 per cent more likely to report high levels of life satisfaction. The academic impact is also significant; students who spent time ta lk in g w ith th e ir parents were two-

thirds of a s c hool ye a r ahead in science learning. Bullying was seen as an issue in schools. On avera ge a c ros s O EC D c ountries, around 4 per cent of students, roughly one per class, reported that they are hit or pushed at least a few times per month. Bullying is lower in schools where students have positive re la tions hips w ith their teachers and girls are less likely than boys to become victims of physical aggressions, but are more likely to be the object of nasty rumours. O n a ve ra ge a c ros s OECD countries, most 15year-old students said they w e re ha ppy w ith the ir lives, reporting a level of 7.3 on a scale of life satisfaction tha t ra nge s from 0 to 10. SCHOOL WORK: One of the main causes of concern in a teenager’s life.

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Ask the Optician: How can I protect my eyes from allergies this spring? Louise Stone, Store Director, Specsavers Opticas Javea UNFORTUNATELY, allergies are becoming more common and the World Health Organisation predicts that one in every two of us will be affected in future decades. Allergies such as hay fever are most prevalent at this time of year and as it has been a wet winter, we expect it to be worse than usual, so wanted to offer some advice on how to protect your eyes. How do allergies effect the eyes? Allergies often lead to breathing issues, sneezing and coughing. It also affects the eyes often leaving them red, itchy, watery and in extreme cases can cause swelling of the eyelid and even light sensitivity. What can we do to protect the eyes? There are a number of things we can do to minimise our exposure to pollen: • Wear large or wraparound sunglasses to stop dust and pollen coming into contact with your eyes. • Wash your hands more often than usual, try not to rub your eyes and when you come home from being outside, take a shower and change your clothes to make sure you’re not bringing pollen into the house.

• Keep your windows closed in your car and house and don’t go for walks in the country during the times that you are most sensitive. • Visit your chemist and ask about antihistamines and eye drops which can reduce your symptoms. What if I wear contact lenses? Contact lens users who suffer from allergies can find it hard to wear their lenses over this time. If your eyes are irritated, we advise giving your eyes a rest from lenses, or reducing the time you wear them each day. Daily disposable lenses are the best option if you do want to keep wearing your lenses, as they are new each day, so haven’t got any impurities on them. Make sure your hands are very clean before you put in your lenses and try not to rub your eyes.

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COULD botox help beat depression? Although botox is normally associated with giving users youthful looks and reducing the appearance of wrinkles, it is believed it may also help ease mental health conditions by preventing signals being sent to the brain that are linked to low mood. Pharmaceutical giant Allergan is now believed to be in the final development stages of a botox product to treat mental health disorders and is seeking approval after clinical trials showed favourable results. Botox is already used to help treat bladder incontinence, severe sweating, headache and muscle stiffness.

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Zika figures are way off the mark CLAIMS are being made that Puerto Rico is hiding the number of babies born on the island with Zika in a bid to prevent a potential loss in tourism. According to official data, just 16 Zika-infected children have been delivered since the mosquito-born illness struck South America last year, but a former US official said this figure could be well off as some 3,300 pregnant women had the virus. The former US official said the country is in denial over the problem and in a year or two there will be many more babies who aren’t learning and developing correctly and all these problems will come to light. The World Health Organisation declared a global health emergency in February last year due to Zika, and declared it over in midNovember. They said they don’t expect a possible vaccine to be available until 2020. Zika can be particularly dangerous for pregnant women.

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area and whether it is safe to draw off liquid. Are there any good treatments? - The usual treatment for arthritis involves resting the joint/s and use of anti-inflammatory medications to reduce the pain. Sometimes the joint can be injected with specific medication and in severe cases surgery is an option. What about diet? - Diet is important for almost all ailments. In this case it is of importance especially for those who suffer secondary arthritis due to gout. These patients should avoid products high in uric acid such as red meat, seafood and alcohol. Is exercise helpful or will that make it worse? -Exercise should be avoided while the pain is at its worst but added gradually to daily life as swelling reduces. Is there any way of preventing arthritis before it appears? - Many forms of arthritis are unavoidable as it is a sign of other problems. Yet those caused by trauma or substance build-up can be avoided by following a healthy, balanced diet, taking moderate daily exercise such as walking to maintain a healthy weight and avoid overstressing joints and keep joint-supporting muscles toned.

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A lifetime of fun at New Life MARCH 25, 1985. It’s a date embedded in Jane’s memory, for it was not only her sister’s birthday, but the day she moved to Spain with her family, just six days after leaving school. She hasn’t looked back. She worked in her parent’s bar in the Old Town area of Benidorm before they briefly returned to the UK when her friend was ill. Whilst there she heard from a family friend who was building a new bar in Benidorm and she returned to manage it. That friend was Del, who she lovingly calls her ‘Spanish Dad’ and seven years later she bought into the business and they remain business partners today, running the ever popular New Life Pub. The long established New Life Pub is one of the most well-known bars in Benidorm, situated in Calle de Jaen, just off the Avenida de Europa and this year marks its 30th anniversary. A milestone achievement for both Jane and Del who have continued entertaining customers old and new for

many generations and they do indeed welcome generations of families. To mark their 20th anniversary Jane wrote a magazine style book charting the bar’s two decades, complete with photos, citing its build and development, early customers and even when it burnt down in April 1994. It was a particularly hard time for Jane who, living above the bar, also lost her home in the blaze. It took 18 months to rebuild but it came back bigger and better and really did bring a new meaning to the ‘New Life Pub.’ It was the first ‘sing-a-long’ bar with a pianist in Benidorm and was often also known as ‘Harry and Dot’s’ on account of the popular couple that played the organ. Jane said: “They were fantastic and without them we would not have had a business.” But sadly, times change and over the course of 30 years, as they have gained new customers, sadly they have lost others and over the last five years they have

moved into cabaret which seems to be what the customers want. They do two nightly shows, one at 11pm and one at midnight and have an open mic night on a Friday and Saturday for budding artistes. No food is served at New Life Pub. Open daily from 8pm, it is a fantastic 350 seater venue with quality acts and fantastic drinks, as Jane says it is run like a popular “working man’s club in the UK.” So whether you are a new or familiar face, a warm welcome awaits at the New Life Pub and don’t forget the 30th anniversary celebrations. On December 17 they will be hosting a party night to remember with a hot and cold buffet and four or five acts. New Life Pub Calle de Jaen, Benidorm Tel: 966 809 195 Follow New Life Pub on Facebook

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A taste of THE Gurkha Palace is a traditional family-run Indian-Nepali Restaurant in Arenal, Javea Port. The restaurant was previously established in Moraira before opening in Javea where it has served thousands of happy customers who return time and time again for its great choice of authentic cuisine. It has also been voted ‘The Best Indian Restaurant in Javea’ on numerous occasions by various online websites and it is no wonder why. Dishes are freshly prepared using a combination of Indian herbs as well as special traditional spices and herbs from Nepal which cannot be sourced in Europe. These ingredients serve to provide an authentic dining experience being a treat for the taste buds. There are the usual popular dishes from tikka and tandoori, to their more unique

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INDOOR TERRACE: Newly opened at Gurkha Palace. everyone is welcome to enjoy a ‘taste of Nepal’ in Javea. The restaurant has also recently welcomed the addition of an ‘indoor terrace’ area allowing diners to have an openair dining experience where smoking is permitted, whilst

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Beach takes star role BENIDORM’S Poniente beach was the backdrop for an Amstel Radler videoclip featuring popular singer David Otero. The resort appeared thanks to Oscar Greca, a 27-year-old local resident who entered Amstel Radler’s competition to decide the settings for its latest publicity campaign. Celebrating the arrival of spring this centres round Otero’s song, Sal a la Calle (Go out to the street) as well as Amstel Radler’s beer and lemon juice combination. The photo of the Poniente beach that Oscar Greca uploaded to the social media was one of the winners, together

Back in time THE town of Villajoyosa will be going back in time when it holds a Medieval Market. The streets in the old town area will be transformed into a scene from the Middle Ages from April 28 to May 1. The event, organised by the council’s Department of Fiestas and Tourism, will start at 6pm on April 28 with an inaugural parade, with an extensive programme of activities planned for the following days. The streets of the old town will be decorated with fabrics, banners, torches, shields and all kinds of ornamentation that will transport visitors back in time. Different craft stalls will offer products such as ceramics, fabrics, incense, shields, toys, footwear, and basketry. Visitors can sample a variety of food at the many stalls offering products to buy such as preserves or sweets, cheeses and sausages, artisan pastry, wines and spirits. Many traditional tradesmen will be holding workshops to show how things were made in the Middle Ages, and activities for all ages - such as music, dancing, fire shows, acrobats and magicians - are sure to keep the family entertained.

WINNER: Oscar Greca also will also appear in the video. with Madrid’s Plaza de Oriente and the Puente de Hierro bridge in Salamanca. Oscar also won a year’s supply of Amstel Radler and was declared #Benilover by the

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RIPADVISOR HAS RELEASED STATISTICS that show that Aqua Shard in London is the UK’s most reviewed restaurant, while Park Plaza Westminster Bridge is the most reviewed hotel. The news came as the customer driven review platform announced that it now has more than 500 million reviews and opinions on its website, and receives 290 pieces of user-generated content every minute of every day. Aqua Shard, which sits within the 95storey Shard building in Southwark, has received more than 11,000 reviews and sits 737th out of 17,953 restaurants in the capital. Meanwhile Park Plaza Westminster Bridge has received more than 15,000 reviews and is 192nd out of 1,087 hotels in London. The most reviewed hotel in Spain would appear to be the Hotel Becquer in Sevilla with 3,866 posts. Locally the lovely Hotel Molino de Santo in Benaojan has 1,119. The most reviewed UK tourist attraction is the London Eye, which has more than 57,000 reviews. Worldwide, the most reviewed hotel is the Luxor Las Vegas, with 29,000 reviews. The most reviewed restaurant in the world is Pasteis de Belem in Lisbon, with 26,000 reviews, and the most reviewed tourist attraction is the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, with more than 107,000 traveller reviews. Stephen Kaufer, chief executive officer and cofounder of TripAdvisor, said: “Many savvy businesses report seeing incremental increases in the ratings and rankings

The first stone was laid on March 19, 1882 following the Neo-gothic design drawn up by the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano. Antoni Gaudi took over the design of the Sagrada Familia in 1883 until his death on June 10, 1926 due to a traffic accident. The central tower of 172.5 metres (566 feet) will make it the tallest cathedral in Europe, because the tallest tower in Europe is Ulm, at 162 metres (531.5 feet). Construction has entered its final period. The project should be completed by 2030/32,150 years after the first stone was laid!. on TripAdvisor when they engage with travellers by responding to reviews and using the feedback to improve their customers’ experience.” Nonetheless, not all hospitality businesses are happy with the way in which reviews are handled on the site, with some complaining of difficulties having reviews they see as malicious or inaccurate being taken down by the website. I have said before I am not convinced about the service and have never understood their use of ‘algorithms.’ I have personally taken their ‘content integrity department’ to task over simple readings with questions like, “If restaurant A has 150 reviews of which 140 are excellent and have been posted within a two-month period and restaurant B has less reviews with more good than excellent over the same period of time how come B is higher in the rankings?” The reply was more like a Chicken or The Egg conundrum!! (Content information courtesy of TripAdvisor and The Caterer and Hotelkeeper)

IN MY WINE CORNER this week, I dusted off a bottle of Corral Gran Reserva 1987. From Rioja Alta and made with 80 per cent Tempranillo, 15 per cent Garnacha and 5 per cent Mazuelo, I was pleasantly surprised that it was in very good condition for a 30-year-old wine. Hav-

ONE OF THE REASONS that I opened Restaurant Nueva Campana, in Nueva Andalucia, Marbella some years ago was because of the highly successful restaurant next door, Il Ristorante. Based on the old adage of ‘never open a newsagent where there isn’t a newsagent’! A couple of years ago they moved away to bigger - and better premises - in Golf Valley. It took them a while to find their pattern but they are back to their old selves again and a visit with some of my favourite clients/friends last Friday proved very enjoyable. While Location, Location is very important if you don’t serve quality and value for money it’s all for nowt!! Menu del Día’s abound on our Costas ranging from €7.50 to €30. Pitch it at €15 with extras available then you have a good chance of capturing the local market. Thanks to Renée and Sabine and staff at Conrad’s and especially to my friends, for a splendid lunchtime. If you have a favourite lunchtime venue, dear reader, wherever you live please let me know, I would like to get a list of Value for Money Eateries in your area.

ing said that, while it was still pretty good on the nose it would be fair to say it had lost a little of its finesse. Having left a glass in the bottle overnight (I know!!!) it hadn’t kept up the next day despite being vacuumed. It certainly wouldn’t last much longer in my opinion. So if you’ve got any, I suggest you start drinking it!!

Taken from my own ‘cellar.’ I’ve had it for more than 20 years.

Are traditional pubs losing out to trendy bars and restaurants? W E C O N S TA N LY H E A R A B O U T the number of British pubs that close in the UK every year. Now the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged to help halt the decline in the number of pubs in London, as new figures show the city has lost 1,220 pubs since 2001. That’s around 80 a year. There have been many studies about why this has been happening but I’m not sure that anyone has studied the ‘fashion’ element. Are there more trendy wine bars/pubs meaning the younger crowd are moving away from the traditional pub? Have communities changed? Are country pubs losing their appeal? Is it the fact that some of the established pubs don’t serve food? Or maybe the food they serve is poor. Or of course there simply could be too many pubs for the amount of people. Lon-

don’s population is 10 million. Let’s assume that three million of those are children - that leaves, say, seven million adults. Now, obviously, not all these adults go out to drink, but if they did, with 3,615 pubs in the whole of the city that would mean less than 2,000 customers for each pub. I’m not going to carry on with figures, but you see what I mean? As the article on this page re TripAdvisor tells you there are nearly 18,000 restaurants in London - five times more than there are pubs! And getting a seat in a restaurant in London is a lot harder than finding standing room in a pub. Must tell us something don’t you think? I remember in the early 80’s the trend in the cities was to turn banks into modern pubs. Can we think of something else to reduce the population of bankers?

ON THAT NOTE I will bid you farewell until next week and should aspiring restaurateurs need some help or advice, please do not hesitate to contact me. A toast to Good Food, Good Wine and Good Friends.

Garry Waite is a well-known foodie and restaurateur as well as a Hospitality Management Consultant. If you are contemplating setting up an operation in Spain, or indeed having problems with an existing project contact him on garrywaite@euroweeklynews.com.

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Celtis australis - the European Hackberry THE Hackberry or Nettle tree is one of the Mediterranean’s hardiest native large trees that you will probably see lining streets and boulevards and standing as a valued specimen in private and public gardens as well as in native forested areas. They are a very attractive deciduous shade tree of the Elm family with a smooth greyish bark, small leaves, small edible fruit, long lived (to around 500 years), fast growing in good conditions, drought tolerant once established and will grow in most soils in Spain below 1,000 metres. If you don’t have the space to grow a large tree they are also very hardy in containers, tolerating constant pruning to maintain a suitable size. They are a favourite for bonsai enthusiasts as the trunk develops strongly but can be supported by a few healthy branches with the small leaves giving the good proportions required for a bonsai tree. In my vegetable garden, I have a large one that is trained, by pruning, to act as an umbrella to add shade during the middle of the day in summer but

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CELTIS AUSTRALIS: An attractive deciduous shade tree of the Elm family.

allow morning and afternoon sun. In winter there is enough sun after the tree loses its leaves. The leaves provide a very good addition of mulch to the garden. I collect the self sown

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are best when black in colour. They ripen at different times so collecting the best ripe fruit is tedious. Many birds are attracted to the trees when the fruit is ripe.

The flower is insignificant in size, with its main interest being that it doesn’t have flower petals. The seed sprouts very easy to grow new trees, in fact birds spread the seed so young trees can appear throughout the gardens when a tree is fruitful. Fresh seed needs stratification by exposure to cold to simulate winter conditions, such as storing in a fridge for several weeks, before it will sprout. This follows the natural process of the seeds passing winter in the soil and emerging in spring to grow when conditions are more favourable. The wood of the Hackberry tree is very useful for making tool handles, walking sticks, whips and items made by wood turning. The qualities of the wood are that it is flexible without splitting easily. The roots of the tree give a yellow dye that has been used for colouring silk cloth. The leaves and fruit have been used as remedies for various stomach region problems. They have few pest and disease problems making them a healthy addition to the garden as they require little corrective maintenance other than pruning of excess branches.

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Bougainvillea in all their regalia THE bougainvillea can be found all over the Mediterranean, but it’s not originally from this area. These plants are natives of Brazil, a tropical plant that can grow red or purple flowers. In 1768, it was named by the French botanist, Dr Philibert Commerson in honour of his ship’s Captain Admiral Louis-Antoine de Bougainville and became an official species in the 1980s. English and French breeding nurseries sent these plants all over the world. There are 14 species, but only three types have cultural importance: glabra, peruviana and spectabilis. To maintain a

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It’s all Greek to me MOST know the beauty of Greece and its simplicity. There is no other place in the world that presents the colours white and blue as successfully as the G re e ks do. The little w hite hous e s looks as if they are part of the landscape, carved out and designed by a mythical God. It is possible to achieve a Greekstyle in your home by following a few simple rules, using natural colours and ma te ria ls ; ke e ping it s imple a nd achieving symmetrical balance, applie d through s ha pe , te xture a nd colour. This cre-

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with little import for mass manufacturing. Why Tesla’s shares suddenly surged is a mystery. Some investors see it as a sign of market confidence in Tesla’s eco-friendly, uber modern concept. Others wonder whether shares were somehow artificially inflated, a possibility given Tesla’s connections to the billionaire playground of Silicon Valley. Nevertheless Tesla is expected to become one of the top five profit making car companies within a few years. The firm, alongside Google and Apple, has a firm grip on the technologies that will define the auto-industry’s future. Its cars are entirely electric, can drive themselves, are wifi-enabled and functional. They are the smart cars of the future.

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TMGS plays at Roda Golf AFTER several good days that reminded everyone why they live here, The Members Golf Society returned to the weather of February as they played at Roda Golf. It was overcast and cold with very strong winds, just what you wouldn’t want at Roda! However 40 members and guests made the short trek down the AP7 to do battle with these elements and the elements won. The best score of the day was just 34 points by Gary Turner and Carsten Pedersen (five

handicap). However the elements didn’t affect the birdies on the par 3’s because five players made a ‘two’ and shared the €30 in the pot. In the NTP competition the results were: hole 2 C Pedersen, hole 7 N Spaniol, hole 11 nada and hole 13 J Hettrick. Bronze category: 3rd S Twentyman 25 pts. 2nd A Kilnes 30 pts. 1st J Davidson 31 pts. Silver category: 3rd T Roed 29 pts. 2nd D Sullivan 30 pts. 1st S Sonesen 32 pts. Gold category: 3rd N Spaniol 31 pts. 2nd G Turner 34 pts. 1st C Pedersen 34 pts. Please note the date in your diary for May 8 at Las Pinaillas (Albacete) which includes bus, golf, buggy, meal and competition fee all for just €65 (visitors welcome). To reserve your place visit www.tmgs.org, www.facebook.com/TMGS GOLF or call 661 524 101.

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COOL WINNERS: Of the medal competition. IT was a chilly and windy day out for the Orba Warblers at Bonalba this week for the Committee Shield medal competition on April 19. Results: 1st Sheila Dindar (26.5) with a nett 71 now playing off (25.6). 2nd Barbara Pollitt (23.6) with nett 72 now playing off 23.2 and 3rd David French (10.9) with nett 73. Bringing up 4th was Peter Gibson (22.6) with a nett 74 and 5th was Bob Edwards (8.6) also at 74 on c/b. Sixth place went to Steve Smith (4.6) with nett 76. Steve Smith also won the prize for best gross with a total of 82. Glyn Braidley and David French got the NTP’s on Holes 8 and 14 respectively. The Football card went to Glyn Braidley with Preston. There was one guest, and now GINS’ newest member, Mark Gains. Welcome to the Orba Warblers family Mark! Finally, Barbara Pollitt, GINS’ young birthday ‘gal’ kindly brought two lovely bottles of wine on the day. They went to John Daniels and Roger Vicars. May 3 will be a Texas Scramble at Alenda. First tee time will be 10.48am so arrive by 10am for registration. Guests welcome subject to space availability and current handicap certificate. To book please contact Mike Taylor on mjt@stylespms.com or call 639 242 896.

Pego Golf Society THIS week Pego Golf Society and its guests (Alan Barwick, Graham Borley, Ian Sharp and Chris Anderson) played a singles Stableford competition in excellent conditions with Chris taking the guest prize. There was only one ‘two’ and it went to Shaun O’Gorman. Nearest the pin on hole 5 was Peter Rapley with 1.48 metres and on hole 16 was Roger Brown with 2.35 metres. The winners in division one were: 1st Penny Barden with 36 pts off 15.2 hcp, 2nd Dave O’Connor with 36 pts off 13.8

hcp, 3rd Malcolm Wise with 35 pts off 7.3 hcp. Division two winners: 1st Graham Haslam with 36 pts off 25.9 hcp, 2nd Paul Trigwell with 33 pts off 20.6 hcp,

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PEGO MEMBERS: Played a singles Stableford.

Benitachell Bowls Club IT was a lovely sunny afternoon as Benitachell Bowls Club held its Easter Sunday lunch, which included an Easter bonnet competition, at the clubhouse. After a delicious meal, the Easter bonnet parade took place. The high standard of entries made the final results very difficult for the judges. Everyone deserved to win, however the first three winners were

Lynda Warnes, Velia Wood and Pauline Griffiths. The hats were truly spectacular works of art. Well done to all the participants. Then the club came alive with the music provided by Barry Peters who kept the afternoon going with dancing to all the popular tunes. It was agreed a good time was had by all.

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It’s a London Cup final, Messi scores his 500th goal and Nadal wins Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

DIARY OF EVENTS: • Starting with football and tonight it’s the Manchester Premiership derby, City v United followed on Saturday by Crystal Palace (terrific winners at Anfield last Sunday) v Burnley Southampton-Hull, WBALeicester, Stoke-West Ham and Sunderland-Bournemouth. On Sunday, Everton face leaders and double-chasing Chelsea, Spurs (2nd) play Arsenal, Manchester City visit lowly Middlesbrough and Manchester United meet relegation-threatened Swansea; Watford play Liverpool on Monday. • Championship games include Cardiff-Newcastle (tomorrow) and Brighton-Bristol City, Birmingham- Huddersfield, Blackburn-Aston Villa, Fulham-Brentford, Leeds-Norwich, Ipswich-Sheffield Wednesday and ReadingWigan on Saturday. • Celtic and Rangers meet again - this time in the SPL. • Manchester City Ladies, 31 down to Lyon, and PSG, 3-1 up on Barcelona, play the second legs of their Women’s Champions Cup semi-finals. • Also on Saturday, GB heavyweight Anthony Joshua, 18 bouts unbeaten, fights Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley. • Twenty-fours later, 100,000 fans will attend the Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi. • The World Snooker championship continues in Sheffield where Ronnie O’Sullivan is seeking glory (again). • And Rugby’s big Super League game is Castleford (top) against Wigan (3rd). ROUND-UP: • Congratulations to Lincoln City who return to the Football League in place of Leyton Orient who drop out after 112 years. • The FA Cup final on May 27 will be Arsenal against Chelsea. In the semis, the Gun-

ners beat Manchester City 2-1 after extra time while Chelsea, without a Brit in their line-up, defeated Spurs 4-2. This was Spurs’ seventh semi-final loss on the trot. • The Scottish Cup final, also on May 27, will see Aberdeen, 3-2 semi-final victors over holders Hibs, face treble-chasing Celtic who ko’d Rangers 20 in their semi-final. • The Champions League semi-finals are Real MadridAtletico Madrid and MonacoJuventus and it’s Manchester United-Celta Vigo and AjaxLyon in the Europa League semi-finals. • Lionel Messi scored a dramatic 92nd minute winner - his 500th goal for Barcelona - in last Sunday’s 3-2 El Clasico win over Real Madrid. The teams stand level on points at the top of La Liga, but Real have a game in hand. • John Terry with 704 appearances for Chelsea, will leave the club in May. • Rafael Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters tennis final for a record 10th time as GB’s women’s Federation Cup team lost to Romania in their Division Two play-off encounter which saw Ille Nastase banned from the stadium after verbally abusing two GB players and the umpire. • British F4 driver Billy Monger, 17, who crashed at Donington Park 10 days ago, has had both legs amputated. A fund has a l -

ready raised over £1m. • Last Sunday, 40,000 runners competed in the London marathon and the winners were Daniel Wanjiru (men) and Mary Keitany (women), the latter in a world record time. David Weir (for the seventh time) and Manuela Schar won the wheelchair races. • In Rugby Union, Munster ‘A’ beat Jersey 29-28 in the British Isles Cup final and it’s Wasps (79 pts), Exeter (74) and Saracens (72) 1-2-3 in the Aviva Premiership. Saracens will play Clermont Auvernge in the European Champions Cup final while Gloucester will face Stade Francias in the Challenge Cup final. • Britain’s Ellie Downie won all-round gold, vault silver and bars bronze medals at the world gymnastics championships; Courtney Tulloch won rings silver. • In the British swimming championships, Duncan Scott became the first Brit to break 48 seconds for the 100m freestyle… James Guy won gold in the 100m and 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle races… Adam Peaty triumphed in the 50m and 100m breaststroke finals… and Chris Walker-Hebborn took the 50m freestyle and the 50m and 100m back-stroke titles. Other golds went to Max Litchfield, Dan Jervis and Ross Murdoch (men) and Freya Anderson, Charlotte Atkinson, Georgia Davies, Anna Hopkin, Hannah Miley, Rosie Rudin and Jocelyn Ulyett. • Welshman Geraint Thomas has become the first Brit to win cycling’s Tour of the Alps. • It was Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa 1-2-3 in last weekend’s MotoGP in Texas. Rossi now leads the rider’s championship. • Ex-athlete Brendan Foster, 69, is to retire as a BBC commentator. • Vicente won last Saturday’s Scottish Grand National. RAFAEL NADAL: Won the Monte Carlo Masters for the 10th time.

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