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ISSUE NO. 1672

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COSTA DEL SOL

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

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€790m water bill DROUGHTLIKE The area's dams are low.

THE Costa del Sol is to receive a major boost to water infrastructure after the Junta de Andalucia announced a massive €790 million investment. It comes amid increasing drought fears, with several major reservoirs

currently at less than 50 per cent of capacity following a dry start to the year. The money will be spent on 149 projects throughout Andalucia over the next four years, of which 16 are located in Malaga Province.

Glad you’re not here By Matt Ford A British holidaymaker says her dream Spanish break was ruined by misleading online accommodation information. After flying from Scotland to Malaga for a one-week stay in nearby Fuengirola, Gillian Sutherland says she was “devastated and disgusted” by what

Horse held A 35-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on animal abuse charges after investigators found a severely malnourished horse at his plot in Malaga.

awaited her. “We were shocked that the accommodation comprised of two apartments split originally from one, with 24 of the 26 pictures on the website showing the half we were not allocated.” Gillian booked the holiday at the Top2Stay apartments after seeing details on the Booking.com website.

“I am absolutely disgusted with both Booking.com and Top2Stay,” she said yesterday. Booking.com in London declined to comment when contacted by EWN, while the Top2Stay agency was contacted several times but had failed to respond by the time of publication. Turn to page 2

DISGUSTED: Gill (left).

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Crowning glory QUEEN Letizia of Spain, fresh from her State Visit to the UK, is to visit Malaga next Monday to attend the annual directors’ meeting of the Cervantes Institute, to be held at the Russian Art Museum.

Gets worse THE state of Marbella’s marina is going “from bad to worse” according to opposition parties, with the refuelling station having been without diesel for a month, no street lighting, and a lack of security.

Turfed out SQUATTERS who lived in a derelict building in Ronda have returned after the council pulled their housing support and turned them back onto the street just seven days after they were evicted from the abandoned furniture shop.

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Mega yacht makes port debut €480 nightmare

Plus-sized model! By Liam Griffin

THE ‘Luna,’ one of the l a rg e s t p r i v a t e p l e a s u r e boats in the world, has docked in Malaga port for the first time. Until 2014 the luxury cruiser, valued at €545 million, was owned by Russian billionaire and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich who sold it to close friend Farkhad Akhmedov. It was constructed seven years ago by German shipbuilder Lloyd Werft of Bremerhaven, and at 115 metres in length is the second-largest expedition yacht and 23rd largest luxury yacht on the planet. The vessel has four ‘limousine’ lifeboats construct-

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WELL-EQUIPPED: The ‘Luna’ mega yacht.

ed for Abramovich at a cost of €3.5 million each, 10 lavish cabins, a 20-metre swimming pool and a mini submarine. It is protected by a sophisticated anti-missile defence system, thermal security cameras, armoured windows and bomb-proof doors, while there are facilities for two helicopters. The boat refuelled with 230 tonnes of diesel while in Malaga, a process which took 12 hours.

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Looking back on the holiday horror, Gillian, who visited the Costa del Sol with a friend, said: “On the day we arrived we waited over three hours for the guy to turn up. A local bar owner even called the agent for us as we were getting nowhere and he got no answer either. “Luckily he knew the apartment owner who he phoned and the owner contacted the agent. “This was only the beginning of the problems,” said Gillian. “Top2Stay did not put the electricity on within two hours as promised, then the power cut out the next morning. “We couldn’t find the fuse box. The couple in the next apartment flicked the fuse box switch six hours later after being phoned by the agent and being asked to return. “No-one from Top2Stay came anywhere near us, the main apartment door stuck and it took us five minutes to open, plus there were no fire extinguishers, and we had to bin all our food after it went off due to the power cut.”

“The main bedroom metal shutter and blind were broken, but the agent told us just to climb under it!” Given all the problems in less than 24 hours Gillian booked somewhere else “losing nearly a day of our holiday while we relocated.” After the holiday, Gillian posted a negative review on Booking.com but she says it never appeared online. She then sent emails to the website’s customer services, which remained unanswered until she wrote personal messages to Chief Executive Officer Gillian Tans. Although no personal reply was received, the website offered Gillian what she describes as a “pathetic” €67.15 refund, later increased to €73, with this corresponding to the only night that she slept in the originally booked apartment. She refused the offer and is now fighting for full compensation of €480 “in light of having to find other accommodation and all the inconvenience, stress and denial.”

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Stuck in traffic A MAN has been held after trying to smuggle four Moroccan children past police in San Roque. Police were performing blood alcohol checks on a road in the area when they saw the youngsters run from an approaching vehicle. When police pursued the quartet they found that none had Spanish documentation.

Caught out FISHERMEN in Torremolinos are furious that the council are stopping them from fishing early. President of Malaga Fishermens’ Guild, Miguel Angel Carmona, said that in Torremolinos and Benalmadena boats have been told to leave as early as 10.30am. “In summer we retire at noon to avoid interfering with bathers, but being asked to leave the beach one hour before the agreed upon time is abuse,” he explained.

Intrusive act A 19-YEAR-OLD teen has been arrested by National Police after videotaping naked children playing on a Marbella beach. The father of one of the victims called the police after he caught the accused videoing his son on Cabopino. According to the victim’s family the alleged paedophile recorded the minors from a few metres away, using his book to cover the device.

Road rage RESIDENTS of La Cala de Mijas are up in arms due to overwhelming summer traffic. A spokesperson for the neighbourhood association explained that the main problem is that the service exits from two petrol stations in the area lead directly through the village centre, “as if the boulevard were a national road.”

Mystery body A FLOATING corpse in Calahonda has triggered a Guardia Civil probe. The dead man’s body was reportedly found 400 metres offshore after being spotted by a local, and had been dead for several days. Investigators suspect that he was most likely an

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SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...21 On the last Sunday of July, hordes of revellers descend on the small village of San Asensio in La Rioja to shower each other with thousands of litres of pink wine in the annual Battle of the Clarete.

Smelling of rosé! THE festival takes place on the Sunday closest to the Feast of Saint James (Dia de Santiago), the Patron Saint of Spain. Winemakers and co-ops donate up to 40,000 litres of clarete wine, a locally-produced pink tipple, for partygoers to fill their weapon of choice, whether it be water pistols, balloons, bottles or buckets. The battle commences at 12 noon, when councillors lead the way to the Cerrillo Verballe district, referred to as the Bodegas quarter by villagers since it used to house some 300 private wine cellars. Once the containers housing the wine are opened, the fun begins, the aim being to douse the enemy, who is anyone in the vicinity, with plonk. As the wine-soaked madness descends, the compulsory white shirts become a sea of pink as the booze is poured, sprayed or hurled by any means possible. The only respite is the occasional break for a glass of clarete and a sausage bun known locally as a preñao, while a tour of local tapas bars is customary in the wake of the two-hour fracas.

INSIDE VIEW News 1 - 53

Finance 59

Leapy Lee 65

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TV 70 - 82 SLOSHED: The battle gets underway.

The grape divide

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grapes, typically garnacha and viura, whereas rosé from Rioja contains only red varieties. The result is a pale, orange-tinted wine that is best served between 8-10°C.

CLARETE is produced exclusively in the Rioja Alta region around San Asensio, Hormilla, Badaran, Azofra, Cardenas and Cordovin, and is a staple in bars of Rioja, Cantabria and the Basque Country. THE battle does not have a long history, having been first Despite hundreds of years of history, it remains undefined fought in 1977 when members of the Peña Clarete social under Spanish wine rules, beclub came up with the idea ing officially classified as a rosé during a festive meal. despite a number of key differWhat began as a joke ences. between friends is now a While rosés are vinified in full-blown cultural tradithe same way as white wines, tion, with increasing numwith the skins removed and bers of tourists visiting macerated in the juice before every year. Its older and fermentation, the skins are left more well-known relative on the grapes for a short time is the Battle of the Wine during clarete production. held in nearby Haro every In addition, claretes are made June, which dates back to by blending red and white TRUE COLOURS: A Rioja rosé (l) and two claretes. the late 19th century.

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immigrant trying to reach the coast in a boat.

pital unattended for more than four hours at a time.

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THE citizens of Alora, Malaga, are demonstrating again this summer to protest the lack of health professionals in the area. Reportedly, the only doctor on duty makes emergency visits to the Caminito del Rey, leaving the hos-

LOCAL POLICE rescued a 10-yearold boy who had been locked in a car while his grandparents went to visit the Picasso Museum in Malaga. When police arrived they found the boy crying and screaming inside the car. He

One held over Brit sex claim A 34-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in the wake of an alleged sexual assault on a British holidaymaker in Malaga city centre. The incident occurred at the Sala Gold on Calle Luis de Velazquez, with a friend of the victim alerting door staff. The 19-year-old told them that the accused had started to kiss her and refused to stop when asked.

After the culprit disappeared the police were notified, sparking a manhunt. After obtaining CCTV footage from the nightclub and interviewing staff, investigators identified and arrested the accused. According to investigators, the Spanish man had previously assaulted his ex-wife after she refused to have sex with him in a public place, and contradicted himself repeatedly in his statement.

was still wearing his seatbelt and a jumper as temperatures outside soared above 30 degrees.

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Fire risk TORREMOLINOS Council has been criticised after failing to clear weeds and dry scrub from a pine forest near a secondary school. The undergrowth now poses a significant fire risk according to environmental campaign group Torrenatura, which has lodged an official complaint.

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The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1671 of the Euro Weekly News Costa del Sol edition, including 142 local stories.

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With Marbella seeking to ban shirtless tourists, should beachwear be prohibited in town and city centres?

LAST WEEK’S POLL: With some malls and shops now opening on Sundays to cater for summer visitors and residents, should sevenday shopping be introduced year-round?

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Top Social Media comments Lorry drops into the ocean from a Cadiz bridge - Oh poor driver!! Sometimes you can’t help doing wrong for doing right. Very pleased he was so gallant, also that he was saved, so lucky someone quick witted was watching and took action. Well done to all. I hope the original drivers and passengers were ok as well. Elizabeth Saunders Spain warned for non-compliance of Plastic Bags Directive - I wish supermarkets in Spain (everywhere) wouldn’t use polystyrene and hard plastic containers for meat and fish etc. Such a shame. Sandra Russell UK airports warn EU flights could be suspended post-Brexit - This is one of many things that remain unclear, when anyone points this out Brexiteers just shout ‘scaremongering’ so maybe it just needs to happen, and then we'll see... Not long to go. Also; this warning was made by an Airport Trade Association, Michael O’Leary (CEO of Ryanair) and by their actions, the easyJet board (who have set up a subsidiary company within the EU - Austria). I think it might be reasonable to assume these persons have something of an insight as to the future of EU air travel. Maybe they should just ditch their concerns and call it scaremongering. Andrew V Smith

Police shut down gang who targeted Costa del Sol tourists - Scum, just don’t leave items in your car unattended. They work in airports, one distracts you asking questions whilst another takes your stuff, they act like lost tourists, if someone askes you something in an airport, look behind you or around you for a person lingering. Pps Estepona Heatwave claims the life of a road worker in Sevilla - Oh no! Not again!! Surely these employers will learn one day they have a ‘duty of care’ to their employees, and they can and must ‘order’ the employees to stop work if they endanger themselves. It’s all part of ‘Health and Safety.’ Poor man and his poor family, I do hope his employers ‘do the right thing’ by them. (I know what I mean by the last remark, but I fear his employer will not) Elizabeth Saunders Swimmer loses rag over red flag in Campello - Must have been in Spain the bulls here have the same reaction to the red flag???? Patrick Scanlan Brits ordered to pay in Thomas Cook’s first win against fake compensation claims - Great news. Now it needs Insurance and Travel companies to investigate all suspicious back claims, get a few more people sweating. We are paying for these free loaders. Ted Milsom

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The Dutch village of Giethoorn has no roads; its buildings are connected entirely by cycle paths, canals and footbridges. Stonehenge - built around 3000 BC has stood on England’s Salisbury Plain for more than 5,000 years, and is older than the Great Pyramids of Egypt.

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The British drink 165 million cups of tea every day, over 20 times more than that of the average American.

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1 Spain sizzles as weather alerts issued for 28 provinces - 9,912 2 Explosion in Fuengirola shopping centre kitchen causes panic - 4,756 3 Sweltering temperatures set to return as another heatwave hits Spain - 3,031 4 Fines and tough regulations hit Spain’s beaches this summer -3,016 5 Sex on the Bench: Couple caught on video during daylight romp in Barcelona - 3,000

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Zero scores in tennis are referred to as ‘love’ because in France, where tennis became popular, the round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg. French for ‘the egg’ is ‘l’oeuf,’ and when tennis was introduced in the US, Americans, mispronounced it ‘love.’

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Hot to tot! SHE gave birth to twins Sir Carter and Rumi last month. And pop megastar Beyonce Knowles, 35, gave the babies their first taste of global stardom by taking to Instagram wearing a men’s kimono from Spanish designer Alejandro Garcia Palomo. The garment is made from vintage silk organza from an old shop in Cordoba, Andalucia, according to its creator. The post, captioned ‘Sir Carter and Rumi one-month today’ almost brought the internet to a standstill as it racked up almost 10 million likes. It comes after the Crazy in Love singer’s pregnancy announcement in February became Instagram’s most popular post ever. She now has three children with rapper husband Jay Z, 47, as the newborns join the couple’s five-year-old daughter Blue Ivy.

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DOUBLE TROUBLE: Beyonce introduces her new twins.

SHE is often said to be one of the world’s sexiest women and is among the highest-paid models on the planet. And Brazilian beauty Alessandra Ambrosio certainly lived up to the hype as she rocked a range of revealing beachwear during a sun-soaked family break in Ibiza. After donning a microscopic multicoloured two-piece, the 36-year-old later chose a sultry brown swimsuit which left little to the imagination as she frolicked in the shallows. She even took time to pose with a local hat seller after slipping into yet another skimpy bikini to send temperatures soaring. The siren was spotted with her long-term beau Jamie Mazur, daughter Anja and son Noah, plus a group of close friends.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S Spanish trio David de Gea, Juan Mata and Ander Herrera were pictured alongside stunning actress and model Emily Ratajkowski, 26. The meeting came at an Adidas event in the wake of the Red Devils’ 5-2 pre-season victory over Los Angeles Galaxy as the club continue their stateside preparations for the new Premier League season. Other celebrities present included actress Bella Thorne and Hollywood heavyweight Jamie Foxx.

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Making a splash SHE has appeared on the cover of Vogue and Elle, and has modelled for Victoria’s Secret. And Australian model Elyse Taylor, 30, displayed her effortless beauty after posting an eye-popping bikini shot to Instagram as she holidayed on the island of Formentera near Ibiza. But it was only a flying visit for the mum-of-one as she captioned the photo: ‘Out Paradise! Missing You Already.’

Babe on the beach

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SO HOT: Elyse Taylor.

ON TOUR: Spanish trio.

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TOP THAT: Alessandra Ambrosio.

Mama mia! SHE recently announced that she is expecting a baby with boyfriend and The Only Way Is Essex star Jake Hall. And Misse Beqiri, 30, showed that the pregnancy is going swimmingly after proudly displaying her baby bump in a racy snap taken during a boat trip in the Balearics. She is now settled in London with her squeeze after making her name on seasons three and four of The Real Housewives of Cheshire. BABY LOVE: Misse Beqiri.

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WINNING PAIR: Garbiñe Muguruza and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (inset).

Glory days! WIMBLEDON 2017 proved to be a superb tournament for Spanish tennis. Garbiñe Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after defeating Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 to wrap up her second career Grand Slam tournament. She follows Conchita Martinez, who tri-

umphed in 1994 and coached the 23-year-old rising star during this year’s championship. Twenty-four hours later, 18-year-old Alejandro Davidovich Fokina from Malaga became the first Spaniard to take the honours in the boys- singles since Manuel Orantes in 1967.

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Shorter lives for those in England FOR many years, doctors have been talking about the growth in life expectancy but a new report suggests that this has ground to a halt in England. For more than 100 years, there has been a steady increase but according to Sir Michael Marmot of University College a study in England suggests that this growth has now slowed to almost nothing. As governments consistently worry about their ability to cope with paying pensions for the elderly it may well be that the financial situation won’t be so bad, but research elsewhere suggests that the English result may be a localised situation. In other parts of the world, life expectancy continues to increase and it appears unlikely that those living in England have simply exhausted the limits of human life. Sir Michael suggests that there may be a very real comparison between the last five years of austerity which has seen a reduction of funding for both the NHS and social care and the number of people who have died. Understandably the British government rejects any suggestion that its policies could have anything to do with this latest study, but for those of us who enjoy the Spanish way of life this may be another justification for living here.

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Troubled waters? THE recent wave of orange algae across the shore has sparked a debate surrounding the state of aquatic habitats on the Costa del Sol. Last year, the European

U n io n fin ed S p a in € 4 6.5 million for its failure to resolve sewage and oil spillages in Nerja, Alhaurin el Grande, Coin and Estepona, which continue to

threaten the sanitation of local rivers and coastal areas. Every summer ocean scum, so-called red tides and spillages pose a health

risk for bathers along the coast. Government administrations, fishermen and conservational groups have presented conflicting information on how best to

OCEAN SCUM: Poses a health risk for bathers.

The amount of UNESCO world heritage sites in Spain. Only Italy and China have more.

safeguard one of the most important assets to the provinces tourism sector. The arrival of red tides, the origin of which is still unclear, last week forced a temporary closure of the beaches in Rincon de la Victoria. The CEO of Acosol, the water supply and sanitation company for the Costa del Sol, stated that although studies have linked ocean scum to the increase of algae “studies in Axarquia revealed that a large proportion of them have a very different nature. “The scum can come from a build up of riverbed minerals such as quartz, calcite and halite,” he added. Aula del Mar conservational group biologists and a spokesperson for the Malaga fishing sector have indicated that the rising levels of algae is due to the lack of council commitment to water sanitation.

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Flying start THE first half of the year closed with a record breaking 8,394,937 passengers on flights to and from the Costa del Sol airport. This represents a 13.7 per cent boost from figures taken during the same period last year.

Street blaze A BLAZE affecting several cars and a residential block broke out in the early hours in Nuevo San Andres, Malaga. Firefighters put out the blaze, but did not know what caused it.

Not waiting MAYOR of Marbella, Jose Bernal, said the council will finance the €1.7m project to reform the Arroyo Primero Boulevard rather than wait for a subsidy from Malaga provincial council.

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Costly coastal plan ANGEL NOZAL, exmayor of Mijas, has demanded that the council fork out €1 million to finish the existing coastal path. Malaga provincial council has awarded the town €1,029,000 to carry out construction improvements throughout 2018. Nozal said that the entire budget should be spent on connecting Calahonda to the Riviera del Sol. “The town of Mijas has plenty of money to carry out the works due to the way in which my party governed over the last four years,” he explained. The first part of the coastal path, built in 2014, cost a total of €2 million to build.

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Green learning LA CAIXA Social Work Association has opened an exhibition, named ‘Much more than wood,’ in Fuengirola in a bid to educate citizens and visitors on the main species of trees across the Iberian Peninsula.

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CASARES: Ex-mayor Juan Sachez disqualified. THE ex-mayor of Casares has been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail and fined €600,000 for accepting bribes from the Russian mafia. Juan Sanchez has been disqualified from politics for 37 years after ‘twisting’ urban planning in favour of a Russian businessman in exchange for a bribe. He was arrested in 2012 over charges of embezzlement, fraud, money laun-

dering and bribery. The businessman, Frank Robert Mani, “paid successive and repeated donations to Juan Sanchez between 2000 and 2006 in order to authorise existing illegal agreements,” stated the prosecution. Juan Sanchez’s wife will also serve six months in prison and pay a fine of €300,000 after being found guilty of money laundering.

Although investigators have not yet discovered the amount exchanged between the two, the court has ordered them both to pay back €352,282.47 to the city council, which will increase with interest annually. In addition, the court has seized two properties in La Noria de Manilva (Malaga), plus two cars belonging to the corrupt politician.

A MAN has been rushed to hospital in Alhaurin de la Torre after cutting through his hand with a circular saw while performing home improvements at his house in Torrealqueria.

Limited gin THE Mediterranean gin company LARIOS 12 has launched a limited edition gin bottle to pay homage to the city that gave birth to the gin more than 150 years ago.

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Puente Romano is pleased to announce the arrival of the well-established Ibiza brand, El Chiringuito to Marbella. THE Mediterranean kitchen offers a wide variety of truly authentic El Chiringuito dishes. The menu created by French chef Jèrome Palayer includes Lobster Risotto, seared tuna fresh from the wood fire grill, sea bass cooked in sea salt crust or Nebraska entrecôte. If one prefers, El Chiringuito’s menu will be served on the beach on its wide sun loungers, under the safari-style tent or in its upper restaurant area. Furthermore the refreshing juices, cocktails and smoothies are specialties not to be missed. El Chiringuito’s goal is to serve honest, great tasting food in a warm, soft and loving environment. Situated at the Puente Romano’s beach, El Chiringuito Marbella’s perfect location allows enjoying sea views, tanning on the tranquil sun loungers or just people watching while sipping cocktails. Its décor is a relaxing combination of whitewashed wood, spacious sofas and picturesque palm tree paintings, inspiration taken from both Ibiza and Andalucia. Since the opening in 2009, El Chiringuito Ibiza has become one of the Ibiza’s top beach clubs, winning best beach club award for the last two seasons, and El Chiringuito Dubai just got voted as one of the best beach clubs in the world. A favourite with locals and international jet setters, the award-winning restaurant has been charming guests with its laid back vibes and attentive service. El Chiringuito Marbella is open every day for lunch, dinner and cocktails.

For more info and reservations please call 952 768 228

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NATIONAL and Local Police arrested 17 people at the Los Alamos beach festival over drug trafficking offences. In addition to the arrests, officers seized 463.7g of marihuana, 105g of methamphetamine and 50g of MDMA.

Helping hand THE EMMAUS nonprofit association, tasked with feeding 40 people three meals a day, has had its financial support from Malaga Council renewed. The service cares for over 65’s suffering with mobility issues.

Beer boost SAN MIGUEL has invested another €3.7 million in their Malaga factory, a 76.2 per cent boost when compared to last year’s investment figures, in order to improve their environmental sustainability.

Risky roots RESIDENTS of Carretera de Cadiz, Malaga, have called for a 30-year-old tree to be cut down after the roots have lifted the surrounding pavement which has caused several pensioners to fall.

TOÑI LEDESMA: Refuses to change the name of Villafranco del Guadalhorce. THE mayor of Alhaurin el Grande, Toñi Ledesma, is being sued by Eduardo Ranz after refusing to change the name of Villafranco del Guadalhorce, Malaga. Ranz explained that “this hamlet was created around 50 years ago, and is the last place in Andalucia that refers to Francisco Franco and his dictatorship.” Ledesma contested stating that the town hall has no record of any formal complaints, and that “residents, political parties and neighbours have never raised the issue.” She maintained that she “would not be the mayor to change the name of the village without consulting its residents.”

BRITISH businessman, Michael Mifsud, has battled for over a year w ith b u s in e s s p a rtne rs a fte r they’ve refused to recognise his 50 per cent stake in their hotel chain. Mifsud acquired shares by buying the company, Proturin, that ma n ag ed b o th h o te ls during a bankruptcy process. “Several lawyers told me to buy Proturin, telling me it was a bargain, however even though I didn’t see it as a bargain I thought it

In 2015 legislation was introduced which required the three ‘Francoist municipalities,’ Bembezar del Cuadillo (Cordoba), Queipo de Llano (Sevilla) and Villafranco del Guadalhorce, to be renamed. In Cordoba and Sevilla the council have adhered to the law, changing the names in line with “the Spanish Constitution and the rule of the law.” Jose Sanchez, president of the Malaga Association of Historic Memory, denounced the council for their lack of action. “Imagine if we had a village called ‘Villa de Hitler’ or ‘Villa de Mussolini,’ we would all like to change that,” he added.

WELL READ: Benidorm stars keep up with the news. STARS from the ITV hit comedy Benidorm were spotted clearly enjoying the latest Euro Weekly News and RTN editions over breakfast. From left to right, actors Sherrie Hewson, Jake Canuso and Tony Maudsley, who play hotel manager Joyce Temple-Savage, obnoxious barman Mateo Castellanos and hairdresser Kenneth Du Beke in the award-winning show, wer e snapped near t he i ndoor m ar ket i n Benidorm.

Hotel war was a good opportunity and followed through with it,” he added. He contacted the insolvency administrators and bought a package in which he became the owner of 50 per cent of Royal Al Andalus and 50 per cent of Royal Premier in Torremolinos. “I paid €250,000 for these in-

ve s tme nts , and pai d a f ur t her €100,000 in fees and commission,” said the businessman. Once the business deal was approved, Mifsud contacted the partners in order to arrange a board meeting but was ignored for over six months. “They are completely ignoring

m e, we have had a year f ul l of l awyer s and l et t er s i n whi ch I spent over €30,000,” he claimed. However the company administrator pointed out that “the ownership is not accredited because the previous owner has to approve it and apparently does not want to.” Misfud has stated that he will denounce them “for fraud or an attempt to deprive shareholders of legitimate profits if they do not negotiation my entry to management soon.”

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Trolley trouble

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RESIDENTS living near La Malagueta beach have complained that every summer tourists are leaving shopping trolleys in the streets, causing obstructions in a congested area.

UP IN ARMS: Ronda council’s last campaign.

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Port upgrade THE International Hard Rock cafe has set their sights on the ‘golden corner’ of Malaga’s Muello Uno. If negotiations go as planned, Malaga will be the ninth city to sport the American chain.

Fresh start MALAGA Council has unveiled a new entrance arch for this year’s feria, after years of using a design based on the Miramar Hotel. The 18m-high structure will imitate the entrance to Malaga Museum.

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CRUISE SHOP CAMPAIGN: Muelle Uno in Malaga. M A L A G A Co u n cil ha s launched the Malaga Cruise Shop campaign in a bid to en co u ra g e M u ello Uno business owners to open on S u n d a y s a n d p u b lic h olidays. Malaga has risen to the fifth most popular national cruise destination, and is expected to receive a further 87 cruise ships this year. H o w e v er, p a s s e n g e rs docking at Muello Uno on S u n d a y s a n d p u b lic h olidays have been greeted by a

mostly closed port. In the Historic Centre 118 shops open on days which were traditionally regarded as closed for trading. The Malaga Cruise Shop campaign was created in a bid to encourage business ow ne rs to follow in the foots te ps of the c a pita l’s opening hours, and provide a stronger consumer environment. In 2016, 59 c ruis e s docked at the port over 34 Sunda ys a nd public holi-

da ys . A tota l of 135,853 passengers arrived to visit the city, without being received by local shop owners. According to the initiative , c ruis e pa s s e nge rs s pe nd a n a ve ra ge of €60 pe r vis it, re s ulting in a €8,151,180 economic loss. To join the initia tive , me rc ha nts mus t a gre e to open all holidays and adapt to the ope ning hours of 10.30a m to 2.30pm a nd stand by the agreement for a full year.

RESIDENTS in Ronda are up in arms after dog owners continue to litter the streets of their city, without picking up after their pets. “I am ashamed of this kind of attitude,” tweeted one resident, “if you have a dog and you take it to poop on the street, you have to pick it up, you can’t just leave it there,” he added. The City Council has increased efforts, led by Francisca Gonzalez and Francisco Marquez, to tackle the unsightly problem. Another Twitter user, Maria Jose Sanchez, tweeted that she hopes the problem will be solved “because it’s very dirty, especially in south Ronda, the smell and sight is disgusting.” “It’s working,” said Gonzalez, “but it’s very difficult to catch the owner of the dog at the time of the event,” he added. When asked about raising the penalty for offenders he said that “it does not matter if the penalty is €200 or one if you cannot execute the ordinance.” Marquez asked dog owners to be more sensitive to the problem, as he believes it is slowly becoming a public hygiene problem.

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CABLE TOWER: Work will finish in August. MALAGA SUBDELEGATE for the Spanish government, Miguel Briones, has announced that work on the Torre del Cable (Cable Tower) in Marbella will finish mid August. Last week a security platform was mounted onto the structure to carry out maintenance work and repainting. This was “an essential step to ensure that the cleaning and sanitation work could be carried out safely, as the Diputacion is dedicated to preserving the mining history of Marbella,” Briones explained. He continued, saying that “we had to make this effort to improve the appearance of Marbella, which already has enough charms to be recognised as the centre of international tourism.” The €130,000 project aims to reinforce deteriorated parts, repaint the structure for aesthetic purposes and remove anything that poses a risk to bathers or the environment.

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STAR ATTRACTION: Eva Longoria (right) and Maria Bravo. SHE made her name playing fiery Mexican Gabriella Solis in Desperate Housewives.

HAPPY COUPLE: Vogue and Spencer.

And Eva Longoria, 42, proved she remains the perfect leading lady over the course of the Global Gift Philanthropic Weekend in Marbella. Following a lavish welcome dinner last Friday evening, the star and her guests partied the night away at glam beach club Playa Padre on Saturday before the main gala event at the Gran Melia Don Pepe Hotel on Sunday. Other celebrities in at-

tendance included Spanish actress and Global Gift cofounder Maria Bravo, Irish model Vogue Williams and reality show squeeze Spencer Matthews, Prison Break star Amaury Nolasco, dancer Rafael Amargo and French aristocrat Beatriz de Orleans. The foundation aims to help vulnerable social groups by targeting wealthy donators and holds regular events in Marbella.

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Under fire THE provincial governm ent of Mal aga has com e under f i r e f r om t he opposi t i on who claim their two years in power have been filled with “failures, defaults and favouritism.” Left wi ng par t i es cl ai m ed that provincial budgets and policy was riddled with “inequality.”

Clean off CLEANING company Li m sa has t aken 24 street cleaners off the roads after purchasing the wrong registration. The red licence plates used only authorise the licence holders to drive, which in this case would be the company itself.

17 years ANTONIO FERNANDEZ has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of his partner ’s son. Three-year-old Alexander was drowned in Los Montes, Malaga, after the couple had a row over custody of the child.

Raised fists A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Uruguay has been arrested after allegedly attacking his wife in front of his children at their home in Velez. The accused claims that the altercation broke out after his wife held him at knife point.

Course plan THE Economy councill or f or t he Junt a de Andal uci a, Ant oni o Arel l ano, has announced plans to create summer courses for entrepreneurs in order t o i m prove t hei r knowledge of the econom y i n a bi d t o strengthen “entrepreneurial culture.”

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FOUR men have been sentenced to two years imprisonment after storming a casino in Malaga capital, armed with a pistol and a katana. On May 4, the convicted criminals had raided the casino by holding clients and employees at gun point. According to the prosecution, the thieves instructed customers to

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Russian roulette throw themselves to the ground, and warned that “whoever moved would be shot.” The employee on duty, “frightened by the threats,” gave €400 from his till to one of them, while

two others “were in charge of demanding money and mobile phones from the rest present.” The last member of the gang “at all times carried the katana to threaten victims to give them as

much as they could, and to prevent anyone from leaving the scene.” The group have been sentenced to two years imprisonment each under charges of armed robbery and intimidation. However the sentence is suspended for five years, providing that the convicted do not commit another crime and pay the fines on time.

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Bottle up THE Mediterranean gin company Larios has launched a limited edition gin bottle to pay homage to Malaga, the city that gave birth to the gin more than 150 years ago.

Drug bust NATIONAL POLICE have detained six people, between the ages of 20 and 42, after officers di scovered 182 marihuana plants being grown in a greenhouse on the roof of a flat in Malaga.

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PAINTED BLUE: The village of Juzcar. JUZCAR Council has started renovation work, to the value of €300,000, after striking a deal with Sony Entertainment to be the first accredited ‘Smurf Town.’ In 2011, the town was temporarily painted blue as part of Sony’s advertising campaign for the last Smurfs movie. After experiencing a big increase in international tourism, the town held a vote in December 2011 and decid-

ed to keep the theme. However, Sony demanded that local business owners paid royalties for appropriating the brand. A few residents threatened to repaint their houses and stores to their original colour in protest of the royalty payments. After several years, the council agreed to pay 12 per cent of all profits from Smurfrelated income to Sony Entertainment. Following the

agreement, the Diputacion de Malaga has invested €300,000 in the town to remove unofficial products and install several new attractions. “With this measure we reinforce our brand as the ‘Smurf Town’ and also guarantee that everything in our municipality, such as publications, products, articles or websites, will have official approval,” explained Mayor Francisco Lozano.

MARBELLA Council has invested €1.4 million in gardens and parks over the last two years, including the creation of four dog parks and improved disabled access throughout the city gardens.

Still standing ANGELES MUÑOS has been re-elected for the f i f t h t i m e r unni ng as president of the Popular Party in Marbella. Her victory ensures that she will lead until 2021, securing a 23-year tenure as party leader.

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MARBELLA experienced a 25.2 per cent increase, in comparison to last year, in international tourism during June. Tourism councillor Javier Porcuna has attributed the boost to the strengthening of the European market.

Car flips A BRITISH motorist has been injured after his car overturned on Avenida Juan XXIII in Malaga. The victim was transferred to the Hospital Civil with a nasal fracture and several minor injuries.

Pool death A 64-YEAR-OLD woman has died in a swimming pool in Arriate, Ronda. The victim swam immediately after eating which led to a fatal heart attack, according to medical sources.

HISTORIC DAY: Representatives raise the flags at the ceremony. FUENGIROLA has raised a full house of flags, awarded for excellent quality beaches, along the entire coastline. The mayor, Ana Mula, alongside contributing representatives, raised a total of 12 flags over the Fuengirola beaches. The coastline now sports four blue flags, four q-quality flags and four ISO 14001 certifications which indicate exemplary environmental management. Blue flags are awarded to the beaches which meet stringent guidelines in

health, safety and cleanliness. In order to maintain the accreditation, water analysis is carried out every 15 days in addition to the sand being cleaned and screened throughout the year. The Q award for Quality Tourism (ICTE) and the ISO 14001 certifications are presented for tourist information, rescue plans and beach maintenance. “Today is a historic day for Fuengirola, which corroborates something that each of us know; that we have the best

beaches of the Costa del Sol, Andalucia and the world,” Mula announced at the ceremony. “Today we hoist different flags that have been awarded in respect of our continuous effort to promote and renew our best assets, our beaches,” she added. The mayor concluded the ceremony by extending the council’s gratitude towards staff from the Department of Beaches, lifeguards and businessmen who contributed to the success.

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Kitchen blaze panic A FIRE caused by a frying pan caused panic among the customers of the Miramar Shopping Centre in Fuengirola. Many people took to Twitter with claims of bombs, shots and attacks as the incident broke out. According to the manager of the shopping centre, David del Barrio, the fire was caused by a fryer in one of the restaurants. “The alarm caused a panic which led to customers running and screaming from the building,” he explained. Within minutes firefighters from Mijas arrived at the scene. Only one customer sustained an injury during the chaos, spraining her ankle after running away from the confusion.

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RESIDENTS of Campanillas, Malaga, have demanded urgent i n t e r v e n t i o n a fte r plagues of flies from a nearby landfill site swarm the district. Citizens of the town have stated that they cannot cook with the windows open despite the heat, and have had to throw food away due to the large presence of insects in the area. The president of the Association of Neighbourhood Evolution, Carmen Fernandez Oliva, attributes the insects to nearby farmland us-

in g h o rs e ma n u re fo r t he s o il a n d th e L o s Ru ice s landfill. “You’ll have to fumigate all year long if you want the insects gone by summer,” she told police, stating that “there are more flies than u s u a l b ec a u s e o f man u re spills in the area.” In addition to the smell from the landfill she complained that it “isn’t controlled properly, on Saturday my grandson had flies in h is fo o d an d w e h a d to throw it away.” J o s e A n g el R o d rig ue z ,

le a de r of a nothe r loc a l neighbourhood association, said that despite promises from the local council the situation has worsened. “The farms are drawing more a nd more ins e c ts to the a re a , w e c a nnot c ook and we have to keep everything c los e d a t a ll time s , you c a nnot e ve n ha ve a drink a t a ba r,” he e xplained. He added that “the councilman told us he was controlling the plague, but we haven’t seen anyone do anything about it.”

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Close call AN 18-YEAR-OLD woman has been hospitalised after drowning in a pool in Guadalmina, Malaga. According to emergency services, the victim suffered a heart attack but has since stabilised at the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella.

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MALAGA Council will have to pay €23,000 in compensation to two women that suffered accidents as a result of poorly maintained pavements. One woman has been left with a permanent facial scar following the fall.

Bus boost MIJAS Council has announced a new bus route connecting Cerros del Aguila with Las Lagunas centre as a means to ensure “all residents have the option of public transport,” explained Mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado.

On a budget RYANAIR, easyJet and Vueling have experienced a 14.5 per cent increase, in comparison to last year’s figures, in low-budget flights during the first six months of the year.

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Sotogrande Sotogrande is the largest privately owned residential and leisure development in Andalucia, having developed into one of the most luxurious destinations in Europe following humble beginnings in the early 1960s.

CHARITY swimmers at the last year’s event. THE council of San Roque has paired up with Brazadas Solidarias to host a charity swimming competition on August 6 in the Sotogrande Port. Brazadas Solidarias is a solidarity organisation promoted by swimmer Christian Jongeneel, who does frequent charity swims across the Straits of

Charity swim G i b r a l t a r, t h e E n g l i s h Channel and the Strait of Menorca. The friendly competition will feature three races; an 800m ra c e a t midda y, a 2,500m at 12:45pm and a 300m swim at 1:45pm for

the children. To take part in the event, entrants can buy tickets online for €13 (€18 if after August 3). A ll proc e e ds from the e ve nt w ill go to the Vinc e nte Fe rre r Founda tion, which was created in 1969

Songs by the riverside AN evening concert of music and song, Summer by the River, took place at a large garden venue on the banks of the Rio Guardiaro, in Sotogrande. T h e e v e n t w a s o rg a n i s e d b y Camerata Sotogrande Choir. This choir has been in Sotogrande for the last 20 years and recently, became a charity in its own right. The performers for the concert included a Dixie Jazz Band, a String Quartet, Flamenco Dancers and a classical Spanish Guitarist along with the Camerata. G u e s t s w e r e e v e n k e p t e n t e rtained during the interval, by a trad i t i o n a l ‘ Tu n a b a n d . ’ M o r e t h a n 250 people attended and the evening raised €5,000. The money raised will be equally

GARDEN VENUE: An evening concert of music and song. donated to two local charities, Fundacion la Milagrosa (Residencia de la Tercera Edad), in San Enrique

and Montenegral Drug Rehabilitation Centre, near San Martin de Tesorillo, two very worthy causes.

with the aim of finding solutions to serious problems in the rural community of Anantapur, India. Since growing to a team of almost 2,400 people, the foundation focuses on helping women with AIDS and their children. To take part in the event, register at www.cronoseven tosdeportivos.es.

Troubled water THE beaches along the coast of Sotogrande emptied last weekend as a bloom of jellyfish appeared in the waters of the Campo de Gibraltar. Jellyfish are becoming more frequent occurrences across the Spanish coastline as rising sea temperatures and increasing coastal infrastructure causes their population to grow. Pollution has wiped out a large portion of the species’ predators and caused ocean oxygen levels to fall, something that jellyfish are completely tolerant of. Coastal authorities raised the red flag, which signifies unsafe waters, causing most bathers to desert Sotogrande beach.

Polo Foundation helps disabled children YOUNG people with disabilities were welcomed to the Santa Maria Polo Foundation where María del Carmen Castillo organised the day. According to her, it is very therapeutic for certain youngsters to receive hippotherapy which is defined as the use of horse riding as a therapeutic or rehabilitative treatment, especially as a means of improving coordination, balance, and strength. Indeed, during hippotherapy a person with cerebral palsy can benefit from trying to maintain balance in response to a horse’s motion and this does not have to be a lone event but can also be appro-

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SOTOGRANDE continues to be a much sought after holiday destination with average holiday rentals costing on average €100 a week more than last year. Although it could be argued that Marbella and Puerto Banus have more nightlife and eateries, Sotogrande still matches them for cost of rental according to letting appraisal agency TecniTasa. Not everyone wants the bright lights and heady lifestyle but prefer the laid back chic of the Sotogrande area which is in easy driving distance of Gibraltar, Tarifa, Estepona and even Marbella. For those who love boating, polo, golf or just relaxing, this is without doubt one of the most attractive marinas with some first class restaurants and bar/cafes.

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AN EXAMPLE of hippotherapy on the day. priate for group therapy. Each young person who visited the grounds was individually assessed by a physiotherapist and then the activities were built around the needs of each visitor and one important aim is to try to encourage the integration of children with disabilities with those who have none.

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A SAVAGE PAST: A dying bull at the Plaza de Toros, Marbella.

Bullfight backers exposed THE activist group Anonymous has leaked customer information from a bullfighting website, including the full names, emails and phone numbers of ticket purchasers. The site is operated by a company called Teyci, one of the main bullfight promoters in Spain. In an announcement released by Anonymous they ex-

plained the “customer data was not protected, so those who thought they could support and engage in animal torture with impunity are now known to us.” Independent researchers IPSOS conducted a study during 2013 and found that 79 per cent of the Spanish public opposed using public funds to support bullfighting, and only 29 per

cent said that they supported bullfighting in general. In a statement after the hack, Anonymous said “bullfighting is nothing more than a relic of a savage past and it is inevitable that one day it will be banned.” “Those who bought tickets through this company will be contacted to inform them they now face the consequences.”

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MARBELLA Council has invested €21 million in neighbourhood infrastructure over the last two years. Public Works councillor, Blanca Fernandez, announced that the council focused more on vital neighbourhood improvements which increase the quality of life for all residents. The mayor has defended a “paradigm change in the execution of works, responding to the needs of neighbours rather than executing superficial repairs.”

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€1.4 million was spent along Calle Nabeul to renew the sanitation and completely reform the s t r e e t . A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e councillor stressed that the Junta “has contributed 50 per cent, around €270,000 for the repair of areas damaged by the December storms.” Blanca explained that 80 per cent of the minor works were commissioned to local construction companies in a bid to boost community employment.

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English for all ESTEPONA Council has launched a free English course for the unemployed in a bid to boost local employment levels. So far 80 local residents have benefited from the programme.

Shady work RESIDENTS in Torremolinos are up in arms following an unfulfilled promise of awnings along Calle San Miguel. With temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Councillor Aida Blanes is yet to fulfil her promise to install shade on the street.

Ridge rescue THE Provincial Fire Department of Malaga rescued a man from a ravine on the Cortes de la Frontera Mountains, after he fell following an epileptic seizure. The victim has been transferred to Ronda Hospital by helicopter.

Port plight THE Andalucia high courts have ruled that Benalmadena Puerto Marina is to pay €190,000 to the watchman of the shipyard after an unfair dismissal. In April last year the port was forced to pay more than €30,000 for another dismissal case.

Black out AN electrical fault left part of Torremolinos centre without power during the middle of the day last weekend. Local Police had to cordon off the area to prevent accidents.

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BACK in 1993 the London-based IBCA rating company, later absorbed by Fitch Ratings Inc, hailed Banco Popular as the most profitable bank in the world, for a fifth time in a row. And just over a year ago, the bank issued €2.5 billion worth of new shares, subscribed by both consumers and institutions investors. Fast forward 24 years from the heyday of the bank and it is worth exactly €1, to the dismay and horror of hundreds of thousands of shareholders who have lost everything, literally overnight, victims of a bank that suffered terminally from the uncontrolled lending that financed the previous construction bubble. Santander Bank was ordered by the Single Resolution Board (SRB) - an independent agency set up by the European Commission in 2015 and charged with winding down banksto take over Popular for a symbolic price, €1,

a rescue that has been free from cost for Spanish taxpayers. But the terms of the takeover of Popular are likely to be challenged in Court; whilst shareholders dub the EU-sponsored operation ‘expropriation,’ ‘confiscation’ or ‘daylight robbery,’ several peripheral law firms (larger firms are always on banks’ payrolls) are lining up to grab a piece of the impending litigation cake.

Just over a year ago, the bank issued €2.5 billion worth of new shares. For its part, the largest Spanish consumer group - OCU - sent a letter to the Bank of Spain and the Ministry of Economy demanding that Popular’s 300,000 retail investors should have claims heard quickly, rather than the years that it normally takes to resolve. And on the firing line Santander Bank, universal successor of the disappeared bank and the Spanish authorities, allegedly responsible of a gross supervisory failure to warn the public of this disaster.

Cracking down on drug dealing gangs THREE drug dealing gangs, comprised of 11 people, have been dismantled by National Police in Malaga Province. Seven men, three women and a teenager have been arrested for allegedly supplying drugs from their homes. The investigation began last March when officers learnt that several people were dealing from a house in Estepona. Upon arresting the first four, police seized 12 grams of heroin and cocaine, 56 grams of hashish and 46 grams of marihuana. National Police then located a second group in Manilva who were responsible for distributing drugs on a larger scale throughout the province. The group was organised by two brothers dedicated to sale and transport of the substances. After further investigation officers uncovered the two ring leaders of the three tier operation. The accused, a man and a

woman, allegedly gave orders to the groups, and on occasion, used their own children as part

of the operation. Among the 11 detainees, four have been arrested.

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AN esetimated 30 children with Down Syndrome took to the seas aboard the ‘Ocean Cruiser’ as part of a school trip in Benalmadena. After sailing, the children spent the day exploring the Puerto Marina.

Ditch death RESIDENTS of Alora gathered outside the town courts to demand a trial for the 14-yearold girl that died after falling into an irrigation canal that parents claimed was insufficiently maintained by the Junta de Andalucia.

Safety scare MIJAS Council have come under fire from a police union over allegations that policemen are patrolling the town alone after an officer was injured while on guard without a partner.

ALL SMILES: The Spanish Royals visited Oxford at the end of their UK State Visit. THE benefits of closer ties between Spain and the UK could well help both nations in the allimportant next 18 months. With at least 300,000 Brits in Spain and 125,000 Spanish nationals in the UK, the three-day royal visit by King Felipe and Queen Letizia helped nurture cultural and commercial relations between the countries as

Britain prepares to leave the European Union. The UK is the number one destination for overseas Spanish investment, estimated to have reached around €82.5bn at the end of 2015. The thorny issue of Gibraltar was barely mentioned during the jam-packed tour, although the King did say he hoped the matter

could be resolved in a manner “acceptable to all involved” during a Westminster speech. A lavish state dinner thrown by the Royals for their Spanish counterparts was attended by the Queen, Prince Phillip, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.

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Failure to care A MOTHER i n Fuengi r ol a has f i l ed a complaint with the Junta de Andalucia claiming that her son was neglected at the CEIP Sohail primary school. The woman, Ana Maria Velasco, claims that her six-year-old son, who suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), received a “lack of adequate attention” while studying at the school in Fuengirola. “My son did not receive enough teaching instruction or psychological support at the school and he was unable to attend after-school support classes due to the teaching body being understaffed,” explained Velasco. In an educational report last June, the Junta recognised that the students extra teaching hours had been cut from “three hours to one hour,” but explained that due to staff absences, the faculty were unable to cover the classes. “This school year has had a negative impact on my son Pablo’s grades, a direct consequence of insufficient teaching hours and poor qual i t y f ol l ow- up,” Vel asco added. Velasco has appealed for her son to be enrolled at a different educational centre in the area, after vowing: “I will not enrol my son in this school again.”

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Occupied RESIDENTS of Edeficio 5 Plaza de la Merced, Malaga, have been left scared as an estimated 60 squatters occupy the building. According to neighbours, several locals have approached National Police over concerns for their safety after squatters started occupying the building from 2015 onwards. One of the residents stated that the previous landlord of the building “left with anxiety and passed the building to another administrator.” Allegedly, police told the concerned habitants that if a lawsuit were filed, they would be able to act. However, after a year and a half the police have allegedly done nothing to help the frightened residents. The incidents began with several of the doors being broken down, and the gates

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to the property being removed. Te n a n t s h a v e s a i d t h a t they are afraid to leave their apartments and close the curtains so no one can see inside. One woman, with two children, stated that there hasn’t been any conflict. “They are not aggressive p e o p l e , b u t i t i s n o t t heir place,” she stated, explaining that “the police have come several times to the building, but have still yet to evict the squatters.” In 2015, forced entry was introduced to the new Criminal Code as a minor infraction, which means pursuing a legal solution is more difficult than before. “I understand that they need somewhere to live, but me and my family need security and peace,” said one of the victims.

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All white now MIJAS Council has announced plans to promote the town as a ‘white Mediterranean village’ in a bid to improve tourism in the town. Mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado has explained that the council will be devoted to improving their food and commercial industries to attract more tourists. In addition, the council is looking to implement bicycle routes through their woodland areas. “ With this initia tive we explore new elements to fight against seasonal touris m, a ma tte r in which we are also pioneers as we don’t just rely on our s un a nd beach,” Maldonado stated. D e ve lopme nts w ill s ta rt a t the e nd of this year, and run until 2022.

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Road safety THE DGT has started work installing new 50kmh limit traffic cameras along the A7053 motorway in a bid to prevent road traffic accidents. The road connects Mijas to Coin and Alhaurin el Grande.

Loose blade A 44-YEAR-OLD woman has been rushed to the Costa del Sol hospital after an accident with a blender at a sports club in Mijas. According to sources, the metal blade came loose and injured the victim in the process.

Self clean FUENGIROLA Council has implemented four selfcleaning toilets, costing €124,795, along the coastline. The toilets automatically clean themselves after use, ensuring they are always in perfect condition.

Bike band THE Guardia Civil has recovered 13 stolen bicycles, worth an estimated €13,000, at two houses in Torre del Mar, Malaga. Police are questioning the owner of the properties in connection with the robbery.

House rise MARBELLA Council has granted 15 construction licences worth €7.8 million for various housing projects throughout the city, which shows an increase in international investment according to council spokesman Javier Porcuna.

Taxi aid THE Marbella police force held a conference to discuss solutions to control VTC drivers, such as Uber and Cabify, in a bid to protect the taxi industry. Each attendant donated one kilogram of food to the Bancosol food bank.

THE Provincial Councillor for Industry and Economy held a meeting to appreciate the strength of the agricultural food sector in Malaga this year. Councillor Luis de Guindos and Elias Bendodo, president of the Diputacion de Malaga, held a meeting with 50 producers and entrepreneurs at the ‘Sabor a Malaga’

Food focused (Malaga Flavour) headquarters in recognition of the 30 per cent growth in exports experienced during the first quarter of the year. In 2012 the Diputacion created the brand to advertise the quality of Malaga produce, promote con-

sumption and grow the confidence of provincial food producers. “Especially,” he said, “because it is a sector with enormous potential for the quality and variety of our products, and for the larger market that exists thanks to tourism and

the 12 million people who visit us annually.” ‘Sabor a Malaga’ brings together more than 700 companies. According to Guindos, 80 per cent of the producers have experienced an increase in their sales since joining the brand, and exports have increased by more than 50 per cent since the venture began.

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Horsemeat scandal MIGUEL BLESA: The former Caja Madrid boss was accused of misusing €12 million of bank funds.

Disgraced banker found dead FORMER chairman of Spanish savings bank Caja Madrid, Miguel Blesa, was found dead at a country estate in Cordoba after allegedly shooting himself. Blesa, who was released from prison pending appeal after being found guilty in the ‘tarjetas black’ banking scandal, was discovered with a bullet wound in his chest from

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a hunting rifle. He was on a hunting trip with friends and reportedly said he was going to move his car, when a gunshot was heard. According to reports from Europa Press, Blesa’s inner circle said he was not depressed or feeling defeated in the days leading up to his death.

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The former Caja Madrid boss was one of 64 people accused of misusing €12 million of Caja Madrid and Bankia money between 2003 and 2012. They were accused of using company credit cards for personal expenses such as luxury holidays and parties without ever justifying them or declaring them to tax authorities. Miguel Blesa had allegedly established the ‘corrupt system’ while head of the bank before handing the reins over

to Rodrigo Rato - also one of the 64 accused - in 2010. Caja Madrid was once one of Spain’s largest lenders, with an estimated seven million customers and annual earnings of over €2 billion during the real estate boom. In 2011, it merged with other banks to form Bankia, but just one year later needed billions of euros from the state to stay afloat, and eventually asked the EU for a bailout where it received €41 billion.

THE Guardia Civil has arrested 65 people as part of a crackdown on the illegal sale of horsemeat throughout Europe. Allegedly the horsemeat ring, run by Dutch citizen Jan Fasen, was dedicated to selling sub-standard meat in mainly Belgium and Italy. According to investigators, the illegal network made a profit of €20 million. The operation began last summer after the Guardia Civil’s environmental protection division, Seprona, discovered discrepancies in the horse meat sector. The investigation led detectives to three slaughterhouses in Spain (in Astorga, Toreno and Segovia) that used diseased and injured horses. According to the Guardia Civil, Fasen “managed the whole complex from the shadows, placing his accomplices throughout different areas as a means to extend his illegal network.” The detainees are accused of animal abuse, falsifying documents, money laundering, criminal organisation and crimes against public health. Nine of the accused, including the Dutch leader, have been detained in Leon until sentencing at the Court of Ponferrada.

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Mayors face heavy fines MAYORS who transfer voter registration data ahead of the independence referendum in Cataluña could face fines reaching €600,000, the National Government has declared. The government has drawn up plans to tackle the poll, focusing on council representatives and mayors in a bid to deter participation. They announced that transferring citizen data to another administration for illegal purposes, such as preparing the electoral roll for a referendum which violates the constitution, would violate Article 16.3. The law states that residents’ data cannot be transferred without prior consent. Officials also indicate that such an event

would be in breach of Article 21, the Personal Data Protection Law, which states that administrations cannot communicate information for the exercise of power outside of the law. T h e leader of the autonomous

land area in square metres, making Spain the 505,955 Thesecond largest country in the EU after France.

state, Carlos Puigdemont, stated that he has invoked “the legitimate right to selfdetermine a t h o u sandyear-old nation.” T h e vote is scheduled for October 1 this year.

PRESIDENT OF CATALUÑA: Carlos Puigdemont.

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FOUR people have been arrested over the murder of 25-year-old Francis Brennan in January 2014. A petty criminal on the run from the UK, Brennan disappeared after he was handcuffed and driven away from his J av e a h i d e o u t b y men p o s in g as Guardia Civil officers. His body showing signs of torture and bound hand and foot was later washed up on La Zenia beach in April 2014. T h e j o i n t o p e r a t io n b etw ee n th e Guardia Civil and British police saw two arrests being made in Liverpool and two in Javea, as part of the third phase of Operation Brennan. No details about the detainees have been made public. Authorities carried out two house raids in Liverpool - seizing 60 kilograms of drugs plus cash and jewellery. Three house raids were carried out

CAN’T RUN, CAN’T HIDE: Three house raids in Javea resulted in two arrests. in Javea, authorities seizing cash sums of £40,000 and €30,000 as well as jewellery and two vehicles. Earlier this year, Liverpool coroner Andre Rebello ruled Brennan’s death an “unlawful killing.” “I’m satisfied that his death was through strangulation and given the circumstances in which his body was washed on the beach, I’m satisfied that he was unlawfully killed,” said Rebello. The ‘hit’ was allegedly ordered by Liverpudlian, Paul Scott, who was jailed in January 2015 for 14 years after admitting to conspiracy over the importation of cocaine to the UK. The Guardia Civil named Scott as the prime suspect for plotting the murder of Brennan, which was said to be over a debt.

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Violent OAP thief arrested WORKING with the Swiss Federal Police, officers of the Guardia Civil have arrested a 73-year-old Italian crook in Tenerife. He was wanted by the Swiss police after committing a particularly nasty kidnap in Zurich where he drew a pistol on the manager of a jewellery store, went to his home and taped and blindfolded the man’s wife and young daughter. After drugging them, he sexually assaulted the daughter, and placed rucksacks on the back of all three, saying that they contained explosives and unless they did as they were told he would kill them all. The father was made to open up the shop and hand over a large amount of jewellery to the crook who then took the family to a local train station and released them, removing the rucksacks. Once the local police were alert-

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THE MOMENT of the arrest. ed to the robbery, they checked CCTV in the area and the robber who had been involved in the murder of someone in 1997 as well as being known for a number of violent thefts in the past was identified. It was believed that he had fled to Spain and the Guardia Civil and other departments were circulated with information about the man

who it was thought could be in a camper van. Officers discovered that he was indeed living in a motorhome in Arona in the Canary Islands and when he was arrested, officers discovered a gun with ammunition as well as a significant amount of jewellery, some from Switzerland and some from an unknown but suspected robbery.

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Brit holidaymaker outraged

Get a room A DISGUSTED passenger has complained after having to sit next to a couple while they had sex on an easyJet flight. Gary Power posted his moan to the airline’s Facebook page after flying from Manchester Airport to Alicante. The embarrassed traveller said he boarded the EZY1917 service at 7.10am and was repulsed when the man and women sat in the two adjacent seats to him began to fondle and grope each other. He said on a series of Twitter posts: “Well done @easyjet - got on my flight from Manchester to Alicante and what happened during the flight? The man and woman sat next to me proper going for it... and not even being discreet!” “My particular favourites from the whole experience was that the two elderly women seated opposite, whilst distracting (I presume their about five-year-old granddaughter) so she didn’t see it, couldn’t get enough of it - eyes popping out of their head with disbelief but still having a good nosey.” “Oh yeah, and the fella sat in front of them who even had the cheek of tell me to

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MAN DIED: While laying asphalt.

MILE HIGH CLUB: Gary Power averted his gaze. move my head so he could get a better look. My eyes have never been so glued to my iPad so much! 1-0 Brits abroad.” It comes amid a spate of lewd and crude behaviour on board flights from Britain to Spain, which has airline bosses worried. Only last month, a couple were accused of having sex on board a Ryanair flight to Ibiza.

The pair involved in the latest outrage are yet to be identified. A spokesperson for easyJet said: “As this alleged activity was not reported to the crew on the flight, they were not able to intervene. We have contacted the passenger who posted the details on social media and have apologised for his experience.”

A ROAD worker has died of heat exhaustion whilst laying asphalt in Sevilla. The 54-year-old man told his co-workers he was feeling unwell at around 9pm yesterday, prompting them to call emergency services. Unfortunately authorities later confirmed the man had passed away due to the high temperatures he was working in. A spokesperson for a workers union (CCOO), Carlos Aristu, said it was “illogical” for someone to be working “in more than 40 degree heat, which when combined with the heat coming off the asphalt reaches some 170 degrees. “With or without consent, it doesn’t make sense to let people carry out hard tasks such as laying asphalt in these extreme temperatures,” he added. Many regions are still on alert for high temperatures, with areas still expecting to reach highs of 44 degrees over the weekend.

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New regulations do not cover rowdy rentals Community Law Corner By José Luis Navarro Solicitor for Intercala Administration

joseluis@intercala.com www.intercala.com

with Pete Woodall, Woody’s Los Boliches

IN February 2016 the decree approved by the government of Andalucia

strongly re-regulated the requirements for renting out a private apartment or house to short term holidaymakers. It listed in considerable detail the landlords’ (owners’) obligations and outlined the fines for contravening them, but it did very little to protect the poor people living next door.

M o s t r e s i d e n t s k n o w, summer brings an influx of visitors and with them often noise and disturbance. Holidaymakers will often arrive home late at night, slightly the worse for (alc o h o l i c ) w e a r, s l a m m i n g taxi doors and even indulging in a post midnight dip. Suitably refreshed, they sit outdoors talking the night away. They mean no harm, they are holidaymakers, oblivious to one and all. Others are more of a problem. Historically, this has always happened but the ‘problem’ has increased dramatically with this new way of renting out premises for a few days or a weekend. Previously hotel rooms would be booked that came with rules and regulations of acceptable behaviour and rowdy holidaymakers would be curbed by the management or if needed the police. Unfortunately these conditions do not apply to a private rental within a community. Basically, regardless of the amount of noise or music, the police

cannot enter private premises without a judicial order, so if the occupants r e f u s e t o o p e n t h e d o o r, very little can be done.

Damages, the community will find hard to reclaim, as the law says the one causing the damage is responsible for compensation not the owner. Regardless of who the occupants are, the Law of Horizontal Property - the law that governs communities in Spain - stipulates that proper court procedure must be followed if there is a disturbance or nuisance within a community or to another neighbour, from a private premises. As you can imagine on a short-stay rental the disturbing occupants will be long gone before any appropriate action

can be taken by either neighbours or the police. Often the culprits rent to celebrate a party and do not limit their mischief to the apartment or house but extend it to include the communal pool and garden areas and on occasion cause damage. Damages, the community will find hard to reclaim, as the law says the one causing the damage is responsible for compensation not the owne r, h o w e v e r a t t r i b u t i n g blame to a single miscreant may prove quite difficult. T h e s e n e w, f r e q u e n t l y web based, short-term rental businesses are generally speaking not good news for communities and real solutions are complex. Some autonomous governments in Spain have decided that such situations should be regulated by the statutes but to change the community statutes a 100 per cent appr oval by al l owner s m ust be achi eved and those renting out holiday homes may understandably vote against the new community regulations. In others, suggestions that

new r ul es can be passed whi ch ar e not par t of t he statutes and therefore do not need unanimous consent. A possible solution is that owners will need a certificate from the administrator showing approval from 3/5 of the owners, owning 3/5 of the quota (percentage) of the community before they can legally register their apartment or house for this kind of holiday letting. In addition, in order for the police to enter any premises - without a judicial order - to uphold the by-laws regarding noise etc, it needs to be clarified (legally) that the premises are not considered to be a domestic dwelling (home) and establish that the owners are responsible for any damages caused by their ‘tenants.’ This could be a bond, non-refundable in the event of damages to any community property caused during the letting. As always we the solicitors for Intercala administration advise our readers to seek proper advice in all matters concerning the law.

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Age Concern need more quality summer clothing THE Age Concern Charity shop in the heart of Los Boliches has a deserved reputation for quality merchandise at low prices. The well laid out shop with wheelchair access and air conditioning means that everyone can shop in comfort. Come and check out the special offers - not to be missed! Right now, as soon as the shop gets new summer clothing stock in it is immediately sold, which means it is running low on specific items. In particular, quality men’s short sleeved shirts and t-shirts are in limited supply. More women’s long summer dresses and blouses/shirts are also required to satisfy demand. If you have ANY of these items, you can leave them at the charity shop on C/Fransisco Cano 56, two minutes from the church in Los Boliches opposite Sainsbury’s. Summer opening hours are 10.30am-2pm weekdays plus Wednesday evening from 5-7pm. Please don’t leave goods in the street when the shop is closed as they tend to disappear! The constant demand for quality clothes

CHARITY SHOP: With wheelchair access and air con, everyone can shop in comfort. means that more shop volunteers are also needed to join the existing team. If you have a few hours to spare and like the idea of being part of Age Concern’s ‘extended family’ then please pop in for a chat. No experience is necessary just a desire to help others and have some fun. If you are unable to call in but would like further information please call the shop num-

ber on 952 191 544. Age Concern Fuengirola y Mijas can now also offer a full or part house clearance service. If you are moving home, relocating back to the UK or just downsizing why not call for an informal chat. Ring or call into the shop and a Charity Coordinator will get back to you within 24 hours. It’s as easy as that!

Could you be a foster parent for ADANA’s dogs? ADANA (Association for the Rights of Abandoned Animals) is an animal charity on the Costa del Sol, run by volunteers. They are looking for foster mums or dads for their dogs that need a little extra care. Sometimes, these pooches need a bit of extra love; perhaps because they’re recovering from an operation or have been traumatised by the experience of being thrown out or abandoned and need a bit of peace and quiet away from the kennels. If you could be an ADANA fosterer, please contact Carlos at the shelter on 952 113 467 between 10am and 2pm. As well as operating a second-hand shop in Estepona and participating in fundraising events throughout the year, ADANA has a Meet the Dogs morning on the first Friday of every month from 11.30am at Fathom’s Bar in Sabinillas. They also have a Coffee Morning on the last Friday of every month. The next one will take place on July 28 at 11am in Plaza Manilva, Estepona. For more information on forthcoming events or to learn more, please visit the website: www.adana.es.

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SWEDEN PRINCESS VICTORIA: Happy birthday.

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NETHERLANDS

Popular princess CROWN Princess Victoria has celebrated her 40th birthday. Two days of events were held across Sweden for Victoria who was the most popular member of the Royal Family according to a poll.

Sales up M O R E

used cars were bought in the first half of the year, than in the whole of last year according to figures from the Swedish Association for Motor Retail Trades and Repairs (MRF).

No aid SWEDEN will stop aid to any organisations that agree to abide by the anti-abortion rule which was reinstated by Donald Trump in the USA

and withhold abortion services.

President accused SWEDEN has filed a complaint against the Turkish President accusing him of genocide and war crimes. It i s t h e c o u n t r y ’s f i r s t complaint against a head of state and could s e e a n a rre s t w a rra nt issued.

Summer holidays A MARKETING company is predicting an influx of German and Belgian tourists this summer to the Netherlands with 3.6 million foreign tourists this year, 3 per cent more than last year.

Tunnel v bridge THE infrastructure minister has said she would prefer tunnels for bicycles and pedestrians to link A ms t er dam wi t h i t s nor t her n flank, rather than bridges over the water as they would be too high and steep.

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Coin arrests

US no go

ARRESTS have been made in relation to the theft of the ‘Big Maple Leaf ’ coin made of 100kg of pure 2 4 - c a r a t g o l d . T h e c o in was stolen from the Bode museum in March and police have raided homes in Berlin.

Enigma sale A PROFESSOR bought a typewriter for €100 and has sold it for

€45,000 at auction after realising it was actually a German Enigma cipher machine from the Second World War.

Not prepared A STUDY has predicted a significant rise in students due to an influx of migrant children and rising birth rates, but warns that Germany is markedly unprepared for the fu-

ture and the rise with not enough teachers or classrooms.

Villages resurface TOURISTS are flocking to see the ruins of abandoned villages under Hesse’s Edersee lake. With water levels down, the ruins have resurfaced of three villages which were abandoned when a dam was built between 1908 and 1914.

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BELGIUM

Still welcome

Ban upheld

DESPITE previous negative comments about France and Paris, most French people approve of US President Trump being invited to the annual July 14th parade on the ChampsElysées in Paris according to a recent survey.

Tax dodge

BELGIUM’S ban on full face veils has been upheld by the European Court of Human Rights following a case brought by two women who wanted to wear the niqab. Belgium banned wearing it in public in 2011.

Cosmetic surgeries

DENMARK was noticeably abs e nt f r om a m eet i ng on t he Nordic and Baltic parliaments in Wa s h i ngt on DC wi t h t op US politicians.

Train trolley TH E r ef r eshm ent t r ol l ey on trains was abolished by rail operator DSB in 2014, but it could be reinstated after a successful trial period although the new version will be stationary on the train, so passengers will have to leave their seat.

Inherited wealth FOUR out of every 10 rich people in the Netherlands have inherited their wealth, according to a report. ‘Rich’ is defined as t hose wi t h a m i ni m um of €500,000 of disposable assets.

Crash course CONCERNS have been raised over crash swimming courses with the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation saying the courses may not be enough to properly teach children.

Formula 1 COPENHAGEN wants to host the Danish Grand Prix and has proposed a 4.5 kilometre-long racing track. The hope is that Formula 1 cars would be seen racing through the streets in 2020.

Number 10 DENMARK has been r anked 10th best country in the world for immigrants. Neighbouring Sweden came in at number one and Norway at number six.

NORWAY

Peaceful coverage Medicine wait

THE government is appealing a court ruling that France could not claim tax on revenues generated by Google. A court said it not liable for €1.12 billion in taxes.

AROUND 200,000 cosmetic surgery procedures were carried out in Belgium last year, making an average of around 770 per working day. One in eight patients lived abroad, with eyelid surgery being the most popular operation.

Speeding up

Local investments

NORWAY is supporting media coverage of women, peace and security issues in Myanmar over a 19-month period to highlight the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and peace negotiations.

PROCESSING time for asylum requests will be reduced and housing will be boosted for refugees whilst deporting illegal economic migrants. Last year, France received 85,000 asylum requests.

A TOTAL of €42.5 million will be invested in 13 municipalities of Brussels by 2020 as part of 70 projects approved under the ‘city policy’ plan.

Murder charge

Robot ship

AN Oslo woman arrested and charged with the murder of her husband, had been granted a restraining order against him after reporting violence in the relationship, but later withdrew it.

A NORWEGIAN tech firm has joined a project to build the world’s first fully-automated robot supply ship. The aim is to create a self-drive vessel that can deliver supplies to the offshore energy and fish-farming industry.

Working together FRANCE and Germany have held a joint press conference in which German Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed a closer alliance and co-operation with France.

Paddle out BELGIAN surfers took park in global simultaneous paddle outs to mark the life of the legendary Jack O’Neill, often credited with inventing the wetsuit and founder of the O’Neill surfing brand. He passed away last month aged 94.

PATIENTS with hepatitis C are waiting longer than they should f or m edi cal t r eat m ent as an American pharmaceutical company has the monopoly on the supply of the medicine.

FINANCE

RED tape costs Spanish companies a total of €500 million per year according to the president of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations (CEOE). Ana Plaza claims there are 92 pointless regulations which, if slashed, could save Spanish enterprise half a billion euros. Under the tagline ‘smaller is better,’ she called for simple and effective legislation. Plaza cited a report released this year revealing there are 900,000 pages of regulation governing private businesses.

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By Matthew Elliott agreements. Bell-Carter Foods and the Musco Family Olive have launched lawsuits through the US-based Fair Trade Coalition for Mature Olives. They believe that artificial lowering of prices to accommodate the Spanish invasion, known as ‘dumping’ is hitting their profits directly, and undermining domestic production. Wilbur Ross, head of the US Department of Commerce, has

We need to see the removal of legal obstacles so that Spanish investment funds can compete on an equal footing with international funds,” according to venture capitalist Juan Luis Ramirez.

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COMEBACK KID: Spain’s cooked ham sales soar as fresh meat falls.

Spaniards grow healthier, yet lazier THE stomach of the Spanish consumer is awash with contradictions as health concerns grapple with budgets to transform supermarket shopping trends. Meat consumption has fallen considerably according to a report from the Nielsen consultancy, which collects data from supermarkets, butchers, delicatessens, and local minimarkets. Purchases of fresh meat have dropped 1.2 per cent in 12 months, although rising prices mean that profits haven’t taken a hit.

Consumer surveys show that developing attitudes spell trouble for fresh meat. On the one hand people are now growing more health conscious and embracing the emergent vegetarian scene, or at least cutting down on meat. Meanwhile a different kind of consumer prefers the convenience of pre-cooked meals and packs of cooked chicken, pork and ham. So while fresh meat sales have fallen, jamon (jam) is making a comeback, with sales rising 4 per cent last year.

A MOBILE banking survey found that BBVA has the best mobile phone app in the world. The app won plaudits for its different transaction options and ease of use. It beat competition from 53 banks across 18 countries.

Motor demand SPAIN and Italy are leading the way in new car sales as the growth in registrations slowed across the EU. Demand in Spain is far higher than in the UK, which saw sales dip in June.

Digital spies NEW technology from Roambee will transform the Spanish logistics sector. Digital devices will be placed on truck, train, boat and plane cargo to monitor temperature, routes and location to help minimise loss and breakage.

Paltry rise for pensions in Spain PUBLIC pensions in Spain are expected to rise by a paltry 0.25 per cent per annum until 2022. Given the average pension paid by social security stands at €920, the figure would result in an average annual pension increase of less than €3. The estimate is provided by the Independent Fiscal

is the amount that the City of Barcelona is fining cleaning company FCC for breaches of contract and mixing containers of waste.

Trump taxes Spanish olives OLIVES produced in Spain will be stripped of the US import subsidies they enjoy as the Trump administration launches its first protectionist measures on international trade. Extra tariffs on Spanish-grown olives may be imposed if an ongoing investigation finds trade practices which are ‘disloyal’ to the United States. Domestic growers in California believe their Spanish rivals are sold lower than market value due to current international trade

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Responsibility Authority. Its analysis suggests that an increase higher than 0.25 per cent would throw the social security system into an unmanageable deficit until 2022, when some debts are expected to be cleared. Inflation forecasts indicate most pensioners will lose purchasing power in the next five years.

pledged a “full and fair assessment” of the situation. Any unfair subsidies will be immediately removed, he said, while reiterating Washington’s commitment to “free, fair and reciprocal trade with Spain.” Donald Trump campaigned on a pro-America and protectionist platform. The businessman turned president has made no bones of his intention to slap tough import duties on foreign products to protect domestic interests.

Take it or leave it for shareholders SHAREHOLDERS in now-defunct Banco Popular have been offered compensation by Santander, which bought its troubled former rival for €1 recently. The compensation plan will cost Santander €680 million but will come in the form of ‘loyalty bonds.’ Shareholders who are entitled to compensation must waive any rights to sue Santander for any reason related to the sale. Many large corporations with hundreds of millions in Banco Popular shares will receive no compensation at all.

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BARISTAS BEWARE BEAN-LOVER FIGHTBACK

Spanish geniuses invent internet coffee TWO Spanish companies have created the first espresso machine connected to the internet. The ‘coffee machine of the future’ isn’t only designed to make a better brew, but to also monitor usage and prevent fraud by unscrupulous café owners. The machine is the brainchild of Iberital and IoTsens. Iberital is a Catalan company which have been making coffee machines for 40 years and now sells them in more than 100 countries worldwide. They were recently granted EU funds to create the ‘coffee machine of the future’ and decided that internet connectivity would be fundamental to such an invention. For this they enlisted Spanish tech specialists IoTsens. IoT refers to the Internet of Things, a quickly growing field in the technology world responsible for all manner of futuristic contraptions, including fridges connected to the internet which can be controlled remotely by mobile phones, and 3D printers. The new espresso machine sends real time information about its location and consumption to the distributors. In Spain distributors often lease out machines to hotels and bars, expecting to be the exclusive supplier of coffee beans in return. But all too often clients will buy cheaper coffee elsewhere and neglect machine maintenance. The smart coffee machines will combat this problem by broadcasting detailed information on exactly what beans are being used, when the machines are being cleaned, switched on and off, and maintained. It will make it almost impossible for baristas to cheat on

SMART: Coffee machine of the future monitors baristas.

suppliers and consumers by providing low-quality coffee beans with excess water, served from an unclean machine. T h e n e w m a c h i n e s a l s o c u t e n e rg y e x p e n d i t u r e b y around 50 per cent and use healthier materials which greatly reduce the amount of heavy metals found in a mug of coffee.

RETAIL WORKERS ON BREADLINE AS SALARIES FALL

Spain’s ‘third world’ wages slammed S PA I N ’ S e m p l o y m e n t m i n i s t e r has urged companies across the c o u n t r y t o i n c r e a s e w o r k e r ’s salaries. Fatima Bañez warned that Spain risks having “third world” salaries for another five to 10 years unless pressure is piled on the business community. Spain sits atop the European league table for stagnant wages. Labour costs in the first four months of 2017 rose by an average of 1.7 per cent across the EU’s 28 member states. In Germany they shot up by 2.5 per cent, in the UK 1.5 per cent. In crisis hit Portugal they rose by 2.6 per cent. Spain posted the lowest figure of the lot at just 0.1 per cent. Though unemployment figures have gone down as the wider economy recovers, there are still 3.36 million jobless in Spain, meaning companies have little incentive to raise wages. A report from Spanish employment observation group ANAC

PRIMARK SPAIN: Not one shop employee earns more than €20,000.

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found that the salary of the average Spanish worker has actually declined this year, despite overall labour costs rising slightly. There are now more Spaniards earning €15-20,000 per annum, while less are in the €20-25,000 wage bracket. After taxes and social security payment, the average worker in 2017 clears a little over €800 per month.

Juan Rosell, President of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations, has acknowledged that “it’s very difficult to get to the end of the month with a salary of €800.” He voiced his support for Bañez’s call for higher wages. In the retail industry workers earn an average of just €13,662 gross. Primark recently published a list of all its salaries, showing that not one of its shop workers in Spain earned above €20,000.

Royal Ferraris sold A PAIR of Ferraris donated by former King Juan Carlos to the Hacienda were auct i o n e d o ff f o r a t o t a l o f €443,842. Tax officials have b e e n t r y i n g t o o ff l o a d t h e luxury cars since 2015, when they aborted efforts to raise a combined €695,000. The expensive wheels were donated to the King by the United Arab Emirates in 2 0 11 . B o t h a r e F e r r a r i F F F151s and were bought last week by two separate private bidders. Neither have more than 800 kilometres on the clock, making them as good as new. The former king originally donated one of the cars to the Museum of the Royal Guard, but faced pressure to raise public funds from the gifts.

Secret aspirin empire SURGING sales in China have made a northern Spanish factory the world’s biggest supplier of aspirin. The German-owned Bayer plant in Asturias celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2017 and is enjoying its most profitable year in history. The factory was briefly under Spanish control after Germany’s Second World War defeat, but has since been bought back. Today it produces 5,500 tons of the acetylsalicyclic acid, the active ingredient in Aspirin Cardio. The drug is rapidly gaining in popularity across Asia as traditional herbal heart disease and painkiller cures are replaced by western pharmaceuticals. More than 200 million aspirin tablets are consumed daily across the world.

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SMILES: Theresa May thrilled to see Spanish companies back investment.

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Spain commits to serious UK investment SPANISH companies pledged to build trains and trams in Britain and commit millions of pounds to their UK interests during King Felipe’s three-day state visit to the country. Prime minister Theresa May was delighted with the flurry of announcements which came after high-level discussions on bilateral trade between the countries, which exceeded €30 billion last year. “The sheer scale of Spanish investment in Britain demonstrates Spain’s continued confidence in the strength of the UK economy, and shows that we can and will maintain the closest possible relationship,” the Conservative leader said. Investment highlights include Spanish manufacturer CAF ploughing €40 million into a Welsh train and tram building factory, and Spanish airport manager AENA pledging €100 million to expand Luton airport. Despite all the royal pomp of the state visit, King Felipe was keen to get down to Brexit business, directly addressing the bewildered elephant in the room during a speech at Mansion House.

The referendum had “generated uncertainty and doubts for our companies, businesses and especially small and medium-sized enterprises,” the King warned, calling for a resolution that minimises trade obstacles. An estimated 140,000 jobs in the UK depend directly on Spanish investments. There are 261 Spanish companies with British bases across key sectors. The UK is Spain’s third largest export market but the number one for foreign investment by Spanish companies. Not all Spanish leaders are concerned about Brexit. Gerard Lopez, president of huge Spanish IT company Plexus, was optimistic that Britain could become a more attractive business destination. “The economy, its geographic location and a currency that is respected could make the UK the hub that has the advantages of a certain independence with all the advantages of being an accepted trade partner to the EU and the US,” he said, in comments echoed by the head of Telefonica, Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete.

Pupils get money lessons BANKERS are touring Spanish primary schools to give future generations a lesson on how to manage their finances. Experts from BBVA have been dispatched to educate the youngsters of the value of saving their pocket money and identifying which expenses are really necessary. More than a million pupils have been

targeted by BBVA’s financial literacy programme. The idea was spawned by concerns that huge chunks of the adult population had little idea of their legal obligations under standard banking contracts. The bank is adamant the project is their social responsibility and not an advertising gimmick.

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I’m up to here with all of it! LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT QUITE frankly, I’m just about ‘up to here’ with all of it. I’m peed off, bored and utterly fed up with, Brexit, Islam, Blair, immigrants, political correctness, welfare whingers, gay rights, racism, all the politicians on the planet and Love Island! In fact, I’m so sick of all the dissent and conflicting confusion engulfing the human race, that this week I’m not going to mention any of it. (Hurrah) Instead we are going to talk about Snot eels! (Please don’t continue this piece if about to plunge your fork into.... well just about anything really!) It appears that this fish, properly known as hag fish, has been around for some three million years and has developed a defence mechanism which allows it to produce up to five galleons of mucus through the nostrils when distressed. Also labelled the most disgusting fish in the ocean,

SNOT EELS: Left a slimy wake. ROGER FEDERER: Well done at Wimbledon. it is never the less - surprise surprise, considered a delicacy in South Korea. This week a lorry in Oregon, carrying almost three and a half tons of these creatures, overturned, creating a wave of sticky goop that spread across the road engulfing five cars, the occupants and ultimately rescuers in its slimy wake. ‘What to tell the dry cleaners?’

Oregon state police posted on Twitter, beneath a picture of one of their officers standing in a torrent of eel mucus. S’not our fault would be a start! You really couldn’t make it up. Moving on to even more utterly irrelevant information; this week the Pope hit back at the constant flow of whinging callers by hanging a sign on his front door which read, ‘Com-

plaining is Forbidden.’ ‘To be at your best,’ it went on, ‘you need to focus on your potential and not your limits. So, stop complaining and set out to make yourself better.’ Well done your Papal’ness, that’s telling ‘em. And as a final non-important column gem, Nevada, who recently le-

galized marihuana, ran out of distribution stocks after just two weeks. Al Fasano (who else!) a co-founder of ReLeaf, a dispensary in Las Vegas said. ‘We didn’t know the demand would be this intense. All of a sudden you have like a thousand people at your door.’ Tick Segerblom (Hi ya Tick) a senator who led the legislation lobby said: ‘On behalf of Nevada, I want to tell the world: Watch out. This is the New Amsterdam.’ Oh yeah? Bet you ain’t got no Tulips! And as a final final, many congrats to Roger Federer winning this year’s Wimbledon. A true gentleman and example to some of the rest of ‘em, who think that screaming obscenities across the court can actually help win matches. He did it all without a single grunt as well! Try and make next year’s final between yourself and Nadal. We’ll all be watching that one. Keep the faith, Love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Chilcot accuses Blair of not being ‘straight with the nation’ over Iraq Nora Johnson

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WARNING: the following contains strong language right from the start! What the **** … Well, I’d better tone it down a bit as it’s a family newspaper! I thought at first it was a belated April Fool’s joke but no. The BBC interview I just watched is only too true, and my blood pressure’s rising rapidly. And not in a good way. After weeks of depressing news about Brexit, Putin, Corbyn, Trump’s latest shenanigans, who unexpectedly emerges in the headlines? Yes. You guessed: Tony Blair. Tony Blair relied on emotional beliefs rather than facts in his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq, Sir John Chilcot, chairman of the seven-year inquiry into

TONY BLAIR: Relied on emotional beliefs rather than facts. the legality of the conflict admitted in the interview. Right, so next time I’m caught out blatantly lying, I can claim I was “from my perspective and standpoint, emotionally truthful.” Thanks, Sir John, for clarifying that. Well, apart from the odd timing of Sir John’s admission (the inquiry was published a year ago), what’s also striking about the interview are the oddly evasive answers. Makes you wonder why he agreed to it at all.

And as for Blair’s decisionmaking process, what stands out most starkly is the fact that instead of providing a reasoned argument, he’d simply say: “I’m doing this because it’s the right thing to do,” ‘right’ having the smug tone of a vicar’s inner convictions. Is Sir John correct in describing that as ‘emotion’? Blair meddled in things he didn’t bother to analyse deeply and regularly mistook his own personal convictions for facts that they certainly weren’t. As-

tonishingly, he still spins this into big bucks. Some people can, apparently, fool others (almost) all of the time. So, we’ve now entered the post-truth era where emotions, not facts, inform human behaviour and there is no doubt that Tony Blair acted with total ‘emotional’ integrity. Lawyers will be doubtless be pondering the extent to which this constitutes a plausible defence against other forms of criminality apart from war crimes. Crimes such as: I just killed my husband/ wife/child/friend in an ‘emotional’ reaction to his/their behaviour? Heck! Nora Johnson’s psychological/suspense crime thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-john son.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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THURSDAY THOUGHTS By Graham Braben, Almería

I just wanted flour IT looked so simple and I was convinced I could do it. I’d been watching one of the many cookery shows on television, they make it look so easy. Not once did I see this woman searching for kitchen stuff that you know you don’t have, or balance one-legged, mountaineer-like, on a stool to retrieve something from the back of an inaccessible, long forgotten, cupboard. I was baking a cake so flour was essential. I looked at our stocks - zero, so it’s off to the supermarket to hunt and gather. Big mistake! I’m not a natural shopper, so a trip to one of these large malls was daunting, but as far as I was concerned, I was going straight to the supermarket and then home again. Unfortunately not! The mall was the size of a small town and heaving; there were people meandering aimlessly everywhere, electrically powered taxis flying around with little or no regard to pedestrians and parents pushing buggies overloaded with screaming children in a manner that would make Evel Knievel, or Richard Hammond, blanch. It wasn’t until I’d groped my way through the indoor amusement park, skirted an ice rink and mistakenly joined the queue for a trip down the indoor canal on a gondola, that I finally stumbled upon the supermarket. By this time, my cake making frenzy had lost its impetus. I wanted flour but there were so many different kinds, plain, self-raising, rice... I just wanted flour!!!! I spotted a person wearing a polo shirt and on the back were the words, “Can I help you?” I was sorry I asked; did I want a stable flour or should the flour be dense? He said more but I’d tuned out. I mumbled thank you and sloped off to buy a cake from the nearest bakery, my appreciation of Mr. Kipling having grown, exceedingly! Readers interested in submitting articles for this guest column should send articles of 3-400 words on topics felt to be of interest to the cosmopolitan EWN readership to editorial@euroweeklynews.com.

PC brigade give it a rest! Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man A COUPLE of things in the news this week have had me almost stuck for words… only almost. Firstly, Donny Trump. What is it with this man? Forget for one minute that he happens to be the POTUS, the man shouldn’t be allowed out on his own never mind be the leader of the USA. He has landed in France and is met by President Macron and his wife and what does the moron say? Not, ‘Hello, nice to meet you?’ This berk says to Mrs Macron, ‘You are in such great shape.’ This is just so wrong in so many ways. It’s not something any man should say to another man’s wife unless maybe you are at a wife swapping party. What if she was a little more ‘cuddly?’ Does he say, ‘Hey Macy boy, see the wife’s a bit of a salad dodger.’ I’m sorry but surely this is just totally unacceptable. Even one French commentator said, ‘It’s difficult to know exactly what Donald Trump was thinking and wished to express.’ Does his mouth have no connection to his brain? And still his loyal lackeys defend him. I watch Fox News and I’m sure they’re not watching the same Donny Trump I’m seeing.

Time for him to go. He is a total embarrassment to his country. The other thing in the news this week was that the London Underground is to stop making announcements to ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ because it is upsetting gender neutral people. Really? Really? What is this politically correct brigade about? Are people really offended? And if they are, just deal with it. How can ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ be gender unfriendly? Gay, straight or whatever, matters to me not a jot and if you don’t know what you are good luck to you on that too. I hope all works out well for you. If you want to get married and have children go for it, but what’s next? How about every speech made at weddings or when someone comes out on stage? Please, please don’t tell me that saying ‘Good evening ladies and gentlemen’ is going to now have to be ‘Hello everyone.’ LGBT campaigners please don’t get offended if someone uses the term sir or madam or ladies and gentlemen if you are a lady with a deep voice or a man with a high voice or that at first view it’s hard to tell if you are a man or woman. Nothing you do or say offends me. I want you all to be well and live happy lives. Please PC brigade give it a rest. By the way a recent survey said women who put on weight live considerably longer than men that mention it! Email me: mikesenker@gmail.com.

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Sharp lesson from family nanny SIR, Nicole King’s recent article Marbella always at your service (Issue 1669 Costa del Sol) was interesting. She highlighted how important good service is, and the fact that many people fail not to realise this... though sadly to me many local businesses like to charge five-star prices but offer only three-star service! That said, Nicole identified that waiters and waitresses, civil servants, receptionists and secretaries on the first rung of their career ladder are frequently in a position of power and a sound policy is to identify and accept this. How very true. Last summer a lawyer friend and her accountant husband when on holiday discovered that their children’s nanny in reality sat in the ‘power throne,’ when on the first day away the 22-year-old made it clear that she viewed the week away as her own holiday. The wife (a tough nut in many courts I believe) caved in realising

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that if she did not, the girl would just leave. This she could not afford to risk for on returning home she or her husband would then have to stay away from all-important careers to mind the children! Modern times... C Walker Estepona

Time to cash in I WAS amazed to note in your S p an is h F a c ts of Life (Is s ue 1670) that Barcelona and Madrid airports, each voted among the world’s Top 10 Airports, are not among those in Spain that make a profit.

Hopefuly Madrid and Barcelona airports can join the money makers. While it is encouraging to see that Palma, Malaga, Gran Canaria, Alicante-Elche, Tenerife, Gerona, Bilbao and Murcia operate in the black, hopefully now

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IN THE RED: El Prat Airport, Barcelona. by providing services that put the m a mong the w orld’s be s t, Madrid and Barcelona can soon join the money makers. I use both fairly regularly and though not my global favourites (Singapore and Dubai take my

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vote ), on Eur opean st andar ds they hold their own, though perha ps not i n t he sam e way t hat Schipol does in Amsterdam. M Mitchel Elche

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The King’s Speech - Talks on Gibraltar’s future Comments from EWN online

SPAIN wants Gibraltar to be Spanish. Remind me... where in Spain are Melilla and Ceuta located? In Morocco?! Are you sure? Oh yes, I remember now. Spain forcibly seized those parts of Morocco a few hundred years ago, didn’t they? That was a bit before the time when Spain GIFTED the Rock to Britain, wasn’t it? I know, it is so easy to forget how these things happened in the past. William Daysh MBE

WELL done Thomas Cook. It’s about time claiming scum got sorted out. More power to your arm. The fine should have been the equivalent of twice their claim and costs to boot. Davis Allisan

Caught wearing only a smile! (Nora Johnson)

EU’s response to UK’s proposal on citizens’ rights

I LOVE Google Street View for the way it lets me visit corners of the world I will never see in person. Meantime, there’s nothing like sitting at work and being able to ‘drop in’ and explore some random narrow street in Rome, Paris ... or Sevilla. Vicky

WE are British citizens, (and I for one have worked in the UK for over 40 years, paying tax/nic), understanding that we would continue to be treated in a fair and equitable way if we used our democratic right to move/work/live/retire in a different EU country. Why should we have to do ANYTHING to maintain those inalienable rights? P Green

Brit couple ordered to pay over fake holiday claims THESE type of claims are causing price rises for other customers. I hope more holiday companies take note of Thomas Cook and start taking similar actions. Michael Smith

Spain sizzles as alerts issued for 28 provinces I THINK I need to move to one of the yellow bits. Costa del Sol is gonna be Costa del Hell. Anne Sewell

Fines and regulations for Spain’s beaches BLOODY ridiculous, since when has building a sandcastle or playing ball ever been an issue. They need to remember that this country needs its beaches and holiday makers. As for peeing in the sea, why create a rule which is totally uninforceable? Are they going to start having entertainment police in case we all enjoy ourselves too much? Naimah Yianni

Pope rules on Communion bread and wine SO the bread can’t be gluten free but it can be GMO??? What planet is he on? Saturn I expect. Naimah Yianni

Police shut down gang who targeted tourists I DON’T think they would like it if I stalked their mam and dad and stole their stuff on a visit. They need to send them back to their country of origin because of breaking the law, forgot where in the EU. Jason

WE felt it might be appreciated by dog owners to know the recent experience we have recently gone through. It has been confirmed by our vet who examined our dog which died three weeks ago, that he had died as a result of being poisoned. We believe he ingested the lethal poison whilst on a walk from Tubilitus towards Aldea Beach on Gran Canaria. All other dog owners locally should be aware of this potential danger. A Dear Canary Islands

Up in smoke! I HAVE an apartment in El Higureon, Fuengirola (15 years). We have access to lovely beaches. My wife and I are both smokers, tut, tut. We always take some form of recepticle to the beach to put out our stubs, and put them in the bin at the end of the day. Why can’t the appropriate authorities put a sign at the entrance to beaches informing the public that the sand is not an ashtray or rubbish tip? I have to say that in my experience it is the locals who tend to be the main culprits, especially at weekends. Bill Willis Fuengirola

Numbers up MAKE your Sudoku puzzle BIGGER, I am in my mid-70’s and I find it difficult to see, even with decent specs. The Fossil Eagles Nest San Miguel de Salinas Editor’s note: Following this and other readers’ concerns, the grid has been increased in the relevant editions. Thank you for your input.

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7:00am The TV That Made Me 7:30am Right on the Money 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am Horizon 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Two Tribes 2:30pm A Taste of Britain 3:15pm Caravanner of the Year 4:15pm Nature's Miracle Babies 5:15pm Secrets of Our Living Planet 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Letterbox 8:00pm Yorkshire Wolds Way 8:30pm The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 9:00pm Golf 11:00pm The Mash Report 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am 1066: A Year to Conquer England 1:15am The Week the Landlords Moved in 2:15am Melvyn Bragg on TV: The Box That Changed the World

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 Peter Powell and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 March 1984. 9:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 10:00pm The Great Butterfly Adventure: Africa to Britain with the Painted Lady 11:30pm The Bridge: Fifty Years across the Forth 12:30am Top of the Pops 1:05am King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons 2:05am The Great Butterfly Adventure: Africa to Britain with the Painted Lady 3:35am Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 4:35am This is BBC Four

6:00am Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 6:05am Location, Location, Location 7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm The Question Jury 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 11:00pm Naked Attraction 12:05am Real, Fake or Unknown

8:10am Thomas and Friends 8:25am Shimmer and Shine 8:40am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:55am Paw Patrol 9:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:25am Digby Dragon 9:40am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm House Doctor 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Kidnapped: Desperate Hours 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 9:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 10:00pm Circus Kids: Our Secret World 11:00pm Big Brother 12:05am Big Brother's Bit on the Side

7:00am Hollyoaks 7:30am Hollyoaks Does Come Dine with Me 8:00am Made in Chelsea 9:00am Rules of Engagement 9:30am Rules of Engagement 10:00am Melissa and Joey 10:30am Melissa and Joey 11:00am Baby Daddy 11:30am Baby Daddy 12:00pm How I Met Your Mother 12:30pm How I Met Your Mother 1:00pm New Girl 1:30pm New Girl 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Baby Daddy 5:00pm Black-Ish 5:30pm Black-Ish 6:00pm The Goldbergs 6:30pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm The Goldbergs 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm Kevin Can Wait 10:00pm New Girl

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 7:30am The Open Championship Live 9:00pm Live Super League Warrington Wolves meet Widnes Vikings at Halliwell Jones Stadium in the Betfred Super League. 11:00pm Sky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Through the Night 1:00am The Open Highlights Day one of The 146th Open Championship from Royal Birkdale in Southport. 3:00am Through the Night 4:00am Through the Night 5:00am Through the Night Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with special guests.

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 David Dickinson's Name Your Price 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Eat, Shop, Save 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm James Martin's French Adventure 10:00pm Killer Women with Piers Morgan 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Fearless 12:45am Devon and Cornwall Cops 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Eat, Shop, Save 4:25am ITV Nightscreen

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7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:20am Where the Heart is 9:20am Wild at Heart 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:50am Road to Avonlea 12:55pm Wycliffe 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm The Royal 4:15pm Wild at Heart 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood 1:00am Killer Women with Piers Morgan 2:00am Killer Women with Piers Morgan 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

7:00am World Cup Rivalries: England v Argentina 7:15am The Professionals 8:05am Storage Wars Texas 8:30am Storage Wars Texas 9:00am Tour de France Highlights 10:00am Tour de France Live 12:45pm Tour de France Live 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:30pm Storage Wars Texas 8:00pm Tour de France Highlights 9:00pm Road Racing Series 10:00pm From Russia with Love 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm From Russia with Love 12:20am The Glimmer Man 1:25am FYI Daily 1:30am The Glimmer Man 2:10am Tour de France Highlights 3:15am Tommy Cooper 3:40am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 4:00am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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7:00am I'll See You in My Dreams 8:40am Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 10:15am Finding Altamira 12:10pm I'll See You in My Dreams 1:50pm A Street Cat Named Bob 3:40pm I Am Not a Serial Killer 5:30pm Nocturnal Animals 7:30pm Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 9:00pm A Street Cat Named Bob 10:50pm I Am Not a Serial Killer 12:40am Nocturnal Animals 2:45am Id2: Shadwell Army 4:30am My Internship in Canada An independent MP from rural Quebec unexpectedly finds himself holding the tie-breaking vote on whether Canada should go to war.

7:00am Premier League Archive Relive some classic action from the Premier League. 8:00am Premier League Special A Premier League special. 9:00am Premier League Special A Premier League special programme. 10:00am Premier League Archive Classic action from the Premier League. 10:30am Premier League Archive Classic action from the Premier League. 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Pl Archive Relive some classic action from the Premier League. 1:00pm Premier League Special 2:00pm Premier League Special A Premier League special.

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The Hot Desk You've Been Framed! Vanderpump Rules The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emmerdale Coronation Street Scorpion Below Deck Vanderpump Rules Emmerdale Coronation Street You've Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed Rides Again! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Love Island Celebability Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Two and a Half Men

The Dark Knight X-Men Origins: Wolverine 6:35pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 9:00pm The Dark Knight 11:35pm The Bourne Ultimatum 1:35am The Mummy Returns

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Working Girl Rock the Kasbah Ghost Town Sausage Party Hot Tub Time Machine The Holiday My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Sausage Party Hot Tub Time Machine Superbad Dirty 30 I-Spy

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Right on the Money 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Neighbourhood Blues 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Money for Nothing 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:30pm Thief Trackers 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Still Open All Hours 10:00pm Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Not Going Out 12:05am You Again

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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 David Dickinson's Name Your Price 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Secret World of Posh Pets 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Joanna Lumley's India 12:40am Tipping Point 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am Storage Hoarders

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The TV That Made Me Right on the Money Bargain Hunt Natural World Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Two Tribes A Taste of Britain Caravanner of the Year Nature's Miracle Babies Natural World Antiques Road Trip Eggheads Letterbox Yorkshire Wolds Way The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Golf QI Newsnight Top of the Lake Top of the Lake Panorama The Betrayed Girls This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

4:35am This is BBC Four 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 Mike Read and Andy Peebles present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 29 March 1984. 9:00pm BBC Proms 2017 The BBC Proms celebrates the 85th birthday of the world's favourite film composer, John Williams. 11:00pm Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South 12:00am Sisters in Country 1:00am Country Queens at the BBC 2:00am Top of the Pops 2:35am Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South 3:35am Sisters in Country 4:30am This is BBC Four

5:40am Shipping Wars 6:05am Location, Location, Location 7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm The Question Jury 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am Naked Attraction

8:40am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:55am Paw Patrol 9:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:25am Digby Dragon 9:40am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Wanda and the Alien 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm House Doctor 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm NCIS 4:20pm Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Blind Date 8:55pm Legally Blonde 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Legally Blonde 11:00pm Big Brother: Live Eviction 12:30am Big Brother's Bit on the Side

7:00am Hollyoaks 7:30am Hollyoaks Does Come Dine with Me 8:00am Made in Chelsea 9:00am Rules of Engagement 10:00am Melissa and Joey 10:30am Melissa and Joey 11:00am Baby Daddy 11:30am Baby Daddy 12:00pm How I Met Your Mother 12:30pm How I Met Your Mother 1:00pm New Girl 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Baby Daddy 5:00pm Black-Ish 5:30pm Black-Ish 6:00pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm The Goldbergs 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Salt 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 7:30am The Open Championship Live 9:00pm Live Super League 11:00pm Sky Sports News at Ten Round up of all the day's sports news. 12:00am Through the Night Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers. 1:05am Football Orlando City face Atlanta United at Orlando City Stadium in Major League Soccer. 3:30am Through the Night A comprehensive review of all the night's football news, plus a look ahead to the morning headlines and a full round-up of the rest of the sports news.

The Hot Desk You've Been Framed! Vanderpump Rules The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed! Scorpion Below Deck Vanderpump Rules Emmerdale You've Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Love Island Celebrity Juice Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad!

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:25am Wild at Heart 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:50am Road to Avonlea 12:55pm Wycliffe 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:15pm Wild at Heart 5:15pm Man About the House 5:55pm On the Buses 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm The Street 11:20pm Law and Order: UK 12:20am Wire in the Blood 1:20am Life of Crime 2:20am Prime Suspect 4:15am Mr Selfridge 5:05am Davina Mccall: Life at the Extreme 5:55am George and Mildred

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11:55am Deadpool 1:45pm Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 3:25pm Die Hard 4.0 5:40pm Hitman: Agent 47 7:25pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 10:00pm Deadpool 12:00am Die Hard 4.0 2:15am Face/Off 4:40am I Am Wrath

10:50am A Street Cat Named Bob 12:45pm Cars 3: Special 1:05pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 3:20pm Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Preening pop stars get a comedy kicking in this allstar mockumentary from The Lonely Island. 5:00pm Nocturnal Animals 7:10pm A Street Cat Named Bob Homeless busker James Bowen has a life-changing moment when a tabby moggy walks into his life. 9:00pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 11:10pm Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 12:45am I Am Not a Serial Killer

7:00am Premier League Archive 8:00am PL Asia Trophy Highlights 9:00am PL Asia Trophy Highlights 10:00am Premier League Archive 2017 10:15am Premier League Archive 2017 10:30am Premier League Archive 2017 10:45am Premier League Archive 2017 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Pl Archive 6:00pm Premier League Daily 7:00pm Pl Archive 8:00pm To be Announced 8:30pm Premier League Archive 9:00pm To be Announced 10:00pm To be Announced 11:00pm Premier League Archive 11:30pm Premier League Archive 12:00am To be Announced 12:30am Pl Classics 1:00am Pl Classics

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Tommy Cooper The Chase The Professionals Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Tour de France Highlights Tour de France Live The Professionals Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Tour de France Highlights Goldfinger FYI Daily Goldfinger Goodfellas FYI Daily Goodfellas Tour de France Highlights Better Late Than Never ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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Crocodile Dundee Bruce Almighty Ghostbusters Ghostbusters Miss Congeniality Rush Hour 2 Trainwreck Miss Congeniality Ghostbusters Ghostbusters Jackass: The Movie Team America: World Police

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nadiya's British Food Adventure 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Athletics 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm To be Announced 4:30pm Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom 5:50pm Shrek The Third 7:15pm BBC News 7:25pm Regional News 7:30pm Weather 7:35pm Pointless 8:25pm Pitch Battle 10:00pm Casualty 10:50pm BBC News 11:05pm Weather 11:10pm Would I Lie to You? 11:40pm Eagle Eye 1:40am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:45am BBC News

9:35am Megamind 11:00am Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Nigel and Adam's Farm Kitchen 2:00pm Emma 3:45pm My Friend Jane 4:20pm Jane Austen Behind Closed Doors 5:20pm University Challenge 5:50pm Gardeners' World 6:50pm The Sweet Makers: A Tudor Treat 7:50pm BBC Proms Extra All the talk backstage at the BBC Proms. 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Golf 11:00pm Performance Live: Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere 12:00am QI XL 12:45am Cosmopolis 2:25am Tim 4:10am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm Forest, Field and Sky: Art out of Nature 9:00pm The Last Seabird Summer 10:00pm I Know Who You are 11:05pm I Know Who You are 12:25am Top of the Pops Special 20th anniversary edition of the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 January 1984. 1:00am Top of the Pops Special 20th anniversary edition of the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 January 1984. 1:35am BBC Electric Proms 2:40am Duets at the BBC 3:40am BBC Electric Proms

7:20am Velo Wales 8:15am Hayfisher 2017 Motorsport Output 8:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Frasier 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm Four in a Bed 4:30pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:30pm Big House, Little House 6:30pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 11:00pm Fast and Furious 6 1:30am Ramsay 2:20am 60 Days in Jail 3:20am Hollyoaks Omnibus

7:00am Milkshake! 11:20am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 12:00pm Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:25pm Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in Essex. 1:25pm Police Interceptors 2:20pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 3:20pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 4:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 5:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 6:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 8:00pm 5 News 8:05pm Funniest Cutest Kittens Ever 9:00pm Blind Date 10:00pm Big Brother 11:00pm Named and Shamed 12:00am That's So...1981

7:00am How I Met Your Mother 7:30am How I Met Your Mother 8:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 9:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 10:00am How I Met Your Mother 11:00am How I Met Your Mother 12:00pm How I Met Your Mother 12:30pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Goldbergs 4:00pm The Goldbergs 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Speed 12:20am Gogglebox 1:20am Gogglebox 2:20am Tattoo Fixers 3:20am Rude Tube 4:20am Gogglebox 5:20am How I Met Your Mother

7:00am Live Super Rugby 9:00am The Open Championship Live 11:30am Live Premier League Asia Trophy 4:30pm The Open Championship Live 9:00pm Live GAA Football Qualifier 10:00pm Live World Matchplay Darts 12:00am Through the Night 1:05am Football 3:30am Through the Night Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers. 4:00am Through the Night 5:00am Through the Night Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers.

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7:00am You've Been Framed Gold! 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:20am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:50pm Hulk 1:50pm FYI Daily 1:55pm Hulk 3:35pm The Voice Kids Final 5:20pm Babe 6:20pm FYI Daily 6:25pm Babe 7:15pm The Amazing SpiderMan 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm The Amazing SpiderMan 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:15am American Dad! 1:45am American Dad! 2:10am Zack and Miri Make a Porno 3:10am FYI Daily 3:15am Zack and Miri Make a Porno 4:00am Teleshopping

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7:00am British Touring Car Crashes and Smashes 7:10am Motorsport UK 8:00am World Endurance Series 2017 8:55am Road Racing Series 9:55am World Superbike Highlights 11:00am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 12:00pm Tour de France Highlights 12:55pm Tour de France Live 1:45pm Tour de France Live 6:00pm Better Late Than Never 7:00pm Monster Carp 8:00pm Tour de France Highlights 9:00pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 10:55pm Passenger 57 11:55pm FYI Daily 12:00am Passenger 57

10:25am Spy 12:40pm Independence Day: Resurgence 2:45pm The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 4:45pm The 5th Wave 6:45pm Spy 9:00pm Point Break 11:00pm Independence Day: Resurgence 1:05am Terminator Salvation

7:00am Finding Altamira 8:45am Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 10:20am A Street Cat Named Bob 12:10pm The Secret Life of Pets 1:40pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 3:50pm I Am Not a Serial Killer 5:40pm A Street Cat Named Bob 7:30pm The Secret Life of Pets 9:00pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 11:10pm Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Preening pop stars get a comedy kicking in this all-star mockumentary from The Lonely Island. 12:45am Id2: Shadwell Army 2:30am Pet 4:20am I Am Not a Serial Killer

9:30am Barclays Premier League World 10:00am Premier League Special 11:00am Barclays Premier League World 11:30am Live Premier League Asia Trophy 4:45pm Premier League Archive 7:00pm Premier League Archive 8:00pm Premier League Special 9:00pm Premier League Archive 9:15pm Premier League Archive Classic action from the Premier League. 9:30pm Premier League Archive 10:00pm Premier League Asia Trophy 11:00pm Premier League Asia Trophy 12:00am Premier League Archive

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CITV ITV News Weekend The Home Game The Voice Kids Final ITV News and Weather Arsenal v Chelsea Live Tipping Point The Chase Little Big Shots USA Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather. ITV News and Weather You've Been Framed! Catchphrase The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ITV News and Weather The Chase Jackpot247 Who's Doing the Dishes? Nightscreen

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Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote The Darling Buds of May Sparkling Cyanide Wycliffe ITV Racing Live Kate Agatha Christie's Marple Mamma Mia! FYI Daily Mamma Mia! Foyle's War Law and Order: UK The body of former vice cop Frank McCallum is found beaten to death in an underpass in Paddington. Law and Order: UK Law and Order: UK ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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The House Bunny Hot Shots! Get a Job Knocked Up Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Vacation The Intern Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Ted 2 Dope Jackass: Number Two The Cable Guy

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FEATURE

Marbella: What a load of rubbish! Marbella Moments by Nicole King JUST in case there’s one or two of you out there who haven’t seen my English language TV show ‘Marbella Now’ this week (hehe), here’s a ‘heads-up’ on something you need to know if you don’t want to get fined when holidaying or living in Spain. Firstly it’s useful to know that ignorance is not an excuse. Just because you didn’t know there was a law to be broken you will still get fined if you get caught. One easy way to break the law is the simple act of taking out your rubbish during the summer months to the containers at any time other than between 9pm and 11pm. Now for me, even with this knowledge I still find it hard not to break this particular law. By 9pm I’m trying to get home to not go out again for the rest of the evening and certainly not just to take out the rubbish. Nor do I want to drive around with it all day in the car for the same simple reason the town hall wants us to take out the rubbish between these times. Rubbish and heat not only stink, but are also a serious health hazard.

ONLY DUMP rubbish at the permitted time. I have to consciously remind myself that it’s not just my rubbish they’re dealing with and that the town hall is really counting on each and every one of us to be team players to even have a chance of winning this particular game.

They estimate that Marbella is going to generate some 10 tonnes of rubbish during each of these months of July and August. The extra tonnes of trash started piling up right at the start of the season, back in June, with over 8.5 tonnes of rubbish collected

during that month, compared to the 2,500 tones back in February. In fact just these two high-season summer months represent 40 per cent of the annual rubbish collection for our whole city. This puts a big strain on our local authorities to meet the demands of collection and disposal, even if we all do follow the rules. If we don’t it also means a lot of trash fermenting in containers all day long, creating a bacterium feeding fun fair and a potential stink that none of us would want to, or be able to live with. Not t o m ent i on how unt i dy i t can get when the containers get too full, not at all cosmopolitan or ‘five star’ to be looking at when out shopping or strolling around the city. Even worse is when you suddenly find the containers not just overflowing but also besieged by mattresses and furniture that spring up as if out of nowhere. As a final note, if you by chance should need to magically make some furniture or large item disappear you really aren’t meant to just drive up and dump it off when no one’s looking. You need to call this local telephone number 952 768 720 beforehand and ask for permission or be faced with anot her pot ent i al f i ne. That i s i f you get caught. www.rtvmarbellanow.com

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Escape to the Country 3:15pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Oz: The Great and Powerful 6:00pm Lifeline 6:10pm Songs of Praise 6:45pm Pointless 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Wild Alaska Live 9:00pm Countryfile 10:00pm Poldark 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Miranda Hart - My What I Call Live Show 12:30am Gambit

7:20am The Instant Gardener 8:05am Gardeners' World 9:05am The Beechgrove Garden 9:35am Countryfile 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm Nigel Slater: Eating Together 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 1:15pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 2:00pm Swimming 3:30pm Wanted Down Under 4:30pm Natural World 5:15pm Flog It! 6:00pm Swimming The latest swimming coverage. 8:00pm Inside the Factory 9:00pm Golf 11:00pm Maps to the Stars 12:45am The Skin I Live In 2:35am Countryfile 3:30am Holby City 4:30am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm BBC Proms 2017 9:50pm Operation Crossbow 10:50pm Storyville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries. 11:50pm After Life: The Science of Decay 1:20am Dissected: The Incredible Human Foot 2:20am Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story Writer Adam Nicolson continues to explore the forgotten role that British whalers played in Antarctic whaling as late as the 1960s 3:20am Treasures of the Anglo Saxons

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7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:15pm Ninja Warrior 1:15pm You've Been Framed Gold! 2:20pm See Spot Run 3:20pm FYI Daily 3:25pm See Spot Run 4:15pm Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 5:15pm FYI Daily 5:20pm Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 6:00pm Smurfs 2 7:00pm FYI Daily 7:05pm Smurfs 2 8:00pm Evan Almighty 9:05pm FYI Daily 9:10pm Evan Almighty 10:00pm Love Island 11:00pm Love Island 12:20am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:40am American Dad! 2:35am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

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CITV ITV News Weekend Wild Animal Reunions Judge Rinder Love Your Garden James Martin's French Adventure ITV News and Weather Rebound Tipping Point Bear Gryll's Survival School Octopussy Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather The Chase Celebrity Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ITV News and Weather Judge Rinder's Crime Stories Take Me Out Jackpot247 Motorsport UK

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George and Mildred Sparkling Cyanide Heartbeat Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote The Darling Buds of May Columbo: Agenda for Murder Wycliffe Agatha Christie's Marple Foyle's War Lewis Law and Order: UK Wire in the Blood Lewis May the Best House Win In Merseyside, dance school owner Vicky shows us her detached 1970s house which has decorative words everywhere, and singer Emma shares her 19th century terrace with her dog George Michael.

Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch Eat the Week with Iceland Eragon The Restoration Man Homes by the Sea Channel 4 News World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 The Handmaid's Tale Kingdom of Heaven The World's Weirdest Weather The Last Leg KOTV 2017 Gillette World of Sport 2017 Shipping Wars

7:00am World Cup Rivalries: Brazil v Italy 7:15am Minder 8:05am The Saint 9:05am The Professionals 10:10am The Car Chasers 10:40am The Classic Car Show 11:40am The Big Fish Off 12:40pm Monster Carp 1:45pm Police Academy 3: Back in Training 2:45pm FYI Daily 2:50pm Police Academy 3: Back in Training 3:30pm Tour de France Highlights 4:30pm Tour de France Live 8:00pm Fierce 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm Tour de France Highlights 11:00pm An Audience with Billy Connolly 12:10am Crank 2: High Voltage 1:10am FYI Daily 1:15am Crank 2: High Voltage

SUNDAY TV

7:00am Milkshake! 11:15am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:55am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:20pm Police Interceptors 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:15pm Police Interceptors 3:15pm Igor 4:50pm Little Nicky 6:25pm Legally Blonde 8:10pm Magic Makes You Laugh Out Loud 9:00pm That's So...1989 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Big Brother 11:05pm Whitney Houston: Her Greatest Hits 1:10am Omg: My Midlife Plastic Crisis 2:05am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night. 4:10am The Kidnapping of Shergar 5:00am The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant

7:00am Kevin Can Wait 7:30am Couples Come Dine with Me 8:30am Couples Come Dine with Me 9:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus 12:00pm Astro Boy 1:45pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 2:00pm New Girl 2:30pm New Girl 3:00pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm The Goldbergs 4:00pm The Goldbergs 4:30pm The Goldbergs 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 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 Fantastic Four 11:00pm Sinister 1:15am Rude Tube 2:20am 8 Out of 10 Cats 3:10am Gogglebox 4:00am Rude Tube 4:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am The Open Championship Live 8:00pm The Open Verdict Live 8:30pm Live World Matchplay Darts 12:00am Through the Night 12:45am Football Vancouver Whitecaps take on Portland Timbers at BC Place in MLS. 3:00am Through the Night 4:00am Through the Night 5:00am Through the Night A comprehensive review of all the night's football news, plus a look ahead to the morning headlines and a full round-up of the rest of the sports news.

1:20pm The Day the Earth Stood Still 3:10pm Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 6:00pm The Bourne Supremacy 7:50pm The Mummy 10:00pm Captain America: Civil War 12:30am Platoon

8:35am A Street Cat Named Bob Homeless busker James Bowen has a life-changing moment when a tabby moggy walks into his life. 10:25am Breaking the Bank 12:20pm The Secret Life of Pets 1:55pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 4:05pm Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Preening pop stars get a comedy kicking in this all-star mockumentary from The Lonely Island. 5:40pm A Street Cat Named Bob 7:30pm The Secret Life of Pets 9:00pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 11:10pm Breaking the Bank 1:00am Nocturnal Animals

8:00am Premier League Asia Trophy 9:00am Premier League Asia Trophy 10:00am Info not available 1:00pm Premier League Archive 2:00pm Premier League Archive 3:00pm Premier League Archive 4:00pm Premier League Archive 5:00pm Premier League Archive 6:00pm Info not available 7:00pm Premier League Archive 8:00pm Info not available 10:00pm Premier League Archive 10:30pm Premier League Archive 11:00pm Premier League Archive 11:30pm Premier League Archive

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Definitely, Maybe Hot Shots! Part Deux Dad's Army The Boss Central Intelligence Dad's Army Patch Adams The Boss Central Intelligence Top Secret 1941

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E W N 20 - 26 July 2017 / Costa del Sol

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wild UK 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Food: Truth or Scare 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Money for Nothing 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The Farmers' 8:30pm Jodi's Lovely Letters 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm DIY SOS The Big Build 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 12:15am Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You

7:00am The TV That Made Me 7:30am Right on the Money 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am Great British Menu 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 2:00pm Athletics 3:00pm A Taste of Britain 3:45pm Natural World 4:30pm Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals 5:30pm Swimming 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Letterbox 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Nadiya's British Food Adventure 10:00pm Ripper Street 11:00pm Normal for Norfolk 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am The Mash Report 12:45am Cleverman 1:35am Supermarket Shopping Secrets 2:40am Me and My Dog

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Royal Welsh Show 9:00pm Horizon This episode of Horizon looks at the issues that will change the way we live our lives in the future. 10:00pm The Joy of Stats 11:00pm Hidden Kingdoms 12:00am Ocean Giants Ground-breaking documentary granting a unique and privileged access into the magical world of whales. 1:00am Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting 2:30am The Joy of Stats 3:30am Horizon

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Call the Cleaners 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Holiday Horrors: Caught on Camera 11:00pm ITV News 11:40pm Killer Women with Piers Morgan 12:40am The Kyle Files 1:05am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am You've Been Framed Gold! 7:35am Vanderpump Rules 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:35am You've Been Framed Gold! 11:00am The Great Indoors 11:30am Side Effects 12:00pm L.A. Story 12:15pm L.A. Story 12:25pm Vanderpump Rules 1:20pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You've Been Framed Gold! 7:55pm Step Up 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Step Up 10:00pm Love Island 11:35pm Family Guy 12:30am American Dad!

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:25am Wild at Heart 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Road to Avonlea 12:55pm Wycliffe 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:10pm Wild at Heart 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am The Street 1:10am Mrs Biggs 2:35am On the Buses 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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8:10am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Frasier 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm The Question Jury 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Bear About the House: Living with My Supersized Pet 10:00pm 999: What's Your Emergency? 11:00pm Britain's Benefit Tenants 12:00am 60 Days in Jail

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7:50am Rocky II 9:55am The Magnificent Seven 12:05pm The Rock 2:30pm The Great Escape 5:30pm The Karate Kid 7:45pm The Mummy Returns 10:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1:20am The Rock 3:45am True Lies

12:35pm 1:45pm 2:50pm 3:50pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 12:10am 2:15am 3:10am 4:00am

The Chase Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas The Saint Cash Cowboys The Chase Tour de France Highlights The Saint Gunsmoke Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas The Chase The Chase: Celebrity Special Car Crash Global Gangs of New York FYI Daily Gangs of New York Better Late Than Never Motorsport UK Teleshopping

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Milkshake! The Wright Stuff House Doctor 5 News Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS A Healthy Place to Die: Gourmet Detective 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Car Crash TV All New Traffic Cops Eamonn and Ruth: The Millionaires Rulebook Big Brother Big Brother's Bit on the Side Countdown to Murder Super Casino Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Tribal Teens... Here Comes Trouble House Doctor

11:55am The Top Ten Show 2017 12:15pm The Banger Sisters 2:00pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 3:40pm Hot Pursuit 5:15pm O Brother, Where Art Thou? 7:10pm Robin Hood: Men in Tights 9:00pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 10:45pm Beverly Hills Cop 12:35am Beverly Hills Cop II

8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 11:25pm 12:30am

Made in Chelsea Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Black-Ish Black-Ish 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 Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Black-Ish Black-Ish The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip The Day After Tomorrow Vlogglebox The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Independence Day 7:30am Breaking the Bank 9:30am The Secret Life of Pets 11:10am Spider-Man: Homecoming: Special 11:40am Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children A misfit teen discovers an island orphanage that's home to children with very special gifts. 1:55pm White Island 3:35pm Nocturnal Animals 5:35pm Breaking the Bank 7:30pm The Secret Life of Pets 9:00pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 11:10pm White Island 12:45am I Am Not a Serial Killer 2:45am Id2: Shadwell Army 4:35am Finding Altamira

MONDAY TV

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live Tennis: Hamburg 7:30pm News HQ 8:00pm Live World Matchplay Darts 12:00am Through the Night 2:00am Live WWE Late Night Raw 5:15am WWE From the Vault 5:30am Through the Night A comprehensive review of all the night's football news, plus a look ahead to the morning headlines and a full round-up of the rest of the sports news.

7:00am Premier League Archive 8:00am Premier League Archive 10:00am Premier League Archive 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:30pm Pl Archive 1:00pm Pl Classics 2:00pm Pl Classics 3:00pm Pl Classics 4:00pm Pl Classics 5:00pm Pl Classics 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Premier League Archive 8:00pm Info not available 8:30pm Premier League Archive 9:00pm Football Years 9:30pm Football Countdowns 10:00pm Premier League Special 11:00pm Premier League Archive 11:30pm Premier League Archive 12:00am Info not available

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wild UK 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Food: Truth or Scare 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Money for Nothing 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The Farmers' Countryside Showdown 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm In The Dark 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm New Tricks 12:45am Jodi's Lovely Letters 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:20am BBC News

7:00am The TV That Made Me 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am Great British Menu 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 2:00pm Super League Show 2:45pm A Taste of Britain 3:30pm The Best Dishes Ever 4:30pm Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals 5:30pm Swimming 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Letterbox 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Inside the Factory 10:00pm Addicted Parents: Last Chance to Kemy Children 11:00pm Detectorists 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Cleverman 1:10am George Best: All by Himself 2:40am Supersize Cabbies 3:10am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Royal Welsh Show 9:00pm 10 Things You Didn't Know About Avalanches 10:00pm Dictators and Despots: A Timewatch Guide 11:00pm Mad Dog Gaddafi's Secret World: Storyville. 12:25am World War Two: 1945 and the Wheelchair President 1:55am 10 Things You Didn't Know About Avalanches 2:55am Secret Life of Rubbish 3:55am Dictators and Despots: A Timewatch Guide

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine Join Lorraine Kelly and her celebrity friends for all the latest showbiz, news, style on ITV. 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News 11:40pm Davina: Life at the Extreme 12:40am Play to the Whistle 1:20am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am You've Been Framed Gold! 7:35am Vanderpump Rules 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:35am You've Been Framed Gold! 11:00am The Great Indoors 11:30am Side Effects 12:00pm L.A. Story 12:15pm L.A. Story 12:25pm Vanderpump Rules 1:20pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 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 Gold! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Hangover 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Hangover 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:30am Wild at Heart 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Road to Avonlea 12:55pm Wycliffe 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:10pm Wild at Heart 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 10:00pm It'll be Alright on the Night's Best of the Worst 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Lewis 2:10am Wycliffe 3:10am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:00am 9:35am 10:05am 10:35am 11:05am 12:00pm 1:00pm 1:05pm 2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 1:25am

Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss USA The Simpsons Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me Posh Pawn Countdown The Question Jury A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Craft It Yourself Excluded at Seven First Dates Young and Promising Sound and Vision

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The Chase Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Gunsmoke Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals Gunsmoke Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas The Chase Monster Carp Benidorm Goodfellas FYI Daily Goodfellas Barb Wire FYI Daily Barb Wire ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping Innovative, valuefor-money products brought directly to you at home.

Milkshake! The Wright Stuff House Doctor 5 News Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS A Daughter's Nightmare 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Britain's Greatest Bridges The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies The Hotel Inspector Big Brother Big Brother's Bit on the Side Circus Kids: Our Secret World Super Casino Eamonn and Ruth: The Millionaires Rulebook Tribal Teens... Here Comes Trouble House Doctor

7:00pm

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 9:00pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 11:35pm Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2:05am American Ultra

7:50am Kicking Off 9:20am Death at a Funeral 11:00am Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 1:10pm How to be Single 3:10pm Keanu 5:00pm Planes, Trains and Automobiles 6:40pm The Blues Brothers 9:00pm How to be Single 11:00pm Keanu 12:45am Brewster's Millions 2:35am The Bad Education Movie 4:15am Confetti

TUESDAY TV

Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Black-Ish Black-Ish 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 Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Black-Ish Black-Ish The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers on Holiday 8 Out of 10 Cats The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live Tennis: Hamburg Day two of the German Tennis Championships from Hamburg. 7:00pm Live T20 Blast Gloucestershire take on Glamorgan at the Bristol County Ground in the NatWest T20 Blast. 10:45pm Live World Matchplay Darts 1:00am Through the Night 2:00am Live WWE Late Night Smackdown 4:00am Through the Night

7:00am White Island 8:45am Breaking the Bank 10:45am War for the Planet of the Apes: Special 11:15am The Secret Life of Pets 12:55pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 3:15pm The Stanford Prison Experiment 5:25pm I Am Not a Serial Killer 7:20pm The Secret Life of Pets 9:00pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children A misfit teen discovers an island orphanage that's home to children with very special gifts. 11:10pm The Stanford Prison Experiment 1:20am White Island 3:00am Id2: Shadwell Army 4:40am Breaking the Bank

7:00am Premier League Archive 8:00am Premier League Archive 9:00am Premier League Archive 10:00am Premier League Archive 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Info not available 12:30pm Pl Archive 1:00pm Premier League Archive 2:00pm Premier League Archive 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Premier League Archive 8:30pm Premier League 9:00pm Football Years 9:30pm Football Countdowns 10:00pm Premier League Special 11:00pm Premier League Archive 11:30pm Premier League Archive 12:00am Info not available 12:30am Premier League Archive 1:00am Football Years

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

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wild UK 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Food: Truth or Scare 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Red Rock 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Money for Nothing 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The Farmers' Countryside Showdown 8:30pm Fugitives 9:00pm Wild Alaska Live 10:00pm Panorama 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Room 101 12:25am Supermarket Shopping Secrets 12:55am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:00am BBC News

7:00am The TV That Made Me 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am Great British Menu 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 2:00pm Lifeline 2:15pm Two Tribes 2:45pm A Taste of Britain 3:30pm The Best Dishes Ever 4:00pm This Wild Life 4:30pm Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals 5:30pm Swimming 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Letterbox 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm The Sweet Makers: A Georgian Treat 10:00pm Against the Law 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Cleverman 1:05am Who Do You Think You Are? 2:10am Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston's Casebook 3:05am 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 Royal Welsh Show 9:00pm Norman Wisdom: His Story 10:00pm Hyper Evolution: The Rise of the Robots 11:00pm Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams 12:00am The Renaissance Unchained 1:00am Tails You Win: The Science of Chance 2:00am Voyages of Discovery Historical documentary series which looks at some of history's most momentous voyages. 3:00am Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams 4:00am Hyper Evolution: The Rise of the Robots

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THE former Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP made a very short visit to Gibraltar in order to update himself on a number of matters. In a short period of time he met the Chief and Deputy Chief Ministers, Attorney General and Governor to learn more about Brexit as it affects the Rock and to acquaint himself with the border problems.

VISIT La Sala Gibraltar this Saturday when Dave Largie recreates the sound of Barry White, the performer who sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Enjoy a terrific meal and exotic cocktails or fine wine at La Sala Gibraltar which is situated on board the luxurious Sunborn Yacht Hotel. For reservations visit www.LaSalaGibraltar.com or call +350 200 16870.

Fabian Picardo said: “The work we are doing is very advanced. We are dealing with the substance of the requirements to be met for a seamless transition from EU single market access to bilateral UK/Gibraltar market access. “I am very pleased with progress so far and the real, substantive, full involvement we are engaged in on the work being done for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union pursuant to the decision of the referendum of the British people.”

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and HM Treasury also agreed to continue to work closely together on financial services, committing to a programme of work on insurance and discussed Gibraltar’s proposals for tax treaties. It has been agreed to put in place a mechanism for ensuring that Gibraltar is consulted on the Free Trade Agreements the UK plans to negotiate outside the EU. This will build upon the existing mechanisms by which Gibraltar is currently consulted on a treaty-by-treaty basis when it comes to international treaties. Chief Minister

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Another Brexit meeting THE third meeting of the Joint Ministerial Council on Brexit between the UK and Gibraltar governments took place in London. Various members of both governments attended at the same time that talks were also taking place between the UK and the EU in Brussels. The talks moved on to a new phase with an agreement to establish a working group to discuss gambling. The government of Gibraltar

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THE government and people of Gibraltar were unimpressed with comments made by King Felipe during his visit to the UK. The fact he referred to democracy whilst apparently ignoring the views of Gibraltarians prompted Fabian Picardo to say “Our freely expressed democratic wishes must be respected and that means understanding Gibraltar will remain 100 per cent British.”

Health authority AFTER overspending by more than £14 million last year, the Gibraltar Health Authority has been instructed to reduce spending immediately. The current Minister of Health who has recently taken over the portfolio described the overspend as “staggering” and was part of an endemic lack of financial control that dates back years.

Rubbish is out IN an effort to reduce the amount of waste that is left unsorted, a £10 million eco-park expansion project is planned for the old incinerator site. If this goes ahead, it will look to sort waste and increase recycling with the possible creation of 60 new jobs.

New party to come FORMER member of the Gibraltar Social Democrat Party and daughter of the late Sir Joshua Hassan, Marlene Hassan Nahon remains in parliament as an independent. She has however told the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation that a new political movement will be announced within the next three months.

FROM LEFT: Robin Walker MP, Fabian Picardo, Sir Alan Duncan MP and Joseph Garcia.

THE Gibraltar government is one of the main sponsors of the Miss Gibraltar Pageant and the Minister Steven Linares made cheque presentations to the winners. Jodie Garcia, Miss Gibraltar 2017 received a cheque for £1,000 as did first Princess Tessa Britto whilst second Princess Sian Dean received £500. Mr Linares wished Miss Gibraltar and her two Princesses all the very best in their year

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MINISTER LINARES distributing the Miss Gibraltar cheques.

Kayley thanked for her wonderful work. ahead and also presented a cheque to Miss Gibraltar 2016 Kayley Mifsud for £1,000, being her prize money balance due on completion of her reign. The minister made a point of thanking Kayley for the wonderful work she had done during her reign.

Spain occupies town on Portuguese border AS Spain repeats its demands for Gibraltar and with King Felipe on record as requesting its return, little is mentioned of Olivenza. The town was first occupied by the Portuguese in 1170 and had a chequered life passing to the Moors, Spanish and Knights Templars until it was ceded by S p a i n t o P o r t u g a l i n t h e Tr e a t y o f A l c a ñ i c e s i n 1297. This state of affairs continued until 1801 when the French and Spanish invaded Portugal and under the Treaty of Badajoz, the town was ceded to and occupied by Spain. Despite the fact that Portugal claimed in 1815 that Spain had breached the treaty and asked for the return of Olivenza, Spain rejected this, relying on the terms of what they consider to be a legally binding treaty and continue to occupy the town to the present day. A s i m i l a r s i t u a t i o n p e r h a p s t o t h e Tr e a t y o f Utrecht which gave Gibraltar to Britain in perpetuity.

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A meeting involving business with a senior person brings great benefits. You are wrong to be afraid of asking for what you want because it is necessary. Do not bottle things up. Consider that you have little to lose. When dealing with legal matters, you are well advised to read the small print and look at the timescales involved.

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Phone apps for learning Spanish WITH temperatures soaring, it’s getting harder to keep cool right now. Perhaps it’s time to be brave, strip off those clothes and head to one of these nudist beaches - no clothes required, but don’t forget your sunblock! 1. Rosetta Stone A great tool, especially if you are brand new to Spanish and want to develop a strong base of vocabulary and grammar. Well-structured and moving at a reasonably slow pace, use every day for a few months and you will learn to speak, read, write and understand basic words and phrases. 2. Babbel While some language learning apps are set up like a game, Babbel is set up more like instruction. Babbel started out as a social network site dedicated to language and this is still an active component. You can contact other users and with a wide and diverse user base, the chances of finding someone who will act as a mentor (in return for some help with their English) is high.

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3. Memrise This app uses a repetitive training method to build vocabulary in a new language in fun, easy ways. It uses audio and video of native language speakers to help users learn basic vocabulary. The Pro version may be useful for users who have moved past the basic levels and are seriously committed to learning Spanish. 4. Busuu Busuu uses flashcards, listening and interpreting sessions and quizzes, similar to those you might find in a real classroom. There is also a social aspect to the app and when you write Spanish phrases, they are sent to native speakers for feedback. 5. Duolingo This app is not a stand-alone language course but it is a great addition to the toolbox when you’re learning Spanish. The exercises cover reading, writing, listening, and speaking. You can turn off the speaking exercises if you’re in a place where you can’t talk out loud. There is no live interaction with other students or teachers in Duolingo.

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A recent journey has revealed possibilities. It is in this week that you will realise their potential. Nowhere is this truer than your romantic life, which is on the up. Someone who would not normally attract you comes into your sphere or may have done so last week.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A strong romantic flow to your week could be interrupted. This is because there are some business matters that really do need your attention. Although it is not a particularly good time to make firm financial commitments, there are areas to work on. These are mainly associated with saving money and reorganising.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This really is a week to get to grips with any healthy eating or exercise regimes. Owing to the influence of Mars, you are in a vigorous and determined mood. You find that your added confidence and healthy glow are attractive to the opposite sex.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) This is a spiritual week and you will be likely to want comfort. Give yourself time alone to look at the world around you and enjoy what it has to offer. As the weekend approaches, you will be able to get more into the mainstream and enjoy the company of others.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) All may not be what it seems this week and you need to be a little more realistic. This is particularly true when it comes to romance and close ties. Having the wool pulled over your eyes is not desirable and could even see you trip up. A different kind of trip, possibly over a long

distance, may bring you face to face with an old friend or relative

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Being at odds with someone close has given you pause for thought. This would be a good time to change the situation for the better. Offering the olive branch is your best approach, but be sure that you are sincere. Sometimes, you are a book easily read.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Such a time of expansion comes rarely, but now you are being handed opportunities. Be sure to make the most of them by being organised enough to take full advantage. With your energy high, you are in a position to steam ahead with plans. Should others feel left out you can find a place for them.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Having had such a busy time recently you may be craving a quiet period. I am afraid this will have to wait at the moment. Small snatches at tranquillity are possible but the pressure is still on.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Have you been too busy to spend time on yourself? Get your looks and health back on track by using this week to good effect. Revamp your diet and exercise as required. Spend time with people who are supportive and share the same interests.

SAGITARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Some difficulty in your love life will need to be handled carefully. Unforeseen developments could take you by surprise (especially if you haven't read this in time). Your need is to avoid telling white lies to get out of a situation. Given time, most situations in this category will ease.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Meetings and travel dominate this week. Being with those who stimulate and inform will be even more worthwhile than usual. A trip that you are not looking forward to can bring added bonuses. Looking to further education at this time, could see you starting a course.

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THE zoo is almost empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy after an almost perfect day. Then, what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate, minutes before closing time, sends her sprinting back into the zoo with her child in her arms. For the next three hours, she keeps on running. J o a n ’s i n t i m a t e k n o w l edge of her son and of the zoo itself - from the hidden pathways and under-renovation exhibits to the best spots on the carousel and overstocked snack machines - is all that keeps them a step ahead of danger. This is an electrifying novel about the primal bond between a mother and her son and the lengths she’ll go to protect him.

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1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold of the war. 1731 – Spain signs Treaty of Vienna. The treaty pitted France and Spain on one side against Great Britain and Austria on the other. 1773 – Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada). 1814 – English engineer George Stephenson introduces the first steam locomotive. 1840 – Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada. 1904 – Having taken 13 years, the 4,607 mile, TransSiberian railway is completed. 1911 – American explorer, Hiram Bingham, discovers Machu Picchu - the Lost City of the Incas. 1943 – Benito Mussolini dismissed as Italian Premier and arrested on the authority of King Victor Emmanuel III. 1944 – Second World War: Operation Spring - one of Canada’s bloodiest days, 18,444 casualties and 5,021 killed. 1969 –Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from Apollo 11 land on the moon. Broadcast live globally and watched by 530 million. 1978 – Louise Brown, the world’s first test tube baby, is born at Oldham General Hospital in England.

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• Josh Holloway (48) July performed songs like The First 20 TV Actor Cut is the Deepest and Wild This model turned actor, World. In 1978, he gave up his played the role of sarcastic music career, changed his name to Yusuf Islam, and donated all James ‘Sawyer’ Ford on the hit TV show, Lost. In of his guitars in order to dedicate 2013, he landed the lead his life to Islam. role in the CBS drama, • Willem Dafoe (62) July 22 Intelligence. He also Movie Actor Josh Holloway This actor has become known appeared in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. for playing bizarre roles in The Boondock • Cat Stevens (69) July 21 Folk Singer Saints, Wild at Heart, and The Hunter. He This folk singer-songwriter wrote and earned an MTV Movie Award nomination

for Best Villain for his role as Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in the 2002 film, Spider-Man. • Daniel Radcliffe (28) July 23 Movie Actor This actor is best-known for playing schoolboy wizard, Harry Potter, in the Harry Potter film franchise. He has also played leading roles in films The Woman in Black, Kill Your Darlings and Horns. • Jennifer Lopez (48) July 24 Pop Singer Known as J-Lo, she has sold over 20

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million records worldwide. She released her debut album in 1999 and followed it up with the certified quadruple platinum album, J.Lo, in 2001. Her best-known songs include Waiting for Tonight, Love Don’t Cost a Thing and Jenny from the Block. • Matt LeBlanc (50) July 25 TV Actor Probably best-known for his portrayal of dimwit actor, Joey Tribbiani, on Friends. He won the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series Comedy for his performance in Episodes.

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DVD Kong: Skull Island Directed by: Jordan VogtRoberts. Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson, John C Reilly and John Goodman. The producers of Godzilla reimagine the origins of one the most powerful monster myths of all time. This original adventure tells the story of a diverse team of scientists, soldiers and adventurers uniting to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific, as beautiful as it is treacherous. Cut off from everything they know, the team ventures into the domain of the mighty Kong, sparking the ultimate battle between man and nature. As their mission of discovery becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape a primal Eden from which they don’t belong.

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Building an appetite for sports nutrition NEW research has revealed that more people than ever are using sports nutrition products. Once used only by athletes, resea r c h b y Mi n t e l , th e w o rld ’s lead i n g m a r k e t i n tellig en ce agen c y, sh o we d t h a t a lmo s t three in 10 Brits (27 per cent) use sports nutrition products such a s p r o t e i n b a rs , p ro tein powders for a drink, energy bars and su p p l e m e n t ca p s u le s , tablets and sachets. The number rose t o 3 9 p e r c e n t a mo n g s t those who regularly exercised more than once a week. It is the UK’s young men who show the strongest use of sports nutrition products, with three in five men (61 per cent) aged 1634 saying they use such products. Over one in three men (35 per cent) aged 16-34 said they exercised four times a week or more, compared to 26 per cent of women of the same age. Usage amongst women was increasing

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with two in five (40 per cent) aged 16-34 reported using sports nutrition products wi t h a dr am at i c i ncr ease i n t hei r use. While only 7 per cent of women aged 1624 used protein powders for drinks in 2015, this has more than doubled in 2017 to 18 per cent. Currently, the top three sports nutrition products are protein bars (11 per cent), followed by protein powders for a drink (10 per cent) and energy bars (9 per cent). The Mintel report states that while usage remains strong, as many as 63 per cent of users admitted they were unable to really tell if they were benefiting from the product and 72 per cent would like to see an industrywide certification that ensures quality of ingredients showing that consumers’ current scrutiny of food and drink extends to sports nutrition. Despite the popularity of these products, around half (48 per cent) of all Brits believe there is no need for extra protein in a balanced diet and a quarter of all those questioned admitted they never exercised.

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Avoid an upset stomach this summer SUMMER is a time for travel, fun and exploration, but for some it signals a time of sickness. Around 60 per cent of travellers will suffer from an acute intestinal infection that causes severe diarrhoea commonly known as ‘traveller’s diarrhoea.’ In four out of 10 cases, it even forces the sufferer to change the course of their journey and may require bed rest for several days. It can also cause vomiting, abdominal pain and fever. In 90 per cent of cases, traveller’s diarrhoea has its origin in intestinal infections produced by bacteria from contaminated food and beverages. Several studies indicate that the destination of the trip is the major risk factor associated with this infection, which usually appears during the first week of stay in a

foreign country. Intestinal problems are one of the most frequent reasons for medical visits during travel with a higher number of cases of traveller’s diarrhoea occurring in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, South and Central America, and the underdeveloped countries in Africa. Low-risk areas, with less than 5 per cent, are North and Central Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. To help combat traveller’s diarrhoea, Spanish pharmaceuticals company Ferrer, has developed Xilaplus, a health product formulated from components of natural origin including an ac-

tive ingredient extracted from tamarind which forms a protective barrier in the intestine, rapidly reducing symptoms and nausea. But you can also try and avoid contracting traveller’s diarrhoea by avoiding eating from street vendors, don’t eat raw or undercooked meat, fish and shellfish, only drink bottled water and use it to clean your teeth and avoid ice in drinks. Beware of sliced fruit and vegetables that may have been washed in contaminated water so try and opt for fruit you can peel such as bananas and oranges.

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Chronic pain What is chronic pain and what are the most common types? Chronic pain is the feeling of your body hurting over an extended period. There are several types of chronic pain; however, the most common are those that affect the joints and bones. What are the consequences of chronic pain? 1 in 5 people experience chronic pain. It is a serious issue as it can have a dramatically negative effect on quality of life. It affects your ability to carry out everyday activities and it has an impact on your mobility and indeed on your rest because it interrupts sleep. Chronic pain involves a physical component, but it also has psychological and emotional consequences. What remedies are available for combating chronic pain? Remedies conventionally used have been surgery and medication. Nevertheless, both have their drawbacks. The problem with medication is that it needs to be taken indefinitely, it has side

effects and it is contraindicated for certain patients. When it comes to surgery, anaesthesia is needed and the risks are far greater; hence, it is reserved for very specific cases. Fortunately, there is now a safe, reliable and effective alternative: the Fotona laser. By applying heat, the laser stimulates cell regeneration, it repairs and encourages the growth of new tissue, it boosts immune response and it provides an anti-inflammatory effect (easing the feeling of pain). The treatment is painless and is performed entirely without the need for surgery. For what types of chronic pain is Fotona laser treatment suitable? The technique is extremely safe and has a 94% success rate. It can be applied in order to solve chronic tennis elbow pain, chronic neck and lower back pain, intercostal neuralgia, knee and ankle arthrosis, gouty arthritis, chronic shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, bursitis, plantar fasciitis, groin injury and sacralgia.

If you have any questions for Doctor Mario Arques, please send them to: info@arquesclinic.com

Will you suffer hearing OVER 70 per cent of Spaniards will suffer from barotrauma this summer. Barotraumna is a common complaint of the ear and is caused by increased air or water pressure, such as during flights and scuba diving. This pressure change causes discomfort and leads to perforations of the eardrum which can often heal on its own, but this can take weeks and hearing may be affected during this time. In Spain, around 40 per cent will suffer when travelling by plane or train, while 31 per cent will be as a result of bathing in the pool or sea, with the number of cases increasing during the summer when more time is spent travelling, swimming and being at the beach. Summer is also the season in which 36 per cent more Spaniards suffer from earaches, according to data from a recent study by Oi2 Hearing Centres. They also looked at the awareness of hearing protection and found that 79 per cent of Spaniards said they did protect their ears in summer with different measures. Among them, 20 per cent avoided being exposed to loud noises; 18 per cent tried to keep their ears dry during swimming; 17 per cent avoided contact of water through the use of earplugs; 14 per cent said they avoided unhealthy waters and do not bathe in unhealthy waters; while the remaining 10 per cent claimed they didn’t use cotton buds in their ears. In contrast, 21 per cent of respondents said they did not take any action to protect their ears during the summer. The Oi2 said that although awareness of the risks is increasing, there is still a long way to go in terms of awareness of the damage hearing can suffer in the summer.

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Ask the Optician: The influence of eye colour on your health Amrik Sappal, Store Director from Specsavers Opticas Fuengirola Last month, an interesting article was published in the Independent in the UK revealed some links between eye colour and health. We’ve had quite a few questions on the topic as a result, so we wanted to make this the topic of this month’s column. What do I need to watch for if I have blue or light coloured eyes? According to a representative of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, blue or light coloured eyes could increase your risk of eye cancer because there is less pigment to protect them from UV rays. However, please note that this cancer is very rare. It’s easy to protect your eyes with sunglasses, just make sure they offer maximum UV protection and combine with a hat. I have dark eyes, does this mean I don’t need to protect my eyes from the sun? No matter what your eye colour you need to protect your eyes from the sun, as it can do damage including increasing your risk of macular degeneration and causing Pinguecula and Pterygium. A

2000 study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology found that dark-eyed people had a 1.5 to 2.5 times greater risk of cataracts. Protecting your eyes from ultraviolet rays is one of the crucial steps of cataract prevention for anyone, but the researchers recommend dark-eyed sunbathers take particular caution. My eye colour has changed, is this a problem? If you see any changes to the colour of the whites of your eyes, such as reddening or the whites turning a more yellow colour it can be an indication of allergies, or liver problems. Any changes to the appearance of your eyes or your vision should be reported to your optician or your doctor to rule out any issues.

Specsavers Opticas is located in Marbella and Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. To find your nearest store and book an eye test visit www.specsavers.es.

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New for summer - sandals as comfy as they are stylish! Introducing Vionic sandals at the Bodyworks Clinic. Podiatrist approved, designed in style By Estelle Mitchell www.thebodyworksclinic.com Good foundations IT’S not news that for many people an insole or orthotic in their shoe will make their feet (ankles, knees, hips, backs . . . ) more comfortable. So many people can tell a story about flat feet, fallen arches, ankle pain . . . And most of the time they wear trainers or good shoes

to help. But then the sun starts shining. Hot feet Who wants to wear sensible shoes in summer right? So now you don’t have to choose between style and comfort - you can have both! Each and every sandal has an in-built orthotic with Vionic’s newest biomechanical innovation. Incorporating a deep heel cup, a contoured arch and first ray flexor technology these will correct and support flat and high arch feet and everything in between.

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You can now wear heels, confident your podiatrist will approve. Heels too! With Vionic’s specially crafted Elevated Support Footbed, you can now wear heels, confident that your podiatrist and physiotherapist openly approve! Beach to work to party

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Are there any benefits to swimming in the sea? In general, bathing and swimming in the sea does have health benefits. Playing sports, when it is safe to do so, in the water is also highly beneficial. Salt water aids blood circulation and is also good for a person’s skin. Are there groups of people who are at risk when swimming in the sea? There are certain people for which swimming in the sea could pose risks. The very elderly with severe mobility issues or people with breathing and heart problems could encounter problems when swimming in the sea. However, if the activity is light and controlled by a professional it can still be beneficial. Can it help with medical problems? Any activity carried out

in the sea can be beneficial, and also help a person recuperate from joint diseases, a traffic accident or pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. This is due to the exercises carried out using a wide variety of muscles which can help build fitness and strength. Can swimming in the sea worsen symptoms of diseases/medical problems? While carrying out activities in the sea can be beneficial, many people who suffer from heart disease could see their symptoms worse, especially if the physical activity is intense and can lead to thoracic pains or a drowning feeling. This can also happen to people who suffer with severe respiratory diseases, who can see their condition worsen by carrying out activities in the sea.

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Have you tried the new Casa Kon-Tiki yet? CASA KON-TIKI is ready for the busy summer season after reopening at Easter following a five-week refurbishment. Named after the sun god of the Incas, Casa Kon-Tiki intends to be a shining light this summer in Fuengirola with customers old and new enjoying quality food and drink in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. The well-known restaurant near to the sea front has a newly fitted kitchen, from which its menu has been proving popular, coupled with the dedicated and experienced team who are preparing delicious food with the front of house staff offering first class table service. Open continuously from midday until 11pm every day of the week, this spacious restaurant offers drinks and food both on an airy patio or inside the well-presented restaurant. Lunch times are proving particularly popular currently with the budget busting €5 lunch time menu now being served from 12-6pm Monday to Friday with 10 home cooked meals available all

costing just €5. It may be hot outside, but many of us still have that urge for a traditional Sunday roast and that is exactly what Casa Kon-Tiki offers every Sunday, from €6.95, with bookings recommended due to its popularity. For those looking for something lighter, now is the perfect time to enjoy to enjoy a light bite or a spot of tapas with a cool and refreshing drink. Tapas dishes cost just €1.50 with prices hard to be beaten elsewhere. The tapas menu includes dishes such as meatballs, pork pate, nuggets, ham croquettes, garlic mushrooms, Russian salad, patatas bravas, Spanish omelette and seafood salad. This is exactly the ethos of Casa Kon-Tiki; to offer quality, value for money food in attractive and welcoming surroundings. But it is not just the food that makes this an economical place to visit, but the fully stocked bar offers draught beer and Strongbow cider at €1.95 a pint, a decent glass of wine at €1.50 and tea or coffee at €1.

All are welcome to visit including well-behaved dogs for those eating on the patio and with the ability to seat up to 100 people, inside and out, the restaurant is available for large bookings for family and company celebrations. There is music in the background but it is not intrusive and the team encourages all those who have not done so to visit the new Casa Kon-Tiki and make it once again your regular. Casa Kon-Tiki Calle Francisco Cano, 29, Fuengirola Call: 678 292 792 Follow them on Facebook

HOMELY FOOD: Quality value for money food served daily.

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TO some extent, a large number of the tributes who play the Costa del Sol are individual singers performing with backing tracks to a generally very high standard. They also tend to be either ‘crooner’ or pop star tributes but when you move into the realm of rock, the situation changes quite dramatically. On August 26, the Estepona Bull Ring will welcome three of the finest tribute bands who are dedicated to performing the music of their heroes in a manner which is true to the original but with the benefit of today’s modern equipment. The bands appearing will be Whole Lotta Led, Deeper Purple and Think Floyd and Lewis Hall, bassist with Think Floyd and longest serving member of the band spoke to Euro Weekly News about their background and their plans for Estepona. Originally formed in 1994, the band was semi-professional and beginning to feel their age by the time that 21-year-old Lewis joined them in 2001. Within a couple of years, the original members handed over their mantle to the next generation of Floyd aficionados who turned fully professional and honed their performance to as near perfection as possible. Original Floyd drummer, Nick Mason has

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THINK FLOYD in performance. been quoted as saying “Brilliant! - They are really good” and then rather generously “better than we are.” The band believe it important that their sound matches the original sound of the Floyd over the decades and they believe that thanks to improvements in computer equipment, they can actually reproduce certain effects and sounds live more accurately than the band at the time could achieve. Although a four-piece, they tour with a female singer, sound man and lighting engineer in order to be able to present a really good

WISH you w ere here. and enjoyable show. Things will be slightly different for the Estepona event as they will not be able to use

their own lighting rig but they have performed a number of outdoor concerts and have played in Spain on more than one occasion, their last performance here being at the Rhodes Rock Festival when it transferred to Benalmadena. It is likely that Think Floyd will perform last as their music which is taken from a whole range of the Pink Floyd catalogue is somewhat more chilled than the heavy rock of the other two bands and they love the thought of playing in the open air as the sun sets over the Mediterranean. Lewis is a little worried about the heat during the afternoon sound check and admits that there may be a few long haired musicians wearing plenty of sunscreen and floppy hats which may not quite live up to the Rock and Roll lifestyle. “We are delighted to be able to play this gig as the Spanish seem to be very at home with English language songs and if our last visit is anything to go by, this should be a great event,” said Lewis who with the band are performing all over the UK for the next four months with just this one visit to Spain. For more details on the band please visit www.thinkfloyd.net and to buy tickets call 674 909 202 or see www.pinkpurplezepfest.com.

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WHILST judges will decide the final winner of the First Estepona International Contest of Mural Artists on July 20, a sneak preview of one unique piece has been released. Francisco Redondo, an Asturian artist and winner of the second Ibero-American Biennial of Graphic Design for an illustrated book for the blind, is the creator of a mural that combines braille and pictograms so that people with visual problems can enjoy the art. The mural, which will be installed on the ground floor of a building on Calle Malaga, will be seven metres long and two metres high and consists of several dolphins in the sea as symbols of the seafaring history of the town. Those taking part in the competition are hoping to win the first prize of €10,000 although for many, to be able to add their huge ‘footprint’ on Estepona - which encourages rather than bans artistic expression of this type - the very inclusion of their own special

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THE BRAILLE dolphins by Francisco Redondo. work of art is far more important. Those taking part in the competition are from all over Spain (with one Barcelona b a s e d p a i r h a i l i n g f r o m A rgentina and Japan) and are a

wide mixture of graffiti artists and fine artists who have the vision to translate their concepts onto the sides of tall buildings. When this challenge is completed, Estepona will have

nearly 50 different wall murals of all types which can be enjoyed by residents and visitors alike and if this competition is as successful as the organisers hope then it is likely that more will be held in the future.

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Tribute to Andy Warhol TO commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of pop art icon Andy Warhol, a special exhibition of his work will run at the Art Wanson Gallery. The Gallery is based at the Marbella Club Hotel and runs until September 6 with images from some of his most famous work including Marilyn Monroe and the Campbell’s Soup Tin. Never one to follow the crowd or to be obvious, he even stopped signing his own pictures, instead using a rubber stamp on the back of each piece which simply stated “fill in your own signature” and works with the rubber stamp rank equally importantly with those that do have his signature. Standard Suite Cuba is inspired by a story by writer Wendy Guerra and places Marilyn in Havana in the last years of the dictatorship of Batista. The work by Cuban artist Abril is printed on coated paper and shows a Caribbean Marilyn, dressed in traditional Cuban headdress smoking a cigar as tribute to Warhol.

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IF music be the food of love, play on Marbella as July and August will be welcoming musicians of all types to the city. Whatever your musical taste someone is bound to appeal as there is a different performance almost every day from now until the last week in August with artists from Spain and the UK, not forgetting the USA. Detailed below are the July events and next week we will cover the

first two weeks of August. July 20 – Sir Elton John July 21 – Manuel Carrasco July 21 – George Benson July 25 – The Bootleg Beatles July 26 – The Pretenders July 29 - Antonio Jose July 30 – Disney in Concert July 31 – Carlos Vive There are also a number of late night performances by Latin American DJs and bands to fill the gap between concerts.

Moment of reflection MULTI-AWARD winning American singer-songwriter Arthur Ira Garfunkel took to the natural stage of Nagueles as part of this year’s Starlite festival. Best-known for his folk-rock duo, Simon & Garfunkel, Art Garfunkel has accumulated one top 10, three top 20’s and six top 40 hits. Through solo and collaborative work, he has earned six Grammy awards since he began his mu-

He has earned six Grammy awards throughout his career. sical career in 1968. The concert began with acoustic interpretations of ‘Perfect Moment,’ ‘A Heart in NY’ and ‘All I Know.’ The crowd

seemed not to notice as the 75-year-old singer cracked on the higher notes of each piece. To show appreciation to the sympathetic and grateful audience that attended the concert, Garfunkel invited his son, Art Garfunkel Junior, to end the show with a duo almost reminiscent of his former band with ‘Smile’ and ‘Let it Be Me.’

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JESUS SEGADO and two of his models. FOR those who enjoy the excitement of London and New York Fashion Weeks, prepare for two very special days in Marbella. The first ‘Marbella Fashion Week’ will take place in the very appropriate venue of Avenida Lola Flores in Puerto Banus on Friday and Saturday. The Marbella Council and the Department of Tourism are pleased to be promoting this sector so closely associated with luxury, exclusivity and international trends with a number of world class designers showing their latest creations. Sponsored by BPW a multi-faceted company based in the United Arab Emirates, the event has also attracted support from a

number of luxury companies involved in fine wine, dining and automobiles. Friday sees a selection of new children’s clothes from Russian designer Stefania Pinyagina, followed by Hamza Ben Sabih who shares his time between Marbella and Tangier and designs for Marcano. The catwalk will then be graced by models wearing the Haute Couture designed by Malaga-based Jesus Segado finishing with the iconic and somewhat eccentric designs of Aghata Ruiz de la Prada, Marquis of Castelldosríus and Baroness of Santa Pau. Saturday welcomes the dramatic and timeless designs of Oumaima Haute Couture from Tetuan and continues with Javier

Alcántara renowned for his Andalucian inspired wedding dresses and the parade is completed by international couture designer Abed Mahfouz from Beirut who will also receive an award in recognition of his work. The whole event will be hosted by Jacqueline Campos and a number of the models will parade to the music of violinist Quike Navarro. The Malaga Fashion Week sponsored by Larios and now in its seventh year regularly attracts 15,000 and Marbella hopes that its move into fashion will grow to match its neighbour city. For more details of the events, visit the Marbella Fashion Week Facebook page.

PART OF the Brian Travers exh ibition.

Music and Art, a perfect combination AT one t i m e, UB40 wer e one of t he m ost popul ar bands in the UK with their take on Birmingham Reggae but like many groups, they fell out and some members now only meet in court.

Ali Campbell tends to be the most recognised member of t he band as he was the main singer, but when he left, he and the existing m em ber s bot h want ed t o cont i nue t o per f or m as UB40. There are two Campbell brothers in one band and Ali Campbell in the other and both have been relatively unpleasant about each-other’s work with Ali dismissing his brothers’ band as a not very good tribute version. Despite all of this the two brothers are touring extensively throughout Europe under the name UB40 and have had four dates in Spain although none brought them to the Costa del Sol. Brian Travers, original saxophonist since the band formed in 1978 is still touring in this current version but has al so r em em ber ed that he is a talented artist and came to Spain early to present the very first public exhibition of his paintings at the H10 Andalucia Plaza Hotel which is available to view until Sunday August 6. Having studied art at college in Birmingham, he preferred to make his career in music, but like so many other m usi ci ans l i ke Ronni e Wood, Davi d Bowi e and Tony Bennett, his artistic streak has called him back to canvas and sculpture.

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The fair is coming to town THE Cala de Mijas Fair opens on Friday and runs until the following Tuesday in what promises to be a fun-filled event with plenty for everyone. Mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado and the councillor of Fiestas, Tamara Vera announced the event whilst welcoming much-respected actor Eduardo Gómez. During the announcement, local Fla me nc o da nc e r A lva ro M ore no showed his skill and prowess to the enjoyment of those present. “I hope you enjoy these magnific e nt da ys w ith your fa milie s a nd friends. La Cala shows the world its kindest face and is made, even more if possible, the most attractive coastline of the Costa del Sol,” said Mayor Maldonado whilst welcoming the special guests. H is c olle a gue Ta ma ra Ve ra e xplained that the programme is designed for young and old alike and La Cala is the ideal place to enjoy all the fun of the fair and to get a chance to see some the local artists who have been invited to join in. There will be free performances in the munic ipa l pa vilion by Efe c to Pasillo, La Unión, Radio Macandé and Alejados and a free photo booth

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EDUARDO GOMEZ, Tamara Vera, Juan Maldonado and Alvaro Moreno. so that visitors can enjoy a souvenir of their night at the Fair. The traditional children’s party will take place on Monday July 24 and that will coincide with the reduced price of €1.50 for all of the rides and attractions that day. The elderly will not be forgotten and will

have their own special dinner. Without doubt there will be a party atmosphere in the town, with locals dressed in traditional costumes whilst the children persuade their sometimes reluctant parents to try many of the rides and to buy the usual tasty treats.

Andy Abraham plays Nat King Cole ANDY ABRAHAM the runner up in the 2005 X Factor TV programme will be performing at the Moonlight Bar in Benalmadena next Thursday.

Having represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest as well as recording and performing around Europe on a regular basis the former bus

driver will be presenting his own interpretation of the Nat King Cole Songbook. Tickets for the concert which sees doors open at 8pm cost

€20 and can be obtained by calling the ticket hotline on 600 873 147, www.eventbrite.com or at the Sunset Beach Hotel leisure desk.

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ANA MENA will appear at Los 40 Principales.

Another free concert THE Spanish music website Los 40 organises a summer tour of up and coming artists each year and will be making its fourth visit to Marbella next Sunday. Supported by the Marbella Council, the Los 40 Principa le s na tionw ide tour w ill ma ke its only s top on the Costa del Sol and with four bands and DJ Óscar Martínez compering and closing the free event. It is sure to attract a large

audience to the Paseo Maritimo in Pue rto B a nus wi t h e ve rything kic king off at 10pm. The performers appearing are David Otero (former member of El Canto del Loco) who is promoting his latest CD, Marlon, a five-piece band who love the Beatles and the Stones, Bromas Aparte, another five-piece who hail from Madrid as well as actress singer Ana Mena.

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Comfort food DOUBLE-MICHELIN star chef Dani Garcia has opened a new restaurant on Bulevar Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe in Marbella, drawing elements from traditional cuisine he experienced as a child. Garcia stated that the new concept restaurant, ‘Lobito de Mar,’ is both “popular and affordable” yet the “most complex, difficult and brave” challenge he has faced during 20 years as a chef. The venue boasts a capacity of 200 people and a terrace reserved for a maximum of 30 guests. The chef explained the “beautiful memories” he based his menu on: “On those Saturday mornings when I went with my parents to buy fresh seafood, at dawn casting the net with my father and friends on the Pozuelo beach and trying my first fish skewers, prepared and roasted with a passion like I’ve never seen anyone cook with before.” The average price per head is €45 in the main dining room and from €25 to €30 for tapas by the bar. His new restaurant will sport French oysters, white shrimp from Malaga and fresh fish from the Atlantic. For a more theatrical dining experience, Garcia offers live lobsters cooked by frying, grilling or baked in honeyed rice. Alongside the extensive seafood menu Lobito de Mar offers 450 different wines, cocktails and sangria.

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Operating costs now account for over 50 per cent of turnover GOOD FOOD, GOOD WINE AND GOOD FRIENDS WITH

GARRY WAITE

UNNING a restaurant business can be a precarious thing to do as many readers can probably testify. Overheads, as with all businesses, can be a killer and the age old adage has never been truer; ‘it’s not what you take, it’s how much it costs you to take it.’

Here in Spain, not unlike several European countries, the biggest overheads are staff and more importantly social security, currently running at 42 per cent of salary. The report carried out by ALMR Christie & Co Benchmarking Report says “that while there is confidence in the UK market, overheads have now risen to over 50 per cent.” Now I am not sure where they are getting their figures, but in my many years experience the average restaurant works on the following percentages. Thirty three per cent food and

beverage costs and if you are very lucky your wage bill will come in at around 2530 per cent. With average other expenses, rent, light, sundries, repairs and renewals, legal etc accounting for a further 10 - 15 per cent that would show total overheads running at 75-80 per cent. This, in principal, shows a gross operating profit of 20 - 25 per cent which is quite acceptable. So I am intrigued as to where the report finds overheads of 50 per cent which means a gross operating profit of - 50 per cent? Maybe it’s me!

You rang M’ Lud? WHEN the first mobile phones came out I admit to being one of the people that wanted to play with this new toy! My first one was actually a car phone. The set was built into the armrest area with the mechanics in the boot of the car. It had no dialling facility you just lifted the receiver and your call was directed to a Telecom operator who placed your call for you. There was so few of us in my home town at that time the operators knew our positions most of the day and we would leave messages with them to pass on. What fun! Then my first mobile phone over here was in the 90’s working for the BBC on Eldorado. A few of us were given the old ‘bricks’ as a means of keeping in touch. But who at that time thought the mobile phone would become the most important piece of equipment that we Open Sesame would possess. You can pay bills with it, control your house from it, see people at your door when you’re not there, send e-mails, messages, photos, listen to music, watch TV the list goes on. Now you can open doors with it! Well hotel doors anyway. Hilton has begun a roll-out of digital keys across its UK estate, allowing guests to open room doors using their phone. So far nine Hilton hotels in the UK are employing the beacon technology, which is retrofitted to room locks and allows a guest to open their door when their phone is within range. Some 100 hotels are expected to feature the digital key by the end of the year, with the entire Hilton estate offering the service by mid-2018. Those currently using digital keys include Hilton London Tower Bridge, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London ExCel and the recently opened Hampton by

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.

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I wasn’t born to follow and I’m not sure I was born to lead, but of what I am certain, is that I was born to fight my way through life - and win. Anon

2nd is the 1st loser

Jess Folley beat the rest to become the Best - Voice Kids ITV. AT a time when schools in the UK are changing the face of sports days by taking away the competitive spirit by declaring there are no winners or losers, just participants. What a lot of tosh! I thought schools were meant to prepare children for the real world. A world where they will face competition on a daily basis no matter what they do. I was always led to believe that second was the first loser! Competition is good and anyone watching the Voice Kids over the weekend saw it at its best. Twelve talented children whittled down to six with only one winner. Camaraderie and benevolence at its best. Adults could learn about being gracious in defeat as those 11 – 13-year-old children were.

Common sense prevails?

- Tec Magic. Hilton Exeter Airport. Guests activate the service before arrival through the Hilton Honours app. When their phone comes into range they press the button in the app and the green light on the door appears and the lock clicks open. Through the Hilton Honors app members can now choose their room (Hilton has created floor plans of every floor in every hotel), check in remotely, open their bedroom door and check out. In the future Hilton plans to introduce a preference setting where its 60 million members can set their preferred temperature, lighting and television - both in terms of preferred channels and apps - in advance. Amazing? Absolutely! And there’s another thing one can do with a smart phone - make phone calls! Some content courtesy of the Caterer and Hotelkeeper.

*Garry Waite is a foodie and restaurateur and Hospitality Management Consultant. If contemplating setting up an operation, or having problems with an existing project contact him on garryphwaite@gmail.com.

IN the news last weekend I was pleased to hear that the government is thinking of removing the ‘sell by’ dates from packaging and replacing it with the less idiotic ‘best before’ date. Regular readers may remember that I wrote an article on this exact subject in edition June 9, 2017. “Packaging should only carry ‘use by’ or ‘best bef or e’ dat es, accor di ng t o new government guidance, while ‘sell by’ and ‘display until’ labels currently used by supermarkets will be rem oved t o det er shopper s from throwing away good food.

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‘Use by’ labels should only be used if food could be unsafe to eat after that date, whi l e ‘ best bef or e’ dat es should show the product is no longer at its best but is still safe to consume, the advice states. Foods likely to require a ‘use by’ date include soft cheese, sm oked f i sh and ready meals, while biscuits, j am s, pi ckl es, cr i sps and tinned foods will only need a ‘best before’ label.” SORRY, that was an article taken from the Guardian on the September 15, 2011 so if they manage to change it, it would only have taken six years!

billion. The amount of food thrown away each year

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The Good Vibrations: singing sessions every week from 7.30pm at Huber Plataforme de Arte, Calle San Antonio, Estepona. Cost €10 per session or €8 per session for a block of six sessions. For more information find Your Voice Vocal Studio on Facebook.

Age Concern meet every Thursday from 11.00-13.00 at the Pensionista building in Los Boliches. They are located above the indoor market and just around the corner from Los Boliches station. They look forward to seeing you. Lifeline 652 537 615.

Wednesday July 26

Fabuloso vocal group on summer break July-August. They restart September 2 with great new songs. More info: 622 514 781.

Flamenco show: free every Wednesday and Saturday from 12-1pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo.

Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Las Lagunas. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es.

Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in La Cala. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es.

Los Jueves al Casco: Every week from 8am-12 noon enjoy special discounts, live music, free tastings and more in Marbella Old Town. Rio Verde Villa Romana Ruins: free guided tour from11am to 1pm. Calle del Mar, Marbella. Rotary Club: meets every week at 2pm during lunch at Cortijo de Ramiro, Calle 11, Urb Guadalmina Baja, San Pedro de Alcantara. Please contact lizzie@marriageweddingser vices.com to book a place. San Pedro street market: Every week from 9am-2pm, Calle Jorge Guille. Sundown Sounds: Every week from 9pm live music at the square in front of the Municipal Office in La Cala de Mijas.

Friday July 21 Age Concern meet every Friday from 11.3013.00 at El Caballo de Oro in the centre of La Cala de Mijas. Just follow the sound of laughter. We look forward to seeing you. Lifeline 652 537 615. Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at the Hojar del Jubilado in Los Boliches, Fuengirola. For more information contact 635 407 255. Christian Basilica of San Pedro de Alcantara: From 11am-1pm, free guided tour of one of the oldest Christian churches on the Iberian Peninsula. Calle Vega del Mar, San Pedro de Alcantara. Royal British Legion: Benejarafe branch meets every Friday from 12.30-2.30pm at Restaurante Puerta Niza, Carretera Nacional 340A Km 263.7.

Saturday July 22 Cabaret for cats (and horses): fundraising musical evening from 7pm at Venta La Recta, Alhaurin el Grande. Entry €10 with all proceeds being donated to ‘Gift of Life’ Cat Res-

MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW, MARBELLA THE third instalment of the annual Modern & Contemporary Art Show visits Marbella between July 29 and August 2 at the Palacio de Congresos. Tickets start from €8 to €25 and can be purchased via the website. The event is the first major contemporary art fair on the Costa del Sol, which brings artists, curators and art lovers together in appreciation of quality works from Europe and the Middle East. Children under five can see the exhibition for free and €8 concessionary tickets are available for students, the unemployed and pensioners.

cue Centre and ARCH. Fabuloso vocal group on summer break July-August. They restart September 2 with great new songs. More info: 622 514 781. Flamenco show: free every Wednesday and Saturday from 12-1pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Organic market: Every week from 10am1pm at Guadalhorce - Las Chapas. Puerto Banus street market: Every week from 9am-2pm near the bull ring in Nueva Andalucia. Triple A: Every week volunteer dog walkers required between 10am and 3pm at Calle Carril de la Mina 33 in Marbella. For more information contact 952 771 586.

Sunday July 23 Benahavis second-hand market: Every week from 9am to 2pm, located 1km before the village on the right hand side of the road. University of the Third Age: Every week coffee morning from 11.30am to 1pm at the Primavera Bar, Paseo Maritimo, Los Boliches. For more information contact 952 466 738. Sunday market La Trocha Coin 29100 Every Week. Over 200 Stalls. All Welcome. For more info call 618 826 852.

Monday July 24 Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at La Iglesia Bar in Benalmadena. For more information contact 635 407 255. RAF Association Costa del Sol: social meeting, first Monday of the month, at 12pm in

Restaurante Los Morenos, Alhaurin el Grande. For more information contact secre tary@rafacostadelsol.co.uk. Royal British Legion: Benalmadena branch meets every Monday from 11am at The Lounge Bar, Avenida Bonanza in Benalmadena.

Tuesday July 25 Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 1pm at the International Baptist Church in Calahonda. For more information contact 635 407 255. Arroyo Social and Welfare Club meets every Tuesday at Agata Apartments Arroyo de Miel 11.30am for 12 noon start. For more information call Anthia on 634 157 042. Costa Women Business Group: meets every second Tuesday at 09.30 until 11.30 for business networking in La Cala. For more information contact Ali 677 251 058. Fuengirola Ukulele Singalong Group: meets every Tuesday 8pm at Cabaret Club in Fuengirola (next to Bioparc Zoo). Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Mijas village. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es. The Good Companions Club meets every Tuesday in Manila Bar Paseo Maritimo Los Boliches 12- 1.30 pm. For more information contact Tony White on 952 49 47 30 University of the Third Age Costa del Sol: play Mah Jong every week from 2-5pm at the PYR Hotel in Fuengirola. For more information contact 952 467 156.

Malaga Picasso Museum: guided tours in English every Wednesday at 11.30am. Entry €8, children under 18 go free. Parent and baby coffee mornings: every week from 11am-1pm at Mundo Mania, Cancelada. Entry €5 and includes coffee and two hours of play in the baby and toddler play frame. TIMS (The International Music Society) Choir: rehearsals every week from 7-9.30pm in St Andrews Church, Los Boliches. For more information contact 654 891 790.

Thursday July 27 Age Concern meet every Thursday from 11.00-13.00 at the Oasis bar in Mijas Pueblo. We are located at the entrance to the village on the right hand side. We look forward to seeing you. Lifeline 652 537 615. Age Concern: meets weekly from 11am1pm at Manila Bar in Los Boliches for advice, support and friendship. Los Jueves al Casco: Every week from 8am-12 noon enjoy special discounts, live music, free tastings and more in Marbella Old Town. Rio Verde Villa Romana Ruins: free guided tour from 11am to 1pm. Calle del Mar, Marbella. Rotary Club: meets every week at 2pm during lunch at Cortijo de Ramiro, Calle 11, Urb Guadalmina Baja, San Pedro de Alcantara. Please contact lizzie@marriageweddingser vices.com to book a place. San Pedro street market: Every week from 9am-2pm, Calle Jorge Guillen. Sundown Sounds: Every week from 9pm live music at the square in front of the Municipal Office in La Cala de Mijas.

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Moving up the ladder NO longer content with dominating the motoring mass market, Volkswagen has set its eyes on classier rivals, who sell less cars but have cornered luxury buyers. The brand’s latest coupe, the Arteon, is set to hit European showrooms in autumn 2017 with prices beginning at a hefty €45-50,000. That puts the Arteon on a direct collision course with BMW, Audi and Mercedes, who have traditionally had little to fear from the scandal-hit German giant. It is a marked change in direction for the ‘people’s car’ as Volkswagen translates to. News last week that the

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THE latest Citroen C3 is much more of a threat to established supermini big-sellers such as the Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall/Opel Corsa and VW Polo, for the French company has significantly upped its game. With a bold and more trendy new look and a lot of emphasis on comfort, the C3 comes over with Model tested was UK specification and much more cachet equipment levels and prices may vary in than main competiother markets.

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win the title, following her current coach Conchita Martinez’s victory in 1994. Marcelo Melo (Brazil) and Lukasz Kubot (Poland) won the men’s doubles, the Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina claimed the women’s prize; GB’s Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis clinched the mixed doubles title, beating Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen in the final, and the British duo of Alfie Hewitt and Gordon Reid once again won the men’s wheelchair doubles. British number ones Andy Murray and Johanna Konta were knocked out of their singles events at the quarter and semi-final stages respectively. Almost 500,000 spectators attended the tournament which saw 2,145 games played and 222 sets completed. There were 1,100 aces served with American Sam Querrey booming down 139 of them, the fastest topping 137.2 mph. CRICKET England were well and truly thumped, walloped, annihilated, out-bowled, out-batted, out-fielded, out-caught

and even out-reviewed by a revitalised South African team in the second Test at Trent Bridge. The Springboks (335 and 343-9 declared) won by a massive 340 runs, after dismissing Joe Root’s side for 205 and a meagre

133, to gain their biggest win in England for 23 years. “Far too many England players simply gave their wickets away”… Nasser Hussein’s words not mine. The third and penultimate Test starts at The Oval in seven days time and let’s be truthful, England need to find a new opener and a top-order batter

from somewhere as they’ve now lost eight of their last 13 Tests. FOOTBALL Congratulations to England’s teenagers who beat Portugal 2-1 in the final of the Euro U19 championship in Georgia… Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart is set to join West Ham on loan… José Mourinho says “It’s mission impossible” in respect of Cristiano Ronaldo rejoining Manchester United… Manchester City have paid Spurs a world record fee for a de-

fender of £53m for Kyle Walker… John Terry has left Chelsea for Aston Villa… and Everton could have a new 60,000 all-seater stadium come 2019. ROUND UP Last weekend, Spanish golfer Rafa Cabrera-Bella won the Scottish Open and Korean Park Sung Yun triumphed in the US women’s Open… GB athletes Hannah Cockcroft (100 metres and 800m wheelchair races), Jonnie Peacock (100 metres sprint), Olivia Green (long jump) and Sophie Kamlish (women’s 100m) have all won gold medals at the World Paralympic Games in London… Sir Mo Farah won the 5,000 metres in the Diamond League in Morocco… and GB’s Chi-Jindu Ujah was victorious in the 100 metres at the same venue.

WALKER: City announced his signing. LEWIS HAMILTON: Won the British GP for fourth successive year.

EVENTS CALENDAR THERE are several sporting events underway and/or coming up… the Tour de France cycle race ends on Sunday… football’s Gold Cup in the USA goe s on until July 26… the women’s football World Cup started on July 16… the Disability Sports/World Paraathletic championships continue until July 23… the 2017 Open Golf Championship at Royal B ir kdale s tar te d ye s te r day… there’s Test Match cricket featuring Joe Root’s England against South Africa at the Oval, from ne xt T hur s day… and the women’s cricket World Cup final takes place on Saturday at Lords with hopefully England taking on either India or Australia. There’s enough here to suit everyone - surely!

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ROGER FEDERER created history last Sunday when he won his eighth Wimbledon men’s singles title and his 19th Grand Slam triumph.

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ONCE again we’ve had some terrific sporting action over the last week or so - and if you check my events calendar, there is plenty more to come - enough to suit everybody, young and old, male and female… and just to let you know the domestic football season starts in several countries in just over three weeks time. FORMULA 1

Last Sunday at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton, starting from pole, won the British Grand Prix for the fourth successive year and in doing so closed the gap between himself and Sebastian Vettel at the top of the driver’s championship to one point. Driving superbly from start to finish, Hamilton’s Mercedes purred around the circuit to take the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen. Vettel finished in seventh place after a tyre failure on the final lap… and the home fans in the 145,000 crowd loved it! Budapest, Hungary stages the next race on Sunday, July

30 before everyone gets four weeks off! TENNIS Switzerland’s majestic superstar Roger Federer created history last Sunday afternoon when he won his eighth Wimbledon men’s singles title and the 19th Grand Slam triumph of his career, with a comfortable straight sets victory over Croatia’s Marin Cilic. Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza comfortably beat Venus Williams in the women’s final, to become only the second Spaniard to

ENGLAND: Beat Portugal 2-1 in the Euro U19 final.

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