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ISSUE NO. 1702

GONE SWIMMING: The beached Mercedes.

Not sea-ing straight by Benjamin Park A car has been left abandoned on the Agua Amarga beach after being driven into the sea. Alicante Fire Prevention and Rescue Service (SPEIS) were called in to remove the car after it was allegedly driven six metres out from the shore. Once on the scene, firefighters worked to move the Mercedes onto the beach with the

help of a guide wire, before it was eventually removed by a crane. The incident is still being investigated by Local Police in Alicante but first indications reportedly show that the driver left the car by his own means. Local Police also reportedly believe that the driver of the vehicle may have been drinking and took the individual to undergo a breathalyser test.

Six week deadline T H E 11 - y e a r- o l d g i r l who gave birth at the Hospital Virgen de La Arrixaca has reportedly been given six weeks to decide whether she wants to put the baby up for adoption. Both the girl and the family have allegedly expressed willingness to give up the guardianship of the baby that is believed to have been fathered by her 14year-old brother. According to Spanish media, the child has been separated from its mother for the time being and is currently living with a foster family. The family is reportedly still awaiting the outcome of DNA tests to confirm who the father of the child is.

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House fire A 65-YEAR-OLD woman has been left with minor burns after a fire broke out at a house in El Moralet. The woman was transferred to hospital following the fire in Calle Rio Misisipi.

Cyclist dies A 32-YEAR-OLD man has died after his motorbike collided with a tourist’s vehicle in Murcia. The incident occurred on the RM-302 highway in San Jose de la Vega and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

No tickets A 33-YEAR-OLD man who allegedly scammed people throughout Spain with sales for fake tickets has been arrested, with victims paying anything from €20 to €140 for the service and receiving nothing in return.

‘El Josete’ among three held in drugs bust Credit: Policia Nacional

TWO people have been left injured after they were robbed at their home in Raiguero-La villa de Beniel. The pair, aged 25 and 53, suffered multiple injuries and were transferred to Reina Sofia hospital in Murcia for treatment.

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SEIZED: Multiple items were recovered by officers.

Home heists by Benjamin Park TWO people have been arrested in Murcia on suspicion of multiple robberies in the Mar Menor region. Police, specialising in the prevention of citizen security, first began the investigation after several robberies were reported by owners of chalets in San Pedro del Pinatar and San Javier. According to Spanish media, two people allegedly targeted luxury homes owned by foreign people, who would irregularly visit the area, and take advantage of the fact that there was nobody home. One of the pair would allegedly ‘look out’ for witnesses, while the other would go inside the building and

take the possessions. Guardia Civil officers were also aware of several mobile phone robberies, reported by foreign citizens, whose description of the alleged

thieves matched those that had committed the chalet robberies. According to reports, many of the victims were elderly and visitors to the region, and were assaulted by two young people on the San Redro de Pinatar promenade. Following the multiple incidents, police set-up surveillance cameras in the region and quickly focused their attention on two people whose physical characteristics matched those of the suspects. The same two were later reportedly caught while transporting several of the stolen goods in a shopping trolley and were subsequently arrested and charged with at least five crimes.

CLAMP DOWN: Police in Cartagena are taking action against the drugs trade. THREE men have been arrested in Jose Maria Lupuerta in a police drug trafficking raid. Among those apprehended by the National Police of Cartagena is a man nicknamed ‘El Josete,’ considered the ringleader of a drugs cartel. The raid spanned across different houses in the neighbourhood, where various packages of narcotics, particularly cocaine, were seized. A quantity of cash has also been confiscated, although the exact amount has not been revealed. Agents of the Narcotics Department searched the houses accompanied by a clerk of the court that is investigating the case. Meanwhile the Citizen Security Unit erected a fence around the perimeter of the area, which is believed to have been the epicentre of a thriving drugs trade. Police are not ruling out more arrests in relation to the operation, and sniffer dogs will continue to be used.

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Presidential visit PRESIDENT Mariano Rajoy has visited the region of Murcia to attend a wedding. President Rajoy was in attendance at the wedding of Francisco Riquelme, son of his personal friend and registrar Francisco Riquelme, while he also met with President of the region of Murcia, Fernando Lopez Miras.

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Police hunt DOG DAYS: Celebrations typically an explosion of sound and light - will take place in major Spanish cities including Madrid and Barcelona.

N AT I O N A L P O L I C E in Cartagena are reportedly searching for a teenager after an alleged fight broke out and two other young people were wounded. It has been reported that the youth injured the other two using a knife during the course of the fight.

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Warm weather ALICANTE Province reportedly recorded the warmest January for almost 80 years last month. The province reportedly recorded an average temperature of nine degrees during the first month of the y e a r, w h i c h w a s 1 . 8 d e g r e e s warmer than the national average and the highest since records began in 1940.

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A 40-YEAR-OLD man has been left with severe injuries after falling nine metres from the roof of an industrial building in Cueta. The man is reportedly in a stable condition after being r u s h e d t o t h e Vi r g e n d e l a Arrixaca hospital for treatment.

A CLIMBER has been rescued by helicopter after reportedly falling from six metres while climbing in the Sierra de Redovan. The 45year-old man from Orihuela is believed to have fractured his ankle during the fall, among other injuries, and was transferred to Vega Baja Hospital.

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Spain to mark Chinese New Year THE countdown to one of the world’s most colourful celebrations is almost over. Ushering in the Year of the Dog symbolising luck - Chinese New Year 2018 starts tomorrow (Friday). Around a sixth of the world’s population is gearing up for the event, including tens of thousands in Spain. Following the lunar calendar and

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taking place on a different day between January and February each year, festivities continue for around two weeks. Normally starting by sweeping their homes, Chinese people also celebrate by decorating with red posters and lanterns, setting off fireworks, eating traditional food and attending dragon puppet parades, while children often

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receive ‘luck money’ in red envelopes or increasingly via a special app. Each year is given a name from the Chinese zodiac, with each of the 12 sections represented by an animal. Famous dogs include Dame Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Alan Rickman, Steven Spielberg, both Prince William and Kate Middleton, Justin Bieber, and Madonna.

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The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1701 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca South edition, including 56 local stories.

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TOP BILLY GOAT: A young single man from Bielsa dressed as a ‘Tranga.’ THIS is a ‘Tranga,’ in other words one of the young single men from the village of Bielsa in the Pyrenees who dresses in the skin and horns of a male goat and scares the children during the annual carnival. The Bielsa Carnival is the town’s most important festival of the year. It has been celebrated unchanged allegedly since the beginning of the village’s origins, retaining the essence of the tradition and the characters involved. In the past, the celebrations used to go on until Shrove Tuesday, but now have been confined to the last weekend before Lent. Neither the Spanish Civil War nor the ensuing dictatorship put a halt to the festivities. The Trangas dress up as goats, wearing a skirt, sandals and bells hanging around their waist. Their faces are painted black with soot and oil

and they carry a large stick, also called a ‘Tranga’ hence their name. The Trangas symbolise fertility, and are charged with ‘picking up’ the single women at the door of their houses during the carnival. The young women are called the ‘Madamas,’ they dress in regional costume which usually consists of silk dresses, white stockings and shoes and coloured ribbons. They adorn themselves with earrings and necklaces and are considered a symbol of purity The carnival begins with the making of ‘Cornelio Zorrilla’ - a doll made from old clothes stuffed with straw - on Thursday night that is hung in the window of the town hall throughout the carnival. The party then ends on Sunday evening, when Cornelio Zorrilla is judged for his misdeeds, sentenced to death and burned at the stake.

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SCAM: Some of the money seized.

Expat couple ‘ran €700,000 online scam’ in southern Spain ‘Heart breaking’ death leaves dog rescue centre in crisis

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Snow in Spain: Planes, trains and automobiles affected

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SEIZED: Police recovered 24 kilos of narcotics and €120,000 from several properties in Valencia.

Cocaine gang cracked ELCHE police have arrested five people on suspicion of drug trafficking. The five people, three men and two women, were arrested in Valencia following a threemonth long investigation and are believed to be part of a larger criminal organisation who would allegedly import a large amount of cocaine from South America. Elche police’s narcotics team first began investigating in November last year, when they

learned of an individual who may be involved in a largescale trafficking operation in the Alicante, Albacete, Valencia and Murcia provinces. Following several weeks of investigation, police were able to observe the extreme security measures put in place by the gang so that they could cover up their work. According to reports, the group would pick up the drugs at a specific point and then transport it via hidden areas

added to certain vehicles. Investigations eventually led the officers from Elche Police Station to several homes in Valencia, where they were reportedly able to recover 24 kilogrammes of narcotics and €120,000 in cash among other items. Among those arrested was a port worker, who would allegedly allow both the drug and those transporting it into the Port of Valencia to go unnoticed.

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THE ex-girlfriend of Stoke’s Spanish footballer Jese Rodriguez has spoken out about their acrimonious split. In an interview with Look magazine Aurah Ruiz, 28, said: “I found out that Jese broke up with me via Twitter.” She went on to slap down claims that the striker - currently on loan at the Premier League club -makes regular checks on baby son Nyan, who was born prematurely last ed June and has remained in

‘INJURED’: Alicia Campello, Álvaro Morata and (inset) the offending dance move.

hospital since. It comes after Rodriguez recently announced his separation on social media, as he wrote: “I want to ask respect for her [Aurah], my children, relatives and my person, since we have had very difficult and delicate moments for our son Nyan.” Aurah responded: “Do not ask them to respect me and your son when you were the first to have disrespected us. “You failed us at the worst moment of our lives.”

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STOKED: Chris and Elsa.

Chelsea star faces WAG backlash CHELSEA’S €65 million Spanish striker Alvaro Morata has set tongues wagging on social media. It comes after manager Antonio Conte said that the forward might not play again this season due to a niggling back injury. But the 25-year-old ex-Real Madrid hitman’s wife shared a video in which the couple are seen dancing before he lifts her into the air. Currently pregnant with twins, Italian model Alice Campello, 22, captioned the video: ‘I love youuu my heart’s friend.’ And Chelsea fans were not impressed, as one wrote: ‘He’s supposed to have a bad back!!!!’ Another added: ‘He should play instead of dancing.’ The attacker has struggled to settle in London following his summer transfer, despite bagging 10 goals in 20 Premier League games. He recently told Spanish media that “Madrid is Madrid” amid rumours that French club Paris St Germain are set to target him this summer.

Land of Oz TH EY ’R E the movie s ta r couple who enjoy chilling out a t the ir B yron B a y home. B ut Thor a c tor C hris H e ms w orth, 34, ha s re vealed that it wasn’t easy to convince Spanish wife Elsa

Pataky, 41, to move Down Under. “I just needed to show it to her. I just needed to bring he r her e and t hen i t was hard to get her to leave,” he s a id i n a m agazi ne i nt erview.

Celeb focus Totally syked! SHE’S the forBY ‘ECK: Melanie mer BoddingSykes. ton’s girl who recently admitted that she prefers a toyboy lover. And it has emerged that Melanie Sykes, 47, has been secretly dating German pro golfer Martin Kaymer, 33, for three years. A comparison of their social media photos revealed that they are often in the same place at the same time, and have visited Spain ‘together’ on several occasions.

Booze warning ONE of the stars of hit TV sitcom Benidorm has hit out at the drinking culture on the show. Sherrie Hewson, 67, told UK media: “We are drinking ourselves to death. “When I first started Benidorm… I was out every night, it nearly killed me. It had to stop.”

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RECYCLED: The gang sent the stolen bicycles to North Africa.

A vicious cycle POLICE in Alicante have arrested the alleged leader of a gang dedicated to buying stolen bicycles and sending them to North Africa. Alongside the alleged leader, three other people have been arrested for their reported involvement in the gang’s criminal activity The group is reportedly notorious for bike thefts in the region, known to pay for any type of stolen bike. They would allegedly pay between €20 and €100 for any type of stolen bicycle, with some believed to be stolen to order, and target drug addicts and children to provide them with the bikes before reportedly disassembling them, packaging them and sending them to North Africa. In 2017, more than 100 bikes were recovered in several operations by the Judicial Police force with 40 people arrested for the thefts.

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CONCERNING: The Rafael Mendez de Lorca hospital where the girl gave birth. SPAINâ€™S National Police has launched an international manhunt for a man who it is alleged sexually abused a 15-year-old girl and made her pregnant. Two-weeks-ago the girl gave birth in Murcia. It is the second underage pregnancy birth in Murcia in less than a week after an 11year-old gave birth and it is

believed that the father of her child is her 14-year-old brother. A search and arrest warrant has been issued for the man who was a resident in Lorca but, it is feared, he may have fled the country. The family of the girl had not told police about the alleged crime, but after giving

birth at the Rafael Mendez de Lorca hospital, social services were forced to inform the authorities. It is understood that the man had rented a room from the family of the girl. Initial police investigations show that he could have fled Spain after learning of the charge filed against him.

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Self made millionaire A 34-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Torrevieja accused of defrauding his own company out of more than €1 million. The man, a Kazakh national, reportedly defrauded his own real estate company of an estimated €1.125 million through bank fraud and document forgery. A Guardia Civil investigation first began when the man’s business partner claimed to officers that they had detected irregularities in their accounts. Documents given to the Guardia Civil allegedly showed that expenses and income of bank accounts or with certain properties in his name did not match up, which led to the other shareholder reportedly suspecting that a huge amount of money could be missing. Officers analysed and compared the documents provided by the complainant which allegedly confirmed the man had acquired the money through falsifying bank transfers, house purchase title deeds and purchasing non-existent real estate properties.

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Don’t look back in anger IT has become clear that the majority of expatriates living in Europe are opposed to Brexit and would prefer to maintain the status quo. Looking back, it would appear that David Cameron could not have been more mistaken in his belief that the British electorate would vote to remain in the European Union and had he not been so gung ho, he could still be in power. The concept of expatriate rights to vote has been something of a moveable feast with no obvious rhyme nor reason to the current 15-year limit which has also been 20 years and seven years at different times. One of the election promises given by the conservatives prior to the 2015 general election was that expatriates who had been registered to vote or had been born in the UK would have the right to vote, granting the franchise back to those who had lost it. That was three years ago and finally, the government is getting its act together in order to return the vote but arguably for Cameron and the country, it’s too little, too late! Having found the time to force through the referendum bill, it was ironic that the government couldn’t actually grant the promised rights to the disenfranchised who were probably more interested in voting on their immediate future than voting in a second general election (which they missed anyway). Had Mr Cameron actually given expatriates the right to vote in the Referendum it is possible that Brexit would be a broken dream for the likes of Nigel Farage, David Davis and Jacob Rees Mogg.

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NEWS EXTRA Disobedient parking SIX people have been arrested and eight warned as police continue to step up the battle against illegal valet parking attendants. Potential offenders face a fine of up to €30,000 if they disobey police three times.

Lights out AN estimated 2,000 homes in the centre of Elche were left without electricity after a brief problem. The issue lasted approximately 25 minutes while traffic lights in the area were also temporarily affected.

Very busy MURCIA’S 112 Emergency Centre has attended a total of 19.8 million calls in the 20 years since its inception. Last year, the region’s Emergency Services attended a total of 919,950 incidents.

Hooligans arrested after assault THE man in court for raping and murdering his wife, Yo l a n d a A n i o r t e , w i t h a dumbbell in Orihuela has again been dismissed from the courtroom for his arrogant attitude. The second session of the trial saw the jury hear the testimonies of various witnesses, including relatives of both the victim and the accused. T h e m o t h e r o f Yo l a n d a Aniorte, Maruja Cuenca, known as ‘grandmother courage’ in Orihuela, told the court she had never seen signs of problems with the couple despite spending a lot of time with them. However, the victim had actually confided in her sister that she had thought about leaving her husband due to the constant fights and arguments, as well as his humiliating treatment of her. In fact the couple had separated for a while before

reuniting a few months before the dreadful incident. It was the sister of the alleged murderer who had notified the emergency serv i c e s a f t e r h e r b r o t h e r ’s confession. Several days after the murder, her husband (the b r o t h e r- i n - l a w o f t h e a c cused) called him to ask when he would pick up his daughter from her uncle’s house. Noticing that something wasn’t quite right, the couple told him that they were heading to Orihuela, to which he replied “you’re not going to like what you’re going to find.”

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The corpse of the victim was strewn across the bed having been struck 11 times with the dumbbell. The first session of the trial had seen the defendant deny the sexual assault and

state that he had penetrated his wife with the dumbbell as part of the couple’s consensual sexual relationship. The trial is ongoing and forensic experts are involved to try and establish

the full facts of the crime. The case for the defence relies on the murderer (who has confessed to the crime) suffering from an apparent personality disorder and that he was on medication.

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VERY THIN: The horse showed clear signs of malnutrition.

Saved from a night-mare A MAN has been investigated by police in Alhama de Murcia for an alleged crime of animal abuse. The investigation comes after a mare was found living ‘in a state of abandonment’ on his farm. According to Spanish media, police received a call from a neighbour of the farm claiming that the animal had been seen in a very poor state. W he n offic e rs w e nt to vi si t t he f ar m , they reportedly found the mare showing

clear signs of malnutrition and poor hygiene, while it was living in unsanitary conditions. The shed which held the horse was described as having ‘very little food’ and the ‘entire floor was full of wet excrement’ according to police sources An examination by a veterinary physician confirmed that the animal had three severe ‘pathologies’ and the animal was subsequently taken to a rescue centre to recover.

A royal visit QUEEN SOFIA of Spain has visited the Food Bank in Mercalicante. The Food Bank collaborates with the Reina Sofia Foundation and Queen Sofia has previously met with the heads of the charity to learn more details about their work. Currently, the Food Bank distributes different types of staple foods to an estimated 33,000 people in Alicante. During her visit, the Queen was introduced to workers of the Food Bank and thanked them for their work as the vast majority of them are volunteers. The Reina Sofia Foundation has worked with the Food Bank since 2012 and continues to support its work through financing specific projects and also obtaining different food donations from private companies.

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Council up the creek with sewage bill MAYOR of Mazarron, Alicia Jimenez, has confirmed that the Council will comply with a court judgement that obliges it to pay €1.4 million for sewage and irrigation works. The legal ruling allows an appeal but Jimenez has revealed that the option will be declined because she is “already planning to incorporate the payment into the next budget.” The works were carried out from 2011 to 2013 by the company Aqualia, and the invoice also includes interest for late payment. Negotiations on the exact details of the payment from the Council to Aqualia are ongoing. Residents of Camposol, many of whom are British retirees, had invested their lifetime savings into houses in the area, only to experience years of poor sanitation and water supply. An official from the Health and Environment Department had even issued a report warning of “discharges of untreated urban wastewater” from different water sources in the area. Problems with the system ranged from malfunctioning pumping wells to the absence of any proper management of the conservation and maintenance of the network. Aqualia carried out the restructuring work

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FILTHY BUSINESS: Mayor Alicia Jimenez confirmed the Council will pay €1.4 million for sewage works. to the whole system but when they invoiced the Council, the bill was rejected as inaccurate. However, the court criticised the Council’s lack of organisation and communication with Aqualia, and that various protocols were not followed.

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Making breakthroughs THE Quironsalud hospitals in Murcia and Torrevieja are making advances with state of the art cancer treatments. Therapies such as hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) - also referred to as the Sugarbaker technique - increases the survival chances of patients with ovarian and colon cancer. This treatment is currently applied in the Quironsalud Murcia and Torrevieja hospitals on patients who are diagnosed with peritoneal carcinomatosis, an illness which consists of the spread of a pri-

mary tumour (digestive or gynaecological) in the abdominal cavity, and affects other organs within the abdomen. Doctor Pedro Cascales, coordinator of the Spanish Surgical Peritoneal Oncology Group (GECOP), and a specialist at Hospital Quironsalud Murcia claims, “Around 70 per cent of patients, with ovarian cancer for example, are diagnosed in advanced stages, when the carcinomatosis is already present. “It is these patients who, with the correct approach, can achieve unimaginable results that depend largely on the surgical team they are treated by.” In fact, using HIPEC can increase the chances of survival in patients with early stage epithelial ovarian cancer. What is more, its use does not add any complications to the surgical procedure, according to a clinical study published last month in

the prestigious scientific magazine The New England Journal of Medicine. The ‘Sugarbaker’ technique was developed by Doctor Paul H Sugarbaker in 1982. It consists of the removal of the visible tumour, and later using HIPEC to eradicate all invisible malignant cells, as the heat enhances the effects of chemotherapy. This technique has achieved survival rates that have not been registered in any other established treatment, with a colon cancer

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survival rate of 50 per cent to five years. HIPEC treatment enables the combination of high doses of chemotherapy drugs which focus on the affected area, and less systemic toxicity due to the limitation in the spread of the drug from the peritoneal cavity to the blood stream thanks to the features of the drug’s own peritoneal membrane. Its use requires highly skilled centres with multidisciplinary and specialised teams in surgical oncology, as it is a very complex technique. The surgical oncology team at Hospital Quironsalud Torrevieja run by Doctor Farre and Doctor Bretcha, was one of the first in 2001 to introduce this technique in Spain to treat peritoneal carcinomatosis. Since then they have performed hundreds of procedures on patients with this condition.

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Brain doctor caught in €7.2 million scam

LUCKY PUSS: The firefighter climbs aboard the blazing luxury yacht.

HEALTHY PROFIT: Doctor Suarez’s invoicing for over €7 million is being investigated. THE Compromis coalition has announced that it will report the former Director of N eu r o r a d i o l o g y a t th e Genera l Ho sp i t a l o f A licante for mass fraud. The Office of the Attorney General will receive allegations that Doctor Juan Carlos Vazquez Suarez referred patients from the Valencian public health system to his own private clinic in a scam worth €7.2 million.

Irregularities found betw ee n 2 0 0 9 an d 2 0 1 3 le d Mr Suarez to be dismissed fro m h is ro le in p u b lic health, but he is currently continuing to practise medicine outside of Spain. Compromis have issued an emergency proposal urging the Attorney General to approve a protocol allowing public hospitals to follow up in cases involving private healthcare.

According to data provided by Compromis, Vazquez carried out 1,246 operations in a priva te c linic in A lic a nte to 86 pa tie nts from the General Hospital that he himself had diverted from the waiting list. The doctor billed the public health system more than €7 million for the referrals, which was done through the company Dagda Platinum (named after his daughter).

Firefighter risks life to save cat from blaze A LU C K Y c a t mus t b e counting its lives after a brave firefighter rescued the frightened feline from the bow of a bla z ing yacht. Fire broke out on the 30-me tre luxury c raf t while it was in dry dock in A lic a nte port on the Costa Blanca.

As flames licked the vessel and huge plumes of black smoke rose from the luxury boat a plucky firefighter scaled a ladder to lift the terrified cat to safety. Ten workers at the boatyard tried to tackle the fire before the arrival of the emergency services and nine were taken to hospital

suffering the effects of smoke inhalation. Twenty-five firefighters worked to extinguish the flames. The cause of the blaze is being investigated. The cat was last seen making a hasty exit down t he r oad away f r om al l the commotion.

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CALISTHENICS PARK: The first to be installed in Orihuela Costa to the public. THE Orihuela councillor for Beaches, Luisa Boné, introduced the first calisthenics park to be installed in Orihuela Costa to the public. The park, which cost more than €5,500 to install, allows the public to practise exercises using their own body weight to develop agility, physical strength and flexibility and it is a concept that is

increasingly gaining fans. Boné pointed out that “We at the Municipal Department of Beaches want to promote exercise at our beach promenades. This first calisthenics park was installed on the seafront promenade of Aguamarina, as this area is a very popular area for walking and doing sports. Soon we will install more parks of this kind on

the seafronts of other areas.” She also revealed that “the calisthenics park has various pieces of equipment that guarantee a complete workout, such as climbing ropes, an abdominal muscle bench, a back trainer, squat machine, rowing machine, step trainer, push-up bars, monkey bar, Swedish ladder, pull-up bar, dip bar and gymnastic rings.”

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FOUR people who allegedly forced women to become prostitutes in a system of ‘semi-slavery’ have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. A fifth person is also under investigation. The Melilla-based gang

made the Moroccan women, some of whom were children, pay once they got pregnant to find Spanish men who could claim to be their baby’s father. The three men and one woman behind the traf-

ficking network did this so their children would be Spanish nationals once born, according to police accusations. Police seized three kilos of hashish, doses of cocaine prepared for consumption, cash, mobile phones, documents and passports in a raid on two floors of a building in the city. The investigation began when the Guardia Civil discovered the existence of the network which they said recruited undocumented Moroccan women in the Spanish enclave in order to exploit them. The women were struggling to make ends meet for themselves and their families and had little, if any, chance of finding work without documentation. Once the gang met the women they were then taken to a building where they were kept and forced into prostitution. The two floors of the building were also used to sell drugs and con-

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Four arrested in sex trafficking sting

HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Police raided a building in Melilla that housed women forced into sex work. traband tobacco and alcohol. The women were made to practise sex work according to a non-stop schedule and were forced to take drugs to keep them going. They were also encouraged to sell them to their clients, according to reports. Police allege the women had no freedom under what they said was a regime that resembled slavery. They

were also charged for staying in the building and for its maintenance, leaving them with little money left over. Some of the women who became pregnant were made to look for Spanish men who could be registered as their baby’s father. The child would then gain Spanish citizenship and the mother a residency card.

The women were made to pay for this process. The alleged leader of the gang, a 40-year-old Moroccan national, controlled the price and number of services the women were made to provide. He has now been arrested along with the other suspects and proceedings have been sent to a court in Melilla.

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Thigh’s the limit: Painting covered in Spanish church for being ‘too sexy’

TOO SEXY?: The painting covered for being ‘too erotic.’

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A PAINTING depicting the Apostle Santiago has been covered in a church in Membrilla for reportedly being ‘too sexy and erotic.’ The portrait was donated to the church by renowned Membrillan artist Antonio Ximenez Muñoz, and portrays the Apostle in a kneelength tunic. According to Spanish media, the painter visited his hometown of Membrilla last summer and was shocked to see that the painting was no longer present in the Sacristy. It has reportedly been covered and out of sight ‘for years’ after being considered to be too erotic by the church’s current pastor. And Ximenez, now 87 and living in Miami, has reportedly given the current pastor of the church a deadline to either redisplay the painting or return it. Spanish media have also reported that a writer, who is creating Ximenez’s biogra-

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phy, moved to Membrilla and asked to see the painting and was not allowed. Across a long successful career, Ximenez has been exhibited together alongside Antoni Tapies and Picasso, while his work has been displayed in prestigious galleries across the world including Rome, Florence, Milan, Bologna and Buenos Aires.

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WHAT A LOAD: The record haul (inset) seized on the Costa del Sol.

Police seize record €120 million drugs haul DRUGS police have launched another spectacular swoop on the Costa del Sol. It comes after five people were held and 3,500 kilos of cocaine worth around €120 million seized during raids on two properties in Estepona. The haul is a record for Malaga Province and among the largest busts ever in Spain. More than two tons of the drug were recovered from a house on an urbanisation near the H10 Estepona Palace Hotel, with the remainder hidden in

containers of salt in an industrial unit. Investigations remain open as detectives continue to probe the case. The sting is the string in a succession of recent anti-drug operations on the Costa del Sol. Notorious cocaine kingpin Sito Miñanco was last week arrested in Algeciras, while the earlier seizure of cocaine-stuffed pineapples led to the arrest of 72-year-old mob boss ‘La Laca,’ thought to be the biggest smuggler in North Africa.

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SPAIN is set to launch its first spy satellite, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has agreed to blast it into orbit. Named Paz [Peace], the €160 million unit will lift off from the Vandenberg Airbase in California, United States (US) aboard one of the flamboyant billionaire’s Falcon 9 rockets. Built by Airbus Defence and Space, a division of aeroplane manufacturer Airbus, the satellite is owned by Madrid firm Hisdesat, although the Ministry of Defence and a number of private individuals provided most of the funding. The Spanish Armed Forces Intelligence Centre, CIFAS, will receive 30 of the 100 high-resolution images captured daily by Paz, with customers for the other 70 being sought. A contract with the European Space Agency has already been signed, and the craft will also collaborate with the European Union’s satellite centre. Its main base will be the National Institute of Aerospace Technology in Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, with support from the Maspalomas station in Gran Canaria, while project leaders are exploring the possibility of a third headquarters in the North Pole. In addition to its military tasks, the satellite will also be used for mapping, environmental monitoring, ur-

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IMAGE: An artist’s impression of how Paz will look in orbit. ban planning and topographical studies. Originally scheduled for launch from the Yasny Launch Base, Russia, in 2014, the scheme was delayed due to Russia’s annexation of Crimea that

year, leading to a €15 million International Court of Arbitration legal battle between Hisdesat and Moscow-based space company Kosmotras. While the US launch is more ex-

pensive at around €53 million, industry sources revealed that the cost has been reduced by including several mobile internet satellites on the same flight. Paz will be released at an altitude

of 514 kilometres above the earth’s surface before it settles into orbit, and six months of testing will be carried out to ensure it is working correctly. SpaceX made 18 successful launches last year, but in January a billion-dollar US satellite named Zuma was lost after being sent into space aboard a Falcon 9 from the Cape Canaveral complex in Florida. An unnamed multimillionaire has reportedly agreed to cover the cost of the Spanish project should anything go wrong. The news com es af t er Sout h African-born entrepreneur Musk, earlier this week, used his Falcon Heavy rocket - which employs two Falcon 9’s as boosters - to fire a convertible Tesla sports car into space. The red 2008 roadster, equipped with cameras and carrying an astronaut dummy dubbed ‘Starman’ is now thought to be heading towards Mars.

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‘Drunk’ mother arrested with baby POLICE in Spain have arrested a woman for allegedly being drunk in the street and carrying a baby ‘on the verge of hypothermia’ in temperatures of -2 celsius in the early hours of the morning. Police said the baby was totally soaked and without warm clothes or a coat when they stopped the woman in the Usera neighbourhood of Madrid. Health workers confirmed the baby was on the verge of hypothermia. When the police contacted the father, they discovered the

pair were separating and that another child could possibly be home alone. There they found a young girl sleeping and with the house windows open. The girl confirmed that she had been alone since she left school in the afternoon and that the only thing she had eaten was a sandwich. Police took the little girl to her grandparents’ house to take care of her. The father told the police of his intention to denounce the mother of the two children for ‘abandonment of minors.’

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Sex, lies and videotape A MAN who spent 15 hours and €4,000 in a Valencia brothel has been fined €2,400 after lying to police to cover his tracks. After reportedly partying with a number of girls at the Even11 sex club, the reveller presented himself at a Local Police station the next morning. He told officers that an unknown person had slipped drugs into his drink two nights earlier, causing him to lose his memory until he came round in his hotel at 6.30pm the next day. His wife had alerted police that he had disappeared from his home in Burgos, northern Spain, and that €3,900 had vanished from their joint bank account. But a combination of security camera footage and witness testimonies revealed that he had entered the club just after 3.30am, before taking the money from a cash machine inside while accompanied by a prostitute. A judge in a Valencian court concluded that his police statement ‘had no bearing on reality’ and that he had left home ‘without informing his partner before partying at a hostess club.’

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People travelled in Spain using domestic flights last year, beating high-speed rail which was used by 21.1 million passengers.

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UK government may extend expatriate voters’ rights BRITISH expatriates who have lived abroad for more than 15 years could soon be able to vote in the country’s elections, the government has said. The announcement is part of plans to enfranchise anyone living overseas who was previously a resident of or registered to vote in Britain. Plans for expatriate voting rights are currently making their way through Parliament and have now received official government backing. The second reading of the Overseas Electors Bill, tabled by Glyn Davies MP, is set for February 23. Chloe Smith, Britain’s Constitution Minister said the plans were part of the country’s efforts to show it was an outward-looking nation. “Participation in our democracy is a fundamental part of being British, no mat-

VOTING RIGHTS: Britons who have lived abroad for more than 15 years are currently not allowed to cast their vote in the country. ter how far you have travelled from the UK. “It is right that we should remove the 15-year time limit on voting rights of British citizens living overseas and allow those who previously lived in the UK the chance to participate in our democracy,” she said. The announcement follows a commitment to extend expatriate voting rights made by the governing Conserva-

tive party in their election manifesto. A public consultation held on the proposal has now closed. Current rules state that people who have been out of the country for longer than 15 years lose the vote in British elections and referendums. Expatriates have the lowest level of voter registration of any group, according to government sources.

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SPAIN’S Council of Ministers discussed a raft of new initiatives at its recent meeting, including increasing the number of criminal cases that qualify for permanent prison sentences. The plans follow Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s announcement during a visit to Cordoba last Sunday. Murderers who do not co-operate with police or try and hide their victims’ body and arsonists who cause deaths could be eligible for the punishment if the proposals are approved. Kidnappings and chemical attacks that result in death are also among the crimes the government is seeking to add in its efforts to expand sentencing powers. Rajoy said those who opposed the plans were within their right to do so but the pain of victims and their families was not reviewable. His comments drew criticism from the Partido Socialista (PSOE) opposition who accused him of using the dead for political gain. Ciudadanos said they would abstain on the proposals until the Constitutional Court has ruled on the sentences. The reviewable permanent prison sentence became the harshest punishment courts could hand to those found guilty when it was approved in March 2015. It came about as part of a government drive to increase the severity of sentences the judiciary had at its disposal in

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‘Life means life’

PERMANENT SENTENCES: Prisoners must complete a minimum time in jail until they are eligible for parole. terror cases, among other crimes. Those imprisoned under the sentence must complete a minimum amount of time in jail before their sentence comes up for review. They then may be released under certain conditions, such as not committing crimes in future.

If the court that rules on whether to grant parole denies it to someone with the sentence then in theory they can remain in prison indefinitely. The punishment currently applies to serious murder cases, terror crimes, assassination of government leaders, geno-

cide and crimes against humanity. Its supporters argue that it keeps society safe from dangerous criminals. Critics say that it denies those in prison the chance to reintegrate into society. An online petition calling for its repeal was signed by more than two million people.

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Man curbed for pushing licence limit A DRIVER has had his car seized after testing positive for alcohol when he already had minus 70 penalty points on his licence. The incredible total was racked up after he committed ‘numerous infractions’ police said in a statement. His latest mishap came after police received several calls that a car was changing lanes dangerously in the La Macarena neighbourhood of Sevilla. Officers managed to track him down to a nearby square where they breathalysed him before running his details through their database, at which point they realised how many points he had accumulated. An official thanked those who had reported his dangerous driving. The maximum number of penalty points permitted on a Spanish licence is 12.

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Mercury’s Bohemian RhapA WHOPPING €2,500 was sody. raised f o r t h e B u t t erfly Special mention perhaps Children Charity, DEBRA in this mixed bag of wonwhen Melody Makers Interd e rfu l mu s ic w o u ld b e to national and Orihuela Costa Rebecca Holt with the BarMale Voice Choir came tory and Robin Gibb classic, gether in a concert, at the A Wo m a n in L o ve , T he Orihuela Costa Resort HoGrand March from tel, La Zenia. Aida, and again by It was a case of the full company, standing room onT h e B a ttle H y m n ly, wi t h the of the Republic. ‘House Full’ sign, C las s ic s o n gs promin e n t l y o n Join the conversation on from White Horse display, a n d t h e our Facebook page In n , T h e M erry good people of the Wid o w an d Le s Cos ta Blanca, M is era b les k ept again, did not disSaturday’s audience well appoint. entertained. Two ‘houses’ at 2pm and No concert by Nigel Hop8pm we r e r o y a l l y e n terk in s w o u ld b e c o mp le te tained, with a musical mix without Jane Atkinson and from th e p e n o f Si g mu n d E ric Be rg , ta k in g to the Rombe rg , I r v i n g B e r lin , stage. Franz Lehar, Puccini and a This year was no exceps plend i d a r r a n g e m e n t b y tio n , w ith th e d y n amic Bryme r, of Fr ed d y

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duo be c oming A C ouple of Swells from Easter Parade. Director Nigel Hopkins was delighted to let Saturday’s ‘house’ know, that in 10 years of bringing shows like this concert to the Costa B la nc a , a tota l of €50,000 ha s be e n ra is e d a nd pre s e nte d to c ha rity. The standing ovation given to this Saturday’s ‘Choral Spectacular ’ was well deserved. The B utte rfly C hildre n Charity, DEBRA would like to thank Nigel and Pauline Hopkins and Melody Makers International for choosing to support their charity once again and the audience who gave so generously to their cause, their interest in the charity is hugely appreciated. They truly give them wings!

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Until the curtain falls GUARDAMAR DEL SEGURA resident and historical fiction author, David Ebsworth, launches the Spanish version of his latest novel, Until The Curtain Falls (Hasta Que Caiga el Telon), at the Comisiones Obreras union headquarters, Avenida de Salamanca, Alicante tomorrow (Friday) at 7pm. Contact +44 (0)7710 427523 or www.davidebsworth.com.

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Raising money for local charities STUDIO32 are delighted to announce that their recent production of ‘White Christmas’ raised €3,750 for local charities. Studio32’s chairman Philip Wilson is pictured at San Fulgencio Town Hall with Benjamin Villena Rodriguez, President of the San Fulgencio Alzheimer’s Society. Benjamin thanked Studio32 for their continued support of the charity, which provides help in the community to families and individuals dealing with Alzheimer’s. Studio32 were delighted to raise €2,000 for this deserving charity. In addition to supporting the Alzheimer’s Society they have donated monies to the music school for instruments, the local school to assist with the purchase of books, and to Caritas who provide help to the homeless in the area. Philip explained the group’s history: “Studio32 was set up five years ago to bring high quality full-scale musical theatre to the Costa Blanca, and through doing so enable us to support local charities. Everyone in the company worked extremely hard to make this show a great sellout success and I’m very proud of them all. We’ve now risen over €25,000 for local charities, and we will continue to support AFA San Fulgencio and local good causes in the coming year.”

OREO: Needs a home.

Pets in Spain HELPING HAND: Philip Wilson with Benjamin Villena Rodriguez. So what’s next for this talented theatre company? Their summer show will be the Broadway hit ‘Chicago,’ which will be performed from Wednesday May 30 to Saturday June 2 at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio. Tickets are now on sale, so book early to avoid disappointment as this popular show is sure to sell out quickly. Call Philip on: 744 484 933 or email tickets@studiothirtytwo.org. Full details are on their website, www.studiothirtytwo.org.

OREO is one of four Chihuahuas recently rescued from a puppy farm. She is around four years old and is a very timid little girl so will need a home with patience to help her overcome what she has been through. She is chipped, vaccinated and good with other dogs. Call: 645 469 253.

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Luck of the Irish tions are warmly invited to minister at the department participate in the parade. of Marine and Natural reThe organisers are keen to sources. remind people that there are Also in attendance will be prizes for the best floats: Martin Quinn - former may€500 for the be s t floa t, o r o f G a lw ay C ity - a nd €300 for second and €200 Paudge Connolly who repfor third. res e n ted th e C av an M o nAnyone interested in paraghan constituency in Dail tic ipa ting in the Eireann from 2002 parade on March and 2007. 17 s hould c a ll The parade this J immy on: 603 year falls on a Sat114 896 or Richie: u rd ay a n d is s u re Tweet us your on 637 490 937, to b e th e b ig g e s t opinions or drop around to yet.

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THE Cabo Roig St Patrick’s Day parade committee are delighted to have secured the services of former Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowan as G rand Ma r sh a l l a t th is year’s parade. Brian C o wa n wa s f irs t elected to the Dail in 1984. H e s er v e d i n a n u m b er o f ministerial posts including labour, energy, transport, health , a n d f i n a n c e a n d s erved a s d e p u t y l e a d er from 2002 until 2008. He served as head of the Irish government from 2008 until 2011. Joining him will be Frank Fahy - former minister in the Irish government - who was instrumental in securing the participation of the former leader. Fran k r e p r e se n t e d th e people o f Ga l wa y f ro m 1982 until 2011 and as minister he served in a number of junior posts in the Irish gGovernment. He also served as a senior

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This year the parad e w ill s tart at 2pm as there are a number of big rugby matches on that evening. A very special thanks to Sofia of the Orihuela Town Hall who is a great help to the committee and working very hard with all the councillors to make sure that this is th e b e s t p a ra d e o n the Orihuela Costa. L o c a l b u s in es s , clubs , charity groups and organisa-

the Trinity Bar on the C a bo R oig strip. For information on forthc oming fundra is ing e ve nts a nd the pa ra de its e lf, c he c k the ‘St Patrick’s Day Parade Cabo Roig Spain’ Facebook page. O ve r the ne xt fe w weeks the committee will let you know further information on what’s happening in C a bo R oig on St Patrick’s Day.

DANCING QUEENS: The Suzi4fitz ladies.

Dance yourself dizzy COME along and enjoy a great evening of entertainment with a variety of dance produced by Sue Gibson and performed by her and some of her Suzi4fitz ladies from her fitness and dance classes. The show is compered by the fantastic Graeme Mykal who will also be performing some of his excellent magic tricks on stage. The ladies have been working hard rehearsing their moves and are looking forward to performing on the two nights March 14 and 15 at Los Montesinos Music School Auditorium. The show starts at 7pm and doors open

from 6.30pm. Tickets are €8 and €10. Tickets can be ordered by phoning 634 343 873, by email: tickets.suzi4fitz@ gmail.com, or Facebook page Suzi4fitz Show ‘Dance Yourself Dizzy.’ Tickets can be collected from las Ramblas Golf Club (ring to arrange a time) or collected on the door of the theatre on the night. The proceeds from the show are going to be given to Social Services to hand out much-needed food vouchers to deprived families in Los Montesinos to help them enjoy a better Christmas in 2018.

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Taking the P out of Panto! CAMPOVERDE Theatre Group is pleased to announce their latest supper show: ‘Taking the P out of Panto!’ They will be performing at the Fiesta Plaza, Republica Dominica, Pueblo Principe where they have held many very successful supper shows over recent months. Again they are offering a one-course meal and a funfilled show, all for the price of €10. Their latest show consists of music, dance and short, funny sketches that all take an alternative view of many pop-

ular pantomime themes. They will have snippets of wellknown pantos such as Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Goldie Locks and the Three Bears, and Aladdin amongst many others. Everyone is promised an evening of fun and laughter. Patrons of Campoverde Theatre Group have said they really enjoy the supper show format and feel they can enjoy a great evening out. The meal will commence at 7.30pm and the show will start when the meal is fin-

ished and everything cleared away. Show dates are Wednesday March 14, Thursday March 15 and Friday March 16. Tickets are available from The Help at Home Shop (Flamenco Beach Commercial Centre) and the Community Centre / Reading Point, (Ramon de Campoamor, Calle Cipres - near Aldi) on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. Call: 626 772 256 or 666 186 084, or contact the ticket line: ctgticketline@gmail.com.

RBL Spring Ball THE Royal British Legion Spring Ball will be held this year on March 3 at El Timon (Carretera Jumilla, Pinoso). Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start (carriages at 1am). Tickets cost €25 and include a glass of cava, four-course dinner with drinks during meal (non-spirit) and coffee. Entertainment by Turnpike, dress code iss

black tie or lounge suit, cocktail or evening dress. For individual or group bookings of tables of eight, 10 and 12 please contact Roger Singleton 649 733 320 or email rogersingleton48@hot mail.co.uk or Donna Kilgallon 699 408 773 or email donna@zumbaiberia.com. Proceeds will be in support of the Royal British Legion, Pinoso Branch.

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Euro star THE S we d i sh p o p s ta r M å n s Zelmer l ö w h a s b e c o me an overnight TV sensation in Britain follow i n g h i s g i g c o -h o s tin g BBC’s Eurovision: You Decide with viewers calling out on social media f o r h i m t o p r e s en t mo re shows.

Backing off THE leader of Sweden’s anti-immigration Democrat party seems to have backed away from his push for a burqa ban, following Denmark’s proposal to prohibit fullface ve i l s, sa y i n g i t w o u ld b e

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Squeezed out “problematic.” A DUTCH newspaper claims domestic students are being denied places at Dutch universities due to the increasing numbers of foreign applicants who apply to study degrees taught in English.

Bank error A S T U D E N T from the U S ha s been refused the right to stay in Sweden because she transferred mo n ey to h er p a re nts for s a fe keeping, causing her account to d ro p b elo w th e €8,100 fore ign non-EU students need to get residency.

Help up high THE mountain rescue services in Sweden’s mountains were called

SUPERSTAR: Måns Zelmerlöw woos the UK. out to more than 500 people last year, according to recent police figures, with 387 search and rescue operations executed in mountainous terrain.

Stay connected THE Netherlands have more household connections to the internet than any other country in Europe according to the National Statistics Office, with 98 per cent of Dutch homes online.

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Scrambled!

A 95-METRE hole that appeared in a major motorway in northeast Germany has made the area’s tourist industry nervous, as repairs are set to last until 2021.

In a jam MUNICH was named traffic jam capital of Germany again by a study re-

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leased by traffic data provider Inrix which revealed that motorists spent 51 hours stuck in traffic jams last year, four hours longer than in 2016.

Going 3D A PEDESTRIAN crossing that uses 3D visual effects to make it look like it’s floating, might soon be installed in the

city of Braunschweig’s Lehndorf district to increase road safety.

Finally! ANGELA MERKEL’S conservative party has agreed on a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats, ending months of political deadlock following the German election.

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Snow joke

Cat control

AIR FRANCE cancelled dozens of Paris flights due to heavy snow while travellers in the region also experienced widespread disruption to the roads and rail services.

NEW laws in Belgium decree that the majority of the country’s two million cats must be sterilised to control the stray population, making it the first country in the world to force residents to neuter their felines.

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THE French environment minister Nicolas Hulot had to fend off ‘shameful’ rumours of sexual harassment following accusations allegedly from the granddaughter of a famous politician which date back to 1997.

BELGIAN police reportedly helped their peers in the UK, France and the Netherlands to dismantle a large smuggling ring suspected of having taken hundreds of Kurds illegally to Britain.

Case closed THE ride-sharing platform Uber won a case filed by a French driver claiming he should be considered an employee, and received reimbursement for holidays and expenses, after the judge decided the company was simply an intermediary.

Call to arms FRANCE announced plans to increase spending on defence by more than 40 per cent to meet NATO targets after Donald Trump complained that Europe is not pulling its weight.

On thin ice ONE in four Belgian borrowers are allegedly in a ‘delicate’ financial position according to a survey by the Banque Nationale de Belgique, with 26 per cent of households unable to make their mortgage payments.

Royal trip QUEEN MATHILDE visited Ghana for three days as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to determine how the country is alleviating poverty, strengthening equality and justice and fighting against the effects of climate change.

C H EFS f or Nor way’s Wi nt er Olympic team at the South Korean games accidentally ordered 15,000 eggs instead of the 1,500 eggs needed following an order mix up.

Going green THE UK revealed it wants to copy Norway’s bottle recycling system, which has existed since 1992 and is based on paying citizens a small surcharge when they return bottles via specific machines.

Heating hike ELECTRICITY bills in the Netherlands were 12.8 per cent higher in January as inflation reached 1.5 per cent and the price of gas rose by 5.9 per cent.

Moo point ALLEGEDLY 2,100 dairy farms in the Netherlands lie about the age of the cows they have to get round stringent rules about manure and phosphate reduction.

Topping sales SALES of frozen pizza in Norway have increased for the fourth year in a row according to figures from analysis agency Nielsen, with 50 million of the frozen meals sold last year.

Party scandal THE former deputy leader of Norway’s Labour party, Trond Giske, will reportedly return to parliament following allegations of sexual harassment which caused him to take a leave of absence.

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MP mucks up A DANISH politician who drove his car after taking cocaine has lost his job and been given a fine and a three-year driving ban. He also confirmed the incident on his Facebook page.

Burqa ban THE Danish government has proposed a ban on Islamic full-face veils and is expected to present the bill to parliament in the spring. Those who violate the ban could face a fine of 1,000 kroner (€134).

Building blaze POLICE have arrested a 27-yearold man from Jutland on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out in his building; luckily no one was injured in the blaze.

Mind matters THE number of children and young people in Denmark diagnosed with anxiety and depression has trebled over the last decade, according to the Danish Health Data Authority.

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‘NOT PARIS’: Former reality TV star Sobchak brushed off remarks that she was like the US celebrity.

President contender: ‘I am not Paris Hilton’ A CANDIDATE for the Russian presidency has hit back against comparisons made between her and celebrity Paris Hilton. Ksenia Sobchak, the only woman running for the country’s top job, made the comments during a visit to the United States. She first found fame on a series of reality television shows until quitting them in 2012.

Migrants riot INMATES at a migrant detention centre in Siberia burnt mattresses, smashed CCTV cameras and barricaded themselves inside after a riot broke out over demands for better treatment and faster deportation. The 20 undocumented migrants were reportedly angry that their cases were not being handled quickly enough.

Vote bet ban PROPOSALS to stop bookmakers accepting bets on the outcome of Russian elections and referendums have been drawn up by the country’s Finance Ministry. Russia’s

presidential election, set for March 18, is increasingly becoming a one-horse race with President Putin reportedly polling at more than 70 per cent.

Embassy Nazi denial ALLEGATIONS made by a Norwegian television programme that the Russian Embassy helped finance the training of neoNazi groups have been denied by the country’s diplomatic mission in Oslo. Military training for the Nordic Resistance Movement in Russia was among the claims which the embassy said were “stupid” and “blasphemous.”

Olympics hack claims RUSSIA’S Foreign Ministry has criticised western media following reports which accused the country of hacking the upcoming Winter Olympics. The allegations, which the ministry branded a smear campaign, were made after anti-doping officials’ emails were leaked by a Russialink hacker group.

Guns by mail POSTAL workers have seized a parcel containing an AK-47 assault weapon and a rifle en route from Moscow to Zabaikalsky in the far east of Russia. The workers have passed the address of the recipient onto police. A licence law for guns was passed in 2014.

An AK47 assault rifle was found along with another gun by postal workers.

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SPANISH supermarket chain Mercadona has strengthened its position as national market leader. The company last year accounted for 24.1 per cent of supermarket sales in Spain - a year-on-year rise of 1.2 per cent - according to an annual report by consumer consultancy Kantar Worldpanel. Nine out of 10 Spanish families bought at least one product from a Mercadona store during 2017, and the Valencian firm was responsible for 20 per cent of all fresh product

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Number’s up for online gambling raft of new rules were nipped in the bud in the wake of strong criticism from the sector and a lack of agreement with other political groups. The new laws also prevent betting companies from using celebrities or fictional characters ‘attractive or striking to children’ in adverts, and extends to promotion of the football pools and all forms of lottery.

Yacht a disaster LUXURY boat builder Oyster Yachts - which has a boatyard in Mallorca - has collapsed with 400 employees set to lose their jobs despite the firm receiving orders worth more than €90 million-worth in 2017.

Winding up ITALIAN multinational Enel has struck a deal for its Spanish subsidiary Endesa’s renewable energy firm Enel Green Power España to buy five wind farms from Madrid-based Elawan Energy and Genera Avante for €178 million.

X Factory SPAIN’S industrial output last December grew faster than at any point since May 2000, official data has revealed, with a year-on-year increase of 6.1 per cent far outstripping the forecasted 3.9 per cent rise.

Hotel outlay shoots up INVESTMENT in Spanish hotels has broken all records. A jaw-dropping €3.9 billion was spent last year, smashing the previous high of €2.6 billion set in 2015. More than 180 hotels changed hands, compared with 147 in 2016, while the average revenue generated by a room over the course of the year rose to

€119,000, a 30 per cent year-on-year increase. As 82 million foreign tourists flocked to the country, entrepreneurs splashed €478 million on converting existing properties into hotels and buying new plots. Revenue from the resort sector shot up by 69 per cent, outperforming its urban counterpart which grew by 31 per cent.

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sales across the country. French rival Carrefour placed second in the national ranking with an 8.7 per cent market share, 0.2 per cent up on 2016 after it launched a series of takeover bids for hypermarkets formerly belonging to Basque chain Eroski. Madrid-based brand Dia completed the top three as it scooped 8.2 per cent of the market, falling 0.3 per cent, while the Eroski Group also lost 0.3 per cent to finish the year with a 5.6 per cent share.

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THE Spanish government is launching a crackdown on gambling publicity. Radio and television adverts for online betting firms will be banned in ‘childrens’ hours,’ which are to run from 8-9am and 5-8pm. It is the second time that the Treasury has tried to restrict the placement of gambling promotion in the face of rising addiction among youngsters, but a

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THE European Union (EU) has handed Spain a financial boost. In a new report, the bloc has raised the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for 2018 from 2.5 to 2.6 per cent. The move suggests that the EU does not feel that the Catalan independence crisis has adversely affected the Spanish economy. Spain’s output is currently growing at a much faster pace than the EU average, but is likely to fall to 2.1 per cent by 2019.

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German chain Lidl continues its steady growth in Spain, with sales increasing by 0.2 per cent to take a 4.3 per cent portion of the market. “Mercadona is revamping its stores and has become fashionable again,” said Kantar Worldpanel’s retail director, Florencio Garcia, adding that the company is also leading the pack in online sales. Spanish households spent an average of €4,190 on groceries during 2017, with Catalans (€4,599) splashing out the most and Valencians (€3,932) the least.

€656m offload to spark buyout THE battle for Spanish toll operator Abertis goes on. It comes after the company agreed to sell its majority stake in satellite company Hispasat to national grid operator Red Electrica for around €656 million. And the move could speed up the battle between Hochtief - the German offshoot of Spanish constructor ACS - and Italian motorway operator Atlantia, with both companies having launched bids to buy Abertis. Spain’s stock market regulator rubber-stamped Atlantis’ bid in October but has not yet endorsed Hochtief’s offer.

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Most Declined Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. Web.com Group, Inc. Expedia, Inc. Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. Credit Suisse AG Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited Woodward, Inc. Sierra Wireless, Inc. Arotech Corporation Presidio, Inc.

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Roadmap for the future SPANISH car maker Seat has joined forces with French telecommunications behemoth Orange. The partnership will see the companies work together to turn the private car into the occupants’ ‘second digital home.’ In addition to the so-called connected car, the agreement will lay the groundwork for creating new entertainment options to improve driver and passenger experience, including bringing the digital home or office experience to car users. The firms will also launch a loyalty scheme offering benefits to those who buy into new ‘connectivity and mobility options’ as they are released. Speaking in the wake of contracts being signed, Seat’s head of business development, Arantxa Alonso said that “we feel privileged to have strategic arrangements with partners such as Orange that give a major boost to our development of car connectivity. “This partnership opens up a large collaborative space for both companies that are pursuing a common goal - promote the use of the connected car and make the car user’s experience easier and more efficient.” Luis Santos, Orange Spain’s director of innovation and new digital services, added: “This strategic agreement with Seat is a great step for Orange in its strategy of connected objects and Big Data and opens the door to innovations and new developments surrounding cars of the future, which will contribute to helping us achieve our goal of connecting our customers with what truly matters most to them.” Initial projects will reportedly focus on developing new audio, visual and educational apps focused on ensuring maximum safety while optimising functionality. The loyalty scheme will involve a cross-company series of offers

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based on frequency of use, with purchase discounts, rewards and gifts all set to feature in an attempt to ensure customers do not defect to other brands. The car manufacturer will also take advantage of Orange’s Big Data technology to glean insights into user preferences and develop products that most closely match their needs. It comes after Seat recently confirmed agreements with other multinationals, including Amazon - with plans to integrate the smart voice Alexa assistant in the company’s cars - and Google for its Waze navigation system.

DEAL SEES COUNTRIES INCREASE TIES SPAIN is cementing its business ties with Saudi Arabia. The level of investment between the two nations is set to skyrocket after officials met during the second session of the Saudi-Spanish Joint Committee in the Arabic country. Co-chaired by Spanish Secretary of State for Trade, Marisa Poncela Garcia, and Saudi Minister of Commerce and Investment, Majid Al-Qasabi, a wide range of topics were reportedly discussed during the talks. Spanish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alvaro Iranzo, told local media: “The joint committee held the second session in [Saudi capital] Riyadh and the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation and issues and common interests, in accordance with the joint cooperation agreement that was signed by the two countries in Madrid on February 22, 2007.” He added that meetings are to be held in Madrid and Riyadh on an alternating basis, with the first having taken place in the Spanish capital in 2014. Mr Iranzo described the talks as “very successful” and revealed that the

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committee discussed bilateral trade relations, the promotion of trade and economic relations, plus mutually-beneficial investment opportunities in commerce, investment, economy, energy, industry, mining, science, technology, water, agriculture, finance, housing and tourism. “Many aspects of bilateral relations were discussed with both sides keen to further enhance economic and technical cooperation in line with Vision

2030,” the envoy said. Building new collaborations in the private sector was also a hot topic, with exchange visits between delegates set to help identify import, export and investment opportunities, share expertise in the small and medium-sized business sectors, and enrich the experience of entrepreneurs. “Companies from the kingdom doing business in Spain, and Spanish companies working in Saudi Arabia, will be encouraged to help further enhance bilateral cooperation,” Mr Iranzo confirmed. Saudi firms SABIC and Alfanar have already made significant investments in Spain, building large factories, and the official revealed that trade between the countries “stands at €5.5 billion … and we have scope to further increase the volume. “Saudi Arabia is passing through an exciting time with Vision 2030, and Spain is willing to be a partner in development for a positive change and for national transformation.”

Google to help fend off e-shop expansion INTERNET giant Google is fighting back against online retailers. The firm’s general director in Spain and Portugal, Fuencisla Clemares, said that the company aims to be a key ally of high street shops in the battle against Amazon and other virtual rivals. “We are working closely with companies including El Corte Ingles, Carrefour and Mediamarkt to understand how we can help them be more successful retailers using our technological strength,” she said. Speaking at the New Economy forum in the Spanish capital Madrid, Ms Clemares added that online commerce is growing fast in Spain, and that traditional brands must find ways of competing which capitalise on their assets, particularly the in-store experience. Her comments come days after El Corte Ingles president, Dimas Gimeno, told Spanish media that his company “is seeking partnerships to resist Amazon.”

Question marks over €3.6bn deal BRITISH private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is ramping up attempts to buy a stake in Spanish utilities firm Gas Natural. The investment group aims to purchase a 20 per cent share from energy company Repsol, and is reportedly negotiating a deal to secure external financing to cover around a third of the cost, with the overall package set to be worth €3.6 billion. But the price has come into question after €3 billion was wiped off the company’s stock market value, after the Spanish government announced a series of potential cuts to electricity and gas company subsidies.

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SPANISH multimedia company Mediapro has signed a €3.15 billion deal to broadcast Italian football. The announcement comes after bosses from Italy’s Serie A pulled out of talks with Sky Italia after the latter refused to pay the sum, set by the league’s adviser Infront Sports & Media. Former Italian prime minister and AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset were also in the running. But the deal - which covers the next three seasons and must be rati-

fied by the Italian antitrust authority - has sparked outrage, with Sky suggesting it could take legal action. Under Italian regulations, Serie A rights cannot be held by a single company, but Mediapro has snapped up all packages available to independent intermediaries due to a lack of alternative bids, although they only cover the Italian domestic market. The sale of international rights will be handled by New York-based sports firm IMG, with the three-year deal reportedly worth €371 million per season.

Spain holiday sales slip as Turkey gains ground HOLIDAY giant Thomas Cook says that Turkey and Tunisia are hot destinations for UK holidaymakers in 2018, with Spain viewed as expensive. Chief executive Peter Fankhauser revealed that the brand is shifting capacity east this summer, with Turkey the standout market so far. “From all that we see so far, customers’ appetite for a summer holiday abroad shows no sign of slowing down. We’ve taken early action to meet strong demand for destinations in the eastern Mediterranean. “This has enabled us to shift capacity out of the Spanish islands where we have seen a continuation of the margin pressures we experienced last summer, particularly for the UK market.” Around 30 per cent of the company’s holiday

sales are traditionally to Spanish destinations, but last year the figure approached 40 per cent. Mr Fankhauser added: “The very strong demand for Spain is returning to slightly more normal levels. Spain is getting more expensive compared to the good value-for-money proposition we are seeing in the eastern Mediterranean.” Greece is also selling strongly, and the travel agent is about to relaunch in Tunisia, after a threeyear absence in the wake of the deadly Sousse beach attack during which 30 British holidaymakers were killed. The group’s revenue rose by 7 per cent to just under €2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017, as it benefited from the collapse of airlines Monarch and Air Berlin.

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Back to the ‘norm’ this week! LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT ONE thing I am heartily sick of are the increasing issues in today’s society that appear to somehow, cause ‘offence.’ Whinging snowflakes, the luvvy PC brigade and female libbers, who constantly inveigle us, seem to exhume more of this self-righteous, attention seeking pathetic claptrap every day. Well, this week I’ve lined up a few of my own ‘dissents.’ And I have plenty! Beginning with the recent TV commercial, which shows in full close up, two girls sticking their tongues down each other’s throats. Aware as I am of the voyeuristic attraction of this, and by no means against this depiction in the context of a story line, I object most strongly to this being presented as an advertising ‘norm’ in front of young, impressionable children in my front room. What about the media onslaught of sneering ungrateful foreigners telling us how the British should run the country? The building of mosque after mosque, instigated by people from countries who don’t even accept the teaching of other religions, let alone the erection of buildings to worship them in. Normal heterosexuals being forced to accept extreme gender issues, often nastily. The cruel bleeding to death of animals for

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: Have we gone too far? Halal meat. Being told how to discipline your children, usually by those who have none of their own. Minorities being given undemocratic precedence over majorities, simply because they are minorities. Moves to change our time honoured, much loved fairy tales, because they are deemed sexist or encouragers of sexual abuse. Children, who are already shy and confused,

being forced to use ‘gender free’ toilets at schools. The removal of centuries old important works of art, merely because they are considered offensive to a very small minority. Unidentifiable people being allowed to walk among us masked and shrouded from head to foot. Being told by immigrants we should change our culture to accommodate theirs. Benefit scroungers who consider their bone

idle existence a ‘right.’ Authorities who, citing human rights, kowtow to the criminal perpetrators, while denying the rights of their victims. Women who would like us to re-establish Victorian attitudes, which presumably would include the placing of skirts on the legs of grand pianos. The term ‘Happy Holidays’ replacing the titles of our religious celebrations. The ongoing, paedophile abuse cover ups of politicians and celebrities. Being considered racist for uttering some incongruous trivial remark. Objected to by individuals, who, by their extreme reactions, reveal themselves as the biggest racists of all. Our appeasing, beleaguered police, afraid to react to the insults and disorder of ethnic minorities in case they get ‘upset’ or run riot. The growth of ‘no go’ areas and Sharia courts. And the biggest affront of all? Women who constantly gripe about men who never put the seat down! There you are. That should ‘offend’ just about everyone. Keep the faith Love Leapy columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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Spain ramps up fight against domestic violence

Taking on gender violence While love has been in the air to mark Valentine’s in recent days, gender violence continues to be a major concern across the country. David Noon looks at what measures Spain has already put in place and asks what more can be done? ALENTINE’S DAY is a time to celebrate, to unashamedly kiss in the streets without fear of being judged and to shower your other half in heart-shaped gifts. And while the presence of lovebirds frolicking gaily through the streets may turn the stomachs of singletons, it can be an especially traumatic time for the women, and men, who are trapped in an abusive relationship. For while a lot has been done - and is being done - to tackle

24 per cent of domestic abuse cases relate to married couples

domestic violence, it is still an ugly stain on the nation and the world as a whole. In 2017 alone, some 47 women had died at the hands of their partners in Spain. Thousands more domestic violence cases are reported each year, and more worryingly still is the number that go unreported. There were 28,281 officially registered female victims of gender-related violence in Spain in 2016, a 2.4 per cent rise from the previous year, according to the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE). The rate of abuse is highest in people aged 25-29, with three out of every 1,000 requiring some form of official protection. In terms of teens, there were 569 victims of domestic violence recorded in 2016, a slight decrease

PROTESTS: Thousands take to the streets in Madrid.

compared to the previous year. At the other end of the scale, complaints by women aged 75 and older increased by nearly 15 per cent, while offences against those aged between 40 and 44 increased by 8.5 per cent. Across all age ranges 24 per cent of domestic abuse cases relate to married couples. And there were few signs of change at the start of 2017. The year had in fact started off with some of the worst figures for genderrelated murders in Spain, with 16 women killed by partners or ex-partners as early as March 2. The backlash from these shocking figures saw seven women from the Asociación Vel-la Luz, a Galiciabased organisation working with domestic violence survivors, go on a 25day hunger strike in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol.

TOO LATE: Arrest of Jose Parejo after he killed his ex-wife.

TRAGIC: Ana Orantes on TV appearance.

Horror story that started a movement

AFTER suffering at the hands of an abusive husband for four decades, Ana Orantes bravely went on television to retell her traumatic ordeal. Joined by her youngest daughter Raquel, Ana retold horrific tales of how her recently divorced husband had submitted her to continuous beatings, forced her to drink, to have sex against her will and constantly insulted her over a 40-year period. Her aim was to raise awareness of a situation that many women suffered in Spain behind closed doors but did not dare to mention in public. Some 13 days after the interview, Jose Parejo beat his ex-wife until she was unconscious, tied her to a chair and then burned her alive in front of 14-year-old Raquel. Parejo died in prison after being handed a 17-year jail term. But more poignantly, hundreds of people lined the streets of Granada to

pay their respects to Ana on the day of her funeral. Spain stood united in agreement that something had to be done to stop gender violence. And yet, some 20 years after Ana’s death, women are still dying at the hands of their husbands and Ana’s daughter Raquel is demanding more to be done. In an open letter broadcast on Cadena SER in December, Raquel lamented that ‘almost nothing’ has been done to prevent cases such as her mother’s from happening again. “I would love to tell you everything has changed, that there is political will and that all the people who work to eradicate violence against women have managed to move forward, but that is not the case, the victims are still the same and continue to kill with impunity. Unfortunately, we are still second class citizens,” she said.

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Latest reforms

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: 24 per cent of domestic abuse cases relate to married couples.

AS part of a wider reform of Spain’s gender violence and domestic abuse laws, the government has introduced 200 reforms to legislation. Among the reforms are the following: • The status of victim will be extended to women who have not yet filed a criminal complaint, to allow them to access safeguards and assistance • Mechanisms for identifying victims of genderbased violence will be established in hospital emergency rooms and primary care • Children orphaned by gender-based violence will have priority access to state benefits including educational support. Their guardians (excluding the abuser) will receive tax benefits and priority access to housing • Tougher sanctions for gender-based crimes committed on the internet • School curriculums to include lessons to tackle sexism and raise awareness of the feminist movement

They were joined by millions more women - and men - on International Women’s Day who marched in the Capital as well as cities across the country demanding an end to gender violence. And the Spanish government took note. In fact, Spain should be applauded for recent measures it has introduced (regardless of whether or not you believe they should have come into force before now). Set out in July and brought into force at the turn of the year, some 200 new measures have been put in place in relation to domestic abuse and gender violence (see Latest reforms). These range from providing greater education about gender violence at schools, to enforcing greater sanctions to those prosecuted and offering better protection for those who report violent partners. It was hailed as an ‘unprecedented event’ by Javier Maroto, a lead-

569 teenage victims of domestic violence recorded in 2016

ing figure in the ruling Popular Party and while some activists argue that it doesn’t go far enough, it is most definitely an encouraging step in the right direction. The long road to this point was started in 1997 when 60-year-old Ana Orantes was beaten, thrown over a balcony and then burned to death by her ex-husband after repeatedly complaining to authorities about his violent behaviour (see Horror story that started a movement). Ana was the 59th woman to die at the hands of her partner that year and her death was the final straw for many. It led to seven years of protests, parliamentary debates and finally legal battles.

At the end of it, in 2004, the government introduced a law designed to reduce the number of domestic violence cases. A network of courts was set up to specialise in the matter and funds were ploughed into programmes aimed at supporting surviving victims of abuse.

28,281 officially registered female victims of gender-related violence in Spain in 2016

It came after 71 domestic murders were recorded in 2003, leading to reinvigorated protests for change. Yet, while the reforms were initially seen as a sign of progress it didn’t take long for cracks to begin to appear with activists readily pointing out where the law fell short. Before the latest reforms many campaigners demanded legislation that properly tackles the issue once and for all. “We need legislation that really addresses femicide, that really gives it the importance it needs,” said Isabel Muntane, director of the Master’s Programme on Gender and Communication at the Autonomous

Shocking study AN EU-wide study carried out in 2014 found that gender violence and domestic abuse is an issue that transcends borders. In fact, the statistics in the study show that there is need for greater reforms and tougher laws across the continent in order to tackle the problem head on. Here are some of the key findings from the study: • One in 10 women have experienced some form of sexual violence since the age of 15, while one in 20 has been raped • One in five women have experienced some form of stalking since the age of 15, with 5 per cent having experienced it in the 12 months preceding the survey • However, three out of four stalking cases reported in the survey never come to the attention of the police • One in 10 women have been stalked by a previ-

ous partner • Of women in the survey who indicate they have been raped by their current partner, about one third (31 per cent) say they have experienced six or more incidents of rape by their partner • Just over one in 10 women experienced some form of sexual violence by an adult before they were 15 • Most violence is carried out by a current or former partner, with 22 per cent of women in relationships reporting partner abuse

796 women officially killed in act of domestic violence since 2004

University of Barcelona. “Women are being murdered for being women, and it seems that society is immune to these murders. We always say that if it were football players being murdered, there would be a social revolution.” In fact, in the 14 years since the dedicated courts were created, official statistics record some 796 women have died as the result of domestic abuse. However, according to the activistrun site Feminicio.net, which compiles an unofficial count of femicide murders not exclusive to romantic partnerships, the number of women killed since 2004 as a result of gender violence is closer to 1,500. “The official femicide count doesn’t include the murders of minors, sex workers, murders done by family members, trans-phobic murders,” said Muntane. “If we’re not aware of the reality of all femicides, we’re not aware of the magnitude of the problem.” Following the economic crisis in 2008, the government also slashed funding to many previous-supported programmes set up to tackle gender violence. In total, government funds allocated to dealing with gender violence have been cut by some 29 per cent over the last decade. Although you could be forgiven for looking at the latest measures with a pinch of cynicism, the introduction of new reforms should hopefully start moving that figure in the other direction once more. One thing is for sure: a lot more still needs to be done to stamp this unnecessary evil out once and for all.

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Generation snowflake delays the real world as long as possible Nora Johnson

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

ACCORDING to a recent medical study, adolescence now stretches to the age of 24 as growing up is slowing down. Is this delayed development because we’ve feather-bedded today’s youngsters so that they stay at school till 18, followed by three further years avoiding responsibility at uni (for them, just three more years of partying) followed by gap years etc, such that their brains have readjusted to adolescence lasting longer? (Nonetheless, this period of transformation from child into mature adult can take

longer with some than others. Some - Jeremy Corbyn, I’m looking at you! - may regard Venezuela’s sinking economy as a better economic model for the western world while others - Trump? - may believe that grabbing a woman by the crotch is a turn on for most women.) And when they finally do get to university, these snowflakestudents will inevitably regard deadline extensions, exam resits or exemptions from procedures deemed ‘upsetting’ as a welcome cop-out. Newsflash: Doctors will no longer have to undertake training in surgery or pathology as many find this work ‘distasteful, creepy and upsetting.’ A spokesperson for the NHS stated that: “Doctors will be exempt from cases of legal and insurance action

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GENERATION SNOWFLAKE: Out of touch with the world. arising from deaths from surgically related non-procedures”. I made this up, but you get the idea. Our snowflake-generation is so pampered by decades of

child-centred parenting/education, is it surprising they’re putting off real life? But you can’t hold back time, careers, finding lifepartners, babies. They’ll re-

gret it waking up at 40 totally alone in the world. So, snowflakes, if you’re likely to be distressed by things, simply stay at home daydreaming, cocooned by your blanket,

teddy and fantasy books and leave real life to those of us who have grown up. Whatever next? A trigger warning at the beginning of a crime novel that someone, possibly even another person, will be dead by the end? Phew! As the author of crime thrillers - The Girl in the Red Dress the latest in the series (all profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity as you know) - perhaps I’d better switch to writing fantasy and fairy tales! Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Red Dress’, ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore.

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4:20am This is BBC Four 8:00pm The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World Documentary travelling to Central and South America to film animals at night. 9:00pm Winter Olympics Extra. 10:00pm Modus 10:45pm Modus 11:35pm Top of the Pops Richard Skinner and Gary Davies present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 February 1985 12:10am Joy of the Bee Gees 1:10am Southern Rock at the BBC 2:10am Sings Neil Diamond 2:40am Joy of the Bee Gees 3:40am From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature

9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Come Dine with Me 3:30pm Coast v Country 4:35pm A Place in the Sun 5:35pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 6:35pm The Supervet 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Penelope Keith's Coastal Villages 9:00pm Britain at Low Tide 10:00pm Ted 2 12:15am Dracula Untold 1:55am The Last Leg 2:50am Hollyoaks Omnibus 4:55am Four Rooms with Sarah Beeny 5:50am Location, Location, Location

11:05am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:05pm Police Interceptors 1:00pm Police Interceptors 2:00pm The A-Team 3:00pm The A-Team 4:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 5:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 6:00pm Rich House, Poor House 7:00pm The Wonderful of Puppies 8:00pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 9:00pm World's Most Luxurious Cruise Ship 9:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 10:00pm Football on 5 The Championship. 11:00pm Football on 5 Goal Rush. 11:30pm There's Something About Mary 1:40am Super Casino

Teleshopping CITV ITV News Saturday Morning with James Martin The Hungry Sailors ITV News and Weather Dancing on Ice Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury Celebrity Catchphrase Tipping Point The Chase ITV News and Weather Local News and Weather Take Me Out The Voice UK Through the Keyhole ITV News and Weather Lethal Weapon 3 Jackpot247 Babushka ITV Nightscreen

9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:45pm Take Me Out 1:55pm Mr. Bean 2:30pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 3:35pm FYI Daily 3:40pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 4:15pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 5:15pm FYI Daily 5:20pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 6:05pm Despicable Me 2 7:10pm FYI Daily 7:15pm Despicable Me 2 8:00pm Jurassic World 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Jurassic World 10:30pm Survival of the Fittest 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:05am American Dad! 1:30am The Cleveland Show 2:00am Zack and Miri Make a Porno

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George and Mildred Judge Judy Judge Judy is a show about family court cases, marital dissensions and small claims disputes. ITV3 Nightscreen Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote A Touch of Frost Tommy Cooper Forever Tommy Cooper Forever Columbo Lewis Midsomer Murders The Durrells The Durrells Midsomer Murders Lewis The Good Karma Hospital ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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The Protectors The Professionals The Professionals The Professionals ITV Racing: The Opening Show Sporting Funnies Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars ITV Racing: Live From Ascot The Way West FYI Daily The Way West Casino Royale FYI Daily Casino Royale Executive Decision FYI Daily Executive Decision Blade: The Series FYI Daily Blade: The Series The Protectors

10:10am Don't Think Twice 11:50am Chips: Law and Disorder 1:40pm Bad Neighbours 2 3:20pm How to be a Latin Lover 5:20pm The Nutty Professor 7:05pm Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 9:00pm Bad Neighbours 2 10:40pm Chips: Law and Disorder 12:35am Coming to America 2:40am The Nutty Professor

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How I Met Your Mother Couples Come Dine with Me The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Toy Story That Time Forgot Casper The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Men in Black X-Men: First Class Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

4:55am Monster Hunt 7:00am Mune: Guardian of the Moon 8:30am Honey 3: Dare to Dance 10:15am After the Reality 11:50am Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue 1:20pm Fast and Furious 8 The crew must ride to the rescue when Dominic Toretto is blackmailed by a hitech terrorist. 3:45pm Mune: Guardian of the Moon 5:20pm Baywatch Beloved lifeguard chief Dwayne Johnson must team up with cocky new recruit Zac Efron to take down a drugdealing villain 7:30pm Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue 9:00pm Fast and Furious 8 11:20pm Baywatch 1:30am It Had to be You 3:00am Mean Dreams

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6:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond. 7:00am Super League Highlights 7:15am World Club Challenge Highlights Melbourne Storm take on Leeds Rhinos at the AAMI Park in Melbourne in the World Club Challenge. 7:30am Live Rugby League 9:40am Live Rugby League 11:45am Super League Highlights 12:00pm Soccer Saturday PreMatch 1:00pm Football 3:30pm My Icon 3:45pm My Icon 4:00pm Rugby Union 6:15pm Rugby Union 8:40pm Live PGA Tour Golf 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

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Football's Greatest Teams Scottish Cup Greatest Games Scottish Cup Greatest Games SPFL Matters Soccer A.M. SPFL Matters Football Gillette Soccer Saturday Gillette Soccer Saturday Live Irish League Cup Final La Liga Greatest Games Football La Liga Highlights: Barcelona Ronaldo 20 Years of El Clasico La Liga Highlights: Barcelona Ronaldo Football Years

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Winter Olympics Breakfast Match of the Day The Andrew Marr Show The Big Questions Homes Under the Hammer BBC News Weather for the Week Ahead Winter Olympics Match of the Day Live BBC News Regional News Weather The latest weather information. Countryfile Hold the Sunset Call the Midwife British Academy Film Awards 2018 BBC News Regional News Weather Julius Caesar Revealed Winter Olympics Winter Olympics

3:50am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 7:00am Winter Olympics 10:00am Winter Olympics 1:15pm Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 2:45pm A Vicar's Life 3:15pm The Crane Gang 4:16pm South Korea: Earth's Hidden Wilderness 5:15pm Lifeline 5:25pm Songs of Praise 6:00pm Back in Time for Tea 7:00pm New York: America's Busiest City 8:00pm Winter Olympics Today at the Games. 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Life and Death Row 11:00pm The Mash Report 11:30pm Live at the Apollo 12:15am Cleverman 1:05am Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 2:50am Question Time 3:50am Holby City 4:50am Weather for the Week Ahead

8:00pm Only Connect Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will only take you so far. 8:30pm University Challenge Cult student quiz show where two rival university teams battle it out to see who has the most superior intellects. 9:00pm Winter Olympics Extra. 10:00pm Akala's Odyssey 11:00pm In Order of Disappearance 12:50am From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature 1:50am The Secret Life of Books 2:50am Modus 3:35am Modus 4:20am Modus

ITV Nightscreen CITV ITV News Love Your Garden Peston on Sunday The Martin Lewis Money Show The Voice UK ITV News and Weather The Harbour The Cruise What Would Your Kid Do? Britain's Brightest Family Tipping Point ITV News and Weather Local News and Weather The Chase Dancing on Ice Endeavour ITV News and Weather Peston on Sunday Caught on Camera Car Wars UK Jackpot247

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3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Murder, She Wrote Murder mystery series about a sleuthing writer. 7:50am Heartbeat 8:50am Heartbeat 9:55am Columbo 11:35am The Nun's Story 2:35pm Les Dawson Forever 3:40pm Les Dawson Forever 5:00pm The Durrells 6:00pm The Durrells 6:50pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 9:30pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm Tonight at the London Palladium 11:00pm Elizabeth: The Golden Age 1:15am The Security Men 2:15am Blue Murder 3:35am Judge Judy 4:00am George and Mildred 4:25am George and Mildred 4:50am George and Mildred 5:20am Road to Avonlea

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Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus Take Me Out The Voice UK Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams FYI Daily Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Nanny McPhee FYI Daily Nanny McPhee The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies FYI Daily The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Ibiza Weekender Survival of the Fittest Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy

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7:40am King of Queens 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:25pm The Simpsons 3:55pm Spongebob Movie: The Sponge Out of Water 5:45pm Rio 2 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Posh Pawn 9:00pm The First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man 10:00pm Homeland 11:15pm Our Kind of Traitor 1:20am The Supervet 2:15am The World's Most Expensive Food 3:05am Obsessive Compulsive Country House Rescue

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Teleshopping Football's Greatest The Protectors The Sweeney Minder Minder Counting Cars Counting Cars Counting Cars Counting Cars Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Hornblower The Way West FYI Daily The Way West The Train Robbers FYI Daily The Train Robbers High Plains Drifter FYI Daily High Plains Drifter Memphis Belle FYI Daily Memphis Belle The Professionals

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House Doctor Divine Designs Wildlife SOS Milkshake! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Football on 5 The Championship. Football on 5 Goal Rush. Make You Laugh Out Loud Justin and the Knights of Valour P.S. I Love You Something's Gotta Give 5 News Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever! Caught in the Act When Comedy Goes Horribly Wrong Bette Midler Super Casino Cowboy Builders The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant House Doctor

10:15am The Huntsman: Winter's War 12:15pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 12:30pm Ghost in the Shell 2:30pm Behind Enemy Lines 4:30pm Captain America: Civil War 7:00pm The Huntsman: Winter's War 9:00pm Ghost in the Shell 11:00pm Kiss of the Dragon

8:30am Bridesmaids 10:45am Liar Liar 12:20pm Hot Tub Time Machine 2:10pm Fist Fight 3:50pm This is Spinal Tap 5:20pm Hot Tub Time Machine 7:10pm Norbit 9:00pm Fist Fight 10:40pm This is Spinal Tap 12:10am City Slickers 2:10am The Cable Guy 3:50am Bachelor Party

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How I Met Your Mother Rude(Ish) Tube Hollyoaks Omnibus Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Toy Story Toons The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Men in Black II Celebs Go Dating Naked Attraction The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

6:00am Cricket A look at some of the best moments from the world of cricket 6:15am Cricket 6:30am Cricket 7:00am Cricket 10:30am Live European Tour Golf 12:30pm Football 3:00pm Football Hamilton Academical take on Rangers at New Douglas Park in the SPFL Ladbrokes Premiership. 5:15pm Football 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 8:30pm La Liga Greatest Games Classic action from Spain's La Liga. 8:40pm Football 10:45pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:30am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

4:50am After the Reality 6:30am Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Special Sky Movies takes a behind-the-scenes look at the latest trip into JK Rowling's wizarding world 7:00am The Great Wall: Special 7:30am Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue 8:55am Special 9:25am Baywatch A beloved lifeguard must team up with a cocky new recruit to take down a drugdealing villain 11:35am Jarhead 3: The Siege 1:20pm Fast and Furious 8 3:50pm Mune: Guardian of the Moon 5:25pm Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue 6:50pm Baywatch 9:00pm Fast and Furious 8 11:20pm Jarhead 3: The Siege 1:05am Mean Dreams

9:15am La Liga Greatest Games 9:30am EFL Goals: League One and League Two 10:00am Scottish Cup Greatest Games 10:15am Scottish Cup Greatest Games 10:30am Sunday Supplement 12:00pm EFL Rivalries: East Anglian Derby 12:30pm Football 3:00pm Football 5:15pm Football 8:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 8:40pm Football 10:45pm La Liga Highlights: Barcelona 11:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 12:00am The Best La Liga Goals 2016/17 1:00am La Liga Highlights: Real Madrid 1:15am La Liga Highlights: Barcelona

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4:00am Winter Olympics Radzi Chinyanganya presents continued live coverage of day 10 of the 2018 Winter Olympics. 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Winter Olympics 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Coroner 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Get Away for Winter 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got Old News for You 12:15am The Graham Norton Show 1:05am Winter Olympics 4:00am Winter Olympics

4:55am BBC News 7:00am Winter Olympics 10:15am Animal Park Summer Special 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Bargain Hunt Eric Knowles is at the helm as the hunt for bargains heads to Lincoln. 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Winter Olympics 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Winter Olympics Today at the Games. 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Collateral 11:00pm Two Doors Down 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Horizon 1:15am Odyssey 1:55am Odyssey 2:40am Countryfile 3:35am Shane 4:35am Hugh's Wild West 5:35am Royal Recipes

5:05am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more 8:00pm Beyond 100 Days The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective 8:30pm The Taff: The River That Made Wales 9:00pm Winter Olympics Extra 10:00pm The Art of Japanese Life 11:00pm Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit 12:00am How the Celts Saved Britain 1:00am Treasures of Heaven 2:00am Top of the Pops Tommy Vance presents the pop chart show, first broadcast on 11 February 1982 2:40am Top of the Pops 3:20am Modus 4:05am Modus

9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:00am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cakemakers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Married at First Sight 1:10am The Â£1 Houses: Britain's Cheapest Street

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 James Martin's American Adventure 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 The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Marcella 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm Boarding Schools: The Secret Shame: Exposure 12:55am Children Who Kill 1:45am Ross Kemp Behind Bars: Inside Barlinnie

9:20am Coronation Street 9:50am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:15am Babe 12:20pm FYI Daily 12:25pm Babe 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Survival of the Fittest 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 12:55am American Dad! 1:25am Plebs

7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am The Royal 10:00am Judge Judy 10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 11:55am Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 12:30pm Love Your Garden 1:30pm The Royal 2:35pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm On the Buses 5:20pm On the Buses 5:50pm You're Only Young Twice 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm DCI Banks 12:00am DCI Banks

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Teleshopping The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The guys snap to attention when a client brings in a rare West Point musket Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney Classic 70s' police drama series. The Professionals Counting Cars Snooker The Specialist FYI Daily The Specialist Car Crash Global The Protectors ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Divine Designs Wildlife SOS Milkshake! The Wright Stuff GPs: Behind Closed Doors 5 News Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! Access Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: Conspiracy to Murder Final Recourse 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door The X Files When Gameshows Go Horribly Wrong Super Casino Cowboy Builders Cruising with Jane McDonald

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Rocky III Sky Movies Preview February 2018 7:00am The Great Escape 10:00am The Matrix 12:20pm The Matrix Reloaded 2:45pm The Matrix Revolutions 5:00pm The Great Escape 8:00pm The Matrix 10:30pm The Matrix Reloaded 1:00am The Matrix Revolutions

8:15am Kicking Off 9:45am Turner and Hooch 11:30am Dude, Where's My Car? 1:00pm You Don't Mess with the Zohan 3:00pm Keeping up with the Joneses 4:50pm Knocked Up 7:05pm Click 9:00pm You Don't Mess with the Zohan 11:00pm Keeping up with the Joneses

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Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Celebs Go Dating Naked Attraction The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

4:50am It Had to be You 6:30am Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Special Sky Movies takes a behind-the-scenes look at the latest trip into JK Rowling's wizarding world. 7:00am Mune: Guardian of the Moon 8:40am Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue 10:15am Fast and Furious 8 12:35pm Roxxy 2:25pm Honey 3: Dare to Dance 4:05pm Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue 5:35pm Mune: Guardian of the Moon 7:15pm Jarhead 3: The Siege 9:00pm Fast and Furious 8 11:20pm Roxxy 1:15am Jarhead 3: The Siege 3:00am It Had to be You 4:40am After the Reality

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6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Premier League Daily 12:00pm Sky Sports Daily 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News 7:00pm Sky Sports News 7:30pm My Icon 7:45pm Live Netball Superleague 8:30pm Football 11:00pm The Debate - Live 12:00am Live ATP 500: Rio 2:30am Tennis Archive 2:45am Tennis Archive 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

8:30am Football Countdowns 9:00am Football's Greatest 9:30am Football's Greatest Teams 10:00am La Liga Highlights: Real Madrid 10:15am La Liga Highlights: Barcelona 10:30am Football 12:35pm Football 2:40pm Football 4:45pm La Liga Icons 5:00pm League Cup Final 2008 6:00pm League Cup Final 2012 7:00pm League Cup Final 2013 8:00pm Soccer A.M. 8:30pm Football 11:00pm The Debate - Live 12:00am SPFL Round Up 2017/18 12:15am SPFL Greatest Games 12:30am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 1:00am Football 3:30am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 4:00am Football Years

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TV COUCH CRITIC I THOUGHT this week I would stick to mainstream channels and delve into the world of some of the most watched shows in the UK what could possibly go wrong? Let’s start with Hunted (Channel 4, Thursdays). There is a £100,000 prize at stake, and if the hunted can evade capture by Chief Bleksely and his team, then the money is yours. The hunters have CCTV, social media tracing, sniffer dogs, drones, number plate recognition and helicopters at their disposal, and yet not one of the hunted simply decamps to the cupboard under the stairs of a long lost Aunt and waits for the next set of instructions. Surely we all know by now that using a mobile phone will give you away, don’t we? This is a simple show, evade capture and the money is yours. The answer is just as simple. Hide under Auntie’s stairs and you are halfway there. My favourite Aunt wouldn’t enjoy hanging out with Rylan Clark-Neal as he guides minor celebrities on a Celebrity Ghost Hunt (Channel 5 - 5Star, Tuesdays). Let’s start with Rylan. If he’s going to look for ghosts the lad needs to eat something and gain a few pounds. His current frame is in danger of being blown over by a draught from an open window, never mind a paranormal happening. He should hold back on the fake tan too. Nobody other than my lovely

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Celebrity Ghost Hunting in the First Dates Hotel - maybe not?

HUNTED: ‘Somehow draws you in.’ CELEBRITY GHOST HUNT: ‘Hold back on the fake tan.’ friend Lindsay looks good covered with that amount of tan in a tube and Rylan, Linds is in Puerto Banus not Hever Castle in deepest Kent. The celebrities include James ‘just call me Arg’ Argent of TOWIE fame (I use the word fame lightly), Georgia Harrison from Love Island and Sam Thompson - I’m struggling to remember why Sam is a celebrity; maybe it’s the

handsome good looks, upper class accent and a certain show made in a posh London Borough? Made in South Shields doesn’t have the same ring, but Shields folk are just as nice as their Chelsea counterparts. The ghosts are asked to reveal themselves by self-designated psychic Alex Gibbs. Alex is a

close friend of Rylan. Alex is in no danger of being blown over by a gust of wind and has terrible dress sense. Rylan is adamant that nothing is staged and if that is true, our celebrity spook hunters do have something approaching a close encounter in each episode. Rylan is reported to have been so frightened in one of the episodes he ran out of a room and straight into a wall. It was nothing to do with ghosts, he was running from the lunch buffet. Despite an impromptu ghost hunt, there were no sightings at the First Dates Hotel which concluded its run on Channel 4 this week. Series two is on CH4 catch up. The real stars here are not the people looking for love but Fred and the other staff. That said, I was rooting for Nick and Lewis in the final show - two people who deserve each other. Maitre d’ Fred Sirieix and the team deliver advice on romance and the occasional broken heart in a wonderful setting somewhere in southern Italy. The format is a little predictable but if you like the original First Dates make up, you will love this one... Happy viewing. Critique: Adam Whalley-Lewis, Casares, Costa del Sol

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TECH FOR THE TIMID IF you’re still listening to music on your own CDs, MP3s or even (gasp) cassettes, the bad news is that you’re officially a dinosaur. Guilty as charged m’lud. The reality of our techno-age is that we’re spoilt for choice in how we ‘consume’ our music these days. Great for us, tough luck on the performers who apparently earn less than 0.005 euro cents every time their song is ‘streamed’ on Spotify or other music sites. Remember when we might have paid €10 for a CD? Now if I played the same track every day for a year on Spotify (definitely grounds for divorce), the artist might get €2. It’s little wonder that performers make their real money these days from concerts and merchandising. Not that we’re much more moral now when it comes to pirating music. Napster unleashed a frenzy of MP3 music sharing nearly two decades ago. Streaming was supposed to put an end to piracy, but in fact 40 per cent of users currently ‘stream-rip’ music (rising to 53 per cent among the young), with

All I have to do is stream LP or not LP, that is the question, says Terence Kennedy

MUSIC STREAMING: Half a cent a track. YouTube as the absolutely leakiest source. Those of us who want to do the right thing with music have a cornucopia of ways to access music these days. The most popular music sites right now are Spotify, Deezer, Ti d a l , A m a z o n P r i m e M u s i c

and Apple Music. Through your phone, tablet, computer or, increasingly, digital assistants like Amazon’s Echo series or Google Home, you pay a small fee each month, or even get the music for free if you can put up with advertising, and you get access to huge music libraries to listen to whenever

I was happy this week Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I NEEDED a blood test before I went to see my specialist at the Costa del Sol hospital. I know this goes out all over Spain but I’m sure it’s the same in your area. What I normally do is, about two weeks beforehand I go to the local clinic to make an appointment to have the blood test and Robert’s yer relative. When I go for the specialist appointment they have the info. Simple, right? That system has worked fine for years. This time I went to book a blood test and was informed that, from now on, you have to have the blood test at the hospital and they will call you and tell you when to come. My specialist appointment date was getting nearer and nearer and no call. Now I had done a blood test before Christmas so I thought, worst case scenario, I’ll use those results. The day before my appointment on the 7th I got a ‘phone call telling me to come for my blood test on the 12th which, of course, was after my specialist appointment. I told her that and she said, “No it isn’t, it’s been changed.” “To when?”

She gave me the new date and would not have it that nobody had told me. Believe me, as grumpy and stubborn as I am, I have learnt to never ever fall out with the receptionist at the doctors or hospitals because you will forever be lost in the system. So I just said thank you and had a hissy fit when I put the phone down. Why do they have to keep changing things? Something made me very happy this week. I was in Carrefour and saw a Local Police officer walking round handing out tickets to all the lazy bar stewards that had parked in the disabled bays. Now, I had been told that they were not allowed to give out tickets in private car parks, but apparently the law is that if there is no barrier it’s ok for the police to come in and do all those that tell me, ‘They are only going to be a minute’ and then abuse me for arguing with them. I’m pleased to see them arguing with the police who were just wiping the floor with them. Funny how the abuse I get suddenly changed to pleading not to get a fine. Being an inconsiderate SOB is not a disability. Happily it cost at least four or five of them over €100 to find that out. BOOM! Email me: mikesenker@gmail.com columnists@euroweeklynews.com

and wherever you fancy. Pay around €10 a month (what we used to shell out for a single CD), and in some cases you can actually download the music to listen to offline, AND you lose the ads. Amid this onslaught of music for the millions, it’s perhaps surprising that good old-fashioned vinyl LPs are on the up, with 40 million sold last year. Who would have thought that the snap, crackle and pop of needles on plastic would break through the niche nostalgia barrier, normally reserved for anorak steam enthusiasts, philatelists and people who thought life was better when we all lived in cardboard boxes and walked 30 miles to school. Barefoot. What certainly isn’t coming back is the late and largely unlamented cassette, a triumph of convenience over quality. Even if the amazing ability to compile your own mixtape back in the 70’s and 80’s meant cassetting there was half the fun.

Play it again Sam DIGITAL assistants are well on their way to being the fastest-growing techno-toy of the era, with nearly 60 million due to be sold in 2018. Using one like Amazon’s market-leading Echo can be a truly spooky experience. Simply say ‘Alexa, play...’ plus the genre, artiste or actual track of your choice and away it goes in high quality, either on its own or through your home stereo if you’ve hooked it up by cable or Bluetooth. Sadly, trying out the sniggeringly popular command, ‘Alexa, play baby-making music’ shows that Amazon’s engineers really need to get out more. I can’t speak for anyone else, but the cheesiness of its ‘elevator muzak’ choice had my partner and I in gales of laughter. ‘Baby-making’ romantic that certainly ain’t.

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Praising the bravery of Father Schiller to tell the truth MAY I offer my admiration and respect to Father Miguel Ángel S c h i l l e r, p a r i s h p r i e s t a t A l f a z del Pi, who recently had the courage to speak out publicly against the ongoing scandal of child-molesting priests in the Catholic Church. Like so many I am dismayed at these events, that historically have left hundreds, if not thousands of vulnerable children worldwide, traumatised and powerless to defend themselves against a person, held in high esteem in their community, who have shamelessly, sinfully, taken advantage of them. Even a s a l a p se d C ath o lic it shames me - more so the Church itself - that it should protect those that si n a n d n o t t h o s e s in n ed against. God bless you Father Miguel and let us trust that he is not, himself, victimised for saying what so many people think and believe. The Church must be seen to be addressing this problem. Sheila Skinner, Parcent

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Sexual harassment

Response to Our View issue 1700 YOU mention you want Benidorm to be like ‘Ibiza’ closed down for six months of the year. What will happen to all the people who work here with young families to support? If shops, restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and bars are closed, do you think the council will be happy to support all the out of work people? You mention the Stag and Hen parties, the revenue these bring into Benidorm keeps bars, hotels and restaurants open, all employing many staff. It’s a small minority that spoil it. The people who are making these complaints do not have business in Benidorm that is obvious. What does need dealing with is the ‘Pea-men,’ the thieving and heartache

BENIDORM: Is a fun place to be. they cause. There is not a mayor or the police who have managed to stop these people. We think there should be more live bands and more music through the day and night to accommodate ‘party-people.’ Benidorm is a beautiful place, beautiful safe beaches, the beaches are cleaned every night, the promenade is washed from top to bottom. The newspaper quoted... ‘Benidorm is the second most visited

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place in the WORLD.’ It’s got that way by being a safe (no bombs, no terrorists (the police do a good job there) PARTY TOWN! Wendy, Benidorm Editor’s note: Wendy thank you for your letter. To be fair, Our View didn’t say that Benidorm should close for six months it just observed that Hen and Stag parties are being discouraged by local business and that it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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Police ski four hours to deliver medicine WOOW... wonderful always going that extra mile for the public. Marje Turner Great respect for Spanish police they are the best! John William Roberts Great job well done all of you around the country. Stuart Ridgley

Woman loses both legs in car accident It’s about time people here learnt how to approach and exit roundabouts. I passed my test here in 1972 and have respect for most of the d r i v i n g a n d p a r k i n g a b i l i t i e s, b u t r o u n d abouts... disgraceful. Not logical. Sandra Russell OMG that poor woman.. what is happening here. Too many careless drivers. Linda Cooper That roundabout is lethal, too many lanes to choose from. Unfortunately nobody ever seems to know which lane to be in. Terri Prodage How the devil can a roundabout be lethal, aw-

Comments from EWN online ful or anything else along those lines? Yes it can be pretty, plain or dull, it can even vary in size or design. People say similar things about junctions, traffic lights etc, but in reality the only time that there is an incident at any of these points there is a driver or rider involved. Funny that! Ted Milsom

by the UK. Pauline Parker Yo u a r e l u c k y, y o u B r i t i s h e x p a t s. A n e x p a t from Denmark, lose their voting rights, from the first day, in a foreign country , even within EU! Carsten Thorvald B i t t o o l a t e n o w, d o n ’ t w a n t t o k n o w, m y home is here in Spain for 32yrs, two children, five Spanish grandchildren. Elaine Mawer

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W h y w o u l d a n y o n e wa n t t o h a v e a v o t e o n what another country does,if you don’t live there, it really doesn’t affect you! June Waterhouse

Leeds Bradford airport is still operating like it is still back in Dick’s days, walking 500 yards outside to board a plane. Millions supposedly s p e n t o n p a s s e n g e r c o m f o r t , b u t w h e r e. N o rail link, poor highway links, scandalous taxi charges, the best transport service to this airport is the bus from Leeds, number 757, about every 30 minutes, the drivers are very courteous, and pleasant. George R Carman

But they are still affected. They may still have property in the UK, family in the UK and a pension they have contributed to for a working lifetime. Health care also currently paid for

Use Leeds Bradford airport often but I do wish they’d sort the walk from the plane through the ‘bike sheds’ out! It’s so depressing after leaving Alicante airport. Christine Simpson

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TALKING to a friend, she told me that one of her bosses ‘touched her up’ and she just slapped him across the face. She was a hairdresser, did not leave her job then, but founded her own beauty salon. The same thing happened to me and knowing my worth, I just told him where to go. Don’t be embarrassed, denounce on the spot. Many of the cases going public these days are dubious... I should think some of the ‘victims’ of long ago wanted the job - at any costand put up with it - why was the abuse not declared at the time? Ena Amengual, Mallorca

Happy to be Gay Dear Nora, I LOVED your article about names, they have always had a fascination for me, especially as I have to keep telling Spanish people that my surname means HAPPY. The end bit of your article about the policeman reminded me of the two police officers who often went to the local schools to talk about road safety. I think that they were partly chosen for their names as the children (my own included) thought it was hilarious that they were PC Copp and PC Peacey. My Mum had a friend Rose whose married name was Bush and I have a friend Mrs Rolls who called her daughter Louise (Lou) and another Mrs Peacock whose son Andrew became known as Drew at senior school... think about it!! Look forward to your next article. Margot Gay

Cry baby HE cries if he loses; he cries if he wins. How many more times do we have to witness the unsightly spectacle of Federer dissolving in tears in public. His achievements undeniably place him among the greats, but the natural joyful reaction of Wozniacki was much easier on the eye. Likewise, other all-time greats such as Graf, Laver and Nadal were able to handle victory and defeat in a more seemly manner. David R Worboys, Nerja

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) An area in which you have experience means that you are able to help someone close this week. Keep the advice free from personal opinions wherever possible. Some upsets on a day-to-day basis are all minor and will pass. Your sensitivity this week is certain to cause frustration and even mayhem. Being in a calm situation will help. So will realising where the source of the aggravation comes from.

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*** It was technically illegal for women to wear trousers in Paris until the 214-year-old law was repealed in 2012. *** A chef from Singapore became the world’s first street vendor to earn a Michelin star in 2016. *** Chubut province in Argentina is home to around 25,000 Welsh speakers. It has the highest population that speak the language outside of Britain. *** Rats have been trained to sniff out landmines in Mozambique. So far they have unearthed 13,000 mines and 1,100 hectares of land have been reclaimed. *** The Red Sea gets its name from dying algae in its water that turns it from blue-green to red. *** Antarctica is home to the driest place on earth where 200mph winds blow rain away.

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Surprising and happy news about the 28th really puts some bounce into you. Having been so busy recently, you may not have noticed that someone has a special interest in you. Another surprise then, but how will you react?

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Family members bring a sparkle to your eyes and a spring to your step. When there is so much going on it is easy to forget how much we are part of a whole. If you have neglected keeping in contact of late, this serves to remind you to try to do better.

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Expecting others to automatically know what you want is unrealistic. Even dropping heavy hints can go well astray of the mark. Although it is unpalatable to your sensitivity, plain talking is needed. Stop wanting everyone to like you and your personality will grow in leaps and bounds.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Oh, gosh, this is a really sensitive time for Leos. Although it is easy to upset you, it is equally easy to fire your enthusiasm. Anyone considering not keeping a promise or appointment with you should beware because they will be whipped into shape.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) This is a week of deep thinking and meaningful conversations. Someone's opinion of you reaches your ears and pleases you greatly. Work that has been progressing at home faces hold-ups and tact is needed to avoid a row. Some compromise is required at work, perhaps related to a planned holiday.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Take extra care where finances concern your home. A legal matter should be considered carefully. When planning home improvements, get plenty of good advice and do not trust your heart. A new activity means new friends.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Being protective of those close does not mean worrying all the time. With their cooperation, the burden, welcome though it may be, can be lightened. There is the opportunity to have fun with some young friends, which may not come again for some time.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Be determined to make a budget and stick to it. Even if you are arranging a holiday, resist the urge to splash out. Because this is such a busy week, it may not seem that there is time to read the small print. However, that would be a mistake, causing problems later.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) With a big event coming up, you need someone to give plenty of love and support. Starting a new interest could lead you into their path. Going for looks alone will do you no favours. Be as broad-minded as possible when it comes to making friends.

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App of the week Magic golf This is a new game that features thousands of player-created crazy golf courses. There’s also the chance to create your own character and update them with wacky accessories.

QUIZ: EVERYBODY NEEDS GOOD NEIGHBOURS 1. In the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, what was the name of the character played by Kylie Minogue? 2. ‘I have just returned from a visit to my landlord - the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with’ is the first line from which novel by Emily Brontë, first published in 1847? 3. In which decade was the politically incorrect British sitcom Love Thy Neighbour initially broadcast? 4. Released in September 1991, Waking Up the Neighbours was the sixth studio album by which Canadian singer-songwriter? 5. The character Dill Harris in To Kill a Mockingbird is believed to be based on which famous author, a childhood friend and neighbour of its author Harper Lee? His best known works include the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966). 6. Voiced by Harry Shearer, what is the name of the good-natured, cheery next-door neighbour to the Simpson family, who is generally loathed by Homer Simpson?

7. What is the title of the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film that starred James Stewart as a wheelchair bound photographer who, during a powerful heat wave, watches his neighbours, who keep their windows open to stay cool? 8. Which rather grumpy television character had neighbours called Patrick and Pippa Tench, played by Angus Deayton and Janine Duvitski? 9. Whose (television) neighbours were Fred and Ethel Mertz played by Vivienne Vance and William Frawley? 10. Which song-writing husband and wife team composed the theme tune to the Australian soap opera Neighbours? Not a lot of people know that... not only do Ant and Dec work together, they also live next door to each other, on the same street in Chiswick, West London. They said they didn't care people think this is "bizarre" because they’d spend a "fortune in cab fares" if they lived further apart. And that's not all - the pair even purchased two villas side by side in a luxury Portuguese golf resort on the Algarve so they can holiday together too.

Answers: 1. CHARLENE ROBINSON (MITCHELL), 2. WUTHERING HEIGHTS, 3. 1970s (from April 1972 to January 1976), 4. BRYAN ADAMS, 5. TRUMAN CAPOTE, 6. NED (Nedward) FLANDERS Junior, 7. REAR WINDOW, 8. VICTOR MILDREW (One Foot in the Grave), 9. LUCILLE BALL/ARNAZ (I Love Lucy), 10. TONY HATCH (music) and JACKIE TRENT (lyrics)

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• Matt Groening, Cartoonist; School and received a Lifetime February 15, 64 Achievement Award at the UK The brains behind The SimpSoap Awards in 2005. sons and Futurama debuted • Michael Jordan, Basketball player; February 17, 55 when his cartoon characters appeared on the Tracey Ullman Jordan is considered by many to be Matt Groening. Show. His series set in the ficone of the greatest basketball tional town of Springfield is one of the players of all time. Despite not making his longest-running on US TV. high school team because of his height, he went on to play for the Chicago Bulls and • June Brown, Soap Star; February 16, 91 is a six-time NBA champion. Albert Square’s Dot Cotton first began • Yoko Ono, Artist; February 18, 85 playing the role in BBC soap EastEnders Japanese avant-garde artist Ono has played a major role in anti-war and environmental in 1985. She trained at the Old Vic Drama

activism throughout her career. She married Beatle John Lennon after the two met in the 1960’s and they spent their honeymoon in bed for a week for peace. Their son Sean was born in 1975. • Millie Bobby Brown, Actor; February 19, 14 The Strange Things star was born in Marbella, Spain before she moved to Bournemouth with her family when she was five years old. Brown also had roles in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Modern Family and Grey’s Anatomy.

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LINDA is a 14-year-old living with her parents in a former commune on the banks of a lake in rural Minnesota. She is called a freak at school and is mostly left alone in a place where most people have longsince moved on. But soon a mother and father and their young child Paul move into the cabin next door. Linda starts to babysit for the family and soon feels as though she has somewhere to belong. Linda is then forced to make a choice as she is drawn into a darkness that she does not understand in Emily Fridlund’s poetic novel and haunting novel History of Wolves.

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• 356 - Paganism shut down Roman Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all Latin pagan temples in the empire, another step in the rise of Christianity in Europe. • 1229 - Holy Land handed over Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II signs a pact with Egyptian Sultan alKamil, retaking Jerusalem, Nazareth and Bethlehem in the Sixth Crusade. • 1613 - Romanov crowned Mikhail I is elected Tsar of Russia, beginning over 300 years of Russia being ruled by the Romanov dynasty. They will remain in power until the revolutions of 1917 and the foundation of the USSR. • 1753 - Calendar change February 17 is followed by March 1 in Sweden after the country moves from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. • 1863 - Red Cross founded A group in meeting in Geneva creates the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded. It would later change its name to the International Committee of the Red Cross. • 1942 - Fall of Singapore British general Arthur Percival surrenders to Japanese forces after their attack on Singapore in the largest surrender of British led forces in history. • 1971 - Emergency broadcast mistake The United States’ Emergency Broadcast System is accidently activated after a national alert is sent out in error. The EBS was designed to send messages to the public during times of war and crisis. • 2005 - Kyoto protocol enacted Russia ratifies the international Kyoto agreement on climate change and emissions leading it to come into force across the world.

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WHEN surgeon Dr Ben Bass (Idris Elba) and journalist Alex Martin (Kate Winslet) are stranded on a mountain after a plane crash they become dependent on each other for survival. They then begin their trek across the wilderness to reach civilisation. Falls, wild animals and arguments plague them on along the way, but they both become closer through their shared struggle. The Mountain Between Us is a tale of two strangers thrown into a desperate effort to survive.

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Renewal of your European Union (EU) driving licence in Spain FROM January 19, 2013 there is a single European driving licence. The renewal of such a document will be carried out by issuing the single European model and in accordance to Spanish Law. We have to recognise two cases: 1. Holders of an EU or EEA driving licence that has expired or is due to expire; Driving licences issued in a member state of the EU or in one that is part of the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein) are fully valid in Spain, under the terms of issue in their country of origin. Only is the minimum age for driving the one required to get the equivalent Spanish licence. Those driving licences issued by an EU or an European Economical Area (EEA) State which have been withdrawn, suspended or restricted in any member State or in Spain will not be valid for driving in Spain. Two very important requirements in order to renew your EU driving licence in Spain are that you must be resident in the country and you will be subjected to a medical fitness test. In addi-

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Advertising Feature MANY people accept and almost expect that they will suffer hearing problems as they get older, but there is no need to suffer in silence. Leslie Hill, of Hills Hearing Care, is committed to bringing both volume and quality back to sufferers on the Costa Blanca. With more than 30 years experience and esteemed qualifications as a registered hearing aid dispenser and a member of the Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists, hearing consultant Leslie is an ambassador for his profession. He works to provide precious relief for those with hearing impairments, improving their quality of life once more. Leslie worked for Amplivox Ultratone, one of the UK’s leading hearing aid suppliers, for more than 25 years. During this time he was offered an 18-month deployment to Spain, where he paved the way for expatriates to receive expert care, which he now offers full time having returned to the Costa Blanca and established his own hearing consultancy. Through Hills Hearing Care, Leslie delivers the same UK standards of care and service as well as recognised brand names

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in hearing devices that clients can depend on. He can offer a complete service from the initial hearing test to prescription and fitting of a broad spectrum of hearing aids. Hearing aids can differ in accordance with a person’s needs, preferences and lifestyle and he is dedicated to finding the best possible solution for each customer’s requirements. Leslie is happy to visit a client at their own home, travelling from Mazarron to Torrevieja, where he will offer his professional advice and allow customers to inspect the hearing aids available to them with no obligation to buy.

At Hills Hearing Care, client satisfaction is paramount so the service does not end at the point of sale but they will also take care of the servicing, testing and repair of hearing aids as required. All products are manufactured and repaired by registered UK companies for optimum peace of mind and purchases are insured for 12 months, which can be extended should the client wish, whilst repairs carry a six-month guarantee. So for a chance to hear how noisy the world is again, call Leslie now and make an appointment for your free no obligation hearing test. Contact Hills Hearing Care on 686 686 885.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY AROUND a quarter of young people between the age of 13 and 18 are thought to experience anxiety on a regular basis, according to a recent report, with approximately 5 per cent of all children in Europe estimated to suffer from ADHD. The situation has prompted the Duchess of Cambridge to launch a website that aims to help improve mental well-being of children in primary school and the support they receive if they suffer from any difficulties. The website claims that ‘one in 10 children experience a mental health difficulty by age 11.’ However, Matt Hudson, a leading behavioural change expert and founder of Motivational Change and the Hudson Mind Theory, is warning parents of the dangers of confusing common emotions such as sadness, fear and grief which are commonly experienced by children with some symptoms of actual medical conditions. He revealed: “We are constantly hearing that mental illness among children is on the rise; more anxious, stressed and depressed than ever before. Confused and insecure children

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MIND MATTERS: Mental health difficulties among children are thought to be increasing. are likely to be diagnosed as depressed or traumatised. Energetic or disruptive youngsters are said to be suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children who give their teachers a hard time or argue with adults might even find themselves labelled victims of ‘oppositional defiant disorder.’” Hudson advises parents to seek other tools to help their children cope with their feelings, as “The authorities now have the power to issue drugs like Ritalin for ADHD, which is as powerful as cocaine, directly

to children - and the parents have no say in the decision. “The prescription is based on a chemical imbalance theory, a theory that has never been proven to this day.” If you have any doubts or concerns about the well-being of your children, it is wise to seek out advice from numerous mental health professionals and always seek out a second opinion if your doctor prescribes drugs for your child’s condition. For more information visit: www.mentalhealth.org/ and www.mind.org.uk

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Perfume snobs GENDERLESS perfumes have officially entered into vogue, as the biggest fashion and beauty houses turn their noses away from his-and-hers scents. The trend seems to have stemmed from an increase in spending on high-end fragrances, and is slowly trickling into the commercial market. UK department store John Lewis reported it saw a 35 per cent increase in sales of perfume costing over £100, and many of these high-end, niche brands sell perfume that is not marketed to a specific gender. John Lewis’ Head of Buying for beauty and well-being, Matt Leeser, revealed that they have noticed an increase in customers looking for new, interesting fragrances at the more premium end of the range. In fact, luxury brand Le Labo only sells unisex perfumes that will set you back a pricey €150 for a 50ml bottle. Fragrance giant Estee Lauder, which recently acquired Le Labo, revealed that certain scents can be heavily associated with gender, such as iris - which has historically been used in a lot of women’s beauty products - and sandalwood, which is a common ingredient in men’s fragrances. However, Estee Lauder now claims that certain companies are changing how these ingredients are used to make them less gender-specific. The on-trend scent shopper allegedly considers these fragrances a more pure and artisanal take on perfume and will spend more for quality and innovative scents.

Stretch THERE’S a lot of research that praises the benefits of Pilates, from reducing the risk of certain illnesses to strengthening muscles and improving flexibility. It’s also a gentler workout than most but it can be just as effective, meaning you get all the benefits of exercise without any of the soreness afterwards. According to a study by the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Pilates can help ease back ache as those with chronic lower back pain who attended classes for a month experienced more relief than those who went to see a physician or other specialist. This is believed to be because Pilates strengthens the core, which then alleviates stress on the lowerback region.

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STRONG: Pilates helps to strengthen the core.

A stronger core also will help to improve your posture and overall sports performance as all the body’s muscles are connected through the core, so this will make your movements sharper and help you run faster. It’s also easier on your joints than other workouts as the slow, controlled move-

ments cause minimal impact. One of the major benefits of practising Pilates is the wonders it does to your flexibility, which can improve your body’s range of motion

and, therefore, your exercise performance. A study that followed young Brazilian women, without any prior experience, as they attended 20 Pilates sessions showed they became 19.1 per cent more flexible by the end of the research.

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PAIN NO GAIN: Take care not to overdo it when exercising.

How to cope with postworkout soreness IT’S normal to feel a bit sore after an intense workout, but what should you do when the pain is worse than usual and is interfering with your daily life? The scientific term for post-workout aches and pains is DOMS - ‘delayed-onset muscle soreness.’ It usually peaks around two to three days follow ing e xe rc is e a s your body starts to go to town on repairing any muscle fibres that may have been torn during the workout. Occasionally, you may experience

‘extreme soreness,’ which is more likely to happen after you’ve done an intense activity that your muscles aren’t accustomed to. Just because you’re more sore, it doesn’t always mean you’re getting better workout results and can cause you more damage in the long term so don’t make a habit of exercising re gula rly on a hi gh l evel of soreness. However, there are several simple things you can do to ease the pain. First of all, make sure you stay hy-

drated as research has shown a correl at i on bet ween dehydr at i on and DOMS. Water helps to purge waste products and toxins that are associated with muscle soreness. Also make sure you eat lots of prot ei n whi ch i s vi t al f or r ebui l di ng muscle tissue. You could also try switching between heat and cold therapy as ice helps to reduce the swelling that is som et i m es t he r esul t of ext r em e soreness while heat can minimise pain and tension.

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Feeling the pulse SWEET THING: Sugary food to be reduced.

Cracking down on sugar cTHE Spanish health ministry has announced it plans to reduce sugar, salt and fat levels in 3,500 products by 2020. In order to achieve this, the ministry has partnered with more than 500 food and beverage companies and catering companies will now have to improve the quality of the meals offered in schools, by reducing the amount of processed and fried products as well as offering more fruit, vegetables and fish. Vending machines will also have to be filled by at least a third with more ‘balanced foods’ and the maximum amount of sugar added to hot drinks machines will be cut down by 15 per cent. The news comes after the Lithuanian government made a similar announcement of its decision to partner with food manufacturers to reduce the amount of salt and sugar in food instead of bringing in a sugar tax. Dolors Montserrat, the Spanish health minister claimed the move is “a pioneering plan to improve the composition of food, promote the health of Spaniards and prevent chronic diseases.”

PULSES are cheap, tasty and a good source of nutrition, as well as being an important food group in many traditional diets across the globe. They are part of the food group known as legumes and comprise food such as beans, chickpeas, lentils and beans. However, the Linus Pauling Institute has revealed they are not a common component in the typical Western diet, despite their many health benefits. If you can’t remember the time you ate a healthy portion of pulses, it might be time to change your diet as they are a great source of fibre, protein and essential nutrients and help to ward off all manner of diseases. Pulses are great for your heart, and eating a significant portion on a regular basis could lower the risk of cardio-

vascular disease as they are high in fibre. Just one cup of cooked lentils contains around 15g of fibre, 60 per cent of your recommended daily amount. This may help to keep your heart healthy by lowering

cholesterol levels and the high levels of potassium they contain can help to lower blood pressure. Pulses also have a low glycemic index, meaning they only cause a small spike in blood sugar levels when consumed. Those who consume

GOOD STUFF: Pulses are packed with potassium, protein and fibre. more low-glycemic foods have less of a risk of developing diabetes, while they can also

help those who already suffer from the disease to manage their blood sugar levels.

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LOVERS of Opera will be delighted to learn that the Il Traviata classic by Verdi will be performed at the Grand Theatre in Elche on Thursday February 22. The organisation OPERA 2001 was originally formed in 1991 when MarieAnge and Luis Miguel Lainz decided that their future lay with the passion of musicals and opera. The c o m p a n y n o w o rg an is es an d produces lyrical performances in Spain and France to keep alive the most famous plays in the operatic repertoire, so that younger generations can learn to love them live on stage in theatres at an affordable price. This performance which will be in Italian with Spanish subtitles is an extravagant look back to the past and is performed in four acts. A Gypsy being burned at the stake is the beginning of a terrible revenge. Accused of bewitching the younger son of the old Count of Luna, she is condem n e d a n d d e v o u red b y th e flames despite her innocence. In her agony she demands revenge to her daughter Azucena who kidnaps the second son of the Count of Luna,

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IL TRAVIATA: In the Gypsy camp. Manrico with instructions to burn him alive, but due to her grief, she throws her own child into the flames Having lost her own son, Manrico is raised by Azucena and years later the Count of Luna, son of the old Count of Luna and brother of Manrico, falls in lo v e w ith Le onora , ma id to the

Princess of Aragon, but ironically, she is in love with Manrico. The two exist in fatal rivalry that can only be resolved with a death. Tickets for this performance which starts at 9pm cost from €28 to €38 a nd ma y be purc ha s e d via w w w.in stanticket.es.

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We Love Queen OF all of the bands who have spawned tributes and musical productions, it seems that Queen may just be the most popular around the world. The fact that two of the musicians from the original band are still performing from time to time as Queen with different singers and bass player as Freddie Mercury is dead and John Deacon is retired doesn’t stop the tributes. We Will Rock You was a hugely successful West End musical written around a book by Ben Elton and now a new musical has emerged in Spain which has been directed by the much respected Yllana entitled We Love Queen.

Set in a distant future, the production envisages a world where the main church is based upon the worship of Queen and Freddie Mercury. It uses the songs of the band to tell a story yet holds true to the rock concept of the original band to become a mixture of tribute and future vision where monks arrive on stage harnessing the power of Gregorian chants to open what is to become a full scale rock concert with a moral. This two-hour show which includes 16 of the best known hits of the band will be live on stage at the Torrevieja Auditorium starting at 9pm on Friday March 16 with tickets costing from €18 to €25.

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FOR those of a certain age, there are two schools of thought as to which were the best of the 1960’s bands, the Stones or the Beatles. One group had a relatively short yet explosive history, becoming one of the most famous and greatest bands of all time whilst the other just keeps on going, even though all of the evidence suggests that most of them should be dead by now. There is no doubt that The Beatles have spawned some incredibly accurate and professional tributes and one of the best of British Beatles bands Imagine the Beatles plays the Auditorio El Batel in Cartagena tomorrow (Friday) at 9pm. There’s undoubtedly something special about these four lads who have had many A Hard Day’s Night studying

their heroes and offering a Magical Mystery Tour to audiences around the world. Musically, no detail is overlooked to recreate the true sound and excitement of The Beatles, with every song performed totally live and in its original key. Visually, their presentation is as close to the real thing as you can imagine and their quality stage outfits range from the early Cavern days through to Beatlemania, Sgt Peppers and beyond. Authentic vocals and instruments, including the McCartney Hofner violin bass, Lennon’s Rickenbacker, George’s Gretsch and Ringo’s Ludwig kit, complete the perfect tribute. It may not be too late to pick up tickets to see this

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TRIBUTE BAND: Imagine the Beatles. spectacular Beatles tribute run through the range of the

Excellence of Aragon BACCHUS CELLAR by Lorenzo Barbareschi CARIÑENA: Old school wine. CARIÑENA is a Spanish Denominación de Origen (DO) created in 1932 for wines produced on the Campo de Cariñena plateau near the centre of Aragón, the acknowledged source of the Carignan grape or Mazuelo. This is also grown in Italy and new world regions. The vineyards lie between 400-800m above sea level with temperature extremes over 12 months as well as daytime and night which contribute to the characteristic intensity of Cariñena wines. The local population had been producing mead since 300 BC; during the Middle Ages wine-making prospered under the protection of monasteries and by the 16th century vineyards covered 50 per cent of the territory of Zaragoza Province. Since 1995 Cariñena exports have quadrupled thanks to changes aimed at attracting more overseas buyers through fruitier, lighter and well balanced wines while the traditional robust, high alcohol content wines are retained

mainly for local consumption. The most planted variety is Garnacha tinta (55 per cent) for reds and rosés, followed by Viura (20 per cent), Mazuelo and Tempranillo (15 per cent), while Moscatel Romano is used for the production of sweet Moscatels and a rare red grape called Vidadillo. Tempranillo is blended with Garnacha to make the Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. The whites are made with Viura and the rosés use Garnacha along with other white and red varieties and are macerated for colour. Both the fresh young whites, which represent 20 per cent of total production, and rosés, are best consumed within the year of production. Reds have the characteristic style of Garnacha wines produced in hot climates and, in the case of oak-aged Crianzas, have the taste and strength provided by 5 per cent of Cariñena grapes which pair well with red meats and game. Happy tasting.

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Laurel’s Restaurant in Quesada welcomes their new Head Chef, Diane THE kitchen is the beating heart of every restaurant and owners Julia and Martin have focused on bringing a fresh new start to the kitchen at Laurel’s for 2018. They are delighted to introduce their new Head Chef, Diane, who joined them in December. Diane is a strong, energetic and very knowledgeable woman, passionate about food, with over 20 years in the catering and hospitality industry, giving her an enviable wealth of experience to bring to Laurel’s in her role as Head Chef. Relocating to Spain last summer from her home in the north east of England, Diane’s previous roles in the UK had variety, but with a

common thread of delivering great food and first class hospitality to her customers, and strong, motivational leadership to her teams. As well as excelling in Head Chef roles she was also General Manager of a country house hotel, Catering Manager for a large corporate, and even owned and ran her own bakery for some years. Diane is bringing a very professional work ethic to all kitchen operations at Laurel’s, and applying high standards, as well as adding her vast menu experience to supplement the ideas and flavours of their junior chefs. Also new, is the addition to Diane’s kitchen team of John, an inspirational chef from the UK, whose levels of cooking and presentation

are exceptional, and who has worked under Diane in a previous restaurant. When Diane contacted John to offer the opportunity, he had no hesitation in linking up with her again, and he will add a flair and passion to the dishes across all of Laurel’s menus. New A La Carte Menu The whole kitchen team has been responsible for the new A La Carte Menu, launching this month, and they will continue to contribute to the monthly changing weekday lunch (€7.50 lighter bites or €13.50 for three courses including wine) and evening Set Menus (€16 for three courses) and to special themed occasions throughout the year.

Laurel’s traditional Sunday Lunch menu (€13.50 for three courses including wine) will also be changed every month, along with their dessert menu, thus giving more regular variety for guests. HEAD CHEF: Diane. Enjoy Laurel’s Under Diane’s guidance as Head Chef, Laurel’s is stepping up, there’s no doubt about that - go and enjoy, and see for yourselves :-) Julia and Martin along with their front of house team continue to offer the warmest of hospitality to all their guests, and they invite everyone to come and relax in Laurel’s ambience and surroundings, and indulge in the new dishes on offer throughout 2018.

Laurel’s is situated along Calle Los Arcos, just 30 metres on from Quesada Bowling, with plenty of roadside parking available. The restaurant, bar/lounge, and terrace area occupies the whole of the top floor of the building, with access via stairs and a lift. Their monthly changing three-course Set Menus, plus A La Carte and traditional Sunday Lunch menus can all be found on their webpage

(www.laurels.es). Their Facebook page (Laurel’s Restaurant, Quesada) has regular updates on menus and forthcoming events. With live music every Thursday and Saturday night to accompany dinner and for dancing afterwards, booking your table in advance is advisable. Telephone enquiries and bookings can be made on 965 077 444, or email in fo@laurels.es.

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Crescendo International Choir by Nancy Klein DO you like to sing and like to help needy groups in the wider community? Well, here is the perfect activity for you. That is Crescendo International Choir wh i c h i s a f r i e n d ly g ro u p o f people made up of Sopranos, Altos, Tenors and Basses. They sing a wide variety of songs ranging from musicals to spirituals, from pop to classical and all types in between. The choir practises Fridays from 9.30am to noon at Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb Jardin del Mar (close to Carrefour), in Torrevieja. Last year, they gave €6,623 to different charities in the Torrevieja and surrounding communities. And if you don’t fancy yourself as a singer but love music, you can always go to one of their free concerts. They will be presenting a number of them in the area during May and once in early June. You can enjoy the music and then if you feel so inclined, you can donate on your way out into the retiring bucket collection. More details about the upcoming concerts will follow in future articles in this publication.

ALL TYPES OF MUSIC: Practising for the May performances. N o w if y o u a re not a s inge r a nd don’t really enjoy concerts either, but want to find a way to raise money for a worthy cause, why don’t you contact them? Perhaps they can organise a concert a n d rais e mo ne y for your w orthy

cause? The website includes a contact pa ge w ith the na me s of the c hoir ’s leadership team and it includes their roles and email addresses. For this information or any other details, see the web site www.crescendochoir.com.

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IN an average lifetime we spend upwards of 26 years sleeping, a third of our lives. We are advised that we should replace our beds at least every eight years. At John Lewis & Partners, my local department store, an unscientific survey online and in-store offered mattresses costing from €284 for a basic mattress and divan up to a heroic €20,500 at the top end for the mattress alone. The most expensive mattress boasted fillings and ingredients of hemp, linen, horse hair, Egyptian cotton, British fleece wool, Yorkshire wool, goat angora, silk, cashmere, tree silk, Alpaca and Pashmina with 44,500 springs, while towards the budget end of the offer lay a bed whose list of ingredients were merely polyester, recycled cotton and wool, and a humble 288 springs. Scientific research and surveys among them the National Sleep Survey showed that 50 per cent of the UK’s population have sleep issues. And 80 per cent confirm that their sleep is disturbed regularly. The negative impact of sleep deprivation extends into all aspects of our waking lives. You are more likely to be overweight if you sleep poorly. Science has even demonstrated that poor sleep patterns lead to a shorter life span than would otherwise be the case.

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PRICEY: A Hastens Vividus will set you back more than €113,500.

DECADENT: A Savoir bed in the Savoy Hotel, London.

How much would you pay to live longer, healthier, slimmer and be even more productive? Sir Richard D’Oyly Carte opened the Savoy Hotel, London in 1889 and decided that no bed then on the market reached the standards of the world famous hotel, commissioning James Edwards Ltd to create the Savoy Bed. To maintain its exclusivity the Hotel subsequently bought the bed factory during the 1930s. The factory did not change hands again till 1997. Savoir Beds of London still manufactures the original Savoy Bed, branded as the Savoir No2 with the trademark Trellis ticking de-

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signed by Lady D’Oyly Carte in 1905. Frank Sinatra would only sleep on a Savoir Bed when he was in London, and stipulated that condition in his contracts. Reputedly Liza Minelli actress and singer decided to purchase one after just one night. The Savoy Hotel was last totally refurbished in 2010, with €234 million invested, and a Savoir Bed is found in all its best rooms, with the sumptuous No1 installed in the Royal Suite. A family-owned manufacturer, Hastens Sangar has been making beds for more than a century. It’s top of the line ‘Vividus’ bed costs

more than €113,500. Where is the quintessence of beds the ‘Vividus’ to be found? In the Swedish city of Koping, lying to the west of Stockholm is the factory. Your investment buys the skill, experience and commitment of 140 craftsmen, and each bed takes more than 320 man hours to make with 200 kilos of natural materials, from slow growing pine timbers to fabric. At this level what is the difference between one bed factory and another? History. Heritage. Materials. Design. The craftsmen. Each bed is a work of art, built to specifications following personal consultations. Probably a combination of factors will influence your ultimate choice. Whatever your personal choice is, sleep tight!

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High-tech homes are a smart move By Tom Woods UP to 39 per cent of Spaniards would be interested in living in a smart home in the next fi v e y e a r s, a c c o rd in g to th e S ma rt Home Survey. The report, produced by the consultancy firm Context, appears to confirm that smart homes are in fashion as people look to maximise their creature comforts. Saving on electricity bills, contributing to the environment and improving home security are some or the reasons for the popularity of technology. Companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple are already making advances into this emerging market. State of the art possibilities for domestic blis s in c l u d e a r r i v i n g h o me to fin d th e house at the perfect temperature, controlling the lighting of the house from a mobile phone, and remote burglar alarm activation. Of course having a reliable internet connection is crucial in having a properly functioning smart home. It allows bluetooth, infrared and other systems to communicate with each other or with the provider. Many users rely on cloud software so that important data is not lost in the event of a

computer system failure, and your passwords should be periodically changed for security. Given the range of different technological devices likely to be in a smart home, it is advisable to link them to a central hub.

Examples of this would be a smart TV, computer, tablet, or mobile phone, from which to control and manage all products. According to the Gartner consultancy, 67 per cent of the smart devices sold will be connected in private homes by 2020.

FORWARD THINKING: The rise in smart home demand seems unstoppable.

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FRANK DEBATE: Controversy surrounds the late General Franco’s vast estate.

Franco’s grandchildren in inheritance battle

STANDING TALL: Fury is clearly pleased with his new purchase. TYSON FURY appears to have splashed out on a new mansion in Spain, judging from a series of photos he has posted on Instagram. The 29-year-old former heavyweight boxing champion and self-styled ‘Gypsy King’ claims to have treated himself to a palatial property while claiming ‘the Mack

is back.’ In the photos Fury could be seen posing outside the mansion, sitting in a study and seemingly shaking hands on the deal. Fury is in training and plotting his comeback after defeating Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015. The sheer size of the

house was put into perspective by Fury standing in front of the pillars at the entrance, with a line of expensive Range Rovers also in view. He has been cleared to put on the gloves again after his drugs ban, and eyes a showdown with Anthony Joshua. Shortly after the photos of

the new house emerged, boxing legend Mike Tyson sent a message to his namesake, urging Fury to ‘have more confidence in himself.’ Fury recently claimed ‘Iron Mike’ would have knocked him out had they fought, but Tyson reminded the British fighter that ‘anything can happen’ in a fight.

THE seven grandchildren of General Francisco Franco, Spain’s former fascist dictator, are mired in a feud about the family fortune. Media and public attention has inevitably followed the siblings throughout their lives, with their divorces, marriages, and extravagant parties featuring heavily in glossy magazines. Now they are back in the spotlight as questions are raised about their right to inherit a property empire left by their mother, Maria del Carmen Franco y Polo. Carmen, Franco’s only daughter, died just after Christmas and historians claim that some of the assets in her £438 million (€494 million) will include treasure plundered by her father during the 1936-39 civil war and his subsequent reign. Emilio Silva, who runs an association dedicated to the repossession of historically valuable items, said: “A large amount of the family fortune was acquired illegally and it’s shameful that the state has never investigated.” The Franco family fortune includes apartment buildings in Madrid and underground car parks. Silva wants more exposure of Franco’s ‘war crimes’ and the closure of a foundation dedicated to him. “In Germany you’d never find a Hitler foundation,” he complained. Carmen was known as the ‘Lady of the Necklaces’ for her love of high-end jewellery, but her funeral attracted a crowd of 1,200 and was carried out by two cardinals. While she preferred to stay out of the limelight, her children have long been scattered across the society pages. Last week Francisco, the eldest, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for deliberately crashing into a police car following a high speed chase in 2012. His younger brother Jaime was given a one-year suspended sentence in 2009 for beating his girlfriend in a hotel. Leftist politicians in the northern Galicia region where Franco was born are demanding that a 19th century castle there should be handed back to the provincial authority. Last year the castle was briefly occupied by militants who unfurled a banner saying ‘Give back what was robbed.’ British historian Paul Preston has said: “It always used to be said that Franco didn’t steal anything because he thought everything belonged to him anyway.”

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Taylor Wimpey España celebrates its 60th anniversary in Spain THIS is a significant year for housebuilder Taylor Wimpey, as it celebrates its 60th year in Spain. In 1958 Taylor Wimpey was already an established developer in the United Kingdom when Frank Taylor, the company’s founder, spent his honeymoon in Mallorca. He and his wife, Christine, fell in love with the island and decided that Taylor Wimpey should also operate in Spain. With the support of friend and partner, Jaime Ballester, they set up the subsidiary, Taylor Wimpey España, and built their first properties in Canyamel, in the east of Mallorca. Over the years they extended their presence

to other coastal areas and the company is now present on Mallorca, Ibiza, Costa Blanca North and South and the Costa del Sol. Over six decades Taylor Wimpey has become a leading specialist in residential tourism. It selects exclusive enclaves on the Mediterranean coastline to build attractive developments, characterised by their quality, careful design and respect for the environment. Further to this, the biggest overseas property show in Europe - A Place in the Sun - will take place from March 16 to 18 for savvy buyers thinking of making a move in 2018. Taylor Wimpey España will be on hand to help potential investors find their dream home.

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HAVING your own garden is a privilege. The convenience and cost saving of living in an apartment though often makes a garden that can provide fresh herbs, fruits, flowers and veggies just a dream. It is possible however through linking in with local community gardens to participate in the healthy and productive activities while enjoying the companionship available in neighbourhood gardens. There are many community gardening projects available that provide garden plots for people without a garden. Local governments often set aside a place where you can reserve a space to grow your own plants and there are also organisations such as associations or foundations that have land available for people to share in gardening activities. If you love gardening but do not have your own space there are plenty of opportunities available, even if you just want to do it for a while. Many projects are undertaken to plant trees and create gardens on a project basis for only a limited time. Mostly the projects are on a voluntary basis with the benefit going to the neighbourhood where the project is undertaken. You can check at your local town

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An aerial view of a community garden. hall or search through social media to find a community group that suits the type of gardening activity that you may be interested in. There are many that are looking for volunteers and others that provide you with your own space for your own garden. Many community garden plots have waiting lists due to the demand for this

type of activity being so popular, but the more interest that is shown to have places available, the more that will be created. The municipality of Inca in Mallorca recently raffled 24 urban garden plots at the local Serral de les Monges Park to bring the number of garden plots available for use to 36 places after peo-

ple had been waiting up to three years for a space. Community gardens are a great way to meet new people with similar interests and to share gardening ideas and methods. It also gives a good reason to get out into the fresh air and undertake fruitful exercise with a project that can provide many benefits.

CREATING a green space that complements the environment requires a bit more thought than you would think. However, there are several simple techniques you can adopt that will make all the difference to your new garden. A significant part of ecofriendly gardening is using

Many non-government organisations provide training to improve your gardening skills as well as projects to participate in to benefit the community such as tree planting and sustainable gardens to provide examples of what is possible with community support. One of the most widely known group of organisations is Permaculture. Permaculture is a worldwide movement that researches ways to provide sustainable methods of gardening and other lifestyle activities to bring harmony into our lives. Their activities are well publicised and often have government and community support for the projects they undertake. You can find a wide range of projects at https://permacultureglobal.org/ projects or more locally in Spain at https://www.ecoherencia.es/areas/agro ecologia-y-permacultura/. It is a good idea to also ask locally as many such projects are not publicised outside of the local region.

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the safe seed pledge, but ecologically-friendly plants can be harder to source. The best way to source plants raised in organic gardens is to go to a plant fair at a garden centre where you will be able to talk to the grower about how the plants were raised. An easy way to reduce waste is to re-use supplies year after year, such as plant pots and tool, and use the old-fashioned wooden seed starting trays instead of the plastic ones. You can even re-use glass or plastic bottles as cloches to protect small plants from frost. Conserving water is an important part of eco-friendly gardening as tap water is often chlorinated, which can have a negative impact on soil and plant life, and is viewed as a waste when used outside. This can be achieved by installing swales or rain barrels so you can direct rainwater to your garden.

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I HAVE recently retired from radio work so after some 30 years I am free to sleep in on a Saturday! Radio work keeps the brain active, one must be up-to-date as this is such a vast subject. I was lucky to work with Nazli, a top vet and owner of Pointer Clinic Estepona for many years and Celia Haddon PhD, a small animal expert who for the show mainly spoke about felines. Now publicly I thank both these wonderful professional people for their participation and support. Most people are not aware when they say the word ‘dogs’ this is a vast subject that involves first aid, vets, rescue, dog shows, charity work, trainers, behaviourists, specialists in scenting, tracking, flyball, agility, dancing, police-style arrest work, and preparing a young dog for the visits to the vet. Not forgetting it is a good idea to have pet

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New easy to use HouseSitMatch website launches LOOKING for pet-sitters and house-sitters? Look no further, our new easy to use HouseSitMatch website is now live and ready to receive new members. Register this week and you get a fantastic 50 per cent discount coupon code to use to help get you online for less. What do you need to do? - If you have pets and need house-sitters - Register on our site as a ‘homeowner’ and provide photos and general information about your location and your assignment. Register as a Premium Homeowner for £79 per year and we help you every step. - If you have experience with home and pet care and want to house-sit in Spain or abroad - Register as a ‘house-sitter,’ build a profile with photos and describe how you think you can help homeowners with pets. Save money!

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The right trainer is vitally important since this is early learning, get it wrong then you will have the wrong type of behaviours. Expect to

start as soon as possible from eight weeks. Usually the area for puppy training is safe for unvaccinated dogs but of course ask the vet. Your chosen vet is going to be your pet’s best friend and anything odd in behaviour such as not eating, swelling, fatigue, and sudden aggression could well be a veterinary problem. Do not go to a pharmacy and do not ask people what they think, you must go to a known professional vet. Know your dog; commitment, firmness, but kindness.

Looking for support AFTER a recent surge in the number - and range - of animals passengers have tried to bring on a flight as a form of emotional support, airlines are cracking down on what passengers are allowed to bring on board. Hedgehogs are one of the most recent animals to be included on a list of banned pets drawn up by US-based United Airlines, which also includes, ferrets, rodents, spiders, snakes, reptiles and ‘non-household birds.’ The airline revealed that requests have risen by 75 per cent to 76,000 in a year, and recently had to turn down a request for an ‘emotional support’ peacock at New York’s Newark Airport. A spokeswoman for the airline said that the rules regarding which animals passengers can bring on board needed to be tightened because of a “significant increase in on-board incidents involving these animals.” Passengers will also now have to provide proof that their animal has been ‘trained to behave properly in a public setting,’ as well as giving 48-hours notice and a letter from a mental health professional validating the need to travel with their pet.

Other airlines such as Virgin Atlantic only allow dogs to be brought on board, while British Airways doesn’t allow passengers to bring any ‘emotional support’ pets on flights. HEDGEHOGS: Officially on the no-fly list.

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BUILDING SERVICES J & J PAINTERS. Inside outside - clean - fast - low cost. Torrevieja - Orihuela Costa and surrounding areas. Tel: 650 363 159 (248074) MUNOZ & LARCO BUILDERS. WE BEAT MOST QUOTES. 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. ANDY 697 834 934. OFFICE 865 881 984 (256462)

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CHARITIES THE SPIRITUALIST CENTRE, Benijofar meets at Hamilton´s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7 p.m. Open/Development Circles held on Thursdays, where you can develop your skills commencing at 6.30 p.m. The next circle is 22nd Feb. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. The Divine Service, with Mediumship, on Sunday 18th February will be taken by Corina Talbot. The Evening of Mediumship on Tuesday 20th February, will be taken by David Darnbrough. The Divine Service on Sunday, 25thth February will be taken by Rochelle Ferguson, a UK Medum. Contact Wendy on 965323028. www.spiritualist

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centre-benijofar.com New email is phoenixchurch23@ gmail.com or info@spiritualist centre-benijofar.com Identificacion Fiscal G54713789. LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking Church. We hold services each Sunday and everyone is welcome. Our 11.00 am Services are held every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month (and 11.00 am on the 5th Sunday, if this applies.) On the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s our Services are at 9.30 am. Our choir sings at our 11.00 am Services and there is also a Sunday School, called Stepping Stones, on these Sundays. We welcome residents, visitors and children. For more information see our website www.lasies taevangelicalchurch.org or telephone Pastor Keith on 666 180 108. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188. (95461) ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aacostablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac. There is usually something there for everyone - but not always. Charitable donations have re-

cently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Paul Edwards, Chairman 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co. uk (95457) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegabaja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com. We also have a 24 hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and non-members on 966 723 733 (95456) THE BAKER FOUNDATION SPIRITUALIST CENTRE. Find us on the Saturday market road opposite the Chinese Restaurant. Playa Flamenca. Different International and local mediums every Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday, divine service with clairvoyance 11 am start. Tuesday, evening of clairvoyance doors open 7’o’clock for 7.30 start. Spiritual Healing is available on Sundays after service and on Thursday mornings from 10. 30 until 12. We have a development group on Tuesdays 5 until 6.30 for those interested in meditation and advancing your knowledge of spirit. Private readings are available on request. Please join us and make new friends, a warm

welcome awaits you all. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available. You can join us on Facebook at, The Baker Foundation spiritual centre. Hall is available for hire. For more information please contact Linda on 606 990 665. Email, schugy54@gmail.com (95458) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pi larchurch.org Reg No: 2009SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday at 6.00pm. For further information see our website www.tcfSpain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month @ Scallops Rest on the Arenal at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome to attend as a visitor and join the branch if they wish. Anyone needing any help or advice on welfare, or any information regarding the branch can contact either

Sheila on 965 791 270 or Roger on 965 790 123 (95472) STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) meet every Wednesday and Friday 2.30pm untill 5.00pm. Our new address is Casa de Cultura, Calle Francisco Ribera Perez Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their carers. With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group. For info please contact 654 801 260 or email strokesupportgroup@hotmail. com, website: torreviejastroke support.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support our groups and activities. (95474) CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc, and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 e-mail aecc_campello@hotmail.com (95475) INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. All nationalities welcome. Sunday service 11.00 a.m.; Sunday school; Prayer meetings; craft and computer clubs. Ladies Bible Study: Thursday 11.00 a.m. Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m. House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia Contact 966 752 543 / 617 215 463. For other church atters Phone: 966 799 273 / 966 752 543 / 617 215 463 www.icatorrevieja.org (95476)

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ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664 FREEMASONRY. Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee. Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesada@yahoo.co.uk ROYAL AIR FORCES Association Branch #1359 Costa Blanca. The Branch meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the El Paraiso Restaurant located close to the Carrefour Supermarket in Torrevieja. The meeting starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association, which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends. For further information about the Association and its activities please contact the Chairman on 692 508 916 or the Welfare Officer on 615 048 892 or visit our website: www.rafa.org.uk/costa-blanca THE PATIENCE LODGE No 2177 of the R.A.O.B meets every Sunday morning at the Sacko´s Bar, El Limonar near Las Siesta at 10am. We are always looking for new and lapsed members to join us. Please call Secretary Dave Tonge on 688 704 091 for further information. (253807)

CHIMNEY SWEEP PROFESSIONAL CHIMNEY SWEEP. Family Business established over 60 years. 660 478 881 (258519)

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METALWORK MOBILE Metal Work. Any welding or plasma cutting work carried out. For a free quote call 639 487 503. (257386) www.eriksmetalworks.com. ALL METAL WORK UNDERTAKEN. Costa Calida. stan@eriksmetalwork.com. 636 050 008. (254286)

MOBILE HOMES LUXURY MOBILE home for sale on a small family run park. Contact 630 055 418 for details. Elsyd7@hotmail.com (257207)

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MOTORING UK MOT. All legal and online. Arrangements made for collection and delivery £400. Email. carsinspain@hotmail. com Tel. 0044 7553367285 (246859) WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)

PIANO, Keyboard, Organ, Qualified Teacher. Please call 606 984 535 (245713)

NAUTICAL COURSES INTERNATIONAL SKIPPER LICENCE: Courses held in English and starts soon. RYA VHF and Radar Courses. 636 444 929 (258019)

TAILOR made, durable canvas, sails, umbrella, spa and BBQ covers. Mazarron based, and at Procomobel Market, Guardamar Saturday mornings. 667 879 399 kruger canopies@yahoo.co.uk

PET CHARITIES EASYHORSE CARE RESCUE CENTRE. We aim to rescue HORSES. If you would like to DONATE please call 965 967 033 or sales@easyhorsecare. net www.easyhorsecare.net or call Sue 652 021 980 (95706)

BENEFICAL INSURANCE SERVICES. Car, Home, Business, Travel, Life, Funeral, all insurances available. Policies in English. BEST rates, covers & service. Immediate quotes. Tel 961 129 215 / 622 275 561, (whatsapp) info@benefi cialinsuranceinspain.com or visit www.beneficialinsuran ceinspain.com for online quote. (259022)

SPAMA GANDIA SHELTER. Dog and cat rescue registered charity, La Safor area. 500 animals awaiting re-homing. Shelter open 7 days a week 12noon - 2.00pm & 3.30pm 7.00pm. (Spanish speaking staff) or phone Gail 962 896 118. Visit our website for directions. www.spama.org and view our new blog at www.spama-safor.blog.com.es PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM (95707)

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P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog, or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepaspain.com EURO WEEKLY NEWS CLASSIFAX AGENT (95708)

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DIESEL car LHD and motorhome right or LHD wanted. Cash waiting. Tel 650 722 905 (257477) WANTED Quad Bike and Jet Ski. Call 650 722 905 (257478)

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Un-D-lievable Jag reveal new €1.1 mill D-Type JAGUAR has announced that they will be creating a limited amount of brand new DTypes, the most successful race car ever. Only 25 ‘new’ D-Types will be made at the Jaguar Classic Works factory later this year, the first time in 62 years that Jaguar has produced the car. The limited production versions will be built to the exact ‘period-correct’ spec of the originals and will complete a project first started in 1955. Jaguar planned to build 100 D-Types when production first began, but only 75 were ever made so the final 25 to be created this year will officially bring down the curtain on the D-Type story. Prices of the new versions of the iconic 1950’s three-time Le Mans winner are yet to be announced, but are expected to cost in excess of €1.1 million (£1 million) each. Tim Hannig, Jaguar Land Rover Classic director, told British media: “The Jaguar DType is one of the most iconic and beautiful competition cars of all time, with an

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D-TYPE: Won the Le Mans 24 Hour three times between 1955 and 1957.

outstanding record in the world’s toughest motor races. And it’s just as spectacular today. “The opportunity to continue the Dtype’s success story, by completing its planned production run in Coventry, is one of those once-in-a-lifetime projects that our world-class experts at Jaguar

Land Rover Classic are proud to fulfil.” Original versions of the cars are currently selling for fortunes. In 2016, the 1956 Le Mans winning D-Type became the second most expensive car of all time when it sold for just under €19 million (£16.6 million).

Spanish sales soar NEW car sales in Spain increased by 20 per cent in January. According to a report released by the Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Cars and Trucks (ANFAC), a total of 101,661 units were sold in Spain last month. By brand, Volkswagen was Spain’s best-selling brand in January, with 8,909 sales equating to a 34 per cent increase. VW topped Spanish brand Seat in second place with sales of 8,540, while PAS Group’s Peugeot and Opel took third and fourth place respectively. Toyota rounded off the top

VOLKSWAGEN: Spain’s best-selling brand in January. five in Spain after posting a 12 per cent increase with 6,337 sales. Communications director at Spanish automotive dealers Faconauto, Raul Morales, remained cautious despite the positive incline.

He told Automotive News Europe: “We cannot be overly optimistic about February. We don’t think the good results will be sustained because in January we saw a decline in orders.” January sales to rental companies rose by 24 per cent to 16,219, while demand from private customers also increased by 16 per cent to 52,253 units, In a statement, ANFAC said: “Rental companies have started renewing their fleets before the beginning of the tourist season, which starts early with the Easter holiday starting at the end of March.”

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REAL MADRID will look to return to third in the table this weekend as they travel to mid-table Real Betis. Los Blancos ran riot last time out against Real Sociedad as Cristiano returned to form with a perfect hat-trick in a 5-2 win. They briefly moved into the top three with the win, but Valencia’s 3-1 win over Levante saw them jump back into third spot. A victory against Betis will see last season’s Champions return to third in the table provided that Valencia fail to overcome struggling Malaga. However that seems unlikely as Los Boquerones remain rooted to the bottom of La Liga following their 1-0 loss to Atletico Madrid last time out and have scored just once in 2018. Antoine Griezmann grabbed the only goal of the game in the first minute as he ghosted in behind the Malaga defence to lash home from six yards out.

Following last week’s victory, Atletico will look to cement their hold on second place as they return to the Wanda Metropolitano to host Athletic Bilbao. The Madrid side are currently nine points ahead of Valencia and only seven points behind Barcelona after they could only draw 0-0 with Getafe. League leaders Barca will look to get back to winning ways as they head to Eibar after they struggled to create any real chances against Getafe in their last La Liga game. Elsewhere, sixth placed Sevilla, who have lost just once in their last six games in all competitions, will look to leapfrog Villarreal into fifth position as they face Las Palmas while Villarreal facing a tough tie against Espanyol. Espanyol have put on some decent performances of late, picking up vital points against Barcelona and Celta Vi-

RETURN TO FORM: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 43rd hattrick for Real Madrid against Real Betis last week.

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Madrid look for back to back victories

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go in their fight against the drop and will be full of confidence ahead of their fixture against the fifth placed side. In the weekend’s other fixtures, Girona face Leganes, Real Sociedad take on Levante, Celta Vigo travel to Getafe and Alaves host Clarence Seedorf’s Deportivo La Coruña. Weekend’s fixtures Tomorrow (Friday) Girona vs Leganes Saturday Las Palmas vs Sevilla Eibar vs Barcelona Alaves vs Deportivo La Coruña Malaga vs Valencia Sunday Real Sociedad vs Levante Atletico Madrid vs Atletic Bilbao Espanyol vs Villarreal Real Betis v Real Madrid Monday Getafe vs Celta Vigo

FA Cup returns

Wigan host Man City in repeat of 2013 final LEAGUE ONE side Wigan Athletic host the Premier League’s runaway leaders Manchester City as the FA Cup returns for the fifth round this weekend. In a repeat of the 2013 final, where Wigan famously triumphed 1-0 winners, Manchester City will be looking to avenge their final defeat from five years ago. Both teams go into the match full of confidence and Wigan especially will be dreaming of another FA Cup upset. Elsewhere, Huddersfield Town will face Manchester United for the second time this month as they host the 12time holders at the John Smith stadium. United ran out 2-0 winners the last time the two sides met, with Alexis Sanchez grabbing his first goal for the club following Romelu Lukaku’s opener. But Huddersfield will be hoping to emulate their result earlier in the season when they ran out 2-1 winners at the John Smith stadium to beat United for the first time in 65 years. Elsewhere, last season’s finalists Chelsea face Championship side Hull as they look to bounce back from last year’s 2-1 final loss with an eighth trophy.

Hull sit just above the relegation zone in the Championship in 21st place and will be looking to continue their cup run to give their fans something to cheer about. In the weekend’s other fixtures, Brighton and Hove Albion host Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion host Southampton, League One Rochdale host Tottenham, Sheffield Wednesday host Swansea City and Leicester City play Sheffield United. Full fixtures - Tomorrow (Friday) Leicester City vs Sheffield United Chelsea vs Hull City Saturday, February 17 Sheffield Wednesday vs Swansea City Brighton and Hove Albion vs Coventry City West Bromwich Albion vs Southampton Huddersfield Town vs Manchester United Sunday, February 18 Rochdale vs Tottenham Hotspur Monday, February 19 Wigan Athletic vs Manchester City

TEAM

1 • Barcelona

2 • Atlético

3 • Valencia

4 • Real Madrid

5 • Villarreal

6 • Sevilla

7 • Eibar

8 • Betis

9 • Celta

10 • Girona

11 • Getafe

12 • Leganés

13 • Athletic

14 • R. Sociedad

15 • Espanyol

16 • Alavés

17 • Levante

18 • Las Palmas

19 • Deportivo

20 • Málaga

Champions L.

Europa L.

Relegation

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Pts

1 • M. City

2 • M. United

3 • Liverpool

4 • Chelsea

5 • Tottenham H.

6 • Arsenal

7 • Burnley

8 • Leicester City

9 • Everton

10 • Bournemouth

11 • Watford

12 • West Ham Utd.

13 • Newcastle United

14 • Brighton

15 • Crystal Palace

16 • Swansea City

17 • Huddersfield Town

18 • Southampton

19 • Stoke City

20 • West Bromwich

All to play for as Spain face Romania in WC qualifier SPAIN gave their hopes for automatic qualification to the 2019 Rugby World Cup a huge boost as they battled to a 20-13 win over Russia on Saturday. In a tightly fought affair, Los Leones seemed to have killed the game off following Pierre Barthere’s second-half try after a brilliant crossfield kick from fly-half Mathieu Belie.

But it seemed to all the world that Russian forward Tagir Gadzhiev had put his team within just a point of Spain with only a few minutes remaining as he picked up the ball from the base of a ruck and dived over into the in-goal area. Despite clearly planting the ball over the line, referee Frank Murphy’s view was obscured and without a Television Match Official (TMO) pre-

sent, he decided to award an attacking five-metre scrum instead. Spain managed to withstand the late Russian onslaught to secure a 20-13 victory ahead of Saturday’s top of the table clash with high flying Romania. The victory moves Spain to within just three points of the table-topping Oaks, but they will

need to be at the top of their game against their opposition who come into the match off the back of an 85-6 destruction of Germany. A win by more than seven would see Spain leapfrog Romania into first place in the Round Five Rugby Europe Championship and be in pole position for automatic qualification to next year’s World Cup.

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SPAIN’S Javier Fernandez will be competing for the gold medal at the Winter Olympics tomorrow (Friday) as he competes in the Men’s Figure Skating gold medal final. He is hoping to win Spain’s first Winter Olympic medal for 26 years.

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SPANIARD Naitxo Gonzalez has finished third in the Nazare challenge as part of the Big Wave Tour (BWT). In what was just the second ever BWT event in Nazaré, Portugal, the competition was forced to run over two days due to dangerous conditions. Waves reportedly reached between six and 11 metres on Sunday when the challenge resumed and Gonzalez, who was brought in as a substitute for the event, made the most of his chance. Gonzalez, from Plentzia in the Basque Country, achieved a historic result for Spanish surfing as he finished third with a 13.834

score behind second placed Billy Kemper and winner Brazilian, Lucas Chianca Following the bronze, the 22year-old wrote on Instagram: “I cannot describe in words what I feel right now, it has been a very hard year, trying to be in the biggest swells of the year all over the world. “Suddenly I have the opportunity to enter as a substitute to the Nazaré championship, I take the third place of the event and I position myself 10th in the world ranking. “Everything points to that if they do not make the Mavericks championship in two weeks, I will enter the tour again. A dream come true. “Thanks to my family for all the support you have given me from the beginning, since it is not the easiest when your son is going to catch the biggest waves in the world and my sponsors Quiksilver, Red Bull and Pukas to make this dream come true!”

Spain beaten in Futsal final SPAIN lost out to Portugal in the final of the UEFA Futsal Championship as they were beaten 3-2 in extra time and failed to retain their title. The holders were attempting to defend their UEFA Futsal Championship that they won in Serbia two years ago but were undone early on. Ricardinho, the all-time Championship top-scorer, scored the fastest goal in the history of the tournament as he fired his side ahead in just 59 seconds. In what turned out to be an even tie, Tolra drew Spain level with a cool finish to make it 1-1 at half-time and Spain were ahead 31 minutes into the second half as Lin drew them closer to their eighth European title. But just five minutes later, Bruno Coelho drew Portugal level with a powerful volley to ensure that the match went to extra-time.

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STAR MAN: Portugal’s Ricardinho opened the scoring after just 59 seconds. Spain went looking for a winner in extra-time as Portugal lost star man Ricardinho to injury, but became unstuck as they conceded a late penalty. Bruno Coelho calmly slot-

ted the penalty away to give him his second of the match and hand his side their maiden title. With the victory, Portugal become just the third side to

hold both the UEFA European Football Championship and Futsal crowns at the same time, following in Spain’s footsteps, who achieved the feat on two occasions.