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Cycle shop fire
By Darren Parmenter ANIMAL protection centres in the Marina Baixa have taken the opportunity of the Easter break to bring more attention to the plight of the number of pets awaiting adoption in the area. There are more than 400 animals waiting for a new home, and those connected with the two shelters in the area are asking for a series of sanctions to be imposed against the abandonment of dogs in particular. In the Marina Baixa, it’s only Benidorm and La Nucia that for a number of years (since 1971 and 2006 respectively) have dedicated animal shelters which hold the 400 dogs and cats. In addition, they have been known to come to the aid and care of other species such as bats, chinchillas and different breeds of bird. As reported in the Spanish media, the shelter in Benidorm - occupying around 13,000m2 - took in more than 500 dogs and 300 cats in 2017, with half of them getting rehomed. However, there are only four people working at the centre, helped by a team of vets, responsible for the
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FIRE broke out in a shop that sells electric bicycles in Avenida Oscar Espla in the coastal area of Albir. The fire didn’t cause too much damage to the premises as it had mainly been put out thanks to an e x t i n g u i s h e r, b u t according to reports in the Spanish media, paramedics were called to help a four-yearold girl at the scene. There has been n o o ff i c i a l s t a t e ment as to why the girl needed treatm e n t , b u t i t ’s u n derstood that she may have suffered from an anxiety attack.
Pedigree dogs are also abandoned
feeding, cleaning and general maintenance of the area. Albeit in smaller premises of about 1,200m2, the situation in the municipal
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WAITING: One of the many dogs in Marina Baixa looking for a new home.
shelter in La Nucia is just as desperate with 150 animals being currently housed. Their president, Belen Nuñez, said that “in holiday seasons, such as Easter, the situation is exacerbated as a number of visitors end up abandoning their animals that include pedigree dogs.” In an attempt to prevent the status quo worsening, the animal protectorates have called for more awareness of the problem, and a campaign has been carried out in a number of local schools to inform people from an early age of their own responsibilities.
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Old cinema is ‘all-white’ IN preparation for the Easter weekend and in response to a number of complaints from local businesses, the old cinema building in Javea was given a minor facelift. The wash and brush up has been seen as a ‘temporary measure’ and many locals have already commented that the image of the old town has improved because of it. Speaking to Spanish media, Councillor Kika Mata said that “we wanted, at least, to give the outside of the building a clean until the official decisions of what the building will eventually contain has been taken.”
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Don’t come in... the water’s cold
by Darren Parmenter
Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Alicante
MORE than 100 people using one of Alicante’s municipal swimming pools have complained that the water was too cold. As well as the pool temperature preventing them from enjoying their swimming, they also reported the poor condition of the showers, hairdryers and other facilities in general throughout the Babel pool. Most of the users of the pool who signed the letter of complaint are elderly and have been more sensitive to the cold conditions. They stated that “on countless occasions we have complained about the temperature of the pool, which makes swimming unpleasant.” According to reports in the Spanish media, the official temperature for the indoor pool should be between 24ºC and 28ºC and that the figure is always on display inside the building. A number of users of the pool have also questioned why the sauna and jacuzzi are also unused ‘without any explanation’ and are nothing other than store rooms, preventing them from being enjoyed as part of the entrance ticket.
The last Queen in the village...
COOL, CLEAR WATER: Mainly elderly people suffering from pool temperature.
GATA DE GORGOS has become a pioneer in the issue of equality. A decision taken at a recent council plenary meeting means that the traditional election of the Carnival Queen is now open to both sexes. The move was approved unanimously by all four parties on the local council. This doesn’t mean that if a man is elected, they’ll be known as the Carnival King. Instead, they will be the ‘representatives’ of the people and future plans include the election of a couple to reflect the increasing diversity. A spokesperson said: “It is the obligation of politicians to be the voice of the people they represent, and so our decision has been based on the concerns of the many younger members of our municipality who have asked for changes in how women are treated in the local fiestas.” They went on to explain that these ‘inclusive changes’ which now include men, alter the way that up to now only saw women as an object to be admired.” As yet, it’s unknown how men will be incorporated into the fiestas in this way and how they will be appointed, although the council will soon undertake a series of consultations to agree on the changes. The annual Queen of Gata has been elected for the past 50 years and elected by the more than 1,000 people who attend the fiestas. Gata’s governing party, Compromis, first raised the issue that aims to put an end to gender stereotypes, discrimination, and a ‘monarchical bias’.
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Mar Menor welcomes new rescue boat Photo credit: Cruz Roja Murcia
ON CALL: Red Cross show off their latest rescue boat. THE waters in and around the Mar Menor have been graced with a new addition. The Red Cross in Murcia has welcomed its new rescue boat which will be available for use of the teams of volunteers, many of whom attended the official ceremony in the presence of the re g ional president of the Red Cross, Faustino Herrero, and a number of other dignitaries. B ased in the por t of L o Pagan, the LS-Selene is 8.5 metres long and replaces the LS -Del Mar Dos which has been operating in the Mar Menor for the past five years. It returns to its own base of Valencia. The latest addition will be part of six other Red Cross vessels along the coast of Murcia which are manned by 136 volunteers. So far this year, they ’ve car r ied out 60 rescues in the Mar Menor. Angela Gaona, the councillor responsible for Civil Protection, explained that this latest investment contributes towards improving overall levels of safety in the Mar Menor, and took t h e o p p o r t u n i t y o f h i g hlighting the most valuable work under taken by the Red Cross in this sphere.
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Climber in helicopter rescue FIREFIGHTERS deployed to the scene from the provincial Fire Brigade in Denia rescued a climber after falling 25 metres. The injured man, aged 35, suffered a broken foot and fibula as well as injuries to a hip. He fell whilst climbing the Castellet de l’Ocaive de Pedreguer during an expedition with his partner and another group of people. The alarm was raised and when the awkward location comprised of rugged terrain was realised, preventing a normal resue, an Alfa 1 rescue helicopter was sent. Members of the Local Police, Guardia Civil and paramedics from SAMU also helped at the scene which required a firefighter and a nurse to be winched down to stabilise the wounded man. He was later taken by helicopter to their Denia headquarters from where he was transferred to Denia hospital.
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The train ‘stoppers’ here by Darren Parmenter WORKERS at the TRAM service, with the help of many passengers, have raised €2,200 for charity... by collecting bottle tops. Over the past four years, people contributed 5.5 million plastic tops and stoppers which equated to an incredible 11 tons. The money raised has enabled them to purchase some much-needed orthopaedic devices for children as part of a number of projects set up by the SEUR Foundation. Part of a dedicated campaign, SEUR collected and delivered all the plastic tops to a recycling plant free of charge, and after negotiating a price per ton passed that money on directly to the families selected by a committee. Donations of plastic are still gratefully accepted at Luceros, Mercado , Marq, Benidorm, Denia, and Campello.
Disused nursery blaze FIREFIGHTERS sent from San Vicente del Raspeig took more than an hour to put out a fire in a disused warehouse which once belonged to a number of nurseries. Three units were dispatched to the scene where they were greeted with billows of smoke that could be seen across the municipalities of San Juan and Muchamiel. In addition to the fibreglass roof that caused most of the smoke, the fire ignited some of the old plants and shrubs which remained in the building.
ACCESSIBLE: Information and help for Alicante’s disabled.
Dedicated disabled info point opens LOCATED in the offices of COCEMFE, the city centre of Alicante has opened an o f f i ce a i m e d d i re c t l y at the disabled population. T he c i t y co u n c i l h a s signed an agreement with COCEMFE - The Federation of Physically Handicapped Associations of the Province of Alicante - to set up the new ‘Municipal D i s a b i l i t y I n for m a t i o n
Point’ in their premises in C a l l e C ro n i s t a Jo a q u i n Collia. The municipality h a s g i ve n € 1 8 , 0 0 0 to wards the initiative. According to official figu re s , d i s a b l e d p e o p l e make up 8 per cent of the population of Alicante. Speaking to the Spanish media , Councillor Sofia Morales emphasised that “the objective of this in-
formation point is to offer a more efficient and personalised attention to this group of people. Not only will it coordinate the issues that affect them, it will allow greater integration into both the employment and cultural life of the city.” The location of the office in COCEMFE has been especially chosen as it has
easy access for cars, with s p ace re s e r ve d for d i s abled vehicles and mobility scooters. COCEMFE is a nonprofit association created to promo te and de fe nd the rights of the physically disabled, as well as organising courses and seminars on the various issues which affect this demographic.
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FEDERICO CATALA is the latest local hero. So what is it that this resident of Planes in the relative middle-ofnowhere done to achieve such popularity? He’s decided to reopen a petrol station. Nothing unusual there, but when it’s a station that’s been closed for six years and drivers have had to travel up to 41 kilometres to fill up, his entrepreneurship has been cheered from the local rooftops. Up until now, drivers in towns and villages between Muro and Pego have had to navigate a route full of sharp bends and slopes through beautiful scenery along the CV-700 road where it was impossible to find fuel. The towns and municipalities that will benefit from the reopening of this important service are Benimarfull, Planes, Alpatro, La Carroja, Benissi, Beniali, l’Atzubia, Benillup, Almudaina, Benialfaqui, Catamarruc, Margarida, Alcala de la Jovada, Beniaia, Beniss, Benirrama and Forna.
Photo credit: falconaumanni Wikimedia
No fear of an empty tank now
FILLING-UP: Planes (pictured) to see petrol station reopened. Depending on how close to the existing gas stations in Muro or Pego, dictated how far they had to drive to their nearest fill-up point after
Planes closed. Those at the midway point suffered the most and it particularly affected farmers, many of whom were forced to install fuel
tanks on their property. Speaking to the Spanish media, Federico Catala - the new proprietor - said that “after being unemployed
for some time I took on one of the bars in Planes. Now, this opportunity has presented itself and it’s a service that is desperately needed.”
Drunk Briton crashes soft drinks lorry A BRITISH man has been arrested in Benidorm for stealing a lorry loaded with soft drinks and then hitting a car.
The incident happened when the two people manning their vehicle left it to make a number of deliveries. At this point, the de-
tained man described as being “very drunk” by witnesses at the scene climbed into the cab. Because the keys had been left in the ignition, he started it up and began to drive towards the Rincon de Loix. During the journey, and before the lorry came to a halt, he collided with a parked car leaving it badly damaged but without any injury to himself. The two lorry operators actually recorded the moment the man was arrested, and also showed how busy the area was around the Avenida de Mediterraneo where the final crash happened. The arrested man subsequently refused a breathalyser test and was taken to the National Police station nearby. Councillor Lorenzo Martinez, responsible for police and security in Benidorm, said that “this incident once again demonstrates the effectiveness of our police and security forces.”
NATIONAL ‘Groundbreaking’ cancer discovery from the Spanish
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Kite prank disrupts air traffic NATIONAL POLICE continue to look for the person behind a prank with a kite that paralysed Valencia-Manises Airport. For more than half-an-hour, both take offs and landings, were affected as a kite was spotted flying around in the airspace attached to almost 400 metres of string. At first, it was believed that the kite discovered at high altitude above the runways had simply drifted into the area as part of someone’s birthday celebrations. However, the section of police based at the Quart de Poblet police station whose area covers the airport now believes it was a deliberate act. According to the Spanish media, two planes were forced to abandon their taxiing procedure in preparation for take-off, and four more were left in the air circling over Valencia - one due to arrive from Bucharest - until the police finally located the source of the kite. They found it tied up on the airport perimeter fence between the taxi rank and the CV-370 road that leads to the La Cova de Manises industrial estate. As soon as the alarm was raised, the National Police helicopter already in the sky close by diverted to the airport to find the kite from the air. The offending object was a kite that can be bought online and in a number of Chi-
Photo credit: Aleph Wikimedia
ONCE again, Spain is at the forefront of some of the most important discoveries in the ongoing fight against cancer. A group of scientists based at Cataluña’s Hospital Clínic (IDIBAPS) have recently worked out why the most aggressive form of brain tumours found to be malignant are resisting radiotherapy treatment. The latest groundbreaking research by the oncology experts in Spain investigating all forms of cancers have found a protein which causes some tumours to duplicate into a subtype. These are highly resistant to radiotherapy and are most like to metastasise. This particular type of cancer of the nervous system - known as glioblastoma - is very rare but is the worst possible type of cancer to be diagnosed with as, according to Dr Nuria de la Iglesia who led the latest research, there is no cure. This brain tumour can be as individual as a person’s fingerprint and so makes it almost impossible to treat by normal and trusted methods. To quote directly from the report, “The study represents a starting point for designing diagnostic tools that can predict the response to radiotherapy treatment in glioblastoma, and a therapeutic target to resolve resistance to radiotherapy in this type of tumour - and it is possible that these can be used to treat other types of cancer.” As with all work involved with cancer research, these discoveries are the beginning of a long road and it could take many years to come up with the specialist treatment needed to target the causes.
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DANGER: Kite disrupts the Manises Airport in Valencia.
nese supermarkets for just €12, although it was attached to a much longer cord than it would come with from the manufacturers. The string had in fact become tangled up in
trees and the police had to cut the kite with a wingspan of 123 centimetres - down before the airport could be declared safe again.
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Brotherly cooperation FOUR brothers are among the seven people arrested in connection with a series of thefts, alleged drug trafficking and other criminal offences in various locations in Alicante and Valencia. They are all Spanish and aged between 28 and 59. A total of 58 houses, especially those in the more isolated country locations, had been robbed since the beginning of 2017, during which the family recruited more people to help in their activities. All the activities were started by two brothers both with criminal records - who then asked for help from two others from their family as, according to the Spanish media, they were ‘over whelmed ’ with the amount of items they ’d stolen. Most of the properties they targeted at night were empty at the time, having
been monitored by day, although on one occasion dur ing a break-in in the town of Sanet i Negrals, they were surprised by the owners who were subsequently attacked. One of the owners was left with a broken wrist. The four brothers developed a well-organised network of both robberies and the logistical support needed for onwards transportation, storage and eventual selling of the stolen goods... much of which was gold and jewellery. With the money they obtained from the robberies, they then diversified into alleged dr ug dealing thanks to a trafficker from Javea. Once the thieves were traced, searches at a number of properties found not only the stolen items but a selection of firearms, ammunition, as well as cocaine, hashish and heroin.
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Hooray for Bollywood THE world famous ‘Bollywood’ film industry has recently been seen filming in Javea at Cape Sant Antoni. Indian film company DVV Entertainments LLP received official authorisation from the local authorities to shoot scenes for the upcoming film Bharat ane nenu in the Montgo natural park. The main filming took place along a section of the CV7362 road that leads to the lighthouse. The Marina Alta area has been featured in a number of Hollywood films in the past including The Three Musketeers and Krakatoa, East of Java.
Car tips over on the AP-7 FIREFIGHT ER S from two stations in Denia and Benissa were called to the scene of a road traffic acc i d e n t to re s c u e a d r i ve r after his car overturned on the AP-7 close to Benissa in the Alicantebound lane. It is understood that no other vehicle was connected with the incident which involved a 50- year old G e r m a n n at i o n a l , a re s i dent of Teulada-Moraira. I t to ok the f ire ser v ice around an hour to carr y out the rescue operat ion and to fully reopen the busy stretch of motorway.
Eye in the sky FOLLOWING on from the recent cases of dog poisoning in Calpe and Benissa, Calpe Town Council will in future be monitoring forest and mountain areas using drone technology. Officers from the Local Police and the Civil Protection Unit will carry out the surveillance tasks in Olta, Empedrola, Barranc del Quisi, Pla Roig and Rafol to detect any deposits of poison and, if possible, track down the culprits.
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Kitchen blast A MAN has been slightly injured after an explosion in the kitchen of the well-known local chef Miguel Ruiz in De-
nia, believed to be due to a build up of gas. The blast completely destroyed the kitchen and broke a number of
panes of glass in the building, although according to the firefighters who attended the scene the damage could
have been much greater. T h e i n j u re d m a n w h o w o r k s i n t h e k i tc h e n i s from Andalucia and
suffered from cuts to his legs and arms before being taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
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TRIBUTE: Spanish London terrorist attack victim remembered.
Skateboard hero honoured by Darren Parmenter THE name of Ignacio Echeverria was once only known to his family and friends. But it was his bravery during the terrorist attack in London on June 3 last year that brought his name to millions across the world and became known as ‘the skateboarding hero’. His deeds on that summer night have now been acknowledged in Alicante. The skate park on the Playa San Juan in Alicante now carries the name of the Spanish national who fought off an attack on a woman with the skateboard he was carrying at the time. During the formal ceremony which was attended by members of his family, a plaque containing Ignacio Echeverria’s face on a statue of a skateboard was unveiled. “We wish to thank this gesture from the
city of Alicante,” said one of his brothers, Enrique. “The time passes and the family continue to remember Ignacio, but I like to think that this will remind many more people of him and what he liked to do.” Councillor Eva Montesinos said: “I am proud to pay tribute to the human quality of courage that Ignacio displayed, particularly in a place where young people practise the sport he loved so much.” She continued: “Ignacio’s actions were the only light in the middle of a very dark and cowardly event.” Ignacio Echeverria had already been posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, one of Spain’s highest honours, after he tried to fight off the terrorists with his skateboard to save a stabbed woman during their rampage around London Bridge last year. He became one of eight victims of the assault.
‘Accident’ dog owners to get notified DOG owners in Alicante will in future be informed if their pet has been found dead in the streets or been a victim in a road accident. Up until now, any dog discovered in such circumstances would be taken by the authorities and sent to a local incinerator without any checks being made into the dog’s owner. The plan is to now give the UTE Alicante
(those responsible for cleaning services in the city) a microchip reader to aid in future identifications. Councillor Fernando Marcos said: “We are going to establish a protocol to follow in cases of animal collection that involves the UTE, and a process that will see the dogs taken to a dedicated area to enable formal identification to take place.”
The initiative comes as a result of a number of complaints from owners who reported their dogs missing and subsequently discovered that they may have been run over. The new measures will only incur a cost of less than €100 for the council; a small price to pay to at least be able to inform owners what has happened to their dogs.
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Remembering Shila Bigdely
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drawing by Shila sent by her mother. Some lines prepared by her mother were read out in Norwegian and English. A poem written by her father was also re ad out. T his simple ceremony car r ied out with the full agreement of the parents, who moved back to Norway after the tragedy, was a response to the indignation caused by the abr upt and unannounced removal of the previous memorial to Shila on the orders of the deputy mayor and Citizens Par ty leader Juan Ignacio Lopez Bas. Mr L opez B as has cr iticised those who took part in the simple ceremony on the evening of Easter Monday. He claims that his action in order ing the removal of the previous monument was in response to demands by local residents. Many believe, however, that he was tr ying to get away with the removal of the previous memorial and when confronted with the reaction of indignation this provoked, he came up with the plan to plant an olive tree and place a plaque bear ing S hila’s name in front of the tree. It is fitting that the tragic death of this little girl be remembered permanently in Orihuela Costa where people of so many different nationalities and cultures seek to live to gether har moniously.”
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For hire... and no return
We will WiFi on the beaches Photo credit: Darren Parmenter
TWO couples have been arrested in Alicante selling cars that were hired in Italy. The four were detained in both Alicante and Callosa de Segura after allegedly renting a number of luxury cars in Italy, later selling them in the secondhand car market in Spain stating that they were the owners. A total of six vehicles are believed to be part of the scam which netted more than €110,000 from the sales. The culprits are also alleged to have forged the car’s documents. The four are two Romanian men aged 30 and 34 and two 26 and 27-year-old Spanish women. Investigators uncovered a similar modus operandi to their crimes. One of the couples travelled to Italy and hired out a medium to high-end vehicle - using fake ID - which would never get taken back. They would then drive into Spain to be greeted by the other couple who would arrange for all the necessary paperwork to be put into their names... but paying the €300 to €400 fees required to do so. As the cars were Italian, they also had to fake all the vehicle documents before carrying out the formal transfers. Once all was in order, within two days the cars were put up for sale online, with the plan of selling them knowing that the owner of the rental company in Italy would soon report it hadn’t been returned. They put the cars for sale for around €3,000 less than the average market price to attract buyers, but still resulted in a profit of around €10,000 per vehicle. The unsuspecting buyers from all corners of Spain paid between €18,000 and €26,000 per car.
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by Darren Parmenter HOLIDAYMAKERS from all parts of the world, or even day-trippers from up and down the Costa Blanca, will now be able to enjoy Benidorm’s free Wi-Fi service on the beaches. The new technology will have the capacity to allow 20,000 devices to be connected at the same time thanks to 30 different coverage points along the promenade. The service will be extended over a period of time. Whether people are sunbathing, strolling along the front or even having a paddle in the Mediterranean, their mobile phones and tablets can now be connected to the nearest Wi-Fi point just metres from the shore. A significant part of Benidorm already enjoys free Wi-Fi - such as the Playa Levante - and before April 20 the coverage will be extended to include the Playa Poniente and the ‘old town’. Mayor Toni Perez, part of the presentation team making the announcement, said that the equipment being used in Benidorm “is the best that can be in-
FULL COVERAGE: Free Wi-Fi wherever you may roam in Benidorm. stalled”, having been tested by Google. The project to get Wi-Fi on the beaches has taken nine months to put into operation, and the pilot scheme will last for four years at ‘zero cost’ to the City Council. The network allows users to be logged in all day long via the Visit Benidorm website
but, for reasons of security, management of the network and to control any abuse of the system, it will be automatically disconnected every 30 minutes. No personal information is needed to log in to the service, which also allows local businesses to promote themselves.
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Benidorm now offers more Photo credit: Raul Garces Wikimedia
by Darren Parmenter BENIDORM’S successful tourism model of sun, sea and entertainment, played out on beautiful beaches, amid virtual all-year-round high temperatures, proves popular with millions of people. However, as competition grows, an increasing number of hotels are beginning to reinvent themselves in an attempt to diversify and offer more exclusive services and attract different customers, who have themselves become more demanding. Hotel organisation HOSBEC has confirmed that the commitment to invest in a range of new services is ‘the only option’ to differentiate them from other platforms such as Airbnb. Already in Benidorm, there are a few hotels focused on a specific type of visitor who
ALTERNATIVE: A selection of Benidorm hotels now have fully equipped gyms.
opts for entertainment and a family holiday, and those with amenities aimed exclusively for adults-only. In an effort to increase custom, many hotels in the city have installed spas, modern gymnasiums or large swimming pools, services previously underutilised or available only in those offering luxury accommodation. Some of the hotels offering
the newer alternatives provide healthier menus that come with extensive nutritional information for those who seek something completely different in their holiday food. In addition, there are also hotels in Benidorm capable of hosting their own sporting competitions, complete with their own football pitches or facilities to repair bicycles.
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SPOTLIGHT ON MORAIRA
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Heartstrings tugged by charity support
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U3A’s Easter Monday meeting was very well attended, and the members were entertained by one of the most interesting of talks from Tony Grande concerning the wonderful Make a Smile charity. Tony spoke about starting in one of the local homes where he was asked to supply some mattresses, and he and a band of volunteers then went on to refurbish the home. As the financial crisis hit, the homes were short of just about everything and Tony and his team supplied many necessities including food, heating and a myriad of other essentials. He also spoke of the Self Sufficiency Project in Relleu where his team created a farm on disused land beside one of the homes and produced vegetables, eggs and olive oil, sending most to the homes and selling the rest in veggie bags which were distributed amongst the community. This money was then used to buy meat and other needs. After the collapse of EMAUS last June, a new company have been looking after the children’s homes, and Make A Smile is now collaborating on organising a number of extracurricular activities for the children. Tony explained that to help fund these projects, Make A Smile have opened a charity shop in Teulada.
Sunday morning ding-dong from the past BELL S will be ringing out across Teulada and taking the locals back to a time in the past. As par t of a number of events held this year to commemorate the 600th anniversar y of the death of Sant Vicent Ferrer, the six bells of the church of Santa Catalina de Teulada will be in full peel on Sunday. The initiative has been driven by the Mestres Campaners de Valencia (Bell ringers of Valencia) and will allow the famous bells to ‘come alive’, albeit for just a few minutes. This will be the first time all six have been heard together for a number of years. As well as hearing the bells in their full glory, from 10am on Sunday there will be a
RINGING OUT: Teulada’s church of Santa Catalina. number of guided tours to the belfry in small groups so that local people can learn a little more about the bells and their historical importance. At the beginning of the 20th century, after demolish-
ing the round ‘Torre del Rellonge’, a hexagonal-shaped bell tower was built in 1895. It has now been fully restored and is a perfect example of a traditional medieval construction of this type. It is 33 metres high and
the bells range in weight from the smallest at 130 kilos to the heaviest at 528 kilos. The earliest - Barbara - was made in 1901, with the most modern, named Vicente Ferrer, cast in 1990.
MorairaTeulada U3A THE next monthly general meeting for all members of the Moraira-Teulada U3A will be held on Monday May 7. The venue is the Salon G L a l o n g t h e Ave n i d a Mediterraneo, Teulada, just below the Bar Mediterraneo. Please note that from this meeting all members h i p s b e i n g re n e w e d will be at the full fee of €10.
T he g uest speaker at the May meeting will be co m p a ny l aw ye r Pe te r Davies, who will be talki n g to m e m b e r s a b o u t his time working in the USA for technology companies. For details of all events and information about U3A Moraira-Teulada go to the website: www.u3amorairateulada.org.
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All-aboard the Alicante shuttle Photo credit: Alfaxe Wikimedia
CONNECTED: Albir (pictured) gets its direct link to Alicante station.
BENIDORM’S neighbouring town of Alfaz del Pi has launched its own direct shuttle service to Alicante train station. The new service - operational since Tuesday will run for 365 days-a-year and will cost €12 per trip. More and more people are choosing both Alfaz del Pi and the beach area of Albir for their holiday destinations and so will now have that direct access to the RENFE station in Alicante. This will avoid them having to change buses or pick up a taxi to complete their journey which
would have previously terminated at Benidorm. Up until now, there has been a shuttle service between Alfaz del Pi and the AlicanteElche Aiport operated by Beniconnect. This new service will now be extended to include the RENFE train station, and will run between 7am and 11.15pm. Mayor of Alfaz del Pi, Vicente Arques, said that the implementation of this additional services shows “a remarkable improvement in the communications of a mainly tourist area.”
Police life-savers thanks to defibrillator OVER the course of the past couple of months, the RTN has reported on the increasing number of local councils and police forces that have been equipped with the emergency defibrillator machines. One man in El Veger is especially thankful for this increase as two members of the Local Police saved his life thanks to using a piece of the vital apparatus. He collapsed at a petrol station after suffering a cardiac arrest in the incident which happened in the middle of March
but has only just been reported in the Spanish media. It was just before 7pm when Local Police in El Verger received a call stating that a man had collapsed next to the filling station. Two officers arrived and while one of them began carried out CPR on the patient, the other called for the paramedics while preparing the defibrillator which the police carried with them in their car. With the help of a nurse who was passing by at the time, the police administered a shock from the defibrillator
to the man - a Swiss national - and he immediately began to show signs of life again. They continued with the resuscitation until the arrival of the SAMU paramedics. M a y o r o f Ve r g e r, Basili Salort, sincerely thanked the two police officers and the nurse for the speedy and professional way in which they had treated the man. He emphasised that their success was due to the entire local force undergoing training in both CPR techniques and using the life-saving equipment.
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Who benefits? Credit: UN Photo/Cia Pak
by Michael Walsh
keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com UNLIKE Sergei Skripal’s resurrected daughter the poisoned British spy opera is dying. Scanning readers’ letters in the UK press I note that Russophobes tend towards illiteracy, misplaced loyalty and naivety. The more sceptical set out their case cogently and persuasively. You simply cannot intervene on the basis of suspicion, rumour or hearsay. These are the words of Theresa May on her conceding that she was aware of the unfolding child abuse tragedy sweeping Britain months before the authorities belatedly acted. When challenged as to why she kept quiet about the unfolding disgrace, Theresa May responded haughtily: “The home secretary cannot intervene on the basis of suspicion, rumour or hearsay.” Unless of course the accused are Russian and again you have good reason to midwife the mother of all false flags to de-
VLADIMIR PUTIN: Speaks at the United Nations. monise a country at a critical period of foreign relations. Over one month since the Skripal incident there is isn’t enough evidence of Russian responsibility to reach a magistrates court. The entire drama played out by orchestrated media is made up
of speculation, innuendo and rapidly changing stories. If a burglar, upon being questioned, was unable to provide proof of innocence, changed his story, made absurd accusations and offered contradictory reasons for his fingerprints being all
over the crime scene he would be arrested. It is sobering to realise that Britain’s prime minister wouldn’t qualify as a common thief. On her case is detective Kremlin who has few equals when it comes to subversion espionage
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and counter espionage. Media screamed that the world turned against Putin. There are 195 countries in the world. The US is the only sovereign nation to reduce diplomatic staff. Otherwise, 23 nations plus Canada and Australia are Commonwealth or EU bloc members who tend to vote in solidarity. A vital key to spotting a false flag is that ‘knowledge’ of who is to blame becomes uncannily available before any evidence is in. Most are aware of the term ‘cui bono’, which is Latin for ‘who benefits’ (from a crime). The editor of RTN can’t allow sufficient space to identify ways by which the NATO witchfinders benefit from ‘the spy who came in from the cold war’. The ways by which Russia might benefit could be set out on the back of a postage stamp. The case against Russia has collapsed. Now is the time to bury the story. As with Hussein’s false ‘weapons of mass destruction’ it will be 15 years before the inquest. Before then, Russia is unlikely to be disgraced. But, the named and shamed will certainly include the handful of nations stupid enough to take the word of a nation notorious for false flags.
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SPOTLIGHT ON CALPE
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Fish farm in Calpe rejected Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Calpe
NO-GO: Extensive fish farm plans turned down. THE Ministr y of the Environment has firmly rejected the idea of building a 47hectare fish farm in Calpe due to the perceived risk to both human and marine health. The original plan was to extend two small fish farms and in the process multiply by seven times the production of sea bream and sea bass. The main reason for turning down the project was the proximity of the farm to an outfall sewer which could po-
tentially have harmful effects for those consuming the fish, as well as destroying marine life that is protected under European Union (EU) law. Previous detailed studies in this area of the sea have already detected the existence of faecal matter and other bacteria. The existing fish farms are around 2,000m from the sewer; the new one would be only 650m away. This decision comes after a process that has taken six years and has been announced in the Official
Extra volunteers needed FOR a number of years, Calpe’s Department of Health has carried out a number of campaigns for the sterilisation of cats in order to prevent uncontrolled colonies from becoming a problem. But it’s still a major issue, and a meeting between a number of representatives from the town hall, animal protection organisations, and concerned foreign residents has recently taken place to address the ongoing situation. The short-term objective is to look for more volunteers who are interested in carrying out the sterilisation programme.
Gazette of the Valencian Community (DOGV). The private company who wanted to build the installations, Niordseas SL, planned to centralise the existing farms off Morro de Toix and in the northern part of Altea that already produce 218 and 241 tons of sea bream and sea bass respectively. The now rejected project would’ve seen that tonnage increased to a total of 3,500 tons, 762 per cent more than the current two facilities combined. vv
Phase one completed... phase two begins soon CALPE’S mayor, Cesar Sanchez, has visited the first phase of the renovation project currently taking place on Urbanisation La Manzanera. The programme of works that has taken place over the past six months follows an investment of €469,050, of which 65 per cent came from the Alicante Provincial Council and the rest from the municipality of Calpe. So far, many of the streets have been asphalted as well as the installation of a new water network, wider pavements, zebra crossings, rubbish containers, and street lighting. The second phase is due to begin this year at a cost of €536,476.
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money Nordic tourism neckand-neck with UK ACCORDING to a report from the Municipal Tourist Board, visitors from the Nordic countries are now equal in numbers to the British staying in Alicante City. Figures covering 2017, show that they account for around 20 per cent of the overnight stays in the city’s hotels...170,364 visitors. It has now been recognised as being one of the most important niche markets for the area which attracts a growing number from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. It has come as no surprise to tourist bosses that the increases have coincided with the now 21 direct flight connections between those five
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GROWTH: Sixty-six per cent increase of Finnish tourists alone to Alicante. (File image) crease in the number of paspromotions in the Nordic countries and Alicante-Elche sengers from Finland that countries to encourage airport. stands out. tourism to Alicante. Now people from this reOver the course of one Alicante-Elche airport is gion have reached the same year from 2016 to 2017, the key to bringing Scandilevel as those from the UK Finnish travellers increased navia to this part of the world, traditionally top of the list from 86,885 to 144,483. and above all it’s the inthe plan is to carry out further
Two million euros for Costa Blanca by Carol Palmer WITHIN weeks of the summer tourist season getting underway, the Valencian community government has announced a major investment in the sector... especially on beaches and their facilities. A total of €2 million has been set aside for spending this year to improve all areas of the beach infrastructure across the community. Among a number of schemes and projects, they plan to install 100 sets of changing rooms, 48 children’s playgrounds, 12 swimming areas, with much improved and dedicated access for people with disabilities or reduced mobility, and 10 kilometres of wooden walkways. In addition, extra water pipes will be constructed to enable beach users to wash their feet as they leave the golden sands. One of the most striking additions will be the six ‘technology palm trees’. Featuring the wellknown iconic tourist emblem for the community, they will each feature seats and benches with traditional plug and USB mobile device charging points, powered by solar energy.
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Open questions in third person sentence. If we were to do so, the questions would be: “¿Cuántos hijos tienes tú?”, “¿Qué estás haciendo tú?”, “¿Dónde estás tú?” As we have said many times before the ‘tú’ is not necessary to make ourselves clear, but we can use it if we want to. The reason I mention it now though, is to indicate the word order of an open question, which is question + verb + subject.
Basic Spanish for everyday needs
by Jane Cronin
KEEPING in mind the pearls of wisdom we learnt in the last article (pause while you scrabble about for last week’s newspaper) we will now complete our look at open and closed questions. We have got as far as seeing that an open question begins with a question word, or group of words forming a question, for example: ‘Dónde’, ‘Cuándo’, ‘Por qué’, ‘De qué color’ and many more. We then saw that this was followed by a verb. So we have: “¿Cuántos hijos tienes?” (How many children have you got?) “Cuántos hijos” is the question and ‘tienes’ is the verb. “¿Qué estás haciendo?” (What are you doing?) Here ‘Qué’ is the question, and ‘estás haciendo’ together form the verb, and these two verb words do not separate. “¿Dónde estás?” (Where are you?) ‘Dónde’ is the question and ‘estás’ is the verb. These are all questions in the second person or ‘you’ form, even though we haven’t inserted the word ‘you’ into the
So, we will now apply this principle to questions about a third person, that is, a ‘he’ a ‘she’ or even an ‘it’. To go from “How many children have you got?” to “How many children has Pedro got?”, we follow the same word order, which gives us: “¿Cúantos hijos tiene Pedro?” (question + verb + subject).
cuánto tiempo?” (for how long) “¿Con quién?” (with whom) and many more. We cannot put prepositions at the ends of questions as we do in English. These probably all look quite straightforward to you, which is good. The trick is to remember that exactly the same word order will hold true even when our sentences get much more advanced and complicated. So with that said - let’s speak a bit of Spanish shall we? Vamos… Hoy ha sido un día normal de trabajo para mí, con mis clases en Torrevieja. Tengo muchos alumnos ya, sobre todo en el segundo grupo
del día. Después de la última clase tengo que recoger todas mis cosas y volver a mi casa en coche. Hoy he pasado al supermercado para comprar naranjas y pan, y también a la tienda de fotocopias. En casa he encontrado a mis dos hijas, una viendo la tele y la otra estudiando para un examen. Esto no es lo más norma en nuestra casa. Muchas veces mis hijas están fuera de casa haciendo deporte o paseando con sus amigos. Pues, la hora es bastante tarde ya y estoy trabajando todavía. Enseguida voy a apagar este maldito ordenador y relajarme un poco antes de dormir. ¡Qué vida tengo!
“¿Qué estás haciendo?” (What are you doing?) “¿Qué está haciendo tu hijo?” (What is your son doing?) “¿Dónde estás?” (Where are you?) “¿Dónde está el ayuntamiento?” (Where is the town hall?) We can ask similar questions in the plural: “¿De qué color son las cortinas?” (What colour are the curtains?)
¡Hasta la semana que viene!
QUESTION TIME: How to ask for information.
Notice as well that prepositions go in front of question words to form part of the question. “¿De qué color?” (literally “of what colour?”) is an example of this. Also “¿A qué hora?” (at what time) “¿Durante
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Spare us the health warnings by Barry Duke
I HAD to check the date when I read that purveyors of coffee in California may soon have to carry warnings that their cappuccinos, lattes, expressos and the like may cause cancer. Was this an April Fool’s Day joke? Nope. Just another depressing example of the Health Gestapo jack-booting its way through the legal system. California, according to last Friday’s CNN report, lists chemicals it considers possible causes of cancer. One of them is acrylamide, created when coffee beans are roasted. It stays in the coffee in what a court called ‘high amounts’. A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2010 by the non-profit Council for Education and Research on Toxics targeted several companies that make or sell coffee. The suit demanded damages and
labels to warn consumers. Hours before this story broke I had a lengthy conversation with my husband Marcus about coffee, which we both drink in copious quantities after tumbling out of bed each morning. For around five years we’ve used separate French presses - one for his caffeine-laden Jurado, and the other for my Jurado decaf because morning hits of caffeine were making me a tad jittery. The conversation arose because Marcus was recently admitted to hospital with a severe lung infection, and while recovering the coffee he was given was decaffeinated. The upshot was that we decided we would both forego caffeine. That way, we’d only have to wash up one large cafetiere instead of two baby ones. Then up popped the CNN report, and an irrational part of my brain suggested that maybe we should just give up coffee altogether and keep our bodies free of this deadly acrylamide stuff. The thought lasted about two seconds. “Get a grip,” I told myself. People tell me “Your body is a temple” and I’ve always retorted “Wrong. Mine’s much more like a decrepit house of ill repute in Mexico City!” So, the
coffee ritual goes on. The deeper I got into the CNN report, the angrier I became, for here was yet another example of goodytwo-shoes fanatics who have nothing better to do than fill people with anxiety over utterly inconsequential matters. Gullible paranoiacs will no doubt rush to bin their coffee supplies and seek healthier alternatives. These scaredy-cats deserve Jillian Mai Thi Epperly’s under-fermented, oversalted cabbage juice. Who is Epperly? A skinny Ohio
woman who is fattening her bank account by flogging her ‘cure-all’ juice - a brew she claims can solve practically any health problem from cancer to dwarfism. It can reverse vasectomies and regrow amputated limbs. And - get this - it can also cure homosexuality. Surprisingly, she stops short of claiming it can raise the dead. Her potion is a purgative and she cheerfully says that ‘healing symptoms’ include nausea, headaches, dizziness, and explosive blasts of diarrhoea. These ‘waterfalls’ supposedly eject ‘bad’ para-
ENJOY: A soothing cup of coffee.
sites, which you can see wriggling around your loo after her ‘poop juice’ takes effect. Nice! What really riles me is that, while there are thousands of charlatans out there who escape all forms of regulation and can make millions out of useless and, in Epperly’s case, thoroughly dangerous ‘cures’, people earning an honest living selling something as harmless as coffee can be forced to slap health warnings on their products. For the record, coffee is NOT bad for your health. Last year Time magazine reported that studies show that people who drink coffee regularly are less likely to develop type two diabetes. And in one large study involving tens of thousands of people, researchers found that those who drank several cups of coffee a day - anywhere from two to four - actuallly had a lower risk of stroke. Heart experts say the benefits may come from coffee’s effect on the blood vessels; by keeping vessels flexible and healthy, it may reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, which can cause heart attacks. Now, to damp down my fury, please point me towards the nearest establishment that sells good coffee, cognac and bloody big cigars!
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RTN Life
ALL DRESSED UP: Members in Mess Dress uniform.
RAF 100 celebrations on the Costa Blanca British Embassy in Madrid, and Sergeant David Williams, from the RAF Engineering Team attached to the Tactical Leadership Programme at the Spanish Air Force Base in Albacete. Representatives from the local branches of the Rotary Fellowship and Royal Society of St George were also welcomed, as was Colonel Max Maxwell, chairman of the Costa Blanca branch of the Aircrew Association. H o w e v e r, a s p e c i a l welcome was reserved for Mrs Jenny Hart, president of the Masoni c H o m e o f Va l e n c i a Association and the association’s treasurer, Mr Hugh P a r k e r, who presented a cheque for the magnificent sum of €2,000 in support of the RAF Ass o c i a t i o n ’s W i n g s A p peal Collection. In thanking Jenny and Hugh for this donation, Bob Hunt advised that over the past years the welfare demands
on the RAF Association had increased significantly with the need to administer to an ageing ex-service population and that the money would go to very worthwhile charitable causes. After the welcome, the diners enjoyed an excellent meal provided by the staff of the Canor restaurant. The meal was followed by th e Loyal To a s t s a n d e x c e l l e n t short speeches and toasts on the past, present and future of the RAF were given by Wing Commander Cam e r o n G a i r, R A FA branch president, and F l i g h t S e r g e a n t To n i Moya. The toasts were followed by the drawing o f t h e r a ff l e t i c k e t s for the very good prizes t h a t w e r e o n o ff e r, and the conclusion of the ‘Name the Bear ’ competition, the latter being won by Toni Moya with the name Robert the RAF Association ted-
dy bear was heading for a new home in Madrid.
The raffle and the naming of the bear com-
petition jointly raised the exceptional sum of €535, which would also go towards the RAF Ass o c i a t i o n ’s W i n g s A p peal. After the formal part of the celebration was o v e r, t h e r e m a i n d e r o f the evening was spent dancing to the excellent music which was provided by the Swing Sextet, an element of the famous Rommy Baker Big Band.
Benidorm gets the X Factor WITH reports that the X Factor is likely to be overhauled in order to improve ratings, the production company has very quietly decided to arrange some auditions in Spain. According to their website, there will be open auditions at Voices Benidorm from 10am to 4pm this Saturday and a further audition in Tenerife. These will be the first auditions - which are open to those aged 14 and over - to be held in Spain and this initial, almost reluctant, decision to put a first toe into the reservoir of Spanish based expatriate singing talent may lead to more auditions around the country.
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THROUGHOUT 2018 members and ex-members of the Royal Air Force will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the formation of the RAF, the first independent Air Force in the world. It was formed by combining the personnel and equipment of the Royal Flying Corps with those of the Royal Naval Air Service on April 1, 1918, at the height of the Great War. In a fitting tribute to its wonderful legacy since 1918, the 100th anniversary was celebrated in excellent style by members of the north Costa Blanca branch of the Royal Air Forces Associatio - some of whom had managed to squeeze into their Mess Dress uniform - and their guests at the Canor Restaurant, Teulada, last Saturday. The celebration lasted until after midnight when a grand toast was made on the actual date of the 100th anniversary. The evening started with a Cava cocktail following which everyone was welcomed by the branch chairman, Wing Commander Bob Hunt, MBE. A special welcome was given to two serving airmen who attended, Flight Sergeant Toni Moya, Assistant to the Defence Attaché in the
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The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Dragonball Evolution Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Eragon The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer Extreme Cake Makers Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory G.I. Joe: Retaliation Contraband
11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am The Gadget Show 12:30pm Traffic Cops 1:30pm Traffic Cops 2:30pm Aviva Live Premiership Rugby: Bath v Leicester 5:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 6:10pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:05pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 8:00pm The Secret Life of Owls 9:00pm Everest: World's Greatest Mountain 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Football on 5 11:00pm Football on 5 Goal Rush. 11:30pm 20 Moments That Rocked the 90s 1:00am Super Casino
4:45am Insyriated 6:30am Special 7:00am Run the Tide Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga) stars as a Texas twentysomething determined to keep his younger brother away from their excon mother 8:45am Top Ten Show, the 2018 9:00am Cars 3 11:00am The Emoji Movie 12:30pm The Hurricane Heist 2:30pm Special 3:00pm Spider-Man: Homecoming 5:20pm Cars 3 7:20pm The Emoji Movie 9:00pm The Hurricane Heist 10:50pm Spider-Man: Homecoming 1:10am Unforgettable
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The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Step Up 4: Miami Heat The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine 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 Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory Night at the Museum Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners
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7:00am 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain 8:50am Cars 3 10:45am The Emoji Movie 12:30pm Special 1:00pm The Hurricane Heist 3:00pm Cars 3 5:00pm Spider-Man: Homecoming 7:20pm The Emoji Movie 9:00pm The Hurricane Heist Full-throttle thriller about a team of hackers using a devastating hurricane as cover to steal millions 10:50pm The Free World 12:35am Spider-Man: Homecoming 2:55am Double Date 4:35am The Hurricane Heist
9:15am La Liga Icons 9:30am EFL Goals: Championship 10:00am EFL Goals: League One and League Two 10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 10:40am The Story of Las Palmas 11:55am Football 2:00pm La Liga Highlights: Barcelona 2:15pm La Liga Icons 2:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 3:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 3:30pm Football 6:15pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:25pm Football 8:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 8:40pm Football
New Girl New Girl 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory
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SATURDAY 11:00am Commonwealth Games 2018 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Golf All the action from the latest golfing events. 3:15pm Commonwealth Games 2018 5:30pm Final Score 6:15pm A Question of Sport 6:45pm Doodlebugs 7:00pm Ready or Not 7:30pm BBC News 7:40pm Regional News 7:45pm Weather 7:50pm Pointless 8:40pm Who Dares Wins 9:20pm Casualty 10:10pm Troy: Fall of a City 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather
12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 5:00pm 6:15pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 11:10pm
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Football EFL Greatest Games SPFL Matters Soccer A.M. SPFL Matters Football Gillette Soccer Saturday Gillette Soccer Saturday La Liga Greatest Games Football La Liga Greatest Games Football La Liga Icons Football EFL Goals: Championship Football MLS Greatest Games La Liga Icons EFL Goals: Championship
SUNDAY 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Commonwealth Games 2018 2:30pm BBC News 2:40pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:45pm Commonwealth Games 2018 5:30pm Songs of Praise 6:05pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm The Big Painting Challenge 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm The Generation Game 10:00pm Ordeal by Innocence 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News
12:40pm 1:40pm 2:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm
Adventure Time ITV News Love Your Garden The Voice UK - Live Final Info not available ITV Lunchtime News Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Take Away Info not available Tenable You've Been Framed! ITV Evening News Regional News and Weather Tipping Point The Chase: Celebrity Special Change Your Tune The Durrells The Good Karma Hospital
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Great Scientists Wildlife SOS Access Milkshake! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Football on 5 Football on 5 Traffic Cops Oliver! The Deep End of the Ocean Marley and Me Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 5 News When Live News Goes Horribly Wrong Football on 5: The Checkatrade Trophy Britain's Greatest Bridges Super Casino
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The experience that is Cirque du Soleil THE Cirque du Soleil brings their brand new TOTEM show, which is described as a journey into the evolution of mankind, to Alicante from July 21 to August 19 in the arena at the C o r t i j o d e To r r e s f a i r ground. The show follows the human species from original amphibian state to the ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on stage, evoking a giant turtle, the symbol of origin for many ancient civilisations. TOTEM explores the ties that bind man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential. There six interlinking parts of the performance which include a pair of high flyers on trapeze, followed by an amazing Amerind dance performance by a supreme acrobat and then a pair of roller skaters also performing as native Americans. The slightly more esoteric part of the performance called the Sparks of Life sees members of the cast appear in exotic am-
their heads as they travel around the arena, metres above the ground. Ti c k e t s f o r t h i s i n credible month of circus with a complete difference start at €28 and range in price depending upon the position of the seats and whether VIP treatment is required. For more information t h e w e b s i t e w w w. c i r quedusoleil.com/es/es pana/alicante/totem/co mprar-entradas has full details of pricing and availability of tickets.
BALANCING ACT: Five exotic unicyclists perform wonders.
Photo Credit: Cirque du Soleil
phibian and fish like costumes, who cross the arena by bouncing on trampolines. Tw o m a l e a c r o b a t s compete with each other on rings to a Bollywood backbeat, until a single female athlete arrives to show them how it’s done! Wearing colourful
costumes inspired by the lost civilisations of South America, a team of acrobats will stun the audience by leaping across the arena on bars in attempt to escape earth’s gravity. Then five unicyclists will amaze as they toss metal bowls with their feet and catch them on
Iceland customers come up trumps A VERY big thank you to all the customers who bought raffle tickets and donated mone y t o J a l o n Va l l e y ARC during their recent bag packing event. The ARC volunteers were all kept very busy and the animals in ARC’s care will benefit from the amazing €738 raised from your generous donations. Penny, the manager of Iceland, Benissa, drew the raffle tickets and all prizewinners have been notified.
Special thanks were also sent to Penny and all the staff at Iceland for enabling ARC to hold this fundraising event and for the generous Easter egg raffle prize that was
donated by the store. If you want to help the animals looked after by the group, visit their website to find out more about them at http://www.jalonval leyarc.com.
MONDAY 5:00am Commonwealth Games 2018 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Commonwealth Games 2018 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm 800 Words 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You
10:15am Oxford Street Revealed 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Britain's Home Truths 12:45pm Dom on the Spot 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Commonwealth Games 2018 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Today at the Games 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Secret Agent Selection : Ww2 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am The Secret Helpers 1:15am The Silent Child 1:35am David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 2:05am Hugh's Wild West
10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Kyle Files 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Marcella 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather
8:00am Rules of Engagement 8:30am Rules of Engagement 9:00am How I Met Your Mother 9:30am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am New Girl 11:00am 2 Broke Girls 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm How I Met Your Mother 4:00pm New Girl 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm Young Sheldon 10:00pm Made in Chelsea
10:15am Oxford Street Revealed 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Britain's Home Truths 12:45pm Dom on the Spot 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Commonwealth Games 2018 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Today at the Games 9:00pm Great Indian Railway Journeys 10:00pm Hospital 11:00pm Cunk on Britain 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 9:00pm This Time Next Year 10:00pm Last Laugh in Vegas 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather
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Wildlife SOS Milkshake! The Wright Stuff Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 5 News The Gadget Show Access Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Newlywed and Dead 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights Springtime on the Farm Paddington Station 24/7 Police UK: Armed and Deadly Criminals Caught on Camera
4:35am 6:30am 7:00am 8:45am 10:25am 11:55am 1:45pm 3:55pm
The Hurricane Heist Special Cars 3 Run the Tide The Emoji Movie The Hurricane Heist Rough Stuff 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain 5:40pm Cars 3 7:30pm The Emoji Movie 9:00pm The Hurricane Heist 10:50pm Rough Stuff A ragtag crew of gold-seeking drifters team up with a group of environmental activists and head into the Outback in search of a l egendary lost haul. 1:00am The Free World 2:45am The Hurricane Heist 4:40am Double Date
10:15am La Liga Highlights: Barcelona 10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 10:45am La Liga Greatest Games 11:00am Football 1:15pm Football 3:20pm La Liga 5:25pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm La Liga Highlights: Real Madrid 7:15pm La Liga Highlights: Barcelona 7:30pm La Liga Icons 8:00pm Soccer A.M. 8:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 8:40pm La Liga Icons 8:55pm Football 11:00pm SPFL Round Up 2017/18 11:15pm SPFL Greatest Games
7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm NCIS 4:20pm Nightmare 911 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Moto GP Highlights 9:00pm Springtime on the Farm 10:00pm Made in Yorkshire 11:00pm Secrets of the Great Yorkshire Castle 12:05am The Great Yorkshire Bridge
7:00am 9:15am 11:00am 1:10pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 5:20pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 10:50pm 12:30am 2:40am 4:35am
12:15pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm SPFL Round Up 2017/18 1:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:30pm MLS Round Up Show 2:00pm La Liga Icons 3:00pm Eredivisie 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Revista de la Liga 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm SPFL Round Up 2017/18
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TUESDAY 10:15am Commonwealth Games 2018 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm 800 Words 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Come Home 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm This Country 12:15am Generation Screwed?
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New Girl New Girl 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory
Rough Stuff The Emoji Movie Maudie The Hurricane Heist Special The Free World The Emoji Movie Maudie The Hurricane Heist Double Date Rough Stuff The Free World Run the Tide Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga) stars as a Texas twentysomething determined to keep his younger brother away from their excon mother. Drama with Constance Zimmer.
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by Colin Bird The opinions published in Colin’s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors. WE English have the universal answer to whatever crisis we are personally faced with, and that’s to have a nice cup of tea. It’s a sure fire remedy we believe, for whatever ails us. We are also renowned for our preoccupation with the weather, and conversations with fellow countrymen and women invariably cover the subject of the vagaries of the British climate. I had to smile therefore, when talking to a pair of fellow expatriates at our regular coffee and tea stop this morning, and the chit chat got around to the winter we have just experienced in Spain. ‘I know I shouldn’t say this’, the lady informed us guiltily, ‘but the garden needs some rain.’ She was right, but it invoked a feeling of nostalgia in me and I reflected back to our home in Suffolk where we enjoyed a large country garden surrounded by fields and paddocks. Not that I was that much of a gardener myself, with the ‘princess’ taking charge of her beloved flower gar-
Don’t cast a clout
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SPRINGTIME: Almost time to cast that clout.
den and me delegated to the task of keeping the extensive vegetable and fruit areas weed free and productive. It was something that I regarded as a chore rather than a pleasurable experience.
I enjoyed the finished product, but not the interminable round of digging, hoeing and pruning, and I longed for a smaller easy to maintain patch of land. I had a willing source of advice
from an ancient neighbour - a real man of the soil - who shared with me his tips on producing the best results and which always involved a good deal of me being elbow deep in piles of festering horse manure. His age was a mystery, but the Dead Sea was probably not even sick when he was a boy, which meant that his knowledge and wisdom of all things bucolic was limitless. ‘Don’t cast a clout ‘til May is out’, was one of his favourite quotes, meaning wrap up warm until the end of the month of May right? No incorrect, he gleefully informed us, what it actually means is keep warm until the Mayflower or Hawthorne is in bloom. He was also one of the judges at our annual village show, who awarded me first prize for the best tasting gooseberries one year, even though none of the requisite six specimens I had exhibited had been cut or bitten into. I queried this. Tapping the side of his nose knowingly he told me that they could tell just by looking at them. Now with only a modest paved area housing a plethora of potted plants and flowers, there’s a part of me that hankers after that Suffolk Eden.
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Puzzles Code Breaker Kenny Corris I For Readings, Consultations and Castings email: kennycorris@hotmailcom / www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 / Tel: 965 878 424
Play on Words
Answers: Put two and two together. Middle earth.
Enough is enough, now you have to come down on someone like a ton of bricks. They have had time to rethink and you have been supportive, but right now they appear to be biting the hand that feeds them. The midweek Venus trine with Mars brings home your disappointment and distress, but then you wanted the best solution for all involved.
Word Wheel The goal of a word wheel puzzle is to create as many words possible with the letters in the word wheel. You can only use each letter once and every word must have the letter in the centre of the wheel. Can you find the 9 letter word?
Take time to relax and calm this week, whilst you can. A highly productive time is coming and it will be all hands on the pumps and full steam ahead. This may be the calm before the storm, but you’re are never happier than when you are involved and busy at what you love to do; and this shows your capabilities more than you think. The Mercury trine with Ceres brings order and discipline to all you set your mind on right now. You are more than ready to take responsibility and it is time to show others just what you are capable of; whatever it takes. Be sure to have some quick replies for those who are seen to be judging you unfairly for absolutely no reason. This is the time to see your passions, drive and determination fulfilled. Long term plans for your personal aspirations are activated and should be all the impetus that you need to take things that little step further, or beyond. In broadening your horizons the world is your oyster right now so no hiding away within that protective shell. Tension simmers on a relationship issue that just isn’t going away by itself! You may very well be outside of your comfort zone, but do activate friendships and interact with loved ones, who really do have your true best interests at heart this time around. The Mercury retrograde until April 15th increases communication, heightening potential! Stay close to those you love. There is much more going on than meets the eye and this may see you digging and delving, if you have to. Face up to that you have recently avoided and home in on an intimate relationship that appears to be on hold for reasons known only to you. The solar eclipse on the 8th sees you facing up to something. Love is a strong priority right now, and it will take up most of your attention this week. Any goals accomplished will suit you down to the ground as you have the co-operation of others, and have earned, in addition, their respect too. The dual Venus trine with both Saturn and Mars this week brings you a blessing, albeit in somewhat of a disguise! Retrograde of one of your planetary leaders, Pluto, sees it transiting from Sagittarius to Scorpio, bringing you challenges that may mean you having a good re think over financial matters. This is not a time to hold back on all you wish to achieve, but financially there have to be limits. Your unstoppable natural energies are charged and ready! You get so many good ideas, now is a time to share them and take something further, because now you can. With your emotions riding high right now you are energised and determined to move onto accomplish new beginnings and to benefit others. This also needs your love, especially around the 11th, when Venus trines Mars. You prefer a slower approach to new deals, even if you are an initiator of the Cosmos; but expect some big changes on the domestic front, because you are more than ready to instigate action. The focus is on home and family this week, and it will have a major impact on what it is that comes next for you. Tune into magic, come what may! There are those who seem not to be supporting you right now. Those who truly love and respect you are willing you on to achieve that which you must rise to. Supported by the Sun, you will reconnect with friends and colleagues and find new ways of building your network of support, whatever it takes, to see you back on top. Again a strong focus on finances as the Sun transits through your second house. Examine ways that you can use your intuitive powers to expand a showcase of your talents into much more. There is a need to consolidate things and build on natural resources. Venus sextiles your planetary leader, Neptune midweek, galvanising you into action!
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents V and 19 represents R, so fill in V every time the figure 11 appears and R every time the figure 19 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Kenny’s Postbag Kenny, My Father died a few weeks ago. During the interment a colourful bird appeared and it flew onto the coffin and all around us. Comments were made after the service, and such a bird would not normally be flying around in the cold weather. Was it my Dad saying goodbye? Debbie H-K. Birds symbolise freedom in their flight. I have heard of birds and butterflies hovering around gravesides, especially during burial services; and I have experienced them myself. Spirit communicates in some very strange ways, and their actions are open to interpretation. I would not rule out that this colourful bird was a message to you that your Dad has made his journey, and is safe and secure, and free of pain in the Spirit World.
Kenny Corris
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For Birthday Celebrants Power energy works wonder in differing but succinct ways this week. This is an inspiring and fortuitous time to be yourself. Know what you do and be patient and the Cosmos will come up trumps for you!
The 9 letter word is:
Kakuro Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
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More Puzzles Cryptic
Across 1 Drinks provided for men on board (8) 5 Shows cut after repair, initially (4) 9 Brave group from Mount Ribense (5) 10 Shove canal boat (5) 12 Trees manage to conceal skinhead (5) 13 A pair in a Tokyo kebab shop (4) 15 Possibly making Andrew stray (6) 18 Handwriting learnt by actors (6) 20 Island able to turn (4) 23 Start of a game of tennis, wait (5) 24 Vessel seen in Zambia or Tanzania (5) 27 Cleaned out horrible stink (5) 28 Breeding place discovered in Lone Star State (4) 29 Passionate animal doctor embraces he-men (8)
English - Spanish
Futoshiki
Down 1 Will, from the rear, looks dowdy (4) 2 A farmer starts off in the distance (4) 3 Stage is redesigned for The Doors (5) 4 A mix-up between the IRA and ITV is frivolous (6) 6 Type of punishment for NCO (8) 7 Birds talk wildly to Poles (6) 8 Choose to put detectives in river (6) 11 Saigon is without sin in the past (3) 14 Trek less organised for birds of prey (8) 16 Catch a ring-leader taking a break (6) 17 Singer out to leave work (6) 19 Fish to come first, second or third, say (6) 21 Part of the arbitration process (3) 22 Start looking after the machine (5) 25 Right time for anger (4) 26 Help needed in a punt (4)
Fill in the squares so that each digit from 1 to 6 occurs exactly once in each row and column. Greater-than and less-than signs indicate the relationship of the two adjacent squares. There is only one solution, and you can find it without guessing.
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Across 1 Falda (prenda) (5) 3 Cuellos (5) 6 Huevo (3) 8 Arco iris (7) 9 En alguna parte (9) 12 Our (7) 13 Final (de ceremonia, vida, aventura, guerra) (3) 14 Herramientas (5) 15 Rhythm (5)
Down 1 Semilla (4) 2 Storms (9) 3 Vecino (9) 4 Coward (7) 5 Sierras (herramientas) (4) 7 Rude (discourteous) (7) 10 Nudo (en hilo, cuerda) (4) 11 Hatred (4)
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Fill the grid so every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9
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5. DALEY THOMPSON, 6. BING CROS3. CHEVY CHASE, 4. TIGER WOODS, Groucho), 2. TANNI GREY-THOMPSON, 1. MARX BROTHERS (Chico, Harpo and Answers
Not a lot of people know that... according to the author L Frank Baum (whose real first name was Lyman), the ‘real’ first names of the Wizard of Oz are Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise (Diggs)
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BY, 7. JOE COCKER, 8. GINGER BAK-
and Dorothy Lamour? 7. John Robert were the real first names of which British rock singer whose cover of the Beatles' With a Little Help from My Friends reached number one in the UK singles charts in 1968? 8. Peter Edward are the real first names of which drummer, best known as a member of the super-group Cream, along with Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton? 9. Reginald Carey were the real first names of which stage and screen actor who won a Tony for the role of Professor Henry Higgins in the stage production of My Fair Lady in 1957? He reprised the role for the 1964 film version, which earned him both a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Actor. 10. Terence Alan were the real first names of which British-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor who was the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the Eccles and Minnie Bannister characters?
DOWN 2. 8 across plus ten times 13 across 3. Twice 12 across 4. 9 down rearranged 5. Square of two less than 6 across 7. 2 down times 3 down 9. The first digit is sum of the others 11. 8 across plus 3 down 15. Consecutive digits unordered 16. 14 across plus five 18. Last two digits of 17 across
ER, 9. REX HARRISON, 10. SPIKE MILLI-
1. Leonard, Adolph and Julius Henry were the real first names of which US family comedy act who starred in many comedy movies including Duck Soup (1933) and A Night at the Opera (1935)? 2. Carys Davina are the real first names of which wheelchair racer-turned-parliamentarian and television presenter? She has also been the Chancellor of Northumbria University since July 2015. 3. Cornelius Crane are the real first names of which New York born actor and comedian who is best known for his portrayals of Clark Griswold in five National Lampoon’s Vacation films and Irwin ‘Fletch’ Fletcher in both Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989)? 4. Eldrick is the real first name of which professional golfer who has won both the Masters Tournament and the PGA Championship four times plus both the US Open and the Open Championship on three occasions? 5. Francis Morgan Ayodélé are the real first names of which British athlete who won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984 and broke the world record for the event four times? 6. Harry Lillis were the real first names of which American singer and actor who starred in a series of ‘Road’ films with Bob Hope
ACROSS 1. 14 across times 16 across 6. 11 down plus sixty 8. See 2 down 10. Its digits total five 12. 13 across minus one 13. A square 14. 17 across minus 15 down 16. 8 across plus a hundred 17. Second digit is sum of the others 19. 6 across squared
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OLIVER CALIFORNIA HANNAH MONTANA CYRUS RICO MILEY TRUSCOTT STEWART ROBBY LILLY BILLY RAY JACKSON LOLA DISNEY
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76 Food, archaically 77 " it a pity?" 78 "Cheerio!" 79 "Norma " (1979 film) 80 Pencil wood 81 Lilt syllable 83 Backpack fill 85 Fine spray 87 Naval acad. grad 88 More rational hunch? 93 Decide on, with "for" 95 See 64Down 96 Henchman helping Hook 97 Blogger Klein 98 Grassland 102 Certain hosp. test 105 Most meager 107 Hasty, sloppy application of talc? 111 Arduous walk 112 Taunting remarks 113 Eternally, to bards 114 Postop areas, often 116 Qdoba dip 120 Year, to Pedro 121 Stupefying someone with liquor away from a horseracing venue? 126 Sea, to Pierre 127 Gloomy 128 Entered furtively 129 Ohio or New York county 130 'Zine team 131 Modern "Seize the day!," for short 132 Gives a nod 133 Performs like Kanye West DOWN 1 Cheese that crumbles 2 Chicago mayor Emanuel 3 Territory
4 Like surprise guests 5 "Siesta Key" channel 6 Shapiro of radio 7 "Yes, yes!," to Pedro 8 "24: Legacy" actor Jimmy 9 Saunters 10 Actress Sarah Michelle 11 Poetic "prior to" 12 Football player Lynn 13 Sam's Club alternative 14 lactovegetarian 15 Lessees 16 For the time being 17 Chain of bakerycaf s 18 Singer Crow 24 Finger part 25 Bovine noise 31 Sulky mood 33 Den fixture 34 After a while 36 Grain tower 37 Sheriff Taylor's kid 38 Atty.'s name follower 39 He cofounded Microsoft with Bill Gates 40 Sominex and Nytol, e.g. 41 Light shoe 46 Grassland 48 Pink wine 49 Mo. #1 52 Suez Crisis figure 53 Tons 54 Serum injector 55 Winter drink 56 Really big 57 Collectcall connectors 58 In itself 62 Dojo mat 63 Gray shade
64 With 95Across, wide keyboard key 66 Fess (up to) 67 Brief quarrel 69 River romper 71 Ton 73 Singer Sumac 74 Forest vine 75 Does some harping? 82 Polish, e.g. 84 Stubborn equine 86 Rink athlete 88 Move slightly 89 Attracted 90 Mo. #9 91 Bosc, e.g. 92 Rebellion figure Turner 93 Seine feeder 94 Study of poetic rhythm 98 Minecraft, e.g. 99 Wrecked 100 Shady spots 101 Impressive sight 103 Mandates 104 Some lizards 106 Repose 108 Canada (oil biggie) 109 Bruins great Bobby 110 Russian money 115 Not masked 117 Turkish money 118 Cut, as hair 119 Many years 122 Egg yung 123 Simile center 124 Grab a chair 125 Put (deceptions)
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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
TARGET • Average: 18 • Good: 25 • Very good: 36 • Excellent: 46 SCORING 4 letters: 1 point 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points 7 letters: 5 points 8 or more letters: 11 points
Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
• Average: 9 • Good: 13 • Very good: 19 • Excellent: 24
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When blood vessels start to appear visible in the skin - what to do? AS spring kicks into high gear and summer isn’t far behind, most women feel the pressure to have picture-perfect legs for baring in shorts and skirts. For some, the only thing worse than realising you missed a few hairs around your knee, is sporting deeply coloured, noticeable veins. Though some people only think of varicose veins as an uncomfortable or embarrassing case, it can also be a warning of long-term health risks. “Varicose veins cause fatigue of the legs, swelling and general discomfort. Long -term risks including: deep vein thrombosis, blood clots, poor circulation and leg swelling,” says Dr Sergiu Vieru at Derma Clinic Spain. Small visible veins on the body, also known as ‘spider veins’, are dilated or stretched blood vessels that have a branching pattern. They are commonly found on the thigh, lower leg and occasionally on the face. Spider veins are progressive in nature and usually increase in number and visibility with age. Spider veins can be treated with sclerotherapy or with lasers. Sclerotherapy is effective for medium-sized blood vessels (greater than three millimetres in diameter). A sclerosing solution is injected into the vein with a micro-needle which causes the vein to shrink, turn white (blanch) and then gradually disappear. After the procedure, compression stockings are recommended to compress the veins and maximise the chance of treatment success. To know more about this treatment, please make a free appointment and we will discuss how to solve your individual problem. For more information about our treatments, also like us on Facebook to get the advantage of our monthly discounts, offers and new treatments.
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Eat early and let your body rest EATING late at night is a common occurrence for Spaniards who enjoy late night family meals in the cooler summer air, but experts believe it may be damaging to your health. Researchers from Turkey found a late-night meal keeps the body on ‘high alert’ when it should be winding down and relaxing ready for sleep. They advise that adults should never eat within two hours of bedtime and ideally nothing after 7pm. Eating late leaves people with a higher blood pressure, when normally levels drop at bedtime. This can lead to a higher
chance of a heart-related death, the resear- chers claim. The Turkish team presented their results at the European Society of Cardiology congress in Rome, Italy. They tracked 721 people diagnosed with high blood pressure, with an average age of 53 and found those who ate within two hours of going to bed were 2.8 times more likely to retain high blood pressure overnight. Some 9.4 million people in the UK are diagnosed with high blood pressure, which is also known as hypertension.
Worrying can be a stressful time FORGET binge-drinking or binge-eating, are you a binge-thinker? Experts fear the nation is in the midst of an epidemic of anxiety and say women in particular are racked with worry and binge-thinking; continuously over-thinking events and details and replaying things in their minds. Such behaviour can make you ill, lead to insomnia, fertility problems, adult acne and hair loss as well as depression and further anxiety. Many experts say it is not even major life issues such as money and relationships that cause the most worry, but smaller, minor niggles people struggle to not think about. So what can you do to reduce the stress and anxiety? Talk about it Talking your problems through with others, either a partner, friend or even counsellor, can help you take stock and see things in perspective and create a ‘feel good’ factor. Live for now Too much worry is over ‘what ifs’ so try and live in the present. Forget about what could happen or dwelling in the past and live for now. Deal with things If there are things worrying you then deal with what you can, rather than burying them away to linger. Someone upset you? Tell them and move on. Worrying over a relationship? Talk it through. Stressed over workload? Speak up and get help from colleagues. By not addressing the smaller things they can escalate and build up. Worry is the main factor in breakdowns and depression with one of the earliest symptoms manifesting in insomnia.
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food & drink This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook & Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala shows us how to smoke salmon for a light summer’s brunch or for a special dinner party starter.
House smoked salmon smoking hot! Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella
www.thelittlegeranium.com THERE are a few theatrical tricks that modern trendy restaurants use these days. Food smoking at the table is one but we also use dry ice especially for desserts, and smooth purees to accompany a range of dishes to add flavours and colours. Souvide slow cooking for tender meat that has been marinated and cooked gently in its marinade but keeps it rare, gels for dressing plates to add vibrant colour and intense flavours and savoury granitas and snows …
are just a few. Smoking is a great way of adding theatre and flavour to a dish. A few years ago we started by smoking duck at the table as a tasting dish and now we smoke our own salmon but actually at your table. The other week a client complained that another client was smoking at the table inside. I looked over and saw the smoke pouring from his table. It did look like cigar smoke and I laughed out loud. This may all sound complicated but it’s really easy and it will make a piece of salmon a really special and memorable dish. Another new trend over here is brunch. It has been on trend in the UK for many years and in New York for about 20 years but over here in Spain it is only just starting to get popular. Mindful of that I am planning on launching a new brunch menu concept at a friend’s
restaurant on the beach in the next few weeks. I will be able to tell you more when I know that we are ready, at the moment we are a few weeks off. On the menu I have put things like smoked salmon with scrambled eggs but smoked at the table so you really get the fresh smoky vapours, aromas and flavours. We will also have classic Eggs Benedict and a really great Waldorf salad dish with free-range chicken. Some of these old retro dishes are really back on trend but given a modern twist of course. Nowadays you can buy smoking guns in all sizes where you ignite the wood like a lighter and then the smoke bellows out of a pipe. Just as effective and a lot cheaper is to take some twigs from a good tree that have fallen off and dried out. We use the twigs from dried Rioja
vines but you could use oak or cherry or fig etc. You then ignite the twigs in a naked flame and when it’s burning, you blow it out. That will create enough smoke to fill a small glass cloche so that you hold and can see the smoke inside. When the dish has had about three to five minutes in the smoke you lift the cloche and eat the salmon. The flavours are amazing. This works with other fish or meat too. I like to smoke scallops which are sitting on black pudding, with truffle sauce around and we sometimes smoke our famous crispy duck under the cloche which gives the duck a nice complexity. Enjoy playing around with this and if you have any problems or queries you can always email me!
House smoked, salmon, prawn ceviche seaweed For the salmon
egg using free-range eggs if serving brunch) 8 large cooked prawns Juice of 1 lime 1 tablespoon of fresh chopped coriander leaf A pinch of mild fresh chilli chopped into tiny pieces or a little mild chilli sauce
I buy fresh Norwegian salmon and cure it with 60 per cent sugar and 40 per cent salt. The salt and sugar are mixed together and then you pack it on the flesh of the fish and wrap it in cling film then leave it in the fridge for 48 hours. After this time you wash off the salt/sugar and then you can marinade the salmon flesh down in a deep tray with things like gin with lime and tonic or beetroot juice and lime, or sangria, tequila etc. That gives it a really modern sophisticated twist. Then after marinating it for about eight hours, lift the fish out, pat dry and brush with olive oil. You can then slice it thinly for the final stage, the smoking. However, a shortcut would be to buy some gravadlax of salmon pre sliced and drizzle with gin and lime and then smoke. A lot easier but not anything as great as the former.
For the seaweed
DRAMATIC SMOKE: Under a cloche.
We buy a natural seaweed and process it ourselves to bring out the sweet tangy flavours, but you can buy it already done from the Japanese section of stores like Carrefour. Buy approx150grm of sweet algae from a Japanese store (alternatively you can use salad underneath chopped finely)
Ingredients for four
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salmon and roll up so that you have four roulades (rolls) of salmon. • Put a little algae or chopped salad on a plate and top with the roulade of salmon. Finish with a little caviar on top. • Now place a glass cloche (dome) on top of each salmon and ignite your wood being careful not to burn yourself! • Lift the cloche slightly and insert the smoking vine under the glass cloche. When the cloche is filled sufficiently with smoke (about one minute) close the cloche tightly to hold the smoke in. • Present the plate to your guest but leave the glass cloche in place for a few minutes. After three minutes remove the cloche and immediately eat the dish.
Approx. 500grm of salmon cured (or gravadlax) 4/5 dried twigs from good trees or vines A little caviar to garnish For the ceviche (or you can use home-made scrambled
• Lay four thin slices of salmon in a rectangle shape about 6cm wide and 10cm long. • Chop the cooked prawns into small pieces and put in a bowl and season with the fresh lime juice, chilli, coriander • Put a spoonfull of this mix onto each piece of the
You can email Steven your questions or enquiries to: steven@thelittlegeranium.com. Steven Saunders FMCGB - The Little Geranium, La Cala de Mijas & Marbella www.thelittlegeranium.com
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Fan Palms- Fast growing palms for your garden Photo Credit: Chris Curtis Shutterstock
THE Mediterranean look for a garden is not complete without a palm tree. They are symbols of the promise of warm balmy nights and bright sunny days. They take up very little ground space as they grow straight up and are ideal to make pool areas and gardens look more inviting to rest and relax. Fan Palms are very fast growing but require little maintenance as they hold on to spent leaves so provide few problems in the pool or garden from constant small falling debris. They may take specialised care once they become very tall to prune the spent leaves but it is usually only an annual or biannual event in a domestic garden. In public spaces they are pruned more often. There are two commonly grown types of Fan Palm. The Mexican Fan Palm, Washingtonia robusta, and the Californian Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera, that have slightly different characteristics that are worth knowing. The Mexican Fan Palm is faster and taller growing (30m), with leaves of about one metre that are densely grouped and they will sway more, when fully grown, in strong winds. The California Fan Palm is slower growing (20m), with larger leaves of about 1.5 metres that are sparsely grouped and more stable in high winds. Despite concerns for the palm’s height when mature, these palms rarely fall over, even in very high winds due to its inherent structure that gives it much greater strength than other trees. Both palms are drought tolerant but the Cali-
MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN CLASSIC: A stand of Mexican Fan Palms.
fornian one is more so and will tolerate even desert conditions so no watering is necessary once established, but the California one is less tolerant of humid conditions. The Mexican one will survive better in places with higher rainfall or around the edges of natural ponds where there is a lot of ground water and it tolerates humidity better. Fertilising is not generally recommended unless your soil is very low in nutrients or if you wish to make the palm grow very fast as they require only a minimum of nutrients to grow well. To establish you can use soluble fertilisers applied when watering to ensure they are well established during their first summer. They can both be grown in strong containers on your terrace or even balcony using an ordinary potting mixture but they will need some watering over summer as the soil can dry out quickly in a container. They should not be watered over winter unless they receive no rainfall and the soil mix becomes too dry. If they become too big they should be replaced as the container may be blown over in strong winds unless it is well fastened. The invasive Palm Beetle that has devastated the unprotected Canary Island palms does not seem to bother the Washingtonia so much. It may be worth checking with your local agricultural office on the current procedures for protecting palms in your region if you wish to grow some palms in your garden, in case they have any regulations due to the concern for protecting palm trees.
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pets DURING the summer months, heatstroke is one of the life-threatening emergencies we treat frequently in a 24-hour veterinary hospital. It’s characterised by an increase in body temperature that results in organs being injured. It occurs after exposure to high environmental temperatures or extreme exercise. Dogs who are especially liable to heatstroke include those with obesity, brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, laryngeal paralysis and/or cardiovascular disease, as are older dogs or those with a dense hair coat. Dogs should never be left in cars on hot days for any amount of time. If signs of heatstroke are present, the dog should be cooled as soon as possible and taken to a veterinarian for treatment. Therapy for heatstroke patients includes rapid cooling, oxygen therapy, volume replacement to optimise perfusion, and management of secondary complications. Studies have shown that dogs cooled by their owners
Preventing dog heatstroke
DOG CARE: Owners should know about the risks of heatstroke in summer. before arriving at the hospital have a lower mortality rate than those whose owners do not attempt to cool them. If heatstroke is suspected, the owners should try external cooling even before the dog is brought to the hospital.
BEMUSED aquarists may have noticed the proliferation of small plastic pots containing live aquarium plants in stores recently, as the popularity of tissue culture plants, also known as ‘in-vitro,’ continues to rise. They are grown under sterile conditions in a lab using the latest tissue culture technologies, and a nutrient-rich gel or liquid. They produce a unique, high-quality product guaranteed to be free from snails, pests, algae,
Offer water to the dog and spray the dog with tepid water. Drive to the hospital with air conditioning on or windows rolled down. Clinical consequences in cases of severe heatstroke are kidney and liver failure, cardiac arrhythmias, coagu-
and pesticides. This makes them perfect for anyone wishing to grow live plants in their aquarium, and although a single pot may cost slightly more than a standard bunched plant, you actually get a lot more plant for your money in terms of quantity. After purchasing these plants, they should be removed from their packaging and any gel washed away, then separated into several smaller portions before being planted.
Aquatic gardening made easier
lopathies and neurologic disorders. The mortality rates approach 50 per cent. The owners should know about the risk of heatstroke during warmer months; it is key to preventing this serious and sometimes fatal disease.
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Subaru Outback TEST DRIVE BY TIM SAUNDERS “IT’S too big, I can’t drive it,” says my wife when she tries to drive the Subaru Outback. True, it is a large vehicle. But if given the chance it exceeds expectations. Because here we have an estate that boasts a massive boot, large enough (once the retractable cover is removed) for all the stuff that
the Saunders family regularly travels with: two pushchairs, travel cot, luggage and lots of food. But the great thing is that when behind the wheel the driver forgets that it’s an estate car. This is a thoroughly capable vehicle both on and off road because it is equipped with all symmetrical all-wheel drive. Basically this is as safe as it gets with all the wheels talking to each other and working together to produce a perfect driving experience no matter what the terrain. Instead of a traditional handbrake there’s an electric one operated at a push of a button. Its seven-speed automatic gearbox can also be driven like a manual thanks to the paddle shifts either side of the steering wheel. Driving in automatic mode the dials have a blue glow but select manual mode and the glow changes to red.
T h e ‘Scooby Doo’ is fitted with an intelligent cruise control which delights in moments like this because it there is a good will brake and accelamount of space Facts at a glance erate itself all the for rear passenSubaru Outback 2.0D SE Premium while keeping a set gers and three Lineartronic AWD distance behind the children’s car Price: €40,000 approx car in front. seats fit in without 0-60mph: 9.9secs These systems are issue. However, it Top speed: 124mph always too slow for can be awkward Power: 150bhp me when it comes to to fit the seatbelts Economy: 40mpg approx accelerating but I exon the two outer pect this is all in the seats when Henname of economy. ry’s car seat is fitdownpour I find that when What I do like is that the drited. the wipers are at their ver can override by pushing I am fairly impressed with fastest the right one rubs the accelerator to the floor the satellite navigation in the over the edge of the windand then once you’re going Subaru. It can definitely be screen making an unnervfast enough you can take relied upon for those shorter ing sound. I am sure this your foot off the gas and the journeys. However, there is can be easily remedied. system will take over once room for improvement when The car itself handles again. Cruise control is useusing it for guidance over very well indeed no matter ful on these dull motorway longer journeys. what the conditions. Being journeys. I am undecided about the slightly wider than most cars During a heavy persistent power tailgate. During the
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test it is blisteringly hot and so parked by the roadside I push the button to open it. This saves me from getting out of the car, which at this particular moment is a great help. Great. But these power tailgates have their downsides; accidentally catch your finger under it and you could lose it; these systems don’t seem to stop for anything. Then there’s the issue that it can be easy to forget that there is a power tailgate and the boot is closed manually which can’t be good for the system. The Outback is an extremely capable vehicle but the fuel economy could be improved.
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sport
Pego Golf Society Memorial Trophy Competition THE LIONS: Smiling even after defeat.
Lions north/south play offs LAST Monday saw the Benitachell Bowls Club Lions, Northern League champions for the ninth time, in the north/south playoff. Southern League division A winners, the Quesada Swallows were the opposition and the finals took place at Bonalba Bowls Club. For the first few ends the Lions were up on three games and down on two. Slowly the Swallows started to pull ahead on all rinks, bar one, where stalwarts of skip Jeff Richards, Noel Ovenall and lead Rod Warnes really dug in and kept the lead with some excellent team bowling, they finished up with the Lions only winning triple. The rest of the Lions kept coming back but the Swallows were too strong and the game finished 8–2 down.
PLAYING at Oliva Nova on Tuesday in beautiful conditions, the society played a medal competition for the Memorial Trophy, not everyone’s favourite format but a true test of golf. They had 42 players including three guests, Arne Buhs, Wayne Brander and Jim Hayward. Jim had the dubious honour of hitting the large tree on the fourth tee twice, a rare occurrence. The results were as follows: 1st, winning the trophy with a great score of 69 points off 5.3 handicap was Shaun O’Gorman. 2nd was John Evans with a score of 74 points off 20.2. 3rd was Penny Barden also with 74 points off 16.7. 4th was Bill Pike with 75 points off 16.6. 5th was captain Dave Phillips with 76 points off 31.2. 6th was Derek Lindley with 77 points off 13.1. Shaun had the lowest gross of the day with 76 points. He also had the nearest the pin, on Hole 16 with 3.26m,
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GRAND DAY OUT: Some of the players and happy winners. a great day’s golf. Bill Pike had the nearest the pin on hole five, second shot with 2.85m. The guest prize was won by Wayne Brander with 81 points. The Balls in the Water competition was won by Stella Fox correctly guessing 129. There were no two’s and the card draw was won by Penny Barden,
Futsal star THE Department of Sports of Villajoyosa has once again organised a show of support for a successful local athlete. For this reason, on Sunday, it will organise a free bus which will take local residents to support Àngela Mingot who is a member of the female futsal team
WALKING TEAM: Were runners-up on the day. T H E M o r a i r a - Te u l a d a U3A walking football team travelled to Torrevieja to compete in the Keith Whiteman trophy. Keith had been an enthusiastic member of the Playa Flamenca team and his wife presented the trophy as a memorial to him. As well as Spanish based teams, members of the Manchester City and Coventry City teams had travelled from the UK to join in the competition. The league stage went well with the Moraira-
Teulada U3A team qualifying for the semi-finals after three hard-fought games. In the early stages Moraira found themselves 3-1 down, but some excellent passing football and super finishing from Andy Done, Andy Alderton, Dave Kelly, Dave McKee and goal of the tournament from Ian Moffet, secured a final score line of 6-3. Unfortunately, two hours of football and the long journey to Torrevieja took its toll and the final
was lost to Playa Flamenca ‘A’ team 2-0. Malcolm Legg, team c a p t a i n f o r t h e d a y, r e ceived the runners-up trophy and each team member was presented with a medal. Moraira-Teulada walking football team is a mixed gender group and has more than 50 members. They meet every Thursday at 10.30am at the astro turf pitch next to the large free car park in Moraira and new players are always welcome.
helping to pay for her new golf shirt, bought as she forgot to put one on when she left home that morning. There were two match plays on the day, Russ Peters beat Paul Trigwell eight and seven, Carla Chaszczewski beat Ian Robertson two up. Patrick Lynch put up a birthday bottle prize and this was won by Donna Green.
of the University of Alicante in the match against CD Futsi Atlético Féminas. The departure of the bus will be at 10.30am from the market, registration is free and can be done at the sports office located at the Marta Baldó sports centre or by calling 966 508 460 until today (Friday).
TMGS make a dawn raid on Campoamor AFTER two no shows 42 players turned up at Campoamor for the ungodly first tee time of 8.36am but luckily for most it was not much of a journey! The forecast looked good and again there seemed to be little wind making the conditions perfect for scoring, well for one person in particular, namely captain John Eyre, who by his own admission likes the course, having scored 40 points which just happened to be the best score of the day. The course was in good condition even allowing for some very heavy traffic in recent weeks. However the greens proved to be difficult to find, and once found even more difficult to read, hence there were only two NTP’s won on the par three’s and no one managed to make a two, so the €37
will be rolled over to the next game at La Marquesa, which also happens to be Captain’s Day. All playing members on that day will be invited to a complimentary meal in the clubhouse afterwards, during which the annual competition prizes will be presented to the winners. Results: NTP Hole 10 and 17 Stan Ross. Best guest, J Nicolls 28 pts. Bronze cat: 3rd R Hagfoss 31, 2nd O Haubner 33, 1st P O’Dowd 33 on Lower Handicap. Silver cat: 3rd R Nilsen 33, 2nd O Rong 33 on Lower Handicap, 1st J. Hillier 34. Gold Cat: 3rd J Imrie 34, 2nd S Ross 37, 1st J Eyre 40. For more info about the society follow them on www.facebook.com/TMGSGOLF or via the website www.tmgs.org.