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Sea clean-up AROUND 100kg of various objects were retrieved from the sea and shore at Altea by 30 divers and others on Sunday as part of a clean-up organised by the Altea Nautical Club.
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Nine ‘burglars’ from same gang arrested NINE people were arrested for allegedly burgling businesses in Alicante, Murcia and Albacete. The burglars would access the establishments by making a hole in the wall or ceiling. They targeted at least 10 industrial warehouses, restaurants and gas stations and one private property. Nearly â‚Ź60,000 was stolen.
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The criminal gang’s headquarters was reportedly based in Novelda. The investigation, codenamed ‘Operation Naranja’ was lead by the Elche Judicial Police and the Alicante Guardia Civil. The nine detainees are all Romanian aged between 26 and 43. They were arrested in the municipalities of Petrer and Novelda.
Some of them were arrested after allegedly being caught in their ‘getaway’ vehicle. After four properties were searched, one in Petrer and three in Novelda, various tools that could be used to carry out burglaries, a GPS, a monitor, three DVD recorders, a printer, a sander, a drill and a vehicle were seized.
Good news A TOTAL of 1,057 new businesses were created in the Valencia Region in May. This is a 17 per cent increase compared to the same time last year.
Beach library THE beach library on Raco Beach in Albir will open tomorrow, Friday and on Sunday July 1 children’s workshops will begin.
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17 pharmacies not getting medicine PROVIDERS have stopped selling medications to 17 pharmacies in Alicante Province. This is due to the pharmacists not being able to pay pending bills as the regional government has not paid them, according to Jaime Carbonell, the president of the Alicante pharmaceutical college COFA. The debt owed by the Valencian Government to pharmacies in Alicante,
Valencia and Castellon provinces is around €460 million for pending bills from February, March, April and May. Of this, €160 million is owed to Alicante establishments. “We want to continue dispensing medicine, but we do not have any money. We have to pay the Social Security and the Tax Agency, the banks and our employees,” said Carbonell.
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“Each month, the Valencian health sector receives €110 million from the state to pay the pharmacies.” However, this money is possibly used to pay ‘the banks or the debt of the Generalitat’. Carbonell has insisted that Regional Health Minister Luis Rosado establish a ‘genuine and acceptable’ payment plan.
Leapy Lee column EWN received a complaint from a reader who said he thought the Leapy Lee opinion column ‘Brits out of patience with UK immigration policies’ (Issue 1404) was offensive and discriminatory. While this was the only complaint received about this article, EWN apologises for any offence taken, as none was intended.
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Change of life in Alicante TWELVE per cent of Spanish women in the Alicante Province are in the initial stages of menopause, said experts at a meeting of the national congress for the Spanish association for the study of menopause AEEM.
THE Busot Animal Rescue Centre’s (BARC) bank balance is very low and they are trying to raise some much needed cash to look after the 32 dogs in their kennels. It is getting harder to re-home the animals. Call 965 699 976.
U3A meeting THE next meeting of the Moraira-Teulada U3A will be 9.30am for 10.30am on Monday July 2 at Salon de Banquettes in Teulada. This will be the last meeting until September. Call 965 747 343.
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TV PRESENTER: As viewers see Romina. Inset right: A sexier pose, and partner Guti (left) in his playing days.
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OMINA BELLUSCIO is probably at present best known as a popular Spanish television presenter. She is also the partner - and likely shortly to become the wife - of former Real Madrid footballing star Guti, who made more than 500 appearances for the club before retiring two years ago. The couple are at present awaiting the birth of their first child together. But the fame 33-year-old Romina - who was
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voted Miss Argentina in 1999 - is likely to take with her through the rest of her life is being named the 2012 Sexiest Woman in the World. Receiving her award following a vote by FHM men’s magazine, the mother-to-be revealed cravings for boiled broccoli, and a desire for the baby to be born in Madrid. Although they do not know the sex of their unborn child, Guti, who has children from a previous marriage and is three years older than Romina, says he would prefer a boy.
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New arrival at Terra Natura A BABY Capuchin monkey was born in Terra Natura, Benidorm to parents Simon and Mary. It has been named Berta in honour of the daughter of the park’s vet who was born on the same day. But as it is not yet possible to determine the monkey’s sex, if it is a boy he will be renamed Berto. NEW ARRIVAL: Berta clinging on to her mother Mary.
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THE Guardia Civil in Calpe have reportedly been left without booklets of denuncia forms used for traffic violations. This is despite requesting more supplies of these forms three months ago.
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in Spain, who are victims of 620 women abuse at the hands of their partners or
former partners, have received financial aid from the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality in the first three months of this year so they can change their place of residence.
Occupancy THE average hotel occupancy in the Costa Blanca was 74.3 per cent in May. This is 2.2 points higher than the same month last year.
Jobless fall IN May, 274 people found work in Marina Alta, while 758 have done so in the past three months. However, when compared to May last year, there are 971 more unemployed people.
Cut by half HEALTH union Intersindical Salut has asked that Denia, Javea and Calpe Town Halls do not cut their current staffing of two doctors and two nurses by half as this would mean that if a doctor has to visit a patient at home, the centre is left without a doctor.
Donation JASPAS held a tribute to Roger ‘Dodge’ Grimshaw and gave the money raised, in excess of €600, to MABS Cancer Group.
and finally... A MAN dressed in a costume of the devil was refused entry to Ceuta Cathedral while mass was taking place. He was detained by Local Police for a public disorder offence. The ‘Devil’ did not resist arrest and the motive for his intended actions has not yet been revealed.
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60 evacuated as Calpe fire threatens urban areas
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Forced marriage to be an offence THERE are plans to make forced marriages a criminal offence, with parents who break this law to face jail. Campaigners have warned this measure could deter the victims from coming forward.
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By Benny Davis benny@euroweeklynews.com HIGH winds fanned a large heath fire threatening properties spanning the boundaries between the Marina Alta towns of Calpe and Benissa. Calpe emergency services were called in at around 11am last Friday by a resident of the Calpe Tosal de la Cometa urbanisation, but by the time they arrived the fire had changed direction and spread across a ravine into Benissa territory. Calpe Mayor Cesar Sanchez, realising the severity of the situation, took initial control and requested further assistance from all services involving Fire, Police, Civil Defence, Red Cross and helicopter units. He stated that initially the fire was only affecting shrubs and trees but the wind whipped the flames towards nearby urban areas necessitating the immediate evacuation of around 60 residents from their homes. At the height of the fire, two helicopters, a sea plane and a light aircraft were assisting ground crews in a desperate attempt to protect the properties. Close to the fire source in Tosal de la Cometa, local resident and Calpe councillor Carole Saunders told EWN: “We just stood watching utterly helpless as the fire slowly crept
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towards us, something like action replay. It was really frightening, especially as our small urbanisation does not have mains water.
“All we could do was to grab pets and what valuables we were able to carry and prepare to evacuate our properties. Fortunately, the fire eventually bypassed us and swept along a ravine towards higher land.� The following day, Calpe Town Hall issued a statement saying the fire was eventually extinguished at 7pm the previous evening. During the emergency, 60 householders were evacuated and 50 hectares (123,500 acres) of land was affected.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE police are reportedly looking for a man who was seen doing star jumps dressed ‘like a smurf’ and ‘acting suspiciously’, according to several reports.
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14 - 20 June 2012 www.euroweeklynews.com I MADE it to the Hotel Bali Saturday morning to find the base jumping had been suspended due to high winds .... a disappointment - both for the contestants and the spectators. However, it Blogged gave me the opportunity to down in stop and chat to some of Benidorm those brave Irena Bodnarec, blogger at enough to be www.benidormallyearround.com taking part. info@benidormallyearround.com As well as the competitors, there was a display team, ‘Sky Force,’ that was there to do some demonstrations. HOTEL BALI: Has become a I managed to have a chat to one of the jumpers, Santi Corella. He had come from Barcelona for the two day event and has to date done over 16,000 jumps - no I didn’t accidentally put an extra zero on that! He has been jumping for over 26 years and is actually a sky diving the contestants, a fellow instructor. Spaniard called Jose had He told me that on been blown off course and Friday the winds had been landed on the glass roof of fairly strong and one of the hotel restaurant, shattering the glass and reportedly breaking his jaw. The Hospital Clinica Benidorm ambulance which was on stand-by swung into action and By Paul Deed Jose is now recovering IT seems that hardly a there. week passes without I asked Santi whether some group of that would put him off and parachutists throwing he said probably not ... themselves off the problem was that he Benidorm’s Hotel Bali wasn’t a very experienced in the name of jumper, only having done extreme sport. about 100 and jumping However, the from the Hotel Bali is mundane regularity of actually quite dangerous. these events, which The group have been to are now somewhat all sorts of amazing taken for granted due locations to jump - the to their frequency, was team is made up of three shattered, along with jumpers, three climbers the jaw of one of the and a camera man. jumpers when his Their next trip is to descent went horribly Greenland in August and it wrong. will involve a 1,400 metre Luckily, a broken jaw climb up a mountain was all that was before jumping off the suffered as a gust of top, hence the need for wind took the man climbers to guide them up. onto the roof of a Santi's most memorable nearby restaurant. jump was across the Strait With the increasing of Gibraltar where they popularity of base landed in Algeciras - it jumping and the Hotel covered an incredible Bali’s desire to attract 20,000sq/km and reached publicity through speeds of 208km per hour. hosting such One of his colleagues spectaculars, it may told me Santi is the soon be publicised for equivalent to Michael all the wrong reasons, Schumacker of BASE should a descent really jumping. go wrong. The spectators were told that if the winds died
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down enough they would try again - so I returned at 6pm, along with about 200-300 others and we were duly rewarded. There was a ‘target’ mat laid out on the ground, which is what the jumpers aim for. Spectators were probably only about 25 metres away - something Health and Safety officers in the UK would be frowning upon I am sure. Most of the jumpers landed on the target mat but on one jump a slight breeze whipped up and the jumper was blown off course, landing in the swimming pool behind us! Luckily there weren't
many swimmers in that part of the pool at the time ... I just happened to be in the right place to capture the splash landing. When he got out of the pool he was asked how he was, to which he replied “wet”! After they had jumped they went inside the hotel and laid the parachute out on the ground. They then carefully folded and pleated it into place, checking that the chords weren't tangled before replacing it back into the backpack ready for the next jump. After a brief rest they took the lift back up to the top to repeat the process!
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Fisherman’s Church rescued by an anonymous builder By Benny Davis JAVEA’S landmark church, Nuestra Señora de Loreto, designed to resemble the keel of a boat bursting through the waves to a safe haven, was itself heading for the rocks until an unnamed construction company took over the helm. Known throughout Spain as the ‘Fishermans Church’ this unique architectural masterpiece situated in Javea harbour, has been an essential part of the community since it was built in 1967 and is used today by many nationalities and organisations, including the British Legion for the annual Poppy Day service. Unfortunately, behind the scenes, the fabric of the church has been suffering serious deterioration, amplified by its marine location exposed to extreme winter and summer conditions including the corrosive effects of salt and seagull droppings. A survey of the building revealed it presented a serious risk to life through a weakened upper structure and fire risk due to an obsolete electrical installation. Experts also revealed that the upper boat supports needed to be replaced before it was safe for any work to commence on the roof itself. Thanks to the anonymous builders, the work that included the installation of sea air resistant metalwork, anti-reflective glass, bird-deterrent wires, guttering, window frames and a new service gangway around the roof interior, has
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Google stump COLOGNE CATHEDRAL officials are reportedly outraged after one of the country’s most magnificent architectural achievements has been reduced to a ‘grotesque stump’ by Google’s new World Wonders Project. LANDMARK: Nuestra Señora de Loreto in its former glory (left). Work commences on the famous roof (right). now been completed, without any bank guarantees of full payment - a little miracle in this age of austerity, doom and gloom. The church is again up and running, but the little matter of raising outstanding costs of €150,000, still has to addressed.
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Indecent offer A COUPLE that placed an advert on an erotic auction website ‘Yes, you read correctly: You may take me in front of my husband on our wedding night,’ have been offered €366.
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Mass Spinning fever arrives By Paul Deed SUN loungers and parasols at Benidorm’s Aqualandia Park were replaced by 600 stationary bikes to accommodate hundreds of athletes who spent the day pedalling like crazy. They were participating in the European Cycle Meeting, held last Saturday attracted to the Benidorm aficionados of spinning, where asphalt normally is exchanged for the gym, and the bikes are wheelless, in that the wheels spin, but the bike remains static. A popular exercise in gym classes but not normally an outdoor event.
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1,239 families left waiting on lists for pre-school places By Nicole Hallet THERE are 1,239 children on the waiting list for a place in state run preschools in the Valencia Region infant schools. The 17 centres financed by the Valencian Government in the Alicante Province received 2,295 entry requests for the 1,105 places available for children aged one to
three. Only some municipalities have government schools for children up to age three. There are three in Elche, two in Alicante City, three in Elda, two in Orihuela, while Monovar, Aspe, Ibi, Alcoy, Onil, Petrar and Sax each have one. Only Orihuela offers eight places for children
aged zero to one, according to Mada Macia from the education federation of the CCOO union. Of the 1,105 places available, 504 are for children between the ages of one and two and the rest for those between two and three. The cost to put children in a private nursery is
between €200 and €300 a month, something that many families cannot afford. Many families on the dole also need to take their children to these centres so they can look for work. “It appears there is no interest in increasing the number of spaces available,” said Macia.
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Same-sex marriages DENMARK – Same-sex couples should be able to marry in church as soon as tomorrow (Friday) while those in civil partnerships will automatically be granted the status ‘married’.
Banger trial SWEDEN – A man charged with possessing several sticks of dynamite claimed in a Malmo court that he was innocent as they had been left by an acquaintance and he thought they were sausages.
Islam critics NORWAY – Two critics of Islam, Arne Tumyr and Tore Tvedt, were called in to testify in court for the defence to show there are people who share Anders Behring Breivik’s - who carried out the bombings and shootings last summer - extremist views. YEEHA! Winning cowgirls Miriam Pagán (right) and Cristina Boscá either side of winning cowboy Alan Redstone.
Lions Barn Dance raises €1,231 for local charities IT was a sell-out crowd of more than 200 people who supported the Teulada-Moraira Lions at a fundraising Barn Dance and BBQ at Brevis Bar, Moraira. From the tickets and raffle €1,231 was raised, which will go to local Lion’s charities, much of it to support local families in need. The ‘Rodeo Stompers’ Line Dancers entertained
the crowd with a demonstration of line dancing before inviting everyone to join in the fun, with live music provided by Chloe Hooper's ‘Cowboys and Cowgirls’. Nearly everyone dressed up for the occasion, with the prizes for the best Cowboy going to Lion, Alan Redstone and joint Cowgirl winners, Miriam Pagán and Cristina Boscá. The next Teulada-
Moraira fundraising event will be a free open air concert starring the Rommy Baker Orchestra playing Glenn Miller style music on Sunday July 8 at 8pm on the Moraira seafront. To find out more about the Lions go to www.teuladamorairalions. org, call 965 974 941 or find them on Facebook: Teulada Moraira Lions Club.
2 arrested in Alcoraya A FATHER and son were arrested for allegedly growing and selling cannabis on a farm in Alcoraya (Alicante) that was
guarded by a pitbull dog. Twenty plants, 600g of dried marijuana and various drug paraphernalia were seized.
Banned toxins DENMARK – In a bid to cull the rising use of banned pesticides, farmers will be controlled more and face stiffer fines if found using them.
Hatching chicks SWEDEN – Two men from Hällnäs in the north who bought organic eggs from their local supermarket had more than five chicks hatch from the carton of 24 eggs which they put in an incubator.
Political leanings NORWAY – Coalition parties Socialist Left and Agrarians suffered a fall below the election threshold of 4 per cent on the latest poll made by Norstat. Together the Conservatives and Progressive Party would have a clear majority.
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Substance abusers learn to go organic
By Benny Davis DENIA Council has decided that Day Centre patients suffering from substance abuse or addictive disorders could benefit from being exposed to ‘Mother Nature’ in a new occupational therapy programme. They will be introduced to the mysteries of farming and garden maintenance on the local Torrecremada estate that also specialises in organic orchards. ‘Creama’ students already involved in an organic farming programme through the council employment workshop will be on
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hand to help the new team alongside the Municipal Parks and Gardens regular staff. Foundation Manager (SEPA) Juan Francisco, drew parallels between farm work and those suffering from addictive disorders when he said, “work related results are not immediate but medium to long term, a process similar to those Day Centre patients’ experience on a day-today basis with addiction treatment.” He emphasised the group activity will also promote integration and development of social skills.
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Victory for expats in court ruling for Finca Parcs A COURT in Hellin (Albacete) found in favour of 47 buyers who make up the Finca Parcs Action Group (FPAG). The court convicted jointly and severally both defendants, the developer Cleyton GES SL and Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo (CAM), to return the off-plan deposits paid by group members totalling almost €1.5 million for houses that were never built. The houses were supposed to be built at the abandoned Las Higuericas, Finca Parcs’ development close to Agramón, Albacete. The Judge declared the 55 sales contracts terminated due to ‘serious breaches’ by the developer, in particular, ‘the long and indefinite delay in delivery of the properties, the failure to obtain the First Occupation Licences and the lack of Bank Guarantees for deposits paid by the buyers’. The Judge also stated that CAM Bank ‘failed in its legal obligations to control the use of off-plan deposits paid in advance for this development’.
Jaime de Castro (left) and Keith Rule outside the court. This was revealed in a press release issued by FPAG which also said the judgment orders the payment of interest and costs. In the sentence the Judge states that, “this is not just a simple delay in the delivery of the housing, but in this case it can be considered as an excessive delay that has obstructed the very purpose of the contract and broken mutual good faith”.
The Judge quotes the testimony of the Action Group’s coordinator Keith Rule, who himself paid over €53,000 in off-plan deposits to CAM Bank, during which Mr Rule when questioned by Cleyton GES, said that under no circumstances would the buyers now be willing to accept a property from the 50 completed, but unlicensed houses on Phase 1, as the delay for the buyers already amounted to between five and
seven years from signing of each individual contract and completion cannot be left to the discretion of the developer indefinitely. The Judgment states expressly that ‘the lack of the First Occupation Licence is attributable exclusively to the developer’ and that the lack of Bank Guarantees is also ‘cause for termination of the contract, since it is an obligation of legal and mandatory character’. Jaime de Castro, the lawyer for the Finca Parcs Action Group said he was pleased with the ruling yesterday, and stressed that: "It is technically flawless; it analyses all the points, leaving no gaps and has forceful arguments that make it difficult to challenge. So I think ultimately my clients will receive their refund in this case.” As in any First Instance Court decision the defendants have the right of appeal. Keith Rule said the group members were elated, but commented “it has been a very stressful process and we have endured many years of struggle and effort to defend our rights."
Dog dies in fire THE cause of a fire at an apartment in Alicante City in which a dog died is under investigation to see if the fire was caused intentionally. At the time of the fire, the house was locked and empty, other than a dog and a cat. The cat survived, but the dog, which was on the balcony of the fourthstorey apartment, jumped off and died. It is believed the fire broke out around 4.15pm on Sunday in the living room of the apartment on Pasaje Navarra. Fire-fighters had to break down the door to access the property to extinguish the flames.
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INTERCHANGING: The young having fun with the not so young.
Language interchange at HELP in Benidorm EVERY year HELP Benidorm has a visit from young people from Valencia to practise their English. This year’s 38 students from the Institute of Secondary Education
SERPIS were hosted by 22 HELP volunteers. The students come ‘armed with questionnaires,’ said Pauline Kearey, HELP’s publicity secretary. “We have great fun too
Tougher line on child seats PARENTS who fail to strap children into car seats when driving could see them taken into care. If a child not using one of the special seats dies in an accident, parents could be accused of involuntary manslaughter. Forty-six per cent of children who die in traffic accidents are not strapped in, found a study into road accident mortality rates for children under 14. Of those who die while strapped into a car seat, only 18 per cent use them correctly, said Public Prosecutor Bartolome Vargas at the formal presentation of the report. Fifty-one per cent of children who died in road accidents analysed for the report would have lived if child-seats had been used, or used correctly, Vargas revealed. Under new regulations, the traffic authorities will have to inform the Public Prosecution department in cases where parents accumulate three fines for not using car-seats. The sections dealing with traffic offences and minors will decide whether sufficient grounds exist for taking the child into care. When a child dies in a traffic accident, pathologists will determine if a child seat was used and whether or not it was adequate. If no seat was used and they consider the child’s life could have been saved, the driver will face involuntary manslaughter charges. Fines are important, but instructing the public is more important still.
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trying to explain the English sense of humour as they always ask for jokes. If the level of noise and smiling faces were anything to go by everyone had a super time!”
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NEW SHOW: Launched last weekend for 2012 to coincide with their 35th anniversary.
‘Surreal’ is simply spectacular IT has been a special few weeks for the owners of the world famous Benidorm Palace, Christine and Vicente Climent.
Best Cabaret Theatre.
Coinciding with the 35th anniversary of Benidorm Palace, the owners launched the new 2012 show, the spectacular ‘Surreal’ last weekend. To top it off, Benidorm Palace was picked ahead of venues such as the famous Moulin Rouge in Paris and named Best Cabaret Theatre Nightclub in Europe 2012, by Spanish association ACPETUR. The publishers, and staff at Euro Weekly News (EWN) would like to congratulate Christine, Vicente and everyone at the Benidorm Palace for their fantastic achievement and for a superb new show. EWN Publisher Michel Euesden said: “They continue to lead where others follow. With its ever-improving dinner and show concept, Benidorm Palace’s success is proof there really isn’t anything quite like show-business. From one northern lass to another (Christine) I think we both know part of the secret to your success is sheer hard graft and determination.”
Benidorm Palace was picked ahead of Moulin Rouge in Paris for award.
There’s no business like show business.
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Silvia Penya Trio official debut “A TASTY little swinging trio with decibels kept to a minimum.” A comment made by a well known Spanish music critic that totally sums up the smooth entertaining jazz sounds of the Silvia Penya Trio. Although fairly new on the scene, individually the trio have travelled the Showbiz jazz circuit for many Benny Davis years performing Born into a theatrical family, Benny with a variety of majored in marketing, public relations and journalism before moving to the bands in venues as Costa Blanca diversified as international jazz festivals to small cellar clubs in Valencia. The trio is the brainwave of pianist Heio Berens who decided that too many musical evenings ended up with customers having VOCALIST: Silvia Penya. to shout at their respective partners, just a couple of feet away across the table. interpretations of the best of the Heio approached bass man Peter Guscott songwriters including the soft melodic and together they agreed piano, bass and tones of Carlos Jobin, the incredible a voice was the most simplistic approach to Brazilian songwriter/musician famous for reproducing the popular evergreen the global hit, ‘The Girl from Ipanema.’ melodies at a pleasant listening level.. The trio will be making their official debut All they needed was a front line vocalist - at Restaurant 121 on Friday July 6 – enter Silvia Penya. A singer with a guaranteed to be a swinging evening. reputation for delivering smooth, swinging For further details: 966 463 865.
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Stories making headlines from Russia
Cross-dressing prosecutor A 32-YEAR-OLD prosecutor allegedly approached a group of teenage girls in the southern Kuban region wearing a dress, corset, high-heeled shoes and a wig, according to Rian newspaper. He has reportedly since resigned from office, citing illness.
Protest abroad OPPOSITION supporters in the western exclave of Kaliningrad said they would hold protests in neighbouring Poland, to demand more kindergartens, as they cannot afford the fines of up to 300,000 rubles (€7,270) reportedly fast-tracked by the federal legislature if they were to demonstrate in Russia.
The Roy ‘Chubby’ Br EWN Exclusive Interview
You love your work don’t you? I’m just an ordinary bloke who tells jokes. I always say when people are laughing, they’re not fighting. I’ve never once not signed an autograph, or refused a picture. I appreciate everyone who pays their hard earned money to come and see me. I don’t take anything for granted and I love my fans. And you’re here with your regular team: We’re a family really, we’ve all been together for years, Ritchie handles the business side, he’s married to one of the Nolan sisters - Maureen. Scott Owen, he does all my sound, and Keith (Hammersley) here, he’s been with me years, he’s a professional singer too. In the UK we are about 10-14 guys depending on the size of the gigs. It takes a lot of organising, people don’t realise that. And we’re a great team. Lovely bunch of lads. Even my son is here helping with security. On playing Spain before: 35 years ago at Talk of the Coast. Johnny Hackett compered. The owner had his head in his hands when he met me at the airport. Poor bloke had his place trashed the night before because he’d got the date wrong and everyone turned up a night early. We did the gig anyway, and it was really great. Favorite venue? It has to be the Palladium. In front of her Majesty? (unfortunately) no. On his second book published last month, called “It’s funny being me.” I’m really pleased. It’s selling brilliantly. I did my autobiography a few years back, and people kept
FORTY three years in the business, Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown is a constant and iconic figure in the British comedy scene. Performing in Benidorm and Orihuela earlier in the week, his short Spanish tour was a raving success, reporter Paul Deed reports.
ICONIC: Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown has been in the business 43 years. saying what about this story, and that story, so I took two years to put together a compilation of 60 short autobiographical stories, all true, and funny, and the book came out last month.
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own real life interview them out in Oz, and we’ve done New called Alcock and Brown. He left because he bought a brilliant book by a guy called Mel Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong. I did New thought he was the talent in the act. I went Bay, ‘Teach Yourself Chords.’ And taught York a few years back. They loved me. I did on as a solo artist, and the rest is history. myself from there. Now I play and sing in my my research first, always know your When I was 35 I remember seeing Gilbert routines. I’ve four pianos at home, even got audience. Told them I was a friend of the O’Sullivan play piano with what looked like a Steinway, and a recording studio in my Beatles, and when I was questioned on it one finger. I thought ‘I house. In my spare time I love to write from the stage, I recited 80 odd Beatles can do that’, music, I mean proper songs, serious stuff. song titles. They offered me two years so I It’s my way of relaxing. I’ve composed work, but I said no thanks, I had to come home to the UK. And TV? Well I’m not PC so ( Roy smiles) and I think TV kills comedians, it’s very cruel. It did it with Bobby Davro, and with Brian Connelly, and lots more. It takes what you’ve got, then dumps you. It’s not good for what you could call standard Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown’s comedians like me to do TV. I’ve never live appearances in changed my routine. Times have Benidorm and Orihuela changed. I keep my stuff topical whilst last weekend was having a core routine that I use, and booked via top local audiences are basically the same. company Heatwave Before there was a north-south Promotions, expertly divide, but not anymore. run by John Khan and How did you get into the his team. In recent business? I was playing drums when times Heatwave have I was 12/13. I was in bands in the late brought audiences 60s, The Nuts, Everards Bunch, and across the Spanish others. I always loved music, and costas top acts making people laugh. I left home when including Peter Andre I was 14. My family broke up and I had as well as The to get out. I did every kind of job to keep Temptations to name going, plastering, bricklaying, bar work, just two. For more you name it I’ve done it. Then I got into a Roy with John Khan of Heatwave Promotions the excellent acts visit www.heatwavepromotions.com. double act with an impersonator, we were company behind his performances in Spain.
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scores of songs. You’re 67 now. Ever think of retiring? It’s always in the back of the mind. Forty three years is a long time, but to be honest I don’t know what I’d do.. So retirement? I don’t know. I have to look after my throat though. I had throat cancer in 2002, and it’s a strain doing so many live gigs, so I need to take care of my voice. That’s the one thing I worry about. Most people don’t realise how respected and popular you are in the business : Yes. It’s nice to be appreciated, and to be liked, especially by your peers. When I got married to my third wife in Vegas 16 years ago I was ill and got messages and calls from all my mates, Tom Jones, Bernard Manning, Norman Vaughn and Bob Monkhouse. He was on holiday in Barbados with Russ Abbot and they called me when they heard, to wish me well. Makes you feel good when people care. And amazingly I’ve 64,000 fans on my facebook page! Finally Roy, How would you like to be remembered? Roy Laughing – in your will! Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown - A really nice guy!
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Ninth Moraira Music Festival
MORE than 3,000 people occupied the Moraira Castle seafront, filling restaurants, bars and seating areas to capacity. They came to enjoy the 9th Moraira Music Festival and judging by the enthusiastic applause, they were not disappointed. The event exploded into life with a colourful 10 strong Dutch brass band, ‘The Friss Kids’ who burst on stage playing arrangements of well known pop songs and film themes. The ‘Kids,’ Showbiz on a current tour of the Costa Blanca, have already Benny Davis performed three concerts in Born into a theatrical family, Benny in marketing, public relations aid of local charities and majored and journalism before moving to the Costa Blanca have several more lined up over the next few days. Another big hit of the evening were the Hoaxx Band, a group of ‘A’ level students fronted by talented lead guitarist Daniel Whybrow and backed by three competent guys, George Parker bass guitar, Ben Davis rhythm guitar and Sebastian Baldwin drums. These guys already have a huge teenage following and have been tipped BIG HIT: The Hoaxx Band in concert. for future big time gigs. Other bands included The Rio and Neil Diamond Tribute and John Jones GateCrash, both of whom kept the representing guitar legends of the past. crowds dancing and singing until the Owing to local government cuts in early hours with polished, professional expenditure, there were some doubts as performances. to whether the Festival would go ahead But big decibels have to be balanced this year. with more melodic entertainment over But according to organiser, Heat Gold an evening’s entertainment and who Radio presenter Eric Taylor, the Moors better to fill the slots than the popular and Christians President Mari-Jose, Zodiac Trio, followed by JJ Jones with his collaborated with his festival sponsors to
create a last-minute rescue package. A behind-the-scenes generous gesture unknown to the many who take the annul event for granted. Will there be a 10th Festival? If the dedicated organiser Eric Taylor has anything to do with it, you can book your frontline tables now. All due credit: Bob and Steve (Stage Crew), Darrell (Sound Desk) Limon (Sound and Light) and Angie (Liaison). Sponsors: Heat Gold Radio Station. 94.1 FM, Panache, Unisex Hair and Beauty Salon, Cool Solutions, Taller-Larry’s of Benitachell, Hamilton’s Estate Agents, Moraira, Chameleon Auto Body Repairs, Benitachell, Total Care, La Padrera, Benissa with SR Print, Pedreguer - plus all artists.
BRASS: The Friss Kids are a 10 strong Dutch band.
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Stat of week
Spain’s struggling banks were granted a €100 billion rescue package by the eurozone, although it was not clarified from which European mechanism the money would come from.
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Non-voting shares are non-starter for Sabadell THE Plataforma CAM “When the non-voting support group has made a shares were issued, only high court application to one entity Caja annul the bank’s purchase Mediterraneo - existed,” De by Banco Sabadell. Ramon said. “By the time The sale that followed they had to be paid there CAM’s nationalisation last were two - CAM and Caja July is ‘fraudulent’, insisted Mediterraneo - and one of spokesman, lawyer Diego them is doing nothing.” de Ramon. The non-voting shares, The claim was made last charitable foundation and Thursday, shortly unpaid debts remain before holders of with Caja Sabadell non-voting Mediterraneo. cannot take shares De on CAM without This, demonstrated Ramon said, shouldering in Alicante could be responsibility for interpreted as City. the people They creating a ‘bad affected by included clients bank’. the sale from Britain, Sabadell cannot Norway, Germany, take on CAM without France, Austria and Italy. shouldering responsibility The application to annul for the people affected by the sale, which cost Banco the sale, maintained De Sabadell just €1, is a Ramon. “It is immoral,” he continuation of private legal said, stressing that Sabadell action against former CAM is interested in rescuing executives, De Ramon only those it sees as future explained. clients. Fraud occurred when He was calling for the CAM and Caja sale to be invalidated, for Mediterraneo were CAM to return to the Bank separated a month before of Spain, and for the latter the Bank of Spain stepped to return the money of the in on July 21 last year, he affected shareholders. • Turn to next page claimed.
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UNUSED: Motorists are bypassing toll roads.
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Airport cuts SEVENTEEN Spanish airports will reduce their operating hours at the end of this month. Public Works Minister Ana Pastor announced the cuts as part of a ‘restructuring plan’ of airports authority AENA.
Pension pot FUTURE generations will earn 25 per cent less for their retirement fund, according to OECD studies. Spain increased the retirement age from 65 to 67 last year.
Going green GLOBAL renewable energy investment reached a record $257bn (€205bn) last year, 17 per cent more than in 2010, according to a new UN report.
The toughest job in Spain?
SWEARING IN: Luis María Linde.
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IN what some might say will be a thankless task, Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy attended a ceremony presided over by the King of Spain to swear in the new Governor of the Bank of Spain, Luis María Linde. Replacing Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordoñez, Linde was put forward by Economy Minister Luis de Guindos.
THE tough economic times are taking their toll on Spain’s pay-as-you-go highways. Last year fewer drivers than for 12 years used the nation’s toll roads, deciding instead to use secondary highways whenever possible, figures released by the Public Works Ministry reveal. It is estimated that companies managing the nation’s toll roads also owe more than €3 billion to the government in concessions.
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The naked truth revealed: Nudity is not illegal
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S NELSON, in her recent letter to EWN, clearly does not know that in Spain, in general circumstances, it is not illegal to roam around in the nude. It is not even illegal to have sex on a public nudist beach, providing it is not in the presence of minors. Another misunderstanding by foreigners regards the laws on prostitution. In Spain, again in general, prostitution and soliciting are not illegal. The Valencia Region is even offering courses at €100 for prostitutes and those who might want to enter the You and the profession. Law in Spain Finally, in Spain the age By David Searl at which persons, with parental consent, can marry is 14, not so long ago increased from 12 for a girl and 14 for a boy. Of course, not all of us agree with these laws. Elaine Gonzales (Malaga)
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Scottish kingdom up for sale KING’S ISLAND, 300 metres off the Argyll coastline (Scotland) has been put up for sale by owner Christian Siva-Jothy, a former Goldman Sachs trader, following his closing down the $200 million business he started.
£££ A 19TH century Vampireslaying kit ‘almost complete and in good condition’ is set to be put up for auction in North Yorkshire (England). It contains a mallet and stakes, pistol, steel bullet mould, Rosary beads, an
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£££ TESCO’S UK sales fell 1.5 per cent, its third consecutive fall in quarterly trading. Meanwhile, its sales in Asia grew by 9 per cent and in Europe 0.4 per cent thanks to Poland, Slovakia and Republic of Ireland.
£££ NEW car sales rose by 11,857 year-on-year to 162,288 in May, a 7.9 increase and the biggest since the end of the scrappage incentive scheme in June 2010.
£££ THREE private equity firms are vying to win the £60m (€73.85m) auction for the nation’s largest independent fertility clinic Care Fertility Group whose latest accounts show profits rising from £2.37m (€2.9) to £4.1m (€5).
HIGH STAKES: Bishop fears gaming centre could ruin people’s lives.
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THANK YOU, Ms Gonzalez, for your clarifications, all of which are correct. For those who may be disturbed at this permissiveness, let us amplify a little more. There is no national law in Spain which specifically prohibits nudity. In Malaga City, for example, there was a student protest against cutbacks in university funding in which students stripped naked. However, there are many local regulations against arousing public indignation and disturbing public order by lewd behaviour, which can be interpreted widely. That is, if you wished to do your shopping in a natural state, you would probably be invited to leave the supermarket and return in a more decorous condition. The prohibition of such activity in the presence of minors has to do specifically with exhibitionists who flaunt their private parts to schoolchildren. Prostitution as such is not illegal. The exploitation of prostitutes for money is, however, illegal. In those highway bars, or ‘puticlubs’, the operators claim that they simply rent out rooms to the women and their clients. It is true that Spain’s age for legal marriage, 14, is young. Most countries set 18 years of age as the minimum to contract marriage. David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers. You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.
‘A lure in the midst of the economic crisis’ No EuroVegas backing from ‘worried’ Spanish bishop MADRID might pin its hopes on ‘EuroVegas’ millions but the Bishop of Getafe has condemned the intended gaming centre’s ‘rottenness’. He is worried about the macrogambling centre that US mogul Sheldon Adelson is likely to build on the outskirts of Madrid, said Joaquin Maria Lopez de Andujar.
The EuroVegas project, with its six casinos, 12 hotels, dozens of restaurants, convention centre, golf courses and a sports stadium, would generate more than 260,000 jobs. “It looks very attractive from the outside, with its promise of employment. But once inside, you see the rottenness,” the bishop claimed.
Lopez de Andujar - whose diocese is the working-class district of Getafe - is not alone in his misgivings regarding the macro-casino complex. Other Spanish bishops share his worries, he claimed. “Until now, gambling has been quite controlled in Spain, so we are unaware of the seriousness of this problem. But now this offer comes along, a lure in the midst of the crisis,” the bishop said. “A gambler dreams of a lucky break, the unreal fantasy of activity, finance their expansion plans or acquiring money without undertake investment,’ it continued. As earning it. He falls into equity instruments, they ‘must be listed the maelstrom of not on a secondary organised market and do knowing when to stop. not entitle the owner to political rights.’ Eventually the weakest Clients’ money could now have found suffer.” its way to Miami, the Cayman Islands, Gambling addiction is a Mexico and the Dominican Republic, real danger, warned warned De Ramon. Lopez de Andujar. The products that Sabadell are offering The gaming industry’s non-voting shareholders are higher risk unscrupulous economic interests could ruin many and lower quality than those issued by people and families, he CAM, argued another Plataforma CAM spokesman, Carlos Pena. believed.
CAM shareholders protest From Font Page In 2008, Caja Mediterraneo issued nonvoting shares that were traded on the Madrid Stock exchange. It was the first Spanish savings bank to issue public shares and the Initial Public Offering raised €292 million. According to details on the Caja Mediterraneo website, the Bank of Spain defines voting shares as ‘financial assets or tradable shares that can be issued by savings banks.’ Savings banks issue them ‘to obtain finance and basic equity that enables them to develop their typical
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www.euroweeklynews.com If you are investing to grow your money, I normally recommend three main principles: (1) time in the market; (2) spread the risk and (3) regular reviews. Two weeks ago I discussed how time in the market is usually more beneficial for individual investors rather than timing the market. This week I move on to look at the other two principles. Spread the risk – don’t keep all your eggs in one basket Investors tend to invest in their own domestic markets, so British investors prefer to invest in UK shares, which overexposes their capital to UK companies. Statistics show that investors who have a well-diversified portfolio can often achieve better returns over the longer term than investing in a single asset class or region. Different assets perform differently according to the underlying economic and market conditions. Their performance can often vary considerably from year to year. Comparing annual performance figures of a range of investments (eg UK equities, Europe equities, North America equities, Emerging markets equities, property, corporate bonds etc) over a period of years and ranking them in order of success each year illustrates how erratic asset performance can be and how fortunes can change from year to year. An asset that was the best performer one year can be one of the worst the next year, and vice versa.
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Investing For Growth – The Three Main Principles // Part 2 l by Bill Blevins, Financia Correspondent, Blevins Franks
It is therefore very difficult to predict what will be the best performing sector each year. Being overexposed to one asset class, even if it is currently performing well, can be very risky. The solution is to own a range of assets classes, covering different regions, in a diversified portfolio. In this case it is often possible for investors to achieve better returns over a period of time, and with less volatility. Review your portfolio regularly – don’t rely on star funds There are hundreds of funds available to choose from, offered by many different managers. It can be hard to choose between them because they can appear very similar. However, seemingly similar funds can produce very different performance results. For example, one illustration I have seen looked at £1,000 invested in UK equities over the five year
period to 31st December 2012. The top performing fund made a 92.3% profit, while the worst performer made a 52.1% loss. Even placing your money with a ‘star’ fund manager cannot guarantee continuous top performance. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. When compared to similar funds, a fund’s performance can vary significantly on an annual basis. Some fund managers do continue to achieve top quartile results (they are in the top 25% of performance success), but many others slip down into the second quartile or lower. If you look at the funds making up the IMA All Companies Universe in 2009, 2010 and 2011, 67 funds were in the top quartile in 2009. Only 40 of these funds remain in the top quartile the following year, and only 11 in 2011. Every fund manager has their own approach to investing. At different points in the economic and market cycle different processes do well. Some managers may underperform because the part of the market they specialise in is not doing well. The converse is also true; at times mediocre managers can appear to have good
performance if they have a tailwind as the market environment favours their approach. The manager of a fund may change, which could affect performance, and luck can also play a part in a fund’s temporary performance. Successful investing is about distinguishing between the managers that got lucky and those that genuinely have superior stock picking skills. All this is what makes multi manager funds so attractive. Sophisticated multi manager investment products combine the skills of several investment managers, usually among the best in their field. The managers will have different specialities and styles to cover a range of market conditions, giving you another level of diversification to help spread risk. The funds are actively managed - the investment company will research managers to find the best ones for their funds, and will then monitor them and replace them as necessary, for example if market conditions no longer suit their investment style. Another reason to review your portfolio regularly, normally around once a year, is to rebalance it where necessary. As asset values rise and fall, the
asset allocation of your portfolio may shift away from the one designed to meet your objectives, and could now be riskier. It may be time to sell some assets and buy others to re-establish your original weightings, and your wealth manager should advise you on this. Also consider if your investment objectives, circumstances and time horizon have changed. Regular re-balancing helps to control risk and tends to have a positive effect on portfolio performance. For personalised advice on a tax efficient investment plan for your objectives and circumstances speak to a wealth manager like Blevins Franks. These views are put forward for consideration purposes only as the suitability of any investment is dependent on the investment objectives, time horizon and attitude to risk of the investor. The value of investments can fall as well as rise as can the income arising from them. Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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402.40
-4.40
-1.08
160,521
267.30
-5.30
-1.94
498,739
939.50
1.00
0.11
184,967
1,396.00
0.00
0.00
54,921
275.80
1.10
0.40
99,702
184.00
0.60
0.33
465,566
1,447.50
8.00
0.56
1,429,656
362.65
-0.90
-0.25
2,472,243 296,794
Bunzl
1,049.00
6.00
0.58
46,387
Glencore International
Burberry Group
1,372.00
-5.00
-0.36
69,128
Hammerson
411.40
1.50
0.37
Capita
651.50
1.50
0.23
108,283
Hargreaves Lansdown
474.60
-0.30
-0.06
25,508
Capital Shopping C.
311.60
1.60
0.52
328,394
HSBC Holdings
535.90
2.10
0.39
1,548,001
Carnival
2,128.00
7.00
0.33
33,464
ICAP
344.10
6.80
2.02
207,378
Centrica
317.04
1.94
0.62
735,462
IMI
870.00
-1.50
-0.17
42,680 173,264
C LOSING P RICES J UNE 12
AA Alcoa Inc
CRH
0.52
C LOSING P RICES J UNE 12
MMM 3M Co
NET VOLUME
PRICE(P) CHANGE 640.50 2.50
2.50
NASDAQ PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME
C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G.
C O M PA N Y Compass Group
483.70
DOW JONES C O M PA N Y
1.24024
United States $..................................................... 1.24732 Japan Yen ¥.......................................................... 99.2216 Switzerland Francs............................................... 1.20110 Denmark Kroner ................................................... 7.43284 Norway Kroner...................................................... 7.54894
Anglo American
Aviva
0.80629
C O M PA N Y
2,400.00
22.00
0.93
InterContinental
1,515.00
12.00
0.80
53,211
Intl Cons Airlines
145.40
-0.20
-0.14
494,806 461,937
International Power PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
$6.32 $13.68 $4.13 $5.88 $3.42 $12.08 $8.67 $2.10 $12.97 $16.99 $4.52 $2.40 $7.07 $16.83
1.26 / +24.90% 2.34 / +20.63% 0.54 / +15.35% 0.70 / +13.51% 0.28 / +8.92% 0.97 / +8.73% 0.67 / +8.38% 0.15 / +7.70% 0.90 / +7.46% 1.17 / +7.40% 0.31 / +7.36% 0.16 / +7.14% 0.45 / +6.87% 1.07 / +6.79%
Most Advanced Mannatech, Incorporated IntegraMed America, Inc. Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd. Crescent Financial Bancshares, Inc. KIT digital, Inc. Solazyme, Inc. Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. Performance Technologies, Incorporated Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. Fuel Tech, Inc. United Community Financial Corp. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. magicJack VocalTec Ltd
Imperial Tobacco
Most Declined ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc $2.79 Colony Bankcorp, Inc. $5.70 Dial Global, Inc. $2.57 Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. $11.83 MicroFinancial Incorporated $6.94 Education Management Corporation $6.77 Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $6.61 Finisar Corporation $13.45 ESB Financial Corporation $12.08 Comtech Telecommunications Corp. $27.96 BroadVision, Inc. $9.75 Waterstone Financial, Inc. $3.45 TechTarget, Inc. $5.09 BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited $5.01
1.47 / -34.51% 1.20 / -17.39% 0.45 / -14.90% 1.65 / -12.24% 0.88 / -11.25% 0.76 / -10.09% 0.74 / -10.07% 1.43 / -9.61% 1.24 / -9.31% 2.87 / -9.31% 0.99 / -9.22% 0.35 / -9.21% 0.50 / -9.03% 0.48 / -8.74%
Intertek Group ITV Johnson Matthey
416.40
0.10
0.02
2,706.00
9.00
0.33
23,695
71.05
-1.20
-1.66
1,613,697
2,290.00
-8.00
-0.35
55,131
Kazakhmys
683.50
-9.00
-1.30
113,564
Kingfisher
277.40
-1.40
-0.50
392,359
Land Securities Group
713.00
5.50
0.78
90,256
Legal & General Group
116.06
-0.84
-0.72
1,174,591
Lloyds Banking Group
28.28
-0.22
-0.74
31,923,263
Man Group
75.95
-0.75
-0.98
614,049
328.40
-3.10
-0.94
911,643
Meggitt
378.60
1.90
0.50
130,131
Morrison (Wm)
283.30
1.60
0.57
551,355
Marks & Spencer
National Grid Next Old Mutual
659.50
0.00
0.00
624,075
3,060.00
4.00
0.13
20,152
149.10
0.30
0.20
766,408
Pearson
1,169.00
2.00
0.17
135,067
Petrofac
1,521.00
-11.00
-0.72
107,625
Polymetal International
807.00
-2.50
-0.31
47,709
Prudential
695.50
-4.50
-0.64
501,797
Randgold Resources
5,640.00
40.00
0.71
19,031
Reckitt Benckiser
3,477.00
20.00
0.58
90,613
485.90
-1.80
-0.37
187,615
Reed Elsevier Resolution
195.46
0.96
0.49
328,531
REXAM
414.50
2.10
0.51
129,515
2,849.00
-2.00
-0.07
527,063
Rio Tinto Rolls-Royce Holdings
829.50
8.00
0.97
278,321
Royal Bank of Scotland
217.30
-4.10
-1.85
1,658,588
2,119.50
-1.00
-0.05
502,336
101.25
0.15
0.15
801,955
2,440.50
18.50
0.76
260,611
257.60
-1.10
-0.43
153,514 332,895
Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller Sage Group Sainsbury (J)
290.70
2.00
0.69
1,258.00
12.00
0.96
62,433
551.00
5.00
0.92
71,354
Severn Trent
1,806.00
17.00
0.95
180,536
Shire
1,890.00
-1.00
-0.05
112,006
Schroders Serco Group
Smith & Nephew
609.50
6.50
1.08
97,678
Smiths Group
1,010.00
5.00
0.50
34,814
SSE
1,354.00
10.00
0.74
125,405
Standard Chartered
1,351.50
4.00
0.30
570,879
Standard Life
217.80
-0.30
-0.14
271,088
Tate & Lyle
643.50
3.50
0.55
139,205
Tesco
304.00
1.20
0.40
2,670,728
Tullow Oil
1,429.00
-6.00
-0.42
234,404
Unilever
2,068.00
30.00
1.47
272,832
United Utilities Group
678.50
3.50
0.52
147,997
Vedanta Resources
926.00
-4.00
-0.43
140,472
Vodafone Group
172.37
1.32
0.77
7,649,084
Weir Group
1,438.00
-11.00
-0.76
247,337
Whitbread
1,887.89
0.89
0.05
22,942
Wolseley
2,235.00
-6.00
-0.27
30,269
WPP
764.50
1.00
0.13
186,408
Xstrata
956.70
-4.90
-0.51
2,380,467
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GROWN-UP children usually move back home for financial reasons; they’re job hunting with their shiny new university degree in hand, paying off college loans or saving for a down-payment on a place of their own. Whatever the reason, moving back in with mum and dad is a comfortable option. With the current crisis making it harder to save and become employed, boomerang
need to ask an important financial question: “Should he/she pay rent?â€? Financial experts all agree that adult A look at finance for females children should pay rent, or at least help Jane Plunkett out with their parents’ daily living jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com expenses. It’s up to individual parents to decide on the amount of rent to charge, but a child’s THE first vat of around 45 kids are a growing trend. So when a part-time/full-time salary should be able to pickled herring, which 22-year-old returns to the house, parents cover the set rent, and leave a little for opens the season in the saving. For kids with Netherlands, sold for zero income, parents â‚Ź95,000, the highest price need to set up rent ever paid, according to anyway, and once the Dutch Fisheries Bureau boomeranger gets a manager Agnes Leewis. job, she/he’ll owe back Last year’s first barrel sold payments. for â‚Ź67,750. Ensuring that your offspring starts to pay rent early on in life helps create resUS universities hosted ponsible young adults, events, including a bake who develop important sale, on Saturday to financial habits, which urge support for space will be useful when agency NASA, which they move out for faces cuts of more than good. $300m (â‚Ź237.28m). Helping chip in for utilities is a really important financial lesson, too, as many THE Carnival Freedom novice renters tend cruise ship, which can carry 2,974 passengers, is to forget that there offering an eight-day are more expenses ‘nude’ cruise from Florida associated with solo to Panama next February. living than just a COST OF LIVING: Not just a concern for expats. cheque to the landlord. If a child really struggles to pay towards his/her keep, then at least make 1SPQFSUZ JO 4QBJO sure they help out in $POGVTFE CZ 4QBOJTI -BXT BOE 5BYFT non-monetary ways, like mowing the lawn, )PX NVDI *)5 XJMM :06 QBZ cleaning the house or 1SPQFSUZ JO BO PĂľTIPSF PS 4- $PNQBOZ doing the shopping. Many parents may 8BOU UP QSPUFDU ZPVS GBNJMZ GSPN UIF UISFBU PG VQ feel awkward taking UP 4QBOJTI *OIFSJUBODF 5BY THERE seems no set not alone in finding things rent off their child, but answer to the often asked tough. remember it’s a good query: Do expatriates find “In America 52 per cent financial life lesson life in Spain cheaper than in of the nation is reported to that you are teaching their homeland? be struggling to buy them. Britons claim that the necessities and, for many If the guilt is just too exchange rate makes all even that is a stretch,â€? much, then do this: the difference. according to WSL/Strategic collect the rent, but This means that at Retail. The highest number then quietly put it present with pensioners - almost a 25 per cent - of aside to give back to t 4QBOJTI paid from Sterling funds those in financial turmoil your child as a *OIFSJUBODF getting more euros each and unable to cover basic contribution towards 5BY 4QFDJBMJTUT month, Spain is getting needs are aged 18-34. an important payment cheaper for some expats. But even US households later on down the line. t "EWJDF UP TBWF Whatever Mr and Mrs on $100,000 to $200,000 In this way your FO R A ' 3 Average feel about these pa (â‚Ź77,000-â‚Ź154,000) are young adult will learn & & ZPVS CFOFmDJBSJFT AN I D INFORMALLTUSTRATION hard economic times, reported to be facing to budget, and have a bbb 6, ION PACK expats throughout Spain challenges in making ends nice surprise of some said to be living near meet, a extra cash when they USA Today article 4QBJO t "DU OPX QSPUFDU poverty or in poverty are really need it. recently noted.
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Model, writer, actress and singer at just 20! Aged just 20, Spanish-based Georgie May is a model, singer, and also a rising actress currently appearing in a British soap. Nicole Hallett reports. Your band is named The Undertakings? Yes, I am lead vocalist with the dance/Indie band which has just released its first single, ‘Fall with You’, written by band songwriter/producer Robbie Fithon. Favourite achievements? Publishing my book, releasing singles on iTunes, winning the Miss Tea Queen International award for charity work and raising awareness for sustainable tea-drinking. Tell us about your charity work Even the smallest amount raised can help change lives forever. I am honoured to be the face of some amazing charitable
organisations on the Costa Blanca and in the UK. Looking back I left school with high qualifications and speak a number of languages. Looking ahead Writing my second and third short story books, available soon, recording more tracks with The Undertakings, plus some solos, and releasing my own self-defence DVDs. In addition, modelling a new bikini range, being filmed as an extra for British-TV series Hollyoaks and making further stage appearances to screen roles as an actress. Favourite place: London for its historical architecture and landmarks. Spain for its climate and culture.
Weather outlook for next 7 days NEXT SEVEN DAYS
COSTA BLANCA
Alicante TODAY: SUNNY, Fri - 27 19 S Sat - 28 20 S Sun - 29 21 S
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MAX 26C, MIN 19C Mon - 28 21 S Tues - 28 21 S Wed - 28 21 S
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CALPE ALTEA
Almeria TODAY: SUNNY Fri - 23 17 S Sat - 24 18 S Sun - 24 19 Sh
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Barcelona TODAY: SUNNY Fri - 25 19 S Sat - 26 20 S Sun - 26 21 Sh
MAX 23C MIN 19C Mon - 26 21 S Tues - 26 22 S Wed - 27 22 S
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Benidorm TODAY: SUNNY, Fri - 28 19 S Sat - 29 20 S Sun - 29 21 S
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Madrid TODAY: SUNNY Fri - 31 17 S Sat - 29 16 S Sun - 27 15 S
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Vital Statistics • Name: Georgie May • Lives: Rojales (Alicante) but always on the move • Status: In relationship • Pets: Two rescue dogs • Hobbies: Martial arts, music and writing. • Dislikes in Spain: Poor animal welfare; over-commercialised tourism • Always in fridge: Milk
EWN COMMENT Friends in need PUBLIC figures invited to the enigmatic Bilderberg group’s annual conference are a roll-call of leaders, deciders, movers and shakers. Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, vicepresident and Rajoy’s right-hand woman, was invited to this year’s meeting in Virginia and
combined the honour with meeting Barack Obama. It’s interesting to speculate whose help she will enlist – and whose will prove to be most substantial.
Questions answered IN a country where abuse of official funds runs into millions, the alleged misuse of €12,966 by Carlos Divar, head of the General Judiciary Council, is small beer. His pointblank refusal to justify claims for private jaunts is not. Judges command respect and are accustomed to asking the questions. But on this particular occasion and out of respect for the public Divar serves, answers were called for.
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WHILE the performance of the Rojales Pantomime’s production of ‘The Wizard of OZ’ in Los Montesinos was enjoyable and entertaining, it was marred by a couple of British children. They were left to their own devices, running up and down and clambering onto the stage, continuously shouting “I’m bored” and using foul language. It got so bad that several members of the audience shouted at them to ‘shut up’. They did quieten down when a member of the production came from backstage and sat behind them, but where were the parents? In my day if I carried on like that I’d have been taken home straight away, no doubt with a clip round my ear. I am aware that this would be considered child abuse in this day and age, but come on, parents, have some consideration for the other patrons and the actors on stage. Well done Panto group for carrying on like true professionals; you all did an excellent job in very difficult circumstances. C Crummings, Los Montesinos (Alicante)
Healthy lesson IT is dreadful that school dinners in Spain are laden with sugar and lack vegetables, pulses and fish (Costa del Sol, Issue 1405). Surely helping children eat healthier will put less of a burden on the health sector when they are older as there will be fewer with obesity-related illnesses. In which case, there should be a ruling on school dinners offering fresh foods without preservatives. Sandra Simpson, Torrevieja (Alicante)
Keeping a budget I WOULD just like to thank Jane Plunkett for her article on making a budget (Issue 1405). I have half-heartedly tried to keep tabs on what I spend over the years, but never seem able to follow through. After reading her article I realised that even though it might take up some of my time, the rewards I could reap would far outweigh that. Sarah D, Mallorca
POT OF GOLD: The rock lit up by the sun at the end of the rainbow.
The golden rock of Ifach I ALWAYS said that the Ifach should be lit up on an evening. Here the sun showed us how it would look with the added delight of a rainbow, making the golden rock look like a pot of gold.
Margaret Carney, Calpe (Alicante)
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Lap of luxury AFTER reading the front page article about the Marbella Luxury Weekend (Costa del Sol, Issue 1405) my husband and I decided to go and see what all the fuss was about. Although we have lived on the coast for more than a decade it has been many years since we visited Puerto Banus. It was interesting to see that many people were dressed in normal clothing, but the wealth that was on display was astounding; it was like walking into the lap of luxury, a whole different world. While it seems sinful such money was being spent on frivolous things when so many people are struggling to make ends meet, the money is going back into the economy and to businesses that can then offer jobs. We live in a capitalistic society, which to work needs people to spend money. David Jenton, Mijas Costa (Malaga)
‘Disgusting’ view I FIND BB’s attitude in the letter ‘Blinkered view’ (Issue 1404) absolutely disgusting. No wonder he or she did not have the courage to have his or her name published.
Despite living in Spain I am extremely proud to be British and equally so with regards to our heritage. This type of letter is written by a person who typifies what is wrong with society in Great Britain and many other countries; a lack of pride and respect. History tells us both in recent times and over the millennia that great empires have come and gone. In the process many positives have also occurred that have also enriched and diversified our culture and everyday life. Sure we made some mistakes along the way. Show me somebody who would not do the same once given absolute power and I will show you someone who does not understand what and who we are. Robert Caley, Mijas (Malaga)
Staycation time I FOUND the article about people in Malaga Province opting for ‘staycations’ (Costa del Sol, Issue 1405) very interesting. In these tough times it makes perfect sense to holiday close to home, especially in a climate that draws millions of tourists each summer. I find that when you live in a country you tend to see less of what is on offer than many tourists, so why not don the holidaymaker cap and go see all the tourist hotspots as well as out of the way places. Enjoy some of the many activities on offer. Not only will you have fun, but you will be injecting money back into your community rather than spending it further afield. Jasmine Forrest, Estepona (Malaga)
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Raising limits I REALLY hope that the Development Ministry puts the speed limit on the A7 between Mijas and Marbella up to 100km/hour from the current 80km/hour as requested by both municipalities’ town halls (Costa del Sol, Issue 1405). Either that or reduce the charge on the toll road, or perhaps offer a reduced rate for residents. These measures would help reduce commuting times for workers and even those who live in Mijas and who would like a quicker trip to Marbella. LP, Mijas (Malaga)
Happy-go-looky THE article ‘Bogus items seized up by 50% in 12 months’ (Costa del Sol, Issue 1405) confirmed my suspicions that there are more looky-looky men around than there used to be. This is probably because those that previously managed to find other jobs have lost them, finding themselves back on the street selling these counterfeit goods. I am pretty sure that this is not their dream job and they do it out of necessity. However, you can barely go out on the street without coming across dozens of them. Most will move on when you say no, others are annoyingly persistent. The nicest one I have seen was in Torremolinos. He wore an oversized shirt and had all his wares stuffed in it, balloons held high and was singing while blowing bubbles, looking like he was having a great time. He did not have to go up to people, they came to him. Now that is innovative thinking. Marta Bollard, Torremolinos (Malaga)
Bullet-proofing I WAS surprised when I read the article on police vests (Costa Blanca North, Issue 1405). It said the Local Police force is spending €9.7 million on 20,500 bulletproof and stab vests. I had assumed that police officers already wore them. Surely anyone in a job that puts them in contact with criminals who can have knives and sometimes guns should automatically be issued with one. At least now they are in less of a risky position while keeping residents safe and combating crime. Alan Hall, Benidorm (Alicante)
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Lacklustre concert fails to shine for Diamond Jubilee
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT deserve their colours as Knights of the Realm. Well, this ol boy was not impressed. Sir Elton John looked like a puffy grandmother, whose voice has now dropped to such a low register as to be almost
UNBEFITTING: The concert in The Mall which formed part of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations. unrecognisable. Sir Cliff came up with an utterly boring medley of his hits. Sir Tom Jones’ voice is still magnificent but he is not exactly Mr Personality Plus, and dear old Sir Paul McCartney should really never sing in public again. I thought Madness were a poor choice to perform on the palace roof, and as for Cheryl…
With all the resources at his beck and call surely Mr Barlow could have done better than this. Where were all the dancers? The street performers, the ballet, the massed Welsh choir? Why weren’t our Olympic team paraded before the public they will shortly be representing in the Olympic Games? Where was the variety? I’ve seen better productions than this at our local Europe Day or St George’s celebrations. Next! A quick reply to the lady who wondered if churches would be allowed in Muslim countries, I can only re-run a story I scribed some years ago. During my time in Saudi where there were no churches, some 20 or 30 Christians began holding a small Sunday service in one of the classrooms of the local American school. Immediately it was discovered by the authorities it was not only banned, but those participating threatened with immediate deportation. I think that just about answers your question. Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
SEVERAL former bomb shelters in Shanghai have been converted into commercial venues, from clubs to clothing shops and wine sellers.
Grisly find OIL REFINERY workers in Indiana, US, who opened a crate of valves from India reportedly found the remains of two small monkeys believed to have stowed away, which had been there for at least a year.
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FOR what it’s worth and at the risk of being considered an out-oftouch, senile old cynic, I thought the so-called ‘crowning glory’ of the jubilee celebrations, namely the concert in The Mall, was nothing short of pathetic. Gary Barlow may be a member of one of the biggest boy groups in history and been reinvented as an X Factor judge, but to my mind comes out with a loud red buzzer in the production stakes. Apart from the pyrotechnics and the magnificent back projections on the palace façade, I found the whole thing a lacklustre procession of loud pop singers, akin to what you would observe during a few hours down the karaoke pub on a Saturday night! Apart from one or two exceptions, i.e. the classical performers in the Buck House window and the Chinese pianist, I found the whole thing a mish-mash of self-indulgent dishwater. All the usual old faces plus a couple from the new ‘in crowd title wannabees’ were trundled out to prove why they all consider they
Converting shelters
Gran grad A 97-YEAR-OLD Ann Colagiovanni from Ohio has finally received her high school diploma at a special ceremony at Shaker Heights High School backdated to 1934. She quit school at age 17 to work in her father’s market.
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ABTA, AITO and ATOL: What do they mean? By Bruce Gibson bruce@villaspain.co.uk AN article in British daily The Guardian in 2006 entitled ‘End of Travel Protection’ dispelled the myth that symbols such as ABTA offer the holidaymaker complete financial protection. Six years on and the holidaymaker still remains mostly unaware, according to last September’s Which? magazine report which found that travellers were said to have an ‘unwarranted trust’ in the level of protection they were offered from associations like ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents), AITO (Association of Independent Tour Operators) and ATOL (Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing). Which? magazine went on to report that more than two thirds (67 per cent) wrongly assumed that if a travel company went into administration, and was a member of one of the associations, their money would be safe.
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How to protect yourself There is only one way to secure 100 per cent financial protection for your holiday, and that comes from using your credit card, provided the sum paid is not less than £100 sterling (not a debit or charge card like Amex or Diners Club). Protection comes from the 1974 Consumer Credit Act (Section 75). You should also be protected even if you use a Visa debit card or Chargeback card under the Chargeback scheme, which offers similar protection to Section 75. Be aware that the ATOL symbol applies to the flight element and not necessarily to the rest of the holiday package, so you need to really check that all aspects of the package you purchased are protected. Also, for peace of mind, go to the CAA website and enter the ATOL number to ensure the company is currently registered. Get good travel insurance Do note that some travel insurance policies cover airline failure, usually by including
Scheduled Airline Failure Insurance (SAFI). However, many policies don’t include SAFI and some insurance providers exclude particular airlines, so you need to check what the policy does cover you for. It is worth noting that you can claim for other losses incurred as a result of the failure of any business. Under Section 75 you must be put back in the same financial position you would have been in if the breach had not occurred. So should an airline go bust and you have to buy replacement flights that cost more than the original ones, you can claim for the additional cost of those flights.
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NE can learn a lot about a person from the way they approach a buffet. Not that I am suggesting analysing a person based solely on their selection of finger food, but as a test of personality it is as valid as The Myers, Briggs, and has the added bonus of including a couple of sandwiches and a Crème Caramel as part of the process. Perhaps recruiting companies could lay on a wedding style spread and watch as the candidates devour or not devour the feast in front of them. This would be akin to observing lessons in a school or an obstacle course at an SAS induction day. The Buffet: a whole new degree subject could emerge attached loosely to the psychology department; The Buffet and 20th Century Indicators of Psychosis, Finger Food and Freud 101. Imagine the learned tomes: Vol au Vent and The Violent Mind or The Man Who Thought He Was a Thousand Island Dip. Personality types could be: The Ploughman: paper plate held in front of him as he tenaciously works his way from start to end of the buffet then back again. The Secret Agent: creeps to the middle of the table snatching food and hiding the plate from view. The Super Model: Impossibly thin drooling by the desserts while clutching a plate of lettuce. The Memsahib: usually a mother who sends her children/husband/best friend to fetch her food while sitting regally to the side. Confident people tend to stride forward, take what they want, then sit down and eat. Shy people are mortified by the social side of a buffet and leave hungry.
Suzanne Manners
CHOICE: One can learn a lot from how a person approaches a buffet.
Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character).
The satisfying delights of ‘buffet watching’ There are those who pile plates high with more food than they could eat, much to the chagrin of the more polite diners, who have just watched as the last of the King Prawns disappears ahead of them. The sight of well fed humans eyeing the buffet table with emotions ranging from panic to sheer sexual excitement brings joy
to my heart. I love a good buffet. Humanity stripped bare by the sight of a cocktail sausage pinging across a covered trestle table like a little pork bullet. The tear-jerking wonder of a cheese cube and silver skin onion kebab skewered on sticks into a grapefruit. Vol au vent, those wonders that let the
host skimp on prawn cocktail and coronation chicken. So in light of this research I have invented a new set of personality tests. There is the Bridge Roll and Fish Paste Indicator and the Balancing Warm Beer in a Paper Cup on a Paper Plate Causality Test. Enjoy!
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Satellite channels SKY1 5:35am Raising Hope 6:05am Don't Forget the Lyrics 7:00am Gladiators 8:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 9:00am Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza 10:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00am Football's Next Star 12:00pm Football's Next Star 1:00pm Futurama 1:10pm Road Wars 2:00pm Inside Gatwick 3:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm The Middle 8:00pm Inside Gatwick 9:00pm Futurama 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 4 12:25am Cop Squad 1:25am An Idiot Abroad 2:25am Road Wars 2:50am Street Crime UK 3:40am So You Think You're Safe? 4:30am Lion Man
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RITAIN’S Royal Navy broke a 500-year taboo by giving Lt Commander Sarah West command of the front-line warship HMS Portland, a frigate more powerful than the whole of Lord Nelson’s fleet. A decision that will no doubt get Nelson’s friend, the Earl Saint Vincent, turning somersaults in his grave as like all other officers of that period, he was totally against women going to sea, largely due to ‘their washing their clothes in the ship’s fresh water’. In truth, questions about courage and skill were already proven, given heroic archetypes like Grace Darling, the lifeboat pioneer, and a boatload of
Serenade of the Seas sails out of Barcelona on 12-night cruises until the end of September.
successful pirates from Anne Bonny to Lady Killigrew and Grace O’Malley, whose crew of 200 men was even larger than HMS Portland’s. In 2007, Royal Caribbean Cruise International made history by appointing Karin Stahre-Janson as the first woman ever to be in charge of a major cruise ship. A native of Stromstad, Sweden, Karin learned to sail at the age of seven in a small boat given to her by her parents. She graduated from Chalmers
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Karin Stahre-Janson made nautical history when she was appointed captain of cruise ship Serenade of the Seas. Sailing out of Barcelona, Benny Davis went to see what makes her so unique.
World’s first female cruise ship captain University of Technology in Sweden with a bachelor’s degree in Nautical Science and obtained her Unlimited Masters
Captain Stahre-Janson at the helm. Licence, enabling her to command virtually any ship of any size. Karin then worked for nine years in cargo shipping, primarily on petroleum and chemical tankers In 1997, she joined Royal Caribbean as a first officer. I recently had the pleasure of meeting the lady while on-board the Serenade of the Seas, sailing out of Barcelona. Though virtually committed from dawn to dusk, this likeable ship’s master agreed to give me some of her precious time.
Q: When did you get your first job at sea? A: I had just turned 19. It was a small petroleum tanker. I painted chipped rust, scrubbed the decks and whatever needed to be done. I loved it and enrolled in cadet school. You were a woman breaking into a very male-dominated world. Was there resistance? I am not a feminist, but I don’t back down because I know my job. I just put my own female twists and turns into the command. What do you think has held women back from commanding a cruise ship until now? Back in the ’40s and ’50s, it was hard, muscular work, and very maledominated. These days it’s all about brains and knowledge, although I could put quite a few of my fellow mariners down without breaking sweat. How does the crew react? I have worked in a variety of Royal Caribbean officer-related roles since 1997 and many mariners were old friends. Also our guests are very positive. I had an old lady the other day pat me on the head, which is hard since I’m 5’11”! What is your average day on board? I get up at 4.30am and if in port, prepare the ship to sail. Then check ship’s speed, position and daily log. I also hold many meetings, attend dinners, special passenger ceremonies and apart from fire, ship’s damage and extreme weather conditions, these days a ship’s captain also has to be aware of any terrorist threats. What do you do in your spare time? I retire to my parents’ summer house in Sweden, do some carpentry, painting and then take off on my motorcycle on my own, although I usually team up with other enthusiasts while on my travels. I also like to scuba dive all over the world.
Serenade of the Seas: 90,090 tons, more than 2,100 guests, 870 crew recruited from 60 countries.Whoopie Goldberg is the ship’s godmother.
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6:00am Pages from Ceefax 7:00am The Pingu Show 7:10am Pinky Dinky Doo 7:25am Timmy Time 7:35am Chuggington 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Barney's Barrier Reef 8:30am Dennis and Gnasher Dennis and Gnasher believe the world truly is their oyster and that kids should make the rules. 8:40am The Scooby-Doo Show Cartoon capers with Scooby and the gang. 8:52am The Owl Children's animation series. 9:05am Scoop Children's comedy series about news reporter Digby Digworth. 9:30am Friday Download 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm Rowing World Cup Munich. 1:30pm MotoGP Coverage of the latest MotoGP event. 3:30pm The Four Feathers
4:05am ITV Nightscreen 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am CITV 9:25am Dinner Date 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Ade in Britain 11:25am May the Best House Win 12:25pm The Hungry Sailors Dick and James Strawbridge sail around Britain to discover fantastic food. 1:25pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:35pm Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? 2:35pm Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 3:35pm Columbo Peter Falk dons the shabby mac and lights up a cheap cigar for more top drawer US detective drama.
5:20am St. Elsewhere 6:10am Grudge Match 6:25am Countdown 7:10am Sali Mali 7:15am Ironman 2012 7:40am Kingsmeadow 8:05am Nathan Stephens 'Warrior' 8:10am Cycling 9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm Speed 2: Cruise Control
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1:50am The Store 3:55am Motorsport UK All the very latest motor sport action from around Britain. 4:45am ITV Nightscreen
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5:20pm Going the Distance 7:10pm Dear Frankie 9:00pm 3 Men and a Baby 10:50pm Water for Elephants
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Different day, but same old news By Mike Walsh
M
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daily newspaper, no less than 22 are depressingly related to either the economic downturn or corruption in high places. At least the children are in high spirits. Malaga’s Parque Clavero College has been fined by the city hall for excessive noise coming from the
school’s gymnasium and dining rooms. This is despite the school having shelled out ₏6,000 on soundproofing. I would have thought that such installation would have been much more appropriate on Spain’s parliamentary building.
THIS is not an obituary column, but the premature death of one of the Spanish League’s most admired football trainers is a matter of much sadness. Sr. Manolo Preciado has died of a heart attack at just 54 years of age. His death occurred within hours of him signing for Villareal. As the saying goes, live every day as if it is your last; one day you will be right.
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Adopted TWO abandoned Siberian tiger cubs in a zoo in Sochi in Russia, have been adopted by a Shar Pei dog who breastfeeds, cleans and sleeps with them as if her own.
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HILE playing catch with Rover, the typical, lovable household hound, it’s hard to imagine animal cruelty. But cuddles and chasing after balls isn’t the fate of all dogs in Spain. For a percentage of hunting dogs life is a lot tougher. It’s a horrific existence that often ends dramatically by being thrown down a well to die, or being hung from a tree, with the back legs barely touching the ground, in order to die by suffocation. According to animal rights organisations, as well as numerous personal witness accounts, hunting dogs, like Galgos (greyhounds) and Podencos, are abused, neglected and abandoned. They are claimed to be seen as simply a tool for hunters that can be discarded when no longer needed. It was this widespread cruelty, and the apathy of police and government to do anything about it, which prompted Fermin Perez, a local secondary school science teacher, to set up the Scooby rescue centre at Medina del Campo near
Truly a dog’s life Deep in the midst of the Spanish countryside, hunting dogs have been found hanging. Jane Plunkett looks into the life of a typical hunting hound…
Valladollid. It is now an internationally-renowned organisation and Spain’s biggest animal rescue centre, housing more than 700 hunting dogs at the end of every hunting season. Fermin has waged a tireless campaign to get better legal protection for the dogs and to
promote wider understanding of the problem. The sad destiny of many hunting dogs was first observed by 36-year-old Brit, Shane Stewart, while he was living in Tenerife. “A hunter lived beside me in Tenerife and he kept Podenco dogs. Their living conditions were disgusting. They were skinny, fed
on stale bread and lived in a dirty enclosure,” says Shane. “When I went walking in the mountains I’d see dogs, dead, hanging from trees. There isn’t a lot of traffic through this type of countryside so I think many people are ignorant to what’s happening.” A lack of awareness to what is happening to hunting dogs drove French resident Beryl Brennan to write a book on the subject. information - names, addresses and a map showing Beryl’s book, ‘From where the abused animal is. The Guardia Civil will Heaven to Hell - the provide a copy of the denuncia, while their copy story of the Galgo should be sent through for investigation. Espanol’, paints a grim picture of the
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lives of hunting dogs in Spain. “I wrote the book to make the world aware that Hu Spanish hunters dispose of at least 50,000 dogs disp at the end of each 50,00 hunting season,” says annua Beryl, who has adopted Brenna three Galgo dogs and one Podenco. “The Spanish hunting season runs from about September to January. Once the hunters are finished hunting many dispose of their dogs. They don’t keep the dogs during the off season because it means they would have to feed them.” According to Beryl, hunters hang
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the dogs, drop them alive down wells, abandon them, or burn them alive. The nters law, she says, does not properly protect pose of these animals and 00 dogs often turns a blind ally - Beryl eye to the abuse. an, author Four months ago, animal activist, Red, as she wants to be known, started the Facebook group, S.A.D. - Spanish Animal Defenders. “I am the secretary of a dog rescue centre in Spain. Prior to this job, I, like so many others, was totally ignorant to the cruelty that is dished out to hunting dogs in Spain.” Red started S.A.D. to bring animal
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SKELETAL: Alive but so badly kept.
cruelty to people’s attention CARED FOR: Hunting dogs with a responsible owner. and to force the Spanish government to take animal abuse more seriously. perception that PAWS is keen to quick Google search reveals a wealth of disturbing “As we are a new organisation we squash. haven’t made lots of progress so far, Indeed the very first PAWS dogs pictures and text - but not every but we are growing in numbers very to be re-homed abroad were two hunter is guilty of such behaviour. Cordoba-based hunter Manuel quickly and more and more people little Galgo puppies taken to Holland Perez Requena insists that there are are willing to take action,” adds Red. in August 1999. PAWS, the animal shelter in “It is such a tragedy that these hunters that abhor such cruelty. “After the hunting season finishes, Mojácar (Almeria), has to deal with dogs in particular should be treated the problem of how to re-home so appallingly,” said PAWS there are hunters who abandon abandoned hunting dogs like Galgos spokesperson Mike Dornan. their dogs. I have seen dogs running and Podencos, although there is “Anyone who has ever had first- along the side of the road. If a dog mercifully less barbaric cruelty in hand experience of Galgos knows is scared of gunfire, or doesn’t obey Almeria than in some other parts of they make good pets although they its owner, some hunters will abandon or kill these dogs, but it’s a Spain. do need a lot of exercise.” The mistreatment of Spanish small percentage of hunters who do Many people still fear that hunting dogs can’t be good domestic pets, a hunting dogs is well documented - a this,” says Manuel.
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6:45am Roary the Racing Car 7:00am Thomas and Friends CGI animated railway adventures. 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am City of Friends 7:35am Jelly Jamm 7:50am Peppa Pig 7:55am Castle Farm 8:00am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Make Way for Noddy 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:10am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:40am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 9:45am Little Lodgers 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Olivia 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Rough Guide 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Monkey Life 3:50pm Chinese Food in Minutes
4:00pm Heir Hunters Series dedicated to finding the heirs of people who have died without leaving a will. 4:45pm Hairy Bikers' Best of British 5:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargain-hunters make a saving. 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best Cookery series celebrating the very best of British home cooking. 9:00pm Natural World Award winning nature documentary series. 10:00pm George v and Queen Mary 11:00pm Sounds of the 70s 11:30pm Newsnight
4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm A Touch of Frost 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Walton Sextuplets: Moving On 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Euro 2012 Highlights
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12:20am Secrets of Our Living Planet 1:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 5:00am Seeking Refuge 5:20am In My Shoes 5:30am History Hunt
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm How the Brits Rocked America: Go West 9:30pm London on Film: The West End 10:00pm Ukraine's Forgotten Children 11:30pm A Short Journey into Tajikistan 12:15am Turner's Thames 1:15am The Perfect Suit 2:15am How the Brits Rocked America: Go West 3:15am London on Film: The West End 3:45am Ukraine's Forgotten Children
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12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Sons of Anarchy US drama series following the exploits of a motorcycle gang in a small Californian town. 1:55am Super Casino 5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice. 5:25am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:50am Michaela's Wild Challenge
Satellite channels SKY1 5:20am Dream Lives for Sale 6:10am A Different Breed 7:00am Safebreakers 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Stargate SG-1 11:00am Best of Oops TV 12:00pm Airline 1:30pm Medical Emergency 2:00pm Helicopter Rescue 3:00pm Stargate Atlantis 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm The Middle 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Road Wars 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm Spartacus: Blood and Sand 12:10am Ross Kemp: Extreme World 1:10am Road Wars 2:10am Elite World Cops 3:05am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:55am Gadget Geeks
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:55am Zeus and Roxanne 7:40am The Top Ten Show 2012 8:00am A Night at the Roxbury 9:30am Calendar Girls 11:25am Foul Play 1:30pm Life as We Know it 3:30pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 5:10pm The Big Interview 5:30pm Ramona and Beezus 7:20pm Just Married 9:00pm Life as We Know it 11:00pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
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THIS is the story of Tony Tuesday, a London-born man who leaves the army in 1946, and builds a business empire. He murders his way to the top. The story meanders to the 1980s. He literally eliminates anyone who gets in his way, and even disposes of two wives who displease him, or when a younger more attractive model comes along.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Energy levels go up and down and you seek to ration yours by not going all-out physically. It is still possible to be quite dynamic while planning. Indeed, your clear vision impresses a colleague. If you are due for promotion then some good news is likely. Blow your own trumpet rather than wait for others to do it for you.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The changes affecting you for the past few weeks continue but you are now getting better at managing their direction. Someone wanting you to take a logical action should not be allowed to push you forward. When to act will be clear to you.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Someone who has been unhelpful in the past suddenly steps forward. Could you have been wrong about them? Probably not. Keep a clear mind when with them. Saturn influences you to be more organised before a bout of indecision strikes.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The influence of Venus and Jupiter brings you the influence and status that you deserve. It's not that you haven't worked towards it but now you start to see the benefits. There is an urge to improve your appearance and surroundings to fit in with the 'new you'.
IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Your flexibility stands you in good stead in this last half of the year. Not only does it see you able to take opportunities at short notice but it also boosts your psychic energy. Others may not come up to expectations and there are times when it is best to 'go it aloneʼ.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21)
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19)
During the past few weeks you may have gained a different perspective on life. Your need for a close attachment and harmony in your life should not be underestimated or denied in the name of practicality.
There is an all-consuming need to see some reward for all your efforts. There will be those who will tell you that you need to push harder for success. Perhaps you need to be with more like-minded people. Certainly being with the wrong colleagues can bring your spirits down.
You are in a romantic mood but something is missing from the picture. Its not that youʼre feeling the need to have more than one string to your bow, it is more that you are tired of using the same old arrows. So, what is out there to fire your imagination? Something really new will not miss the mark with you.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)
PISCES (February 20 - March 20)
When needed you are sure to be positive this week. On a project, 'striking while the iron is hot' springs to mind. There is much fun to hand but it must be 'work first' at the moment. Some opportunities do not come twice and you need to be aware of them when they present themselves. Spend some quality time with your loved ones.
This is a brilliant week for money and business. Mars is influencing you to be more up-front and practical in your approach. You may feel changes coming on that you would rather deny. Burying your head in the sand is not an option. Take the bull by the horns and you could be surprised at your success.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) To be truly happy you need to build on your partnerships. Keep these in balance and everything else will fall into place. Life has taught you some rather harsh lessons recently. The upshot of that is you now feel more in control and more secure.
ARIES (March 21 April 20)
Just joking One sodium atom says: “Oh, no! I think I lost an electron.” Another atom asks: “Are you sure?" "Yeah, I’m positive!” *** Smart man + smart woman = romance Smart man + dumb woman = affair Dumb man + smart woman = marriage Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy *** Q. Where would you find a dog without legs? A. Where you left him. *** Person 1: My dog has got no nose Person 2: How does he smell? Person 1: Awful.
SU DOKU HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)
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You will see the lighter side of life this week when you discover that someone is holding a torch for you. You are flattered and vaguely interested. Your combination of intelligence and humour make you a delightful companion. Venus smiles on all your close relationships and you seem to be able to do no wrong.
There is much to be tackled this week, but you are wary of making full-on decisions. Taking things one step at a time is the best policy because it gives you space to consider the options. There is a restlessness about you that is hard to pinpoint. Perhaps you are feeling positive but have to hold fire because of others. This is frustrating, but try to relax.
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1. I said, “A-hey, what is this?” (1970) 2. He looked kinda nice and so I said I might take a chance (1963) 3. Since you left me and you said goodbye (1964) 4. But long as there are stars above you (1966) 5. She took my heart away (1974) 6. Of every head he’s had the pleasure to know (1967) 7. He was big and strong and in his eyes a flaming glow (1978) 8. I walked alone between some old adobe haciendas (1962) 9. And people are stupid (1984) 10. I was just in the middle of a dream (1986)
TARGET: Average: 10
Very good: 19
Good: 13
Excellent: 23
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
cere, eery, erne, eyer, germ, grey, gyre , mere ,emeer, emery, genre, germy, green, mercy, merge, emerge, energy, greeny, renege, regency, EMERGENCY
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Below are the second lines of songs that reached number two in the UK singles charts. What are the titles? (The year the song was originally released in the UK is given as a clue)
FREE
LOTTERY UK NATIONAL UK IRISH LOTTO LOTTERY THUNDERBALL
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Action, suspense
An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. As the drama unfolds she realises that he might have an ulterior objective. This easy-watching film should be called ‘Mission Implausible’ as the plot is so far fetched it borders on being insulting. AB.
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Move from the start word FREE to the end word TERM in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
FREE TREE THEE THEM TEEM TERM
Man on a Ledge (AB)
1. ALL RIGHT NOW (Free), 2. AND THEN HE KISSED ME (Crystals), 3. BITS AND PIECES (Dave Clark Five), 4. GOD ONLY KNOWS (Beach Boys), 5. YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET (Bachman–Turner Overdrive), 6. PENNY LANE (Beatles), 7. RASPUTIN (Boney M), 8. SPEEDY GONZALES (Pat Boone), 9. THE WAR SONG (Culture Club), 10. MANIC MONDAY (Bangles)
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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 B) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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Across 7 The French go on to pool (6) 8 Slow passage of an American soldier through a party (6) 9 Autopsy reveals playthings (4) 10 A client has a new place in Spain (8) 11 Worried about the wood having holes (7) 13 Rank former prime minister (5) 15 Pageants not set for heathen (5) 17 Pointed out red tape (7) 20 Do stop or crash into the jamb (8) 21 Bird often seen in the afternoon (4) 22 Pollute seabed badly (6) 23 A forged tenner for curdled milk (6) Down 1 Prefer a small gift (6) 2 Sticks the first pieces of roughcast on damp surface (4) 3 Drive an angry, unwelcome guest (7) 4 Many eager to see the old king (5) 5 Shell motor at full speed (8) 6 Writer outside street restaurant (6) 12 Baker ate cooked rest period (3,5)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Alquiler (4) 3 Usado (no nuevo) (4) 5 Candles (de cera) (5) 8 Garlic (3) 9 Nail (on finger, toe) (3) 10 Street (5) 11 Té (3) 12 Cabbage (3) 14 Fight (battle) (5) 17 Tail (of dog, bull, ox) (4) 18 Train (rail) (4)
Co d e B r e a ke r 14 Joy of new Peru art (7) 16 Some razor espied in volcanic islands (6) 18 Money-making scheme studentʼs unable to start (6) 19 One centres on what apparently is empty for a French impressionist (5) 21 In this there's purpose (4)
QUICK Across 1 Formerly (4) 3 Assumed name (5) 8 Handles clumsily (7) 9 Second month of spring (5) 10 Surplus (5) 11 Germ-free (7) 12 Projectile (6) 14 Acquiesce (6) 17 Apparel (7) 19 Revolutionary (5) 21 Leans (5) 22 Desert (7) 24 Military blockade (5) 25 Form a curve (4)
Down 1 Route (4) 2 Corbata (3) 3 Grape (3) 4 Doubt (4) 5 Vowel (5) 6 Lila (5) 7 Swedish (f) (5) 11 Gira (4) 13 Lion (4) 15 One (3) 16 Caliente (que quema) (3)
Down 1 See 23 2 Punctuation mark (5) 3 Aid (6) 4 Annoyed (5) 5 Outlive (7) 6 Sheep's woolly covering (6) 7 Woodland plant (8) 10 Sternly (8) 13 Selects (7) 15 Food grain (6) 16 Get away (6) 18 Hurry (5) 20 Emblem (5) 23/1 Fall asleep (3,3)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS: CRYPTIC - Across 1 Sitcom, 4 Nelson, 9 Biretta, 10 Hoist, 11 Reef, 12 Coroner, 15 Austen, 16 Diodes, 19 Museums, 21 Mace, 24 Bella, 25 Imposed, 26 Esther, 27 Slated. Down: 1 Suburban, 2 Turkeys, 3 Oath, 5 Ethiopia, 6 Spine, 7 Note, 8 Cabot, 13 Beverage, 14 Ascended, 17 Dead set, 18 E-mail, 20 Unlit, 22 Oboe, 23 Opal.
QUICK - Across: 1 Scared, 4 Rancid, 9 Risotto, 10 Lunar, 1 1 Extra, 12 Nowhere, 13 Poltergeist, 18 Useless, 20 False, 22 Koala, 23 Dormant, 24 Mallet, 25 Nectar. Down: 1 Shriek, 2 Asset, 3 Extract, 5 Allow, 6 Confess, 7 Dorset, 8 Countryside, 14 Overall, 15 Enforce, 16 Bunkum, 17 Jester, 19 Evade, 21 Least.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (FATTER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Lagos, 3 Col, 5 Collar, 7 Raro, 8 Sons, 11 Tesoro, 12 Bag, 13 Sauce. Down: 1 Later, 2 Sale, 4 Our, 5 Carne, 6 Abono, 9 Shade, 10 Toys, 11 Tia.
1. Unscramble the name of a famous large body of water: A CONCERTINA CAT 2. Unscramble the name of a famous British playwright: HOLD TERRAPIN
Play on Words OLOOKN
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Funagram
Quote When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents D and 2 represents Z, so fill in D every time the figure 4 appears and Z every time the figure 2 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.
Bitten Desert Fatter(10) Fender Formed Header Hearts Insert Intend Longer Luster Meters Rested Riddle Seeing Severe Tested Turned Whiled
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Awaken, 2 Padded, 3 Reared, 4 Gently, 5 Dwells, 6 Cursed, 7 Glands, 8 Rental, 9 Stared, 10 Glassy, 11 Learns, 12 Nearly, 13 Treats, 14 Dealer, 15 Thorns, 16 Streak, 17 Rulers, 18 Harrow, 19 Owners
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION 1.ANTARCTIC OCEAN 2.HAROLD PINTER
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4.00pm - midnight 4:20pm Regional News All the latest local news. 4:25pm Deadly Art 4:40pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:00pm Copycats Two families battle it out in a range of hilarious games. 5:30pm Who Let the Dogs Out? Wacky dog training talent show presented by Zak George and narrated by Rik Mayall. 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children. 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 7:30pm Regional News All the latest local news. 8:00pm EastEnders 8:30pm Holby City 9:30pm Inspector George Gently 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm True Love
12:05am Match of the Day 1:05am Highlander: The Source 2:25am Weatherview 2:30am The Great Euro Crash with Robert Peston 3:30am Death Unexplained 4:10am Crime and Punishment 4:55am Great British Menu 5:25am BBC News .
BBC3 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 2011 8:15pm High School Musical 2 10:00pm The 16 Year Old Killer 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Live at the Electric 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire 2:25am Plan B, Leona and Labrinth: Project Hackney 3:25am The 16 Year Old Killer 4:25am Russell Howard's Good News 4:55am Live at the Electric 5:25am Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire
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7:35am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am Roar 8:30am The League of Super Evil 8:37am Léon 8:45am Frankenstein's Cat 8:55am Newsround Topical news magazine for children. 9:00am Driving Academy 9:30am Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 9:45am Big and Small 9:55am Dipdap 10:00am Tinga Tinga Tales 10:10am Little Charley Bear 10:20am Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:30am Bob the Builder: Project Build It 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am ZingZillas 11:05am Kerwhizz 11:30am Driver Dan's Story Train 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:05pm Animal Park 2:50pm The Weakest Link 3:35pm To Buy or Not to Buy
5:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 3:00pm May the Best House Win
4:20pm Royal Ascot Coverage of the summer showpiece in the world of horse racing, Royal Ascot. 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best 9:00pm Ocean Giants 10:00pm Great Ormond Street 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight
4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm A Touch of Frost 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather Up to the minute regional news and weather updates. 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Euro 2012 Live 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Inside Man
5:30am St. Elsewhere 6:20am Deal or No Deal 7:15am The Hoobs 7:40am The Hoobs 8:05am Freshly Squeezed 8:35am According to Jim 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Undercover Boss 11:00am Location, Location, Location 12:00pm Secret Removers 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's 30 Minute Meals 1:35pm River Cottage Bites Bite-sized films from River Cottage showing how to create a range of culinary delights. 1:50pm Stalag 17
4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Embarrassing Bodies 10:00pm The Restoration Man 11:00pm All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry
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12:20am The Secret History of Our Streets 1:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 5:00am Same But Different
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Time to Remember 9:00pm Sea Fever 10:00pm Joely Richardson on Shakespeare's Women: Shakespeare Uncovered 11:00pm Rude Britannia 12:00am The Bridges That Built London - With Dan Cruickshank 1:00am Nina and Monkey's Search for Enlightenment 2:00am Spiral Acclaimed French police drama series. 2:50am Spiral 3:50am Joely Richardson on Shakespeare's Women: Shakespeare Uncovered
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12:05am Random Acts Channel 4's nightly short-form arts strand. 12:10am Extreme A and E 1:10am Pokerstars.Co.UK Caribbean Adventure 2:15am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:40am Sailing 3:05am FIVB World Beach Volleyball Tour 4:00am British F3 4:25am Mobil 1 The Grid 4:55am Cycling 5:50am FIA GT1 Championship
Channel 5 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am City of Friends 7:35am Jelly Jamm 7:50am Peppa Pig 7:55am Castle Farm 8:00am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Make Way for Noddy 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:10am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:40am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 9:45am Little Lodgers 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Olivia 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Rough Guide 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Monkey Life 3:50pm Chinese Food in Minutes
4:05pm Mary Higgins Clark's Pretend You Don't See Her 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news. 6:30pm Neighbours Just as she starts to be won around by Rhys, Vanessa sees his true nature. 7:00pm Home and Away Sid confirms that Bianca's pre-eclampsia is putting both her and her baby's lives at risk. 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story Series looking at some of Britain's most notorious, incarcerated killers. 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Crime drama series. 11:00pm Big Brother Catch up on the latest events inside the Big Brother house.
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5:35am Real Filth Fighters 6:05am Don't Forget the Lyrics 7:00am Safebreakers 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Stargate SG-1 11:00am Best of Oops TV 12:00pm Airline 1:00pm Emergency Abroad 2:00pm Helicopter Rescue 3:00pm Stargate Atlantis
5:50am Ramona and Beezus 7:40am Meatballs 9:20am Black Sheep 10:50am Wild Target 12:35pm The Rebound 2:15pm Black Sheep 3:50pm Little Fockers 5:35pm Macgruber 7:15pm Soul Men 9:00pm The Rebound 10:45pm Little Fockers
4:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm The Middle 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Amazing Spiderman: Premiere Special 9:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 10:00pm Starlings 11:00pm Lethal Weapon 4 1:25am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 2:25am Elite World Cops 3:25am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 4:25am Medical Emergency 5:20am Real Filth Fighters 5:50am Bite Size Brainiac
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5:25am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction. 11:58am BBC News and Weather 12:00pm Real Rescues Documentary series which follows the dramatic day-to-day work of the emergency services. 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series which looks at the real value of household junk. 1:13pm BBC News and Weather The most up to date news and weather forecasts. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 2:30pm Regional News All the latest local news. 2:45pm Royal Ascot Coverage of the summer showpiece in the world of horse racing, Royal Ascot.
8:00am Roar 8:30am The League of Super Evil 8:37am Léon 8:45am Frankenstein's Cat 8:55am Newsround 9:00am Driving Academy 9:30am Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 9:45am Big and Small Childrens show about the comic adventures of two unlikely best friends. 9:55am Dipdap 10:00am Tinga Tinga Tales 10:10am Little Charley Bear 10:20am Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:30am Bob the Builder: Project Build It 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am ZingZillas 11:05am Kerwhizz 11:30am Driver Dan's Story Train 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm See Hear 2:30pm Lifeline 2:40pm Coast 2:50pm The Weakest Link 3:35pm To Buy or Not to Buy
4:50am ITV Nightscreen 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 3:00pm May the Best House Win
5:50am FIA GT1 Championship Round 4 of the FIA GT1 World Championship comes from Bratislava in Slovakia. 6:45am Ironman 2012 7:15am The Hoobs The biggest hoobynut loaf ever made contained 230 hoobynuts. 7:40am The Hoobs 8:05am Freshly Squeezed 8:35am According to Jim Jim buys Cheryl two dogs after she is mugged, but can Jim and Cheryl control them? 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Undercover Boss 11:00am Location, Location, Location 12:00pm Secret Removers 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Jamie's 30 Minute Meals 1:40pm To be Announced More information will be available closer to broadcast. 1:50pm Roman Holiday
6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am City of Friends 7:35am Jelly Jamm 7:50am Peppa Pig 7:55am Castle Farm 8:00am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Make Way for Noddy 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:10am Peppa Pig 9.25am Roary the Racing Car 9:40am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 9:45am Little Lodgers 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Olivia 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Best House on the Street 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Monkey Life 3:50pm Chinese Food in Minutes
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4:20pm Royal Ascot Coverage of the summer showpiece in the world of horse racing, Royal Ascot. 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of BBC 1 George Bradshaw's 8:00pm Victorian Railway Guidebook. 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best 9:00pm Ocean Giants 10:00pm The Secret History of Our Streets 11:00pm The Culture Show 11:30pm Newsnight
4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? 5:00pm A Touch of Frost 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather Up to the minute regional news and weather updates. 7:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm The Enforcer
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4:05pm It Had to be You 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news. 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in South Yorkshire. 9:00pm World's Craziest Police Pursuits High-octane special showing footage of madcap pursuits from around the world. 10:00pm NCIS 11:00pm Big Brother Catch up on the latest events inside the Big Brother house.
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BBC3 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel 8:20pm Ratatouille 10:00pm Cherry Healey: How to Get a Life 11:00pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Cherry Healey: How to Get a Life 2:30am Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3:00am Live at the Electric 3:30am Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire 4:30am Glamour Model Mum, Baby and Me
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Time to Remember 9:00pm The Last Days of Steam 10:00pm The Strange Case of the Law 11:00pm Garrow's Law Legal drama inspired by the life of pioneering barrister William Garrow. 12:00am Borgen 1:00am Ukraine's Forgotten Children 2:30am The Last Days of Steam 3:30am Time to Remember 4:00am The Strange Case of the Law
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Satellite channels SKY1 5:50am Bite Size Brainiac 6:05am Don't Forget the Lyrics 7:00am Safebreakers 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Stargate SG-1 11:00am Best of Oops TV 12:00pm Airline 1:00pm Emergency Abroad 2:00pm Helicopter Rescue 3:00pm Stargate Atlantis 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm The Middle 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Futurama 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad
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Dog Problem? Hi Connie, I have an eight-month-old Golden Cocker Spaniel who is very active and playful. The problem is he only has one testicle and our vet wants to give him hormone injections to help the other one come down. What I am worried about is I had a Golden Cocker Spaniel in the past whose behaviour was quite aggressive and at times crazy and I am wondering if the hormone injections could affect the personality of our new puppy. Have you any views on these hormone injections? Thanks, Jackie Dear Jackie This is a common problem and the norm is an operation.
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Smile for the photo THIS is our labrador Princess when she was eight-years-old and playing in a friend’s garden. She is usually a calm natured dog, but this photo was taken when she was in a playful mood and decided to pose for the camera. Jon and Sarah Poole, Mijas (Mijas) Submit fun pet pictures to petoftheweek@euroweeklynews.com, in as high a resolution as possible. Please include name of the pet, your full name, where you live and if relevant a couple of lines to explain the circumstances of the photo. Due to space restrictions not all submissions will be used.
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Cryptorchid is a medical term meaning literally ‘hidden testes’. If by four to six months of age, the testicle hasn’t dropped, it won't likely do so. I strongly recommend that you go to another vet and have them find and remove the testicle inside the body as this could cause cancer and many problems as he matures. These dogs should not be bred from as the problem can be inherited. Best wishes, Connie
HIDDEN TESTES: Can be an inherited problem.
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•THE Valleys International Bridge and Social Club – friendly and relaxed – meet Thursday 1.30pm6pm at Bar Tormos, Orba Valley. Call 966 404 533.
•ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY Sunday Services-Holy Communion in eight locations: See www.costablanca-anglican chaplaincy.org.
•ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION meet for lunch on second Thursday of month at various restaurants in the Jalon Valley. Call 966 474 532.
•BENITACHELL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Benitachell: 966 494 036 or 966 470 303.
•AECC BOUTIQUE in San Isidro: Call 966 723 401. •AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP Benidorm – don’t suffer alone through another person drinking – Call 634 758 539. •HELP INTERNATIONAL Benidorm meetings. www.help-benidorm.com. •RBL BENIDORM and district branch covers from Polop to Villajoyosa at different locations for social meetings, day trips, excursions or meals. Membership: 695 605 129. Secretary: 966 860 735. •XABIA RUGBY CLUB: Juniors meet at 7pm; Seniors at 8pm. Call 688 640 092. •TORMOS, Orba Valley, International Bridge and Social Club meet at Restaurant Tormos, 1.45pm. 966 404 533.
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GLORY CHURCH: Sundays 10.30am at the Europa Building, Avda del Pino. •ERMITA CHURCH, Javea – Father Robin Carter 965 771 792. •HOLY EUCHARIST at Nuestra Senora de la Merced Church, Calpe: Sundays 10.30am. 678 787 509 or bill.ingram@angliac3.demon. co.uk. •JAVEA EVANGELICAL CHURCH – Pastor Clive Read 669 386 702. •JAVEA INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Pastor John Hansford, Sun-
more walks until October 3 coinciding with their 25th anniversary.
days 10.30am at Javea Players Studio, Calle del Cronista Francisco Figueres Pacheco, Javea. Tel: 965 794 624 www.javeabaptist.com.
• QUIZ NIGHT and buffet last Wednesday of month at Restaurant Paraiso in Parcent to raise funds for Emaus children’s home in Altea. Email david reeley@hotmail.com.
•MOSIAC COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday 12pm Multicultural Service; Wednesday 8pm Intercessory Prayer; Last Thursday of month 1.30pm community lunch. 678 066 222.
•BENIDORM INTERNATIONAL SINGLES CLUB: Call 690 300 166.
•SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Alfaz del Pi: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30pm. Call 966 878 469.
•DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs Start 4pm. Call 965 785 387.
•THE KINGS CHURCH Benissa English Sunday service, 11am: www. thekingschurch.net
•GARDENING CIRCLE: First Wed of month in Moraira. Call 966 498 681.
of month at 1.30pm. Exchange unwanted goods for cash; one person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure. Call 965 743 292 to book your goods in.
•DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs Start 4pm. Call 965 785 387.
•AUCTIONS FOR AECC (donations welcome): 965 319 929 / 688 238 879.
•JAVEA Bridge Club Duplicate Pairs Tournaments: Call 965 793 413.
•CANCER CARE CENTRE Javea park: Call 965 796 846.
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•JAVEA STAMPS & POSTCARD CLUB meet second and fourth Monday of month at L’Ancora Tennis Club at 10am. All welcome. 965 795 499 or 608 765 245.
•JAVEA Bridge Club Duplicate Pairs Tournaments: Call 965 793 413.
• AECC BOUTIQUE in San Isidro: Call 966 723 401.
MONDAY •JALON VALLEY MUMS AND TOTS CLUB at the Town Hall 10.15am-12pm. Call 639 326 135 •BARC (Busot Animal Rescue Centre) CARD AND BOOK SALE from 11am-2pm at Luca’s Bar in Busot. •COSTA BLANCA SAMARITANS: Visit the website: www.costablancasamaritans.com.
•ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION in Pedreguer meet the second Monday of month: Call 966 430 215 or visit the website www.rafancb.org. •U3A Marina Baixa meet fourth Monday of month at 10.30am at the Alfaz del Pi Casa de Cultura.
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WEDNESDAY •CAFE PHILO (u3a) meet June 20 and will be considering some philosophical aspects of religion. Call 965 845 039. • COSTA BLANCA MOUNTAIN WALKERS: There will not be any
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Property for Rent APARTAMENTOS PLAYA ALBIR SL. Quality rental accommodation with reception, 2 beds, 2 bath. Washing machine, air con, sea views and swimming pool. Available for short or long term let. apartamentos@playaalbir.es / Tel/fax 966 866 206 (100774) M100 - BENITACHELL, top floor apartment of a 2 storey block, 2 bedrooms, quiet location, stunning panoramic views. 420 euros pcm - 965 745 969 (89468)
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LONG LET. Alfaz apartment in Avenida Pais Valenciano. 3 beds, 2 baths, kitchen, gallery, terrace, solario, furnished. 500€. 647 622 223. Call after 3pm. (97298) LONG TERM LET. 1 bedroom apartment with garage. Aguamarina Calpe. Near the Diamante Hotel. Tel: 0044 208 368 5562 (100931)
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MAN & VAN Costa Blanca North Removals / delivery, house & garden clearance. 10€ per hour plus fuel. UK fixed prices. Call Graham 965 730 382 / 644 114 876 (96939)
Swimming Pools TOTAL Pool Care - replacement pumps, lights, sand filters etc. Leak detection, structural repairs and regrouts. Will beat any genuine written quote. 654 687 536 (98423)
SPAIN2UK2SPAIN man and van. Trips between UK/Spain twice a month. Excellent rates. enquiries@spain2uk2spain.com. Christine 965 571 837 / 638 261 341 (100793)
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MAN and a VAN. Local and UK delivery and collections. Phone Kevin 627 075 334 / 966 474 354 (100787) VAN leaving for UK end of June. Space available both ways. Phone Kevin 627 075 334 / 966 474 354 (98454)
Wig Specialists WIGS-R-US EL CISNE MARKET BENIDORM. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 9.30 till 2pm. 690 378 844 (95294)
COMPLETE HOME SERVICES Villa changeovers, laundry, pool cleaning, gardening, and general maintenance. Everything You Need. North Costa Blanca. denisebridger12@gmail.com Denise 667 298 576 (95981)
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FULLY qualified beauty therapist required for busy established salon in Jalon Valley. Please email CV to teresa@blushsalon.es EXPERIENCED Chef needed for busy restaurant kitchen, small hotel and pub, Moraira/Javea area. Must speak English, have plenty of energy and new ideas for ever changing menus and be a key player in the development of the various areas of the business. In return we offer a more than competitive salary, paid holidays, performance incentives and all year round work. Call Richard 688 883 004 and send CV with detailed experience to tres.arcos@yahoo.com (97317)
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Skip Hire CONTENEDORES MATA Skip hire 3-5-10m3. Tel 965 790 172 / 679 440 046 (100789) JAVEA SKIP HIRE 626 670 038, Moraira, Benissa, Calpe, Denia from S & W TOOL HIRE & FERRETERIA MORAIRA (97294)
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26 years of Espanbel Motors in Benidorm TWENTY SIX years on and Paul and his partners still provide a reliable honest and great value service to clients and customers around the Benidorm area. Need your car serviced? MOT? Want a genuine quality used car? Read on! Paul is 82, and was the first foreigner to open a car sales showroom in Benidorm. Now Espanbel motors is still going strong because it gives quality product and service, in a friendly fashion and at a great price. Alain speaks perfect English, and Diego who comes from Madrid, had a large car outlet there
ON SALE: A wide choice of genuine quality used cars. before joining us on the coast for the healthier climate here. With Diego’s continuing connections Espanbel are able to offer genuine bargains on quality top of the range used cars, and all high end models. As well as the 40 or so in the showroom Diego can show you hundreds more which are available from Volkswagen Leasing. Visit the showroom, next to the Citroen dealership by El Cisne, and you will see the high end range of motor Espanbel offers. All with a year’s guarantee, preinspected, and all at a price that doesn’t do justice to the cars on display. Look out for the blue pennants. Espanbel have their own experienced mechanic Fernando, who is on site to help at all times. And now Espanbel are starting to stock Harley Davidsons. Diego is an aficionado, so check out some of the models they have on display. Even if you are not a biker, they are lovely machines, and all come guaranteed as with the cars. And after 26 years, you know you
From left: Paul, Alain and Diego. can rely on the guarantee in the unlikely event that you need one. See our ad in the services section of the paper, call by and see us if you have an MOT coming up or you want to check out real quality high end used cars. You will be very
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Lloyds Bank Int Golf Day ON June 6, Lloyds Bank International invited clients and guests to take part in a day of golf at the South Course La Manga Club. Guests came from north of Alicante all the way down to Mazarrón and before starting play, the day kicked off with a golf clinic which gave the players an opportunity to have their swings perfected by Mark Hook one of the club professionals. Although the sun was beating down there was a wonderful breeze on the course and everyone seemed to enjoy some great golf.
Group photo on the putting green. After play, Lloyds hosted a fabulous dinner
for the players at La Rusticana Restaurant, with prizes awarded to the successful teams by Paul Lister, Regional Director. Guests and hosts agreed the whole day had been a great success. Regional Director Paul Lister speaking at the dinner.
Taking the Supermoto battle to Lleida THE Supermotolandteam will be travelling to the city of Lleida, in Cataluña, this weekend for the second round of the Spanish Supermoto championship on Sunday June 17. A street circuit situated in the parkland in the centre of LLeida has been specially built for the race. Britain’s Anthony and Mat Ford-Dunn will be amongst READY FOR ACTION: Anthony (left) and Mat. the competitors. Anthony is currently third in the behind the two leaders. A good result this championship standings and only 13 points weekend could see him at the top of the championship table, but he knows that won’t be an For more local sports for easy task against the this area visit reigning Spanish champion www.euroweeklynews.com Francesco Cucharrera and /sports or scan this QR the second placed Isreal code with your smartphone Escalera. He said: “I’m looking forward to this weekend’s race. Street circuits are always tricky... But we have been testing hard for this and I think we have a good setting for the bike.”
Further details and race reports can be found at www.supermotoland.com