Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 1 - 7 January 2015 Issue 1539 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1539

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Vultures released TWO griffon vultures cared for at a wildlife centre in El Valle have been released back into the wild in Peña Maria near the Lorca village of Zarcilla de Ramos.

Student grants CREVILLENTE gave students a Christmas present to remember by awarding 590 of them grants totalling €60,000.

Free visit THE Maritime Museum in Santa Pola has distributed more than 4,000 invitations to local schoolchildren to visit the museum for free. The offer is open until June 30, 2015.

Festive aid ELCHE Town Hall handed out more than 1,000 solidarity meals over the Christmas period to families in need.

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Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar en route

THERE won’t be a city, town or village in Spain without a Three Kings procession on January 5. The actual feast day might fall on January 6 but presents usually arrive the night before and children attending the processions might be lucky enough to receive their presents from the hands of Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar themselves. Those who can’t make it to the procession won’t be disappointed, though, as the Kings can be relied upon to leave their gifts on the balcony or windowsill, in keeping with Spanish tradition.

Expat seeks help for abandoned dogs DON’T dump dogs this festive period! That’s the New Year message from one animal lover who is struggling to finance the dozens of dogs abandoned on her property near San Miguel de Salinas. “On our four acres of land we have 140 animals.

It is all funded by ourselves and when it was 30 or 40, it was manageable, but now it is so hard,” said Janette Lopez. Horses, pigs, birds, even ferrets and a tortoise have been left as well as the dogs. She clearly loves animals

but the situation cannot go on. “We need €3,000 each month just to cover food and for general care of them and after using our own personal savings we have begged and borrowed,” she explained. Janette went through all the necessary legal channels to form a charity,

Finca La Castellana. Now with charity status they can have their work recognised and officially raise money. If you can spare a few hours or are able to adopt a dog, contact Janette on 610 451 133 or search Finca La Castellana on Facebook.

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INDEX News 1 - 32 Finance 33 - 38 Letters 39 Leapy Lee 43 Daily TV 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 Time Out 55 - 58 Health & Beauty 59 - 60 Food 62 - 65 Homes & Gardens 66 - 67 Services 71 - 74 Classifieds 75 - 77 Motoring 78 Sport 79 - 80

NATURAL PARKS: Invasive species removed from La Mata.

Invasive species removed in park

RESTORATION works to restore degraded areas of the Natural Park of La Mata and Torrevieja have been under way. In areas around the Torretas III and Camping Mi Sol urbanisations work has been taking place to remove invasive alien species such as Acacia, Agave, Aloe, Yucca and Cat’s Claw. Torrevieja’s councillor for the Environment, Francisco Moreno, reports that restoration has been carried out since November funded through a partnership agreement between the Generalitat Valenciana, through the Department of

Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, and the La Caixa Foundation, signed in December 2013. It is the seventh agreement signed between the two entities, having invested more than €373,000 in different activities in the Natural Park since 2006. This current project had a budget of €15,800 to remove invasive plants. Biological invasions generate increasing economic, ecological and health problems worldwide. Therefore its control is one of the priority lines of action for the conservation of the natural environment.

Unlicensed driver arrested for speeding POLICE in arrested a without a speed limit of drugs.

Molina de Segura have man, aged 26 for driving licence and above the whilst under the influence

The man was arrested in the early hours of the morning on the N-301 linking Madrid and Cartagena at Molina de Segura in Murcia. The driver was stopped as part of

the Christmas speed control operation by the General Directorate of Traffic, which in turn coincided with another campaign on alcohol and drug control.

The man was driving 112km hour in an area limited to 80. He lost all the points on his licence tested positive for cocaine amphetamines.

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House fire HALF a house in Alicante has been destroyed in a fire which started in the kitchen of the city centre property. A 74 and 72-year-old suffered from smoke inhalation. It was the second house fire in 24 hours.

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THE first school referendum in history in the Valencia Region was largely ignored by parents. The Ministry of Education was asking parents for their opinion on the multilingualism programmes and to choose between Castellano and Valencian as the main language for teaching their

children at school. With letters issued to parents just days before the online vote, data returned showed that only between 10-20 per cent of parents returned the form requesting the necessary code to enable access to the website and exercising their right to vote. The STEPV union called the

referendum a ‘complete failure’ with participation in Alicante Province just 2.7 per cent, Castellon 2.8 per cent and 2.3 per cent in Valencia. However, the vote was just part of a consultation period by the authorities and was not binding, with others criticising its timing coming at the end of the term.

Contraband seized MORE than 2,300 packs of contraband tobacco have been seized by police in Alicante and Valencia following 14 inspections for its unauthorised sale.

Immigrants land POLICE detained nine immigrants off the Aguamarina beach on Orihuela Costa after a neighbour spotted their small boat. Police found the men after several hours of searching. Tax cut REDOVAN has announced a budget of €4.9 million for 2015. The town hall has reduced the IBI tax rates and frozen other municipal taxes. Carol contest A CHOIR from Pamplona has won the 36th National Carol Contest hosted by Rojales in the Capitol Theatre. The choir will receive a €3,000 first prize.

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THE winning Euroboleto lottery ticket with number 52529 was sold entirely in Benferri, awarding the ticket holders a total prize of €200,000.

Three Kings THE Three Kings Parade will begin at 5.30pm on January 5 at Torrevieja Port, and then pass through the town’s streets.

Pine felling CREVILLENTE has felled 200 pine trees as a preventive measure to avoid the spread of the Tomicus pine beetle plague, at a cost of just over €12,000.

Competition budget A BUDGET of €886,303 has been issued for the International Habaneras Competition in Torrevieja for 2015. Stolen stationery LOCAL POLICE arrested one of the suspects in the robbery of a stationery store in Orihuela. Stolen material recovered is valued at thousands of euros.

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Jail break AN escaped robber who attacked four banks in Alicante and is linked to numerous armed robberies across the coast of Spain, has been arrested in Marbella. He was extradited to France after he escaped from jail.

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Waste removal TOWERING CHALLENGE: Tarragona’s spectacular human tower festival.

Tarragona’s castells is a top image of 2014

OME of the most amazing images of the year have been chosen by press photography agency Barcroft Media, including one particular shot from a Spanish festival which generally has people wondering to themselves: “But what if they fall?” The above image forms part of Barcroft Media’s Best Pictures from 2014 and was taken during the 25th Castells Competition held every October in Tarragona. A total of 30 ‘human tower’ groups gathered in a contest to build the most difficult human tower structure, an annual tradition in the Spanish city. The Castells competition is televised and news headlines usually focus on spectacular

Quote of the Week You are like Jesus on Christmas night. There was no room for him either.’ Pope Francis during a surprise Christmas Eve telephone call to refugees in a camp near Irbil, in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region. ISIS fighters have forced tens of thousands of Christians to flee.

tower collapses, as well as showing those that are successful. Competitors need strength, coordination and a head for heights as they clamber up the human tower, and the falls can regularly be quite serious. The castells have been awarded the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity designation, and the event is just one of a number of bizarre festivals that Spain is known for. Bizarre or not, the competition offers spectacular sights, thrills and spills, and was chosen by Barcroft Media’s celebration of the ‘amazing side of life’. The selection of photos also focuses on major news events from the year.

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per cent is the amount that the Bank of Spain predicts the Spanish economy will grow by in 2015, a year that Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has described will be the ‘year of an economic take-off’.

A PIONEERING project, involving the voluntary participation of 150 fishermen and 45 boats, has helped clear the seabed from Santa Pola to Torrevieja of 6,400 kilos of waste.

PP expulsion PEPA FERRANDO, head of Orihuela’s Partido Popular (PP), faces expulsion from the party after disciplinary proceedings opened against her and five other councillors for ‘disregard of provincial PP guidelines’.

Feeling fishy A FISH tapas route is on in Santa Pola until January 15 where you can enjoy a tapas dish for €1.50 at any one of the 19 participating cafés and restaurants.

And finally... THE Three Kings in Zaragoza were slapped with fines when they were caught riding motorcycles with no helmets on their way to an appearance at a local school. Police stopped the trio for wearing golden crowns instead of the legally required helmets. Pupils had to wait 45 minutes while the Three Kings were chastised and fined.

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Sports city is an attraction

THE number of visitors and users of Torrevieja’s Sports City nearly BUSINESSES and residents are up in customers to reach businesses and doubled in 2013 over the previous arms over plans to close off two roads at several urbanisations. year, and expectations are even the La Zenia roundabout. Interested parties have until Monday higher for 2014. They have drawn up a petition to to register their objections. Last year 6,156 athletes trained object to the scheme, which they say Within days of the news breaking that at the 300,000 square metre will make it hard for locals and the Ministerio de Fomento - the departcomplex, 1,801 of whom were international visitors, mainly from Northern Europe. A total of 40 different teams and clubs chose the facilities as their new training and sports camp in 2013 according to councillor for Sport, Luis María Pizana. Accompanied by head of the A SHELL from the Spanish Civil War has been found in a private Sports Tourism Unit, Francisco house in the village of San Bartolome. Y R Javier López, at the FITUR Orihuela’s Local Police were on routine patrol in the area when UA tourism fair in Madrid, he said a neighbour said they had an ‘old bullet’ in their garage and asked N JA the aim was to further develop what they could do with it. Officers entered the property and the Sports City as a unique found the object, which appeared to be artillery ammunition from brand in the national and around the time of the Civil War. Officers contacted the Guardia international market for sports Civil Bomb Disposal Team who verified it was a shell from the tourism. 1930s. It was live and capable of causing serious damage. In doing so, the destination It was wrapped in protective casing and removed from the of Torrevieja could be house. positioned within global sports January 16, Issue tourism as a benchmark of 1489. LIVE: Shell from Civil War could have caused a lot of quality, service and excellence. destruction.

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Christmas messages to carry with us

ECONCILIATION, religious violence and corruption were the subjects of the three major Christmas messages of interest to expats in Spain this year. Queen Elizabeth’s speech – the traditional gather-around-the-telly-onChristmas Day event in so many UK households – touched on a number of subjects with the main theme being one of reconciliation. Pope Francis used his annual Christmas message to condemn religious violence worldwide, particularly in Iraq and Syria. And King Felipe VI used his very first Christmas address to the nation to condemn the corruption that has cast a dark shadow over Spain during 2014. His own sister’s questionable involvement in such kind of affairs was noticeably absent from his speech, though he did say that public figures don’t have a right to “profit or become rich”. Christmas messages from world leaders often fall on deaf ears, but they

always bear a message that people should heed. The Queen of England urges reconciliation, and who wouldn’t agree with that? She said “peace and goodwill have lasting power.” And she’s absolutely right; peace and goodwill do have lasting power. The Pope calls for an end to religious violence and King Felipe VI condemns corruption; both opinions that the majority of people worldwide would share. While a lot of people hear the speeches at Christmas time, many instantly forget what the message was and go back to grabbing another mince pie and glass of mulled wine. But to give a thought to the messages and take on board what people are saying can help initiate change. Christmas is a time of peace and goodwill, of reconciliation and of turning our backs on the world’s wrongs. To carry this message beyond Christmas and throughout the year is something that we should all try our best to do.

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ment for development and infrastructure wanted to close Calle Maestro Torralba and Calle Alhambra, which lead to several businesses and urbanisations, a crisis meeting was called at Paddy’s Point. Owner Hazel Connor said: “It will cut off all

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€3 million investment for planetarium SOME €3 million will be invested to renew the projection hall at Madrid Planetarium. This is thanks to an agreement reached with bank La Caixa’s social branch, by Madrid Mayor, Ana Botella. The aim of the agreement is for both La Caixa and the city hall to LA ZENIA: Objection to road closures. the businesses, making them less accessible and is simply going to escalate the volume of traffic on the other road. It’s crazy.” She added that the manager of the Consum supermarket was supporting their petition as closure of Calle Maestro Torralba would prevent delivery lorries reaching the store. Concerned groups and individuals held a meeting with councillor for the Coast, Martina Scheurer, who stressed the plans have not come from Orihuela Town Hall, but from the ministry who claim the area is a black spot with 44 accidents occurring in the last two years. With residents, lawyers and administrators present, they deny this figure and are calling for more evidence to back it up and for a more detailed report. The councillor, denied the notice making people aware of the plans was posted on Christmas Eve deliberately to limit the time available to residents to lodge their objections, saying it was posted as soon as they received it.

collaborate in divulging knowledge and promoting scientific vocation. The activities on offer at the planetarium, opened in 1986, will be increased, and there will be more conferences, public astronomy events, exhibitions and workshops. The centre receives approximately 150,000 visitors per year.

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Telecare service continues to be free NEARLY 13,000 elderly people will benefit this year from the Telecare service in Alicante Province. The Provincial Council of Alicante has confirmed the service will remain free for users and will have a budget of just over â&#x201A;Ź2 million, run by the Red Cross. Telecare will be offered to all towns in the province with Elche and Torrevieja assuming the cost of providing it to residents, with the management costs born by the Provincial Council. The home Telecare service enables elderly or disabled residents to have a direct contact to a speciality care centre 24 hours a day, through the pressing of a button.

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Britons to most wante RY A U BR E F

February 6, Issue 1492. TWO Britons wanted for murder feature in a top 10 list of the most wanted criminals in Spain. Police are asking for help in finding the fugitives, including Kevin Thomas Parle, aged 33, and Christopher Guest, aged 36, both suspected of murder. Parle is alleged to have killed a young mother and a teenager in Liverpool, while Guest has been on the run after a farmer was killed in a

FUGITIVES: Police call for help wanted criminals in Spain. bungled robbery in Cheshire, UK. Also on the list are five Spaniards, a German, an Albanian and a woman from Colombia. Yolanda Payan is wanted in her own country,

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in locating 10 of the most but also by the authorities in Austria and Italy for murder, robbery and for being part of an organised criminal gang. Anyone with any information can call 091 or email fugitivos@ policia.es in strictest confidence.

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Thousands join landfill protest THOUSANDS of people took part in a rally against plans for a landfill site in the Vega Baja. Pressure group ‘Albatera, No al Vertedero’ organised the protest and estimate that nearly 3,000 attended. The group was also marking the anniversary of its founding against plans for the rubbish dump in Albatera. It has now called for the annulment of the Zonal Waste Plan for the Vega Baja believing it is ‘outdated,’ saying it does not meet European regulations. A group spokesman said: “From the beginning, this project was full of irregularities. The area where it is intended to build; its geological features, landscape, flora and fauna and proximity to centres of population, do not support the construction of this

type of landfill.” The group says the new garbage management must be agreed by the 27 participating municipalities and citizens: “We ask that you take into account the views of citizens and ask to be part of the consultative body.”

NEWS EXTRA Santa Pola 360° SANTA POLA has gone 360 and implemented new virtual, 360 degree tours of the town’s main attractions. Through the website www.turismosantapola .es visitors can have a virtual tour of places of interest to tourists.

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Alicante Florida of the Med ALICANTE is aiming to become a health destination attracting senior residents with a disposable income, making the most of the healthy climate and health services on offer. The Competitiveness Plan, which has been prepared by the city of Alicante, includes several projects to position the area as the Florida of the Mediterranean, attracting European retirees by promoting medical tourism to attract visitors from different countries.

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Demolition threat homes are saved THOUSANDS of Costa Blanca homeowners including many expatriates - are breathing a sigh of relief after their seafront homes had a cloud of uncertainty lifted from them. Owners will be allowed to bequeath or sell homes and businesses that infringe Spain’s previous Coastal Law. The law was announced last year and the text has

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March 6, Issue 1496. now been made public. New regulations annul a clause in the 1988 law

COASTAL HOMES: Owners breathing sigh of relief. warning that buildings and businesses on the 100-metre strip measured from the high tide mark would be demolished in 2018. Under the new law the Environment Ministry confirmed that concessions are safe for another 75 years and authorisations for four more years. Around 5,000 homes along the Costa

Blanca coast from Pilar de la Horadada to Denia are thought to have been affected by the law change. Thanks to the new law the right to remain in these properties is now transferrable to third parties as a legacy or through a sale, with the proviso that Environment Ministry authorisation is obtained first.

What a lot to fill up! ALICANTE PROVINCE is one of the most expensive places in Spain to buy petrol. According to average figures corresponding to January, the province registered €1.414 per litre of gasoline, behind the Balearic Islands (€1.45), Valladolid (€1.421) and Cordoba and Leon (€1.416). The cheapest place to buy was in Zaragoza where it cost an average €1.34 per litre. The Balearics also proved the most expensive for diesel at €1.373 per litre whilst Zaragoza was the cheapest (€1.285) followed by Navarra (€1.288). Many of the pricing differences are due to the taxation applied to fuels varying from each autonomous region.

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INTERNATIONAL vaccination centres across the Valencia Region have served more than 11,500 people between 2011 and 2013, administering more than 36,700 immunisations. In the last year, 4,129 travellers sought advice on their destination and received a vaccine if necessary. Between 15-45 per cent of international travellers have a travel-related illness, with most showing symptoms within the first 12 weeks after their return.

April 3 Issue 1500 LUXURY: Buyers want stunning properties with sea views and high end finishes.

Sales of luxury homes soaring THE sale of luxury homes on the Costa Blanca has soared 40 per cent in the last year despite the financial crisis. Real estate agents Engel & Volkers said: “Foreign citizens, especially Russian, British, German and Scandinavian are seeking high value homes, with 85 per cent dealing in cash and the other 15 per cent obtaining modest mortgages, mainly for tax reasons, not for lack of liquidity.” Valencian Vice-President of Tourism, Joaquin Albaladejo, believes the crisis in

Crimea and Russia offers a further opportunity for investment. The market price varies across the Costa Blanca with high end properties being picked up for around €350,000 in the Torrevieja and Orihuela areas. Further north buyers can expect to pay between €600,000-€1 million in the Marina Alta area of Teulada, Moraira, Javea and Altea. The average price paid for a luxury home to Engel & Volkers in 2013 was €721,560, an increase from €646,000 in 2012.

History in Brussels TORREVIEJA has made history with a Habanera concert at the headquarters of the European Parliament in Brussels. The concert, directed by conductor and composer Aurelio Martinez Lopez, was performed to an audience of 200, including ambassadors and MEPs, and was part of a special presentation of the 60th Anniversary of the International Contest of Habanera and Polyphony of Torrevieja. Vice-president of the regional government, José Císcar, was part of the delegation which travelled to Brussels. He highlighted the importance of Torrevieja’s voice being heard in the European Parliament as the Habanera and Polyphony competition was “one of the main cultural and musical references of the Valencian Community.”

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More than 100 guns found PROMISES: PP candidate Eva Ortiz meets the students.

Scholarships pledge EURO MP and PP candidate to the European Parliament, Eva Ortiz, plans to offer scholarships to high achieving students in the Valencia Region. The students with the highest marks for university entrance will get the opportunity to learn from inside the operation of the

European Parliament and other European institutions. Students will be able to supplement and enrich their education through direct contact with MEPs and European professionals with the aim of promoting cultural exchange between European leaders, students and professionals.

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May 1, Issue 1504. A SECURITY guard has been accused of legally buying an arsenal of weapons to sell on the black market to criminal gangs. The 52-year-old attended a Guardia Civil arms’ auction where he purchased several firearms. National Police officers later discovered 140 handguns and rifles at his home in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Alicante City. In addition, they found

SEIZED: Missiles and explosives stored in home.

ARSENAL: An array of handguns and rifles. several types of explosives and missiles. The prosecution is calling for a 10-year prison sentence for an alleged crime of illegal

possession of arms, ammunition and other illegal weapons. Two other men are also accused of being involved.

Better access to Villena ALICANTE Provincial Government has approved a €300,000 allocation to provide better access to Villena’s AVE station. The road linking the A-31 motorway and the new station is to be revamped and at the same time could solve a problem for Benidorm and other Costa Blanca resorts. Grumbles about the the road were heard as soon as the high-speed train came into service but now the station’s inaccessibility has assumed even greater importance. Despite protests from one end of the Costa Blanca to the other, Alicante City Council refuses to allow a regular bus shuttle.

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King Juan Carlos abdicates throne

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THE King of Spain has abdicated. Juan Carlos decided to step aside after 39 years on the throne, announced Prime

Minister Mariano Rajoy. Rajoy addressed the nation to say there would be an amendment to the country’s constitution to allow the king’s eldest son Prince Felipe, 45, to take over. The new Crown Act, which will regulate the abdication and succession process was being pushed through the law-making stages on Tuesday. In his official speech, King Juan Carlos, 76 who has reigned since 1975, said: “We have felt the need for renovation, and to open up a better future. Today a younger generation deserves to step forward.” “I want the best for Spain, to which I have

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June 5, Issue 1509. dedicated my whole life. I have decided to abdicate my crown to give way to a new generation embodied by my son Felipe, heir to the throne. I will keep Spain forever deep in my heart.” Throughout his reign, which followed in the wake of Franco’s dictatorship, Juan Carlos was considered one of the world’s most popular monarchs but recent years have seen a loss of confidence in Spain’s royal family.

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RESPONSE TIMES: Emergency centre has been flooded with complaints.

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July 17, Issue 1515.

THE Valencian Government has now recognised that there are failures in the 112 service in Alicante Province in regards to ambulance response times. Interior Minister Luis Santamaria Ruiz has been speaking in Elche about the health situation in general, as well as the 112 telephone service and said:

“We are going to review these protocols in a bid to reduce response times.” The visit comes following a number of complaints about delays following the transfer of the emergency centre in Alicante to Valencia just over a year ago, as reported in last week’s Euro Weekly News.

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Costa Blanca top for foreign house sales THE Costa Blanca is leading the way in foreign housing investment in Spain. Alicante has established itself in the first half of the year as the Spanish province with the highest appeal for Europeans who want to buy a property outside of their home countries, absorbing almost 40 per cent of sales with a total of 4,267 purchases made, almost twice that of T Malaga on the Costa del US Sol. G AU However, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics COSTA BLANCA: Leading the way in foreign investment. (INE), these new homebuyers do not reside in The report said: of urban areas. The data showed that with the area, with many “The limited use of using their second home housing by foreig- regards to time-frames, it took for just 60 days a year. August 7, Issue 1518. ners for holidays between 10 months and two-andThis generates revenues shows that potential a-half years to sell a property. However, experts have said the of €8,380, almost three times less revenue is being lost.” than the average of what European There is some concern that this situation has now started to permanent residents spend during under-utilisation of housing by change due to the demand the course of the year. foreigners is causing deterioration generated by foreign investment.

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Job satisfaction OVER half of all workers in the Valencia Region are satisfied with their jobs. According to a job satisfaction report, 64 per cent of workers questioned were happy in their current position, somewhat lower than the national average of 72 per cent, which is higher than during the same period in 2013. The Basque Country has the largest number of workers satisfied with their jobs.

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AVE shuttle runs empty on first day THE long-awaited AVE shuttle bus between Villena and Benidorm is now in service, but with a less than rapturous welcome from users because it ran empty on its first day. When the Madrid highspeed train arrived in Alicante City in June 2013, Benidorm and Torrevieja complained they had no direct bus connection with the station. Both towns depend on visitors from Madrid.

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August 14, Issue 1519. The request was answered with the provision of an additional link one stop up the line in

Villena after Alicante’s mayor, Sonia Castedo, alleged that a shuttle would cause traffic problems. Rail operator Renfe was unperturbed by the lack of passengers on day one. “This happened with the combined Madrid-ValenciaDenia AVE tickets and buses were practically empty at first. Forty-one AVE tickets covering the onward journey from Alicante to Benidorm or Torrevieja were sold within hours of the shuttle coming into service,” stated Renfe. They also pointed out six Torrevieja passengers took the shuttle to Villena on the first day of the service. Benidorm continues to call for a link to Alicante. “Villena is not the solution,” said Antonio Mayor, President of the Hosbec hoteliers’ association.

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Torrevieja actors hit lofty heights ACTOR Tom Watt, who played Lofty in EastEnders, has been in Torrevieja filming for the Cucaracha Club, in which he plays the head of a British spy organisation operating on the Costa Blanca. Siesta Productions shot scenes around the city

including at the Royal Club Nautical and on board the Delfin submarine. Tom said he was very impressed with the enthusiasm, dedication and organisation of everyone involved in the film. Like the other actors and crew members in the

SPY FILM: Actor Tom Watt (far project, Tom is giving his time for free, making no money out of the

AECC opens a new office THE AECC has opened a new office in Playa Flamenca. It is the first office to be on the Orihuela Costa in over 60 years. Alicante provincial president of the AECC cancer charity, Pablo Enriquez Valens was present for the inauguration and helped cut the ribbon with local Orihuela Costa president Maria Wilson. Known for her

dedication to raising funds for the AECC’s cancer screening and detection programmes with her Pink Ladies and Panthers, Maria said she was delighted. It will be a hub of activities for cancer patients offering Spanish lessons, pilates, flower arranging and computer lessons. Free physio will also be available.

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right) with crew on board the Delphin submarine. community project. Siesta Productions is now pushing to raise the much-needed cash to complete the post production phase of the filming. Just €10 will get your name on the end credits of the film, and the money will pay for a professional editing team. The ladies from the film are asking people to sponsor them in a wet tshirt Ice Bucket Challenge.

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For more information visit www.siesta.productions or call 965 020 263.

THE Torrevieja branch of the AECC cancer charity was presented with €2,350 by members of El Rasobased Ruby’s Golf Society. The money was raised in recognition of and with thanks for the work carried out by AECC’s Torrevieja Hospital Volunteers. The team supported a founder member of the golf society after recent cancer operations and chemotherapy treatment. The main event was a barbecue, raffle and auction of golfing items, which took place at Ruby’s Bar. Money was also raised with a golf event sponsored by local businesses, who chipped in with additional support by providing raffle prizes and auction items.

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EWN is a press awards winner ER B TO OC

October 2, Issue 1526. THE Euro Weekly News (EWN) Media Group has picked up a prestigious award from the Spanish newspaper industry. EWN was nominated in the AEEPP (Asociaciòn Española de Publicaciones Periòdicas) 9th annual awards ceremony in Madrid. Members of the Euro Weekly News (EWN) team travelled to Madrid where they were joined by other media publications from across Spain. President of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio Gonzalez, presented the award to the EWN team. It was made for the

AWARD CEREMONY: Held in Madrid.

dedicated deliverance for more than 15 years of its free weekly publication to the English expatriate and English-speaking community in Spain and the wider digital audience. The award was accepted on behalf of the entire EWN group by Operations Manager, Nicki Burgess. Forty awards were presented to media publications,

EWN being the only Englishlanguage publication to receive one. Nicki Burgess said: “We are honoured to receive the award and privileged to be here with our Spanish colleagues from other media groups.” Sr. Gonzalez asked who EWN targeted and Nicki explained it was the largest English-language publication keeping expatriates in Spain informed of news across its six editions. He was impressed with the coverage and asked when EWN would be available in

Madrid, asking if it would be when Madrid had a beach. He showed great interest in EWN’s attendance, passing comment that he could tell the team were from Malaga with their suntans.

The conversation continued in a jovial manner, with the story being relayed to the president at his request as to how EWN had become such a large and successful news group. EWN owners Michel and Steven Euesden were unable to attend the ceremony as they were promoting the business in Europe at another function. But having seen the photographs of the event, Michel said: “This award is for no one person, it is for all at EWN. We do not work as individuals, we work as a team. We pull together to ensure that each week we deliver to the English-speaking community a newspaper giving local, national and international news. “We also deliver 24/7 breaking news digitally to our readers and clients. Without the commitment and dedication of the whole team we would be hard-pressed to meet our own expectations. Steven and I are proud of where Euro Weekly News fits into the community, and we are equally proud of the team.”

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November, 13 Issue 1532. RAIN accompanied the solemn mood of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Remembrance Day service at La Siesta church. Silence befell the congregation at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, to remember all those who lost their lives in the two World Wars and in every conflict since. The service was attended by mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, who emphasised the solemnity

SOLEMN MOOD: Wreaths were laid in remembrance. of an act of enormous importance to the British community based in Torrevieja, which he praised as an example of integration into the city. Following the service, Armed Forces personnel, official delegates and councillors from Torrevieja Town Hall and members of

the public were invited to lay a wreath or poppy in the Garden of Remembrance. Each year hundreds attend the service, organised by veterans of the Royal British Legion and the Armed Forces, and this year marked the centenary of the beginning of the First World War.

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CUTBACKS: There are now 40 per cent fewer flights from Alicante-Elche airport.

Winter sees 40% reduction in flights AIRLINES have reduced flights at AlicanteElche airport by 40 per cent now the winter season is here. Operations have been cut 40 per cent compared to the summer and an additional 10 per cent compared to the out of season schedule last year. Connections with Germany and the Nordic countries are most affected with travellers now preferring to travel to the Canary Islands and even the Caribbean

and Egypt, which is seeing an increase in flights again after the social unrest of the past two years. The UK is also without flights to Blackpool and Exeter and British Airways has cancelled the LondonHeathrow service. Ryanair, the leading airline in terms of the number of passengers, has cut almost half its operations. From the recent 44, there will now be 26 routes offered until April 2015.

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FIELD TRIP: Students learn about Torrevieja’s tourism.

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TOURISM students from Alicante University have been in Torrevieja to see first-hand the different types of tourism on offer, including nautical and golf. The councillor for Tourism and Sport presented the ‘Torrevieja Nautical Experience,’ showing how the city aims to become a premier nautical destination. Sixteen companies have come together to form the tourism product making the

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A PLAN to help some of the thousands of people at risk of losing their homes and being thrown onto the streets has been drawn up. The council in Cieza, Murcia, has decided to take steps to ‘guarantee citizens’ rights to housing.’ Councillors also decided that water, electricity and gas supplies were a basic need which all citizens must have access to. Now the council will establish regulations to guarantee access to the basics for families in need. A motion passed at the December plenary session included the creation of a Municipal Home Project to develop and regulate measures to cover emergency housing requirements. Lists of people at risk of eviction will be produced to guarantee their basic needs are covered and a register will be drawn up of empty properties repossessed by banks and financial entities to be

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EVICTIONS: A plan is in place to help those at risk. used as temporary housing. The council has promised to ask judges to suspend eviction orders for homes where mortgage repayments are in arrears and create a public housing estate to rehouse evictees. Municipal legal advice services will collaborate with

evictees to provide adequate protection against loss of homes. In addition, projects to halt evictions of families with children and protocol revisions for Social Services were also approved. The council will also ask banks to halt evictions of families in need.

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December 11, Issue 1536. ALICANTE has welcomed a new British Consul with the appointment of Sarah-Jane Morris. Mrs Morris is pictured with outgoing consul Paul Rodwell, who moves to a new role within the Foreign Office. She will be responsible for one of the busiest British Consulates in the world, with the Alicante office supporting more than two million visitors to the region each year, as well as

NEW ROLE: Mrs Morris with Paul Rodwell. a large expat community of more than 165,000. Every year, the team handles around 2,500 consular customers, from victims of crime to individuals in distress. Mrs Morris will manage Alicante in addition to the Consulate-General in Madrid, where she has served as Consul for Central and Northern Spain for the last two years.

“I am proud to have the opportunity to oversee the excellent work of the Alicante team, led by ViceConsul Lloyd Milen,” said Mrs Morris. “And I am looking forward to seeing what more can be done to improve further the service offered to British nationals.” Her job will be to focus on strategic issues and common problems that face British people abroad.

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GERMAN PRESS Euro glory confidence

BRITISH PRESS Mass cancelled in many parishes

DENMARK – For the second year running a bomb threat at Odense Station shut down rail traffic affecting all of Denmark on the busiest travel day of the year. The incident occurred on the Friday before Christmas.

MIDNIGHT MASS on Christmas Eve in the UK is under threat from drunks disrupting services. Several parishes cancelled the late-night mass this year, abandoning what has been a British tradition for more than 1,500 years.

DENMARK – New measurements of the Danish coastline show that it is nearly 20 per cent longer than previously thought.

Ace English SWEDEN – One in two Swedes regards his or her English language abilities as above average and only one in 10 considers his or her English below average.

THE BBC has said that it is struggling to compete with streaming service Netflix and that it has to adjust to the “hybrid world” of live and online viewing if it wants to keep viewers.

NORWAY – The Scandinavian airline SAS are to slash costs following a sharp fall in net profits in the fourth quarter of 2014. The company posted a net loss of €32.2 million from August to October.

Royal bump SWEDEN – The Royal Court announced just before Christmas that Princess Madeleine is pregnant with her second child with her financier husband Chris O’Neill. The baby is due in the summer.

SHOPS in the UK benefit to the tune of around £300 million each year from gift cards that are bought but never used. Gift cards and vouchers are popular Christmas presents but often go unused and expire.

GIFT VOUCHERS: Often go unused and expire.

TWO-THIRDS of British schools are struggling to recruit maths teachers because of heavy workloads, and one in 10 schools is also finding it difficult to fill geography and language roles.

More autonomy THE Orthodox Church in Belarus has announced plans to seek greater autonomy from Moscow as the Belarussian government expressed concern over Russia’s political actions and worries about its currency.

Rebel wedding FORMER rebel commander Igor Strelkov has reportedly married his assistant after having recently settled down in Moscow to protect President Putin from traitors. The excommander of pro-Russian separatists in ROYAL BABY: Sweden’s Princess Madeleine.

GERMANY starts 2015 at the top of the FIFA world rankings and boss Joachim Low is claiming his side can go on to win the Euro 2016 competition in order to confirm the team’s World Cup success.

Park makeover BERLIN’S Spreepark may be in line for a serious makeover following an application from city authorities to the EU for help to clean up the site. The abandoned theme park is a tourist attraction and has been used for movie shoots and for holding raves.

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the Ukraine married Miroslava Reginskaya before Christmas.

A BERLIN court has said that the infamous human taxidermist Gunther von Hagens can open a museum featuring preserved human corpses, despite objections from local officials. Von Hagens plans to exhibit 20 human bodies and around 200 human body parts.

Charities struggling

Bomb disarmed

THE falling rouble has hit charities in Russia hard, with a major drop in donations from institutions leaving vital medical equipment under threat.

TEN thousand people were evacuated in central Potsdam following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb on a building site. The weapon was disarmed by bomb disposal experts.

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Gaza medic NORWAY – Tabloid newspaper Verdens Gang has named outspoken doctor Mads Gilbert as Norway’s person of the year for his work to treat Palestinians wounded in the Gaza conflict.

A BACKLOG of more than 390,000 immigration cases has been built up by the Home Office and MPs have described the British immigration system as being in “intensive care.”

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OPPOSITION-MINDED artists have been told that although Russia embraces the freedom of artistic expression, those who speak out against the administration should not expect state funding.

Strength to strength

Long plunge A TOURIST in Thailand – believed to be Russian – has been taken to hospital after the car he was travelling in fell from a 250-metre height into the sea near a resort in Phuket.

RUSSIAN ROUBLE: Falling in value.

GERMAN business confidence rose in December on the back of falling oil prices and a weak Euro, the lfo economic institute has said, and the prospects for 2015 look good. The business climate index rose to 105.5 points in December.

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business & legal Tourism heads for the record books SPAIN welcomed 61.7 million foreign visitors between January and November 2014. This is 7.2 per cent more than during the same period in 2013 and the addition of December will make 2014 a recordbreaking year. November’s figures were also encouraging, as the 3.4 million

foreign tourists who entered Spain in that month were 2.9 per cent up on 2013. As usual, they came from the ever-faithful source markets of the UK, France, Germany, Scandinavia and Italy. The UK remained at the top of list with 14.3 million tourists during the first 11 months of the

Smart to make do and mend SPAIN now repairs more items than before the economic crisis. This is especially true of smartphones and the two million repaired throughout 2014 doubled those of 2012. There are now 51 million mobile lines in Spain. There are approximately 70 million handsets and 80 per cent of all new mobiles are smartphones, a Telefonica Foundation report has revealed. The expense of a new terminal prompts most owners to opt for repairs because although a repair costs the phone company around €116, users pay approximately €40, as the phones are usually covered by guarantee.

For Movistar, Vodafone, Orange and Yoigo what was a minor subsidiary service has become an important segment of their business and another commercial ploy in the battle to keep clients happy. Some repairs take only an hour at a provider’s outlet while others can require eight days to complete. Screen replacements are the most frequent request, with more phones taken in on a Tuesday than any other day of the week. July and September are the busiest months for repairs, Vodafone said, as most mishaps occur on the beach or at swimming pools while on holiday.

year, a 4.9 per cent increase on 2013 and 23.3 per cent of the total number. The majority of foreign visitors headed for Cataluña, which received 15.9 million tourists, 25.8 per cent of the total. The Canaries were the second favourite destination, followed by the Balearics and Andalucia.

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Pension paradox SPANISH pensions are practically frozen but gained purchasing power in 2014 for the second consecutive year. This was due to falls in the retail price index and oil prices.

Risky shares A MADRID judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Madrid couple claiming that Bankia mis-sold them shares. However uninformed they might be ‘everyone knows’ that buying shares is risky and not a deposit, he commented.

Mastering management THE IESE Business School in Madrid is now 50 years old. It was the first centre to offer an MBA (Master’s Degree in Business Administration) in Europe and it did so with the co-operation of Harvard. Since then, more than 7,200 people from 102 countries have studied there. Although the economic crisis has prompted international questions

regarding the practical value of an MBA, the school’s director-general Jordi Canals dismissed claims that management cannot be taught but is acquired through experience. “Management is the most complex profession that anyone can tackle,” Canals remarked, adding: “An MBA is not the ultimate solution, but it does help to make great professional strides.”

SPAIN’S Economy Minister Luis de Guindos foresaw that growth in the last three months of 2014 would ‘at least’ equal the third quarter’s when the GDP rose by 0.5 per cent.

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 166.26 94.29 34.17 131.63 94.23 113.25 28.35 42.96 95.03 75.13 93.21 25.78 195.45 103.75 162.34 37.55 105.06 62.55 94.78 57.78 47.88 96.83 31.65 93.46 106.70 117.24 102.55 47.86 266.62 86.91

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Business is a family affair MANY small businesses would struggle if it were not for the help of family members. In their own way each member of the family has an interest in its wellbeing. This has negative economic consequences on the greater community. The unpaid better half and children helping out is work that could otherwise be carried out by fully paid cards-in employees. There is a downside when it comes to employing or being dependent on input from a family member. It isn’t easy to discipline, let alone confront and sack a malingering wife,

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husband or sibling. There is the added likelihood of causing a family rift if you do so. If you find an employee with their fingers in the till or not pulling their weight you can fire them. It is not so easily done when it is a family member.

There will also be the likelihood of ‘employees’ taking advantage of their family position. They will, not to put too fine a point on it, swing the lead. They may not be as hard-working or as focused as they would be if working in a conventional job. A family business has to work to business principles. These must be inspired and mutually agreed upon by all involved. Running any business has to be a team effort. An important point is to remind every team member that they are not working for you; they are working for the business. The boss is also an employee.

Everyone, the boss included, plays by the same rules. A common mistake made by employees, including family members, is to consider each day’s takings as profit. It is not of course. A family member who worked for me glowed when he showed me the day’s takings. Bless him. I might have rained on his parade by reminding him that I was lucky to see 10 per cent of what was in the till. For some, such as newsagents, the margins are much lower. Is there an answer? Yes, grin and bear it. Happy New Year.

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A NEW YEAR brings with it an eagerness for new beginnings. In January we think about changing old habits and starting out afresh. For a friend of mine, the new project for 2015 is moving in with her long-term boyfriend. And while they have a fabulous relationship and are very excited to live together, research shows that couples argue more about financial matters than any other topic. So rather than concentrating on postcodes and styles of furniture it’s vital to get money matters discussed in detail first and foremost. A poorly planned move-in can put

JOINT FINANCES: Couples should have an agreed plan. tremendous stress on a relationship, so it’s best to smooth out the details ahead of time to avoid disagreements and hard feelings later. Get full disclosure Before moving in together, or mingling assets, couples should fully disclose their finances as

part of a joint financial planning process. Leaving any nasty financial skeletons in the closet will certainly end in even harder conversations further down the line. Split living expenses fairly Develop a plan for paying bills together and divide household

expenses evenly or proportionate to each partner’s income. Who’ll pay for the internet, TV, electricity, water or groceries? Work out a system to divvy up bills so it’s always organised and fair. Who paid for what? When it comes to big purchases

in your new abode, for example a fridge, bed, sofa or washing machine, keep an account of who paid for what. Start a file, where you simply put in the receipts for major purchases with the name of who bought what scribbled on the receipt. This way, no one bears the full weight of furnishing the home, and you’ll avoid arguments over ownership later if things don’t work. Stay independent Many modern couples, especially if both are employed, prefer to hold separate credit cards and bank accounts. Of course spilt all joint bills, but keeping your ‘own money’ to spend on things you want for yourself is definitely a sensible option. Unless enjoyed by both, why should one half share the cost of another’s compulsive shopping habit or gourmet taste in food?

Can he protest noisy bar? Q. I bought a second-floor apartment over an unused community swimming pool which was You and the cemented over. Beneath us was a small restaurant. For years the community voted Law in Spain against allowing it to expand. Now the By David Searl community has voted to allow the new tenant of the restaurant to expand onto the open terrace below us. We can no longer use our own terrace due to noise, chairs being dragged about, cigarette smoke and, at times, some rude, drunk clients. Is Article 18 of the Horizontal Law, which protects individual owners from majority decisions, applicable in the Balearics? What steps can we take against the restaurant owner or to convince the community to reverse the vote and prevent the restaurant from operating under our terrace? What costs would I incur to get to a point where a judge would listen to the case? J M (Mallorca) A. Article 18 does apply in the Balearics. It provides that one owner, who feels his interests are prejudiced by a community decision, can apply to the court to rule on the matter. In your case, I would ask my neighbours who are also affected to form a group to complain about the noise. First, make your complaint in writing to the president. If

you instruct a lawyer to bring your case, it will cost about €1,000. You could also call the police when the bar is noisy.

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Grateful thanks AFA says a big thank you! At this time of year Torrevieja’s Alzheimer’s Association (AFA) is especially grateful to those organisations who remember us when they have their pantomime or carol service or even a Christmas party. We have had some really wonderful donations ranging from a magnificent pantomime donation of €3,000 to a truly lovely raffle donation of €125 with carol service collections in between. We can assure everyone that all of this money will be put to very good use, benefiting our ‘abuelos’ (we no longer use the term patients) and their families who need help more than ever at this time of year. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Matilde Sanchez, AFA President, Torrevieja (Alicante)

Look again IN response to ‘Puzzled’ of Campello, come on! You have only to venture about two miles inland up the bed of the Rio Seco where we are inundated with magpies. We see up to 40 at a time on our telephone wires. EJ Bellamy, Muchamiel (Alicante)

Fast work MY electricity bill with Endesa showed that I was paying a penalty of some €40 every two months for not having an ICB box, of which I knew nothing. How long I’ve been without one, I don’t know. I recently had this so-called box fitted and in turn informed Endesa who said an engineer would come out and check it. The next day an engineer arrived at 7pm. He looked at the box, flicked the switches to see if the lights worked and was there for a total of five minutes. For this he charged me €290 and asked me to pick up a certificate the next day. Is this a standard fee or was I ripped off? R J Hackett, Benalmadena (Malaga)

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EVEN ‘cool’ kids like our grandson wasn’t above saddling up and riding off into the night on a merry-go-round steed last summer!

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Wrong number I AM 70 years old and have had ME for the last seven years. I was burgled at 5am in my home and they entered via a locked window. My small dog barked and I tried to listen, but could not hear a sound. Then a light shone in my face and I knew somebody was there. I got out of bed screaming in my native language, something like: “Get out of here you son-ofa-b---h. Then a young man ran out screaming at me: “F--k you, f—k you,” before leaping into the next patio. I saw my laptop, money, bag and keys had gone. I called the police on 112 but only got an answering machine so I called a Spanish neighbour. He came over and tried to call the police but he couldn’t. A few days later I went to the town hall to complain about not being able to call the police at night. The lady there told me not to use the emergency 112, but 092. How on earth should anybody know that? A day or two later a nice English couple came to my gate,

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with all the little cards, my bag, including my driving licence. I was very happy to get them back. Thank you very much, English people. Else Tue Andersen, Torrevieja (Alicante)

Same old story CONGRATULATIONS to Nora Johnson for hitting the nail on the head in her article ‘Cabgate and our smug governing elite’. The true attitude of our politicians towards the voters cannot better be shown than by Gordon Brown’s unfortunate (for him) episode with Gillian Duffy in

the run-up to the 2010 election. She, a lifelong party supporter, explained her concerns about debt and immigration. His reaction? She was a bigot! However, we should also remember that although the politicians set policy, the Administration remains the same, no matter which political group is in power. To quote Sir Humphrey Appleby in ‘Yes, Minister,’ after serving 11 governments in 30 years he would have ended up a raving schizophrenic if he had believed in all their policies. Thus little changes, regardless of the decisions of the electorate. This explains why voters have become increasingly disillusioned with, and detached from, politicians. And this is not confined to the UK: it applies across Europe. Each EU member has its own unelected Civil Service but in the EU we also have an unelected elite which sits in Brussels. There is no doubt in my mind that they look complacently and contemptuously at the voting populace in Europe. Nothing is going to change in the current

WE retired abroad to a then nonEU country some years ago and, unlike many of the people we met, we gave up our entitlement to NHS care back in the UK by informing the appropriate authority. We come to Spain for a few weeks in the winter to enjoy the sunshine. We now live back in the UK and being a UK citizen I am concerned for the country in which we live and in my opinion the best way forward is for the UK to leave the European Union. We need to trade freely with the rest of the world and not be constrained by the rules and regulations of Brussels. When we joined the EU back in the 70s we traded heavily with countries like Australia and New Zealand, which we had to drop like a hot brick, giving us and them two years to make the necessary adjustments. Now Europe is stagnating and we need to look outside. Because of mass immigration, our services are at breaking point. You can’t get doctors’ appointments and the waiting lists for operations are horrendous. We are the most populated country in Europe with more people arriving daily. Mr Frost mentions the poor people of Spain seeking work in the UK, doing jobs that the British will not do but immigrants doing poorly paid work in the UK are subsidised by the taxpayer. Wouldn’t it be better for our own people to do the work and reappraise the benefit system which is so attractive to everyone? Finally, I suggest that Mr Frost returns to the UK to live if he wants to voice how he thinks it should be run. Elizabeth Covington, Mazarron (Murcia)

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No future without love LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

ITH the news of yet more toerag psychopaths screaming Allah Akbar while taking the lives of innocent human beings, I wonder what more atrocities lay in store for all of us in the year 2015. More misery that’s fer sure. How can these people possibly believe that the violent, merciless, murdering message from their God will ever be accepted by peace loving normal people? Of course it won’t, and never will be. History is full of warring races who have tried to take over this planet through violent means. None have prevailed for long. There is no future at all for a human race without love. Love is the superglue of the spirit, both in its ethereal and manifested state, without it we are all empty shells. I have never heard one of these psychopathic toerags tell anyone they love their God or He loves them.

EU DIRECTIVE: It has been suggested obesity be considered a disablement. We should really feel sorry for these misguided souls, who are deprived by their religion of the one thing that truly binds us all together. Not me I’m afraid, I’d like to see them all ‘martyred.’ every last one of them. Can you imagine their God having to supply about a trillion virgins? The mind boggles. To my mind one of the most ridiculous suggestions to surface this week was the

EU directive that obesity should be considered a disablement. Did you ever hear anything as ludicrous as that!? How long would it be till the likes of the odious ‘White Dee’ or whole families are stuffing themselves with as much as they can get into their benefit gobbling mouths, merely to reach the weight necessary for yet another pillage of the public purse? Give us a break. Unless it’s some genuine

metabolism disorder, most of them are fat and greedy, pure and simple. Many of them gorge vast quantities of fattening products, dozens of eggs for breakfast, a half dozen hamburgers for lunch, along with chocolates, ice cream, and Lord knows what else they can stuff down. Disability benefits? I’d reduce the benefits most of them are already on, so they can’t afford to gorge themselves into obesity. If they can genuinely prove they have lost weight through discipline and dieting, they should be rewarded by receiving free time at health farms or spas. Rather the tax payer footed the bill for these type of operations than making these people not only blameless for their situation, but putting them on a par with genuinely disabled people who are in no way responsible for their unfortunate positions. Makes my blood boil it does but you probably gathered that! Oh well. Happy New Year all. Especially to John the electrician who got me out of a whole heap of trouble recently and restored my faith in human nature. Cheers John. Keep that faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm StreetDance 2 10:20pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 12:50am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:35am FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 3:35am Russell Howard's Good News 4:05am Russell Howard's Good News 4:35am Vodka Diaries 5:00am This is BBC Three

8:00pm Nigel Kennedy at the Proms 9:00pm Nigel Kennedy at the BBC 10:00pm Top of the Pops: The Story of 1980 11:00pm Top of the Pops

7:00am Holiday Airport 7:55am Emmerdale 8:55am Britain's Got More Talent 9:50am Britain's Got More Talent 10:50am Britain's Got More Talent 11:50am Space Jam 1:35pm Emmerdale 2:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Beethoven 7:50pm Miss Congeniality 10:00pm The Bourne Identity 12:20am Hostage 2:35am Two and a Half Men 3:05am Two and a Half Men 3:25am Teleshopping

7:00am Movies Now

9:40am Kojak 10:45am Magnum, P.I. 11:40am Minder 12:45pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:50pm The Professionals 2:55pm Pawn Stars 3:20pm Pawn Stars 3:50pm Kojak 4:50pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Minder 6:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 10:00pm The Krays 12:25am Natural Born Killers

11:35am Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 12:00pm Frozen at Christmas 1:00pm Rules of Engagement 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:30pm Bad(Ish) Robots 5:00pm Troy 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Transporter 3 12:05am The Big Bang Theory

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The Big Fat Quiz returns for a 10-year anniversary special.

10:00pm Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life Karl finds out how different cultures across the globe deal with life's big questions.

11:00pm An Idiot Abroad

12am 12:05am Cuckoo 12:40am EastEnders Omnibus 3:10am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 3:15am BBC News

1980 Top of the Pops collection.

12:00am Coldplay in Concert 2014 1:00am Singer-Songwriters at the BBC A compilation of some timeless and classic performances from the BBC archives.

2:00am Top of the Pops 1980 was the year that both pop music and TOTP changed.

3:00am Top of the Pops 1980 Top of the Pops collection.

4:00am Coldplay in Concert 2014

The latest news and reviews of this week's film releases.

7:10am Judge Judy 7:30am Judge Judy 7:55am Rising Damp 8:30am Goodbye, Mr. Chips 10:35am Agatha Christie's Marple 12:35pm Agatha Christie's Marple 2:40pm Inspector Morse 4:55pm Sparkling Cyanide 6:55pm A Touch of Frost 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm A is for Acid 1:05am The Mirror Crack'd

SKY MOVIES Action 6:00am Middle-Earth: There and Back Again 7:00am The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 10:00am The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 1:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 4:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Evil forces threaten the peace of Middle-earth.

7:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 10:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1:50am World War Z 3:55am Blade

Comedy 6:30am Despicable Me 2 Special 7:00am National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 8:40am Bad Santa 10:25am Hot Shots! 12:00pm Hot Shots! Part Deux 1:35pm Uncle Buck 3:25pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 5:10pm Grudge Match 7:10pm Bruce Almighty 9:00pm Hot Shots! 10:30pm Hot Shots! Part Deux 12:05am Grudge Match 2:00am The World's End 3:55am Bruce Almighty

4:10am Lucky Number Slevin 6:05am Deep Family Secrets 7:45am A Few Good Men 10:10am Speed 12:10pm Getaway 1:55pm Lone Survivor 4:00pm A Few Good Men 6:25pm The Bone Collector A paralysed forensics expert teams up with a fresh-faced cop to hunt down a serial killer.

8:25pm Getaway 10:00pm Lone Survivor 12:05am The Counsellor 2:25am Speed 4:25am Reasonable Doubt

4:50am Giant 8:10am Mad Hot Ballroom 10:00am Confetti Mirthful mockumentary about three couples competing for the award of Most Original Wedding.

11:45am One Chance 1:30pm The Full Monty 3:10pm The Book Thief 5:25pm The Devil Wears Prada 7:15pm Confetti 9:00pm The Book Thief 11:15pm The Full Monty 12:50am This is 40 3:05am The Four Feathers 5:20am Sweet Charity

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5:45am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 6:15am The Wolverine Special 6:45am The Heat: Sky Movies Special 7:00am The Theory of Everything Special 7:30am Joyride 3 9:30am Veronica Mars 11:30am The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2:00pm About Last Night... 4:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 6:30pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Special 7:00pm Veronica Mars 9:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 11:25pm About Last Night... 1:15am Joyride 3 3:00am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 5:00am The Wolverine Special

6:00am TCM Shorts 6:20am The Long Gray Line 8:55am The Searchers 11:10am Rio Bravo 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Blood Alley 6:10pm Mark of the Gorilla 7:25pm Fury of the Congo 8:45pm Tarzan and the Mermaids 10:00pm The Silence of the Lambs 12:15am Dangerous Ground 2:00am The Silence of the Lambs 4:00am Dangerous Ground 5:40am Michael Caine Off Set

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Android Ahoy - modern travel Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

WAS a 16-year-old rookie sailor when joining my first ship, RMS Britannic, the last of the White Star Liners. Not much had changed for passengers since the RMS Titanic of the same company met its tragic end. Progress was unhurried back then. The Britannic ended its Atlantic crossings with several weeks cruising Mediterranean ports. Many of our populous Costa townships would have been fishing villages then. Progress in cruising since has been nothing short of astonishing. To be honest, I prefer the old ways, but I can’t stop progress. When passengers embarked on those ocean greyhounds there was a long drawn out wearying process of registration and embarkation to

CRUISE LINER: Up-to-date Quantum of the Seas.

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complete long before one was shown one’s cabin. Let us then book a cruise on Royal Caribbean International’s latest cruise liner, the Quantum of the Seas. What comparisons can be drawn between the two periods? The RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Britannic was a little over 700 feet in length and weighed a little over 27,000 tons. RCCL

Quantum Class liners are twice the length and at 168,000 tonnes an incredible seven times the weight of the White Star liner. Best not think of the many hours it took to finally recover baggage and reach one’s cabin on the super liners of yesterday. Today, RCCL promise their 4,000 boarding passengers that their luggage will be stowed and

they will be in their cabins within 10-minutes of arrival. Airports take note. There’ll be no piping you on board. You check in online. No queues to join and nor will you wait in a long line to have your ID checked, fill out paperwork and collect your stateroom keys. You take a selfie, load it onto the online check-in website, fill out your passport details and print out your boarding pass. Show this to security and proceed to your stateroom. Yours is a hotel type card key but you also receive a WOWband wristband. It covers all your needs including purchases on-board. It is waterproof so wear it when

splashing about in any of the liners many pools and hot tubs. No escape from the office or Facebook. The liner uses a new type of near earth satellite. Internet access is assured wherever you are on the ship; there are no dead spots. Ship’s staff are equipped with tablets, not the kind you get from the chemist for aches and pains, but hand-held computers that take care of every need. A Royal iQ app and Android devices allows you to plan, change schedules such as spa appointments, dinner reservations, shore excursions etc. Cabins have USB charging ports. There are 45 iQ stations that interact with your WOWband. These access everything and everyone, including your onboard friends. The liners also have two robotic bartenders. Use your tablet to order cocktails, these are mixed and delivered by robots. All of a sudden a voyage on the RMS Titanic looks quite appealing.

Get in there Darcy and hurry up Colin Bird Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

HAVE just been made to sit through yet another Jane Austen movie on the

television. This particular one was ‘Emma,’ but quite honestly it could have been ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ ‘Mansfield Park,’ ‘Persuasion’ or just about any one of her six completed novels as far as I am concerned. Let’s face it, they are all as near as damn it, the same story but with different characters. Well alright, not exactly the same story, but certainly identical themes and you pretty much know after the first half hour, how it’s all going to end - Yawn. I should be biased in favour of the lady, because she briefly spent some time with her sister attending a boarding school in my

COLIN FIRTH: As Mr Darcy, sends women into raptures of delight.

home town of Reading, but I guess it’s a bloke thing, because I just cannot get into the heaving bosoms; fainting away with the vapours; well bred young gels attending endless balls thing. Well heaving bosoms are okay I suppose, but you take my point. If Jane’s books (I feel that she wouldn’t mind me calling her Jane) are a true representation of those Regency times, then what utterly boring and tiresome (a good Austen word) the people were. And how the heck did they manage to breed? I mean, when any of her male characters fancies the pants off the likes of Miss Elizabeth Bennet or Miss Catherine Morland, instead of just telling the wenches exactly what’s-what in no uncertain terms, these less than red blooded men go all the way to Moscow just to get to Benidorm. They are lucky not to be drawing their old age pensions before they finally pluck up the nerve to express their feelings.

Or heaven forbid, deliver a peck on the cheek. Yes, yes, I know that the sight of Mr Darcy aka Colin Firth, striding toward Pemberley in his wet kecks is enough to send any modern day woman into raptures of delight. But from a man’s point of view, I spent the whole six episodes shouting at the TV to “get in there my son and stop pratting around”. I ask you! There’s Lizzy Bennet giving off mating signals that could be seen from space, and all that our immensely wealthy, sophisticated man about town Fitzwilliam Darcy can do, is look aloof and walk around in damp M&S underwear. But I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that for a man who seems to dislike the works of Jane Austen so much, I am remarkably well informed on the subject. It’s a trade off with my Princess you see. If I sit through this stuff with her, then I am allowed to watch a Grand Prix occasionally. Simples!

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Football Focus 2:00pm Bargain Hunt Antiques challenge.

BBC TWO 10:10am Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain 10:40am Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain 11:10am British Isles: A Natural History 12:00pm FA Cup Rewind - Third-Round Classics 1:00pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 2:00pm The A to Z of TV Cooking 2:05pm Elvis Presley, The World's Most Photographed 2:35pm Viva Las Vegas

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ITV 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am Nerds and Monsters 9:45am Nerds and Monsters 10:00am Deadtime Stories 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Ejector Seat 1:25pm The 21st Question 2:25pm Columbo

CH4 6:40am Small Animal Hospital 7:10am Arabian Adventure 8:55am The Morning Line 9:55am King of Queens 10:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:25am Frasier 11:55am Frasier 12:25pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1:25pm Gadget Man's Guide to Christmas 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 9:15am Wanda and the Alien 9:30am Zack and Quack 9:45am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Jelly Jamm 10:20am LazyTown 10:50am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Access 11:30am Ice Road Truckers 12:30pm Ice Road Truckers 1:35pm Ice Road Truckers 2:25pm McLintock!

SATURDAY TV

SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Glee 9:00am The Fantasy Football Club 10:00am Football's Funniest Moments 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm A League of Their Own 1:30pm A League of Their Own 2:00pm Futurama 2:30pm Futurama

3pm 5:00pm Alvin and the Chipmunks

4:00pm Big Dreams Small Spaces 5:00pm Restoring England's Heritage 5:30pm Darts

3:55pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 4:55pm Tipping Point 5:55pm Big Star's Little Star

6:30pm Tigers About the House: What Happened Next 7:30pm Sacred Wonders of Britain 8:30pm Dad's Army

6:55pm ITV News London Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather. 7:05pm ITV News and Weather 7:20pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

6:45pm The Simpsons 7:10pm The Simpsons 7:35pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Britain's Wildest Weather 2014

7:20pm Zulu

9:00pm Rubens: An Extra Large Story 10:00pm Albert Nobbs 11:45pm Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe

9:30pm Take Me Out 10:30pm The Hangover

10:00pm Taken 11:50pm Bill Bailey Qualmpeddler

9:55pm 5 News

12:45am Darts 1:35am Darts 3:35am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

BBC THREE 5:00am This is BBC Three 8:00pm FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Puss in Boots 11:20pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:50pm Family Guy 12:15am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:20am Family Guy 1:45am Family Guy 2:05am Family Guy 2:30am Family Guy 2:50am FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 3:50am Russell Howard's Good News

3:00pm Escape to the Continent 3:30pm Darts 5:30pm Final Score

Betty Thomas directs this part-live action comedy sequel, which continues the adventures of the Chipmunks: a trio of pre-teen, talking CGI rodents with a penchant for high-pitched close harmony singing.

4:55pm The Searchers John Ford's masterpiece about a seven-year search for a young girl abducted by the Comanche.

3:00pm Futurama 3:30pm Exodus: Gods and Kings Special 4:00pm Last Man Standing 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family

6pm 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm BBC London News 6:35pm Mastermind Celebrity Special 7:05pm Pointless 8:00pm Frank Sinatra: Our Way

Based on an actual historic event, this is the story of a small group of British soldiers stationed at Rorke's Drift in Africa who are forced to defend their tiny outpost against an attack by powerful Zulu warriors.

6:00pm Portrait Artist of the Year 7:00pm Show Me Your Garden 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9pm 9:15pm The National Lottery 10:05pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:50pm Match of the Day

Comedy about a group of friends who go to Las Vegas for a stag party and wake up to find their hotel room is wrecked, the groom is missing and that they have no memory of the previous night's events.

National and international news.

9:00pm David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies 10:00pm King Arthur

Rapturously received throughout Australia, New Zealand and the UK, Bill Bailey recorded this terrific new show at his local, the Hammersmith Apollo.

10:00pm Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014

12:30am ITV News and Weather 12:45am Dog Day Afternoon 2:55am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:50am The Godfather Part III 3:55am Hollyoaks Omnibus

12:55am Access 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Autopsy: Michael Jackson's Last Hours 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big

12:25am A League of Their Own 1:25am Hawaii Five-0 2:25am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:15am Night Cops 4:05am Big Trouble in Thailand 5:00am UK Border Force

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8:00pm Lost Land of the Volcano 9:00pm Do We Really Need the Moon? 10:00pm Wallander 10:55pm Wallander 11:55pm Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle

7:50am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:15pm The X Factor Class of 2014 2:15pm The Cube 3:10pm Space Jam 4:55pm Johnny English 6:40pm You've Been Framed! 7:10pm You've Been Framed! 7:40pm The Guide to You've Been Framed! 8:45pm Mr Bean's Holiday 10:30pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:15pm The Bourne Ultimatum 1:25am Unseen Celebrity Juice Tit Bits 2:10am Two and a Half Men 2:30am Mom

7:00am A Christmas Carol 8:20am Where the Heart is 9:30am Where the Heart is 10:40am The Darling Buds of May 11:50am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Gosford Park 4:45pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Rosemary and Thyme 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Lewis 1:05am A is for Acid 2:55am Judge Judy 3:15am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

12:05pm Pawn Stars 12:40pm Pawn Stars 1:05pm Pawn Stars 1:35pm Pawn Stars 2:05pm The Sting 4:40pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 6:30pm Storage Wars 7:00pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Storage Wars 8:30pm Storage Wars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Texas Killing Fields 12:10am Total Recall

1:00pm How I Met Your Mother 1:30pm The Spiderwick Chronicles 3:25pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Golden Child 7:50pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Role Models 12:05am End of Days

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12am 1:00am Lesbian Vampire Killers 2:20am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:25am BBC News

Documentary telling Sammy Davis Jr's remarkable life story.

12:55am An Evening with Sammy Davis Jr 1:55am Neil Sedaka: King of Song 2:55am Lost Land of the Volcano 3:55am Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle 4:55am This is BBC Four

SKY MOVIES Action 8:00am Bruce Willis: Die Hard Special 8:30am Die Hard with a Vengeance 10:50am Die Hard 4.0 1:10pm A Good Day to Die Hard 3:00pm Bruce Willis: Die Hard Special 3:30pm Die Hard 5:45pm Die Hard 2 7:50pm Die Hard with a Vengeance Cop Bruce Willis is sent on a wild goose chase by scheming crook Jeremy Irons.

10:00pm Die Hard 4.0 12:10am A Good Day to Die Hard 1:50am The Top Ten Show 2014 2:10am Die Hard 4:25am Die Hard 2

Comedy 7:15am Elf 9:05am Despicable Me 2 Special 9:35am The Nutty Professor 11:25am Get Smart 1:25pm The Heat 3:30pm Identity Thief 5:30pm Elf 7:15pm The Nutty Professor 9:00pm Get Smart 11:00pm The Heat 1:05am Identity Thief 3:05am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4:55am The Top Ten Show 2014 5:10am My Big Fat Greek Wedding

7:35am To Kill a Mockingbird 9:45am The Fast and the Furious 11:35am 2 Fast 2 Furious 1:25pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Teenage car-racing addict Sean is sent to live with his dad in Tokyo.

3:15pm American Hustle 5:35pm Blood Work 7:30pm Bad Boys II 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am The Fast and the Furious 2:15am 2 Fast 2 Furious 4:10am The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

7:50am The Love Letter 9:20am Being Flynn 11:05am Sunshine on Leith 12:50pm In Her Shoes 3:05pm About Time 5:15pm Grease T-Bird Danny Zuko has an identity crisis when his demure summer love turns up.

7:15pm Sunshine on Leith 9:00pm In Her Shoes 11:15pm About Time 1:25am Tootsie 3:25am The Sessions 5:05am All About Eve

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7:00am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:30am Joyride 3 9:30am Elysium: Sky Movies Special 10:00am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 12:00pm Veronica Mars 2:00pm About Last Night...

7:10am Fury of the Congo 8:30am Gunsmoke 9:30am Gunsmoke 10:35am Mark of the Gorilla

Two new couples experience the ups and downs of relationships. Romantic comedy.

4:00pm Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Special 4:30pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 7:00pm Veronica Mars 9:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 11:25pm About Last Night... 1:15am Joyride 3 3:00am Ironclad: Battle for Blood

Jungle Jim must stop Nazis dressed as Apes from stealing a golden treasure.

11:50am Blood Alley 2:05pm Charro! 4:00pm Ben-Hur 8:05pm Funeral in Berlin 10:00pm 300 12:15am The Dark 2:00am 300 Action fantasy from Zack Snyder (Man of Steel).

3:55am Menace II Society

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Rants, gripes and bugbears - a message for hoteliers in 2015! Nora Johnson

Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/nora-johnson

IT always mystifies me how I can pay a small fortune for a minuscule room in a trendy hotel in London or any big city and feel less at home than in my own home! Over-complex controls are a major bugbear. Some shower controls, for instance, require mega experimentation before you suss out how to work the damned thing - without scalding or freezing yourself to death. Hoteliers, please provide simple controls, a steady water pressure and a thermostatic temperature control! Likewise,

the room phone should be simple enough to use without requiring a PhD in electrical engineering and/or telecommunications. A few speed dial buttons clearly labelled to contact the front desk and room service are quite enough. Another gripe is the lighting. Invariably I have to pull the damned plugs out of the sockets to switch off standard lamps. And I like my room to be dark when I am sleeping. I don’t want to be lying under or next to a control console with more flickering lights than Regent Street at Christmas! Also, more easily accessible power points, please! I’m going to use the power supply, so make it easy for me to access it - not have to crawl around or under the desk and unplug other appliances. And speaking of the desk, can you

SHOWER CONTROLS: Please make them simple to use! remove all the clutter? A desk should only have a lamp and a telephone disturbing the vast wilderness of empty simulated woodgrain. The room service menu, advertising for all the other

hotels in the group and directory of services should be stowed away in a drawer. The desk is for my own personal stuff! Finally, there are never enough pillows, are there? But

nor do I want 15 cushions piled on the bed, a daft towel ‘swan sculpture’ or that equally daft bit of fabric draped across the end which does nothing but needs to be removed before I can get in, and be plonked ... where? On top of all those cushions piled in the corner, of course. These are just a few practical issues I’d be really grateful if any hoteliers amongst you out there could consider in 2015. And, for all you readers too, any gripes I’ve missed out? Okay, rant over! Happy New Year! Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:55am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Escape to the Country 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 2:15pm Flog It! 3:15pm Songs of Praise Connie Fisher celebrates the spiritual side of Elvis Presley.

BBC TWO 7:15am Great British Garden Revival 8:15am Glorious Gardens From Above 9:00am Countryfile 10:00am FA Cup Rewind - Third-Round Classics 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Food and Drink 1:00pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 2:00pm Darts

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ITV 8:25am Sooty 8:35am Mr. Bean 8:50am Ultimate Spider-Man 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am Nerds and Monsters 9:45am Nerds and Monsters 10:00am Deadtime Stories 10:25am Columbo 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Britain's Best Bakery 1:25pm Inside the National Trust 2:25pm River Monsters 2:55pm Midsomer Murders

CH4 6:05am Hugh's 3 Good Things 6:15am Secret Eaters 7:10am The American Football Show 8:05am How I Met Your Mother 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:20pm The Big Bang Theory 2:50pm Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

CH5 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Wanda and the Alien 9:40am Zack and Quack 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Jelly Jamm 10:30am LazyTown 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Monkey Life 12:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:00pm Forever Young 2:55pm The Princess Bride

SUNDAY TV

SKY 1 6:00am Mission Implausible 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Futurama 10:30am Futurama 11:00am A League of Their Own 11:30am A League of Their Own 12:00pm WWE Raw 1:00pm Modern Family 1:30pm Modern Family 2:00pm Last Man Standing 2:30pm Last Man Standing

3pm 3:50pm FA Cup Final Score Jason Mohammad presents a special FA Cup edition of the football results and reports show.

5:45pm Ski Sunday Skiing and winter sports magazine show. Ed Leigh and Graham Bell are in Munich to witness the breathtaking World Cup parallel slalom event, which takes place in the Olympic Park in the heart of the German city.

4:55pm On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond quits the secret service to track down his old enemy Blofeld, who is holed up in a mountain hideaway working on a scheme to devastate the world's agriculture with biological weapons.

4:50pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid Adapted from the bestselling 'novel in cartoons' by Jeff Kinney, Thor Freudenthal's comedy is the story of pre-teen Greg Heffley and his misadventures as he starts life in an American middle school.

4:50pm Snow White Caroline Thompson's creation presents a twist on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale as Snow White and her father John embark on a fantastic roller-coaster adventure through a magical kingdom.

3:00pm Middle-Earth: There and Back Again 4:00pm Last Man Standing 4:30pm Last Man Standing 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

6pm 6:00pm BBC News 6:10pm BBC London News 6:20pm Match of the Day Live 8:30pm Still Open All Hours

6:30pm Coast 7:00pm Tigers About the House: What Happened Next 8:00pm Top Gear

7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a national weather forecast.

8:00pm Diversity Live

6:40pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

7:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun A new run of shows for Sunday night of the popular property show.

6:35pm Bambi The classic animated story of a fawn whose birth brings joy to the forest.

7:55pm 5 News 8:05pm Rush Hour

8:00pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

6:00pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm Modern Family 8:30pm Modern Family

9pm 9:00pm Countryfile 10:00pm Last Tango in Halifax 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day - FA Cup Highlights

9:00pm Kate Humble: Into the Volcano 10:00pm Reinventing the Royals 11:00pm QI XL Quiz show in which the aim is to be interesting.

11:45pm Racing Legends

9:00pm Foyle's War Crime drama series set in the years immediately after the Second World War.

11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Hot Fuzz

9:00pm The Hotel 10:00pm Walking the Nile British explorer Levison Wood sets out to walk the length of the River Nile from source to sea.

11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

10:00pm House at the End of the Street A divorced woman and her teenage daughter move to a small town, unaware that a tragedy once happened to their reclusive next-door neighbour.

11:55pm Final Destination

High-octane homage to the cop buddy movie genre.

9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life Karl sets off to see how other people achieve happiness, starting off in Mexico.

11:00pm Show Me Your Garden

12am 12:50am The Celebrity Apprentice USA 2:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:20am BBC News

12:45am Darts 1:35am Darts 3:35am Countryfile 4:35am Holby City 5:35am This is BBC Two

1:25am Rugby Highlights 2:20am The Store 3:55am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle hosts the American version of his popular daytime show. 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

12:05am Rude Tube 2:00am Thirst 4:15am The Guides 4:30am Mesh 4:35am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 5:30am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

1:50am Super Casino 4:10am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big

12:00am 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 1:00am Micky Flanagan's Detour De France 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 4:00am Night Cops 5:00am Mission Implausible

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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 8:30pm FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 9:30pm World's Craziest Fools 10:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad! 12:10am American Dad! 12:30am FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 1:30am Russell Howard's Good News 2:00am Russell Howard's Good News 2:30am Life is Toff 3:00am Life is Toff

8:00pm ... Sings Musicals 9:00pm Mark Lawson Talks to... 10:00pm Hermitage Revealed 11:00pm A Royal Affair 1:10am Top of the Pops 2:10am The Carpenters at the BBC

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25pm Take Me Out 1:25pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 2:10pm The Hot Desk 2:25pm Richie Rich 4:20pm Beethoven's 2nd 6:10pm Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 8:00pm Evan Almighty 10:00pm Knocked Up 12:35am Saw II 2:30am Fake Reaction 3:10am The Hot Desk 3:20am Teleshopping

7:20am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 8:15am Agatha Christie's Marple 10:20am Heartbeat 11:25am Heartbeat 12:25pm Wycliffe 1:40pm Rosemary and Thyme 2:45pm Blue Murder at St. Trinian's 4:35pm Inspector Morse 6:55pm Lewis 9:00pm The Zoo 10:00pm It'll be Alright on the Night 11:00pm Northern Lights 12:00am Larry Crowne 2:05am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 3:00am Countrywise

7:00am Greatest FA Cup Finals 7:15am Black Gold 7:50am The Professionals 8:50am The Motorbike Show 9:50am Alias Smith and Jones 10:55am Magnum, P.I. 11:55am Kojak 1:05pm Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders 3:55pm Storage Wars 4:25pm Storage Wars 7:10pm The Cimarron Kid 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm Troy 1:15am This is Spinal Tap 2:55am The Cycle Show

7:00am 90210 7:40am Happy Endings 8:05am Rude(Ish) Tube 9:30am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Frozen at Christmas 11:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 1:30pm Melissa and Joey 2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 6:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 11:20pm The Inbetweeners 12:30am Made in Chelsea

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2:45am ... Sings Musicals 3:45am Hermitage Revealed 4:45am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

SKY MOVIES Action 4:25am Die Hard 2 6:30am The Karate Kid, Part II 8:25am Die Hard 4.0 10:40am A Good Day to Die Hard 12:30pm Bruce Willis: Die Hard Special 1:00pm Die Hard 3:20pm Die Hard 2 5:30pm Die Hard with a Vengeance Cop Bruce Willis is sent on a wild goose chase by scheming crook Jeremy Irons.

7:45pm Die Hard 4.0 10:00pm A Good Day to Die Hard 11:45pm The Top Ten Show 2014 12:00am Die Hard 2:15am Die Hard 2 4:20am Die Hard with a Vengeance

Comedy 5:10am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 7:00am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:30am The Goonies 9:30am Brewster's Millions 11:20am Last Vegas 1:20pm Home Alone 3:10pm Crocodile Dundee 5:00pm Crocodile Dundee II 7:00pm The Goonies 9:00pm Last Vegas 10:50pm Brewster's Millions 12:35am This is the End 2:25am Idiocracy 3:55am The Man 5:20am The Pink Panther

6:00am To Kill a Mockingbird 8:15am 25th Hour 10:35am Captain Phillips 12:50pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2:40pm The Call 4:20pm Black Hawk Down Brutally authentic war action detailing the covert US mission in Somalia that became a bloodbath.

6:45pm Captain Phillips 9:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 11:00pm The Call 12:35am Oldboy 2:30am 25th Hour 4:45am The Canyons

5:05am All About Eve 7:25am Austenland 9:05am When Harry Met Sally 10:45am Take the Lead 12:45pm Philomena 2:30pm The Notebook Rich girl Allie is swept off her feet by carpenter Noah, but her mum disapproves of the match.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Caught Red Handed 12:30pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Match of the Day - FA Cup Highlights 9:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 10:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05am Close Calls: On Camera 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Darts

ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

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CH4 7:45am According to Jim 8:10am King of Queens 8:35am King of Queens 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Undercover Boss 12:00pm Shipping Wars 12:35pm Shipping Wars 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Four in a Bed

CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:20am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

MONDAY TV

SKY 1 6:00am UK Border Force 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am UK Border Force 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am Nothing to Declare 10:30am Nothing to Declare 11:00am Exodus 11:30am Road Wars 12:30pm Road Wars 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip

5:15pm The Great British Winter This series explores five of Britain's most extreme winter landscapes, looking at the conditions that challenge both the wildlife and people that try to survive in the countryside.

3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm Fat Pets - Slimmer of the Year

3:10pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Stolen Child

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Night at the Museum 4:30pm The Theory of Everything Special 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9:00pm 70-Stone Man: The Last Days 10:00pm Benefits: Too Fat to Work

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Cop Squad 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

6pm 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Top Gear

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street

9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Rich, Russian and Living in London 11:00pm Backchat 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Richard Wilson on the Road 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Broadchurch 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm A Funny Old Year 2014

12:20am Darts 1:10am Darts 3:10am Wonders of the Monsoon 4:10am This is BBC Two 5:00am How to Write 5:30am The Plantagenets

12:40am A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

12:00am The Last Leg of the Year 1:00am The American Football Show 1:55am 24 Hours in A and E 2:50am Goodbye Bafana 4:45am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 5:35am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

12:55am White Dee: What's All the Fuss About? 1:55am Super Casino 4:10am The Last Hours of Elvis Presley 5:00am The Great Artists 5:25am House Doctor 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am Road Wars 4:30am Birdman Special 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA

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8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Waterloo Road 10:00pm Growing Up Down's 11:00pm Live at the Apollo

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm World War I at Home 9:00pm Hidden Histories: Britain's Oldest Family Businesses 10:00pm British Gardens in Time 11:00pm Agnetha: Abba and After 12:00am Disco at the BBC 1:00am Lost Land of the Volcano 2:00am Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of CS Lewis 3:00am Agnetha: Abba and After 4:00am British Gardens in Time 5:00am This is BBC Four

12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed and Famous! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Ocean's Eleven 12:25am Unseen Celebrity Juice Tit Bits

12:00pm Judge Judy 12:25pm Judge Judy 12:55pm Wycliffe 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Never the Twain 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm The Children 12:00am Wycliffe

2:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 3:00pm Pawn Stars 3:25pm Pawn Stars 3:55pm Kojak 5:00pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm Minder 7:00pm The Professionals 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Storage Wars Texas 10:30pm Storage Wars Texas 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Ax Men

4:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:30pm Bad(Ish) Robots 5:00pm Troy 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Revenge 11:00pm Wanted 1:10am The Big Bang Theory

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6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live

9pm 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 11:35pm Waterloo Road

9:00pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm The Undateables 11:00pm Bodyshockers

Documentary series about people who live on welfare.

11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother

12am 12:35am The Graham Norton Show 1:35am Surviving Summer 3:05am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 3:10am BBC News

Stand-up comedy from the Hammersmith Apollo. Danny Bhoy introduces Miles Jupp and Lee Nelson.

11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Live at the Apollo 2:00am Our War 3:30am Life is Toff

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SKY MOVIES Action 8:20am Déjà Vu 10:40am 47 Ronin An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.

12:50pm Fire with Fire 2:40pm The Lone Ranger Unmasked 3:10pm Chain Reaction 5:05pm The Last Samurai 7:45pm Déjà Vu 10:00pm 47 Ronin 12:05am Gangster Squad 2:05am Miami Vice Cops Crockett and Tubbs go undercover to take down drug baron Montoya.

4:20am Volcano

Comedy 7:20am Foul Play 9:20am The Guilt Trip 11:00am Dave 12:55pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 3:00pm Stand Up Guys 4:40pm National Lampoon's Animal House 6:35pm Mr. Deeds 8:15pm The Guilt Trip 10:00pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 12:05am Stand Up Guys 1:45am National Lampoon's Animal House 3:40am Mr. Deeds

6:30am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man 8:10am Ripley's Game 10:10am Magic Magic 12:00pm Murder at 1600 2:00pm Zero Dark Thirty 4:40pm Children of Men 6:40pm Fast and Furious 6 Special 7:10pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 8:40pm The Island 11:00pm Green Street 12:55am Training Day 3:00am A Man Apart 5:00am Zero Dark Thirty Special 5:30am Deep Family Secrets

8:10am Dangerous Minds 10:00am The Theory of Everything Special 10:30am Gorillas in the Mist 12:45pm Awakenings 2:50pm Working Girl 4:50pm Labor Day An escaped murderer forces a depressed single mum and her son to let him hide out in their home.

6:50pm You've Got Mail 9:00pm Working Girl 11:00pm Labor Day 1:00am The Lifeguard 2:45am Before Midnight 4:45am The Remains of the Day

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7:00am The Theory of Everything Special 7:30am Joyride 3 9:30am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 11:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 12:00pm Veronica Mars 2:00pm Ride Along 4:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 6:30pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Special 7:00pm Veronica Mars 9:00pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 11:25pm Ride Along 1:15am Joyride 3 3:00am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 5:00am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 5:30am The Theory of Everything Special

8:00am Cahill U.S. Marshal 9:55am McLintock! 12:20pm Rider on a Dead Horse 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Murder Ahoy 5:50pm The Big Circus 7:55pm Pay or Die Shopkeepers are forced to pay for protection or risk being killed.

10:00pm Payback 11:55pm Private Benjamin 2:00am Payback 3:40am Private Benjamin 5:35am The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show

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BBC TWO 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Caught Red Handed 8:35am Rip Off Britain 9:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 10:05am Antiques Roadshow 11:05am Close Calls: On Camera 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Darts

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ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

CH4 8:35am King of Queens 9:00am Frasier 9:35am Frasier 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Undercover Boss 12:00pm Shipping Wars 12:30pm Shipping Wars 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Four in a Bed

CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am UK Border Force 9:00am Greatest Little Brittons 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 5:15pm The Great British Winter

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm Fat Pets - Slimmer of the Year

3:10pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Ice Twisters

6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Great British Garden Revival

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm River Monsters

6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The World's Deadliest Storms

6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9:00pm Six Puppies and Us 10:00pm Billionaire's Paradise: Inside Necker Island 11:00pm W1A 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Britain's Best Back Gardens 10:00pm The Wonder of Britain 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Mighty Mississippi

9:00pm Weighing Up the Enemy 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm Ramsay's Hotel Hell 11:55pm The Undateables

9:00pm World's Scariest Weather 10:00pm Worst Weather Ever? 11:00pm Britain's Best Loved Double Acts

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Air Ambulance ER 11:00pm Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets

12:05am Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:50am Dinner for Schmucks 2:40am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:45am BBC News

12:20am Darts 1:10am Darts 3:10am Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom 4:10am This is BBC Two 5:00am Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom

12:40am Secrets From the Sky 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women Lunchtime chat with the ladies and their guests. 4:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:55am Pokerstars.Com and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final 1:50am The American Football Show 2:50am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:20am Transworld Sport 4:15am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 5:10am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

1:00am White Dee: What's All the Fuss About? 1:50am Super Casino 4:10am The ABBA Years 5:00am The Great Artists 5:25am House Doctor 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA

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9:00pm Barely Legal Drivers 10:00pm Glasgow Girls 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Russell Howard's Good News 2:00am Barely Legal Drivers 3:00am How Safe are My Drugs? 4:00am Glasgow Girls 5:00am This is BBC Three BBC Three: Refreshing TV for the digital age. Tune in daily from 7.00pm.

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm World War I at Home 9:00pm Harlots, Housewives and 10:00pm Operation Mincemeat 11:00pm Smiley's People 12:00am Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies 1:00am Singer-Songwriters at the BBC

11:10am The Chase 12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:25pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Celebrity Dinner Date 10:00pm Blue Go Mad in Ibiza 11:00pm Happy Gilmore 12:55am Two and a Half Men

11:40am Judge Judy 12:05pm Judge Judy 12:25pm Judge Judy 12:55pm Wycliffe 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:15pm The Royal 5:15pm Never the Twain 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm The Children 12:00am Wycliffe 1:05am Wycliffe

10:50am Magnum, P.I. 11:50am Minder 12:55pm The Professionals 1:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 3:00pm Pawn Stars 3:25pm Pawn Stars 3:55pm Kojak 5:00pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm Minder 7:00pm The Professionals 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm On Deadly Ground 1:10am The Motorbike Show

3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:30pm Bad(Ish) Robots 5:00pm Troy 5:30pm Rules of Engagement 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The 100 11:00pm Supernatural 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

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3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip

This series explores five of Britain's most extreme winter landscapes, looking at the conditions that challenge both the wildlife and people that try to survive in the countryside and uncovering a world few get to see.

Disaster movie.

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders

9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Count Arthur Strong

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Compilation of some timeless and classic performances from the BBC archives.

2:00am Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story 3:00am Time Shift 4:00am Operation Mincemeat 5:00am This is BBC Four

SKY MOVIES Action 6:05am The Poseidon Adventure 8:05am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 8:35am xXx 10:55am xXx2: The Next Level 12:50pm Exodus: Gods and Kings Special 1:20pm Oblivion 3:35pm The 6th Day 5:50pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 7:50pm xXx 10:00pm xXx2: The Next Level 11:45pm Oblivion 1:55am Resident Evil: Apocalypse 3:35am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 5:30am Broken Lance

Comedy 9:00am Best in Show 10:35am The Hangover Part III 12:20pm Last Holiday 2:15pm The Lost Boys 4:00pm In and Out 5:40pm Liar Liar 7:10pm The Way Way Back 9:00pm The Hangover Part III When Doug is kidnapped, pals Alan, Phil and Stu become embroiled in a battle to save him.

10:45pm Last Holiday 12:45am The Lost Boys 2:25am Caddyshack 4:05am Hairbrained 5:45am The Pink Panther Strikes Again

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The fourth way could account for smiles Cassandra Nash

A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

ABLO IGLESIAS, secretary general of Podemos, has a solution for the Catalans. The party born of political disenchantment and the 11-M movement before the 2011 elections offers a perfect answer for Cataluña. Neither outright independence, nor subject to the constraints of Madrid, but still happily within the fold in a Spain governed by Podemos. “Do I want Cataluña to go? I don’t,” Iglesias said during a recent visit to the region. “But I know that the Spanish caste has insulted the Catalans.” He steered oratory away from independence and concentrated on the issues that currently beset the country’s population, swiping at the PP, the PSOE and also CiU. The party that governs Cataluña is also part of the caste, according to Iglesias.

PABLO IGLESIAS: Offering a fourth way for Cataluña. A poll by the regional government’s opinion studies’ centre CEO showed the ‘No’ faction overtaking ‘Yes’ vote on independence. There has been talk of a third way for Cataluña, but Iglesias is offering a fourth, which could account for smiles that were even wider than usual. So wide, indeed, that Bugs Bunny after orthodontics

came to mind.

Gunpowder plot ON hearing that 37-year-old unemployed Daniel Perez Berlanga had driven a car bomb into the PP party’s headquarters in Madrid, more than one Spaniard could understand why.

All politicians are the same, said financially ruined Perez, echoing the views of many. In fact he had wanted to leave his car loaded with two butane canisters and home-made explosives at the parliament building, but Perez who lives in a Teruel village was unsure of its location. Instead he settled for PP headquarters although he could just have easily chosen the PSOE’s. Nevertheless there was relief, and not only amongst politicians, to learn that Perez has mental health issues and has had problems with drugs. Relief because blowing up politicians is no answer to the country’s problems. Violence only breeds more violence - and it doesn’t get anyone back in work, either.

Shall we dance? SPAIN’S Attorney General Eduardo Torres-Dulce resigned “for personal reasons.” Decoded, this meant that because

he could not be sacked, the government made life difficult enough to push him into resigning. He refused to jump through the government hoop too many times, but above all he had not been forgiven for one huge transgression. He backed the decision to remand the PP’s ex-treasurer Luis Barcenas and let the public peer into a murky world of bribery and corruption. It takes two to tango and voters have seen that it takes two for corruption to take hold.

Calling card SPAIN welcomed the normalisation of relations between the US and Cuba, as “very hopeful,” according to Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo. Tangentially he should benefit too: Raul Castro fobbed him off with the regime’s second-incommand Miguel Diaz Canel when he visited Cuba last November. Next time round he might get the boss-man himself.

Choose good thoughts and create an abundant New Year AS the New Year begins, Sally Trotman practice gratitude and Based in Mallorca, Sally Trotman is a qualified positive expectation for the Counsellor who works with Astrology, Numerology and year ahead. For a the Tarot. Each month she moment, recall a situation will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid or event which brought increased self awareness. you great joy last year. As www.sallytrotman.com you remember this time, feel your spirit lift. You may even find yourself NEW YEAR: Begins full of promise, so set yourself smiling now! From this place of achievable goals. expansion and peace, set the intention to expect In the tarot deck this many more blissful moments like this one to number corresponds to manifest in 2015. You the card of Strength. This create your reality with is the year to recognise strengths and your thoughts. Choose your good thoughts and create develop strength on all levels, mentally, emotionan abundant New Year. The year 2015 adds up ally, spiritually and to the number eight. This physically. A great way to develop is deemed an auspicious number in Chinese culture. more strength is to create

more balance. You may wish to consider, for example, how you can balance your own needs with the needs of other. January begins with the full moon in Cancer on January 5. Comfortable in this sign, Cancer is

bringing the opportunity to nurture yourself more, honour your sensitivity, release the past and connect to your true feelings. The new moon on January 20 ruled by the far seeing sign of Aquarius, is the perfect time to

create a vision board. Find a cork board or paste pictures onto your computer of what you would like to bring into your life over the coming year. The New Year begins full of promise, so set

achievable goals and remain open to receiving unexpected gifts. Planning and yet remaining flexible is key here. The number eight turned on its side resembles the infinity symbol. This is reminding you that you are eternal, that there is no rush. As you flow from one year to the next, everything is happening in divine timing. Embrace inner and outer change this year. Relax into the natural rhythm of life. Sally Trotman teaches Personal Development Workshops and offers one to one sessions in Palma, Watford UK, and via Skype. Visit www.sally trotman.com or sally. trotman@btinternet.com.

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