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Cinema proposal AN Alicante police officer surprised his girlfriend with a proposal at the cinema in Plaza Mar II surrounded by 80 friends and family. The proposal had been six months in the planning.
Price rise PROPERTY prices in the Valencia Region rose by 2.8 per cent in 2014 after six years of consecutive falls.
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Daughter plans local tribute for tragic Rosie By Gemma Quinn THE heartbroken daughter of Rosemary ‘Rosie’ Broadwell has spoken of her gratitude to the Guardia Civil and British Consulate team for their help and assistance in searching for her mother who went missing in September last year. Cheryl Webster told the Euro Weekly News: “I was beginning to think we would never find mum, but they never gave up.” Cheryl had launched
appeals on social media for help and information as to her mother’s whereabouts after she went missing six months ago. Rosie’s 75-year-old partner, who initially reported her missing and said she had gone to the bank in Quesada and never returned, has now been arrested. He reportedly confessed to killing Rosie by hitting her. He told officers where her body was hidden in Algorfa and has now been sent to prison on remand. Cheryl is yet to make funeral arrangements but will hold a service locally as Rosie was much loved in the area. She said: “I also know her final wish was to return to the UK to be with her late husband Brian, my stepdad.”
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INDEX News 1 - 31 Finance 33 - 38 Leapy Lee 39 Daily TV 40, 42, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 Time Out 56 - 57 Letters 58 PORT OF CALL: Alicante hopes to double cruise passenger numbers this year.
Health & Beauty 59 - 61 Food 62 - 65 Homes & Gardens 68 - 69 Services 78 - 82 Classifieds 83 - 85 Motoring 86 - 87 Sport 88
Hopes high for more cruise ships CRUISE traffic in the Port of Alicante sank by 17.38 per cent last year, with the arrival of 34,583 passengers, according to data from State Ports. But the company Costa Blanca Port, which has managed the cruise terminal since January last year, said figures for this year will show a turnaround.
CEO Carlos Almodovar said they have offered more commercial elements and 2015 promises to be a good year with more cruises already confirmed, bringing around 87,500 tourists. P&O, one of the largest cruise companies in the world is due to start docking in Alicante next month with its first ship bringing 4,372 passengers.
New proposals for Mar Menor tunnel BUSINESS associations in La Manga say a tunnel underneath the Mar Menor between La Manga and the AP-7 motorway at San Javier would improve tourism and help keep the cash tills ringing.
The idea has been proposed before, and digging a tunnel was proved viable in engineering terms but the regional government had to shelve plans due to lack of financing.
The new proposal is for a tunnel between five to eight kilometres in length and must be financed through European funding. It is believed a tunnel connection would
increase the number of people visiting La Manga and avoid those at the end of the strip having to drive back along the 20kilometre stretch that is regularly congested in the summer.
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NEWS Compensation order THE parents of three youngsters who caused the death of a car passenger in La Manga by throwing stones at the car from a bridge, have been ordered to pay compensation of more than €300,000 to the victim’s daughter and widow. Brain seminar A SEMINAR has been held by the Acquired Brain Injury Association in Alicante on caring for children with brain damage.
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Corpse photo case closed THE judge investigating a case of a cemetery worker holding up a mummified corpse and posing for a photo with it in Guardamar has said there was “no bad faith” in the act. Last summer the image spread across national and international media and social networks showing an exhumed male body - dead for 23 years
- which was being prepared for a new burial site and showed the municipal worker and two relatives of the deceased holding the body. The niece of the deceased took
the photo and later apologised on behalf of the whole family and said she “did not want to offend anyone” acknowledging that the case “had got out of hand.” The City of Guardamar del Segura, has also shelved the matter even though the cemetery worker was moved to another area of work, saying he only acted at the request of relatives.
Car free ORIHUELA is commemorating ‘Car Free Day’ today (Thursday) with the aim of promoting sustainable mobility. An 8km route will only be accessible by bicycle or non-polluting vehicle.
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THE legal Bar Association of Murcia has awarded a distinction to Jose Sanchez Padilla, security guard at Segura river basin for having dedicated his professional life to the protection and stewardship of the environment in Benejuzar.
TORREVIEJA is installing traps to prevent pine beetles and bugs in the areas of Lo Albentosa and Molina del Agua.
Road works SANTA POLA has started work on paving Avenida de Elche, the main road into the town from Elche. The work will prevent water logging on the road when it rains.
Shoe trends MORE than 170 companies will showcase their trends for footwear and leather goods at the Futurmoda event at the IFA exhibition centre, Alicante, on March 25-26.
Popular tram ALICANTE’S trams saw 6.7 per cent more passengers use the services in February compared to the same month last year. Line 2 linking Luceros and San Vicente del Raspeig remains the most used with 291,590 passengers.
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Anti-flood park ALICANTE is to open Spain’s first urban anti-flood park to hold excess flood water but offer an environmentally sustainable natural area to maintain the ecosystem.
Spring sunshine ORIHUELA had two days when temperatures reached 30 degrees last week. The coastal sea breeze brought temperatures down to around 20 degrees in Torrevieja, Guardamar and Orihuela Costa.
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Bill complaints RESIDENTS in Santa Pola have complained about the ‘excessive’ increase in electricity bills of the last two months. The Municipal Office of Consumer Information (OMIC) reported an increase in the number of complaints. LAS FALLAS: The huge papier mache models cost tens of thousands of euros to build.
Celebrating with fire ONE of Spain’s most famous festivals has been in full swing around the province of Valencia. Las Fallas are a five day celebration - running until tonight (Thursday) marked across the province in honour of San José. The focus of the fiesta for many is the creation and destruction of the ‘niñots’ - which are huge papiermache models. They cost tens of thousands of euros to build and take many months to construct by the various clubs or peñas. The themes are varied and satirical and reminiscent of the 80’s British comedy Spitting Image, where many of the models are caricatures poking fun at Spanish politicians and celebrities. The climax of the week long celebration takes
Quote of the Week It’s not very nice, that’s for sure. You have to hunt out specific places, the nice places,” said Spanish singer Edurne Garcia and Eurovision competitor when asked whether Manchester, where her goalkeeper boyfriend plays, was ‘uglier than the back of a fridge.’
place tonight, known as ‘La Crema,’ or burning of the fallas. While the most famous are held in Valencia City, many expats will see the three separate fallas in Benidorm - in the Rincon de Loix at the end of the Levante beach, Plaza Triangular at the end of the Avd Mediterraneo and in the Old Town on Calle Tomás Ortuño. A grand float procession with all the participants takes place at 6pm. The children’s fallas are burnt first - starting at 11pm then the main adult ones are set alight one by one at midnight. The one in the Rincon goes up followed at 12:30am with the Plaza Triangular and lastly, the one in the Old Town.
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million is the number of people called to vote this Sunday, March 22, in the Andalucian elections. Of the total number of people eligible to vote, 245,202 will be doing so for the first time having recently reached the age of 18.
Exotic sales TWENTY-FIVE exotic reptiles, mammals and birds were confiscated from a house in Bullas, Murcia after being advertised for sale without any of the necessary veterinary documentation or certification.
Ladies golf TWO members of England’s senior ladies golf team, Amanda Mayne and Debbie Richards, are in La Manga next month, playing at the 2015 Spanish International Senior Ladies Amateur Championships.
And finally... Hackers who managed to block more than 400,000 files belonging to Madrid’s Ifema Fair and Congress centre were left looking rather silly when their demands for payment to undo their work were ignored and the centre’s technicians managed to restore all the servers within a day.
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Motorway accident DELAYS of more than an hour occurred on the A7 motorway at Alicante before the Mercalicante exit, following an early morning accident.
Dog fines MORE than 200 fines were issued to pet owners in Elche during the the first three months of the year, mostly for not cleaning up their dogs’ excrement from the street. Fines range from €30-600 and from €600-6,000 for dangerous breeds not wearing a muzzle.
16-year-old arrested for harassment A TEENAGER has been arrested in Orihuela on suspicion of a crime of domestic violence. The 16-year-old was arrested for allegedly harassing his ex-girlfriend to resume the relationship. An injunction against him for similar harassment had already been issued, but it has not been confirmed if it was in relation to the same girl or another previous relationship. His ex-girlfriend complained to police that he was constantly calling and following her.
MARIHUANA: Plantations discovered in Rojales and Torrellano.
Drug busts net major hash haul TWO drug operations have seen more than 5,400 marihuana plants seized in Torrellano and Rojales. Seven people have been arrested after the two indoor crop plantations were discovered by police. Most of the drug was seized in a greenhouse in Torrellano by agents of the Narcotics Group of the Judicial Police Station of Elche. Officers discovered 4,656 marihuana plants in various stages of growth, of which more than 1,600
were already in an advanced stage of processing. The second drugs sweep took place at a Rojales warehouse, where a plantation was dismantled and two men, aged 32 and 28, were arrested as 750 marihuana plants were found. As well as the marihuana, officers seized equipment used for growing the drugs including extractor fans and large filters to try and reduce the smell, and an automatic irrigation system.
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OR decades, Spain has been renowned as the place to run away to and hide for most of Europe’s criminal fraternity. But not any more! For the law-abiding British expats in Spain (about five million) who have had to live with jibes and jokes about ‘The Costa del Crime’, it has been a far from amusing experience. But last year saw a significant leap forward in British-SpanishEuropean co-operation and technology advances, which have quickly turned the whole game around. Successful initiatives like Operation Imperium, which cracked a Bulgarian mafia gang, arresting 31, Operation Captura, which is ongoing, the detection and arrest of numerous IS extremists this
month, as well as the news that the biggest gang of scammers on the south coast has been arrested, is evidence enough that the era of hiding in Spain has come to an end. What with mobile phones that know where people are, web connections that track origins, hi-tech cameras in the air, street CCTV running 24 hours, social media and international police operations, the world has become a very hard place in which to hide. Even more so in Spain. Here we have things like ID cards, road checkpoints, car park cameras and identification systems that even the UK doesn’t have. Some might say that the whole Big Brother feeling is a little intrusive. But the huge advantage is that Spain is now less desirable than the UK as a place for criminals to hide.
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Abuse victims are getting younger VICTIMS and perpetrators of domestic violence in Alicante Province are getting younger and younger. The decline in age has been detected in data released by the Office of Alicante and the Ministry of Justice in the last three years, with the Office of Victim Assistance also detecting an increase in abuse of underage girls. In 2014, there were 2,522 cases of violence recorded involving unmarried couples, the victims being mostly women, and 859 between spouses or former spouses.
Perpetrators are getting younger; the largest increase over recent years has been in the 18-30 age range which has gone from 747 abusers in 2013 to 886 in 2014, and in the range between 31 and 50 years, where the number has increased from 1,768 in 2013 to 2,090 in 2014. Victims are also younger. While the number of complaints from women over 50 years old has increased slightly since 2012, figures show a marked increase among victims aged 31 and 50 years. So far in 2015, four
Search finds immigrant boat FOLLOWING a search of the waters off Murcia and Almeria, officers from the Guardia Civil have rescued 13 illegal immigrants from a boat just off the coast of San Juan de los Terreros. The six-metre boat left Oran in Algeria on Thursday March 12 and was intercepted in the early hours of Friday morning after a passenger made a mobile phone call to 112 to explain their location. A plane spotted the craft at the border of Almeria and Murcia waters, and the passengers were rescued.
women in the province of Alicante have died at the hands of their partners.
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Camp-site plans cause environmental concerns MAYOR Monserrate Guillen of the Los Verdes (Green) party has promised to meet with environmental groups who have denounced the lack of information about the project to build a recreational and camping area in the Sierra Escalona. The Association of Friends of the Sierra Escalona (ASE) in Torre-
mendo are amongst those objecting to the plans covering more than 100,000 square metres of natural land which they say is protected. Although announced as a ‘rural tourism scheme’ and summer educational centre for youngsters, the ASE fear it is nothing more than a camp site. Guillen said he was very cautious about the
impact it might have but added: “It would not be negative,” and alluded to the fact that these types of activities operate at the heart of national parks across the country. The town planning department has said there will be around 50,000 square metres of occupied facilities including wooden houses, pools and a clubhouse.
Exploding deodorant shock A HOMEOWNER had a lucky escape when a deodorant spray caused an explosion at an apartment in Elche. Neighbouring residents in Calle Jorge Juan Blasco Ibañez got a shock upon hearing the explosion, peering off their balconies to find there was no fire, just a shattered window and shards of glass in the street.
The apartment’s occupant said he was “very stunned” by the explosion. His friend had just arrived and went to use the bathroom when the explosion occurred. It is believed a can of deodorant spray could be to blame and exploded after being heated by a nearby candle. Police said no one was injured.
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Another record month at airport THE year continues to be on the up for tourism on the Costa Blanca with El Altet’s Alicante-Elche airport reporting its latest passengers figures for February.
The airport had a record number of passengers for the month, with 503,823 travellers, an increase of 2.3 per cent compared to the same month last year.
Learn to train sea lions THE Rio Safari animal park in Elche is launching a course in training sea lions. In what the park calls a “pioneering course in the world” they are hosting a trainer’s course offering theoretical and practical instruction conducted by the company Animal Nature in partnership with the Rio Safari Foundation. The course is taught by professionals who work daily with these animals. Rio Safari hosts a therapy programme with sea lions which is unique in Spain and Europe, and enhances the capabilities of people with different problems and disabilities through interaction with the marine animals.
International traffic was determined at 422,373 passengers, of which 200,380 were British. They were followed by the Dutch (37,866), Norwegian (34,107) and Germany (34,008), amongst others.
Stolen cars in Agost AN illegal car workshop has been dismantled by police in Agost, one person arrested and five more questioned. Police also recovered several vehicles which were listed as stolen from Altea, Benidorm, El Campello and Castellon, in an operation which began when police learned of the possible existence of a sweatshop in Agost.
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Summer canteens for underprivileged children ALICANTE is expanding its lunch service for underprivileged children in the city this summer. The city council has extended the canteen service for August, giving it a budget of €50,000, around 40 per cent more than last year, which will help to serve around 400 children. The Department of Social Welfare said the programme is needed to ensure that “no child is left without food” and that the town hall has had more time to organise the programme this year to involve parents’ associations and neighbourhood associations. The department also plans to set up more summer camps with dining facilities including breakfast and lunch for disadvantaged children in various parts of the city.
Valencia is No. 2 for debt VALENCIA is the second most indebted autonomous region in Spain. The debt of the public administration was €37.37 billion at the end of 2014, 15.15 per cent higher than a year earlier, with only Catalonia having a higher debt. The debt of all public administrations stood at the end of 2014 at 97.7 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and amounted to €1.033 trillion, according to the Bank of Spain.
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Palms fenced in for regeneration CALA FERRIS in Torrevieja has seen its palm grove area fenced off. There was some concern amongst residents that when the fencing was put up it meant that plans were in place for development; now Ferris Hills, responsible for the fences, has as-
sured the public that the area has been cordoned off to protect the palms and to allow the area as a whole to be regenerated. Although the palm grove is not yet an officially protected area, it is catalogued as such in local planning paperwork and is not classified
for development. The palm tree population will be boosted by the planting of new trees and existing palms will be protected against insects and the palm weevil. When complete, the fences could possibly be removed.
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Councillor issued with embargo over debt CLR-CLARO Councillor Pedro Mancebo has had an embargo issued against him to cover a debt of over €7,000 by Orihuela Court.
as a councillor. He added it was in relation to a separate private company for which he acted as guarantor and is now struggling and in debt. He said the situation was in the process of being settled. The embargo comes just days after Mancebo announced he would not be The waste plant serves standing as head of the the provinces of Alicante, CLR party and going for Valencia, Murcia and Al- Mayor of Orihuela in the bacete, covering a wide forthcoming May elections, area on which police must saying ‘personal’ reasons were behind his decision. focus their investigations.
The councillor said the issue was a private matter that had nothing to do with the management or work he has done in recent years through his role
Baby’s body found at plant THE lifeless body of a baby was found hidden among tonnes of rubbish at a recycling and waste plant in Villena. A worker, who was bury-
ing industrial waste, found the newborn’s body by chance amongst the waste and called the police who are now investigating the matter.
Teen biker injured A TEENAGER suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a car in Gran Alacant. The 17-year-old was driving a motorcycle when it collided with a car in Avenida Canaria. The youngster was taken to Alicante General Hospital; the car driver was unhurt.
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Elche buildings not quake-proof ELCHE has 28,500 buildings, according to the most current census, with just 24 per cent of them built after 2002. This means that only those 6,700 buildings meet the Earthquake Resistant Construction Standard, which was approved in 2002 nationwide. The legislation introduced required a strengthening of the structure of buildings in areas classified as at earthquake risk, which the South Alicante area is, to improve resistance to
any horizontal movements. Carlos Perez Carramiñana, technical advisor to the College of Architects of Alicante, said the post-2002 buildings are prepared structurally to withstand an earthquake of great magnitude in the areas marked on the national seismic map as ‘risky’, although this map is constructed from the history of earthquakes and must be updated; for example, Albacete, which suffered an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude a few weeks ago, is not considered a risk area, but Southern Alicante, Baix Vinalopo and Vega Baja are on the risk list. Perez Carramiñana said the pre-2002 buildings should not fall down in a NEW laws regarding trading hours in the Valencia medium earthquake, but Region have been explained to trade associations in have great potential to Torrevieja. collapse in an eventual General Director of Trade of the Generalitat large tremor, and external regional government, Silvia Ordiñaga, was facades such as balconies accompanied by Torrevieja Mayor Eduardo Dolon, in and railings can cause announcing the decrees which govern the criteria for potential devastation and being an area of ‘great tourist influx’, which offers injury if falling on to the more freedom to choose opening hours. street.
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More voting tables for May elections ORIHUELA COSTA is to have more voting tables during the elections this May. The motion was put forward at the plenary council meeting by CLARO councillor, Bob Houliston. He said that in the last eight years, the number of eligible voters in local elections in Orihuela Costa had doubled; up from just over 4,000 to more than 8,000
in 2015. The number of voting stations, however, had not increased from the traditional three at the Playa Flamenca Town Hall, the nearby Civic Centre and the reading point in Calle Cipres in Lomas de Cabo Roig. The average number of voters in each of Orihuela Costa’s three voting stations in last year’s European elections was over 2,300, more than
Property checks BUILDINGS over 50 years old in Murcia must pass an assessment report. The Regional Government has approved a plan regarding urban renewal and regeneration which means around 9,000 apartment blocks must now receive the assessment which will evaluate their accessibility for those with limited mobility, energy efficiency and maintenance and safety issues.
the 2,000 maximum fixed by law. In Orihuela City and surrounding villages, the average number of voters per voting station ranges between 850 and 1,200. Despite the unanimous approval to the motion it was later revealed that in calculating the 2,000 maximum of voters per station, only Spanish voters counted. It was also confirmed that arrangements concerning the number of voting stations and the number of voting tables had been agreed with Orihuela Town Hall in December and it was too late to increase the number of voting stations. However, Bob Houliston has confirmed that extra tables will be placed in the town hall and in Calle Cipress to reduce waiting times.
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Officer injured as he rescues woman A POLICE officer was injured as he tried to rescue a woman who was being threatened by her son in Torrevieja. The officer was trying to reach the woman by accessing a window of the building in Calle Marie Curie where the son was threatening his mother with a
Fun time for rugby recruits AFTER the recent fun day, the Costa Cobras Rugby Football Club doubled the number of players at this week’s training. With more players joining the fun and friendly club, it is hoped that Costa Cobras will have enough players to play in the league next season. Training is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-7.30pm for the juniors, while the seniors will be training from 89.30pm at the Daya Vieja sports ground. For more information call Dutch, on 692 767 242 or Robert on 697 286 416.
knife. As Guardia Civil agents tried to distract the man at the door of the apartment, another officer was trying to get the woman out of the property through the window. The officer suffered a sprain and several bruises as he fell whilst helping the woman.
Free bus to mural exhibits BUSES are being put on for Orihuela Costa residents to view the exhibition of murals in San Isidro. The bus service runs tomorrow (Friday), Saturday and Sunday. Tomorrow and Saturday it leaves from the Zenia Boulevard at 4pm and returns from San Isidro at 8.30pm. On Sunday it leaves the Zenia Boulevard at 10am and returns at 2pm. It is a free service, but reservation is necessary. Visit the Tourist Office in the Playa Flamenca Town Hall or call 966 760 000 extension 24 and 32.
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Don your goggles for partial eclipse TORREVIEJA is hosting activities for people to enjoy and view the partial solar eclipse tomorrow (Friday). The Centre for Information and Youth (CIAJ), along with the Mastral Project and Astrology
Alicante, will host a viewing morning on the Paseo Maritimo Juan Aparicio from 9am and will issue special goggles to allow people to safely view the partial eclipse which occurs at 10.08am. A solar eclipse occurs
Improvements to Mazarron beaches MAZARRON is improving the disabled facilities at its beaches. In an effort to improve services for all beach users, three ‘beach walkers’ have been added to help those with limited mobility get around the beaches of el Puerto, La Isla and Junta de los Mares. These three beaches also have bathing chairs and a new amphibious bathing chair will be available by the summer. Toilets have been connected to the mains water and sewage supply to improve hygiene and sanitation and four new unisex toilets have been installed.
when the moon comes between the earth and the sun casting its shadow on the planet. This time the eclipse will be total in parts of northern Europe and the Faroe Islands and can be viewed as a partial eclipse across the Costa Blanca. The last partial eclipse in the area was in November 2013 and the next will be in 2021, but to see one equal or better than the one expected tomorrow (Friday) viewers will have to wait until 2026. The Mastral Project emphasises the importance of using the correct eye protection when viewing the eclipse. For more advice and to view the broadcast from the Paseo de Juan Aparicio, visit www.eclipse.el tiempoentorrevieja.es.
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Celebrations to mark Easter WITH Easter just around the corner, there are a number of processions and parades in the area depicting the death of Jesus and his resurrection. The following is a round-up of some of the bigger main events which are due to take place during Holy Week. Torrevieja’s processions begin on Palm Sunday, March 29, with the blessing of the palms in the Sagrado Corazon church in Plaza Oriente. The service will be followed by a procession to the main Plaza de la Constitucion. On April 1, two processions leave, one carrying the ‘paso’ (float) of Jesus carrying the cross starts at Plaza Oriente and the other, bearing the image of the Virgin Mary, leaves from Plaza de la Constitucion with both meeting on the corner of Calle Maria Parodi and Ramon Gallud. The most solemn procession of Holy Week takes place on April 2 at 11pm when Torrevieja will dim the street lights.
There is no music apart from the mournful beat of the drummers as the procession leaves the main town square. Good Friday, April 3, sees 14 ‘cofradias’ (a local group) carrying 18 pasos, in the longest procession of the week, starting at 8pm leaving from the main town square and returning to the same place. In Orihuela, the celebrations were declared of ‘International Tourist Interest’ in 2010 with many of the traditional activities having survived for centuries. One of the most powerful processions takes place on Maundy Thursday, April 2, starting at 11pm, when the town hosts the solemn parade as in Torrevieja. The Burial of Christ takes place on April 3 at 7pm, with its origins having been traced back to the 17th century. For full details of Orihuela’s processions and celebrations visit the website www.semanasantaorihuela.com.
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Haco Muebles launches new kitchen showroom HACO MUEBLES in Rojales are hosting an open day on Saturday to officially inaugurate their new kitchen showroom. From 2pm, visitors and customers old and new, are invited to view their extensive range of quality kitchens and enjoy a free drink and tapas. The 2,000 square metre showroom has been built within Haco Muebles’ existing furniture
KITCHEN SHOWROOM: Open day from 2pm on Saturday.
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rios, on the Formentera road. It is the company’s second kitchen showroom after opening one in Altea last year. The kitchen is the heart of the home and is now widely used as an extension of the living room, where at the end of the day, the whole family gets together. Being such a feature, it is important to get it right and the team at Haco Muebles
can discuss your functional and design requirements from top German manufacturers, whether you are looking for a high gloss or matt finish, wood or bright bold colours. There are a range of budget prices, but all come with high quality and style and Haco Muebles are an elite dealer of Silestone worktops and appliances are available from well-known brands such as Siemens, Bosch, AG and Zanussi. Haco Muebles has over 50 years of experience in Holland, so it was only natural that they would soon be bringing their kitchen expertise to Spain. For more information visit the showroom or call 966 792 435.
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OPERATION CAPTURA: Ten of the UK’s most wanted criminals believed to be in Spain.
Britain’s most wanted in Spain
THE British National Crime Agency has released details of 10 of Britain’s most wanted criminals, all thought to be hiding in Spain and on the Costas. In an operation known as ‘Captura,’ police are appealing to residents and travellers in Spain to give any information that may lead to these individuals. The 10 includes Shane Walford, who was convicted of the manslaughter of
a firefighter and father-oftwo at a bar in Coventry. Walford was released on licence in January 12, but having failed to attend appointments with a supervising officer, the licence was revoked and he has been recalled to prison. Many of the men, who have been accused or convicted of crimes ranging from manslaughter, rape, assault and drug smuggling, are still thought to
be a considerable danger to the public. British police, working with Spanish security services, want to find them as soon as possible. Detailed information and photos regarding each of the men is available on the UK Crimestoppers website. Tel+ +44 800 555 111 https://crimestoppersuk.org/get-involved/ourcampaigns/internationalcampaigns/operationcaptura/
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Rojales mayor helps rescue abandoned pony A PONY found tangled in ropes and wandering along the river in Rojales has been rescued with the help of Rojales mayor
Antonio Perez. The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre (EHCRC) at Rojales was alerted to the case by a member of
Thanking you IN the last year there has been three children in the Valencia region born with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), an inherited connective tissue disease causing blisters on the skin at the slightest touch. They are known as ‘butterfly children’ as their skin is so sensitive and delicate. DEBRA charity works to help and support those with the disease and their families. A charity fun night at the Hillside Bar in Urbanisation La Marina which included fun games, a quiz, play your cards right, head and tails, the lemon challenge, an auction and raffle raised more than €900. DEBRA would like to thank Tommy and Sue Rogers for organising the event and Colin, Sue and staff from the Hillside Bar for their donations and hard work.
the public. In a stroke of luck, Mayor Perez and several councillors were out on a women’s solidarity walk in the area and quickly offered to help find the pony. The pony was eventually located and, after gaining police permission, founders of EHCRC Sue and Rod Weeding, collected the pony and brought her back to the centre where she will live permanently. She has been named Antonia in honour of the mayor and for all the help he has given the rescue centre. For more information and details on how to sponsor horses, visit www.easyhorsecare.net.
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VELVETONES VERSES: The little book of ‘Silly Rhyme’ is on sale now.
Laughs for charity
THE Velvetones Harmony chorus resident ‘Pam Ayres’ aka June Brady who works for Age Concern has written a collection of funny poems to help raise cash for a minibus for the charity. In her words: “Every picture tells a story and this one should be told, of this little book of ‘Silly Rhyme’ that’s ready to be sold! Poems to make you laugh and smile, won’t bring us any fame, but for Age Con-
cern the charity we hope it brings acclaim. They really do amazing work, it’s such a worthy cause, for the elderly, frail and vulnerable, they open many doors. Your support to buy a copy would be so very nice, so can you help us swell their funds; €5 will suffice!” Copies can be bought at Age Concern Torrevieja (near the bus station), Los Montesinos, La Siesta or call June 965 327 446.
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Top Elvis tribute helps dog charity HELPING HANDS registered charity is proud to be presenting the European Elvis Tribute Champion, Simon Patrick, with supporting DJ, Steve King, at a fundraising event tomorrow (Friday). Situated on the beach with its own marina in Aguilas, the venue is the Hotel Puerto Juan Montiel. A choice of tickets is still available, either to include the hotel’s hot and cold buffet at €24 or for the show only at just €12. Based in Lorca and Aguilas, Helping
Hands consists of a very small team of English, Spanish, Belgian and German people, working hard to make a difference to the lives of animals and people alike. As with most charities, times are hard and they are struggling, caring for more than 40 abandoned and ill-treated dogs. Most are housed at the homes of two Helping Hands members as the charity has no sanctuary or kennelling. The team also works tirelessly manning its charity shop in Aguilas where donations of anything and everything are gratefully received and sold to raise funds for their work. Veterinary treatment CARTAGENA is currently hosting the 18th Murcia alone regularly amounts Region’s young musicians competition at the Music to around €1,000 a Conservatory until April 16. month in addition to There are 167 entrants battling it out to be emergency kennelling of crowned the winner in the categories of percus€250. sion, woodwind, string, brass, piano, flamenco, song and guitar. The finals start on April 7 at 4pm For further information and entry to all events is free. on the charity and for For more information, call the conservatory on tickets to the Elvis show 968 313 366. call 968 482 948.
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Oklahoma! comes to San Fulgencio THE dates for Studio 32’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! have now been set for June 4-6 at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio. Heading the cast in her first principal role as Laurey will be 17-year-old Studio 32 newcomer Verity Jo Spencer Hall. Verity has already appeared as
LEAD ROLE: Verity Jo Spencer Hall stars in Studio 32’s production of Oklahoma! Georgina in the locally filmed production of The Cucaracha Club and played the leading role as Samantha in radio play The Numbers Game. Verity is looking forward to this new challenge and with the expert guidance of Show Director Susan Wilson and support of the more experienced members of the cast is confident of meeting the expectations of the role. Verity has ambitions to work in musical theatre in the future and sees this role as an important stepping stone to her achieving her aims.
As well as the cast learning lines, dances and songs, the backstage crew are at full stretch building the set, making costumes and props. Carpenter John Murrell has been making an impressive full size ‘surrey with a fringe on top’ (carriage), whilst wardrobe manager Jean Wilkinson and her team and small props manager Paula Whitbread are busy making the 40 costumes and small props required for the cast. For more information about Studio 32 visit the website www.studiothirty two.org or email studio thirtytwo2013@gmail.com. Tickets will be on sale at the tourist information centre in La Marina on 966 790 021 and other outlets.
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Best wine ONE of the most important wine critics worldwide, Robert Parker, considered an Axarquia red wine, the Sedella, as the best of Andalucia in an article released by prestigious magazine ‘The Wine Advocate.’
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Youths arrested TWO minors were arrested in La Cala del Moral last weekend after they allegedly hit a woman to steal her purse. After a short chase, officers were able to catch them and confiscate the €225 they had stolen.
Damages claim MOTRIL’S Andalucian-nationalist political party has raised complaints regarding the poor condition of the industrial site Las Algaidas. They claim it is being used for illegal car races and that vandals have been damaging the facilities.
Nordic music MORE than 200 Scandinavians visited Almuñecar last weekend as they did not want to miss the chance to enjoy the performance held by renowned Swedish performer Matias Enn, at the town’s Casa de la Cultura.
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Fire damaged A 56-YEAR-OLD man died last Monday (March 16) in a fire at his flat in Palma. The fire forced all residents of the eightfloor building to be evacuated as it burnt three homes completely and damaged another 10.
Give it back THE Development Ministry has requested 796 youths from the Balearic Islands to return the monthly €210 they received for 48 months to help pay their rents as they claim they were earning more than €22,000 per year.
2014 for being unable to pay their mortgage or rent increased by 13.4 per cent compared to the previous year, reaching a total of 3,485.
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Carpet challenge SENIOR citizens in Zapillo, Almeria City, have joined up to help create the world’s largest carpet, the Sierpinski. Currently 400 centres in 32 countries are creating the carpet which is designed using fractals.
Lucky numbers A LUCKY resident of Motril won €60,000 thanks to the Once raffle last Saturday. More than €9 million went to winners of Malaga from tickets sold by a single vendor called Alejandro Narvaez.
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AMENDMENT: Compensation must now be guaranteed before demolition.
Hope for illegal home owners
OWNERS of illegal homes have seen a ray of hope thanks to a decision reached by the Spanish Senate. Parliamentary groups agreed to an amendment of the reform of the Penal Code to allow judges to delay demolition of illegal homes bought in good faith until compensation is guaranteed for the owners. The amendment was presented by PSOE socialist party, which collaborated with Abusos Urbanisticos Almanzora No (AUAN) group. Although expatriates affected by the problem had been losing hope due to a lack of evident support for their cause, the amendment is good news, although
it remains to see how judges interpret the amendment. However, it is not quite as big a move as it first seems. Historically, although property owners were sometimes awarded compensation by the courts, their properties could still be demolished before they received a cent leaving people, like the Priors, with their life savings wiped out. Under the terms of the amendment, owners must now be guaranteed compensation before demolition. However, this does not mean the house is legal, which still leaves the issue of properties that can’t be connected to the utilities or gain the correct paperwork.
Outraged fans
Encouraging schemes
THE cancellation of David Guetta’s concert scheduled for August 2, 2014 in Palma, caused 539 complaints out of the 6,685 total registered at the Consumption Office of the Balearic Islands during the last year.
COSTA DEL SOL towns will be receiving €12 million in aid for employment schemes this year, the Junta de Andalucia regional government has announced.
Sexist violence campaign
ANGEL VERGARA, a student from Fuengirola, will be representing Spain in El Salvador at the Latin-American Biology Olympics in September and is in with chances of bringing a medal home.
PALMA Council together with municipal transport company (EMT) will collaborate to raise awareness on gender-based violence. Stickers will be placed inside the town’s buses with the phrase ‘there is a way out’ and the emergency number 016.
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MALLORCA’S Provincial Council has spent almost €600 million in the different municipalities of the Islands since 2011. A great part of the investments went to road improvement projects.
AMERICAN investment company Blackstone continues preparations with a due diligence before purchase of 39.4 per cent of shares in Malaga Metro, valued at approximately €125 million.
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Excellent cut THE Popi Trophy, one of Spain’s biggest ham-cutting competitions, was won in Estepona by Joaquin Vazquez from Huelva, who was awarded 10 points more than the runners up for his work.
Evictions increase THE number of families that were evicted from their homes in Malaga Province in
Top choice THE Museo de Almeria has been named in China’s tourist portal Lianorg as a Top Choice for 2015. The museum was voted for by travellers from China and other Asian countries.
Water day EL EJIDO will be celebrating March 22 World Water Day with a range of activities. Most of the activities are aimed at school age children and include workshops and entertainment.
No extradition THE paediatrician accused of sexually abusing children while serving at a Pulpi health centre will not be extradited to Spain until he’s served a sentence in Columbia for abusing a nine-year-old.
Caravan exodus AFTER an information campaign initiated by the consistory, illegally parked motor homes and caravans have started to leave the El Ejido coast. The campaign comes after years of leniency.
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Good taste IN a tasting experiment, Alicante University students all preferred water from inland natural springs. Benidorm’s tapwater was voted second but Alicante City’s desalinated water got the thumbs-down.
Still sturdy THE 12 ‘apostles’ or pillars supporting the Loreto church in Javea need repairs. Only deteriorated poured concrete will be replaced as the iron reinforcement inside the pillars is undamaged.
Drone’s eye view A DRONE will be used in Gandia to detect and photograph the inaccessible breeding grounds of mosquitoes. This will be especially helpful in outlying rural areas, the town hall said.
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Bullfights come back under the spotlight BULLFIGHTS, which were banned by Cataluña’s parliament more than two years ago, may be coming back thanks to a new law the Spanish Senate will be debating. The Cultural Commission at the Congress has given the green light to a text aimed to save immaterial cultural heritage which was put forward by the PP conservative party. PP delegate Juan de Dios Ruano said the future law will be “a law by everyone for everyone,” an idea he backed up by saying its aim is to “save a way of being, feeling and living in a particular way which is distinguished and recognised across the world as a Spanish characteristic.” Meanwhile Catalan delegate Joan Tarda claimed
BULLFIGHTING: Banned in Cataluña two years ago. that Education, Culture and Sports minister Jose Ignacio Wert aims to make the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) declare bullfights as immaterial heritage and reintroduce them in Cataluña. “I think they’re too late, the people of Cataluña decided at their
parliament that there is no going back and in fact we thank them for this law as it has put us on alert: what we had thought was happening has come to light,” Tarda said. The Catalan parliament decided to ban bullfights in July 2010 and the rule came into effect on January 1, 2012.
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business & legal Castellon airport alive AFTER four years in limbo, Castellon airport is stirring into life. Ryanair will become the first company to operate commercial flights from the white elephant airport. It opened in March 2011 and cost Valencia’s regional government €120 million to
build, plus €50 million in budget overruns, compensation and overheads. To date it has been used only by charters and private aircraft. Detecting a tourism potential similar to Alicante and Cataluña’s, the Irish budget airline will fly regularly
No bank debts for Mercadona MERCADONA is in a solid financial position. At the end of 2014 it possessed €2.883 billion in cash and owed nothing to the banks. Its cash position was a record for the company and more than doubled the 2008 figure of €1.287 billion. It was in 2008 that Mercadona had more than €1 billion in available cash for the first time and although it trailed a financial debt, this was not large. In 2006 it had short and long-term financial debts of €19.1 million, gradually reducing these until they finally disappeared from the company’s balance sheets in 2012.
Mercadona’s net cash has continued to grow, increasing by 11.6 per cent between 2013 and 2014 despite spending €655 million on 60 new supermarkets, renovating 30 more and building a logistics centre in Abrera (Barcelona). The supermarket chain’s only liabilities correspond to payments to suppliers, a constantly fluctuating sum that at the end of the financial year stood at €2.096 billion. The chain acquired products worth €14.9 billion in 2014 and on average paid suppliers within 51 days after delivery, compared with 53 days in 2013.
between Castellon, Britain, Germany and Sweden. Canadian multinational SNC-Lavalin is the company which now runs the airport and hopes to receive 250 flights and 35,000 passengers this year. They are also negotiating with other companies, sources said.
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Looking ahead BFA, state-owned mother company of partnationalised Bankia, allocated €943 million for possible compensation to clients who were missold preference shares or lost savings in Bankia’s flawed 2011 flotation.
Big contract PUBLICLY-OWNED Navantia will build three oil tankers with an option for three more ‘at international prices’ for Basque company Ondimar Transportes Maritimos. The end client is probably Cepsa.
Taxmen pay surprise visits SANTIAGO MENENDEZ, director general of Hacienda’s tax agency AEAT, recently detailed last year’s achievements. These included tracking down undeclared house and apartment rentals by cross-checking unexplained electricity and water consumption in properties that their owners claimed were empty. Web-pages were scrutinised and Hacienda inspectors spoke to concier-
ges and residents of randomly chosen apartment buildings. They paid 7,410 visits to properties whose rentals they suspected were not declared. In tourist areas inspectors questioned parents waiting to pick up their children from school. This helped detect 145 cases of foreign residents who had informed their own tax authorities they lived in Spain, where they paid tax at the lower non-residents’ rate.
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STAT OF WEEK IN 2014, 46 per cent of Spanish employers dismissed staff, compared to 56 per cent in 2013. Sixty-three per cent expect to take on staff this year, they said.
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Recession. What recession? WHEN businesses fail it is easy to blame the recession. In all but a few cases that argument doesn’t stack up. Failure is more often due to complacency and hapless management. Obliged to occasionally visit a splendidly situated restaurant, I hated the place as the service was excruciatingly bad. The owner, due to poor business, closed for the winter. Is he under the illusion that a little sunshine is enough to compensate for offhand foot-dragging staff? Other restaurants lacking such beautiful surroundings thrive. It is service, not location, that puts bums on seats. Having moved home I no longer
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shopped at Ferreteria La Florida near Torrevieja. Then, stuck for an item, I recalled how helpful the hardware store had been in the past. On this occasion I hardly recognised it. The business was bigger and busier.
Complimenting the owner, Juan, I remarked on the evident success of his business. He explained that he had since opened another branch in Quesada. I knew why he had succeeded during the most difficult years of the downturn but I asked him anyway what he owed to his success. “Service,” Juan explained and then confirmed everything I had assumed. His business mission is to offer a service that cannot be faulted. Unfortunately, well run businesses are few and far between, ineptitude being the No 1 business killer. It was a pleasing surprise during the same week to make the acquaintance of Oscar and
David, owners of a computer repair business. Having really messed up my mobile phone I was fed up to say the least. Before I even reached the counter, a cheery customer greeted me and smiled, “You have come to the right place.” Although my problem was minor in business terms I was given five star business service. As a new customer I was introduced to the staff, given a tour and my problem was fixed whilst I enjoyed a coffee. Oscar and David will grow their business, because there is still desperate need for competence and recognition that the customer is king.
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How much to make you happy? Loose change A look at finance for females
Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
YOUR local hairdresser hasn’t got a salary anything like a top executive, but they are just as happy with life, a new study suggests. Average salaries of over 200 different occupations were compared with workers’ reported levels of happiness, and while the study found that in general the higher the salary the happier workers reported to be, not all jobs fitted the trend. Fitness instructors in the UK, for example, take home an average of €14,000 a year, but are actually happier than lawyers who earn an average
HAIRDRESSERS: Perhaps not top earners, but they are just as happy with life. of €90,000. Meanwhile dental nurses, who earn an average of €20,000 were found to be happier than dentists who make an average of €65,000.
The study says that there is definitely a correlation between income and happiness, but that money actually buys less happiness than people
assume. And in some ways, it buys happiness only up to a certain point. Workers earning over €100,000 and upwards annually are not any happier
Change for UK Civil Service pensions Q. My UK Air Force pension, along with my old-age pension, is taxed at source in the UK. When I made my first tax declaration as a Spanish resident last year, I declared these pensions to my Spanish tax consultant. She charged me a further tax of seven
per cent, saying the UK tax charged was 20 per cent and in Spain it is 27 per cent. Is this correct? I have read that, with the UK-Spain dual tax agreement, armed forces pensions are not subject to tax in Spain. M.G. (email)
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A. First, your tax consultant is right about the difference between UK and Spanish tax. Your normal old-age pension is indeed subject to Spanish income tax. Because you were already taxed in the UK, she is right to assess you the difference of seven per cent now that you are resident in Spain. However, she was not right to assess you the full amount of 27 per cent on your Air Force or other Civil Service pension. These pensions have been, as you have read, not subject to Spanish income tax. If you wish to make a claim for overpayment, you can return to your consultant and check to see if she charged you
for the full amount. Perhaps she only charged you for the old-age pension dif-
ference. Remember, if you declared last year, 2014, this was for tax year 2013. You want to be sure when you declare for last year’s tax, 2014, you are not charged for your Air Force pension. As a result of a revised new tax agreement between Spain and the UK, Civil Service and other government pensions must now be declared. Article 18 of the new treaty, in Paragraphs 1 and 2, says the amount of a Civil Service pension will now be added to any other income, in order to determine the tax rate charged. Then the Civil Service income will be subtracted from the total. The remaining amount will then be taxed at the new, and probably higher, rate. This complicated operation allows the Spanish Tax Agency to collect some more tax while maintaining the principle that Civil Service pensions are not taxable.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
than those earning a good salary below €100,000. Happiness levels don’t keep rising the more money one has! It turns out, what you do with your money seems to matter just as much to your happiness as how much you make. And the advice is to spend on experiences and not stuff. Material goods may last longer, but studies shows that life experiences - like trips, fancy dinners, and spa treatments - provide a person with much more satisfaction in the long run. For example, if you are a fan of the theatre, then go buy tickets to a play. That will make you happy. However don’t waste your money on experiences that are not your thing, as this type of spending is likely to leave us feeling just as empty as spending money on possessions that lose their novelty minutes after we buy them!
BUSINESS EXTRA
Oil from afar SPAIN imported 4.6 million tons of oil from 32 countries in January, 8.3 per cent below January 2014. Principal suppliers were Nigeria with 22 per cent of the total, followed by Angola (14 per cent) and Saudi Arabia (14 per cent) while imports from the US, Russia and Mexico all fell.
Gap widens WITH the exception of Asturias, northern regions outperformed those in the south, said Fitch Ratings. Best results came from Navarra whose GDP declined by 3.86 per cent between 2008-2013 compared with 5.96 per cent nationally. Asturias’s GDP fell by 9 per cent followed by Murcia, Valencia and Extremadura’s 8 per cent.
Service record TRAFFIC increased on motorways last year, said toll road operator Abertis although there has been an accumulated 34 per cent reduction since 2007. With takings at service areas falling proportionately, the company is remodelling those on the AP-7, AP-2 and AP-68 to attract more custom, announced director general Antoni Español.
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E’VE all done it, haven’t we? Finally ensconced in your ‘avion’ seat and ready to fly, your heart lifts slightly as you notice the two seats beside you are still empty. Glancing up, you also observe there are only a few unseated passengers still left in the aisles. With what appears to be all the travellers now on board, you tentatively allow yourself to consider that maybe, just maybe, you are the only occupant of your row of three - with all the freedom of movement and luxurious ‘spreading’ this unexpected flying bonus can provide. Wrong. Suddenly there is a bustle of activity and move-
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ment at the door. With much huffing, puffing and considerable disruption, the whole plane is subsequently confronted by two of the largest people it is possible to imagine. An enormous man and woman, clutching baggage and bags about their persons, have entered the cabin and begun to make their laborious journey down the centre of the plane. Frantically you glance around. Are there any other empty seats in the vicinity they could be heading for? Of course there aren’t. Puffing and panting they pause and peer happily at the numbers above your seat. You and your unexpected luxury have just disintegrated into an uncomfortable nightmare. As they noisily and disruptively begin to place their baggage in the overhead compartments, you reluctantly unbuckle your, somewhat optimistically, fastened seat belt.
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The trials of flying ‘coach’
DASHED: Hopes of vacant seats beside you turn into a nightmare. Rising from your aisle seat (chosen for maximum freedom), you step aside and allow the couple to squeeze and wheeze their way into the seats that should really have contained your newspapers, magazines and repasts for the ensuing flight. (Dream on, Leapy!) The female vibrates down into her window seat and the
male (by far the largest) squashes down beside you. One enormous arm forces yours to the rear of the armrest, and there is now enough of your upper torso hanging in the aisle to make contact with most of the people who pass by, and especially the carts. And those, my dear esteemed readers, are the cir-
cumstances I am now enduring as I attempt to scribble this week’s blurb. I have complained, once, and was duly informed, in a guttural German accent (what else!), that he was ‘not interferink viz me’. Ah well, he’s too unpleasant to argue with. Goodbye the illusion of first-class silver service travel and hello the crunched-up reality of plastic forks, large rubbish bags, and the horrible discomfort of modern-day ‘coach’. “To the older amongst us who remember him, Leapy Lee (Little Arrows) died at the beginning of March this year.” So announced my obituary published this month in a local community journal. Still here, I’m afraid, folks. You don’t get rid of me that easily!
Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com Web: Leapylee.co.uk
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Your Pension Options From April Deciding what to do with your pension savings after the changes on 6th April is likely to be one of the biggest financial decisions you ever make, because it affects your longterm financial security. With careful consideration and planning the new rules could open up attractive opportunities. Getting it wrong, however, could have serious and unexpected consequences in future. Specialist advice is essential more so because as an expatriate you need to consider the tax rules and implications in Spain. Defined contribution schemes The new rules apply to those aged 55 and over with defined contribution schemes. In summary, your options are • Take the whole fund out as cash in one go. • Make withdrawals of any amount as and when you want. The balance can remain invested. • Take regular income through income drawdown. You draw directly from the pension fund,
By Gary Cardwell, Partner, Blevins Franks which remains invested. • It should be possible to take the 25% tax free lump sum straightaway and take taxable income through income drawdown at a later date. The lump sum is only tax free in the UK; you need to look at the rules of your country of residence. • Take a secure regular income through buying an annuity. If you do choose to take all or much of your fund as cash, you
should first ensure you have a reliable plan for your long-term financial security. What about the 55% ‘death tax’? Currently, it is normally only possible to pass a pension on as a tax-free lump sum if you die before age 75 and you have not taken any tax-free cash or income. Otherwise, lump sums paid from the fund are subject to a 55% tax charge. From April 2015 this charge will be abolished. If you die before age 75, your beneficiaries can take the whole pension fund as a lump sum or draw an income tax free. If you die after age 75, if your beneficiaries take a regular income, it will be taxed at their marginal rate. If they take the whole fund as a lump sum it will be subject to 45% tax, though this may change from 2016. Annuities will be treated in the same way as drawdown pensions in respect of death benefits. However
final salary schemes are not. Defined benefit pensions If you have a defined benefit scheme (e.g. final salary), you could consider transferring to a defined contribution scheme. From April it will no longer be possible to transfer from unfunded public sector schemes. Note that you could lose very valuable benefits if you transfer out of a defined benefit pension; it is essential you understand all the consequences and make a carefully considered decision. The government has imposed a rule that anyone thinking of transferring out of a defined benefit scheme must receive advice from a pension transfer specialist regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. For peace of mind, you should apply this advice to all your pension decisions - i.e. speak to a regulated adviser. You want to ensure you receive a high level of trustworthy advice when
determining what to do with your pension. If this all sounds complicated, it is because it is. And you cannot afford to get it wrong. You need to weigh up all your options, including Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS), before you can determine what is best for you. You need advice from a firm that specialises in both pensions and taxation, and for both the UK and Spain. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.
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7:20am Rugrats in Paris: The Movie 8:50am Khumba 10:30am Spy Kids 3: Game Over 12:00pm Turbo 1:45pm Rio 2 3:40pm Khumba 5:20pm Turbo 7:10pm Rio 2 9:00pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 11:30pm Ella Enchanted 1:15am Chimpanzee 2:40am Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 5:10am Spy Kids 3: Game Over
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8:00am Gunsmoke 9:05am Gunsmoke 10:40am All the Young Men 12:20pm The Enemy General 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Angry Hills 6:00pm Last of the Comanches 7:40pm Taras Bulba 10:00pm The Illusionist
Biopic of Danny Greene, the Irish-American dockworker who engineers a corrupt rise to power.
2:20am Finders Keepers
Edward Norton, and Jessica Biel star in this drama set in Vienna, 1889.
12:05am Once Upon a Time in China V 2:00am Hell on Wheels 2:45am The Illusionist
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3pm 3:25pm Six Nations Rugby Union
3:35pm Flight of the Navigator 5:00pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Final Score
4:30pm Secrets From the Sky 5:00pm Off Their Rockers 5:30pm Big Star's Little Star
5:10pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me
6:15pm Flog It! 7:15pm Gardeners World 7:45pm Kew on a Plate 8:45pm Dad's Army
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9:15pm Murder on the Victorian Railway 10:15pm Now is Good 11:50pm Girl with a Pearl Earring
3:25pm Holiday Love Rats Exposed 4:25pm The Woman with 40 Cats... And Other Pet Hoarders 5:25pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors
3:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 5:00pm The Holidaymakers
6:10pm Come Dine with Me 6:45pm Come Dine with Me 7:10pm The Simpsons 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:05pm Selling Off Britain
6:25pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 7:20pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 8:10pm Police Interceptors
6:00pm Wild Things 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9:25pm You're Back in the Room 10:25pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:30pm ITV News and Weather 11:45pm Burn after Reading
9:00pm The World's Weirdest Weather 10:00pm Richard III: The Princes in the Tower 11:00pm Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
9:00pm 5 News
1:25am Michael Collins 3:25am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
1:30am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:45am Nightscreen
1:05am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2:05am Stakeout 4:05am Hollyoaks Omnibus Maxine seems doomed to fail when a secret plot threatens her chances with social services.
12:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am The Benefits Estate 5:00am The Gadget Show
12:20am Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 1:20am Hawaii Five-0 2:20am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:10am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 4:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 5:00am UK Border Force
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Action from the Six Nations Trophy.
5:30pm Six Nations Rugby Union Action from the Six Nations Trophy.
Limelight-loving bank manager Paul Condliffe is second to host in Stoke.
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9:05pm NCIS 10:00pm NCIS 11:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:55pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
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12am 12:45am The Football League Show 2:05am Virus 3:35am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:40am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am I, Frankenstein 8:35am Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 10:25am The Lone Ranger 1:00pm Kick-Ass 2 2:45pm Executive Decision 5:00pm Batman Begins 7:25pm The Lone Ranger 10:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 12:00am Kick-Ass 2 1:50am Executive Decision 4:05am I, Frankenstein 5:40am The Comancheros
8:20am 13 Going on 30 10:15am Saving Mr. Banks Special 10:45am Hot Shots! Part Deux 12:30pm Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2:10pm Ali G Indahouse 3:50pm 13 Going on 30 5:40pm Hot Shots! 7:20pm Hot Shots! Part Deux 9:00pm Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 10:35pm Ali G Indahouse 12:10am Employee of the Month
7:30am Speed 9:35am Poseidon 11:20am The Day After Tomorrow 1:30pm Lone Survivor 3:35pm Black Hawk Down Brutally authentic war action detailing the covert US mission in Somalia that became a bloodbath.
6:05pm Poseidon 7:50pm The Day After Tomorrow 10:00pm Lone Survivor 12:05am Saw Adam and Lawrence have been chained up in a filthy bathroom with a corpse lying between them.
1:50am Black Hawk Down
7:00am Corpse Bride 8:25am Escape From Planet Earth 10:00am Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 11:55am Masters of the Universe 1:50pm Return to Nim's Island 3:30pm Escape From Planet Earth 5:05pm Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 7:00pm Masters of the Universe 9:00pm Return to Nim's Island 10:45pm The Harry Hill Movie 12:25am The Last Keepers A teenage outcast discovers that - like the rest of her family - she has extraordinary powers.
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7:00am Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura 8:00am Gunsmoke 9:05am Gunsmoke 10:10am Taras Bulba 12:30pm Last of the Comanches 2:05pm April in Paris 4:00pm Mark of the Gorilla 5:15pm Tarzan's Hidden Jungle 6:40pm Jungle Man-Eaters 7:55pm Miss Congeniality 10:00pm Rush Hour 11:50pm No Way Out 2:00am Rush Hour 3:35am No Way Out
A child becomes obsessed with a mysterious doll she finds in her new home.
11:45am Very Good Girls 1:25pm Blended 3:25pm Edge of Tomorrow 5:20pm Next Goal Wins 7:00pm Blended 9:00pm Edge of Tomorrow 11:00pm The Longest Week 12:30am Kill the Irishman Biopic of Danny Greene, the Irish-American dockworker who engineers a corrupt rise to power.
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BBC TWO 7:00am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 7:30am Great British Garden Revival 8:30am Gardeners World 9:00am Countryfile 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm A Taste of Britain 1:20pm Back in Time for Dinner 2:20pm Day of the Evil Gun
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CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory
CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Sponge Bob Square Pants Children's series following Spongebob Squarepants and his aquatic friends under the ocean. 11:35am The Dog Rescuers 12:00pm The Hotel Inspector 1:00pm The Hotel Inspector 1:55pm Disney's Phenomenon
SUNDAY TV
SKY 1 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Hawaii Five-0 11:00am Hawaii Five-0 12:00pm WWE Raw 1:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 2:00pm Chris and Wes: Let's Do This 2:30pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew
3pm 3:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 4:15pm The Truth About Sugar 5:15pm Escape to the Country 5:45pm Lifeline 5:55pm Songs of Praise
3:50pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 4:30pm Three Up, Two Down 5:00pm Hi-De-Hi! 5:35pm The Hairy Bikers and Lorraine Pascale
4:30pm River Monsters 5:00pm Twister Film,1989
3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm The Simpsons 4:00pm The Spy Next Door 5:50pm Channel 4 News
4:20pm The Borrowers Drama,2011
Includes sport and weather.
3:30pm The Real A&E 4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family
6pm 6:30pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm The Big Painting Challenge 8:00pm Countryfile
6:35pm Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath 7:35pm Pompidou 8:00pm Six Nations Greatest Moments
7:05pm Local News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 8:30pm Off Their Rockers
6:10pm Richard III: The Return of the King
9:00pm Caribbean with Simon Reeve 10:00pm Louis Theroux 11:00pm Bluestone 42 11:30pm Red Tails
9:00pm All Star Family Fortunes 10:00pm Mr Selfridge 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
9:00pm Great Canal Journeys 10:00pm Indian Summers
On Thursday, Richard III - the king found under a council car park in Leicester in 2012 - will be buried in the city's cathedral.
6:00pm A Cinderella Story 7:50pm 5 News The latest news coverage.
7:55pm Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
6:00pm Moone Boy 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm About a Boy 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Wild Things
9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Poldark 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2
The pressure continues to mount on Ralph as Jaya reveals the real reason for her visit to Simla.
11:00pm Gogglebox
10:00pm Alex Cross A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled serial killer who specialises in torture and pain.
9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
12am 12:40am Football League Trophy Highlights 1:25am The Apprentice USA 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:50am BBC News
1:25am Donkeys 2:40am Countryfile 3:40am Holby City 4:40am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:20am LV Cup Rugby Highlights 1:15am The Store 3:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:15am Nightscreen
12:00am Breaking Dawn: Part 1 2:15am Br端no 3:35am Come Dine with Me 4:00am Come Dine with Me 4:30am Come Dine with Me 5:00am Come Dine with Me
12:05am Scream 4 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am The Restaurant Inspector 5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series that works its magic on neglected homes.
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles1:00am Hawaii Five-02:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime3:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime4:00am Hawaii Five-05:00am Inside Gatwick
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5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm The Great War 8:40pm The Great War 9:20pm Pop Go the 60s Tony Bennett. 9:25pm Pop Go the 60s 9:30pm Secret Knowledge: Stradivarius and Me 10:00pm Lost Cities of the Ancients, the Vanished Capital of the Pharaoh 11:00pm Sleep Tight 12:35am Kenny Rogers 1:35am Top of the Pops 2:35am Kings of Soul
2:10pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 2:50pm Scorpion 3:45pm Celebrity Catchphrase 4:40pm Hotel Transylvania 5:40pm FYI Daily 5:45pm Hotel Transylvania 6:25pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 7:50pm She's the Man 8:50pm FYI Daily 8:55pm She's the Man 10:00pm Ibiza Weekender 11:00pm The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 12:00am FYI Daily
7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Judge Judy 7:40am Countrywise 8:40am Agatha Christie's Marple 10:35am Heartbeat 11:35am Heartbeat 12:35pm A Touch of Frost 2:40pm Wycliffe 3:45pm A Touch of Frost 5:45pm Agatha Christie's Marple 7:50pm Inspector Morse 10:00pm Sunday Night at the Palladium 11:00pm Birds of a Feather 11:30pm City Lights 12:35am Steptoe and Son
7:00am The Professionals 8:00am The Professionals 9:05am Hornblower 11:10am Hogan's Heroes 11:40am Car Chasers 12:10pm Car Chasers 12:45pm Storage Wars 1:10pm Storage Wars 1:45pm Snooker 6:15pm Storage Wars 6:40pm River Monsters 7:45pm Snooker 12:15am Fearless 1:15am FYI Daily 1:20am Fearless
10:00am Baby Daddy 10:30am Baby Daddy 11:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 1:30pm Revenge 2:30pm The 100 3:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 3:55pm How I Met Your Mother 4:25pm How I Met Your Mother 4:55pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:50pm The Big Bang Theory 8:20pm Gulliver's Travels 10:00pm Troy 11:00pm Rude Tube 12:05am The Big Bang Theory
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Comedy drama following the lives of a bomb disposal detachment serving in Afghanistan.
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3:55pm Liar Liar 5:30pm The Mask 7:15pm Bruce Almighty 9:00pm Me, Myself and Irene 11:00pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 12:45am The Cable Guy 2:25am Fun with Dick and Jane When Dick's firm goes bankrupt, he and wife Jane have two options.
8:35am Hours 10:15am The Purge 11:45am Breakdown 1:20pm All is Lost 3:10pm Gravity 4:45pm The Beach 6:45pm Dead Calm 8:25pm Gravity 10:00pm The Beach 12:05am All is Lost 1:55am Dead Calm 3:40am Hours 5:25am Loss of Faith Drama about an author drawn into a web of intrigue, murder and deception.
7:00am Believe 8:45am Turbo: Sky Movies Special 9:15am Contest 10:50am Moshi Monsters: The Movie 12:20pm Epic 2:10pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 3:50pm Bean 5:35pm Moshi Monsters: The Movie 7:10pm Epic 9:00pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 10:40pm Bean 12:20am Believe 2:00am Contest 3:30am Curious George 5:00am Big Top Pee-Wee
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7:40am April in Paris 9:35am Jungle Man-Eaters 10:50am Mark of the Gorilla 12:05pm Miss Congeniality 2:20pm Operation C.I.A. 4:00pm The Searchers 6:15pm Spencer's Mountain
Biopic of Danny Greene, the Irish-American dockworker who engineers a corrupt rise to power.
2:20am Finders Keepers 3:55am A Thousand Times Goodnight
Moving drama based on a novel by the creator of 'The Waltons'.
8:30pm Edge of Eternity 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 11:00pm Year of the Dragon 1:30am Hell on Wheels 2:20am We are Marshall 4:30am Terry Wogan Presents the Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show
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Time for changing partners A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
THE Partido Popular is in a cleft stick over Ciudadanos. The government knows that it owed its vast 2011 overall majority to voters who were not natural PP voters. To prevent their desertion in this year’s elections, Rajoy has constantly condemned Podemos for its radical domestic and international policies, citing his own party as a safe haven for the Centre. Then along came a genuine Centre party, Ciudadanos, which is attracting the many non-PP voters who put Rajoy in power. Now the PP is flailing around for a valid argument to undercut this potential vote-stealer. Rajoy’s big problem is not keeping the hardcore Right electorate happy but wooing
the uncommitted. He did it in 2011 but he won’t do it twice: not with Ciudadanos and Podemos around.
Ancient history WHATEVER boils and seethes behind the Partido Popular scenes the party strives to present an image of calm. Only Madrid’s new mayoral candidate Esperanza Aguirre happily makes waves on the deceptively calm millpond. She has shrugged off critics’ accusations that she is “very conservative” by citing the PP’s candidate for the presidency of the Madrid autonomous region, Cristina Cifuentes. She entered politics from the youth movement of PP’s ultra-conservative forerunner Alianza Popular, retorted a waspish Aguirre. Not the best of arguments, Espe. A background in the
Watch your back
neo-fascist Movimiento did not stop Adolfo Suarez from transforming into Spain’s first - and still best-loved - president during the Transition to democracy.
Run for cover PP MADRID.
Cassandra Nash
ESPERANZA AGUIRRE: Abhorred and adored. ESPERANZA AGUIRRE will, as she hoped, run as Madrid mayor. A former minister with Aznar and ex-president of the Madrid autonomous region Aguirre is as abhorred as she is adored and victory is no longer assured in a four-horse PP, PSOE, Podemos and Ciudadanos race. Rajoy can never forget that Aguirre tried to topple him in 2008 after he lost the general elections for the second time running. If she makes it to city hall he can at least heed the old warning attributed to both Machiavelli and Michael Corleone: “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”
UNDER Spain’s legal system judge Pablo Ruz now moves from the National High Court he presides in Madrid. The instructing judge on the high-profile Gurtel and Barcenas corruption cases was offered the option of remaining to tie up loose ends on other investigations involving Cataluña’s expresident Jordi Pujol and Barcelona football club’s former president, Sandro Rosell. Ruz preferred not to, sources said, and his successor Jose de la Mata can take them over. Wise man: de la Mata will take the flak, too.
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BBC TWO 7:05am Perfection 7:50am Perfection 8:35am The Sheriffs are Coming 9:20am Countryside 999 10:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05am Helicopter Heroes Down Under 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:15pm Cagney and Lacey
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CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me Abroad 2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:10am Peppa Pig 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 Costa Del Casualty: Benidorm ER 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
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3pm 3:00pm The World at War 3:55pm Wogan: The Best of 4:40pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 5:15pm Three Up, Two Down 5:45pm Hi-De-Hi!
3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm 1000 Heartbeats
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Nightmare at the End of the Hall
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Portillo's State Secrets 8:00pm Racing Legends
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
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6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Kew on a Plate 11:00pm House of Fools 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm More Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm The Mafia with Trevor Mcdonald 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show
9:00pm Dispatches 10:00pm Britain's Benefit Tenants 11:00pm Raised by Wolves 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm Person of Interest 11:55pm Tears of the Sun
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Moone Boy 10:30pm Arrow 11:30pm Critical
12:15am Weather 12:20am Louis Theroux 1:20am Reinventing the Royals 2:20am The Big Painting Challenge 3:20am This is BBC Two 4:00am Let's Kick Sum Maths 5:00am Exploration India
12:45am A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am ITV Nightscreen
12:35am 24 Hours in A and E 1:30am The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life 2:25am The Fairy Jobmother USA 3:20am Hugh's Three Hungry Boys 4:15am Secret Location
2:00am Super Casino 4:10am The Restaurant Inspector 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
12:30am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:30am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:20am Hawaii Five-0 3:20am Road Wars 4:10am Hawaii Five-0 5:10am Airline USA 5:40am Airline USA
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2:15pm Coronation Street 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed and Famous! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Mom 10:30pm Mom 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Scary Movie 4 1:30am Two and a Half Men
11:40am Judge Judy 12:05pm Judge Judy 12:35pm Judge Judy 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm French Fields 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood
1:05pm The Professionals 2:10pm Duck Dynasty 2:40pm Duck Dynasty 3:05pm Ax Men 4:00pm The Unrideables 5:00pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Rugby Highlights 9:00pm Storage Wars New York 9:30pm Storage Wars New York 10:00pm Storage Wars Texas 10:30pm Storage Wars Texas 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Bundesliga
4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm The Mindy Project 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 Melissa and Joey 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Revenge 11:00pm Taking New York 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
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6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You
12am 12:30am The Graham Norton Show 1:15am Presumed Innocent 3:15am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.
Comedy drama following the lives of a bomb disposal detachment serving in Afghanistan.
11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Bluestone 42 Comedy drama following the lives of a bomb disposal detachment serving in Afghanistan.
2:00am Tom Felton: Meet the Superfans
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11:50pm Blade 1:55am War 3:45am Drop Zone
7:15am Son of the Pink Panther 8:50am American Pie 10:30am American Pie 2 12:20pm American Pie: The Wedding 2:00pm The Internship 4:00pm Alien Autopsy 5:40pm Brewster's Millions 7:25pm The Harry Hill Movie 9:00pm The Internship 11:10pm American Pie 12:55am American Pie 2 2:55am American Pie: The Wedding 4:45am The World's End Special A special look at the comedy from the creators of Shaun of the Dead.
7:05am Twilight 8:55am Magic Magic 10:40am Syriana 12:50pm The Bone Collector A paralysed forensics expert teams up with a fresh-faced cop to hunt down a serial killer.
2:50pm Plastic 4:45pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 6:15pm Last Passenger 8:00pm The Bone Collector 10:00pm Plastic 11:45pm Black Rain 1:55am Falling Down
6:30am Planes: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Son of the Mask 8:40am Delhi Safari 10:20am Ever After 12:30pm Saving Mr. Banks Special 1:00pm The Perfect Summer 2:30pm Stuart Little 4:00pm Delhi Safari 5:40pm Peter Pan 7:35pm The Perfect Summer 9:00pm Uncle Buck 10:45pm Stuart Little 12:15am Ever After 2:20am Uncle Buck 4:05am Peter Pan
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7:00am Very Good Girls 8:45am Next Goal Wins 10:30am The Longest Week 12:00pm Finders Keepers 1:35pm A Thousand Times Goodnight 3:35pm Very Good Girls 5:15pm Edge of Tomorrow 7:15pm Next Goal Wins 9:00pm Edge of Tomorrow 11:00pm The Longest Week 12:30am Kill the Irishman
7:40am The Searchers 9:55am Spencer's Mountain 12:10pm Edge of Eternity 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Fort Dobbs 5:45pm Sam Whiskey 7:35pm Never So Few 10:00pm Suspect 12:20am Private Benjamin
Biopic of Danny Greene, the Irish-American dockworker who engineers a corrupt rise to power.
2:20am Finders Keepers 3:55am A Thousand Times Goodnight
After the surprise termination of her second marriage, a spoiled Jewish princess joins the Army.
2:20am Conan 3:05am Conan
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CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:10am Peppa Pig 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 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:10am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Nothing to Declare: Australia 7:30am Nothing to Declare: Australia 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 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 3:00pm The World at War 3:55pm Wogan: The Best of 4:40pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 5:15pm Three Up, Two Down 5:45pm Hi-De-Hi!
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3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Final Verdict
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Portillo's State Secrets 8:00pm The Great British Bake Off
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9:00pm Back in Time for Dinner 10:00pm Dara and Ed's Big Adventure 11:00pm Nurse 11:30pm Newsnight
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9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm Critical 11:00pm Forever
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12:15am Weather The latest weather information. 12:20am Caribbean with Simon Reeve 1:20am Italy Unpacked 2:20am This is BBC Two 4:20am Punctuation Rules 5:00am An Idiots Guide to Politics 5:30am Evolutionwatch
12:10am ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights 1:10am Carry on Follow That Camel 2:40am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am ITV Nightscreen
12:00am First Dates 1:00am Pokerstars.Com European Poker Tour 1:55am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:20am Cycling 3:20am Transworld Sport 4:15am Secret Location 5:10am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
12:00am The Vow 2:05am Super Casino 4:10am My Violent Child: My Secret Shame 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
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12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:00pm Ibiza Weekender 12:00am Tricked
11:45am Judge Judy 12:10pm Judge Judy 12:40pm Judge Judy 1:05pm Murder, She Wrote 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Where the Heart is 4:15pm The Royal 5:20pm French Fields 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood
11:05am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm Minder 1:05pm The Professionals 2:05pm Duck Dynasty 2:35pm Duck Dynasty 3:00pm Ax Men 4:00pm I Want That Car 5:00pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Shed and Buried 10:00pm Shed and Buried 11:00pm Sports Life Stories 12:00am Backdraft
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm The Mindy Project 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 Melissa and Joey 9:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The 100 11:00pm Supernatural 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
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SKY MOVIES Action 7:50am Bullitt 10:00am Charlie's Angels 11:50am Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 1:50pm Welcome to the Jungle When a teambuilding exercise goes awry, a group of office workers are left stranded on an island.
3:40pm Underworld 5:55pm King Arthur 8:10pm Charlie's Angels 10:00pm Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 12:00am Welcome to the Jungle 1:40am Underworld In a war between vampires and werewolves, bloodsucking warrior Selene holds the key to victory.
3:45am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 5:40am Born to Race: Fast Track
7:00am The Dukes of Hazzard 8:50am The Man with Two Brains 10:30am Cheaper by the Dozen 12:15pm Three Amigos! 2:05pm Planes, Trains and Automobiles 3:45pm Little Shop of Horrors 5:25pm Roxanne 7:15pm Cheaper by the Dozen 9:00pm Three Amigos! 10:50pm Planes, Trains and Automobiles 12:30am The Man with Two Brains 2:05am The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 3:50am The Dukes of Hazzard 5:40am Little Shop of Horrors
7:35am The Ladykillers 9:20am Harsh Times 11:20am Swordfish 1:05pm All Things to All Men 2:35pm The Call 4:15pm Harsh Times 6:15pm The Machinist 8:00pm Bird on a Wire 10:00pm The Call 11:40pm Swordfish 1:35am Joy Ride 3 A group of friends on their way to a car rally are terrorised by murderous trucker Rusty Nail.
3:25am City of God 5:45am Point Last Seen
7:40am Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 9:30am Monsters University Special 10:00am Chimpanzee 11:30am Khumba 1:00pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2:40pm Corpse Bride 4:00pm Khumba 5:30pm Ella Enchanted 7:15pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 9:00pm Jumanji 10:45pm Corpse Bride 12:05am Chimpanzee 1:30am Jumanji Two children discover a mysterious board game in their attic.
Premiere
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7:00am The Longest Week 8:30am Next Goal Wins 10:10am Finders Keepers
7:40am Gunsmoke 8:40am Gunsmoke 9:40am Never So Few 12:00pm Sam Whiskey 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Fort Osage 5:25pm Buchanan Rides Alone
A child becomes obsessed with a mysterious doll she finds in her new home.
11:45am Blended 1:45pm Very Good Girls 3:25pm Edge of Tomorrow 5:20pm Next Goal Wins 7:00pm Blended 9:00pm Edge of Tomorrow 11:00pm Kill the Irishman Biopic of Danny Greene, the Irish-American dockworker who engineers a corrupt rise to power.
12:50am The Longest Week 2:20am Finders Keepers
Tom Buchanan is heading home to start his own ranch when he is robbed and framed for murder.
6:55pm Atlantis, the Lost Continent 8:45pm The Nebraskan 10:00pm A Perfect Murder 12:00am Finder's Fee 1:55am Conan 2:40am Conan 3:25am Conan 4:10am Conan
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Big switch-off for climate change A total of 125 Spanish towns and cities have pledged to turn off the lights on emblematic buildings at the end of March to raise awareness about climate change, organised by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Will you be spending an hour in the dark? ERIC LANCEE from Haco Muebles said the act of raising awareness was more important than the actual turn-off, and believed more should be done to combat environmental issues. “Our showroom has 2,000 square metres of solar panels so we are already eco-friendly, but more should be done and they need to look at targeting big industries and cars and planes,” he commented. Martin Eastgate from Laurel and Hardy’s restaurant in Quesada would supp o r t
MARTIN: Supports town halls leading by example.
STREET TALK such a switch-off and is soon to replace all light bulbs in the restaurant with LED lights to reduce cost and waste and to be more environmentally efficient. He said: “It is good that town halls are taking the initiative and leading by example; they have to practise what they preach.” Paul Ross of Paul
PAUL: ‘We do what we can to look after the planet.’
Ross Fitness in Huercal Overa, Almeria, said: “This is the first I have heard about it, to be honest, so I hadn’t planned to sit in the dark. However, if these cities and other places get involved, especially if they all light candles like they did recently in Mojacar, then it could have a massive positive impact. We do what we can to look after the planet. We recycle all our water for watering outside and call it ‘watering the desert’.” Michelle Johnstone of Ace of Shades had not heard of the event either. “To be honest, this is the first time I’ve heard about it. The WWF could be doing more to publicise the event but, yes, I will switch off my lights to reduce my carbon footprint.” MICHELLE: ‘More should be done to publicise the event.’
ERIC: ‘Important to raise awareness.’
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CH5 9:10am Peppa Pig 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 The Woman with 40 Cats... And Other Pet Hoarders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 7:00am Nothing to Declare: Australia 7:30am Nothing to Declare: Australia 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 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 3:10pm The World at War 4:00pm Wogan: The Best of 4:45pm Are You Being Served? 5:15pm Three Up, Two Down 5:45pm Hi-De-Hi!
3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm 1000 Heartbeats
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me
3:15pm NCIS: New Orleans 4:15pm Too Late to Say Goodbye
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Portillo's State Secrets 8:00pm Britain's Got the Builders In
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9:00pm Ladykillers 10:00pm Hilary Clinton - The Power of Women 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight
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9:00pm Three in a Bed 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm First Dates
9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm OAPs Behaving Badly 11:00pm Slaughtered at the Murder Hotel
9:00pm Wild Things 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 3
12:15am Weather 12:20am Dara and Ed's Big Adventure 1:20am See Hear 1:50am Suffragettes Forever! The Story of Women and Power 2:50am The Big Painting Challenge 3:50am This is BBC Two 4:00am Glasgow Girls
12:40am A Night in with Olly Murs 1:40am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen
12:00am One Born Every Minute 1:00am The Kids Who Can't Stay Awake 1:55am Mary Portas: Secret Shopper 2:50am I Love You, Beth Cooper 4:30am Random Acts 4:35am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:30am River Cottage Bites
12:00am Born to Kill? 1:00am Holiday Love Rats Exposed 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Mummy's Little Murderer 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
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dale, dare, dart, date, deal, dear, deer, dele, doer, dole, dolt, dote, drat, lade, lard, lead, load, lode, lord, read, redo, reed, retd, road, rode, teed, toad, toed, told, trad, trod, adore, alder, dater, dealt, delta, deter, doter, eared, elder, erode, lated, oared, older, rated, tared, toted, trade, tread, treed, dealer, derate, dottle, elated, leader, loader, lotted, orated, ordeal, ratted, reload, retold, rotted, teredo, tetrad, alerted, altered, ladette, leotard, rattled, related, rotated, tetrode, totalled, treadle, treated, dotterel, TOLERATED
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Across 1 Repeats Cup details by mistake (10) 7 Beg for change in net rate (7) 8 Sides heard rains (5) 10 Ruing a broken weapon (6) 11 Picture device arrived with artist (6) 13 Issue a novel for an antipodean (6) 15 Disturb child’s toy (6) 16 Student leader gets ice creams and cakes (6) 17 Mark, good man, one good with mum (6) 20 High jinks strictly for the birds (5) 22 Woman with others on a mountain (7) 23 Famous rebel acted poorly (10) Down 1 Prevent Ted returning to meet the queen (5) 2 Dislike price Jude arranged (9) 3 I turn to a trifle (4) 4 Creation from Middle Earth (3)
Across 5 Sandy shore (5) 8 Prior (8) 9 Not shut (4) 10 Passageway (8) 11 Fundamental (5) 14/18 Uncompetitive race (3,3) 16 Lively Afro-Cuban dance (5) 17 Become one (5) 18 See 14 20 Cooking herb (5) 24 Wealth stored up (8) 25 Wild mountain goat (4) 26 Well acquainted (8) 27 Oneness (5)
5 Basic part of a ukulele mentioned here (7) 6 Encountered a sailor, and another lacking T-bone (10) 9 As trappers find reserve supply (5,5) 12 A tenant initially receives so-
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Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 5 represents Z and 14 represents Q, so fill in Z every time the figure 5 appears and Q every time the figure 14 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Rations, 4 Blast, 7 Skate, 9 Curtain, 10 Arrange, 11 Tense, 12 Askew, 14 Lager, 19 Rooms, 21 Austria, 23 Adamant, 24 Avert, 25 Scone, 26 Sterner. Down: 1 Rascal, 2 Ocean, 3 Sacred, 4 Biretta, 5 Again, 6 Tender, 8 Arras, 13 Ensnare, 15 Eyrie, 16 Treats, 17 Tastes, 18 Master, 20 Otago, 22 Shake. QUICK Across: 1 Situated, 5/24 Jail bird, 9 Thrones, 10 Allow, 11 Story, 12 Riposte, 13 Dollar, 15 Versus, 18 Support, 20 Sorts, 22 Unite, 23 Fragile, 25 Reverend. Down: 1 Sites, 2 Turmoil, 3 Annoy, 4 Ensure, 6 Atlas, 7 Lawless, 8 Magpie, 13 Disturb, 14 Avocet, 16 Sardine, 17 Stifle, 19 Prior, 20 Scare, 21 Steed.
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ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Libraries, 6 Age, 7 Channel, 9 Pozo, 10 Boca, 14 Girasol, 16 Sea, 17 Demasiado. Down: 1 Lead, 2 Brezo, 3 Anchors, 4 Son, 5 Bell, 8 Arboles, 11 Cesta, 12 Eggs, 13 Caro, 15 Red.
21 Hut (5) 22 Moist (5) 23 Facial growth (5)
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English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Sonido (5) 3 Tipos (5) 7 Dessert (6) 9 Merluza (4) 10 Viajero (9) 13 To roast (4) 14 August (6) 16 Fir tree (5) 17 Balloon (5) Down 1 Soup (thick) (4) 2 Nuez (3) 4 Oraciones (7) 5 Semilla (4) 6 Prescriptions (7) 8 Apellido (7) 11 Berry (4) 12 Monkey (4) 15 Búho (3)
Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (FIERCE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. BURDEN
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a musical instrument (one word): PINK COLLEGES FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: WOODY ALLEN, GLOCKENSPIEL
Unscramble the name of a famous American actor, writer, director, comedian, musician and playwright: ONE LOW LADY
Down 1 Small spot (5) 2 Gain knowledge (5) 3 Extremity (5) 4 Number puzzle (6) 6 Stress (8) 7 Think about (8) 12 The world, the universe (8) 13 About to occur (8)
1 Ceased, 2 Dozens, 3 Seduce, 4 Cinder, 5 Thence, 6 Phased, 7 Secure, 8 Sheets, 9 Artrows, 10 Checks, 11 Afresh, 12 Blouse, 13 Pieces, 14 Growls, 15 Reeked, 16 Specks, 17 Beards, 18 Discus, 19 Spears
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Unfair trial by media - it’s no coincidence I COMPLETELY agree with Norah Johnson’s article about Cliff Richard. Thanks to the disgusting conduct of the BBC and the South Yorkshire police this man, who happens to be very famous, has been subjected to trial by media. It is no coincidence that the raid on Sir Cliff ’s home, with its legally-dubious search warrant and the BBC leading the chorus, was just prior to the Jay Report which reported on South Yorkshire police’s failure to investigate the abuse of at least 1,400 girls. Sir Cliff Richard had not been interviewed and knew nothing of the allegations against him when the raid was broadcast on live television last summer, but that didn’t stop the police or the media blasting his name and reputation to hell. Naming anyone merely accused of an unproven, unsubstantiated alleged offence is wrong. It leads to the idiotic and flawed argument of ‘no smoke without fire,’ the fallback position of people who have no idea what they are talking about. In this case the man was named and what he is accused of was mentioned numerous times, clearly enabling anyone else who wanted to come forward to know what they should accuse him of too. I have met Sir Cliff Richard. He is an honourable, decent man who would never hurt anyone, let alone a child. The fact that certain people cannot accept that someone would live a decent life says more about them than it does about him. I hope God will forgive these people, because I never will. Teejay (via the Euro Weekly News website)
Struck dumb AS my wife and I were leaving Villamartin Plaza (Alicante) we were approached by a man who gestured that he was unable to hear or speak. He thrust a grubby piece of paper towards us, which
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Outlook unsure I HAVE asked the UK political parties and emailed 10 Downing St regarding healthcare for UK pensioners living in the EU should the UK vote to leave. At present pensioners receive care under the reciprocal arrangement, but I presume this is linked to EU membership. We would therefore lose the right to treatment, leaving the options of private health care, moving back to the UK or paying into the Spanish system. Many could not afford private healthcare and I have been unable to find any that would cover the existing conditions which most pensioners have. Many no longer have family or links in the UK and their houses in Spain have been their homes for many years.
LIKE many expats, I am no longer allowed to vote in the UK. However, as I have dual nationality I can vote in Switzerland, where we vote on various issues during the year. This year they introduced e-voting. It took me all of three minutes to register my vote and saved me €1.20 postage. Rose Marie Hughes, France
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claimed that he was collecting on behalf of a charity for the deaf. Being the hard-bitten cynic that I am, I told him to get lost. He eventually got the message that I was not going to give him any money and walked angrily away. As he did so, his mobile phone rang. He answered it and then carried out a conversation. Behold! The miracle of instant healing by mobile phone! Perhaps it was a call from above. Ian Sutton, Orihuela Costa (Alicante)
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I MUST be getting old because the participants in the Fallas fiestas seem to get younger each year! Tom Dix, Valencia.
I was unable to obtain any information about paying into the Spanish system because the conditions do not as yet exist. I have received no replies, probably because no one gives a damn. B McDonnell, Javea (Alicante)
Card-sharp EHICs are not only for British tourists travelling in Europe and are for everyone living in Europe. For people who live in Spain they are available for emergency treatment in any EU country except Spain. State pensioners apply for it directly from the DWP in the UK. Employees in Spain get it via a Spanish Social Security office. After being resident in Spain for one year, non-working people under state retirement age can pay into the Convenio Especial state system for €60 a month each, giving them access to state healthcare. For those over 65 but not receiving the state pension this is €157 each.
As they are paying into the system, surely they will be eligible for an EHIC via the social security? It is worth asking! Marion Woods, Mazarron (Murcia)
Out of town I FIND it almost impossible to believe that Denia wishes to close the railway station located in the town. The proposed PGE plan states that the station will be relocated to La Pedrera some two kilometres out of town, only to be served by buses and taxis. Are they mad? The railway line to Denia goes around the town, so how is this a bad thing for the residents? As buses no longer accept luggage it means that you would no longer be able to take the train from Denia to Alicante and the airport without a taxi to La Pedrera. These decisions are a mystery. M Mansfield, Denia (Alicante)
I SHOULD like to thank all the correspondents who sought to correct my view on their plights here in Spain. I am sorry if you are offended, but I am only speaking as I see it. Many of you have problems with exchange rates, unsaleable properties, poor health, failing economies. But do you ever consider the plight of your fellow patriots, who didn’t sell out to the dream? All those who stayed behind and contracted negative equity? All those who stayed behind and got bedroom tax? All those who stayed behind and saw inflation eat away all their savings? Who stayed and saw the power companies rip them off? No, you really only worry about the heating allowance or the loss of your franchise. If all of you who have been here for 15 years or more think that your vote should count, I humbly point out that you should not have the right to vote in an election for an MP who represents you, as opposed to the millions who stayed at home. The MP who seeks your vote on a policy that keeps your heating allowance which is paid for by the cancellation of a UK pensioner’s free bus pass, is not really worthy of consideration. If you wish to change the system, vote in the European elections. Michael Warren, Vera Playa (Almeria)
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We continue to pull together towards a happier destination Erica Russell Watson: My journey – and I’m driving
11th March TREATMENT number six and this was the first time I felt a little concerned. I had quite a rough time after the last chemotherapy session but it wasn’t feeling bad that worried me, but more the fact that my immune system wouldn’t be up to scratch. So with trepidation I went to the hospital for my blood tests. When you have had as many tests as me you notice different techniques. Well the
lady this time just told me to totally relax and she took the sample without me having to ‘make a fist.’ I have to say it was excellent, I hardly noticed a thing. I had my usual breakfast and went up to the eighth floor to wait to see my oncologist. There was a very funny elderly lady complaining about her doctor and asking everyone in the waiting room which doctor they had. She was not impressed with her oncologist and said that he had better be prepared because she was on form today and wasn’t taking any nonsense from him! I have to say that despite the hours you have to spend waiting, the Spanish are so entertaining that time seems to pass by quickly. The mood is generally upbeat. People don’t tend to
speak about their treatment too much but more about current affairs, family, the weather or in the case of this week, politics as local elections are coming up.
I was amazed to find my tests were good Finally I was called and it was the moment of truth. I was amazed to find out that my tests were good and I could go ahead with my treatment. So many times I have heard other people being sent home as they just aren’t in good enough shape to take a chemo treatment. I find myself becoming more impatient as I near the
finishing line. My seventh treatment is on April 1. Interesting date! I will have to call the radiotherapy department at Carlos Haya Hospital to let them know that I am nearing the end of my chemotherapy so that they can book a full CAT scan and also book me in for my radiotherapy sessions. I don’t know much about that yet as it depends on the scan results and my surgeon and oncologist’s assessment. I am not feeling as wobbly as I did last time but I do have lots of muscular pain. I am, however, more prepared for it. Just have to get through it. I had a great day after my treatment, a lovely walk by the sea and lunch out. You have to enjoy the good moments when you feel up to it. The weekend will be spent resting when I need to and do-
ing things with the children. For me the biggest test lately has been steering them through the last few weeks. They are very sad and find it hard to reconcile to the fact that they will never see their father again. I know that time will heal. They always say they wish they could talk to their Dad. So instead of bursting into tears which I can assure you I feel like doing, I ask them what they would say to him. It seems to help. Every time they feel low I just tell them to have a little chat with him and to tell him about their day and the funny things that have happened. Little steps are best, otherwise the enormity of recent events and the uncertainty of the future could capsize us and we need to stay afloat. So we continue to pull together, paddling in our boat to a happier destination.
Samaritans in Spain want to support desperate youngsters A RECENT BBC news item reported that filmmaker Andrew Jenkins, 52, from Blaenau Gwent, says he has lost 19 friends to suicide over three decades. He has spoken out so that other people might think twice about killing themselves. He now plans to make an educational film about the issue. The piece also quoted Stephen Habgood, chairman of charity Papyrus which is concerned with young people’s suicides, who said 75 per
cent of people who took their own lives were young men and he expected to see an increase in suicides among middle aged men because of the effects of the recession. Psychiatrists say mental health problems are increasing in Spain and the suicide rate is up since the financial crisis began. Certain factors are known to be associated with increased risk of suicide including unemployment, poverty, family breakdown, bullying and social isolation.
The young fear that that they have no future in their own country and either have to move abroad or depend on family members who are themselves in difficulty. According to RTVE television suicide was second to cancer (15 per cent of deaths) in the overall 25-34 age group and the leading cause of death in young men (17.8 per cent). One in three young people who take their lives are intoxicated at the time of death. Among the young, 80 per cent of suicides are male, who feel possi-
bly that they should be the stronger sex and men usually find it much more difficult to open up and talk about their problems. If you, or someone you know, is feeling desperate and in need of emotional support contact samaritans in spain now. Please call our 24 hour confidential line on 902 883 535 / email pat@samaritansin spain.com. For more information visit our website www.samaritansinspain.com and connect on Facebook.
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Medical healthcare in Spain MANY of us move to Spain for health reasons, the sun and the warmth promising to help improve conditions from arthritis to asthma to chronic bronchitis and angina. Although the heat and sunlight do help in many cases many of us move at a time in our lives when our health is not at its peak. Many years of stressful working conditions and long daily commutes may leave our bodies and minds in less than
optimal condition. Russell Dougall and Sonja van Kommer registered Osteopaths (GOsC, UK) at Osteopathic Healthcare have found over the past 13 years of practice in Spain that most people struggle with the language and often have difficulties communicating well with their GPs in a second language. Sometimes physical health issues are more easily managed than mental health, but every-
OSTEOPATH: Russell Dougall. one often prefers to discuss their health problems
in their mother tongue. “We have many patients being misdiagnosed through simple errors of communication. Our advice to people seeking advice on issues affecting their health is to continue to improve their Spanish language to help when the circumstances arise, if not, to use a reputable and qualified translator. “We speak fluent English, Spanish, Dutch and German at the clinic and patients are often relieved to speak to someone in their own language. This helps us establish the correct diagnosis and ensure the patients are receiving the right care from the appropriate specialist whether with ourselves or other health professionals.”
OSTEOPATH: Sonja van Kommer. Clear communication and understanding is at the heart of any problem solving process and in health it is often the key to safe and effective care. Osteopathic Healthcare helps to bridge this gap, offering patients the opportunity to have a thorough case history and examination in their own language; they can then offer a written report in Spanish to inform the GP of the necessary tests or a particular specialist who the patient may need to see. “We see patients in
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Fasting and skipping meals could in fact be good for us THERE is more conflicting information about dieting and eating meals with a new expert claiming that the long-followed advice of eating three solid meals a day may not be the best thing for us. Historian Abigal Carroll has written a book ‘Three Square: The Invention of the American Meal’ which suggests that there is no evidence that eating three meals a day is healthier than eating in other forms and that these meals are cultural constructions European settlers enforced on Native Americans. The author said the settlers ate meals at regimented times and considered this more ‘civilised’ than the natives whose eating patterns varied with the seasons. She also claims that breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day largely due to advertising campaigns by cereal companies. This may be backed up by a 2014 study by the University of Bath (UK) which found whether or
BREAKFAST: May not be the most important meal of the day. not a person ate breakfast had no effect on the overall calories they consumed in a day. Those who ate breakfast did burn more calories than those who skipped it, but they burned off the extra calories later in the day, meaning the net calorie consumption was the same. A study by US researchers also claims that fasting could also be good for your health. Experts at
the University of Southern California found that fasting for two days or more can help to kick-start the immune system, especially if it has been damaged by aging or cancer treatment, as it encourages the body to replace old and damaged cells. Fasting for two to four days every six months forced the body into survival mode, using up stores of fat and sugar and breaking down old cells.
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Prostate cancer awareness month MARCH is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Medcare GP surgeries in Benijofar and Alfaz del Pi are offering subsidised PSA screening tests for just €39. These tests can help diagnose prostate cancer in its early stages when it can still be successfully treated. Around 36,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the UK alone. Ten thousand will die from the disease. Medcare’s Dr Hussain said: “I have seen a number of men through our
health screening programmes with raised PSA levels who have then been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Most have displayed no symptoms, so without testing their condition may not have been caught until it was too late. But because they have been caught early, they have gone on to make a full recovery.” Protect yourself, get a PSA blood test at your GP or call Medcare on 966 860 258 or email doc tors@medcarespain.c om to book a test for just €39 in March.
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Taj Mahal serving customers fo NOW open for over a decade, Taj Mahal Indian Tandoori Special Restaurant in Benimar welcomes customers time and time again as they continue to return and praise its food and service. Owner Dilbag Singh ran several restaurants in Germany before moving to Spain in 2004 and setting up Taj Mahal. He prides himself on the service and atmosphere offered in the spacious restaurant which has gloriously high ceilings and views over towards the fields and a large spacious terrace for al fresco dining. Whilst it is a pleasure to dine out in the surroundings of the Taj Mahal, food is of course at its heart. “Our food is superior,” said Dilbag: “We freshly make all our curries with authentic spices from India.
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Home cooked carvery is THE PUB in Formentera del Segura is your true, friendly, welcoming local. Previously The Liffey, it was taken over by Sheralee Selves and Kenny Tomkins 10 months ago and has since received a make over and gone on to become one of the most popular pubs in the area for locals and visitors. Whilst primarily a pub venue with live action sports on three large screens, there is also a strong bar menu of food served starting with breakfasts from 9am-2pm where a small English breakfast is just €3.50 including tea or coffee, or large from €5.50. A full
THE PUB: Open daily in Formentera. range of tostadas are also available from €2 and the menu regularly changes. From 6pm Monday to Saturday, there is a range of main meals and bar snacks ranging from omelettes and wraps, to scampi, burgers and jacket potatoes, all cooked by home-cook Sheralee: “We also do weekly specials
with curry, chips and a pint for €5 on a Monday and liver, bacon and onion on a Thursday. Everything is prepared and cooked fresh on the day.” Her home cooking style seems to be going down well with customers, Sheralee is proud of her ever growing popularity for their Sunday carvery
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out and the vegetables were all still hot. Sheralee offers three different types of meat each week which can include chicken, beef, gammon and pork, and regularly changes the choice of vegetables to offer variety and for seasonal products, but with four different ones available plus mashed and roast potatoes and York-
shire puddings and stuffing, there is everything you would want and expect, from a good, traditional, home-made roast dinner. The Sunday carvery is served from 1-5pm with one course costing just €8, two courses €9 and just €10 for three. With customers now coming from Torrevieja and Los
Montesinos especially for the carvery, booking is advisable. They have now also welcomed a local lady who makes fresh desserts from scratch and produces a daily supply of bar snacks including scotch eggs, pasties and sausage rolls, perfect for an afternoon treat. The Pub is being fully refurbished before the summer and extra sound insulation added to ensure it meets all necessary specifications to allow them to host live music. To experience their warm welcome, The Pub is open every day from 9am until late.
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NEGATIVITY is never good. Used with people or animals it can have a disastrous effect. When teaching an exercise of ‘sit’ you pull up on the check chain, hand on your dog’s rump and tell him to ‘sit.’ No reward is given. Is that good for the dog? Yes, he will automatically sit in time when you stop walking. He has learnt the exercise with the repetition of the action being used. This goes for all exercises you train him in, but something is lacking. He’s learnt, of course, but where is the joy and the outgoing exuberance? Remember you do have to train to the stage where just a quick ‘good dog’ is
TRAINING TO SIT: Your dog will learn the repetition of the action being used. sufficient. He needs to work every time not just sometimes. Punishment of a dog should never be used. However, correction of a dog should be done when it is necessary. I am not talking about if he makes a mistake in training. That’s usually your fault. You may not have taught him properly. You only have about four seconds to make any correction. Sometimes if the reason for the correction is sufficient you may need to physically grab
the dog either side of the neck and even lift him off the ground using a firm grip and an even firmer voice. You would use something like this if a dog snarls at you, goes to bite you or some other action which is more than a misdemeanour. Remember you only have about four seconds after the event to make the corrections. After that it is too late. Think about two dogs mixing it up. They don’t hesitate to retaliate if challenged. They are instant creatures.
Important here is that after you have to correct the dog, whether it just be with ‘ah, ah’ or you have to handle the dog, you must give him a command he can achieve quickly like the ‘sit’, and then reward immediately. You have corrected (not punished) for the misdemeanour and you are immediately rewarding for the command of ‘sit’ which the dog has done well. It’s now all over. My best tip is for you to enrol at your local training club.
The Conlon cat family meet their match online By Lamia Walker of HouseSitMatch IT hadn’t occurred to Edith that when she and her husband moved to Almeria they would end up with a seven-cat family. That hadn’t been part of the plan. They had planned to enjoy an early retirement, in good health, making new friends, seeing new places and soaking up the rich culture in Southern Spain. No sooner had they settled into a new house only a 10-minute walk from the beach, Edith found she was heartbroken almost on a weekly basis seeing the abandoned, starving cats in the street. It wasn’t a long journey between feeding the occasional cat and eventually finding they had seven who were regular residents with them in their new home. However, to ensure the cats don’t get in the way of their long planned, easy-going lifestyle, where she and Richard would take off to visit a new part of the coast for a week or so when they wanted, she planned ahead and found cat-sitters through an online network. Some sitters are local and can be booked close to the time, and others come from abroad. For these trips she plans ahead, gets to know the sitters first, and checks references. So they have found several good matches. Where they are located so close to the sea, people are happy to come and stay. Download your Free Easy Guide to Housesitting from here www.bit.ly/eurown001. To find a petsitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508.
Dogs’ home boss faces up to four years in jail ANIMAL charities, rescue groups, and dog lovers across Spain were sickened to their stomachs when news broke of 2,200 animals that were inhumanely killed by the owner of the Protectora de Animales in Torremolinos, Malaga, Carmen Marin. Marin was arrested in 2010 and now faces up to four years in jail for killing more than twice as many animals than is legally allowed in a 20-month period. She has been found guilty of us-
ing incorrect drugs and minimal doses, causing unnecessary cruelty just to save money, along with falsifying documents and unauthorised practice. On top of that, the court needs an explanation for the payments she made to the mayor’s brother, Jose Fernandez, totalling some €50,000. Although the verdict was welcomed by the hundreds of real animal carers on the Costa del Sol, they feel the sentence should be more severe.
Sandy Tash, President of the SOS animal charity, said: “The whole episode turns my guts over. I think four years is much too light a sentence. This must never be allowed to happen again.” Suzie Griggs, who has nearly 20 rescued dogs, commented: “I think it’s disgraceful, when so many people are trying so hard to save animals, and now knowing these horrific acts were going on is just heartbreaking.”
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SINCE discovering the benefits of Norwegian designed convector heaters seven years ago Richard and Tony have been striving to give their customers more choice by adding variety to their range of Neater Heaters. “The choice we can now offer through our website’s online shop is quite staggering” says Richard. “We can offer the cheaper basic Adax VP range, glass fronted heaters in a variety of colours, our original Beha panel heater, the quirky Glamox heater and the contempory Neo Heater with digital controls. They all function using the same Norwegian technology, but they offer a variety of style choices and can, in the case of the Neo, offer a whole lot more.” “We have had Neos for a year now and they have proved to be very popular,” Tony informs us. “First of all, they come with a choice of colours: White, silver,
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OR most Spaniards and many expatriates breakfast is an important meal designed to set one up for the day and especially for Spaniards as a daily social and trading occasion. Wander into a Spanish bar between 9.30am and 11am and you will find that breakfast menus vary widely in the ingredients of plate assortments and bocadillo (long/French loaf sandwich) fillings, but the tables are normally set with mixed salads and portions of healthy peanuts, olives and sliced onions. The salads often contain more ingredients than a non-Spanish restaurant but not as many as from a garden, even from a mini allotment grown in a group
MIXED LEAVES: Perfect for a fresh garden salad. of builder’s buckets. I have just enjoyed a home breakfast which I do five days a week. At home I prefer an omelette made with fresh eggs from the hens in the garden and an assortment of healthy fillings plus a healthy tasty salad. During the past week omelette fillings have been home grown onions and garlic, chicory and dandelion leaves cooked with pine kernels and raisins, Swiss chard and rocket, broccoli which is now
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Choices, choices and more choices! THOUSANDS of people each year from a variety of backgrounds decide for one reason or another, that they would like to live the rest of their life in Spain. The first hurdle they tend to encounter once the blurry wobbly dream sequence has settled down, is they now have choices to make. Spain is a large country, more than twice the size of the UK, and has different climates depending where you go. For dry heat, sun, sand and little rain, you would need to look to the south. Lower temperatures, greener lands and a more temperate climate you would need to look to the north. Once the decision on climate choice has been made; will you go ‘inland’ or head for
The charm of city habitats One option would be to live in the city. Again there are different types of city to choose from in Spain. You have the Typical Andalucían capital of Sevilla: With its white houses, old world charm, to the more metropolitan Barcelona in the north. Or even the capital, Madrid. MADRID: Some would prefer a luxury house in the capital. the coast? And of course what kind of luxury can you get for your money? There is a wide and diverse
choice available in whichever lifestyle suits your taste. For some, the idea of an idyllic Spanish life would be a large
Hacienda in the rolling hills and mountains of Granada. For others, a luxury sun-drenched villa overlooking the sea in Marbel-
la. There are even people whose idea of a Spanish dream home would be in the middle of a pulsating city like Madrid. An inland country home has the benefit of having a peaceful and beautiful tranquillity attached at no extra cost. Typically near to small villages that have little or no need to understand the modern world In stark contrast, a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol can offer a life close to the British communities, and with the top notch nightlife and entertainment venues you would expect when living among the rich elite. However, whatever your dream, whatever your budget, if you look hard enough, it can be found. The choice is yours.
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built in the alleyway between two other houses, giving the appearance it was squeezed in with a shoe horn. Wherever you look you will find something interesting. However, it’s unlikely to be as interesting as the property called ‘Mind House’ in Barcelona. Be thankful you don’t have to clean the guttering. Or Nautilus house in Mexico. Whose window cleaner may well be a millionaire by now.
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If you don’t mind the rain, then Galicia is an economical option SOUTHERN Spain and the Balearic islands are ‘hot’ areas if you’re looking for sun, warm seas and diverse landscapes, but if you don’t mind the rain, Galicia, with its rugged coastline, beaches and expansive forests is an option. This is especially true if you’re handy, able and willing to do a little building work and want a life in the European wilderness, and some very cheap places can be found. Farm and forest houses found through the website of ‘ rightmove overseas ’ shows an isolated but attractive forest house near Ortigueira, two kilometres from the nearest road for only €12,000. The house, in need of renovation boasts a huge amount of privacy - with the ‘nearest neighbours’ situated close to the main road. Many other ‘farm-
ISOLATED: But perfect if you are handy and able. houses’ in small villages in the region are available for under €20,000. This is an area to set up
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How to live like a Spanish Hobbit? NO matter how much you like Tolkien’s novels, your chances of acquiring a house in Middle Earth are low and New Zealand (where the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit were shot) is quite a distance away for lovers of Spain and European convenience. However, there is another possibility and here at Euro Weekly News we decided to investigate. Andulucia is full of cave houses, especially in the regions to the north of the Sierra Nevada, the Iberian Peninsula’s highest mountain range. Guadix to Galera and across the high plains region possess some of the highest densities of cave dwellings in Europe. Even in the hills above Granada, with spectacular views of the Alhambra, Sacromonte and Albaycin have areas where living in caves is the norm. Many of these cave dwellings also boast a long history of occupation, some going back to the 5th century AD or before. Some of EWN’s readers might wonder why you
CAVE HOUSES: Extremely comfortable. would want to live in a cave house, but just like Bilbo Baggin’s, cave houses are often extremely comfortable and can offer advantages over living in a normal Spanish house. Living underground means that the houses stay cool in the summer and are easier to keep
warm in the winter, especially given the great differences in temperatures between Spanish night and day. This might be a point to keep in mind, especially given high prices of electricity and heating in general in Spain. A short search reveals some cave houses in Andalucía that at least look positively luxurious. Looking on the website of rusticom.co.uk, a cave house is for sale in the ‘unique’ cave village of Bacor, Granada. The property is situated in a lovely location near Lake Negratin. On the over ground front the house has a landscaped garden. According to rusticom the house boasts a living room with wood burner, kitchen, large bathroom, dining room and large bedrooms. Given the price and size of caves in Spain, it seems like Hobbit style living could also be a practical option. It’s hard to see getting a similar size and price of living in Northern Europe.
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ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac. There is usually something there for everyone —- but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! During July and August the shop will only be open Wednesday to Saturday from 09.30 until 13.00. We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) SPIRITUALIST CENTRE, BENIJOFAR (formerly Spiritualist Church, Quesada), meets at NEW ADDRESS with immediate affect at Hamilton’s Bakehouse, Calle Vicente 62, Blas-
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co Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30am, a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7pm and every Thursday there is an Open Circle where you can develop your skills commencing at 6.30pm. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. Jillian and Martin will take the Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday, 8th March at 11.30am. On Tuesday 10th March, Anna-Marie will take an Evening of Mediumship. On Sunday 15th March, David Darnbrough will take the Divine Service with Mediumship. Contact Wendy on 965 323 028. www.spiritualistcentrebenijofar.com. New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail.com or info@spiritualistcentrebenijofar.com. Identificacion Fiscal G54713789. (95454)
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl .co.uk. (95457)
THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Mike Wright, Chairman 966 722 895 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455)
CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460)
HELP Vega Baja. We help people of all ages with all sorts of problems, particularly at times of crisis and emergencies. Offices based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). La Marina Helpdesk Calle Madrid 5 (Tel: 673 109 096). Our offices are open Monday to Friday 10am -1.30pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Friday 10 am - 1.30 pm. We are online at www.helpve gabaja.com or email office@helpvegabaja.com Remember we also have a 24 hour Emergency help-line on 966 723 733 (95456)
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THE BAKER FOUNDATION for SPIRITUAL AWARENESS. 16 Nicolas De Bussi Ave, Playa Flamenca. Sunday Service every week 11am to 12 noon, everyone welcome. For further details please phone/fax 966 760 665 (95458) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459)
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188 (95461) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, contact PilarChristian.Community Church@gmail.com / 968 575 417 / 966 848 806. Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TCF is a multi-national English speaking church now located on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas 68, Torrevieja. The Sunday Service, including Communion and Creche/Sunday School, commences at 10.30am with a Bible Study/Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evenings at 6.00pm. Telephone 966 700 391 or call in to the Church any day between 9.00am until 1.00pm. Monday to Friday to find out more about Church activities. (95464)
THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month @ Scallops Rest on the Arenal at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome to attend as a visitor and join the branch if they wish. Anyone needing any help or advice on welfare, or any information regarding the branch can contact either Sheila on 965 791 270 or Roger on 965 790 123 TORREVIEJA STROKE SUPPORT GROUP meets each Friday 3pm to 5pm in The Annex, (behind Age Concern Centre), Calle Paganini, Urb. La Siesta. Our aim is to support stroke survivors and their carers by a range of facilities from speech therapy, rehabilitation exercise, group discussion etc. For info: Louie 96 671 8964 or Carol, Secretary: 966 765 488, e-mail: stroke supportgroup@hotmail.com Donations and further voluntary helpers are needed and guest speakers with relevant knowledge or experience are very welcome. (95473) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meets 1st Monday of every month (except July and August) at Bar Sioux , Avda Escandinavia GA at 7pm for 7.30pm prompt. For further info contact Brian, Branch Secretary on 639 917 971 / email secre tarybr3606@gmail.com (95474) CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc, and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 e-mail aecc_campel lo@hotmail.com (95475)
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International Christian Assembly Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja Evangelical non-denominational Sunday services 11am Children’s church 11am House groups in Torrevieja, Los Balcones, San Javier Ladies meeting Thursdays 11am. Pastor, Rafael Restrepo All nationalities welcome 966 799 273 / 660 127 276. (95476)
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MOBILE HOMES WE BUY, Sell, Store, Remove all types of Mobile Homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzicaley@gmail .com (228718)
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P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog, or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepaspain.com EURO WEEKLY NEWS CLASSIFAX AGENT (95708)
HOUSE in Calpe, Ortembach, for sale 400m plot 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, flat, one level, salon, terrace, place to build a pool, parking, 2 big storeplaces, 137,000 euros. Independent, 400m supermarket, 800m town and beaches. 629 991 543 (231210) COUNTRY HOUSE near Gata de Gorgos, in the middle of the mountains at Cami Font Mata and is second house to the right. NEW. 4 bedrooms, 3 bath, kitchen, living room. 160m2 build with 825m plot. 2.5km to the centre, 12.5km to the beaches Javea. ONLY 99,000 euros. Tel: 629 991 543 (231210) PENTHOUSE under construction in the centre of Calpe, external walls completed, with garage. Price 77,000 euros. 100m2, views (231210)
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CLASSIFIEDS CAR TRANSPORTER. Call for excellent rates, fully insured, professional service. 952 816 582, email move@freinternational.com / www.car-transport-spain.com (215605) SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanishmoves.net. Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 (223645) UK-SPAIN-IRELAND. Removals with the personal touch. Pets carried with care 965 696 750 / 0044 (0) 7447 918 589 e-mail chrisy ounge73979@aol.com (231652)
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WHILE it would appear that the British public are starting to warm to the idea of electric vehicles, self-parking cars, and driverless taxis, will Spanish roads soon see a change towards ‘The Green’? A recent survey by GFK questioned the Spanish public on their opinions,
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GOOD NEWS: The luxury electric car manufacturer Tesla has just announced a programme of installing charging stations nationwide.
and willingness to buy electric cars. They discovered that Spanish consumers show a deep and clear divide between their knowledge about electric vehicles and their willingness to buy one. The survey showed that more than half of Spanish car buyers are willing to select an elec-
tric vehicle, but only 15 per cent believe they know them well. For example; nine out of 10 people believed the only benefit to owning an electric car was the ‘low emissions factor’. The survey did point out, however, the most likely sector to benefit primarily will be the luxury end of the market.
It would appear the drivers of large sedans would be more willing to pay up to 10 per cent extra for a new electric equivalent of their car. Good news indeed for Tesla, the luxury electric car manufacturer, which currently has big plans for Spain and France, and has just announced a programme of charging station installations nationwide.
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Sport Costa Blanca’s best guide to local sport
Michael wins with a red hot putter SINGLE putts of 25 feet, 20 feet and 30 feet on the last three greens saw Michael Morley land Levante Golf Society’s Spring Trophy at Oliva Nova. Going into the second round of the 36-hole medal competition 12 handicapper Michael was four shots behind first round leader Mike Cuerden. But Mike’s challenge was
badly dented when he dropped 11 shots in the first 10 holes. Although Mike covered the next eight holes in gross one over par the damage was done and it was Michael’s red hot putter which then proved the key factor in a round of net 70 giving him victory by two shots. Brian Norbury was third on handicap from Bob Fell - both were four shots adrift with a 35-hole net total of 153. The Spring Trophy second round was Levante’s 12th and final qualifier for the 2014/15 Campbell Lamont Golf Leagues sponsored by Ford.
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Heather Watson GB’s Heather Watson has knocked World number 8 Agnieska Radwanska out of the Indian Wells Tennis Open in the USA. TO READ MORE SPORT VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Chelsea still in control
Barcelona in lead
Tony Matthews
International Sports
After last week’s wins - Barcelona 2-0 at Eibar and Real Madrid 2-0 over Levante - the former lead La Liga by a point from Real. Leo Messi scored both goals for Barca, taking his tally to an incredible 444 in 562 appearances for club and country.
A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.
Costa de Almeria
PREVIEW This weekend, in football’s Premiership, it’s Aston Villa-Swansea, Hull-Chelsea, Liverpool-Manchester United (Sunday), Manchester City-WBA, NewcastleArsenal, QPR-Everton, Southampton-Burnley, Spurs-Leicester, StokeCrystal Palace and West Ham-Sunderland. Top games in the Championship are Bournemouth-
LEO MESSI: On the right celebrates. Middlesbrough, NorwichNottingham Forest, Watford-Ipswich and WolvesDerby; FL1 leaders Bristol
City visit bottom club Yeovil. There’s a League Cup final and Scottish Cup semi-
final repeat when Celtic play Dundee United and earlier this week we’ve had Champions League action with Manchester City (trailing 1-2) playing Barcelona in Spain and Arsenal (1-3 down) away in Monaco. This evening Everton (21 up) play Dynamo Kiev in the second leg of their Europa League quarter final tie in Ukraine.