Costa Blanca North 10 - 16 January 2013 Issue 1436

ISSUE NO. 1436

10 - 16 JANUARY 2013

Denia battles key projects DENIA is fighting to get the go-ahead for two key projects from the regional government.

This follows a directive that building permits will be granted only on land already zoned for development.

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Plain speaking sign of times DENIA: Permits remain on hold.

One project is the new Ronda Norte ring-road to ease the town’s traffic flow particularly for cars making for the port and ferry, which receives 600,000 passengers a year.

The other is a new school for La

Jara following closure of the old one in 2009, and pupils four years later still being taught in prefabs.

When courts originally annulled Denia’s provisional urban development plan, the town hall kept its nerve.

The 2005 plan might be void, declared Development Councillor Pepa Font last September, front of a school but returning to the blackboard. obsolete 1972 version was Enough money has now not an option. been raised to hire a 36The latest plan would seater mini-bus for this soon be announced, she term.

Although 83 said, and building could children are affected by recommence. the withdrawal of two free Now, the council has transport buses, seats will accepted the regional go to those who most government’s directive only need them or whose to build on zoned land, but mothers were most is seeking a go-ahead for involved in the campaign. the two exceptions.

‘Erotic’ mothers win fight

CHILDREN have been saved a long daily walk to and from school... thanks to their mothers posing for an erotic calendar When Montserrat (Valencia) withdrew free transport for children living within three kilometres of the Evaristo Calatayud school in regional cost-cutting measures, a group of

exasperated women decided to fund their own school bus with an erotic calendar at €5 a copy.

The scantily-dressed mothers were photographed scaling mountains, sitting at an empty bus-stop and posing in

RUSSIAN and Chinese language courses are being planned twice a week by Benissa Council.

Clean sweep A CLEANER and her mother allegedly took jewellery worth €100,000 from the shop where the former worked, with the daughter wearing a stolen necklace when arrested.

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Stolen treasure found in shop POLICE entered a Campello antique shop looking for ivory and left with an Iberian treasure.

Carrying out a routine check on banned ivory trading, officers from the Guardia Civil’s Seprona nature protection unit found a second century pottery jar worth an estimated €20,000.

The jar, a ceremonial wine vessel, was being restored and the Seprona officers found it in a back room inside a cardboard box. It is decorated with scenes of a boar hunt and is an exceptional example of Iberian art, said Jose Luis Simon Garcia, an archaeologist from the regional government’s Culture Department.

Already considered unique for the quality of its

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Calpe beaches get top marks FIVE Calpe beaches monitored throughout last summer were pronounced ‘excellent’ by the regional government.

The town hall’s Tourism Department has pledged to maintain the same high standards.

Pineapple plot

IBERIAN TREASURE: 2nd century wine jar. decoration, the jar bears burn marks. These could be the result of accidental fire or through being used during funeral rites, he surmised. It was probably stolen from a looted grave

now destroyed by plunderers. “Without an archaeological context, we have little chance of learning more about the jar or the site where it was found,” Garcia lamented.

TWELVE alleged drug smugglers are on trial in Alicante City, accused of smuggling 203 kilos of cocaine in pineapple shipments from Costa Rica.

Each defendant faces a nine-year sentence if found guilty.

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Clean sweep in strike call HEALTH CENTRE cleaners in the l’Alacanti area are threatening an indefinite strike as they have not been paid since October by the company contracted by the 13 centres.

Adoption tips TWENTY-SEVEN obligatory courses for parents hoping to adopt children were organised last year by the regional government, including 10 in Alicante Province, attended by 154 people.

Cloned service A 27-YEAR-OLD Moroccan working as a waiter in Benidorm has been arrested for cloning seven credit cards to make €8,750 internet purchases.

Wine cheer A VALENCIAN company has developed a method for making alcohol-free wine which they claim has all the flavour and beneficial qualities of conventional wine without the health risks.

Less drive A TOTAL of 5,131 new cars were registered in the Valencia Region last month, 17 per cent fewer than the same period in 2011

Winning start MOST of the winning tickets for ‘El Niño’ - the first big national lottery of the year - were sold in Alicante City, with most bought by the Benalua fiestas commission.

Parking poser CAMPELLO’S Els Furs car park has been closed by the company running it due to unprofitability, and is claiming town hall compensation.

Tragedy in London for holiday family AN Elche woman was killed in London, probably because she forgot that vehicles drive on the left.

Rosa Sanchez set out with her husband Clemente Martin de la Sierra after Christmas in Spain for a five-day New Year holiday with their two children.

The British capital London was

chosen by their daughter to celebrate her 18th birthday. But on their fourth day as she crossed the busy Charing Cross Road with her children, Rosa instinctively looked to her left instead of right, sources revealed. They stepped into the path of a bus and all three were injured. Rosa’s husband, a few

paces behind, had his back turned as they were run over.

Rosa died the following day in hospital, but her 11-year-old son was only slightly hurt and has now returned to Elche.

The daughter had more serious injuries but has since been discharged from hospital.

Prize year for golden girl Marina

I don’t think it has been my best year’

Argentinian footballer Leo Messi, winner of the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or for skills demonstrated with FC Barcelona. “I am more interested in team prizes and awards,” he added.

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Eviction help €10,000 IS being set aside by Altea Town Hall to assist families at risk of eviction for mortgage default.

Cries for help THE Telefono del Mayor help-line for the elderly received 1,556 calls last year.

Most wanted information or assessment, although 31 calls alleged illtreatment, desertion or neglect.

Wasted water THE Valencian Community lost 144 cubic hectometres of water last year through leaks and inefficient infrastructure. Only Andalucia with 216 and Cataluña with 158 cubic hectometres wasted more.

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OR Marina Alabau, 2012 was truly a memorable year. She recently returned to Spain after winning last month’s World Windsurfing RS Title in Borocay, the Philippines, adding to the medal she gained as the first Olympian to win gold for Spain at the London 2012 Games.

And her success last year did not end there, for Marina was also named ‘Golden Andalucian Woman’ by the Andalucian Sports Journalists Federation.

The 27-year-old professional windsurfer almost won an Olympic medal five years ago in Beijing when she finished fourth in the women’s event.

The following year she won the Women’s RS:X World Championship in Weymouth, UK, adding to five European Championship wins in Cyprus, France, Israel, Poland and Madeira between 2007 and 2012.

Marina’s first contact with windsurfing was at the age of six when she enrolled in

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GOLDEN GIRL: Marina all at sea since age of six. a sailing school in Isla Canela, Andalucia.

Now living in Tarifa, on the Costa de Luz Atlantic coast of Spain, when not competing she works as a windsurfing coach.

Marina could in fact find herself as the last female windsurfing Olympic champion, as the sport may disappear at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

But one thing is certain; in 2013, Marina looks set to continue her winning ways, and to be a girl making headline news not only in Spain but also around the world.

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died in traffic accidents 1,304 inpeople Spain in 2012, which is 12

per cent fewer than in 2011. Only 23 per cent of fatal accidents occurred on dual carriageways.

THERE is no longer a waiting list for Benidorm’s day centre for the elderly, despite 300 once seeking places, with tight personal budgets attributed for the changing situation.

Fiesta cutback JAVEA has reduced its fiestas’ budget by 23 per cent, with only Hogueras, Moors and Christians, and the Our Lady of Loreto and Jesus of Nazareth to be subsidised in 2013.

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A YOUNG man, 19, died after he was hit by a train at Vallecas Station in Madrid. His body was spotted alongside the tracks by the driver of another train going in the opposite direction. National Police are investigating the incident.

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REVISION: Working overtime as exams loom.

Studying made easier LA NUCIA’S municipal library at the Caravana complex is temporarily extending its opening hours.

From now until February 1 it will be open from 9am straight through until 9pm, without the usual afternoon break, the town hall’s culture department announced.

The same timetable was adopted in

June and September last year for the same reason as now, to help university students studying for upcoming exams.

The response from young people has been ‘massive’, said a town hall spokesman.

The library, which opened six years ago, is situated near the CV-70 road.

Sales are here THE end of the holiday season heralds the beginning of another: the

winter sales. As January 7 dawned, shops and stores offered discounts of up to 70 per cent on winter clothes, shoes and children’s wear.

Electrical and household goods as well as computer equipment and games were down by between 20 and 30 per cent.

Valencian Community residents are expected to spend an average of €87 in this year’s sales, second only to Madrileños who will each spend €95, says

consumer group, FUCI. The sales will last until March 6, with last-minute reductions of up to 90 per cent from department stores and chains.

Some sales began on January 2, following changes in laws formerly restricting them to specific periods.

This move by the national government is intended to boost the retail trade as cash-strapped families cut down on spending.

Unemployment falls, but fewer bosses THE good news is that unemployment in the Valencian Community fell last month.

The bad news is that the Valencian Community has lost more self-employed workers than any other region in Spain.

Although there were 569,735 unemployed by the end of December, this was 5,204 fewer than in November, said the Ministry of Labour. The Valencia Region had the third-best figures after Andalucia, which had 26,972 fewer people out of work and Madrid with 9,278.

On a gloomier note, the number of self-employed workers in the region dropped by 10,649 during 2012, according to the national federation of self-employed workers, ATA. Only the Canary Islands saw an increase, where the number of the self-employed grew by 26, a rise of 0.02 per cent.

NATURE broadcaster Sir David Attenborough was the first to film footage of the rare pink iguana Conolophus Marthae in his new series on the Galapagos Islands.

Biggest reef A SCOTTISH reef – home to more than 100 million colourful and rare shellfish – could be the largest of its kind anywhere in the world.

The 7.5-square-kilometre area in Loch Alsh, a sea inlet between Skye and the Scottish mainland, is home to shells similar to scallops with neon orange tentacles.

Oompa attack A GANG who assaulted a man in Norwich included two men dressed as Oompa Loompas. The men had painted their skin orange and dyed their hair green like the characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Lost seal A SEAL has ended up in the RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes near St Ives in Cambridgeshire, miles from the sea, after swimming up the River Great Ouse and crossing flooded land.

Safest water WATER from UK taps is the most stringently tested in the world and is safer to drink than bottled water, professors from Glasgow University have revealed.

Witchy Wales WITCHCRAFT is thriving in the Welsh countryside, with 83 witches and 93 satanists living and practising in the region.

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Children treated MOST emergency treatment at Marina Baja involves children. The majority of the 416 under-14s treated in local A&E departments in 2011 had accidents.

Good news ALCOY, previously a focus for Legionnaires’ disease, reported only three cases last year.

This was fewer than in any year since the 1999 epidemic.

Homes claim FOUR MPs representing the Valencian Community in the national parliament in Madrid were accused of claiming accommodation expenses. They already own homes in the capital, claimed Democracia Real Ya.

No charge REGIONAL health chief, Manuel Llombart, says Valencia Community has not even thought about introducing a €1 prescription charge.

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Grant to fight social exclusion

Multilingual AN Onil toymanufacturer is producing dolls for the African and immigrant markets.

The talking dolls speak English as well as Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, Zulu, Afrikaans and Somali.

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Mayor Jose Chulvi and Councillor Tere Bisquert.

JAVEA town hall is turning its attention to Javea Park.

More than 80 different nationalities are represented in Javea and 55 per cent of registered residents are not Spanish.

Many immigrants as well as summer tourists live in Javea Park, behind the Arenal Beach, an area not without its problems, Social Services councillor Tere Bisquert admitted recently.

Drugs, school absenteeism and prostitution have been detected there, making life difficult for residents – the majority, Bisquert said – who are perfectly integrated.

These problems also hinder the area’s commerce, she added.

In a bid to avoid social exclusion, Javea has been allocated a €67,500 grant by the Ministry of

Schools to be built-up SIXTY construction companies will soon be competing to build seven state-aided schools.

Tenders for the work have yet to be invited, as the regional government is still waiting for a final report from the Finance ministry, Hacienda, revealed a spokesman for the region’s Education department.

Until this has been received, the schedule of terms and conditions cannot be published.

Initial plans envisage seven schools although this could eventually be increased to 10.

Labour’s Immigration and Emigration department.

This will be used for a programme aimed at eliminating marginalisation and assisting the integration of immigrants into the local community.

Both Bisquert and the mayor, Jose Chulvi, are excited about the project they said recently.

They were also grateful for financial help in tackling a situation which, although neither serious nor widespread, was nevertheless a worry, Chulvi added.

Daytime bins experiment PEGO town hall is taking a new approach to rubbish collection.

Now that income from the IBI rates has plummeted, the council wants to cut costs by emptying dustbins in the daytime.

This costs less than night collections, the town hall explained, which will try out the cheaper option for around six weeks.

The current contract with FCC has expired and another company, Cespa, has taken over provisionally.

Collections will begin in the town centre at 6am before traffic starts to build up and finish by 1pm.

Despite the six-week trial period, it should be apparent within a couple of weeks if the scheme is workable, said mayor Carmelo Ortola.

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House the evicted call in Calpe A CALPE political party is providing four properties for evicted families.

The party, Ciudadanos de Centro Democratico (CCD), got 137 votes in Calpe’s last local elections. It is a national organisation inspired, it says, by Adolfo Suarez’s UCD, which steered Spain through the transition to democracy after Franco’s death.

The four Calpe properties, which belong to CCD members, will be offered to families evicted from their homes after experiencing financial difficulties.

The party has now made a call to all institutions, organisations and owners to put empty properties at the disposal of families who have lost their own homes because of unemployment and the economic crisis.

High demand equals high property prices BENIDORM might offer economical holidays, but its apartments are the dearest in the region.

Despite the property market collapse and the economic crisis, the demand for new apartments still outstrips supply in Benidorm, hence its higher prices.

By the end of 2012, the price per square metre averaged €1,945 with prices of around €200,000 for new properties.

This compares with €1,507 per square metre in Alicante City, €1,824 in Valencia capital and €1,533 in Castellon.

Outside the community, property in San Sebastian, Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid topped the national average of €2,212 per square metre.

Valencian Community property prices dipped by 8.7 per cent last year compared with the national average of 6.9 per cent.

Navarra saw the greatest reduction, with a fall of 12.6 per cent, followed by La Rioja (11.6

BENIDORM: Demand for new apartments outstrips supply. per cent). The Basque Region and the Canary Islands fared better, with respective reductions of 4.1 and 5.2 per cent.

Inflation, especially during the second half of 2012, as well as Spain’s 25 per cent unemployment rate, all contributed to falling

property prices, said property valuers, Sociedad de Tasacion.

Lower property prices will also continue to attract foreign investment, the company predicted, even though the IVA rate rose from 6 to 10 per cent on January 1.

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Landfill site gets pollution alarm order LES CANYADES landfill plant in Campello has been ordered to install a pollution detection system.

The measure followed an inspection by the regional government’s Labour department at the request of Les Canyades Works Committee.

Workers reported their employers, FCC, for exposing them to potential hazards because of the way the plant was run. Toxic emissions, high temperatures as well as deficient hygiene and working conditions were amongst their complaints.

Although the department’s inspectors did not find dangerous accumulations of noxious gases, workers were nevertheless at risk, their report warned.

Steps should be taken to ensure that employees at the plant are not exposed to hazards, they said.

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Population in Denia on the decline THE number of registered residents in Denia has fallen to 45,106 since 2011.

While the Spanish population remains relatively stable, there was a noticeable reduction in the number of foreigners living in the town.

There are now 13,298 non-Spanish residents registered on the municipal ‘padron’, 2,190 fewer than in January 2011.

The number of Germans - Denia’s largest group of foreign residents who account for 5.7 per cent of the census - fell by 171 to 2,565. The British community - 3.5 per cent of the local population - dipped from 1,689 in 2011 to 1,579.

An exodus of Colombians is chiefly responsible for the population reduction. In January 2011 there were 1,169 on the padron compared with the 735 registered in January 2013.

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Balthasar tops poll OF the Three Wise Men who visited Spain recently, Balthasar is the favourite.

He was placed first in an internet survey carried out by the Spanish toy-makers’ association, AEFJ. When it came to the youngest children, Melchior - who came second overall - was the favourite.

The fewest votes went to Caspar, the king who ‘is able to read children’s minds’, according to those participating in the survey.

He is also credited with making sure that toys are in good condition before they are delivered.

For many of the 11,000 who responded to the AEFJ poll, Balthasar is the most ‘magic and mystical’ of the trio. For some, he is the youngest because he has no beard ‘and doesn’t scratch when he kisses you’. For others he must be the richest ‘because he always brings what children ask for’.

KINDLY KING: Melchior arrives in Campello by boat.

Melchior was proclaimed the oldest, wisest and kindest of the Three Kings and was appreciated for his long white

beard and the sweets he hands out. This, the poll concluded, explained his popularity with the smaller children.

Benissa calls for action on N332 bypass THE section of the N332 which bisects Benissa remains as dangerous as ever.

A 27-year-old man was run over recently in the latest of a series of accidents which have occurred there over the years.

Although he needed medical attention at Denia Hospital, his injuries were not life-threatening.

Benissa is now the only Marina Alta municipality where the N332 main road is routed through the town, and residents have been calling for a bypass for more than 10 years.

Work started on a €15 million ring road in 2008, but Begar, the contractors, went into liquidation a year later.

Work was halted in May 2009 and almost four years later the site is deserted, and the bypass no closer to becoming reality.

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Benidorm double money payout claim probed DEVELOPER and businessman Enrique Ortiz was allegedly paid twice for

building two traffic roundabouts in Benidorm.

Police searched town hall offices after a formal complaint was lodged by former Socialist Urban Development Councillor Jaime Llinares in May 2011.

Ortiz was paid €313,000 in 2002 by owners of land where the roundabouts are sited, Llinares claimed.

He later received €1.2 million in 2009 from public funds under the Plan E scheme, according to the former councillor.

As a result of the complaint, three officers from the UDEF fiscal crimes unit, accompanied by a clerk of the court, took away files and documents from several council departments.

A computer hard-drive in

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Government being sued AROUND 80 relatives of more than 90 civilians killed in an air strike in Afghanistan in 2009 are suing the German Government for a total €3.3 million.

Far shoppers PRICEY: One of the ‘double-money’ roundabouts. the Urban Planning Department was also examined in the hope of finding further information.

Police went to the town hall in person because documents were missing from those originally requested, according to municipal sources quoted by the Spanish newspaper, Informacion.

One supposedly detailed the alleged €1.2 million allocation.

What did appear were the minutes of a meeting when tenders for constructing the roundabouts were discussed.

Ortiz’s offer received the highest number of points, the same sources revealed.

Out-of-towners fill hospital ONLY 19 per cent of patients at Denia’s La Pedrera Hospital are La Marina residents.

The remainder come from the Marina Baja, Hoya de Alcoy and La Safor (Valencia), revealed the regional

Girl, 10, dies in airgun accident A 10-YEAR-OLD Elche girl died after she was shot while playing with an air rifle.

The child was first taken to Elche Hospital but owing to the seriousness of her injury, she was transferred by ambulance to Alicante General Hospital where she was admitted to the intensive care unit.

She was put into an induced coma to assist her recovery but despite the efforts of medical staff, she died two days later.

The accident happened at a house in the country where the child and her family were spending the day with friends and relatives.

The girl and her brother went upstairs where they found the air rifle and managed to remove the safety catch, sources revealed.

government’s health department.

This admission confirms their claims that non-local patients outnumber those from the Marina Alta, said the Marina Alta Public Health Defence Platform.

La Pedrera, originally Denia’s general hospital, became a centre for chronically-ill and long-stay patients once the new hospital opened in Beniadla.

Most are elderly, with average ages of 74 for women and 69 for men.

Responding to a recent questionnaire, 99.8 per cent of La Pedrera’s patients and their families described the attention they received as ‘very satisfactory’.

“This is the result of a job well done thanks to the efforts and good work of our health professionals,” said the hospital’s director Jaume Morera.

Cash advance offer spurned ONLY 220 of Alicante City’s municipal workers asked for an advance on their July bonus. As the July bonus remained untouched, the city council then offered a 50 per cent advance which was requested by only 220 of the council’s 2,200 employees. This was good news for the finance department, said council sources, as the payout was less than expected.

GERMANY is becoming such an increasingly popular shopping destination for wealthy Russians and Chinese that customs officials can barely cope.

Tongue tied BONN POLICE are investigating an Indian man’s claims that he had his tongue lacerated by Islamists after he refused demands that he become a Muslim.

Long term OUT of the 4.33 million German jobless 3.03 million are classed as long-term unemployed, according to the Federal Employment Agency (BA).

Job sadness PSYCHOLOGICAL disorders like depression have become the number one reason for early retirement in Germany, according to figures from German statutory pension scheme Deutsche Rentenversicherung.

Had enough THIRTY POINT FOUR per cent of Germans who join the voluntary military service quit before completing the sixmonth trial period, according to figures by the Defence Ministry.

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A slippery solution SAN VICENTE Town Hall collected 9,825 litres of used cooking oil for recycling last year.

The town has seven recycling points and 25,000 litres of oil have been processed since they were installed in July 2010.

“Just one litre of oil that is poured down the drain is enough to pollute a thousand litres of water,” said San Vicente’s Environment Councillor Francisco Javier Cerda.

Most Costa towns now have recycling points for oil, which in most households was formerly

TRANSFORMED: Cooking oil can become soap. tipped down the sink or the lavatory.

After treatment the oil is generally used for manufacturing soap or to produce biofuel.

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Even exotic pets ‘are for life’ RACCOONS, iguanas, crocodiles and even sharks were probably given as presents over the recent holidays.

And many will be surreptitiously dumped in the nearest nature park once they have lost their appeal. That is the claim by the Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm.

Each year the obsession with giving exotic animals as

presents results in pets which soon outgrow their welcome.

“This fashion, which has flourished in recent years, means that each spring the park receives an avalanche of donations,” warned experts at the park.

Veterinarians there called on parents to be responsible when buying a pet. Monkeys, snakes, potbellied Vietnamese pigs, parrots, and giant spiders are displacing puppies as a suitable

Three Kings’ present on January 6, they remarked.

Parents should take family circumstances into consideration when buying pets, and also bear in mind the needs and limitations of the animal.

“Acquiring any pet is a serious lifetime commitment that links us to the new arrival,” said the Terra Natura vets. “But in exchange, it will be loyal, entertaining and make us better people.”

20 held in internet child porn enquiry TWENTY people have been arrested and a further 15 charged for distributing child pornography.

In two Guardia Civil operations covering 19 provinces throughout Spain, officers seized computer equipment and collections of videos and photographs of minors which were shown and shared on websites for paedophiles.

The first investigation began after Guardia Civil in Madrid detected several sites containing files with child porn and software for locating and downloading such files.

Several users of the site were tracked down and 17 men aged between 21 and 69 were arrested. They were

charged with prostitution and corruption of minors.

Thirteen others were also charged.

The second operation was launched following a complaint to the Guardia Civil in Cadiz from a man who, thinking he was downloading a file with music, found it contained images of child porn.

The users who shared the files were located and three people were arrested. Another two were charged.

The arrests were carried out in Madrid, Alicante, Barcelona, Cadiz, Guipuzcoa, Huelva, Mallorca, Leon, Malaga, Murcia, Navarra, Asturias, Salamanca, Sevilla, Tenerife, Valladolid, Las Palmas, Valencia and Zaragoza.

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Swine flu concern NORWAY - Doctors fear Norway could be in for an epidemic of swine flu after 84 human cases were reported at Akershus University Hospital near Oslo.

Royal bride SWEDEN - Royal Court spokesman Berrtil Ternert has announced that Princess Madeleine will marry American fiancé Chris O’Neill at the Royal Palace church in Stockholm on June 8.

Green shoots DENMARK - Prime Minister Helle ThorningSchmidt has predicted that Denmark will show the first signs of economic recovery this year.

Toll charge SWEDEN - A new road toll congestion charge of between eight and 18 kronor a day, similar to the one in Stockholm has been introduced in Gothenburg.

Taking action NORWAY - Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced that the country will increase investment on worldwide anti-deforestation and emission-cutting programmes this year.

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PARKING SOLUTION: Site of Altea’s next car park.

Parking problem gets rail solution ALTEA is to have a new car park on land ceded by the FGV railway.

A formal agreement has now been signed between the mayor, Miguel Ortiz, and Pablo Cotino, director general of the regional network.

The car park will cover an area of 2,913 square metres on wasteland behind Altea’s principal station. The site, although not easily accessed at present, is already in unofficial use by those

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looking for somewhere to park off the N332 main road.

The council has undertaken to carry out everything necessary to transform the site.

Work will be completed at the same time as the sea-front renovations and extensions, which are due to start shortly.

The town hall will be responsible for cleaning and maintaining the car park.

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Con artists arrested TWO Africans were arrested as they allegedly conned a hotelowner out of €5,000.

Police caught them in Alicante city while they persuaded their target to hand over the money in exchange for wads of black paper.

These, they claimed were genuine bank notes which had been dyed black and were worth €10,000. All he need do, they told him, was to wash off the dye with chemicals – hence the scam’s name of ‘wash-wash.’

Police suspected the two men, both Cameroons, were planning to swindle the hotel-owner and followed them to the meeting.

The investigation continues, as police believe they could be involved in further stings.

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Hospital spy camera row CATERING staff at Villajoyosa hospital complained that a concealed security camera is an invasion of privacy.

It was installed by their employer,

Mediterranea de Catering, without the hospital’s permission, they said. Not only did it film staff, but also other hospital workers and members of the public.

The camera was installed to ensure that employees observed no-smoking regulations, the company explained. It is in an area leading off the kitchens where dustbins are kept and where staff members frequently slip out to smoke.

“We prepare food for hospital patients and if we detect bad practices amongst our workers, it is our duty to act,” said the company.

More cameras inside the kitchens will remain, but the outside camera has been removed and all tapes handed over to the hospital management.

No-one other than Mediterranea de Catering staff appeared in the tapes, argued a company spokesman. They did, EL TRENET: Line Nine snakes through the Marinas. however, reveal several employees leaving for the line to remain. their posts to go The line is an important tourist attraction, the outside for a cigarette, town hall said, with a daily average of 4,800 he added. passengers.

One track, one operator please THE FGV railway network has been advised to discard privatisation plans for Alicante’s Line Two. The project is “totally inadvisable,” warned consultants, Improven.

Regional government proposals mean that a public and private operator would share some of the same stretches of track and services. But this could bring co-ordination problems affecting passengers, predicted the consultants, who were brought in to advise on reorganising the network.

It was also likely that overheads would rise, they said, and Alicante’s TRAM network already has too few passengers and a huge debt of €341.7 million.

Admitting another company would be unfeasible.

If the Valencian government wants to introduce a private company, it should allow it to run the entire network, Improven concluded.

The future of Line Two between Alicante city and Benidorm does not hang in the balance but the outlook for Line Nine which links Benidorm and Denia is less assured.

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Population falls in half municipalities THE population fell in 53 per cent of the Valencian Community’s municipalities last year.

Exactly 288 of the region’s 542 towns and cities saw a decline in registered residents, according to the official Statistics Institute (INE).

In 69 others there was a minimal increase of less than 1 per cent.

In 2009 the population grew by 0.33 per cent, followed by 0.11 per cent in 2010 and 0.24 per cent last year.

The region has now grown by less than 1 per cent for three years running, with a total population increase of 34,591 compared with 144,572 in 2007, the

last year of the property boom.

The number of residents in the region’s 21 cities with a population of more than 35,000 inhabitants has fallen in direct proportion to loss of employment caused by the crisis.

Nevertheless there was a token reversal of this trend in 2011, with their populations growing by 0.2 per cent.

These large towns, which occupy barely 9 per cent of the Valencian Community’s total area, house half of its population.

Torrevieja’s 1.6 per cent population increase was the greatest, followed by Orihuela (1.5 per cent) and San Vicente del Raspeig (1 per cent).

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Missing man found dead THE body of 75-year-old Frederick Frankland, has been found in Polop.

Mr Frankland, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, had been missing from his home in La Nucia since the morning of December 18.

The Guardia Civil, Local Police and the La Nucia branch of Proteccion Civil initially searched

unsuccessfully in the area near his home adjoining Captivador and the sports complex.

Police were alerted throughout the Marina Baja and appeals for information regarding his whereabouts were also sent to local residents as well as the Englishlanguage and Spanish media.

His body was eventually located in woodland in neighbouring Polop, three kilometres from La Nucia.

Police are now investigating the cause of Mr Frankland’s death although there were no visible signs of violence according to police sources.

We’re on the ball in Benissa BENISSA and Pedreguer councils are organising a ‘pilota’ course for over16s. The course, which is free, will be held throughout February at the Benissa and Pedreguer trinquete halls where the Valencian ball game is played. Instruction for children and the under-16s is available at municipal sports schools, but there currently is little opportunity for the over-16s to perfect their game.

Both Benissa and Pedreguer town halls want to answer this need, explained their respective Sports councillors Arturo Poquet and Carol Artigues.

The course, consisting of four classes with professional ‘pilotari’, Pere

JOINT INITIATIVE: More ‘pilota’ classes.

Ribes, will be held each Tuesday throughout February from 7.30 pm until 9 pm in Benissa and Pedreguer.

If successful, longer courses will be organised at a future date.

For more information phone 965 733 392 (Benissa) or 966 456 200 (Pedreguer) or email esports@aytobenissa.es or ofiesports@pedreguer.es.

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Joining the club U3A MORAIRA-TEULADA will hold an extra membership renewal meeting on Wednesday at the Espai La Senieta in Moraira from 9.30am-1pm.

Existing members should provide current membership cards, and new members should download an application form from the website.

Then, the next general meeting of the club will take place on Monday February 4 at Salon de Banquettes in Teulada from 9.30am. Members will be able to join groups and find out more about travel and cultural events.

More info: www.u3a moraira-teulada.org

€623 raised THE annual fayre hosted

by HELP International Benidorm raised €623. All monies will be used for the charity’s work in the local community.

The team would like to thank the contributors, supporters, volunteers and staff at the Jose Lorca Llinares Social Centre where the bazaar was held.

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Ton of hashish stolen from customs office HOODED raiders broke into the customs building in Huelva and within minutes stole almost a ton of hashish.

Now police believe the perpetrators may be members of the same gang from which the drugs

were originally seized. This, the Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said, happens quite frequently.

The robbery was carried out by between eight and 10 people who loaded 30 packages of the drug into two 4x4 vehicles and a trailer.

Residents called the police, who report that the robbery took place to coincide with the chimes to mark the end of 2012.

By the time police arrived just minutes later at the building in Plaza Doce de Octubre in the centre of Huelva, the intruders were nowhere to be seen.

There were no guards on duty at the time and although the alarms sounded, security staff arrived at the same time as the police.

Similar robberies which had previously occurred in Sevilla, Malaga and Cadiz resulted in the loss of hundreds of kilos of drugs.

The government has speeded up plans to build an incineration plant in BRISK SWIM: The dippers were fearless entering the cool waters.

Cadiz to destroy drugs as soon as possible after they are seized.

Drugs confiscated in Andalucia A GROUP of ‘dippers’ from Benalmadena braved the seas recently to are currently sent to raise money for charity. More than €1,500 was raised as part of a Asturias to be destroyed. six-day trip to Benidorm on the Costa Blanca, with 150 people, many The judge had not yet of whom were in fancy dress, taking part. authorised the incineration Following the annual dip, the volunteers were rewarded with a of the drugs stolen on this glass of ‘sol y sombra’ and a warm towel to dry off with. occasion.

Taking a dip for charity

Learn a craft at Jalon Valley HELP TODAY (Thursday) will see a new craft group commence at Jalon

Valley HELP’s Drop-In Centre. Located at Casa de Animo in Alcalali, the

class will cover card making, scrapbooking and home decor.

More information: 966 482 635 or 966 482 166.

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A tale of two tongues GUARDIA CIVIL officers allegedly invented charges against a Castellon man who addressed them in Valenciano.

When Carles Mateu Blay was stopped for a routine roadside check and answered in Valenciano he was told to speak Spanish, he complained.

“You’ll talk in Spanish because we’re in Spain,” one of the officers supposedly said.

Instead, Blay pointedly continued in Valenciano and claims he was warned that he would ‘go home without your licence’.

After several hours at the Guardia Civil station he was allowed to leave but charged with refusing a breath-test, driving without a seatbelt and not having a high-visibility jacket in his car. Blay denies all the charges.

Having lodged an official complaint against the officers, the fasttrack case came to court last week. A verdict is expected within two or three weeks.

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Girl, 5, dies in car crash on A-92 AN ALLEGED drunk driver, 25, has been arrested in Granada, accused of causing an accident in which a child was killed.

The accident occurred near Huetor Santillan in Granada Province at around 6am on the A-92 motorway. The girl, five, was travelling in a car with her family when their vehicle was allegedly rammed from behind by the detainee.

She died in hospital, and her father, 41, grandfather, 75, and mother, who is pregnant, were also injured. A man who was in the same vehicle as the detainee was slightly injured.

When the Guardia Civil arrived on the scene, the driver allegedly fled on foot but was arrested shortly afterwards and charged with negligent manslaughter.

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Councillor’s car set on fire GUARDIA CIVIL are investigating the circumstances in which a vehicle belonging to a councillor in La Carolina (Jaen) was set on fire.

Local Mayor Francisco Gallarin, who, like the councillor whose vehicle was destroyed, is a member of the Conservative

Partido Popular (PP), blames leftwing groups.

The fire gutted a personal vehicle belonging to the deputy mayor, Santiago Adan, and damaged the façade of his parents’ house. It was started intentionally in the early hours of the morning.

Gallarin claims that it is just the latest in a series of violent acts against the PP carried out by leftwing groups since the night before the General Strike in November 2012.

Death threats against the mayor were painted on a local wall, and another threatening

message appeared on the family home of a local councillor.

On December 27, the mayor claims he was insulted and members of the left-wing group and the Andalucian Workers’ Syndicate attempted to take over the town hall.

Meanwhile, the local left-wing party has expressed its support for Santiago Adan, as well as its disgust for the mayor attributing responsibility to ‘left-wing groups’.

No work forces immigrants home DANGER: The girl was said to have been playing on the escalator.

Tragedy strikes in shopping centre

A GIRL, nine, died after falling from the third floor of As Cancelas shopping centre in Santiago de Compostela.

The accident occurred before midnight when she was playing on the escalator. Her parents were having

dinner in a nearby restaurant when she climbed onto the handrail and fell.

The shopping centre claims the accident was not due to a lack of safety measures. Security tapes have been handed to the court investigating the matter.

FORTY per cent of immigrants living in Andalucia are unemployed, according to the General Workers’ Union (UGT).

Many of those unable to find work cannot renew their residency permits and lose healthcare. Immigrants have also seen aid for integration and education cut, laws change and are invited to return to their countries of origin.

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Gerard is the first baby of 2013 THE first child born in Spain in 2013 is called Gerard, born at the Verge de la Cinta Hospital in Tortosa (Tarragona).

The young Catalan was born 30 seconds after the chimes marked the arrival of the New Year.

He weighed 3.7 kilos and measured 54 centimetres and is the first child of Montserrat Espinosa, 34, and second of his father, Lluis Vendrell, 43, who has another child, Pol, from a previous relationship.

They are residents of Sant Jaume d’Enveja (Tarragona) and arrived at the hospital at 9am on December 31 when Montserrat went into labour.

She says that it was a ‘beautiful experience’ which she plans to repeat.

The second baby of the year was David, born at 12.01am in Gandia (Valencia) and third place was shared by Eythem, born in Madrid at the same time as Blanca in Ronda (Malaga), at 12.02am.

Eythem’s mother is Peruvian, and three of the other first babies born this year also have foreign parents: Rachael, in Sevilla, has Nigerian parents; the mother of Amir, born in Denia (Valencia) is Moroccan; and the parents of Albania, born in Palma de Mallorca, and Maikel, born in the Basque Country, are Bolivian.

BABY BOY: First born in Spain this year.

Plant gang dismantled TWENTY-FIVE stolen heavy vehicles worth more than €1.2 million have been recovered across Spain.

Since August 2011, seven operations carried out by Guardia Civil and National Police against the international heavy vehicle trafficking network have resulted in 50 arrests.

They are charged with robbery, fraud and identity theft.

The stolen vehicles were destined for export and sale to African and Middle Eastern countries.

Following the release from prison of the leaders of the organisation, the gang had been restructured and was operating from Murcia. It ordered vehicles by phone or internet in the name of

DESTINED FOR EXPORT: Heavy machinery. large construction companies. It paid suppliers a small deposit and had the vehicles delivered to quiet industrial estates, hidden in

warehouses and modified.

The detainees were of Spanish, Moroccan, Romanian and Dutch nationalities.

Mayors charged in corruption scandal MAYOR of Santiago de Compostela Angel Curras has been charged with corruption.

The Conservative Partido Popular mayor and his Cabinet Chief Francisco Castro have been detained in the ‘Pokemon’ investigation into alleged irregularities in the assignation of work to different companies.

In Santiago the investigation has focused

on the Vendex Group. They are just two charged out of a group of Galician politicians, with the mayors of Ourense, Francisco Rodriguez, and Boqueixon, in La Coruña, Adolfo Gacio, also charged. They have both resigned, while Curras says he does not intend to do so, the same as the mayor of Lugo, Jose Clemente Lopez.

Spanish flag removed THE Spanish flag has been removed from several regional police (Ertzaintza) stations in the Basque Country.

Although the new Basque government has not ordered any flags to be removed from the Ertzaintza offices, they have been taken down in Eibar, Zumarraga and Beasain in Guipozcoa and Erandio in Vizcaya.

This allegedly happened following a communiqué from the Human Resources department, according to the unions representing the Ertzaintza.

When the PSE-EE came to power in the Basque Country, it was decided that the Spanish flag would be placed in the entrance halls of police stations along with the European, Basque and Ertzaintza flags.

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Waitress attacked A WAITRESS had to be treated in hospital after being pushed against a wall by a customer at a Murcia café who refused to pay for his drink.

Sightseeing by Vespa

Watching brief TORREVIEJA’S Vyriato traffic system is at the forefront of CCTV and security in Spain with vehicle flow, crime and security all controlled from the police station opposite Carrefour.

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News from our editions

ALICANTE and Murcia were among the top El Niño lottery regional winners with a total of €840 million paid out in the post-Christmas draw.

Cultural castle WORK is under way to redefine Orihuela Castle as a ‘major tourist attraction’ under the Heritage Act 2007.

Three hurt A WOMAN and two men were treated at Torrevieja Hospital after a crash at the roundabout of Urbanisation Pinomar, Guardamar and the N-332. All three were taken to Torrevieja Hospital.

ALMERIA

Death free LAST year - the first for 12 years - saw no deaths of women from gender violence in Almeria Province.

Poison fire

VESPA ROUTE: Scooter and motorbike enthusiasts enjoyed a guided tour through historical areas.

ORIHUELA resembled more of an Italian city as more than 100 old motorcycles and scooters took part in the Vespa Route.

Organised by the Department of Tourism, the

route lasted around two hours, giving riders the chance to explore the most historical areas of Orihuela.

A guide, who travelled with the group in a side-car, outlined the characteristics

COSTA DEL SOL

Quarry claim MALAGA CITY HALL has been asked to close the Sillero quarry in Churriana by a local residents’ association, as it says the quarry operates illegally and damages the environment.

Missing man

CARELESS handling of rat poison is thought to have started a house fire on Carretera de Almeria, Adra. No injuries were reported.

THE family of Jose Abraham Lopez, 39, who went missing in Arroyo de la Miel at midnight on December 11, has made an appeal for information. If anyone can help, please call 652 930 088.

School change

Eco golf

ALMOST €59,000 has been spent converting a former school in Cantoria into a multi-use hall by Almeria Provincial Government.

IRRIGATION of 37 golf courses in Malaga Province using recycled water increased by 44 per cent during 2012, public water company Acosol reported.

500 protest

Pensioner rescued

FIVE HUNDRED people gathered in Almeria City to celebrate the Day of the Holy Family, which saw attendees demonstrating against abortion’s legal status.

DESPITE suffering from second-degree burns themselves, firefighters rescued a man aged 65 after a fire broke at his home in Calle Arandano, in Malaga City’s La Castañeta area.

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Youth killed

A €12 charge for residents’ parking permits in blue zone areas of Almeria City has been ended by the council.

A YOUTH aged 19 died after crashing his car and falling into a swamp near the town of Iznajar (Cordoba). His body was

of the church of Santas Justa y Rufina, Santiago Apóstol and the Santo Domingo church during three stops.

The event was attended by owners of old mopeds as

retrieved by firefighters from the Lucena station.

AXARQUIA

EU job aid EU FUNDS of €253,000 will be used to promote job opportunities for unemployed people aged 16-24 in Axarquia towns with a population of less than 20,000.

Double bill THE local regulations on waste collection tax in Torrox are to be revised as several cases of duplicate bills were discovered last year, the town hall said.

Garden cash RESIDENTS will not have to pay for garden management in 10 areas of Velez and 19 in Torre del Mar as the town hall takes over and increases its investment from €1.2 million to €2 million.

On foot only CALLE DEL MAR in Velez is to be pedestrianised between Avenida de Andalucia and the beach promenade, says the town hall, but no dates for the work have been given.

Energy saving TORROX TOWN HALL saved €140,000

well as members of clubs from La Murada, Redován and Murcia. This was the first Vespa Route, but the Department of Tourism is already working on new editions for 2013.

on its electricity bill last year following a set of measures put in place to optimise local energy consumption, Environment Councillor Lauren Salvatierra announced.

MALLORCA

Film reality THE Balearic Film Commission ‘will be a reality this year’, according to the Balearic Government’s spokesman, Antonio Gomez.

Flexible shifts PALMA COUNCIL employees are being offered more flexible workdays in response to the extra two-and-a-half weekly working hours for civil servants introduced by the central government last year.

Serious crash A TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD man was taken to Son Espases Hospital in Palma with serious head injuries after his car crashed into a wall in Santanyi on Monday.

Mature beauty MARGARIDA BESTARD, 86, beat 15 other mature females in the Miss Gent Gran beauty contest, which was held in Lloseta by the Gent Gran association.

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Stat of week 4.8 million people were unemployed in Spain at the end of 2012, an increase of 426,364 on the start of the year.

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for newly-hired pilots by 40 per cent, and introduces measures to increase productivity.

It also maintains the hierarchy between pilots and co-pilots which led to the last proposal being rejected and appealed before the National Court.

It was annulled as it didn’t take the opinion of Iberia Express into account.

Iberia said it was ‘shameful’ that the new agreement had been leaked and that the company and its pilots had had to hear of it in SALES of body-shaping underwear including the Press. bras, tights and girdles rose 80 per cent in The creation of Iberia the UK over Christmas and the New Year.

Express led to strikes and Leading supermarket chain Asda reported flight cancellations. five million pairs of Shapewear tights were In November, Iberia sold in December, with three pairs per announced plans to lay off minute being sold in the run-up to New Year.

4,500 employees and reduce salaries by up to 35 per cent.

SEPLA pilots recently signed an agreement VAT will not be increased government has no plans which will be used to again in 2013. This was to cut social benefits in negotiate the future of the pledged by the Minister of 2013 and that when company without strikes Economy, Luis de Guindos, possible, VAT, which was in and using voluntary in an address in which he general increased by 3 per dismissal plans to solve said this year will be better cent to 21 per cent in any excess of staff. than 2012.

September 2012, would be An agreement should De Guindos also said the decreased again. be reached by January 31.

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A down to earth Iberia pay deal NEW pilots joining Iberia - the Spanish national airline - are set to earn 40 per cent less than their colleagues.

This follows an agreement proposed by arbitrator Jaime Montalvo, who was chosen to mediate between Iberia and staff following the creation of subsidiary company Iberia Express.

The proposal confirms that the creation of Iberia Express is legal, reduces salaries

LINE-UP: Iberian planes at Madrid airport with one of the pilots (inset).

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Undie sales shape up

VAT pledge for this year

Keeping fit with eye on finances

KEEPING FIT: Gyms are sound business.

FORGET the New Year resolutions to start keepfit regimes.

It seems the keep-fit business is booming, with a mere 2 per cent of people admitting that they fail to use club memberships once they have resolved to join a gym.

This finding, in a UK survey, puts a lie to the assumption that many consumers buy gym memberships and never use them.

And research has also revealed that the budget health and fitness clubs sector has enjoyed the biggest growth in the past year, with this now worth in excess of £145 million (€181.25m), with club numbers rising from 73 to 142 between June 2011 and November 2012, an increase of 95 per cent. Around one in six UK adults use health and fitness clubs.

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Court only solution in neighbourly dispute

Q. A NEIGHBOUR has moved his boundary wall on to our property. As a result of this move our property now suffers from flooding. We have had meetings and sent emails to the planning office, and their only response was that we ourselves should be ‘more neighbourly’. We have instructed three different lawyers during the past two years but they have been You and the unable to obtain any result Law in Spain from the planning office.

By David Searl We have obtained two quotes for fixing the problem, one costing us €18,000 and the other €10,000.

Our surveyor’s report states that, if the wall was moved back to its original position on the neighbour’s land, this would solve the flooding and would cost about €4,500.

Clearly it is against the law to cause damage to another property by your building actions. We question why the planning office does not take action against our neighbour to remedy the situation.

PF (Costa Blanca) A. Perhaps in your home country the local planning office has the authority to examine a situation like this and order the neighbour to put his wall back where it was.

Indeed, this seems like the most logical and effective system. However, Spanish law regards your problem as a civil matter between two citizens. This means you must go to court against your neighbour. You will claim that he has illegally invaded your land and his structure has caused you problems with flooding. You have your surveyor’s report and any other evidence, such as photos, to back your claim. You will seek an order against him to remove the wall and compensate you for the damages suffered.

You will also seek to have your legal and court costs paid.

I am very surprised that none of your three lawyers pointed this out nor explained why the planning office did not act. Unless there is more to the story you are almost sure to win the case.

David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers.

You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.

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Stop the heavy-handed jobsworths!

A NEW regime will stop heavyhanded regulation of firms, according to Business Minister Michael Fallon. Examples of a ‘jobsworth’ approach he wants stopped include a blue cheese manufacturer being told it could not have mould on its cheese.

£££ FOREIGN firms will be able to borrow up to £50 million (€61 million) from the UK government in

an effort to boost trade with British companies.

In effect, the scheme guarantees payment to UK firms wanting to export to emerging markets.

SCOTLAND’S whisky industry has entered a golden age generating more than £4 billion (€4.91 billion) a year, research by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has revealed.

The industry is worth £2.9 billion (€3.56 billion) with another £1.3 billion (€1.6 billion) generated through the supply chain, employing an estimated 36,000 people.

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Tight purse strings, but handbag sales soaring fashion accessories grew 45 per HANDBAGS, as many discovered cent to reach a glitzy £2.2 billion this Christmas, are a girl’s best (€2.7bn) in 2012, with this friend. representing a 9 per cent increase For despite tightening purse between 2011 and 2012. strings, sales of handbags have Tamara Sender, Senior Fashion grown 104 per cent in the last five Analyst at Mintel, said: “In years, according to research into tough economic times, fashion accessories in the UK. accessories have proved Sales of handbags for 2012 popular among consumers. were just shy of £1 billion Strong and fickle fashion (€1.25 bn), up from £468 trends in accessories mean million (€585m) in 2007. that women tend to This proved Britain’s purchase multiple items love affair with and use them as a cheap handbags knows no way of updating their look. bounds, with sales increasing BEST FRIEND: Girls still going mad for handbags.

11 per cent between 2011 and “In fact, accessories last year, Mintel, the UK’s leading accessories - including handbags, have proved so popular among consumer retail research company, man-bags, costume jewellery, belts, consumers with value sales of both revealed. scarves, hats, ties and hair handbags and costume jewellery But it is not just handbags which accessories - have also shown growing at a stronger rate than are being snapped up by Britain’s impressive growth. clothing. fashion lovers, total sales of fashion In the last five years, sales of “Trends that have helped boost the market last year included clutches, metallic handbags, costume jewellery with spikes, big and bold earrings and fake jewel-encrusted bracelets.”

In 2011, half of all British women bought at least one INSTAGRAM is facing a come into effect on referring to using photos bag, equivalent to an civil lawsuit as a result of January 16, mentioned for advertisements withimpressive 13.2 million changes it introduced to the power to sell users’ out compensation. women. While a third of its Terms of Service. photos without warning Facebook, which handbag buyers purchased The changes led to or compensation, and acquired Instagram several less expensive bags user protests and threats included a mandatory earlier this year for in the 12 months, one in to quit the photo-sharing arbitration clause, which US$715 million, has seven bought only one app. There is no opt-out forced users to waive denounced the lawsuit. expensive handbag. believe this option for current users, their rights to participate “We Research also shows that who can deactivate their in a class-action lawsuit complaint is without just under a quarter of profile, but lose the except under very merit and we will fight women did not buy a it vigorously,” stated rights to photos they had limited circumstances. fashion accessory in the previously uploaded.

Instagram later de- Facebook spokesman last 12 months, and this The terms, due to leted some of the parts Andrew Noyes. rises to 46 per cent of men.

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UK Inheritance Tax And The Expatriate Do you remember John Major telling us that he wanted “to see wealth cascading down the generations” in the UK? All these years later and inheritance tax is still with us. It remains with us even when we leave the UK to live abroad - you cannot leave inheritance tax behind you as easily as many other taxes.

Your liability to UK inheritance tax is not directly linked to where you are resident; instead it is determined by domicile. Many British expatriates remain liable for this tax even if they have lived abroad for many years.

Inheritance tax threshold and rate Inheritance tax is a combination of a death duty and in some circumstances a gifts tax. If you are a British domicile, it is charged on your worldwide estate at the time of your death, plus any assets you have given away as gifts over the last seven years. It is also payable on certain lifetime gifts.

The tax rate is a fixed 40%. Since April 2012 this will be reduced to 36% if you leave at least 10% of your estate to qualifying charities.

The first £325,000 is taxed at 0% – the ‘nil rate band’ per individual.

This threshold usually increases each year in line with inflation, but as part of austerity measures it has been frozen since April 2009.

by Bill Blevins, Financia l Correspondent, Blevins Franks

It is now scheduled to increase in 2015/16, but again only by 1% (rounded up to £329,000) instead of by the rate of inflation as in the past. There is therefore little relief for your heirs.

UK assets are always liable to inheritance tax regardless of domicile.

Spouses/civil partners There is no inheritance tax on assets passing between spouses and civil partners.

There is one exception. If you are a UK domicile but your spouse is not, they do not benefit from the blanket spousal exception. They would currently only receive a one-off allowance of £55,000, on top of the general £325,000 nil rate band (so a total tax free allowance of £380,000).

This should improve following plans announced at the 2012 Budget. If it goes ahead, from April

2013 the one-off allowance will increase to £325,000, giving nonUK domiciled spouses a total allowance of £650,000.

When it comes to leaving assets to the next generation (or indeed to anyone you wish), spouses and partners can benefit from double the nil rate band.

Since April 2008, any unused portion can be carried forward and used by the second partner on their death, giving a couple a potential combined threshold of £650,000.

It is the unused portion that gets carried forward, rather than the actual value.

So if the first spouse uses 50% of their allowance, the second spouse will have a nil rate band of £487,500 on their death (£325,000 of their own, and £162,500 from the first deceased spouse).

The domicile factor Domicile is a much more permanent concept than residence.

It is notoriously difficult to change your domicile, but not impossible if you have permanently left the UK, do not plan to return, have moved to a new country and plan to remain there permanently.

The basic rule is that you are domiciled in the country where

your life is centred, and which you regard as your homeland.

Even if you do successfully adopt a new domicile of choice, you will still be ‘deemed’ to be a UK domicile by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for the next 36 months.

Also, if you or your spouse returns to the UK in future, you are likely to immediately regain your UK domicile of origin.

Determining and changing domicile is complex and can be very costly for your heirs if you get it wrong, so it is essential to take professional advice. Blevins Franks specialise in this particular area and can review your situation and advise on whether you can adopt a domicile of choice outside the UK and how to do so.

Paying inheritance tax In most cases, inheritance tax bills should be settled within six months of the end of the month of death; after this interest starts to be applied.

This can cause problems for your heirs if your estate does not have enough illiquid assets, or if it takes longer than six months to obtain probate.

If much of your assets are overseas, e.g. property and bank

accounts here in Spain, bank accounts in Isle of Man, etc, then probate can be particularly complicated as it needs to be obtained in each country. You may be able to use arrangements for some of your assets that do not need to go through probate and should seek advice on this.

Inheritance tax is often described as a ‘voluntary tax’ since you can often take steps to lower the tax liability for your heirs. You should take advice on this, as well as on how inheritance tax interacts with Spanish succession tax. Blevins Franks has a deep insight into both UK and local taxes, and would guide you through the rules and the best solutions for your estate.

The 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 should take 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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NET VOLUME 216.79 17.58 39.01 15.00 197.25 58.55 363.21 54.64 100.45 798.88 58.24 307.30 11,264.66 467.11 342.08 2,329.97 274.45 73.62

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PRICE(P) C O M PA N Y Aberdeen Asset Mngmnt 382.00 Admiral Group PLC 1198.00 Aggreko PLC 1756.00 AMEC PLC 1031.50 Anglo American PLC 1990.75 Antofagasta PLC 1331.00 ARM Holdings PLC 792.25 Associated Brit Foods 1565.00 AstraZeneca PLC 2979.50 Aviva PLC 388.60 Babcock Intnal Group... 996.50 BAE Systems PLC 352.35 Barclays PLC 287.27 BG Group PLC 1035.50 BHP Billiton PLC 2171.50 BP PLC 450.12 British Amn Tobacco PLC 3201.75 British Land Co PLC 578.25

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British Sky Brdcstng Gr... 784.00 BT Group PLC 241.50 Bunzl PLC 1020.00 Burberry Group PLC 1282.00 Capita PLC 764.50 Capital Shppng Cntrs Gr... 359.35 Carnival PLC 2406.00 Centrica PLC 337.05 Compass Group PLC 740.50 CRH PLC 1259.00

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MMM 3M Co 95.37 AA Alcoa Inc 9.26 AXP American Express Co 59.61 T AT&T Inc 35.23 BAC Bank of America Corp 12.11 BA Boeing Co 77.69 CAT Caterpillar Inc 94.92 CVX Chevron Corp 110.50 CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 20.48 DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and C... 45.73 XOM Exxon Mobil Corp 88.96 GE General Electric Co 21.20 HPQ Hewlett-Packard Co 15.14 HD Home Depot Inc 63.18 INTC Intel Corp 21.16 IBM International Business Machine... 193.99 JNJ Johnson & Johnson 71.55 JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co 45.36 MCD McDonald's Corp 89.85 MRK Merck & Co Inc 41.97 MSFT Microsoft Corp 26.74

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Most Declined Accuray Incorporated Silicon Image, Inc. iShares, Inc. iShares Energy Sector Capp The Finish Line, Inc. ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc MISONIX, Inc. eHealth, Inc. Optical Cable Corporation Peregrine Semiconductor Corp.

C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) CHANGE Croda International PLC 2347.00 -17.00 Diageo PLC 1812.75 -12.00 Eurasian Nat Resources ... 306.40 2.54 EVRAZ PLC 278.30 0.30 Experian PLC 1028.50 -4.64 Fresnillo PLC 1775.50 -35.00 G4S PLC 262.45 -1.80 GKN PLC 235.75 -0.10 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1374.75 -6.50 Glencore Intnal PLC 376.80 -3.80 Hammerson PLC 497.10 3.60 Hargreaves Lansdown 719.75 -1.50 HSBC Holdings PLC 672.95 5.30 IMI PLC 1135.50 -6.00 Imperial Tobacco Gr PLC 2439.00 -3.28 InterContnntl Hotels Gr. 1767.50 -11.00 Intnal Consolidated ...

195.70 0.60 Intertek Group PLC 3177.50 -17.00 ITV PLC 108.90 0.40 Johnson Matthey PLC 2318.50 -17.00 Kazakhmys PLC 812.50 1.50 Kingfisher PLC 286.60 -1.16 Land Securities Gr PLC 831.25 2.00 Legal & General Gr PLC 151.80 0.70 Lloyds Banking Gr PLC 50.74 0.89 Marks & Spencer Gr PLC 375.25 -1.20 Meggitt PLC 412.20 5.80 Melrose Industries PLC 232.40 -1.30 National Grid PLC 703.25 -7.50 Next PLC 3898.50 -7.00 Old Mutual PLC 182.05 -0.50 Pearson PLC 1219.50 -2.00 Petrofac Ltd 1655.00 -5.00 Polymetal Intl PLC 1171.50 -1.00 Prudential PLC 918.50 0.50 Randgold Resources Ltd 5907.50 -60.00 Reckitt Benckiser Gr PLC 3937.50 -21.28 Reed Elsevier PLC 658.00 -2.50 Resolution Ltd 250.90 0.10 REXAM PLC 449.60 -2.00 Rio Tinto PLC 3594.00 -20.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 903.50 -14.00 Royal Bank of Scotland 339.80 6.10 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2201.50 -18.18 RSA Insurance Grp PLC 126.85 -0.51 SABMiller PLC 2906.00 -6.50 Sage Group (The) PLC 304.55 -1.40 Sainsbury (J) PLC 334.40 0.60 Schroders PLC 1802.00 -1.00 Serco Group PLC 551.00 -1.00 Severn Trent PLC 1596.00 -14.00 Shire PLC 1928.00 -1.12 Smith & Nephew PLC 683.00 -4.50 Smiths Group PLC 1213.00 -1.80 SSE PLC 1457.00 -9.85 Standard Chartered PLC 1647.50 14.00 Standard Life PLC 352.90 0.70 Tate & Lyle PLC 788.00 -2.00 Tesco PLC 351.67 2.35 TUI Travel PLC 286.85 0.00 Tullow Oil PLC 1262.50 -12.60 Unilever PLC 2404.50 -11.00 United Utilities Gr PLC 680.75 -4.00 Vedanta Resources PLC 1207.00 -7.00 Vodafone Group PLC 160.58 0.60 Weir Group PLC 1962.00 -9.00 Whitbread PLC 2522.50 -9.00 Wm Morrison Sprmrkts 258.50 1.60 Wolseley PLC 3006.50 -10.00 Wood Group (John) PLC 740.75 -1.00 WPP PLC 920.75 -6.00 Xstrata PLC 1134.25 -12.50

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‘Dadgets’ want latest hi-tech HIGH-TECH gadgets turned out to be the popular choice of ‘I want’ by fathers at Christmas.

Consumer research prior to the festive buying season spelt out that fathers reign supreme in gadget ownership in Britain.

Gone are the days when Christmas meant socks or after shave for the man-of-the-house, with the five most likely in demand ‘Dadget’ gifts for gadget-driven fathers in Britain identified as: • Smartphone, owned by 78 per cent of fathers, compared to 62 per cent of consumers overall • HD televisions, owned by 73 per cent, compared to 64 per cent overall • SatNav, owned by 52 per cent, compared to 45 per cent overall • Tablet computers, owned by 36 per cent, compared to 24 per cent overall • Blu-ray players, owned by 34 per cent, compared to 21 per cent overall.

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GADGET MAD: Dads want electronic gizmos.

IT was a record year for banks in the US, just not one they would have wanted. Banks were fined a total of $10.7 billion (€8.1 billion), the highest annual figure, by US authorities, mostly for improper mortgage practices.

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systems, Smart TVs and 3D TVs were also in high demand.

Paul Davies, Senior Technology Analyst at Mintel, the consumer research analysts with offices worldwide, said while generally young consumers help to prompt the growth of modern technology devices, “data shows that dads are representing a ‘second wave’ of ownership.

“With smartphones and tablets being two of the most popular devices with fathers, perhaps they are keener to buy additional devices in order to regain personal or private ownership of products, as their children start to compete for usage time.”

In fact, the only gadgets that today’s technology-loving fathers are less inclined to buy

are the basic or standard versions of high-tech gadgets.

Fathers are 9 per cent less likely to have a ‘basic’ mobile phone and 5 per cent less likely to have a standard definition TV. Furthermore, fathers are also more likely to upgrade to the latest high-quality Blu-ray player whilst fewer hang on to its predecessor, the more basic DVD player.

APPLE took 53.3 per cent of the US smartphone market in the three months since the launch of the iPhone 5.

Homes boost NEW home sales in the US rose 15 per cent year on year to the highest rate since April 2010 when sales were inflated by a temporary $8,000 (€6,000) tax credit for homebuyers.

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Now is time to start putting the coppers away for next Christmas YOU may be breathing a sigh of relief that Christmas spending is over, but if you’re the parent of a child you had better start saving for next Christmas right now.

It seems traditional toys just don’t cut it any more.

That’s right, kids nowadays, of all ages, are much more interested in technology in the form of a mobile phone or iPad. This Christmas my twoyear-old niece got a bundle of presents from Santa; a colouring book, paints, three fairytale books, a tea set and much more. She opened each present with the delight and excitement that only a two-year-old can conjure up, but after only five minutes of playing with her new toys she put them aside to

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START SAVING: Children want ever more expensive presents.

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pick up the nearest mobile or to play Angry Birds on the iPad. She can turn on the television with the remote control, she can flick through photographs on the mobile phone and she can play games on the iPad. All these things she is fascinated by and if she was allowed, would spend hours doing.

She’s not the only one.

All the children I know are

entranced by technology. They sit glue-eyed to the telly. They whine if you

take the mobile phone from their hands and they would push buttons on the computer for hours rather than read a book.

Just the other day I saw a wooden laptop in a toyshop, that when opened, has a blackboard to colour on inside. And according to Mattel, the top-selling product in 2012 has been a mobile phone case.

That suggests not only that traditional boardgames and toys just cannot compete with new exciting technology, but also that technology is taking up more and more of the children’s time, leaving less need for other toys.

So does this spell the end of traditional toys?

Will toddlers and children from now on be requesting a pricey tablet in their stocking rather than a Barbie doll or play truck? You’d better get saving!

Spain’s rich better off than a year ago SPAIN’S rich are now 8.4 per cent richer than a year ago.

The 200 richest people in Spain have €145 billion between them according to El Mundo special feature ‘Spain’s Greatest Fortunes’.

In just 12 months, the stock exchange assets of Inditex owner Amancio Ortega, 76, have increased by 64 per cent.

This, plus the real estate he owns, brings his fortune to €43 billion, which equals the assets of the other 99 on the stock exchange list put together.

His company Zara is so successful that his ex-wife, Rosalia Mera, who owns just

the list of 100 fortunes not on the stock exchange, with €6 billion, thanks to his 78.37 per cent share of the supermarket chain.

Roig says that Spain has a lot to learn from the effort made

by Chinese bazaar owners and says that the Spanish have to either improve productivity or lower their quality of life.

In March, Forbes magazine published the list of the world’s richest people, with 14 Spaniards on it who were worth more than €750 million.

SPAIN’S RICHEST: 200 people have €145 billion between them.

However, the El Mundo special under 7 per cent of it, is the Meanwhile, the founder of reveals there are 42 families in second richest person in Spain. Mercadona, Juan Roig, is top of Spain with more assets.

The list only includes the net value of companies based in has been approved by a programme valued at battle.

Hundreds of Spain which are US judge. about $600 million (€454 accidents and four deaths present on the The deal gives $500 million). were claimed to be a stock exchange, million (€378 million) in The settlement is the result of the alleged fault. but not what the cash, plus installation of largest in US history But the settlement does country’s richest override systems and a involving car defects, and not involve any admission own at a customer support follows a four-year legal of blame by Toyota. personal level.

Toyota’s billion dollar pay-out approved TOYOTA’S offer of a $1.1 billion (€832 million) settlement in a classaction lawsuit brought by consumers whose cars lost value due to sudden, unintended acceleration

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Big gust to wind sales IBERDROLA has sold 32 wind parks in France to General Electric, MEAG and EDF for €400 million, by selling all of its share capital in Iberdrola Renovables Francia (IBRF).

Prices up SPAIN’S Consumer Price Index (CPI) ended 2012 at 2.9 per cent after remaining stable in December. Prices had peaked to 3.5 per cent in October before falling again.

Job fee A SCHOOL in Granada which was charging job applicants €190 each for an interview has been reported to the Junta de Andalucia which will decide whether this is legal.

Pension age FROM this year, in order to retire on a full pension, Spanish workers will have to be at least 65 years and a month old, unless they have worked 38.5 years.

Appy ending SEVEN hikers who got lost in Peñalara, Madrid, were rescued thanks to their mobile phones using Whatsapp to contact emergency services and GPS tracking to locate them.

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A sobering sip of New Year reality!

INITIALLY, New Year’s Eve was spent trying to forget about Crispin and how he had discarded my desires to spend it together.

But lo and behold, I stumbled upon his Porsche in a Puerto Banus disco car park, and I have to admit that on entering the club, my mind raced as I

As I see it...

Ana Jefferson-Smith takes an irreverent look at life as a singleton expat in Spain automatically assumed the sad reality that he had chosen to spend the evening with his boozy

friends as opposed to me. Looking back, that would have been a positive compared to the reality.

Crispin was in fact dancing, very very provocatively, with another woman, with none of his normal group anywhere in sight!

There he was, alone with a mystery blonde, with his hands caressing her slender body and stroking her pursing lips.

MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

COMMENT Cardinal points “WE’RE up against the Church,” Don Quijote once said to Sancho Panza. Now it is Mariano Rajoy’s turn, as senior prelate Cardinal Rouco pressures him to reverse liberal social legislation.

Many of the disillusioned, crisis-hit voters who brought Conservative Rajoy to power in November 2011 are not themselves Conservatives.

And Rouco is on a loser, because Rajoy knows that alienating them is politically more risky than upsetting a cardinal.

The scapegoat THE Gurtel corruption case involving the PP will not be shelved, despite the defence’s claims that accusations were based on illegal bugging ordered by then judge, Baltasar Garzon.

The government’s legal advisers replied that the Prosecution Department had already accumulated sufficient incriminatory evidence before the wiretaps.

In the meantime, only one person has to date sat in the dock over Gurtel. And irony of ironies, it was Baltasar Garzon.

Judge bans sex for father of 9 A FATHER of nine who owes $90,000 (€68,000) in child support has been banned from having sex as a condition of probation by a US judge until he can financially support his nine children from six different women. *** FISHING rods lightweight, easy to spot in pick-up trucks and portable - are the most commonly stolen item in Texas, US police have revealed. ***

JUST FANCY THAT...

SIXTEEN people were injured when a 33-tonne aquarium containing sharks, fish and turtles, burst in Shanghai, China. *** TWO sisters have been arrested in Florida, USA, after inadvertently pocket-dialling the hotel they had just robbed *** AUTHORITIES in Florida, USA, have

arrested a woman who set fire to a mattress while her ex-boyfriend slept on it with another woman. *** CHINESE fishermen using nets ‘caught’ a Porsche Cayenne 4x4 normally selling for more than $110,000 (€83,000).

Police believe it had been submerged for two years.

*** A US BURGLAR ate food from the fridge and slept in the guest bed before fleeing with $500 (€375) worth of jewellery and a bottle of Jack Daniels from a house in Florida. *** TWO MEN have been arrested in California, USA, for stealing thousands of dollars worth of cooking grease from a McDonald’s restaurant to resell to recyclers to turn into biodiesel fuel.

I froze, unable to tear myself away from the dreadful truth unfolding in front of my eyes.

How could he disrespect me in that way?

I should have known that being whisked off one’s feet seldom happens in the real world, and was too good to be true for me.

Clearly here was another woman - poor soul just like me - consumed by his masculinity, fooled by his words.

Determined not to let him ruin my girls’ night out any more by remaining in the same club, I decided to leave, for by now it was 6.30am and the sun would soon be rearing its head over the horizon.

So with our false eyelashes now jaunted and our pristine hair resembling a frizzy mess, we all retreated home to our respective beds.

Not hungover the following morning, I wondered if what I had seen had truly happened.

Had the man who encouraged the ‘L’ word into my mind three weeks ago just broken my heart?

I had to privately admit to being crushed.

And now there is the predicament of whether to accost him with what I had seen, should I wait for a confession, or merely refuse to answer any phone calls?

Part of me wants to humiliate and expose him.

But another side wants him to admit his sins and explain why he would risk hurting me so much.

Why he appeared to treat me with such grace in the past, only to shatter my illusions of 2013 altogether.

Only my dog Stella can comfort me now, and help me move on towards making 2013 start with happiness. She has always been a good listener.

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BBC2

5:20am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Series featuring properties sold via auction. 12:00pm Rip Off Britain More holiday horror stories resolved by Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville. 12:45pm Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Privates

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Perfection Nick Knowles hosts the general knowledge quiz show.

5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

8:00pm The One Show If it's got Britain talking then it will get talked about on The One Show.

8:30pm EastEnders The fallout continues in Albert Square.

9:00pm Waterloo Road School-based drama. Phoenix and Harley win the lottery.

10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time

12:35am This Week A political review of the week presented by Andrew Neil, with Michael Portillo and guests. 1:20am Skiing Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

1:25am DIY SOS The Big Build 2:25am Countryfile 3:25am Antiques Roadshow 4:25am You've Been Scammed 4:55am BBC News

BBC3 7:00am American Dad! 7:20am American Dad! 8:00pm Pixar: 25 Magic Moments 9:00pm Up 10:30pm World's Craziest Fools 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders The fallout continues in Albert Square.

12:00am Family Guy Subversive animated comedy.

12:25am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! Animated series from the creator of Family Guy about CIA man Stan Smith.

1:30am Pramface Comedy series about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with parenthood.

2:30am Growing Up Poor 3:25am Russell Howard's Good News 3:55am Pramface

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6:00am William Whiskerson 6:10am William Whiskerson 6:20am William Whiskerson 6:30am William Whiskerson 6:40am William Whiskerson 6:50am William Whiskerson 7:35am Homes Under the Hammer 8:35am Rip Off Britain 9:20am Cowboy Trap 9:50am Vivacious Lady 11:20am Magic Town 1:00pm The Daily Politics Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn with the latest political news, interviews and debate. 2:00pm Darts 5:15pm Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

4:00am King Kong 6:15am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning A vibrant mix of showbiz news, fashion, cookery, gardening, travel, advice and DIY. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning A vibrant mix of showbiz news, fashion, cookery, gardening, travel, advice and DIY. 1:30pm Loose Women More lunchtime chat and fun with the girls. 2:30pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Storage Hoarders Aggie Mackenzie helps two very different hoarders today.

6:00am Countdown 6:45am Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard Eric meets with the Mature Students' Bake Club to try their English-style eclairs. 7:10am The Hoobs The Hoobytug is broken. 7:35am The Hoobs A Hoob's home is the Hoobmobile. 8:05am Will and Grace 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond Debra finds out that her parents have seperated. 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond Frank offers to paint Ray's house, but not the colour that Ray and Debra want. 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Australia 12:00pm A Place in the Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 2:05pm 7th Cavalry 3:40pm Countdown

7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am Igam Ogam 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Milkshake Monkey 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:05pm The Looney Tunes Show 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Reza, Spice Prince of India 3:15pm The Mentalist

6:15pm Antiques Roadshow Michael Aspel and a team of experts examine curios and artefacts offered up by the public.

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Heir Hunters 9:00pm Stargazing Live Astronomy special hosted by Brian Cox and Dara O Briain.

10:00pm Stargazing Live 10:30pm The Polar Bear Family and Me 11:30pm Newsnight

4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a national weather forecast.

8:00pm Emmerdale Chas fears for her life as her stalker becomes violent.

8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale Chas is stunned when her stalker's identity is revealed.

9:30pm Nursing the Nation 10:00pm Trouble Abroad 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show

4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm The Restoration Man It was love at first sight when theatre producer Vanessa Ford Robbins and her partner Nik Huddy saw Longhurst Lodge, a Victorian gate lodge nestled on the boundaries of a country estate in Surrey.

11:00pm Gypsy Blood Gypsy Blood examines the violent culture that some gypsy and traveller fathers hand on to their sons.

Filmed over two years by award-winning photographer Leo Maguire, Gypsy Blood is an intimate portrait of two gypsy families, their fight for respect and the price they pay in cycles of revenge that can erupt into sudden and terrifying violence.

4:15pm Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story Drama based on a true story. A woman resorts to desperate measures to prove that her late daughter, who was thought to have died in an apartment fire six years earlier, is still alive after spotting a girl who bears a striking resemblance to her. She sets out to acquire a sample of the girl's DNA to prove that she is her child.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Andy Bates' Street Feasts 7:00pm Home and Away Things are awkward at the Walker house after the argument the night before.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Benidorm ER Documentary series.

9:00pm Great Northern Cookbook 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother Catch up with the latest events inside the Celebrity Big Brother house.

11:00pm Bizarre Burials Documentary exploring the variety of strange and sensational ways to make your mark when you die, from themed funerals and aeroplaneshaped coffins to death masks and ashes tattooed onto loved ones.

12:45am The Golden Rules of TV 1:10am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Tonight 4:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:20am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:40am Random Acts 12:45am The Undateables Looking for love can be tricky, but some find it harder than others. 1:45am Millionaire Boy Racers 2:40am The Horse Hoarder Pensioner Clwyd Davies harbours a compulsion to hoard horses.

3:05am Dispatches Dispatches reveals the secrets of car insurance that all drivers should know. 3:35am Time Team 4:30am The Churchills 5:25am Deal or No Deal

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am House Doctor Homeimprovement series. 5:20am Divine Designs Art historian Dr Paul Binski examines some of Britain's most fascinating works of religious art.

5:45am Michaela's Wild Challengef

BBC2

10:30pm The Polar Bear Family and Me

12:20am Darts Colin Murray introduces highlights from the night's men's best-of-9 set quarter-finals. 1:10am Darts 3:10am BBC News 5:00am Make a Musical

BBC4 8:00pm BBC World News The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm The Sky at Night 9:00pm She-Wolves: England's Early Queens 10:00pm Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork 11:00pm Metroland 11:50pm The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire 12:50am The Riviera: A History in Pictures 1:50am Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World 2:50am Hotel Deluxe Documentary about the world of hotels for the super rich.

3:50am Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am A League of Their Own 10:30am A League of Their Own 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm A League of Their Own 3:30pm A League of Their Own 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Danceauditions.

7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

12:00am Cop Squad 1:00am Cop Squad 2:00am Brit Cops - Frontline Crime 2:55am Road Wars 3:45am Road Wars 4:35am Crash Test Dummies 5:00am Stargate SG1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am Prom 7:25am Take Me Home Tonight 9:15am American Pie 2 11:15am Bad Teacher 1:05pm Johnny English Reborn 3:00pm How Do You Know 5:15pm No Strings Attached 7:15pm American Pie 2 9:00pm Johnny English Reborn 10:45pm Bad Teacher 12:25am Project X 2:00am The Pool Boys 3:30am No Strings Attached 5:20am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:25am A Valentine's Date 7:00am The Adjustment Bureau 8:50am Love, Wedding, Marriage 10:30am Stay Cool 12:10pm Jane Eyre 2:15pm That Thing You Do! 4:10pm Movie Special 4:30pm Country Strong 6:30pm The Help 9:00pm Jane Eyre 11:00pm The Adjustment Bureau 1:00am Rabbit Hole 2:40am Country Strong 4:40am That Thing You Do!

SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:25am Rapid Fire 6:10am X-Men: First Class Special 6:40am Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows Special 7:00am Flight of the Phoenix 9:00am X-Men: First Class 11:15am Spider-Man 2 1:25pm Batman

Begins 3:50pm Battle: Los Angeles 5:50pm Colombiana 7:45pm X-Men: First Class 10:00pm Spider-Man 2 12:15am Batman Begins 2:40am Your Highness 4:25am Priest 5:55am Fantastic Voyage

TCM 6:00am The Hill 8:05am The High Chaparral 9:10am The High Chaparral 10:15am Bandolero!

12:15pm Men of The Fighting Lady 1:50pm The High Chaparral 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm The Longest Day 7:35pm Taras Bulba 10:00pm 16 Blocks 11:50pm River of Death 1:55am Valley of the Dolls 4:05am 16 Blocks

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4:55am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Rip Off Britain 12:45pm Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Privates

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country Jonnie Irwin heads to Norfolk to help a house buying couple find their ideal rural home.

4:45pm Perfection Nick Knowles hosts the general knowledge quiz show.

5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Room 101 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

12:25am The Village 2:05am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:10am Who Do You Think You Are? 3:10am Queen Victoria's Children Queen Victoria and Prince Albert shared a passionate marriage. 4:10am Question Time David Dimbleby chairs the first Question Time of 2013, from Lewisham in south London. 5:10am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 8:10pm Doctor Who Science fiction drama.

9:00pm Gavin and Stacey Gavin starts his new job in Cardiff and Stacey is thrilled to be at home again.

9:30pm Gavin and Stacey Stacey is trying for a new job whilst ensuring that Gavin sticks to his recent promise.

10:00pm World's Craziest Fools 10:30pm Pramface 11:30pm EastEnders The fallout continues in Albert Square.

12:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 1:00am Family Guy 1:25am Family Guy 1:45am American Dad! 2:10am American Dad! 2:30am World's Craziest Fools 3:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 3:55am Stacey Dooley Investigates

ITV

Channel 4

Channel 5

6:00am Compose Yourself 6:25am Curious Cat 7:35am Homes Under the Hammer Series featuring properties sold via auction. 8:35am Rip Off Britain More holiday horror stories resolved

by Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville. 9:20am Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 9:50am Badman's Territory Western set in the 1890s.

11:25am Bombardier 1:00pm The Daily Politics Andrew Neil with the latest political news, interviews and debate. 2:00pm Darts

5:20am ITV Nightscreen 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning A vibrant mix of showbiz news, fashion, cookery, gardening, travel, advice and DIY. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning A vibrant mix of showbiz news, fashion, cookery, gardening, travel, advice and DIY. 1:30pm Loose Women More lunchtime chat and fun with the girls. 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Storage Hoarders

5:25am Deal or No Deal 6:20am Countdown 7:05am Sali Mali Sali Mali and Jackdaw have fun with a camera. 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:05am Will and Grace 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Australia 12:00pm A Place in the Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 1:40pm I Was Monty's Double 3:40pm Countdown

8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Milkshake Monkey 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:05pm Looney Tunes 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Reza, Spice Prince of India 3:10pm CSI: Miami

5:15pm Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Heir Hunters Series following the work of probate researchers as they search for heirs of people who have died without a will. The heir hunters try to crack the case of Brian Yanchuk who died in Milton Keynes in 2004.

9:00pm Mastermind John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation's Mastermind.

9:30pm Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein Plantswoman Carol Klein shares with us a year in her garden at Glebe Cottage in North Devon.

10:00pm Italy Unpacked 11:00pm QI Quiz show. Stephen Fry looks at jollity with Julia Zemiro, Tim Vine, Rob Brydon and Alan Davies.

11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Emily Maitlis.

4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal David and the team are in Mansfield where John Parker has his eye on an art deco mirror.

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a national weather forecast.

8:00pm Emmerdale Jimmy is forced to make a hard decision.

8:30pm Coronation Street Kylie deals Nick a shocking blow. Stella's revelation leaves Karl confused.

9:00pm Wild Britain with Ray Mears Ray Mears explores the ancient woodlands and forests on the Isle of Wight.

9:30pm Coronation Street Can Nick hold it together? Karl confronts Sunita.

Carla is suspicious of Rob. 10:00pm Great Night Out 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm The Specialist

4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal Can one of the players outwit The Banker and walk away with hundreds of thousands of pounds?

6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm First Time Farmers 10:00pm 16 Kids and Counting 11:00pm Rude Tube

4:15pm Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder Murder mystery.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Andy Bates' Street Feasts 7:00pm Home and Away Dex reveals to Romeo that he feels constrained by his dad's expectations.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm The World's Biggest Bomb: Revealed 9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Celebrity Wedding Planner: Celebrity Big Brother Special

12:00am The Review Show 12:50am Darts Colin Murray introduces highlights from the remaining quarter-final men's matches. 1:40am Darts 3:40am BBC News

1:35am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 3:35am That's Carry on 5:10am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

1:10am The New Normal 1:40am Random Acts Channel 4's nightly short-form arts strand.

1:45am The Ricky Gervais Show 2:15am The Ricky Gervais Show 2:45am Bob's Burgers 3:05am Bob's Burgers 3:30am Glory Daze 4:15am St. Elsewhere The hospital generator fails during a city-wide blackout. 5:00am Deal or No Deal 5:55am Countdown

BBC4 8:00pm BBC World News The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Lang Lang Live at the Roundhouse 9:20pm Lang Lang: The Art of Being a Virtuoso The Chinese pianist Lang Lang is considered the world's top classical music star.

10:15pm Imagine...

Alan Yentob gains an insight into the creative world of Shirley Bassey.

11:15pm Shirley Bassey at the BBC January 2013 sees one of Britain's alltime great voices turn 76.

12:15am Legends: Petula Clark 1:15am The Sound of Petula Clark Petula Clark presents and stars in her own show from 1973, with backing singers and dancers.

1:45am Imagine...

2:40am Shirley Bassey at the BBC 3:45am Legends: Petula Clark

CH4

BBC1

2:45am Bob’s Burgers

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am Motorsport Mundial The latest motor racing action from around the world.

5:20am Divine Designs Art historian Dr Paul Binski examines some of Britain's most fascinating works of religious art. 5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am A League of Their Own 10:30am A League of Their Own 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm A League of Their Own 3:30pm A League of Their Own 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm John Bishop's Only Joking 10:00pm Stella

11:00pm A League of Their Own 12:00am Spartacus: Vengeance 1:15am Road Wars 1:45am Brit Cops - Frontline Crime 2:45am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:45am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:35am Crash Test Dummies 5:00am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:20am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 7:00am Wild Hogs 8:55am Dunston Checks In 10:30am Little Fockers 12:15pm Love and Other Drugs 2:15pm Horrible Bosses 3:55pm Eurotrip 5:30pm Wild Hogs 7:15pm Little Fockers 9:00pm Horrible Bosses 10:40pm Analyze This 12:30am Analyze That 2:10am Eurotrip 3:45am Love and Other Drugs 5:40am Dunston Checks In

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 4:40am That Thing You Do! 6:40am Movie Special 7:00am Love and Other Impossible Pursuits 8:50am The Butcher's Wife 10:40am Romeo and Juliet 12:45pm The Conspirator 2:50pm Life as We Know it 4:50pm Mother and Child 7:00pm The Tempest 9:00pm Anonymous 11:15pm Romeo and Juliet 1:20am Life as We Know it 3:20am Boys Don't Cry 5:25am The Tempest

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:55am Fantastic Voyage 7:40am Tracker 9:25am Paycheck 11:25am Green Lantern 1:20pm Haywire 2:55pm Batman 5:05pm Batman Returns

7:15pm Rush Hour 9:00pm Green Lantern 11:00pm Haywire 12:45am The Recruit 2:45am The One 4:25am Invasion U.S.A.

TCM 6:00am Taras Bulba 8:10am The High Chaparral 9:15am The High Chaparral 10:15am The Longest Day 1:50pm The High Chaparral 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Prisoner of War 5:35pm Thunder Over the Plains 7:15pm The Spider Woman 8:25pm We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company 10:00pm Band of Brothers 11:15pm Band of Brothers 12:25am Ned Kelly 2:20am Marlowe 4:10am Ned Kelly

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BBC2

5:10am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live James Martin hosts the live cooking show, with help from top chefs Peter Lloyd and Adam Byatt. 12:30pm The Good Cook 1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 1:10pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 1:15pm Football Focus 2:00pm Brazil: Welcoming the World 2:30pm Bargain Hunt 3:30pm Darts

4.00pm - midnight

Channel 4

3:40am BBC News 7:00am The Hitch-Hiker Dark thriller based on incidents from the life of mass murderer William Cook. 8:15am On Dangerous Ground 9:35am The Armored Car Robbery Crime caper. 10:40am The Sky at Night 11:00am A History of Britain by Simon Schama 12:00pm Meet The Ancestors 12:30pm Map Man 1:00pm Indian Food Made Easy 1:30pm Talking Pictures 2:15pm Scott of the Antarctic

7:00am Handy Manny 7:10am Handy Manny 7:25am The Hive 7:35am The Hive 7:40am Dino Dan 7:55am Dino Dan 8:05am Almost Naked Animals 8:15am Almost Naked Animals 8:30am Almost Naked Animals 8:40am Matt Hatter Chronicles 9:05am Ultimate Spider-Man 9:30am Victorious 10:00am Jessie 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 12:20pm Saturday Cookbook 1:20pm ITV News and Weather 1:25pm Columbo 2:55pm My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 3:55pm Hulk

5:55am Countdown 6:40am Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Beach Volleyball 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

4:00pm Coast 5:00pm Stargazing Live Dara O Briain and Professor Brian Cox celebrate the night sky.

6:00pm Stargazing Live 7:00pm Stargazing Live Astronomy special hosted by Brian Cox and Dara O Briain.

8:00pm Flog It! 9:00pm Dad's Army Classic wartime sitcom.

9:30pm Fawlty Towers Classic sitcom about a Torquay hotel run by a disaster-prone snob and his overbearing wife.

10:00pm QI XL Quiz show. Stephen Fry looks at jollity with Julia Zemiro, Tim Vine, Rob Brydon and Alan Davies.

10:45pm Oranges and Sunshine

6:30pm London Tonight Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather.

6:45pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a national weather forecast.

7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm Splash!

9:30pm Take Me Out Paddy McGuinness plays cupid once again as the fifth series of the dating show continues.

10:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:45pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by national and local weather forecasts.

5:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:30pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian Shawn Levy's fantasyadventure sequel again stars Ben Stiller and impressive CGI effects.

10:00pm World Without End 11:55pm The 51st State

CH4

5:30pm Final Score 6:15pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 6:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

6:30pm Animal Antics From criminal cats to piano-playing pugs, this is the news as it has never been seen before.

7:00pm Richard Hammond's Secret Service 7:45pm Britain's Brightest 9:00pm The National Lottery: In It to Win It 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:10pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 11:30pm Match of the Day

ITV

12:50am The Football League Show 2:05am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

2:10am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel 8:10pm Merlin Fantasy period drama based on the King Arthur legend.

8:55pm Doctor Who Science fiction drama.

9:40pm Top Gear Motoring show.

10:40pm Armageddon 1:05am Family Guy 1:30am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

1:50am American Dad! 2:15am American Dad! 2:35am Pramface Comedy series about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with parenthood.

3:35am Russell Howard's Good News 4:05am World's Craziest Fools 4:35am Live at the Electric

12:25am Darts 1:15am Sugarhouse Thriller.

Tom is a middle-class city boy whose life has reached breaking point.

BBC4 8:00pm Lost Land of the Tiger 9:00pm A History of Art in Three Colours Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even altered the course of history.

10:00pm Borgen 11:00pm Borgen 12:00am Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 Documentary chronicling our everchanging love affair with the British singles chart on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.

1:30am Ultimate Number 1s at the BBC 2:30am The Joy of the Single 3:30am Sounds of the 70s Exploring the musical culture of the 70s.

4:00am A History of Art in Three Colours

Channel 5 8:55am Little Princess 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Angelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby's Travelling Circus 10:25am Roary the Racing Car 10:40am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35am Batman: The Brave and the Bold 12:10pm Inside Hollywood 12:20pm Celebrity Big Brother 1:15pm The All New Gadget Show 2:20pm Brave Warrior 3:50pm Mutiny on the Bounty

7:10pm Attack on the Iron Coast 8:50pm 5 News Weekend National and international news.

8:55pm NCIS 9:50pm NCIS US drama series based on the work of the navy's dedicated federal agency.

10:45pm Celebrity Big Brother Catch up with the latest events inside the Celebrity Big Brother house.

11:45pm 50 Shocking Facts About Diet and Exercise

Ben Stiller

8:00pm - Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian

12:00am Beowulf Digitally rendered epic based on the Old English poem of the same name.

2:05am The Store 3:20am In Plain Sight 4:05am Pushing Daisies Quirky US drama about a man who can bring the dead back to life.

4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

1:45am Pan's Labyrinth 3:45am Hollyoaks Omnibus Mercy wreaks havoc when she jumps to the wrong conclusion. 5:50am Smallville Drama series following the teenage years of the future Superman, Clark Kent.

12:45am Comedy Kings 1:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:20am The Great Artists 5:50am Rough Guide to Journeys Highlights of the travel series presented by Julia Bradbury and Toby Amies.

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Got to Dance 1:30pm Got to Dance 2:00pm Got to Dance 2:30pm Got to Dance 3:00pm Got to Dance 3:30pm Neverland: Part 1 (Part 1 of 2) 5:10pm Life of PI Special 5:30pm Treasure Island 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm John Bishop's Only Joking 9:00pm Galapagos with David Attenborough 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Species II 12:50am Street Crime UK 1:20am Street Crime UK 1:50am Street

Crime UK 2:20am Street Crime UK 2:50am Street Crime UK 3:20am Street Crime UK 3:50am Street Crime UK 4:20am Dog the Bounty Hunter 4:50am Futurama 5:00am Don't Forget the Lyrics

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am Dunston Checks In 7:10am Shanghai Noon 9:05am The Big Year 10:45am Junior 12:35pm Friends with Benefits 2:25pm Jack and Jill 4:00pm 30 Minutes or Less 5:25pm The Big Year 7:10pm Junior 9:00pm Jack and Jill 10:35pm Friends with Benefits 12:30am 30 Minutes or Less 1:55am Shanghai Noon 3:50am White Men Can't Jump 5:45am Snow Dogs

SKY MOVIES DRAMA

Impossible Ghost Protocol 2:55pm Safe House

5:25am The Tempest 7:20am Like Dandelion Dust 9:10am I Don't Know How She Does it 10:50am Water for Elephants 12:55pm The Terminal 3:10pm City of Angels

4:55pm Collateral Damage 6:55pm Sahara 9:00pm Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol 11:15pm Safe House

5:10pm Red Riding Hood 6:55pm Water for Elephants 9:00pm I Don't Know How She Does it 10:40pm Moneyball

1:15am Collateral Damage 3:10am Black Hawk Down 5:40am Twister

1:00am The Stepford Wives 2:40am The Company Men 4:30am 4 Wedding Planners

SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:25am Invasion U.S.A. 6:30am Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Special 7:00am Fortress 8:45am Tomorrow, When the War Began 10:40am Twister 12:40pm Mission:

TCM 6:00am Elmer Gantry 8:35am The High Chaparral 9:40am The High Chaparral 10:40am The Philadelphia Story 12:45pm Prisoner of War 2:20pm Thunder Over the Plains 4:00pm Escape from Fort Bravo 5:55pm Rider on a Dead Horse 7:25pm The Magnificent Seven 10:00pm Passenger 57 11:35pm Showdown in Little Tokyo 1:05am The Ultimate Warrior

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2:10am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 8:40am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics Andrew Neil and Tim Donovan with the latest political news, interviews and debate. 1:25pm Countryfile 2:25pm Bargain Hunt 3:25pm Escape to the Country Series in which prospective buyers are helped to find their dream home in the country.

4.00pm - midnight 4:25pm Chatsworth 5:25pm Songs of Praise 6:00pm Africa 7:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team.

7:20pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

7:30pm Blandings Comedy series based on the stories by PG Wodehouse.

8:00pm Countryfile Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head to the Hertfordshire countryside.

9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Ripper Street 11:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

11:20pm BBC London News 11:25pm Match of the Day 2

12:25am Room 101 Extended edition of Room 101. 1:05am The Celebrity Apprentice USA American version of the business-based competition. 2:30am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:35am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Growing Up Poor 9:00pm Up 10:30pm World's Craziest Fools 11:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 12:00am Family Guy Subversive animated comedy.

12:25am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:45am American Dad! Animated series from the creator of Family Guy about Stan Smith, who works for the CIA. 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am World's Craziest Fools 2:00am Olympics 2012 3:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 4:00am Being Human Supernatural comedy-drama series.

ITV

Channel 4

Channel 5

7:05am I Remember Mama 9:15am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 9:45am A to Z of TV Gardening 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm EastEnders Omnibus The fall-out continues in Albert Square. 1:55pm Masters Snooker

4:50am ITV Nightscreen 7:00am Handy Manny 7:25am The Hive 7:35am The Hive 7:40am Dino Dan 8:05am Almost Naked Animals 8:40am Matt Hatter Chronicles 9:05am Rated 'A' for Awesome 9:15am Rated 'A' for Awesome 9:30am Big Time Rush 10:00am The Aquabats! Super Show! Mysterious Egg 10:25am ITV News 10:30am There's No Taste Like Home 11:25am Dinner Date 12:25pm May the Best House Win 1:25pm Dickinson's Real Deal 2:25pm Rosemary and Thyme 3:25pm ITV News and Weather 3:30pm Sparkling Cyanide

5:50am Smallville 6:30am Countdown 7:15am The Hoobs 7:40am The Hoobs 8:05am Will and Grace 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond After hurting themselves during an intimate moment, Ray and Debra say they fell down the stairs. 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:05pm The Big Bang Theory 1:40pm The Big Bang Theory 2:10pm The Big Bang Theory 2:40pm The Simpsons 3:10pm The Simpsons 3:40pm Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

8:40am City of Friends 8:55am Little Princess 9:05am Mio Mao 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Angelina Ballerina 9:40am Castle Farm 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby's Travelling Circus 10:30am Roary the Racing Car 10:45am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35am Batman: The Brave and the Bold 12:10pm Meerkat Manor 12:40pm Celebrity Big Brother 1:40pm Once Upon a Time 2:40pm Little Man

6:00pm Ski Sunday Ski Sunday returns with Graham Bell and Ed Leigh.

6:45pm Darts In 2012, Dutchman Christian Kist won a thrilling Lakeside final against England's Tony O'Shea.

9:00pm The Battle for Malta 10:00pm Tankies: Tank Heroes of World War II 11:00pm Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth

5:30pm All Star Family Fortunes 6:15pm You've Been Framed!

6:45pm London Tonight 7:00pm ITV News and Weather 7:15pm Dancing on Ice 8:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 9:30pm Dancing on Ice Find out which two couples will battle it out in the skate off.

10:00pm Mr Selfridge 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm The Constant Gardener

5:25pm Deal or No Deal 6:25pm Time Team 7:25pm Channel 4 News 7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Come Dine with Me 9:00pm The Hotel 10:00pm Unknown

4:25pm Mannequin 6:10pm Loch Ness 7:55pm 5 News Weekend National and international news.

8:00pm Bulletproof Monk 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother Catch up with the latest events inside the Celebrity Big Brother house.

11:00pm Over Her Dead Body

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Botanist Dr Martin Harris is attending a science conference in Berlin when he realises he's left his papers at the airport and jumps in a cab and sets off to retrieve them. But en route he's involved in a massive pile-up that leaves him unconscious and hospitalised. Coming round, he discovers that no one knows who he is, and he has no proof of his identity.

12:00am Masters Snooker Highlights 12:50am Masters Snooker Extra 2:50am Holby City Hanssen has to face his demons from his past.

3:50am Who Do You Think You Are? Celebrity genealogy series.

BBC4 8:00pm The Sky at Night A look back at a Sky at Night episode from 1975. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are all on view.

8:15pm The Sky at Night 9:00pm The Sky at Night Special 9:30pm Sir Patrick Moore: Astronomer, Broadcaster and Eccentric 10:00pm Mark Lawson Talks to...

11:00pm Leaving 12:20am Imagine...

Alan Yentob gains an insight into the creative world of Shirley Bassey.

1:20am Shirley Bassey at the BBC January 2013 sees one of Britain's alltime great voices turn 76.

2:20am Legends: Petula Clark 3:20am The Sound of Petula Clark Petula Clark presents and stars in her own show from 1973, with backing singers and dancers.

3:50am Mark Lawson Talks to...

1:30am The Store 3:30am Monk 4:20am Pushing Daisies Quirky US drama about a man who can bring the dead back to life. 5:05am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:15am Beverly Hills Cop 2:15am Four Brothers 4:05am Smallville 4:45am St. Elsewhere Axelrod tries to keep Santa Claus alive after he collapses at a children's party.

5:30am Deal or No Deal

12:55am Bizarre Burials 1:55am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am House Doctor 5:20am HouseBusters 5:45am Rough Guide to Bang for Your Buck Highlights of the travel series presented by Julia Bradbury and Toby Amies.

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Best of Oops TV 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Road Wars 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm A League of Their Own 2:00pm Neverland: Part 2 (Part 2 of 2) 3:40pm The Hobbit 4:00pm Treasure Island 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm Got to Dance 8:00pm Got to Dance 9:00pm Glee 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00am Street Crime UK 12:30am Street Crime UK 1:00am Street Crime UK 1:30am Street Crime UK

2:00am Street Crime UK 2:30am Street Crime UK 2:55am Street Crime UK 3:20am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:10am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Don't Forget the Lyrics

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SKY MOVIES DRAMA 6:00am Lucky Christmas 7:40am Movie Special 8:00am You May Not Kiss the Bride 9:45am Like Crazy 11:25am The Decoy Bride 1:00pm The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 3:10pm Albatross

5:45am Snow Dogs 7:25am The Dilemma 9:20am Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 11:00am Ice Age 12:25pm The Change-Up 2:25pm Due Date

4:50pm War Horse 7:20pm The Decoy Bride 9:00pm The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:10pm Like Crazy

4:05pm Little Nicky 5:45pm Ice Age 7:15pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 9:00pm Austin Powers in Goldmember 10:40pm The Change-Up

12:50am Racing with the Moon 2:45am Burlesque 4:50am Losing Control

12:35am Due Date 2:15am Shanghai Knights 4:15am How Do You Know

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:40am Twister 7:35am Jaws 3 9:20am Master and Commander: 11:50am Immortals 1:45pm Alexander

4:45pm Troy 7:30pm Kingdom of Heaven 10:00pm Immortals 11:55pm The Eagle 1:55am Ironclad 4:00am 22 Bullets

TCM 6:00am The Philadelphia Story 8:05am Rider on a Dead Horse 9:35am Escape from Fort Bravo 11:30am Angel and the Badman 1:25pm The Magnificent Seven 4:00pm The Kentuckian 6:05pm Return of the Gunfighter 8:00pm The Man From Snowy River 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 11:00pm Deadwood 12:05am Badlands 1:45am Body Heat 3:40am Badlands 5:15am Off Set

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Counting cost of taximen who are cheats ONCE again we have been ripped off by the taxi drivers.

Today - my birthday - we went to Calahonda, had a great day, and took a taxi home to avoid drink driving.

The charge was €17 for what is normally about €12.

When we asked why, the taximan said: “Oh, it’s Sunday.”

We need to have meters.

These people need to be sorted out as expats will not come here to be taken advantage of.

I lived here 28 years ago.

Then there were three prices: one for tourists, another for the Englishspeaking expats living here, and a third rate for the Spanish.

Today if they want to continue trying to have us over, they need to be fair, because expats will go somewhere else.

I really have had enough.

John Nesbitt (By email)

Editor's note: This letter was received prior to publication of the article Fare’s fair with taxi rates (Issue 1435).

Illegal route I READ the feature Registering an imported car in Spain (Issue 1431) with interest.

My neighbour, who has lived in Spain for nine years, has had the same car with him - on British plates - since the day he arrived.

He has NEVER driven back to the UK, he has NEVER taken it for a local ITV test, and he NEVER tries to avoid any police.

The reason: because he has a friend who owns a garage in the UK, who sends him a new MOT slip, or test certificate, upon request, without ever seeing the vehicle.

Clearly yet more criminal behaviour by the Brits here in Spain.

A law-abiding Brit Name and address supplied (Almeria)

Parking issue I HAVE been looking for the traffic rule that states: ‘When you put your hazard warning lights on you can park in a disabled bay without a blue badge.’

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Costa Blanca North registered, we have enjoyed the tacit acceptance of the town hall and the police, because by dint of immaculate book-keeping we have proved regularly that our money was used for vet bills and food for our animals.

However, in December, a new law came into place, and our group can no longer function.

Linda will keep the Paws telephone open (646 645 035). She is still willing to assist anyone wanting to pay for a feral cat neutering at a reduced rate.

On behalf of PAWS, La Marina (Alicante)

Editor’s note: The closure ‘PAWS to shut after 7 years’ was reported in Costa Blanca South (Issue 1435).

Pet run down THIS bird regularly visits my garden in winter, but I cannot find out what it is. About the same size as a robin it has a black breast and colours on the underside of its tail.

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Apart from ordinary cars I have noticed vans and delivery lorries that do this. Surely if there is NOT a rule to allow this, an easy solution would be for the police to clamp them.

If this were to happen and the word started spreading, unauthorised vehicles would not park in the bays.

At the moment I have a fractured hip and it is so frustrating having to try to get parked near where I need with all the disabled spaces illegally taken.

Mick Scarles, Javea (Alicante)

Better care WHEN I went to my doctor in England with a huge lump in my breast I was told to go away as there was ‘nothing wrong with me..

When I saw a doctor in Spain I was sent for a mammogram and then a scan and then for a biopsy. I had two tumours and a month later had an operation to remove them. For the past four-and-a-half years they have been taking care of me.

Without the Spanish health service I would have died. So thank you for giving me my life back. The health care here is so much better than in England. People are always ready to complain but forget how much the Spanish do for their guests.

Elaine Wheeler, Torremolinos (Malaga)

Gasmen alert IT’S that time of year again, the bogus gasmen are about in Mijas.

For those people who don’t know, these men look official and even have ‘ID’. But don’t be fooled. They knock on the door, say they need to check your gas system and then charge you hundreds of euros for €10 worth of work. I learned the lesson the hard way when I first moved to Spain and it cost me €300.

Never let them in. If you need a check-up call your local gas company and make an appointment.

Chris Adams, Mijas (Malaga)

Rescue demise IT is with great sadness we have to announce the demise of Paws Animal Rescue.

Although our small group, operating in La Marina (Elche, Alicante) for seven years, has never been fully

RECENTLY I watched in horror as a driver in a white van ran over my family pet as I stood by the roadside waiting for him to cross.

The driver did not stop, leaving me traumatised with my beloved pet dying in my arms.

Mrs A Francis, Velez Rubio (Almeria)

Think again IN the letter headed ‘Not Guilty’ (Issue 1344) stating how her husband had claimed UK Winter Fuel Allowance for the first time this year, Maggie stated: “I will certainly be claiming mine next year.”

Well, sorry to disappoint you, Maggie, but it is only one allowance per household unless, of course, you live in separate houses.

Not Yet Claimed (By email)

Warm thanks ON reading the article about winter fuel payments for British pensioners (Issue 1414), I wrote to the Pension Service Winter Fuel Team and have since received two back payments and this year’s allowance. Many thanks.

Heather (By email)

Crispin hope!

AM I alone in hoping that the nauseating Crispin (‘As I See It’ Issue 1435) turns out to be married with four kids and the carrier of a sexually transmitted disease?

Jon Allso Valencia

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4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Perfection 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show If it's got Britain talking then it will get talked about on The One Show.

8:30pm Inside Out Mark Jordan investigates the sometimes deadly chemicals being bought by teenagers to get high.

9:30pm Rip Off Britain 10:00pm Miranda Sitcom starring and written by Miranda Hart.

10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys Agnes is desperate for a holiday but cannot find anyone to look after Grandad.

11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Have I Got Old News for You

12:05am Blandings Comedy series based on the stories by PG Wodehouse. 12:35am The Graham Norton Show The award-winning host continues his unique chat show. 1:25am The Celebrity Apprentice USA American version of the business competition. 2:45am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

2:50am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride Another brave bride leaves the most important day of her life in the hands of the man she loves.

10:00pm Young, Mormon and Single Documentary which follows four single Mormons looking for their eternal partner.

11:00pm World's Craziest Fools 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:25am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am World's Craziest Fools 2:00am Young, Mormon and Single Documentary which follows four single Mormons looking for their eternal partner.

3:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates 4:00am Being Human

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7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Rip Off Britain 8:50am Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 9:20am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 10:05am MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain's next culinary superstar continues. 10:35am Return to Forgotten Britain 11:35am Click Guide to all the latest gadgets, websites, games and computer industry news. 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Masters Snooker

5:05am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. 1:30pm Loose Women More lunchtime chat and fun with the girls. 2:30pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Storage Hoarders

5:30am Deal or No Deal 6:25am Countdown 7:10am The Hoobs There's nothing a Hoob hates more than getting wet. 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Will and Grace 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm A Place in the Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm An American Guerrilla in the Philippines 3:40pm Countdown

8:05am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 8:55am Milkshake Monkey 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:10am Milkshake! Show Songs 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Little Lodgers 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

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4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Dispatches 10:00pm Embarrassing Fat Bodies In the Layers of Fat feature, the Embarrassing Bodies team lift the underbelly on fat.

11:00pm What Happens in Kavos...

4:15pm Jane Doe: The Wrong Face Mystery thriller.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Cowboy Builders 9:00pm The All New Gadget Show Entertainment show devoted to gadgets.

10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother Catch up with the latest events inside the Celebrity Big Brother house.

11:00pm Botched Up Bodies

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10:00pm - Miranda Sitcom starring and written by Miranda Hart. Miranda has been caring for her ill mother for five very long days.

Trapped in her flat and being barked at by Penny, she is forced to think about her life regrets. Before she has the chance to tick off her bucket list she gets ill, and Tilly, Gary and Stevie offer no sympathy or help at all.

Miranda Hart & Patricia Hodge 12:20am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:10am American Football Matt Roberts presents highlights from the weekend's NFL play-offs.

2:10am Masters Snooker Extra 4:10am Film 2013 5:00am How it Works 5:55am Your Paintings An adventure inside some of the most exciting paintings held in British collections today.

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Documentary series 9:00pm Art Deco Icons David Heathcote explores the dramatic 1930s London Transport HQ in St James's, London.

9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Lost Kingdoms of South America 11:00pm Storyville 12:45am Spies of Warsaw Classic tale of spying, intrigue and romance, based on the novels of Alan Furst.

2:15am Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork 3:15am Art Deco Icons David Heathcote explores the dramatic 1930s London Transport HQ in St James's, London.

3:45am Lost Kingdoms of South America

12:35am Monk 1:30am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly.

4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55am The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:05am One Born Every Minute 1:10am Random Acts Channel 4's nightly short-form arts strand presents a tall tale from the big top.

1:15am On the Verge of a Midlife Crisis with Sharon Horgan 2:10am Scandal The hit US drama starring Kerry Washington comes to Channel 4. 3:05am The Promise 4:35am Supersize v Superskinny 5:30am Supernanny US

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Celebrity Wedding Planner: Celebrity Big Brother Special 2:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am House Doctor Home-improvement series.

5:20am Divine Designs Paul Binski presents the series examining the history of religious art in Britain. 5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Best of Oops TV 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am A League of Their Own 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm A League of Their Own 3:30pm A League of Their Own 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:00pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Diversity in Dublin 10:00pm Galapagos with David Attenborough 11:00pm Spartacus: Vengeance 12:10am Spartacus: Vengeance 1:25am Fringe 2:25am Road Wars 3:15am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:05am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 4:15am How Do You Know 6:30am Rio Special 7:00am American Pie 2 9:00am What Women Want 11:20am American Pie 1:10pm No Strings Attached 3:10pm Swinging with the Finkels 4:50pm Something Borrowed 6:50pm What Women Want 9:00pm American Pie 10:40pm American Pie 2 12:30am No Strings Attached 2:20am Swinging with the Finkels 3:50am Swingers 5:30am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 4:50am Losing Control 6:30am Les Miserables Special 7:00am Cupid, Inc 8:30am Love and Other Impossible Pursuits 10:20am The

Top Ten Show 2013 10:40am Chicago 12:45pm The Hours 2:45pm Les Miserables Special 3:15pm Conviction 5:10pm Love and Impossible Pursuits 7:00pm Just Go with it 9:00pm Chicago 11:00pm The Hours

4:15pm Rambo: First Blood Part II 6:00pm Daylight 8:00pm The Tourist 10:00pm Escape From L.A. 11:45pm First Blood

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1:00am Just Go with it 3:00am Conviction 5:00am Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Special 5:30am Cupid, Inc

SKY MOVIES ACTION 6:30am The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Special 7:00am Spy Kids 8:40am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 10:30am The Avengers Special 11:00am The Tourist 12:50pm Escape From L.A. 2:35pm First Blood

1:20am Rambo: First Blood Part II 3:00am Rambo III 4:45am Braddock: Missing in Action 3

TCM 6:00am TCM Shorts 6:15am Angel and the Badman 8:05am The Kentuckian 10:05am Return of the Gunfighter 12:00pm The Man From Snowy River 1:50pm The High Chaparral 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Forty Guns 5:30pm Fort Utah 7:05pm The Hallelujah Trail 10:00pm Shirley Valentine 12:10am From Noon Till Three 2:00am Shirley Valentine

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Bring down the curtain on showbiz star witch-hunts LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT STAR STRUCK: Young girls were drawn to showbiz personalities. women in their 20s at the time of the alleged assault, he has had his home ransacked (very publicly) by an overly enthusiastic plod, been dropped from an appearance on TV show Big Brother and now finds his whole future on the line, and he hasn’t even been arrested.

It is almost beyond belief that a mere accusation of wrongdoing can cost someone thousands in earnings

or to lose their livelihood whether guilty or not!

Another much-loved, to date unnamed, performer is at this moment under observation in a clinic after almost suffering a nervous breakdown as a result of once again unsubstantiated accusations being levelled against him.

Heaven help me, even I have been searching the deep reaches of my memory as to whether any

of the seemingly endless supply of young girls, eager to exchange sexual pleasures with me or my band members was underage or not. It’s ridiculous in the extreme.

It is almost as though the authorities were getting their own back on the showbiz people who were offered these pleasures.

Back in those days, many of the present older members of these various

departments did, I’m sure, seethe with jealousy as their peers were reported indulging in those ‘swinging’ activities while they were stuck in the not so privileged corners of their own careers. What better way to create a ‘he who laughs last’ situation by finally bringing down those who were the objects of their jealousy?

Don’t dismiss this idea as typical Leapy ranting. Some people harbour this type of resentment for years; don’t be naïve enough to think there’s no chance of it lingering in a maggoty mind somewhere out there.

Broken any New Year resolutions yet? Mine are already in smithereens. Ah well, there’s always 2014!

Keep the Faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

Bear saved AN ONLINE campaign has saved a 500lb black bear from being destroyed after it made continued trips to a Los Angeles, USA, neighbourhood. The local community has already raised half of the $250,000 (€188,000) needed to create a secure six-acre habitat home for him.

A rum do

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T’S time these disgraceful McCarthystyle showbiz witchhunts were stopped in their tracks.

The treatment by the authorities of artistes, whose careers are being wrecked by nothing more than hearsay and accusations by any female who decides to walk into a police station or talk to a newspaper, reeks of Big Brother.

And it is being coupled with an irresponsible media frenzy we should all be ashamed of. Why is it that showbiz folk are considered fair game? Just because they are in the public eye doesn’t mean they don’t have loved ones at home, families whose lives are being traumatised by these often wild accusations, none of which have so far been substantiated.

At the time of writing Jim Davidson is the latest to feel this unbelievable clodhopping weight of plod and publicity, an unacceptable situation which could ruin his career. Accused by two

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2:50am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Series featuring properties sold via auction. 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt Tim Wonnacott takes his bargain hunters north of the border to Edinburgh's Ingliston Centre. 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors Mrs Tembe organises a walking tour for her church group, but the guide is anything but helpful.

3:10pm Father Brown

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Perfection Nick Knowles hosts the general knowledge quiz show.

5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

8:00pm The One Show If it's got Britain talking then it will get talked about on The One Show.

8:30pm EastEnders The Brannings are a family in crisis, and Dot attempts to pull them back together.

9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Death in Paradise 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Harry and Paul's Magnificent Sporting Moments

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5:55am Your Paintings An adventure inside some of the most exciting paintings held in British collections today. 6:25am Your Paintings An adventure inside some of the most exciting paintings held in British collections today. 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:50am Cowboy Trap 9:20am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 10:05am MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain's next culinary superstar continues. 11:05am You've Been Scammed 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news, plus top interviews and analysis. 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Masters Snooker

5:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. 1:30pm Loose Women More lunchtime chat and fun with the girls. 2:30pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Storage Hoarders

5:30am Supernanny US 6:15am Deal or No Deal 7:10am The Hoobs What do you do when you've ruined Groove's best ever painting of an Icecreamasaurus? 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Will and Grace 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond Robert meets a beautiful woman who is a big fan of Ray's sports column. 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond At a college football game, Frank catches a ball from a record-setting field goal. 9:55am Frasier Frasier, Niles and Martin await the results of Maris's plastic surgery. 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm A Place in the Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 1:50pm The 39 Steps 3:40pm Countdown

7:10am Igam Ogam 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:05am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 8:55am Milkshake Monkey 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:10am Milkshake! Show Songs 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:20am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Little Lodgers 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Polar Bear Family and Me 9:00pm Winterwatch 10:00pm Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways 11:00pm The Sarah Millican Television Programme Sarah Millican returns with her comedy series featuring stand-up and unique interviews.

11:30pm Newsnight

4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal David Dickinson and the team are in Bangor.

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a national weather forecast.

8:00pm Emmerdale Declan is devastated to learn the extent of Megan's deception.

8:30pm FA Cup Replay Adrian Chiles presents live action from a third round replay.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm River Monsters

4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me It's the second day in Colchester, and the turn of smooth talking PR man Darius G Laws.

7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Supersize v Superskinny 10:00pm The Undateables 11:00pm Utopia Brand new drama - a dark and enigmatic thriller.

When five online strangers are drawn together by the legendary manuscript of a cult graphic novel, they find themselves pursued by a secret and deadly organisation known only as The Network.

The online comic book forum agree to meet after gaining possession of the original manuscript for the cult graphic novel 'The Utopia Experiments'.

Unbeknown to them however, a shadowy organisation known as The Network is in pursuit of the manuscript - and they are prepared to kill to track it down.

4:15pm High Noon Psychological thriller by Nora Roberts. Emilie de Ravin ('Lost', 'Once Upon a Time') plays a tough police lieutenant and expert hostage negotiator, who juggles her career with the demands of a young daughter and agoraphobic mother (Cybill Shepherd, 'Moonlighting'). However her real problems begin when she is targeted by a vengeful stalker. She thinks that it is a subordinate whom she had to suspend, which throws everyone off the scent.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Brax and Heath meet up with Kyle through a girl called Mac who was harbouring him.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Great Northern Cookbook 9:00pm Benidorm ER 10:00pm Body of Proof US mystery series. A bride falls to her death at her wedding and all the guests are suspects.

11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother Catch up with the latest events inside the Celebrity Big Brother house.

12:05am Weight Loss Ward Second of two programmes.

1:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Loose Women More lunchtime chat and fun with the girls. 4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:25am Random Acts Channel 4's nightly shortform arts strand presents the return of the infamous singing man. 12:30am What Happens in Kavos...

1:30am Pokerstars.co.uk and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final 2:30am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:55am Beach Volleyball 3:50am Cottage to Let 5:20am Smallville Drama series following the teenage years of the future Superman, Clark Kent.

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Botched Up Bodies 2:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am House Doctor Home improvement series.

5:20am Divine Designs 5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge

12:05am - Flightplan

Horror abounds in this tense thriller.

Imagine being on a plane with your daughter, having a nap, and waking up to discover that not only has she disappeared, but that the crew and everyone around you insists that she was never on board in the first place.

12:05am Flightplan 1:40am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 1:45am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Total Wipeout 9:00pm Growing Up Poor 10:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 11:00pm Pramface 11:30pm EastEnders The Brannings are a family in crisis, and Dot attempts to pull them back together.

12:00am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:25am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 2:30am Pramface Comedy series about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with parenthood.

3:00am Young, Mormon and Single 4:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

12:20am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:10am Masters Snooker Extra 3:10am Wonderland 4:10am Robbed, Raided, Reunited

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency 10:00pm The Riviera: A History in Pictures 11:00pm Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings 12:00am Borgen 1:00am Borgen 2:00am Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency 3:00am Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings 4:00am The Riviera: A History in Pictures

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am A League of Their Own 10:30am A League of Their Own 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm UK Border Force 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Last Resort 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Species II 12:50am Brit Cops - Frontline

Crime 1:50am Road Wars 2:50am Road Wars 3:45am Road Wars 4:35am Crash Test Dummies 5:00am Stargate SG-1

Riding Hood 10:30am Footloose Special 10:50am Jane Eyre 1:00pm Country Strong 3:00pm Big Miracle

4:10pm Batman 6:20pm Batman Returns 8:30pm Batman Begins 11:00pm Colombiana

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5:00pm Mr Popper's Penguins 35mm Special 5:20pm Red Riding Hood 7:05pm The Adjustment Bureau 9:00pm Jane Eyre 11:00pm Big Miracle

1:00am Battle: Los Angeles 3:00am Rush Hour

5:30am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 7:10am Love and Other Drugs 9:15am Wild Hogs 11:05am The 40 Year Old Virgin 1:05pm Tower Heist 3:05pm Arthur 5:05pm Prom 7:00pm Love and Other Drugs 9:00pm Tower Heist 10:50pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 12:50am Arthur 2:45am Wild Hogs 4:35am Sweet Home Alabama

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:30am Cupid, Inc 7:00am Beautiful Wave 8:45am Red

1:00am Burlesque 3:05am Girl, Interrupted 5:20am A Valentine's Date

SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:45am Braddock: Missing in Action 3 6:30am Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Special 7:00am The Avengers Special 7:30am Priest 9:10am Batman 11:25am Batman Returns 1:40pm Batman Begins

TCM 6:00am The Hallelujah Trail 8:40am The High Chaparral 9:45am The High Chaparral 10:45am Forty Guns 12:15pm Fort Utah 1:50pm The High Chaparral 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm The Broken Land 5:25pm Hondo and the Apaches 7:05pm Billy Two Hats 9:00pm 'Neath the Arizona Skies 10:00pm Dirty Harry 11:55pm Ironweed 2:50am The Yakuza 4:40am The High Chaparral 5:30am The Making of Band of Brothers

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1:45am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Wanted Down Under 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt The teams face a welcome in the hillside as they scour the Royal Welsh Showground for bargains. 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:10pm Father Brown Drama series based on the novels of GK Chesterton.

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Perfection Nick Knowles hosts the general knowledge quiz show.

5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

8:00pm The One Show Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the stories that matter from across the country.

9:00pm Food Inspectors 10:00pm Africa David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through the vast and diverse continent of Africa.

11:00pm BBC News at Ten The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm A Question of Sport

12:05am Film 2013 Film news and reviews.

12:40am When a Man Loves a Woman Powerful domestic drama about a couple whose ideal life together is threatened by a guilty secret. 2:40am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:45am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm The World's Strictest Parents Wayward British teenagers experience strict parenting on the other side of the world.

9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride Another brave bride leaves the most important day of her life in the hands of the man she loves.

10:00pm Growing Up Poor 11:00pm Con Air 12:45am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

1:10am Family Guy Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

1:30am Growing Up Poor 2:30am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 3:30am World's Craziest Fools 4:00am Growing Up Poor

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5:25am Rock Types at Great Heights 6:20am Vikings 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:45am Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 9:15am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 10:00am MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain's next culinary superstar continues. 11:00am You've Been Scammed 11:30am See Hear 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Animal Park 2:30pm Masters Snooker

4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. 1:30pm Loose Women More lunchtime chat and fun with the girls. 2:30pm ITV News and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

3:00pm Storage Hoarders

5:20am Smallville Drama series following the teenage years of the future Superman, Clark Kent.

6:05am Deal or No Deal 7:00am The Treacle People 7:10am The Hoobs Something's keeping the Hoobs awake. 7:35am The Hoobs If a Hoob can't find their Hoobarama then a Hoob can't play Hoobarama! 8:00am Will and Grace 8:25am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm A Place in the Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 2:00pm Passport to Pimlico 3:40pm Countdown

7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:05am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 8:55am Milkshake Monkey 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:10am Milkshake! Show Songs 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:20am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Little Lodgers 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Polar Bear Family and Me 9:00pm Winterwatch 10:00pm Funny Business 11:00pm Mock the Week...Again Topical comedy.

11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Gavin Esler.

4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale Alicia makes a difficult decision about her and David.

8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm FA Cup Highlights

4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me It's the third day in Colchester and the turn of American army wife Adrena Austin.

7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Gok's Style Secrets Gok comes to the rescue of a 53 year-old single mum who's been dateless for nearly two decades.

10:00pm One Born Every Minute Two strong-willed first-time mums give birth at Leeds General Infirmary.

11:00pm True Stories

4:15pm Seventeen and Missing Mystic chiller.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours When Karl tells the hospital board about the 'ghost' file, Aidan breaks down.

7:00pm Home and Away Casey and Sasha struggle to define their new relationship.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Ice Road Truckers 9:00pm Charley Boorman's South African Adventure Charley Boorman continues his epic ride through South Africa on his trusty BMW motorbike.

10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:30pm Celebrity Wedding Planner: TOWIE Special

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4:00am - Serenity

Morena Baccarin.

12:20am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:10am Masters Snooker Extra 3:10am Dara O Briain's Science Club 4:10am See Hear 4:55am How God Made the English 5:30am Divine Women

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm The First World War From Above The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective.

10:00pm Spies of Warsaw Classic tale of spying, intrigue and romance, based on the novels of Alan Furst.

11:30pm World War Two The British fought the Second World War to defeat Hitler.

1:00am Fig Leaf: The Biggest CoverUp in History 2:00am Guilty Pleasures 3:00am The Art of Cornwall 4:30am Art Deco Icons David Heathcote explores the dramatic 1930s London Transport HQ in St James's, London.

12:35am Safari Vet School 1:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Serenity

12:10am Random Acts 12:15am Embarrassing Fat Bodies 1:15am Abbey Road Studios: In Session with VW Beetle 2:10am Barclaycard Mercury Prize: 2012 Albums of the Year Live 2:25am Barclaycard Mercury Prize: 2012 Albums of the Year Live 2:40am Revenge

12:30am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:30am Comedy Kings 1:55am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am House Doctor Property guru Ann Maurice is in Ashfield to find out why a spacious bungalow won't sell. 5:20am Divine Designs 5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am A League of Their Own 10:30am A League of Their Own 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm UK Border Force 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Got to Dance 9:00pm Got to Dance 10:00pm Glee 11:00pm Fringe 12:00am Last Resort 1:00am Brit

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Batman and Robin 1:15pm Twister 3:15pm Kingdom of Heaven

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5:20am A Valentine's Date 7:00am Stay Cool 8:40am 4 Wedding Planners 10:10am You May Not Kiss the Bride 11:55am That Thing You Do! 1:55pm Our Family Wedding 3:45pm The Tempest

5:45pm Batman Forever 7:50pm Batman and Robin 10:00pm Kingdom of Heaven

4:35am Sweet Home Alabama 6:30am The Avengers Special 7:00am Snow Dogs 8:45am Analyze That 10:25am Bad Teacher 12:05pm The Dilemma 2:00pm The Hangover Part II 3:45pm Horrible Bosses

5:45pm Rabbit Hole 7:25pm I Don't Know How She Does it 9:00pm Romeo and Juliet 11:00pm Anonymous

Cops - Frontline Crime 2:00am Road Wars 2:55am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:45am Road Wars 4:35am Crash Test Dummies 5:00am Stargate SG1

5:25pm Analyze This 7:15pm Bad Teacher 9:00pm The Hangover Part II 10:45pm Horrible Bosses 12:25am Analyze This 2:10am Analyze That 3:55am The Top Ten Show 2013 4:15am How Do You Know

1:20am I Don't Know How She Does it 3:00am Losing Control

SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:50am American Ninja Confrontation 6:30am 8:20am The Avengers 8:50am Batman Forever

2: The Batman Special 11:00am

12:25am Killer Elite 2:25am Black Hawk Down

TCM 9:30am 'Neath the Arizona Skies 10:30am The Broken Land 11:55am Billy Two Hats 1:50pm The High Chaparral 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Canyon River 5:35pm Day of the Evil Gun 7:20pm Escort West 8:45pm The Spider Woman 10:00pm Breakdown 11:45pm Hell on Wheels 12:45am Border Shootout

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Olympics just cannot disguise what a shambles the year was LOOKING back over 2012, what stands out for you?

Take away the Jubilee / Olympics temporary feel good factor and it was a pretty awful year, especially for those flooded out of homes and businesses (some more than once) and those out of jobs.

It was another year, too, of political cock-ups, ‘lapses of judgement’ nowadays you ‘mis-say’ things, act ‘inappropriately’ or apologise not for the actions, but for ‘any distress caused’, nobody lies or cheats - and U-turns like the one forced over a pasty tax. In fact, wait long enough and two U-turns arrive at the same time. Nuff said.

But, for me, the low point of the year was when Francis Maude advised drivers to store petrol: “Maybe a little bit in the garage as well in a jerrycan.” This triggered queues and panic-buying at petrol stations, an outcry by fire services and the AA and a woman ending up badly burned. All supposedly for a strike that hadn’t even been called at that point.

Breaking Views NORA JOHNSON Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in Nora’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/ nora-johnson

It was then, however, that I found myself caught up in the omnishambles hopelessly trying to get from one end of the country to the other.

A review of 2012’s most-read Wikipedia articles threw up surprising differences, too, in what’s been popular across the various language versions of the online encyclopaedia.

Facebook headed up the English edition as did ‘adult video actresses’ in Japan, the @ symbol making it into second place in Spain and The European Regional Development Fund third in Poland.

Fun people, the Polish! The Russian edition led with an article about the country, though entries for ‘porn site’ and ‘unemployment’ maybe shed greater light on ordinary Russian lives.

Looking ahead to predictions, I won’t bore you with mine as the media have been plastered with them. Except to say I’m sure fad diets will still stick around despite a UK government minister’s warning to Brits of the dangers.

After all, people have been following them for centuries. Diets like consuming tapeworms, arsenic pills, vinegar and wearing rubber undergarments by the Victorians. Ancient Greeks advocated even weirder weight-loss methods, including wrestling, walking around naked and avoiding sex.

Modern Greeks appear to have given these up. Perhaps MPs should follow suit and stop publishing fad policies?

Nora Johnson’s thrillers Soul Stealer & The De Clerambault Code (www.norajohnson. com) from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

@ SYMBOL: Second most popular in Spain.

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Longer life due to puppy fat PEOPLE whose New Year’s resolution to lose a little weight has already fallen by the wayside shouldn’t despair, as being plump may help them live longer.

A review of 100 studies by US Government researchers found that people of a normal weight were more likely to die earlier than those who were just slightly overweight.

Possibilities as to why this might be include the chance that those who are slightly heavier will have more fat reserves to call on should they lose weight due to ill health as they get older.

Another theory is that some people who are a little plump may do more exercise and eat better than thin people who starve themselves or smoke to suppress their appetite.

A normal weight is classed as someone who has a body mass index (BMI) of between 18.5 and 24.9. Overweight is between 25 and 29.9. Those with a higher BMI risk an earlier death than those of a normal weight.

HEALTHY: Eat better and do more exercise rather than starve yourself.

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Energy giant’s Bolivian shame BOLIVIA’S seizure of two Spanish-owned companies will gladden the hearts of many, especially when they hear the reason.

President Evo Morales accuses Iberdrola of overcharging customers in rural areas. Many in Spain will find common parlance with that.

Something else refreshing, the president adds that the country’s constitution clearly states that the public interest must come before private

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An independent arbiter will now reach a settlement on what the shamed and exiled energy giant settles for. Don’t hold your breath waiting for the Spanish PM to follow the Bolivian president’s example.

Legal brothels no panacea THE recession must be patchy when I read that 800 punters bolted from a Catalan brothel

Recession’s silver lining EVERY cloud has a silver lining; every recession too it seems. Road deaths in Spain have dropped to levels last seen in 1960, when there were very few vehicles on the road. Then there was just the occasional ass; nothing much new there, then. Today there are fewer car journeys than at the peak. People are easier on the gas because cars are expensive and add fat. Bike use is cheap and eats fat.

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By Mike Walsh after a call was received www.michaelwalsh.es warning of To comment on any of the issues raised in Mike’s column, go to a bomb www.euroweeklynews.com /columnists/mike-walsh being planted there. The French and other nationalities see Spain as the free-for-all Berlin was in the seedy 1920s. The two fingers MORALES: of blame are directed at rivalry between pimping gangs.

Public Communities and law interest enforcement officials are comes first. fighting a losing battle in the struggle to curb violence.

So, legalised prostitution has not been the panacea the liberals promised. All it has done is boost immorality, organised crime, venereal disease, drug trafficking and money laundering. It has also fuelled pornography and with it sex exploitation including that of minors. Well done, brave new world.

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Time Out On first meeting New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) on the eve of his 60th birthday, he appears the very portrait of success in American business and family life. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed. Struggling to conceal his duplicity from loyal wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon) and brilliant daughter and heir-apparent Brooke (Brit Marling), Miller’s also balancing an affair with French art-dealer Julie Cote (Laetetia Casta).

1h40 Directed by: Nicholas Jarecki Starring: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) An investment made recently is built upon and brings peace of mind.

Finances do need consideration but more in the long than the short-term.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You realise this week how liberating it is to share your thoughts and feelings with someone close. It is not always easy to do this, until you realise everyone has them. Some hopes and dreams are more attainable than others, of course, and someone has to find out which are which.

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Beginning in 19th century Scotland, The Rocking Horse Garden follows the lives of the fishing communities on the coast of Fife. Fishing boats track herring shoals through cold and treacherous waters, while their women, the Herring Gutters, follow them. Conditions are hard, but the community keeps up a lively spirit.

Jessie, one of the young women

IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Make this a year to build on friendships. Busy as you are, your wellbeing is tied up with those close to you. Money is not everything.

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After a relaxed weekend, it might prove difficult to take up the reins of work again. However, midweek sees you trotting along happily and minding your own business when someone stops you in your

Time is precious this week because you are in demand. A chance lost in the past presents itself again but wonʼt be too easy. Holding back just a little makes you more desirable.

Ana Rosa Quintana, born January 12, 1956. She is a Spanish anchorwoman and journalist. She has worked for more than 30 years in television and runs one of the most successful morning shows on celebrities and daily-life news. She also launched her own lifestyle magazine ʻARʼ and perfume ʻAna Rosaʼ.

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tracks. When a challenge is issued, your natural stubbornness comes to the fore.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)

PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

falls in love with a boat builder and wood carver of great skill. Misfortune follows the family and the young couple, left feeling accursed, emigrate to Australia. The epic journey under sail is full of incident and tragedy.

One hundred years later, a great

granddaughter finds Jessie’s diary and travels back to Scotland to follow in her footsteps.

Influencing this family’s fate is a sinister creature, well known in Scottish myth.

It is a beast who preys on humans, the legendary horse from the sea, the Kelpie. A great read.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)

confidence works wonders for your mood.

Something that you read sets you thinking about doing some writing or creating something artistic, perhaps even a musical.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)

With a mind as sharp as a needle, you spin through the week, weaving your own charming spell. A bit of extra

Although energy is not high, there is the need to have some kind of challenge. With the brain active, it is an ideal time to plot and plan your next moves. Maybe something that has been delayed might now be advanced. You find it hard to choose between opportunities.

SU DOKU

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The imagination stirs and the heart races at a suggestion this week.

Your strong intuition tells you it is the right thing to do.

HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Reading the small print or being sure what is offered in a personal encounter is most important this week. Leave nothing to chance or you could be out of pocket.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Being over-generous with cash midweek could see you making a poor move. Perhaps someone needs to be more hardworking or perhaps less of a spendthrift. Propping up a bad habit would be doing them no favours.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A suggestion made by you recently did not seem to be taken seriously. This week, however, negotiations could be opened.

Circumstances change and it may seem someone gave up too early. Bide your time and even hold your tongue when someone in a strong position spouts rubbish.

UK NATIONAL UK LOTTERY THUNDERBALL

LOTTERY

• The fight we had last night was my fault.

My wife asked me what was on the TV and I replied “dust.”

STEALING THE SHOW 1. What is the name of the Norwegian artist who produced the painting that has been the target of several high-profile art thefts, The Scream?

2. Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was attacked and robbed in a lift in New York’s Waldorf Towers in August in 1970. What was the value of her gems stolen: (a) $50,000 (b) $150,000 or (c) $250,000?

3. What was stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro in December 1983?

4. Whose coffin turned up 10 miles from its original Swiss cemetery on May 17, 1978, having been stolen two months earlier?

5. Which famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci was stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Peruggia in August 1911?

6. What was stolen from the shop window of football outfitters William Shillcock in Birmingham in September 1895?

7. Which British rock singer was mugged and had his $50,000 Porsche Turbo-Carrera stolen by a gunman on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, in April 1982?

8. Which oblong block of red sandstone, stolen from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day in 1950 by four Scottish students, turned up at Arbroath Abbey the following April?

9. Sunflowers, the Potato Eaters, Still Life with Irises, Wheatfield with Crows, and Still Life with Bible were among 20 paintings worth £315 million by which famous Dutch artist, which were stolen from a museum in Amsterdam in April 1991?

10. Which British band-leader’s signature tune was Somebody Stole My Gal?

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

Word ladder CORN

Confidence in a close relationship should be maintained. Possibly someone who envies your position would like to see discord.

Move from the start word (CORN) to the end word (BEEF) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21)

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Very good: 20 Excellent: 25

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)

Just joking • What do you call a man with no arms and no legs sitting on your front porch?

Matt.

10-star quiz

REINTEGRO

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An emotional cut-off from the past is not as bad as anticipated. Indeed, it confirms in your mind who you are and what your place in the world is.

Inherited traits knit easily with your present life and bring contentment. All that you want to change at the moment are certain things round you that have been outgrown.

BEEF

CORN TORN TERN TEEN BEEN BEEF

Mystery and suspense

Nonagram

Three novels in one

Arbitrage

1. EDVARD MUNCH, 2. C - $250,000, 3. JULES RIMET TROPHY, the original FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY, 4. CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S, 5. MONA LISA (LA GIOCONDA or LA JOCONDE or PORTRAIT OF LISA GHERARDINI, WIFE OF FRANCESCO DEL GIOCONDO) - it was recovered two years later, 6. THE (original) FA CUP - the FA fined holders Aston Villa £25 to pay for a replacement. Almost 60 years later, the thief admitted that the cup had been melted down to make counterfeit half-crown coins, 7.

ROD STEWART, 8. STONE OF SCONE, also known as the STONE OF DESTINY and often referred to in England as the CORONATION STONE, 9. VINCENT VAN GOGH - all of the paintings were found in abandoned car hours later, 10. BILLY COTTON

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Crosswords CRYPTIC

ENGLISH - SPANISH

Across 7 I am unfortunately returning a sausage (6) 8 A television one found in Los Angeles or a Baltic country (6) 9 Makes a profit from a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon (4) 10 Many having an inclination to domestic work (8) 11 Hates hot ales concoction (7) 13 Sodium along with the Italian Signor will provide fasteners (5) 15 Long for twelve months at this point (5) 17 Tousled doctor is most noisy (7) 20 Princess precise concerning the region (8) 21 Carry note into pub (4) 22 Excellent guess (6) 23 Reportedly, more vulgar food retailer (6)

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Across 1 Sello (Correos) (5) 4 Dog (5) 7 Margarina (9) 8 Eternity (9) 12 Hammers (tools) (9) 14 Rosas (flores) (5) 15 Caracol (5) Down 1 Arena (4) 2 Brazo (de persona) (3)

Co d e B r e a ke r

Down 1 Regained consciousness for a short time in minor film role (4,2) 2 Captures suitcases (4) 3 Raw rice enough for the aviators (3,4) 4 Old London river boats (5)

5 Model flag (8) 6 Possibly aligns a green light for example (6) 12 Nut trail meanders, so go back (4,4) 14 Stew made from pet goat (7) 16 Rile about a team having a

cure-all (6) 18 Didnʼt use drapes properly presented (6) 19 Note twisted vine is donated (5) 21 Put you name down for something to read (4)

Down 1 Tragedy (8) 2 Middle Eastern country (5) 4 Small cake (6) 5 Prepare for competition (5) 6 Analyse (7) 7 Transmit (4) 8 Electrician's tool (6) 13 Fidgety (8) 15 Desert (7) 17 Easygoing (6) 18 Extreme (6) 20 Foundation (5) 22 More than enough (5) 23 Part of the eye (4)

CRYPTIC Across: 7 Recipe, 8 Looted, 9 Life, 10 Cheyenne, 11 Western, 13 Pilot, 15 Fairy, 17 Footmen, 20 Dominoes, 21 Goad, 22 Herein, 23 Asides.

Down: 1 Feline, 2 Mine, 3 Peccary, 4 Blues, 5 Novelist, 6 Lean-to, 12 Termites, 14 Dog star, 16 Avocet, 18 Enamel, 19 Joint, 21 Gait.

QUICK - Across: 1 Canvas, 5 Search, 8 Thin, 9 Cinnamon, 10 Perspire, 11 Dash, 12 Region, 14 Punish, 16 Pass, 18 Besotted, 20 Positive, 21 Boil, 22 Serene, 23 Stable.

Down: 2 Achieve, 3 Venus, 4 Section, 5 Since, 6 Abandon, 7 Cross, 13 Inspire, 14 Possess, 15 Special, 17 Alone, 18 Bribe, 19 Tibia.

ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Sopa, 3 Herbs, 6 Onion, 8 Peras, 10 Uña, 11 Grave, 12 Dance, 13 Sea, 14 Sheet, 15 Sweat, 16 Calor, 17 Caer.

Down: 1 Sponges, 2 Primavera, 4 Espadas, 5 Berenjena, 7 Nuestro, 9 Sweeter.

1. Unscramble the name of an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher: SLINKY IMAGES 2. Unscramble the name of a popular BBC Television religious programme (three words): FORGE PASSIONS

Play on Words JOANB

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Answers: An inside job, A rise in temperature

Funagram

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet.

In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents P and 14 represents Q, so fill in P every time the figure 10 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

QUICK Across 1 Twilight (4) 3 Immaculate (8) 9 Excess (7) 10 Once more (5) 11 Declare (5) 12 Sour (6) 14 Go by (6) 16 Agree to (6) 19 Roam (6) 21 Begin (5) 24 Amusement park attractions (5) 25 Instance (7) 26 Ominous (8) 27 Charges (4)

3 Retratos (9) 4 Saucers (para tazas) (9) 5 Queen (5) 6 Obedecer (4) 9 Neumáticos (5) 10 To love (4) 11 Blue (4) 13 Mar (3)

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“Dream as if you’ll live forever.

Live as if you’ll die today.”

James Dean (1931-1955) American film actor and culture icon

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 sixletter 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 (DEPEND) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ABATED

ESCORT

RELIEF

AWAITS

FLEETS

RUFFLE

BRAVER

GIRDLE

RUINED

CHAFED

GRAINS

SELDOM

CHARGE

HAMMER

TRENCH

DANGLE

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DEPEND (10)

PLACID

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Chosen, 2 Events, 3 Angers, 4 Beards, 5 Letter, 6 Pledge, 7 Breast, 8 Welled, 9 Agrees, 10 Bellow, 11 Tweeds, 12 Writer, 13 Millet, 14 Statue, 15 Patrol, 16 Charms, 17 Gaiter, 18 Spires, 19 Grease

FUNAGRAM SOLUTION KINGSLEY AMIS SONGS OF PRAISE

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Losing and regaining driving licence points

Losing points

SINCE the Spanish penalty point More experienced drivers start with system for drivers was launched in 12, rising up to 15 if no offences 2006, four offences have been are made over a period of six years. identified as the - 93 per cent of those who attend courses to regain points are men, despite 42 per cent of Points are most common. drivers in Spain being women. lost for traffic According to the - 45 per cent of those taking courses are aged offences, DGT national traffic and when 26-40. They are followed by those aged 41-55 (25 per cent) and REMEMBER: authority, exceeding Turn on the hands-free. they reach 18-25 (23 per cent). the speed limit is A weekly focus aimed - Alcohol consumption is the most common offence among zero the the reason for losing at keeping expatriate readers licence is single drivers. Married people more frequently exceed the speed before they can take a special points in 42 per cent informed on various aspects of limit or use the phone while driving. awareness course (€320 fee), a suspended. of cases. Driving Life in Spain - Almost 94 per cent of those who took educational theoretical test and a When losing without a seat belt courses said they would drive more safely after it. psychophysical exam. Then they points, drivers (13 per cent), using

By Raul Candela re-start with eight points. Should can regain up to the mobile phone (9 Source: INTRAS traffic studies institute they lose all their points again in six points if they per cent) and the following three years, there is a alcohol consumppass a traffic 12 month driving ban (six if tion (9 per cent) are the other main educational course (costing €170), offence) reasons. which can only be done once every will have their points reinstated to professional).

Drivers can check how many Unlike Britain, the Spanish points two years.

12 (or eight for new drivers). system is a totting down process.

Drivers who do not lose any When licence is suspended, points they currently hold at the Drivers with less than three years more points for between two and drivers have to wait six months following link (needs registration experience start with eight points. three years (depending on the (three if a professional driver) and NIE): http://bit.ly/W9BVc.

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Life in Spain

Q AND A

A COMMON complaint among British expatriates and other foreign visitors is that shops in Spain are often closed between 1pm and 5pm.

On Sundays it gets worse for shopaholics as in most places it is forbidden to open by law. So the end of the week can get very dull indeed if all you want to do is go shopping.

However, especially since the crisis broke out, a new trend has seen many municipalities in Spain asking permission of regional governments for their businesses to open all hours. Some cities and towns had already been allowed to, as they were classified as an ‘area of major tourist affluence.’

This is mostly seen in coastal resorts, where most of the foreign community live or spend their holidays.

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Who needs to go shopping on a Sunday?

Areas of ‘major tourist affluence’ for 2013 - Costa del Sol: Manilva, Estepona, Fuengirola (to be confirmed), Malaga (to be confirmed), Mijas.

- Almeria: Garrucha, Carboneras, Mojacar, Roquetas de Mar, Vera.

- Axarquia: - Applications pending.

- Costa Blanca: Alfaz del Pi, Altea, Alicante (costa), Benidorm, Benissa, Benitachell, Calpe, Denia, El Campello, El Altet, Los Arenales, Finestrat, Gata de Gorgos, Guardamar del Segura, Javea, Ondara, Orihuela Costa, Pilar de la Horadada, Els Poblets, Rojales, San Fulgencio, Santa Pola, Teulada, Torrevieja, El Verger, Villajoyosa.

LOVELY SUNDAY: Spanish families enjoy a day out together on Sundays at the beach or in natural parks.

But although business hours have become more flexible in these areas, they are not allowed to open 24/7 all year round, but only during those times of the year with more visitors (summer and Easter, mostly).

Often it is mainly large shopping centres plus a few shops in tourist areas

QUESTION: We have been registered on the local padron in Calpe since 2008, now we are planning a move to a town in Tarragona. What should we do?

which take the chance to open longer.

In fact, the Spanish Government ruled last summer that shops could open 90 hours a week (previously 72) on working days. But most small shops decided to stick to the old hours.

Yes, it can be annoying to wait until 5pm during

week days for shops to open, especially for those who have not adapted to Spanish timetables.

But, who needs shopping on Sundays?

Remember, this is ‘sunny Spain’. Here, there is a very popular word that involves the concept of how Spaniards have traditionally seen Sundays: ‘el dominguero’. A rough translation could be ‘the Sunday driver.’ Now this can sometimes be used as a mocking word to make

ANSWER: You should sign up on your new town council’s padron. When moving to a different autonomous community it is general practice that the old council is notified by the new town hall on

fun of those who only go out in their cars on Sundays.

But there is nothing wrong in being a ‘dominguero’. In fact, it looks like the best choice for leisure on Sundays; going out, having some fresh air and sun, cooking a great lunch and tightening bonds with family and friends.

Much better than shopping.

Enjoy life to the full; you are living in Spain now.

DRIVERS can lose two, three, four or six points depending on the offence.

A maximum of eight points can be lost in a day, except for very serious offences.

These are some of the most common reasons: Six Points - Alcohol more than 0.50 mg/l (0.30 professionals and new drivers).

- Consumption of drugs and other substances, or refusing to take an alcohol or drugs test.

- Speeding at more than 50 per cent and at least 30kph over the limit, (that is 180kph on motorways, 135 on A and N roads with a limit of 90kph and 80 on urban roads).

- Dangerous driving, for example driving the wrong way down one way streets and racing.

Four Points - Driving on a motorway with a prohibited vehicle.

- Driving with more than 50 per cent of authorised occupants.

- Not obeying traffic officers’ signals.

- Driving without the right licence.

- Throwing dangerous objects, including cigarettes, from a vehicle.

Three Points - Speeding by 30-40kph over the limit.

- Changing direction illegally.

- Failing to comply with the safe following distance.

- Driving using a mobile (hands-free phone excluded).

- Driving without a seat belt or helmet.

Two Points - Speeding by 20-30 kph over the limit.

- Dangerous stopping or parking.

- Driving with systems to avoid vigilance (speed radar warning) - Driving without lights at night.

your behalf. However, it may be advisable to send a copy of the padron certificate (volante) or an email notifying them of the move, to your old town hall.

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T is no secret that shops face a difficult future.

According to business recovery firm, Begbies Traynor, 140 UK retailers are in a ‘critical condition’.

I have news for them; much the same can be said for their customers, so stop making things worse for us.

Thanks to newspapers most of us are up to the tricks used by retailers to separate us from our hard-earned. Shopping often seems to be a constant battle of wits between buyer and seller.

It is said that the optimist is the person who thinks the chocolate bar is going to be the same size as the wrapper. The optimist is also the person who thinks three for two deals are all they are cracked up to be.

Sleight of hand can be assumed in all weights and measures.

The 20 per cent extra might easily be the 20 per cent removed a little earlier.

I have no sympathy for shoplifters. We are constantly reminded that we the customers end up paying. How is it that we also end up paying when it is the retailer doing the pilfering of purses? Most of us

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are loath to check the till receipt before going on our way. After recent experiences that, however, seems the best way of saving money.

Being of the old school I can make a pretty good prediction as to how much my shopping basket will come to. It did seem odd that the bill was often a little higher than I had expected.

One afternoon the till receipt

seemed to be nearly double expectations; I queried it and discovered I had been charged for two cooked ducks. I am sorry, but when set against my modest single bloke’s shopping needs that was a little bizarre to say the least.

Perhaps I should have called a store detective or the police.

The supermarket would have done so if they had found unpaid for ducks in my pocket.

Stuff happens: I got my refund and I let it drop.

Giving the supermarket the benefit of the doubt I did ponder about mistakes always being in their favour.

The following week I was tempted by teabags reduced from €3.99 to €1.99. You’ve guessed it; when I got home and checked my till receipt I found I had been charged the full €3.99 for the purchase.

OVERCHARGED?: Check your till receipt.

Yes, shoplifting is a problem; especially when the stores are doing it and the victims are their customers. There is a Spanish saying: ‘Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.’

I have to shop, but in future I will be taking my calculator and

suggest others do likewise. No longer under any illusions, when I enter a store in future I will do so with the same competitive attitude as does a premier division sportsman when he enters the arena. This is a no-holds-barred contest between me and them.

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All or nothing in booze stakes S

O here we are. Double digitdays, untold hours and minutes into the brave new year. How are your resolutions working out? Or did you wisely abstain from making any heartfelt pledges in the days following the Christmas excess?

‘Everything in moderation’, as one particularly insightful relative always points out, sipping on her one small sherry while I merrily tuck into my fifth glass of bubbly.

The problem is that I am woefully bad at living life in moderation. Excess is simply so much more fun: ‘All or nothing’ would be a more appropriate motto for me, which is why I am now approaching halfway through a ‘dry’ January.

The first few days were a breeze. There really is nothing like a good old New Year’s Eve knees-up followed by a stinking hangover to reinforce the vows of ‘never again’. Taking refuge in Northern Europe nicely circumnavigated the pitfalls of Kings Day festivities, which could otherwise have rocked my resolve. But as the days pass, it is

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easy to lose sight of the original reasons for the detox. Back in Spain, friends blink bewilderedly at me when refusing a copa. It seems a foreign concept here, maybe it’s just further north we inflict these periods of abstinence on ourselves?

By Day 10, I am pretty sure my liver is like a newborn baby’s and surely a breath test would confirm me a pseudo-saint, halo and all?

To strengthen my resolve, I have canvassed advice on how to persevere, which I am of course delighted to share with you here.

It might seem blindingly obvious, but you have to remove yourself from the haunts you usually frequent, especially if the

NEW YEAR: Have you made any heartfelt pledges? bartender produces your ‘regular’ as soon as you walk through the door. This is the time to seek out cafés, juice bars or anywhere without a drinks’ licence really.

Diversion tactics are also important; you need to fill the time you have created with something else. Perhaps one of

the other resolutions, such as hiking or ballroom dancing? Both are infinitely easier with a clear head and clean blood. Or if physically challenged, why not start a blog for your friends and family in distant countries. Every Tom, Dick and Harry seems to write one these days and with a

bit of luck some talent scout might discover your literary skills and give you a whopping publishing contract. Trend-setters say that aliens are the new vampires as far as fiction is concerned, so start your masterpiece now. Move over, JK Rowling!

Look in the mirror. Chances are your skin is more luminous, eyes clearer and, assuming you didn’t replace the pints with pies, you may well be a bit trimmer, too.

Still missing the Merlot? Police in Spain are clamping down on drink drivers and even with the best intentions, it can be hard to judge the alcohol in your glass, so save yourself a bundle of cash and a stint in the penitentiary, not to mention any horrid accidents.

In fact, the only legal way to ship you to and from the bar (except walking) is by horse, since they have a mind of their own, so maybe use your dry January to take some riding lessons, setting you up for a galloping return to the social fold come February.

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Sorry, 2012, I’ve met someone else

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HAT’S it then; adieu 2012 and bonjour 2013 (pardon my French but I have been reading about King Charles the First, his (alleged) lover the Duke of Buckingham and their disastrous attempts to invade France).

Now I love a good reminisce as you all know (or maybe you don’t in which case, pay attention at the back) but sometimes looking back gives you nothing but a cricked neck and a deep sense of dissatisfaction.

It’s gone, leave well alone I say.

News presenters, celebrities and even the old lady who destroyed a masterpiece (don’t get me started) have all had their say.

They have carped, crowed, hummed and hawed about the good/bad old times of the outgoing year. “What has 2012 ever done for me?” they call like dumped lovers desperately

Suzanne Manners Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character). To comment on any of the issues raised in Suzanne Manners’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/suzanne-manners.

trying to blacken the memory of an ex.

“Out with the old and in with the new,” the saying goes, the cry of a child stomping on a much loved toy in anticipation of a nice new shiny one. The old year has slunk away shamefaced recalling, for the sake of its self-esteem, all the good things it gave us and bemoaning the ingrates that it leaves behind.

Meanwhile, we kick at the dust, heads downcast, refusing to look it in the eye as we spill a plethora of tired

excuses at its feet: “It’s not you it’s me… I need space… you deserve someone better than me… I’ll always love you, I’m just not IN love with you.”

So in the spirit of free and honest discourse and influenced by the aforementioned spiritual blindness of King Charles (who ordered beggars and workmen to remain in their houses as he travelled to one or other of his palaces so as not to sully his sight with the everyday) I say, well done, 2012, you were beautiful, while at the same time crossing my fingers behind my back.

On the subject of looking back, quite out of the blue I was contacted by an old art school friend (not that she’s old, just a person from the time before reality set in).

Michele was the first person who really listened to me.

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THE PAST: Don’t look back, but instead look forward to the year ahead.

She was slightly older than me and had a tranquillity about her that drew people to her.

Her honesty, sensitivity and ability to get right to the heart of a problem always astounded me and had more to do with her character than her age.

So I hope that 2013 sees us re-establish our friendship (sorry, 2012, I know it was you who brought us together) as I for one will relish flights of nostalgia and journeys of remembrance in our tentative first steps towards a renewal of friendship.

Now back to Chaz the First, is it any wonder there was a civil war? He ruled a country whose

wealth and place in the world had been established by Elizabeth the First, weakened by James the First and then left flapping around the ineffectual (bejewelled) feet of one of the worst monarchs in British history.

True his father laid the foundation for the dissolute state of the realm but Chaz certainly relished his own part in its near destruction.

In fact, he would have done well to look back and learn.

I wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year (sorry, 2012).

Cava, anyone?

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www.euroweeklynews.com FOR Susan Lakes, supporting the local community is important. “But it has become increasingly difficult over the years as funds have been a little tight, but I try to give back to the local community where I can,” said the Benalmadena, Costa del Sol resident.

Another expatriate hit by the recession is Pauline Loughran from Rojales on the Costa Blanca.

“I had a direct debit set up supporting local charities, but had to stop it last month. But I will try to continue to donate the odd bit here and there whenever I can,” Pauline remarked.

Fellow Costa Blanca based expat Joanne Cole supports local charities through her work at The Card Place in Benimar as well as through donations.

“I prefer to contribute with items as opposed to money,” she said. “I have always donated items of clothing to EMAUS, a charity caring for homeless children on the Costa Blanca, and will continue to do so in 2013.”

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STREET TALK GIVING something back is important, but when it comes to donations, especially in the present harsh economic times, do

people still give generously, and do they prefer local charities in favour of global corporations? EWN reports:

Being charitable getting tougher

Aaron and Elena Sparks.

Aaron and Elena Sparks, Marbella residents on the Costa del Sol for 26 years, strive to donate to the needy.

“We favour local charities because we want to help our community; knowing you’re

Maite Llorens. making a difference to people is very humbling,” said Aaron.

Sixty-year-old Javier, who preferred not to give his family name, last year made donations to a charity active in Spain and internationally.

“It is important to do something to help where we can. And no matter how challenging life becomes, the economic crisis will not be affecting my 2013 donations,” said the Costa Blanca resident.

Pauline Loughran.

For Maite Llorens, also from the Costa Blanca, she prefers to give money to a street beggar than to a fixed charity. “But even that depends, for I advised a young woman outside Mercadona she ought to be looking for work. I couldn’t understand a word she said in reply, but it didn’t sound very friendly!”

Meanwhile, Ian Caulcott of Torre in Almeria has a fixed policy when giving to beggars.

“If they have any disability, then fine... but if they are able to walk and appear healthy, then I avoid giving them cash, believing local clubs and associations are more worthy causes.”

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Eggcellent news!

EGGS have been a normal part of the human diet for centuries.

However, there are some myths that surround their consumption.

The notion that eating just the whites is healthier than the whole egg is false. Egg whites contain little nutrition, mostly just a little protein and sodium.

The yolk contains a lot of nutrients not available anywhere else, including the amino acid leucene, which triggers muscle growth and fat-burning.

Egg yolks also contain choline, vital for healthy cell membranes, and brain-function.

Eggs do contain cholesterol, but not necessarily large amounts. And studies have shown that eating cholesterol does not necessarily make choles-

Dinner for breakfast THE English word for dinner comes from the French word ‘disnar,’ which means breakfast.

Traditionally, dinner (meaning breakfast) was the first meal of the day, eaten around noon. It also happened to be the biggest meal of the day, with a lighter repast coming later, known as supper. Eventually more meals started being added to the day with

people eating before the large noon dinner.

Rather than calling these earlier meals that broke the fast by the word meaning breakfast (dinner), the name stuck as meaning the largest meal of the day. As time passed the largest meal got moved to later in the day until it was eaten around the time we used to have supper (which used to be a light meal.)

Linking flavours NO MYTH: Eggs have been a normal part of the human diet for centuries. terol levels go up.

Also, eggs won’t cause obesity; one egg has just 70 calories which are balanced, with six grammes of protein, and

five grammes of unsaturated fat.

And the protein in eggs causes a release of glucogen, a hormone that makes the body burn fat

stores.

Finally, raw eggs don’t have more nutrients.

Eggs cook at such a low temperature that no nutrients are damaged.

UNSCRAMBLED: Floating eggs are rotten.

Floating eggs WHEN an egg floats in water, it is off and should not be eaten.

Placed in water, a fresh egg will lie on its side at the bottom of a glass of water.

As it ages, gases build inside the shell, making it more buoyant, meaning the egg will begin to point upwards, and

will finally float completely when it has gone bad.

It is best to use the freshest eggs possible for poaching and frying as they have a very firm white, whereas older eggs, having a watery white, are perfectly good for omelettes or scrambling.

AMERICAN scientists have investigated the chemical links between popular food combinations.

They discovered ingredients with the same flavour compounds and chemicals that give food its taste are often combined, like strawberries and cream.

Some food groups, including mushrooms, fish and nuts, have few flavour links, so are unlikely to be the source of new exotic combinations. But chocolate shares many flavour compounds with other foods, and could explain why it’s now being used in savoury dishes.

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BAKER’S DOZEN: Always serving extra to avoid punishment.

Why a baker’s dozen is 13 MANY societies throughout history had extremely strict laws concerning baker’s wares. For example in Ancient Egypt should a baker be found cheating someone, their ear would be nailed to the door of their bakery. In Babylon if a baker was found to have sold a ‘light loaf’ the baker’s hand would be chopped off.

Similarly, harsh measures could be historically found throughout Europe.

As it wasn’t that hard to accidentally cheat a customer, given the exacting standards required, bakers began giving more than outlined to make sure they went over and never under.

In England it became common practice that if a customer ordered a

dozen loaves of bread they would be given 13.

Likewise, when selling any quantity, 13 measures were given when only 12 were purchased.

This made sure the baker would never accidentally break the law and be subject to the severe punishments.

PERSIMMONS are the fastest-selling exotic fruit in Britain.

Sales of the fruit overtook kiwi, mangos and avocados in the build up to Christmas and more than four million persimmons were sold in British supermarkets in 2012.

The growth is believed to be largely down to its health benefits. They are rich in vitamins A and C and have twice as much fibre per 100g than an apple. Nothing is wasted; the whole fruit can be eaten, including the skin.

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Between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day alone, the average person consumed 15,000 calories.

A turkey dinner with all the trimmings has an average 1,450 calories and alcohol also added to the indulgence with two glasses of mulled wine adding 490 calories and two glasses of champagne 178 calories.

The recommended calorie allowance for an eight-day period is around 20,000 for men and 16,000 for women.

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Festive feasts pile on the pounds THE average person will have consumed 38,000 calories over the festive period and gained up to 6lbs in weight.

The figures were compiled by weight-loss experts Vitagetics, who found that the typical adult gorges on the equivalent of 15 days worth of food between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.

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New laws could affect your dog ALL dogs irrespective of breed or age need a Dog Licence which is free from the local ‘Ayuntamiento.’

Without a registration the fines are extremely heavy.

Spain has announced new laws No 50/99 which could affect you. A list of dogs

GERMAN SHEPHERD: Now listed as dangerous.

considered dangerous has been drawn up as follows:Pit Bull and all Bull breeds All Mastiffs Canary Island Prey Dog Caucasian Shepherd Bordeaux Brazilian Fila Akita Doberman Rottweiller Corsican Can German Shepherds.

Most dogs over 25 kilos are included on the list. For more information ask at your local town hall.

The new decree prohibits the training of dogs to attack, or to guard or defend their owners or to give them any sort of training that might increase their aggressiveness. Fines vary from €2,400 to €15,025.

Dogs are banned from areas where children play.

A lost dog must be reported to the police immediately.

Dangerous dogs must be muzzled in public and on a short (one metre) lead.

All dogs that have any record of aggression or any dog that shows aggressive behaviour or any dog considered by the authorities to be dangerous, must now be registered and in possession of a special ‘Licencia Municipal.’

Spain is a federal country and has 17 different Comunidades or regions with their own parliament, government and laws. A law in one Comunidad could be different from a similar law in another, therefore I strongly urge you to check with your local municipality.

In Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona and other large cities a list has been made of dogs which could potentially be dangerous, and the Rottie, Doberman, Pit Bull Terrier, Dogo Argentino, Akita Dogo de Burdeos, Staffordshire,

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Do not spoil your pet with too many treats.

Presa Canaria, Fila Brasilero, are on the list, and also their crossbreeds.

Even if your dog is not one of those listed breeds, but has bitten a person in the past, it will be classified as if it was on the list.

If you want to own a dog which is on the dangerous list, you have to go and see a psychologist and do a test on a computer (not difficult) just the same as for driving a car. It costs between €60 and €72.

If you are a Spanish resident you will have to apply for a document from the Ministry for the Interior, confirming you do not have a criminal record. If you are not a resident in Spain, you have to apply for such a document in your country of origin and have it translated into Spanish.

Take the originals with you to your local town hall.

For your local radio frequency log onto www.talkradioeurope.com.

Lucy Stray another day LUCY isn’t so much our pet, but she is always on our doorstep at meal times and likes to sleep on our windowsill in the sunshine. It’s much more rewarding to have adopted a stray rather than to have bought a pedigree breed, they have much more personality.

Rachel Sweeney, Javea DON’T STRAY: Lucy is a member of the family.

Submit fun pet pictures to petoftheweek@euroweeklynews.com, in as high a resolution as possible. Please include name of the pet, your full name, where you live and if relevant a couple of lines to explain the circumstances of the photo. Due to space restrictions not all submissions will be used.

Bunnies getting fat RABBIT obesity is among the number one killers of pet rabbits. Not only will it lower their quality of life, but will shorten it abruptly.

The top cause of rabbit obesity is spoiling them too much with treats, as it is sometimes difficult for owners to keep track of how much is being given to them, along with feeding them the wrong food.

Obese rabbits will eventually develop cardio-

vascular problems, diabetes, arthritis, skin problems, and feet problems that slowly shorten their life.

But symptoms appear only when the condition is severe leaving a very small window for treat-ment.

Vigilance is the number one shield against rabbit obesity.

Be mindful; regulate the diet, encourage exercise and organise regular vet checkups.

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Time for a major winter cutback AS explained in Chapter 6.9 of ‘Your Garden in Spain – Planning, planting and maintenance,’

gardens of all sizes and complexities benefit tremendously from a major winter cut back and

clean-up which in most gardens is best done during January. The reasons for this are tenfold.

• You will have had a colourful Christmas garden with luck but the frequency of flowerings will have now slowed down or stopped, except for winter flowering perennials such as euryops which will have been trimmed in the autumn to stimulate winter flowerings.

• To prepare the size and shape to match the size of the garden and stop them growing straggly.

• Most plants are dormant or at their lowest level of growth.

• To stimulate new flower buds in the spring or early summer.

• The soil is cleared of rubbish and weeds and where appropriate hoed or loosened with a hand fork while one can get at the soil most easily with no leaves and less branching growth.

• Bulbs are showing so one can see where not to hoe or fork the soil.

• Unplanted areas of vegetable plots can be cleaned up, turned and

CUT BACK: Recent Christmas colour, but much now needs to be sacrificed.

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covered with compost and well rotted manures which any frosts can break down.

• The sap is down in deciduous flowering and fruiting trees.

• It is a good time to cut back/remove the yellow flowered oxalis before it seeds.

• The weather in January is often sunny and dry which makes it pleasant to work outdoors before the colder weather of February.

We know that with the recent hot weather some autumn flowering plants continue to flower well and it is tempting to leave them until they are hit by frosts. However if left until February new cuts could be susceptible to heavy frost.

PRUNING: It is a good time to cut back.

Done now the sappy ends should have dried and sealed before the worst frosts arrive. In non frost areas the later you cut back the later the first spring and summer flowerings.

The five main tasks are as follows.

• Cut back and prune all perennials, shrubs and trees appropriate to their species age size and format.

• Divide and replant large clumps of perennials.

• Clear all weeds and rubbish from growing areas, paths and terraces.

• As appropriate, loosen the surface soil

and top up/extend mulching to prevent weeds from growing, retain moisture and shade roots from the hot summer sun.

• Shred as much pruned material as possible to add to the compost heap.

• Make it possible to walk down paths. The growth after last autumn’s rain was phenomenal.

Next week we will comment on the cut back needs of a range of plants and trees.

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Buying a resale, make sure you have a Licencia de Segunda Ocupación RECENTLY, I wrote about the importance of obtaining a Licencia de Primera Ocupacion (sometimes known as a Cedula) before you pay any money for your new build property in Spain.

This is an essential document and you should never sign an Escritura, unless this has been issued and your lawyer has confirmed, in writing, that he has a copy.

However, much the same applies to resale properties although the relevant document is called a Licencia de Segunda Ocupacion.

Like the Licencia de Primera Ocupacion, this document is issued by the local town hall and, in theory, certifies that a

property is legal and therefore entitled to be connected to all the necessary services, such as electricity, mains water and a landline telephone.

Unfortunately, not all lawyers acting for a buyer apply for a Licencia de Segunda Ocupacion during their conveyancing of a resale property and few buyers know about its importance sufficiently well to insist upon it being an inherent part of the conveyancing process.

As a consequence, it is not uncommon to find property owners with very significant problems with their properties and sometimes potentially considerable financial

liabilities.

Indeed, being unable to obtain a Licencia de Segunda Ocupacion should act as a ‘red flag’ to you, as a buyer.

It indicates that your intended property may be subject to infrastructure works (‘Land Grab’) and certainly means that obtaining mains water, electricity or a landline will be impossible, should the property lack any (or all) of these services.

Furthermore, it may mean that the property concerned has serious legality issues.

Over the past few weeks, I have been contacted by several people who have fallen foul of buying a resale property that lacked a

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Licencia de Segunda Ocupacion. In one case, the owner concerned had her water meter removed, could not obtain a Licencia de Segunda Ocupacion and never got connected to the mains.

She had to sell her property at a significant loss (still with no water supply) and ended up having a nervous breakdown.

Equally, over the past few months, Iberdrola have been threatening to cut off the electricity of a number of properties in my own general area because they are still on ‘builder’s electrics’.

Iberdrola have stated that they will not continue supplying electricity to the home owners, unless they can provide a Licencia de Segunda Ocupacion.

This is something that many town halls will not issue unless a property has been fully urbanised (i.e. it is situated in an area with street lighting, pavements, mains drainage, mains water, electricity, landline telephone etc.).

In fact, many old housing estates in Spain are only partly urbanised, which can make life tricky for foreign buyers, who may be ill advised by their lawyer or agent and think that their property is free from potential

RESALE PROPERTIES: Always check with your lawyer. liabilities just because it is located on an estate.

This is not always the case.

If an estate has not been fully urbanised then the owners of properties will have to pay for the costs of completing the urbanisation infrastructure.

You may already have mains water, electricity and landline telephones but this does not mean that your area has been fully urbanised.

Pavements may be missing, street lighting absent and mains drainage lacking. The cost of any or all of these will fall upon you should your local authority decide to install them.

The Licencia de Segunda Ocupacion is far from a property buyer’s problem ‘catch all’ and you must not consider it as such.

However, being unable to obtain it should be an indication that all is not well with your intended property. Equally, if you do obtain a Licencia de Segunda Ocupación then check carefully what it says, as it may contain some important caveats.

So, if you are a cautious buyer (and you should be) always ask your lawyer to apply for a Licencia de Segunda Ocupación and, if one cannot be obtained, find out why. You may save yourself thousands of Euros and some serious problems.

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•AECC BOUTIQUE in San Isidro: 966 723 401.

•AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP Benidorm – don’t suffer alone through another person drinking – 634 758 539.

•DENIA RUGBY CLUB: 8pm on beach outside Oasis Hotel.

•HELP INTERNATIONAL Benidorm meetings. www.helpbenidorm.com.

•PIETER SWINNEN Painting Club in Calpe: 965 835 212.

•RBL Benidorm and district branch covers from Polop to Villajoyosa at different locations for social meetings, day trips, excursions or meals. 695 605 129 •XABIA RUGBY CLUB: Juniors meet at 7pm Seniors at 8pm. 688 640 092.

•ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION meets for lunch on second Thursday of month at various restaurants between Altea and Oliva and the Jalon Valley. 966 474 532.

•THE Valleys International Bridge and Social Club meet 2pm at El Cid at Benidoleig. 966 408 296.

•CREATIVE TEXTILES GROUP – crosstitch, embroidery, crochet, quilting, knitting – in Javea, 10am1pm. 966 472 049 or artcentrejavea@yahoo.com.

•JALON VALLEY HELP Craft Group. Casa de Animo. 966 482 635.

FRIDAY •AUCTIONS FOR AECC. Items for donation wanted. 965 319 929 / 688 238 879.

•UFO and World Mysteries Discussion Group in Javea meet first Friday of the month at The Social Club and Bar in Javea Old Town at 10am. 966 459 976.

•ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Costa Blanca North weekly lunch meeting at Los Leones restaurant 1.15pm.

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•ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY Sunday ServicesHoly Communion.

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First and third Saturday of each month. Phone to book your items 965 743 292.

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•JALON VALLEY MUMS & TOTS CLUB at town hall 10.15am-12noon. 676 441 758.

•JAVEA STAMPS & POSTCARD CLUB meets second and fourth Monday of month at L’Ancora Tennis Club at 10am. 965 795 499 / 608 765 245.

•ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION in Pedreguer meets the second Monday of month. 966 430 215 or www.rafa-ncb.org.

•MOSIAC COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday 12pm Multicultural Service; Wednesday 8pm Intercessory Prayer; Last Thursday of month 1.30pm community lunch. 678 066 222.

•SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Alfaz del Pi: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30pm. 966 878 469.

•THE KINGS CHURCH Benissa English Sunday service, 11am: www.thekingschurch.net.

•VALLEY FELLOWSHIP, Jalon – Pastor Barbara Chadwick. 966 481 108. three principles for innate well being every first and third Wednesday 7pm-8.30pm in Alfaz del Pi. 616 762 131/sheela@sheelamasand.com.

•SKITTLES fun matches at Restaurant/Bar GranSol Calpe at 7.30pm. 681 328 692 or www.gransolcalpe.com.

British 96 521 6022

•JALON VALLEY HELP Party at the Panto. The Wizard of Oz at the Careline Theatre, Alcalali, all funds raised to Jalon Valley Help.

ALICANTE Airport 96 691 9000 Guardia Civil 96 592 1100 Municipal Police 96 510 7200 Red Cross 96 525 2525

A L FA Z D E L P I Municipal Police 96 588 7100

ALTEA Guardia Civil 96 584 0525 Municipal Police 96 584 5511

OTHERS MONTHLY MEETINGS: Some members of U3A Marina Baixa at their most recent gathering.

•U3A MARINA BAIXA General Meeting. January 28, Casa del Cultura, Alfaz del Pi, 9.30am. www.u3amarinabaixa.com.

BENIDORM Guardia Civil 96 585 0330 Municipal Police 96 680 7766 Red Cross 96 680 8934 Bus Station 96 683 0014

BENISSA Guardia Civil 96 573 0722 Municipal Police 96 573 0733

CALPE Guardia Civil 96 583 0080 Municipal Police 96 583 0812 Red Cross 96 583 1616

DENIA Guardia Civil 96 578 0036 Municipal Police 96 578 0190 Red Cross 96 578 1358

EL CAMPELLO Guardia Civil 96 563 0418 Municipal Police 96 563 7099

•JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB ‘No Fear’ pairs. 965 795 458.

Guardia Civil 062 Municipal Police 092 Red Cross 96 579 1961

SATURDAY

TUESDAY

Red Cross 96 574 0950

•COMPUTER CLUB in Alfaz del Pi. 965 889 187.

•AUCTIONS FOR AECC (donations welcome): 965 319 929 / 688 238 879.

•BSAC Marina Alta SCUBA Diving Club. 966 470 163 or

•JAVEA INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Pastor John Hansford, Sundays 10.30am at Calle Favara 8, Javea Pueblo (near Plaza de la Constitucion Espanola, where the Thursday open market is held) 965 794 624. www.javeabaptist .com

•PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH. Sunday Service 11am; Thursday 5pm Bible study and prayer; home groups during week. 966 769 300 or 650 509 606.

Emergency consular assistance 902 109 356

•JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs. 965 795 458.

•GUARDIAN ANGELS Dropin/Coffee and Chat at Help Centre, La Jara 10.30am- 12.30pm.

616 977 639.

•JAVEA EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Pastor Clive Read 669 386 702.

C O N S U L AT E S

•U3A Marina Baixa meets fourth Monday of month at 10.30am at Alfaz del Pi Casa de Cultura.

•BERNIA BABIES international group meets 10.30am-12noon at Sierra Bernia School, Alfaz del Pi: 966 875 149.

787 509 or bill.ingram@angliac3.demon.co.uk.

•NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Oliva on C/Constitution 6, near the town hall, Sundays 11.30am. 607 470 221.

Useful numbers

•TENNIS GROUP meets Tuesday and Friday mornings at Toscamar, Javea. 966 473 301.

•EL VERGER MARKET at The Polygon 9am-1.30pm.

Church services

JAVEA

MORAIRA British Embassy: www.uk.inspain.fco.gov.uk Age Concern Spain: www.acespana.org Airport Information: www.aena.es Local News: www.euroweeklynews.com

www.bsacmarinaalta.co.uk.

•CANCER CARE CENTRE Javea park. 965 796 846.

•DENIA RUGBY CLUB SENIORS 8pm on beach outside the Oasis Hotel •MALE VOICE CHOIR (no experience required) Teulada. 965 744 577.

•MONTGO RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION JAVEA meets for coffee morning on first Tuesday of the month. www.montgoresidents.com.

•RAF Costa Blanca. Third Tuesday of month. 965 724 256 or nwhancox@hotmail.com.

•ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Denia meets first and third Tuesday of month at 1.30pm. Call 965 748 909 by the Sunday prior to meeting.

•WORDS OF LIGHT: 662 688 865.

•XABIA RUGBY CLUB (juniors and seniors): 688 640 092.

•JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB competitive Duplicate. 965 795 458.

•JAVEA ASSOCIATION OF MODEL MAKERS meet second Tuesday of month. gaw@wworkshop.net.

•CAFE PHILO (U3A) meet at 2.30pm to continue discussing ‘morality and the markets’. 965 845 039.

WEDNESDAY •41 CLUB, Javea meets the first Wednesday of the month. www.costablanca41club.org

•CALPE ROTARY FELLOWSHIP La Fustera. www.calpe-rotary.org.uk •LA NUCIA SPARTANS American Football team welcomes new players for their sub 16, over 16s and female teams. www.lanuciaspartans.com.

•MASK FOR MABS children’s menu at El Paraiso Restaurant in Parcent. €1 donated to charity.

•ALICANTE BUSINESS CLUB meets the third Wednesday of month in San Juan. 650 489 625 or www.alicantebusinessclub.org.

•MORAIRA CHARITY SHOP on Avenida del Portet Road, opens Monday-Saturday 10am1pm and Tuesday and Thursday 4pm-7pm. 666 625 856.

•BENIDORM INTERNATIONAL SINGLES CLUB: 690 300 166.

•STAMP CLUB Javea: 965 795 499.

•DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs start 4pm. 965 785 387.

•GARDENING CIRCLE: first Wednesday of month in Moraira.

966 498 681.

•PERKY PENSIONERS Jalon, 2.30pm-4.30pm. 652 584 272.

•RBL JAVEA: Second and fourth Tuesday of month. 965 790 123.

•SPIRITUAL FRIENDS (Moraira) meet at Los Leones Restaurant, Sol Park at 2.30pm. www.spiritualfriends.com.

•QUIZ NIGHT and buffet last Wednesday of month at Restaurant Paraiso in Parcent to raise funds for Emaus children’s home. davidreeley@ hotmail.com.

•FREE informal group that shares the understanding the

•WALKING GROUP Castalla.

965 630 009 / 607 434 732.

•COSTA BLANCA MOUNTAIN WALKERS – Saturdays and Wednesdays – different difficulty walks. www.cbmwalkers.org •GANDIA AREA ACTIVITIES: Thursday social club dinners and golf, Friday and Monday petanca.

962 852 828. Saturday walking group. 962 808 601.

•NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH: www.nhwinspain.com/620 417 777.

•U3A VALL DEL POP Mystery Tour. Jan 17. www.u3avall delpop.com.

•ARENAL School of Bridge and Social Club play duplicates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2.15pm at the Arenal Clubhouse in Javea. 965 770 509.

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Gardening TREE SPECIALIST, cut and removal of palm/pine trees. Size not a problem. Also dangerous & difficult work. Garden cleaning and gravelling. Free estimates. 627 103 412 (202391)

Gold Wanted ALEXANDERS Antique Jewellers pay top London prices. Est 2003, Open MonSat 10am-2pm. Javea port seafront. 965 792 595 (202294) RETIRED jeweller will buy unwanted/broken gold jewellery, coins and silver items. Cash paid. 627 019 403 (99504) GOLD WANTED. English jeweller will buy broken, unwanted jewellery and coins. 664 890 990 (99704)

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Health & Beauty CHIROPODIST/PODIATRIST, Philip Mann, clinics in Benissa, Moraira, Javea, Calpe and Albir.

686 912 307 (202333)

Home Care HOMECARE COSTA BLANCA. From 1hr cleaning to 24hr nursing care. 619 216 270 / 965 878 028. jainemossaic@gmail.com www.homecarecostablanca.com (99548)

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Kitchens KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, WARDROBES. Classic kitchens 20 years on the Costa Blanca.

Call Adrian 676 699 700 (202414)

Locksmith LOCKSMITH/ELECTRICIAN/CARPENTER for emergency safe opening Altea area.

Call Michael Rice 686 513 510 or Calpe area Sean Gannon 667 507 630 (202338)

Mobile Homes WE BUY, Sell, 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 suzica ley@gmail.com (200742) 5-STAR live-in accommodation.

Tabbert caravan with bath /shower /toilet. Taxed. 7m x 3m conservatory. Lounge/kitchen area. Fully furnished with many extras. Easily stripped and reassembled. 7,000€ ono 685 575 055 Valle del Sol, near Muxamiel (202384)

Mobile Phone Repairs ALL types of mobile phone repairs. Contact 609 838 890 (202369)

Motoring

WANTED Cars, vans, caravans, 4 X 4’s British Spanish 600 781 873 ibuyanycar @hotmail.com (200261) MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now!

(95302) GOING HOME ? Want to swap my UK Reg, RHD, 2008 Ford Focus Estate Titanium, TDCi Diesel for Spanish car, Tax and MOT. Cash either way. 646 600 898 (94920)

Painter/Decorator W. D GILMOUR. Painter & Decorator. Established 35 years in Moraira. Estimates FREE. Call William on 609 691 776 or 966 197 170. (202296) KITCHEN cupboards looking tired/outdated? Reface/repaint instead of replacing. See examples www.villapainting.es 678 179 346 (202331) www.decorlux.es painting, decorating, renovation. Est. Costa Blanca 1995. Estimates free. Tel 649 181 526 (97279)

Pest Control CHEAP, all insects and rodents.

648 057 091 (202385)

PAWS PET TRANSPORT SPAIN UK SPAIN every month. We treat all pets as if they belonged to us. Maybe the best rates in Spain. Please call JOE on 966 074 576 or 650 341 087 for a chat or email pawspettrans port@hotmail.com. Quote ewn1 (202324) DOG Agility Course, Javea, 6 weeks, starts 22nd January, 10.30 - 12. 60 euros. Tel: 966 473 267 (200648)

Pet Insurance PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371. w w w. i n f o @ p r o t e c t a p e t . e u (95962)

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Pool Services TH.POOLS.sc. Maintenance, servicing and repairs. New pumps and filters, sand changes and regrouts. Pool equipment and one-off lessons available.

Moraira - Benidorm. CALL TRISTAN 627 008 158 (95844)

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TV, ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT, satellite, amplifiers, mixers, keyboards, etc. BLUESKY REPAIRS 966 875 283/626 430 671 (99672) WASHING MACHINE and all domestic repairs, Calpe / Campello BLUESKY REPAIRS 966 875 283/626 430 671 (99672)

Property for Rent APARTAMENTOS PLAYA ALBIR SL. Quality rental accommodation with reception, 2 beds, 2 bath. Washing machine, air con, sea views and swimming pool.

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Property for Sale SELL your property with Schaich Estate Agents. See our main ad on front page. (99636) PEGO 2 bedroomed bungalow in 1,200m2 Orange Grove. Garden with beautiful views.

40,000€ for quick sale. 638 321 307 (202388)

Property Maintenance MADE IN SPAIN - Property & garden maintenance - Property management. 652 090 017 / 965 878 028 www.madein spain.co madein_s@yahoo .co.uk (99546)

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COMPLETE HOME SERVICES Villa changeovers, laundry, pool cleaning, gardening, and general maintenance, everything you need. North Costa Blanca. denisebridger12@gmail.com Denise 667 298 576 (202334)

CORDS, slats, winding mechanisms, motors. Calpe + 40 kms.

Tony Bowers 659 464 992 www.toldosalchemy.com (99623)

TOTAL POOL CARE. Leak detection, structural repairs, regrouts and retiling, replacement pumps, lights, sand filters etc.

Tel: 654 687 536 (200631)

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SCRAP VEHICLES wanted for cash. Call 646 726 377 (202301)

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Wig Specialists WIGS-R-US EL CISNE MARKET BENIDORM. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 9.30 till 2pm. 690 378 844 (202261)

Sewing MADE TO MEASURE loose covers. Choose from a wide range of materials in your own home.

Javea area 686 453 827 (201876)

WANTED part time Cook/Chef for lunchtimes. 5 days per week. Must have experience.

Accommodation available. Javea area. Tel 609 477 476 /email bettyinglis@yahoo.com (202409)

Skip Hire BENIDORM & SURROUNDING AREAS, 2 men removals, house clearances. Also regular trips to UK. 655 239 797 (99737)

C O N T E N E D O R E S M ATA SKIP HIRE 3-5-10M3. Tel 965 790 172 / 679 440 046 (99501)

EUROPEAN removals and transport with scheduled UK routes.

UK Company, fully legal, taking loads from 5kg to 24,000kg.

Lowest prices and the best service. 952 816 582 or www.fo cus-transport.com (96826)

JAVEA SKIP HIRE 626 670 038, Moraira, Benissa, Calpe, Denia from S & W TOOL HIRE & FERRETERIA MORAIRA (99645)

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SPAIN2UK2SPAIN man and van. Trips between UK/Spain twice a month. Excellent rates. enquiries@spain2uk2spain.com.

Also local removals and deliveries. Christine 965 571 837 / 638 261 341 (202275) FURNITURE VAN FOR HIRE with driver. Careful local moves, Costa Blanca & UK. Hourly rate or fixed price. Call 676 644 014 (202312) VAN going back to England 15th January. Space available both ways. Tel 634 006 646 (202411) INTERNATIONAL and European Removals. Expert removals worldwide. www .universalremovals.com.

Tel: 951 247 834 (200810) VAN leaving UK to Spain 27th January. Returning Spain to UK 3rd February. Space available.

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Telecoms FED UP PAYING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR MOBILE PHONE CALLS? THEN CONTACT TELITEC TODAY. CALLS TO SPAIN 7C PER MINUTE INCLUDING MOBILES. CALLS TO UK 5.3C PER MINUTE. NO MONTHLY FEES, NO CONTRACT. WWW.TELITEC.COM TEL: 902 889 070 (0)

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Structural Surveys MARK PADDON BSc Hons.

Building surveying. MCIOB, CAAT. From 245€ + IVA. Insured and legally registered in Spain. Tel: 653 733 066 / 962 807 247 www.costablancasur veyors.com (101061)

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Soft Furnishings LOOSE COVERS, CURTAINS ETC. Made to Measure. Choose from a wide range of beautiful fabrics in your own home. Tel: 965 771 397 or 686 453 827 (202291)

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MAN & VAN Costa Blanca North Removals / delivery, house & garden clearance. Competitive rates. UK fixed prices. Call Graham 965 730 382 / 644 114 876 (202345)

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PROPERTY wanted: Cash Buyer looking for Villa in Denia area, Quick Completion possible.

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BEAUTIFUL, Sexy, High Class German Lady, 27, Discreet Luxury Apartment Benidorm 697 648 395 (101021) SSSYSTEMS for all your British TV 606 139 591 / 628 029 088 / 965 878 028 Stuart _sssys tems@yahoo.co.uk / seabright satellites.com (99545)

Wanted FIVE large dog cages required in good condition - please ring Jill 636 730 542 (98181)

ALBIR; BENIDORM, Young beautiful lady, speaks English, offers massage & escort services. 626 096 866 (99691) BENIDORM KELLY IS BACK: STUNNING, curvaceous English massage/escort 24hr. My home or your place. I can be with you within an hour Benidorm/Javea. 686 575 707 (202392) sales@euroweeklynews.com

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Newest Bentley convertible to be unveiled THE Continental GT Speed Convertible, Bentley’s new open-top performance flagship, makes its international debut next Monday at Detroit’s International Auto Show.

No prices have yet been disclosed for what the company has called “the world’s fastest four-seat convertible.”

The new Bentley combines roof-down luxury touring with the performance of a 625 PS (616 bhp) twinturbocharged 6.0 litre W12 engine, while delivering a 15 per cent improvement

in fuel efficiency.

Taking its place at the pinnacle of the Bentley Continental range, the new GT Speed Convertible has a top speed of 325 Kph. Zero to 100 Kph is reached in 4.4 seconds.

The latest ME17 engine management system, capable of performing 180 million individual calculations per second, provides enhanced turbocharger control and torque management, enhancing driveability.

The close-ratio eightspeed transmission, uprated and lowered

suspension and retuned steering provide acceleration and sharp, communicative handling without detriment to the renowned ride comfort of Bentley’s Continental convertible.

Permanent all-wheel drive ensures optimum traction and power delivery whatever the road conditions.

Subtle sporting design cues include 21-inch alloy wheels, dark-tint grilles and ‘rifled’ exhaust tail pipes.

Inside its handcrafted cabin, the GT Speed

MUSCULAR: The front wings of the GT Speed Convertible are created in superformed aluminium. convertible features the Mulliner Driving Specification as standard, blending contemporary luxury with a distinctly sporting character.

The infotainment system features Bentley’s latest software upgrades, which vary from region to region but include refinements such as point of interest mapping, optional satellite landscape imagery, live traffic data and, where the

infrastructure supports it, digital radio.

The system features 15 Gigabytes of available music space, as well as the facility to play music via an iPod, MP3 player, the car’s own six-disc CD changer or SD card.

Commenting on the new Continental GT Speed Convertible, Bentley Chairman and Chief Executive Dr Wolfgang Schreiber said: “Following

the recent successful introduction of the GT Speed, the new GT Speed Convertible will appeal to drivers who seek the sensory thrills of the world’s fastest four-seat soft-top and the practicality of a year-round grand tourer, together with unrivalled levels of luxury and refinement.

“It is designed for those who accept no compromise.”

McLaren Spider weaves magic THE new McLaren 12C Spider was presented at the 37th edition of the Bologna Motor Show, in Italy.

As with the mechanically identical 12C, the Spider is a midengine two-seat reardrive sports car.

The lightweight 12C Spider uses the upgraded 625PS engine, which is part of the 12C Model Year 2013 upgrade. Acceleration from 0 to 100 Kph takes 3.1 seconds when fitted with Pirelli P Zero Corsa tyres, the same as the coupé.

Maximum speed is 329 Kph. The vehicle is priced at £195,500 in the UK (€240,640).

The Retractable Hard Top (RHT) has been designed specifically for the 12C Spider. The fully automatic mechanism raises or lowers the roof in less than 17 seconds,

and can be activated at speeds up to 30 Kph. The Spider is fitted with the McLaren Airbrake, an active rear

wing that increases its angle to boost downforce and improve stopping power and stability through corners.

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Big games ahead after cup shocks T

HIS weekend there are crucial games at both ends of the Premiership with Arsenal taking on Manchester City and Aston Villa meeting Southampton.

The other PL fixtures are EvertonSwansea, Fulham-Wigan, Manchester United-Liverpool, Norwich-Newcastle, Reading-WBA, QPR-Spurs, StokeChelsea and West Ham-Sunderland.

The big game in League One features Bournemouth against Swindon while Gillingham, first, and second-placed Port Vale meet in League Two. As always there were shocks in the third round of the FA Cup. Macclesfield, 82 places below Cardiff, beat the Championship leaders 2-1, and Luton, 60 places below Wolves, ousted the Wanderers 1-0.

Brighton knocked out Newcastle 2-0, making it another fruitless 720-mile round-trip for Alan Pardew’s team.

Oldham won 3-2 at Nottingham Forest while Blackpool (at Fulham), Bournemouth (at Wigan) and Bolton (v Sunderland) gained creditable draws.

Robin van Persie’s brilliant ‘Fergie time’ equaliser earned Manchester United a 2-2 draw at West Ham who reintroduced Joe Cole (signed from Liverpool).

After a bust-up with his manager, Mario Balotelli helped Manchester City beat Watford 3-0 and holders Chelsea walloped Southampton 5-1 with €8.63 million debutant Demba Ba scoring twice. Spurs licked Coventry 3-0 in a repeat of the 1987 final while gallant Hastings, up from the seaside to the Riverside, lost 4-1 at Middlesbrough.

Elsewhere, Liverpool beat Mansfield 2-1, Daniel Sturridge (€14.79 million from Chelsea) and Luis Suarez (with his hand) on target; Aston Villa ousted Ipswich, Huddersfield won at Charlton, Norwich defeated Peterborough, Leicester overcame Burton Albion and Swansea drew with Arsenal.

The fourth round (on January 26/27) includes Bolton or Sunderland v Everton or Cheltenham, Brighton v Swansea or Arsenal, Crystal Palace or Stoke v Manchester City, Leeds or Birmingham v Spurs, Macclesfield v Wigan or Bournemouth, Millwall v Villa, Norwich v Luton, Oldham v Liverpool,

Milan players walk off SPORTS SCENE

By Tony Matthews 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.

Frank Lampard is now Chelsea’s second highest scorer of alltime with 192 goals, 10 behind Bobby Tambling’s club record haul of 202.

• South African pace-man Vernon om Philander took five for seven in New ck.c rsto e t Zealand’s all-out total of 45 in the t Shu s/ first cricket Test in Cape Town. That ork W to Pho was the lowest Test score for 39 years.

The hosts declared on 347 for eight before bowling out the Kiwis again for 275 to win by an innings and 27.

• England’s cricketers are in India for the One Day International series.

• Former Australian bowler Glenn McGrath has been inducted into Cricket’s Hall of Fame, while another Aussie, Mike Hussey, has retired.

• Olympic tennis champion Andy Murray won the Brisbane International tournament to set him up nicely for the Australian Open which starts on Monday.

• Next month, Darren Clarke will play in India’s new Golf League (modelled on cricket’s 20/20 game). ksb / Sh • It’s Harlequins first, uttersto ck.com Saracens second, Leicester third and Wasps fourth in Rugby’s Aviva Premiership.

• The Masters Snooker championship starts on Sunday at London’s Alexander Palace.

• And disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong might ‘reveal all’.

Southend or Brentford v Chelsea, WBA or QPR v Sheffield Wed or MK Dons and West Ham or Manchester Utd v Fulham or Blackpool.

REVEALING: Lance Armstrong.

RIP

FORMER Bradford, West Brom, Chelsea, Manchester City, Luton, Crystal Palace, Stockport, Peterborough and England striker Derek Kevan has died, aged 77.

Between 1951 and 1969, the ‘Tank’ scored 235 goals in 440 games, including 173 in 291 starts for WBA. Promoted with Chelsea (1963), he

• AC Milan players walked off the pitch during a friendly in Pro Patria when home fans chanted racist abuse. “We will do this again” said Milan’s skipper Prince Boateng.

• Real Madrid chief Jose Mourinho wants to manage in the UAE before he retires.

• Wolves sacked manager Stale Solbakken immediately after their Cup exit at Luton. He’s the sixth managerial casualty since Christmas and the 20th this season. Dean Saunders will be the new man in at Molineux.

Did you know?

helped Stockport win the Fourth Division (1967), gained 14 England caps (eight goals) and played in the 1958 World Cup. • Wing-half Keith Ripley, who made 305 League appearances with Leeds, Norwich, Mansfield, Peterborough and Doncaster, has also passed away, aged 77.

FUTURE GOAL: Jose Mourinho.

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Last gasp thrilling win La Vila RC 30 - 28 Getxo Artea LA VILA won a thrilling game against Getxo Artea at the Villajoyosa Rugby stadium.

The ‘Joneses’ triumphed 30 – 28, winning the game in the last minute through a Sorribes penalty.

The Basque team began defiantly, with outside half Linklater controlling the game with accurate kicks to touch and making penetrating runs to gain territory.

La Vila defended their line fiercely to stay in the game, and countered through half backs Chivers and Quirelli who made some incisive breaks in offence.

The scoring opened with a penalty in the fifth minute by man of the match Sorribes, who followed this with a touch of magic, scoring and converting a try in the 14th minute.

However, the Basque team responded strongly with two separate tries through Lee Martin and Calvo. La Vila seemed to recover well, but then conceded a third try, this time at the hands of Aboitiz. Just before half time La Vila’s Sorribes again crossed for his second try and slotted home the conversion to leave the home side only four points down at 17-21 at

the break.

With just three minutes of the second half played Garate scored a try for Getxo, giving the away side a comfortable 17-28 lead. But cracks began to show in the Basque defence after consistent pressure from the Vileros a metre from the line, which resulted in a try for fly half Chivers.

In the 68th minute Sorribes converted a penalty to bring the GOING FORWARD: Edu Sorribes on the attack for La Vila. teams within one score at 27-28.

This provided the platform for A final score of 30-28 gave four one of the most exciting finishes the Villajoyosa crowd have seen so far this valuable points to La Vila, cutting the gap season. With just a minute to play, the in the table with Cajasol Science to seven result rested with the boot of Sorribes, points. and the impressive kicker took a moment La Vila return to the Villajoyosa Rugby to compose himself before slotting the ground to face Cetransa El Salvador on ball home.

Sunday (January 13).

Close match at Oliva Nova Karate kick starts

MONTGO GOLF SOCIETY played their final game of 2012 at Oliva Nova in beautiful sunshine with the temperature around 18ºC. The stableford competition was sponsored by Cazzie and Richard Millington with festive prizes on offer.

The winner was George Braddick beating Gordon

Gleeson and Alan Skinner on handicap with all three scoring 38 points.

Fourth and fifth places were also decided on handicap with Ed Wallace getting the better of John Day with both players scoring 34 points.

The nearest the pins were for second shots on holes 5 and 18 and these went to Shaun O’Gorman

and guest Lee Feek respectively. Two’s were won by Alan Skinner, Richard Millington and John Lamont.

The next game is at Font del Llop tomorrow (Friday) with a first tee at 10am for a stableford competition sponsored by Simon and Stella Fox. For more details: www.montgogolfsociety.net

the New Year MORE than 60 new students tried Washinkai Karate for the first time during the Christmas Sports Fair at Javea Sports Centre.

The taster day was organised by Javea Town Hall for young people to try out a new sport.

Instructor Sarah Lakin said: “It was really great fun.

I think we are going to see most of these become new students and come along to our beginner’s

KARATE KIDS: More than 60 youngsters tried out karate at a Javea sports fair. classes which start this month. Everyone is welcome!”

Washinkai is the

largest karate club in the Valencian Community and new beginner’s classes start in January.

Bowls club cheer HAPPY GOLFERS: Lovely weather to end the year for Montgo Golf Society.

THE morning after the night before saw a large number of bowlers out on the green at Benitachell Bowls club to welcome in the New Year.

Those who wore fancy dress were determined to enjoy the good weather, the company and the laughter, followed by cava and nibbles. Many thanks to Derek and Christine Mawson for organising the day and all those who fed and watered the partied-out bowlers!

CHEERY DAY: Celebrating the New Year at Benitachell Bowls Club.