Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 13 - 19 March 2014 Issue 1497

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Almost done BENIDORM’S 47-storey In Tempo tower block is now finished. But the developers still need cash to finish the interiors of the topmost floors and landscape the surrounding plot.

In the picture CINE PAZ in Gata, which closed 12 years ago, is to reopen. They do not expect to make a profit but will be happy to cover costs, the owners said.

Joining up A TOTAL of 1,181 Alicante Province residents hope to obtain one of 2,000 vacancies in Spain’s armed forces. There were 105 women amongst the local applicants.

Settling debts THE courts have ordered Calpe Town Hall to pay rubbish-collecting firm Colsur two outstanding bills plus interest amounting to €309,000.

Colsur, involved in the Brugal scandal, allegedly defrauded €11.5 million.

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Help stop fires, urges Teulada Town Hall TEULADA has called on residents and visitors to do everything within their power to avoid fires.

Wildfire is not only a summer hazard, the town hall reminded them. High temperatures, lack of rain and the dangerous Poniente (west) wind increase fire risk even in winter.

The town has suffered six fires in two months and all were the result of negligence. Some were caused due to burning garden waste, others by throwing away hot or smouldering ashes from

fireplaces and barbecues.

Even discarded broken bottles and glass can start a wildfire. So can a cigarette end or

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN: A glimpse of Benidorm.

Benidorm takes a taxi TAXIS in Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow are advertising Benidorm. The sides of 53 vehicles are emblazoned with views of the resort, as are the tip-up seats that face passengers inside the cabs.

The Benidorm Tourist Foundation project costs €18,000 but the images are expected to be seen by an estimated 2,870,784 Britons. It comes under a €200,000 advertising campaign programmed for the first three months of this year.

match thrown from a car window or while out walking, a town hall notice is warning residents.

Overgrown, untended land is another hazard, the town hall said, and proceedings were begun last year against 84 owners who failed to maintain land adequately.

Teulada Council has led by example and spent €6,000 on cleaning, clearing and maintaining 29,400 square metres of municipally-owned land.

Clearing stream beds of vegetation and reeds while clearing the Senillar marsh and the Font de l’Horta has cost a further €30,000.

Anyone detecting signs of fire should immediately ring the emergency services on 112. The sooner the alarm is raised, the less damage a fire can cause, the town hall declared.

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Letters LINE 9: Too many breakdowns, users complain.

Train does not take the strain

LINE 9 between Benidorm and Denia continues to be in the public eye.

In late January the regional government announced a €43 million investment to improve the line between now and 2020.

Days later a train broke down outside Benissa, stranding passengers for five hours as railway staff tried to restart it.

A little over two weeks after that, 25 passengers waited for an hour at the Albir halt when their Denia-bound train broke down and had to be substituted.

“It’s not good enough,” a passenger said.

“It’s bad for tourists and people who need to get to work just can’t rely on the train.”

The Albir breakdown coincided with the reopening of the Benidorm to Alfaz del Pi section, following major works that lasted more than three months and cost €3.3 million. The new automatic blocking system failed to respond the first day it was in use although the fault was detected and repaired. “Safety was at no time compromised,” sources said.

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NEWS Smoke signals MORE than half of Valencian Community shops selling electronic cigarettes have closed over the last six months.

Adverse publicity and a dwindling market were to blame, principal distributors said.

No reply VODAFONE was barred from erecting a communications’ mast in Baradella in Sierra Mariola as it did not comply with regulations. Barxell and Sargento must now continue without a mobile signal.

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Volunteers ‘essential’ to safety FIRE is a perpetual threat on the Costa Blanca, and high winds increase the danger.

Recent gales with gusts of 70 kilometres did their worst, but a fire in Javea’s Cansalades area was fortunately spotted by both a Guardia Civil patrol and the desalinisation plant staff.

Denia fire brigade was dealing with separate fires in Monte Segaria and Pedreguer at the time, so the Balcon al Mar volunteer firefighters and Proteccion Civil members were mobilised.

Unassisted during the first hour they fought the blaze

Plain words “PERRO, mierda, calle, multa” is Benidorm Town Hall’s succinct warning that dog owners will be fined for not cleaning up after their pets. Ten people have now been fined €150 since regulations were tightened.

Turn-off THE Riegos de Levante irrigation consortium temporarily cut water supplies to 6,700 Elche growers in arrears with payments. The consortium president decided to ignore an AGM resolution and reestablished the supply.

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that destroyed 500 square metres of pine and scrub on private property. Reinforcements arrived later and the fire was under control by 5.40am, almost three hours after it began. It was finally extinguished at 8am.

Initial investigations by Javea’s Local Police suggest that the fire began in the property’s electrical installation. The Balcon al Mar firefighters and Proteccion Civil were vital in controlling the fire and both are essential to Javea safety, said Public Safety Councillor Juan Ortala.

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Mugger detained A GUARDIA CIVIL patrol arrested a 28-year-old Spanish man they saw threatening and robbing a young woman in Ibi. He was found with a machete and €20 of her money.

Fair let-down ELDA footwear manufacturers were disappointed by the attendance at the Milan shoe trade fair. Sales were reasonable but there were fewer clients from Spain, Italy or Eastern Europe, they said.

FATHER’S DAY: Celebrated in Spain on March 19 which is also Saint Joseph’s Day.

Ideal for Ikea SIXTEEN reports named Rabasa in Alicante City as the best Ikea site, said regional infrastructure chief Isabel Bonig. She neither knew developer Enrique Ortiz nor did she owe him anything, she insisted.

Weeding needed A CAMPELLO Opposition councillor complained that weeds and vegetation are choking the River Seco and streambeds. This increased the risk of flooding during periods of heavy rain, she said.

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On tap THE regional government has approved the Elche-MonovarAlgueña gas pipeline. The 60kilometre subterranean pipeline will cost €11 million and should be finished in 2015.

Dolphins rule

Time for the dads!

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ARCH 19 is Saint Joseph’s Day and in Spain, it’s Father’s Day. In 1948, a schoolteacher in Dehesa de la Villa (north of Madrid) decided to mark the day at her school to keep her students’ fathers happy, as some of them claimed to be ‘jealous’ of Mother’s Day and wanted a day of their own.

The date was chosen to coincide with Saint Joseph’s Day, as she considered him the ideal role model for Christian fathers. The event included mass, gifts for the fathers hand-made by the girls, and a party with poetry, dancing and a play.

The idea became popular and was announced the following year in local papers with which the teacher collaborated. In 1951, it went national, thanks to a programme on the national radio station.

Quote of the Week We would have suffered a lot less if the bombing had been done by ETA’

Pilar Manjon, President of 11-M, who lost her son in the March 11 Madrid train bombing.

It was promoted in 1953 by the manager at the time of the Galerias Preciados store, Jose Fernandez, and later by its rival, El Corte Ingles, thanks to its manager Ramon Areces.

In Valencia, both the city and most of the region, it is also the most important day of the ‘fallas’ celebrations.

Each neighbourhood has a group of people, the Casal faller, that works all year holding fundraising events, usually featuring paella, to produce the ‘fallas’. They are made of papiermâché and each of the figures is known as a ‘ninot’ (doll). Each group takes theirs out during a parade so they can be seen before eventually being burned with the help of fireworks.

The figures are traditionally a satirical dig at famous people and events that attract the attention of the creators.

Number of the week was the number of games in three sets needed by No. 28 ranked Alexandr Dolgopolov in his stunning upset over Rafa Nadal, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6.

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THREE surveys by the regional government and Valencia University counted 1,600 marine mammals and turtles off the coast of the region’s three provinces. Approximately 1,400 were striped dolphins.

Starting young ISABELLA DE LA POLA, a fourth-year primary pupil in Alicante City, asked for money instead of presents on her birthday. She donated the €250 proceeds to an association for children with rare diseases.

So there!

REGIONAL PRESIDENT Alfredo Fabra rebutted suggestions that the Valencian Community is riddled with political corruption. Andalucia is far worse, he claimed.

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Beware unkempt toilets! Learn from the unlucky lady who had a public toilet in Barcelona’s Gothic quarter explode under her. The poorly-maintained septic tank had a huge build-up of methane gas, which resulted in a spark from the light switch causing an explosion, leaving her with second- and third-degree burns to the legs. She is suing the bar owner.

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Action on gender abuse THE National Police in Gandia investigated 44 cases of gender violence this year.

These resulted in 37 arrests, said police chief Armando Jimenez.

Last year saw a total of 241 formal complaints, resulting in 208 arrests, Jimenez announced.

In a bid to eradicate what it termed ‘a social scourge’ the town halls Public Safety Committe met the central government’s delegate Luis Santamaria to establish a plan of action in these cases.

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See how they grow!

PUPILS at the Balco de Finestrat school celebrated Tree Day by planting seedlings.

Local mayor Honorato Algado, accompanied by Fernando Martinez and Maria Llorca, respective councillors for the Environment and Education, went along to watch.

Native species including holm oak, carobs, rosemary and other shrubs were planted on the perimeter of the school.

“The children can see them grow day by day,”

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Class act VILLAJOYOSA’S Tourist Office received a Q for Quality for the fourth consecutive year from the ICTE. The award bestows ‘prestige, reliability, distinction and accuracy’ on recipients, the tourist institute said.

Long goodbye TREE PLANTING: Honorato Salgado (third from right) looks on as pupils get digging.

Algado said. “It is easier

to awaken a sense of protection and love for trees in the young when they can watch

something grow that they have planted themselves,” the mayor continued.

When two wheels are better than four FOUR Red Cross volunteers will be patrolling on bicycles during the Fallas fiestas in Valencia later this month.

Their duties start on March 15 and each cyclist will attend to minor injuries or remain with casualties until an ambulance can arrive.

As the huge papier mache constructions await the ‘crema’ on March 19 when they go up in smoke,

many roads are cut off in the city centre. Volunteers have found that a cyclist is usually able to dodge the crowds and reach an accident more quickly than an ambulance.

Bicycles were used in the past, explained Lorenzo Lopez, a Red Cross expert in First Aid and Emergencies, and it was the volunteers themselves who suggested using them again this year.

LAS TERRAZAS will be demolished once Benidorm Council has approved the temporary removal of its Iberdrola transformer.

The complex was built in the mid-60s and condemned in 2000.

Track suicide A 52-YEAR-OLD Argentinian living in Elche died when hit by a train in Teulada. He jumped on to the line as it approached, witnesses said.

Minimum force FORTY-THREE Marina Baja police officers took a two-day martial arts course in La Nucia, using ‘non-damaging techniques that provide maximum efficiency with minimum effort.’

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Wellbalanced BENITACHELL finished 2013 with €2,362,908 in the municipal kitty.

After subtracting €539,234 in bad debts from previous years, there was a town hall surplus of €1,823,674.

Sales plan SAN VICENTE, whose population grew last year by 900, has only 207 unsold new homes.

The majority belong to banks and all are expected to sell by 2015.

Raw deal THE Valencian Community receives €1,665 per resident per year from the national government in Madrid.

This is €277 below the national average.

Big turnoff HUNDREDS of households in Javea’s Thiviers district had their water cut off for several hours after three pipes burst simultaneously. The mains infrastructure is old, residents said, and needs replacing.

School run A COLOMBIAN drug smuggler was arrested in Benidorm after taking his son to school. Police had been looking for him for six years.

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Still going strong BENIDORM’S Local Police force recently celebrated its 170th anniversary.

It was created in 1844, according to the minutes of a town hall assembly presided over by Jose Thous Perez. Two local men, Francisco Orozco and Francisco Zaragoza, were appointed to guard the town.

Their successors were honoured 170 years later in a ceremony attended

by Benidorm’s mayor, Agustin Navarro, and Sebastian Fernandez from the regional government’s tourism department.

Also present were officers from the National Police, the Guardia Civil and Local Police chiefs from neighbouring municipalities as well as

LINE-UP: Agustin Navarro inspects Benidorm’s Local Police. local dignitaries.

“Thanks to the dedication, effort and hard work of the three police forces, Benidorm has established itself as one of the safest places in Spain and Europe,” Navarro said.

The streets are patrolled by Community Police, the mayor pointed out, although public safety in the resort was further assisted by efficient security and control in neighbouring towns.

Airport could hit the 10 million mark ALICANTE AIRPORT expects a record 10 million passengers this year, thanks to increased international flights.

The high season begins on March 30 and continues until October 28, said the aiport’s director Santiago Martinez-Cava. During this time airlines will offer 8.3 million seats on 47,132 flights - 3 per cent more than in 2013.

Eighty per cent of the passengers will be foreign tourists and travellers, Martinez-Cava said, although there will also be

an increase in domestic flights with an estimated 1.1 million passengers.

There will be 15 new routes, including the two first-time destinations of Santander and Rome.

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Alfaz aka Little Norway ago and now has more than 1,000 members, recently opened larger and more strategicallylocated premises. This will allow it to embark on further social and

cultural activities, explained the club’s president, Bjorg Svedbergh.

The new club building was formally opened by Svedbergh and Alfaz’s

mayor Vicente Arques who together cut the ribbon that symbolically enclosed the property.

Alfaz del Pi was first labelled ‘Little Norway’ many years ago and there are now 2,500 Norwegian residents on the municipal padron.

The true number is probably closer to 8,000, town hall sources have said.

The ‘magnificent

relations’ with Norway are the real foundations on which the club’s second building has been constructed, Svedbergh and Arques agreed.

The opening coincided with the news that Alfaz has asked UNED (Spain’s Open University) in Denia to offer the option of Norwegian classes under the supervision of Oslo University.

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ALFAZ DEL PI’S Club Noruego Costa Blanca recently saw a longcherished dream become reality.

The club, which was founded almost 44 years

Rabbits are turning into ‘cereal killers’

LIT UP: Most populated areas are the brightest.

Spain from space THIS image from the International Space Station shows the Iberian Peninsula including Spain and Portugal at night.

The lights from human settlements reveal where the major towns and activity are. The large mass of light in the middle is Madrid, Spain’s capital city. The Iberian coastline is heavily populated with Valencia and Barcelona along the Mediterranean Sea prominent at the bottom right of the photo.

CEREAL farmers in the inland El Comtat area joined Elche vegetable growers in their concerns about rabbits.

Unlike the Elche growers, the farmers in the area adjoining Alcoy are more dependent on rain, and the drought and the rabbits are putting paid to this year’s harvest.

Despite considerable rain last autumn and snowfalls this winter the area is now parched after months without rain, explained Gonzalo Cots, area secretary of the local farmers’ union.

The planted cereal is hardly growing and rabbits devour the shoots as soon as they appear.

The damage that the rabbits are inflicting on the crops is so noticeable because there is little spontaneous vegetation for them to eat, Cots explained.

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Helping out with a winter sale HELP charity shop in La Jara starts its winter sale on March 17.

More space is needed for new stock

and HELP are offering 50 per cent off their already keen prices on all clothing.

There is also a selection of good quality household goods and various items of brica-brac.

“We are always in need of new supplies of good quality BENISSA has waited since 2009 for work to restart on the clothing to enable us to fund the various N332 bypass.

The central government in Madrid approved the ring- charitable needs of road and work began in 2008. It ground to a halt the our local community,” following year when the contractors ran into financial HELP said.

The shop is open difficulties and went into liquidation.

An end to the five-year wait could be in sight, following from 10am-1.30pm a meeting in Madrid between Benissa’s mayor Juan weekdays and from on Bautista Rosello and Jorge Urrecho, who heads Spain’s 10am-1pm Saturdays. They are Highways Directorate.

The N332, one of Spain’s busiest main roads, passes always looking for through the centre of Benissa, cutting the town in half. new volunteers to The road is choked with traffic during the high season and staff the shop any or for is a black spot that has seen many accidents over the morning, years. It has also claimed lives, Rosello reminded Urrecho occasional help when needed. as he once again urged the ministry to finish the bypass.

Telephone 96 642 The Ministry of Public Works is acting to ensure that the contract is put out to tender before the end of the year, 2988 or call in to the shop for full details.

Urrecho confirmed.

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Phones tapped but no prosecution likely WHOEVER tapped the phones of Teulada’s mayor Antoni Joan

Bertomeu is unlikely to be prosecuted.

Although wire-tapping is a criminal offence, the case was provisionally shelved by Denia investigating judge, Javier Reyes.

It is impossible to proceed, Reyes said, because in their report police admitted that it was impossible to determine who contracted the lines that supplanted or duplicated

Bertomeu’s Town Hall and private phones.

Last August the mayor began to suspect that his phones were bugged and brought in policeapproved specialists to carry out a search.

After a sweep of Bertomeu’s office, the experts concluded that his calls were being intercepted by someone using cloned SIM cards.

Temporarily shelving the court investigation did not imply doubts that the offence was committed, the judge continued.

If more evidence emerges, the case will reopen, he said.

ANTONI JOAN BERTOMEU: Teulada mayor’s phones were bugged.

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Flatpack for Valencia THE region’s first Ikea opens in Alfafar (Valencia) on June 17.

With an area of 37,300 square metres it will be Spain’s largest and provide direct employment for 400 people.

Tying knot A TOTAL of 966 couples registered cohabitation partnerships in the Valencian Community last year.

The majority were in Valencia Province (476) followed by Alicante Province (348) and Castellon (142).

Work it out THE Marina Baja lost 11,800 jobs since 2007.

Although unemployment figures fell by 133 last month, this was “symbolic” the unions claimed, with precarious jobs substituting stable employment.

‘Never on Sundays’ for Juan Roig JUAN ROIG, president of Mercadona supermarkets, does not envisage Sunday opening.

He did not rule out the possibility, however: “If we have to open, then we will open.

If we have to dance Sevillanas, then we’ll dance Sevillanas.”

Roig was speaking at the presentation of the Valencia-based company’s annual report, announcing a €19.8 billion turnover and €515 million profits in 2013.

Owing to stiff competition in the retail sector and because Spain’s economic situation “is not buoyant,” 2014 promised to be a hard year for the

company, he admitted.

Roig preferred not to make predictions regarding the Spanish economy: “If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that actions speak louder than words.”

Staff remained unchanged at 74,000 in 2013, despite an earlier pledge to engage a further 1,000 employees. Nor will there be more contracts this year despite plans for 60 new supermarkets.

Mercadona created 10,500 jobs in 2011 and 2012 and he was proud, Roig said, that 80 per cent of Mercadona employees had been with the company for four years or more and earned a minimum of €1,400 a month.

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Spanish Nanny for the UK’s Prince George THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have picked a Spanish-born nanny for baby George The new nanny, who is thought to have started working for William and Kate last month, is currently being shown the ropes by Kate’s mum Carole Middleton.

William and Kate are currently enjoying a romantic break in the Maldives. They arrived in the capital Malé last Thursday on their first trip away alone together since the birth of baby George last summer.

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PRINCE GEORGE: New nanny.

Sources say the Spanish-born nanny, who ‘lives for her job’ is using this time to bond with baby George.

The dark-haired woman has been seen out and about with her charge. They’ve been spotted strolling around London’s Hyde Park, a protection officer in tow.

Cameras roll for new online series FILMING has started on a new webseries in Benidorm.

‘Love in B’ tells the story of the hidden influence of love in relationships and the behaviour of five friends living in Benidorm.

The series is being filmed by a group of young people, led by Antonio Hellin who is bringing to life the stories of Elena Lopez, who is making her debut as a screenwriter.

The production has

the backing of the Department of Culture and will begin airing online on June 2.

You can follow the progress and watch the trailer by searching ‘Love in B’ on Facebook.

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Another town opposes drilling PEGO, like other Marina Baja towns, wants to halt oil prospecting in the Gulf of Valencia.

Although the Balearics will be worst affected by the Cairn Energy explorations, town halls throughout the Valencian Community unanimously oppose the project, irrespective of political orientation,.

Pego Council recently approved a motion asking the regional government to halt the scheme, although PP and PSOE councillors abstained from the vote. Both parties objected to the wording of the motion proposed by Compromis Per Pego, which accused both the political parties of conniving at national level with the energy multinationals.

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Priest sold church property to sex shop AN Alcoy-born priest has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement.

Francisco Sirvent, the legal representative of the Catholic foundation, Fundacion Lucani, sold one of its Valencia City properties for €100,000, the court heard.

The building was subsequently turned into a sex shop.

Instead of paying in the proceeds of the sale to one of the foundation’s bank accounts, the priest deposited the cheque in his own fixed-term account. Sirvent also transferred €30,000 of the foundation’s money into

the same account.

During Sirvent’s trial, witnesses told the court that he liked to introduce himself as ‘Monsignor Borja, the Pope’s successor’.

This was not the first time that Sirvent had been involved in a scandal, as he was expelled from his post as an army chaplain in Ibiza during the 1990s, accused of sexually harassing soldiers.

From there Sirvent went to Puerto Rico, where he was banned from saying Mass or hearing confessions following accusations of sexual abuse and taking church money.

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Wind keeps the rain away IT has been the windiest winter Alicante Province has known for 25 years.

High winds have been consistently registered throughout the winter at Alicante Airport and Alicante University (UA) weather stations, said Jorge Olcina, the UA’s Climatology director.

The same Atlantic storms and troughs of low pressure that have assailed Northern Spain and Southern England are to blame for the record-breaking gales in this part of the world, Olcina explained.

These high winds are also responsible for the lack of rain and the spectre of drought now threatening the province, he added.

Areas like l’Alacanti and Vinalopo are already on yellow alert and if the spring fails to bring heavy rain, they will be on full alert by June.

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Costa shopping sold to China CHINESE tour operators have visited Alcoy and Benidorm as part of a familiarisation trip.

Whilst in the province, they participated in a conference in Alicante promoting the Costa Blanca.

The tour operators are from some of the most densely populated and most economically powerful provinces of China and the Costa Blanca is being promoted as a destination for shopping.

Experts predict that by 2020 China will become the world’s largest source of tourists eager to engage in culture, cuisine and shopping.

Currently, it is unlikely that the scheduling of direct flights between Alicante and China will happen immediately, but the AVE offers many possibilities with Chinese tourists travelling to Madrid by train.

Spain receives an average 250,000 Chinese tourists a year.

Car stolen with child inside A MAN has been arrested in Benidorm for stealing a car with a child inside.

It is reported that the 35-year-old stole the car from a car dealership. The owners had left their sleeping seven-year-old child along with the keys inside the vehicle as they went into the building, giving the thief the opportunity to strike. Police were alerted and quickly intercepted the vehicle. The man told officers that he had not realised there was a child inside.

Protest Day HUNDREDS of people took to the streets of Elche to protest against the reforms to the Abortion Act. Placards and banners read ‘I decide’ and called the changes an attack on the rights, autonomy and freedom of women. Organisers said more than 1,500 people took part.

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Students celebrate IES Institute of L’Alfas l’Arabi students celebrated International Women’s Day by participating in a poster competition to mark the occasion.

Burglars jailed THREE men have been sent to prison for robbing a house in Benidorm as the occupants slept.

Dear petrol ALICANTE Province is one of the most expensive in Spain to buy petrol. According to average figures corresponding to January, the province registered €1.414 per litre of gasoline.

Javea to plate JAVEA Restaurant Association (ARX) has launched the fifth edition of the gastronomic event ‘Javea to plate’ taking place at restaurants until Tuesday, offering fixed price menus of €30.

New pricing for electricity A NEW system for calculating the price of electricity in Spanish households will come into force next month.

The Ministry for Industry, Tourism and Trade has confirmed the new mechanism will be applied from April 1.

Sources at the ministry led by Jose Manuel Soria said the overall savings with the new system could result in an average 3 per cent reduction in consumers’ bills.

As previously reported by the Euro Weekly News , the mechanism will set the variable part of the electricity bill, which accounts for 45 per cent of the total, in

accordance with the average price on the wholesale market.

Users with meters that calculate electricity usage per hour, also known as ‘intelligent’ meters, will pay depending on the market price every hour.

This way the price of MW per hour could go from €0 in the early hours of the morning, up to €90 in the evening, according to sources.

The ministry will also give suppliers the possibility to offer an annual electricity fee.

This pricing system, especially aimed at small and medium sized companies, will offer a stable but higher price.

Vodafone eye ONO SPANISH cable group ONO looks like it will be sold to British telecommunications group Vodafone.

According to Reuters, “people with knowledge of the discussions” said that a preliminary deal had been reached.

No price has been announced, but it is thought it would have to be substantially higher than the €7 billion the company was being prepared to be listed at.

The purchase, if it goes through, is part of a plan to expand and improve its European business after the sale of its US arm for $130 billion (€93.8 billion) last year.

In honour of Alfaz’s senior citizens ALFAZ DEL PI is organising a photography event in honour of the town’s senior citizens.

Councillors Isabel

XMunoz and Gunilla Herrera announced that they want as many participants as possible “because it is a tribute to our elders.”

Photographs can be entered from April 14-May 8 at the Alfaz Social Centre, and must LOCAL vendors took to the be original and streets as part of the Spring reflect the town Fashion Fair held at the La and its elderly Barbera, La Vila. residents.

The initiative was proCash prizes of moted by Vilera Business €250, €150 and Association in partnership €100 are available with the town hall. to the winners.

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Washed ashore LAST year saw 25 large marine mammals 21 dolphins, two sperm whales and a goose-beaked whale - washed up on Balearic shores. Of these, 16 were found on Mallorca, seven on Ibiza and two on Menorcan shores.

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Film invite SWEDEN is the ‘invited country’ at the third Palma MareMostra international cinema festival, being held between May 26 to 31.

It is the first European film festival dedicated exclusively to the sea.

Identity sought GUARDIA CIVIL are trying to identify a murdered woman whose body was found on a beach at Can Picafort. The woman, aged between 35 and 45, had suffered a blow to the head and been suffocated.

FREEDOM: Three of the 14 rescued horses enjoying their new space.

Animals rescued from ‘living hell’ TWENTY-FOUR hours after the Euro Weekly News (EWN) Costa Blanca South edition hit the streets last week, the horses and donkeys reported on the front page story were being rescued and removed from the squalid and cramped conditions they were living in.

EWN was the only free English-language newspaper at the premises in Callosa de Segura as Sue and Rod Weeding, founders of the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre (EHCRC), were joined by Veronica Sanchez from donkey sanctuary El Refugio del Burrito in Malaga and Raquel Lopez from DeAnimals specialist animal rights legal firm. After a morning in court obtaining final paperwork, the group were accompanied by the Guardia Civil and Seprona agents to the site, where the owners were told that the animals had to be removed.

Despite initial protests and delays, the horses and donkeys were gradually rounded up and taken to EHCRC in Rojales, including the donkeys, which later left the rescue centre for their new home in Malaga.

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Tasty tomatoes THE tomato crop in the Murcia Region increased in 2013 by 3.3 per cent compared to 2012, reaching nearly 300,000 tonnes.

Victims tribute MURCIA has held a tribute to the victims of terrorism on the occasion of the European Day for the Victims of Terrorism. It also marked the 10th anniversary of the March 11, 2004, bomb attacks in Madrid.

Breath tests GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Murcia carried out more than 6,500 breath tests during the region’s carnival celebrations. Of these, 177 proved positive.

Industrial production MURCIA’S industrial production index (IPI) recorded a drop of 5.2 per cent in January compared with the same month last year.

The national average decline was 0.1 per cent.

AFTER a decade of threats, demands and attempts, Salobreña Town Hall will finish the reconstruction of the castle, the town’s most emblematic symbol. The Junta de Andalucia has apportioned €60,000 for the project.

ALMUÑECAR and Motril both held celebrations for the Official Proclamation of Holy Week (Pregon Oficial de Semana Santa).

The celebrations were accompanied by music organised by the town’s houses of culture.

A GIRL, aged 13, was rushed to Son Espases Hospital in a critical condition after falling from a fifth floor flat in Palma. She suffered multiple injuries.

BRITISH Ambassador Simon Manley visited the Guardia Civil in the Balearics on Monday. He was said to have discussed the service given to the 2.5 million British tourists who visit the islands every year.

Castle reconstruction

Holy Week

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Rojales run MORE THAN 700 runners took part in the third Rojales Fun organised by the town’s Athletics Club. Torrevieja’s Department of Health had a stand at the event, promoting health advice and information.

in the province with a population of less than 1,000 people.

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Tango Tour THE 16th International Tango Festival is set to begin in the province of Granada with an eclectic variety of music, song and dance. Almuñecar is among a number of towns which will host the festival.

Financial boost SALOBREÑA expects a boost to its economy with an additional €4 million, €2 million from a renewed contract with Water and Services (Agua y Servicios) and €2 million it is owed from the TH-2 agreement.

COSTA DEL SOL

Happy recycling RECYCLING efforts in Mijas are experiencing ‘marvellous success’ with record numbers of containers collected.

The campaign is offering tickets to the Aquapark to all who contribute certain amounts.

Flashy arrest

A 50-MINUTE documentary ‘Tu y yo’ featuring Almeria singer David Bisbal is to be shown in 16 cinemas throughout Spain from March 20.

AN 18-year-old man with a prior police record has been arrested for having stolen a 0.56 carat diamond worth €3,000 from a jewellery store in Malaga City’s historic Calle Larios.

On the trail

Debut disc

First choice

AROUND 300 walkers took part in the sixth Cabo de Gata Trail, walking from San Jose to Rodalquilar.

ALMERIA band Cables Cruzados have released their first Album ‘Nubes y Fabulas’. The album was recorded in Madrid and finished at Abbey Road Studios in London.

JUNTA de Andalucia president Susana Diaz and her colleague Elena Valenciano chose Malaga Province as the site to kick off their pre-election campaign as they seek to garner support in the upcoming European elections.

AXARQUIA

Fibre-optics coming

COSTA DE ALMERÍA

Festival plans THE town hall of Tabernas has started preparing for the fourth Western Film Festival. It is expected to take place in October.

Town help THE Government of Almeria has approved for the third year running, a budget of €510,000 to be shared between 51 towns (€10,000 each town)

Community activities MOTRIL’s Co-operation and Citizens Relations councillor has announced the list of activities organised by her department for the next four months.

The three major blocks are workshops, the ‘Traveling Motrileños’ initiative and local fiesta co-ordination.

CABLERUNNER Iberica has entered into an agreement with Mijas Town Hall to install fibre optics through underground drainage networks. Cablerunner will pay local government €4 per metre installed plus 3 per cent of gross annual income.

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Third ‘trenet’ breakdown in a month MORE red faces at the regional railway network, Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV).

The trouble-prone Line 9 between Denia and Benidorm line had another breakdown, this time at La Jara.

By the time the driver

reached the halt, three stops out from Denia, he detected engine problems and opted to return to the terminus, FGV said later.

The 40 passengers did not have to leave the train that had set out at 7.04am, but had an hour’s wait back in Denia for

the next train.

They were told by FGV that they were entitled to reclaim the cost of their tickets but this did not compensate for arriving late at work, many passengers said afterwards.

This was the third Line 9 failure in the last month

following breakdowns in Benissa and Albir. Although the safety of the line is not in question, the trains’ diesel engines are more than 30 years old and due to be replaced under the regional government’s €43 million investment plan for the line.

The Original Charity Shop sponsors ‘Lonny 4 Emaus’ LONNY GERUNGAN is a Dutch celebrity chef who has supported children’s charities in Indonesia.

One even earned him an entry in the Guinness Book of Records when he prepared a rice table 660 metres long for 1,200 people.

Lonny is now preparing an event for children’s charity Emaus at El Cirer, La Nucia, on April 4 and 5.

He will cook an Indonesian meal for as

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Special offer ALTEA pensioners eligible for free rubbish collection will no longer have to make a yearly application. Exemption will be automatically renewed, the town hall has announced.

Piano deal THE Javea conservatoire has another piano, acquired on favourable terms from the husband of its former owner.

Grape gripes SPONSORS: Original Charity Shop staff look on as Pico de Jong accepts €1,000. many people as possible and for these two days La Nucia will be transformed into the island of Bali.

The Original Charity Shop and Library, Javea, are sponsoring this event with €1,000.

Another sporting honour for La Nucia LA NUCIA is already looking forward to March 2015.

Spain’s National Sporting Press Association (AEPD) has chosen the town to host both the National Sports Gala and the association’s annual conference.

La Nucia mayor Bernable Cano made the announcement after successfully presenting the town’s candidacy in Santander, location of the AEPD’s 2014 gala and conference. The gala will be televised

live on Teledeporte and TVE’s international channel as 2014’s leading sports figures receive their prizes.

“La Nucia’s sports and cultural infrastructure make it the ideal choice for the conference and gala,” said the AEPD president Julian Redondo.

Most of the association’s members are already familiar with the town, having covered national and international events there, Redondo added.

GROWERS in Monforte del Cid complained about provincial government workers spraying glyphosate insecticide on the verges of main roads.

High winds blew the chemical towards their grapevines, they said.

New start REDUNDANT workers laid off by 198 Valencia region textile firms could receive an €840,000 EU grant.

Funds would be available for retraining, setting up new business and jobseeking.

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AN air force plane carrying Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy home from Dublin was forced to touch down soon after take-off as a precaution.

A warning light in the cockpit of the Spanish air force Falcon plane had lit up, and the pilot made the decision to turn back to Dublin. Rajoy had been in

Photo Credit: Mark_01/flickr

Prime Minister Rajoy’s flight forced to return

TURN BACK: The plane had to return to Dublin.

Ireland for a congress of

The marines are coming!

THE US Marines are coming.

The Spanish government has said yes to the American military unit stationing more troops in Spain as part of a rapid reaction force. Their presence at the Moron, Sevilla, base will go up to 850 marines, up from the 500 approved last April.

Transport and support aircraft numbers will double up to 16. The force is designed to be able to deploy to any crisis in Africa at short notice.

the European People’s Party being held in the city.

The pan-European party picked former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Junker as its candidate to be the next European Commission president.

Warning lights in air force jets seem to be becoming an occupational hazard for Spanish VIPs. In January Prince Felipe’s flight from Santo Domingo to Tegucigalpa in Honduras was forced to make an early landing for the same reason.

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S CANDINAVIAN P RESS

GERMAN PRESS Sexual violence

BRITISH PRESS Top spot

Sugar tax

Back again

NORWAY - For the second time, Oslo has lost its spot as the world’s most expensive city, beaten by Singapore and Paris in a new list put together by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

BEING overweight has become ‘normal’ and a ‘sugar tax’ may be needed to tackle the problem, the chief medical officer for England has warned.

TAKE THAT star Gary Barlow has teamed up with Gary Lineker as well as other past England stars to record the squad’s song for this summer’s World Gary Barlow.

Cup.

Aid cut SWEDEN - Sweden will halt all development aid to Uganda after the East African nation passed legislation curtailing the rights of homosexuals.

10m passengers CHANNEL TUNNEL high-speed train company Eurostar has reached the 10-million mark for annual passengers for the first time.

Testing approved LEADING scientists support introducing a 99 per cent accurate Down’s syndrome test on the NHS. Non-invasive pre-natal testing also screens for Edward’s and Patau syndrome.

Euro legends DENMARK - Eurovision legends Birthe Kjær, Rollo & King and Kirsten & Søren made a comeback by performing at the Danish National Final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.

Noise pollution DENMARK - Residents of Copenhagen have won a battle to prove that freedom from noise pollution is a human right.

Viking ship A VIKING warship dating back 1,000 years is going on display in Britain for the first time as part of a new British Museum exhibition, alongside a steel replica of the ship in its heyday.

RUSSIAN PRESS Pricey prize

iPhone influx

RUSSIAN Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has reportedly given a Mercedes-Benz to each Olympic medallist from the host country of the 2014 Sochi Games.

RUSSIA’S second-biggest mobile phone operator, Megafon, said it would buy at least 750,000 iPhones from Apple Inc over the next three years for resale.

Lent runners

Drunk driver

THE German bobsled federation has banned a driver from racing for a year for lending a set of bobsled runners to Russia’s Alexander Zubkov, who won two gold medals.

A DRUNK tractor driver, five times over the alcohol limit, decapitated three people after swerving across the road and crushing a vehicle. He fled the scene.

More tourists DIRECT flights connecting Bali and Moscow are predicted to significantly increase the flow of tourists from Russia to the island.

Miss Russia Harbour of germs.

DUTCH PRESS

A BERLIN woman, 49, was killed by her own van after it ran her over when she opened her garage door. She may have forgotten to put the handbrake on.

Puppy rescue CUSTOMS officials in Nuremberg rescued 77 puppies which were being transported in a small truck from eastern Europe. They were reportedly too young to travel.

Lost pensioner A PENSIONER from Bavaria who got lost on his way to take his car to be tested was picked up by police around 200 kilometres from home after a 20-hour ordeal.

On the sick SICK leave in Germany has increased to a 14-year high, according to research. On average, more than 4 per cent of the workforce was off sick at any one time in 2013.

Acid defence

Dirty equipment A SURVEY shows that the stethoscopes of doctors are likely to play a role in spreading infections in hospitals. Tests showed they harbour more bacteria than the hands of the doctor.

Fatal accident

PROTESTANT churches in northern Germany have voted to allow gay pastors to live in church residences with their same-sex partners for the first time.

Stop the noise!

BEING a bike nation par excellence almost one in five of all bikes sold in The Netherlands is an electrical bike, ‘RAI Vereniging’ said.

E-bike sales increased 9.4 per cent to 192,000 bikes in 2013.

ONE in three German women has experienced physical or sexual violence, a new Europe-wide study revealed. Across the EU, 62 million women at some point have been assaulted.

Gay rights

YULIA ALIPOVA, a heat power engineer from Balakovo, Russia won the Miss Russia 2014 crown. She was crowned by outgoing Miss Russia Elmira Abdrazakova.

E-bike sells

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Stop cuts THE MAJORITY of Dutch voters for the local elections

on 19 March want cuts on health care, infrastructure and public facilities to stop, a survey by I&O Research of 10,500 voters found.

THE OWNER of a house in The Hague defended himself against three armed robbers by throwing a bottle of hydrochloric acid at them, slightly injuring himself too.

Police captured two robbers shortly afterwards.

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Oil search sets off alarm bells CAMPAIGNERS are warning of environmental threats from new oildrilling projects off Spain’s Balearic and Canary Islands.

The group, Ecologists in Action, said in a report that 10 oil installations are already operating off Spanish coasts and new oil-prospecting licences have been granted.

Carlos Arribas, Valencia spokesman for the association, called the drilling plans ‘a threat to the integrity of the Mediterranean’.

The group said the proposals, along with the current projects, pose a constant risk of pollution and threaten sea species and fishing.

In the Canaries, Spanish petrol giant Repsol is waiting for final authorisation to start exploring for oil in their Atlantic waters, a project that has sparked a wave of protests from locals.

In the Balearic Islands, the company Capricorn Spain Limited, an off-shoot of Scottish energy group Cairn, is carrying out environmental impact studies prior to beginning exploration.

“There is emphatic social opposition to these prospecting projects,” said Arribas.

The controversial plans come after recent demonstrations in Valencia and the nearby Balearic Islands, which include popular tourist destinations like Mallorca and Ibiza.

Holidaymakers visit many of these places for their natural beauty, but with drilling posing a threat to this factor it could have an impact on tourism.

Ecologists in Action also claimed that sonic shocks used by the companies are a major threat to species including sea tortoises, whales and dolphins.

Spain is hugely reliant on energy imports, buying in 99.9 per cent of its oil and gas. It is for this reason that the government is keen to find resources locally.

The current conservative government is searching for new ways to reduce this dependence by developing Spain’s own energy production.

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Spain still fears terror 10 years after train attack in Madrid SPAIN’S government has warned that the country is still a terror target, a decade after the Madrid train attack that killed 191 people.

It was 10 years ago that AlQaeda style terrorists blew up four commuter trains in Madrid in what is still seen as Spain’s worst terror attack, and Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said Islamist extremists are still a threat.

The minister told Onda Cero radio that intelligence on AlQaeda members and affiliates had revealed that reference has frequently been made to ‘Al Andalus’, or Spain.

“Clearly Spain forms part of the strategic objectives of global jihad. We are not the only ones but we are in their sights obviously,” Fernandez Diaz said.

He added that the Spanish counter-terrorist service’s alert level is at its second-highest

ATOCHA STATION: Scene of Spain’s worst terror attack. category, signifying ‘a likely risk of attack’. This level has not changed in recent years and is identical to that of most countries in the region.

Diaz said that since the March

11, 2004, attack, 472 suspected Islamic extremists have been arrested. Following the 2004 attack Spanish courts sentenced 18 people for the shrapnel-filled bomb attack that killed 191

people and injured more than 1,800 on four commuter trains heading for Atocha Station, Madrid.

Basque separatist group ETA was the prime suspect but Diaz

said the facts and the judicial process had since shown that ETA was not involved.

The seven main suspects committed suicide on April 3, 2004, by blowing themselves up in an apartment near Madrid, killing a policeman in the blast.

Aside from the intelligence service, some 1,800 Spanish police and counter-terrorist security forces were devoted to confronting the threat, according to Diaz.

He presided over a ceremony in Madrid last week to present civilian awards to 365 of those affected by the attacks.

A study by Spanish research facility Royal Elcano Institute said 84 Islamists, all young men, were convicted for attack plots in Spain between 1996 and 2012, or died in relation to such attacks. Most of these Islamists were firstgeneration immigrants from Algeria, Morocco or Pakistan.

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The countdown is on to charity gala TICKETS are now on sale for the first Charity Gala event hosted by Bay Radio which takes place on April 12 at Denia’s Marriott La Sella Hotel.

Twenty charities are being honoured and recognised in this black tie event, organised by Bay Radio as their way of saying ‘thank you’ to the army of unsung heroes; local volunteers, who give their time freely to help others. Managing Director Graham Barber, said: “Bay Radio is a community station and we have always supported charity.

“We know the amount of work that goes on and thought that these people SPAIN is planning on tightening its security have never been recognised around Ceuta and Melilla after the EU said it is so we thought it would be a ‘very concerned’ over the country’s response to good idea.” immigrants.

The event will be attended The country is to spend more than €2.3 million

by British Consul Paul to fortify the borders that divide its territories of Rodwell and BBC TV Ceuta and Melilla from Morocco. personality, Mark Stacy, will Spain’s Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz be hosting a special auction. says that this measure is an attempt to deter the thousands of migrants who arrive at the borders Tickets are priced at €50 of Spain’s two exclaves in North Africa. inclusive of a gala dinner The reinforcements in the coming weeks will and a range of include lining the six-metre-high fences that entertainment and are surround both cities with a type of mesh available from Bay Radio by designed to “impede anyone from climbing,” emailing studio@bayradio.fm Jorge Fernández Díaz told reporters. or calling 965 796 761.

Security to be tightened

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Democracy’s gain from 11-M T EN years ago Spain suffered its worst terrorist attack. On March 11, 2004, people not just in this country, but around the world, were left numb with shock at the TV images of the train bombings that shattered the lives of hundreds of families.

One hundred and ninety-one people died and 1,900 were injured - many with life-changing injuries - in the indiscriminate attacks by al-Quaeda inspired Islamist extremists. Ten bombs ripped through four of Madrid’s commuter trains, targeting thousands of innocent civilians.

The results of the attack were farreaching. A general election was held just three days later with the conservative PP party of Jose Maria Aznar being swept from power.

That was not a result of the public blaming the government, but rather of their disgust at what many saw as blatant political posturing. An attempt

to blame home-grown terrorists ETA to deflect attention away from the hugely unpopular Iraq war back-fired at the voting booths.

But it was a watershed in many ways for the Spanish public. From that incident can be traced the disenchantment with politics - or rather politicians - that has grown ever stronger through corruption scandal after scandal, a growing determination not to let the governing elite ‘get away with it.’ It can be argued that the horrifying March 11 attack, known in Spain as 11-M, was the catalyst for the seemingly endless list of criminal cases brought against politicians of all hues.

And in the long term that will only strengthen democracy in Spain.

It is a time of sombre remembrance, a time to recall those who died, but perhaps the most fitting memorial to those who died and their families is this: the anti-democratic terrorists lost.

Democracy won.

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Green payments...

Internet bills save trees and companies SPANISH companies sent out 59 million email bills in the first three months of 2013. They saved €458 million and 250,000 hours of ‘repetitive and unproductive work,’ found a survey by Seres, an organisation specialising in electronic transactions. Apart from the economic advantages, these internet bills saved 3,300 pines from being felled.

Nor are the advantages limited to the electricity, gas and communications’ multinationals, according to Alberto Redondo, director of marketing at Seres.

The benefits of electronic billing extend to small and medium-sized firms, he said, with an average saving of €4.85 in receiving a payment and €2.82 in issuing a bill.

No puzzle over taxman solution SPAIN and Switzerland are negotiating a deal to ensure that the Spanish owners of numbered accounts pay tax.

This will not be a “Rubik agreement,” Spain insisted, referring to treaties aimed at tackling tax evasion by EU residents with secret Swiss accounts.

The name allegedly refers to the intellectual challenge faced by the Swiss authorities of shedding their international reputation of facilitating tax evasion without sacrificing Switzerland’s hallowed banking secrecy.

They solved the puzzle with a

compromise whereby a person or company hands over up to 34 per cent of their money to their country of origin on condition that their identity is not revealed.

A Rubik agreement, said Spain’s tax authority Hacienda, goes against policies orientated towards exchange of information and administrative assistance between states.

It is more interested in pursuing fraud, sources said, not least because Hacienda can impose fines of up to 150 per cent of the defrauded amounts.

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Pay dispute mediation AFTER the collective agreement with workers at Alstrom’s Santa Perpetua (Barcelona) plant expired in January, the French company cut pay by 14 per cent. The regional government is mediating between both sides.

Car stars GENERAL MOTORS assured the future of the Figueruelas (Zaragoza) Opel plant with a €210 million investment. Two important GM models, the Mokka and a new Meriva, will be produced there.

Good news for jobless UNEMPLOYMENT fell in February for the first time since the onset of the economic crisis.

The last time that unemployment fell during this month was in 2007 when jobless fell by 7,233. This year there were 1,949 fewer out of work in February than January, a 0.04 per cent improvement.

Employment is unstable in

February, the Ministry of Labour explained. Statistics show that since records began in 1996, unemployment has fallen on 10 occasions, including 2014, and rose in the nine remaining years.

This was the seventh consecutive month with lower unemployment figures, making a total of 227,736 back in work in the last 12 months.

PINE FORESTS: Internet bills save trees being felled

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STAT OF WEEK DESPITE an €815.52 million turnover, cigarette sales fell by 7 per cent to 187.25 million packets in January. Marlboro, the most popular brand, occupied 14.90 per cent of the market.

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Challenges still remain towards the recovery of the Spanish economy THE economic recovery is gaining ground in Spain, but challenges remain.

Spain is no longer on the list of European Union member states with excessive economic imbalances, but has been asked to follow a set of demands to address consistent problems.

In the conclusions emerging from the in-depth reviews carried out into 17 member states’ economies, the European Commission (EC) considers that a significant adjustment has taken place over the last year and that on current trends, imbalances would continue to abate over time.

However, while this is the basis to conclude that imbalances in Spain are no longer excessive, the Commission stresses that risks are still present.

It said that Spain’s current

ECONOMY: Spain is starting to fit the pieces together. account has turned into surplus, as a result of a combination of import compression and strong exports, supported by competiveness gain.

These positive developments have led to a strong return of confidence, seen in the return of foreign capital inflows and a rise in business and consumer confidence.

Yet, the EC notes the very high stock of private and public debt, both domestic and external, poses risks for growth and financial stability.

The adjustment of private

Traffic in Spain falls as economy struggles WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Santander executives learn to understand the message ANA PATRICIA BOTIN is regarded as one of the world’s 50 most influential businesswomen.

She is the daughter of banker Emilio Botin, president of Santander Bank, and runs the group’s UK subsidiary. Despite her position, she and other Santander executives recently visited branches to work incognito behind the counter and at the other end of a call centre telephone.

They were following the example of Emilio Botin who has personally visited Santander branches, urging managers to make more loans available.

Santander feels the need to transform the face its 183,000 employees show to the 103 million clients of its 14,000 branches. This is more than an exercise in empathy, as the bank is striving to boost profits after seven years of crisis.

A client in Britain discovered only afterwards the employee who had recommended Santander’s online banking app to her was in fact the

ANA PATRICIA BOTIN: Temporary employee of the bank she runs. owner’s daughter. The young man who told a bank clerk he would not become a Santander client until it was “more like ING” didn’t guess he was speaking to Santander managing director Enrique Garcia Candelas.

The business-owner who rang the Santander call centre about the nonarrival of a point of sale terminal for processing card payments will never know her complaint was handled by

sector balance sheets is advancing, but unemployment at alarming levels and falling incomes have limited the pace of deleveraging of households, that is, the percentage of debt in their balance sheet.

The Commission considers that the challenge for Spain is to ensure that deleveraging will go hand in hand with positive credit flows to financially healthy borrowers.

Removing hindrances in the functioning of the product and financial markets and efficient insolvency procedures, the EC continues, could reduce the drag on growth from deleveraging.

Finally, the Commission said that Spain should meet the 2014 fiscal deficit target thanks to the improving macroeconomic prospects, even though the 2013 target may have been missed.

the bank’s head of Technology and Operations, Jose Maria Fuster.

Executives from Germany, Poland, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil who worked incognito all received the same message, Santander revealed. Listening to clients, understanding them and getting closer to them is a priority, even though the bank would sometimes prefer not to hear what they are saying.

TRAFFIC congestion fell in Spain in 2013 as its economy continued to struggle with high unemployment.

Data from traffic information and driver services provider INRIX shows that Spain recorded an 8 per cent fall in congestion last year.

Spanish drivers spent approximately eight fewer hours in traffic in 2013 than in 2012, as the economy contracted and unemployment was at around 26 per cent.

This puts Spain in 11th place in Europe for time spent in traffic in 2013, above only Hungary and Portugal.

NRIX analysed data from 13 European countries and the congestion landscape generally aligned closely with each country’s economic outlook.

According to the INRIX report, those nations

struggling with high unemployment and low or negative growth in 2013 typically recorded lower traffic congestion than in 2012.

In that sense, traffic congestion rose approximately 6 per cent on average per quarter for the final three quarters of the year in Europe, hinting at signs of a possible economy recovery.

Of the six Spanish cities included in the report, all six recorded falls in traffic congestion from 2012 to 2013.

The most congested Spanish city was Bilbao, where drivers spent approximately 24 hours in traffic in 2013, a fall of eight hours on the previous year’s figures.

Madrid followed closely in second, with Valencia recording the largest fall in time spent in congestion.

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Financial troubles make you fat?

Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

D

O you ever have those moments? The ones where you just can’t stop eating. Last night after a long day at work I arrived home to a full fridge. It had been stacked with fresh fruit and vegetables - and chocolate.

I had one piece of chocolate, then another.

Then I got up off the couch for another piece and another, and another. I just couldn’t stop.

I don’t think I am that stressed out financially at the moment, but according to a news report women who are financially worried are more prone to binge eating and getting obese.

HUNGRY?: Perhaps you are worrying about your finances?

Oh, come to think of it, on top of my mortgage, bills and travel plans, my bike was stolen last month, so I have been trying to put aside a few quid to buy a new one!

And I have been trying to

save for an event that is taking place later this year.

So I suppose there is some financial concern looming over me at the moment.

But is it this concern that has me scoffing chocolates like there is no tomorrow?

Can my neighbour install a camera that overlooks my swimming pool?

Q. My neighbour in the next villa has installed a video surveillance camera You and the outside his house, ostensibly to watch his Law in Spain garden. The camera’s field of view,

By David Searl however, includes part of my own garden and swimming pool area. That is, if I can see the camera, it can see me by my pool. Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

LM (Costa Blanca) A. The use of surveillance cameras in Spain is regulated by the LOPD, the Ley Organica de Proteccion de Datos, the Organic Law of Data Protection, or LOPD, which went into effect in 1999.

The law is enforced by the Agencia de Protección de Datos, the APD for short. Their Directive 1/2006 provides that an easily seen notice of the camera’s presence will be sufficient. The Agency has

a website which offers complete details.

A private citizen may place surveillance cameras in his home or watching his garden to ensure his security from theft. This ‘private and domestic use’ of cameras falls outside the data protection law.

That is, if the camera only sees images in real time. If it includes a system to record and transmit the images, it then falls under the data protection act.

In your case, it will be difficult to show an invasion of privacy if your pool is clearly visible from your neighbour’s house.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

According to the news report, financial trouble can be a cause of obesity in women, due in part to the specific hormones females release when stressed. A body under a certain amount of stress releases a

hormone called cortisol, which triggers hunger in the brain. And this is thought to be a contributing factor, since women see financial trouble as stressful.

Men, however, don’t have to worry about their waistlines, because the report states men view money troubles as a challenge to overcome, which would release adrenaline in their bodies - a hormone that actually curbs hunger.

Nonsense, the lot of it!

Girls if you are stressed out, perhaps behind on your rent or bills, and you happen to pig out once in a while - it’s no big deal.

Being smart about money has absolutely nothing to do with hormones and more to do with planning, budgeting and using common sense.

What next? A report that if a woman sees a spider in her shower, chances are her pension will be in danger!

Watch this space.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Done deal IAG, formerly BA and Iberia, now owns 99.36 per cent of budget airline Vueling. After acquiring 90 per cent in last year’s takeovers, IAG obtained the remainder from minor shareholders in November and December.

Arm-twisting BARCELONA’S regional government will charge banks up to €1,650 for every empty property they own. It hopes this will prompt banks to rent out their 40,000 repossessed homes.

Profit up MERCADONA’S net profit amounted to €515 million in 2013, a 1 per cent increase in relation to the previous exercise. This has been achieved keeping a workforce of 74,000 people, President Juan Roig said.

2014 Forbes Rich List includes 26 Spaniards SPAIN has 26 dollar billionaires on the 2014 Forbes Rich List, more than before the financial crisis.

Twenty-two Spaniards had assets of more than $1 billion in 2007 but this number dipped to 15 during the recession before inching up to 20 last year.

They have a combined wealth of $122.5 billion (€88.97 billion), equivalent to 9 per cent of Spain’s GDP. Amancio Ortega, owner of Inditex and the Zara label, the world’s thirdrichest man, is the only Spaniard in the Forbes Top 10. He is worth $64 billion, $7 billion more than last year.

He is preceded by Carlos Slim ($72 billion) and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ($76 billion).

The next Spanish name on the Forbes list belongs to Ortega’s daughter Sandra ($6.1 billion). She occupies 227th place after inheriting from her mother, Ortega’s ex-wife Rosalia Mera, who died last year.

Next comes Turkish-born Isak Andic ($5.7 billion), president of the Mango clothing chain, whose assets

AMANCIO ORTEGA: Owner of Zara. increased by $700 million in 2013 to put him in 244th place.

Mercadona president Juan Roig ($4.8 billion) fell 86 places to 305th after losing $700 million last year.

In contrast Rafael del Pino ($3.4 billion), president of Ferrovial, increased his wealth by $1 billion in 2013 and was ranked 466th.

OPINION & COMMENT

Holidaying Brits deserve a monument I AM writing for myself but I am certain that I also represent many local businesses in Mijas Pueblo. We continuously discuss the way local politicians congratulate themselves about the contracts signed with Japanese tour operators.

The figures as to how many Japanese tourists visit Mijas (100,000 last year) might be right, but the truth about what they spend and how we all benefit is a complete lie.

Yes, the Japanese visit bars, restaurants and shops, but only the ones where they are told to go.

Distributing brochures is banned in Mijas, so before they arrive Japanese tourists are given a photocopied map and a route with places of interest to visit and take photos.

In between are the shops where they should make purchases (because the rest are not good shops and we might cheat them?).

Recommended restaurants and bars are not on the map because these have contracts with the tour operators.

It just happens that all the recommended businesses belong to local politicians, local guides and their friends.

They recently erected a monument to all the Japanese visiting Mijas. What about all the other nationalities that keep local businesses going? What about the British who really support the Costa del Sol? They spend the most, they are jolly and the most polite. They deserve a monument!

Agustina Blesa Rodriguez, Mijas Village (Malaga)

Telephone con tricks I WISH to alert readers to two recent scams.

You receive a phone call saying your computer is about to crash and to start it up. These people say they are from Microsoft in Glasgow and are trying to clean out viruses. They

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Members of the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club recently enjoyed this stunning scenery at the La Pedrera reservoir before a fabulous lunch in Rebate, about 30 minutes from Torrevieja.

Eric Arnold (By email) give a fictitious address and phone number and they ask for money.

Luckily I realised it was a scam.

The following day I received a phone call from a lady called Gabriella saying she represented a company called Minute Media who previously traded as Spantel. She said I had an outstanding bill from last June, which is nonsense as I changed telephone server before then.

She gave a 900 free number which I called and a woman there said I owed €180.

Yvonne Thomas, Torremolinos(Malaga)

Light fantastic I HAVE just been looking at the picture of the Lions Club president handing over €500 to the mayor of Rojales to help feed homeless and needy families in the area.

Sometimes I wonder whether mayors and councils are doing enough for these unfortunate people.

For example, there is a lovely sports centre in Calle Dr Quiles Mora adjacent to the Norwegian School in Quesada. At one end there are seven full-size street lights and six at the other that come on at 6pm and go off at 6am.

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to unlock the gates to the sports centre and locks them again at 8pm. Thirteen lamps are alight for 10 hours a night, six nights a week, and 12 hours on Sundays when the centre is closed.

In total that is 792 hours a week and in a short month like February works out at 3,168 hours when the sports centre is locked up with no access. It would be interesting to know the cost in euros.

J Billet, Quesada (Alicante)

Disappearing act CAN you explain to me where the Hijate (Almeria) station on the ‘Via Verde’ is located as I cycle the route regularly and have no idea where it is?

It was a good article on your front page and is very welcome, only we have heard many times that it will be started soon but

nothing ever happens.

Best wishes on a great newspaper.

Martin (By email) Editor’s note: Part of the disused Lorca to Baza railway line in Almeria will become a Green Route but the station no longer exists.

Lessons to be learnt SO FAR even Herculean efforts haven’t been able to put a dent in Spain’s stubbornly cruel unemployment rate of more than 25 per cent.

In last week’s annual State of the Nation address, president Mariano Rajoy once again promised to “lower it considerably.” Here’s hoping, although don’t hold your breath!

I remember how angry, frustrated Americans complained bitterly about the 7.8 per cent jobless rate Obama inherited when he became Commander-in-Chief. It took him five years to lower it to the present ‘almost tolerable’ 6.7 per cent with hopes of generating more and better jobs in the nottoo-distant future.

So we can imagine Spain’s plight on being saddled with its lengthy (seven years and running) 25 per cent unemployment rate.

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What I didn’t know until last week was the relatively very favourable economic situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to a Time Magazine article entitled ‘The committee to save Mexico,’ the unemployment rate now stands at 4.76 per cent, down from 5 per cent in December 2012 when Enrique Peña Nieto became president. The average jobless rate in Latin America and the Caribbean countries in 2013 was 6.3 per cent.

Maybe President Rajoy could employ some Mexican or Caribbean economic advisers.

Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

Service versus servant HAVING just returned from the US I can report that tipping adds much to the experience of eating out, as much as 30 per cent in some cases.

Perhaps that’s why so many Americans eat takeaways, where it is almost acceptable not to tip.

I had managed to tip a total of $40 before I reached the inside of my hotel room, so is it worth it?

If you are one of those people who craves attention, likes to be noticed, enjoys asking to alter a dish that a famous chef has lovingly prepared for you or even to change your mind once it’s already arrived at the table then there will be “No problem at all, and is there anything else we can do for you?”

So yes, for you a personal servant may well be worth it. For me, not so much.

In the UK memories still fester over the treatment of servants in the past and waiting staff will not tolerate difficult customers, no matter what the request.

Wave, click your fingers, ask a question or complain about anything and you will definitely be given bad service or even ignored.

Unless you look potentially like a good tipper (yes, you can tell) then you’ll always get bad service, but then the staff won’t be able to complain about the lack of tips will they?

Edwin Cheeseman, Javea (Alicante)

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6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo 12:00am Moone Boy 12:30am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:30am NCIS: Los Angeles

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The Cable Guy (Film, 1996) Jim Carrey stars in a dark comic satire about a man whose life is taken over by a psychotic cable TV installer who is determined to become his best friend.

He naively asks the cable guy to give him some free extra channels, but there's a price to pay - and his attempts to sever his unwanted friendship have disastrous results. Director Ben Stiller makes a cameo appearance.

10:00pm Tombstone 12:15am Wrath of the Titans 2:00am The Pacific 3:05am The Man with the Iron Fists 4:45am Resident Evil: Apocalypse

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2:30pm Trouble with the Curve 4:30pm The Great Gatsby Special 4:50pm Walk the Line 7:10pm Birth 9:00pm Beyond the Sea 11:00pm Cruel Intentions 12:45am Runaway Bride 2:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 3:00am 10 Years 4:45am Les Miserables Special 5:15am The Black Orchid

BBC3/ 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 8:30pm Doctor Who 9:15pm Doctor Who 10:00pm Blades of Glory 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Pramface 2:00am Ja'mie: Private School Girl 2:30am Impractical Jokers 3:00am Who Needs Ibiza? The Great British Holiday 4:00am Pramface 4:30am Bluestone 42

Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You (Entertainment) BBC 3 from 8:00pm to 8:30pm Robert Webb reveals the bits Hollywood hoped viewers would never notice, with his greatest compilation of foul-ups yet. The most hilarious mistakes from the year's big-budget blockbusters, most popular films, criticallyapplauded movies and worst flops are all exposed. Featuring extraordinary continuity errors, breathtaking special effects blunders and some amazing moments when production crew sneak into shot.

BBC4/ 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Transatlantic Sessions 9:00pm In Their Own Words: 20th Century Composers 10:00pm The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark 11:30pm California Comes to the Whistle Test 12:30am The Beatles' Please Please Me: Remaking a Classic 1:30am The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark 3:00am California Comes to the Whistle Test 4:00am The Beatles' Please Please Me: Remaking a Classic

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BBC3/ 8:00pm Great TV Mistakes 8:30pm Doctor Who 9:20pm Top Gear 10:20pm Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 11:55pm Family Guy 12:17am Family Guy 12:39am Family Guy 1:01am Family Guy 1:23am Family Guy 1:45am Family Guy 2:07am Family Guy 2:30am Bluestone 3:00am Pramface 3:30am Impractical Jokers 4:00am Who Needs Ibiza? The Great British Holiday Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Film, 2001) BBC 3 from 10:20pm to 11:55pm Born into wealth and provided with the best education, Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) travels the world in search of rare, lost crypts and longforgotten empires.

After discovering an ancient clock left by her late father, she will face her greatest challenge - to find two halves of an ancient artifact buried at two ends of the earth. Also starring Jon Voight and Daniel Craig.

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7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm Modern Family 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Arrow 11:00pm Revolution 12:00am A League of Their Own 1:00am A League of Their Own 2:00am Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 3:00am Miami SWAT/Border Invasion USA

4:00am Armed and Dangerous: Ultimate Forces 5:00am Emergency Abroad

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4:20pm Stuart Little 5:50pm Stuart Little 2 7:15pm 50 First Dates 9:00pm Ted 10:50pm Fun with Dick and Jane 12:30am The Campaign 2:05am How to Make Love to a Woman 3:50am Runaway Bride

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Stuart Little 2 (Film, 2002) More charming episodes in the life of dapper mouse Stuart Little in this delightful sequel. There's a new baby in the house, and Stuart is feeling a little left out. So he's pleased when he gets a new friend in the form of injured bird Margalo. But she's kidnapped by a villainous falcon, inspiring Stuart to mount a rescue bid with the help of slightly reluctant and bitchy cat Snowball. Impressive computer graphics and some very entertaining vocal performances from the like of James Woods make this just as entertaining and amusing as its much loved predecessor.

8:40am Losing Isaiah 10:35am Moonlight Mile 12:40pm Lone Survivor Special 1:10pm Captain Corelli's Mandolin 3:25pm Dangerous Liaisons 5:30pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 7:15pm Hitchcock 9:00pm Dangerous Liaisons 11:05pm Silver Linings Playbook 1:15am Best Man Down 3:00am Return

SkyMoviesAction/ 7:00am The Scorpion King 8:45am Jack the Giant Slayer 10:45am Men in Black 3 12:40pm Iron Man 3 2:55pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 5:10pm Jack the Giant Slayer 7:10pm Men in Black 3 9:00pm Iron Man 3 11:15pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

BBC4/ 8:00pm Great Barrier Reef 9:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 10:00pm Salamander 10:40pm Salamander 11:30pm Motown at the BBC 12:30am Smokey Robinson Live in Hyde Park 1:30am ...Sings Rolling Stones 2:30am The Sky at Night 3:00am Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 4:00am Great Barrier Reef

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7:00am I Know Where I'm Going 8:30am Monty Don's Italian Gardens 9:30am Countryfile 10:25am Gardeners' World 10:55am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:25pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:10pm Michel Roux's Service 2:10pm Michel Roux's Service 3:10pm Rear Window 5:00pm Flog It! 5:30pm Collectaholics 6:30pm End of the Pier?

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Catching sight of an intriguing white rabbit (voiced by Michael Sheen), she is led tumbling down a hole into the magical Underland.

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5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family 6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 9:00pm The Simpsons

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•Breckin Meyer •Jennifer Love Hewitt •Stephen Tobolowsky •Bill Murray

Engagement 6:25pm Garfield 7:50pm The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 10:00pm Pitch Perfect 12:00am That's My Boy

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Garfield (Film, 2004) Family comedy in which the world's favourite Mondayhating moggy causes cartoon chaos in the real world. Trouble brews when dancing pooch Odie is dognapped by a devious TV host.

So Garfield (reluctantly) goes to the rescue.

8:40am The Top Ten Show 2014 9:00am Skyfall 11:25am Mission: Impossible III 1:35pm Back to the Future 3:35pm Back to the Future Part II 5:30pm Back to the Future Part III 7:30pm Skyfall 10:00pm Mission: Impossible III 12:10am Dredd

SkyMoviesDrama/ 8:50am The English Teacher 10:35am We Bought a Zoo 12:45pm Ruby Sparks 2:35pm Anna Karenina 4:50pm Steel Magnolias 6:50pm We Bought a Zoo 9:00pm Cinderella Man 11:30pm Million Dollar Baby 1:50am The Vow

BBC4/ 8:00pm The Golden Age of Steam Railways 9:00pm Oh Do Shut Up Dear: Mary Beard on the Public Voice of Women 10:00pm QE2 - The Final Voyage 11:00pm Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky 12:50am Britain on Film 1:20am The Byrd Who Flew Alone: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Gene Clark 2:50am California Comes to the Whistle Test 3:50am Oh Do Shut Up Dear: Mary Beard on the Public Voice of Women

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9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Moone Boy 10:30pm The Simpsons 11:00pm Stella 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

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•Ben Affleck •Sandra Bullock •Maura Tierney •Steve Zahn

4:05pm Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 5:40pm Analyze That 7:20pm Look Who's Talking 9:00pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 10:50pm Blazing Saddles

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On the way to his wedding in Savannah, Ben misses his flight and is forced to make the journey by road whereby he shares a car with wildly eccentric, but attractive, Sarah. Are they destined to be together or should they be worrying about the events ahead?

11:20am Forces of Nature 1:10pm Medicine Man 3:00pm Private Peaceful 4:45pm The Four Feathers 7:00pm Runaway Bride 9:00pm 13 Going on 30 10:45pm Forces of Nature

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BBC3/ 8:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 9:00pm Junior Paramedics 10:00pm Life and Death Row 11:00pm Prostitution: What's the Harm?

12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:05am Life and Death Row 2:05am EastEnders 2:35am Prostitution: What's the Harm?

3:35am Going Native 4:00am Life and Death Row

Junior Paramedics (Documentary) BBC 3 from 9:00pm to 10:00pm This series follows the lives of nine student paramedics as they go on their first ever placement with the East Midlands Ambulance Service. Now in their second week of training, the pressure steps up and the junior paramedics deal with their most testing cases yet.

From a woman having a heart attack, to getting to grips with a dislocated ankle in sub zero temperatures and one student comes face to face with every junior paramedic's worst fear.

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9:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm TB: Return of the Plague 11:30pm Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures 12:30am Classic Albums

1:25pm The Poseidon Adventure 3:30pm This Means War 5:15pm Appaloosa 7:20pm Gladiator 10:00pm Batman Begins 12:25am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:20am Stealth

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6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Revenge of the Egghead 7:30pm Sport Relief's Top Dog 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 10:00pm An Hour to Save Your Life 11:00pm The Sarah Millican Television Programme 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Viking Art - A Culture Show Special

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9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Vampire Diaries 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm American Pie 2 1:55am Two and a Half Men 2:20am Two and a Half Men 2:45am The Vampire Diaries 3:30am Teleshopping

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Remember the Titans (Film, 2000)

•Denzel Washington •Will Patton •Wood Harris •Ryan Hurst

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Based on a remarkable true story, this film follows the explosive and dramatic events that took place in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971 when AfricanAmerican football coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) was hired to guide an integrated but racially polarized high school American football team - the T.C. Williams Titans.

During a time when the school has just been integrated to allow blacks into the school, Boone, renowned for being ruthless, angry, stubborn and a rigid task master, faces a very cool reception from both the players and his assistant coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton), a local white man with position seniority and a tradition of winning, yet bypassed for the job.

SkyMoviesDrama/ 7:00am Let's Make Love 9:00am The Space Between 10:30am Some Kind of Wonderful 12:10pm The Remains of the Day 2:30pm The Great Gatsby 4:55pm Having You 6:40pm Sense and Sensibility 9:00pm The Great Gatsby 11:30pm Coach Carter 1:50am Walk the Line

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EastEnders (Soap, 1985) BBC 3 from 11:30pm to 12:00am EastEnders is the BBC's longrunning prime time soap opera set in fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London. The show is based around an extended and often overlapping network of families and friends who live out the many dramas and tragedies that life throws at them around the show's central location Albert Square.

Created in 1983 by the Z-Cars writers and producers Tony Holland and Julia Smith, the show often features gritty story lines about difficult subjects with an emphasis on the working classes. These story lines often feature a way to dramatise contemporary social issues such as homelessness, religious tensions, discrimination, drugs or crime, among many others.

As befits a soap, the show also interweaves stories about dysfunctional families, relationship breakdowns, extramarital affairs, births, marriages and deaths.

BBC4/ 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Weird Nature 9:30pm Secrets of Bones 10:00pm Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures 11:00pm The First World War 11:50pm What Do Artists Do All Day? 12:20am Hidden Histories 1:20am The Golden Age of Steam Railways 2:20am Weird Nature 2:50am Secrets of Bones 3:20am What Do Artists Do All Day? 3:50am Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures

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Extremists will never win...

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HEY’RE still at it, aren’t they?

Muslim extremists still trying to undermine our customs and culture by targeting our most vulnerable, namely our children.

Every week we read or hear of some action taken in various schools in the UK. Not allowed to fly the British flag, pork banned from menus. Halal meat being insisted on, and even male/female segregation. This latest offering is even more sinister as it emanated from one of their own. The Muslim headmistress who was ousted in a smear campaign concocted by Islamic extremists, simply because she was considered too moderate. So much for integration!

Why don’t these people, who appear to want to live a completely different existence to the country that’s hosting them, simply gather up their thobes and burkas and make off for countries whose climate not

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT ON PATROL: But no-go areas already exist that police are afraid to enter. only suits their attire, but will automatically provide them with all the ethnic opportunities they appear so desperately to desire?

There is only one final outcome to their efforts. The British will never surrender their culture and customs to these people. If it continues unabated it will lead to war in the streets.

Have no doubt about this. After horrendous loss of life and destruction of vast swathes of our infrastructure, the British will win, and they will rid themselves of these fanatics.

It is disgraceful that while successive governments continue to bury their heads in the sand and appease these

people, the average British Joe has to simply wait and worry until it all kicks off. There are already no-go areas where our police are afraid to enter and which operate under Sharia Law; a situation that was so ‘out there’ some short years ago, it was scoffed at by a number of our esteemed leaders. What do they think is actually going on in these areas? Well, I’ll tell you, none of ‘em are planning to celebrate British cultural successes or events.

How can we allow these areas to exist in our towns and cities?

They are an affront to any citizen who has ancestors who fought and died to preserve our unique culture and democracy.

Let’s just hope the British secret services have infiltrated them all enough to give fair warning before the halal manure finally hits the fan.

I don’t often use this column for personal comments but would like to make an exception this week to wish a dear friend

Jill Bertorelli many happy 70th returns. So sorry I couldn’t be there. Understand you looked like a million dollars. Will definitely try and make the 71st.

And while we’re at it, just had it confirmed that my little David will be representing Spain in the up and coming European Karate championships in April. How’s that for integration!

Keep the Faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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7:00am Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 7:30am Homes Under the Hammer 8:30am Rip Off Britain 9:15am Wanted Down Under 10:00am Inside the Animal Mind 11:00am Food and Drink 11:30am See Hear 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm Budget 2014 4:00pm Coast 4:25pm Bergerac 5:15pm 'Allo, 'Allo!

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6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Revenge of the Egghead 7:30pm Sport Relief's Top Dog 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Collectaholics 10:00pm Line of Duty 11:00pm W1A 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am An Hour to Save Your Life 1:20am See Hear 1:50am The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 2:50am This is BBC Two 5:00am Science Britannica

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7:00am Emmerdale 7:25am Britain's Got More Talent 8:25am You've Been Framed!

8:45am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 9:30am Dinner Date 10:30am The Real Housewives of Atlanta 11:30am The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:30pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 1:30pm Emmerdale 2:00pm Britain's Got More Talent 3:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of New Jersey 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

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9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Party Wright Around the World 11:00pm The Only Way is Essex 11:50pm Educating Joey Essex 12:50am The Big Reunion 1:50am Two and a Half Men 2:15am Two and a Half Men

BBC3/ 8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm The School That Rocks 10:00pm Who Needs Ibiza? The Great British Holiday 11:00pm Bad Education 11:30pm Impractical Jokers 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Who Needs Ibiza? The Great British Holiday 2:30am Impractical Jokers 3:00am Prostitution: What's the Harm?

4:00am Bad Education 4:30am Pramface

Impractical Jokers (Comedy, 2012) BBC 3 from 11:30pm to 12:00am Hidden camera show where four friends - Joel Dommet, Roisin Conaty, Paul McCaffrey and Marek Larwood - compete to embarrass each other in everyday situations.

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The Scorpion King (Film, 2002) Action fantasy adventure. In a time before the pyramids, an evil king threatens to take over the world, so the leaders of the remaining tribes under threat call upon a desert warrior to help them defeat the wicked one and his brutal hordes. As the warrior battles against the evil around him, he is preparing for a final showdown that will decide if it is to be his destiny to become the great Scorpion King.

SATELLITE CHANNELS/ Sky1/ 10:30am Futurama 11:00am Hawaii Five-0 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 4:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons

8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm UEFA Champions League 11:00pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am Miami SWAT/Border Invasion USA 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Harrow: A Very British School

SkyMoviesComedy/ 5:25am Vice Versa 7:10am Big Top Pee-Wee

8:40am Caddyshack 10:20am Look Who's Talking Now! 12:00pm Anger Management 1:50pm The Dukes of Hazzard 3:45pm Big Nothing 5:15pm Bad News Bears 7:15pm Look Who's Talking Now! 9:00pm The Dukes of Hazzard 11:00pm Big Nothing 12:30am Anger Management 2:20am Caddyshack 4:05am Runaway Bride

SkyMoviesAction/ 7:30am The Mummy Returns

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9:50am The Mask of Zorro 12:15pm Iron Man 3 2:35pm The Scorpion King 4:15pm The Mummy Returns 6:30pm The Mask of Zorro 9:00pm Iron Man 3 11:15pm Crank 12:50am 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded 2:35am Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome 4:35am Murphy's Law

SkyMoviesDrama/ 5:50am Let's Make Love 7:50am My Big Fat Greek Wedding

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure

10:00pm How to Get Ahead at Renaissance Court 11:00pm Storyville

9:30am Moonlight Mile 11:35am Return 1:20pm Silver Linings Playbook 3:30pm The Oranges 5:10pm Argo: Sky Movies Special 5:30pm Now is Good 7:20pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 9:00pm Birth 11:00pm Silver Linings Playbook 1:05am Anna Karenina 3:20am Empire of the Sun

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7:55am Gunsmoke 9:00am Gunsmoke 10:05am The Wrecking Crew 11:30am The Joker is Wild 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Magnificent Seven Ride!

5:55pm Black Patch 7:35pm Badman's Country 8:55pm Sunset in El Dorado 10:00pm Hard to Kill 11:50pm Urban Legend 1:45am Hard to Kill 3:25am Urban Legend 5:05am Off Set

12:00am Parks and Recreation 12:20am Parks and Recreation 12:40am The Walshes 1:15am Great Barrier Reef 2:15am Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 3:15am Great British Railway Journeys 3:45am How to Get Ahead at Renaissance Court

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461: Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, dies on March 17.

1776: The British evacuate Boston in the American Revolutionary War. 1850: The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book of adultery and betrayal in colonial America, is published.

1865: Black soldiers are approved for service in the US Civil War by the Confederacy.

1879: Albert Einstein is born.

1881: Russian czar Alexander II is assassinated.

1911: ‘Alexander’s Ragtime Band,’ the biggest pop song of the early 20th century, is copyrighted by Irving Berlin, turning American pop music into a major international phenomenon.

1915: British and French Allied forces launch a naval attack on Turkish forces in the Dardanelles.

1939: The Nazis take Czechoslovakia.

1944: London suspends travel between Ireland and Britain.

1945: After months of fierce fighting between the Americans and Japanese, the Pacific battle of Iwo Jima is declared finished.

1968: My Lai massacre takes place in Vietnam.

1972: Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather opens in theatres.

1978: Supertanker Amoco Cadiz wrecks off the coast of France, polluting 240 miles of Brittany’s coastline.

1990: Lithuania rejects the Soviet demand to renounce its independence, quickly becoming a sore spot in Sovietwestern relations.

1990: Gorbachev is elected the new president of the Soviet Union; he would soon resign in December 1991.

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Lee Daniels directs this historical drama that stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, the long-time head butler at the White House. Gaines' 34-year career begins under President Eisenhower and goes through another seven presidents as he witnesses some of the 20th century’s most tumultuous periods, including the American Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Starring John Cusack, Oprah Winfrey, Robin Williams, Alan Rickman, Vanessa Redgrave, James Marsden and Liev Schreiber. Directed by Lee Daniels.

Runtime 132 minutes. Rated 13.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Someone new to your circle of friends brings humour and a new lease of life, socially. When something outside your comfort zone is suggested, then be sure that it is not just faint heart that is stopping you.

There is nothing wrong with saying ‘no’, unless there is heartache in doing so and then wishing that you had not.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) This is a time to keep your mind sharp, so get plenty of sleep and exercise for sure.

Legal matters may be paramount and need specialist advice. So long as you are doing your best in a certain situation, no more can be expected of you.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) This is a time of the year when new starts and fresh ideas come to you, which is excellent news for those who are looking forward to changes. The weekend brings you courage and determination and you feel confident enough to speak plainly with people.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Something said to you in confidence should be respected this week. Should the beans be spilled, it will not be you who is feeling guilty. The need to help someone with legal forms or some other complicated matter will be much appreciated.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Hugged, 2 Reared, 3 Angers, 4 Raking, 5 Barren, 6 Waters, 7 Banker, 8 Barrel, 9 Hinges, 10 Ballet, 11 Dreams, 12 Gather, 13 Reeled, 14 Herded, 15 Sheets, 16 Spears, 17 Desire, 18 Steals, 19 Hissed

Your Stars March 16: Isabelle Allen, 12. English singer. Starred as Cosette in the Oscar-winning musical Les Miserables, performing Castle on a Cloud and The Bargain on the film’s soundtrack.

March 14: Quincy Jones, 81. Record/TV producer and hit song arranger.

Winner of 27 Grammy Awards and producer of Michael Jackson’s 1982 Thriller album. First African-American to receive Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song (1967).

March 15: Eva Longoria, 39. TV Actress.

Rose to fame on the TV show Desperate Housewives and has won multiple Screen Actors Guild Awards.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) A slow start to the week sees you full of beans come Wednesday. What is the cause of this change of attitude?

Something you worked on last week shows signs of progress just when you thought it wouldn't.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It is now that you may realise how right you were to keep something in reserve.

Certainly, so far as a relationship is concerned, holding back has proved its worth. Financially, you are entering a period of frugality, but this is more for your own satisfaction than because of any money worries.

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March 13: Adam Clayton, 54.

Musician.

Bass player for U2. Dated British supermodel Naomi Campbell in the early 1990s.

March 18: Queen Latifah, 44.

Singer, songwriter, actress, model.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Chicago in 2002 and spokeswoman for CoverGirl Cosmetics.

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) The more sensitive side of your nature comes to the fore this week. You are likely to find yourself upset but, by looking on the bright side and keeping your sense of humour, brings a balanced view.

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IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Making the most of a fully energetic and progressive year is easy for a forthright Piscean. What is sometimes more difficult is getting a balance between your home and business life. Try to understand where loved ones are coming from to keep the peace.

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Are you in the mood for some retail therapy? There are bargains to be had this week. The trend also extends to your personal life where it is possible to negotiate much more easily with a loved one.

Suggestions for a busy weekend may be resisted owing to overload.

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March 17: Pilar Rubio.

Spanish reporter, TV presenter and model.

Best known as a reporter on Spanish TV’s Se Lo Que Hicisteis (I Know What You Did). In a relationship with the Real Madrid footballer Sergio Ramos since September 2012.

Rubio announced via social networking in November 2013 that she was expecting the couple’s first child this May.

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March 19: Bruce Willis, 59. Action star and film producer. Known for his films The Sixth Sense, the Die Hard series and Pulp Fiction. Willis is also the spokesman for Children in Foster Care.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Getting more sleep and fresh air last week may show dividends now.

The results are a brighter mind and more willingness to be social. Young people will be particularly helpful and fun to be with.

Asking for their help makes them feel important in your life and will also bring you great pleasure.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) News of someone close brings finances into your mind. Perhaps some juggling is needed to keep the balance. There is more than one way to conserve both energy and money, which will give you a head start. Getting involved with a charity, even on a small scale, can bring immense satisfaction and costs nothing.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Keep a wide circle of friends and constantly seek to add to them. With such an active mind as yours, boredom is agitating and non-productive. Spring gives you the ideal opportunity to visit others and get out in the open. Both your health and finances gain from a day somewhere new as an inspired idea comes to you. An invitation you are tempted to refuse should be accepted if possible.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A shopping trip with a friend makes you realise that there is more to them than meets the eye. Should you have underestimated them, encourage them to open up. Something you hear this week will be of immense value to you in the future. Decorating and changes at home really bring spring into your life and perk you up.

TELEVISION THEME TUNES Which famous television programmes had the following theme tunes?

1. Acka Raga, performed by John Mayer on the sitar (first broadcast in 1967) 2. Bad Boys, performed by Inner Circle (1989) 3. Breakin’ Away/That’s Livin’ Alright, by Joe Fagin, produced and arranged by David Mackay (1983) 4. Galloping Home, written by Denis King and performed by the London String Chorale (1972) 5. I’ll Be There for You, by The Rembrandts (1994) 6. The Ballad of Jed Clampett, written by Paul Henning and performed by Flatt and Scruggs (1962) 7. The Good Ol’ Boys, written and performed by Waylon Jennings (1979) 8. Unknown Stuntman, written by Glen A Larson, Gail Jensen, and David Somerville and performed

by Lee Majors (1981) 9. Where Everybody Knows Your Name, written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo and performed by Gary Portnoy (1982) 10. Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?, by Jimmy Perry and Derek Taverner, performed by Bud Flanagan (1968)

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case P) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: Average: 10 Good: 13 Very good: 18 Excellent: 22

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION agar, agin, gain, game, gean, gear, germ, girn, gram, gran, grim, grin, mage, magi, mega, raga, rage, rang, ring, again, anger, gamer, gamin, grain, grime, image, mange, marge, range, reign, arming, earing, engram, enigma, erring, gainer, gamier, gamine, garner, imager, maigre, manage, manger, margin, mirage, ragman, ragmen, ranger, raring, regain, ringer, angrier, armiger, arraign, arrange, earring, grainer, manager, mangier, marring, rangier, reaming, rearing, marriage, rearming, MARGARINE

Word Ladder MIND

GAME

Move from the start word (MIND) to the end word (GAME) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

MIND MINE TINE TIME TAME GAME

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1. ASK THE FAMILY, 2. COPS, 3. AUF WIEDERSEHEN, PET, 4.

THE ADVENTURES OF BLACK BEAUTY, 5. FRIENDS, 6. THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, 7. THE DUKES OF HAZARD, 8. THE FALL GUY, 9. CHEERS, 10. DAD’S ARMY

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (JUMPED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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Unscramble the name of a professional football club currently playing in the English Football League One (two words): NOTE TINY ROLE

Across 7 Tablet for deposit on teeth (6) 8 Dave travelling back through North America getting here (6) 10 Keeps dissolving in tears (7) 11 It’s in the back or middle of the book (5) 12 Expert covering right amount of land (4) 13 Remains in some dereliction (5) 17 Group of soldiers or police capturing rebel leader (5) 18 Set of rules for a fish with and eel’s head (4) 22 Can, or may be, a kind of fruit (5) 23 Sightseer in amongst our Istanbul visit (7) 24 Evicted, but used to moving (6) 25 Engineers model for peace of mind (6)

Unscramble the name of a type of tea (two words): LARGE RYE FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: LEYTON ORIENT, EARL GREY

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6 Trainee given many a wrong date (5) 9 Therapist made changes to teashop (9) 14 Knave tied up the Queen (7) 15 Keep an eye on nit in back room (7)

16 Is it true that the Real Estate business is only skin deep? (7) 19 Organised loans for a beauty parlour (5) 20 Here’s to you, with beans on (5) 21 Potato, for example, for an awful brute (5)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents M and 8 represents Z, so fill in M every time the figure 3 appears and Z every time the figure 8 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.

Across 1 Commences (6) 5 European country (6) 8 Felines (4) 9 Very great or intense (8) 10 Basement (6) 11 Examines (6) 12 Nocturnal birds of prey (4) 14 Hatchet (3) 15 Financial institution (4) 16 Thin slices of fried potato (6) 18 Sudden pleasurable excitement (6) 20 Calamity (8) 22 Jump over (4)

23 Gluttonous (6) 24 Arranged by type (6) Down 2 Rub out (5) 3 Nasty remarks (7) 4 No Clue 5 A long way (3) 6 Similar (5) 7 Domesticated fowl 11 Animals (9) 13 Fighting man (7) 15 Housebreaker (7) 17 Frighten (5) 19 Depart (5) 21 Plaything (3)

English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

20 SETTLE SETTLE Answers: Backhander, A score to settle

Down 1 Carelessly ran past ancient Greek (7) 2 Baseball players’ cake mixtures (7) 3 Greek characters in charge of score (5) 4 Otherwise miss ice earthquakes (7) 5 Graduate’s equipment turned up in this colourful fabric (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Lebanon, 5 Crook, 8 Exact, 9 Therapy, 10 Shoe trees, 12 Goo, 13 Iodide, 14 Cleave, 17 Tun, 18 Forcemeat, 20 Mandela, 21 Omega, 23 Sweet, 24 Sundial.

Down: 1 Leeks, 2 Boa, 3 Notated, 4 Natter, 5 Chess, 6 Orangeade, 7 Keynote, 11 Ordinance, 13 Isthmus, 15 Lie down, 16 Dryads, 18 Fleet, 19 Trail, 22 Eli. QUICK Across: 1 Occasionally, 7 Here, 8 Identity, 9 Battle, 10 Errors, 11 Rod, 12 Heals, 14 Adult, 16 Ear, 18 Closed, 20 Abroad, 22 Talented, 23 Beef, 24 Measurements.

Down: 1 Operate, 2 Chest, 3 Shiver, 4 Obeyed, 5 Altered, 6 Later, 13 Listens, 15 Leaders, 16 Editor, 17 Random, 19 Leave, 21 Robin.

Across 1 Pencil (5) 3 Fierce (5) 6 Nadar (4) 7 Trout (fish) (6) 9 Gentleman (having gentlemanly qualities) (9) 12 Accent (written) (6) 13 Lake (4) 14 Toll (on road, bridge) (5) 15 Pantalones vaqueros (5)

Down 1 Último (final) (4) 2 Spring (season) (9) 3 Street light (6) 4 Scarlet (9) 5 To pray (say prayers) (4) 8 Tailor (6) 10 Húmedo (clima) (4) 11 Dedos del pie (4)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Anger, 3 Teach, 5 Rib, 7 Treinta, 9 Dare, 10 Bell, 13 Retraso, 14 Arm, 15 Slums, 16 Sapos.

Down: 1 Abridores, 2 Ruta, 3 Tres, 4 Headlamps, 6 Beret, 8 Nieta, 11 Pais, 12 Dogs.

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TOP 10 REMARKABLE PEOPLE WHO BEAT THE ODDS 1. Richard Branson Known for developing Virgin Records and many of its technological spin-offs, Branson was a pretty bad student. In fact, he has dyslexia and did poorly on standardised tests.

Rather than give up, he used the power of his personality to drive him to success. He is now the fourth richest person in the UK. 2. Oprah Winfrey Growing up, Winfrey was repeatedly molested by her cousin, uncle and a family friend. She ran away from home and gave birth at age 14 to a baby boy who died shortly after. Moving on, she excelled in school and won a full scholarship to university. She is now an entrepreneur and personality admired by millions with a net worth of $2.9 billion (€2.1 billion).

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3. Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) Against the odds as a black man under apartheid in South Africa, Mandela trained as a lawyer and helped many black South Africans survive the system. After 27 years in jail for his opposition to apartheid, Mandela played a key role in the end of apartheid and the country’s first truly democratic elections.

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Twice! Yes, the man who gave the world E.T., Jaws, Jurassic Park and Shindler’s List, to name a few, was rejected in his own field. He was awarded an honorary degree by that same school in 1994.

4. Helen Keller (1880-1968) This inspirational woman was deaf and blind by age two yet learned to read and write. Fuelled by her force of personality, she was an avid social campaigner who took a stand on social welfare, women’s suffrage and disability rights. She embodied her own quote: “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”

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5. Stephen Hawking Despite being almost entirely paralysed from a motor neurone disease and having to speak through a speech-generating device, Hawking was a professor of mathematics at Cambridge for 30 years while working on scientific

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6. Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Churchill led Britain in 1940 when it stood alone against the Nazi war machine, with

10. Marie Curie (1867-1934) To become one of the most important scientists in your generation during an age where few women were even educated is remarkable indeed. Furthermore, she was one of the few people to have received a Nobel prize in different categories, both medicine and physics. Curie’s discoveries led to the development of modern radiation and X-ray technology.

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Average: 14

Just Joking

Good: 18 Very good: 26

Why do they put bells on cows? Because their horns don't work!

Why do men get married? So they don't have to hold in their stomachs anymore.

I wondered why the frisbee was getting bigger, and then it hit me...

Excellent: 32

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION race, renew, crane, craw, crew, care, cane, caner, cower, coif, cosier, gear, gene, gown, acre, anew, egos, ocean, owner, osier, aids, narc, nacre, near, newer, ware, wane, wear, wean, wife, sower, sown, saga, sage, sager, sago, said, ewer, fewer, disown, disc, ciao

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Breaking the phone rules...

THE modern rules on ‘mobile phone etiquette’ have come out in a new manual, including ‘Don’t text while you’re on the loo.’ (Apparently people need to have this

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OHN ROBERTS said: “I don’t use a mobile phone very often, to be honest.” The retiree from Albox (Almeria) commented, “I think they should fine more people for using mobile phones while driving. The police are not very strict around here, I see loads of people talking on phones when driving.”

Waitress Kelli Alright, aged 26, from

pointed out!) We wanted to ask: What are your biggest mobile phone pet peeves? What would you include in the rules of etiquette?

STREET TALK Moraira (Alicante) says she wouldn’t like to see anything on a so-called ‘rules of etiquette’ list: “I’m guilty of breaking them all! I use my phone in public places. I take photos of my food when out which annoys my friends and a lot of selfies, my phone is constantly in my hand.”

Janice Gilbert from Zurgena (Almeria) agreed with John. Her biggest peeve was people using their mobiles while behind the wheel. The 66year old retiree added, “I also see

HENRIK and MARGARET: Not fans of phone technology.

couples out together and they spend more time playing with their phones than talking to each other, more so in the UK than here in Spain. My rule would be, switch off your phone when out with friends or on a date and have a proper conversation.”

Renee Miner works in San Pedro de Alcantara (Malaga). The 31-year-old hospitality entrepreneur said, “I hate it when I’m with someone and he or she has the mobile sitting on the table between us.

Even if they’re not picking it up, it still beeps or buzzes when there’s a message.

It interrupts our conversation and I feel awkward wondering if they need to answer. If you’re expecting an important call, let me know and it’s not a problem.

Otherwise, turn it off or put it on silent!”

Retired Dutch couple Henrik and Margaret Visscher live in France and are on holiday on the Costa Blanca in Alicante.

They both said it is annoying when people

RENEE MINER: Hates it when new message alerts interrupt conversation.

JOHN ROBERTS: Too many people talking while driving. are constantly on phones: “No one talks to each other, they would rather sit and message each other and all social communication is lost.” They don’t use a lot of phone technology: “We have an old phone that makes and receives calls, that’s it.”

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Find out how long your bubbly will last GOOD news for wine enthusiasts: wineries and customers can now precisely predict how long sparkling wines will keep, from Champagne to prosecco.

The findings were published by scientists in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and were funded in part from multiple Spanish regional government sources.

The current process, which detects ‘browning’ by measuring light absorption at certain wavelengths, is fast and simple but not very precise.

Researchers of sparkling wine chemistry have therefore turned to the food industry for answers.

Food manufacturers measure a built-up compound called ‘5-HMF’ used to decide when to throw a product out, a compound which scientists also found in sparkling wines and helps predict their shelf life.

By testing levels of the compound in different bottles over a two-year period at varying temperatures (room, cellar and refrigerator), the study revealed 5-HMF as a good indicator of freshness.

The researchers also developed a mathematical model that helps predict how long a sparkling wine will stay drinkable at various storage temperatures. But to keep it simple, know this: Refrigerating sparkling wines almost completely prevents browning.

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From farm to market prices differ SPAIN’S Coordinator of Farmers’ and Livestock Farmers’ Organisations (COAG) has come out with the latest February figures related to the farmer price index.

The Origin-Destination Price Index (IPOD) lists the fluctuations between the price of agricultural products on the shelf as compared to what is paid to the producer.

February’s most significant figure came in the price of courgettes, with a massive 730 per cent price difference from farm to market.

Effectively, this means consumers are paying 8.3 times more in the market than its value on the farm.

Cabbage was a close second in the IPOD ranking, where agricultural producers received €0.15 per kilo, consumers paid an average of €1.22 per kilo.

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By Dick Handscombe Spain’s best known expat gardening author about to start his 26th winter cut back.

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T the time of writing it seems that the lion winds that celebrated the first week of March are now over and for most the winds were warm and caused little air frost damage. Fortunately not a repeat of the record frosts of the first week of March in 2004 and 2005.

After these frosts we had driven down the coast from Valencia to Sotogrande in southern Andalucia checking out the frost damage to plants and trees in order to ensure that the indication of frost resistance of the 400 plants described in our book ‘Gardening in Spain’ were correct.

So with gardens safe, winter cut backs complete and signs of spring everywhere, it’s a good time to review what you really want from your gardens during the next year, particularly during the spring, summer and autumn.

Use the check list below to decide on your personal priorities and the urgent changes in your garden.

• The opportunity of an outdoor lifestyle.

• An enthralling hobby.

• Moderate exercise.

• Wholesome fresh fruit vegetables and herbs.

• Natural aromatherapy.

• Somewhere to relax.

• Spiritual renewal.

• Colourful in all seasons.

• Generally low maintenance.

• Not too high a watering bill.

• Summer shade and winter shelter from winds.

• Somewhere different in which to entertain.

• A Jacuzzi.

• An outdoor kitchen.

• An aviary or a couple of hens for daily fresh eggs.

• A carp pond.

• An alternative to a lawn.

• A petanque court.

• A potting table and greenhouse.

look Mediterranean may be nearer your thing.

If this short self-analysis has stirred the creative juices reread parts Two Planning your Spanish garden, Three - Add interesting features and Five - Situational gardening of our book ‘Your garden in Spain.’

DICK: With a copy of his book ‘Your garden in Spain.’

• A playing field for children and grandchildren.

• A challenge and a chance to be creative to keep the brain active.

• A series of interlinked mini gardens with varying styles.

• Privacy and security.

If few of those thought starters are of interest perhaps just a desert of stone chippings with a tiled terrace around the pool plus a few token citrus trees and a palm to make it

As the garden is to be enjoyed, I hope, by all members of the family discuss the needs with all, including the nongardeners and seasonal visitors, before finalising plans.

© Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com March 2014.

Stop Press WITH Easter late there is time to make several changes before and for those on the Costa Blanca there is the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle Show on April 3 and 4 in Calpe where you can look out for and test ideas on the garden related stalls.

You will find me on Stand 66 willing to help solve recent gardening problems and evaluate/ polish any new plans for your garden. If you don’t have copies of our books they can be obtained via Amazon Books and I will have a few copies and free hand-outs at the show.

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Neater Heater announce two new distributor outlets AT times of recession it is very noticeable that customers are increasingly careful about spending their money. Because of this, competition is fierce in all walks of life, whether you are employing a tradesman, or buying heating systems. Bad companies and inefficient heating systems invariably all get weeded out when times are hard.

Neater Heater, on the other hand, have a top grade product designed and built in Europe from high grade materials and using up-to-date technology.

Because of this, and their unswerving loyalty and service to their customers, they are delighted to announce that they have expanded and can now add two more outlets to their list of Neater Heater Distributors in the Costa Blanca.

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Customers South of Alicante can now view and buy Neater Heaters from the new Euronics Electrical Store in Ciudad Quesada, located in the road running behind the BBVA bank on the High Street.

If you are north of Alicante, you can go to the new UK Labels in La Nucia, off the roundabout by the large BP petrol station.

Thanks to our arrangement with MRW Couriers, if any of our distributors don’t have what you want in stock, but we have it in our main stock, we can have it delivered to you within two working days.

Check our website to find out about our new range of ADAX heaters.

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Soft landing of prices in Spanish property market IT seems the Spanish property market has reached calm after years of financial storm.

New data by the Spanish Statistics Institute (INE) revealed property prices decreased by an average 7.8 per cent in the last quarter of 2013 in relation to the same period the previous year.

This decrease is of only a tenth (7.9 to 7.8 per cent) when compared to the

previous quarter in 2013, but leaves room for optimism as it’s the lowest registered since the third quarter of 2011.

Back then, prices decreased by an average 7.4 per cent.

As reported by the Euro Weekly News , the report revealed a soft landing of prices, with a registered yearon-year decrease of 4.2 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2013.

Both the INE and the Ministry of Public Works

reports are considered by experts as the basis to analyse the evolution of the property market.

By regions, figures from the INE point out property prices decreased the most in Extremadura (15.7 per cent), Castilla La Mancha (14.9 per cent) and Murcia (13.8 per cent).

With a registered decrease above the national average are Cataluña (7.2 per cent), the Canary Islands (6.8 per cent) and Madrid (6.5 per cent).

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International interest in Spanish hotels INTERNATIONAL funds are reportedly buying Spanish hotels to later sell at a better price.

The interest of investors in Spanish hotels started three years ago, and has experienced an increase since September, experts say.

They are said to take advantage of a debt in hotels that goes back to 2008 to look for bargains.

Hotels in Mallorca are allegedly 15 per cent less expensive, whereas those in Madrid and the Canary Islands are 30 per cent cheaper.

Only those in Barcelona and the Costa del Sol have

kept their price more or less intact, according to experts.

Of special interest are hotels in inland Spain.

Local and regional grants to attract tourists have ceased, placing them in a position that international funds consider profitable.

International funds have two ways of action, according to experts.

They can directly invest in hotel chains, or they can buy their mortgage debts to own their buildings to later sell them.

This, experts add, can be a sign that the Spanish economy is recovering.

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PMR; leaders in property management and offering a first class rental service FOUNDED seven years ago in Alfaz del Pi, PMR has continually grown and expanded into the leading property management and rental company in the area.

It was started by Lisa Turner who found a niche in the market in property management: “So many people were buying second homes here but had no one to check on it or look after it. The rental side evolved from that and was then a natural progression.”

Further progression now comes in the form of the currency exchange service. As a Eurochange bureau they offer high exchange rates with no fees or commission. For regular customers they offer a loyalty card system so for every fifth transaction you benefit from half a point more on the rate.

Whilst PMR Property Rental & Management has continued to grow and adapt to the needs of the market, they have not got

PMR TEAM: (from left) Tracy, Lisa, Roberto and Danielle. so big that they have lost their friendly, personal service which, continues to be the main priority.

There are five full time staff members plus a team of expert cleaners and maintenance personnel attending to the needs of clients whether that

be the owner or person renting.

For home owners, PMR offers a full management and key holding service which can be as comprehensive or as simple as the owner wishes, from being the contact number for house alarms to pool and garden maintenance or simply

PMR: For all your management, rental and currency needs. watering your plants, but you can be assured that your home is in good hands, is checked regularly and there are no nasty surprises waiting for you on your next visit. If you wish your property to be earning you an income, PMR’s rental service is first class.

As well as advertising locally and on their own website they advertise internationally on numerous web portals and have welcomed holiday guests from as far afield as Australia and Asia.

They are able to offer car hire and even have a personal chef on hand to offer a home from home/hotel style experience.

Long term renters are also cared for with PMR regularly helping clients to obtain NIEs and residencias. The legal team is able to offer advice and assistance on tax declarations, debt management and energy efficiency certificates which are now necessary on long term rentals.

For more information on any of the services PMR is able to offer, call in to see the multilingual team at the office in Calle Ferreria 16, Alfaz del Pi. Call 966 260 877 or visit www.pmrspain.com.

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DOUBT if there is anywhere that you will find people as interesting as our neighbours scattered along Spain’s Costa communities. It is a ghost-writer’s dream to live and write here.

Before relocating to Spain, I fantasised about a sun-kissed veranda, typewriter, and a glass of wine to my right and a blonde on my left. My lovely wife is a brunette but everything else is much as I wished for.

Writing runs in the family. My father, a lifelong friend of Irish playwright Sean O’ Casey, was an associate of Ernest Hemingway during Spain’s Civil War. He and my mother, another literati, tutored me.

The ghost-writer applies his skills to bring to life the stories of others. Most authors engage ghost-writers. The author sets out the plot and the ghost fills the gaps. When I become involved in an author’s story, I share their experience. Imagination and empathy are essential tools.

Mike Walsh Mike Walsh. Based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

LIFESTYLE: Writing and wine on a sun-kissed veranda.

My clients include a German who, as a child, survived the blitz on Germany. As it was far more intense and destructive than the war on the West, it was enlightening to see it from an ordinary German’s perspective. What a story of Cynthia’s! Suffering a paedophile for a husband, she lived life on the run to avoid Social Services abducting her children.

Chris Nand started life in a primitive Fijian South Sea Islands village. Using his fists as a professional boxer to save his fare he followed his dream to England where he met the Beatles (and me) and then to Spain.

We met by chance nearly 50 years later. Such was the romance threaded into his story that it became two books in one.

Then there was Nina, born into a boma (kraal) in Zambia. Out of Africa, the story of her struggle to make a better life for herself would have you cheering her on from your armchair.

There were times when, to compose myself, I left my keyboard when writing about Richard. As a child, accused of a minor social sin he was sentenced to four years confinement in a place of correction run by so-

called Christian Brothers. I wept as I wrote.

A Swedish client penned a thoroughly engaging novel as did Will, an ex-London police officer.

Yes, my writing career has taken me on diving exhibitions off South Africa’s coasts, through the Afghan wars, and revealed a murder most foul that (may have) occurred on the Costa del Sol. Talking of where the bodies are buried, one of my clients,

Barbara, worked with me on her memoirs. A respectable English civil servant, due to marital circumstances, she became hooked on swinging group sex and prostitution. Leaving nothing to the imagination all is revealed including her steamy session with James Hewitt, Princess Di’s exlover. As Will Shakespeare surmised: ‘It is all part of life’s rich tapestry.’

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Situated on the main road through La Nucia, the florist shop has an abundance of elegant and fragrant flowers as well as plants and shrubs. For a longer lasting sentiment there is a wonderful array of artificial blooms, coming DELIGHT: Floristeria El Elegante in a hidden treasure in La Nucia. in three different styles Holland and trained at the wander round, stocking gift ideas such and materials for IN BLOOM: Flowers for all country’s leading school for as photo frames, garden wear, vases different finishes occasions and budgets. floristry. Now with his own and even cuddly toys, with displays and budgets. store on the Costa Blanca, he changing to match the season. But, if Owner Patrick van Zieland is more than still regularly imports plants and you can’t get to the shop, then visit happy to advise you on the perfect flowers from the Netherlands for their their new website. Webflowers Costa choice for your occasion. He grew up quality and variety.

Blanca is a new kind of flower service surrounded by the flower markets in Floristeria El Elegante is a delight to allowing customers to create and put

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You can pay online or on delivery. If you wish, you even have the option of picking up in store at a time to suit you and, with over 600 roses sold on Valentine’s Day and queues almost out of the door, the speed and ease of ordering online may not be a bad idea!

“Webflowers Costa Blanca is there for each client and to meet the needs of the customer.”

For more information visit www.webflowerscostablanca.com or pop in to the shop and discuss with Patrick all your needs whether it be spoiling your mum this Mother’s Day, or wedding or funeral arrangements.

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AMARA ECCLESTONE, 29, the daughter of Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, recently accused Britons of having “a vicious attitude” towards people who’ve inherited wealth, adding that Americans are happier for those who have money, even if they’ve made it in an “unconventional way.”

The celebrity heiress who starred in Billion $$ Girl, a reality television show about her opulent lifestyle, is known to have spent £30,000 (€36,500) on Champagne in a single night, splashes out on Louboutin shoes and bought a £1 million (€1.2 million) crystal bath tub.

No luv! I don’t think the issue is how you spend your money - we wouldn’t accept that criticism of ourselves. It’s the way you flaunt it and then bang on about how people don’t understand you!

What is ‘vicious’ is to be the sort of rich, spoilt human being who

Nora Johnson

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A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/ nora-johnson

can happily squander money reportedly a £3 billion (€3.65 billion) trust fund - together with her sister, Petra) to feed an insatiable appetite for selfindulgence in the knowledge she lives in a world where thousands of babies die through poverty and disease, and thousands suffer indescribable conditions.

And just imagine how many families could have paid off crippling mortgages with the billions of pounds gifted to this daft girl by her doting dad. His choice, of course, and all the money she fritters on ‘stuff’ presumably goes into the economy. But, all the same, what a waste!

Tamara, Petra and all the other poor little rich girls - they all have the money and opportunity to do something worthwhile with their lives but none of the resolve.

Unlike Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, with his multi-billion-dollarfunded Gates Foundation tasked with finding cures for endemic diseases in Africa like malaria.

A most curious age in which we now live, wherein someone is fêted as a celebrity simply for being well-known. But not for brains, talent, discoveries or humanity - this ‘nothingness’ merely serving to emphasise how far society is from the meritocracy it claims to be.

Poor old Tamara. Good riddance, everyone’s saying! If you’re daft enough to court fame, then you can hardly be surprised when fame turns ‘vicious.’

Nora Johnson’s thrillers (www.nora-johnson.com) are available from Amazon and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

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Sculptra: the liquid facelift that helps you grow your own collagen LOOK younger naturally with Sculptra, a new facial treatment now available at Medcare GP clinics in Alfaz del Pi and Benijofar.

Sculptra is revolutionising the way lines and wrinkles are treated as rather than artificially filling or smoothing

NEWSFLASH MARCH is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Medcare surgeries are offering subsidised PSA (prostatespecific antigen) screening tests for just €39.

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them, Sculptra prompts your skin to restore itself naturally by producing collagen, which is the main structural component of the skin. It is the loss of collagen as we age that causes lines, wrinkles and a gaunt, aged look.

As collagen is boosted, gauntness is improved and skin becomes firmer and younger looking. The effects can last for up to three years.

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NATURAL: Sculptra prompts your skin to restore itself. own collagen that is filling lines and wrinkles and restoring a youthful look to the face.”

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Some cat facts....

HERE are a few of the most popular questions posed by cat lovers and a quick insight into normal cat behaviour.

Why do cats purr?

Purring is an extraordinary sound and it isn’t exactly clear how cats do it. Not only domestic cats purr, many of the larger members of the cat family do too.

The behaviour stems from kittenhood, as the mother returns to the den and quietly signals (to avoid attracting attention from predators) that all is OK by purring to her kittens, they in turn suckle and purr at the same time. Cats will also purr when they are sick or injured; there are various theories for this – the frequency of the purr in sick animals differs from the healthy purr and it may have healing properties or it may

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Why do cats rub round their owners’ legs?

A cat lives in a world where smell is vitally important. All creatures within its social group, as well as objects, will be anointed with its unique smell using scent glands in its face, body and tail. When your cat rubs round your legs to greet you it is doing the same as it would in greeting another cat by mutual rubbing of the face and body.

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Volkswagen unveils the T-ROC concept car CONCEPT CAR: Unveiled in the 84th Geneva International Motor Show.

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OLKSWAGEN presented the all new T-ROC, a concept car with a progressive design in the Golf format.

The German manufacturer unveiled its new vehicle during the 84th Geneva International Motor Show, which runs until March 16 in the Swiss city.

The all-wheel drive TROC concept car follows a new design line and interior style, with the progressive design of the front section being particularly striking, the automaker claims.

The two-door vehicle also combines the talents of an all-wheel drive sports utility vehicle (SUV) with the lightness

of a convertible.

The middle section of the roof consists of two halves that with just a few flicks can be taken off and stowed in the boot.

Front and rear cameras, which are backed up in the dark by LED headlights, extend the driver’s field of vision.

Powered by a 135 kW / 184 PS turbodiesel direct injection engine, the TROC is equipped with three different driving modes: ‘Street,’ ‘Off-road’ and ‘Snow.’

The parameters of the drive train, 7-speed dualclutch gearbox (DSG), ABS, Hill Start Assist and Hill Descent Control vary depending on the mode selected.

ENGINE: The car’s equipped with a 2.0 TDI engine with a fuel consumption of 4.9 l/100 km.

The 2.0 TDI engine’s fuel consumption is of low 4.9 l/100 km, while maximum torque is 380 Nm. The vehicle body has been designed based on the Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB). Thanks to lightweight construction the SUV weighs just 1,420 kg.

Other features include the relatively short overhangs and the multi-part 19-inch alloy wheels with size 245/45 tyres.

NEW DESIGN: Combining an allwheel SUV and a convertible.

Car sales in Spain on the up in February CAR sales in February increased by 17.8 per cent in relation to the same month the previous year, according to Aniacam.

Last month 68,806 cars were sold in Spain, an increase the vehicle imports association attributed to the fifth phase of the PIVE incentive programme, passed late in January.

The association expects figures in the following months to be similar to those in 2013, as the PIVE programme was in place then as well.

The PIVE scheme guarantees a minimum price of €2,000 for cars

older than 10 years when part exchanged for a new car and scrapped.

All in all, Aniacam hopes sales in the first six months of the year will increase by 8 or 10 per cent, as long as a new phase of the PIVE plan is passed when the current one runs out of funds.

In February, the favourite car in Spain was Seat’s Leon model, with 2,453 units sold.

It was followed by Ford Focus and another Seat model, this time the Ibiza.

Citroen’s C4 is the most sold car in Spain so far this year, with 4,305 units.

It was followed by Seat’s Leon and Ibiza model.

The French manufacturer’s car led the sales charts in Spain in 2013.

On the other side are Jeep, Peugeot, and Suzuki, all of them seeing their sales decrease by more than 15 per cent.

Electric car sales are also showing positive signs, with an 83.3 per cent increase in relation to the same month in 2013.

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Jaguars on Tigers’ tail BBC Jaguars were away to El Cid Swallows where they picked up eight points to edge up the table one point behind their club rivals the Tigers.

With Finca Guila Swifts collecting only six points from their game against Bonalba it means that BBC Lions only need seven points from three games to win the league title for the fifth time in a row.

With the BBC Tigers on 22 points and El Cid Spears on 20 points the Tigers need to win all three remaining games to win the Challenger League Title.

The BBC Winter League Team were at home to Finca Guila where they had another great result taking 10 points.

For more information about the club, please check out our website at www.benitachell bowlsclub.com

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A good day for Alfas ON a glorious spring day, the Woodbridge Oval welcomed for the 15th year on the trot Tottenhoe CC from

Bedfordshire in the UK. Winning the toss, Sporting Alfas Cricket Club (SACC) were asked to bat and with the

presence of a mixture of experience and youth Spanish national Antonio Gomez-Brown opened up with the mighty

experience of Geoff Evans. With the pressure of the first team eyes on them, the approach was cautious until a loose shot

Simon wins on Saint David’s Day MONTGO Golf Society played their St David’s Day Strokesford competition at Oliva Nova, again sponsored by Carla and Vic Chaszczewski.

A strokesford is scored by taking the gross front nine, deducting half the slope and then subtracting the stableford points score on the back nine with a score of 18 being equivalent to level par.

The winner was Simon Fox who scored 16 from his 17.1 handicap. Two shots further back with a

score of 18 was the consistent Gerian van Ooijen (8.8) in FLYING second place with the next three prize positions decided on handicap with Shaun O’Gorman (6.3) third, Bob Edwards (9.6) in fourth spot and Geoff Willcock getting the fifth spot from 11.2.

Stella Fox won the best second shot prize on the 5th and nearest the pins on Par 3s saw Peter Chapman win on the 3rd,

LINE-UP: The Russian and French women’s international rugby teams.

Top rugby teams at La Vila THE Russian and French women’s international rugby teams have been guests of La Vila.

Both teams have been training at the stadium in Villajoyosa, with the Russians staying an extra two weeks.

After their training the two teams were due to play a friendly at the stadium.

Jaume Lloret, Mayor of La Vila, and Pedro Ramis, Sports Councillor, received the players and technical

staff from the two expeditions on the promenade of the city.

Russia and France, fourth and 14th respectively in the Top 20 of the IRB, play their next games in the Sevens World Series in Guangzhou (China) and Amsterdam (Netherlands) in the months of April and May, so the visit to La Vila proved a good opportunity to measure strengths and study a possible rival in the forthcoming competition.

HIGH: Montgo Go lf Society with the Welsh flag.

Celia Cronin on the 11th and Brian Barden on the 16th.

The society’s next game is at Oliva Nova on

Friday, March 21, for the annual playing of the St Patrick’s Day medal sponsored by John Feek.

from Evans saw another youth team player come and go in Roper before the introduction of Kieran Perman who joined A Brown with the scores at 60-2.

Both played with maturity and punished the bad balls to put on a 99 run partnership before Perman fell for a well constructed 38.

A Brown finally scored 100 off 102 balls with 15 fours out of the total of 214-4 off 40 overs Tottenhoe CC innings never really got going, with the top score being extras at 31 and SACC 1st X1 rapped things up within 30 overs with the score on 126.

Anyone wishing to join SACC at their Albir ground should visit www.sacc.hitscricket. com.

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JAVEA GREEN have won their 14th match in a row, taking their Winter League Squad to second place in the League Table.

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Calpe Bowls Club JUST when Calpe needed a good result to continue their push up the league ladder, the wheels fell off and they succumbed at home too, to a very good Quartz team from Javea.

Considering we only lost the match by three shots 72–75 it seems out of proportion that the League points went 8–2 to the Quartz but that’s how it works, unfortunately.

Kate Sayers, Heather Blake and Tony Sayers lost 21–23. Alan Edwards, Alison Edwards and Gerry Heath lost 15–24. Alan Steed, Terry Street and Ray Collom lost 12–21.

Geoff Hutchinson, Stan Walmsley and Glenda Rowe won 24–7.

A disappointing result for Calpe but Quartz played well and deserve their high position in the League.

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Javea Green’s winning ways The score of 10-2, against local rivals El Cid

displayed the continuing prowess of a team playing at its peak.

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Orba Warblers Golf Society Spring Trophy Wednesday March 5 at La Sella

ANOTHER early start for the Warblers this week and a howling gale to greet them at La Sella for the playing of the Spring Trophy a four ball better ball.

The courses played were the Green and Yellow, and the Green is very open to the elements having a considerable effect on the results.

There were prizes down to sixth place and a very good selection of prizes were available courtesy of the sponsor. In sixth position were Michael Taylor and Arthur Sullivan with 34 points, beating them on count back were David Knight and Jorgen Mortensen.

SPRING TROPHY: Winners with their prizes.

There were four pairs on 35 points, in fourth spot were Bob Edwards and Nick berry, third place went to Sylvia Mortensen and Paddy Kenmore, in

second were Dermot Dimsey and Ron Steele but this year’s trophy winners are Rosemary Edwards and Peter Gibson.