Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 10 - 16 July 2014 Issue 1514

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€64m for education THE Department of Education is to invest €64 million to provide schools in the Valencia Region with 1,600 teachers, following protests about cuts in teacher training programmes.

Plea goes out save our postie Bid to save doorstep mail deliveries ORIHUELA is to appeal the decision to remove the Correos service from the Orihuela Costa.

The decision, made by the National Commission in Madrid, affects Cabo Roig, La Zenia I and II, Dehesa de Campoamor and La Regia. It means that individual deliveries will cease with homeowners having to install communal mailboxes or collect from the post office.

President of CLARO Bob Houliston joined Mayor Monserrate Guillen and Councillor for the Coast, Martine Scheurer, in saying they will “take all necessary measures to change the decision, including, if necessary, legal action.”

The mayor stated that the town hall would appeal to the Administrative Court.

The decision was made based on the number of inhabitants within each

urbansiation but the town hall argues that Orihuela Costa should be considered a continuous urban entity.

In the Orihuela Master Plan of 1990, it was not defined as a single integrated entity. The postal authorities have used this out-of-date administrative definition to allege that Orihuela does not meet the levels required to maintain home deliveries.

Cyclist hurt A CYCLIST was badly injured after a crash in the mountainous area of Alhama de Murcia, known as the Criaderas.

Shop crash A CAR crashed into the window of a shop in Calle Jorge Juan in Elche, when the driver lost control. The two occupants of the car were unhurt.

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ACCIDENT: A teenager has been killed after falling off a ride at Terra Mitica.

Teenager dies in fall from theme park ride A TEENAGER has become the first person to die at the Terra Mitica theme park in Benidorm in the park’s 14-year history.

The 18-year-old, believed to be from Iceland, was killed after falling from a height of between 10-15m from the ‘Inferno’ attraction, a roller coaster that turns riders 360 degrees and reaches speeds of 60 mph.

The accident occurred during the turning of the ride and is believed to

have been the result of a mechanical failure in the seat.

The teenager, who was with his father, brother and a friend, was alive when paramedics arrived but he later died in the ambulance.

Benidorm Mayor Agustin Navarro has sent his condolences to the family and said the city was in contact with the family to help in any possible way.

Terra Mitica opened in 2000, the Inferno ride was opened in 2007.

Baby left in locked car in car park A COUPLE were arrested for leaving their fourmonth-old daughter alone in a parked car.

Security guards at Alicante’s Puerta de Alicante shopping centre’s underground car park alerted the police after they noticed the

infant in the back of a BMW X5 with the doors locked and windows wound up.

They used the public address system to call for the owners of the vehicle before calling police when the parents didn’t show. Police

broke the window to reach the baby who was then taken to hospital for a check up. The parents, an Algerian couple, were arrested and charged with abandoning a minor but later released and their baby returned to them.

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NEWS Cala Mosca URBANISATION and land subdivision of the Cala Mosca, Orihuela Costa, development project is to be published for public viewing. Environmental claims will then have to be submitted within 30 days.

Fiesta recycling A SPECIAL collection service for recyclable items is being put in place in Orihuela during the Moors and Christians fiestas to encourage recycling.

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Woman’s eviction postponed FIFTY people helped stop the eviction of a woman and her 12year-old daughter in Torrevieja.

The woman, who has received treatment for cancer was due to be evicted but the court has granted the adjournment and called off the eviction.

The move comes following a protest and support by members of anti-eviction groups in

Torrevieja, Murcia, Orihuela and Callosa. They demonstrated for two-and-a-half hours in a protest controlled by police claiming the Torrevieja officials had failed the mother and gone back on their promises to provide social rents to those affected by mortgage defaults. The woman, who financed her

home through Banco Primus, a Portuguese company, has a debt of €30,000 on the property which is due to be auctioned and receives a subsidy of €420 a month.

Anti-eviction group, PAH Torrevieja, said there are numerous evictions happening daily in the city and more help needs to be given.

Monovar fire A FIRE caused the evacuation of a home in Monovar. Firefighters spent two hours trying to extinguish the flames of the fire which originated in the kitchen of the apartment.

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SAN FULGENCIO'S Local Hero Awards take place tomorrow (Friday) at the Cardinal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio from 8pm. Tickets available on the door with a donation for AECC.

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Falling palm A PALM tree fell on the awning of a street cafe in Elche near the Huerto del Cura. No one was injured.

Bay rockfall ELEVEN properties were evacuated as a precaution in El Portus Bay, Cartagena, following rockfalls. Engineers are now surveying the area.

NOT JUST HOT AIR: The festival has a lot to offer.

European hot air balloon festival

Benidorm prostitutes PROSTITUTION is increasing in Benidorm. In a bid to reduce the practice, the town hall is coordinating efforts with the police and courts to slow the increase.

Russian visit THE Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in the Valencian Community, Ramon Congost, has visited Torrevieja’s private Chiron Hospital, which participated in the forum ‘Russian Tourism: diagnosis and business opportunities.’

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CHANGES in police scheduling and rotas means Torrevieja will have just four offices on night shift this weekend. Unions have raised their “concern and dissatisfaction.”

Road resurfacing COBBLESTONE in Orihuela’s Calle San Sebastian have been removed and €5,759 spent on resurfacing the road to avoid the potholes and puddles when it rains.

Bombs caught TWO Civil War bombs were caught in fishing nets off Port Saplaya,Valencia. Navy experts later carried out a controlled underwater explosion to dispose of them.

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THE EUROPEAN balloon festival, which runs from July 9 to July 13, is taking place in Igualada, Barcelona.

It is one of the most important in southern Europe, certainly the most important in Spain.

The festival started in 1997 and since then it has been held every year with ever increasing interest from the public. One of the most popular aspects of the festival is the photography competition which is being held again this year; anyone wishing to take part should send their pictures, of the festival, to the Igualada Council before September 5.

The event is usually well attended by both amateur enthusiasts and professionals and also brings with it thousands of tourists who go just to see the spectacular array of multi-coloured balloons.

This year more than 25,000 visitors are expected to watch the approximately 50 teams which have

Quote of the Week “When you think something is impossible, just look at Rajoy - he got to be president!”

Anonymous political commentator on Spanish radio referring to Spain’s chances of coming out of the recession this year.

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The festival includes, among other things, hot air balloon races, recreational exhibitions like ‘night glow,’ which is when the balloons switch their burners on and off after dark giving the craft an eerie glow, and several competitions - all related to ballooning.

The flights and races take place in the early morning or in the late afternoon as this is when the weather conditions are most favourable for the sport.

Visitors can take advantage of the opportunity to ride a balloon if they book in advance with the relevant authorities.

The festival will end with a spectacular music and firework display.

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people every day. That is the number of extras applying for the Game of Thrones casting taking place, initially, through Facebook. Filming begins in October in Sevilla and Osuna.

CARTAGENA’S Cala Cortina beach has received the Q for Quality award for the first year proving it’s quality and cleanliness.

No confidence ORIHUELA’S PP and CLR parties have challenged the decision preventing the no confidence censure motion against the ruling government parties.

Help appeal THE Socialist Party in Bigastro is appealing for any form of help or grant to allow the Home Help Service to continue serving families during August and not cease as last year.

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Mallorca is suffering from an image problem since a video was leaked of an illegal competition in its bars in which young women would perform sexual favours in exchange for free drinks. Island authorities are looking into what has become an international scandal.

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Teenagers in bike crash TWO teenagers have been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on the road between Agost and Novelda, Alicante.

The accident occurred in the early hours of the morning and police are investigating the cause.

An 18-year-old and a 19-year-old had to be hospitalised.

Hercules doc doping cha HERCULES Football Club’s team doctor has been arrested on doping charges.

Jeroni Llorca, a specialist in sports medicine, was arrested at the Arena

Sports Clinic in Alicante City where he is a director, in an operation against the distribution of performanceenhancing drugs to athletes. A search revealed

Cartagena’s ‘most wanted’ is arrested in Chile A CARTAGENA man who was listed on the top ten ‘most wanted’, has been arrested in Chile.

Guardia Civil, in collaboration with the Chilean police, apprehended Juan Monteagudo Marmol after being convicted for sexually abusing his young daughter.

He was sentenced by Murcia Provincial Court to a term of 11 years and eight months in prison for the assaults and for abusing his wife.

He fled the country and an international arrest warrant was issued against him.

Monteaguado was located in Chile thanks to the co-operation of citizens reporting sightings of him, following the release of the list of the 10 ‘most wanted’ by the Civil Guard last March.

It is believed that Monteaguado entered Chile in August 2012 from Argentina, using the identity of one of his brothers.

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ctor on arges small amounts of performance-enhancing substances, of types generally used by cyclists and triathlon athletes.

Four other people have also been arrested as part of the police operation; none are linked to the Arena Sports Clinic.

In 2010, Llorca was appointed to a committee of experts attached to Spain’s Anti-Doping Agency.

He was also team doctor for US Postal when Lance Armstrong rode for the team. Armstrong was later stripped of his titles after testing positive for banned substances.

Llorca has been released with charges and the investigation is ongoing as police said they have not ruled out further arrests.

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Girl nearly drowns Workers in La Manga pool hurt in A GIRL, aged eight, had to be hospitalised after nearly drowning in a pool in La Manga.

The lifeguard at the pool, in a residential area of La Manga, pulled the youngster from the water and performed emergency first response resuscitation.

Emergency services from San Javier and Murcia Health Service attended the scene where she was stabilised and transferred to Cartagena’s Saint Lucia Hospital.

Elche mum to be evicted AN Elche mother is to be evicted from her home in September.

The woman has two children, one of them mentally disabled, and has received an eviction notice for September. She

had previously stopped the eviction back in April after camping outside the town hall for three days.

She has now returned to Elche’s Plaça de Baix to protest and is calling for a new home.

Robber targets stables A MAN has been arrested in Elche for stealing from horse stables.

The 54-year-old is accused of committing at least five robberies in recent months from riding and breeding centres around Elche, stealing items like saddles, bridles and horse food. He was arrested as police spotted him selling goods at several markets.

restaurant A SMALL explosion at a restaurant in the Gran Via Shopping Centre, Alicante, left two people with minor injuries.

Both of those hurt were employees of the establishment.

It is believed that excessive heating of oil in an industrial fryer caused the small explosion, which resulted in several dishes being thrown into the air and injuring the workers.

Police are investigating the incident.

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Mayor in the dock THE trial has begun of Torre Pacheco Mayor, Daniel Garcia Madrid, in Cartagena.

He stands accused of irregularities in the awarding of public works contracts, and for contracting more than â‚Ź700,000 worth of services without following the correct procedures by putting them out to tender.

Two fellow councillors, the town hall auditor and architect are also facing charges.

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Move affects emergency response times RESPONSE TIMES: A year since 112 calls were transferred from Alicante to Valencia and the service has been flooded with complaints.

THE transfer of the emergency centre of Alicante to Valencia just over a year ago has caused complaints and delays due to lack of coordination.

The decision by the

Ministry of Health to transfer co-ordination of 112 calls and emergencies from the Centre for Information and Co-ordination of Emergencies located in Alicante General Hospital, to a control unit in Valencia, was done in a bid to save costs.

Since then, users have complained about response times.

On the first day of the transfer, a patient lying on a road between Elche and La Marina had to wait 40 minutes for an ambulance, which had initially been sent to Torrellano by the Valencia call operators.

The most recent case occurred late last month when a woman, aged 79, almost died as the SAMU ambulance was sent to

the wrong address in Elche.

The Department of Health claims response times are within 12 minutes.

SAMU workers have also criticised the change in defibrillators, claiming the new devices are too heavy, with paramedics regularly having to carry them up flights of stairs in blocks without lifts.

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Hoping for a place at university A TOTAL of 4,294 students in Alicante Province have enrolled to sit this month’s university entrance examinations, which will take place at five colleges.

This is the second year running that the entrance exams have been held in July, allowing students who passed their end-ofschool exams in June to participate in the process of preregistration for universities.

The results of preregistration will be published on July 18.

Exam re-sits are also taking place in July, rather than September as has previously been the case, for students who failed subjects.

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Ambassador raises healthcare issues BRITISH Ambassador Simon Manley has raised property and healthcare issues with the Valencian Government.

The ambassador visited Valencia to reinforce commercial ties with the region and underline the major economic contribution that British nationals make to the area. An estimated €1.6 billion was spent in Valencia last year by the 2.2 million British tourists who visited.

In addition, more than 100,000 British nationals are registered on the ‘padron’ municipal roll - in the Valencia autonomous community, making further valuable contributions to the economy.

In meetings with Valencian Government leaders, including President Alberto Fabra, Ambassador Manley raised the issue of healthcare for tourists and the importance of all public hospitals accepting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).

He highlighted the plight of those who continued to be affected by property problems in areas like Lliber and Catral, and urged the president and regional councillor for property and environmental issues, Isabel Bonig, to work towards solutions.

VALENCIA VISIT: Ambassador Manley (right) with President Alberto Fabra.

Mr Manley said: “As this was my first visit to Valencia, I was keen to emphasise the huge value that the British tourist and resident population has for this area. The fact that British tourists contributed €1.6 billion to the Valencia economy in 2013 alone illustrates this. I am also committed to working with the Valencian Government on the issues that affect British nationals the most and to ensure that help is provided when they need it.”

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Misuse of phone case continues THE judicial investigation into the alleged misappropriation of public funds by Torrevieja councillors and advisers, has revealed that hundreds of thousands of calls were registered to services not related to work.

It comes as two more councillors, Eduardo Gil Rebollo and Javier Montoro, and adviser Juana Lopez Carmona appeared before a judge to make a statement. Former councillors Daniel Plaza and Jose Manuel Pizana and former adviser Graham Knight have already appeared in court.

Some of the money has been returned to city coffers, with Montoro saying he was satisfied towns in Alicante Province that “not a single euro” of saw Javea register the municipal money had highest occupancy of been used as he was hotels with 83.44 per accused of making longcalls and cent, followed by El distance Campello (71.57 per hundreds of SMS texts to cent), Elche (61.58 per his partner during a cent) and Santa Pola (46 private trip to the USA. Eduardo Gil Rebollo is per cent).

Regarding the origin of accused of using premium tourists, last month 58.22 services like downloading per cent were inter- games and adult telenational visitors and vision, between 2010 and 41.78 per cent were 2011, racking up bills of around €600 per month.

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June sees positive start to summer AVERAGE occupancy of hotels in Alicante City in June stood at 77.99 per cent; 2.4 per cent more than the same month last year.

The Provincial Association of Hotels in Alicante (APHA) stressed that these figures reflect the great impact that the Hogueres fiestas had on visits, which was higher than the previous year.

Excluding Benidorm,

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Library activities MUNICIPAL libraries in Santa Pola are hosting a range of activities throughout the summer including lectures and workshops. For more information visit the library in Gran Alacant or Calle Castaños, Santa Pola.

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SANTA POLA’S female football club joined in the town’s monthly institutional event against violence against women. The councillor for women thanked the team for its participation and for showing equality in sport.

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DRIED OUT: Lack of rainfall has caused losses of more than €78 million.

Farmers call for drought aid

FARMERS have demonstrated at the government offices in Alicante, calling for aid after being affected by the drought.

They said the lack of rainfall has already caused losses of more than €78 million, with vineyards being the most affected crop.

Cereal, nuts - especially almonds olives, summer fruits and citrus have also

been affected, according to the group La Unio de Llauradors i Ramaders, whose members are calling for the urgent establishment of a commission to monitor and access the drought, as well as the granting of direct aid in the amount of €15,000 per agricultural enterprise within three years. They also want a tax reduction for farmers.

RAIN and hailstorms forced the closure of the AVE high-speed train between Alicante and Albacete.

The Railway Infrastructure Administrator (ADIF), owner of the tracks, was forced to close the line in the area of Alpera, to remove a train trapped by the storm when hardcore under the rails was washed away.

Renfe had to divert all traffic along normal lines causing average delays of 30 minutes.

The storm, accompanied by hail, dumped 70 litres per square metre of rainfall in one hour.

The hailstorm also forced a flight from Madrid-Barajas airport

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Open all hours MUSEUMS in Mazarron will remain open all summer in response to demand from both businesses and visitors.

Night festival MORATALLA’S Music Festival Nocturnal takes place on August 8,16 and 30.

It returns to the Murcian town after an eight-year break due to lack of financing.

English camp ENGLISH summer schools have returned to Alicante. All activities are done in English with bilingual guides and 100 children have enrolled this month compared to 60 last year.

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Costa Blanca is ideal holiday spot for Spaniards on budgets THE high season officially began last week with hotels on the Costa Blanca recording around 40 per cent of rooms still vacant.

It comes as Spaniards report a surge in last-minute reservations, looking for bargain deals and the Costa Blanca seems to be carving a

name for itself in this area. Hot on the heels of low-cost flights bringing international tourists, Spaniards are now realising what the area can offer, with prices frozen for the last three years combined with the quality of services, making it unbeatable

value for money.

From Denia down to Pilar de la Horadada, last-minute discounts can be found of up to 30 per cent for hotel stays this month.

President of Hotel Association, Hosbec, Antonio Mayor, said they are not concerned about the vacant

Star Wars in Alicante THE dark side made an appearance in Alicante as Darth Vader and his troops marched through the streets.

Around 50 members of the Legion 501 Spanish Garrison marked their 10th anniversary with a parade before ‘invading’ Santa Barbara Castle where a Star Wars exhibition is on display.

rooms at this point, recalling a similar situation at the start of last summer, which then closed the season as one of the best in history.

An increase in flights from Russia throughout July and August to Alicante-Elche airport will also see reservations in the international market rise.

The Russian market moves €500 million around annually in the province, which is divided into real estate investing and the amount these visitors spend.

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TROOPERS: Star Wars invades Alicante streets and the castle.

RENFE launches a new silent service on Sunday for travel on the AVE Alicante-Madrid route.

It is making certain carriages on the train silent; prohibiting entry by those aged under 14 and the use of mobile phones.

The ‘quiet car’ has already launched on the Madrid-Sevilla section, with no extra charge.

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Double trains for 1D fans ONE DIRECTION fever has hit Spain and in response, RENFE offered additional trains from Alicante to get fans to their concerts in Barcelona.

The company doubled the number of trains this week to coincide with increased demand, offering 2,000 seats; 20 per cent more than usual.

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Murcia’s average rental prices increase THE average price of renting a property in Murcia Region has risen in the first half of the year by 0.78 per cent.

The rental of a 103 square metre apartment now costs an average of €487, representing a 6 per cent increase and the

eighth highest rise in Spain, according to a report by property portal www.pisos.com.

Murcia is the fourth most affordable autonomy for tenants renting an apartment behind Extremadura (€400 per month), with fellow runner and triathlete, Castilla-La Mancha (€445 paediatrician Martin Ferrando Mora. per month) and Castilla y Federico said the idea came about Leon (€477 per month). when he began running and Martin The average price per gave him tips and advice. He created month to rent a 117 the twitter account @berunnerfriend square metre apartment and with more than 10,000 followers, in Valencia Region is now set up www.berunnermyfriend.com. €591 per month.

Online running tips HEALTH workers from the Vega Baja Hospital have founded an online running magazine.

The publication offers health tips and advice for amateur athletes and sports enthusiasts and was created

by Federico Gas Huertas, a paediatric nurse, runner and triathlete, along

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Sharing knowledge

ANGRY BIRDS creator, Jere Erkko, is participating in a conference of entrepreneurship in Murcia.

In order to boost interest in technology and innovation among young people, the Catholic University of Murcia and the Society of the Region of Murcia Information Technology (SICARM) has organised the event ‘UCAM Smart Campus,’ where entrepreneurs and major national and international experts in the development of apps, virtual reality and 3D printing and scanning share their knowledge.

The four-day event at the university closes today (Thursday) and can be followed on Twitter at ‘# UCAMSmartCampus.’

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UK doctors looking to recruit in Alicante MEDICAL consultants from the UK are travelling to Alicante to recruit Spanish doctors.

They are offering numerous vacancies at hospitals in Britain and are looking for doctors with European citizenship with at least two years of hospital experience; particularly with specialisation in family and community medicine.

Consultants from two London hospitals will be interviewing candidates at the end of the month. This is the first job offer to take place in Alicante Province between private British recruitment company Pulse, within the Spanish health campaign in the UK and in collaboration with the Medical College (OMC) of Spain. There are 14 vacancies for one year contracts.

Elche reconstruction will employ locals

Diabetes research

THE renovation and urban renewal of Elche’s San Anton area will employ local unemployed people.

The manager of Pimesa, overseeing the works, Antonio Martínez, said: “It is a comprehensive project, not only to rebuild the neighbourhood, but also aims to pursue economic and social objectives, so the contract specifications of the project will favour companies that provide work to give to neighbourhood residents.”

The first phase of works involves the construction of homes spread across four blocks which may be up to 11 storeys high.

A RESEARCH team at Alicante’s General Hospital has discovered insulin resistant DNA in obese patients.

Obesity has a prevalence in diabetes sufferers with 90 per cent of patients with type two diabetes being overweight. Morbid obesity further complicates the management of type two diabetes.

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Signs to boost tourism NEW signs are be put in place around Torrevieja as part of a tourism project to boost communication between tourists and to publicise all the points of interest in the town.

The signs will highlight places of interest and historical monuments such as the Plaza de la Estacion, the Eras de la Sal and International Music Auditorium, as well as Torre de la Mata and the former Casino of Torrevieja.

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Complaints at school THERE is controversy over the school premises in El Altet.

Complaints have been received that the removal of portable classrooms for the next school year is being done ‘at the expense of eliminating other public spaces such as the gym,’ as there are calls for the resignation of Elche’s councillor of Education, Daniel McEvoy, for not solving the problems within the school and for encouraging private centres.

McEvoy responded by saying: “For years there has been calls for the the elimination of the five prefabricated classrooms at the school and now there are more complaints just to try and generate more controversy.

“Students will be able to practice sports at the centre just minutes from the school.”

AVE shuttle bus to serve passengers in Torrevieja A BUS will now be in operation from Torrevieja to serve passengers of the AVE high speed Alicante-Madrid train.

The shuttle bus launches on Tuesday and will run throughout the summer with

pick ups from the Eras de la Sal in the centre of the city and is part of a link between Villena and Benidorm to improve connections between the tourist towns.

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Benidorm in top 10 BENIDORM is among the 10 most sought after international destinations for the UK market, that’s according to comparative price site trivago.co.uk.

Their report was prepared on the basis of searches performed by users between January 1 and June 15 for travel in July and August 2014.

Paris was the most popular international destination, while Benidorm was in ninth place with Barcelona in fourth.

The study also created a profile of habits of UK travellers who noted that British tourists are prepared to spend an average of £112 (€140) per night for hotels this summer, higher than the world average of £96 (€120) per night.

2,600 years of wine A JOURNEY of 2,600 years of the history of wine making in Alicante is now on at the MARQ Archaeological Museum of Alicante.

The exhibition will run until January 11, 2015, taking visitors through

various stages of cultivation and production of wine in the province and its history and evolution. The exhibition is promoted by the Province of Alicante and sponsored by the Denomination of Origin Wines Alicante.

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€1,326 raised for PCN NORAH MULBERRY has raised €1,326 for Paul Cunningham Nurses (PCN) after competing in the Campoverde Half Marathon.

She was joined by her sister and niece and two friends and walked the route in three-and-a-half hours to raise money for the charity whose nurses helped her husband Roger in his last days.

Norah said: “They were a great support to both myself and his two daughters through what can only be described as emotionally draining times.”

She added: “Thank you to all those who generously donated their time and money.”

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Summer fundraising for MABS charity JUNE was a busy month of fundraising for MABS Murcia Mar Menor Cancer Support Group.

At the monthly Ladies Lunch at Diamantes Restaurant, El Mojon it was ‘ladies day at Ascot’ with the event raffle raising over €300.

Two days later the ladies were all dressed up again for a ‘Royal Ascot ladies day’ at Time Out in San Javier and a further €100

THANKS: Jacqui Phillips MBE and President of MABS thanking everyone for their support at the summer solstice event. was donated to MABS. Two pamper days organised by Karen Andrews also raised over €100.

The month was then completed by a summer solstice event, on

George Benson at San Javier festival GEORGE BENSON has kicked off the annual San Javier Jazz Festival performing to a full house at the open air auditorium.

The festival is on until August 5 with individual tickets and season passes still available. The full programme can be obtained via the festival offices in San Javier Town Hall where you can also buy tickets or by calling 968 191 588.

midsummers day, in the gardens of the La Finca Restaurant, on La Manga Club which raised over €7,000 and a garden party at Casa Familiar at Los Urrutias with over €1,200 donated to MABS. The charity helps anyone of any nationality affected by cancer.

For more information call the helpline on 693 275 779.

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Gala dance for charity RIO SAFARI zoo in Elche and Santa Pola’s Gym Noray joined forces for a gala dance to raise money for the Association Colibri, which helps those with multiple sclerosis.

More than 120 dancers aged three and up took part in the event, with 22 different performances in diciplines including rhythmic gymnastics, contemporary, funky and salsa.

Ana Blasco, Councillor for Social Welfare, wants to encourage citizens to co-operate with the Colibri Association, “so they can carry out their activities throughout the year,” and she thanked the organisers of the gala.

Feral Friends host fundraising lunch A CHARITY Sunday lunch takes place on July 20 in aid of Feral Friends of Gran Alacant.

The lunch is at Rincon de Pili Restaurant on the N340 Avenida Elche, with a four-course meal costing

€15. For more information email the charity at feralfriends.ga@gmail.com or call 697 574 199.

Money raised will assist with the volunteer work to help feral and abandoned cats.

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Help out and have a holiday at same time A WEEK’S holiday in the Algarve, Portugal, has been donated to raise funds for HELP Murcia Mar Menor.

Mike Stoddard is offering a week at the four-star Oura Praia Hotel in Albufeira, from December 7-14 in a self-catering apartment situated 300 metres from the beach and close to shops and restaurants.

The resort also has a pool, tennis courts and gym facilities.

Anyone wishing to make an offer of more than €80 (payable to HELP Murcia Mar Menor) secures the deal. Contact Gerry Sherry on 968 371 091 or 634 329 427 or email info@helpmurciamarm enor.org.

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Gynaecologist sentenced to 81 years in prison A GYNAECOLOGIST has been sentenced to 81 years in prison for sexually abusing patients.

The man abused his victims during check-ups at the Catalan Health Institute (CHI) and at his private office in Barcelona between 2003 and 2006, heard the Spanish Supreme Court.

The court rejected all the appeals submitted by the gynaecologist’s defence lawyers, the CHI - regarding subsidiary civil liability - and Zurich Insurance PLC Spain - regarding direct liability - and confirmed the sentence in its entirety, with the exception of those terms concerning paying compensation interests to one victim.

The gynaecologist, who will have to serve a maximum of 13-and-ahalf years behind bars, would abuse his patients in his office when no nurses were around.

As stated by the court, the man would subject his patients to examinations that were contrary to

PRISON SENTENCE: For sexually abusing patients. his professional duties, and degrading. It also concluded that the gynaecologist treated them as mere objects for his own sexual gratification. Furthermore, the court said he took advantage of his patients’ trust and that the women

did not give their consent, but were overcome by a “somewhat paralysing perplexity.”

The gynaecologist has also been deprived of his licence to practise medicine and sentenced to pay each victim €6,000.

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Sex scandal in Mallorca’s bars MALLORCA’S bars have come under the spotlight again in a sex-for-drinks scandal.

Apparently there are at least two bars on the popular island resort which will offer women free drinks in exchange for performing sex acts on fellow bar customers.

After a video was circulated online the ‘free drinks offer’ caught the attention of the local authorities and they began looking into the scandalous affair. The video showed a female customer at the popular destination of Magaluf performing ‘mini-sexacts’ on young tourists, apparently, in exchange for free drinks, according to national paper El Mundo.

The director of the Women’s Institute on the

island, Isabel Llinas, commented: “It is morally reprehensible and humiliating for those who participate, but it is an act carried out between two consenting adults who are free to do what they think is right.”

She went on to say that it was a worrying trend and was not limited to just a few bars in Magaluf but was more widespread.

Local bar owners are frustrated at the attention the scandal is receiving as they don’t want to spoil the image of the Punta Ballena strip as a place to have a fun night out. The strip is a regeneration area and is trying to recover from its former ‘dark area’ reputation to become a more ‘fun friendly’ place to spend the night during the summer months.

Man, 22, detained for glorifying terrorism

Watermelon thieves GENETICALLY MODIFIED: Watermelons not fit for human consumption.

ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED KILOS of watermelons have been stolen from a farm in Cartagena, Murcia.

The watermelons were being grown on land belonging to a university and were being used for the purposes of genetic investigation and experimentation. As such, they were not fit for human consumption.

The Guardia Civil have arrested five people in connection with the theft. The special watermelons would have been worth about 50 cents a kilo if they had reached the open market.

Investigations began in June when police were alerted to the theft of the

fruits and were told that they were being used for genetic experiments to find new strains, and their fitness for the table could not be guaranteed.

Police officers soon located a lorry full of watermelons, which experts at the experimental farm recognised as theirs.

In a joint operation with the Local Police, Guardia Civil officers then arrested five people, one of them a minor, for crimes against public health, as they were going to sell the melons for consumption, and theft.

All the accused are on bail until their cases can be heard by the courts in Cartagena.

GUARDIA CIVIL in Burgos have detained a man for glorifying terrorism through the social networks.

The man detained was denounced by a journalist whom he had threatened through Twitter.

Initial investigations revealed that the man had threatened not only the journalist but also many other people through Twitter; he had also launched many tweets about the glorification of terrorism and ETA’s (Basque Country separatist/ terrorist organisation) activities as well as humiliating any victims of terrorist activity that he could get in touch with.

After intense negotiations with the service provider (Twitter) and the International Inquiry Committee, which

CYBER CRIME: Criminals will be caught regardless. deals with these sorts of cyber requests, they were finally allowed access to the individual’s details and able to identify and locate him in the village of Villasana de Mena in Burgos.

The suspect is 22years-old and a resident of Bilbao in the Basque

Country.

He is out on bail until his case can be heard by the courts in Madrid. The case will be heard in Madrid as all cases that involve cyber crime in Spain are considered to have no location and therefore go to the capital.

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In memory PEDRO TORRES has cycled from Manzanares el Real in Madrid to Pilar de la Horadada in memory of women affected by breast cancer.

Sporty July THROUGHOUT July, sports activities will take place at Benijofar’s municipal swimming pool including aqua aerobic and pilates. For more information visit the town hall.

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Your best holiday selfie SELFIE taking is the theme of Servigroup’s eighth photography competition.

The eighth edition of Servigroup Hotels photographic competition has the theme ‘Your best holiday selfie.’ Grab your Smartphone or tablet and take a fun, original, creative photo while you enjoy your summer holiday and take part in the competition.

In this edition, more than ever, the main character is you, although you can also be accompanied by friends and family. Any scenario is ideal to show your funny side: on the beach, in the hotel, by the pool or drinking a mojito at the bar, you choose!

In 2012, 1,200 photographs from 61 countries were submitted.

TAKING SELFIES: Has taken off in the last year.

For the third consecutive year, the competition is being run through social network Instagram. With the hashtags #selfiegroup and #servigroup, users can publish their photos and the winner will receive a special mention as well as the best technology from

Energy Sistem, co-sponsor of the first prize.

Those interested in taking part can do so through Instagram. Details on Servigroup’s web page: http://www.servigroup.co m/en/competitions/selfiegr oup/bases2014_en.pdf The deadline for sending photographs is September 30 and winners will be announced on Servigroup’s Hotels web page www.servigroup.com.

First prize is a three-night stay for two, on full board basis, in any of the chain’s hotels (except Hotel Servigroup Montiboli), a smartphone Energy Phone Neo from Energy Sistem with double core processor, dual SIM, IPS Screen, GPS and Bluetooth, and a Servigroup goodie bag.

Second prize is a twonight stay for two, full board in any Servigroup four-star hotel, and a goodie bag. Third prize is a two-night stay for two, on a full board basis, in any Servigroup three-star hotel, and a goodie bag.

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Currencies Direct open new office CURRENCIES DIRECT have celebrated the official opening of their fifth office in Spain. The La Marina branch on Avenida de Londres is now centrally located between the existing La Zenia and Moraira branches.

The inauguration party gave customers old and new a chance to meet the team. Currencies Direct have been established for 18 years dealing only with currency exchange, which is why they can offer the best rates and deals.

“We offer superior rates of exchange and make the very bold statement that we will beat any high street bank rate,” said Jaime Stewart, Business Development Executive, who added that as well as their excellent rates, customer service is paramount.

LA MARINA: Currencies Direct’s fifth office in Spain.

“Transferring money can be a scary thing so we hold their hand the entire process and offer a one to one service which can save clients an average of 5 per cent compared to the banks,” he explained.

Transfers are fast and 100 per cent secure with Currencies Direct being authorised and overseen by

the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of Spain and there are no fees or commission rates. So for the best rate and service, contact the new office in La Marina or La Zenia on 965 994 830, email costablanca@ currenciesdirect.com or visit www.currenciesdirect. com.

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1st Pamplona bull run begins with 4 injuries THE first Pamplona bull run concluded early at 8am on Monday. It lasted

two minutes, 25 seconds and there were four injuries. One man was

gored in the thigh by a bull and three people suffered broken bones.

Fifty people were taken to hospital after last year’s eight runs. Fifteen people have been killed since the tradition began in 1911, the most recent death being in 2010 when a 27year-old man was gored in the heart, neck and lungs.

The Pamplona City Hall has enforced measures this year to reduce the number of injuries. Those who refuse to obey the rules can be fined up to €60,000 for infringements like taking part while drunk and using a camera during the run.

“We have a problem since there are people who enter the bull-run who don’t really know what a bull run is,” Pamplona city councillor

Fermin Alonso explained.

“Pamplona police have to remove from the course drunk people as well as those who wear sandals instead of running shoes. To correct these situations we have established some norms and fines.”

The dubious honour of the first person fined went to a British man for crossing the orange waiting line before he was permitted to do so.

Not everyone was happy to see the start of the festival. More than 150 animal rights campaigners gathered in the main city square to protest against the event.

They covered themselves in fake blood and held signs in several different languages which read: “You run. Bulls die.”

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Tax blacklist CLOSE to 2,000 Spanish taxpayers could be on a feared defaulters’ list.

The list will include the names of those who owe more than €1 million in taxes, Santiago Menendez, General Director of Spain’s revenue service (AEAT), told the media.

Menendez said publishing the list on the revenue service’s website was a dissuasive measure to demonstrate that such behaviour was reprehensible.

Furthermore, he said the tax reform was designed “by someone who was able to weather a storm and reach a safe harbour,” so it deserves “credibility.” Menendez emphasised that the tax reform lays solid foundations for economic growth and the creation of employment opportunities.

In addition, he pointed out that the reform would increase household liquidity levels and have a €9 billion impact in two years.

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Daniela is Spectacle Wearer of the Year…

AFTER a month-long competition, Specsavers Opticas have announced the winners of the first Spectacle Wearer of the Year Awards in Spain.

The first prize has been awarded to Daniela Mari Curtis from Torrevieja, who submitted a lovely picture of herself in her bold, darkrimmed glasses.

The judges thought the photo was really natural and that Daniela summed up clearly and simply the reasons many people love their glasses.

She commented; “They make the most of my eyes. They represent who I am. I don’t feel the same without my glasses on.”

Daniela has won a makeover, photo-shoot and a pair of designer frames in celebration of all those people in Spain who look amazing in their

Daniela at Specsavers

glasses.

There are also seven semi-finalists who have all won one pair of designer glasses with single vision lenses worth €159: • Aina Bibiloni Valle,

Mallorca • Salome Aguilar Sanchez, Marbella • Sarah May Lofthouse, Fuengirola • Mrs Poulter, Torrevieja • Kathleen Misson, Javea • Nigel Webb, Calpe • Manuel Fajardo, Benidorm.

They were chosen as

runners-up as they are all really proud of wearing glasses and have given great reasons why they love them.

Sarah May Lofthouse said: “I can see better and look good at the same time.” Nigel Webb: “My glasses are an extension of my personality. I like unusual colours and people are always complimenting me on my glasses. So I get to talk to people I would not normally speak to.”

Specsavers staff are fully trained to offer style advice on the latest trends and styles to suit all face shapes and help make glasses wearers look and feel great.

To find your nearest store visit www.specsavers.es

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Pylons going ESTEPONA has begun the removal of the six high-voltage pylons which fall within its urban area. The work is expected to take no longer than three weeks.

Heritage dunes MARBELLA Council has voted unanimously to petition the environmental agency to make the Marbella dunes an ecologically reserved site. The campaign has been going on for several months.

News from our editions With six editions and read by more than half a million people, EWN is Spain’s largest free local English-language newspaper

No phone closes tourist office MAYOR of Almeria, Luis Rogelio Rodriquez-Comendador, announced on Monday that the tourist office located in the church of Las Salinas in Cabo de Gata has been forced to close at the request of the regional government because it did not fit their specifications.

The reasons given were the lack of a telephone line, and inadequate space of just 1.2 square metres.

The office originally opened in 2012 following an agreement between the Bishop of Almeria, Adolfo Gonzalez Montes, and the mayor, which was for 10 years.

In exchange, the city provided €100,000 towards the work required on the church, which cost a total of €400,000. The bishop handed over the crypt to the city council, which allowed access for visitors to the area without the need to go into the rest of the building.

The closure has been criticised and the office described as “an essential information point” for the many visitors to the area.

Flamingo Fuente THE nature reserve at Fuente de Piedra in Malaga Province has hosted the birth of more than 5,500 flamingo chicks.

They will be ringed before they fly off.

NATO transfer SPAIN is to transfer command of the NATO maritime group in Malaga to the US; until that time members of the public will be able to take part in conducted tours of the frigates.

One-off incentive IN agreement with the central government the Junta de Andalucia (regional government) will make a oneoff payment of €300 to any company that employs a person under the age of 25 for at least six months.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Night watch FOLLOWING the success of Moraira’s first ‘Shopping Night’ with shops open until 1.30am, this will be repeated on August 2 and 16, the AECO businessowners’ association announced.

Stub snubs THE Diputacion is installing 400,000 ashtrays on 10 La Safor beaches this summer. It hopes to encourage smokers not to bury cigarette ends in the sand, a Diputacion spokesman said.

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TOURIST OFFICE: Forced to close.

Open again CALLE Doctor Fleming in Denia reopened to traffic after work finished on storm drains. The street, a principal access for Les Marines and the port, has also been resurfaced.

COSTA DE ALMERÍA

No crime wave

Record numbers

CRIME in Oliva’s Raval district fell by 40 per cent in the last year. Twenty-six offences were reported in May and June compared with 43 in 2013, Guardia Civil records showed.

MACAEL hosted the fourth of 15 races across the province with a record number of 150 runners. Javier Domene won the heat in a record time of 35 minutes 34 seconds.

School project

Culture Week

LA NUCIA is spending €184,000 on extensions to the La Muixara school.

Although this should be the regional government’s responsibility, the town hall is committed to local education, the mayor said.

PECHINA has kicked off its summer activities by launching the third Zoco Bayyana. The event with stalls filled with handicrafts begins at 9pm on Saturday in Almaryya Park.

Fugitive arrested NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a 42year-old from Romania wanted under an international arrest warrant for drinkdriving. The detainee, arrested in Almeria City, now faces extradition.

Mayor criticised MAYOR of Nijar, Jesus Antonio Rodriguez, has been criticised by the PSOE (Socialist Party) for taking a holiday before organising the fire service.

Food for the needy MORE than 2.5 million kilos of food has been distributed across Almeria through Cruz Roja (Red Cross) and Banco de Alimentos (Food Bank), thanks to the food aid programme of 2013.

AXARQUIA

School’s out THE Almuñecar Municipal Music and

NEWS DESK Dance School organised a zarzuela and traditional Spanish music event at the Parque El Majuelo to celebrate the end of the school year.

Judo event ENTHUSIASTS from Andalucia and Valencia gathered at the Almuñecar Sports Pavilion to put their skills on display in an event organised by the Judo Clubs Association from Granada.

Design contest THE Almuñecar and La Herradura Youth Department has a new logo. It was designed by Madrid-born Jose Manuel Puga Molina, winner of a contest organised by the council.

Welcome Paula A BABY GIRL called Paula was born at the Almuñecar Medical Centre on Monday, July 7, at 6pm. It was the first birth since the centre first opened its doors.

Total success THE Torre del Mar Shopkeepers and Business Owners Association was “very pleased” with the Beach Festival held last weekend.

MALLORCA

Da Vinci show THE Fundacio Sophia in Palma is presenting a Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit until September 30. Tickets are €4.

Admission is free for all children aged 12 and under.

Musical soirees THE Palma Municipal Band will perform on July 21 at 8.30pm in Santa Pagesa square and on July 22 at 7.30pm at Passeig del Born.

Football documentary FILMED by British filmmaker Sam Bernstead, the documentary Coach Zoran and His African Tigers will be screened today and on July 24 at the Catalina Valls theatre at 8.30pm.

Language workshops THOSE interested in practising Spanish can participate in the free language workshops taking place every Friday from 5.30pm until 7pm at the Flassaders Centre, Carrer de la Ferreria, Palma.

Guided tours THE Es Baluard Museum is offering 90minute guided tours which include Sa Feixina, Passeig Mallorca and Passeig Sagrera on Fridays (6pm) and Saturdays (10.30am and 12pm).

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Doctors want more tax on alcohol SPANISH doctors have called for higher taxes on alcohol.

The Spanish Society for Public Health and Sanitary Administration (SESPAS) said last Thursday that the higher taxes should be based on the actual alcohol content of alcoholic beverages. The idea seeks to put a brake on excessive alcohol consumption.

SESPAS released a communiqué saying that “higher taxes will not only increase tax revenues but also contribute to reducing alcohol consumption levels.” The communiqué goes on to say that Spain is one of the countries with the lowest tax rates on alcohol in Europe.

While SESPAS acknowledges that a moderate wine intake - one glass a day - can improve cardio-

HEALTH RISK: Excessive wine consumption. vascular health, they also said “excessive wine consumption is one of the biggest health risk factors in Europe.”

According to SESPAS, 10 per cent of deaths in people aged 15-64 in Spain are related to drinking.

SESPAS emphasised that excessive alcohol consumption is associated with car accidents and that 5 per

cent of Spaniards aged 1564 abuse alcohol.

In its opinion, taxes on alcoholic beverages serve as a preventive measure.

As is the case in Italy and Germany, Spain levies a type zero tax on wine, and consumers only have to pay VAT on their wine purchases. Tax rates on beer are low and higher on distilled beverages.

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New protocols for missing children SPANISH police forces have all agreed on a new protocol to follow in cases of missing children, like the one of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal in 2007.

Under ‘certain circumstances’ the media will be alerted if help from the public is needed. These circumstances will be determined by the officer in charge but will mainly be used when the life of the child is considered to be in imminent danger.

In 2013, there were 13,054 cases of children going missing and 468 of these are still open; so far this year there have been 7,171 cases.

The new system introduced by the Ministry of the Interior to deal with missing children includes a special alert system which can be activated in a matter of minutes so that the first crucial hours of the search are not lost.

Jorge Fernandez Diaz, Minister for the Interior, has qualified the new system as extremely efficient and faster than the old one. The minister presided over the signing of the agreement of the new protocols, which were endorsed by 16 different entities

NEW PROTOCOLS: Could have helped Madeleine McCann. which could be involved, in different ways, in the search and rescue of a missing child.

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PUERTA DEL SOL: Where the apart-hotel is located.

Killer confesses

NATIONAL POLICE have detained a man in connection with the murder of a Danish female tourist in Madrid.

The Belgian man, 33, is suspected of killing the 27-year-old Danish tourist at an apart-hotel

in the centre of Madrid.

He allegedly strangled her with a cord and then set fire to the room.

The accused is an employee of a company which reserves accommodation for tourists.

The dead woman used

the company to find her hotel.

As soon as the police confronted him with the facts, he broke down and confessed to the crime, even giving police details which only the killer could have known.

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Spanish mother stabs teacher during class A FEMALE teacher was stabbed to death in front of her class in France by a Spanish woman, the media are reporting.

The murder took place on Friday morning, at Edouard Herriot primary school in Albi, Southern France.

The alleged killer is Moroccan-born but also has Spanish citizenship.

Police have also stated that she does hold a second citizenship. Her name has not been released.

The mother attacked the woman on the last day of school at 9.10am.

She allegedly screamed: “I am not a thief,” before she attacked her. She fled the scene but was caught just 20 minutes later near the school campus. It has been reported that the woman has suffered from mental illness in the past.

The teacher was mortally wounded and died at 11am.

“All state services will be mobilised to take care

of these children and the staff who witnessed this awful tragedy,” French President François Hollande stated.

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BRITISH PRESS

Two in boot NORWAY – Romarike police found two men in the boot of a member of a biker gang’s car. They were alive and unhurt; police are investigating.

Sinkhole survival

LANDSCAPE gardener, Andy Cameron, 27, mowed a wedding proposal into the lawns of the hotel where his girlfriend, Kayleigh Hawthorn, 25, works to surprise her with the big question. She said yes.

DAISY-MAE JONES, seven, survived a fall into a 25ft deep sinkhole when she was out playing in a field near her home. She walked away with just cuts and bruises.

Tip arsonist SWEDEN – A man has been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to one of Stockholm’s biggest rubbish piles. The fire was rapidly brought under control.

Fatal fall SWEDEN – A man has died after falling out of an ambulance helicopter which was taking him off a Norwegian oil rig. Details remain unclear as to how this could have happened.

A GAME of Thrones super-fan has paid more than £5,000 (€6,290) to make herself look like Daenerys Targaryen. Tabitha Lyons spends her free time making costumes and props and has admitted to spending more than £15,000 (€18,860) in the last two years on her obsession.

SHAMED artist and TV entertainer Rolf Harris is behind bars after being jailed for five years and nine months for 12 indecent assaults on young women and girls. His victims included an eightyear-old and a 13-year-old family friend.

Violent punch-up

LOOKALIKES: Girls dressed as Daenerys Targaryen.

CROWDS of hundreds stood by in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens as two young men engaged in a violent punch-up. Many were shouting words of encouragement before riot police were called.

Segways back NORWAY – A ban on Segways on the streets of Norway has come to an end. Originally they were banned as their top speeds of 20kph classified them as mopeds.

Thrones super-fan

Harris jailed

largely due to them having more access to showers and washing machines, according to military officials.

MAFIA boss Alexander Matusov has been extradited from Thailand to Russia. Matusov is suspected of taking part in the murders of four members of a rival gang in St Petersburg in the 1990s.

Tiger hug A TIGER at Kiev Zoo suffered an attack of stress after being hugged by a human. A drunken man scaled the fence into his enclosure and proceeded to hug the large feline who was ‘shocked’ by the incident.

Gas crisis PRIME Minister Dmitry Medvedev has commented that there is a full scale gas crisis going on between Moscow and Kiev and he predicts it will get much worse in the autumn.

Italian estates

STRESSED: Tiger who was hugged by a man.

RUSSIANS are buying large amounts of real estate in Italy. The Russians made up only 2 per cent of buyers in 2005, compared to 13 per cent last year.

Healthy army

Old guilders DOZENS of criminals and tax evaders get caught every year trying to change their old guilders into euros at the Dutch National Bank. Hundreds of thousands of euros worth of black money has been traced in the last four years, according to the Metro newspaper.

Sick doctor A FRAUDSTER pretending to be a doctor who treated seriously ill children at a hospice he founded in Hanover has been jailed for more than two years.

Drive-by hit

RUSSIAN PRESS Mafia extradition

OLD rivals, the two cities of Berlin and Hamburg are once again battling it out, this time to be the hosts of the German bid for the Olympic Games.

A HUSBAND and wife were killed in an apparent drive-by shooting just outside their home in Lubeck, Northern Germany.

The suspected gunman was found dead in his car.

Crystal meth A SOCIAL Democrat MP, Michael Hartmann, is suspected of buying illegal drug crystal meth. A spokesperson for the SDP commented that the allegations must be cleared up quickly and fully.

Armed apology POLICE in Cologne have apologised to a one-armed man after fining him €25 for only having one brake on his bicycle which he had modified specially.

PATTOISE

DENMARK – More than 900,000 Social Security numbers were leaked and available for all to see on the internet for nearly an hour after the Ministry of the Economy and the Interior accidentally released them online.

Novel proposal

PRESS Hamburg or Berlin?

THE health of the Russian army has improved

FLICKR BY

Ministry mishap

EUROPEAN PRESS

Aviation alert

DUTCH PRESS Sex change

Joy-riding

What crisis?

AS OF this month transgender people of 16 years and older can easily have their sex changed on their birth certificate if an expert confirms that he or she consistently identifies with being of a different sex.

THE Royal Marechaussee (military constabulary) stopped a YPR armoured vehicle of the Dutch Army on highway A28, which had been stolen from the Johannes Post base in Havelte by a 52-year-old man.

IN SPITE of the social demand for austerity the average wage for bank personnel has risen by 10.1 per cent compared to 2.3 per cent for most people.

They already earn an average 83 per cent more.

AIR SAFETY authorities in The Netherlands have discovered a worldwide problem between the automatic pilot on aircraft and the landing systems at airports. Instead of the expected descent, the nose of the airplane can go up too much, causing the plane to stall.

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Editor

The right to safety

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TEENAGE tourist was thrown to his death from a theme park ride in Benidorm.

The 18-year-old, said to be from Iceland, was on the Inferno attraction when tragedy struck.

An investigation will be launched, and let us hope the cause is found and steps taken to make sure it never happens again.

But for the family of this young man it is too late. Amusement parks are supposed to give the illusion of danger so that people can get their thrills in complete safety. It is no use saying, as the Terra Mitica park operators have done, that there have been no fatal accidents until this one since the park was opened. The simple fact is that one death is one death too many.

People have the right to take their families to such parks in total

confidence that their safety is assured.

Let us hope the park’s owners are held to account.

Oh dear!

Mallorca, or rather Magaluf, is getting quite a reputation for itself with the sleazy antics of some British tourists. In the latest scandal to hit the UK tabloid press headlines, an 18year-old girl was filmed performing sex acts in a bar for a free drink.

This says more about British society than it does about Mallorca. Let us hope no one is put off visiting the beautiful island by the lurid headlines surrounding the drunken antics of tourists visiting one small district.

The rest of the law-abiding and moral businesses should not be tarred with the same brush. They deserve better.

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STAT OF WEEK EVICTIONS for mortgage default fell by 4.2 per cent during the first quarter of 2014. Proportionately the Canary Islands and Castilla-La Mancha had more evictions than any other region.

Chicken pricing ‘unfair’ THE chicken production sector has accused Spain’s supermarket chains of pricefixing.

A live chicken fetches €0.97 a kilo, with the price per kilo rising to between €2.05 to €2.18, plus marketing and distribution costs, on leaving the

processing factory.

Consumers should pay between €2.45 and €2.76 a kilo, according to Ministry of Agriculture calculations, but supermarkets sell at an average €2.18 a kilo while traditional butcher’s shops charge around €2.75.

Chicken is being sold as a

July heralds summer sales SUMMER is here and so are the sales.

The predicted spend of €76 per person during the summer sales is 5 per cent more than in 2013, the FUCI consumers’ association has said.

Basques, Madrileños, the Catalans and Valencianos will be the biggest spenders, with an outlay of more than €85 for every man, woman and child in their communities.

Nationwide chains like Mango, Cortefiel, Blanco and H&M brought in reductions some weeks earlier, except in Cataluña and the Basque Region, thanks to a change in

government regulations, which was introduced in 2012.

Other stores like Zara and El Corte Ingles preferred to wait for the traditional July 1 date, which coincides with the start of the holiday season.

The clothes industry expects a turnover of €2.7 billion this summer, 3.5 per cent more than last year, with discounts ranging between 30 and 50 per cent.

Coupled with the recent and promising rise in sales, this should help it to finish 2014 without losses for the first time since the financial crisis began.

loss-leader, chicken farmers complained. The market needs urgent rebalancing so that chicken remains cheap for consumers but profitable for producers, they said.

The country’s 5,000 chicken farms also provided 50,000 jobs, they pointed out.

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Payback time for banks

CLIENTS who were missold preference shares by now-nationalised banks started legal proceedings that involved investments of €1.773 billion. So far only 4 per cent of verdicts have been in the banks’ favour.

Peruvian gas deal BRAZILIAN consortium Odebrecht will build and operate a 1,000kilometre gas pipeline in Peru. Spanish company Enagas, which controls 25 per cent of Odebrecht, is investing €180 million in the project.

Moving on after €40m loss DEMETRIO CARCELLER, President of the Damm brewing group left the Pescanova board in May. Damm invested €40 million in Pescanova but together with Luxempart failed to win creditor support for the ailing frozen fish company’s rescue plan when it was in insolvency proceedings.

He and Luxempart’s Francois Tesch left the board when

Pescanova’s creditor banks took over the company.

“It was a bloody swindle,” complained Carceller ahead of the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting earlier this month.

“They’ve cheated us out of €40 million,” he reiterated.

He now wants to move on, Carceller stressed, and centre on internationalising the Damm group.

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Russian link for Spain’s OHL

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WHAT was once the tallest building in Spain now belongs to the richest man in China.

Edificio España, a white elephant bought by Banco Santander in 2007 for €379 million just as the property crisis hit, was bought by Wang Jianlin.

This was common knowledge as long ago as last March, but the purchase has only recently been confirmed.

Wang heads Dalian Wanda and is China’s largest property developer although the group also has interests in enterprises ranging from tourism and cinema to retailing.

Wang paid €265 million for the emblematic building with the blessing of Madrid’s regional government.

The bank had commissioned architects Norman Foster and Carlos Lamela to draw up plans for 300 luxury apartments, a hotel and a shopping centre.

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ICONIC: Edificio España was bought for €265 million.

Although the new owner has been in touch with Foster and Lamela it is not confirmed whether Wang will go ahead with earlier plans or introduce others.

Whatever he decides, there is likely to be little delay. Rapidity is what sets him apart from rivals, Wang maintains, and his projects rarely take longer than 18 or 24 months.

First he decides on an opening date, Wang told a masterclass at the China Europe International Business School

(CEIBS). “We have never postponed a project, not even by one day,” he remarked.

This rapidity saves money, he added: “In the 100 or so projects that Wanda has invested in over the past 10 years, costs are always lower than the estimate and net profits always above it.”

Wang, needless to say, was referring to projects inside China.

Whether the formula will travel well remains to be seen, insiders said.

SPANISH construction giant OHL transferred 49 per cent of OHL Rus to Marina Sechina last December.

Sechina is the ex-wife of Igor Sechin, a former KGB agent and right-hand man of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.

Two years before the transaction, OHL obtained contracts worth €2.48 billion from the Russian government.

The impact of the Spanish multinational, a world leader in railway construction, was first felt in Russia in 2011. Its Czech subsidiary won a €1.95billion contract, OHL’s biggest until then, to construct a 390-kilometre single track railway for transporting coal between Obskaya and Nadym.

This was followed by the Olympic Flame touristsports complex for the Winter Olympics in Sochi

and an 11-storey hotel in Novosibirsk.

Meanwhile, OHL created its Russian subsidiary in May 2012, of which 49 per cent is now in the hands of Sechina. She spent the rouble equivalent of €105, as the OHL Rus’s capital amounts to just €220, revealed the Spanish daily ABC. She will now be entitled to half of the company’s future profits.

Sechina entered the business scene only after separating from her husband in 2011, although the break-up was amicable, sources reveal.

OHL acknowledged its links to Igor Sechin’s exwife but the company is inactive and has not made bids for infrastructure contracts, a spokesman said. Sechina will in any case soon leave OHL Rus, according to official sources quoted by ABC.

Employees should be paid on results Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.

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IMAGINE government department staff no longer on salaries but target driven and paid on results.

You need a padron renewed or UK driving licence replaced?

No problem. One call, an appointment made, followed by a visit to your home. The paperwork is helpfully completed and prompt delivery assured.

You need to acquire an NIE or residency, register with Social Security or apply for a business licence? No need to cross fingers as each document is analysed for the slightest excuse to reject it. The clerk is paid on completions so obligingly helps you through it all.

TARGET-DRIVEN: Results are much higher in the private sector than in the public sector.

It may seem fanciful but the pay of millions of non-salaried workers is based on performance and results; an environment I worked in for more than 30 years. No salary, commission only. If I failed, I starved.

As a sales manager I refused

to interview job applicants from certain careers. Government employees were definitely excluded. Experience had shown that some are unable to function effectively in a performancerelated competitive environment.

The worst thing that ever

happened to Europe’s work ethic was transfer of payment from results to wages. Working in both sectors I realised that those who gravitate towards safe, salaried posts tend towards sloth; driven, ambitious achievers write their own pay cheques.

Effort, cost effectiveness and results are much higher in the private sector than in the public sector. Official figures show that public sector workers are 63 per cent more likely to take a ‘sickie’ than are private sector workers. The self-employed just shrug illness off.

Self-employed staff tend to be optimistic, customer-friendly achievers. The dispirited ‘hard done by’ are those whose income is guaranteed regardless of their performance. A safe, salaried job is a curse on society. Robbery by indolence, it fails to bring contentment or a sense of achievement to those ensnared.

As an employer you might find that gradually reducing wages and switching to a system of performance-related earnings pays dividends.

Bonuses and incentives fuel employee motivation and efficiency, reduce staff absence and increase profitability.

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Fast track plan SPAIN’S Competition and Markets Authority (CNMC) has called for deregulation of more AVE high-speed train routes. Rail operator Renfe’s privileges should also be eliminated, the CNMC argued.

Big payoff JUAN MARIA NIN, Caixabank’s former CEO and vice-president, will receive a €10-million payoff equivalent to six years’ salary. Caixabank’s chief financial officer Gonzalo Cortazar will replace him.

No deal THE Spanish government has warned its citizens not to do business with Israeli settlers in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. EU countries do not recognise Israeli rule there so any business deals could entail ‘legal risks’.

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Internet savings that can translate onto the high street SOMETIMES handing over money hurts.

Paying a restaurant bill after a really bad meal accompanied by terrible service is quite painful.

Receiving a speeding ticket for going two kilometres over the limit is another unexpected headache.

While buying what you thought was a bargain only to find the same item much cheaper somewhere else is a frustrating kick in the teeth.

Everyday we are robbed of our money. It might not necessarily come in the classic animated form of a thief sporting a black and white stripy T-shirt and a

Loose change A look at finance for females

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black mask, but nonetheless crafty people and businesses relieve us of our hard-earned money each and every day.

That’s why, when there is a way around such tricky operators it’s smart to check out your options.

Irritation can stem from big charges, often from unnecessary middlemen.

No first occupation licence Q. WHEN I bought my finca in 1996 there was a small existing house and services were You and the connected. I had architect’s plans drawn up Law in Spain and in 1997 I applied for the building licence.

By David Searl It did not come but I went ahead and built my new house. The licence never came. In 2002, on the advice of my gestor I obtained a Certificado de Antigüedad from my architect and registered the Obra Nueva.

Now I want to sell my house and one estate agent has insisted that a Licencia de Primer Ocupación is required, which I do not have. My gestor said it was not necessary because I have the certificate and the property was registered in 2002, and I am paying IBI. However, reading about illegal houses, I am worried. Can I sell my house without this certificate?

D W (Malaga) A. So, you have no building licence and no first occupation certificate. I and others always advise people to never buy a property without these documents. This may be why the estate agent refuses to handle it. Nevertheless, there is no law against your selling it if you can find a buyer. What you need is to obtain a certificate from your town hall which is called a Certificado de Asimilado a Fuera de Ordenación, which means that your house will not be demolished but will never be completely legal until the law is changed.

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

ONLINE RESEARCH: Resulted in getting a better deal for a guitar amplifier.

But this doesn’t have to be the case.

Facebook pages are replacing the old noticeboards found in shops and supermarkets as a way to buy and sell items locally.

And it’s not just secondhand clothes and gadgets.

Big-ticket items like cars and houses are often posted on social networks.

But for many looking for savings it is well worth checking out the internet, even if you do end up buying from a local shop instead.

A friend of mine wanted to buy a guitar amplifier, so he popped down to his local shop. There it cost €345. When he pointed out he could get the same

one for €299 on the internet, the shop not only matched the price but also beat it by €30 to ensure the sale!

So a little internet research resulted in a saving, the shop made a sale and the customer didn’t have to wait for delivery. Everyone was happy!

Thumbs down all round for redundancy tax WHEN Hacienda gives with one hand, it takes away with the other.

So to offset next year’s lower taxes, the government intends to tax redundancy payouts.

Until now exemption was considered part of the compensation for dismissal, sweetening the bitter pill of losing a job.

“The government has put its foot in it,” the unions complained while employers, no less critical but for other reasons, are preparing a report expressing their own thoughts.

Law firms specialising in labour issues voiced concerns and like the unions and bosses want the government to reconsider. They foresee

more conflict and more expense for employers when agreeing redundancy payments.

Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro sees it differently.

Although compensation must now be included in tax returns, there should be a minimum exemption of €2,000 for each year worked.

According to government estimates, this means that anyone entitled to a maximum payout of 33 days for every year worked and who earns less than €20,000 a year would not pay tax.

In contrast, employees entitled to 45 days per year under old agreements must pay even if they earned

less than €20,000.

Nor does the government stand to bring in much extra cash. In 2009, one of the worst years for employment, a total of 1.1 million jobs disappeared and the government lost €340 million by not taxing redundancy pay.

During the remaining crisis years, Hacienda missed out annually on less than €150 million.

If, as Montoro claims, 80 per cent of sacked employees will not be taxed on compensation, the extra €100 million is a drop in the ocean compared with the €9 billion that tax reform is going to cost Mariano Rajoy’s government overall.

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Off the scale taxi fares are bad news for businesses…

I HAVE lived in Benalmadena for 10 years. I work six days a week and have one day off a week.

On my day off we often use public transport and later in the day we normally get a taxi home.

This used to cost €8 or €9 and I was shocked when I got into a taxi last week and was immediately charged €3.43 just for sitting down.

It cost €1 for the taxi to turn round and by the time the meter was up to €10, we chose to get out and walk.

By the time the taxi reached our house, it would have cost €15. Ridiculous! We have a restaurant and rely on trade by taxi. This is extortion and the government should look into it.

E Hebron, Benalmadena Pueblo (Malaga)

Taxing topic ALLAN DUHIG complained as a pensioner about tax being claimed in the UK on his private pension.

As a tax resident in Spain in the circumstances which he describes, he must make tax returns in Spain and pay tax here.

He has no choice in that. So instead of complaining that HMRC have got it wrong, he needs to put his house in order by informing HMRC that he is tax resident in Spain and on receiving the paperwork, taking it to Hacienda and registering here.

He will then be exempt from tax in the UK. Tax must be paid in the UK on government pensions (police, military, prison officers, etc) and on rental income from property in UK. All other income is taxable only in Spain Julian Ward (by email)

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Brussels remedy WELL, well, what a surprise!

Now that their lucrative livelihoods are under threat all the major political parties in Europe are saying there must be change.

They wouldn’t listen until forced to by the electorate voting for fringe or singleissue protest parties.

The priorities now must be to slim down the Brussels bureaucracy and for them to get their own budget under control with transparency.

Next, certain powers should be returned to nation states, allowing self-determination.

The UK 1975 referendum for continued membership of the ‘Common Market’ was just that. It was not a vote for a federal Europe and consequent loss of sovereignty and border controls.

That was driven by the Eurocrats, irrespective of the views of the electorate. It is time to turn the clock back

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and wind in the powers of the European parliament.

Politicians, many of whom have never had a proper job, must listen to the will of the people and act upon it. Good places to start would be the redistribution of wealth, job creation and using our military forces for defence only.

Paul Whitfield, Murla (Alicante)

Exotic Essex THE photo of the Thames Estuary submitted by Patsy

Vincent looks very similar to the beach near where I live on exotic Canvey Island.

My other home is in Torre del Mar on the Costa del Sol and yes, I do sometimes get fed up with wall-to-wall sun.

But I often wonder why Canvey Island and neighbouring towns cannot create the fantastic playas that Spanish resorts manage to provide.

Dr Alan Whitcomb, Canvey Island and Torre del Mar (Malaga)

Immigrant draw MY very dear friend Roger Page and I usually have our arguments on Mojacar mountainsides.

I don’t even read the Guardian!

Okay, the EU affects us all but that’s because Europe affects us all as we’re part of it whether we like it or not.

And while UKIP and the like constantly tell us that the EU

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is bad for us, it’s hard to find anyone who can say that they have themselves suffered in person.

It’s always vague statements like Roger’s claim that “the UK is full up.” There is no real measurement or statistic to tell us if this is true, it’s only what ‘everyone says’.

If we have a lot of immigrants it’s a sign that our country is well off and secure, otherwise they would not come. It is very clear that we need more immigrants, not less, to fill the jobs that we don’t have people qualified to take.

Getting rid of the immigrants would certainly make us poor, so perhaps that would be a way of dissuading them from arriving. However, no government could do that even if it wanted to.

Hate preachers and other criminals should be put on trial and punished if they are found guilty, not deported to places where they will be tortured.

We have always to remember that both the British and European legal systems are there to ensure that trials are fair and torturefree. That is what we would expect if we were accused in a foreign country and we must allow it to foreigners in Britain.

See you walking in September, Roger!

Bill Campbell, Mojacar (Almeria)

Precious few SPAIN’s flagrant corruption among its elected officials, until now only of epidemic proportions, seems to be approaching pandemic level with more rotten apples appearing daily among its elected representatives.

If voter apathy was widespread before, it’ll take another nose-dive next time around.

Reminds me of the saying, ‘If we separate the good from the bad, we’ll be lucky to come out with Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Abraham Lincoln.’

Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

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BBC TWO 7:00am This is BBC Two 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Match of the Day 8:50am Fake Britain 9:20am Call the Council 10:05am Escape to the Continent 11:05am Gardeners' World 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Golf

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ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 12:25pm ITV News Charlene White with the latest headlines from around the world. 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 11:55am Come Dine with Me 12:25pm Come Dine with Me 12:55pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:00pm Come Dine with Me 1:30pm Come Dine with Me 2:00pm Come Dine with Me 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

THURSDAY TV SKY 1 7:00am Glee 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Flog It!

3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point

4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Ultimate Dealer

6:00pm Frozen Planet 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog it! Trade Secrets 8:00pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 8:30pm Mary Berry Cooks

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

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

9:00pm RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 10:00pm The Honourable Woman 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Champneys 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Robbie Coltrane's B-Road Britain

9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Embarrassing Bodies 11:00pm The Secret Life of Students

12:35am The Late Debate 1:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Textbased information service. 5:15am May the Best House Win

12:05am One Born Every Minute This episode is all about making babies.

1:05am Random Acts 1:10am Beauty Queen or Bust 2:05am The Auction House 3:00am This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show 3:55am Dinner at 11 4:50am Mary's Silver Service

3:00pm Golf Hazel Irvine presents live action from the first day's play at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club.

Surrey boy Dan and Cheshire lad Jon each have ÂŁ500 to spend at auction.

3:15pm NCIS US crime drama series.

4:15pm A Soldier's Love Story Sentimental romantic tale.

3:00pm Hawaii Five-0 4:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

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

Includes sport and weather.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5

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

9:00pm Black Market Britain 10:00pm OAPs Behaving Badly

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

9pm 9:00pm Motorway Cops 10:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:35pm Question Time David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Inverness.

The Secret Life of Students follows 12 freshers in their first year at university,

Documentary about pensioners who are living life to the full in Tenerife.

11:00pm Big Brother Highlights of the latest events inside the house.

In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Kirsty Wark.

12am 12:35am This Week Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo and guests discuss the week's top political stories. 1:20am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

1:25am BBC News

12:20am The Machine Gun and Skye's Band of Brothers 1:20am Panorama 1:50am Horizon 2:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 4:55am Andrew Marr's History of the World

12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor Ann Maurice provides home improvement advice for properties that are proving difficult to sell.

12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 While trying to solve a young couple's murder, Danny is cursed by a homeless man. 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

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ITV3

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8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Precision: The Measure of All Things 10:00pm A History of Britain by Simon Schama 11:00pm Rise of the Continents 12:00am A Sunday in Hell 1:20am Rebels of Oz 2:20am Top of the Pops 3:00am Precision: The Measure of All Things 4:00am A History of Britain by Simon Schama

11:00am The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:30pm Big Rich Texas 1:30pm Emmerdale 2:00pm Coronation Street 2:30pm You've Been Framed!

3:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta 6:05pm Big Rich Texas 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed 9:10pm Jurassic Park III 11:00pm TV OD 11:30pm Celebrity Juice 12:20am Two and a Half Men

9:20am Murder, She Wrote 10:20am Judge Judy 10:50am Judge Judy 11:15am Judge Judy 11:40am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:05pm The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 5:15pm Second Thoughts 5:50pm Home to Roost 6:20pm Man About the House 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Foyle's War 11:00pm afterlife 12:00am William and Mary

8:45am Magnum, P.I. 9:45am Kojak 10:50am Kojak 11:55am Police, Camera, Action!

12:25pm Highway Patrol 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 2:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 3:00pm Tour De France 2014 Live 6:00pm Police, Camera, Action!

6:25pm Highway Patrol 6:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 9:00pm Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014 10:00pm Born on the Fourth of July 12:55am How I Spent My Summer Vacation

4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm How I Met Your Mother 10:00pm 2 Broke Girls 10:30pm The Inbetweeners 11:00pm The IT Crowd 11:35pm The IT Crowd 12:05am New Girl

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Another brave bride is ready to take a back seat and let her groom organise their big day.

10:00pm Stacey Dooley in the USA 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Stacey Dooley in the USA 2:30am Slum Survivors 3:30am Badults

SKY MOVIES Action 9:05am Excalibur 11:30am Star Trek: Nemesis 1:35pm The Wolverine An old acquaintance brings the clawed mutant to Japan, where he finds himself in grave danger.

3:50pm The Fast and the Furious 5:45pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 7:40pm Executive Decision 10:00pm The Wolverine An old acquaintance brings the clawed mutant to Japan, where he finds himself in grave danger.

12:10am The Fast and the Furious 2:00am 2 Fast 2 Furious Former LA cop Brian now makes his living driving in illegal street races in Miami.

3:55am The Delta Force

6:30am The World's End Special 7:00am Struck by Lightning 8:30am The Hot Flashes 10:15am Ted 12:05pm This is the End 2:00pm Stand Up Guys 3:40pm Our Idiot Brother 5:20pm It's All Gone Pete Tong Superstar DJ Frankie Wilde has been abusing his body (and his hearing) in Ibiza's clubs for years.

7:00pm Ted 9:00pm This is the End 11:00pm Stand Up Guys 12:45am Our Idiot Brother 2:20am It's All Gone Pete Tong 4:00am Stir Crazy 5:55am Monkey Business

7:35am Bad Company 9:35am Little Murder A jaded detective sees a ghostly apparition of a woman, who asks him to help catch her killer.

11:20am Black Hawk Down 1:50pm The Double 3:35pm The Chamber 5:30pm Bad Company 7:30pm Black Hawk Down 10:00pm The Double 11:45pm Inside Man 2:00am Little Murder A jaded detective sees a ghostly apparition of a woman, who asks him to help catch her killer.

3:45am Penthouse North 5:20am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers

7:20am Having You 9:00am Now is Good A terminally ill teenager makes a list of ambitions to fulfil in her final months.

10:45am Austenland 12:30pm Awakenings 2:40pm The Remains of the Day 5:00pm Captain Corelli's Mandolin 7:15pm Austenland 9:00pm Life of Pi 11:15pm Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 1:50am Girl, Interrupted 4:05am Burning Man Having lost his wife to breast cancer, angry Sydney chef Tom slides towards moral oblivion, using casual sex to dull his grief.

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6:15am The Heat: Sky Movies Special 6:30am After Earth Special

7:45am Gunsmoke 8:50am Gunsmoke 9:50am Cripple Creek 11:20am The Long Gray Line 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Arctic Flight 5:30pm The Mackintosh Man 7:25pm Canyon Ambush 8:30pm Fort Vengeance 10:00pm Ghost Ship 11:45pm Wild Things 1:45am Ghost Ship 3:15am Love is a Many Splendored Thing 4:55am Off Set 5:40am TCM Shorts

A look behind the scenes of the sci-fi spectacular starring Will and Jaden Smith.

7:00am In Security 8:45am Drinking Buddies 10:30am The Heat: Sky Movies Special 10:45am Sunshine on Leith 12:30pm Being Flynn 2:30pm 42 4:45pm Monsters University Special 5:15pm We're the Millers 7:15pm Sunshine on Leith 9:00pm We're the Millers 11:00pm Being Flynn 12:45am Drinking Buddies 2:20am In Security 4:00am 42

A special look behind the scenes with comedian, director and actor Ben Miller.

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Sunday 13th July 2014

21:00 Why we love the World Cup….

“World Cups are uncompromising, brutal, emotional affairs that invariably end in heartbreak for all but a few. But that’s why we love them.”

So said former England striker and BBC football pundit Gary Lineker.

And he is right. As we look forward to the final we can look back at the tournament so far: Uncompromising? The tackle that ended Brazil and Barcelona star Neymar’s World Cup was certainly that. A cracked vertebrae suffered in a

heavy challenge from behind ended the tournament for one of its brightest stars.

Brutal? You need look no further than Louis Suarez. A moment of madness and a bite on an opponent and his country’s best hope was on a plane home in shame.

Heartbreak? The hopes of millions of fans have already been broken. Just two sets of fans still have the World Cup dream alive. For most the wait goes on for another four years now.

Emotional? Tears and cheers are the currency

of the World Cup. There have been plenty of both this time round at what has been one of the most entertaining tournaments ever seen.

But whatever happens for football fans everywhere, it is the most compelling tournament in the world. They will be glued to their screens for the last match to see who will be crowned the Champions of the World…

World Cup 2014 On TV will be shown live in the UK on both BBC and ITV. England v Italy on TV will be shown live on BBC1 / BBC1 HD, England v Uruguay on TV will be shown live on ITV / ITV HD and England v Costa Rica on TV will be shown live on ITV / ITV HD. BBC will have 1st pick of the Second Round matches and 1st pick of the Semi Finals, whilst ITV will have 1st pick of the Quarter Finals.

The 2014 World Cup Final will be shown live on both BBC1 and ITV.

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BBC TWO 6:45am Lilly the Magnificent 7:00am This is BBC Two 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Animal Park 8:50am Fake Britain 9:20am Call the Council 10:05am The Great British Sewing Bee 11:05am First Time on the Front Line 11:35am The Travel Show 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Golf

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ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain Breakfast show featuring the latest news, sport and weather. 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

CH4 7:40am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:05am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:30am King of Queens 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:55am Frasier 10:25am Frasier 10:55am Undercover Boss USA 11:55am Come Dine with Me 12:55pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:00pm Come Dine with Me 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 7:00am Glee 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Flog It!

4:15pm Betrayed

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Glee 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

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

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5

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

9:00pm The Million Pound Drop

9:00pm On the Yorkshire Buses 10:00pm Big Brother: Live Eviction

9:00pm Modern Family

3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point

4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Ultimate Dealer

6:00pm Frozen Planet 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Athletics

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

10:00pm Gardeners' World

9:00pm The Cruise Ship 9:30pm Coronation Street

3:00pm Golf Hazel Irvine presents live action from the second day's play at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club.

It's the final showdown between the two top dealers of the week.

3:15pm NCIS US crime drama series.

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm Regional News and Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm The Great Property Race

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Celebrity MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather Up to the minute regional news and weather updates.

11:35pm Alan Hansen: Player and Pundit

Gardening magazine.

10:30pm Pipers of the Trenches 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Emily Maitlis.

Is the net beginning to close in on Rob? Todd's deceptions humiliate Marcus.

10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Senna

The Million Pound Drop is back for a brand new series.

10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm Friday Night Dinner 11:35pm The Inbetweeners

Exclusive highlights of all the latest events from inside the house.

11:30pm Big Brother's Bit on the Side A round-up of Big Brother-related news and debate, with special guests, exclusive footage and behind the scenes.

Hilarity ensues when Phil is reunited with a frisky former flame.

9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad The next 'thing to do' for Karl to, er, do is a trip aboard the Trans-Siberian Express.

11:00pm A League of Their Own

12am 12:35am EastEnders Omnibus A chance to catch up on the week's drama in Albert Square. 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:35am BBC News

12:05am Hamlet 2 1:30am Deadline 2:50am Question Time David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Inverness.

3:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA American version of the popular ITV daytime show. 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Textbased information service.

12:10am The Inbetweeners 12:40am The Inbetweeners 1:15am Random Acts 1:20am Goon 2:55am The Simpsons 3:20am The Angelos Epithemiou Show 3:45am I'm Spazticus

12:30am Stand by Your Man 1:10am Super Casino 4:10am She's 78, He's 39: Age Gap Love 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

E4

8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Symphony 9:30pm Sounds of The Eighties 10:00pm Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned 11:00pm More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played on 12:00am A Hard Day's Night 1:25am Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned 2:25am More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played on 3:25am Sounds of The Eighties 3:55am Even More Guitar Heroes at the BBC

12:30pm Big Rich Texas 1:30pm Emmerdale 2:00pm Emmerdale 2:30pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta 6:05pm Big Rich Texas 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Best of You've Been Framed!

10:00pm Happy Gilmore 11:50pm Celebrity Juice 12:40am Two and a Half Men

9:25am Murder, She Wrote 10:25am Judge Judy 11:45am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:05pm The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 5:15pm Second Thoughts 5:45pm Home to Roost 6:15pm Man About the House 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Secrets From the Workhouse 11:00pm Wire in the Blood 12:35am Wycliffe

12:25pm Highway Patrol 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 2:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 3:00pm Tour De France 2014 Live 5:30pm Police, Camera, Action!

6:00pm Police, Camera, Action!

6:30pm Highway Patrol 6:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 9:00pm Duck Dynasty 9:30pm Duck Dynasty 10:00pm The Wicker Man 11:55pm Raging Bull 2:30am Cheers 3:00am Tour De France 2014 Highlights

12:00pm Charmed 1:00pm Hollyoaks 1:35pm Rules of Engagement 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Sanctum 12:10am The Big Bang Theory

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Only the bravest brides would let their groom organise the biggest day of their life, by himself.

9:00pm Ellie Goulding and Haim @ T 10:00pm Ed Sheeran and Imagine Dragons @T 11:00pm Biffy Clyro Live @ T 1:00am Family Guy 1:45am Family Guy 2:10am Family Guy 2:30am Russell Howard's Good News 3:00am Badults 3:30am Pramface 4:00am Pramface

SKY MOVIES Action 6:10am Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Special 6:40am After Earth Special 7:00am Flight of the Intruder 9:05am Dante's Peak 11:00am The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 12:55pm Man of Steel 3:25pm The Core 5:45pm Jaws 7:55pm Lethal Weapon 3 10:00pm Man of Steel 12:30am The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 2:20am Alex Cross 4:10am Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection

5:55am Monkey Business 7:35am 2 Days in New York 9:25am You, Me and Dupree 11:25am The Heat 1:35pm The Cable Guy 3:25pm Ghostbusters II 5:25pm Best in Show Spoof documentary about the world of dog shows.

7:10pm American Pie: The Wedding 9:00pm The Heat 11:10pm You, Me and Dupree 1:10am The Cable Guy 2:55am American Pie: The Wedding 4:40am The Top Ten Show 2014 5:00am Ghostbusters II

5:20am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers 7:00am Red Rock West 8:50am The Suspect 10:35am Jennifer Eight 12:45pm Brake 2:25pm Four Brothers Four adopted brothers reunite when their mother is killed in a botched robbery.

4:20pm Red Rock West 6:05pm Miami Vice 8:20pm Brake 10:00pm Four Brothers 11:55pm Kiss the Girls 2:00am The Juror 4:10am LUV

6:05am The Barbarian and the Geisha 8:00am Sparkle 10:00am All Good Things 11:50am Barefoot in the Park 1:45pm Pitch Perfect 3:45pm City Slacker 5:25pm The Four Feathers 7:45pm The Notebook Rich girl Allie is swept off her feet by carpenter Noah, but her mum disapproves of the match.

10:00pm Pitch Perfect 12:00am Adore 2:00am Dangerous Minds 3:50am Medicine Man 5:45am Fun in Acapulco

Premiere

TCM

6:15am The Internship Special 6:30am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 7:00am Sunshine on Leith 8:45am The Lookalike 10:45am The Heat: Sky Movies Special 11:00am Romeo and Juliet 1:00pm Drinking Buddies 2:45pm Sunshine on Leith 4:30pm Captain Phillips 7:00pm Romeo and Juliet 9:00pm Captain Phillips 11:20pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 1:05am The Lookalike 2:55am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4:40am Drinking Buddies

6:00am Arctic Flight 7:30am Gunsmoke 8:30am Gunsmoke 9:30am The Mackintosh Man 11:20am Canyon Ambush 12:25pm Fort Vengeance 1:50pm Gunsmoke Two men fall for the same girl in town but she loves another more popular man.

2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Iron Mistress 6:10pm The Command 8:00pm The Wrecking Crew 10:00pm Pale Rider 12:15am The Thin Red Line 3:15am Pale Rider

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Spain’s Tax Reforms – How Will You Benefit?

Earlier this year, Spain’s Expert Tax Committee released a consultation document proposing a number of tax reforms. This included cutting income tax rates and revamping succession tax.

We have been waiting to find out how much the government would follow through with. On 23rd June, the government released its long-awaited draft legislation.

The key changes affecting individuals and families are outlined below.

These are proposals which still need to go through Parliament and undergo a consultation process with employers, trade unions and political parties. It is therefore possible that changes will be made during the process.

Income tax The general income tax scale rates and bands will be modified.

The current seven income tax bands will be reduced to five from next year, with tax rates reduced over two years.

The lowest rate of tax will be cut from 24.75% to 20% in 2015 and 19% in 2016.

By Gary Cardwell, Partner, Blevins Franks

The current top rate of 52% will fall to 47% next year and 45% the following one, but the income threshold for this rate reduces from €300,000 to €60,000.

Savings income rates and thresholds will also change.

Currently, income up to €6,000 is taxed at 21%; income between €6,000 and €24,000 at 25%, and the excess at 27%. Under the proposals the rate for the first tax band will

reduce to 20% in 2015 and 19% in 2016; income between €6,000 and €50,000 to 22% and 21% respectively, and anything over €50,000 at 24% then 23%.

Besides bank interest, this also benefits arrangements like life assurance polices.

On the other hand, the annual exemption of €1,500 against dividend income will no longer be available, and the 60% deduction against net rental income for residents would reduce to 50%.

The special ‘Beckham law’ will no longer be available to sportsmen; for other professions employment income of up to €600,000 will be taxed at 24% and the excess at the general scale rates.

Capital gains tax Under current rules, gains arising on assets held for less than a year are subject to the normal scale rates of up to 52%. From 2015, all capital gains, regardless of the holding period, would be taxed at the revised savings rates. Indexation would no longer

apply on the sale of a property.

Inheritance tax and wealth tax Although changes were widely anticipated for these taxes no changes have been proposed.

Controlled foreign company (CFC) regulations CFC rules are tax anti-avoidance rules designed to stop offshore companies being used to shelter income and gains. Spain intends to introduce and apply rules to subject a foreign company to an annual tax in Spain where there is no real substance to the company, i.e. where the company is an investment company rather than a trading company.

This will not affect life insurance policies.

Exit tax The government proposes to introduce an exit tax.

Typically such a tax is applied when an individual becomes nonresident and disposes of their assets within a certain time period. If implemented as in France, as expected, life policies will be

excluded from the assessable taxable base.

After the high Spanish taxes of recent years, this is welcome news for locals and expatriates alike.

The main aim of the income tax cuts is to help those on lower incomes, so those with savings and investments still have need of specialist tax planning to protect their capital and income from tax.

We would also like to have seen succession tax improved, and the future for wealth tax remains unclear too.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice.

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 1:00pm Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction. 2:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt

BBC TWO 7:00am Preview 7:35am Blood on The Moon 9:00am MOTD Kickabout 9:30am FIFA World Cup Review of all the action at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. 10:45am Coast 11:05am Living Planet 12:00pm Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age 12:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 1:00pm Rick Stein's Spain 2:00pm Golf

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ITV 7:00am CITV 9:25am ITV News 9:30am Weekend 10:25am The Hungry Sailors Dick and James Strawbridge sail around Britain to discover fantastic food. 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Storage Hoarders 1:30pm Dinner Date 2:30pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover

CH4 6:40am The Hoobs 7:05am The Hoobs 7:30am Transworld Sport 8:30am FIM Superbike World Championship 8:55am The Morning Line 10:00am Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:25pm The Big Bang Theory 12:55pm The Simpsons 1:30pm The Tomorrow People 2:20pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am The Great Artists 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Access 11:05am Meerkat Manor 11:30am The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 12:30pm Big Brother 1:55pm NCIS 2:50pm NCIS

SATURDAY TV

SKY 1 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am Glee 8:00am Glee 9:00am Harrow: A Very British School 10:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 11:00am Twin Towns 12:00pm John Bishop's Only Joking 12:30pm What's Up 1:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 2:00pm Making David Attenborough's Natural History

3pm 3:00pm Athletics Coverage of all the latest action from the world of Athletics.

3:00pm Golf All the action from the latest Golfing events.

3:30pm The Nation's Favourite Motown Song 5:00pm Tipping Point

3:00pm Channel 4 Racing 5:10pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me

3:45pm NCIS 4:40pm Pork Chop Hill

6:00pm Scooby-Doo 7:35pm Local News and Weather

6:10pm Come Dine with Me 6:40pm Come Dine with Me 7:15pm Come Dine with Me 7:45pm Channel 4 News

6:40pm Fighter Attack 8:00pm Cricket on 5

During the Korean war, Lieutenant Joe Clemons and his troop of GIs must retake a lonely hill that has been overrun by Chinese forces.

3:00pm Transformers: Age of Extinction Special 3:30pm Jersey Boys Special 4:00pm Futurama 5:00pm Modern Family

6pm 6:20pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:50pm Pointless 7:40pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News & Weather 8:00pm A Question of Sport 8:40pm The National Lottery

6:00pm Escape to the Country Series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.

6:45pm Flog It! 7:15pm Catch Me If You Can

All the very latest local news and weather.

7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm Tipping Point

Includes sport and weather.

Highlights of the day’s action.

8:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

8:05pm The Restoration Man

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

9pm 9:30pm Casualty 10:20pm BBC News 10:35pm Weather 10:40pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Men Who Made Us Spend 11:00pm The Shipping News

9:30pm FIFA World Cup Live 2014 Live coverage from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

9:00pm Grand Designs 10:00pm Knight and Day James Mangold's action-comedy is a jetsetting caper that opens with June Havens crossing paths with Roy Miller at an airport.

9:00pm MH370: The Flight That Vanished 10:00pm Big Brother 11:00pm The Trial of Gillian Taylforth

9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 Lt Commander Joe White needs the Five-0's help, and Chin Ho is starting to worry about Kono.

11:00pm The Transporter

12am 12:50am The Ruins 2:15am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

2:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:45am Golf All the action from the latest Golfing events. 1:45am Black Sheep 3:05am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

12:15am ITV News and Weather 12:30am Balls of Fury 2:05am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:30am Nightscreen

12:15am The IT Crowd 12:50am The IT Crowd 1:25am The IT Crowd 1:55am Rushmore 3:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:40am Deal or No Deal

12:00am Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 1:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Psych 2:00am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heart-thumping casino experience every night. 4:10am Skyscraper

12:45am A League of Their Own 1:45am A League of Their Own 2:15am Cop Squad 3:10am Road Wars 4:05am Road Wars 5:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

E4

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm John Newman and Katy B @T 10:00pm Pharrell Williams and Rudimental @T 11:00pm Paolo Nutini @ T 12:30am Family Guy 12:52am Family Guy 1:14am Family Guy 1:36am Family Guy 1:58am Family Guy 2:20am Family Guy 2:45am American Dad! 3:07am American Dad! 3:30am Pramface 4:00am Pramface

8:00pm Lost Land of the Tiger 9:00pm The Story of Science

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:10am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:10pm I Wanna Marry Harry 2:10pm The Only Way is Essex 2:55pm The Only Way is Essex 3:40pm Beethoven 4:40pm FYI Daily 4:45pm Beethoven 5:25pm 100% You've Been Framed!

6:25pm You've Been Framed and Famous!

7:30pm Pearl Harbour 8:30pm FYI Daily 8:35pm Pearl Harbour 11:00pm The Matrix Reloaded 12:00am FYI Daily

7:00am Movies Now 7:10am World Kitchen 7:30am The Four Musketeers 8:30am FYI Daily 8:35am The Four Musketeers 9:40am The Royal 10:45am The Royal 11:45am Lewis 1:45pm Endeavour 4:00pm Endeavour 12:00am Endeavour 2:00am Bomb Girls 2:50am Movies Now 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

8:00am Kojak 8:55am Kojak 9:55am Magnum, P.I. 11:00am Motorsport UK 12:00pm The Cycle Show 1:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 2:00pm Tour De France 2014 Live 6:00pm Police, Camera, Action!

6:25pm Highway Patrol 7:00pm Goodwood: Cars of the Future 8:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 9:00pm Hornblower 11:00pm Hard to Kill 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am Hard to Kill

11:30am How I Met Your Mother 12:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm New Girl 3:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:30pm Penny and Leonard's Love Story The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Penny and Leonard's Love Story The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The 100 10:00pm Coming to America 12:20am The Big Bang Theory

Crime

Drama

Scientific Documentary.

10:00pm Inspector Montalbano Luca Zingaretti, Katharina Bohm, Isabell Sollman, Peppino Mazzotta, Marcello Perracchio.

11:55pm Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' - Imagine 1:25am Guitar Heroes at the BBC 2:25am Top of the Pops 2:55am Lost Land of the Tiger 3:55am The Story of Science Scientific Documentary.

SKY MOVIES Action 6:15am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 6:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 7:00am Firewalker 8:55am Deep Rising 10:50am Born to Race: Fast Track 12:40pm Kick-Ass 2 2:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 8:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 12:00am Kick-Ass 2 1:50am Fire with Fire 3:40am Total Recall

Comedy 7:00am Wild Hogs 8:55am Maverick 11:15am The Internship 1:25pm The Hangover Part III When Doug is kidnapped, pals Alan, Phil and Stu become embroiled in a battle to save him.

3:20pm Ali G Indahouse 5:00pm 13 Going on 30 6:45pm Maverick 9:00pm The Internship 11:05pm Ali G Indahouse 12:40am The Hangover Part III 2:30am Scary Movie 3 4:10am The World's End Special 4:40am 13 Going on 30 Jenna is desperate for acceptance at school.

7:35am Argo: Sky Movies Special 7:55am Flatliners 10:00am Speed 12:10pm Speed 2: Cruise Control 2:25pm Trance 4:20pm Adrift 6:10pm The Good Doctor 8:00pm Speed 10:00pm Trance 11:45pm Adrift Six friends are plunged into a nightmare when they jump off a yacht without lowering a ladder.

1:30am Jagged Edge 3:30am St George's Day 5:30am Speed 2: Cruise Control

7:30am Any Day Now 9:20am The English Teacher 11:00am Millions 12:50pm Under the Tuscan Sun 2:50pm The Devil Wears Prada 4:50pm Any Day Now 6:40pm Dead Poets Society 9:00pm The Devil Wears Prada 11:00pm Millions When a bag of cash lands in young Damian's lap, he takes it as a sign from God to help the poor.

12:50am Ask the Dust 2:50am The English Teacher 4:30am Giant

Premiere

TCM

6:15am The Internship Special 6:30am Elysium: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Sunshine on Leith 8:45am Jack the Giant Slayer Special 9:00am Romeo and Juliet 11:00am Drinking Buddies 12:45pm Sunshine on Leith 2:30pm The Lookalike 4:30pm Captain Phillips 7:00pm Romeo and Juliet 9:00pm Captain Phillips 11:20pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 1:05am The Lookalike 2:55am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4:40am Drinking Buddies

8:05am Gunsmoke 9:10am Gunsmoke 10:15am The Command 12:00pm The Wrecking Crew 2:00pm Operation Secret 4:00pm The Great Escape 7:20pm Kansas Pacific 8:45pm Gunmen From Laredo 10:00pm Striking Distance 12:00am The Fog Remake of John Carpenter's 1979 thriller.

1:50am Striking Distance 3:35am The Fog 5:15am Off Set

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics Andrew Neil presents the latest political news, interviews and debate. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Alan Hansen: Player and Pundit

BBC TWO 7:00am Preview 7:20am Tender Comrade 9:00am Monty Don's French Gardens 10:00am Gardeners World 10:30am The Beechgrove Garden Scotland's favourite gardening programme. 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 1:00pm Rick Stein's Spain 2:00pm Golf

ITV 7:00am CITV 9:25am ITV News 9:30am Weekend 10:25am May the Best House Win 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm ITV News and Weather 12:30pm Love Your Garden 1:25pm Long Lost Family 2:30pm Columbo Peter Falk dons the shabby mac and lights up a cheap cigar for more top drawer US detective drama.

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CH4 7:05am Ironman 2014 7:30am Ironman 2014 8:00am Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 8:30am How I Met Your Mother 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Access 11:05am World's Scariest Near Misses 11:55am Big Brother 12:55pm Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in Essex. 1:55pm See No Evil, Hear No Evil

SUNDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Glee 9:00am Glee 10:00am Boyhood Special 10:30am Transformers: Age of Extinction Special 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 2:00pm Jersey Boys Special 2:30pm Futurama

3pm 3:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 4:15pm Wanted Down Under 5:00pm Escape to the Country Series 5:45pm Lifeline 5:55pm Songs of Praise

3:00pm Golf All the action from the latest Golfing events.

4:30pm Midsomer Murders Detective drama which focuses around the life of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and his efforts to solve the various crimes that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer.

3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:50pm The Simpsons 4:45pm Deal or No Deal 5:50pm St. Trinian's

3:45pm Stand by Me

7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Titanic

7:30pm Criminals: Caught on Camera 8:00pm Cricket on 5 8:55pm 5 News

Bittersweet drama about a gang of four 12year-old boys growing up in Oregon in the 1950s.

5:20pm Click

3:00pm Futurama 3:30pm Modern Family 4:00pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family

6pm 6:30pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Countryfile 8:00pm Match of the Day Live

6:20pm Natural World Wildlife documentary.

6:30pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

7:20pm Flog It! 8:20pm Shall We Dance?

6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm Catchphrase 8:00pm FIFA World Cup Live 2014

10:00pm The Night Watch 11:30pm Mock the Week

11:30pm ITV News and Weather

Oscar-laden epic tells of the first and final voyage of the 'unsinkable' liner through the love story of two very different passengers.

The latest news coverage.

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

9pm 11:30pm BBC News 11:45pm Regional News 11:50pm Weather 11:55pm Live at the Apollo

Comedy show combining the best elements of panel show, stand-up and improvised games with two teams of comedians taking a satirical swipe at the news and world events.

A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

11:45pm Greatest Footie Adverts Ever

11:45pm The Running Man In this breathless futuristic thriller, based on a Stephen King novel, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a helicopter pilot framed for the murder of starving civilians.

9:00pm Extraordinary People Documentary strand.

10:00pm Big Brother 11:00pm Webcam Girls: At Your Service 11:50pm Step Brothers

9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm Futurama 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 The team take to the water to investigate the demise of a deep-sea diver.

11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

12am 12:25am Man of the Year 2:15am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:00am QI XL 12:45am Golf 1:45am Countryfile 2:45am Holby City 3:45am Match of the Day 5:30am This is BBC Two

12:45am The Cube 1:40am The Store 3:55am Motorsport UK 4:45am Nightscreen 5:15am May the Best House Win

1:40am The Million Pound Drop 2:35am A Prophet 5:05am Home Road Movies 5:20am River Cottage Veg 5:50am Beat My Build

1:45am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Police Interceptors 5:00am House Doctor

12:00am Cop Squad 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

E4

8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Bastille and Sam Smith @ T 10:00pm Tinie Tempah and Jake Bugg @T 11:00pm Arctic Monkeys and Example @ T 12:30am Family Guy

8:00pm The Himalayas 9:00pm Ford's Dagenham Dream 10:00pm A Century in From Scotland with Love 11:15pm The Sky at Night A look at the world of astronomy.

11:45pm Everlasting Moments 1:30am Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned 2:30am More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played on 3:30am Ford's Dagenham Dream 4:30am Decisive Weapons

2:00pm America's Got Talent 4:40pm You've Been Framed!

5:10pm Beethoven's 2nd 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm Beethoven's 2nd 7:00pm Jurassic Park III 8:00pm FYI Daily 8:05pm Jurassic Park III 8:45pm Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 9:45pm FYI Daily 9:50pm Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 11:00pm The Only Way is Essex 11:50pm The Matrix Revolutions

10:20am Heartbeat 11:20am Heartbeat 12:25pm A Touch of Frost 2:30pm Wycliffe 3:45pm Carry on Follow That Camel 4:45pm FYI Daily 4:50pm Carry on Follow That Camel 5:40pm Inspector Morse 8:00pm Endeavour 10:00pm Endeavour 12:00am Endeavour 2:00am Wycliffe 2:55am William and Mary 3:45am ITV3 Nightscreen 4:15am Emmerdale Omnibus

7:15am Cheers 9:00am Magnum, P.I. 10:00am Kojak 11:05am Ax Men 1:00pm Duck Dynasty 2:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 3:00pm Tour De France 2014 Live 6:00pm Storage Wars 7:00pm Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014 8:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 9:00pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Doom 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Doom 12:05am The Wicker Man

7:00am Switched 7:20am Charmed 8:10am Desperate Housewives 9:00am Rules of Engagement 10:00am How I Met Your Mother 11:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 1:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The 100 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm Hairspray 11:15pm The Big Bang Theory 12:20am Rude Tube 1:25am The Mindy Project 1:50am How I Met Your Mother 2:25am Rules of Engagement

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Subversive animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:52am Family Guy 1:15am American Dad! 1:37am American Dad! 2:00am Russell Howard's Good News 2:30am Russell Howard's Good News 3:00am Stacey Dooley in the USA 4:00am Slum Survivors

SKY MOVIES Action 5:50am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 6:20am Born to Race: Fast Track 8:10am Men in Black 10:00am The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 1:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 7:20pm Men in Black 9:00pm Jack the Giant Slayer 11:00pm Dredd 12:40am Commando 2:15am Hammer of the Gods 4:00am Cyborg 009

6:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:00am Top Secret 8:35am Nacho Libre 10:15am The Mask 12:00pm Big Daddy 1:40pm Grown Ups 2 3:30pm Kindergarten Cop A tough cop is forced to impersonate a kindergarten teacher in order to catch a criminal.

5:30pm The Mask 7:20pm Big Daddy 9:00pm This is 40 11:20pm Grown Ups 2 1:10am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2:40am Nacho Libre

5:30am Speed 2: Cruise Control 7:45am The Bourne Legacy: Premiere Special 8:05am Signs 10:05am The Sum of All Fears 12:20pm Out of Sight 2:35pm The East 4:40pm Bad Company 6:50pm Argo: Sky Movies Special 7:15pm Taken 2 9:00pm The East 11:00pm Training Day 1:05am Cherry Falls 2:45am In Dreams 4:30am Single White Female

7:50am The First Time When teenagers Dave and Aubrey meet at a house party, they bond over their difficulties with love.

9:35am Before Midnight Almost two decades after meeting, Jesse and Celine wrestle with marriage and kids in Greece.

11:35am Never Been Kissed 1:30pm My Best Friend's Wedding 3:25pm Darling Companion 5:20pm Cold Mountain 8:00pm Never Been Kissed 10:00pm My Best Friend's Wedding 12:00am Before Midnight 2:00am Racing with the Moon 4:00am Paint Your Wagon

Premiere

TCM

4:40am Drinking Buddies 6:15am The Heat: Sky Movies Special 6:30am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 7:00am Sunshine on Leith 8:45am Drinking Buddies 10:30am The Lookalike 12:30pm Romeo and Juliet 2:30pm Captain Phillips 5:00pm Sunshine on Leith 6:45pm Captain Phillips 9:00pm Romeo and Juliet 11:00pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 12:45am The Lookalike 2:35am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4:20am Drinking Buddies

6:00am TCM Shorts 6:20am The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 8:25am Gunmen From Laredo 9:45am Kansas Pacific 11:10am The Great Escape 2:25pm The Stranger Wore a Gun 4:00pm The Plunderers Four rowdy cowhands ride into a small town, creating trouble and mayhem.

5:55pm Charro!

7:50pm Trouble Along the Way 10:00pm Rome 11:10pm Point of No Return 1:10am The Lost Command 3:20am Point of No Return 5:15am Off Set

OPINION & COMMENT

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Bluffers guide to fluent Spanish Ulrica Marshall

Expat Strife Swedish-born Ulrica is a freelance journalist living in Mallorca with her family. Her debut novel $Expat Wives is available on Amazon and iBooks.

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HE difference between fluency in a foreign language and ‘getting the ball over the net’, as the late language guru Michel Thomas said, is a combination of speed and accuracy.

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages provides the most in-depth framework for evaluating proficiency, with some 20,000 to 40,000 word knowledge for native-level fluency and just 3,000 for basic conversation.

A few years ago, the UK Government’s new children’s Communication Champion, Jean Gross, said teenagers’ vocabulary was limited to 800 daily words, with a predominance of ‘yeah’, ‘no’, and ‘but’. Tweeting and texting are presumably not

TWEETING AND TEXTING: Not helpful for developing vocabulary. helping matters where brevity and acronyms rule. You might know your LOLs (Laugh out loud) and C U l8s (see you later) but here in Spain you have to add the likes of salu2 (saludos) and d= (da igual) into the mix.

For me, however, the real joy of languages comes through the

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Other clients include people whose home was ‘illegally’ built, people in the campo with no supply and people who want to make the most of the sunshine and say GOODBYE to IBERDROLA. But due to the Spanish government’s unwillingness to pass any kind of decree many people have been left wondering if it is worth having solar systems installed.

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ability to use idioms. Being such a rich language, and with the Spaniards themselves both poetic and expressive, there is plenty of fodder to choose from in Castellano. Insults and put-downs exist plenty-fold, of course, with most making impertinent comments relating to family members

or ancestors, this being a very family-centred culture.

Not wishing to lower the tone of this fine publication or to preach to the converted, I shall abstain from repeating these here.

On a more general note, there are some nice little expressions that will make you appear fluent.

If you put your foot in it: ‘Mentar la soga en casa del ahorcado’, which translates as ‘to mention rope in the house of a hanged man’. Or to pick up the courage to do something is: ‘Hacer de tripas corazón’, literally, turning your guts into heart.

Asking for the impossible is ‘pedir peras al olmo’, or asking the elm tree for pears. And finally, my own personal favourite: ‘Ni harto de vino’, which translates as not even if I were drunk (on wine), though literally means ‘over my dead body’.

But why stop there? The funniest idioms are the ones that people make up, or even misuse, which is why TV series Friends was so entertaining, with the classic where Joey explains the meaning of a ‘moo point’, or the 1988 film A Fish Called Wanda, with Kevin Kline’s hilarious interpretation of the gun-toting Otto. Use your inventions or adaptations enough and you may even create an idiom that will stand the test of time. The word (sic) is your oyster!

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Heir Hunters 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Animal S.O.S. 12:30pm Operation Hospital Food with James Martin 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 7:00am Preview 7:10am Homes Under the Hammer 8:10am Brazil's Soccer Cities 8:35am Match of the Day 9:20am Call the Council 10:05am The Quest for Bannockburn 11:05am Watchdog Test House 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Triathlon

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ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Let's Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

CH4 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Four in a Bed

CH5 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:20am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Milkshake! Show Songs 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Beware!

Cowboy Builders Abroad 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

MONDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am Glee 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Flog It!

3:40pm Countdown 4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Ultimate Dealer

3:15pm NCIS

5:30pm Coast

3:00pm The Speakmans 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point

6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog It! 8:00pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 8:30pm Mary Berry Cooks

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

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

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Superskyscrapers: Shanghai Tower

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

9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Food and Drink 10:00pm Secret Life of Your Clothes 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm You Cannot be Serious

9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm Royal Marines Commando School 11:00pm Utopia

9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 11:00pm Big Brother

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Trollied 10:30pm Trollied 11:00pm The Transporter

4:00pm Rowing The lastest rowing coverage.

US crime drama series.

4:15pm Assumed Killer

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Glee 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm How Safe is Your House?

Includes sport and weather.

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm John Bishop's Australia 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News & Weather 11:35pm Rio in Rio

Sports Burp.

12am 12:25am Commonwealth City 1:25am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:30am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:20am The Men Who Made Us Spend 1:20am I Bought a Rainforest 2:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 5:00am Wonders of the Universe - Learning Zone

12:10am Ray Mears' Close Encounters 1:05am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:40am Nightscreen

12:10am The Secret Life of Students 1:15am Embarrassing Bodies 2:10am Britain's Youngest Carers 3:05am The Secret Millions 4:00am Scandal 4:50am Revenge 5:35am River Cottage Veg Heroes

12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Black Market Britain 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Under the Dome 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor

12:45am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:45am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:40am Hawaii Five0 3:35am Hawaii Five-0 4:35am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

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8:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Slum Survivors Jakarta.

11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Slum Survivors 2:30am Stacey Dooley in the USA 3:30am Russell Howard's Good News 4:00am Slum Survivors

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Flying Archaeologist 9:00pm Wild Weather 10:00pm Chocolate Perfection with Michel Roux 11:00pm Edge of Darkness 11:50pm The Magic of Mushrooms 12:50am The Story of Science 1:50am Wild Weather 2:50am The Flying Archaeologist 3:20am Britain on Film 3:50am Chocolate Perfection with Michel Roux

11:15am The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10pm Big Rich Texas 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed!

10:00pm GoldenEye 12:40am Celebrity Juice

10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:15am Judge Judy 11:40am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:00pm The Darling Buds of May 5:15pm Second Thoughts 5:50pm Home to Roost 6:15pm Man About the House 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm A Touch of Frost 11:00pm Above Suspicion 12:05am The Vice

9:55am Kojak 11:00am Police, Camera, Action!

11:30am Highway Patrol 12:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 1:00pm Police, Camera, Action!

1:30pm Tour De France 2014 Live 6:00pm Police, Camera, Action!

6:30pm Highway Patrol 6:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 9:00pm MotoGP 10:00pm Storage Wars 10:30pm Storage Wars 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Ax Men

4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Suburgatory 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm New Girl 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm The 100 11:00pm Friday the 13th 1:00am Bodyshockers

Comedy

Crime

Drama

SKY MOVIES Action 7:30am Resident Evil: Apocalypse Sci-fi action sequel based on the successful videogame series.

9:10am Anaconda 10:45am The Lone Ranger 1:15pm White House Down 3:30pm Chain Reaction 5:20pm The Karate Kid 7:30pm The Lone Ranger 10:00pm White House Down 12:15am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:10am Kill Bill: Vol. 2 4:30am The Man with the Iron Fists

6:30am Monsters University Special 7:00am In Security 8:45am Hairbrained 10:25am Mr. Deeds 12:05pm The Ladykillers 1:55pm We're the Millers 3:50pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 5:35pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 7:15pm Mr. Deeds 9:00pm We're the Millers 11:00pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 12:50am The Ladykillers 2:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 3:05am In Security 4:50am The World's End Special

6:25am Deep Family Secrets 8:05am Murder by Numbers 10:15am Liars All 12:00pm Switchback Former doctor Lane hitches a lift west with Cadillac driver Bob.

2:00pm Pride and Glory 4:15pm Hours 6:00pm Deadfall 7:45pm In the Line of Fire 10:00pm Pride and Glory 12:15am American Psycho 2:05am Murder by Numbers 4:10am Flesh and Bone

6:50am Anna Karenina: Sky Movies Special 7:10am Urban Cowboy 9:30am Hide Away 11:00am The Bodyguard 1:20pm The Lifeguard 3:10pm Private Peaceful 5:00pm Legends of the Fall 7:20pm Les Miserables 10:00pm Amistad 12:40am The Lifeguard 2:25am The Bodyguard 4:40am Return

Premiere

TCM

7:00am Sunshine on Leith 8:45am The Lookalike 10:45am Jack the Giant Slayer Special 11:00am Drinking Buddies 12:45pm Romeo and Juliet 2:45pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4:30pm Captain Phillips 7:00pm Romeo and Juliet 9:00pm Captain Phillips 11:20pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 1:05am The Lookalike 2:55am Sunshine on Leith 4:40am Drinking Buddies

7:55am The Plunderers 9:50am Charro!

11:45am Trouble Along the Way 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 6:15pm The Wrong Man 8:15pm The Three Stooges Meet Hercules 10:00pm The Replacements 12:20am Castle Keep 2:20am The Frozen Dead A crazed scientist brings dozens of frozen Nazis back to life so he can revive the Third Reich.

4:00am Castle Keep 5:45am TCM Shorts

OPINION & COMMENT

10 - 16 July 2014 / Costa Blanca South

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British taking leave of their senses A M I missing something here?

Let’s try and get it straight.

You leave British shores, travel to a foreign country, commit a few murders, make videos boasting about it, encourage others to do the same and then gaily swan back to your original country and take up where you left off?

Have the British finally taken leave of their senses? To make matters even worse, these young Islamic assassins then threaten to commit even more atrocities in the country that nurtured them. You couldn’t make it up. The very least that should happen to these people is permanent tagging.

You simply can’t allow would-be terrorists to wander around unchecked and free to plot and kill members of the society that fed them simply because it may infringe their human rights. Give us a break! These people forfeited all their rights as human beings when they fired the first bullet into the body of a complete stranger, purely because they were a member of a different tribe.

If I were in charge, I would lock these misled young men and women away for life. I would also seriously consider their family members. Irrespective of some of their protests to the contrary, I maintain

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

that purely by taking their offspring back into the family unit, they are, at the very least, condoning their criminal actions.

Britain simply has to toughen up. If it doesn’t, and continues to let the dangerous human rights and PC spouters influence their decisions, I consider the authorities will be as responsible for any future atrocities committed on the British public as the perpetrators themselves.

Moving on, contrary to the views of a number of people I am not one of those who considers the sentence given to Rolf Harris too lenient. To a man in his position, any sentence for a crime of this nature is totally devastating. Ordinary members of the public, who are imprisoned for sexual crimes, merely lose their freedom, put up with some abuse from fellow cons and, on completion of their time, simply rejoin society and blend back in.

To a man so prominent and in the public eye as Rolf Harris, there is no chance of this outcome. He will be

WOULD-BE TERRORISTS: Should not be allowed to wander about unchecked. pointed out and reviled for the rest of his days. His life’s work and career have been erased permanently. Honours presented to him by royalty have been taken away.

In prison he will be the brunt of abuse and in continual danger from cons, wishing to make a bit of a name for themselves by causing harm to him simply because he is Rolf Harris.

Compensation will probably ultimately cost him his entire fortune. No, as revolting as his crimes were, believe me, if he lives through it, which I consider unlikely, five years, nine months is ample punishment for this vile paedophile.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Heir Hunters 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Animal S.O.S. 12:30pm Street Patrol UK 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors Drama series set in a busy Midlands medical practice.

BBC TWO 7:20am Homes Under the Hammer 8:20am Animal S.O.S. 8:50am Animal Park 9:20am Call the Council 10:05am Hot Property: Business Boomers 11:05am Watchdog Test House 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:15pm The Super League Show

www.euroweeklynews.com

ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Let's Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

CH4 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 12:30pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 1:35pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 2:05pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 2:40pm Four in a Bed

CH5 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:20am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 9:55am Milkshake! Show Songs 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Beware!

Cowboy Builders Abroad 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

TUESDAY TV SKY 1 7:00am Glee 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Flog It!

3:00pm The Speakmans 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point

3:40pm Countdown 4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Ultimate Dealer

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Escape From Polygamy

6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog It! 8:00pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 8:30pm Mary Berry Cooks

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale

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

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

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

9:00pm Hive Alive 10:00pm Coast 11:00pm The Sarah Millican Television Programme 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm 56 Up (7 and Up) 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Exposure

9:00pm The Dog Rescuers 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00pm Big Brother

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Glee

3:15pm Golf 5:15pm Frozen Planet It is high summer in the polar regions, and the sun never sets.

Drama revolving around a polygamous Mormon community.

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Glee 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders

Includes sport and weather.

9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Nick and Margaret: Too Many Immigrants?

11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News & Weather 11:35pm Summer's Supermarket Secrets

9:00pm Kirstie's Fill Your House for Free 10:00pm Undercover Boss 11:00pm Utopia The acclaimed conspiracy thriller continues.

Don't Take My Child.

Highlights of the latest events inside the house, hosted by Emma Willis.

12am 12:35am John Bishop's Australia 1:40am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:45am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:20am Secret Life of Your Clothes 1:20am A Cabbie Abroad 2:20am This is BBC Two 5:00am Coding: the Future is Creative 5:25am Megabits 5:55am Cracking the Code Minna Kane and her team of young hackers explore the world of computer programming.

12:40am Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:40am Nightscreen 5:15am May the Best House Win

12:05am Royal Marines Commando School 1:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:00am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:25am Transworld Sport 3:25am Ironman 2014 3:50am Ironman 2014 4:20am FIM Superbike World Championship

12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Wentworth 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am The Hotel Inspector Returns 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am 24: Live Another Day 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

BBC THREE

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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes Not in 3D. 8:15pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:15pm The Proposal 11:00pm Glasgow Girls 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Glasgow Girls 2:30am EastEnders

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places 9:00pm Jigs and Wigs: The Extreme World of Irish Dancing 9:30pm Commonwealth on Film 10:00pm Made in Dagenham 11:45pm Ford's Dagenham Dream 12:45am Lost Land of the Tiger 1:45am A History of Britain by Simon Schama 2:45am Jigs and Wigs 3:15am Commonwealth on Film 3:45am Hurricanes and Heatwaves: The Highs and Lows of British Weather

12:10pm Big Rich Texas 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm I Wanna Marry Harry 10:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:55pm Celebrity Juice 12:40am Two and a Half Men

9:25am Murder, She Wrote 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Judge Judy 11:45am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:05pm The Darling Buds of May 5:15pm Second Thoughts 5:50pm Home to Roost 6:25pm Man About the House 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Above Suspicion 12:00am The Vice

11:55am Police, Camera, Action!

12:30pm Highway Patrol 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 2:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 3:00pm Magnum, P.I. 4:05pm Kojak 5:10pm Kojak 6:15pm Police, Camera, Action!

6:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Tour De France 2014 Highlights 9:00pm The Cycle Show 10:00pm Commando: On the Front Line 10:30pm Commando: Return to the Front Line 11:30pm Born on the Fourth of July 12:30am FYI Daily

4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Suburgatory 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm How I Met Your Mother 10:00pm New Girl 10:30pm The Mindy Project 11:00pm First Dates 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.

3:00am Slum Survivors 4:00am Glasgow Girls

SKY MOVIES Action 6:10am The Karate Kid 8:20am Tombstone 10:35am Batman Begins 1:00pm The Wolverine An old acquaintance brings the clawed mutant to Japan, where he finds himself in grave danger.

3:10pm Cinderella Man 5:35pm The Karate Kid, Part II 7:30pm Batman Begins 10:00pm The Wolverine An old acquaintance brings the clawed mutant to Japan, where he finds himself in grave danger.

12:10am Gladiator 2:50am Crank 4:25am Mad Max

7:00am Mental 9:00am Lola Versus 10:35am In a World...

12:15pm Ted 2:10pm Anger Management 4:05pm Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot 5:40pm Mr Woodcock 7:20pm In a World...

9:00pm Ted 11:00pm Anger Management 12:50am Here Comes the Boom 2:40am For a Good Time, Call...

Two Manhattan friends go into business together when they set up their own saucy phone-line.

4:10am Risky Business 5:55am Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot

6:25am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers Don is a Smoke Jumper, firefighters who parachute into forest fires and battle them from within.

8:05am Conspiracy Theory 10:25am Inside Man 12:40pm Cellular 2:20pm Disconnect Technology causes several lives to intertwine with terrible consequences.

4:20pm Red Rock West 6:05pm Inside Man 8:20pm Cellular 10:00pm Cold Comes The Night 11:35pm Killing Them Softly 1:25am Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 3:30am 96 Minutes 5:15am Point Last Seen

6:25am Desk Set 8:15am Borrowed Time A dopey teen forms an unlikely bond with a curmudgeonly recluse.

9:55am Free Samples 11:25am Chasing Mavericks 1:25pm St Elmo's Fire 3:20pm Go for It! 5:00pm Dead Poets Society 7:15pm Hyde Park on Hudson 9:00pm 50 First Dates 10:45pm Chasing Mavericks 12:50am Best Man Down 2:30am Having You 4:15am A Star is Born Norman Maine's movie career is slowing down, but he can still spot talent.

Premiere

TCM

6:30am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 7:00am Sunshine on Leith 8:45am The Internship Special 9:00am Romeo and Juliet 11:00am Drinking Buddies 12:45pm The Lookalike

8:35am Gunsmoke 9:40am The Wrong Man 11:35am Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke

A pair of drug peddlers go in search of a woman to play a crucial part in a deal.

2:45pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4:30pm Captain Phillips 7:00pm Romeo and Juliet 9:00pm Captain Phillips 11:20pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 1:05am The Lookalike 2:55am Sunshine on Leith 4:40am Drinking Buddies

Festus's cousins come across an injured man but flee when they assume he is dead.

4:00pm The Siege at Red River 5:40pm Island in the Sun 7:55pm I Died a Thousand Times 10:00pm Eraser 12:10am Solaris 2:00am Eraser 3:50am One Foot in Hell 5:20am Off Set

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Heir Hunters 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Animal S.O.S. 12:30pm Street Patrol UK 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors Drama series set in a busy Midlands medical practice.

BBC TWO 6:55am What Makes Me, Me 7:00am Preview 7:15am Homes Under the Hammer 8:15am Animal S.O.S. 8:45am Animal Park 9:15am Call the Council 10:00am Antiques Roadshow 11:00am Tiger About the House 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Lifeline 2:10pm North West Frontier

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ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Let's Do Lunch... With Gino and Mel 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Four in a Bed

WEDNESDAY TV

CH5 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Beware!

Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am Glee 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Wanted Down Under 5:30pm Flog It!

4:15pm Coast 5:15pm Frozen Planet Polar landscapes in autumn are transformed as the big freeze returns.

3:00pm The Speakmans 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point

3:40pm Countdown 4:30pm Deal or No Deal 5:30pm Ultimate Dealer

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story Drama based on a true story.

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Glee 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show

6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Flog It! 8:00pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 8:30pm Mary Berry Cooks

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

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

9:00pm Operation Cloud Lab 10:00pm The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 11:00pm Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm All Star Mr and Mrs 10:00pm Testing Britain's Worst Drivers: Crash Course 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm American Pie: The Reunion

9:00pm This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show 10:00pm One Born Every Minute 11:00pm The Mimic 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

12:20am Golf 12:50am Hot Property: Business Boomers 1:50am A Very British Airline 2:50am This is BBC Two 5:00am Birth of Empire: The East India Company 5:55am Deadly Dilemmas

1:25am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:40am Nightscreen 5:15am May the Best House Win

12:35am The IT Crowd 1:00am Superstar DJs 1:25am Heston's Great British Food 2:20am Alfie 4:15am Revenge 4:55am River Cottage Veg 5:50am Kirstie's Handmade Treasures

Includes sport and weather.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Ultimate Police Interceptors

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

9:00pm Angry Brits: Caught on Camera 10:00pm The Hotel Inspector Returns 11:00pm Big Brother

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm 24: Live Another Day 11:00pm A League of Their Own

9pm 9:00pm Talk to the Animals 10:00pm Nick and Margaret: Too Many Immigrants?

11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News & Weather 11:35pm A Question of Sport

Highlights of the latest events inside the house, hosted by Emma Willis.

12am 12:15am Surrogates 1:40am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

1:45am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:00am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Super Casino 4:05am OAPs Behaving Badly 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

BBC THREE

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8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Shanghai Noon

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places 9:00pm Indian Hill Railways 10:00pm Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure

11:15am The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:10pm Big Rich Texas 1:10pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm You've Been Framed!

10:00pm I Wanna Marry Harry 11:00pm The Only Way is Essex 11:50pm Celebrity Juice

9:25am Murder, She Wrote 10:25am Judge Judy 10:50am Judge Judy 11:15am Judge Judy 11:40am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:05pm The Darling Buds of May 5:15pm Second Thoughts 5:50pm Home to Roost 6:20pm Man About the House 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm Above Suspicion

9:45am Kojak 10:50am Kojak 11:55am Police, Camera, Action!

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King Edward VII has always been an enigma.

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4:15am A Star is Born Norman Maine's movie career is slowing down, but he can still spot talent.

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A special look at the sci-fi actioner starring Matt Damon.

7:00am Sunshine on Leith 8:45am The Lookalike 10:45am Jack the Giant Slayer Special 11:00am Drinking Buddies 12:45pm Romeo and Juliet 2:45pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 4:30pm Captain Phillips 7:00pm Romeo and Juliet 9:00pm Captain Phillips 11:20pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 1:05am The Lookalike 2:55am Sunshine on Leith

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A dip in the sea is good for us WHILST a dip in the sea to cool off is ideal at this time of year, there are also a number of health benefits.

Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, said the sea was able to cure diseases and prescribed dives and washing in salt water to treat common ailments.

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TAKE THE PLUNGE: Sea water offers a range of health benefits.

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Could ants wipe out super-bugs?

BRITISH scientists believe that ants could be the key to developing new strains of antibiotics.

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A team at the University of East Anglia in the UK said leafcutter ants could save lives thanks to a natural antibiotic they produce and help in the fight against resistant superbugs. The ants have already

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Exercise and eat your way to a flat, toned belly EVERYBODY wants a flat tummy, but waving goodbye to yummy snacks is not a fun way to do it.

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Chewing gum also seems to work.

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1944: German officers launch operation to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Count Claus von Stauffenberg takes a bomb to Hitler’s headquarters in Berchtesgaden but fails to kill him.

1945: Allied leaders meet in Potsdam. Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin and Harry S Truman meet to discuss and decide the future of Germany.

1955: Ruth Ellis is hanged in London. Ellis was sentenced to die by hanging for murdering her lover David Blakely, 25. She was the last woman to be executed in England.

1969: Apollo 11, the first US lunar landing mission, takes off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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1970: State of Emergency is declared to deal with strikes at UK ports. The Army orders 36,000 troops to be on standby to handle the cargo from 150 affected ships.

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1985: Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior blows up in Auckland Harbour. The French Secret Service were behind the sinking.

1987: World War I veterans remember the Battle of Passchendaele. They gather at Tyne Cote cemetery to pay their respects to the 250,000 fallen British Commonwealth troops.

1990: Boris Yeltsin resigns from the Communist Party. The resignation splits Soviet communists.

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Directed by cult director Darren Aronofsky, Noah stars Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Emma Watson. It has a run time of 138 minutes and is rated 12A.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The changes affecting you for the past few weeks continue but you are now getting better at managing their direction. Someone wanting you to take a logical action should not be allowed to push you forward. When to act will be clear to you.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Someone who has been unhelpful in the past suddenly steps forward. Could you have been wrong about them? Probably not. Keep a clear mind when with them. Saturn influences you to be more organised before a bout of indecision strikes.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The influence of Venus and Jupiter brings you the influence and status that you deserve. It's not that you haven't worked towards it but now you start to see the benefits. There is an urge to improve your appearance and surroundings to fit in with the 'new you'. .

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) During the past few weeks you may have gained a different perspective on life. Your need for a close attachment and harmony in your life should not be underestimated or denied in the name of practicality.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) To be truly happy you need to build on your partnerships. Keep these in balance and everything else will fall into place. Life has taught you some rather harsh lessons recently. The upshot of that is you now feel more in control and more secure.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) There is an all-consuming need to see some reward for all your efforts.

There will be those who will tell you that you need to push harder for success.

Perhaps you need to be with more likeminded people. Certainly being with the wrong colleagues can bring your spirits down.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) When needed you are sure to be

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IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Your flexibility stands you in good stead in this last half of the year. Not only does it see you able to take opportunities at short notice but it also boosts your psychic energy. Others may not come up to expectations and there are times when it is best to 'go it alone’.

July 10: Sofia Vergara, 42. TV actress.

This Colombian actress shot to fame on the popular sitcom Modern Family as Gloria Pritchett. Her film credits include Machete Kills and Fading Gigolo.

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July 14: Jane Lynch, 54. TV actress.

This American actress won an Emmy for her role in Glee and a People’s Choice Award for Favourite Comedy Actress in 2011.

July 11: Giorgio Armani, 80. Fashion designer.

Before becoming a designer Armani spent two years at the University of Piacenza studying Medicine.

July 13: Harrison Ford, 72. Film actor.

Iconic actor and producer he shot to fame in the original Star Wars films as Han Solo; he later went on to play the eponymous hero in the Indiana Jones films. positive this week. On a project, 'striking while the iron is hot' springs to mind.

There is much fun to hand but it must be 'work first' at the moment. Some opportunities do not come twice and you need to be aware of them when they present themselves. Spend some quality time with your loved ones.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are in a romantic mood but something is missing from the picture. It is not that you are feeling the need of having more than one string to your bow, it is more that you are tired of using the same old arrows. So, what is out there to fire your imagination? Something really new will not miss the mark with you.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This is a brilliant week for

July 15: Arianna Huffington, 64.

Entrepreneur.

Founder of the Huffington Post she once ran for Governor of California in 2003; she was a conservative commentator in the 90s.

July 12: Ana Torrent.

Film actress.

This Spanish actress was nominated for a Goya award for her role in Tesis by Alejandro Amenabar. She first came to fame in 1973 at the young age of seven when she got a role in La Colmena by Victor Erice.

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money and business. Mars is influencing you to be more up-front and practical in your approach. You may feel changes coming on that you would rather deny.

Burying your head in the sand is not an option. Take the bull by the horns and you could be surprised at your success.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) You will see the lighter side of life this week when you discover that someone is holding a torch for you.

You are flattered and vaguely interested.

Your combination of intelligence and humour make you a delightful companion. Venus smiles on all your close relationships and you seem to be able to do no wrong. .

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There is much to be tackled this

July 16: Will Ferrell, 47. Film actor.

Actor, voice actor, comedian and producer, Ferrell is the star of many comedies including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. week, but you are wary of making fullon decisions. Taking things one step at a time is the best policy because it gives you space to consider the options. There is a restlessness about you that is hard to pinpoint. Perhaps you are feeling positive but have to hold fire because of others. This is frustrating, but try to relax.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Energy levels go up and down and you seek to ration yours by not going all-out physically. It is still possible to be quite dynamic while planning. Indeed, your clear vision impresses a colleague. If you are due for promotion then some good news is likely. Blow your own trumpet rather than wait for others to do it for you.

B&B All the answers begin with the letters B B 1. By what name was the English dandy, born in London in 1778, who was an iconic figure in Regency England, the arbiter of men’s fashion, and a friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, usually known?

2. Named after a British minister of transport, what name is given to an amber-coloured globe lamp atop a tall black and white pole, marking pedestrian crossings of roads in the UK? 3. What is the name of the table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs? Penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over.

4. What name is often applied to a person born in the years following the Second World War, when there was a temporary marked increase in the birth rate?

5. What name is frequently given to Southern and Midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant?

6. What was the name of the Hungarian composer and pianist who was considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century? He and Liszt are regarded as his country’s greatest composers.

7. What was the nickname of Oliver Cromwell’s parliament of 1653, given to it by one its members, Praise-God Barbon, an Anabaptist leather seller of Fleet Street? It replaced the Rump Parliament, but was itself dissolved within a few months.

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 N) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: Average: 5 Good: 6 Very good: 9 Excellent: 11

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aced, acid, cede, cedi, cite, dace, dice, iced, acted, cadet, ceded, cited, diced, dicta, edict, addict, caddie, decade, deceit, decide, caddied, decided, addicted, dedicate, DEDICATED

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You must only change one letter at a time.

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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 (MASSED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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Cryptic

Unscramble the title of a 1992 American crime film (two words): SORE RIVER GODS Unscramble the name of a famous English rugby union club (two words): SLID ON RHINO

Play on Words

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home (7) 6 Parisian flower (5) 7 Alfresco? Rope in a replacement (4,3) 8 A follower to lock barrier (5) 13 I am bats cooking rice (7) 14 Take out essence (7) 16 Edwin’s upset about Lloyd’s first

fraud (7) 17 Major ganglia, part of the brain, perhaps (5) 19 A callus fruit? (5) 20 Declare Namibia is hosting sports venue (5) 21 Send a model form of transport (5)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents Q and 21 represents Y, so fill in Q every time the figure 11 appears and Y every time the figure 21 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 Walk unsteadily (7) 4 City in Florida (5) 7 Once more (5) 9 Quite sure (7) 10 Irish folklore spirit (7) 11 African scavenger (5) 12 Telling an untruth (5) 14 Smooth and glossy (5) 19 Plucked string instruments (5) 21 Violent rotating windstorm (7) 23 Not man-made (7) 24 Expand (5) 25 Waterway (5) 26 Proverbs (7)

Down 1 Showing signs of wear and tear (6) 2 Long seat (5) 3 Surpass (6) 4 Law officer (7) 5 Make less active or intense (5) 6 Ancient Greek (6) 8 Disturb (5) 13 Nose opening (7) 15 Avoid capture (5) 16 Medical centre (6) 17 Plays for time (6) 18 Sheds hair or feathers (6) 20 Moon of Saturn (5) 22 Hazardous (5)

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

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Answers: West Indies, Green with envy

Down 1 Poets start drinking in pubs (5) 2 Socialist leader in fitting decline (7) 3 A male representative (5) 5 Store damaged car at Queen’s

Funagram

FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: RESERVOIR DOGS, LONDON IRISH

Across 2 Expensive animal, by the sound of it (4) 4 Prints showing fish (4) 9 Name of bloke to steal cattle, it’s said (7) 10 Part of speech idealists rebuke (5) 11 Let Ms Duff fish (5) 12 Foolish fancy makes him race around (7) 13 Swimmer, female, joining the club (6) 15 Detector of nitrogen in plastic roses (6) 18 Crush the star characters (7) 20 Sam is sort of wrong (5) 22 Odour created by a Catholic mostly (5) 23 Perhaps dead men improved (7) 24 Exclusive school returning record (4) 25 Loose cloak or carbon copy (4)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Corsican, 4 Plus, 7 Egret, 9 Cheer, 11 Later, 12 Thorn, 13 Rosier, 15 Malaya, 19 Beams, 21 Larva, 23 Tools, 24 Eager, 25 Skit, 26 Mainstay.

Down: 1 Cleaver, 2 Rural, 3 Accord, 5 Shown, 6 Heat, 8 Tithe, 10 Rioja, 14 Smart, 16 Agree, 17 Allergy, 18 Alaska, 19 Bucks, 20 Stop, 22 Argot.

QUICK Across: 1 Scared, 4 Attack, 9 Abase, 10 Reply, 11 Annul, 12 Cassock, 13 Allude, 15 Affect, 19 Anarchy, 21 Recur, 23 Loner, 24 Nasty, 25 Target, 26 Better.

Down: 1 Sultana, 2 Again, 3 Enabled, 5 Turns, 6 Approve, 7 Kayak, 8 Reach, 14 Learner, 16 Foresee, 17 Terrier, 18 Lying, 19 Allot, 20 Carve, 22 Crypt.

Across 1 Gemelos (5) 3 Health (5) 5/14 Dedo gordo del pie (3,3) 7 Oraciones (7) 9 Royal (4) 10 Kiss (4) 13 Piece of toast (7) 14 See 5 15 Humo (de fuego, cigarro) (5) 16 Enfadado (5)

Down 1 Stools (seats) (9) 2 Soup (thick) (4) 3 Jabón (para lavar) (4) 4 Descubrimiento (de país, invento, deportista) (9) 6 Cristal (5) 8 Acontecimiento (5) 11 Carrera (competición) (4) 12 Nothing (4)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Peach, 3 Lunes, 6 Roto, 7 Sangre, 9 Ornaments, 12 Anillo, 13 Caro, 14 Heart, 15 Fuera.

Down: 1 Pero, 2 Antártida, 3 Leader, 4 Nightmare, 5 Seed, 8 Wallet, 10 Wash, 11 Boda.

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1. How does turbulence work?

Everyone has heard the pilot tell them to fasten their seatbelts for turbulence but nobody knows how it works. Einstein famously said: “After I die, I hope God will explain turbulence to me.”

2. How do cats purr?

Cats have no purring organ in their throats and although extensive research has been done, the origin and the function of a cat’s purr is still unknown.

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4. How, exactly, do magnets work?

Magnetism is a well known phenomenon but why do particles charged with

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7. What causes gravity?

Newton pointed out its existence but what causes it?

8. How do we store and retrieve memories?

The brain is still the most perplexing of all organs and scientists have yet to work out even which parts of the brain are involved as it seems the whole brain participates.

3. What causes hypnic jerks?

Hypnic jerks are when we are falling asleep and suddenly jerk awake, but why?

It happens to almost everybody but scientists have no idea what causes them.

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electricity create magnetic fields?

And when they do, why do they align with the two poles?

than quantity at the top of the tree.

5. Why do giraffes have long necks?

Longer necks don’t give giraffes any advantages as has been suggested by evolutionary scientists – their eating habits are more about type of leaf rather

6. How do birds migrate?

This has vexed biologists for centuries and has become one of the most mysterious animal behaviours known to science. Many theories postulate that they use the earth’s magnetic fields but

Sudoku Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

9. Why do women go through menopause?

It defies all the rules of evolution, in nearly all other species of the animal kingdom the females continue to have the ability to reproduce until they die – so why not humans?

10. What are dreams?

Dreams are common but what causes them? Are they just random images from the subconscious or are they symbolic of our psyche?

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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Just Joking Q: How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Two: one to change it and another one to change it back again.

Man: “Hey baby, what's your sign?”

Woman: “Do not enter.”

Q: Why did King Kong climb the Empire State Building?

A: He couldn’t fit in the lift.

Good: 41 Very good: 59 Excellent: 72

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 levee, level, leveler, lever, leer, veer, veto, ever, eerie, elver, meet, melee, melt, lent, heel, helve, helm, hetero, heir, teeth, teethe, teeter, teem, tree, trite, tore, tort, torte, revel, reel, reeve, relent, retie, rote, rein, rite, them, thee, their, then, trot, tire, tiro, tier, tine, enter, entree, entire, oriel, orient, inter, intro, nite, niter, nitre

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Never too soon for Christmas IT seems it is never too soon to start planning for Christmas. World-famous toy store Hamleys in London has just unveiled the top rated children’s Christmas presents for 2014. How soon do you start planning your Christmas?

Are you the sort to plan ahead, or do you wait until the last minute?

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ATT SHATFORD of Weekend Sport in Vera Playa, Almeria, likes to wait. He said: “We tend to get all our shopping done about five days before Christmas. My wife and her family are Spanish so our little girl gets spoiled rotten from Christmas through to Los Tres Reyes (Three Kings) on January 5.

STREET TALK “Christmas is less important to us than Los Tres Reyes, although of course it is great to spend time with family,” he added.

For some there is a definite divide between work and home when it comes to Christmas planning. Tony Kauffer from Megacall, based on the Costa del Sol, said: “At work we start organising the company meal in June, but at home it is really done at the last minute. I am definitely a Christmas Eve shopper; buying for my wife is

Steve Harrison (left): ‘I don’t do Christmas.’

Tony Kauffer (right): A Christmas Eve shopper.

the most stressful!”

Alison Smith from Carredent Dental Clinic in Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca, agrees with Hamleys launching their Christmas toy list now. A mother herself, she believes it is best to be prepared. “I start my planning months before, maybe around August time. I just like to be organised and don’t like last-minute rushing,” she explained.

Steve Harrison, better known as Scuba Steve, who offers dives and diving courses across the north Costa Blanca, believes Christmas is hyped up and promoted far too early. “I don’t do Christmas.

It is a religious celebration and I don’t believe in religion so it’s hypocritical.

Equally so now that it is so commercialised and just a moneyspinning campaign.”

He added: “We did celebrate more when the children were young but they are all in their 30s now and there wasn’t the pressure then to get the musthave toy that there is now.”

Matt Shatford: ‘We get our shopping done about five days before.’

The first casualty of war is...

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

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S Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917 surmised: “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” We all know who he was pointing the finger at, don’t we? It would be nearer the mark to say the first casualty is media integrity.

No government anywhere can risk a truly independent media; a control mechanism is in place. The Press amplifies government policy. Mark Twain expressed it thus: “If you don’t read the newspapers you are uninformed, if you do read the newspapers you are misinformed.”

Media spin impacts on our understanding of world events. People do not have opinions, they echo their news source’s opinions. This reveals what newspaper they read or news channel they watch.

Professor of Journalism, Dean Miller, at Stony Brook University: “We are terrible at perceiving the truth. People are going to default to sources of information that reinforce their bias. The most important lesson that we teach students is to get

NEWS REPORTING: How do we free ourselves from media mind manipulation? outside the comfort zone, to go to sources of information that challenge their bias.”

Putting this to the test is entertaining, revelatory and educational. If your geopolitical opinion is formed by BBC News, CNN, History Channel, the Daily Mail or Sun, we can predict your perception of history and world events. By a happy coincidence your opinion mirrors that of these media, too. If you read Russia Today, Al-Jazeera or Voice of Russia, perception, reach and knowledge of what is happening in the world radically changes.

How do we free ourselves from media mind manipulation (MMM)? News Literacy is the inspiration of the News Literacy Centre. Associated with international partners, Stony Brook University’s Professor of Journalism, Jonathan Sanders, has the solution: “We recommend something called VIA. It determines; is the news that shapes our opinions verifiable, independent and accountable? Without it you are in the realm of speculation, opinion, propaganda, advertisement or something else.”

In the US there are tens of thousands of book publishers, newspapers, magazines, radio and television channels. Americans blissfully believe them to be editorially independent. In fact, 90 per cent are owned and editorially controlled by just five corporations linked to US government policy-makers.

How powerful is that control? I can identify ordinary Americans by their perception of world affairs. It reflects the editorial spin of their government controlled corporates. Before he died in a canoeing ‘accident’, former CIA Director William Colby revealed: “The CIA owns everyone of any significance in the major media.”

Despite a thin veneer of carefully controlled criticism to create the illusion of independent thought, the mass media is broadly in harmony with government policy.

In Europe there are several Orwellian Big Brothers, all are linked. Despite a choice of thousands of news media, most of our news radiates from a handful of heavily compromised, government-influenced news agencies that are members of the European Alliance of News Agencies.

Signing off: Citizen Smith

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Crowd-pleasing appetisers for the summer season

IT’S always a good idea to start a meal with something truly tasty to set the scene for the meal to come.

Here are some tasty starters: Grilled pesto prawns. There are so many ways to use pesto - the Italian sauce made from roasted pine nuts, basil, olive oil, Parmesan cheese and garlic - here is another: just slather the sauce all over the prawns and then throw them onto the grill.

Roasted tomato dip. Totally addictive this easy, spicy dip unites vine-ripened tomatoes, onions, chilli peppers, coriander and fresh lime or lemon. Just roast all the ingredients, except the lemon, and mix together.

Courgette fritters with Feta cheese and dill. Shred the courgettes and combine them with

INTENSE AND FLAVOURFUL: Guacamole with roasted garlic. eggs, garlic, spring onions, Feta cheese and dill, then pan-fry the lot together until crisp on the outside and still tender on the inside – a winner every time!

Guacamole with roasted garlic. Normally guacamole is made with fresh onions but adding some roasted garlic makes the whole dish more intense and flavourful.

Dark chocolate could be good for the elderly DARK chocolate could be good for the elderly and for anyone with arterial problems.

Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that dark chocolate is not just a tasty treat but could help the elderly to walk for a little longer.

In a pilot study of patients with PAD (peripheral artery disease), which mainly, but not exclusively, affects people over the age of 70, findings revealed that patients’ ability to walk unassisted increased after eating dark choco-

DARK CHOCOLATE: Not just a tasty treat. late; they walked an average of 39 feet further and more than 17 seconds longer. Milk chocolate did not have the same effect; in fact, it had no effect.

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Tips for making the perfect scrambled eggs MAKING scrambled eggs is indeed easy. But getting them just right or making sure they are as great as they should be takes a little know-how.

The eggs should be scrambled on low heat.

Yes, it will take longer for them to cook but they will not overcook or brown.

One of the tricks for great scrambled eggs is to stop scrambling them and to take them off the heat while they still look wet.

Seasoned cooks recommend constant stirring for creamy eggs.

With stirring, the egg curds that form will break down making the eggs softer and smaller.

It is also recommended not to whisk them too early but only just before putting them in the pan,

SCRAMBLED EGGS: Anyone can make them, but getting them just right takes a little know-how. and remember to whisk them vigorously, which adds both volume and air.

Connoisseurs strongly warn against adding water, cream or milk to eggs, unless overcooked and wet eggs are on the menu.

Choosing the right frying pan also plays an important part. As a rule of thumb, its size depends on how many eggs are going to be cooked.

It is also important to keep whisking them until they are completely

homogenous and to avoid seasoning them too early.

Adding salt at the wrong time can break the eggs down and make them watery.

In fact, it is better to wait until they are cooked before seasoning them.

Traditional Inuit diet has long baffled nutritionists NUTRITIONISTS find the traditional Inuit diet bewildering.

Inuit people do not acknowledge the existence of the famous food pyramid.

Since they are simply unable to grow any crops on the tundra, their traditional diet basically consists almost entirely of protein and fat. Do not forget that the northernmost regions of the planet are too cold for farming, so there are no vegetables, no carbohydrates, no wheat and no sugar.

Inuit people eat lots of fish and lots of meat and very little else, though they’re

known to eat berries and wild fruits during their short summer.

Their high-protein and high-fat diet should result in a higher risk of stroke, heart disease and high blood pressure. A lack of vegetables and fruit is even known to often cause scurvy. But these diseases are uncommon in Inuit people.

Nutritionists think that their consumption of uncooked meat covers their vitamin C needs. The fish and meat that are available in the far north are rich in omega-3 acids and monounsaturated fats and that could explain the lower rates of cardiovascular disease.

Some Inuit specialties include stinkhead (fish or meat wrapped in grass), fresh blood (hunters often drink the warm blood of their kills), whale skin with blubber, a mixture of fish eggs and fat and berries called tolkusha and akutaq (berries mixed with whipped walrus, seal, moose or reindeer fat).

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Offering a truly authentic Italian experience, you can enjoy a plate of antipasta, some freshly-made, stone baked pizza and a glass or two of wine out on the spacious terrace nestled in the heart of Benimar near Benijofar.

It is one of the most popular restaurants in the area, having opened more than seven years ago. It is owned by Dilbag Singh, who also owns the much-loved Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant just over the road.

This Italian neighbour soon built up its own crowd of regular customers, enjoying the authentic Italian cuisine on offer. The extensive menu created by the talented Italian chef boasts over 20 pizzas, a range of soups, salads and starters including bruschettas and carpaccio. Pasta is homemade and served with your

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choice of tasty sauce. But for serious meat eaters, try the mixed grill or grilled fillet steak with a mushroom, red wine or pepper cream sauce.

A special children’s menu is also available.

It is the perfect place for entertaining or hosting private parties, with a large upstairs

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Rialto will work with you to create the perfect party for any occasion and staff are available to offer help and advice in meeting your requirements.

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length of time and cost to issue licences also differing, but the team will be able to inform you of everything required and give you a quote to include the external costs imposed by local authorities. The after sales service, should it be needed, is a phone call away and is available 24 hours a day seven days a week.

The expertise of Piscimar Pool does not only lie outside, it extends inside to the property as general building and maintenance work can be done by fully qualified builders.

The office, easily accessible from the N332, has been refurbished showing an example of the high quality finish available to clients. From here, there is now a pool shop with a range of accessories and cleaning products available for sale. If the upkeep of your pool is a little too much like hard work, they can offer a maintenance service.

For more information: Piscimar Pools Calle Isla Cabrera, 15 - La Regia, 03189 Orihuela Costa, 965 320 379 piscimarpool@gmail.com www.piscimarpool.com

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Mulching the garden can be done at any time of the year Dick Handscombe

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DURING the hottest months of the year, especially, most of the water used in gardens to maintain plants - from annuals to perennial shrubs and trees - is not in fact used by the plants.

Most is lost for a number of reasons including the following four, highlighted in the new book ‘How to use less water in your garden - A practical guide to waterwise Mediterranean style gardening worldwide,’ ISBN 978-1499228601.

• Water runs off to the sides across hard, sun-baked surface soil.

• Water evaporates from the surface of the soil having risen to the

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• Water drains away through open, stony soil.

• Water is sucked sideways away from the roots of plants by a sponge-like action from bone dry areas of surrounding soil being watered.

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INFORMATIVE: This book is now available from Amazon Books and a number of other internet bookshops. effective actions to reduce the occurrence and impact of these problems is to mulch planted areas.

For practical purposes mulching is the practice

MULCH: Saves water. of covering the soil or compost mixes under and around plants with ground cover materials that primarily keep the surface of the soil moist and cool, and reduce the chance of weeds growing.

Section 4.7 of the aforementioned book describes 35 ways of mulching and improving existing mulches. These range from 10-centimetre covers of compost heap compost, 10 centimetres of stone chippings laid over woven or solid plastic sheeting, similar layers of almond shells, stone slabs or large rocks over the roots of climbers.

Plant alongside paths and terraces so that roots seek moisture and coolness under them and let fallen leaves rot down as a natural mulch under hedges and shrubs.

Mulching is something that can be done at any time of the year.

Recognise that 10 centimetres to 20 centimetres will be a great help during drought conditions but

three centimetres of bark chippings, which can be blown about by wind or washed away by rain, achieves little. And with bare patches of plastic underlay showing through, it looks unattractive as well as achieving little.

If you grow vegetables try growing them through holes in black plastic sheeting and likewise fruit trees bushes and plants.

Another form of mulching is to use a natural ground cover of adjoining ground cover and plants with thick leaf cover.

In the early days of a new garden some plants can be regarded as sacrificial ones in that they give immediate ground cover between plants but you intend

them to be eventually covered and smothered by more important plants.

Failing to keep the roots of plants damp is a substantial summer risk and another is the creation of sparks that can start fires.

Two useful ways of summer cooking is to use paella pans as a hot plate for cooking fish, meat and vegetables as well as paellas, and to use a solar cooker for preparing stews, vegetables and grilling sardines and sausages, etc. Both paella and solar cooking are possible on apartment terraces as well as in gardens. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com July 2014

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By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch FROM time to time regardless of how poorly or infirm your pet is you just need to get away.

Whether for a holiday to recharge your batteries or home to see relatives.

But how can you find someone reliable who might understand the detailed routines of medicating your arthritic Labrador, or know how to spot the febrile signs of a cat.

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Now Henry is kept at home, and unfortunately until recently his Mum has had to stay with him, effectively trapped because she couldn’t find an experienced care giver. Then she called and asked if I knew anyone.

Fortunately, we have a number of vet nurses trained and registered in the UK who are also registered in our network, many of whom are keen to travel. Job done! Now Wendy can have a holiday and Henry is cossetted by a vet nurse who cares.

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FRIENDS Brian and Lynn from Mallorca sent me this wonderful picture of Hokoyo, a rare Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy, having his dinner alongside the two cats in their kitchen.

Brian said: “He couldn’t have done this a few days ago so he is learning to be tolerant of sharing the kitchen with cats and they are tolerant of being near him.”

When you have a resident pet and bring in another one, this is the time to allow them to mix without human interference. For the first week or two your resident pet will stare and maybe growl but if you walk away and leave them alone you end up with pets mixing

HARMONY: Hokoyo the new puppy has learned to tolerate the resident cats. like those in Brian and Lynn’s picture.

Often the advice is to keep a new cat in another room and not allow it to roam around the home and to change over the sleeping mats so that the cats are able to scent each other.

This works but one must be patient and it takes much time.

My daughter Sarah decided to take the hair which she had groomed from one of her resident cats and put it on the new cat and vice versa.

This way they got used to each other’s scent and within a few days the cats were all getting on well with each other.

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Pets in Spain’s biggest expenditure is on vet bills and their funds are depleting. They have foster homes and volunteers to take in abandoned animals and help desperate people that need to rehome a family pet.

But to enable them to do this they need more funding from new sources. Without more funds they cannot rescue more animals.

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give it a try especially if you’re introducing cats to dogs or dogs to cats.

If you have an interesting picture then send it to me with a short story and I will present this to the editor for consideration.

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Nora Johnson

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

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

THIS week I’m writing about Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris and time-wasting 999 phone calls.

What’s the connection? I hear you say. Well, bear with me, but if you can’t stomach any further mention of Savile or Harris, go and have a cup of coffee or turn to the crossword page...

With recent revelations of ever more repulsive accounts of sexual abuse/improper conduct over four decades by Jimmy Savile in 28 NHS hospitals and now Harris’s conviction, why wasn’t something done about these assaults earlier?

As far as Savile is concerned, he had a strange charisma that hoodwinked everyone: hospitals, officials, MPs, charities, the media and the police. I’m in no way at all condoning the crimes committed by either man, but a

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Pulling the wool over our eyes: is there no end to all this abuse?

EMERGENCY CENTRE: The staff have to deal with some bizarre calls. point often overlooked is that things were different in the 1970s. Predators were often a grim fact of office life.

Remember, too, that this was the era of ‘Sweeney’ type policing, as reflected in the Life on Mars TV series. Political correctness was still a long way off; a concept most of us were

hardly aware of until the 1990s.

Some things don’t change, though, for the UK emergency services. And that’s the number of bizarre/hoax 999 calls made to it.

How about the woman who rang the police to say her snowman had been stolen from her front garden? Or the call for

a paramedic to take a dog’s temperature? Or the Birmingham woman who called to complain there weren’t enough sprinkles on her ice cream, telling an operator: “It doesn’t seem like much of an emergency but it is. I’ve ordered an ice cream and he’s put bits on one side and none on the

other. He’s refusing to give me my money back and saying I’ve got to take it like that.”

West Midlands Police released this last recording with a plea for people to use 999 for genuine emergencies only.

Chief Superintendent Jim Andronov, head of the force’s contact centre, said West Midlands Police, for instance, get more than 1,500 calls a day to the number and between 10 and 20 per cent fall into the bizarre/hoax call category.

In 1937, in just the first week of the 999 service, there were 91 hoax calls! As I said, little change there, then.

Nora Johnson’s thrillers Retribution, Soul Stealer, The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore.

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Winds of political change Cassandra Nash

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

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HE PSOE socialist party votes for its next Secretary General on Sunday. Initially, Eduardo Madina seemed likely to replace Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, whom everyone praises to the skies now that he is going.

Paid-up party members have endorsed three candidates: Madina, Pedro Sanchez plus Jose Antonio Perez Tapias, who lags behind.

Madina, a Basque who is spokesman for the parliamentary PSOE party, was overtaken by Madrileño Pedro Sanchez who arrives with thousands more endorsements than Madina. The latter has now complained that he lost out for challenging Rubalcaba’s choice of Andalucia Regional

President Susana Diaz as his successor.

PSOE party members and delegates will vote between these three on July 13 and anything can happen. As it needs to; there has been too much of the same-old, same-old ever since Rubalcaba took over from Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

These gents are for turning THE government could backtrack on plans to tax redundancy payments. Where payable, it could be negotiated, announced Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro in the wake of concerted criticism.

Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez also toned down controversial aspects of his Public Safety Law following accusations that they infringed civil rights.

Faced with opposition within his own party, even Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon will grudgingly add foetal malformation as a motive for abortion.

‘Rectification indicates wisdom’ according to the Spanish saying.

PSOE SPOKESMAN: Eduardo Madina

It also indicates governments that govern by opinion poll.

Silly season idea MARIANO RAJOY is toying with the idea of elected mayors.

Municipalities would vote for the man (or woman) rather than a party list and the election would be held ahead of local polls.

It will prove unworkable, critics said. Politically it won’t mean much either, as personalities, likes, dislikes and feuds that go back generations can play a bigger part than ideology in local elections.

Still, it gives people something to think about during the silly season when the punters must be kept happy and given something else to think about.

Football failed to provide a distraction this summer when Spain’s national side was shown the World Cup door at a humiliatingly early stage. Fans must have felt disappointed but not nearly as much as the government did.

Relatively speaking THE king’s sister Cristina is accused of complicity in the shady business dealings and tax dodges committed by her husband Iñaki Urdangarin.

She is likely to stand trial if the judge in charge of the Noos case has his way. If the public prosecutor assigned to the scandal gets his, she won’t.

With some reason, the public prosecutor claimed that Cristina is receiving this treatment because of who she is.

The protagonists of other scandals – think Gurtel, think Caja B double bookkeeping – are walking free and unworried.

If Cristina were not the daughter and sister of a king, her name would have been mentioned only in passing.

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Nationally, Spain received 21.4 million foreign tourists up to May, an increase of 8.2 per cent over the same period in 2012. In the

first five months of the year almost all major emitting countries contributed to this growth, particularly Britain and France, with increases of 6.9 per cent and 11.1 per cent, respectively.

Furthermore, supporting news of a tourist surge to Spain, independent travel agency A1 Travel has reported a year on year increase of over 40 per cent for

bookings to Spain. The last three months in particular have seen a real boost in bookings, as families, couples and groups look to finalise their holiday plans.

Marc Pritchard, Sales and Marketing Manager for leading Spanish house builder, Taylor Wimpey España, said: “It comes as no surprise that the Costa Blanca is once again a favourite summer holiday destination. Here

we have seen an abundance of holidaymakers and foreign property buyers drawn to the clear blue waters, miles of golden sandy beaches, quaint villages, sophisticated cafés and restaurants and an abundance of historical, cultural and leisure activities.

“With the continued frequency and ease of flights to Spain, this boost in tourism will undoubtedly

spell good news for property owners, boosting rental occupancy levels.”

He added: “As a property developer operating across Spain we are naturally thrilled that tourist numbers continue to soar into the summer months and we are very confident that this will bring a further boost to the Costa Blanca second homes market in particular.”

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New tax rules will affect expatriates PROPERTY buyers and expats in Spain should note that a new ‘double taxation’ convention between the UK and Spain, which was signed in London on March 14, 2013, came into force in June 2014.

Richard Way, Editor of www.Overseas GuidesCompany.com , publishers of www.SpainBuyingGuide.com, said: “From June 12, rules for withholding tax on income have changed under the new treaty, while January 1, 2015, will see new rules governing income and other taxes in Spain kick in, which could affect expats’ income.

“Meanwhile, June also saw the Spanish government announce cuts to income tax rates due to come in next year, which primarily will benefit lower earners.

“The changes are a reminder that keeping on top of your tax affairs as a foreign propertyowner or expat is best done through employing a specialist tax firm. Typically, preparation and foresight are key to arranging your affairs in the most tax efficient way - which means consulting a tax expert before you leave the UK or purchase a property.”

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Related Group has €500m to invest THE Related Group is willing to invest around €500 million in Spain’s real-estate market, especially in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.

After developing, building and managing more than 100,000 flats, residences and buildings in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami and New York in the last three decades, the Related Group has set its sights on Spain.

According to company sources, the group believes Spain now has and will continue to have a lot of potential as a market for primary and secondary homes. It also thinks the country is ‘interesting’ for investors. Therefore, the

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American group is already analysing realestate purchase operations and its representatives are scheduled to meet with the country’s most important financial institutions and

Sareb – Spain’s ‘bad bank’.

The company generally associates itself with prominent architects, designers and artists, who create high quality residential projects.

SPANISH CAPITAL: The Related Group is willing to invest in Madrid.

In 2007, the Related Group began expanding its international realestate market with urban and luxury hotels projects in Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay.

Value at $10 billion (€7.5 billion), the group was founded by Argentina-born Jorge M Perez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Time Magazine named Perez ‘one of the top 25 most influential Hispanics in the United States’ in August 2005. He is also known for his support of art and culture.

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Spaniards unwilling to risk buying a house A LARGE percentage of Spaniards will not buy a house in the short term.

Despite lower house prices and even if Euribor is at a record low, 95.2 per cent of Spaniards are not planning on buying a property in the next few months.

According to the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) – defined as the degree of consumers’ optimism on the state of the economy at any given time – only 3.8 per cent of Spaniards surveyed are thinking about investing their money in a house.

More than half of respondents think that house prices will remain the same in 2015, while 22.6 per cent think they will drop.

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RELUCTANT: Spaniards are showing caution with regard to property purchase.

Spaniards’ reluctance to invest in a property could be a sign of caution.

Even if the consumer confidence levels in Spain are similar to those witnessed before the crisis, many Spaniards have a hard time making

ends meet and still do not see the signs of economic recovery in their households.

This could in fact explain why so many are unwilling to make such a large investment as buying a house.

In June 2014, 42.4 per cent of Spaniards said it was difficult for them to make ends meet by the end of the month, while 30.5 per cent of them stated they were only able to save very little money.

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Toyota’s green car of the future?

TOYOTA has revealed the exterior design and Japan pricing of its hydrogen Fuel Cell Sedan, first unveiled as a concept at the Tokyo Motor Show last year.

The car will launch in Japan before April 2015, and preparations are under way for launches in the US and European markets in the summer of 2015.

In Japan, the Fuel Cell Sedan will go on sale at Toyota and Toyopet dealerships, priced at approximately seven million yen (€50,460).

Initially, sales will be limited to regions where hydrogen refuelling infrastructure is being developed. European and US prices have not yet

been decided. Likewise, more detailed information, such as specifications, exact prices and sales targets, will be announced later.

Toyota’s commitment to environment-friendly vehicles is based on three basic principles: embracing diverse energy sources; developing efficient, low-emission vehicles; and driving positive environmental change by popularising these vehicles.

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sed, it has a higher energy density than batteries. In addition to its potential as a fuel for home and automotive use, hydrogen could be used in a wide range of applications, including large-scale power generation.

Toyota has been developing fuel cell vehicles in-house for more than 20 years.

Its fuel cell system includes a proprietary FC Stack, which generates electricity from the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, and highpressure hydrogen tanks.

In 2002, Toyota began leasing the Toyota FCHV, a fuel cell SUV, on a limited basis in Japan and the US. Real improvements have been made to the FC system since 2002. The fuel cell sedan Toyota just revealed, for example, features performance and a cruising range similar to a petrol engine vehicle and a refuelling time of roughly three minutes.

When driven, it emits only the water vapour produced by hydrogen and oxygen reaction.

Fuel cell vehicles contribute to the diversification of auto-

mobile fuels, emit no CO2 or environmentally harmful substances during operation, and offer the convenience of gasolinepowered cars.

Toyota believes they have a great deal of potential, and are ideal environment-friendly vehicles for promoting a sustainable mobility society.

Karl Schlicht, Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Europe, said: “We are very excited by the arrival of Fuel Cell technology. Of course, there are many challenges ahead, such as the availability of fuelling

infrastructure and customer awareness. But our history with hybrid gives us all the experience we need to launch a new technology to the market. In Europe, we will be taking it step by step, gradually introducing the car in selected markets.

But we are confident that hydrogen will become increasingly popular as a way of powering vehicles.”

Toyota Group companies are also engaging in other hydrogen-related initiatives, such as developing and testing fuel cells for use in homes, and developing fuel cell forklifts and fuel cell buses.

New McLaren GT3 racer unveiled MCLAREN GT has confirmed first details of the McLaren 650S GT3 the latest generation trackfocused racer which will contest GT3 championships across the globe from the 2015 season.

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seasons, the 650S GT3 was unveiled in front of fans and the global motorsport media at the recent 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

As the 12C GT3 continues claiming trophies around the world, the 650S GT3 has big shoes to fill, but it has been designed to do just that. The menacing and purposeful-looking racer is the secondgeneration GT3 car from McLaren GT, the GT race car building arm of McLaren, and follows in the slipstream of the 12C GT3, now competing in its third competitive season.

To date, the 12C GT3 has secured three

championship titles, 51 race victories and 71 further podiums, a number that continues to rise on a weekly basis, and currently leads the highly competitive Blancpain Endurance Series and the GT Asia championship.

Based on the recently unveiled McLaren 650S, and built around the same lightweight carbon fibre MonoCell chassis, the GT3 iteration has been

honed using CFD technology and the latest in automotive and motorsport simulation to offer enhanced aero-dynamics and improved levels of cooling. At the front, an aggressive splitter and larger air intakes dominate the purposeful new look, incorporating the familiar McLaren ‘face’ - albeit a more aggressive and menacing version.

MENACING: The McLaren 650S GT3 will contest GT3 championships next year.

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THE Café Uno GS held their Captains day at Vistabella Golf.

Thirty eight members and guests turned out for a wonderful day’s golf.

Thanks to some sponsorship from Vistabella golf, a great deal of organising by captain Tony Macmillan and secretary Steve Hamilton, not to forget a lovely after-game buffet at Cafe Uno, set out for us by Pete and Lisa Bonsor and staff.

Everyone went home with a prize at the end of the day, whether their individual game was good or bad. So all told we all enjoyed the benefits of our society.

Winner of the Gold Category was D Titchen (40 points) followed by G Benson (37) and A Douglas (32).

Nearest the pin was G Pope and nearest in two was J Pedersen.

In the silver category first was B Wood (39) with L George (36) second and T Macmillan third.

Nearest the pin was A Atkinson with H Hunter nearest the pin in two.

Congratulations to Dave Titchen the overall winner of Captains day with 40 pts.

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International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.

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FOOTBALL - The two World Cup semi-finals have already been played - Brazil (minus the injured Neymar who, with an injection, could play in the final if his country get there) met Germany on Tuesday and Lionel Messi’s Argentina played Holland last night.

So we could have an allSouth American final or even an all-European one.

We could well have a repeat of the 1978 showdown in Buenos Aries, when Mario Kempes inspired the Argies to a 3-1 victory. Or there might even be a repeat of the 1990 showdown when (West) Germany defeated Argentina 1-0.

Brazil last played in the World Cup final in 2002 when they edged past Germany 1-0 while the Dutch also lost in the finals of 1974 (to Germany) and in 2010 (to Spain). * The Dutch had 120th

Staying put

GREAT SUPPORT: Millions in Yorkshire turned out to support the riders.

Tour de France saddles up CYCLING - The 2014 Tour of France started in Leeds last Saturday. It went from York to Sheffield on Sunday and finishes in Paris on the 27th of this month. Last year’s winner Chris Froome is hoping to retain his title and was going well the last time I saw him on his bike (he was lying second) but unfortunately Mark Cavendish wasn’t... he crashed out! minute substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul to thank for saving two spot-kicks in a dramatic 4-3 penalty shoot-out victory over gutsy Costa Rica in their quarter-final tie.

The final, at Rio’s Maracana Stadium, takes place on Sunday, 24 hours after the third/fourth place play-off match. * Next week, I will review what has been a terrific, allaction tournament.

FORMULA 1 - Last Sunday, in front of 120,000

spectators, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) comfortably won his second British GP, six years to the day after his first. It was the 26th F1 victory of his career. Valtteri Bottas was second with Daniel Ricciardo third and 17 cars finished. This leaves Nico Rosberg (who was forced to retire) just four points ahead of Hamilton in the driver’s championship. * Next up for the respective crews, cars and drivers is the German

Grand Prix at Hockenheim on Sunday week.

TENNIS - This year’s singles titles went to Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova.

Serbian Djokovic beat Swiss Roger Federer in a classic five-setter spanning

DID YOU KNOW? The aggregate number of paying spectators who attended the recent Wimbledon fortnight was a staggering 501,445. And the longest rally in a Grand Slam tournament is a remarkable 86 shots, featuring the legendary Swede Bjorn Borg and the Argentinian Guillermo Vilas in the 1978 French Open final.

Golfers give funds to Caritas

By Andrew Atkinson BRAZILIAN born CD Montesinos star striker Vazquinho will remain with the club for the forthcoming 2014-15 season after uncertain speculation surrounding his future.

“I will be staying with CD Montesinos this season.

“I have had a call and spoken to the club,” Vazquinho, voted Player of the Year last season, told me.

Talisman Vazquinho will meet up with the CD Montesinos squad for pre-season training this month ahead of the 2nd Regional Group 15 2014-15 campaign of the Valencian League, España.

four hours, while two-time champion Kvitova from the Czech Republic defeated Eugenie Bouchard, the first ever Canadian to reach a Wimbledon final, in just 55 minutes - the shortest final for over three decades. Both singles winners receive £1.7 million (€2.14 m) while the two runners-up each receive £880,000 (€1.10m).

CRICKET Last Saturday, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opening of Lords cricket ground, the MCC (296-3) beat the Rest of the World (293-7) by seven wickets.

More than 20,000 spectators saw Aussie Aaron Young score 181 not out for the winners while Yuvraj Singh hit 132 for the losers. Shane Warne (who broke his hand), Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Brett Lee and Adam Gilchrist all took part. It was a great day’s cricket all round.

THANKS: Chris Hardwidge, on the left, presenting the cheque to the Director General of Caritas in Murcia, Antonio Sanchez Martinez.

RECENTLY the golfers of Peraleja raised the magnificent sum of €4,025 in a sponsored golf tournament.

Chris Hardwidge organised the event and, in the Restaurante La Vista, presented the cheque to the Director General of Caritas in Murcia, Antonio Sanchez Martinez.

The local priest, Rev. Fr. Joaquin, and members of Caritas, Sucina were invited to attend but were unable to do so.

Chris said that the golfers have asked for the monies to be used locally in Sucina.

This is another much needed donation, thanks to the golfers of Peraleja Golf Resort.

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members and two guests set forth for their final match of the season.

Best guest and best par five winner was Malcolm Foskett with 28 points.

Nearest the pins on the par threes were Stan Low, Bill Martin, Debbie Weedon, Marylyn Eckersall and Robin Richards.

The best front and back nine holes were won by Tony Wilson 16 points and Jan Shorley with 18 points.

Third place went to Gordon Bourne (32) on count back. Second place went to Debbie Weedon with 32 points, and the winner was Robin

EL RASO: Members played a stableford at Las Colinas Golf Club.

Richards with 32 points again on count back.

El Raso’s next golfing event is their annual challenge match against Clapton’s Golf Society on

August 8 at Alenda. The society AGM will take place on July 11 at 5pm at La Marquesa, and our presentation evening and dinner and dance follows

one week later at the Clubhouse Quesada.

Any golfers requiring more information on the society can contact the secretary on 966 719 711.