Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 29 January - 4 February 2015 Issue 1543

ISSUE NO. 1543

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Tourist rise OVER half of all foreign visitors to the Murcia Region in 2014 were British. Figures from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism revealed the region saw 805,658 visitors from abroad last year, 30 per cent more than 2013.

Beetle attacks TOMISCUS pine beetles are attacking pine groves in the Murcia Region.

About €1 million has been spent on combating the pest.

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Get in party spirit for carnival time CARNIVAL 2015 is under way!

Torrevieja leads the way in the Mardi Gras style celebrations that are sweeping across the province in the coming weeks.

The city has already held the declarations and coronation of the carnival queens at the municipal theatre, and the eighth annual Drag Queen Contest, now an ever popular event in Torrevieja’s cultural calendar, took place last weekend.

Thirteen entrants graced the stage with the winner of the night being announced as Drag Debu, a young act

from Torremolinos.

The main carnival parades are not-to-bemissed events and this year the carnival, now declared of ‘Provincial Tourist Interest’, will include 37 troupes, including five foreign groups, who will be

competing for a prize.

The prize-giving ceremony will take place on February 8 at the municipal theatre following the afternoon parade, which starts at 4pm. It will leave from the Plaza Maria de la Asuncion and head down

Calle Ramon Gallud and along to Calle Patricio Perez.

The following Saturday, February 14, sees the main night-time parade leave from the same spot at 10pm.

A parade is also planned for the Zenia Boulevard shopping centre in La Zenia on February 28. It will leave from Plaza Armengola at around 6.30pm.

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Plans to extend town hall on hold EXPANSION plans for Torrevieja Town Hall will have to wait.

The town council awarded the demolition of houses and a three-storey building next to the town hall at a cost of just under €50,000 to the company OHL. However, they have not been able to proceed as the cost of the work is within budgets for 2015, which have not yet been definitively approved. It is now unlikely that any work will go ahead before the municipal elections in May. The expansion project was presented and approved in 2014 and was seen as an opportunity to concentrate municipal offices into one building and stop paying rent to individuals in different parts of the town in which

DELAYED: Expansion plans for Torrevieja Town Hall unlikely to commence until after May elections. municipal offices are scattered. It is understood the town pays around €400,000 a year in rent for these buildings.

The architect who drafted the final design was Javier García Solera, the same architect who designed the Semana Santa Museum.

Aunt’s custody bid draws support A RALLY was held in Orihuela to demand that custody be granted to the aunt of a young child whose mother was murdered by her father.

The mother of the three-yearold girl was killed at the hands of the child’s father in August last year in Orihuela.

Initially the youngster was

allowed to remain in the care of her aunt but now, by order of the court, she has been removed and lives with her maternal grandmother.

The protestors criticised the speed at which the order was carried out, taking the little girl away from her aunt in such an precipitous manner.

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Lunch work WORK on the dining room at the Colegio Inmaculada in Torrevieja is due to finish in March but the lunch service for pupils will not start until the next academic year in September.

THE Red Cross (Cruz Roja) in Alicante provided 1,390 grants last year to pay for electricity, water or gas to a total of 1,000 families going through so-called ‘energy poverty’.

These figures represent an increase of 30 per cent over the previous year.

The Red Cross said

the aid is given to families “unable to meet minimal energy services for their basic needs, such as maintaining housing conditions for a climate suitable for health (18 to 20 degrees in winter and 25 in summer).”

Lower household income due to unemployment generated in the financial crisis and the rise in energy prices have also

attributed to the increase in those needing aid.

Alicante City has seen the number of families wanting help to pay electricity and water bills triple in the last year.

In 2013, the Department of Social Action gave aid to 216 families totalling €23,700. By the middle of last December, 624 families had received aid.

Road news TORREVIEJA Town Hall’s official website www.torre vieja.es has begun to report daily on road blocks and roadworks using information provided by the Local Police.

No lights TORREVIEJA’S Pueblo Bravo urbanisation spent a whole weekend without street lights and complained that no one had alerted them to the problem. The town hall advises residents to report such instances to the Local Police who will contact the lighting maintenance firm.

Doggy mess LOCAL POLICE in Elche have opened proceedings against 18 dog owners for failing to clean up after their pet in the street in just over a month, after clamping down on rules to keep the streets cleaner.

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Budget loss

UNIVERSITY budgets in the Valencia Community have lost €143.3 million in the last four years, representing a reduction of 12.44 per cent in spending per student.

Works approved ALICANTE Provincial Council has unanimously approved 36 projects with an investment of €12.7 million across the province.

Loan woes THREE opposition parties in Santa Pola have, for the first time, rejected the approval of municipal budgets, criticising the increase in the costs of bank loans amounting to 30.55 per cent more than the previous year.

Training events TRAINING and recreational events have been scheduled into a programme for the youth of Almoradi including workshops in mechanics, cooking and health.

Youth fair ALMORADI is hosting a Youth Fair on March 20-21. Last year 22 associations from the Vega Baja took part and this year more are expected.

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‘Energy poverty’ on rise

Photo: Eloy Verdu Martin/flickr

Party spending GUARDAMAR’S ruling PP party has defended its spending on fiesta celebrations in 2014, saying that the costs were cheaper than four years ago, following criticism by the PSOE party.

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Garage arrest GETTING INTO CHARACTER: Valencia celebrates the past.

Moors and Christians meet again in celebration

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HE streets of Bocairent in Valencia will reverberate to the sounds of clashing scimitars and gunfire as Moors and Christians maraud through the town to mark the ancient battles when the area was taken over by Moorish invaders, only to be overthrown by the Christians centuries later.

The first weekend in February sees Bocairent kick off the round of Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians) festivals that take place throughout Spain. Visually spectacular, the event commemorates the Moors and

Christians’ struggle for control of the country, with Christian crusaders eventually triumphing over their Arabic North African neighbours.

Complete with camels, horses, armour, guns, swords and – in some places – elephants, many towns and cities hold Moors and Christians festivals to commemorate Spain’s rich and culturally diverse past. Medieval music and spectacularly colourful parades over a number of days mark the festival that usually culminates in a mock battle to remember the Christian ‘reconquest’.

MOORISH INVADER: Typical scene from a ‘Moros y Cristianos’ fiesta.

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A MAN was arrested in Torrevieja in connection with a robbery at a petrol station in Guardamar del Segura last November, when he and an accomplice, who has not yet been found, made off with cash from the till.

Wall down A WALL around a park in Pilar de la Horadada has been removed to prevent any risk to the public from accidental collapses due to its poor state of repair.

Cartagena floods STREETS in central Cartagena were flooded when a mains water-pipe burst and left a hole three metres deep. The supply was cut off in many areas as fire crews worked to pump out the flooded water.

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Quote of the Week We know that (our) problems cannot be resolved with magic works or Caribbean incantations,’ said Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in reference to political party Podemos’s ties with leftist governments in Latin America.

Number of the week

€600,000

is the amount that an individual could be fined for protesting in Spain under a new law that is expected to be made official in February.

Unauthorised demonstrations will be outlawed under the Citizens’ Security Bill.

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AN ‘armada’ of 352 kitesurfers in Tarifa in Southern Spain has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest kitesurfing parade across one nautical mile. The army of adrenaline junkies broke the previous record for the largest enmasse kitesurf by 34. Tarifa is a Mecca for kitesurfers from all over the world.

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Good news as sterling soars

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XPAT pensioners living in Spain got a welcome bit of good news this week following the controversy over the Winter Fuel Allowance being axed.

It may come as some consolation to cold pensioners that at least now their UK pension goes a lot further thanks to sterling hitting a sevenyear high against the euro.

With the European Central Bank pumping more than a trillion euros into the eurozone economy, £1 now buys nearly €1.34, giving you more bang for your buck in a country where the cost of living is (relatively) cheap and the sunshine is free.

Analysts are predicting that the euro could plummet even further given the result of the elections in Greece, which have shaken the money markets’ faith in the euro.

This is great news for those expats on a UK pension and for Brits wanting to holiday in Spain this year. The exchange rate is at its best since early 2008, which means more money at a time when the Winter Fuel Allowance is stopped for pensioners living in Spain thanks to the misleading ‘temperature test’ which tells the British Government that we are all sweltering in our Spanish villas during the winter and nabbing UK taxpayers’ money for heating that isn’t needed.

While the ramifications of the Greek elections remain to be seen and the political landscape slowly shifts in parts of Europe, at least the good news for expats on a British pension in Spain is that it results in more money in your pocket than it did before.

That’s some solace to help get through the cold winter months.

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A-340 fatal crash ONE person has died and two others were seriously injured in a collision on the A-340 between Alhama de Murcia and Totana.

The accident happened when the three men were loading items on to the back of their van, which was parked on the hard shoulder.

A car careered into the back of them.

One man was killed instantly upon impact and the two others were taken to the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital.

President pledges more employment schemes NEW work schemes have been announced by President of the Valencia Generalitat regional government, Alberto Fabra, during a visit to Torrevieja.

He was joined by the Minister of Economy, Industry, Tourism and Employment, Maximo Buch, and President of the Provincial Council, Luisa Pastor, who, along with Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, presented the ‘Learning Work’ Employment Workshops

MEETING TRAINEES: President Fabra visited those on an employment training scheme in Torrevieja after a meeting at the CDT. 2015 scheme at the Centro de Turismo (CDT).

In highlighting the

training schemes, Dolon also spoke about the successful workshops that have been under way in Torrevieja including the development of the Reina de la Sal Park in Los Montesinos. Dolon said that since 2011, more than 200 unemployed people have been training and working in the municipality under various schemes funded in part by the Generalitat, Alicante Provincial Council and the City of Torrevieja.

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Gas blasts house A MAN collapsed and was trapped in his house following a gas explosion in his home in Orihuela.

Emergency services rescued him from the rubble of the property in the hamlet of La Aparecida.

The 78-year-old man had 40 per cent burns and a head injury and was airlifted to the Virgin de la Arrixaca Hospital in Murcia. A woman, aged 82, also in the property at the time of the explosion, was taken by ambulance to Orihuela hospital with head injuries and bruises.

The explosion has completely destroyed the house.

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Torrevieja being promoted TORREVIEJA is being represented at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid.

The city has a presence within the exhibition space of the Costa Blanca which features a new innovative curved design aimed to simulate a place between the sea and sky. The new stand has also been designed as a cost cutting measure and will be used at six other national fairs.

Torrevieja has a particular emphasis on gastronomy, sports and

FITUR: Torrevieja has presence on the Costa Blanca stand at the fair in Madrid. new technologies such as a new tourism smart phone application which is being launched in Madrid by

A GROUP of four masked robbers held at gunpoint a large Chinese bazaar store in Urbanisation Los Altos, Torrevieja.

The robbery happened just after the store had opened to the public, when the robbers entered the premises and violently handcuffed the two workers. As customers

POLICE have discovered 368 illegal car workshops operating in the Valencia Region since a police operation was launched in October 2012. Of these, 204 were in Alicante Province with establishments operating without the correct licences and permits, the necessary qualifications and lack of quality controls.

As a result, 10 people have been arrested, four in Alicante Province.

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Jobless down ALICANTE Province ended 2014 with 46,300 fewer people out of work compared to the end of 2013.

This marked the greatest decrease in unemployment since records began.

Mayor Eduardo Dolon and the Deputy for Provincial Tourism, Joaquin Albaladejo.

The pair will also attend 15 meetings during FITUR with officials and businessmen from other countries.

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368 illegal garages

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entered one by one, they were also handcuffed with a total of eight hostages being held for just over 10 minutes as the thieves broke into the till and safe.

It is believed the assailants got away with a few hundred euros as well as personal items such as wallets and purses, from employees

and customers. No one was hurt, although a few were treated for minor injuries as they tried to break free from the handcuffs.

According to witnesses the individuals fled in a black Chrysler Voyager. Police have launched an investigation, but no arrests have yet been made.

Wetlands day WORLD Wetlands Day is being marked at the Natural Park of Torrevieja and La Marina on Sunday with a cycle ride from 10.30am. Call 966 920 404 for more details.

Bomb scare A HOAX bomb scare forced the evacuation of the Justice City in Murcia. A security officer found a suspicious package and the police were called .

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Lemon thieves THREE people have been arrested for stealing five tonnes of lemons in Murcia and Lorca.

The arrests came as part of the ongoing campaign against agricultural theft by the Roca rural crime unit of the Guardia Civil.

The first arrests were made when a van was stopped carrying 1,065 kilos of lemons in the La Campana area of Lorca, and another arrest was made east of Murcia City, where around four tonnes of the fruit had been stolen.

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DELEGATION: Region is represented at the PP national convention in Madrid.

PP heads for Madrid

PRESIDENT of the Valencia Generalitat regional government and the PP party, Alberto Fabro, headed up a delegation of nearly 300 people who travelled to Madrid to attended the party’s national convention.

Addressing the assembly, Fabra highlighted the fact that the region had led the reduction of unemployment in Spain and said the party responds to the needs of citizens, “creating hope, security and stability,” emphasising the

work done to create jobs.

President of Alicante Provincial Council, Luisa Pastor, took part in a debate on equality listing the actions implemented in the province on equal pay for women and men doing similar jobs.

CREVILLENTE is to implement the genetic identification of dogs to identify dog owners who do not clean up after their pet in public.

The town hall said the Local Police would be responsible for taking a sample of the faeces to be analysed and compared to the DNA record of the animal.

The creation of this canine DNA record is now obligatory and will be done when the dog is chipped or vaccinated at minimal cost, with the full bylaw coming in to effect in 2016.

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School protests in Gran Alacant THE Parents Association (AMPA) at Vicenta Ruso school in Gran Alacant have again made their feelings clear about the lack of a second primary school and public institute for the urbanisation.

AMPA gathered at the gates of the school to protest about overcrowding, saying the school is now at twice its capacity.

Currently, Vicenta Ruso school uses nine portacabins.

Block cleared in meter box fire A FIRE in a meter box at a property in Torrellano, Elche, led to the evacuation of an apartment block.

Fifteen families and residents had to wait in the street as fire crews extinguished the flames and secured the area.

One woman, aged 75, was alone in her property and failed to get out before the smoke started spreading so locked herself in the bathroom until firefighters were able to assist and get her out through the balcony. No one was injured.

The building and its residents were without power overnight as the fault was fixed.

Gran Alacant residents are waiting for news about a ‘Centre for Social Initiative’ school to be built on land donated by the town hall.

The AMPA has repeatedly rejected this type of facility and is pressing for a new public school in the area of Santa Pola with the highest population growth, which has been promised for the last five years.

Meanwhile, the town hall has approved the payment of more than €20,000 to cover the cost of transport to the school for pupils who do not receive a grant from the regional education department. The money equates to 70 per cent of the cost when previously the council had covered 50 per cent.

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Consulate hears expat concerns THE British Consulate team has met with residents in Urbanisation La Marina to discuss issues and concerns facing expatriates living in Spain.

The urbanisation was chosen for one of the first focus groups planned by the consulate for its high number of expat residents. Consul Sarah-Jane Morris said: “We are meeting with as many local people as possible to find out what we should be doing to help residents and to get it right. We want to support people and try and solve as many problems as we can locally, or take it to Madrid.”

Consul Morris was joined by ViceConsul Lloyd Milen and Consular Regional Director for Southern Europe, Will Middleton.

Around 20 people joined the consultation meeting with residents wanting to discuss issues surrounding inheritance tax, declaration of assets, live music and the formation of a men’s shed group.

In particular they raised their concerns about the exodus of expats and those that had to return to the UK due to the loss of their Spanish business or their

FOCUS GROUP: Consul Sarah-Jane Morris, Lloyd Milen, Will Middleton with councillors Jeff Wiszniewski (right) and Paulino Herrero (left). job, and families finding it difficult to get a proper education for their children.

It was suggested that the British Government should encourage British businesses to invest more in Spain and help provide jobs.

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Finishing touches for the esplanade WORK on Alicante’s Explanada is expected to end this week after nearly two months of work.

It means restaurants and cafés can reopen and resume placing their tables and chairs on the esplanade.

New lighting is still waiting to be installed, which will be another few weeks and work is still to be resolved in the area where the remains of the archaeological tower of the Puerta del Mar was found as previously reported in Euro Weekly News. It has

COMING TO AN END: Work on the Explanada is due to finish this week. been decided to leave it on view and the area remains fenced off whilst permits

are obtained and a decision made on how best to display it.

Fiestas go over budget in Dolores THE PP opposition party in Dolores has criticised the ruling PSOE government for overspending on fiestas.

The town had a limit of €40,000 to cover fiestas and celebrations last year,

but it is claimed that €65,000 was actually spent, which the PP said was ‘deceiving citizens’ as the PSOE had claimed, when they came into power, that fiestas would cost less.

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Lemon sales increase SALES of lemons have increased with producers in Alicante Province, mainly in the Vega Baja, hopeful that prices will spike in the coming weeks.

The Association of Young Farmers (Asaja) said the increase is mainly due to a lower yield of crop produced in Turkey. The country is the main competition for local growers but bad weather in the northern, central and eastern areas of Turkey has affected citrus crops.

Alicante Province has also been affected by storms and snowfalls with growers reporting lower production by up to 14 per cent, which could result in a rise in prices to meet demand.

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Driving licence changes THE news that expats in Spain who have lived here for two years or more may have to renew their driving licence has caused some confusion. Here we look further into the matter to try and clarify the issue.

PEOPLE who already have a Spanish driving licence or a UK/EU pink photo card style licence are unaffected by new regulations aimed at people with old style permits.

A January 2013 EU directive allows countries to insist that foreigners resident in a member state have a driving licence with the same validity period as those issued by that state.

In Spain a normal driving licence is valid for 10 years or five years after the age of

65. The new regulations mean that people from the 28 EU states who are legally resident in Spain must renew or change any licences they hold that are valid for 15 years or more in the case of Group One (car and motorcycle) category permits, or five years or longer for Group Two (transport and large vehicle) permits.

For recently registered residents, the measure comes into effect two years after the date they became legally resident in Spain.

It is still acceptable to drive on a UK driving licence as long as it is in date and one of the pink photo card style with a 10-year expiration date.

But holders of old style UK paper licences valid until the age of 70 will have to change them for a photo card if resident in Spain or face a â‚Ź200 fine. While UK photo cards are valid here, the DVLA will not change or renew them if the holder lives abroad.

They must be renewed or changed at the Spanish DGT traffic department.

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A market to fill up the senses

ORIHUELA’S 15th Medieval Market takes place this weekend with the theme ‘Market of the Senses’.

As always, Orihuela’s streets will be divided into two zones filled with the sights, sounds and smells of the medieval era with entertainers, jousting

tournaments, artisan stalls and food halls.

The official inauguration takes place tomorrow (Friday) at midday from the balcony of the town hall.

President of the Association of Moors and Christians, Antonio Manuel Garcia Alcocer, said that given the size and the environment, he recommends a full day or two to visit it as the market has become almost ‘like a theme park’.

The market is open from 11.30am FridayELCHE is increasing its family support budget by Sunday. €150,000. It means around €1.7 million has been Orihuela Costa Town approved by the council to be used in aid for Hall is putting on a coach families and children. for residents on the costa Around €1.5 million is also being budgeted for the to enjoy the activities. It implementation of an employment plan, which will leaves from Playa hire 400 people, 300 in the category of labourer Flamenca at 10am on and 100 in official first-line services such as Saturday and then gardening, painting, assembly and cleaning of departs from Orihuela at public spaces and municipal offices. The plan is 4pm with a return ticket aimed at the registered long-term unemployed and costing €5.40. To reserve those registered in the municipality for at least two your place call 966 760 years.

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Bike lane promise to become reality A CYCLE lane is to be installed along the four-kilometre stretch of road between Alicante’s Casa Mediterraneo and the EU Trademarks Office (OAMI).

As reported in last week’s Euro Weekly News, the president of OAMI, Antonio Campinos, complained to the Generalitat regional government about the lack of a promised bicycle lane and the dangerous

traffic conditions on Avenida de Elche for visitors and staff at the OAMI and neighbouring hotels. They highlighted the lack of a central reservation and pavements.

It seems the Generalitat has listened to Campinos, in part, and has announced a cycle lane will be installed at a cost of €300,000.

Alicante Mayor makes changes

Blood drive gets results

HE may have only been in power for a few weeks but Mayor of Alicante, Miguel Valor, has already implemented a number of changes.

The new mayor took over from Sonia Castedo, who is caught up in two alleged corruption cases. He has moved three of her trusted advisers to other posts and decided not to extend the annual cleaning contract of businessman Enrique Ortiz, worth around €8.9 million. He is alleged to have benefited from decisions made by Castedo in cases now being investigated.

ALICANTE’S transfusion centre is travelling to businesses and companies across the province to collect blood.

The blood drive has begun to find more donors and to help prevent the severe shortage of reserves experienced a few weeks ago when the centre had to get assistance from the Valencia blood bank to ensure that operations were not cancelled due to lack of supplies.

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Children to get pneumococcus jab CHILDREN are to receive free vaccinations against pneumococcus.

The Department of

Health has agreed to offer the vaccine for free, which is recommended by paediatricians but was not

The high cost of vandalism TWO MILLION EUROS; that is what vandalism costs the Valencian Community every year.

The costs include the cleaning and removal of graffiti on trains, public buildings and monuments fixing broken windows, park benches and street furniture and deliberately-started fires must be extinguished. Fires are not limited to rubbish bins and containers and over the Christmas period a Christmas tree was burnt down in Onteniente and a figure of King Melchior in Alcoy was set alight costing the town hall â‚Ź4,000.

Vandalism is a particular problem in the Valencian Community, where it is the third most common crime after breaking into homes and theft.

There were 31,000 acts of vandalism in 2013 and there have been just 200 convictions in the last five years as few cases ever reach court.

on the official schedule of vaccinations and therefore parents had to pay for it.

Pneumococcus infections can lead to diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis and bronchitis.

During 2013, the incidence of these diseases in the Valencian Community was 7.3 cases per 100,000 population, but reached 16.5 cases per 100,000 in children under the age of one.

The vaccine is expected to be included in the routine immunisation schedule for 2016 and from this month the vaccination will be available to all babies born after January 1, 2015.

The vaccinations include three doses of vaccine during the first year of life and a booster dose in the second year of life.

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La gente AS part of our series Euro Weekly News reporter Gemma Quinn has been out and about to see what skills, talent and inspirational people can be found on the Costa Blanca. This week she returned to the cinema in Pilar de la Horadada for the first time in around eight years THE small, quaint, unassuming little cinema just off the high street in Pilar has been given a new lease of life.

It is now a cinema, exhibition space and all round cultural centre. This is in part thanks to cinema fan Diego Garcia Fructoso and his family and team of volunteers.

The cinema, owned by his wife’s family, the Albaladejos, has a history dating back over 30 years, with Miguel Albaladejo now a well known director and scriptwriter in Spanish cinema.

The cinema has had to close previously but was reopened in 2003 offering films in English. Tish Hirst, one of the original volunteers, said in its heyday they would see around 400-500 people fill the cinema but that died down and in 2011 it was not enough to keep it going. Then Diego took the lead: “I was sad about it being closed again and decided to open it and try and get that lovely movie

CINEMA FANS: Tish and Diego hope to expand the cinema and see more people enjoy films in English. feeling back.”

With thanks to a donation from the Campoverde Theatre Group of their old stage, which has now been installed, the venue is able to host stage shows and more events. Diego is keen to promote it as a venue for associations, private parties and live music shows.

In the meantime, Diego, an economist by profession, will continue offering English-language films every Thursday at

7pm and Saturdays at 5pm with tickets costing €5. With no financial support from the town hall, he is using his passion for film and his spare time to spread the word hoping it can grow once again to be at the heart of the cinema-loving community: “I just want it to get bigger so it can continue and I also want to thank Tish as a lot of it would not be possible without her.”

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World champs are made in Quesada A BOXING team from Quesada has topped an international competition which saw more than 300 athletes take part from Spain, Portugal, Belgium, UK, USA and Venezuela.

The European and World Combat and Self Defence Championships took place recently in San Pedro del Pinatar. Team Boxing Quesada from Quesada Fitness Gym: Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Club triumphed with six competitors becoming five champions and one subchampion at the tournament, winning everything in which they competed.

Special mention goes to Craig Vasey who, as well as being crowned Middleweight Full Contact Kick Boxing champion, was awarded the fighter of the whole tournament out of

CHAMPIONS: Club triumphs at world tournament. the 300 competitors. Proud owner of the Quesada Fitness Gym, Vivienne Shepherd, said the boxers were going from strength to strength under the expert eye of head coach Santiago Lopez, who also became Heavyweight Full Contact Kick Boxing champion. Vivienne said the club “had fulfilled its tag of ‘where champions are

made’, which can now be changed to ‘where national and world champions are made’.”

Other winners included Zhivko Shvterev; Fanny Fanus; Ivo Heredia Oliveria; Salva Costa and David Morlesin from Rojales.

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Academy recognises industry professionals VALENCIA’S Academy of Gastronomy (AGCV) has recognised the work of hospitality professionals across the region as part

of their annual awards.

The 10th edition was hosted at the Populi Bistro in Alicante as a dozen awards were handed out

Studio 32 new season starts THROUGHOUT January, Studio 32’s show director Susan Wilson and stage manager Linda Myers have been busy holding a number of workshops covering stage craft, acting skills, dancing and team building.

Now a popular part of Studios 32’s development, the workshops are open to anyone interested in theatre, music and dance and following their recent success will be repeated prior to each new production. A singing workshop is also planned for February 15.

Studio 32’s next production is Oklahoma in June but new members are welcome to join the group and be in the chorus. Rehearsals are at Casa Ventura, San Luis on a Wednesday between 3.30-6.30pm, or on Sundays between 11am-2.30pm. www.studiothirtytwo.org

including Best Baker, Entrepreneur, Waiter, Gastronomic Journalism and Excellence.

Juan Moll, from Restaurant La Sort in Moraira, was the first to receive the lifetime achievement award, which he dedicated to his family, whilst Chef of the Year Begoña Rodrigo, from La Salita Valencia, dedicated her award to “the team that holds me.”

The event was attended by the Minister of Economy, Industry and Trade of the Generalitat regional government, Maximo Buch, who said: “Food is economy, tourism, industry and employment, and our intention is to take care of it to keep it growing as well as it is now.”

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Changes to cultural programme THREE changes have been made to Torrevieja’s winter cultural programme.

AFE cancer charity has announced that its musical gala scheduled for Sunday has been suspended and tickets can be refunded at the same outlet they were

brought from. The concert by the Playa Flamenca Institute at the Palacio de la Musica on February 26 has changed to February 27 at 5pm and the Proclamation of Easter, on March 27 at the municipal theatre, will now take place on March 26.

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Ghost motorway sees more users THE number of vehicles on Spain’s toll roads increased by 2.39 per cent last year, according to the Ministry of Development, with an average of 16,326 vehicles a day using the roads.

The AP-7 motorway also increased its usage, particularly on the Cartagena to Vera stretch.

Commonly known as the ‘ghost motorway’ for its lack of vehicles, the stretch

Promotion takes to the roads THE Costa Calida is to be promoted across Europe on articulated lorries.

Twenty trucks which travel around Europe transporting refrigerated goods from the Murcia Region are now part of the Region's tourism promotion campaign. Emblazoned with images of the area the trucks will provide front line promotion as they travel around Europe delivering goods.

The campaign, described by Regional President Alberto Garre as “pioneering” combines three of the most important sectors in the Region’s economy; agriculture, transport and tourism.

saw 2.8 per cent more vehicles last year compared to 2013. The year on year comparisons showed increases every month except in March, likely due to the fact that Easter was in March in 2013 and in April last year, which saw an increase of 15.5 per cent in the number of vehicles.

Wifi network TORREVIEJA is to spend €18,000 on a municipal wifi network which will have restricted content in public spaces and beaches that only gives access to municipal associations and websites. The system will be installed in Plaza de la Constitucion, Paseo Vista Alegre, Plaza de Oriente and Plaza de Encarnacion Puchol in La Mata.

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Going underground MOBILE phone services will be available in the tunnels of the Malaga Metro by this summer, the Junta de Andalucia regional government’s development delegate Manuel Garcia Pelaez has announced.

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Nature forum TWO HUNDRED people took part in the 11th International Nature Conservation Forum in Malaga City last weekend, sharing information on endangered species and how to protect them.

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Free Wifi ALMERIA CITY’S historic centre will soon have free Wifi. Technical issues delayed connection in late 2013, but the work now begins in earnest by Netllar Lirosan Telecommunications.

Mayoral candidate JUAN PEDRO PEREZ has been formally announced as PP candidate for mayor in Albox. Perez said: “I want Albox to be a town of opportunities for all, with quality public services.”

Port expansion ADRA PORT is to be extended by 700 square metres. The land is to be reclaimed from the coastline and will be used for the storage of pleasure craft during the winter months.

Health shortfall DALIAS residents have complained that staffing levels at their health centre are insufficient. There are just two health professionals to cover the needs of almost 4,000 residents.

PALMA COUNCIL will spend almost €300,000 on the construction of a new bike path to connect Cami des Reis with Son Espases.

Green route plea MORE than 250 people demonstrated last Sunday (January 25) in the Plaza de Alaro to demand the creation of a new green route along the former railway track between Alaro and Consell.

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ESTEPONA Council has announced that the 2015 budget for the town includes €150,000 for its Social Emergency Fund to help needy local citizens.

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A MOROCCAN man was taken into custody last weekend in Sant Llorenç d’es Cardassasr (Palma), after Guardia Civil officers found a 500-gramme cocaine haul under one of the seats of his car.

GRUPO EXCELENCIAS, which edits a number of travel and tourism magazines in six languages, has awarded its Premio Excelen-cias Turistas 2014 tourism excellence prize to Torremolinos Town Hall.

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MIJAS schools are taking part in a recycling campaign with trips to the recycling plant in Casares and a video competition, prizes for which will be awarded in April.

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BACK IN PLACE: The Apofis Vase was loaned to the Metropolitan Museum.

Almuñecar treasure returns from New York ONE of Almuñecar’s archaeological treasures, the Apofis Vase, has returned to the Axarquia town from New York after being featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Called ‘From Assyria to Iberia: Crossing Continents at the Dawn of the Classical Age,’ the exhibition opened in September last year, and gathered archaeological remains from 14 different countries and 41 museums around the world.

Not so equal OLA and the Choque por el contracts generated 88 jobs in over two years. However, including an equality clause, minimal percentage of the jobs women.

The Apofis Vase is an Egyptian funerary object, sculpted from a single piece of marble, with hieroglyphs, and has a royal seal engraved on it.

Councillor for Culture, Olga Ruano, stressed the rich historical heritage of the town and encouraged all residents to visit the local museum Cueva de Siete Palacios, where they will be able to admire the vase and the many other items in the museum’s collection.

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Kindest cut BENIDORM will reduce IBI rates in the town by 10 per cent. This compensates for the increase in rateable values carried out

by Spain’s tax authority Hacienda, according to the town hall.

Stiff bill FIVE turncoat councillors in Benidoleig voted not to settle €12,000 legal costs incurred in 2013 when they temporarily installed a new mayor. Bloc-Compromis, now governing in minority, must foot the bill.

ALICANTE UNIVERSITY has allocated €1 million for contracting young scientific researchers, and physicists in particular.

This will safeguard ongoing important investigation projects, said rector Manuel Palomar.

Mugs mugged FIFTEEN tourists reported that their bank accounts were emptied after they had their drinks spiked in Valencia City clip joints. Extra charges were added to the credit cards they had already used there, they maintained.

Billing leeway JIJONA Town Hall will allow small and medium-sized businesses to continue presenting paper invoices for less than €5,000. This will give them time to adjust to electronic billing, sources explained.

Water cut THE water supply was interrupted for 10 hours in a large part of Manacor after a pipe broke as a result of the construction works that are currently taking place in Calle Sebastia Rubi.

Body found A DEAD man was found last Sunday under the Torrente de Mal Pas Bridge in Palma. The body had to be retrieved with ropes and Local Police believe the victim could have been a homeless person.

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Charitable chemist LOS ALAMOS pharmacy in Motril has donated €500 to the town council to be used for social projects. The donation forms a part of the shop’s Christmas benefit scheme.

Gorilla photo victory THE Almuñecar photographer Francisco Mingorance has won first prize at the Share the View International Nature Photography Contest. His picture depicts a young gorilla splashing in a river.

Nerja on show NERJA COUNCIL together with Nerja Caves Foundation will have their own stand at prestigious tourism fair, FITUR, which will be held until February 1 in Madrid.

Cemetery upgrade THE council in La Herradura (Almuñecar) has carried out renovation works at a local cemetery to solve the problem of damp on the walls, as requested by the town’s residents.

NEWS Residents donate tonnes of clothes A TOTAL of 82 tonnes of used textiles and clothing were donated by residents in Santa Pola last year.

The items were deposited in the 28 containers around the municipality and collected by the Humana People to People Foundation, a non-governmental development organisation which started in 1987.

The NGO promotes the protection of the environment through recycling and reuse of textiles and conducts cooperation programmes in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

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Ambulance crew supported by the local table tennis club THE S.E.M. Ambulance crew serving La Marina and San Fulgencio have had a boost of €500 thanks to a donation made by the local table tennis club.

The Brian O’Reilly Table Tennis Group, which meets every Tuesday and Friday at the Social Centre in Urbanisation La Marina, made the donation to support the S.E.M which will be used on maintenance and checks for the life saving equipment on board.

The club, renamed in honour of one of the founding members, collects subs of €3 from players each week which is used to repair and replace equipment, but then any money left goes to a local good cause.

For more information on the club, call president Pedro on 965 073 907 or James on 965 073 907.

DONATION: Table tennis club supports local S.E.M. ambulance.

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STAT OF WEEK TOLL-ROAD traffic rose 2.39 per cent to a daily 16,346 vehicles in 2014. This was the first increase since 2007 but 31.5 per cent below that year’s 23,867 vehicles a day.

Telefonica still matchmaking REJECTED by British Telecom, Telefonica is still looking for a suitor for its UK mobile subsidiary O2.

The Spanish company is in talks with Sky, Virgin and Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa, which owns the Three mobile network.

Three is currently the smallest operator in the UK but if Hutchison goes ahead, paying a possible $13.6

billion (€10.5 billion) for O2, it would become the country’s biggest mobile operator with more than 31 million customers.

Were Hutchison, Sky and Virgin all to reject Telefonica’s approaches, the Spanish company would take its remaining option of floating the company on the stock market, sources said.

Spain heads up eurozone growth THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) as cut growth predictions for all but the US and Spain.

The IMF reduced global economic growth to 3.5 per cent for 2015 and 3.7 per cent in 2016 owing to a slowdown in China, probable recession in Russia and the eurozone’s continuing weakness.

In its sixth consecutive upward review of Spain’s economy over the last 12 months the IMF now foresees 2 per cent growth for this year and 1.8 per cent for 2016.

This will be doubly pleasing to Spain’s president Mariano Rajoy as the revised figure coincides with his own

estimate and negates the 0.8 per cent forecast from the IMF’s Director of Resarch Olivier Blanchard a year ago.

Over the last two years the IMF’s predictions for Spain have been the most modest amongst the world’s biggest economies. Now the position has been reversed and Spain is at the head of eurozone growth, although at this stage the IMF foresees a slowdown in 2016.

Unemployment is the only cloud on the horizon.

Last October the IMF calculated that Spain would create 130,000 jobs in 2015 compared with the government’s forecast of 348,000.

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Big plans for Lidl LIDL is building its largest European logistics centre in Alcala de Henares (Madrid). Work on the €70 million project has now begun and should be finished by summer 2016.

Take it easy FIVE executives of the now-defunct Novacaixagalicia will stand trial at the Madrid high court in May. They are accused of awarding themselves early retirement deals worth €18.9 million.

Comfort letter clears the air EY, formerly Ernst & Young, have now revised AENA’s accounts for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The auditors worked in record time, practically occupying AENA headquarters according to employees, working weekends and over Christmas.

The required ‘comfort letter’ confirming the financial soundness of Spain’s airports operator and the accuracy of its accounts has now been

drafted, EY sources confirmed.

An 8 per cent stake was sold to Corporacion Financiera Alba last November, plus 6.5 per cent to Ferrovial and 6.5 per cent to Children’s Investment Fund.

AENA has now cleared the final hurdle before its stock market debut and the sale of the remaining 28 per cent to privatise 49 per cent of the company.

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Free courses in customer relations MOST of us are uncaring of marketing strategies designed to shape our buying habits as we browse supermarket aisles. The ‘sheds,’ like Primark, IKEA, B&Q and ASDA, spend millions analysing our shopping penchants.

Like donkeys chasing carrots we are tempted around displays. Some colours on packaging create more sales, others have the opposite effect.

A well known expression in the marketing industries: ‘Blue and green should never be seen.’

The science of creating and maintaining customer loyalty is zealously studied and put into practice. Some larger organisations

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regard good customer service as pivotal to their existence.

I was reminded of this when I contacted Amazon customer service.

As a publisher I had a technical question. Within hours I received a reply: “Thank you for contacting Amazon KDP. I hope you are having a

nice day. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.”

As good as his word, Raul sorted my problem out.

Had he been unsuccessful he would personally help me through the process.

Cynics say such American salutations are insincere. I do not.

But, I do know that when a neighbour calls, “How are you today?” he sincerely hopes I will not unburden myself.

Some businesses are good at customer relations, some are hopeless.

Disgruntled customers are a financial drain on businesses. Lack of customer empathy means one needs to constantly advertise to replace

dissatisfied clients. Revolving doors; new clients in turn will be offended by poor service.

My business budget could never match that of the larger companies when analysing buying habits and customer retention. Never mind, we have ‘free’ staff courses. Let us say I am recruiting staff for a new restaurant.

Having given a nod and a wink to the manager of a friendly business, I would treat my staff to a night out.

I would ask only one thing of my new employees. That, throughout the dining (or shopping) experience they focus on the super service we receive.

The lesson for the day is: ‘This is How I Want it Done.’

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THE start of a year can be a difficult month financially.

Especially after perhaps forking out on Christmas presents, expensive New Year plans or having flown abroad to visit family over the holidays.

It’s also a time of year where everyone is talking about getting into shape. And while such resolutions are predictable at this time of the year, it can be difficult to keep up momentum and stick to an exercise regime.

But here are a few reasons to keep on exercising - and not just for your physical health, but in terms of your financial health too.

Save on Make-up Regular exercise is one of the best things for your skin. Sweat out all those nasty toxins and your skin will thank you for it.

The clear complexion that goes along with regular exercise, helps to improve your selfimage too, so you don’t feel the need to hide your face behind a painted mask. So get moving and you won’t have the urge to fork out money every time you pass the make-up counter.

Regular exercise is one of the best things for your skin.

SAVE MONEY: Swap your coffee break for a quick, brisk walk.

Save on Mental Health Frequent exercise helps to enhance your mood. Isn’t that why they call it ‘the runner’s high’? A good running session can work just as well as antidepressants for many cases

Reader spots error in 2015 Lawbook Q. I have recently upgraded to the new 2015 Edition of ‘You & the Law in Spain,’ and this time I purchased the Kindle edition. In the Spanish Income Tax section on page 289, you give a ‘Sample Calculation’ for computing your tax. I have read this over with care, but I am at a loss to determine where your figure of €918 reduction comes from. I have copied out the relevant section here.

Sample calculation. “It works like this: If you are a married couple of pensioners with two pensions and a small investment income totalling, say, €27,442 a year, you first consult the list of deductions. If both of you are 66, your personal minimum is €5,151 plus €918, a total of €6,069 each.” Perhaps you can clear this up for me?

L.T. (e-mail)

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By David Searl

A. Thank you for your letter, and double thank you for exposing an error in the book. You could not find the figure of €918 because it is not there. The €918 is the previous year’s extra exemption for people over 65-years-old. The figure for this year should have been €1,150. Oh, my. Furthermore, the personal minimum should have been €5,550 and not €5,151.

Upon checking, I find that I made the corrections, but failed to mark them properly, so the old paragraph ran without change, and I did not catch this in proofreading. In practical terms, it makes very little difference, but it is indeed embarrassing.

So our ‘Sample Calculation’ should have read:

“If you are a married couple of pensioners with two pensions and a small investment income totalling, say, €30,000 a year, you first consult the list of deductions.

“Your personal minimum for tax year 2014 is €5,550. In addition, you have a further deduction of €1,150 because you are over 65. This gives a total of €6,700 each. Times two gives €13,400. In fact, if you each receive income, you will make two separate tax declarations, but I am lumping them together to simplify. You are also each entitled to the wage earner’s deduction of €2,000 for ‘other expenses,’ together making €4,000, which gives total deductions of €17,400.

“Deducting the €17,400 from €30,000 gives €12,600 taxable income. You look at the table and see that a tax base up to €12,450 pays at 20 per cent, so you owe about €2,500 to the Spanish tax man.”

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

of mild depression. So getting up and moving is a fantastic way to cheer up without having to fork out for professional help.

Save on Caffeine Slouching around leaves a person with little energy, whereas an active lifestyle guarantees lots of energy. So the more you move, the less need you’ll have for a double espresso throughout the day.

You could save a euro or two a day by simply swapping your coffee break for a quick brisk walk.

Save on Medical Costs A healthy fitness routine will help you steer clear of having a heart attack or stroke. It helps to decrease the chance of developing chronic conditions like diabetes and arthritis.

Staying fit also strengthens your immune system, improving your body’s ability to fight infections, helping you get through flu season without needing a pricey prescription. Stay active and avoid expensive medical bills.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Slow progress UNEMPLOYMENT should gradually improve although Spain will continue to have one of the highest rates in a developed country, said the International Labour Organisation (ILO). It will remain above 21 per cent until at least 2019 when the ILO predicted 21.49 per cent unemployment, compared with 23.6 per cent this year.

Low cost THE Sandero hatchback which costs less than €7,000 with discounts is made by the Romanian firm, Dacia, that was bought by Renault in 1999. A total of 19,394 units were sold in Spain between January and November last year, representing 30 per cent of all the Renault group’s Spanish sales.

Build it up CONSTRUCTION companies asked the government for ‘legislative mechanisms’ and financial help to help the sector grow again in Spain. International ventures representing 90 per cent of business and national projects were positive, they agreed at the recent Infrastructure Sector Meeting, but help was needed to boost the domestic market.

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Buzz off, little ones! You are not welcome!

RE the noisy children outside a reader’s house, I am reminded of the action taken by the Moulin Rouge to discourage prostitutes outside the venue.

They simply installed green lighting which made the girls look ghoulish and put off the punters - job done. A similar change might work for the reader.

Some years ago I read of a small device which emitted a high-pitched sound, similar to that of a mozzie that younger people can hear, but not those whose hearing has deteriorated with age. Apparently it is very, very irritating. Try Google to find it.

Another ploy is to play classical music which had the same effect; choosing something soporific should work wonders. Best of luck!

Richard in Crevillente (Murcia)

Lesson learnt I DEALT with a ‘noisy children’ situation quite recently, but they were under the age of 16.

During the first two evenings I merely acknowledged their presence. They were obviously encouraged and so became noisier. I then decided to tell them that if they wished to sit on my wall, I would join them and give them a class in English.

They smiled and left!

They now wave to me from the wall of a Spanish neighbour further down the hill.

Stuart Burnley has had to tolerate the situation for a long time, whereas I was able to nip it in the bud. Maybe this won’t help you, Mr Burnley, but try it!

Pamela Hosey, Almayate (Malaga)

Think positive SORRY, but I don’t agree with ‘Our view’ about seasonal blues.

My view is firstly that the sun was out during most of the month of December with clear days to enjoy sitting outside on

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I WONDER how many people are aware of this monument to the International Brigade in London. It came as a surprise when I encountered it on my last visit.

Peter Cochrane (by email)

terraces, looking out at the sea and mountains.

Eliminate January from the calendar? April or May when the season begins are still a long way off, so why push time any faster? Rather, enjoy this tranquil and relatively quiet time to be happy and thankful for so many things, those that are mostly taken for granted!

And let’s not forget, we have generally been fortunate enough to afford to celebrate the festive season in the first place.

Let’s be positive all the year round including January !

Felipe, Palma de Mallorca (Baleares)

Trade-off I AM not one to reply to correspondence under most circumstances, but the blatant misrepresentation in the letter from Bill Campbell should not go without correction.

Is he not aware that we do have to leave the EU to trade with the rest of the world?

We are specifically banned from arranging trade deals with them by EU statutes and are not even allowed into the talks which take place.

Furthermore we buy 50 per

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cent more from Europe than we sell to them and thus would benefit from any trade restrictions in the very unlikely event of their being applied.

Also is he not aware that the study, so often-quoted, was based on data up to 2011 and totally at odds with current realities?

It did not take into account the massive influx of immigrants since then.

Nor did it take into account the millions in family allowances paid for children not living in this country.

Similarly it did not take into account the massive amounts of money transferred by immigrants to their overseas accounts.

Alison Wilson, Benidorm (Alicante)

The sad problem IT is sad that people are taken in by populist but totally uninformed anti-EU UKIP propaganda. The EU would work even better if the laws thought up in Brussels were accepted by individual member states wholly and not diluted.

Unless a person does a bit of travelling or a bit of business, people see improvements in this area as threatening and pressure for further EU integration, which seems to be mainstream media reactionary hype.

I think people are conflating EU migration with multiculturalism and failed integration. It is a failure of multiculturalism that we have entire swathes acting exactly as they did in their home countries (forced marriages or female genital mutilation, for example). This has nothing to do with hardworking Polish bricklayers or Spanish chefs.

David Charteris, Palma de Mallorca (Baleares)

Stalemate I RECEIVED my telephone and broadband service from a company who began to send the monthly statement via the internet.

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They tended to be erratic and I did not always receive one, but I noticed a few months ago that the amount taken from my bank did not always tally with the amount on the statement.

Upon telephoning to discuss this I spoke to a young lady in customer services, during which she said she could do nothing without the billing date. Her attitude was quite obstructive as I thought a look at my account would show this up.

I concluded by saying that if she could not clear this up I would pay no more money.

Her reply to this was that they would no longer provide the service and hung up.

I fully expected her to calm down after a couple of days and to get some explanation from the company.

I was therefore surprised to find some three days later that my broadband was no longer working, so it would seem she was as good as her word.

I am guessing that I have overpaid up to €100 on my monthly account, but am unable to be sure because of the lack of invoices.

I am unable to phone them as they have barred my phone number, so all I get is a message to say that ‘this number is unobtainable from your area’ when I try to call. I now find that they have transferred my phone to Telefonica - with no permission from me - and I have just received a bill from Telefonica for two months calls and line rental.

As I am unable to contact them and as they are not replying to my emails I am at a loss to know how to proceed. Is anyone able to help?

John Shannan, Turre (Almeria)

The real deal ALL this hype about Mr Darcy!

Unlike reader Suzanne Stokes I’ve always found him an almighty bore and doubt that in real life he’d have been anything like Colin Firth doing his wet tshirt number.

Now Lord Peter Wimsey, that’s another story. Read the description of him leaning naked out of an upstairs window in ‘Busman’s Honeymoon.’

Phwoar...

Jacqueline Miller (by email)

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OMETHING really must be done about Ofsted. Their rampant rhetoric and unchecked inspections are not only becoming ludicrous, but often to my mind dangerously akin to child abuse.

These misled incompetents, who profess to be on a mission to stamp out racism, homophobia and inequalities in schools, are creating the very ‘intolerances’ they purport to be eradicating.

The recent report of their antics in the case of Durham Free School is a glaring case in point. An individual apparently asked youngsters between 11 and 13 if they knew what a lesbian was - knew anyone in the school who was actually gay - felt they were trapped in someone else’s body - what they would do if a Muslim came to the school - or had learned how to make a baby. If these were appropriate

MISGUIDED: Ofsted antics could plant the seeds of intolerance in schoolchildren. questions to ask 11-year-olds, then I’ve completely lost track of the plot. With this type of approach and question, I believe these jumped-up morons are actually managing to create intolerance and racism where it has in fact never before existed. The five-year-old boy, who was reported for asking, because

his little friend was brown, did he come from Africa, is a case in point. The ‘official’ hue and cry that ensued resulted in a number of things. Namely, the young lad became completely confused and traumatised because he didn’t really know what he had done wrong and what is even more

disturbing, he was of course introduced to racism. By the same token, the young lad who was asked what a Muslim was. Apparently his answer included a reference to terrorism. Well, of course, it did. With a never-ending list of highly publicised terrorist attacks by militant Muslims, does it not stand to reason that his young mind would link the two? He was subsequently accused of bigotry.

Is it not obvious to any clear-thinking person that the completely over-thetop official reaction to these children’s innocent observations could easily plant the seeds of racism or intolerance in young minds?

What I want to know is, who is watching the watchers? Who trains these misguided people? We don’t have to ask who pays them, of course. But frankly if someone doesn’t rein them in, they will, inadvertently or not, continue to poison our precious young minds until bigotry in our places of education could well become a part of the curriculum.

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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/norajohnson

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AVE you been targeted by one of those ‘phishing’ scams? You know, those scam emails pretending to offer customers a tax rebate? Or worse still, think you might miss the January 31 deadline for online UK tax returns?

If so, you’d better come up with a better excuse than those provided recently by HM Revenue and Customs as the worst examples people have come up with for filing/ paying their tax return late.

These range from the usual “my pet dog ate my tax return… and all the

reminders;” “I was up a mountain in Wales, and couldn’t find a post box or get an internet signal” and “I was in Australia” to the “poor me” variety (“I fell in with the wrong crowd;” “I live in a camper van in a supermarket car park”; “a work colleague borrowed my tax return, to photocopy it, and didn’t give it back to me;” “my girlfriend’s pregnant”) to the truly bizarre (“Barack Obama’s in charge of my finances;” “I’ve been busy looking after a flock of escaped parrots and some fox cubs;” “I’ve been travelling the world, trying to escape from a foreign intelligence agency”).

Unsurprisingly, none of these led to a successful appeal - or worthy of an award at next month’s Oscars. As HMRC director general of personal tax put it: “People can have a

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Tax return cop-outs worthy of an Oscar? genuine excuse for missing a tax deadline, but owning a pet with a taste for HMRC envelopes isn’t one of them."

Have you been targeted by a ‘phishing’ scam?

TAX EXCUSE: Is yours worthy of an Oscar?

To return, briefly, to ‘phishing,’ maybe the best advice nowadays is, sadly, ‘Trust nobody.’ The world in which we now live. Fake tradesmen in hi-vis jackets knocking at your door to check some phoney gas-leak/pipework ‘problem’ and walking out with your wallet. The elderly being palmed off with third-rate stuff at outrageous prices.

Or a worthless plot of land as an ‘investment.’

This happens, we all know it happens. The answer may partly lie with the media: more publicity given about the punishment dished out to offenders to scare off those hell-bent on committing such crimes.

And more, much more success in catching the offenders ...

What’s really disturbing is that the police often know who the offenders are, but can’t get enough people to testify against them. Perhaps we’re all at fault here. What’s your view?

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore.

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A happy event for Susana Diez Cassandra Nash

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

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USANA DIEZ, president of Andalucia’s regional government and - who knows? possible aspirant to the presidency of Spain, is pregnant.

The baby is due this summer and the 40-year-old president will not be altering her public agenda. “Nothing will change,” said sources close to Diez.

Will she follow the example set

by Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, Mariano Rajoy’s vice-president and the most powerful woman in Spain?

Saenz de Santamaria gave birth in November 2011 and worked up to the last day of her pregnancy. She appeared in public nine days later, on the night of the PP’s election victory and was back at work almost immediately.

You win some, and you lose some

JOSE MARIA AZNAR: A huge turn-off.

THE Partido Popular intends to wheel out Jose Maria Aznar, Spain’s president between 1996 and 2004, during its election campaigns.

The idea is to attract and reassure the more conservative PP voters, but once again the party leadership is looking in the wrong direction. The far right has no other option bar the party currently headed by Mariano Rajoy, but the voters he needs to attract can choose from the PSOE, UPyD, Ciudadanos, Ganamos, IU and last but not by any means least, Podemos.

On becoming president, Rajoy was wise enough to distance himself from Aznar. He might be revered by hardcore PP voters but Aznar is a monumental turn-off for the undecided majority. And those are the votes that Rajoy needs to court and convince, not lose.

Diez’s baby is due mid-July, sufficient time to recover from whatever the municipal elections might bring and to prepare for the national ballot.

As for her future political ambitions, Diez’s domestic arrangements after the baby is born will reveal more than any statements or interviews.

leave the national high court he has presided over since 2010.

There is nothing sinister about his removal, which is in line with Spain’s legal system. Ironically, his place is likely to be taken by Jose de la Mata Amaya, a highranking official in the ministry of Justice during the last socialist government.

Although Ruz expects to have tweaked and tied up any loose Gurtel ends, De la Mata will be taking over other sensitive cases.

Will it be a case of “come back, Ruz, all is forgiven”?

Speciality act

All forgiven THE judge Pablo Ruz, investigating or ‘instructing’ the Gurtel corruption case, is due to

CAMPAIGNING politicians pledge to cut down on their special advisers.

It was one of Rajoy’s election promises, but instead they increased by 18 per cent in 2013 and 151 trusties cost the taxpayer €8.3 million in 2013 with three earning more than Mariano Rajoy. Whatever their expertise, at least we know what makes them so special.

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BBC TWO 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Saints and Scroungers 8:50am Helicopter Heroes Down Under 9:20am Channel Patrol 10:05am The Big Allotment Challenge 11:05am Food and Drink 11:35am The Travel Show 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Great Britons

ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning Presented by Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes. A look at the day's news and headlines. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

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

SKY 1 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am Big Hero 6 Special 9:30am Kingsman: Secret Service Special 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 Father Brown 4:00pm The Link 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip

3:00pm Churchill: The Nation's Farewell 4:00pm Young Winston Historical drama chronicling the early life of Winston Churchill.

3:00pm Judge Rinder Studio courtroom show where criminal barrister Robert Rinder rules on real life cases.

4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm Mel and Sue

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

3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm A Risk Worth Taking Romantic drama. A young wife cares for her terminally ill husband in the wilds of Scotland.

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport

6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip

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

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

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Race to the Pole

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

9:00pm Mastermind

9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show

9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm The Last Leg

9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother

9:00pm Show Me Your Garden

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Room 101 10:00pm The Musketeers 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

John Humphrys invites four more contenders to answer questions in the black chair.

9:30pm Food and Drink 10:00pm The Big Allotment Challenge 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

Martin Lewis and Saira Khan present the money-saving series.

9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Shaun of the Dead

The award-winning gang show, live on Friday nights.

Highlights of the latest events from the past 24 hours.

11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

Hopping over to the Emerald Isle, the gardening competition continues with a look at some of Ireland.

10:00pm Ascension Tightening its grip, the ambitious sci-fi drama reaches its conclusion.

11:50pm Ghostbusters

12am 12:25am Bluestone 42 12:55am EastEnders Omnibus 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:55am BBC News

12:05am The Road 1:45am Question Time David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Wrexham in Wales. 2:45am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

1:30am Jackpot247 4:00am Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 5:30am ITV Nightscreen

12:05am Catastrophe 12:40am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:05am Rude Tube 2:00am The Rocky Horror Picture Show 3:45am The Ricky Gervais Show 4:15am The Ricky Gervais Show 4:45am Grand Designs

12:30am Celebrity Big Brother 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am Celebrity Big Brother 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:25am Divine Designs 5:50am House Doctor

1:55am A Most Violent Year Special 2:05am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

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8:00pm World News Today

7:45am Emmerdale 8:45am You've Been Framed!

9:15am The Cube 10:15am Psych 11:10am The Chase 12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:45pm Psych 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm 100% You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm I Am Legend 12:05am Take Me Out

9:25am Where the Heart is 10:35am The Royal 11:40am Judge Judy 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Never the Twain 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Collision 12:00am Law and Order: UK

9:00am The Professionals 10:00am Hogan's Heroes 11:05am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm Minder 1:05pm Ax Men 2:05pm The Professionals 3:05pm Magnum, P.I. 4:05pm Pawn Stars 5:00pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm Minder 7:00pm Ax Men 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Counting Cars 10:00pm The Enforcer 12:00am The Day of the Jackal

1:00pm Hollyoaks 1:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm Marry Me 10:00pm Hot Tub Time Machine 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

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8:30pm Sounds of the Sixties 9:00pm Symphony Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world.

10:00pm Sound of Song 11:00pm Kraftwerk 12:00am Synth Britannia 1:30am Sound of Song 2:30am Kraftwerk 3:30am Synth Britannia

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Comedy 5:55am The Harry Hill Movie 7:25am Uncle Buck 9:20am Bruce Almighty 11:15am Ride Along 1:10pm Turbo: Sky Movies Special 1:40pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 3:30pm American Pie 5:20pm Uncle Buck 7:10pm Bruce Almighty 9:00pm Ride Along 10:45pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 12:35am American Pie 2:15am American Pie 2 4:05am American Pie: The Wedding 5:45am Heaven Can Wait

4:15am Single White Female 6:15am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man 8:00am The Fast and the Furious 10:00am The Truth About Emanuel 11:50am Derailed 1:50pm Fast and Furious 6 4:05pm The Fast and the Furious 6:05pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 8:05pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 10:00pm Fast and Furious 6 12:10am Pulp Fiction 2:45am 2 Fast 2 Furious 4:35am Taxi Driver

7:00am Stuart Little 8:40am Spy Kids 3: Game Over 10:10am Smurfs 2 Special 10:30am The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 12:05pm Despicable Me 2 1:45pm Robots 3:30pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 5:00pm Despicable Me 2 6:45pm Monsters University Special 7:20pm Stuart Little 9:00pm Mrs. Doubtfire 11:15pm Save the Last Dance 1:10am The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 2:55am Mrs. Doubtfire

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CH5 5:50am House Doctor 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake!

11:00am Sponge Bob Square Pants 11:35am Access 11:45am Ice Road Truckers 12:45pm Ice Road Truckers 1:40pm Ice Road Truckers 2:40pm Ice Road Truckers

SATURDAY TV

SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 8:00am Glee 9:00am Whiplash Special 9:15am Wild Special 9:30am Big Hero 6 Special 10:00am The Fantasy Football Club 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm What's Up 1:30pm Kingsman: Secret Service Special 2:00pm Last Man Standing 2:30pm Last Man Standing

3pm 3:00pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 5:00pm Final Score

4:25pm Hidalgo Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire - a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert - was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines owned by the greatest royal families.

3:10pm Who's Doing the Dishes?

4:10pm Doc Martin 5:10pm Big Star's Little Star

5:00pm Come Dine with Me In King's Lynn, Norfolk, body builder Daniel Coleman takes on London snob Maggie Flowerdew, Norfolk local Richard Moore and outspoken Amber Woolmington.

3:40pm Columbo: A Friend in Deed A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer but then expects an alibi in return.

5:35pm Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind

3:00pm Last Man Standing 3:30pm Last Man Standing 4:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 5:00pm Last Man Standing 5:30pm Last Man Standing

6pm 6:20pm Pointless 7:10pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm Now You See It 8:00pm The Voice UK

6:30pm The Great British Sewing Bee 7:30pm Flog It! 8:30pm Attenborough's Birds of Paradise

6:10pm Local News and Weather 6:20pm ITV News and Weather 6:30pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm Stars in Their Eyes 8:30pm Planets Got Talent

6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm The Restoration Man

7:10pm NCIS 8:00pm NCIS 8:55pm NCIS

6:00pm Sun, Sea and A&E 7:00pm The Fanatics 8:00pm Show Me Your Garden

9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm QI 10:30pm The Secret World of Lewis Carroll 11:30pm Ginger and Rosa

9:05pm Take Me Out 10:20pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:25pm ITV News and Weather 11:35pm The Shawshank Redemption

9:00pm The World's Weirdest Weather 10:00pm Ted

9:50pm 5 News 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:55pm Law and Order

9:00pm Ghostbusters 11:05pm A League of Their Own 11:35pm A League of Their Own

9pm 9:30pm The National Lottery 10:20pm Casualty 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day

Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis star in Seth MacFarlane's irreverent and vulgar comedydrama about the relationship between a man, a woman and the man's toy bear.

American police and legal drama series set in New York.

More never-before-seen footage of Corden and the gang from series eight.

12am 1:00am The Football League Show 2:20am Stark Raving Mad 3:55am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

4:00am BBC News

12:55am The Tempest 2:40am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

2:10am 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 Your Highness 2:05am The Last Leg 3:00am Prizzi's Honor 5:10am Hollyoaks Omnibus There's a new development in Mercedes's murder case.

12:50am Criminals: Caught on Camera 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am Celebrity Big Brother 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big

12:05am Hawaii Five-0 1:05am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Big Trouble in Thailand 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Road Wars

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8:00pm The First World War From Above 9:00pm Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities 10:00pm Spiral 10:55pm Spiral 11:50pm Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe 12:20am Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 1:50am Top of the Pops 2:40am Play it Loud: The Story of the Marshall Amp 3:40am Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities 4:40am This is BBC Four

2:55pm FYI Daily 3:00pm Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 3:40pm Honey 4:40pm FYI Daily 4:45pm Honey 5:35pm E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 6:35pm FYI Daily 6:40pm E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 7:50pm The Mummy Returns 8:50pm FYI Daily 8:55pm The Mummy Returns 10:20pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:05pm Keith Lemon: The Film 12:05am FYI Daily

8:50am The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery 9:35am Where the Heart is 10:40am Where the Heart is 11:45am The Darling Buds of May 12:50pm A Touch of Frost 2:55pm Wycliffe 4:00pm George and Mildred 5:00pm FYI Daily 5:05pm George and Mildred 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Foyle's War 11:00pm Lewis 1:05am A Touch of Frost

10:35am Hogan's Heroes 11:05am Hogan's Heroes 11:35am Hogan's Heroes 12:10pm Hogan's Heroes 12:40pm World Rally Championship Highlights: Monte Carlo 1:45pm Darts 6:00pm Storage Wars 6:30pm Storage Wars 7:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:25pm Storage Wars Texas 7:55pm Uefa Champions League Hat-Trick Heroes 8:00pm Darts 12:00am Africa Cup of Nations Highlights

2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:30pm Bad(Ish) Robots 4:00pm Bad(Ish) Robots 4:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:30pm Troy 6:35pm The 100 7:35pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Terminator Salvation 12:15am The Inbetweeners

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2:05am Die Hard 4:20am Die Hard 2

7:30am Ali G Indahouse 9:10am Bean 10:50am Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 1:00pm Grudge Match 3:05pm The Way Way Back 5:00pm Alien Autopsy 6:50pm The Internship 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:00pm Grudge Match 1:05am Ali G Indahouse 2:45am The Internship 4:55am The Internship Special Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson talk about their roles in the tech-tastic comedy.

8:10am Pride and Glory 10:25am Breakdown 12:05pm Swordfish 1:50pm Captain Phillips 4:10pm S.W.A.T. 6:10pm Pride and Glory 8:20pm Breakdown 10:00pm Captain Phillips 12:15am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:10am Kill Bill: Vol. 2 4:30am S.W.A.T. A police honcho brings together some of the best gunmen in the force to create an elite team, but their first assignment causes havoc.

7:00am Stuart Little 2 8:25am The Blue Umbrella 8:40am Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 10:15am Ella Enchanted 12:10pm Sammy's Great Escape 1:50pm Despicable Me 2 Special 2:20pm Escape From Planet Earth 4:00pm The Harry Hill Movie 5:40pm Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 7:25pm Stuart Little 2 9:00pm Escape From Planet Earth 10:30pm The Harry Hill Movie 12:00am Look Who's Talking 1:45am Ella Enchanted 3:30am The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

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8:35am Gunsmoke 9:40am Gunsmoke 10:45am Toward the Unknown 12:55pm Tarzan's Hidden Jungle 2:25pm The Lion and the Horse 4:00pm What's Up, Doc? 5:50pm The Great Race 8:45pm Sherlock Holmes: Pursuit to Algiers 10:00pm The Hangover 12:00am Romper Stomper 1:50am The Hangover 3:35am Romper Stomper 5:10am Off Set

After years in jail, a Texas outlaw breaks out and attempts to find his wife and child.

12:30am Alien Abduction A family on a camping holiday have a terrifying extraterrestrial encounter. Scifi/horror.

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BBC TWO 7:00am The Football League Show 8:20am Countryfile 9:15am Tennis 1:00pm Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 2:30pm James Martin's Home Comforts Cookery series in which James Martin cooks delicious treats from the comfort of his home.

ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:25pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:40pm Stars in Their Eyes 2:40pm Off Their Rockers

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CH5 5:50am Make it Big 7:00am Milkshake!

11:00am Sponge Bob Square Pants 11:35am Access 11:40am Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 12:40pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 1:35pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 2:35pm A Little Princess

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SKY 1 6:00am Mission Implausible 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Harrow: A Very British School 11:00am Ashley Banjo's Big Town Dance 12:00pm WWE Raw 1:00pm Modern Family 1:30pm Modern Family 2:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton

3pm 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Eat Well for Less?

5:00pm Your Home in Their Hands

3:00pm Food and Drink 3:30pm Talking Pictures 4:00pm Ivanhoe 5:45pm Flog It!

3:10pm Mel and Sue's Best Bits 4:10pm Tipping Point 5:15pm The Spy Who Loved Me

3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm The Simpsons 4:00pm Penelope 5:50pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

4:25pm Hoodwinked 5:55pm Made of Honour When Hannah asks Tom to be the Maid of Honour at her forthcoming nuptials, Tom sees it as a chance to finally win her affections.

3:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 4:00pm Last Man Standing 4:30pm Last Man Standing 5:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin

6pm 7:35pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Get Your Act Together

6:20pm Mr. Popper's Penguins 8:00pm The Jump

7:50pm Hellboy II: The Golden Army

9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Dragons' Den 11:00pm True Grit

9:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 10:00pm Mr Selfridge 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Perspectives

9:00pm The Hotel 10:00pm Our Guy in India 11:05pm The Simpsons 11:30pm The Super Bowl: American Football Live

9:55pm 5 News

12:45am New Jack City 2:20am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside. 3:15am Holby City 4:15am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

12:15am LV Cup Rugby Highlights 1:10am The Store 3:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:15am Nightscreen

4:30am Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 4:40am Kirstie's Best of Both Worlds 5:35am A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

1:00am Britain's Flashiest Families 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Storage: Flog the Lot! 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big

12:00am Show Me Your Garden 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 4:00am Night Cops 5:00am Mission Implausible

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4:40am This is BBC Four 8:00pm Shoah: Second Era 12:40am Sound of Song

4:15pm Stormbreaker 5:15pm FYI Daily 5:20pm Stormbreaker 6:05pm Despicable Me 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Despicable Me 7:55pm Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde 10:00pm The Matrix 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Matrix 12:40am Tricked

9:45am FYI Daily 9:50am George and Mildred 10:40am Heartbeat 11:40am Heartbeat 12:40pm Sherlock Holmes 2:50pm Carry on at Your Convenience 3:50pm FYI Daily 3:55pm Carry on at Your Convenience 4:45pm Rosemary and Thyme 5:45pm Inspector Morse 8:00pm Lewis 10:00pm The Best of the Royal Variety Show 11:00pm Northern Lights 12:05am Pride and Prejudice

8:55am Hogan's Heroes 9:25am The Motorbike Show 10:25am Ax Men 11:20am Pawn Stars 11:50am Pawn Stars 12:15pm Pawn Stars 12:45pm Pawn Stars 1:15pm Pawn Stars 1:45pm Darts 6:00pm Africa Cup of Nations Highlights 7:00pm Counting Cars 7:30pm Counting Cars 8:00pm Darts 12:00am Africa Cup of Nations Highlights 1:00am Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

2:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3:30pm The 100 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 7:00pm Marry Me 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm Drillbit Taylor 11:05pm The Big Bang Theory 11:35pm The Inbetweeners 12:05am The Inbetweeners

Crime

Family

6:00pm Songs of Praise 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Animals in Love 8:00pm Countryfile

6:15pm Ski Sunday 7:00pm The Coffee Trail with Simon Reeve Documentary uncovering the stories behind, and roots of coffee.

Action fantasy.

8:00pm The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane

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

9pm 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm Last Tango in Halifax 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2

The latest news coverage.

10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Justice

9:00pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

12am 12:30am The Apprentice USA 1:50am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:55am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

Animated comedy series about the everyday trials and tribulations of family life.

12:42am Family Guy Animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of family life.

1:05am Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad

Composer and musician Neil Brand's series exploring the alchemy that creates great songs reaches the modern era, when a revolution in how they were made took place.

1:40am Kraftwerk Documentary telling the story of how a group of reclusive Rhineland experimentalists called Kraftwerk became one of the most influential pop groups of all time.

2:40am Synth Britannia 4:10am Sounds of the 70s 4:40am This is BBC Four

SKY MOVIES Action 6:30am Oscars 2015 Nomination Special 7:00am After Earth 8:45am Elysium 10:45am Deep Impact 12:50pm Pain and Gain Three Florida bodybuilders devise a criminal get-rich-quick scheme that goes horribly wrong.

3:10pm After Earth 5:00pm The Patriot 7:50pm Deep Impact 10:00pm Pain and Gain Three Florida bodybuilders devise a criminal get-rich-quick scheme that goes horribly wrong.

12:15am Elysium 2:10am Assault on Precinct 13

Comedy 7:00am Liar Liar 8:40am We're the Millers 10:35am Nacho Libre 12:15pm 13 Going on 30 2:00pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

3:50pm Liar Liar Fletcher Reede didn't become a top lawyer by telling the truth.

5:25pm Mr. Deeds 7:10pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

9:00pm We're the Millers 11:00pm The to Do List A college bookworm sets out to gain the experience she needs to seduce her hunky lifeguard crush.

12:50am In a World...

2:30am Scary Movie 3

6:30am Loss of Faith 8:15am Magic Magic 10:05am Dead Again 12:05pm 25th Hour 2:30pm After the Sunset 4:20pm Closed Circuit 6:10pm Veronica Mars 8:10pm After the Sunset 10:00pm The Last Boy Scout 11:50pm Oldboy An ad man is inexplicably imprisoned in a sparse cell.

1:45am Fear 16-year-old Nicole falls in love with David, a good-looking guy she meets at a party.

6:35am The Muppets Sky Movies Special 7:00am Miracle on 34th Street 9:00am The Smurfs 2 10:55am Stage to Screen A look at the new all-star film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical Into the Woods.

11:30am Return to Nim's Island 1:15pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 3:15pm Eragon 5:15pm The Smurfs 2 7:15pm Return to Nim's Island 9:00pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 11:00pm Eragon 12:45am Baby's Day Out 2:25am Lassie 4:10am Saving Santa

Premiere

TCM

6:30am Maleficent Special 7:00am Ain't Them Bodies Saints 8:45am 300: Rise of an Empire 10:45am Fort BLISS 1:00pm Oscars 2015 Nomination Special 1:30pm Ain't Them Bodies Saints 3:15pm Alien Abduction 5:00pm The Top Ten Show 2015 5:15pm Maleficent 7:00pm 300: Rise of an Empire 9:00pm Maleficent 10:45pm Ain't Them Bodies Saints

8:10am What's Up, Doc? 10:00am The Great Race 12:55pm Sherlock Holmes: Pursuit to Algiers 2:10pm Romance of a Horse Thief 4:00pm Yellowstone Kelly 5:50pm The Big Circus 7:55pm Drum Beat 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 11:00pm Pale Rider 1:15am El Condor 3:10am Pale Rider 5:05am Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America

After years in jail, a Texas outlaw breaks out and attempts to find his wife and child.

12:30am Alien Abduction 2:15am Fort BLISS

OPINION & COMMENT

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aquel Rodriguez Navarro from Inford@tox, Albox, Almeria, said: “Many of our clients are from the UK and spend long periods of time here or transfer their pensions. It is better for them to get a good exchange rate but it also benefits our businesses because they are happy to spend more money here.

This is good for them, good for me, good for Albox and good for Spain.”

Mark spent seven years in the armed forces learning telecommunications skills. He now brings this expertise to the

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MARK: The Sky Doctor, (left), products will cost less. RAQUEL: Inford@tox (centre).

JEFF: (Right) Greater spending power can only boost the local economy.

KEVYN: More money to spend in bars and restaurants will help local businesses.

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community of the Costa del Sol and to you, via The Sky Doctor, professional installers of IPTV and satellite systems based in Marbella and Calahonda. He remarked: “It means that Brits on holiday will have a higher spending capacity to

buy our excellent products and it will cost them less, providing even more value for money for items and services from The Sky Doctor.”

Councillor for Urbanisations, Jeff Wiszniewski, based in Urbanisation La

Marina, Costa Blanca South, believed more spending power benefits the whole community. “Due to the better exchange rates, this is the best time in the last four years for Britons to buy property, particularly as house prices are still low. It also creates work for banks, estate agents and lawyers. The other effect is for those who receive pensions from the UK. With more disposable income, pensioners will spend more on new furniture, clothes, electrical goods, etc, resulting in a boost to our economy.” He added: “If the Spanish economy recovers, hopefully there will be more money available to local authorities, to improve the infrastructure in our communities.”

It is all about boosting the local economy, bar owner Kevyn Noble believes. The entrepreneur who owns and runs Winnies Bar in La Cala de Finestrat, Costa Blanca North, said: “Tourists who have already budgeted their spending money will now get more for their pounds, enabling them to eat and drink out more.

This is definitely beneficial to us and Spain’s industry as a whole.”

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Saints and Scroungers 12:45pm Helicopter Heroes Down Under 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 8:05am Saints and Scroungers 8:50am Helicopter Heroes Down Under 9:20am Channel Patrol 10:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05am Great British Railway Journeys 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:15pm The War Lords 2:45pm The Road to War

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

www.euroweeklynews.com

CH4 7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 8:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:35am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:00am Frasier 9:35am Frasier 10:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Car S.O.S 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Three in a Bed

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Traders Documentary series about cowboy shop-owners and dodgy dealers.

1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

MONDAY TV

SKY 1 6:00am UK Border Force 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 9:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 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 3:40pm Mountain 4:40pm Open All Hours 5:10pm To the Manor Born 5:35pm Hi-De-Hi!

3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm Mel and Sue

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Shipping Wars 5:45pm Couples Come Dine with Me

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Angels Fall

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Antiques Map of Britain 8:00pm Top Gear

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

6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News

6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Criminals: Caught on Camera 8:30pm Car Crash TV

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

9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm A Cook Abroad: Dave Myers' Egypt 11:00pm Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Richard Wilson on the Road 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Broadchurch 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show

9:00pm The Jump 10:00pm The Undateables 11:00pm Catastrophe 11:35pm Bodyshockers

9:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm 10,000 BC

9:00pm The Holidaymakers 10:00pm 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 11:00pm Air Ambulance ER

12:15am Weather 12:20am Debbie's Story 12:50am Alex Polizzi: The Fixer 1:50am The Super-Rich and Us 2:50am This is BBC Two 5:00am Biomimetics

12:45am The Kyle Files 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.

12:40am 24 Hours in A and E 1:35am Walking the Nile 2:30am Man v Weird 3:25am Jon Richardson Grows Up 4:20am A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Botched Up Bodies 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Britain's Flashiest Families 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge

12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

E4

8:00pm Great TV Mistakes 8:30pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:30pm Waterloo Road

4:40am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm National Treasures of Wales 9:00pm The Treasure Hunters 10:00pm Regina: The First Woman Rabbi 11:00pm Storyville

1:15pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm Psych 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Through the Keyhole 11:00pm Death Race 12:00am FYI Daily

12:05pm Judge Judy 12:35pm Judge Judy 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Never the Twain 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm Wycliffe 12:05am Law and Order

2:00pm The Professionals 3:00pm Magnum, P.I. 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 5:00pm Hogan's Heroes 5:30pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm Ax Men 7:00pm Africa Cup of Nations Highlights 8:00pm Rugby Highlights 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Storage Wars Texas 10:30pm Storage Wars Texas 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Bundesliga

3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm The Jump 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 The Jump 9:00pm New Girl 9:30pm New Girl 10:00pm Revenge 11:00pm Rude Tube 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

Crime

Family

3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm The Link 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out

Includes sport and weather.

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Football Focus

Prehistoric adventure.

12am 12:30am The Graham Norton Show 1:15am City Hall 3:00am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

3:05am BBC News

Drama series set in a failing comprehensive school.

10:30pm South Side Story 11:00pm Cuckoo 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:44am Family Guy 1:06am Family Guy 1:30am South Side Story 2:00am Cuckoo 2:30am Excluded: Kicked Out of School

Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.

12:30am The Strange Case of the Law 1:30am Cricklewood Greats 2:15am The Treasure Hunters 3:15am Sounds of the 70s 3:45am Regina: The First Woman Rabbi 5:00am This is BBC Four

SKY MOVIES Action 6:20am The Poseidon Adventure 8:20am K-19: The Widowmaker 10:40am Mean Machine 12:25pm The Bridge on the River Kwai 3:05pm Oblivion 5:10pm King Arthur 7:20pm Believe 9:00pm Mean Machine 10:45pm The Top Ten Show 2015 11:00pm Green Street After he's expelled from Harvard, journalism student Matt moves to London.

12:55am Oblivion 3:05am Thor: The Dark World Special 3:35am The Bridge on the River Kwai

Comedy 7:40am Oscars 2015 Nomination Special 8:10am Stir Crazy 10:05am Syrup 11:40am Kingsman: Secret Service Special 12:10pm The Hangover Part III 1:55pm Starsky and Hutch 3:40pm Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 5:10pm The Best Man Holiday 7:20pm Syrup 9:00pm The Hangover Part III 11:00pm Starsky and Hutch 12:45am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2:15am Stir Crazy 4:10am Alter Egos 5:30am The Pink Panther Strikes Again

7:30am Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 10:10am The Chamber 12:15pm Get Rich or Die Tryin' A stretch in prison helps New York drug dealer Marcus realise that he must change his life.

2:25pm American Hustle 4:55pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 6:25pm Zero Dark Thirty Special 6:40pm Get Rich or Die Tryin' 8:40pm American Hustle 11:00pm Lucky Number Slevin Two New York crime lords think luckless Slevin owes them money.

12:55am Falling Down

7:35am Born Free 9:15am Monster House 10:50am Pete's Christmas 12:25pm Khumba 2:00pm Despicable Me 2 Special A behind-the-scenes look at the deviously entertaining animated sequel.

2:30pm Groundhog Day 4:15pm Monster House 5:50pm Daddy Day Care 7:25pm Khumba 9:00pm Groundhog Day 10:45pm Jack the Giant Slayer 12:40am Pete's Christmas 2:15am Daddy Day Care 3:50am Jack the Giant Slayer

Premiere

TCM

7:00am Ain't Them Bodies Saints 8:45am In Secret 10:45am Alien Abduction

6:00am Romance of a Horse Thief 7:50am Yellowstone Kelly 9:40am The Big Circus 11:45am Drum Beat 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The First Texan 5:35pm Last of the Comanches 7:10pm The Naked Hills 8:35pm Man From God's Country 10:00pm Rush Hour 11:50pm Mystic River 2:20am Rush Hour 4:05am Tarzan and The Valley of Gold

A family on a camping holiday have a terrifying extraterrestrial encounter. Scifi/horror.

12:30pm Fort BLISS 2:45pm Kingsman: Secret Service Special 3:15pm Ain't Them Bodies Saints 5:00pm Maleficent 6:45pm Fort BLISS 9:00pm Maleficent 10:45pm Ain't Them Bodies Saints 12:30am Alien Abduction A family on a camping holiday have a terrifying extraterrestrial encounter. Scifi/horror.

The jungle king fights to protect a lost city of gold from the international criminal Vinaro.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Saints and Scroungers 12:45pm Helicopter Heroes Down Under 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 8:05am Saints and Scroungers 8:50am Helicopter Heroes Down Under 9:20am Channel Patrol 10:05am Kate Humble: Into the Volcano 11:05am Great British Railway Journeys 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:20pm The War Lords 2:50pm The Road to War

ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

www.euroweeklynews.com

CH4 7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 8:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:35am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:00am Frasier 9:35am Frasier 10:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Car S.O.S 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Three in a Bed

CH5 5:45am House Doctor 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake!

10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Traders 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 9:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 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 Father Brown 4:00pm The Link 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

3:40pm Mountain 4:40pm Open All Hours 5:10pm To the Manor Born 5:40pm Hi-De-Hi!

3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm Mel and Sue

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Shipping Wars 5:45pm Couples Come Dine with Me

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Undercover Bridesmaid

6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Antiques Map of Britain 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Deirdre and Me

6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Benefits

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

9:00pm Alex Polizzi: The Fixer 10:00pm Inside the Commons 11:00pm Rory Bremner's Coalition Report 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Bad Builders Bang to Rights 10:00pm Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Benidorm

9:00pm The Jump 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm Ramsay's Hotel Hell 11:55pm The Mega Brothel

9:00pm Costa Del Casualty 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm 10,000 BC

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Air Ambulance ER 11:00pm Ross Kemp: Extreme World

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

9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Count Arthur Strong 12:15am Gareth Thomas: Game Changer

12:10am Carry on Jack 1:45am Jackpot 247

12am 1:15am Forget Me Not A moving, modernday love story set over 24 hours against a stunning London backdrop. 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:50am BBC News

12:15am Weather The latest weather information. 12:20am Dragons' Den 1:20am Film 2015 1:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 4:50am Make a Musical 5:50am House of Sound

4:00am Loose Women The Loose Ladies share the latest news and views from the day's papers, and cover a bushel of gripes and gossip, too. 4:45am Nightscreen

1:00am Pokerstars.Com and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final 1:55am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:25am Transworld Sport 3:25am Itera Expedition Race 3:50am Helly Hansen Killarney Adventure Race

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am 10 Annoying Things About and 1999 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Age Gap Love 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:25am Divine Designs 5:50am House Doctor

12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:50am Hawaii Five-0 3:40am Inherent Vice Special 4:10am Road Wars 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

E4

8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Motorway Cops 10:00pm Excluded: Kicked Out of School 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy

5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Digging for Britain 10:00pm The Mary Rose: A Timewatch Guide 11:00pm Smiley's People 12:00am Joy of the Guitar Riff 1:00am Great Guitar Riffs at the BBC 2:00am Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities 3:00am Digging for Britain 4:00am The Mary Rose: A Timewatch Guide 5:00am This is BBC Four

1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm Psych 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm The Mummy Returns 9:30pm FYI Daily 9:35pm The Mummy Returns 11:00pm Cockroaches 11:35pm Plebs 12:05am Plebs 12:35am Two and a Half Men

10:40am The Royal 11:40am Judge Judy 12:05pm Judge Judy 12:35pm Judge Judy 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Never the Twain 5:50pm Fresh Fields 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm The Kindness of Strangers 12:30am Law and Order

2:00pm The Professionals 3:00pm Magnum, P.I. 4:00pm Goodwood Cars of the Future 5:00pm Hogan's Heroes 5:30pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm Minder 7:00pm Ax Men 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm The Jump 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 The Jump 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm The 100 11:00pm Supernatural 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

Comedy

Crime

Family

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

12:44am Family Guy 1:06am Family Guy 1:30am Excluded: Kicked Out of School 2:30am South Side Story 3:00am Bangkok Airport 3:55am Excluded: Kicked Out of School

SKY MOVIES Action 6:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:00am Kindergarten Cop 9:05am Executive Decision 11:30am Thor: The Dark World With the universe at threat from a sinister race of Dark Elves, only the mighty Thor and his magical hammer can save the forces of good.

1:35pm Kick-Ass 2 3:30pm Lethal Weapon 5:35pm Executive Decision Islamic terrorists take control of a Washington-bound jet. Intelligence analyst David tags along with the rescue team, and when the commando leader is killed, it's up to the desk jockey to save the passengers.

8:00pm Thor: The Dark World 10:00pm Kick-Ass 2 11:50pm Lethal Weapon 1:55am Blade

8:45am The Man with Two Brains 10:20am The Cable Guy 12:00pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 1:50pm Wedding Crashers John and Jeremy specialise in crashing weddings. Gaining entry to the marriage of the daughter of Treasury Secretary Cleary is their greatest achievement, until John breaks the rules and falls in love. Romantic comedy.

3:55pm Analyze This 5:45pm Analyze That After a stint in prison, neurotic mob boss Paul Vitti is released back into the care of shrink Billy Crystal. But this time the exasperated psychiatrist has his own troubles to contend with.

7:25pm Bean 9:00pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 11:00pm Wedding Crashers 1:05am The Cable Guy

7:00am Ripley's Game 8:55am The Washington Snipers 10:35am Solo 12:05pm Derailed A one-night stand has dire consequences for Charles and Lucinda, the strangers who are caught in the act by a violent robber who turns the situation to his advantage.

1:55pm White House Down 4:10pm Conspiracy Theory 6:35pm Solo A teen must spend the night on a secluded island as part of her induction for being a camp counsellor. However, her stay is disturbed by the unearthing of a terrible secret.

8:10pm Dead Calm 10:00pm White House Down 12:15am Kiss the Girls

7:25am Peter Pan 9:20am The Muppets Sky Movies Special 9:45am Ice Age: The Meltdown 11:45am Muppets Most Wanted The Muppets are on a European tour, little knowing Kermit's been replaced by a criminal doppelganger.

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You have the right to answers Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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N Ukraine, a terrifying civil war rages.

Devastation is likened to the Battle of Stalingrad as the death tolls nears 5,000.

Europe’s biggest country is disintegrating. Over one million Europeans are displaced, 750,000 live in Russian displacement camps; borders sealed to stop thousands of young people avoiding conscription by escaping to Russia.

EU sanctions and economic sabotage in support of the Kiev regime is said to have plunged the eurozone into recession.

And for what? The Russian invasion of Crimea? Then part of the USSR, Crimea in 1954 was gifted to Ukraine by a tipsy First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev.

Crimeans recently voted

overwhelmingly to return to their homeland. We have yet to see credible evidence of a single Russian army boot on Ukrainian soil despite numerous alleged invasions.

Seven EU countries, so far, demand sanctions be lifted: Austria, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, France and the Czech Republic.

Their economies and others

sabotaged by BrusselsWashington blockades. Greece may soon give two fingers to EU membership; will Spain and others follow?

The New York Observer: ‘The new Ukraine is run by Sexpots, Warlords, Lunatics and Oligarchs.’

Venerable British journalist, John Pilger: “In the Ukraine the US is dragging us into a war

UKRAINE: Europe’s biggest country is disintegrating.

with Russia” - The Guardian, May 13, 2014.

Let us take a closer look at those in key positions of the EU/ US backed Kiev regime. After Washington DC bragged about their ousting elected President Viktor Yanukovych, there is little point in debating whether they did or not. Who has taken the overthrown government’s place?

Get ready to squirm.

Billionaire oligarch Pyotr Poroshenko is President.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Oleg Makhnitsky, the xenophobic leader of the Bandera Svoboda Party. It uses Nazi regalia and salutes. I don’t know why, as Banderistas spent their war in Nazi concentration camps.

New Secretary of the powerful National Defence and Security Council, Andriy Parubiy, aka ‘The Commandant,’ is leader of the Swastika flaunting Fatherland Party.

His Deputy is Dmytro Yarosh, leader of the Right Sector’s paramilitary wing. Photographs of him

and his armed henchmen wearing army fatigues and IRA type balaclavas circulate.

New Defence Minister is Ihor Tenyukh, extreme rightist of the Svoboda Party. Key government positions are held by various Svoboda Party thugs such as Oleksandr Sych, one of Ukraine’s three Prime Ministers.

This obnoxious party holds key government ministries such as Agriculture.

The Economy Minister is Lithuanian, the Finance Minister, a US citizen. The Health Minister is Georgian who cannot speak Ukrainian. All parachuted in

by Washington DC. These are the kind of people that Washington DC’s Victoria Nuland, Senator John McCain, and other top US and EU officials embrace.

If you ask what the hell is going on then you have every right to ask. You also have the right to demand answers. If we fail to address this unfolding tragedy, the John Pilger war prophecy could be reality.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Someone with a romantic interest in you starts buzzing around. This is all very well if you are willing, but if not keep your distance. As thoughts turn to summer, it is not surprising that a holiday is on your mind.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Putting your thoughts and feelings on a par with someone else will help you to understand their point of view. Tthere will need to be some compromise if everyone is to be happy.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Small matters start to clog up the emotional works. You would rather be somewhere else, but grit your teeth and deal with necessary matters. Finances certainly must be watched most carefully.

LIBRA

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(September 24 October 23) Although you may not have received the expected response to a question recently, it is no reason to brood.

SCORPIO (October 24 November 22) The way to bring energy levels up this week is to spend time with energetic people. You may feel a little on the fringes initially but, at the end of the day, your spirit will be lifted.

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.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 December 21) Look ahead to see how exactly you can make this spring extra special. Making your plans clear to others means a smooth journey.

CAPRICORN (December 22 January 20) There is an incredibly romantic week ahead if you only enter into the spirit of it. Let your feelings be seen and felt, showing appreciation for loved ones.

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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 L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

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Average: 11

Very good: 20

Good: 14

Excellent: 25

amen, amid, amir, dame, damn, damp, dime, dram, emir, idem, made, maid, main, mane, mare, mead, mean, mend, mien, mind, mine, mire, name, perm, pram, prim, ramp, ream, rime, admen, admin, aimed, aimer, amend, amide, amine, anime, armed, denim, derma, dimer, dream, maned, media, mined, miner, mired, named, namer, prima, prime, ramie, rearm, remap, rimed, admire, airmen, dampen, damper, impend, maiden, marine, marred, median, medina, minder, primed, primer, ramped, remain, remand, remind, admirer, mariner, married, REPRIMAND

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

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Even as you prepare to go on a trip or start something new this week, the future beckons. In small things there are clues to the way forward. A chance encounter brings humour and opens your eyes to a friendship lately neglected.

Alicante TODAY:

(SEAM) SEAS PEAS or SNAP SOAP

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Emotional and monetary wealth go hand in hand at the beginning of this energetic week. Someone is likely to make demands that you find unacceptable and you will need all your tact to avoid unpleasantness.

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Being at the forefront of a learning experience is pleasurable this week. An unexpected offer seems small but could have a big effect. A friend in need may go over the top and annoy you.

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According to Roman mythology, which twin brothers were the legendary founders of Rome?

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4. What are the forenames of the two female members of the Swedish pop group ABBA? 5. What are the names of the two team captains on the longrunning TV panel show Have I Got News For You? 6. What were the names of the actors who played the first two ‘incarnations’ of Dr Who? 7. What were the names of the first two women (both Russian) in space?

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Across 1 Letters from Oscar certainly seem few and far between (6) 4 Some of Clement Attlee’s gossip (6) 9 Eat a cut cooked spark (7) 10 Post the money for a bet (5) 11 Will, from the rear, looks dowdy (4) 12 Bring down dress circle record (7) 15 On the contrary, her art is moving (6) 16 Group of ten become rotten we hear (6) 19 Spoke but spoke indistinctly first off (7) 21 Mention it's in church (4) 24 A doctor has some hesitation about the colour (5) 25 One so behind after quarantine (7) 26 Journey made by composer after end of concert (6) 27 Hate can be tested (6) Down 1 Normal sort of flag (8) 2 Appeal to an act containing a refined tart (7) 3 Bird talk (4)

Across 1 Capture (6) 4 No longer tired (6) 9 Short sleep (3) 10 Announce (7) 11 Break down (7) 12 Separate part of a whole (5) 13 Thickly packed (5) 15 Encounters (5) 20 Makes warmer (5) 22 Wailing (7) 24 Futile (7) 25 Fasten (3) 26 Fixed (6) 27 Repaired (6)

5 "A ship, your Majesty!" Ted declared (8) 6 Takes in the faulty parts (5) 7 Veer off at any time (4) 8 Some native general back in the desert (5) 13 Erase her comical practise (8) 14 Forceful? Even them, in a way (8)

17 Bring to life, I meant a modification (7) 18 Memento from more licentious times (5) 20 I bit a broken bone (5) 22 Lure one into club (4) 23 Secret message from San Francisco detective (4)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents J and 24 represents C, so fill in J every time the figure 4 appears and C every time the figure 24 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Severe, 4 Closet, 8 Acrid, 10 Scope, 11 Erect, 12 Shine, 13 Earns, 14 Mason, 17 Acts, 19 Cent, 21 Lasts, 24 Bride, 25 Tails, 27 Abode, 28 Ahead, 29 Range, 30 Eating, 31 Beards.

Down: 1 Swansea, 2 Verdi, 3 Redeem, 5 Listen, 6 Scourge, 7 Teens, 9 Fees, 15 Ada, 16 Out, 18 Trident, 20 Testers, 21 Leaden, 22 Shot, 23 Sterne, 24 Brace, 26 Inner.

QUICK Across: 1 Lamp, 4 Peculiar, 8 Coarse, 9 Nearer, 10 Joke, 11 Startled, 13 Little, 15 Tested, 17 Reaching, 20 Rags, 21 Scheme, 23 Adapts, 24 Operates, 25 Sick.

Down: 2 Apologise, 3 Perfect, 4 Press, 5 Contact, 6 Least, 7 Ate, 12 Energetic, 14 Evident, 16 Screams, 18 Cheer, 19 Goals, 22 Cap. ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Snail, 4 Shade, 7 Margarine, 10 Cod, 15 Artichoke, 17 Medio, 18 Argue.

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Down: 1 Sala, 2 Arm, 3 Loro, 4 Scar, 5 Amigo, 6 Even, 9 Usted, 11 Farm, 12 Ocio, 13 Boca, 14 Bone, 16/8 Egg cup.

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

Across 1 Plomo (4) 3 Cuevas (5) 8 Translator (9) 9 Late (after usual time) (5) 10 Garras (de animal) (5) 12 Carpintero (9) 14 Home (5) 15 Elbow (4) Down 1 Lápiz de labios (8) 2 Después de (5) 4 Avocado (8) 5 Comer (3) 6 Wastepaper bin (8) 7 Alleged (8) 11 Sour (not sweet) (5) 13 River (3)

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

BITTER

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Funagram Unscramble the name of a member of the European Union and its capital city: SILENT NATIONAL FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: NEIL ROBERTSON, ESTONIA, TALLINN

Unscramble the name of a top professional snooker player: NO TERRIBLE SON

Down 1 Yearly (6) 2 Put back (7) 3 Unhappily (5) 5 Specimen (7) 6 Subject (5) 7 Peril (6) 8 Threaded fastener (5) 14 Hang freely (7) 16 Distorted (7) 17 Heads (6) 18 Robber (5) 19 United by being of the same opinion (6) 21 Make laugh (5) 23 Squander (5)

1 Splash, 2 Ambled, 3 Shells, 4 Paltry, 5 Please, 6 Deduce, 7 Fields, 8 Cancel, 9 Titter, 10 Facing, 11 Saucer, 12 Rigour, 13 Chains, 14 Trough, 15 Corona, 16 Cruise, 17 Favour, 18 Archer, 19 Forces

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Better strip the dummy!

Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

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ACK in the early 70s, before novelty birthday gifts like strip-a-grams became all the rage, an acquaintance from the local pub decided that he was going to hire himself out in this manner.

His name was Jack. He had the build of an athlete, complete with an impressive six pack - unlike me who sported more of a Gobi Desert belly (flat and featureless) - and was always an instant hit with the ladies.

Nevertheless, he was a good bloke and was well liked by most of the male patrons.

He outlined his plans to us and asked if anyone had a suggestion of what he should call himself. A lot of weird drink induced handles were suggested and when I came up with my own idea, it was adopted with great enthusiasm.

Thus Jack the Stripper was born.

Personally I was glad to get rid of

him on Saturday evenings. At least, I reasoned, there would be a better chance of pulling a mini skirted dolly or two with him not around.

We saw less and less of him as his novel service caught on and he seemed to be travelling further afield entertaining rooms full of drunken women on birthday binges.

Then he vanished completely.

Somebody told us that he had a regular spot in a London strip club, so we resolved to surprise him and travel to the Smoke one weekend to catch his act.

We expected some upper class establishment, but were shocked to find a seedy little uni-sex place in a back street off Soho. Jack the Stripper was the headline act according to the tatty poster outside and as we were shown to our seats, one of the supporting acts was just about to start her routine.

Our jaws dropped open as an aging, very ugly woman limped on to the stage dressed in a man’s suit, complete with ventriloquist’s dummy!

It was the most grotesque thing we had ever seen and long before

the old biddy had removed even half of her Burtons three piece, we were yelling for her to strip the dummy.

It would have been more of a turnon.

This was more than enough for us and we agreed that we had no wish to witness the depths to which our erstwhile pal might have descended; paid the extortionate bar bill and left.

None of us ever saw Jack again, but we subsequently heard that he had inexplicably moved to Switzerland - the land of dodgy bank accounts and cuckoo clocks.

God knows what he was doing, but I had recurring visions of him entertaining a bunch of Swiss hausfraus, covered in melted Toblerone and yodelling to the strains of Edelweiss.

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JACK THE STRIPPER: With the build of an athlete and an impressive six pack.

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THE sunny weather and having my parents with me has been warming in all senses of the word. My sister left last week to fly back to Manila and her partner back to Singapore.

It was very sad to see them go, especially my sister with whom I am extremely close and love dearly. It is hard to express how proud I am of her and just what a strong person she is. Just as well my parents didn’t leave on the same day otherwise it would have been even tougher to say goodbye to everyone at the same time.

My parents and I enjoyed doing the simple things together, sharing meals, playing games with the

children, supporting their grandson on the sidelines at football matches, chatting by the fire, watching Only Fools and Horses and British quizzes which they have been starved of because they live in Mexico.

Unfortunately all good things come to an end and their departure date drew nearer.

The last night was spent together with my children and Jorge having a meal out and then suddenly it was time to pack up and go.

Jorge drove them to the airport and parked outside the door and was allowed to leave the car there for longer than normal because of his job.

Rather good having a badge to flash from time to time!

We said our goodbyes and did well not to be overcome by emotion, although I have to admit to having a little cry later. It had been lovely to see them and it reminded me of my childhood. A cup of tea or a meal made by your parents is a thing to be treasured.

I shall miss having them here but I am glad they are back in Mexico in much warmer climes.

IN MODERATION: A small glass of wine a day could be beneficial.

FAMILY WARMTH: It was sad to see my parents and sister leave.

My parents are both cancer survivors and have fought off practically everything, but they cannot abide the cold.

Thankfully the days were sunny but the nights were a little too cold for their liking in Spain. It’s understandable as Mexico enjoys a warm climate all year round.

After a quick pit stop to see Jorge’s mum I headed back to my house. The week was spent fairly quietly, resting, eating well and playing word

games. My daughter in particular loves them. The Saturday football match was upon us again and I have to say that despite a sterling performance from my son, we were soundly beaten!

Never mind, nothing a cinema trip and popcorn wouldn’t sort out!

Next week would be my fourth treatment and I was really hoping that they would manage to get the line in first time. There was a trainee

nurse the last few times I went for my chemo and whilst I appreciate she needs to practice, I would rather she didn’t do it on me!

As my veins aren’t the best I really need someone who knows what they are doing.

Apart from that minor concern and a slight chesty cough, I was feeling on good form and looking forward to getting to the half way point of my chemo.

A little bit like an obstacle course, you have to jump through the hoops, under the cargo netting and over the wall and charge down the other side to the finish line. Once this next session was over I would be ‘over the wall’ so to speak, which I was greatly looking forward to. Whilst I am extremely patient there is nothing you can do to speed up the process.

Do the things you have less time to do when you are at full speed with a busy working life.

Read a book, have a siesta and cook wholesome meals… I must remember to take some of my own advice!

A drink a day may be good for you FORGET dry January, having a drink could actually cut your chances of developing heart failure if you’re middleaged.

An American study of nearly 15,000 people aged between 45 and 64, found that drinking up to seven drinks a week (such as a small glass of wine or half a pint) is linked with a 20

per cent lower risk of men developing heart failure in the future compared to people who did not drink at all and there was a 16 per cent cut in risk for women.

But be strict on the one small drink a day rule as researchers found that there was an increased risk of death for those who reported consuming 21 or more

drinks a week at the start of the study.

A professor of the study said: “These findings suggest that drinking alcohol in moderation does not contribute to an increased risk of heart failure and may even be protective, but heavy alcohol use is certainly a risk factor for deaths from any cause.”

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Which country in the world is most overweight?

OBESITY: The Pacific Islands have shot to the top of the list.

THE most obese nation in the world may surprise many people; the Pacific Islands.

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Traditional foods of the islands such as fresh fish, meat and local fruits and vegetables have been replaced by rice, sugar, flour, canned meats, canned fruits and soft drinks and beer.

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Shaping your body and face without resorting to surgery

IF someone said there was a machine out there that could melt fat, contour bodies, tighten loose skin, lift faces and diminish wrinkles, how would you respond? You’d probably be scanning the sky for those flying pigs, right?

But amazingly this machine does actually exist and it’s the answer to so many beauty problems that it’s almost easier to tell you what it doesn’t do and is available now at Medcare clinics in Benijofar and L’Alfaz del Pi. The Exilis Elite is a radiofrequency device that is taking the medical aesthetics world by storm. It works with controlled energy, delivered to varying depths to perform different functions.

For inch loss and body contouring, it simply can’t be

beaten. This non-invasive, nodowntime treatment can shrink fat cells in just about any part of the body, including thighs, underarms, belly and backsides.

It is also popular for dealing with bra fat, man boobs and even works on knees. Great for areas dieting and exercise won’t shift.

Medcare’s Dr Najma Hussain, who recently brought the Exilis Elite to her Costa Blanca clinics explained: “You cannot spot reduce with dieting, you will lose weight globally but are likely to be left with stubborn hard to shift fat in certain areas. The Exilis can shrink and shape these areas, and also tightens the skin. There really is no other device that can do all this. About half of patients will lose one to two inches after the first treatment, and with a course of four it is possible to lose

up to four inches.”

The treatment itself couldn’t be simpler. During the process a temperature-monitoring hand piece is passed over the skin for 10 to 15 minutes. The patient feels nothing more than a warm sensation.

So, that’s the fat loss, contouring and body skin tightening, which alone would be impressive, but there’s more. A change of setting and Exilis does amazing things to the face and neck. It tightens and improves the look of the skin, lifts the face and reduces lines and wrinkles; quickly making Exilis the go-to machine for non-surgical face lifting.

Dr Hussain said: “Exilis is a popular treatment for tightening the jaw, neck and around the mouth. It even tightens skin

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WALKING can do more than put a spring in your step; it can help reduce your risk of lifethreatening disorders such as stroke, heart disease and depression, particularly if you walk in groups.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UK) carried out a review of 42 studies that looked at participants in 14 countries, who walked in groups for a total of 74,000 hours.

They found that when people walked together they naturally walked further and faster offering greater health benefits and physical fitness. They also reported people who walk in groups also tend to have a more positive attitude toward physical activity, a shared experience of wellness, and say they felt less lonely and isolated.

Experts recommend 150 minutes a week of moderate activity such as brisk walking.

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Flu cases to increase CASES of flu are expected to increase in Spain in the coming days.

The Ministry of Health said the current epidemic wave is within the normal parameters and was expected.

According to a report by the Influenza Surveillance System in Spain, prepared by the Health Institute Carlos III, the start of influenza activity recently has exceeded the baseline threshold or level set for this season in Andalucia, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Navarra and Melilla.

In Madrid and Asturias this threshold was exceeded in late 2014.

There has been 45 serious cases of people being hospitalised with the virus flu which “falls within the expected number of patients at the moment in which we find the start of the epidemic wave,” said the deputy director general of

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INFLUENZA: It’s important to be vaccinated.

Health Promotion and Epidemiology, Elena Andrade.

Andrade also highlighted the importance of the government’s flu vaccination campaign with those over 65 advised to have the jab along with children with chronic diseases, pregnant women, professionals working in health centres

and nursing homes and those working in essential public services.

Andrade said that the healthy system is “perfectly prepared for the situation and are strengthening their structures to provide the most appropriate service possible to people in need during the flu epidemic.”

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Less exercise is still healthy PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Don’t be put off.

DESPITE experts and health officials advising use to carrying out 20 minutes of physical activity every day, now, they say just one hour of exercise a week could be enough to keep

people healthy and reduce the risk of premature death.

Articles published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggest that people should focus on the

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benefits of small increases in daily physical activity as the weekly target of ‘moderate to intense’ activity is unachievable for many.

The article quotes a doctor from the Toulouse University Hospital in France who said improvements in health and fitness can be achieved by doing less as shown in a study of more than 250,000 adults aged 50 to 71 in the USA,

which found less than one hour of moderate physical activity a week or 20 minutes or more of vigorous activity once a week reduced the risk of premature death by 15 per cent and 23 per cent respectively.

Experts also fear that people may be put off doing any form of exercise if they can’t meet the recommended 20 minute a day amount.

Ebola treatments could be obsolete SCIENTISTS say that Ebola strains causing the outbreak in West Africa are changing and evolving so quickly that it could have an impact on experimental drugs with many being obsolete before they even become available.

Drugs currently in development are designed to bind to and target pieces of the virus’ genetic sequence, or proteins deriving from that sequence, but if the sequence changes over time, the drugs may not be as effective.

The study by the Centre for Genome

Sciences at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, carried out research which highlighted the genetic changes that could affect these sequence-based drugs that were originally designed in the early 2000s based on virus strains from outbreaks in 1976 and 1995. Genetic mutations have occurred in the Ebola virus during the last four decades.

Two potential new drugs are being tested at centres run by the charity Medicins Sans Frontiers to beat Ebola.

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Christopher’s Italia SOME have it, others don’t and Restaurante Christopher has it.

It has it all in abundance offering the most welcoming and cosy ambience, friendly staff and first class cuisine, which is why it is one of the Euro Weekly News’ favourite restaurants and we’re not the only ones who return time and time again.

One of the most special things about Christopher’s and why it has been successfully serving diners on the Costa Blanca for over a decade, is that owner Christopher Cain never rests on his laurels and is continually innovating and developing new dishes and menus along with head chef Neil Lloyd.

Their latest creation is the Menu Italiano, and it doesn’t

CLASSIC: Be transported to Italy with these dishes. disappoint.

With olive-oil infused breads, cured meats and linguine and tagliatelle pastas, the menu is a lovely, refreshing way to enjoy an a la carte meal with some lighter options, perfect for those still recovering after over- indulging at Christmas.

We tried the Melanzane offering layers of oven baked chargrilled aubergine, fresh tomatoes and

parmesan cheese and the Antipasto selection of Italian cured meats with olives and peppernatta, offering the perfect pick-me-up during the winter months, conjuring up images of those long summer nights dining al fresco on the terrace, which still seem a long way off.

For mains we indulged in succulent fillet steak tournedos rossini with pate and marsala sauce, served

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an creations with a generous portion of homecooked chips and large mushrooms.

The tagliatelle pescatore was equally as tasty and evocative of Italian dining with salmon and king prawns tossed in pasta, which may not be the most elegant of ingredients, but the dish is served elegantly and attractively in true, Christopher’s a la carte style.

For those with a sweet tooth, some of Christopher’s signature desserts can be sampled and indulged in from vanilla and mango cheesecake, naughty but nice chocolate fondant and perfect meringue nests piled high with flavour and

sweet treats.

The Italiano menu is being served throughout January, February and March costing just €19.95 for three courses and a glass of wine and sits alongside the standard a la carte menu so if you have a particular favourite, it will still be available and it is expected that the most popular dishes on the Italiano menu will be added to the main selection after March.

Booking is recommended for your visit, particularly on a Saturday when the atmosphere is enhanced with the gentle tones of Jackie Whyte serenading and entertaining diners.

Restaurante Christopher is open Tuesday-Saturday from 6pm and on Sundays from 1pm-4.30pm for Sunday lunches.

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and harvesting/processing Caring for your olive trees The basic needs TO ensure the maximum yields each year, subject to weather conditions, you will need to prune, feed and take precautions against potential pest attacks.

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Pruning There are four important types of pruning:

• Remedial pruning of neglected olive trees When we took over a long abandoned olive grove we needed to do 80 to 90 per cent pruning in the first year.

• Regular winter pruning In the eight weeks after harvesting it is normal to cut out vertical growth which cannot be trained to grow horizontally or weeping, plus weak, deceased and dead growth. This will help channel sap to last year’s growth and stimulate new side shoots on which flowers and fruit will form.

• Regular spring pruning Once the new flower buds can be seen a thinning of crowned branches and non flowering growth is made to stimulate larger olives.

Depending on the health of the tree this can be a five to 20 per cent pruning.

• Removal of suckers Suckers often sprout up from the lower trunk and

shallow roots surrounding the tree base. These need to be removed to ensure all sap flows to productive branches.

The main cutting off is in the winter but they are best trimmed off throughout the year when they first appear. Having cut these off some producers, cover the base of the tree to stimulate any further shoots to develop as new roots.

Feeding Two types of feeding are beneficial. Firstly a late winter root feed using well rotted animal manures, powdered dried manures or proprietary ecological manures.

Secondly ecological foliar feeds in spring, summer and autumn.

Irrigation We suggest you do not water your olive trees except for recently planted young trees and during freak long dry spells. Olive trees are one of the most drought resistant trees.

Spraying There are number of

OLIVE TREES: Need regular pruning. pests that can affect yields and the quality of fruit.

Ecological products are available for each and the most convenient can be mixed together to reduce the number of sprayings required.

The most common are as follows.

The olive moth - feeds on flowers, eats kernels and bore into leaves spray in spring.

The olive fly - infests olives during spring, summer and mostly in autumn - spray three times for greatest effect.

Sooty moulds and

scales on leaves and twigs - Spray with a fungicide in winter and early spring.

Olive knot - small tumours on branches and twigs caused by bacteria entering wounds caused by beating olives off the trees, using hand rakes, poor pruning and hail and frosts - prune out badly damaged growth and stop using canes to knock off olives.

Spray with a fungicide if a big problem.

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Listen to David on TRE every Saturday 10 thru 11.

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CHILDREN are always excited about a new pet.

Don’t allow them to overwhelm him with attention and handling.

They should be taught to play gently with him, and never to disturb him when he is sleeping or eating.

Parental supervision is important.

When he is first settling in, your new pet may have problems of shyness, anxiety, restlessness, excitement, crying or barking. Physical symptoms may include excessive water-drinking, frequent urination, diarrhoea or a poor appetite. If any of these symptoms last, call your veterinarian.

GENTLE PLAY: Set rules for your children and dog.

Be consistent. Decide on the rules and stick to them.

For example, be sure you and your children understand whether or not the dog is allowed on the furniture. If you change the rules, the dog will be confused. Don’t allow him to do something one time and forbid it the next.

Obedience training can be helpful to the adult dog and to you. However, it is

not the same as training a puppy.

Your dog may have learned commands other than the ones you use.

Take time for him to adjust.

Most dogs adjust quickly to their new families within a week or two. Some take longer.

In most cases the dog will be a well-adjusted member of the family within a month.

Pet sitters for frequent travellers

By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch THE Grays from Bristol love the Costa de Almeria.

As they near retirement, they find they are spending more and more time on holiday in Spain, and it’s increasingly difficult to find care for their dog, Poppy.

It was easier asking relatives and friends when they popped over for a week or so now and again, but now their trips are getting longer and more frequent, pet sitting favours are more difficult.

They recently came across a network that allows them to tap into available housesitters with pet experience,

some local to them, others remote but keen to travel and swap their pet experience for free accommodation.

To Don and Susan this has provided a solution.

They signed up three months ago and have already hosted one housesitting couple and have advertised their next three sets of dates on the website. HouseSitMatch. com allows them to plan up to three advance trips.

“This is unique, and pretty darned handy for regular travellers,” they said.

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LIONS in Torrevieja have handed over €2,800 to a local charity in Torrevieja.

That was the amount raised by the club’s festive season fundraising programme and every cent was donated to ALPE Torrevieja, an educational and social facility for disabled and handicapped children and young adults.

Torrevieja Costa Lions President Iain Bennett accompanied by Lions Peter and Polly Long were delighted when they

were invited to attend a celebration get together at ALPE called Te de la Amistad along with representatives of other local NGOs. During the celebration tea everyone was shown a presentation of the latest work undertaken by ALPE. All present were given a conducted tour of the ALPE project to view work in progress. ALPE President Fina Sala was delighted to receive the donation and thanked everyone concerned.

FUN SESSION: The group are now back rehearsing after the festive break.

Velvetones and Spangles!

THE Velvetones are back rehearsing after their seasonal break, and had a fun session joined by The Spangles, from Los Alcazares, near the Mar Menor.

If you would like to be part of a fun hobby singing in four part harmony, join

rehearsals at El Paraiso, behind Carrefour and McDonalds in Torrevieja, every Wednesday 9.45am to 12.30pm - guests welcome. Call Ena 965 707 598, Lorraine 663 751 773 or June 965 327 446 or visit the website www.velvetones.org.

Charitable LAGS start a new season LAGS (Los Amigos Golf Society) Mazarron kicked off their 2015 season at Paraleja Golf Resort hoping to eclipse last year’s fantastic efforts.

Over seven years LAGS have raised more than €18,000, with €7,000 collected last year alone.

The main recipient has been the Aspadem School in Mazarron; a school for children and young adults with disabilities and LAGS have been able to provide financial support enabling

the school to purchase badly needed equipment and services to enhance the development of their pupils.

Members normally hold a fundraising event in September and are looking for sponsors. If you can help, visit www. losamigosgolfsociety.es.

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Established since 2006, the family-run real estate company first opened their office in Urbanisation La Marina. Since then, their successful business model has seen two further offices open in Gran Alacant and then Algorfa. Stuart Markham runs the Algorfa office, partner Samantha O’Connor runs La Marina while her father Steve Austin is based in Gran Alacant.

Together, the trio control and manage hundreds of rental and resale properties and clients.

Stuart said: “If you have a property to sell we provide transparent pricing, (our

LA MARINA: Where OP Group opened their first office. commission rate is 3 per cent) fair market valuation and a sales outlet through our network of offices, agents and global marketing methods.”

OP Group Spain are also experts in property rental. The

QUAD HOUSE: January’s featured property is a 3 bed house in La Marina priced at €110,000. company is registered with the Spanish Tourist Board Lettings Association and works closely with local town halls. They are specialists in golf property rental and have a wide selection of homes perfectly placed next to PGA standard courses. When

OP ALGORFA: For all your sales and rental needs. renting through OP Group Spain, the client is looked after with cheap car hire available and help and advice offered for the duration of their stay. The property owner is equally looked after with continual checks and

maintenance carried out on their homes. Stuart said: “If you have a property that you would like to rent out to generate an income, we provide unmatched marketing methods, arbitration agreements, Spanish legal contracts, full property management and a complete professional service.”

A full service team and legal and building services are available so owners can rest assured that their home is in safe hands.

OP Group are now expanding further and taking on new properties in the Villamartin and Las Ramblas area and new properties are always wanted.

Visit www.opgroupspain.com or call your nearest office.

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Cities exciting investors AN international estate agency has picked out Valencia and Madrid as potential ‘property hotspots’ for 2015.

Lucas Fox International points to recent rises in home sales in both cities and their surrounding regions, alongside vibrant arts and cultural scenes, on top of historically low property prices following the crash, as indicators of reliable investment opportunities. Property sales in the Valencia Region climbed as much as 30 per cent in 2014.

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Neater Heater brings you more options NEATER HEATER are delighted to announce that, thanks to our new easy to use website and our partnership with MRW Couriers, we can almost guarantee sameweek delivery (subject to stocks) wherever you live in Spain.

Neater Heaters are Norwegian convector heaters. They use the latest technologies and materials to ensure the electricity you need to heat your home is used efficiently.

We can heat a room using fewer kilowatts than our rivals, and our heaters are cheaper to buy.

We know this, because we started off as customers looking for something that didn’t exist anywhere in Spain

CONVECTOR HEATERS: Using the latest technology. at the time: an affordable, effective electric heater.

Easy to install and operate, the Norwegian convector heaters we decided to buy quite honestly transformed our lives simply by making our houses warm in winter.

In a ‘Victor Kiam’ moment we realised that if these heaters were the answer to our prayers, there would be other people out there who needed them too.

So we decided to set up a business to import and sell them on the Costa

Blanca.

Their popularity spread, and so did we.

At the start of last winter we were selling them from Denia to Malaga through our network of agents.

However, this was not enough, as we were getting enquiries from throughout Spain, so we contacted MRW Couriers and started work on our website to make it customer friendly.

Now anyone in Spain can order their Neater Heater on Monday and have it delivered free by Friday.

NEATER HEATER DISTRIBUTORS: COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

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Tel. 966 188 170 • PLAYA FLAMENCA: Buster’s Bar. Tel. 678 063 268 • SOUTH TORREVIEJA: For home inspections call Edmund. Tel. 966 765 552 • SAN JAVIER: DFS Spain.

Tel. 968 334 194 • MAZARRON Camposol B:La Red Solutions (Mapfre). Tel. 968 199 025 Heaters also available for purchase at our online shop with free home delivery WWW.NEATERHEATER.ES OR Tel. 634 312 171

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Contact Spain’s leading Business Broker, ‘Business Broker Spain.’ Free consultation and Assessment. Tel: 617 062 421 (229626) VENDING MACHINE route on the Costa. €30K nett p.a., no overhead. All cash income. €49,900. 20 Pringle Vending Machines, €300 nett p.w. Sell €19,900. UK: 0044 2392 160657 (231437)

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CHARITIES/CHURCHES ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia.

Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 9 1 2 0 7 8 * or Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and

Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aa-costablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two.

Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac.

There is usually something there for everyone —- but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc.

Please keep them coming in!

During July and August the shop will only be open Wednesday to Saturday from 09.30 until 13.00. We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) THE SPIRITUALIST CHURCH OF QUESADA, meets at new premises, Hamiltons Bakehouse, Calle Vicente 62, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar. Sunday Service at 11.30am. A Tuesday evening of Mediumship at 7.30pm and every Thursday there is an opportunity to develop your skills at the Open Circle at 7.30pm. Spiritual Healing is available Sunday and Tuesday.

Contact Wendy on 965 323 028.

(95454) THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Mike Wright, Chairman 966 722 895 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) HELP Vega Baja. We help people of all ages with all sorts of problems, particularly at times of crisis and emergencies.

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704 282). La Marina Helpdesk Calle Madrid 5 (Tel: 673 109 096). Our offices are open Monday to Friday 10am -1.30pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Friday 10 am 1.30 pm. We are online at www.helpvegabaja.com or email office@helpvegabaja.com Remember we also have a 24 hour Emergency help-line on 966 723 733 (95456) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co.uk.

(95457) THE BAKER FOUNDATION for SPIRITUAL AWARENESS. 16 Nicolas De Bussi Ave, Playa Flamenca. Sunday Service every week 11am to 12 noon, everyone welcome. For further details please phone/fax 966 760 665 (95458) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue.

More stock always required please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188 (95461) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet

during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, contact PilarChristian.Communi tyChurch@gmail.com / 968 575 417 / 966 848 806. Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TCF is a multi-national English speaking church now located on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas 68, Torrevieja. The Sunday Service, including Communion and Creche/Sunday School, commences at 10.30am with a Bible Study/Prayer Meeting on Wednesday evenings at 6.00pm. Telephone 966 700 391 or call in to the Church any day between 9.00am until 1.00pm. Monday to Friday to find out more about Church activities. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.acacostablan ca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month @ Scallops Rest on the Arenal at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome to attend as a visitor and join the branch if they wish.

Anyone needing any help or advice on welfare, or any information regarding the branch can contact either Sheila on 965 791 270 or Roger on 965 790 123 (95472) TORREVIEJA STROKE SUPPORT GROUP meets each Friday 3pm to 5pm in The Annex, (behind Age Concern Centre), Calle Paganini, Urb. La Siesta. Our aim is to support stroke survivors and their carers by a range of facilities from speech therapy, rehabilitation exercise, group discussion etc. For info: Louie 96 671 8964 or Carol, Secretary: 966 765 488, e-mail: strokesupportgroup@hotmail.co m Donations and further voluntary helpers are needed and guest speakers with relevant knowledge or experience are very welcome. (95473) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meets 1st Monday of every month (except July and August) at Bar Sioux , Avda Escandinavia GA at 7pm for 7.30pm prompt. For further info contact Brian, Branch Secretary on 639 917 971 / email secre tarybr3606@gmail.com (95474)

CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open MonFri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc, and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 email aecc_campello@hotmail.com (95475) International Christian Assembly Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja Evangelical non-denominational Sunday services 11am Children’s church 11am House groups in Torrevieja, Los Balcones, San Javier Ladies meeting Thursdays 11am. Pastor, Rafael Restrepo All nationalities welcome 966 799 273 / 660 127 276. (95476)

CHIMNEY SWEEP PROFESSIONAL CHIMNEY SWEEP. Family Business established over 60 years. 660 478 881 (231664)

DAMP RISING DAMP! We can cure Rising Damp, Leaking Flat Roof or Terrace. We can make your Underbuild Dry. Villa Repainting Due? We can protect your villa and stop PENETRATING DAMP with a Protective Coating. You can also pay in Sterling. Phone/email us now for a FREE survey. Tel 634 322 672 www.dryzone-espana.com

ELECTRICIAN MR FIXIT. For all your electrical, plumbing, general & appliance & boiler repairs. No call out charge. 698 320 434 (234560)

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METAL WORK METAL WORKS, gates, rejas offer: from 50€, buy 3 get 1 free.

NOT including installation. 638 449 944 (230670)

MOBILE HOMES WE BUY, Sell, Store, Remove all types of Mobile Homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain.

More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzicaley@gmail.com (228718) WE can sell park homes/static caravans. Sited or unsited, NO COST TO YOU. Call Steve 966 711 156 / steve1holidayhomes@gmail .com (234285) WE are looking for a mobile home or large caravan. Must be clean and dry. Tel 653 572 113.

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TOP prices paid for quality second hand cars. All paperwork professionally undertaken. FWR EUROCARS SPAIN SL. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976 (231346)

FOR SALE HUMMER H3 Auto. 2006, 4x4, 3.5 V8 Automatic. 2 owners, 85,000 kilometres. FSH, black, full cream leather with black piping. Alloys, side steps, chrome mirrors, climate, cruise, stunning example. €19,750. www.fwreurocars.com. Tel. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976. (231346) AUDI TT Le Mans. S-Line cabriolet. 1.8 Quattro, 6 speed, 2003, fully equipped, just serviced, new cam belt & tyres.

Full charcoal leather, power hood. Finished in Bentley black (with a hint of purple), stunning. €8,250 www.fwreuro cars.com. Tel. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976.

(231346) PORSCHE Boxter, RHD, Spanish reg. July ’02, Cabriolet, 3.2S, Auto Techtronic with paddle shift, power hood, 2 owners, 84,000 kilometres, full Porsche history, metallic silver with navy leather. €8,750 www.fwreuro cars.com. Tel. Frank 600 726 221 / Office 965 687 976.

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PERGOLA COVERS TAILOR made, durable canvas, sails, umbrella, spa and BBQ covers. Mazarron based, and at Procomobel Market, Guardamar Saturday mornings. 667 879 399 krugercanopies@in.com (230692) SOS <http://www.sosin suranceinspain.com> Insurance in Spain. Best prices available. CALL US FIRST for all your insurance needs, including best deals on Funeral plans. Buildings and contents cover from just 82 euros per year and cars from 120 euros. Tel 966 787 123 / 622 275 561 / 686 116 297 / email info@sosinsuranceinspain. com (228606)

INTERNET GET YOUR business noticed online! Make sure that expats in Spain can find your product, service, restaurant, bar or shop.

Contact Spain’s newest and brightest online directory TODAY. Call 952 561 245 or email serena@euroweeklynews.com for more details.

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WANTED WANTED Cars, vans, caravans, 4 X 4’s British Spanish 600 781 873 ibuyanycar@ hotmail.com (234586)

PET TRANSPORT THE DOG MOVER. Licensed transporters. Two handlers, so never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.thedogmover.com (220443) PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettraveluk.co.uk. Removals also arranged in other vehicles. Tel UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 (223645)

PET CHARITIES EASYHORSE CARE RESCUE CENTRE We aim to rescue HORSES. If you would like to DONATE please call 965 967 033 or sales@easyhorsecare.net www.easyhorsecare.net or call Sue 652 021 980 (95706) SPAMA GANDIA SHELTER. Dog and cat rescue registered charity, La Safor area. 500 animals awaiting re-homing.

Shelter open 7 days a week 12noon - 2.00pm & 3.30pm 7.00pm. (Spanish speaking staff) or phone Gail 962 896 118. Visit our website for directions. www.spama.org and view our new blog at www.spama-safor.blog.com.es PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM (95707) P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog, or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepaspain.com E U R O WEEKLY NEWS CLASSIFAX AGENT (95708) GATAMI ORGANISATION, to help kittens and cats, looking for good homes, also spaying wild cats in the community.

Kittens require adoption, fully vaccinated, de-wormed, defleed. We also need volunteers to help Car boot sale in Polop on Sundays Tel Anna: 966 806 976 / 654 729 977 (95709)

SCRAP YOUR CAR LEGALLY. Cash paid for newer cars, but all cars taken and legally disposed of for free and Baja Final issued. Call 667 711 380 WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance.

Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)

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PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best. Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or email us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227.

Email: info@pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com (231443) DEES Kennels and Cattery, Dolores. Small, friendly, dedicated.

Call 965 996 807 for a visit.

(229874) BICHON FRISE. Purebred, lovely small white family dogs. Tel (0034) 615 213 090 / ohavelin@gmail.com (234296)

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PLUMBING MR FIXIT. For all your electrical, plumbing, general & appliance & boiler repairs. No call out charge. 698 320 434 (234560)

POOL SERVICES YES YOU CAN HAVE A POOL We design & install Wooden Above-Ground Pools. Pools installed from 1,185€. With above ground pools there is “No Planning Permission Required”. You can also pay in Sterling. Phone or email for a FREE BROCHURE NOW. info@piscinasmadera. com - Tel: 634 322 672 www.piscinasmadera.com (231482)

POOLS POOL MAINTENANCE Repairs, Spares and Leak Testing. Call 965 725 565 / 676 945 360 www.pooltechspain.com (227500)

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3 BED Villa unfurnished to let, situated amongst fruit trees on 31,000m2 plot, Catral/San Isidro, pool, garage, stunning mountain views, peaceful, 575€ pcm. Long lease available, non smokers. Children and friendly animals welcome. Tel 615 607 278 (231643) BRAND new ground floor partly furnished two bed apt. in Algorfa town centre, gated, swimming pool.

225/250 euros per month plus deposit. Maureen 639 840 382 or 0044 794 958 9539 londonangels@hot mail.com (231649)

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CLASSIFIEDS PROPERTY FOR SALE £26,000 ONO. 2 bed bungalow in Kent, 10 months occupancy, part ex. considered. ron-elliott1@ hotmail.co.uk or phone 965 696 113 (226377) COUNTRY HOUSE in Orihuela, Vereda Buenavida 51. NEW. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, air conditioning, parking, 130/150m2. 2.5km to town centre, 30km to the beaches. ONLY 75,000 euros. Tel: 629 991 543 (228607)

REMOVALS/STORAGE UK - SPAIN - Anywhere Europe! Masses of experience.

New clean vehicles. Insured with Royal Sun Alliance.

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FULL and part moves. ONLINE QUOTES!! www.bm ceuropean.com UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 FIND US ON FACEBOOK!(220152) VAN going from Spain to UK return. Door to door service, full/part loads. Pets welcome. +34 603 192 957 / +44 7905 198895 / +34 966 848 607 / melvyynleo@yahoo.com (229898) MAN AND VAN UK - Spain. 2 vans travelling twice a month, Murcia - North / South UK. Tel 610 846 260 or 0044 751 918 6355 email van.man@hotmail .co.uk (231493) CAR TRANSPORTER. Call for excellent rates, fully insured, professional service. 951 319 320, email move@freinterna tional.com / www.car-transportspain.com (215605) SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanish moves.net. Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 (223645)

SEWING QUALIFIED SEAMSTRESS 40 years experience, turn-ups to tailoring patterns taken from your favourite cloths, reasonable prices. Torrevieja, Sandra: 966 799 188 / 680 486 336 (229238)

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CLASSIFIEDS SITUATIONS VACANT SALES / telesales positions available in various areas across Spain, All applicants should have NIE & Social security as we offer full time contract and salary. Tlf 600 583 275 (7070) WE have an urgent vacancy become available for an Editorial Co-ordinator based in Malaga Province. Do you have journalistic skills, are you extremely organised.

Do you have native English but understand Spanish? All applicants must possess NIE & Social security numbers as we offer full time contract and salary. Tlf 600 583 275 (7171)

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TILING PLUMBER/CERAMIC WALL & FLOOR TILER. 30 years’ experience. No job too small, free quote. Tel Shane on 645 664 298 / 965 075 190 (234258)

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JACUZZI, SPAS, HOT TUBS WANTED. Working or not 650 722 905 (226805)

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Latest sporty Lexus launched LEXUS is showing its sporty disposition with the GS F performance sedan which has been revealed at the North American International Auto Show on Tuesday.

The GS F is the latest vehicle to join Lexus’ high-performance ‘F’ line that already includes the RC F coupe.

The new addition combines a refined four-door package with the speed and agility of a

premium sports car.

Although the new GS F shares the same platform as the standard GS there are enhancements throughout, including to its engine. Under the hood will be a responsive, normally-aspirated 5.0litre V8

that produces a remarkable 473PS (348kW) at 7,100 rpm and peak torque of 527 Nm at 4,800-5,600rpm.

This sophisticated engine uses both Otto and Atkinson combustion cycles to maximise power and efficiency in given situations. The engine will be

mated to an extremely responsive eight-speed automatic gearbox with manual-shifting capabilities.

Lexus’ innovative Torque Vectoring Differential (TVD), also found in the RC F, will be part of a long line of standard equipment that will make the GS F’s handling stand out from the crowd.

LEXUS GS F: Has the speed and agility of a premium sports car.

The TVD features three operating modes: · Standard (default) provides a balance of agility and firmness; · Slalom emphasises nimble steering response and agility; and · Track emphasises stability during highspeed circuit driving.

The GS F monocoque will also feature structural reinforcements and suspension exclusively designed to optimise the handling without detracting from its ride quality.

Drivers will appreciate the GS F’s stability and smoothness on the open roads as well as the sedan’s on challenging roads, whether they’re winding up the side of a mountain or at a racetrack.

Lexus says that the new GS F will offer drivers a very balanced sedan with genuine dual personality, equally adept at trimming lap times and the commute back home.

NEW LEXUS: Drivers will appreciate the stability and smoothness on the open roads.

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Hot performance from the new sporty version of Opel’s small car THE new sporty version of Opel’s small car, the ADAM is aimed squarely at making the most of the car on winding country roads.

While the standard models are described as fun, easy to drive city cars, Opel has boosted the power available to make it suitable for not just city streets, but also to blast along challenging country roads.

When configuring the engine, engineers specifically decided to optimise its responsiveness for great driving fun on winding country roads.

Thus, the ne 1.4 litre turbocharged engine impresses with outstanding punch in second and third gear and a torque plateau tailor-made for a spirited style of driving.

It is fitted with a short

THE ADAM: Makes the most of windy country roads. ratio 6-speed gearbox.

Accelerations are those of a small sporty car - 100 km/h are reached in 8.5 seconds - but ADAM S mainly impresses with great elasticity: it makes the transition for 80 to 120 km/h in fifth gear in just 7.9 seconds and has a top speed of 210 km/h.

The Opel ADAM family

has quickly established itself as a bestseller with sales of 125,000 since its market launch in 2013.

Opel says that the new Adam will cater for clients who want a sporty drive in an agile, mini car of just 3.71 metres length and enjoy escaping the city jungle for a swift outing on winding country roads.

The new ADAM S would appear to have all the credentials. Along with a highly respon-sive ECOTEC engine it has a specially tuned sport chassis, direct sporty steering, high performance OPC braking system and an Electronic Stability System (ESP).

It looks good too, with a muscular and smartly aggressive exterior design, while inside their are design accents to ‘individualise’ the car.

The sporty ‘S’ version comes to the market as an extremely successful rallyracing season for the ADAM ends. Its R2 rally version won its category in all major national championships it took part in and, in France, led its pilot Charlotte Berton to the title of women’s champion.

“The ADAM S has been

New CR-V ready to roll HONDA’S CR-V is already one of the most popular compact SUVs around the world. More than 750,000 units have been sold in Europe since it was launched in 1997, nearly 50,000 of them during 2014.

In the first nine months of last year, the CR-V was the world’s best-selling SUV, and as such has become fundamental to Honda’s success in Europe. Reflecting that the Japanese manufacturer is not standing still and a comprehensive range of enhancements to the fourth-generation CR-V will now, Honda hopes, broaden its appeal.

Highlights of the 2015 model CR-V include a new diesel engine and nine-speed automatic transmission that deliver an unrivalled power-toconsumption ratio; world-first safety technology; an all-new connectivity and infotainment system; as well as enhanced suspension and optimised NVH measures for a more refined yet dynamic drive.

The new-look CR-V has been developed and engineered for European drivers and will be

CR-V: A best-selling SUV. available in showrooms from spring 2015.

Available with the four-wheel drive CR-V, the new higher-powered 160 PS 1.6-litre i-DTEC four-cylinder diesel engine, from Honda’s Earth Dreams Technology series, delivers outstanding performance and low CO2 emissions.

To help customers fully exploit the latest engine’s efficiency, the new model is also available with a new efficient nine-speed automatic transmission. Allied to this automatic gearbox, the new 160 PS 1.6-litre diesel delivers one of the best power-to-consumption ratio of any engine on sale today.

The 2015 CR-V will premiere Honda’s new Intelligent Adaptive

Cruise Control (i-ACC) system as part of Honda’s commitment to ‘Safety for Everyone.’

Capable of predicting and automatically reacting to other vehicles ‘cutting-in’ to the vehicle’s lane, based on extensive real-world research of typical European driving styles, Honda’s i-ACC uses a camera and a radar to sense the position of other vehicles on the road. It then applies an algorithm to predict the likelihood of vehicles in neighbouring lanes cutting-in, enabling the equipped vehicle to react quickly, safely and comfortably.

Honda’s goal of creating a more stylish and functional interior has been realised with the reshaped chrome-effect inlay running the width of the dashboard, and through the use of high-quality materials on key surfaces. The dashboard has been redesigned to allow easy visibility and access to the new seven-inch touchscreen displaying the new Honda Connect system, while a sliding armrest (60mm fore and aft) between the front seats further enhances versatility and comfort.

designed for people who want to enjoy a sporty driving experience in a car with a unique look. Our engineers have given it the technology to support that and our designers have prepared hundreds of cool and colourful customisation options. I am confident the latest addition to the ADAM family will be as successful as its siblings,” said Opel Group CEO Dr. KarlThomas Neumann.

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Members play at Vilamartin THE Members Golf Society saw 36 players turn out for the third of four Eclectic competitions.

The Best Guest prizes went to Jim Hagen and John Heterick both scoring 26 points, but Jim having the lower handicap took top spot at the Vilamartin competition.

The Silver Division was a reasonably tight affair with Olga Haubner scoring 34 points to win.

In the Gold Division the winner was Kjell Aasebo (34).

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A good turnout for Eurogolf stableford SIXTY THREE members of Eurogolf Society competed in the monthly Stableford and President’s Trophy competition.

Some decent scores came in, considering the strong winds they had to contend with.

And President John Fairhurst took his own trophy, being the overall winner with a score of 35 points.

In the Gold Category first was Paul Manning (30), with Bryan Fenwick (30) second and Tony Hitt (28) third.

Winner of the Silver Category was John Fairhurst (35 pts), with Marilyn Eckersall (34) second and Allan Bacon (33) third.

Jenny Cheatham (33) won the Bronze Category with June Caithness (33) second and Cindi Green (32) third.

Nearest the pins were Bryan Fenwick, Sandy Holland, Mike Mitchell and Bob Shorley.

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SAN JAVIER GS: Some of the members who played the individual stableford at Roda.

A cold January start SAN JAVIER GS played their January Individual Stableford at Roda. There was a very cold start to the morning but it turned into a nice warm day despite the wind.

In the top Division Bob Gallard

pipped Dave Archer into first place on countback both on 33pts and in third was Ken McKee on 30pts. The second Division was won by Barry Geary (33) one in front of Mick Hardy in second.

Dave Farrington (29) was third.

The third Division was won by Fred Beel (39) followed by John Hillier (37) and third was Jo Flanagan (34).

The Society’s next game is at Mar Menor Golf on February 2 with the first tee at 10.15am.