Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 29 January - 4 February 2015 Issue 1543

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Strike over NURSING staff and management at Malaga City’s Carlos Haya hospital reached an agreement just 12 hours after A&E nurses went on strike. Fifteen extra staff will be taken on for at least a year.

More jobs MALAGA was the second province in Spain, behind Madrid, where more jobs were created in 2014, according to an official Survey of Active Population.

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Reaching for the stars in Madrid MARBELLA’s Starlite festival has taken centre stage at FITUR, Spain’s biggest tourism fair.

The Costa del Sol town’s Mayor Angeles Muñoz joined festival director Sandra GarciaSanjuan at the Madrid fair which attracts more than 200,000 visitors from around the world to officially reveal Lionel Richie as the latest superstar to join the Starlite line-up.

He will be joining Lenny Kravitz and Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson as well as Spanish multimillion CD seller Alejandro Sanz as headline acts to give Starlite even more glitter.

The festival attracts some of the top names

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in Spanish celebrity society to the Costa del Sol and Marbella every summer as well as international faces and names, generating huge amounts of media interest.

The King and Queen of Spain attended FITUR yesterday for the first time as reigning

monarchs. King Felipe underlined the importance of tourism to Spain as a whole.

And events like Starlite help boost the industry.

Last year the monthlong event attracted an estimated 90,000 people to the region from 43 different countries. The number of private

aeroplane flights to Malaga during the festival broke all records.

That is one of the reasons the mayor travelled to Madrid for FITUR. Representatives from the travel and tourism industry from 165 countries were there, guaranteeing maximum exposure to Marbella and the Costa del Sol as Lionel Richie was announced as the latest star name for Starlite.

Opera lovers will be able to listen to Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who will be celebrating 20 years in the music business with his only concert in Spain this year.

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Marbella-loving prince now king FOLLOWING the death of Saudi Arabia King Abdala Ibn Abdelaziz, his Marbellaloving brother Salman has ascended the throne.

Salman, aged 79, who is now the Saudi king, owns Al Riyad, a luxurious palace on the Golden Mile close to the mosque and Mar-Mar palace, built by former King Fahd.

The new king also owns the luxury yacht, Shaf of London, which is often docked in Puerto Banus.

Salman is the Saudi royal family member who most favours Marbella, with visits almost every summer Salman has ascended the Saudi throne.

for two decades becoming great social events and generating extra income for the town thanks to the large groups that accompany him. Some of his children live in Marbella, where Princess Sultana (one of his wives) also spent long periods before her death in 2011. When in Marbella, Salman is often seen at Friday prayer sessions at King Fahd’s mosque or having breakfast in Plaza de los Naranjos.

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Drainage improvements WORK opposite the aquapark in Mijas Costa to improve sewage and drainage systems and avoid floods when it rains is progressing well with the first stage near completion, Town Planning councillor Manuel Navarro stated.

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THE wet season is upon us and Marbella’s four rivers and 50 streams have not been cleared of vegetation since the end of 2012.

Although they enrich the area, if rivers and streams are not cleared they are a risk for locals as they can cause flooding in the winter and fires in the summer.

Responsibility for

keeping streams and rivers clear of vegetation lies with the Junta de Andalucia regional government, yet the council complains this work is not being done.

The council has contacted the Andalucian Water Agency department of the Junta on a number of occasions regarding the matter, but is still waiting for a reply.

The council is particularly

worried, and has informed the Junta eight times over the last year about the state of the Guadaiza, Guadalpin, Panorama, Segundo and Nagueles streams and rivers.

Environmental department councillor Antonio Espada explained the council is unable to carry out the work itself as the necessary funds and equipment are not available, and workers are not qualified.

Modern pensioners PENSIONERS in Fuengirola are learning how to use Facebook and Twitter to keep in touch with friends and relatives on a new technology course offered by the council.

Early detection A MOBILE breast check unit will be at Estacion de Cartama health centre until February 23. Women registered with the Spanish health system between 50 and 69 can make an appointment on 951 917 102 from 9am to 2pm.

Saving animals MALAGA Local Police force’s Nature Protection Group (Grupona) picked-up a total of 158 animals in 2014 including snakes, birds, bats, squirrels, chameleons among others.

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SOTOGRANDE residents alerted authorities to a fire by Rio Guadiaro on Sunday afternoon (January 25).

Although citizens were alarmed by the amount of smoke, firemen managed to stop the flames reaching nearby homes and roads.

Stadium facelift THE sports stadium in Marbella is due to get a facelift. The façade will be cleaned, repaired and painted and metallic fittings given a shine to improve its appearance.

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Better internet FIBRE optics have reached Las Lagunas, Mijas Costa, with more than 3,500 homes in the El Albero area now able to sign-up for high-speed internet through local company Vozplus Telecomunicaciones.

New premises THE provincial tax offices in Alhaurin de la Torre have moved to Calle Fray Luis de Leon. The offices are part of an administration and services building the council will be gradually putting to use.

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Valentine’s trip ANICA TORRES day centre and Benalmadena Council are organising a Valentine’s trip to Matalascañas for elderly residents. Priced at €130 per person, from February 13-15, it includes meals and lodging at Hotel Flamero.

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

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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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ACOSOL water company has announced that its office in La Cala de Mijas will now be run on an appointment system.

Appointments can be made by telephone on 952 932 020.

Song and dance THE municipal band and dance group of Fuengirola will be giving a free concert and display this Saturday (January 31) at 8.30pm at the Palacio de la Paz.

Recycle and win MIJAS residents who use the public recycling bins after 7pm may be lucky enough get two free tickets to Mijas Aquapark if they are spotted by patrolling recycling campaign workers.

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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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cannot be underestimated. The fair is the ideal place to discover a wide range of worldwide destinations under one roof, with a total of 686 stands. It is not just a place for professionals to meet and network, but an ideal weekend destination for members of the public to not only gather information on potential holiday destinations, but also to sample the food, drink and culture of various worldwide holiday hotspots.

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From Front Page Also featuring this year will be a special tribute concert to Frank Sinatra to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The festival runs through the summer from July 22 until August 23. Kravitz will be playing on July 22 and Richie will perform on July 29.

FITUR is one of the biggest tourism trade festivals in the world with a €10.5 million budget.

The importance of being featured there

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Starlite highlighted at FITUR

IN ATTENDANCE: King Felipe and Queen Letizia.

STARLITE HEADLINER: Lenny Kravitz.

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which will give visitors a chance to win prizes like free hotel stays, trips, typical local products and many more prizes by proving their travel knowledge.

The 2015 34th edition of the FITUR tourism event will be open to the public this Saturday from 10am to 8pm, and Sunday from 10am to 6pm. Entrance tickets

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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, at the time of going to press, £1 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.

entrance to the fair in Madrid’s fairground (Feria de Madrid) to provide visitors with personalised maps of the 56,000-square-metre smorgasbord of tourism, depending on their interests.

FITUR also puts on a number of events for the public over the weekend, including a ‘travellers’ gymkhana’ on Saturday,

are €10 and can be purchased at the north and south entrances to the fair, or €9 if purchased online at http://www.ifema.es/ve ntainternet/inicio.htm?id ioma=es&feria=FT15.

The FITUR website www.ifema.es/fitur_06 has an extensive guide to everything you need to know about the event.

IF you want to get to FITUR

By Plane: THE exhibition complex is just 10 minutes away from Madrid Barajas airport.

Metro Line 8 connects the terminals with the Feria de Madrid complex. The station to use is the Campo de las Naciones.

By Metro: Being just 15 kilometres from Madrid city centre the complex can be reached from any Metro station. It is on Line 8 with the exit at the south entrance of the festival complex.

By Bus: The bus network makes getting to the Feria de Madrid easy from all parts of the city.

The main routes to connect to are: Route 112-Mar de Cristal-Feria de Madrid-Bº Aeropuerto.

Route 122-Avda de America-Campo de las Naciones-Feria de Madrid.

Route 828-Universidad Autonoma-Alcobendas-Canillejas-Feria de Madrid.

By car: Madrid’s major routes and ringroads: the M11 (Exits 5 and 7), the M40 (Exits 5, 6 and 7) and the A2 (Exit 7) have connecting roads to the complex. Parking areas have direct access to the south, north and east entrances.

Where to stay: For collaborating hotels see http://www.ifema.es/Institucional_01/expositores/hoteles/index.htm.

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Two expats up for Estepona elections FOR the first time in the party’s history, PSOE Estepona has selected two British candidates for the town’s elections in May. Suzanne Brennan, a qualified youth worker, and Mary Page, a former head teacher in the UK, will run on the PSOE ticket in the upcoming elections.

Both are Estepona residents with a record of community service in the British and Spanish communities.

Ms Brennan has lived in Estepona for 12 years and previously worked in London with young offenders and young people at risk.

She managed Young Offenders Projects for the British government’s Youth Justice team, and

has carried on her work in Estepona, where she has set up a group which encourages young people to care for the environment. She also volunteers at her local school, helping with English lessons.

Ms Page has been living in Estepona since 2008 and has many years of political and trade union experience, having fought parliamentary and European elections, as well as serving as town mayor, councillor, and group leader of an East Anglia district council.

Until last year she was vice-president of ADANA Estepona, the dog rescue

TWO CANDIDATES: Mary (top) and Suzanne. and adoption centre.

Both women form part of the PSOE team led by former mayor David Valadez and are united in

their determination to make Estepona a better place to live for all residents, regardless of nationality.

Don’t drink and drive, get a taxi home after night out A NEW scheme in Malaga City aims to reduce accidents and drink driving by offering young party-goers discount vouchers for taxis.

Malaga City Council’s youth department and the Municipal Taxi Institute have begun creating a Bonotaxi Joven voucher programme which aims to encourage young people to use taxis at weekends for nights on the towns and reduce drinkdriving.

The programme, expected to begin in the second half of February, will

offer 10,000 Malaga youths the chance to get a taxi home with a €3 discount from the fare.

The aim is to avoid them taking their own cars and driving under the influence, reduce accidents and boost use of taxis at night.

The vouchers will be available directly from popular areas for youths at night, and are limited to one voucher per person per night.

Taxis taking part in the scheme will bear a sticker to allow voucherholders to locate them with ease.

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Hospitals plan for flu peak

SOLEMN: Mass was said to honour Christ the Redeemer before the figure was carried through the streets.

Religious ceremony attracts a crowd

THE Inmaculada Concepcion church in Benalmadena held a mass in honour of Christ the Redeemer before transporting the figure to the brotherhood’s premises.

Hundreds of local residents and

members of the council attended the religious event, which was organised by various brotherhoods.

The statue of Christ on the Cross was escorted by eight policemen, four firefighters and members of the

Torremolinos Ex-Legionnaires Brotherhood.

The solemn procession passed along Avenida de la Constitucion, Calle San Juan, Calle Cipres, Calle Naranjo and Calle Limonero.

THE Carlos Haya and Clinico Universitario hospitals in Malaga City will suspend scheduled surgery for a few days if the cold spell produces extra patients requiring hospitalisation.

The temporary measure would ensure available space for those needing to be kept in after going to casualty departments at the two hospitals with flu symptoms or breathing problems.

Hospital sources declared that if the emergency measures were necessary, routine surgery would be rescheduled and those affected informed, but that operations for people with cancer or important heart problems would not be affected.

“Only patients whose condition will not be worsened by waiting for a few days will have their surgery rescheduled,” a hospital spokesman stated.

Demand for beds at the two hospitals is expected to increase at the beginning of February as the number of flu sufferers peaks.

Coin heliport opens A NEW heliport has been built in Coin for use by 061 air ambulance helicopters in emergencies.

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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 €200 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.

€69,951 on the heliport, which has been built on land belonging to Coin Council and has direct access to the A-366 road.

Junta delegate Daniel Perez, Coin mayor Fernando Fernandez and provincial head of 061 emergency services, Maria Auxiliadora Naranjo, inaugurated the heliport, the third of six planned for the province, and said the service would be crucial in getting emergency patients to hospital quicker.

Dilemma for ports COSTA DEL SOL leisure ports are waiting for a legal solution regarding boats abandoned by their owners, which currently number about 35.

Cabopino is the worst affected with 11 abandoned boats with debts of up to €44,000, followed by Estepona marina with eight and Fuengirola and La Duquesa with seven each.

Financial difficulties have reportedly caused more than 10,000 boats to be abandoned at marinas in Spain, and port managers are asking the authorities for a solution.

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Son attacks mum MALAGA City police arrested a 32-year-old man in the Palma-Palmilla district for threatening his mother and holding a screwdriver to her throat. After she escaped, neighbours held onto him until police arrived.

The man, who had a police record for violence, had apparently moved back in with his mother five days beforehand.

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Man accused of abuse walks free A MAN who was facing a 23-year jail sentence will go free after a long, drawnout court process.

The 40-year-old man was accused in

2012 by his ex-girlfriend of a number of crimes including sexual aggression, threats and demeaning treatment.

A Malaga Provincial Court has found the man not guilty, stating that the woman’s arguments were not convincing, there was no evidence of mistreatment on medical reports and the man appeared honest throughout the hearing.

Witness statements were also taken into account, including that of a previous partner of the HAUL: Police found several electronic devices. accused, who referred to him as a peaceful, loving man who never so much as raised his voice.

A GERMAN au pair was arrested at Malaga-Costa del The man’s lawyer Sol airport for stealing items from the Marbella declared that his client had home she had been working in. had a horrible time in the The family reported that the 21-year-old had left two-and-a-half years since after just one week working for them, taking an the accusations began and expensive mobile phone and a games console. expressed hope that the Policemen at the airport found she was carrying court would hear a case those goods, plus another six mobiles and other items. for false accusations.

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Driver arrested over lost phone A BUS driver has been arrested for keeping a tourist’s mobile phone worth €500.

The 35-year-old driver allegedly found the phone, which an Irish man had forgotten on a bus from Malaga Airport to a Torremolinos hotel.

Routine inspections by National Police officers in second-hand shops in Malaga City resulted in the policemen spotting an expensive-looking mobile phone changing hands without any paperwork.

Investigators found that the phone belonged to the tourist and believe the driver, who worked for a private bus company, had found it on the bus and pocketed it before selling it on.

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Cleaning streets gets quieter MARBELLA Council has provided the streetcleaning department with modern, new additions to its equipment, in keeping with the town’s ‘Smart City’ policy.

Eloy Ortega, councillor for the cleaning department, explained that new electric machinery had been purchased that would reduce the noise locals have to put up with while public areas are cleaned.

An electric vehicle which does not contaminate or

LESS NOISY: New street-cleaning equipment. make excess noise will back up the service and is small enough to be driven in narrow areas.

Three new battery-

powered ‘blowers’ have also been added to the service’s tools to reinforce the work of street sweepers.

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Boost for city port WORK is under way at Malaga City port to create a refuelling station for large cruise and cargo ships.

The new service, while appearing to be a minor detail, could encourage more cruise companies to include Malaga in their routes as the new tanks will have more than sufficient capacity to refuel large ships.

Construction is expected to be completed

by March and, following necessary tests and issue of permits, the service should begin on July 1.

Top models pose in Marbella TOP models Bar Refaeli and Eugenia Volodina spent the weekend in Marbella for a photoshoot for Elle magazine.

Although the two usually draw onlookers wherever they go, the quiet time of year meant that beaches near the Puente Romano

hotel, where the photosessions took place, were quiet and the teams were able to work in relative peace while making the

most of the excellent weather conditions, which would be hard to find elsewhere in Europe in January.

The models posed with the sea as a background and the sun shining for a piece the French magazine will be publishing shortly.

ITV unit for Mijas next year WORK has officially started on a new Vehicle Technical Inspection (ITV) centre in Mijas, which is due to open in July 2016.

The Junta de Andalucia regional government estimates that once the Mijas centre is open (the eighth in Malaga Province) approximately 30,000 driving hours and €250,000 in fuel per year will be saved by drivers having to take their vehicles for inspection.

The new centre in Las Lagunas, Mijas, has a budget of €1,651,239.79 and is expected to create 14 new jobs and carry out up to 60,000 vehicle inspections per year.

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Call for removal of coat of arms LOCAL politicians in Marbella have demanded that the council removes

a coat of arms from the Franco era from the town hall building.

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Attracting the Irish MALAGA CITY’S Tourism Department attended Andalucia’s stand at the Holiday World Fair in Dublin, the main tourism event in Ireland, to promote the destination amongst Irish tour operators.

Extra flights GERMANWINGS airline will be adding an extra flight to its Malaga-Dusseldorf route on Wednesdays starting at the beginning of March.

Busy crew IBERIA ground-crew and handling departments dealt with more than 4.3 million passengers at Malaga-Costa del Sol airport last year, the company reported, an almost 11 per cent increase on figures from 2013.

The left-wing coalition is asking that the symbol be taken away after the Junta de Andalucia regional government approved the Law Of Democratic Memory.

Councillor and provincial delegate Miguel Diaz said the symbol, on a stainedglass window on the stairwell of the town hall, was illegal and offensive.

The councillor said he hoped that Mayor Angeles Muñoz would not continue to resist the removal of the emblem.

“It’s an insult to democracy to keep this coat of arms... It’s on the floor that houses the Plenary Session Hall, the most symbolic representation of democracy in the town,” said Diaz.

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Pantoja under pressure to pay fine ISABEL PANTOJA could be ordered to pay €1 million immediately if a €200,000 payment towards her moneylaundering fine is not made by February 5.

The singer, who is currently serving a twoyear jail sentence in Alcala de Guadaria for the crime, reached an agreement with Malaga Provincial Courts to pay the remaining €1 million of her €1,147,148 fine in instalments of €200,000 every three months.

Court representatives have declared that the first payment is due by February 5 and if it is not made, the court can declare the payment plan invalid and demand the entire fine to be paid at once.

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Rain brings relief for Malaga farmers FOLLOWING a dry month, the rain and snow that has fallen over the last few days in Malaga Province has been a godsend for

Plagiarised poster claim A LOCAL artist has been disqualified from a poster competition after apparently copying another artist’s work and claiming it as his.

Benalmadena Council presented the poster for this year’s carnival celebrations, entitled ‘Il Arlecciono’, supposedly by the local artist.

But comments spread like wildfire across social media sites after a designer reported that the picture was actually by Flensted, an artist known across Europe for his hanging mobile designs.

reservoirs and the countryside.

The levels of water reserves and crops had been a worry in the area as winter started off

unusually dry, until the heavens finally began to open.

Benjamin Fauli, General Secretary of the Asaja young farmers agricultural association, declared that the rainfall had been especially good for olive and cereal plantations and said that the snow had not caused any damage in the countryside.

Yet the problem, according to Fauli, will come if it does not continue to rain, as an agreement with the provincial environmental department does not allow farmers to use reservoir water for their crops until April 15.

Meanwhile, water levels in the reservoirs have improved slightly compared to before the rains and are expected to continue to rise as water and melted snow continues to flow in from the mountains.

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Recycle drive MIJAS schools are taking part in a recycling campaign with trips to the recycling plant in Casares and a video competition.

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

Phone class ANDROID mobile phone owners in Fuengirola are invited to sign up at the ‘Colours’ council building’s equality office for a free training class on February 10 from 5pm to 7.30pm.

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Masons unveil their secrets at exhibition THE Masons, an institution commonly known for its secrecy and mystery, has opened up to the public in Marbella.

An exhibition at the Cortijo Miraflores

cultural January mystery objects

centre, running until Friday, 30, aims to take some of the out of masonry by putting 400 on display and giving five conferences.

Manuel Barea, Master Mason of the Grand Provincial Lodge of Andalucia and Venerable Master of the Respectable Millennium 122 Lodge of Marbella, explained: “This THE Junta de Andalucia regional government and year we’ve put a plan in Malaga City Council have signed an agreement to place to open up to society create a 69-kilometre bike path network under the and remove some of the Andalucian Bicycle Plan (PAB). myths from masonry.”

The new paths, 75 per cent of which will be paid Four masons and a for by the Junta using European funds and the historian will give talks on remaining 25 per cent by the city council, will be masonry during the week, added to the existing 29 kilometres, providing a and 400 objects have total of almost 100 kilometres. been brought from the The network of paths, expected to be built by Masonic Museum of 2017, will reach areas including Churriana, Puerto Andalucia for the general de la Torre and the PTA Andalucian Technology public to view, including a Park. copy of a bible printed in The project aims to encourage use of the bicycle the UK in 1804 upon as transport to benefit the environment and which initiated lodge citizens’ health. members swear oaths.

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School works RENOVATION and building works including the addition of a sports field have been put out to tender for Los Cortijillos school in Los Barrios.

Nature forum TWO hundred people took part in the Eleventh International Nature Conservation Forum in Malaga City last weekend, sharing information on endangered species.

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

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Children shiver at the lack of heating PARENTS of children at Miguel Hernandez school in San Pedro, Costa del Sol, have raised the alarm over electrical problems and lack of heating in the school buildings.

Carmen Villalobos, head of the school’s parents’ association, complained of the state of the electrical system and the resulting lack of heating, stating that in one

building a heater can only be plugged-in in one of the eight classrooms at a time or the power cuts out.

Francisca Perez, mother of a four-yearold girl at the school, also complained of faulty pipes: “Last week a pipe broke and flooded my daughter’s classroom so they had to have their lessons in the hall.”

Parents said that many children are not going to school because of the cold and teachers have told girls to wear trousers as this will keep them warmer.

Villalobos said the school pating establishments, and management had been Il Signore was awarded a requesting renovation work prize after being voted the for more than a decade, yet the council claimed it was best of them all by users.

The second edition of not its responsibility and the event, which ran from the Junta de Andalucia December 15 to January 6, regional government failed let Fuengirola locals and to respond.

Meanwhile a Junta visitors try typical sweetmeats and a hot drink at spokesman stated that 46 establishments for just technicians had visited the €2 each. The next edition is premises and were creating a report on its needs. already being planned.

Sweet prizes for Christmas event WINNERS of prizes from the Navidad Dulce (Sweet Christmas) event held in Fuengirola, Costa del Sol, over Christmas were awarded at a ceremony at the town hall.

Mayor Ana Mula and councillors Isabel Moreno and Pilar Narvaez gave out raffle prizes to people who had their event passports stamped at five partici-

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Trip to the hills THE Juventudes Socialistas de Mijas (Mijas Young Socialists) group is organising a day trip to Sierra Nevada for February 8.

So far more than 150 people have signed up for the trip, which is priced at €8. Those interested can sign up at the Mijas PSOE offices on Camino del Albero in Las Lagunas from 10am to 2pm and 6pm to 8pm.

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Malaga soldier is killed in Lebanon A SPANISH UN peacekeeper has died from injuries sustained in a skirmish between Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

A UN Interim Force (UNFIL) spokeswoman confirmed this Wednesday that the Spanish member of the peacekeeping mission had been confirmed dead.

“We are still checking information about the circumstances of his death,” said UNFIL spokeswoman Andrea Tenenti.

NBC News reported

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Almond day SUNDAY February 1 is Almond Day in Guaro, and the council’s tourism department has organised two guided hikes to view the trees in flower. Sign up at www.guaro.es or the tourist office.

50s festival THE Rockin’ Race Jamboree 50s and 60s music festival will be held in Torremolinos on February 5-8 with 26 bands from eight countries playing at the Palacios de Congresos, Plaza de La Nogalera and Apartamentos Buensol.

Tax drops MARBELLA Council intends to apply reductions of between five to 20 per cent to IBI property tax.

Citizens are advised to contact the council to check whether they may benefit.

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PEACEKEEPER: Spanish soldier was on a UN mission. that his death resulted from the launching of around 25 shells at southern Lebanon by the IDF in response to a Hezbollah attack on one of its vehicles earlier in the day.

Up to six soldiers were reportedly injured in the attack, with the Spanish member of the UN force,

who the Ministry of Defence named as Corporal Francisco Javier Soria Toledo, a 36-yearold married man from Malaga, succumbing to his injuries.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy expressed his condolences to Soria’s family and friends on twitter.

Last few days to see photo display BENALMADENA locals and visitors are reminded that the Benalmadena Yesterday and Today exhibition at the Exposition Centre closes this Sunday, February 1.

The display, organised by the cultural department of Benalmadena Council, gathers more than 100 photos showing the

changes to the area over the last 60 years.

It’s an intense trip through local history, with images provided by the municipal library and local families enabling visitors to see the changes the area has experienced.

More than 6,000 people have visited the exhibition since it opened in October.

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EASY ACCESS: Yorkshire Linen’s new parking zone.

Mijas initiatives help small businesses

BED and bath linen store Yorkshire Linen has benefited from a Mijas Town Hall initiative to help small businesses in the area with a one-hour parking zone outside their store in Mijas Costa.

Blue parking lines have been painted outside, which gives clients of the popular store an hour’s parking free of charge.

Yorkshire Linen applied for the onehour zone a number of months ago to help make life easier for their clients.

Mijas Town Hall is helping local businesses through a number of initiatives including business-to-business network meetings, spots on the local news channel and editorials in a free Spanish newspaper.

Excellent results for St George’s School ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL, Malaga, is celebrating another year of excellent academic achievement.

Five of its students obtained the highest marks in Spain and one, the highest mark in the world, for the International Cambridge examinations taken in November 2013 and June 2014.

• Javier M J – The highest mark in Spain for

IGCSE Biology • Marta D J – The highest mark in Spain for Cambridge International A Level History • Laura D R – The highest mark in Spain for Cambridge International AS Level Thinking Skills • Jake W – The highest mark in Spain for Cambridge International AS Level History • Pablo H M – Highest mark in Spain for

Attracting cameras MALAGA Film Office, the municipal filming department, reported great results for 2014 with a total of 153 recordings resulting in €1,835,985 being spent in the city.

Productions from abroad that chose Malaga last year include British TV programme A Place In The Sun, Russia’s The Bachelor and six crews from various Japanese TV channels.

Although Spanish productions still lead in choosing Malaga to film with 106, Japanese, French, Belgian, British and Russian companies also left their mark.

Cambridge International AS Level Applied ICT • Keda Nicole B – The highest mark in the world for Cambridge IGCSE Foreign Language Spanish.

Miss Gardner, the headteacher at the school, stated that this was an important achievement for both the students, staff and parents, all of whom have played a significant role in supporting the students to gain this success.

St George’s School, Malaga, has offered a British education to children from three years old since 2001.

Many students have gone on to study at the best universities in Europe including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College as well as prestigious universities in Spain and the United States of America.

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Health centre campaign MEMBERS of the Federation of Associations of Marbella and San Pedro have launched a campaign and are gathering signatures to demand more health centres from the Junta de Andalucia regional government.

Prison bed set on fire MORE than 120 women had to be evacuated from Alhaurin de la Torre prison buildings after a prisoner set fire to her mattress to protest that medicine had been taken from her during a routine cell search.

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Try out for Showstoppers THERE is still time for budding Roxie Harts, Billy Flynns, Sally Bowles, Sharpays and Troys to audition for a showstopping performance.

The Mania Performers are looking for talented male and female singers/dancers to show what they can do for their latest production called Showstoppers.

Featuring numbers from Cabaret, Hairspray, Chicago, Book of Mormon, Wicked, Blood Brothers, Little Shop of Horrors, Lion King and High Street Musical amongst others, it promises to be a high energy show filled with musical favourites.

So if you are exploding with talent and charisma contact

showstoppersperformers@ yahoo.com or call 65720268 to book an audition spot.

The auditions will be held at the Salon Varietes Theatre, Fuengirola on Sunday, February 1 at 4pm. People taking part should take along two contrasting musical theatre songs on CD, USB or mobile and dancewear.

a Salv r u o ort Supp The production dates are from April 24 to 28.

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Botanical gardens progressing WORK on the future botanical gardens being built in Estepona has taken giant steps over the last few weeks.

While before Christmas there was nothing to be seen but foundations, the third and final dome or the orchid building has been put into place, changing the scene completely.

The six, 16 and 30 domes are to be covered in glass to provide light and heat inside the building.

The glass coverings will considerably increase the weight of the structures, with the main dome expected to weigh about 50 tonnes.

Inside, a 17 metre high waterfall will provide a background for the

orchid garden. The building will be divided into two separate areas: one dedicated to American orchids and another to Asian examples.

Ana Velasco, Development, Infrastructure and Tourism councillor, explained the work was 78 per cent complete and that the gardens should be ready to open in March.

Back to the Good Old Days of The Music Hall.

Compered by Colin Pollard and directed by Sian Hopkins it promises to be a fun musical night.

The show runs nightly from February 6 to 10 at 8pm (7pm on Sunday).

Book online at www.salonvarietestheatre. com or at the theatre box office which is open from 11am to 2.30pm Monday to Saturday and one hour before each performance.

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PRINCESS Cristina of Spain and her husband Iñaki Urdangarin have applied for permission from a judge to sell their mansion in Pedralbes, Barcelona.

The Duke of Palma’s defence lawyers have presented an application to the court in charge of the Noos corruption case to allow him to sell the property, half of which was placed under embargo by the judge when the case began.

Princess Cristina’s legal representatives have also sent a letter to the court backing up her husband’s petition.

Permission from the judge is essential before the Duke and Duchess of Palma can sell the property as half

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Duke and Duchess apply to sell mansion of it was embargoed in November 2013 as security against possible civil responsibilities imposed upon Urdangarin.

Along with the Pedralbes property, the judge also embargoed half of other properties Urdangarin owns jointly with his wife including three other houses, two garages and two storerooms.

Rumours broke last week that the princess and her husband, who currently live in Geneva, were negotiating the sale of the Barcelona mansion for approximately €6 million.

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Air authorities unmask ‘ghostly plane’ AIR traffic controllers have had to step in to halt rumours of a ghost plane which internet users thought flew across Spain at night.

Those who have heard it insist it sounds like some sort of warplane, and reports of sightings (or rather hearings) spread like wildfire across social media sites, quickly christening it the #avionetafantasma (ghost plane).

Over recent months many internet users followed tracks and photos of a ‘mysterious’ aircraft that repeatedly crossed the skies of Cantabria heading south across Spain.

People in Cordoba also reported hearing the racket as the aircraft flew overhead and thousands took to the internet to discuss it, converting the tag #avionetacordoba in a national trending topic.

People in Campillos and Estepona in Malaga Province also reported hearing the racket.

Air authorities, alarmed at the amount of interest that sprung up over the craft, explained that the not-at-all mysterious aircraft is a fourengine Antonov An-12 belonging to Ukrainian Cavok

SPOOKY AIRCRAFT: Antonov An-12 is strangely noisy.

Air airline that transports goods at night from the East Midlands, in the UK, to Morocco.

Air traffic controllers confirmed on Twitter that the

goodsplane flew over Cordoba and Malaga at a height of approximately 25,000 feet, considerably lower than

commercial planes which generally have a cruising altitude of more than 30,000 feet.

Controllers assured that there was nothing at all ghostly about the craft, which is constantly present on radars every time it crosses Spain, entering above Cantabria and leaving over Cadiz.

Although it is not common for planes to be heard passing overhead, experts explained that the Antonov is one of the oldest, largest and noisiest cargo-planes on the market and its four propeller engines are responsible for the noise it creates.

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Spain to follow Greek election lead?

THE victory of anti-austerity party Syriza in the Greek General Election has given Spain’s equivalent a boost.

Podemos, a new radical, left-

wing organisation with a similar spend, spend, spend policy, hailed the outcome from January 25’s election as bringing hope to the country.

Podemos’s leader, Pablo Iglesias, said: “Hope is coming, fear is fleeing… We will win.”

The Greek party fell just two seats short of an outright victory,

and has formed a coalition government with Independent Greeks on a platform of renegotiating the terms of the EU bailout which saved the

country from bankruptcy.

Podemos, like Syriza, is opposed to the austerity measures put in place over the last few years to bring public debt under control.

With elections coming up in Spain this year, Podemos has come from nowhere to become a major player in Spanish politics with huge popular support. Whether that will be translated into seats remains to be seen.

Iglesias said: “Syriza’s victory shows the carried out searches in the 36 inefficiency of austerity other niches as well as those policies.” buried below the church’s floor.

Spanish Prime Minister The coffin’s discovery was made Mariano Rajoy meanwhile on Sunday afternoon, a surprise urged voters to go for the known rather than gamble that has sparked high on a new party which is an expectations. Experts found a unknown quantity. He said: wooden board with initials MC. “We cannot bet our’s and They are hoping to verify the our children’s future on a writer’s remains before the fourthcentenary anniversary of his death frivolous game of Russian in 2016. roulette.”

Podemos was formed in early 2014 and picked up PAINSTAKING: Experts piece five seats in the May 2014 together the remains.

European elections.

THE team in charge of searching for Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes’ tomb has found a coffin engraved with his initials.

The search is taking place at the Iglesia de las Trinitarias in Madrid, were it is believed he was buried.

Inside the church’s vault, a wooden coffin, in poor condition, has been found and experts will analyse the bones with the aim of learning if they do actually belong to the writer, who died in 1616.

Specialists started investigating last Saturday (January 24) and

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POSITIVELY PINK & BLUE are the Mijas based charities offering FREE breast and prostate/ testicular cancer screening to UK expatriates living on the Costa del Sol. During 2014, more than 800 women accessed our FREE breast screening programme with thankfully only a small number of them receiving a positive diagnosis.

Others have already had their treatment and we are pleased to report they are doing well but Positively

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Positively Pink & Blue launch screening programme 2015 Pink continues to support those who are still receiving treatment.

Last year was the first full year of the Positively Blue programme to provide education, awareness and support for prostate and testicular cancer.

In its first year Positively Blue had an overwhelming response to the 400 free appointments that were on offer; in fact, the charity funded a total of 436 appointments for prostate cancer screening and educated them all on testicular cancer and the

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Businessmen create Easter procession hood TWO Easter-loving businessmen from Jerez have come up with a solution for the problem rain causes to processions and launched Meteo23, an aluminium and plastic structure to protect thrones without reducing visibility.

The two men from Jerez have been working on their invention for six years with the problem rain causes at Easter in mind. Rain doesn’t just ruin the day for devotedly religious followers who see their favourite processions suspended, it can also damage the statues and other articles.

The businessmen created the Mascofrade company to find a solution which they have now launched after seeking collaboration from engineering companies, architects, aluminium and plastic producers and factories to come up with their Meteo prototype.

The structure can be easily transported on a small cart, taken out when needed and according to the creators guarantees safety and efficiency.

The prototype passed wind resistance tests of up to 120 km/h before a notary.

Between six and eight people can put the structure up in less than three minutes with a couple of hours’ previous training. Once installed, the procession can continue without visibility for the public being affected.

Mascofrade has entered talks with brotherhoods in Malaga, Jerez, Sevilla, Santiago de Compostela, Zamora and Valladolid that have expressed interest in the structures, which are made to measure with various options and prices ranging from €5,000 to €15,000.

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legislation has been introduced since his abdication last year which allows legal action through the Supreme Court only.

The Supreme Court has now agreed to hear Sartiau’s claim, which she says is all about recognition rather than fortune.

“All I want is to meet and have a relationship with my father. I would prefer

to be recognised by him than all the money in the world,” Sartiau said.

The 47-year-old woman explained that her mother Liliane kept her father’s identity from her for many years, and it was only in 2011 that she spilled the beans.

Sartiau told the Daily Mail that her mother fell madly in love with teenaged Prince Juan Carlos in 1956 while working as a governess,

AFFAIR CLAIM: Juan Carlos and Sartiau’s mother. and went to Marbella 10 years later in the hope of

finding her heart-throb.

In November 2012, Photo credit: REUTERS/Cordon Press

INGRID SARTIAU, who claims to be former King Juan Carlos of Spain’s illegitimate daughter, has shared all with the Daily Mail online newspaper.

Although Spanish courts rejected paternity claims against King Juan Carlos

by Ingrid Sartiau and Alberto Sola in 2012, ruling that the monarch could not be held accountable under the Spanish constitution,

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Woman who claims to be the former king’s lovechild tells all

PHILIPPINES TRIP: Pope Francis hugs children during a recent visit to Manila.

No papal visit for Spain this year

ALTHOUGH Pope Francis will be following the celebrations planned for the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Teresa of Avila, he will not be visiting Spain this year.

The Secretary of State of the Holy See wrote to Monsignor Ricardo Blazquez, head of the Spanish synod,

to inform him that Pope Francis does not plan to visit the country in 2015.

In the letter, the Vatican stated that although he will not be present, the pope was interested in celebrations held for Saint Teresa and prays for Christian life to give abundant fruits in Spain.

Liliane, then 79, gave a statement before a notary in Ghent, declaring that the couple met up in a Marbella nightclub and spent three passionate nights together before she realised a porter had recognised the prince and fled for Belgium.

Liliane said: “From those intimate encounters until the birth of my daughter I never had any other sexual relations and I can guarantee 100 per cent that Ingrid is the daughter of Juan Carlos I. “I confirm that the sexual relations with Juan Carlos were without contraception.”

Once at home in Belgium she said she had confided in two nurses, who advised her to have an abortion (which was illegal at the time) because authoritarian, ultraconservative General Franco, who was ruling Spain as Regent, could try to hunt the child down.

Ingrid said that her mother, now 82, had never loved anyone else and was still in love with Juan Carlos to this day. She stated she had never doubted her mother’s story and that she had no need of the royal family’s money.

“People say I am just saying this story for the sensation, or because I want money, but I have only lost from this experience so far. My marriage broke under the pressure, my children have been under pressure, my health has suffered.”

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.”

Garage arrest

Doggy mess LOCAL POLICE in Elche have opened proceedings against 18 dog owners for failing to clean up after their pets in the street, in just over a month.

Research backed

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the increase in revenues through bank loans amounting to 30.5 per cent more than in the previous year.

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

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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.

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Job queues 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.

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.

HUNDREDS queued in Elche at an information booth in Calle Uberna next to the site of the new sports centre to apply for around 30 vacant positions.

Students lose out PUBLIC 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.

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

Cocaine bust

insufficient. There are just two health professionals to cover the needs of almost 4,000 residents.

Share the View International Nature Photography Contest. His picture depicts a young gorilla splashing in a river.

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.

Not so equal

Nerja on show

Green route plea

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.

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.

Cemetery upgrade

Water off

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.

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.

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Body found

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.

Empleo Almeria despite only a went to

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Port expansion

Charitable chemist

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.

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.

Health shortfall

Gorilla photo victory

DALIAS residents have complained that staffing levels at their health centre are

THE Almuñecar photographer Francisco Mingorance has won first prize at the

Budget opposition THREE opposition parties in Santa Pola have, for the first time, rejected the approval of municipal budgets, criticising

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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Eleven reported dead in military plane crash ELEVEN people are known to have died and 12 injured after a Greek F-16 military aircraft crashed at a Spanish

Not enough to live on THE minimum wage in Spain is too low to ensure a reasonable standard of living.

According to the Council of Europe the €648.60 a month around 200,000 workers have to scrape by on is simply insufficient for their needs.

Now it has called for the minimum to be raised, although the council has no power to ensure it is. The minimum wage was frozen in 2014, and this year has seen a 0.5 per cent increase of €3.30 a month.

The Council of Europe, an advisory body reporting to the European Commission, said in a report that was too low.

Spanish unions have criticised the increase, saying that following the European Social Charter recommendations, the minimum should be set at 60 per cent of the average wage.

In Spain that would be more than €900 a month, with average wages at €22,726, according to the National Statistics institute (INE).

Spain comes near the bottom of the minimum pay league in Western Europe. Only Portugal (€565.83) and Greece (€683.76) have set a lower minimum.

In France it is €1,430.

airbase in Los Llanos, Albacete on Monday, January 26.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the plane’s two pilots are among the deceased.

Cadena Ser reported that at least eight people were seriously wounded with three requiring resuscitation, two in intensive care and many undergoing surgery for amputated limbs.

The Ministry of Defence declared that the plane crashed into parked aircraft after losing power during take-off and authorities were attempting to evaluate the damage while emergency services continued to work in the area.

ALBACETE AIRBASE: Parked aircraft were hit.

Witnesses reported that the aircraft was flying at low altitude and crashed into a hangar, and four explosions were then heard on the airbase, which could have been other aircraft

catching fire after being hit by the falling plane.

The plane was part of an OTAN Tactical Leadership Programme based in Albacete, where pilots receive training.

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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) has 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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Get active and save yourself money Loose change A look at finance for females

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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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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.”

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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)

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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...

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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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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 turn-on.

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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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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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.

Nora Johnson

Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/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.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore.

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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

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

E4

8:00pm Doctor Who 8:10pm Doctor Who 9:00pm Excluded: Kicked Out of School 10:00pm Tough Young Teachers 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:35am Crims 2:00am South Side Story 2:30am Russell Howard's Good News 3:00am Bangkok Airport 4:00am Life is Toff 4:30am Life is Toff 5:00am This is BBC Three

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

Crime

Family

The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

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

SKY MOVIES Action 5:00am The Karate Kid, Part II 7:00am Poseidon 8:55am Pacific Rim 11:15am Captain America: The Winter Soldier 1:40pm Kick-Ass 2 3:35pm Getaway 5:20pm Poseidon 7:15pm Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 7:45pm Pacific Rim 10:00pm Captain America: The Winter Soldier 12:20am Kick-Ass 2 2:10am Getaway 3:55am Ironclad: Battle for Blood

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

Premiere

TCM

6:00am Stage to Screen 6:30am Wild Special 7:00am Ain't Them Bodies Saints 8:45am In Secret 10:45am Fort BLISS 1:00pm Alien Abduction 2:45pm Maleficent 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 2:15am Fort BLISS 4:30am In Secret

6:00am On the Beach 8:20am Gunsmoke 9:20am Gunsmoke 10:20am Secret of the Incas 12:20pm Tarzan's Savage Fury 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Tarzan's Hidden Jungle 5:30pm Toward the Unknown 7:40pm Taras Bulba 10:00pm In Hell 11:55pm The Long Kiss Goodnight 2:10am Hell on Wheels 3:05am The Long Kiss Goodnight 5:05am Rock N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin's Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Bargain Hunt

BBC TWO 6:35am Quantrill's Raiders 7:45am Bitter Victory 9:25am Tennis 12:30pm Animal Park 1:00pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:45pm Hollywood Greats 2:25pm Lust for Life

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 1:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:40pm The Undriveables

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CH4 8:25am Itera Expedition Race 8:55am The Morning Line 10:00am King of Queens 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Frasier 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:25pm Speed with Guy Martin 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

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

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

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ITV4

E4

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes V: Revenge of the Fifth 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Blades of Glory 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:44am Family Guy 1:06am Family Guy 1:28am Family Guy 1:50am Family Guy 2:12am Family Guy 2:34am Family Guy 3:00am Crims 3:30am South Side Story

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

Comedy

Crime

Family

SKY MOVIES Action 8:00am Thor: The Dark World Special 8:30am Die Hard with a Vengeance 10:50am Die Hard 4.0 1:10pm A Good Day to Die Hard 3:00pm Kingsman: Secret Service Special 3:30pm Die Hard 5:45pm Die Hard 2 7:50pm Die Hard with a Vengeance 10:00pm Die Hard 4.0 12:10am A Good Day to Die Hard 1:50am The Top Ten Show 2015 Which movies are doing the best business at home and across the pond?

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

Premiere

TCM

7:00am Ain't Them Bodies Saints 8:45am In Secret 10:45am Fort BLISS 1:00pm Alien Abduction 2:45pm Oscars 2015 Nomination 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

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 ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Bargain Hunt

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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CH4 7:20am NFL 7:45am How I Met Your Mother 8:10am How I Met Your Mother 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory

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

SUNDAY TV

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

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

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8:00pm Great TV Mistakes 8:30pm The Voice UK 10:00pm Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm Family Guy 11:50pm Crims 12:20am Family Guy

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

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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

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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.

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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 3:40pm 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

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 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

12:15am Gareth Thomas: Game Changer 1:15am Forget Me Not A moving, modern-day 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

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

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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

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 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

12am

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 1:35pm Kick-Ass 2 3:30pm Lethal Weapon 5:35pm Executive Decision Islamic terrorists take control of a Washington-bound jet.

8:00pm Thor: The Dark World 10:00pm Kick-Ass 2 11:50pm Lethal Weapon 1:55am Blade 4:10am The Guns of Navarone During WWII, a squad of Allied soldiers attempt to destroy the Nazi weaponry that guards their only escape route.

7:20am Nature Calls 8:45am The Man with Two Brains 10:20am The Cable Guy 12:00pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier is back in front of the big band, but not for long.

1:50pm Wedding Crashers 3:55pm Analyze This 5:45pm Analyze That 7:25pm Bean 9:00pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier is back in front of the big band, but not for long.

11:00pm Wedding Crashers John and Jeremy specialise in crashing weddings.

1:05am The Cable Guy 2:45am Mr Woodcock

5:15am Point Last Seen 7:00am Ripley's Game 8:55am The Washington Snipers 10:35am Solo 12:05pm Derailed 1:55pm White House Down 4:10pm Conspiracy Theory 6:35pm Solo 8:10pm Dead Calm 10:00pm White House Down 12:15am Kiss the Girls 2:15am City of God Caught up in the violent gang wars of Rio de Janeiro, a group of young men take different paths as they try to rise above their impoverished surroundings.

4:30am Flatliners

7:25am Peter Pan 9:20am The Muppets Sky Movies Special 9:45am Ice Age: The Meltdown 11:45am Muppets Most Wanted 1:40pm Despicable Me 2 3:25pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 5:05pm Ice Age: The Meltdown 7:05pm Muppets Most Wanted 9:00pm Despicable Me 2 10:40pm Look Who's Talking 12:20am The Last Keepers A teenage outcast discovers that - like the rest of her family - she has extraordinary powers.

1:55am Peter Pan 3:50am Look Who's Talking 5:30am Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Premiere

TCM

6:30am Stage to Screen

8:30am Gunsmoke 9:35am Gunsmoke 10:40am Last of the Comanches 12:20pm The Naked Hills 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Charro!

5:55pm The Forty-Niners 7:25pm Khartoum 10:00pm Freelancers 11:50pm The Perfect Storm 2:15am Freelancers 3:55am Arctic Flight

A look at the new all-star film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical Into the Woods.

7:00am Ain't Them Bodies Saints 8:45am In Secret 10:45am Fort BLISS 1:00pm Ain't Them Bodies Saints After years in jail, a Texas outlaw breaks out and attempts to find his wife and child.

2:45pm Stage to Screen 3:15pm Alien Abduction 5:00pm Maleficent 6:45pm Fort BLISS 9:00pm Maleficent 10:45pm Alien Abduction 12:30am Ain't Them Bodies Saints After years in jail, a Texas outlaw breaks out and attempts to find his wife and child.

An Alaskan pilot befriends a man posing as an America businessman.

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A happy event for Susana Diaz Cassandra Nash

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

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USANA DIAZ, 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 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.

Diaz’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, Diaz’s domestic arrangements after the baby is born will reveal more than any statements or interviews.

JOSE MARIA AZNAR: A huge turn-off.

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 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Saints and Scroungers 8:45am Helicopter Heroes Down Under 9:15am Wanted Down Under 10:00am Life Story 11:00am Great British Railway Journeys 11:30am See Hear 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:20pm The War Lords 2:50pm The Road to War

ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

www.euroweeklynews.com

CH4 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

WEDNESDAY TV

CH5 5:50am 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

SKY 1 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 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 Another Man's Wife

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 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 Cowboy Builders

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

9:00pm Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom 10:00pm Wolf Hall 11:00pm Up the Women 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Bring Back Borstal

9:00pm The Jump 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Bodyshockers

9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Age Gap Love

9:00pm The Fanatics 10:00pm 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

12:15am Weather 12:20am Inside the Commons 1:20am See Hear 1:50am Posh People: Inside Tatler 2:50am This is BBC Two 5:00am Making Media 5:30am Ten Pieces Extra

12:35am I Never Knew That About Britain 1:05am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.

4:40am Nightscreen

12:00am The Undateables 1:00am Launched at Red Bull Studios 1:30am Ramsay's Hotel Hell 2:20am Barney's Version 4:40am A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 5:35am Deal or No Deal

12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Trauma Doctors 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Botched Up Bodies 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:25am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor

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

BBC THREE

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ITV2

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E4

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Bangkok Airport

5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England 10:00pm Egypt's Lost Cities 11:30pm Battle for the Himalayas: The Fight to Film Everest 12:30am Epic of Everest 1:55am Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle 2:55am Top of the Pops 3:40am The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England 5:00am This is BBC Four

1:15pm Emmerdale 1:40pm You've Been Framed!

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11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Live at the Apollo 12:00am Family Guy Subversive animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:45am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

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SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Thor: The Dark World Special The cast of Thor: The Dark World chat about the stunning sequel to superhero hit Thor.

7:30am Batman Begins 9:55am Flags of Our Fathers 12:10pm Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2:35pm The 6th Day 4:50pm The Last Samurai 7:30pm Batman Begins 10:00pm Captain America: The Winter Soldier 12:25am Lethal Weapon 2 2:30am The Last Samurai 5:15am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers Don is a Smoke Jumper, firefighters who parachute into forest fires and battle them from within.

7:25am Kingsman: Secret Service Special 7:55am In and Out 9:40am The Nutty Professor 11:25am Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 1:40pm The Top Ten Show 2015 Which movies are doing the best business at home and across the pond?

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6:30am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man 8:20am The Liability 9:55am Syriana 12:10pm Jennifer Eight 2:25pm Zero Dark Thirty 5:05pm Breakdown 6:45pm Cold Comes the Night A Polish gangster takes a motel manager captive when a bag of money goes missing.

8:20pm The Call 10:00pm Zero Dark Thirty 12:40am Green Street After he's expelled from Harvard, journalism student Matt moves to London.

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5:30am Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 7:15am The Reef 2: High Tide 8:40am Chimpanzee The story of a baby chimpanzee in the wild.

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Alex Zane looks at this year's Academy Award nominees.

1:30pm Alien Abduction A family on a camping holiday have a terrifying extraterrestrial encounter. Scifi/horror.

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.

John Bonar and grizzled old prospector Nugget Jack strike it rich.

10:00pm Collateral Damage 12:05am Bugsy 2:35am Collateral Damage 4:25am Tarzan Finds a Son Tarzan adopts the infant survivor of a plane crash.

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INVESTIGATIONS have been launched into the causes of two fires that occurred last week. A fire at an apartment on Laguna Estate was brought under control by firefighters within half an hour, with several Royal Gibraltar Police officers treated for smoke inhalation. The old Gibraltar Casino building on Europa Road was the scene of another fire within a 24-hour period.

AS part of the Gibraltar Spring Festival 2015, a short story competition will take place with a top prize of £300 (€400). There are four age categories: four to seven, eight to 11, 12 to 13 and adults. Entry forms available from Gibraltar Cultural Services at 308 Main Street. Entries by March 23. Further information on 20067236 or culture.info@culture.gov.gi

Picardo to press ahead CHIEF MINISTER Fabian Picardo is to go ahead with a planned speech in Madrid on February 3 despite being stopped from addressing the prestigious Nueva Economia Forum by Spain for “reasons of state”.

Picardo’s invitation was withdrawn following personal instructions by Spain’s Foreign Secretary,

Jose Manuel GarciaMargallo. He was to deliver a lecture on Britain’s sovereignty over Gibraltar and will now give the same speech to an audience of invited Spanish politicians, journalists and industrialists, many of whom would have attended the Nueva Economia Forum speech.

The chief minister

stated: “The measured, reasonable and democratic views of the elected representatives of the people of Gibraltar cannot be silenced. We will not be deterred. We will prevail in the presentation of our position in our usual respectful and proper manner.

“Anyone who is interested in truly understanding the reality of Gibraltar and the Gibraltarians will have the opportunity of hearing what we have to say in Madrid next week, regardless of the attempts that have been made to stop us.”

Details of Picardo’s address will not be made public until nearer the event.

Contracts ending THE small number of employees in the Care Agency working on fixed-term contracts that are coming to an end will not have their contracts extended upon expiry.

Nobody is being dismissed, according to the government, and in a service that employs around 600 people, there are only 18 fixed-term contracts coming to an end over the next two years.

Border issues are raised in Brussels GIBRALTAR has complied with all the recommendations in relation to the border and now Spain must do the same. That’s the message from Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, who briefed the European Commission during a visit to Brussels.

Dr Garcia also presented a dossier for December 2014, which contained data on both the incoming and outgoing delays for every day of the month at the border. He stressed that the situation disrupted the lives of thousands of ordinary people on a daily basis and said that while it

BORDER ISSUES: Dr Garcia speaks in Brussels. was proper for the Commission to steer clear of sovereignty issues, they could not abdicate their responsibility for the application of EU law and the EU treaties. This included the right of EU nationals to freedom of movement through an internal border of the EU.

“There is no argument that Spain is entitled to conduct light immigration and customs checks at the border,” said Dr Garcia, who added: “It is the intensive and deliberately disproportionate manner in which the checks are carried out that is the problem.”

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in history 1709: Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, is rescued after being shipwrecked for four years on a deserted island in the South Pacific Ocean. His ordeal inspires the book Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe.

1943: Following five months of bloody fighting, around 90,000 soldiers of the German 6th Army surrender to Soviet troops, bringing to an end the Battle of Stalingrad. It becomes known as the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare.

1948: Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist, on his way to address a prayer meeting.

Over two million people join the five-mile long funeral procession and his death is mourned worldwide.

1959: A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, results in the deaths of rock n’ roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP ‘The Big Bopper’ Richardson.

1968: The Vietcong attack the United States Embassy in Saigon, and other military and civilian targets, in what becomes known as the Tet Offensive. The surprise attacks are named after the Vietnamese New Year celebrations, Tet. 1969: The Beatles perform their last ever public concert on the roof of Apple Records - the label founded by the band in 1968 - in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by police.

1979: Sid Vicious, the bass player with punk band The Sex Pistols, is found dead from a heroin overdose in an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York, by his mother.

2000: Family GP Dr Harold Shipman is jailed for life for murdering 15 of his patients, making him Britain’s most prolific serial killer. He hangs himself in his cell at Wakefield Prison four years later.

Women’s wit As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.’

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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. It may be necessary to distance yourself and give help through others. .

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, but any resistance by you will, in the longer term, only gain you respect.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You may feel a bit like Sherlock Holmes when you solve a tricky dilemma. With your intellect soaring, it is little surprise that others come to you with their problems. A natural agony aunt because of your interest in others, this suits you well enough.

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. There is, however, a question mark over with whom you want to go.

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. Get your glad rags on at the weekend and really let your hair down. Of course, there are more serious matters to be considered but not all the time.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 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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January 29, Tom Selleck, 70, actor Television and movie actor famous for his role in the popular TV show Magnum PI. The moustachioed Selleck has also appeared in the hit comedy Friends and cop drama Blue Bloods.

He studied at the University of California on a basketball scholarship before acting.

January 30, Christian Bale, 41, actor Award-winning actor known for his intense, method acting style. Bale has played Batman in the movie franchise and has also starred in well-known Hollywood hits such as The Fighter, American Psycho and American Hustle. Got his big break in Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun. January 30, Dick Cheney, 74, politician One of the most powerful men in US politics, Cheney was President George W Bush’s vice-

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Mutual plans are exciting but make sure that others know your needs exactly. As a Leo, you will never willingly accept second best but how can others know your standards? Your needs and desires are close to your heart but are sometimes held so close that others cannot see and respond to them.

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. As painful as it seems, there will need to be some compromise if everyone is to be happy.

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

2. Both located in the Cairngorms in Scotland, which are the two highest mountains in the UK? 3. In terms of land area, which are the two largest US states?

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 long-running 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?

8. What were the two former names of the Turkish capital city, Istanbul?

9. Which are the two UK newspapers with the biggest daily circulation?

10. Which famous song writing duo were responsible for the musicals: The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The King and I?

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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.

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president from 2001 to 2009 and helped spearhead policies such as the war on terror, NSA wire-tapping and enhanced interrogation techniques.

January 31, Justin Timberlake, 34, singer Timberlake got his big break as a youngster alongside Britney Spears on television’s All-New Mickey Mouse Club, before going on to join boy band N-SYNC. He later went solo and has also appeared in numerous movies.

February 2, David Jason, 75, actor British actor who starred in the iconic comedy series Only Fools and Horses as Cockney wheeler-dealer Del Boy. He spent six years training as an electrician before turning his hand to acting. He has also performed in numerous theatre productions.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Sometimes, you retreat into your shell and your normally gregarious personality takes a back seat. Although you may not have received the expected response to a question recently, it is no reason to brood. Show yourself in your true colours this week.

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. Fresh air and group activities bring the most satisfaction, although a one-to-one task proves particularly fruitful.

TARGET: Average: 11 Good: 14 Very good: 20 January 29, Marc Gasol, basketball player Marc is the younger brother of Pau Gasol and currently plays in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies. He was awarded the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 2013 and was part of Spain’s silver medal-winning Olympic team in both 2008 and 2012. In 2012 he was named to his first NBA All-Star team.

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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 as opposed to unnecessary delays. A particular place brings back memories of a love long past. However, this love is not truly lost because it will always be a part of who you are.

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. You do not need the excuse of a birthday or anniversary to give a gift, just a heart full of love. Contentment surfaces several times this week and is down to your own past efforts.

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Filmed with the same cast over a period of 12 years, Boyhood was recently nominated for eight Academy Awards. The movie plots the joys and pitfalls of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason, his parents and his sister. A series of vignettes of Mason’s life from the age of five to 18 captures family meals, road trips, birthday parties, graduations and other important life milestones. A favourite to pick up the Best Picture award at this year’s Oscars.

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Unscramble the name of a top professional snooker player: NO TERRIBLE SON Unscramble the name of a member of the European Union and its capital city: SILENT NATIONAL

Play on Words AAAA WILE LAY 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

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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.

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)

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)

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Answers: Lay low for a while, Too big for his boots

Down 1 Normal sort of flag (8) 2 Appeal to an act containing a refined tart (7) 3 Bird talk (4) 5 "A ship, your Majesty!" Ted declared (8)

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FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: NEIL ROBERTSON, ESTONIA, TALLINN

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)

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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.

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)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Snail, 4 Shade, 7 Margarine, 10 Cod, 15 Artichoke, 17 Medio, 18 Argue.

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.

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TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT THE FLU

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IT’S that time of year again when sniffling, sneezing, coughing and wheezing are the order of the day as the flu goes about doing its job of ensuring that the makers of Lemsip and Vicks VapoRub stay in business. So grab a hot lemon drink and a box of tissues as we present the top 10 interesting facts about the dreaded flu.

1. Flu viruses can live up to 48 hours on hard, non-porous surfaces such as stainless steel and up to 12 hours on cloth and tissues. They can remain infectious for about a week at human body temperature, so make sure to wipe down those countertops.

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Just Joking A man is talking to God. ‘God, how long is a million years?’ he asks. God replies: ‘To me, it’s about a minute.’

The man asks: ‘God, how much is a million dollars?’ God answers: ‘To me, it’s a penny.’ The man asks: ‘God, may I have a penny?’ God replies: ‘Wait a minute.’

Written by a stillimprisoned detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Diary has been described as a profoundly revealing read and a document of immense historical importance. Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned since 2002 and has never been charged with a crime.

Three years into his captivity he began a diary, recounting his life before he was taken into custody, “his endless world tour” of imprisonment and interrogation, and his daily life as a Guantanamo prisoner.

A deeply personal memoir that is at times terrifying, darkly humorous and surprisingly gracious.

PIGS: Ideal breeding ground for the flu.

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5. The Spanish flu (1918 to 1919) killed more Americans in one year than the combined total who died during World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The Spanish flu killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide.

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2. The word ‘influenza’ comes from the Italian ‘influentia’ because people believed that the moon, planets and stars caused the flu. They maintained that only universal influence could explain such sudden and widespread sickness.

3. The World Health Organisation estimates that between three and five million people around the world get a serious case of the regular flu each year. Tens of millions get milder cases, and between 250,000 and 500,000 people die of the flu each year.

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6. Studies show that laughter can help boost your immune system by increasing cell activity, so next time your laid up on the sofa for the day under a blanket with a box of tissues, make sure to watch a few comedy movies to help get better in no time.

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FLU SYMPTOMS: It’s 7. Avoid pigs. Pigs are the only animals that can be infected with influenza strains that can infect three different species: other pigs, birds and humans. The pig, therefore, is the perfect breeding ground for new and dangerous strains of the flu.

8. Nearly the entire indigenous population of the Antilles was wiped out in 1493 by flu-like symptoms shortly after Christopher Colombus and his crew stepped on shore. It’s believed the flu was brought to the Americas by European travellers, thus crippling native communities with no immunity.

9. Some people blame the rise of Adolf Hitler and thus World War II on President Woodrow Wilson’s lingering case of the Spanish flu. They believe his weakened state was the reason he caved into French demands for harsh peace terms that decimated Germany after World War I - terms that helped fuel Hitler’s rise to power.

10. Hippocrates wrote about a sickness resembling the flu as far back as 412BC, indicating it has been around for a very, very long time. Occasionally, pandemics occur and leave millions dead in their wake.

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

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Which country in the world is most overweight? A surprising answer... the problem. 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.

Western foods also became a sign of social status among the islanders, as they soon began to fry their fish, rather than eat it raw and the social changes happened very quickly because of the islands being small and populated by close-knit communities.

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

The islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, have topped a new list of countries with the highest percentage of obese people. Soaring rates of obesity have shot it to the top of the list.

Experts had initially thought that Pacific Islanders were genetically predisposed to being overweight, but they now say the introduction of more Western diets to the islands are to blame for

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

American Samoa tops the chart, with 75 per cent of the population

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.

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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.”

reported as obese.

Nauru and the Cook Islands, also found in the

South Pacific Ocean, come in second and third places with 71 per cent

and 63 per cent of the population obese.

Most of Africa and South Asia are shown with low levels of obesity, while most of the USA, Europe, Australia and the Middle East indicate high levels of obesity.

In the USA and Saudi Arabia, 33 per cent of the population is obese, with the UK and Australia not far behind with 27 per cent of the population falling into the category.

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In future I must remember to take some of my own advice Erica Russell Watson: My journey – and I’m driving

24th January 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 to 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. My parents

FAMILY WARMTH: It was sad to see my parents and sister leave. 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 practise, 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 halfway 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!

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Just one hour of physical activity a week is enough...

DESPITE experts and health officials advising us to undertake 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 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. He 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. It found that less than one hour of moderate physical activity a week or 20 minutes or more of vigorous activity once a

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Less can sometimes be more. 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-minutea-day amount.

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 in the 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, resulting in 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 said they felt less lonely and isolated.

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Flu cases t 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.

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which we find the start of the epidemic wave,” said the deputy director general of Health Promotion and Epidemiology, Elena Andrade.

Andrade also highlighted the importance of the government’s flu

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’s genetic sequence, or proteins deriving from that sequence, but if the sequence changes over time, the drugs may not be as effective.

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

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INFLUENZA: It’s important to be vaccinated. 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 health system was “perfectly prepared for the situation and they were strengthening their structures to provide the most appropriate service possible to people in need during the flu epidemic.”

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JANUARY is a great time to update your look and glasses are a quick and easy way to refresh your style and make a statement by carrying through some of the latest trends.

Natasha Gray, Global Stylist and Frame Communications Manager from optical brand Specsavers, has put together an overview of winter trends which you can apply to your glasses and accessories and start 2015 looking great.

Marine Theme - This trend sees stunning marine colours applied to frames for both men and women. The great thing about blue and green frames is that they emphasise the natural colours of the iris, enlarge the appearance of the eyes, and bring them into focus in a flattering way.

These shades complement a range of skin tones and will work well with most of your wardrobe, given that many colours have blue undertones.

Folk Luxe & Vintage Drama This trend is all about luxury fabrics, jewel-colours, feathers, faux fur and Native American elements. Folk art also plays a huge part in this trend.

The never-ending love affair with vintage apparel and accessories is still apparent and retro designs are still emerging, from cat’s-eye to round-eyed styles. Clubmaster-inspired frames are a key trend for 2015.

Digital Life Theme - This trend is all about clean lines, bright colours, layered acetate plastic and bold shapes. Multilayered acetate plastic is a really neat way of subtly showing off your style credentials. It keeps the look very smart but gives a flash of fashion inspiration.

A lighter colour on the inside of the frame is often used; this allows light to illuminate, rather than darken the eye area.

From Dawn to Dusk Theme - An emerging frame trend features all the colours of the sunrise and sunset. Particularly for women, this trend includes pinks, purples, sunset oranges and flaming reds.

Specsavers Opticas have a large range of designer glasses including Karl Lagerfeld, Roxy, Quicksilver, Karen Millen, Benetton and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as their own cult brands of Osiris and Aurora. Style advisors are on hand to help make the right choice for each face shape.

There are stores located in Benidorm, Guardamar, Calpe, Jávea and Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca, Fuengirola and Marbella on the Costa del Sol and Santa Ponsa in Mallorca.

For more information and to find your nearest store visit www.specsavers.es.

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VALPARAISO, owned and operated by an Italian family from Naples, has been famous on the coast for the last 30 years and is popular with local residents and international stars alike and their annual Italian Gastronomic Week is a truly authentic affair.

The colonial style parlour allowed us the opportunity to relax before entering the main restaurant and we were also intrigued to find a large display of all of the elements of a traditional Italian feast, a taste of what was yet to come.

The menu itself showcases Italian cuisine in all of its excellence and is designed by head chef, Silvio who has been with the restaurant for 25 years.

Silvio gains his inspiration from Italy itself and this gastronomic week is all about the Italian people, their culinary skills, the ingredients they use and that famous sense of family and desire to entertain which is evident at Valparaiso where you are

VALPARAISO: The main restaurant is a glamorous affair. embraced by the warmth that mirrors that of a traditional Italian family welcoming you into their home.

The main restaurant is a glamorous affair. With elegant tableware, soft lighting and enchanting table clips for your handbags. You feel like one of the stars such as Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe who feature in the framed prints on the wall.

The wine selected perfectly accompanied the flavours of the menu as was the traditionally Italian

Lólio de Cecco olive oil and the service was subtle and attentive.

Starters included Le Crespelle di Ricotta e Spinaci, a crisp parcel of crepe with spinach and a light cheese sauce, Il Proscuitto San Daniele, Venetian ham beautifully presented with basil leaves and cherry tomatoes and Mozzarella Caprese with buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes, basil and a dressing.

The main courses included Saltimbocca alla Romana, veal with ham and sage with a delicate yet spicy sauce.

Filetti di Salmone Cremea e Dragoncello provided a quality cut of pink salmon with tarragon sauce and the Fegato Burro e

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ian food Salvia, calf liver with butter and sage with the thinnest of slices, sautĂŠed to perfection and served with a devilled sauce.

The selection of desserts was impressive and we chose a truly luxurious Chocolate Mousse, perfectly balanced with the tartness of succulent raspberries.

The Italian classic Tiramisu was as close to perfection as one can get and Panacotta, that simple household name in Italian deserts was a masterpiece of rich bodied, silky creaminess.

With a coffee, entertainment and an electric atmosphere it was hard to leave El Valparaiso and I am in no doubt that this was just the tip of the iceberg of what this lovely restaurant has to offer.

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Crispy Cod unveils its cool new look for all to enjoy FUENGIROLA’S longest standing and best loved fish and chip shop Crispy Cod, has long been known as the number one destination for true British style fish and chips. It has won many loyal customers and plaudits in its six year history, such as being named as one of the Top Five places around the World to eat good fish and chips by Skyscanner.

Now, as well as the fantastic food, diners can enjoy their stylish new interior which was completed in time for Christmas and has taken the traditional fish and chip shop to new heights of design and comfort.

Crispy Cod’s cool new look includes quirky bench seating covered with news print inspired fabric, which transports the diner to London.

The wood flooring and natural colour palette of greys and whites makes a really smart dining area and paintings of seaside scenes remind you of the team’s commitment to the finest, line caught fish.

However, don’t worry, they haven’t lost the traditional

INTERIOR: Quirky bench seating covered with news print fabric. counter which makes us feel so at home and open kitchen where you can see owner Sean at work, but they have cleverly updated it by adding wood panels, smart tiles and pebble details to transport you to the seaside!!

They have installed hot and cold air conditioning inside to keep the temperature just right for diners, no matter what the weather is doing outside.

The lovely new glass frontage has opened up the whole front of the restaurant to take advantage of the great paseo location and beach and sea views.

A really great addition for regular diners and local residents, or those coming off the beach, is the new bar area and counter, so you can enjoy a cool beer on tap, chilled cava, wine and spirits, with or without food - although we all know it’s almost impossible to resist chips!

This fantastic facelift has created a comfortable yet chic café feel, where you can linger over your meal and a few drinks no matter what the weather.

It is the perfect place to enjoy Crispy Cod’s famous food, with sustainable, line-caught fish prepared

in the traditional way and filleted on the premises, the best chipping potatoes from the UK, home-made mushy peas and tartare sauce and Sean’s secret recipe for the perfect batter.

Crispy Cod is located on Paseo Maritimo Rey De España, Fuengirola, by the Hotel Las Piramides.

Call 952 587 351 to reserve a table on the terrace, or visit www.crispycod.com for more information. Pop in and check out their new look!

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Alberts’ enjoyable wine tasting event ALBERTS, on the harbour of Cabopino, is an unpretentious bar restaurant with a diverse menu from breakfast and light snacks to fine dining.

Assistant manager, Fabrio Anton a self-confessed wine lover, has worked in hotels running events in the UK and taken wine courses in France, Italy and here in Spain: “I love wine, it brings people together, there is no right or wrong wine, no one wine is better than any other, it is all a question of personal taste. I am not a wine snob. Wine is not just for certain people, it is just a question of finding what you like. I wanted to show people the best way to enjoy wine, which foods go with their choice, but as I said, it is all about personal preference.”

Great Partnerships Fabrio served Dibon Brut, made the same way as traditional Champagne, in Catalan. Fermented for the

WINE TASTING: Fabrio Anton, a self-confessed wine lover shows the best way to enjoy wine. first time in stainless steel vats, the second in the bottle, Cava is made from three different types of grape which together create the unique colour, body, aroma and flavour. Dibon Brut is particularly crisp, fresh and smooth, perfect when served with spiced olives.

House wines are young and fresh and need to be able to be drunk on their own or with food. Sauvignon Blanc was Fabrio’s recommendation for its fresh, fruity tropical aroma.

It is produced here in Spain

in Castille-León, the largest wine producing area in Spain, the third largest in Europe. It is best served on its own or with seafood or creamy pasta. Chef’s recommendation: scallops with chorizo and a honey glaze.

Viña Sol, again a very young wine produced by the Torres family. Apple green in colour, the blended grapes ensure this wine’s elegance and finesse producing a fruity, mellow, and young and crisp wine. Chef’s recommendation: deep fried brie and rhubarb chutney with

a candied walnut salad.

Almenada, a full bodied red wine produced in Castille-León using Tempranillo black grapes grown especially to make fullbodied red wine.

This wine goes especially well with oven baked pasta and slightly spiced food. Chef’s recommendation: Yellow Thai King Prawn curry with Asian vegetables, coconut rice and mango chutney.

Conde de Siruela, full bodied, sweet and spicy well aged red wine, produced in

north east Spain where the weather gives them extra flavour and sweetness. Chef’s recommendation: lamb cutlets, dauphinoise potatoes and spinach providing an excellent partnership with the wine.

The wine tasting alongside dishes which are all available from Alberts’ menu was an extraordinary event which looks set to become a regular feature.

Fabrio was a well informed host and made sure that everyone was well looked after, his passion for his subject shone through and made for an extremely enjoyable evening for everyone.

The next wine tasting event is on Wednesday February 25 at 7.30pm, make sure you do, it really will not be what you expect.

Please make sure you book as spaces are limited, call 952 836 886

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: To the members of the Coin RBL branch.

Royal British Legion Coin’s 9th birthday AROUND 75 members of the Coin branch of the Royal British Legion gathered at the Miralmonte Bar and Restaurant to celebrate the branch’s ninth anniversary.

Chairman Jo Taylor recalled the day nine years ago when she and her late husband Michael, together with Harry and Maggie Petty and Bob and June Wheatley, decided to establish a

branch of the RBL in Coin.

The branch has enjoyed many day trips to beautiful locations over the last nine years and Jo summed up the branch’s excursions as simply “a group of friends out for the day.”

The Coin branch of the RBL is a great success and everyone is very welcome.

For more info: www.coinrbl.info.

News from Age Concern MORE than 40 people went to a lunch organised by Age Concern, Estepona and Manilva at the El Hatillo restaurant in Estepona which opened its doors for Age Concern.

Age Concern would like to thank Gerard Taylor for arranging the event and to Anna, her family and staff for the wonderful service.

Age Concern’s shop in Calle Zaragoza, Estepona, (open 10am to 1.30pm Monday to Saturday) needs more donations of clothes and bric-a-brac.

Winter clothes are in short supply as a

LUNCH: Members of Age Concern. result of the colder winter meaning that stocks are selling out rapidly. To make a donation either drop it into the shop or call 608 587 538.

Valentine’s dinner dance for AID ANIMALS In Distress (AID is holding a charity Dinner Dance on Valentine’s Day, February 14.

It will feature the versatile act Southern Impact.

The three course meal, which includes a donation to AID, costs €15.95. The event is being held at Los Cabales restaurant on the Coin to Cartama road

at 7.30pm for 8pm.

Tickets are available from the AID charity shop situated in Alhaurin el Grande (nearly opposite Mercadona) More information: Joe on 626 942 427.

Website: www.animalsin-distress.eu.

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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.

You’ve probably given your dog a new name. Use it frequently and try always to associate it with good things: affection, approval and fun.

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

GENTLE PLAY: Set rules for your children and dog. water-drinking, frequent urination, diarrhoea or a poor appetite. If any of these symptoms last for more than a few days, call your veterinarian.

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. Does that mean all the furniture or just some of it? 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 very helpful to the adult

dog and to you. However, it is not the same as training a puppy with no prior training.

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

Take time for him to adjust to your commands.

Most dogs adjust quickly to their new families within a week or two. Some take longer. Very few dogs are unable to adjust at all.

In most cases the dog will be a well-adjusted member of the family within a month. In fact, you may find it difficult to remember a time when he wasn’t part of the family.

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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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OLIVE TREES: Need regular pruning and spraying against potential pest attacks. 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 nonflowering growth is made to stimulate larger olives. Depending on the health of the tree this can be a 5 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.

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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 of trees.

Spraying There are number of 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 bores 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 handrakes, 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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And after rising 11 per cent last year, Barcelona rents look to be booming.

Landlords aren’t rubbing their hands in glee right across Spain, however, with prices still falling in some regions.

Murcia saw the biggest drop of 4.4 per cent, and is one of the cheapest regions in which to rent, at an average of €4.70 per square metre per month.

Extremadura (€4.20) and Castilla-La Mancha (€4.40) are the only cheaper regions in Spain for tenants.

Despite the stabilisation in prices in 2014, the astronomic rents of the high point of Spain’s housing boom are a long way off. Five regional capitals have seen rent prices crash since the

beginning of the crisis by more than 30 per cent; Zaragoza is the worst affected with the average rent now slashed almost in half, dropping by 44.8 per cent, followed by Castellon (down 38.8 per cent), Valencia (-35.9 per cent), Guadalajara (-33.8 per cent) and Albacete (-31.7 per cent).

RENTING: 2015 a better year for landlords but still bargains to be had for tenants.

Madrid and Barcelona rents by comparison have been much more stable, although still dropping a

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Construction grows faster in Spain than rest of EU THE Spanish construction industry grew faster in November last year than in any other European Union country.

Figures just released by the EU’s own statistics organisation, Eurostat, showed construction work in Spain increased 15.9 per cent in November 2014 compared to the same month in 2013.

The growth outstrips the average across the euro area, which was 2.2 per cent, and the European Union as a whole, which was 2.5 per cent.

Spain’s improvement was most closely followed by Sweden, where the building and civil engineering sector grew by 12.5 per cent compared to November 2013.

Spain also bucked the trend when construction work in November was compared to the previous month, with a growth of 2.2 per cent on October 2014’s figures, when the EU as a whole averaged a 0.1 per cent fall in construction work.

Of last year’s statistics for construction in Spain, April 2014 recorded the biggest monthly growth compared to the same month in 2013, at 55.4 per cent, with the industry performing well against the previous year

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THE collapse of prices in the Spanish housing rental market is over, suggest figures from property website idealista.com.

Across 2014, rents rose by 2.6 per cent, although the increase has not been at a consistent rate throughout the year with a climb of just a 0.2 per cent in the last quarter.

Catalonia leads the recovery as the region with the highest leap in rents, up by 9.8 per cent. Extremadura, at 3.9 per cent, also showed a higher than average increase.

And while Madrid is still the most expensive region to rent a home, at a monthly cost of €10.20 per square metre, followed by the Basque Country (€10 per square metre), Catalonia (€9.20) and then the Balearic Islands (€8.10), Barcelona is by far the most expensive city.

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ON THE UP: Building growth in Spain outstrips average in EU. throughout January to November.

However, any comparison to the rest of the EU requires the caveat that the Spanish building sector has been growing from a much

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EXPRESS Metalwork Services.

Gates, grilles, rails and scissor gates. 952 590 748, 617 065 636. www.express-steel.com Facebook Express Metalwork (230729) REJAS, railings, gates, scissor rejas supplied and fitted, repairs, call Danny 633 211 088 (234298)

FLOOR POLISHING MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE .WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE, SEAL THEN POLISH YOUR MARBLE TO HIGH GLOSS, NON SLIP. PROFESSIONAL GUARANTEED, FAST SERVICE. 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALSO REPAIRS DAMAGES TO MARBLE, CLEAN AND SEAL TERRACOTTA TERRACES, COVERS ALL COSTA DEL SOL. TEL: 671 244 683 (215511) T1 MARBLE FLOORS polished. Fast service. Reliable, family run. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed.

Wooden floors treated. No job too small. Family run. Cleansol 10am 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437) TONY’S MARBLE RESTORATION SERVICE. Marble and terrazo floors, professionally refurbished, quotations without obligation. +34 620 726 875 (231484) MARBLE FLOOR polishing, stone repairs, terracotta terraces, chemically cleaned and sealed. High quality, fast and efficient service, free quotations and appraisals. Call 672 531 662 (230341)

FLOORING JUST FLOORS. Ceramics, wood/laminate, decking, patios & more. Supply & fit or fitting only service. 663 131 593 (224342)

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HAIR PIECE Consultant, Robert James. Malaga/Marbella. robert jameshairinfo@gmail.com 619 464 776 (231345)

FINANCIAL CLUB

OVEN CLEANING, domestic, commercial, complete fittings, let professional do hard, dirty work, from 35€. 632 569 282 ovencleaning costadelsol.com (223165)

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FENCING SERVICES CHAIN LINK FENCE erectors, general builders, all types of welding fabrication. Tel: 655 218 466 (229232)

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UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 (200771)

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GENERAL SERVICES MAN with small van for all your needs, English/Spanish speaking translations, waiting in offices for you etc, based in Marbella (all the coast) 678 817 145 (228675) SERVICES ABROAD: Buying/selling cars, apartments, boats, furniture including renovations. 634 362 043

GLASS CURTAINS

FURNITURE FURNITURE OF THE WORLD. Shop specialising in unique furniture & antiques. Coin (opposite Mercadona). 952 450 156 / 690 882 898 (222071)

GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (229072)

HAIRDRESSERS

ARBOLISTA Tree surgery, No. 1 for trees and palms, on the Costa since 1998. 600 260 534 - 952 117 486 Kit Hogg C.G.Arb www.spaintree. com (229875) GARDEN and pool maintenance. 9 euros per hour, monthly maintenance from 120 euros. References available. RICARDO 637 160 129 (225669) TREE SURGEONS. No tree too tall, removal of dead palm trees and limbs, eco gardening, mulch and manure, fertilizer, palm pruning.

686 948 552 / 631 181 971. Facebook: Andres Jardinero Malaga (230359) GARDENER, Jose 683 342 104 (234329)

GATES ELECTRIC GATE/GARAGE DOOR automation repaired. Free, no obligation quotation. Call Colin 636 394 641 (229069)

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS MASSAGE, 14 years experience. 1 hour €40, 1.5 hours €55, Elviria. Wendy 952 852 330 or 634 310 821. Mobile service +€10 (229641)

SPIRITUAL HEALER HANDS ON Healer. Don’t suffer with pain, call Susan on 635 641 912 (234329)

HEATING SERVICES HEATING - all your heating requirements: air conditioning, gas fires, wood burning stoves, bathroom/kitchen heaters, central heating. 19 years on the coast.

Quality Guaranteed. Call our office now for a free quotation. 952 663 141 – 670 409 759 / info@enviro Carespain.com / www.envirocares pain.com (231264)

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HOME CLEARANCES

GARDENING

GARDENER for private homes, communities, tree pruning, pool maintenance, garden design. Specialist in water systems. Tel: 666 953 892 www.jardin-garden.es (220302)

SPECIAL FEMALE massages for discerning ladies by qualified female masseuse. Cosy private apartment in Nueva Andalucia for your relaxing therapeutic massage. 656 350 401 (234375)

HOLIDAY LETS

WANTED Good quality second hand furniture. Call Tony 633 921 239 or tony.bell1@tesco.net (234309)

PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@gardenprofessionals.com (228697)

MALE TO MALE PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE. Therapeutic and relaxing. Private studio. Cabopino. 620 986 080 (228610)

FURNITURE wanted, same day collection, cash waiting, reliable service. 678 808 837 (229862)

HEALTH & BEAUTY SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 - 608 977 260 www.masajessayan.es SKIN Specialist. NHS registered.

Treats all kinds of skin problems.

Consultation 70 euros. Dr Eva, Fuengirola/Marbella. 664 747 267 / www.dermadelsol.com (228514) ZAKS Hair, Nail & Beauty Studio, Urb. Playamarina / www.zaks.com.es. Tel 952 666 436 / 609 508 809 (234512) HEALTH and Beauty Centre, Cabopino available for rent, completely set up and running.

Call Marleen for more information on 650 460 664 (226260)

BEAUTY TREATMENTS BOTOX AND FILLERS - From €95. Covers the Costa del Sol and inland. 609 347 086. (231368)

CHIROPODISTS www.chiropodistcostadelsol.com

DENTISTS NHS registered dentist in Fuengirola. Specialising in Zircon crowns, bridges etc. Free check up! www.nhclinicas.com 689 887 019 (225656)

WANTED all furniture and quality household items. Cash paid, same day collection. Best prices, please call 693 028 325 (229862) CASH paid for your unwanted house or garage items. Please call 600 041 434 (225602)

HOT TUBS / SPAS HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs. 691 973 131 / 952 793 398

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E W N 29 January - 4 February 2015 / Costa del Sol ABBEYGATE INSURANCE If you are renewing your policy or looking for new cover. Call us, as we are the only Insurance Company in Spain to offer protection on your no claims bonus. Call 952 893 380 ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Make the right choice and join the thousands of expatriates who have. We provide a friendly personal service, for all your home, motor, health, travel or marine insurance. Call 952 893 380 (68259) HEALTH INSURANCE Competitive prices, English worded policies.

Pay monthly or annually. All levels of cover. Premiums from €25 a month. Tel: 956 795 453 Abbeygate Insurance (68259)

LOANS HOLA CREDITO. Instant short term loans against your valuables. Quick, easy and always discreet. Tel 900 123 457 www.holacredito.com (229670) LOANS AVAILABLE on all types of paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques & Jewellers shops extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola.

Mobile 609 529 633. Tel: 952 588 795 (SE) (201522)

24/7 LOCKSMITH

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Car insurance exclusive for expatriates, save up to 50%. Find out about our price pledge on UK plated cars.

Home insurance from €50. Tel: 952 893 380 (68259)

LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (229854) T1

EU INSURANCE DIRECT Extra Special Offers. Up to €50 cash back for car and home insurance (conditions apply) for new customers. For all your Insurance Needs and the Best Price and Best Cover in English, call Wendy on 952 830 843 / 676 098 464 email info@euinsurancedirect .com www.euinsurancedirect.com (231459)

COSTALOCKS 24/7, LOCKSMITH/ HOME SECURITY, NEW KEYS, KEYED ALIKE, WINDOWS SECURED, SAFES OPENED / INSTALLED, FREE HOME SECURITY CHECK, CALL Debby or Bob 952 660 233 / 667 668 673 CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED WWW.COSTALOCKS .COM (224882) T2

INTERIOR DESIGN

MAINTENANCE SERVICES

THE FACTORY - Interior Design and Tapestry. Tel 657 726 626 (222113)

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.

INTERPRETER & TRANSLATOR. French, Spanish & English. 632 515 570 (229194)

LAWYER

MISCELLANEOUS WOODY´S LOS BOLICHES. Greeting Cards, mail to and from the UK. Worldwide courier and Passport renewals. All adverts taken forthe Euro Weekly News- display or classified. Open 9.00-2.00PM (Monday to Friday). Special hours apply August and Xmas. One street behind the Confortel, just off Plaza San Rafael, Los Boliches, on C/Poeta Salvador Rueda 93. Tel: 952 471 877

MOBILE HOMES WE BUY, Sell, Store, Remove all types of mobile homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzicaley@gmail.com (228718)

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MOBILITY scooters, electric wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walking frames, etc, for sale and rent. Large selection of quality used scooters at competitive prices. In stock we have around forty scooters to choose from including Pride XL8, Rascal 388, Shoprider Sovereign, Pride go go, Rascal veo X, Neo 4 and 8, Sterling pearl, Rascal Taxi, Sterling Diamond, Shoprider electric wheelchair breaks up for boot, Rascal 330 electric wheelchair as new condition at considerable saving, Rascal turnabout electric wheelchair plus many more all with guarantee. New and used wheelchairs for sale at competitive prices. Large scooters from 1,000 euros. Medium scooters from 600 euros and small boot scooters from 400 euros. Rentals from 55 euros weekly. New mobility scooter batteries supplied and fitted.

Mobility scooters bought for cash. This month’s special offer Rio 4 new batteries 595 euros.

Email info@mobilityscootersdi rectspain.com/ www.mobili tyscootersdirectspain.com. Tel 609 581 139 (230368)

MOBILITY

WANT TO RELOCATE? We can transport your home and install on to a 12 month park from £4,995.

Annual site fees from €3,000 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) BRAND NEW WILLERBY Siena 32m² home sited within a stylish gated community, 45 minutes from Malaga airport £19,995 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) WILLERBY COTTAGE 28x10 sited in ‘La Serrana Hills’ of Pizarra, site open all year round, swimming pool, only £13,495. Want to view?

Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143)

THE MOBILITY WIZARD. The only company in southern Spain that specialises in repairing and maintaining mobility scooters, power chairs and mobility products. Authorised repair agents for most European manufacturers. Most repairs carried out at your place of residence, batteries analysed and replaced if needed, tyres supplied and fitted. Has your mobility scooter been serviced lately? Full service and inspection at your home for just €60. Large selection of mobility scooters available for sale and rent, no deposit required and free delivery. We also offer roadside assistance, we will come to your rescue if you’re unfortunate enough to have a breakdown or puncture, keep this number handy! Tel 633 127 901 / www.mobility-spain.com /info@mobility-spain.com (225510)

MOSQUITO SCREENS ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated.

Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@ace ofshades.es (101730) MOSQUITO Screens for windows, doors and a high quality sliding patio door screen. All finishes available. Quick service. All areas covered. Call Julian 655 825 931

MOTORING

WANTED SPANISH PLATED CARS

INSTANT CASH SAMANTHA – GORDON

952 83 21 73 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com

CLASSIFIEDS GRAND VOYAGER 3.3 LE Petrol, 7 seater, Spanish, very low kms, in excellent condition 2,995€ 672 550 337 www.costacarsspain.com

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2003 BMW XS, 3 ltr diesel sport, black with black leather, unique car, excellent condition throughout, 7,450€ 672 550 037 www.costacarsspain.com

CAR SERVICES MECHANIC workshop & mobile.

All work undertaken. ITVs done.

Reasonable rates. Prompt, reliable services 24/7. 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (230370) AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist.

Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmat ic2005@yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es (231435) BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP. Repair, service & ITV to all makes of cars, vans and 4 x 4s. Call Steve 951 914 025 or 605 407 369. Poligono Las Perales, Mijas Costa. britme chanicspain@gmail.com

FOR SALE AUTOMATIC BMW MINI COOPER ‘S’… 2008, only 41,000kms (approx 25,000mls), FSH. Black with white roof/mirrors, cream leather interior, one careful English gentleman owner leaving Spain, immaculate condition, sat nav, telephone, cruise and climate control, alloys, CD player, cost new 28,500 euros, bargain now 12,995 euros.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple) Tel. 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 see photo at www.robertsoncars-spain.com 4x4 DIESEL SUZUKI Sx4…

2007, 1.9 DDIS.GLX. Top of the range, only 66,000kms (approx 41,00mls), 5 door, 6 speed, black with black interior, alloy wheels, hatchback, FSH, owner leaving Spain, keyless go, climate control, parktronic, diesel economy, great on bad roads, save money 7,995 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple) Tel. 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 see photo at www.robertsoncars-spain.com AUTOMATIC Citroen C3 2009…

1.4i, Sensodrive, only 28,000kms.

Silver/black trim, alloys, cruise/climate control, CD player, Spanish reg, immaculate, Scottish owner leaving Spain. Samantha or Gordon Robertson Tel. 952 832 173 / 608 658 785. See it at www.robertson cars-spain.com (234732) BUYING a new car??? Do not trade in your car!! If you are an expat with a good quality, genuine mileage car, we will pay you more for it in cash than you will be offered at dealerships against any new car. Find out the real deal, ring Gordon or Samantha Robertson 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 or email us therobertsonclan@gmail.com 2006 BMW X3, 2ltr diesel, lhd Spanish plates, 120,000 miles with service history, sport model, black with black, only 8,995€ 672 550 037 www.costacarsspain.com (222389)

2008 VW Caddy 4 Life, metallic blue, lots of extras, high mileage, 1 owner with full service history, 5,995€ 672 550 037 www.costacarsspain.com RIGHT Hand Drive on Spanish plates, Facelift model, Mercedes E280, elegance, diesel, in silver, in excellent condition throughout, fully loaded, auto, 8,995€ 672 550 037 www.costacarsspain.com 2005 MERCEDES ML270 diesel, English rhd, taxed & MOT, excellent condition throughout, top model, 4,995€. 672 550 037 www.costacarsspain.com LEXUS LS400, 1992, Spanish plates, LHD, total luxury, in excellent condition throughout, with every extra, 2,495€. 672 550 037 www.costacarsspain .com (222389) CITROEN Berlingo van, white, 2008, 124,000kms, very clean, perfect mechanics, unmarked body work, 3,995€ 672 550 037 www.costacarsspain.com 2003 FIAT Multipla 1.9 diesel, 6 seater, rhd on Spanish plates, very good condition, new ITV, 2,995€.

672 550 037 www.costacarsspain.com (222389) 2006 SUZUKI Gran Vitara XL, 7 seater, 2 ltr diesel, excellent condition throughout. 9,995€ 672 550 037 www.costacarss pain.com (222389) AUDI A4 Cabrio 2006, 4 speed, climate control, red with black, only 120,000kms, very nice car, 6,995€. 672 550 037 www.costacarsspain.com (222389) NISSAN X-trail sport plus 2.2 DCI, 2004, silver, 98,000 kilometres. Serviced, ITV, in very good condition, sun roof, computer, fog lights, etc. €7,995. 655 556 206 (234327) HONDA Civic 2.2 CTDI Sport ES. 2010, black, 56,000 kilometres, serviced, immaculate. Climate control, parking & rain sensors, folding electric mirrors, etc. €12,500. 655 556 206 (234327) CHEVROLET AVEO. 1.6 automatic 2012, 18,800 kilometres. Special wheels, extras, tilt, cruise, radio, CD, electric windows. Private seller. €9,300 OVNO. 666 278 454 (222445) SPANISH VW Polo, 1998, A/C, electric windows, new battery, cambelt & tyres. €875 including transfer.

655 095 147 (231348) BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or bill bradycars.com (228675)

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CLASSIFIEDS JANUARY SALE PRICE CONVERTIBLE MG FT 1.6 Inj 2005 sunburst red black soft top black, special wheels, have great fun, WAS 4,995€, NOW 4,500€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) CHEAP Ford Fiesta 1.4, 5 door 2003 from private owner, only 67,000klm (42,000mls), air conditioning, metallic silver, a very nice car and its only 2,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) VAN VW Transporter 2.0 diesel (3 seater), 2011, tax paid and privately registered, only 37,000 klm (22,000 mls) and in excellent condition, side loading door, panel lined inside, this must be the best buy on the costa, only 12,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) JANUARY SALE PRICE AUTOMATIC/diesel Opel Signum 2.2 Dti 5 door 2004. One private owner, full service history, metallic silver/tan leather, this car is immaculate.

Elec/seats, parking sensors, front and back, fridge, climate control, and loads more, WAS 4,995€, NOW 3,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) 4x4 AUTOMATIC Hyundai Tucson 2.7, 2005, one private owner, bought and full service history from Hyundai, only 120,000klm (75,000mls), alloy wheels/cruise control/privy glass/climate control/sun-roof/full electric pack.

Metallic graphite matching leather, yes the price is correct at only 5,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) IDEAL for going back to UK, Volvo Estate with new enclosed trailer, fully serviced, MOT’d, taxed, photos on web page. Fantastic buy at only 3,800€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) AUTOMATIC (new shape) Renault Scenic 2.0 Inj 2012, one private owner, 8,000klm (5,000mls), still with full warranty and loads of extras, reversing camara, sat nav, parking sensors and much more, metallic gold, cost new 26,000€, my price only 14,995€. 952 838 842 /608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) CHEAP (diesel) Mitsubishi Space Star 1.9 D.I.D. 2004, great MPV. Ideal for family or business. Only 116,000klm (73,000mls), new ITV (MOT). New car arrived, hence this great buy, air-conditioning/full electric pack, drives and looks great, for only 2,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) SEAT IBIZA Bocanegra Turbo. 180 BHP, 2010. Price: €12,995. Tel 657 551 757 (231349) PORSCHE 911 (996) 3.6 Carrera 2.

Showroom condition, second owner from new. 6 speed, air con, CD… etc. €29,500. 629 826 931 (234339)

INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies.

Call 952 893 380 (68259)

NAUTICAL PUERTO BANUS, 8m mooring for rental. 630 614 252 (228645)

PAINTERS/DECORATOR

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)

MECHANIC workshop & mobile.

All work undertaken. ITVs done.

Reasonable rates. Prompt, reliable services 24/7. 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (230370)

“SIMPLY THE BEST” on the coast.

Forget the rest, have the job done right. Call Sam. 18 years Mijas. 952 666 025 / 629 546 128. You’re worth it. (215594)

MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (230677)

HUSBAND & WIFE TEAM. Painting/Interior design. Free estimates.

Graham - 607 923 486 (229042)

WANTED

PERGOLAS & DECKING PERGOLAS, Decking and Thatched Gazebos. Best quality and prices. Installations. For free quotation call 686 322 328 (224383)

PEST CONTROL

I BUY ANY CAR. 602 533 508 mikewallsp@gmail.com (230329) CARS AND VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 693 028 325 (229862) WANTED. CARS & JEEPS & camper vans for cash. All makes, LHD, any condition. 693 357 000 CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN AND UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (229862) CARS WANTED for cash. Please call Alan on 665 145 856 (234373) WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 693 028 325 CDS CARS established 12 years on the coast, we will buy your car stress free, with an instant cash decision, all paperwork taken care of with our on site gestoria, 30 cars in stock 672 550 037 / www.costacarss pain.com (222389)

MUSIC DAVE C CLARKE, guitarist, vocalist, pianist, ex-Cunard. Specialising in popular Spanish guitar. Available solo or combo.

Parties/weddings/class restaurants, dinner dances. Huge repertoire. Details 687 627 434

YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered, free of charge. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death.

Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398) ARCHIE NEEDS A NEW HOME. Short haired male Teckel/Dachsund (Small breed). 5½ years old. Passport & microchip. All vaccinations up to date. Castrated. Well trained, very loving. Free to a good home due to owner’s medical issues. Contact owner: 648 682 607 (234337)

MECHANICS

BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP. Repair, service & ITV to all makes of cars, vans and 4 x 4s. Call Steve 951 914 025 or 605 407 369.

Poligono Las Perales, Mijas Costa. britmechanicspain@gmail.com

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COCKROACHES, Wasps, Ants, Rats, Termites, Fleas, Bedbugs, Palm weevil, All Pest Problems. Call LOCAL PEST-PLAGUICOSTA, the British Company you can trust. Registered with Malaga Sanitary Department. Tel 952 449 591 or 684 217 181. Best price Guarantee, open 24/7 (231480) T1 COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. 23 years serving the coast. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (223163)

PETS

MOTORING

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CHARITIES ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call Marjorie 952 79 74 05 or 636 934 146 (93319) ACE CHARITY “El Refugio” in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.ace-charity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public week-ends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepeonline.net (93321) At SOS Animal Refuge we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please

call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-animals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way.

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PET TRANSPORT

ARCH - THE ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES WELCOMES VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO THEIR STABLES ON SATURDAYS FROM 10 - 12 OR BY APPOINTMENT. COME AND HELP OUT, OR SPONSOR OR ADOPT ONE OF OUR HORSES, DONKEYS OR MULES. WE ALWAYS NEED HELP WITH FUND RAISING TO LOOK AFTER THE ABANDONED AND ABUSED ANIMALS. OUR AIM IS TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND REHOME. WE ARE A SMALL FRIENDLY TEAM - WHY NOT JOIN US. FIND US IN ALHAURIN EL GRANDE, BEHIND THE VENTA MIRALMONTE ON THE ROAD FROM ALHAURIN TO COIN, (A404), URB.VIÑA BORREGO, FOLLOW THE YELLOW SIGNS. CHARITY REGISTERED WITH THE JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA NO 8448.

WWW.HORSERESCUESPAIN.ORG INFO@HORSERESCUESPAIN.ORG ARCHRESCUE@YAHOO.CO.UK TEL:- 635798219 OR 656935613 OR 620175828. NEW: ARCH CHARITY SHOP NOW OPEN IN ALHAURIN, NEXT TO MONEY CHANGE SHOP, AVENIDA GERALD BRENAN

KENNELS

www.poshpetsspain.com - Boutique Dog & Cat Hotel and much more …

Facebook page: POSH PETS SPAIN. Tel: 952 597 035 (224385) LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. lagunakennels@hotmail.com.

Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983 STEFANIE’S KENNELS AND CATTERY, Estepona. Fully licensed, Junta approved, est. 1986. Viewing welcomed 952 790 943 www.stefanieskennels.com CAT AND DOG WORLD KENNELS AND CATTERY, superb licensed facilities, viewing welcome. Tel: 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.catand-dog-world.com (223161) PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Heated/Air conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.pet carespain.com. Find us on Facebook at Petcare Spain (220208) STEFANIE’S KENNELS AND CATTERY, Estepona. Fully licensed, Junta approved, est. 1986. Viewing welcomed 952 790 943 www.stefanieskennels.com EURODOG BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY. Under new ownership by animal loving family. Large kennels and exercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anyt ime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog.es

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Email: info@pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com (231443) ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www. petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu (230658) PET TRANSPORTATION by road.

Fully DEFRA/OCA/TRACES compliant. Complete service by professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dog-world.com (226428) THE DOG MOVER. Licensed transporters. Two handlers, so never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.thedogmover.com (220443)

PLUMBING PLUMBER: Water heaters repaired, replaced same day. Full bathroom and kitchen reforms, previous work can be seen.

References available. Mark Allan - 608 454 778 / 952 937 244 (215702) PLUMBER for all your plumbing.

Water heaters, bathrooms, tiling.

Benalmadena based, travel no problem. Construction work. Glen 669 073 773 (226387) PLUMBER: All aspects, gas/electric boilers. Kitchens, bathrooms, repairs & installations. Gary 669 615 334 / 952 576 296 (215706) CITY AND GUILDS, QUALIFIED PLUMBER. All areas covered. Adrian 677 063 272 (230261)

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30 YEARS ON THE COAST. I cover all aspects of plumbing & general maintenance. Graham - 607 923 486 (229042) PLUMBING. Leak detection & blocked drains. Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drainspain.com (224404)

POOLS POOLS - pool heating, covers & rollers, filtration system. All your pool requirements. 19 years on the coast. Quality Guaranteed. Call our office now - free quotation. 952 663 141 – 670 409 759 / info@enviro carespain.com / www.envirocares pain.com (231264)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PRO VENT. Kitchens, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Windows, Glass Curtains creatively designed and expertly fitted. Visit our showroom in La Cala or call 639 727 188 for a free quotation. From inspiration to installation www.joebayley.com (226432)

PROPERTY FOR SALE

STUNNING Four Bedroom Villa with Pool. La Cerquilla. Only 1,495,000 Euros! 951 106 908 (229943) TORROX COSTA, furnished 2 bedroom chalet for sale, freehold on Camping El Pino. Deceased Estate 12,000 pounds. 609 581 139 (231392) REDUCED! 2 Bedroom Modern Townhouse. Nueva Andalucia. ONLY 185,000 Euros! 951 106 908 (229943) ALHAURIN de la Torre, Urb. Pinos. Villa 2 floors, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 380m2 built, garage, pool, sauna, barbecue, plot 1,400m2. Fully legal. REDUCED to 395,000 euros. 678 371 313 (234301) BENATALAYA! Two Bedroom. Middle floor, West Facing. Only 249,000 Euros! 951 106 908 (229943)

REMOVALS / STORAGE

BENALMADENA. One bedroom granny apartment. Garden, parking space. Retired couple with secure pension only. Tel 605 978 203 (234338) FABULOUS 3 bedroom apartment.

Very close to Mijas pueblo. Prestige urbanisation. Offered part-furnished €850/month. Underground parking, garage & trastero included. 674 831 674 (234318)

WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (220102)

TWO BEDROOM/two bathroom apartments for rent near Estepona Port. 500 euros per month. Tel: 607 681 232 Website : www.jhspain.net (223748)

LOS BOLICHES studio. 100 metres from beach. Fully fitted, new wall beds, pool/parking. €110,000. 655 774 112. English/Spanish. No agents (234291)

FOUR bed townhouse, fully furnished. 15 mins from Fuengirola station. Pueblo La Campana, Mijas.

600 euros monthly + deposit. 0044 7949 589539 / londonangels@hot mail.com (226977)

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STORAGE available in Coin (La Trocha). From €0.70 per cubic metre per week + IVA. New secure/watertight shipping containers, drive right up to your unit. Contact tel 603 243 654 / www.hoskinstorage.co.uk (230500)

PUMPS/WELLS WATERWELLS. Waterwell drilling, well pumps, irrigation, pump tests, pressure pumps. Waterwells.org / Sondein SL. Established on the coast since 1995. Web page www.wellsinspain.com. Enquiries info@wellsinspain.com 629 978 801 / fax 952 793 250 (229080)

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NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL EUROPA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (230336)

SUNNY Penthouse, 2 bed, 2 bathroom, garage, gardens, pool, 500 euros month. Casares del Sol/near Duquesa - call 696 676 561 (231351)

TORREBLANCA detached villa. A/C, pool, large garage. 3/4 bedrooms (2 en suite). Sea views, walking distance beach/train. €415K. Private 675 417 955 (234330)

SISTERS & CLEANERS - Property management and cleaning services.

657 726 626 (222113)

LONG TERM RENTALS. Super prices, no commission. Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants, warehouses, industrial estates. Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522 (222203)

BENALMADENA - Large studio near marina/Lidl. Fully furnished, pool & gardens. 677 817 867 (234316)

NEW Townhouse, sea views, Marbella, Benahavis. 1,150€ pm. 2 bedroom, Casino Puerto Banus, 750€ pm. 3 bedroom, Puerto Banus, 1,250€ pm. Tlf 622 571 040 or email kingscastlemarbella@ gmail.com (231256)

PROP. MANAGEMENT WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (220102)

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FULL DAY FROM €175. WE ALSO PROVIDE A FORTNIGHTLY DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO UK AND EUROPE (INCL SCOTLAND). WORLDWIDE SHIPPING TO USA, AUSTRALIA, ETC AND FULL STORAGE FACILITIES. TEL (0034) 952 578 507 OR (0034) 637 892 278 / EMAIL garymoveit@yahoo .co.uk (226396)

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CAR TRANSPORTER, call for excellent rates. Fully insured, professional service. 951 319 320 / email move@freinternational.com / www.car-transport-spain.com

CLASSIFIEDS UK-SPAIN 1st and 15th every month, Estepona area, also storage, door to door, fully insured. Free quote. Local removals too. 611 386 490 (221271) HIGH top van going from Spain to UK and return. Good rates. Reliable service. Call Graham 620 353 594 for details. vgcasacolor@gmail.com 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 30th January. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout the year. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01922 682 667 & see www.elite-european.com UK - SPAIN - Anywhere Europe!

Masses of experience. New clean vehicles. Insured with Royal Sun Alliance. Genuinely CARING service. FULL and / Part moves. ONLINE QUOTES!! www.bmceuropean.com Tel: UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 FIND US ON FACEBOOK! (207584) MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years experience.

For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.movingmatters.eu (234590) REMOVALS, large Luton van with tail lifts plus 2 men, 35 euros/hour.

Local/Europe/UK covered. 651 567 447 (221271)

MAN AND VAN VAN AND MAN. Removals, clearances. Experienced and 100% reliable. €20 per hr. Paul 622 793 989 MANVAN REMOVALS €20 / hour, 3 vans available. House clearances.

Storage from €10 / week. Tel David 696 810 618 (208088) 2 MEN, Van €30 hour. Always on time 651 081 610 (225616) THE VAN MAN. Cheap and cheerful. €20 per hour. 677 251 025 MAN & VAN 25€ ph. All areas 620 005 360 (228720)

STORAGE REMOVAL BOXES Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken.

952 239 110 / 632 702 306 (44093) FIRST MONTH €1. Packing materials.

Self storage Marbella. 952 811 311 EXCELLENT storage rates available short and long term, call 952 816 582 or email move@freinternation al.com (224878) CHEAP Storage short or long term, Manilva area. Cars/boats/caravans/anything. Removals UK-Spain 1st and 15th monthly, also local removals. 611 386 490 (221271)

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CLASSIFIEDS ROLLER SHUTTERS ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (231472) ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service. Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.es (101730)

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CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish.

Property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens. Bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. 677 087 575 (224853)

CLEANING THE WINDOW CLEANERS. 691 140 427 (229138)

FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory.

Tel 647 579 519 / 952 119 190 (224373)

WINDOW COIN WINDOWS Aluminium windows, Doors, PVC Blinds, Mosquito screens, Canopies, Glass Factory, shower screens etc. All at village prices. Spanish owned business.

English 646 066 351 (231451)

SEWING ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure. Sensible prices.

Also repairs / alterations. All areas.

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AMERICAN company is looking for distributors to sell health and beauty products all along the Costa del Sol. Are you looking to make some extra earnings by networking, do presentations or home parties?

Then please contact Jacob on 680 903 835 or at jackiedk@ hotmail.com (223693)

FOR IMMEDIATE start. Wanted English speaking girl 18-30, for Fuengirola’s most popular Adult Relax apartment. For hours and information, see Fuengirola Port main advert in Adult Relax Section. Phone 663 645 432 (230263) WANTED - General helper for Rent a Car company based close to Malaga airport. Part-time position. Ideal applicant will be flexible, adaptable and well presented. Some English and Spanish spoken. Full driving licence essential. It is an advantage if applicants have basic knowledge of both Rent a Car and Motor trade.

In the first instance, please send CV to info@arrowcars.es (231378) HANDY MAN, Pool, Garden with car.

900€ per month. Call Harry 602 515 031 (231417) NEW YEAR, NEW START. Sales agents required for all areas, Cadiz to Almeria. International company. High earning potential, payments weekly. CV or basic outline to novaproduc tion2015@gmail.com (231350) NATIVE English speaking canvassers required for Malaga airport.

Good earnings potential and contract given to the right people. For more information and interview, call Simon on 671 227 230 (231343)

THERAPISTS ANXIETY - Depression - Panic Attacks, Frank Stahl - psychologist.

More than 30 years of experience.

Proven methods with Therapy and hypnosis. Call for appointment. 609 503 021 www.thedreamwalk.com (230694)

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

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WEB CONTENT uploader required for fast expanding company based in Benalmadena. Tlf 600 583 275 (7272)

SOFT FURNISHINGS CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosannacarmella@hotmail.com

SOLAR LOWEST PRICES IN SPAIN. www.solarmegastore.es (226345)

STORAGE STORAGE - Large warehouses containers. Dry and secure €50 per month. Professional packing and removal service. www.dfeuropeanre movals.co.uk. Tel David 696 810 618 (229074)

SWIMMING POOLS

TILING TILING AND REFORMATION of kitchens/bathrooms. Free estimates. Graham - 607 923 486

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POOL MAINTENANCE, repairs, friendly, reliable service. Estepona, Malaga, inland re-grouts, heaters.

678 791 495 / 951 295 699 www.sparklenripple.net (222393) T3 www.perfectpools.es. Maintenance, repairs, professional and reliable service, all areas from €70 per month. info@perfectpools.es. 650 348 785 (226338) WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating.

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CONSTRUCTION / MAINTENANCE AFFORDABLE POOL MAINTENANCE - Professional maintenance from only €80 per month (exc. chemicals) Call Splash Pools on 952 591 053 - open 8am to 4pm (231442)

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THE TILE WIZARD. Professional tiling service. Bathrooms, kitchens, terraces, design and install. We do it all. Call 637 382 599 (229932)

TRANSLATIONS OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS. ALL LANGUAGES. TEL. 654 613 094 sanpedrotranslations@gmail.com (224336) INTERPRETER, a price you’re happy with. Susan 635 641 912 (234329)

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TUITION MATHS TUITION. Maths graduate, 6 years international school experience. €35/hour + €10 to travel. sjrobert@tcd.ie (221428)

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CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST,RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (229862)

WINDOWS GENEVA WINDOWS. Aluminium & PVC Windows. We measure, we make and we fit. 952 665 856 (225545)

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Then call Steve @ Scansat. We supply and install full Sky Systems, Digi-boxes, Dishes, Sky cards UK/Irish. Dish relocations and TV extensions. For a fast reliable service call Steve 676 533 209 problem solved!

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HOT sexy, playful blonde kitten. 38 years. All services and outcalls. 679 166 518 (226417)

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CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned. Reliable, fast service. Family run. Cleansol 952 930 861 / 607 610 578.

10am - 10pm 7 days, all areas Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437)

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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 fourdoor 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.

The TVD features three operating modes:

NEW LEXUS: Drivers will appreciate the stability and smoothness on the open roads.

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 manualshifting 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.

The GS F monocoque will also feature structural reinforcements and suspension exclusively designed to optimise the handling without

· Standard (default) provides a balance of agility and firmness; · Slalom emphasises nimble steering response and agility; and · Track emphasises stability during highspeed circuit driving. 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.

LEXUS GS F: Has the speed and agility of a premium sports car.

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Malaga revs up the retro this weekend for classic car show LOVERS of old and classic cars are in for a treat this weekend with the Retro Auto and Moto show in Malaga.

Stars of the show will include a Ferrari 250GT Coupe Speciale – only four were made – a Citroen DS 19 Cabrio La Croisette (one of eight built) and a 1934 Lancia Dilambda.

They are just some of the many models on show at the event that has become a magnet for people who want to buy or sell anything to do with classic cars, or just see some of the beautiful vehicles for themselves.

There will also be a collection of classic motorcycles from Guzzi plus a number of competition prototypes.

Organisers of the event, which is being held in the Palacio de Congresos in Malaga tomorrow (Friday), Saturday and Sunday, are expecting 18,000 visitors to see some of the cars.

RARE TREAT: The cars are on show in the Palacio de Congresos.

Malaga’s Motorvehicle Museum will be taking part in the event and will have a stall at the event.

Another star attraction will be the Porsche 911 Collection with

20 examples of the German car ranging from a 911 2.0 S Soft Window, built in 1967, to a 991 Martini Edition from 2014, one of just 80 built.

As well as the displays, enthusiasts’ clubs from all over Andalucia will be attending and bringing along many more classics.

There will also be stalls offering everything a classic car enthusiast could want, from specialists in sourcing and restoring cars, to suppliers of spare parts and memorabilia.

Local firm Coast Classics, which specialises in sourcing and restoring American classics as well as European models, will be there, as will Racing Legends, another company specialising in the servicing, restoration and sale of classic and supercars.

Tickets for the show are €8 a day or €12 for all three days.

People who turn up in a classic vehicle will only have to pay €4.

Doors open tomorrow from 4pm to 9pm, then on Saturday from 10am to 9pm and Sunday 10pm to 8pm.

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Mijas Masters starts in the sunshine but ends in rain

THE Mijas Masters, this year sponsored by SpecSavers, began on Saturday January 17 in brilliant sunshine, but that was not to last.

On Sunday, nearly all the games were played in rain and there were such heavy downfalls overnight that by Monday morning the green was unplayable and more rain was to come on Tuesday.

However, Carol Wright, Competition Secretary, managed to get all the preliminary rounds completed to enable the finals of both disciplines to take place on Sunday afternoon as planned.

Fortunately, no competitors were due to play in both finals, as seemed a distinct possibility at semi-final stage.

FROM LEFT: Carol Wright, Dine and John Warn, Erica Hooper and Ann Fenton.

Margaret and Gordon Kain came through as winners of their semifinal of the Pairs as did Mary and Michael Detheridge, while John and Dine Warn playing with Erica Hooper and Amber, and Lennie Dineen and Brian Todd

made up the Triples finalists.

It was Brian Todd and his partners who saved the day by defeating Gordon’s team in their semi-final.

The final games in both disciplines produced some excellent bowling

with Gordon and Margaret becoming the winners of the Pairs.

Despite Brian Todd burning two ends he and his partners could not defeat John Warn’s team.

So the worthy winners of the 2015 Mijas Masters were found.

The prizes were presented by Carol Wright, who was introduced by Ann Fenton, the club captain, who spoke about the hard work which Carol had done before and during the competition.

If you are interested in playing bowls then contact Ann Fenton on 952 588 321.

Mijas Bowls Club can be found at the Fuengirola end of the Carretera de Mijas by turning left into Camino del Cortijo Grande near Victoria Furniture Showroom (formerly the Peugeot showroom).

The club days are Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 1.30pm for 2pm and Sunday mornings at 10am for 10.30am.

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Juniors put to the test From Back Page and 10th overall. The Under-12 team fared better than their older counterparts, losing just one match out of four and winning the Bronze Trophy for the club.

Meanwhile the youngest group of players – the Under-10s – travelled to their neighbours Del Estrecho in Pueblo Nuevo de Guadiaro and enjoyed a series of friendly matches.

More information on www.marbellarugbyclub. com

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Team Malaga take on Spain TEN men and 10 women representing the Spanish national squad, from mainly Alicante and Almeria provinces, will make the trek to Miraflores Bowls Club.

They will play a match against the Malaga provincial team, under the auspices of the Spanish and Andalucian Bowling Federations on Saturday and Sunday, January 31 and February 1, from 10.30am onwards with a full catering service.

The visitors will be out to reverse the result of the last visit to Malaga Province, in 2013, when the home team beat the visitors in both the men’s and

PRACTICE SESSION: A needle match took place between the men’s and ladies’ teams. ladies’ categories.

In order to improve team cohesion and make the final selection, a practice session was staged at Miraflores BC.

In the morning various mixed matches took place, followed in the afternoon by a needle match between the men’s and ladies’ teams. The result certainly

surprised Men’s Captain, Brian Todd, as the ladies team, led by Margaret Kain, comfortably beat the men’s, as Team Manager, John Carr, looked on.

Alonso test drives new McLaren

FOLLOWING the hugely anticipated launch of the new McLaren-Honda Formula 1 car for the 2015 season today (Thursday), Spanish racing fans will get a

chance to see their hero Fernando Alonso run the car through its paces at winter testing in Jerez on Sunday.

Always an immensely popular event for people

who may not be able to travel to races during the season, the traditional Formula 1 winter testing attracts thousands of people each year to catch a glimpse of the new

batch of cars that will compete in the coming season.

Alonso’s new team for 2015 will launch their MP4-30 online this Thursday, with Spanish fans in particular eager to see exactly what Alonso will be driving this year after his disappointing stint at Ferrari.

Alonso will get testing under way in Jerez on Sunday, February 1, and will get behind the wheel again on the third day (Tuesday) of the four-day test. His new teammate, former world champion

Jenson Button, will handle the driving duties on days two and four.

Motorsports fans will also be eager to see how Sebastian Vettel handles the new Ferrari, due to be launched online this Friday. Most of this season’s Formula 1 teams will be present in southern Spain this weekend, including Mercedes, Williams, Red Bull, Force India, Lotus, Sauber and Toro Rosso, along with McLaren and Ferrari.

The 2015 Forumla 1 season gets under way on March 15 in Australia.

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A new signing for MGM gym in Marbella MARBELLA gym MGM is delighted to announce the signing of Jeff Saunders, the younger brother of Bradley Saunders.

The 23-year-old ABA 2013 champion is a multiple gold medallist, a Four Nations Champion, a Box Cup gold medallist and is the Northeast Senior Title belt holder for 60kg and 64kg. Jeff is no stranger to boxing for his country and serving his country; he has spent almost four years in the army with the 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, and he is now ready to pursue his professional career in boxing.

Jeff is making his debut next month in Gateshead and he just can’t wait to get started. “I’m really excited to be signing with MGM. After speaking with Bradley, I knew instantly it was the right place to be. I would like to thank Daniel and Matthew for this opportunity. I cannot wait to be fighting on the same bills as Bradley,” said Jeff. He will fight with his brother in a big show in April, to be shown be live on Sky Sports.

MGM are equally pleased to have him on board: “We believe in Jeff and look forward to working with him. Both Jeff and Bradley are going to go on to do big things in boxing; watch this space!”

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THE junior players at Marbella Rugby Club had a mixed Winter Tournament in Valladolid last weekend, although regardless of results the competition was good preparation for the National Championships to be held in Valladolid in May. The Under-14 players ran out convincing winners against Grupo Covadonga 26-7, but

WINTER TOURNAMENT: Good preparation for Marbella Rugby Club Juniors.

subsequently lost to Hernani 0-14. The team

finished second in the group, which meant they

qualified for the Silver Trophy where they again had one win and one loss but made it to the playoffs for third and fourth spots.

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