Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 12 - 18 February 2015 Issue 1545

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Onerous duty ALICANTE Province pharmacists want one duty chemist for every 100,000 inhabitants instead of the present 75,000. They also suggested being paid for the service, describing it as ‘a burden’.

About time STREETLIGHTS in Avenida de Europa and Avenida del Mediterraneo, two of Benidorm’s principal streets, are to be replaced. The current lampposts were installed almost 50 years ago.

More room OWNERS of bars and restaurants bordering Javea’s Arenal beach have asked the town hall to reduce parking areas. Some of the space could be used for terrace tables and chairs, they claimed.

Leisure is a ‘dam’ good idea A NEW role awaits the area just behind Villajoyosa.

For more than a year Villajoyosa Town Council has been deliberating how best to complement the town’s economic and tourist development. It has now come up with the idea of capitalising on a readymade tourist attraction, the area around the Amadorio reservoir.

The dam is closer to the sea than any other in Europe; it is situated in a zone of remarkable natural wealth with sports facilities literally next door in the town.

These three factors make

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it an ideal location for sporting, adventure and environmental activities,

said the sports department at Villajoyosa Town Hall.

New life will be injected

into the surrounding area with multi-adventure cultural and leisure

Ikea plans near fruition CHANGES might have been made at Alicante City Hall but one thing remains unchanged: Ikea.

New mayor Miguel Valor confirmed the city’s backing for Ikea and a macro-shopping centre in the Rabasa area. Detailed plans will soon be put on public display by the regional government. These retain the 300,000-square-metre ‘plot of

gold’ between the motorway and Avenida de la Universidad where the Ikea complex will be located. The problem of access will be solved with a dual-carriageway link to Via Parque and another in front of the Rabasa military barracks.

Responding to the often-asked question of whether Alicante should have another shopping centre, Valor

warned about what could happen if it did not. “If we don’t do it, someone else will: San Juan, San Vicente or Elche,” he said.

“City Hall backs the arrival of Ikea and the shopping centre because we believe it will be good for Alicante and create employment,” added Urban Planning Councillor Marta Garcia-Romeu.

opportunities for all ages, with the accent on environmental and sports tourism. The reservoir itself will come into its own with boat trips and cable-skiing as well as other boating facilities.

The project will create jobs but would not involve sizeable construction, the town hall said. Any building that might be needed would be in line with environmental requirements and respectful of the existing ecosystem, it stressed.

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INDEX News 1 - 20 Finance 23 - 28 Letters 29 Leapy Lee 39 Daily TV

30, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 44

Time Out 48 -49 MADRID FUSION: Denia mayor Ana Kringe, second from left, announces shortlist.

Health & Beauty 51 - 53 Food 55-56 Homes & Gardens 57-58 Property 59 - 60 Services 61 - 64 Classifieds 65 - 67 Motoring 68 - 70 Sport 71 - 72

Prawn challenge A LOCAL chef is amongst the finalists in the Denia Red Gamba international cookery contest.

Federico Guajardo from Denia’s Hotel Los Angeles will compete with seven others selected from 72 contenders to create a dish using Denia’s red prawns as the main ingredient. Denia mayor Ana Kringe announced the shortlist while visiting the Madrid Fusion gastronomy ‘summit’.

Alvaro Abad, chef at the El Plantio Golf resort in Alicante City will be another local representative present at Denia’s municipal market on February 24.

Guajardo also competed in last year’s Red Gamba challenge, coming second with salted Denia prawns accompanied by citrus creamed almonds, toasted garlic meringue and olive oil.

As before, the local fishing guild will provide locally-caught prawns for the event which is backed by the municipal market, Denia Tourism Centre, the Aehtma hoteliers and restaurateurs’ association and local businesses.

There is a €2,500 first prize this year, with €1,500 for the runner-up and €1,000 for the third-placed chef.

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Give and take HEAVY seas whipped up by recent gales stripped sand from many Marina Alta beaches and waves deposited huge amounts of seaweed, particularly affecting Denia’s Marineta Cassiana beach.

Any old iron MORE than 800 drain covers were stolen from Alicante City streets in the last year.

Together with the cost of replacing them, their absence endangered motorists and pedestrians, said Aguas de Alicante.

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Concessions for lighthouse plan PLANS to convert the Cabo de San Antonio lighthouse into a hotel had a chilly reception in Javea.

The council would have preferred an interpretative centre, a type of small museum centring on local heritage, but promoter David Morera still hopes to win the corporation over.

He wrote to Javea’s mayor Jose

Chulvi suggesting that should the regional government approve the project, he will build a 190-square metre lookout point over the headland. This would be accessible from inside the site to avoid having to use restricted areas now recovering from last year’s devastating fire.

Residents and tourists would have free access five days a week

as well as the use of a multipurpose assembly room, plus observation cameras trained on the Marine Reserve national park.

The project would divulge the area’s culture and traditions and be carried out with total respect for nature and the environment, promised Morera, who hopes to sign a collaboration agreement with the town hall. holbox/Shutterstock

No campus THE regional government cast doubts on private university UCAM’s hopes of purchasing municipal property for a San Juan campus. This must first be put out to tender, the Generalitat said.

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CARTOON CREATIONS: The impressive floats at Las Fallas.

No takers NO bids were submitted for the contract to run Villena’s bus service which includes free journeys for pensioners. The contract will be revised and readvertised, the town hall said.

Nick nicked IBERDROLA is pursuing the council at Tavernes, near Gandia, for irregularities in the new police station’s electricity supply. There is neither a meter nor contract, the energy company said.

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ALICANTE City’s town plan (PGOU) is to be redrawn.

Landowners affected by the original, which was never officially approved, will not be compensated as they had not acquired indemnifiable rights.

Branching out PLAYA DE SAN JUAN residents complained because the local council has pruned the trees only in the area with shops.

Dry, damaged trees in residential streets were ignored, they said.

Still there A VILLA on Benidorm’s Levante beach that infringes the maritime demarcation regulations can remain, the Coastal Authority confirmed.

The local council fought three years to save the 40s’ building from demolition.

Flu fills beds SAN JUAN hospital cancelled four operations owing to the bed shortage caused by flu cases. They were non-urgent, short-stay procedures and patients have been given new appointments, hospital managers said.

Community help ALFAZ DEL PI received a €35,000 subsidy from the regional government to hire two social workers. They will attend to Alfaz as well as Finestrat, Orcheta, Relleu and Sella.

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A noisy month ahead for Valencia’s famous fiesta

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ALENCIA’S famous Fallas fiesta is fast approaching and given the popularity of the event with both Spaniards and foreign visitors alike, those wishing to attend this year’s festivities would be advised to start organising their trip before it’s too late.

Characterised by gigantic cartoon-ish creations and spectacular pyrotechnic displays, ‘Las Fallas’ is undoubtedly one of Spain’s noisiest and craziest fiestas, which goes some way to explaining its popularity. Visitors expecting to pop along to check out a few of the impressive ‘ninots’ (cartoon-like characters made out of plaster, papier mache, Styrofoam, etc) floats before retiring to their hotel for a relaxing evening will have to perhaps rethink their plans. Each day of Las Fallas begins with the ‘La Desperta’ (the wake-up call) that sees brass

Quote of the Week ‘If I look back I feel old, if I look forward I feel young. The second half of my life starts now,’ said actor Antonio Banderas during his acceptance speech at the Goya Awards, where he was honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

bands marching down the streets at 8am every morning, followed by revellers throwing firecrackers.

Fireworks, firecrackers and explosions are the order of the day with huge crowds keeping the entire city buzzing throughout the festival. The stars of Las Fallas are definitely the ‘ninots.’ Each neighbourhood designs and constructs their own, usually set around a theme to lampoon well-known Spanish celebrities or political figures. The most impressive part of the display is on the final night when the huge ninots are burnt to the ground.

Be warned. It may be difficult to find a place to stay during Las Fallas given its massive popularity, and visitors should start checking hotels now. The festivities take place from March 15 to 19, but there are lots of activities in the weeks running up to the main event.

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Number of the week

27.7%

is the amount of people who will vote for new political party Podemos in the general election, according to an El Pais poll. The ruling Partido Popular got 20.9 per cent in the poll and the Socialists (PSOE) got 18.3 per cent.

TABARCA, which has a yearround policeman and nurse, was temporarily cut off during bad weather. Emergencies on the island are covered and action taken when necessary, Alicante City Hall said.

Home remedy CHURCHGOERS received blessed cakes after Mass on the recent feast day of Saint Blaise. He was a doctor and eating the cakes is said to protect against sore throats.

Perfect day A BRAWL involving 50 people broke out in Aspe after police told three inebriated wedding guests not to drive. Two officers were later fined for ‘excessive use’ of truncheons.

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TWO regional leaders of New Generations, the youth wing of the ruling Partido Popular (PP), have resigned after being caught on camera holding a Francoist Spanish flag and giving Nazi salutes. The men claim the photo was a “joke” and taken before they took up their positions, but the photo was clearly taken in a PP office.

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Jobless rate slows

UNEMPLOYMENT grew by 2,030 people in Alicante Province last month, compared with December.

This is not unusual once the Christmas rush is over.

Nevertheless, this increase

was 14 per cent lower than the difference between December 2013 and January 2014, according to Valencia’s employment service Servef. Despite the drop in employment there

were 14,819 fewer Alicantinos on Servef’s books on January 31 than there were a year ago.

Elche created more jobs than any other municipality, with 31,325 still out

of work but 2,537 fewer than a year ago. Alicante City reduced its total by 2,300 but Benidorm barely created employment and the 7,587 jobless are only 138 fewer than a year ago.

An extreme lesson TWO members of Asociacion XTM visited Teulada’s secondary school to introduce pupils to the intricacies of skateboarding.

First came the theory where experts explained the origins of skateboarding and the benefits that come with practising this or any other kind of sport. Then there was a demonstration at the skate park in Teulada’s sportsground. Here, the pupils were able to try out some of the easier techniques of skateboarding for themselves.

SKATEBOARDING: Easy once you know how.

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Expats: bystanders to national issues

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T’S interesting to watch the growth of Spanish political party Podemos and listen to the arguments from both sides as to how effective the party would be if elected to power in this election year.

A poll this week shows they are out in front in terms of popularity, and they are the only ones to have smashed the two-party system that Spain has had for decades. Podemos are riding on the back of a bad 2014 for the ruling Partido Popular (PP), who have been hit by financial scandal after financial scandal. People are sick of corrupt politicians and want change.

But are the Socialists (PSOE) the answer with their suave new leader Pedro Sanchez? Or are Podemos – the new kids on the block – going to take the reins? Detractors say that Podemos are spouting all the right rhetoric that the average Spaniard wants to hear,

but lack the experience to run a country, especially one with as many complicated issues as Spain has - high unemployment, economic uncertainty, the Catalan issue, animal rights, etc.

So will the people stick with PP, the tried and tested stalwarts with plenty of political nous? Or will they go for change? It remains to be seen and it’s unfortunate that expats don’t get a chance to vote in Spanish national elections (unless, of course, they have given up their British citizenship in favour of Spanish).

Whichever party wins this year’s general election is going to have an impact on the hundreds of thousands of expats who live in Spain, but unfortunately, most of us are simply bystanders in this particular drama.

Let’s hope that whoever wins will have the best interests of Spain - our home - at heart.

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No new A&E planned for La Vila says health chief THE A&E department is frequently affected by the overload that Villajoyosa Hospital must deal with.

At times there are 10 beds in A&E corridors with some patients waiting several hours before they are seen.

Plans for a new A&E

building were dashed when Manuel Llombart, who heads the regional government’s health department, announced on a recent visit that this would not happen.

“We believe the present structure is adequate and sufficient for this hospital’s needs,” Llombart said.

Coca-Cola deal LAID-OFF Coca-Cola employees will get paid at last.

Coca-Cola Iberian Partners and the trades unions thrashed out an agreement to pay €7.4 million in interim wages owed to 351 workers for the period between June and November 2014. Affected by the company’s redundancy plan, they had not been paid as required by law while solutions were sought to legal issues.

Spain’s national high court in Madrid recently invalidated the company’s plans to lay off employees at bottling plants in Alicante, Asturias, Fuenlabrada (Madrid) and Palma de Mallorca. The court also backed the workers’ refusal to relocate to other the company’s other plants.

Ready for Carnival DENIA’S carnival events begin this Saturday, February 14, with the traditional parade at 5pm.

It begins at the Red Cross in Calle Marques de Campo and ends at Plaza del Consell where the children’s fancy dress

competition will be held.

Entry terms appear on Denia Town Hall’s website and names can be put down from 12 noon to 2pm until tomorrow, Friday February 13, at the town hall’s fiestas department in Plaza de la Constitucion 10.

Now A&E chiefs have drawn up a list of suggested improvements to the existing area. “We want to put down in writing our unhappiness with the space available for providing such an important service,” hospital sources disclosed.

The A&E document also put in a request for more staff. “Patients arriving here are usually elderly and in a critical condition,

meaning that we need to pay a lot of attention to them,” staff said.

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Angus Russell Watson 6.6.1960 – 8.2.2015

RESPECTED colleague Angus Russell Watson has been tragically taken from us.

Angus, who worked in Euro Weekly News’s advertising department, died in a cycling accident on Sunday (February 8) aged 54.

In the time he spent with us he rapidly became one of the EWN family, not just respected for his integrity, but loved and appreciated for the fun and humanity he brought not only to the office, but also to the lives of those he worked with. Typical of his sense of fun was when he turned up at the Christmas party dressed as an Arab sheikh – the only person in fancy dress.

“Well, I thought there might be a girl looking for a rich man around,” he joked.

Angus was born in Worcester, England, on June 6, 1960. From there the family

moved to Cheshire, then Woodford and then back down to Breedon in the Midlands. On leaving home he went to Harlow College where he took a course in business studies, followed by a career in The City as a recruitment consultant.

He moved to Spain in 1999, first to the Andalucian village of Comares, where he ran an estate agency for several years. He carried on living in the Axarquia region up until his death.

He is survived by his former wife Erica and their two children, Isabella, 11, and Oliver, 13, as well as sister Linzi, brother James, mother Elizabeth and father Ian Findlater Russell Watson.

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Can’t see castle for the trees DENIA CASTLE is emerging from the pinewood that has practically surrounded it in recent years.

Photographs taken 50 years ago show the castle denuded of the trees that have gradually obscured

Wood-burner saves Benissa money BENISSA Town Hall has installed a biomass boiler to provide heating for the municipal swimming pool.

Together with a heating, ventilation and airconditioning system this will replace the previous oil-fired boiler. It is expected to bring savings of €80,000 a year while also cutting down on environmental pollution, explained Benissa’s Sports and Town Planning Councillor Arturo Poquet.

The boiler will consume wood obtained from tree prunings and deadfalls collected on municipally-owned land which are then processed and dried at the local eco-park. This in turn provides a totally free fuel supply. Poquet said: “We intend to boost renewable and sustainable energy while reducing costs.”

the 11th century fortress and are now threatening its walls. Now the ramparts and other castle landmarks will again be visible from the centre of town.

The first phase of felling has been completed with the removal of 129 pines.

The plan is to cut down 266 trees in all and Mayor Ana Kringe recently confirmed a budget allocation of €20,830 for carrying out the second phase.

The roots of the felled trees have been dug up as they were affecting the walls of the castle itself, archaeological remains and the ruins of the mediaeval Santa Maria de la Villa church. This was destroyed at the beginning of the 18th century during the War of Succession between the Borbons and Hapsburgs.

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Bringing families to the marsh THE Pego-Oliva marsh is the Valencian Region’s National Park of the Month for February.

This coming Saturday, February 14, will see a census of the many birds and waterfowl that inhabit the marsh. The starting point is the N-322 and C-678 crossroads and the outing lasts approximately four hours.

A treasure hunt for all the family is planned for the following day at Muntanyeta Verda, setting out from the Pego tourist office at 10.30am.

Visitors can learn more about the marsh’s birds and can see them ringed on Saturday, February 21, setting out once again from the Pego tourist office at 9am.

Next day, Sunday February 22, hour-long

Province shivers in icy air DESPITE the recent blast of Siberian air, electricity and gas consumption has not shot up in Alicante Province.

Temperatures fell below freezing at night inland, registering 7º below zero in the Font Roja national park near Alcoy where the Red Cross opened the municipal shelter earlier than usual.

In Villena, Red Cross volunteers distributed food, blankets and hot drinks to the homeless.

On the coast, snow was seen on Montgo between Denia and Javea for the first time since 2009 and Bernia behind Altea had a short-lived dusting.

However, power consumption did not rise to anywhere near the records registered in the cold spell of February 2012. Levels remained much the same as usual, according to energy suppliers, who said average consumption had fallen by 10 per cent.

conducted tours leave Muntanyeta Verda at 10am, 11.30am and 1pm with the opportunity of a donkey-ride for children

(maximum weight 40 kilos).

Finally, on Saturday February 28, there is a 25-kilometre bicycle ride

leaving the Pego sportsground at 9am. It will follow a circular route, practically all on the flat, along the Bullent and

Racons rivers, rice fields, Muntanyeta Verda and reed beds. Bicycles will be available for hire.

Places for all excursions

are limited and should be reserved beforehand on 679 195 227-679 196 461 or by emailing parque_ pegooliva@gva.es.

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Choked streams are hazardous CAMPELLO Town Hall called on the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) to clear local stream beds.

Four homes on the Alkabir urbanisation suffered minor damage in a recent fire that started in the clogged Amerador

No sex on the timetable AN Alicante University (UA) study revealed that young people arriving there had received scant sex education.

Students in the second year of Nursing at UA said that instruction at their secondary schools had been insufficient or non-existent. Talks concentrated on the biological aspects of sex related to the reproductive organs and were badly-rated by the students who had attended them.

Sexual education is not part of the education programme in Valencian Community schools, the researchers said, and students had little knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. They were also largely unaware of the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that are increasing amongst young people.

watercourse. The council wants permission to clean this generally-dry stream as well as others inside the town, since the CHJ whose responsibility it is has failed to do so.

These should be cleared of rubbish and vegetation which are fire hazards and also choke the streams during periods of heavy rain, the town hall said.

Alkabir residents have been asking the CHJ to do something about the Amerador as well as the Messell stream which also borders the urbanisation for years, they said. “They are full of mosquitoes and pose serious fire and flood problems,� said a councillor who suggested cleaning the streams could provide work for unemployed local residents.

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La Vila is ready for heart emergencies VILLAJOYOSA has acquired eight defibrillators for all municipally-run sports installations.

“It’s necessary to have modern healthcare equipment on hand to be able

to treat a heart condition should it arise,” said Sports Councillor Pedro Ramis.

“The defibrillators are vital in ‘sudden death syndrome’ situations that can happen to anyone but

La Nucia helps with water bills LA NUCIA is again subsidising water bills for the unemployed, pensioners and large families.

Grants are based on family income, with an annual maximum of €150 for households with up to €7,456 and €75 for those on €14,910.

“This was very well-received last year and 307 La Nucia families benefited from the subsidy,” said the town’s mayor Bernabe Cano.

Closing date for applications is March 6 and forms can be picked up at La Nucia’s Town Hall as well as the El Calvari social centre and the Bello Horizonte and Calle Barbados administrative centres.

also affects athletes.

We’re conscious of the cases that have occurred involving young people while practising sports,” he added.

The sports department aims to ensure that all of the town’s sports installations become cardiac-protected areas.

Ramis said: “In those run by outside firms, the decision is up to them, although the town hall has offered to subsidise half of the cost of the defibrillators.”

Janitors, instructors and staff at sports clubs will receive free instruction in using the equipment in a life-threatening situation from Villajoyosa Councillor Dr Pascual Pator, who is also medical director of the Marina Baja’s Primary Care Department.

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Forestry worker gets job back AN Alicante court has ordered publicly-owned Tragsa to reinstate a sacked forestry worker.

Francisco Peralta criticised the orders he and others received as emergency services fought to control a forest fire in Torre Manzanas in August 2012. Two people – one of them a forestry worker - lost their lives in

Parking gloom CALPE Town Hall’s decision to suspend paid blue zone parking is unpopular with shopkeepers.

Drivers can now park without paying in all streets but in a snap poll by the council, 66 per cent of business-owners asked for a return of the blue zone areas. Sixty-five per cent claimed it was now harder for clients to find spaces.

The majority agreed with the town hall’s decision to leave Pintor Sorolla, La Pinta and Blasco outside the paid area but were in favour of a ‘green zone’ where charges would only apply in the morning.

A good January JANUARY exceeded Benidorm hoteliers’ hopes with the best occupancy figures since 2005.

Overall 69.4 per cent occupation was two percentage points higher than in 2014 and the resort’s three principal markets – Spain, the UK and Belgium – grew by 10 per cent compared with January 2014.

Last month’s statistics were especially relevant because there are as many hotels open this winter as last year. This demonstrates net growth instead of the apparently higher occupancy rates registered when more hotels close, a Hosbec spokesman said.

the blaze that spread to nearby Penaguila and Benifallim and took more than a day to control.

Peralta was dismissed because he threatened a

superior, argued stateowned environment management group Tragsa, although forestry workers in other Alicante Province localities took his

part. All agreed that he was sacked because he had demanded a thorough inquiry into the fire and they organised a petition on his behalf.

Peralta appealed against the sacking and an Alicante court has found in his favour, ruling that he was unfairly dismissed.

Tragsa had not been able to substantiate its claims, the court said, and ordered them to reinstate Peralta or pay him compensation.

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Alcohol abuse in children YOUNGSTERS treated for alcohol abuse by paramedics must now undergo monitoring and therapy sessions.

Due to the increase in the abuse of

alcohol by young people, the new Health Law, recently approved by the Valencian Parliament, aims to target the problem by offering more assistance and help for young people treated for alcohol abuse. The family must also undertake monitoring and attend therapy sessions if the youngster is under the age of 18; if not, the case will be ‘made know to the prosecutor of minors’.

THREE retired doctors have denied that they took a The A&E at Alicante child from its mother after it was born.

General Hospital deals with An Alicante court is investigating the alleged around two to three cases abduction of a newborn girl at a private clinic in of alcohol intoxication in Alicante as part of the case relating to alleged minors each weekend, kidnapping and adoption of infants back in the 1980s. with the problem The three doctors are charged with illegal increasing during fiestas. detention. They claim the infant died during labour Recent surveys by the and they had no involvement in any subsequent Ministry of Health indicate abduction to offer it up for adoption. that about half of those The proceedings have been brought to court after aged between 14 and 18 DNA of bone remains from a newborn girl, exhumed years have drunk alcohol from the cemetery of Alicante, did not match the in the last month and 50 mother’s DNA who said her baby had been taken per cent have participated away at birth. in binge-drinking.

Stolen baby case in court

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Drivers oppose plans to use AP-7 TRANSPORT companies and lorry drivers have dismissed plans forcing them to use the motorway and avoid the N-332 in certain parts of the Valencia Region.

As reported in last week’s Euro Weekly News, the Ministry of Public Works is planning on banning heavy lorries from

using certain parts of the N-332 with all vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes when loaded, being forced to use the AP7 motorway. The move is a bid to remove vehicles from one of the busiest roads in Spain and a road which is notorious for its accident black spots.

Talks are in place to lower the price of tolls on the motorway for lorries by 50 per cent on compulsory sections and by 35 per cent on others, but the news has still been NATIONAL POLICE have been visiting schools criticised by the industry and colleges in Benidorm offering seminars with drivers saying they and talks against cyber-bullying and are not willing to pay tolls. grooming on the internet.

Secretary General of the The talks to students warned them about Alicante sector of bullying and harassment on various social employers Fetrama, media sites and highlighted potential Francisco Ortiz, said there is “total disagreement” dangers they faced. The talks were also towards the idea of forcing aimed at parents and teachers to educate drivers to take the them on how best to protect youngsters from motorway with the plans the potential dangers of the internet and the only providing “additional online world. costs” for professionals.

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Is your rental property licensed?

By Gemma Quinn THE first rental summit attracted private home owners and rental companies from across the Valencia Region, to learn first-hand about new regulations within the property rental industry.

Held in Calpe and organised by SpainHoliday.com, a holiday rentals portal established in Spain since 2002, in collaboration with APTUR, the regional association of tourist apartments of the Costa Blanca, the summit aimed to give clarity on new regulations for those renting out their property.

Topics included the now compulsory rental licence number which must be obtained by everyone.

The number is free to get

and is required by anyone renting out their property either privately or through an accredited agent. It can be obtained either by downloading the form via http://www.gva.es/downlo ads/publicados/IN/25082_ BI.pdf and taking it to the post office or by visiting one of the government’s tourist offices in Alicante or Valencia.

President of APTUR, Miguel Angel Sotillo, said all properties must have this registration number to show they are licensed and comply with the basic standards required, otherwise fines of around €9,000 may be incurred.

With the round table discussion getting heated and guests angered at the new regulations, perceived by many as a way of trying

to make property rentals more difficult for people, and thus promoting the use of hotels, Miguel explained that APTUR worked on behalf of the rental industry and were in ongoing talks with the government to best represent the industry.

He said: “In 2014, the Costa Blanca had a record number of visitors. Can all these people just be accommodated in hotels?

No. Apartment and villa rentals are crucial and we have talked with the government and explained if people cannot rent their properties, property prices go down, tourist numbers go down and taxes go down.”

The full decree can be viewed on Rental Buzz at the Spain-Holiday.com website.

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THE ramshackle ‘El Palacio de Ramon’ became a blackened shell after a fierce chimney fire quickly spread throughout the property. The house is well known as it is located by the blue bridge on the main road into Jalon. Many tourists stop there to take photographs of the weird and some-times spooky items stacked outside by its owner, Ramon.

Ramon, quickly realised the fire was out of control and sensibly removed any gas bottles from the property while calling the fire brigade.

The Guardia attended and closed the main road, while the Bomberos tried to assess the dangers of entering

Picture and words by Jo Pugh.

Sunday saw Jalon woken up by a devastating fire

RUINED: Fire sweeps through the Jalon property. the property which was filled to the rafters with hoarded items.

The smell of burning plastic filled the road, and after a few minutes the Bomberos with breathing apparatus entered the property. By this time, the fire had spread through-out the top floor. Firefighters were finding it difficult to enter the property, and tried to fight the fire

from the doorway. The fire was extinguished after 30 minutes, leaving

this local landmark as a sad reminder of the effects of a chimney fire.

The house was not lived in by Ramon, he used it for work purposes. Ramon is asking for help in terms of manpower and materials to rebuild his ‘palace.’

If you have any spare paint or tools, please drop them at his house, where they will be gratefully received.

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Solidarity cancer march in La Nucia MORE than 1,200 people took part in the sixth Solidarity March for the Fight Against Cancer in La Nucia.

Organised by the Department of Social Welfare in collaboration with the Cancer Association of La Nucia and Anemone Association (a self help group for women with breast cancer) the turn out of participants was better than expected and over €3,800 was raised.

SOLIDARITY WALK: Over 1,200 took part in the event in La Nucia.

The walk coincided with the World Cancer Day. Around 100 companies from La Nucia and the

Moraira dog park THE urban forest in Moraira has officially opened a new dog park allowing canines to run free in a space of around 1,800 square metres in the company of their owners.

Mayor Antoni Joan Bertomeu was accompanied by councillors Antonio Reig and Jose Vicente Llobell and the local canine associations to open the new park.

Marina Baixa also donated gifts and items that could be raffled off to further raise funds.

Candy crush THE game ‘Candy Crush’ is the star theme of this year’s Carnival celebration in Villajoyosa which takes place on Saturday from 10pm at the Playa-Centro, with costume contests, music and animation.

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RAPID REACTION FORCE: Spain will lead a NATO military unit.

Spain takes lead SPAIN is to lead a NATO military unit set up to be deployed quickly in areas where major crises break out.

The decision to organise a 5,000-member rapid reaction force was made at a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels, with Spain supplying 4,000 of the land troops making up

the advance team.

“The essence of this force is its deterrent capability,” said Spain’s Defence Minister Pedro Morenes. “NATO needs to have a unit that will show the world that its reaction can be strong and immediate.”

The new team is to be backed by special forces

and air and sea units, and will come under Spanish command in 2016. In total, the NATO Response Force will consist of around 30,000 troops.

Morenes said 3,000 of the Spanish troops will be sent in from different brigades and another 1,000 will come from the Betora base in Valencia.

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Help Abbeygate get even better CAN you help Abbeygate get even closer to the heart of the community?

THE insurance specialists know what their customers want – personalised service in their own language with a friendly face to put to the voice on the phone.

Over the years Abbeygate have built an enviable reputation for going the extra mile to ensure they give the best service possible, and as part of that commitment are looking for larger new offices on Costa Blanca.

The success of moving to their new Iberia Head Office in Manilva, Costa del Sol, has led Abbeygate to follow the same plan for Costa Blanca. They are looking for more suitable and prominent offices in the Costa Blanca region where they can build on

NEW OFFICE: Abbeygate need a great location. their existing experiences from their time in Moraira.

During this transition period Abbeygate wish to assure all existing and future clients of their continued importance to the business.

Their guarantee of receiving exceptional customer service and a wide product range remains secure.

If you know of any suitable offices that will give Abbeygate the best location on the Costa

Blanca they are keen to hear from you, or if you have a great location and want to work with Abbeygate then give them a call on 951 277 455.

Abbeygate have many thousands of clients in the Costa Blanca region and feel that these changes will further strengthen the existing relationships and allow them to give their customers even better personal care and protection.

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Renfe AVE S-100 at Sevilla Santa Justa

effectiveness of its investment and discourages other companies from installing their own systems.

By the end of 2014, more than nine million Telefonica users had switched to fibre optic broadband and the company was intending to extend this to another 5.5 million homes during 2015.

Instead it will now cut down expansion to 3.6 million households.

The slowdown will affect Telefonica clients in Madrid and Barcelona, plus their dormitory towns, as well as provincial capitals Sevilla, Malaga and Zaragoza.

Installation companies are also unhappy as Telefonica’s reaction to the CNMC’s plans could affect up to 17,000 jobs.

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Wings clipped IBERIA is reducing its points programme for clients flying economy class with cuts of up to 75 per cent on national flights. Business class clients paying the highest tariffs will benefit most.

Be prepared COMPENSATING small investors who acquired Bankia shares in its flawed 2011 flotation will cost approximately €500m. State-owned parent company BFA and Bankia will split the payments to avoid a capital increase.

Spanish on the move again SPANISH tourism began to recover during the last quarter of 2014.

Overnight hotel stays by Spanish tourists increased by 6.2 per cent last December, compared with a 0.6 per cent rise in international tourists. Madrid did best with 17 per cent, followed by Andalucia (6.6 per cent), Cataluña (6.7 per cent) and the Valencian Community (3.3 per cent).

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STAT OF WEEK PESCANOVA, which exited bankruptcy last May and is controlled by creditor banks, posted net profits of €1.649 billion between January and November. It still has negative equity of €616.6 million.

Saudi AVE behind schedule

Telefonica pulls fibre optic plug AS threatened, Telefonica is putting the brakes on its fibre optic plans.

The CNMC, Spain’s Markets and Competition regulator, wants Telefonica to share the ultra-rapid network it is currently extending throughout Spain by renting out infrastructure to its rivals.

This would be charged at a set price throughout the country, apart from towns and cities where competitors have already installed their own fibre optic networks in open competition with Telefonica. The exceptions include Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Sevilla and Valencia.

Telefonica opposes the CNMC’s plans, claiming that this affects the cost-

business & legal SAVH –WIKIPEDIA

THE €6.7 billion contract for the high speed line to Mecca went to a 12company Spanish consortium.

Work is behind schedule and last December the Saudi Transport minister, himself an engineer, criticised lack of progress on several sections of the 450kilometre project.

Nevertheless, the challenge will not end even though the consortium completes on time, sources said, as it must run the line for 12 years, transporting an annual 60 million passengers.

Last year Spain’s own thousands of kilometres of AVE links had a record year

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“The Spanish are travelling more, inside and outside the country,” said Industry and Tourism minister Jose Manuel Soria.

In 2008 when the crisis first reared its head, the Spanish made 168.8 million national and international journeys, a record that fell by 9 per cent over the next five years.

with 29.4 million passengers, half that number.

“A train every four minutes! Like Japan!

And with separate carriages for men and women!” the sources exclaimed.

Profits are more or less assured for the private companies involved in construction, but running a line like this for 12 years could be an enormous risk for public companies like Renfe and Adif, the same insiders said.

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Visible signs of the times MEDITERRANEAN Spain has much to learn from the sophisticated business signs market in the UK. There is much more to customer enticement than a shop front and a vehicle covered with self adhesive information.

Avoid garish ‘quick an’ slick’ signage. If it looks like something you would see on Blackpool’s prom’ you may turn customers away.

The visible exterior of your business is a direct reflection of your professionalism or lack of it.

Remember, your signage is your company’s business suit.

Vinyl self adhesive signs were

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never intended to be permanent.

Reasonably priced, easily applied and removed, they are perfect for special offers. They are also ideal for public holidays such as Christmas, Easter, and Valentine’s Day good wishes or

offers. If you want to remove vinyl signs on vehicles, borrow the hairdryer from the bathroom. A few minutes of hot air and they can be more easily peeled off.

‘A’ boards placed outside business premises are a good idea. When I bought one for my specialist business, situated on a busy main road, the turnover increased by onethird. Although I had been trading for over two years, I was constantly asked by road users how long had I been there. I later figured out why.

Motorists do not look left and right; they look ahead.

Ideal for tradesmen, the ‘A’ board

is light, mobile, and can be left outside wherever work is being carried out. Likewise, signage fastened to clients’ walls or gates.

Family car magnetic signs are worth their weight in gold. Unlike self adhesive signs these can be placed on car doors and peeled off as required. The downside is they can be stolen. The magnet attracts the light fingered too.

Enterprising business types can sign their family car up and leave the vehicle parked near the entrance to a supermarket or mall all day. Imagine how many people will see it and there are no fees to pay.

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You’re so vain and paying for it too Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

OF late there has been much talk about the rise of ‘manscaping’ and beauty products for men.

Where once upon a time shelves were mostly laden with female cosmetics, nowadays men too have their fair share of space in the bathroom cupboard for their beauty creams and serums.

However, it appears that women still use a lot more products than men. One recent study reveals that 35 per cent of women use one or two products daily, while 17 per cent use three or four products a day.

Meanwhile, 33 per cent of men admit to using one to two

MANSCAPING: Men too are using beauty creams and serums. products each day, but the majority of men (54 per cent) don’t use a single product when getting ready in the morning so it turns out guys really aren’t so high-maintenance.

OK. We’ll put our hands up in the air and admit that women

are big spenders when it comes to beauty products, but does that mean that we should face sexual prejudice in the market, with companies charging an unjustified markup for products marketed towards females?

A study by an American

Women pay more for their beauty products than men

Who must fix their subsiding terrace?

Q. I have an apartment on the Costa Del Sol in a complex run by a Community. My balcony/terrace is sinking and so is the one next door. The Committee of our Community advised us that it was our problem. They said we, the owners, were responsible for repairs, even though the terrace is outside the exterior wall of the structure. You have said in your EWN column that anything outside the exterior wall belongs to the

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A. Yes, your first call should be to your home insurance company. That is why you pay them. And, yes, I noted that anything outside the exterior walls of a building, such as terraces and gardens, is the property of the Community.

I also said that “exclusive use” of these elements is assigned to the individual owners. The Spanish courts have consistently ruled that ‘exclusive use’ means that each owner is responsible for his own terrace or balcony or garden, so repairs are on you, even if the basic ownership is the Community.

Community. The flats were built in 2000 and I think this subsidence should not happen to such a new build.

We are ground floor but below the structure is a communal garage area so our back terrace is actually eight metres above street level. We don’t know what infill was used below it.

I have home insurance and perhaps we should put in a claim.

A.C. (Costa del Sol) There is a clause in building contracts requiring the builder to have insurance to repair defects, but this insurance runs out after 10 years. So the only option left against the builder is a normal lawsuit for the defect. I agree subsidence after 15 years seems like an actionable defect, but this is tricky, possibly involving the architect or the geological study of the land, and the judge will have to decide.

Of course your first choice should be your insurance company. Put in a claim.

If you are lucky and your policy covers the problem, they will pay up and then try to recover the amount from the original builder.

Be aware that insurance companies are always alert to find some-thing in their small print to escape paying.

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

fashion magazine shows that annually women pay millions to cosmetic companies in extra fees and markups - fees that men just don’t have to pay.

The magazine research looked at a variety of products.

For example, deodorants on average are 10 per cent more expensive if aimed at women rather than men. Pretty pinkcoloured razors are much more pricey than the male versions of the blades.

Perhaps they are crafted by tiny elves, whereas boring old machines make the male razors!

Anti-aging creams are where women really get stung. For instance, a very well known brand charges €60 for a 50ml moisturiser, whereas the same brand charges only €40 for a 100ml male version of the same moisturiser. That’s €20 cheaper and double the size!

So the obvious money saving tip is check whether there’s a cheaper version of what you’re buying in the ‘Men’s’ aisle.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Good figures SANTANDER reported pre-tax profits of €9.72 billion last year, a 32 per cent increase. The bank, the eurozone’s largest, confirmed its intention of continuing to focus on retail banking during 2015 and announced that its 10 principal markets presented increased gross profits for the first time since the economic crisis commenced.

Different face NEW €1 and €2 pieces depicting Felipe VI are now in circulation, eight months after he was proclaimed king. Spain’s Treasury authorised the changeover last October and the coins were struck in January, the first of four million in each denomination that will be produced in the next few years.

Persuasion IAG, the group composed of BA, Iberia and Vueling which hopes to acquire Aer Lingus, pledged that neither the company nor its routes will disappear.

IAG’s offer includes a promise that the Irish airline’s 23 pairs of Heathrow slots will not be used by the group’s other airlines or sold.

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Thanks from Samaritans for generosity ON Saturday January 31, Nigel Hopkins and all of his singers and musicians put on a truly wonderful evening’s performance of ‘Music of the night.’

Afterwards Samaritans in Spain undertook a bucket-shake to raise funds.

The audience was extremely generous on the night, raising an amazing €565, then Nigel himself donated enough to take the amount to an incredible €650.

I would like to offer my thanks and the thanks of all our volunteers and, indeed, our callers for this generosity.

I would also like to offer my sincere gratitude to all of Nigel’s singers, musicians and other helpers for a wonderful evening’s entertainment. And I mustn’t forget the staff and management of the Orihuela Costa Resort for their time, making us comfortable and refreshed.

Thank you to you all.

Chris Sumpter, president, Samaritans in Spain

Pick it up!

SEVEN dogs have died due to poisoning on the beach of Puerto Alcudia, Mallorca.

The mayor has now made it obligatory for the animals to wear muzzles for fear that other fatal casualties will occur.

It is really horrible that someone deliberately spread poison for this purpose, but I suppose many people are angry at the mess and smell left literally everywhere by many dogowners.

I am a dog-owner. He’s a big fellow of 38 kilos and I walk him every day and am delighted that in winter we can walk, play and run our dogs on the beach here in Santa Ponsa.

I am 80 plus - no big deal - but I always collect his ‘necessities’ and, many times, those of other dogs. We also pick up all sorts of other refuse that could be taken by the wind or tide into the sea and cause trouble for other creatures.

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old EHIC card and also asked if you are in receipt of a UK pension. I was informed that my new EHIC card should arrive within 15 days.

One last point, it is best to renew your card without waiting for the old one to run out.

June Baker-Howard (by email)

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use your brains! Again, it’s no big deal to bend down (great exercise) and collect your dog’s mess. All you achieve with your negligence, apart from the disgusting mess, is to create enemies for our beloved best friends.

Olivia Amengual, Nova Sta Ponsa (Mallorca)

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LOOKS as though someone got too near the edge and it gives ‘See you on the beach’ another meaning.

John Davies, Mojacar.

Free-for-all

Greedy sea

WE visited the Motor show in Malaga and it was a very enjoyable afternoon with plenty to see.

I would just like to warn anyone visiting an exhibition at the Palacio de Congresos about the parking. When we arrived a high viz-jacketed man directed us to a space, then demanded €5 for parking.

We questioned this, asking for a ticket first and refused to pay so he eventually gave up with us and moved on to his next victims. I took a photo of him on my phone as I was now worried about the safety of the car.

When purchasing our entry tickets I told the staff who were horrified and assured me they would notify security and that parking is free.

If the man had asked for €1 we probably wouldn’t have questioned it.

Luckily the car was OK and on leaving we then saw the signs stating ‘free parking,’ so check before you pay!

Diana Clark (by email)

OUR urbanisation, Costa Natura, is really close to the beach and as far as our frontage is concerned, big rocks protect the beach.

However at the ‘wild beach’ which still belongs to the naturist zone, erosion is considerable or even horrible.

The sea takes whatever it can get in the winter and there is nobody who cares.

I tried to bring the subject to the attention of the Estepona Tourist Office and they correctly answered that they are unable to intervene because it is the responsibility of the Coastal Authority.

Obviously this Authority has its own targets, which are different from those of the town hall, and doesn’t care what happens to the beach although naturist tourism contributes considerably to coastal tourism.

It is the wrong approach to celebrate the high occupation rates in some luxury hotels and, at the same time, to neglect another branch of tourism.

Moreover, sooner or later the eroded beach will collapse what happens then? About two years ago there was a promise to replenish the sand on our beach which never happened.

Instead more and more sand is washed away.

Christian Horig, Estepona (Malaga)

No hiccups I HAVE just renewed my EHIC card and the entire process is far easier than the procedure described by Mr Woodhall.

There is no form to fill in when you renew by telephone but do not ring the number that Mr Woodhall gives! The correct number is (0044) 1912 790575 and is a direct line to the department that deals with EHIC cards. I rang late in the afternoon and got straight through.

All you need in front of you is your old EHIC Card and your national insurance number. You will be asked for your name, NI number and the UK reference number that appears on your

I RANG Newcastle on January 30 and spoke to a lady called Jennifer to renew our EHIC Cards. She advised that they had received many calls regarding renewals that were no longer necessary.

She told me that as British nationals living in Spain we no longer need the cards. If medical treatment is required at a hospital or doctor’s surgery all you need is to prove that you receive a UK pension.

British nationals only need to renew EHIC Cards if they are visiting an EU country other than Britain.

Isobel Brown (by email)

Spitting image CONGRATULATIONS to Antonio Martinez for his letter in El Pais on professional footballers, entitled ‘Why do they spit so much?’

Professional handball and basketball players don’t spit.

Nor do cyclists, swimmers, hockey players or boxers. Why are professional footballers so obsessed with this disgusting, repulsive and unnecessary bad habit, he asked?

“In more gruelling sports that require much more physical exertion and endurance athletes don’t find it necessary to spit. The appropriate sports directors and authorities should finally put a stop to this obnoxious behaviour,” he wrote.

I tip my hat to Antonio Martinez! Although I don’t watch football much (I’d rather watch the grass grow) it seems like every five or 10 minutes one player or another is ‘watering’ the field. Where do they get so much saliva?

Richard M.McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited Nicki Chapman meets families previously featured on Wanted Down Under.

11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Property renovation series. 12:00pm Countryside 999 12:45pm Real Lives Reunited 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:40pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 8:05am Countryside 999 8:50am Real Lives Reunited 9:20am Wanted Down Under 10:05am Six Puppies and Us 11:05am Great British Railway Journeys 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:15pm Map Man 2:45pm Reputations

ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley. 11:55am ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast.

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 9:30am Frasier 10:00am 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 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

THURSDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

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

3:45pm Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 4:45pm Open All Hours 5:15pm To the Manor Born 5:45pm Hi-De-Hi!

3:00pm Judge Rinder

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

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

3:15pm NCIS 4:10pm Cedar Cove

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

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

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Classic Car Show

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

9:00pm Emmerdale

9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm Cucumber 11:00pm My Tattoo Addiction

9:00pm Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole

9:00pm Arrow

Studio courtroom show where criminal barrister Robert Rinder rules on real life cases.

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

Feature-length edition of the US drama series about a community judge in a small lakeside town in Washington State.

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

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

Antiques experts travel the UK searching for treasures.

9pm 9:00pm Eat Well for Less?

10:00pm Death in Paradise 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Finchley in north London.

9:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee The Great British Sewing Bee returns for a sixpart series presented by Claudia Winkleman.

10:00pm Modern Times 11:00pm Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe 11:30pm Newsnight

Cain and Harriet attempt to save Belle. Adam is irked by Aaron's absence.

9:30pm Birds of a Feather 10:00pm Car Crash Britain 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Late Debate

My Tattoo Addiction explores the unique stories behind every tattoo design.

Documentary series about people who live on welfare.

10:00pm Britain's Biggest Primary School 11:00pm The Mentalist 11:55pm Castle

Concerns grow for our missing hero, a turn of events a ruthless gangster uses to his advantage.

10:00pm Ross Kemp: Extreme World Ross travels to Calais.

11:00pm Quiz Nights

12am 12:45am This Week 1:30am Skiing Weatherview 1:35am BBC News

12:20am A Cook Abroad 1:20am Panorama 1:50am This is BBC Two 4:55am I Was There 5:50am Children of World War II

12:10am The Lying Game: Crimes That Fooled Britain 1:05am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

12:00am 24 Hours in Police Custody 1:00am CCTV: Caught on Camera 1:55am One Born Every Minute 2:50am The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds 3:45am The Supervet

12:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am The Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor

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

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8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm EastEnders 10:00pm Bangkok Airport 11:00pm Crims

8:00pm World News Today

8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Horizon 10:00pm Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman 11:00pm Cleopatra: A Timewatch Guide 12:00am Digging for Britain 1:00am Wonders of the Solar System 2:00am Top of the Pops 2:40am Horizon 3:40am Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman

9:40am Dinner Date 10:40am Catchphrase 11:25am Psych 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

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

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Scorpion 11:00pm The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 11:30pm Reality Bites 12:15am Cockroaches

9:30am Where the Heart is 10:40am 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 Fresh Fields 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Foyle's War 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Trial and Retribution

9:00am Minder 10:00am Hogan's Heroes 11:05am The Professionals 12:05pm Magnum, P.I. 1:05pm Minder 2:05pm Ax Men 3:00pm The Professionals 4:00pm The Car Chasers 5:00pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm Minder 7:00pm Ax Men 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Driven to Kill 12:00am Coogan's Bluff

2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Bad(Ish) Robots 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 2 Broke Girls 10:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:30pm Marry Me 11:00pm Banana 11:30pm The Inbetweeners 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

Comedy

Crime

Family

Comedy series set in a young offenders' institution.

11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Bangkok Airport 2:05am Crims 2:35am EastEnders 3:35am South Side Story 4:05am Vodka Diaries 4:30am Crims

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

SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Captain Phillips 9:20am After Earth 11:10am Kindergarten Cop A tough cop is forced to impersonate a kindergarten teacher in order to catch a criminal.

1:10pm R.I.P.D. 2:55pm The Karate Kid, Part II 4:55pm Captain Phillips 7:15pm After Earth 9:00pm R.I.P.D. 10:45pm Blade 1:00am The Pacific 2:00am The Pacific 3:05am Miami Vice 5:20am The Karate Kid, Part II

5:15am Arthur 2: On the Rocks 7:10am Syrup 8:45am Uncle Buck 10:30am Bruce Almighty 12:15pm Get Smart 2:10pm The Grand Budapest Hotel 3:55pm Little Miss Sunshine 5:40pm Syrup 7:15pm Uncle Buck 9:00pm Get Smart 11:00pm The Grand Budapest Hotel 12:45am Bruce Almighty 2:30am American Pie 2 4:20am American Pie: The Wedding

4:40am Death Wish 6:20am Malpractice 8:00am Flatliners A group of medical students experiment with the afterlife by inducing their own temporary deaths.

10:00am Dead Again 12:00pm Veronica Mars 1:50pm The Pelican Brief 4:20pm Conspiracy Theory 6:40pm Solo 8:10pm Veronica Mars 10:00pm The Counsellor 12:20am Blow 2:35am Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 4:30am Single White Female

6:40am Smurfs 2 Special 7:00am Primates of the Caribbean 8:30am Babe 10:10am Groundhog Day 12:00pm Saving Mr. Banks Special 12:30pm The Croods 2:15pm Believe 4:00pm Return to Nim's Island 5:45pm Primates of the Caribbean 7:10pm The Croods 9:00pm Babe 10:35pm Return to Nim's Island 12:15am Groundhog Day 2:00am Believe 3:40am Dennis The Menace 5:20am Balto

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TCM

4:20am Fort BLISS 6:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Deception 9:15am Alien Abduction 10:45am Shaun the Sheep Special 11:00am 300: Rise of an Empire 12:45pm Fort BLISS 3:00pm Despicable Me 2 Special 3:30pm Transcendence 5:30pm Heaven is for Real 7:15pm 300: Rise of an Empire 9:00pm Transcendence 11:00pm Deception 1:15am Fading Gigolo 2:50am Alien Abduction 4:20am Fort BLISS

6:00am Blood Alley 8:00am Gunsmoke 9:00am Gunsmoke 10:00am The Wild One 11:35am Villa Rides 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Secret of the Incas) 6:00pm Man in the Wilderness 8:00pm Dial M for Murder 10:00pm Nowhere to Run 11:50pm The Specialist 2:00am Nowhere to Run 3:35am The Specialist 5:30am Ed Sullivan's Rock N' Roll Classics

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Countryside 999 12:45pm Real Lives Reunited 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:40pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 8:50am Real Lives Reunited 9:20am Wanted Down Under 10:05am The Big Allotment Challenge 11:05am Food and Drink 11:35am The Travel Show 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:15pm Map Man 2:45pm Ike and Monty: Generals at 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

FRIDAY TV

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CH4 8:35am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:00am Frasier 9:30am 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 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 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

3:45pm Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 4:45pm Open All Hours 5:15pm To the Manor Born 5:45pm 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: Los Angeles 4:15pm My Neighbour's Keeper

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

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

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

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt

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

9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Food and Drink 10:00pm Italy Unpacked 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Gosford Park

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

9:00pm Ice Road Truckers

9:00pm Flintoff: Lord of the Fries 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Quiz Nights

10:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 11:40pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

Gunning for general knowledge glory, four more teams from across the country try to get their mitts on that elusive Golden Tankard.

12:05am Tron Legacy 2:00am The Infidel 3:40am Question Time 4:40am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

2:10am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:05am Catastrophe 12:40am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00am Rude Tube 1:55am Strange Wilderness 3:20am The Big Bang Theory 3:45am The Ricky Gervais Show 4:15am The Ricky Gervais Show

12:35am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 1:05am Super Casino 4:05am Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am Underworld: Evolution 2:05am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

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8:00pm Doctor Who 8:15pm Doctor Who 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Tough Young Teachers 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Uncle 2:00am Crims 2:30am Russell Howard's Good News 3:00am South Side Story 3:30am Bangkok Airport

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Secret Knowledge 9:00pm Symphony 10:00pm Neil Sedaka: King of Song 11:00pm Neil Sedaka Says: All You Need is the Music 11:45pm You've Got a Friend: The Carole King Story 12:45am Secret Knowledge 1:15am Singer-Songwriters at the BBC 2:15am Neil Sedaka: King of Song 3:15am Neil Sedaka Says: All You Need is the Music 4:00am You've Got a Friend: The Carole King Story

1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:40pm Dinner Date 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 Funniest Ever You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Coyote Ugly 12:05am Take Me Out 1:20am Take Me Out: The Gossip

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 Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Trial and Retribution 1:00am Wycliffe

1:10pm Minder 2:10pm Ax Men 3:05pm The Professionals 4:05pm Pawn Stars 4:35pm Pawn Stars 5:00pm Hogan's Heroes 5:35pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm Minder 7:00pm Ax Men 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Counting Cars 9:30pm Counting Cars 10:00pm Cliffhanger 12:15am Carlito's Way

3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 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 Rude(Ish) Tube 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Terminator 2: Judgment Day 12:50am 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

Thriller.

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

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

Reality series. The two teams are neck and neck in the load count.

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

SKY MOVIES Action 7:15am Poseidon 9:10am Lone Survivor 11:25am Oscars 2015 Nomination Special 11:55am The Next Karate Kid 1:55pm The Last Samurai 4:35pm Batman Begins 7:05pm Poseidon Big-budget disaster movie.

9:00pm Lone Survivor 11:10pm Shaft 1:00am The Pacific Remarkable World War II drama from the makers of Band of Brothers.

2:05am The Pacific 3:15am Batman Begins

7:50am Beavis and Butt-head Do America 9:15am Liar Liar 10:45am The Mask 12:30pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 2:30pm Ali G Indahouse 4:00pm Starsky and Hutch 5:45pm Liar Liar Fletcher Reede didn't become a top lawyer by telling the truth.

7:15pm The Mask 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:10pm Ali G Indahouse 12:45am Starsky and Hutch 2:35am Life

6:30am Point Last Seen 8:15am Syriana 10:35am Black Hawk Down 1:10pm American Hustle 3:40pm 25th Hour Drug-dealer Monty Brogan is going down for seven years.

5:55pm Cold Comes the Night A Polish gangster takes a motel manager captive when a bag of money goes missing.

7:30pm Black Hawk Down 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:20am Outlaw Paratrooper Bryant returns from Iraq to find a London ruled by thugs and gangsters.

7:00am Miracle on 34th Street 9:00am Curious George 10:30am Delhi Safari 12:15pm Maleficent 2:00pm Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 3:30pm Daddy Day Care 5:10pm Stage to Screen 5:40pm Delhi Safari 7:20pm Maleficent 9:00pm The Lone Ranger 11:30pm Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 1:00am Daddy Day Care 2:35am The Lone Ranger A lawman and his Comanche Indian sidekick embark upon a quest for justice across the American West.

Premiere

TCM

6:30am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Fading Gigolo 8:45am Dinosaur Island 10:30am Big Hero 6 Special 11:00am Last Days on Mars 12:45pm My Man is a Loser 2:30pm Oscars 2015 Nomination Special 3:00pm Welcome to the Jungle 4:45pm Rio 2 6:30pm Dinosaur Island 8:15pm Rio 2 10:00pm Last Days on Mars 11:45pm My Man is a Loser 1:30am Fading Gigolo 3:15am Heaven is for Real

7:50am Gunsmoke 8:55am Gunsmoke 10:00am Secret of the Incas 11:55am Man in the Wilderness 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Castilian 6:25pm Mara Maru 8:20pm Tarzan Escapes 10:00pm 16 Blocks 11:55pm The Lost Command 2:20am Hell on Wheels 3:15am 16 Blocks 5:00am 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 2:00pm Bargain Hunt

BBC TWO 7:30am A Double Life 9:10am Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam 9:40am Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam 10:10am British Isles: A Natural History Revolution 11:00am Six Nations Rewind 12:00pm FA Cup Rewind 1:00pm A Taste of Britain 1:30pm A Taste of Britain 2:00pm Talking Pictures 2:30pm The Treasure of Pancho Villa

ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:25pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:30pm ITV News and Weather 1:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:35pm The Unforgettable...

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CH4 7:40am How I Met Your Mother 8:05am Transworld Sport 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 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 1:30pm Child Genius 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Sponge Bob Square Pants 11:35am Access 11:40am The Dog Rescuers 12:05pm Ice Road Truckers 1:05pm Ice Road Truckers 2:00pm 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 Football's Funniest Moments 10:00am The Fantasy Football Club 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm What's Up 1:30pm Kingsman: Secret Service Special 2:00pm Hawaii Five-0

3pm 3:00pm Six Nations Rugby Union Action from the Six Nations Trophy.

4:00pm Desperados 5:30pm Final Score

5:30pm Six Nations Rugby Union

3:05pm The Chase 4:05pm Doc Martin 5:05pm Big Star's Little Star

5:15pm Come Dine with Me In Worcester, barber Terri Malone starts the week with a rock-themed menu.

6:15pm The Big Bang Theory 6:45pm The Simpsons

Action from the Six Nations Trophy.

3:00pm Ice Road Truckers 4:00pm Columbo: Double Shock 5:30pm Columbo

3:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 4:00pm Last Man Standing 4:30pm Last Man Standing 5:00pm The Simpsons 5:30pm Modern Family

7:20pm 5 News

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6pm 6:20pm The Wonder of Animals 6:50pm The Great British Sewing Bee 7:50pm Flog It! 8:35pm How We Got to Now with Steve Johnson

6:00pm Local News and Weather 6:10pm ITV News and Weather 6:25pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm Harry Hill's Stars in Their Eyes 8:30pm Planet's Got Talent

7:10pm The Simpsons 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Our Guy in India

9:35pm Dad's Army 10:05pm Simon Rattle: The Making of a Maestro 11:05pm Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond

9:05pm Take Me Out 10:20pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:20pm ITV News and Weather 11:35pm ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

9:00pm The World's Weirdest Weather 10:00pm The Bourne Legacy Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton star in writer-director Tony Gilroy's spy-thriller sequel to the Bourne trilogy.

1:00am TOTP2 1:30am Telstar: The Joe Meek Story 3:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

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Sick of discussing pros and cons LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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AM utterly sick and tired of discussing the pros and cons of Islam. To me the problem is very simple.

Thirty years ago the UK didn’t have Asian gangs grooming, raping and degrading the children of the ‘infidels’.

Thirty years ago they didn’t have ‘Trojan horses’ infiltrating schools, separating the sexes, teaching bigotry or refusing to conduct lessons in English. Thirty years ago (with the exception of the IRA, who actually had a point) they didn’t have citizens murdered and terrorised in the streets.

Thirty years ago they didn’t have nogo areas where integration was out of the question and law officers were afraid to tread in case they ‘offended’ someone, or caused a riot.

Thirty years ago there were no youngsters leaving home to join distant armies who decapitate, pillage and

burn their enemies alive.

Thirty years ago they didn’t have the Christian religion undermined and discriminated against. Thirty years ago they didn’t have people on the streets insulting the troops and threatening their future annihilation.

Thirty years ago, unless they were pulling a bank job, you could observe the facial expressions of every female in the land. Thirty years ago they had no cause to discuss bigotry, ethnic inequality or the genital mutilation of young women.

Thirty years ago the British were a happy, albeit a touch naive, proud bunch, whose only real problems were the price of beer, the next to reside in Number 10 or the winners of the FA Cup. Need I go on?

The thing that actually annoys me the most, having lived in a Muslim country for eight years, is the fact that in Islamic controlled countries, anyone who doesn’t follow the teachings of Islam has a very hard time indeed. In Saudi Arabia, no one can build a church, owning a bible is illegal, and any Christian worship banned altogether.

An example of this was in 1979, when

a small number of people, some of whom were personal colleagues of mine, decided to hold a short Sunday morning prayer meeting in a classroom of the American school in Jeddah. Someone got wind of it, informed the authorities and the result was a spell in prison and deportation for all of them!

Compare that with the freedom the followers of Islam enjoy in the UK. Free to speak publically about any aspect of their religion they choose. Mosques springing up everywhere, plus the British people bending over backwards to accept and try to understand their points of view.

Simply bearing even these two facts in mind, I think you get some idea of how one- sided this whole, almost unbelievable intelligence-insulting charade actually is. Will it all change?

Too late, I’m afraid - but then I told you that over 15 years ago.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com What do you think? Have your say at www.euroweeklynews.com

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6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 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

9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm A Cook Abroad 11:00pm House of Fools 11:30pm Newsnight

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me

A team of special agents, operating outside the military chain of command, must investigate any crime with pieces of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live

9pm 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm The Graham Norton Show EastEnders Special

Documentary in which 20 modern-day Brits try to survive two months in the wilderness.

12am 12:45am Waterloo Road 1:45am The Graham Norton Show 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

2:35am BBC News

Animated comedy about the trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am South Side Story 2:00am I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 3:00am Cuckoo

SKY MOVIES Action 6:15am Angel Flight Down 7:55am Die Hard with a Vengeance 10:15am Oscars 2015 Nomination Special 10:45am 47 Ronin 12:50pm Noah 3:15pm The Top Ten Show 2015 3:35pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 5:35pm 47 Ronin 7:40pm Die Hard with a Vengeance 10:00pm Noah In the face of apocalyptic floods, one man is chosen to be the world's saviour.

12:25am Aliens: Special Edition 3:00am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 4:55am The Guns of Navarone

6:30am Despicable Me 2 Special 7:00am Black Sheep 8:30am Snow Day 10:05am The Dukes of Hazzard 12:00pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 1:50pm Ride Along 3:40pm The Nutty Professor 5:25pm American Pie 7:10pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 9:00pm Ride Along 10:50pm The Nutty Professor 12:30am The Dukes of Hazzard 2:20am In Security A security company working in America's safest town decide to drum up business by robbing houses.

7:00am Syriana 9:10am Magic Magic 10:50am The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 12:35pm Veronica Mars 2:25pm Fast and Furious 6 4:35pm The Fast and the Furious 6:25pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 8:15pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 10:00pm Fast and Furious 6 12:15am Veronica Mars 2:15am Joy Ride 3 A group of friends on their way to a car rally are terrorised by murderous trucker Rusty Nail.

7:35am An American Tail 9:00am An American Tail 2: Fievel Goes West 10:20am Shaun the Sheep Special 10:45am Monster House 12:20pm Delhi Safari 2:00pm Epic 3:45pm Parental Guidance 5:35pm The Neverending Story 7:15pm Delhi Safari 9:00pm Epic 10:50pm Parental Guidance 12:45am The Neverending Story 2:25am Home Alone 4 3:55am Monster House 5:30am Curious George

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7:00am Fading Gigolo 8:45am Big Hero 6 Special 9:15am Last Days on Mars 11:00am Dinosaur Island 12:45pm My Man is a Loser 2:30pm Despicable Me 2 Special 3:00pm Welcome to the Jungle 4:45pm Rio 2 6:30pm Dinosaur Island 8:15pm Rio 2 10:00pm Last Days on Mars 11:45pm My Man is a Loser 1:30am Fading Gigolo 3:15am Heaven is for Real 5:00am Shaun the Sheep Special

8:50am Westbound 10:10am Gunfight at Comanche Creek 11:55am Cahill U.S. Marshal 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Man Behind the Gun 5:35pm The Defector 7:30pm On the Beach 10:00pm The Hangover 12:00am Out for a Kill 1:45am The Hangover 3:40am Out for a Kill 5:10am Off Set 5:35am Michael Caine Off Set

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10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:35am Undercover Boss Canada 12:30pm Shipping Wars 1:15pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:20pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 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 The Simpsons 4:30pm The Simpsons 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

3:45pm Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 4:45pm Open All Hours 5:15pm To the Manor Born 5:45pm 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 Come Dine with Me

3:15pm NCIS

6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 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 UEFA Champions League

6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors

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 Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience 11:30pm Newsnight

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

9:00pm Can Property Pay Your Wages?

10:00pm The Romanians are Coming 11:00pm Kid Criminals

9:00pm Costa Del Casualty 10:00pm Killer Psychopaths 11:00pm 10,000 BC

9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm Modern Family 10:30pm Modern Family 11:00pm Ross Kemp: Extreme World

12:15am Have I Got Old News for You 12:45am Lay the Favourite 2:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

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.

12:40am Carry on Girls 2:10am 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

12:00am Kicked Out Kids 1:05am Pokerstars.Com and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final 2:00am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:25am Transworld Sport 3:20am Dispatches 3:50am Jon Richardson Grows Up 4:45am Kirstie's Vintage Home

12:00am The Ten Faces of Michael Jackson 12:55am GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:55am Super Casino 4:10am My Family Disapprove - Age Gap Love 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five0 5:00am Road Wars

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8:00pm EastEnders 8:30pm World's Craziest Fools 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm The Graham Norton Show EastEnders Special 11:00pm Uncle

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys

9:00pm Digging for Britain 10:00pm Roman Britain: A Timewatch Guide 11:00pm The Man Who Discovered Egypt 12:00am Golden Age of British Sports Car 1:00am Sounds of the 70s 1:25am Wallander 3:00am Digging for Britain 4:00am Roman Britain: A Timewatch Guide

11:15am Richie Rich 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:40pm Dinner Date 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 The Best Ever You've Been Framed 9:00pm Dinner Date 10:00pm Hell's Kitchen 11:00pm Cockroaches 11:35pm Plebs 12:05am Plebs

10:40am The Royal 11:40am Judge Judy 12:05pm Judge Judy 12:35pm Judge Judy 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Where the Heart is 4:15pm The Royal 5:20pm Fresh Fields 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Wire in the Blood

1:05pm Magnum, P.I. 2:05pm The Professionals 3:05pm Minder 4:00pm Ax Men 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Pawn Stars 5:30pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm Hogan's Heroes 7:00pm The Professionals 8:00pm Minder 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Pawn Stars 10:00pm World Rally Championship Highlights 11:00pm Benidorm 12:00am Peter Shilton: Sports Life Stories

3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The 100 11:00pm Supernatural 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

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3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm The Link 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

American crime drama.

4:15pm Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts

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 The Gift 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Count Arthur Strong

Round-up of the day's news.

11:40pm UEFA Highlights

Champions

League

In America children are locked up at a rate seven times higher than in the UK.

Reality series in which 20 Brits try to survive for two months in the equivalent of the Stone Age.

12am

An out-of work musician is forced to look after his 12-year-old nephew when his sister is busy.

11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:05am Family Guy Brian is having trouble controlling his urges for female dogs.

Michael Portillo retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide.

SKY MOVIES Action 7:35am Volcano 9:30am Sahara 11:45am X-Men 1:40pm The Top Ten Show 2015 1:55pm 300: Rise of an Empire Greek general Thermistocles leads the charge against an invading Persian army.

3:50pm Executive Decision 6:10pm The Patriot 9:00pm X-Men 10:50pm 300: Rise of an Empire Greek general Thermistocles leads the charge against an invading Persian army.

12:40am Executive Decision 3:00am The 6th Day 5:10am The Comancheros

7:05am Scary Movie 5 8:35am Best in Show 10:15am The Harry Hill Movie 11:50am Trading Places 1:50pm Identity Thief 3:50pm Bean 5:30pm American Pie 2 7:25pm The Harry Hill Movie 9:00pm Trading Places 11:00pm Identity Thief 12:55am Scary Movie 5 2:30am Stand Up Guys 4:15am Dead Man on Campus 5:55am Bean A bumbling oddball working as a National Gallery security guard is sent to LA in a cynical plot by his superiors to get rid of him, but his trip across the Pond causes mayhem.

7:35am Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 10:15am Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan A gang of football hooligans turn to bank robbery, with the police in hot pursuit.

11:45am Runner Runner 1:30pm The Pelican Brief 4:10pm Reasonable Doubt 5:55pm 25th Hour Drug-dealer Monty Brogan is going down for seven years.

8:15pm Last Passenger 10:00pm Runner Runner 11:35pm Green Street After he's expelled from Harvard, journalism student Matt moves to London.

1:35am The Canyons 3:25am Fear

7:00am Lassie 8:50am Pete's Christmas 10:30am Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 12:10pm Monsters University Special Sky Movies takes a look behind the scenes of the colourful Pixar animation.

12:40pm Doctor Dolittle 2:15pm Doctor Dolittle 2 3:50pm Doctor Dolittle 3 5:35pm Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties 7:10pm Lassie 9:00pm The Lone Ranger 11:35pm Doctor Dolittle 1:10am Doctor Dolittle 2 2:45am Doctor Dolittle 3 4:30am Smurfs 2 Special A look at the new animated sequel.

4:50am Pete's Christmas

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6:00am On the Beach 8:20am Gunsmoke 9:20am Gunsmoke 10:25am The Defector 12:15pm The Man Behind the Gun 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Iron Sheriff 5:30pm The Train 8:05pm The Defector 10:00pm F/X 12:05am F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion 2:05am Menace II Society 3:40am F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion 5:30am Ed Sullivan's Rock N' Roll Classics

Two mates ask their friend for tips that will help reignite the spark in their marriages.

2:30pm Welcome to the Jungle 4:15pm Big Hero 6 Special 4:45pm Rio 2 6:30pm Dinosaur Island 8:15pm Rio 2 10:00pm Last Days on Mars 11:45pm My Man is a Loser 1:30am Fading Gigolo 3:15am Heaven is for Real A pastor's young son claims to have visited heaven after a near-death experience.

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

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CH4 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:35am Undercover Boss Canada 12:30pm Shipping Wars 1:15pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:20pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

WEDNESDAY TV

CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Classic Car Show 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Road Wars 8:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 9:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm The Link 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm The Simpsons 4:30pm The Simpsons 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama

3:45pm Britain's Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 4:45pm Open All Hours 5:15pm To the Manor Born 5:45pm 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 Come Dine with Me

3:20pm NCIS 4:20pm In the Dark

6:15pm Flog It! 6:55pm Party Political Broadcast by Conservative 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 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

6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cowboy Builders

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

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

9:00pm The Restoration Man 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Junk Food Kids: Who's to Blame?

9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm World's Biggest Hips 11:00pm Erin Brockovich

9:00pm The Fanatics 10:00pm Stella

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

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 10:30pm Room 101 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm A Question of Sport

Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.

Round-up of the day's news.

11:40pm Exposure

A third of British children are now overweight or obese.

Fact-based drama.

Stella worries about Michael, who is acting out of character, while Aunty Brenda and the newly flush Dai lock horns during a fraught business meeting.

11:00pm Flintoff: Lord of the Fries

12am 12:15am Film 2015 12:50am Someone to Watch Over Me 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

2:35am BBC News

12:15am Weather The latest weather information. 12:20am Inside the Commons 1:20am See Hear Magazine programme for the deaf community. 1:50am This is BBC Two

12:40am I Never Knew That About Britain 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.

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12:00am Kid Criminals 1:00am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:55am The Love Guru 3:25am The Bedford Incident 5:10am A Place in the Sun: Home or Away Bob and Jenny Lait are planning their retirement.

1:45am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Britain's Biggest Primary School 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor

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

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5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys

12:30am Sex: A Horizon Guide 1:30am Asylum 2:00am Bob Servant Independent 2:30am Wallander

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9:35am Dinner Date 10:35am Catchphrase 11:15am Babe 2: Pig in the City 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm The Cube 2:40pm Dinner Date 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 Miss Congeniality 11:15pm Ibiza Weekender 12:15am Reality Bites

1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Where the Heart is 4:10pm The Royal 5:15pm Fresh Fields 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 9:30pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm Billy Connolly's Big Send Off 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Cracker

12:05pm Hogan's Heroes 1:05pm Magnum, P.I. 2:05pm The Professionals 3:05pm Minder 3:55pm Ax Men 4:20pm Pawn Stars 4:50pm Pawn Stars 5:25pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm Hogan's Heroes 7:00pm The Professionals 8:00pm Minder 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm The Big Fish Off 10:30pm Storage Wars 11:00pm Storage Wars 12:00am ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm Furry Vengeance 10:50pm The Big Bang Theory 11:20pm The Big Bang Theory 11:50pm 2 Broke Girls 12:20am Marry Me

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Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.

12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:05am Family Guy 1:30am Revolution Presents: Democracy Dealers

Michael Portillo continues his railway adventure which takes him across the heart of Europe.

9:00pm African Railway 10:00pm Infested: Living with Parasites 11:00pm Storyville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.

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7:30am The Heat 9:30am Get Smart 11:30am We're the Millers 1:25pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 3:10pm Austin Powers in Goldmember 4:55pm The Top Ten Show 2015 5:15pm American Pie: The Wedding 7:00pm Get Smart 9:00pm The Heat 11:10pm We're the Millers

7:00am Harsh Times 9:00am The Washington Snipers 10:45am Swordfish 12:40pm Ripley's Game 2:40pm John Q 4:40pm Solo 6:15pm Harsh Times 8:15pm Swordfish 10:00pm Oldboy 11:50pm A Man Apart 1:50am Cherry Falls

9:00am Turbo: Sky Movies Special 9:30am Corpse Bride 11:00am Escape From Planet Earth 12:35pm Turbo 2:20pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 4:15pm Corpse Bride 5:40pm Escape From Planet Earth 7:15pm Turbo 9:00pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 10:50pm Look Who's Talking 12:30am Look Who's Talking Too

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7:50am Gunsmoke 8:50am Gunsmoke 9:55am The Train 12:25pm The Iron Sheriff 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Badlanders 5:40pm The Great Race 8:35pm Desert Pursuit 10:00pm Above the Law 11:55pm The Juror

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PUPPIES and kittens that are raised together often will grow up as friends, not knowing that they’re not supposed to get along. Many times, however, you may want or need to add a dog to a household with cats, or vice-versa.

A general rule for the easiest integration is that the new animal should be younger and of the opposite sex, even between dogs and cats. It may be easier to bring in a puppy to a cat household,

PUPPIES & KITTENS: May grow up as friends. as the puppy won’t be as big or as threatening as a dog, and may not think of a cat as something to chase. On the other hand, an active, playful puppy may be more annoying or frightening to an adult cat than would be an adult dog that behaved calmly around cats.

Also know that certain breeds of dogs are less likely to be safe around cats.

This includes terriers and sight hounds (due to a stronger prey drive), and herding breeds (who may nip at the cats’ heels, trying to herd them).

Supervise all interactions, keeping the dog on a leash, until you are certain that he is cat-safe.

If the dog starts to chase the cat or is at all aggressive, give a quick jerk on the leash, and use the ‘sit’ or ‘leave it’ commands.

Praise the dog (or give a treat) the instant he complies and stops trying to get to the cat.

FED up with the cold February weather? Why not brighten up a chilly evening by going along to Oliva Drama and Cultural Association’s production of the pantomime Aladdin.

The show promises to be full of songs and humour, featuring all the traditional characters, including Widow Twanky, the Genie of the Lamp, Princess Jasmine and of course the hero Aladdin, making it a show that is fun for all the family.

The show will take place at the Olimpia Theatre, Calle Mayor 18,

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ALADDIN: Family friendly fun in Oliva. in Oliva (just off the N332, near Honeyduke’s Bar) February 25 and 26 from 7.30pm. Tickets cost €5 each.

For more information and tickets phone Elaine on 962 855 764, or email olivadramagroup@gmail. com.

More drop shops for Emaus THE second and third Drop Shops for the Emaus Children’s Homes are now ready to accept donations of clothes and bric a brac.

The Drop Shops are places where you can leave items of clothing for Emaus and anything that

may be of use in the children’s home and the mother’s shelter. The Busot Animal Rescue Concern (BARC) charity shop in El Campello is now a Drop Shop which is open Monday to Saturday from 10am-2pm, along

Women’s world day of prayer THE Church of England in Albir, one of seven churches in the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy, will be celebrating the Women’s World Day of Prayer on Friday March 6 at 4.30pm.

The Church use the premises of the Norwegian Seafarers Church on Carrer Mart in the centre of Albir. This year the service has been written by the women of the Bahamas. The service is interdenominational and will conclude with refreshments with a Caribbean flavour. This is not exclusively for women.

For more information on the Chaplaincy visit the www.costblancaanglicanchaplaincy.org

with the Alicante Golf Club, where Madeleine in the Pro Shop is happy to accept donations.

These join the first Drop Shop at The Iron Shop/ Siesta Group in Gata de Gorgos. If you are able to offer a location for an Emaus Drop Shop email info@fcemaus.com.

Bowls club helps RBL JAVEA Green Bowls Club owner Matt Taylor was delighted to hand over a cheque for €350 to the Royal British Legion, enabling them to carry on their excellent charity work. The money was raised by the ladies of Javea’s Social SubCommittee Pat Pittaway, Maureen Barrie and Rosemary Woodhead from a combination of functions during 2014.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Expecting others to automatically know what you want is unrealistic.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Take extra care where finances concern your home. A legal matter should be considered carefully.

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1. How many James Bond films have the word ‘love’ in their title?

2. In which 1930 film did Marlene Dietrich first sing her famous ‘anthem’ Falling In Love Again (Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt)?

3. The original line-up of which American group, formed in California in 1961, consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine?

4. Wet Wet Wet’s hugely successful cover of The Troggs’s Love Is All Around, was used for the soundtrack to which 1994 romantic comedy film?

5. What is the name of the Greek goddess of love and beauty?

6. What was the title of first UK number one hit single by the Beatles to contain the word ‘love’?

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Across 1 American engulfed by smears keeps going (8) 4 Weapons discovered in farmstead (4) 7 Scruffy togas for Capricorns (5) 9 Cares about farmland (5) 11 The spot to find fish, one hears (5) 12 Loses one’s temper when shown photographs (5) 13 Back for only a very short period of time (6) 15 Claim supporter is in drink (6) 19 Academic divisions’ contract details (5) 21 Stop a container loading sulphur (5) 23 Paces around room (5) 24 Went for a dip in front of Indian teacher (5) 25 Weaken, having no pudding (4) 26 Steed Pam trained to take flight (8) Down 1 Small seals or baby birds, by the sound of it (7) 2 Out of tune harps are incisive (5) 3 Want to take a run, and got close

Across 1/23 Exhaust through overuse (4,4) 3 Unpredictable changes (8) 9 Defeat decisively (7) 10 Nimble (5) 11 Male duck (5) 12 Playground device (6) 14 Be of service to (6) 16 Go back (6) 19 Make attractive or lovable (6) 21 Quarrel (5) 24 Open to view (5) 25 Daunt (7) 26 Great in number (8) 27 Legal document (4)

(6) 5 Belts made from hose (5) 6 The girl in the Fair Isle sweater (4) 8 Rural lover was in trouble (5) 10 Built gates for theatre (5) 14 Moans about fishes (5) 16 Movements one might expect

from bounders (5) 17 Learned about rude tie (7) 18 Complain heartless left has last word (6) 19 Checks damaged stick (5) 20 Petty quarrel in health spa today (4) 22 Time to comfort badger (5)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents Z and 23 represents B, so fill in Z every time the figure 3 appears and B every time the figure 23 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Beds, 4 Enters, 8 Servant, 9 Alter, 10 Aunt, 11 Gruesome, 13 Sarcastic, 17 Exciting, 19 Mane, 21 Amass, 22 Edifice, 23 Bedsit, 24 Seem.

Down: 2 Errands, 3 Swag, 4 Entertainment, 5 Travesty, 6 Ratio, 7 Greed, 8 Stay, 12 Protests, 14 Cyanide, 15 Began, 16 Peke, 18 Chase, 20 Bias.

QUICK Across: 1 Rip-offs, 5 Crass, 8 Drama, 9 Crimson, 10 War, 11 Toil, 12 Loss, 14 Extra, 16 Oasis, 18 Nudge, 19 Salsa, 21 Char, 22 Last, 25 Cry, 27 Antenna, 28 Soggy, 29 Serve, 30 Ensnare.

Down: 1 Rude, 2 Piano, 3 Flawless, 4 Secret, 5 Coin, 6 Abscond, 7 Sinister, 13 Conceals, 15 Analysis, 17 Scatter, 20 Locate, 23 Sigma, 24 Once, 26 Type.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Ashes, 4 Siglo, 7 Traveller, 10 Col, 15 Aguanieve, 17 Yolks, 18 Argue.

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Down: 1 Abad, 2/8 Hot air, 3 Soap, 4 Seed, 5 Golfo, 6 Obra, 9 Igual, 11 Baby, 12 Ants, 13 Ceja, 14 Glue, 16 Egg.

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Across 1 Beicon (5) 3 Heather (5) 7 Prescription (6) 9 Dinner (4) 10 Embalse (9) 13 Years (4) 14 Mother-in-law (6) 16 Spider (5) 17 Dressing gowns (5) Down 1 Pájaro (4) 2 Deber (3) 4 Tarde (últimas horas) (7) 5 To pray (say prayers) (4) 6 Tasty (7) 8 Creamy (f) (7) 11 Berry (4) 12 Coches (automóviles) (4) 15 That (f) (3)

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

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Funagram Unscramble the name of a current English Premier League manager: MY RASCAL DEAL FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: THE ITALIAN JOB, SAM ALLARDYCE

Unscramble the name of a famous 1969 British caper film (three words): IN THE BOAT JAIL

Down 1 Take back or away (8) 2 Distinctive fragrance (5) 4 Reluctant (6) 5 Not in a state of sleep (5) 6 Mimic (7) 7 Beef and vegetable dish (4) 8 If not (6) 13 Clerical title (8) 15 Bright ray (7)

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Will you use your vote?

VICTORIA WESTHEAD of the British Lawyers Spain commented: “Expats should still have the right to vote even though they are living outside the UK, as there may be repercussions in the future.

“What happens if you want to return to the UK? There are also many expats that still have interests in the UK such as property, family and other kinds of ties. Maybe it would be an idea to introduce a condition within this restriction, so that people are clear on what their options are.”

Darren of Darrmar Rubbish Clearance in Mallorca simply replied: “I am only interested in what happens to the pound and also the interest rates, as I have property in the UK. I have been living in Spain for the last seven years and have no plans to vote in the UK now. I had no respect for any particular party when I lived in the UK, and I still don’t think much of any of them now.”

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With both the UK and Spanish General Elections coming up, we decided to ask if you intend to vote in the UK elections and whether expats should be able to. We also wanted to know if you think expatriates should be able to vote in the Spanish General Election?

STREET TALK STEPHEN: Would like to be able to vote in Spain.

VICKY: Should be able to choose where to vote.

Siesta Productions said: “I don’t generally vote as there are never any parties where I agree with all of

their policies so I can never choose, but I think if people pay into the system here and they want to vote here, they should be able to have the right to vote in Spain and give up their UK vote.”

Psychotherapist Stephen Ashley, who has clinics across the Costa Blanca in Alicante, L’Alfaz del Pi and Benijofar agrees that you should be able to choose where you vote: “I have lost my right to vote in the UK as I have been in Spain for more than 15 years, but there were always problems with voting in the UK as the postal voting forms always arrived too late.

“I think you should be able to choose where you vote, your country of origin, or country of residence, like with paying your taxes. I would like to be able to vote in Spain as it impacts on me directly.”

VICTORIA: People need to be clear on what their options are.

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4th February WELL I seem to have escaped the ravages of the chemo aftermath and yet again feel fine. Well I say fine, my veins are extremely painful. Chemo is hard on veins so I will just have to grin and bear it.

There are only four more sessions to go.

Apart from that my appetite is excellent, a bit too good!

My taste buds are still in full action which is such a relief, but I know that this could change at any minute.

I do notice a strange sensation in my mouth, a little like trying to say a tongue twister and have noticed that on occasions I have to make a real effort to pronounce certain words well. I am also a little forgetful and find my mind wandering, which is unusual for me but nothing that concerns me. Keep eating well and exercising and all should be fine.

Today was World Cancer Day and there have been

some fabulous programmes on Spanish TV. There seem to be lots of shops springing up offering wigs, scarves, mastectomy bras, swimwear, cosmetics and basically anything that will help people recovering from cancer to feel and look as good as they can.

One shop even had stylish plastic cutlery because some people cannot stand the metallic taste of metal cutlery.

There is also an interesting online group called Change.

Org and I have been following a Spanish lawyer who has petitioned the government for a change in the law with regards to benefit.

She has worked all her life and paid into the system, but the benefit system has let her down and she has received little or no financial support.

Another woman recovering from breast cancer gets up at 6am and goes out to fish to earn a living when she is in no condition to work. Pulling in the nets has aggravated her arm and made it swell.

Now I am no bleeding heart and I definitely believe in selfhelp and just getting on with things, but I was touched by their stories. Having received so many votes via social media they were on national television talking about their stories today. The world is upside down.

TO TREASURE: An embroidered towel featuring my favourite things.

It seems to me that lazy people are given everything and working people who hit hard times through illness are sidelined. I will get off my soap box for now, but finance is an important aspect and without the support of friends and family, having cancer and being unable to work could be more stressful than the actual side effects of cancer treatment.

Aiming to keep stress to a minimum, I have been taking long walks by the beach and really getting into cooking.

The upside of being at home for me is that I get to see my children much more.

It is so good to greet them from school, make them a meal, take them to their extra curricula activities, revise with them and just be with them.

I like knowing that they are having a hot healthy meal… they are being super charged

with veggies and fruit which is great all round. I still make their favourite pear and chocolate cake or cheesecake, always room for goodies too!

Time to plan some fun things for the weekend. The children really deserve it.

Lately they have astounded me with their shift in attitude.

They have always been very level headed about their Mum having cancer but they have matured so much in such a short time. Total collaboration in the house now!

At last there isn’t a punch up over who is going to wash up! Dirty clothes are put in the wash basket, beds are made and homework is done without a reminder from me.

I am really proud of them.

They have finally understood that I can do most things, but the one thing I can’t handle at the moment is conflict or stress. I will seek out some

meditation CDs I think and as a very funny yoga teacher up in the hills of Comares used to say “water my inner garden!”

I end on a high note and want to thank a very special lady called Melissa Jagger.

We were at school together over 30 years ago and she has a fabulous company called Fabrickids making bespoke towels and all sorts.

I haven’t seen her since we left school, but via social media she heard that I had cancer and did a wonderfully kind thing.

Can you imagine my surprise at receiving a towel embroidered with my name made by her just for me? It gave me such a lift and a wave of emotion engulfed me.

It turns out that my sister was in cahoots with her for ideas of my favourite things. Thank you Melissa I will treasure it.

Good people do exist!

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Go easy on the jogging for a longer life LIGHT jogging is safer and healthier than heavy, strenuous running.

Scientists have found that jogging three times a week for around 20-48 minutes each time is best for us, with heavy jogging being almost as bad as doing nothing.

A study found that people who jogged three times a week at a slow or moderate pace had the lowest rates of death with heavy joggers as likely to die as those leading a sedentary life.

Previous studies have

suggested that activities such as marathons, triathlons and very long distance bicycle races may cause structural changes to the heart and large arteries, leading to lasting injury.

In the latest study, researchers in Denmark tracked 1,098 healthy joggers and 413 healthy but sedentary nonjoggers for 12 years.

They found that light jogging from one to 2.4 hours per week was associated with the lowest mortality rates.

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Craze for selfies not helpful THE craze for skinny selfies is fuelling eating disorders.

That’s the warning from a consultant psychiatrist at the Priory hospital group who said more and more young women suffering from eating disorders are taking pictures of themselves and sharing them on social media.

The fear is that this is encouraging others to copy and the trend is creating damaging psychological pressures that can exacerbate anorexia. ‘Thinspiration’ websites, which display images of concave stomachs and protruding ribs are being blamed for encouraging others with eating disorders to lose more weight.

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Calm down, relax and do some yoga DEPRESSION is the most common psychological disorder in the Western world, with around 10 times more people being diagnosed with

depression now than 70 years ago.

It can require years of therapy and often medication to control it, but yoga is now being

prescribed for people with mild depression and low level anxiety as a way to help control the pressures of juggling busy lives.

One recent study

compared levels of the amino acid GABA, vital for a well-functioning brain and promoting feelings of calmness, in those who practise yoga regularly

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compared to those who do an equivalent amount of walking and found they were significantly higher in those who did yoga.

A study by Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, also found that the deep physiological state of rest induced through yoga resulted in a positive change in immune function, energy metabolism and insulin

secretion, which is also known for triggering the production of serotonin which makes us feel good.

Trials have also shown that yoga is helpful for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a study on the impact of yoga and breathing on soldiers who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan and who had been diagnosed with PTSD. Their symptoms were assessed one week before the beginning of the yoga programme and then a week, a month and a year after its completion and found that those who did yoga exercises and breathing showed fewer or less intense PTSD symptoms.

YOGA: Helpful for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Hesitations and unauthorised information THERE are often misunderstandings concerning a player’s right to redress following a hesitation by an opponent.

Say the director is called to a table at the end of a hand, and a claim is made that an opponent had obtained unauthorised information (UI) from his partner’s hesitation. The claimant states that his side was damaged. There is a four-step process that the director must go through before he awards an adjusted score: Step 1. He must be satisfied that there was indeed a hesitation. If one or both of the ‘offending’ side argue that there was no hesitation, there is nothing the director can do.

No agreed hesitation, therefore no UI and no adjustment.

Step 2. Having established to his satisfaction that there was a hesitation, the director must decide whether or not the hesitation conveyed UI. If not, no adjustment. A player is entitled to stop and think when he has alternative continuations to consider – it is not automatic that this results in passing UI.

Step 3. Having decided there was UI, the director asks himself whether the UI suggested a course or type of action. If not, no adjustment. This is a subtle point and best illustrated with an example: S 3♦ 6♦

W X 6♥

N E 5♦ 5♥ all pass

The 5♥ bid was made after a long thought. East might have been thinking of passing, or doubling or even something stronger, before he settled on 5♥. Yes, there was a hesitation by East but West had received no information that would help him in his decision over 6♦. No UI, no adjustment.

Step 4. Finally, having accepted UI was conveyed by the hesitation, the director must judge (Law 16.B.1(a)) whether the recipient had chosen “from among logical alternatives one that could demonstrably have been

suggested over another by the extraneous information.” Modifying the previous example:

S 3♦ No No

W X 6♦ 7♥

N E 5♦ 5♥ No 6♥ all pass

7♥ makes. 5♥ was bid in tempo but 6♥ was preceded by long thought. The director is summoned and, on examining West’s hand, allows the result to stand. Passing 6♥ was not a logical alternative as West was clearly strong enough to drive past 6♥.

So why bid 6♦ rather than 7♥ directly? West is legally entitled to bid 6♦ and his motivation is irrelevant (he might have hoped to double a 7♦ sacrifice).

The director was happy that East’s hesitation played no part in West’s 7♥ bid, therefore no adjustment.

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Monday – no fear, Tuesday & Friday – open, Wednesday – host system, so you will be assured of a partner. On Thursday – lessons.

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Finestrat beach, Winnies Named after his late grandmay be small in size, but it mother whom he said was boasts a large heart. “the most influential in my Owned by Kevyn Noble, life, teaching me values and this family run café bar has Catholic morals” the café bar certainly won the hearts of is a fitting tribute. the locals since it opened in Food is fresh and the July 2013 with Kevyn’s kitchen is open during winter father, partner and chef months daily from 10am until Mandy also at the forefront around 8pm. Thursday is of it’s success. steak night and fish and chip For Kevyn, the location WINNIES: Winning team Friday is always a popular was ideal for his vision of a Kevyn (left) with his father choice with their fresh, beer place for regulars and Kevin and partner Scott. battered cod a hit with tourists alike offering quality, customers old and new and home cooked food. Kevyn was previously a booking is recommended for the Sunday brand manager for Corona and has roasts which cost €6.95. Small breakfasts travelled around Europe working for cost from €4.50, sandwiches and toasties breweries and creating plans for large from €3.50 and for the hungrier appetite, companies and smaller freehouses, so has try the mixed grill at €13.95. extensive knowledge of the industry which Winnies also hosts a range of activities. he is putting to good use, particularly in a So for a small bar, it is jam packed with simple thing such as cleaning the beer events and activities to make a visit any pipes: “Many companies were not cleaning time of the week a memorable one. them, so I chose San Miguel on tap as the But don’t take our word for it, try it for technician comes and gives the lines yourself, reviews have flooded in since it regular cleans, so it is always clean beer.” was opened in July 2013 on their Facebook After taking voluntary redundancy and page and on TripAdvisor. Call 602 698 390.

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By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

MANY expats do not have a thousand or more square metres of space in which to develop a garden, and some only have a hundred or two at the back of the house or a similar space at the front. But such small spaces can be converted into delightful gardens for relaxing and entertaining.

We therefore look at some of the possibilities for achieving the following objectives.

1. Easy to develop.

2. Easy to maintain and keep clean.

3. A space in which to relax and entertain.

4. Has privacy.

5. Can be enjoyed all the year round.

6. Something different.

First let’s look at privacy from the road or overlooking houses. These days there is a wide variety of fencing materials for fixing to one to two metre high

wire mesh fencing if you do not have high dividing or front walls.

Against this one can grow a wide variety of climbing plants such as bougainvilleas, pandorea jasminoides, jasmin polyanthis, dipledenias, passion flowers, climbing roses, lonicera, pyrostegia venustas, solanum or even a mix of variegated ivies.

Each of these can be trimmed and tied in tight so as not to take up too much valuable floor space.

These plants can also be grown over a wooden or

metal gazebo frame to provide shelter from the hottest suns and winds and additional privacy when resting or eating out.

For preparing food al fresco the most convenient are a gas barbecue and a paella cooker or parabolic solar cooker.

Additional shade could be provided by one or two trees with tall bare trunks or an awning.

To keep soil from spreading, front the climbing plants and trees with low retaining walls. A few perennial aromatic herb plants, such as lavenders and rosemary, could be planted between the trunks of the climbers.

I suggest that any other plants are grown in attractive containers.

Now what to have underfoot? Practical clean possibilities are tiles, crazy paving, impressed coloured concrete which is available

DELIGHTFUL: Easy to maintain and keep clean. these days in a wide range of designs and colours, artificial grass laid over concrete, and an area of slatted wooden decking.

Additional magic can be added by water fountains -

self-standing or as part of a small fish or terrapin pond, a Jacuzzi, a bird aviary, lights for the evening and early hours and piped music from a couple of loudspeakers on extension wires from the house to play relaxing or party music at various times of the week.

To enjoy the sun or shade have one or two attractive sunbeds. Place the dining table under the awning, gazebo or tree, perhaps moving it according to the weather and time of year. These ideas can be used for front or back gardens, and along broad avenues privacy can often be more at the front than from a close row of townhouses at the rear.

I hope that these ideas will enable working readers to use their limited space and relaxation time to the full. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com February 2015.

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A NUMBER of Spanish banks are offering ‘American-style’ mortgages in an effort to convince potential homebuyers to change their habits.

According to property portal kyero.com, some banks in Spain are now offering fixed rate mortgages with repayment periods of up to 30 years as a result of the recent signs of recovery and a way of introducing change in a country where 90 per cent of the mortgages in force have variable interest rates.

In January, Banco Sabadell began marketing a mortgage with a 3.95 per cent fixed interest rate over a period of 30 years, while CaixaBank is offering mortgages with fixed interest rates of 2.5 per cent and 3 per cent over 10 years. According to Banco Sabadell’s director of retail banking, Albert Figueras: “With low interest rates and long-term loans, the expectations are that the euribor will rise again in the future.” He added that a “fixed rate now benefits both the customer and the bank.”

The website outlines that since 2008, the index of reference for most variable rate Spanish mortgages –

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More mortgage choice available in Spain

BUYING A HOME: More mortgage options are available. the one year euribor – has fallen from 5 per cent to 0.3 per cent. As a result, banks have lost much of the income obtained from the 13.8 million mortgages that were authorised during the real estate boom.

Thirty-year mortgages are common in the USA but the majority of Europeans choose variable interest rate loans or shorter fixed rate loans. Some other Spanish banks are reducing their variable

mortgage interest rates in order to attract customers. BBVA is offering loans with a euribor plus 1.6 per cent and Banco Popular with a euribor plus 1.55 per cent.

“Many are of the opinion that these low interest rates will continue for a long time; however, history shows that the euribor can climb very quickly and without warning, and unfortunately wages do not rise at the same rate,” said Juan Villen of the property website idealista.com.

The buyingselling price gap widens WHAT a potential buyer is willing to pay for a property and the actual asking price often don’t match up, and this gap in buying and selling prices grew in 2014.

The difference between the asking price and the offer was on average €27,810 at the end of last year – representing 25 per cent of the average apartment value – and 7.5 per cent higher than the year before.

According to property portal pisos.com , sellers have continued to adjust their prices – reducing apartment prices by 8.5 per cent

last year – but transactions have been determined by the delicate employment situation, the difficult access to financing and the continued search for bargain-priced properties.

In effect, for sellers, the price they ask for their property is likely to be met with an offer 7.5 per cent lower.

Nine regions in Spain lowered their budget when looking to buy a home in 2014, and only one region rose.

The regions where supply and demand are quite close include Andalucia, the Balearics and Murcia.

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Holiday let rules due out shortly PROPERTY website Spanish Property Insight has published an update on the often confusing Spanish holiday rental regulations. With information provided by property portal idealista.com, the site outlines the legalities of private tourist lettings and the regions introducing regulations.

According to the site, new Andalucian holiday rental regulations are due out shortly, but the authorities are already “reportedly going after owners of tourist lets for contravening draft laws.” The draft law envisages allowing owners to rent out rooms to tourists, but if the same person manages three or more holiday lets in a one-kilometre radius, they will be considered ‘tourist apartments’ instead of ‘tourist-use apartments’ and will subsequently be subject to stricter regulations.

In Mallorca, there is a bill in the works “that might make letting to tourists easier, but only in the case of semis and townhouses,” says Spanish Property Insight. “There are no moves to make it easier to rent apartments or grant new licences.”

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In the case of the Valencia Region, registration is not required for those letting just one property, “which is misleading as a regional modification has just been passed requiring all tourist rentals to be registered,” says the site. In Murcia, there are no plans to introduce specific legislation for holiday lets.

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Mazda getting ready MAZDA’S model offensive will go into overdrive at the 85th Geneva Motor Show in early March.

The Japanese carmaker will showcase the all-new Mazda CX-3 - its fifth model launch in six months alongside two new model generations, the all-new Mazda MX-5 and the recently introduced Mazda2, and the 2015 Mazda CX-5 and 2015 Mazda6.

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IT could be that the best investment on four wheels is a Mini.

This was the result arrived at by German car magazine Auto Bild, which has published the new Value Master ranking in its latest issue. With the new Mini Cooper five door, it was not only the Value Master 2015 in the small car category, but also the overall winner of all categories.

This means that the fivedoor and five-seater body version of the new original in the premium small car segment is the model that offers the longest-lasting value on the German automobile market.

The Value Master title is based on a forecast compiled by experts at the market research institute Schwacke that looks at the price that can be obtained in four years’ time for a car that was newly registered in 2015.

An assessment is drawn up for each model that includes not just purchase

price and vehicle properties but also numerous other factors such as running costs, time of market launch, brand image and the competitor situation within the segment as well as current trends in the automobile market and general economic developments.

This analysis is used to determine which models offer the most lasting value in 13 vehicle categories.

The new Mini Cooper five door takes over from the Mini Cooper S Countryman as the Value Master 2015 in the small car segment, the latter having achieved the

top ranking in 2014.

In so doing it carries forward the success of the brand, which has dominated the small car category ever since 2005 with models such as the predecessor to the new Mini Cooper three door and the Mini Convertible, as well as regularly coming first in the overall ranking.

The current forecast gives the new Mini Cooper five door an estimated resale value of 65.6 per cent of the original price.

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New GT racer takes to the track BMW’s new figurehead for the GT racing scene has been given its first run.

The test track on the premises of the BMW factory in Dingolfing (DE) provided the stage for the roll-out of the BMW M6 GT3, with which BMW teams will compete in national and international series, as well as at iconic endurance races, from 2016 onwards.

The car left the garage for the first time with Jörg Müller at the wheel.

This gave the BMW works driver the honour of creating the next milestone

in the development of the BMW M6 GT3.

“This is a big moment for everyone who has worked so intensely and passionately on the development of the BMW M6 GT3 in recent months,” said BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt. “This car incorporates all the experience we have gained in recent years on the endurance and GT racing circuits. We are well on schedule with the development, and are confident we will be able to take to the track in 2016 with a package that is competitive from the outset.

“We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to everyone who has been involved with this fantastic project.”

Müller was thrilled with his outing in Dingolfing: “It is a fantastic moment when you walk into the garage and see this stunningly beautiful car. I am very proud to have taken it out for its first few kilometres. A roll-out is obviously just an initial performance test but, on the whole, everything was very good and we had no problems.”

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England off to a terrific start as Spurs ‘Kane’ Arsenal in the derby International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.

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WE’LL start with Rugby Union... and the Six Nations tournament got off to a terrific start with wins for England over Wales, Ireland in Italy and France versus Scotland.

Injury-struck England came back from 10-0 down to win 21-16 in Cardiff with ‘Man of the Match’ George Ford kicking 11 points. The Irish won comfortably by 26-3 in Rome and the Scots were unlucky to lose 15-8 in Paris.

On Saturday, England play Italy at Twickenham and Ireland meet France in Dublin, while on Sunday it’s Scotland v Wales at Murrayfield. All three games are live on BBC1.

St Helens began their defence of Rugby’s Super League crown by beating Catalan Dragons 18-7.

Widnes (16-0 down and reduced to 12 men) hit back to draw 22-22 with Wigan while Warrington crushed Salford 22-8.

In football, the two Premiership derbies last Saturday finished Everton 0 Liverpool 0 (in Steven Gerrard’s last allMerseyside League clash) and Tottenham (with two Harry Kane goals) beat Arsenal 2-1.

Leaders Chelsea edged Aston Villa 2-1... reigning

DID YOU KNOW? Between 1958-60, West Bromwich Albion scored 18 goals in three League visits to Birmingham City, winning 5-3, 7-1 and 6-0, and Nottingham Forest have had 23 managerial changes since Brian Clough left 20 years ago.

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won 3-0 but the Ivory Coast went on to beat Ghana 9-8 on penalties in the final. The DR of Congo finished third.

There are seven 5th round FA Cup-ties over the weekend: Blackburn-Stoke, Crystal Palace-Liverpool, Derby-Reading and WBAWest Ham play on Saturday; ArsenalMiddlesbrough, Aston VillaLeicester and Bradford CitySunderland play Sunday; Preston meet Manchester United on Monday.

SPORT IN BRIEF * Top deals on football’s transfer deadline day were: Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina to Chelsea for £23.3m (€31.3); Andre Schurrle, Chelsea to Wolfsburg for £22m (€30m); Dele Alli, MK Dons to Spurs for £5m (€7.1m); Wilfried Zaha, Manchester United to Crystal Palace for £4m (€5.3m) and Dame N’Doye, Lokomotiv Moscow to Hull for £3m (€4m). * Morocco have been banned from the next two Africa Cup of Nations after failing to host this year’s tournament. The country’s football federation was also fined £650,000 (€875,000) and ordered to pay £5.9m (€8m) in damages. * A back injury forced Tiger Woods to withdraw from the Farmers Insurance Open Golf tournament at Torrey Pines after 11 holes. Aussie Jason

Day went on to win the title.

Meanwhile, Anirban Lahiri of India won the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. * In F1, Kimi Raikkonen was the most successful

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champions Manchester City were held 1-1 at home by lowly Hull... Manchester United drew 1-1 at West Ham... QPR lost 1-0 at home to Southampton and the relegation six-pointers ended Burnley 2 WBA 2 and Leicester 0 Crystal Palace 1. During this game, Leicester manager Nigel Pearson was involved in a touchline incident with Palace star James McArthur.

Championship leaders Bournemouth defeated Wigan 3-1... the top two in League One, Bristol City and MK Dons, drew 0-0, allowing Swindon (2-0 winners v Barnsley) to go second... and Burton Albion head League Two after Shrewsbury were held 1-1

by Southend.

Celtic beat Dundee 2-0 to reach the 6th round of the Scottish Cup, but Rangers are out, ousted at Ibrox Park 2-1 by Raith. And here in Spain, Real Madrid suffered their heaviest defeat for four years, losing 4-0 to rivals Atletico in the Madrid derby, while Barcelona walloped Athletic Bilbao 5-2 (Messi, Suarez and Neymar all on target).

After 22 games, it’s Real (54 points), Barcá (53) and Atletico Madrid (50) at the top of La Liga.

The Africa Cup of Nations semi-final between Ghana and Equitorial Guinea was suspended for 33 minutes because of crowd trouble.

Players ducked flying bottles thrown by spectators and as players sought safety behind a goal, riot police used tear gas as a helicopter hovered over the stadium. Ghana

driver in the first preseason test in Jerez, Spain.

His Ferrari was fastest in three of the four days; Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson was second best, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, whose Mercedes team racked up the most mileage. * In tennis, Britain’s women lost to Turkey in a Federation Cup qualifying match in Hungary. * GB’s Lizzy Yarnold has won World Cup and European Championship Skeleton gold medals at the same Alpine track in Austria. * Ireland’s 19-time NH champion jockey ‘AP’ McCoy will retire at the end of this season. He’s had 200 winners so far this term and 4,174 during his career.

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Montgo compete in team accumulator MONTGO GOLF SOCIETY played a team Stableford accumulator competition at Oliva Nova last Friday.

Eleven teams of four competed with each team containing one player from each of four handicap categories.

The teams were named after Spanish golf courses and the winning team was San Roque with Bo Bjelke,

Francien Knoops, Brian Barden and Linda Coe, who amassed a very respectable 112 points.

In second place was Team Real Sevilla with a level-par total of 108 through good play by Ed Wallace, Eddie Beattie, Denise Cooper and Graham Powell.

There were four nearest the pin prizes which went to Gerian van Ooijen on the third, Bo Bjelke on the 11th, Shaun O’Gorman on the 16th and Wolfgang Schuster taking the honours on the fifth for the closest second shot. All three par three winners scored two’s to take home coveted Montgo balls.

BRAVE SOLDIERS: The fighting-fit Warblers at Bonalba.

Braving the elements

DEPLETED by colds, flus and other ailments that go hand-in-hand with this time of year, the Warblers numbers were down at Bonalba, but 21 were brave and well enough to face the elements.

Underlining his prominent position as ‘golfer of the year’, first place in

Division One went to Glynn Braidley with a fantastic 38 points and yet another handicap cut. Second place went to Robin Wheatley with 31, and third place to the incoming vicecaptain Fred Cooley on 30. Division Two was topped by Graham Bennington with 32 points, and

Malcolm Robinson and Glyn Walters taking second and third respectively.

Nearest the pin prizes went to Barbara Pollitt, Glynn Braidley, Stafford Pemberton and Warblers’ guest Gordon Simm. Barbara and Glynn both took home Warbler balls for their efforts.