Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 19 - 25 February 2015 Issue 1546

ISSUE NO. 1546

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Ten-year hitch WORK can now recommence in Altea on Edificio Marabayu, halted 10 years ago for exceeding the permitted building volume. The excess was demolished and a new construction permit has been granted.

Maths whizz JAVIER VICENTE JUAN, a pupil at Elda Sagrada Familia school, came first in the Alicante heats for the national Mathematics Olympics. He will now compete in next month’s finals in Badajoz.

On tap AGUAS DE CALPE is to set up a social fund of €30,000 to help families who are unable to pay their water bills. No Calpe family will be without water, the town hall has pledged.

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Tourism brings jobs boost THE tourism sector in the Valencia Region created a total of 22,971 new jobs last year, with 70 per cent of them on the Costa Blanca.

According to industry data published by EPA Turespaña, workers have gone from 214,219 at the end of 2013 to 237,190 at the end of last year.

“Some results are the consequence of the good performance of the sector, with growth in passenger numbers and tourist spending confirming 2014 as a record year,” said Regional Minister for Tourism and Commerce Maximo Buch.

He added: “This figure represents a 10.7 per cent increase over the occupied sector in 2013, the second largest increase among the autonomous communities, which confirms the strength of our tourism industry as a source of employment.”

Floating compromise to save the Loreto fireworks’ display JAVEA celebrated its Loreto fiestas last summer as always but something was missing.

The fireworks that traditionally end the celebrations at the harbour were banned after the Generalitat regional government rejected the town hall’s application to stage them.

Although the display has taken place for 45 years without incident, the port fell foul of new fire-

prevention regulations prompted by last year’s drought. All fireworks’ displays should be at least 500 metres from woodland, the regional government stipulated, and Javea Port is 470 metres distant from trees on Cabo de Antonio.

Without fireworks, the Duanes de la Mar district’s fiestas in honour of Our Lady of Loreto were not the same, admitted Javea’s mayor Jose

Chulvi. Moving them from the port and forgoing the spectacle of their reflection in the sea was not an option, he said.

Now a compromise has been sought and the town hall has asked the coastal authority’s permission to launch the fireworks from floating platforms. The Loreto display is a tourist attraction, Chulvi said, bringing trade to bars and restaurants.

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INDEX News 1 - 22 Finance 23 - 28 Letters 29 Leapy Lee 35 Daily TV

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

Time Out 47 - 50 Health & Beauty 52 - 53 Food 55 Homes & Gardens 56-57 Property 59 Services 60 - 64 Classifieds 65 - 67 Motoring 68 - 70 Sport 71 - 72

WORKSHOP: Denia’s foreign residents state their views.

Airing their views MEMBERS of Denia’s foreign residents’ associations have attended a workshop explaining the town’s new General Structural Plan (PGE).

It was led by Denia’s Town Planning Councillor Vicente Chelet, who outlined future development plans. The residents related their own experiences and contributed ideas for new projects.

The site of the new railway and bus station was a principal concern, as was substituting the ‘trenet’ diesel trains for trams inside the town. More green zones, easing traffic inside

the town centre and fluid links to the port area were amongst other points raised.

Another PGE workshop was held in Jesus Pobre, which has its own council but is administered by Denia Town Hall.

Residents here agreed that the town centre of Jesus Pobre needed to extend as far as its southern limit, setting aside land for public use and reducing the maximum number of new homes to 100.

They also suggested vehicle-free paths linking Jesus Pobre with nearby towns and the Montgo national park.

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Amor said. She also complained of “deception” and “irregularities” in an ongoing conflict between a seafront bar and the community of property-owners where it is located. Amor is said to have links to residents there while Navarro is a friend of the bar-owner.

The 2015 budget was nevertheless approved without Amor’s support thanks to the PP

Clear speech FOREIGN tourists reporting crimes at Benidorm’s SATE office increased by 40 per cent last year. Of the 1,750 people seeking help in their own language, 1,148 were from the UK or Ireland.

Beaches plan DENIA’S town plan, now on public display, allows building on the frontline at the Les Marines beaches.

The council’s opposition parties criticised the lack of public spaces and foresaw access problems.

New market AIGUES shopkeepers and the local town hall are organising a craft fair. Starting on March 1, it will be held from 10am to 3pm on the first Sunday of each month.

No more paddling A €700,000 Benidorm project funded by Hidraqua will renew storm drains at the lower end of Calle Dr Orts Llorca to prevent flooding during periods of torrential rain.

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and Liberales’ abstention, with only non-aligned councillor Juan Angel Ferrer voting against it.

“It was a great agreement,” Navarro said when Amor resigned. “It was very good for Benidorm and I would pact again to bring stability to the town,” he added but maintained that Amor’s reasons for resigning were “absurd.”

Flamenco: an authentic taste of the real Spain PROUD AND FLAMBOYANT: Spain’s famous dance form.

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SIDE from bullfighting, Don Quixote, paella, sun, sand and sangria, nothing screams ‘Spain’ more than flamenco.

The frilly dresses, the plaintive cries of the songs, the flowers in the hair, the intense finger strumming of the guitar and the staccato of clapping hands are so synonymous with Spain that flamenco has been featured in tourism campaigns for the country down through the ages.

Originating in Andalucian gypsy culture, flamenco has become a worldwide, symbol representing all things Spanish. Visit any tourist shop in Spain and there will be row upon row of flamencothemed statuettes, dolls, pictures, fans, key-rings, ashtrays and dresses, as the tourism industry learned long ago that flamenco is one of the main draws

Quote of the Week It’s not the worst injury I’ve seen, but it’s the biggest goring wound I’ve ever had to operate on,’ said Dr Enrique Crespo who was called to operate on an American man who was viciously gored by a bull at the Carnaval del Toro festival in western Salamanca.

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Close at hand TERRA MITICA’S owners intend to commence building the first of three hotels in the area adjoining the theme park. It has also asked Benidorm Council to reclassify five more plots for building.

THE socialist-liberal alliance at Benidorm Town Hall is no more.

Gemma Amor, a former PP councillor who formed her own party Liberales de Benidorm, announced her resignation as tourism councillor and deputy mayor.

She took this step for the good of the town owing to her “total lack of confidence” in the mayor,

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Money-makers ALICANTE UNIVERSITY is reorientating research towards health and to the elderly to attract a €20-million grant from Brussels.

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Journey’s end for Benidorm pact

Photo: Francesco/flickr

No charge JAVEA Town Hall has opposed Generalitat regional government plans to privatise parking at the port.

Parking is already a problem in the area and restricting the harbour would be detrimental to the fish market, sources said.

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One of the country’s biggest flamenco festivals kicks off tomorrow (February 20) in Jerez, one of the birthplaces of the flamboyant and proud form of dance. The Festival de Jerez attracts the most famous flamenco artists in Spain, and performers and students from all over the world descend on Jerez to take part in specialised workshops and classes taught by only the best instructors. But for the casual observer, fan, or visiting tourist looking for some authentic Spanish flamenco, the outstanding list of shows over the two-week festival makes the Jerez event a must-visit if you’re looking for that genuine flavour of Spain. The Festival de Jerez runs from February 20 to March 7. For more information visit www.festivaldejerez.es

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million is the number of people in Spain at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and the number finding themselves in the situation is still rising, according to the European Anti-Poverty Network.

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THE majority of head-teachers in Alicante Province primary schools prefer through-days to split sessions. They urged the regional government to keep its promise to apply the system without delay.

Paint job THREE graffiti artists have been arrested for defacing five carriages of a train held up at Alcoy station. Rail operator Renfe intends to prosecute.

Need to know PINOSO has asked the central government whether crude oil will finally be stored in the town. Two six-year licences granted to Invexta Recursos to study the project have now expired, the town hall reminded Madrid.

Fishing tackle A SECONDARY school in traditional fishing town Villajoyosa has introduced a vocational course on fishing to the syllabus. It hopes to attract young people to a rapidlydisappearing occupation.

Powering down STREETLAMPS in San Vicente urbanisations, Pozo San Antonio and Haygon, are to be replaced with lowconsumption lighting. This will cost approximately €120,000 but bring annual savings of €15,000.

Fee enterprise UNOFFICIAL, unauthorised car park attendants have been asking for payment from Cami Sant Joan residents in Denia.

Police told the ‘gorillas’ that they could face €800 fines.

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A WILD boar caused havoc at Madrid’s Barajas airport when it broke through a perimeter fence and caused runways to shut. The beast set off security alarms around 100 metres from the nearest stretch of runway, and an incoming flight from London was delayed by 20 minutes, and another from A Coruña by 10 minutes.

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Look out for the lookout tower THE Castell on Moraira’s seafront, built in 1742, has changed its role from tower-fortress to museum.

The interpretive museum now houses a permanent exhibition using the latest technology to focus on two inseparable Mediterranean subjects: piracy and lookout towers.

It was officially opened to the public

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by Teulada-Moraira mayor Antoni Joan Bertomeu and Maximo Buch, who heads the regional government’s departments of Economy, Industry, Tourism and Employment.

“We’ve a lot of history to tell, a lot of culture to offer and many monuments to put on view,” Bertomeu said.

Talking over religion

SCENE-STEALERS: Rescue dogs put through their paces.

Our View Coping with

Headache-inducing motoring problems

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XASPERATING’ would be a fitting word to describe the recent spate of problems, confusion and rule changes regarding driving in Spain, particularly for expats.

It would appear that the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing when it comes to the Spanish system for implementing new road and driving regulations, and it is becoming increasingly frustrating to be a motorist simply wanting to get around.

The issue of UK driving licenceholders needing to change to a Spanish licence is one that is interpreted differently in different parts of the country and national departments often contradict each other.

People are now incorrectly receiving fines for €200 for an out-of-date ITV inspection because systems are not being updated immediately.

Speeding fines are due to go EUwide in the near future, and that is bound to throw up another plethora of headaches, questions and confusion.

Put simply, nobody really knows where they stand. There needs to be nationwide agreement on motoring issues and better systems put in place so people are aware of what they can and can’t do on Spanish roads. We all love this country – it’s our home – but some of the inefficient systems in place can be at times testing.

On a lighter note, we loved the story about the Malaga shoeshine man who, having registered the @riodejaneiro Twitter handle years ago, handed it over for free to Rio City Hall to help them promote next year’s Olympic Games. We think the Brazilian authorities should invite Javier Castano – who earns €30 a day shining shoes – for an all-expenses-paid trip to Rio.

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HELICOPTERS clattered overhead, sirens wailed and search-and-rescue dogs were out on Altea’s streets.

This was no emergency, however, but an Emergency Services and Public Safety Open Day. There was a drug detection exercise with sniffer dogs, and a fire brigade helicopter search-and-rescue operation.

Later there was a demonstration by the IAE nongovernment organisation and UME military emergency unit and their scene-stealing rescue dogs, as well as helicopter manoeuvres by the Emergency Helicopter Battalion.

A tough line with bars PLAINCLOTHES Local Police officers will visit Gandia pubs to ensure licensing regulations are being respected.

These include closing at 4am, an obligation that many in the Raval-Prado area ignore, and ensuring that no clients remain inside once the doors are locked.

Clients may not take their drinks outside, all bars

must have double doors and should employ a doorman to disperse the crowds around the entrances who disturb sleeping residents.

Bars failing to comply with the regulations could be fined between €600 and €30,000. There have been fines in the past but the authorities intend to get tough with rule-breakers, the town hall said.

ABU ADAM SHASHAA, the imam of Munich who promotes interreligious dialogue, has proposed opening a cultural dialogue centre in Teulada. He often visits Moraira, where he recently bought a property.

In work JANUARY saw 1,050 work contracts signed in Elda, more than any other municipality in Alicante Province.

Despite the town’s famous footwear factories, most of the new jobs were in service industries.

Victim shield MORE than 8,000 Valencian Community victims of gender violence are safeguarded by ‘Viogen’, a computer system which allows police to monitor victims’ movements.

Takeover bid BARBARY sheep, introduced inland for hunting purposes during the 1970s, are getting closer to the coast.

Now considered an invasive species, a flock recently devoured crops in La Llosa de Camacho.

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THE Texlimca company, which collects secondhand clothes and shoes for reclycling in Gata, donated €745 to the town hall. It will be divided between Social Services and the charity, Caritas.

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Ten held in Calpe as vice ring dismantled TEN people have been arrested in Calpe for allegedly running a prostitution network.

Twelve more were detained in Romania during a joint police operation in both countries.

Fourteen young women forced into prostitution were freed in Spain and 13 in Romania.

Police estimate that 300 women trafficked by the network since 2005 earned them €100 million which was laundered through a

used car business in Calpe.

The operation was launched in 2013 after a young woman’s relatives told Romanian police that she was obliged to work as a prostitute in Alicante Province.

Investigators found her in the clutches of a network that deliberately targeted girls with problems or from broken homes, said Spain’s Director General of Police, Ignacio Cosido.

Some were promised high wages as prostitutes

Businesses not worried by Ikea MEMBERS of San Vicente’s business-owners are not perturbed by the prospect of a nearby Ikea.

On the contrary, the Asociacion de Comerciantes is studying how best to attract customers who visit the giant store to San Vicente’s own shops, bars and restaurants.

Strategies are still under discussion since some members want to challenge the project when the regional government puts the plans on public display, revealed the association’s president Ignacio Berenguer.

This sector opposes the shopping centre that will accompany the Ikea store in Alicante City’s Rabasa neighbourhood. Others believe that it would be extremely difficult to avoid this feature of the development.

in Spain while others were duped by a ‘fiancé’ who suggested prostitution to supplement their finances.

The young women saw none of their earnings but lived in Calpe and were driven each day to an Alfaz brothel on the main road to Benidorm.

International collaboration was the only way to combat these networks, said Cosido who also asked the public to co-operate by

calling free phone number 900 105 090 or emailing trata@policia.es.

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Super-glued EXPELLED from her party, Novelda mayor Milagrosa Martinez who faces corruption charges, refuses to resign. She will finish her term, sources said.

Line guide FENCING along the ‘trenet’ railway track needs repairing, said Denia mayor Ana Kringe. As well as being dangerous, it gave the town a bad image, she told rail operator FGV.

Moving delay JAVEA Local Police have complained about the delay in moving to new premises. Their station has blocked drains, no privacy and faulty air-conditioning, their union said.

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Capitalising on Roman remains in Valencia VILLAJOYOSA is among the nine municipalities and settlements in the recentlycreated ‘Roman cities of the Valencian Community’.

As well as Villajoyosa, whose Roman name was Allon, the network includes Valencia (Valentia), Elche (Illici), Alicante (Lucentum), Jativa (Saetabis), Lliria (Edeta), Denia (Dianium), Forcall (Lesera) and Sagunto (Saguntum).

La Vila’s mayor Jaime

FIND: A recently-uncovered section of Roman road.

Lloret had talks in Sagunto with Marta Alonso, director

general of the regional government’s culture

Toll check reveals drugs A 45-YEAR-OLD North African carrying 6.5 kilos of hashish has been arrested in Campello.

He was aboard a long-distance coach between Nijar (Almeria) and Romania, a notorious ‘hot route’ for smuggling illegal substances, Guardia Civil sources said.

The hashish pellets were found in his holdall during a routine control at the A-7 toll in Campello.

Once identified he was found to have a criminal record with several convictions for drink-driving and has now been remanded at the Public Prosecution Department’s request.

department, and his counterparts from Sagunto, Lliria and Forcall.

Culture is increasingly important in regional tourism, they agreed, and one of the principal topics under discussion was organising the Roman network as a tourist brand.

“Villajoyosa is proud to be part of the Roman Cities route and we are grateful to the Generalitat regional government for counting on us,” Lloret said. Its inclusion demonstrated the importance of the town’s 11 Assets of Cultural Interest (BICs) which comprise a third of those in the area, he added.

“Not all of La Vila’s monuments are visible and funding is required so that they can be visited by residents and tourists alike,” the mayor said.

NEWS Favourite artist is honoured THE gardens at Villa Gadea are to be named ‘Jardines Eberhard Schlotter’.

Schlotter, regarded as a revolutionary engraver and one of the 20th century’s best illustrators, first came to Altea in 1956.

He lived with his family in La Olla before moving to a house in the Old Town where he died in September last year.

Naming the Villa Gadea gardens after the artist was a homage to a great painter, said Altea’s mayor Miguel Ortiz.

It was his family’s wish that the gardens should bear his name as this was where he began his artistic activity in Altea.

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Phone moans OF 431 enquiries handled

by Altea’s Consumers’ Information Office (OMIC), 45 per cent involved telephones or telephone services. Half of the 100 complaints that OMIC later pursued also involved telephones.

Skaters’ waltz THE Playa de San Juan promenade will be remodelled between Avenida de Bruselas and Calle Irlanda.

Due to popular demand, there will also be a skating section.

Winter lets BENIDORM’S tourist apartments were 41 per cent occupied last month compared with 48 per cent in January 2014. Best clients were the British who accounted for 66.6 per cent.

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Two sharks in one day TWO sharks recently visited the Marina Baja.

One, a bluntnose sixgill shark commonly known as the cow shark, was washed up in Albir where it was found early in the morning by two beach cleaners.

The 2.7-metre shark was probably young as an adult grows to around five metres, municipal biologist Jose Manuel Perez believed. It had been dead for around 15 hours, but bore no external wounds and possibly died from the same virus that has recently killed dolphins, Perez said.

The harmless cow shark, which would normally live at a greater depth, could also have approached the shore in search of fish.

COW SHARK: Had to be winched from the beach.

It was winched from the beach by the Local Police and later collected

by Valencia University biologists.

The other, a four metre thresher shark weighing 109 kilos, was caught in the nets of Benidorm fishing boat, La Cartagenera, as it trawled a few kilometres from the coast. It later fetched €3 a kilo at Villajoyosa’s fish market. including Nucia Park.

Like the cow sharks, Mr Nordh, who was widowed last November, now lives in a local home for threshers usually live in the elderly, Residencia Savia, where he deep waters, but come to was visited by Beatriz Perez-Hickman, the Sierra Helada zone to Third Age councillor and Health councillor spawn and are often Manuel Alcala as well as his local friends. caught by local trawlers.

La Nucia’s oldest resident KARL IVAR NORDH, who recently celebrated his 102nd birthday, is La Nucia’s oldest resident.

He was amongst the first foreign residents who came to live in the Marina Baja in the 60s and collaborated on several local developments

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Summer doctors required THE regional government has been asked to provide a summer health centre for Javea.

The resort’s population triples in the summer and the situation was further complicated last year as no extra medical staff were assigned to the town and holiday absences were not covered, said Javea’s mayor Jose Chulvi.

As a result, waiting lists lengthened and the emergency department was inundated with patients.

To avoid a repetition, Chulvi has asked the Generalitat and the concessionary that provides the Marina Alta’s outsourced health care to take this into account when planning holidays and substitutions.

He has also reminded the bodies of their promise to provide a summer health centre in the Arenal area.

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Font Roja traffic jams are s’no joke RECENT sub-zero weather provoked an avalanche in the Font Roja national park.

Snow was not the problem, however, but the Sunday drivers who flocked to see it in the inland area near Alcoy.

Alcoy Council is now debating whether to limit access to the park when it snows in future. At one point there was a onekilometre tailback as cars, unable to enter the full carpark, jammed the road,

Break with the past JAVEA’S remaining reminders of the Franco era will soon disappear.

Three of the four carved shields on a stone canopy in the small plaza at Carrer Escola are to be removed.

One crest depicts the yoke and arrows that were the symbols of the Movimiento, the only political group that was allowed during the 1939-1975 dictatorship. Two others show Spain’s preConstitution coat of arms but the fourth, representing Javea’s own shield, will not be touched.

The carvings will be stored in the town’s Soler Blas Museum, together with another Francoist escutcheon that was removed from the front of the municipal market some years ago.

barring the exit for drivers trying to leave.

A similar situation would be disastrous in an emergency, the town hall pointed out, while pollution caused by so many cars was harmful to the park’s wildlife.

This would not be the first time that access to the Font Roja park has been restricted. Buses were put on last Easter so that families making the traditional trip to the countryside did not saturate the area with cars.

“We realise it’s complicated as it depends on the weather and not definite dates, but we intend to raise the matter with the park’s board of governors,” said Alcoy’s Environment councillor Paco Agullo.

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Bleak outlook for strays of Gandia THE Safor Animal Protection Society (Spama) can no longer take in abandoned animals.

The Gandia association’s agreement with the town hall expired on February 9 and was not renewed.

By law the service must now be put out to public tender, said Economy and

Finance councillor Guillermo Barber.

Spama is owed around €200,000 by the town hall and threatened to stop accepting animals last November because it had run out of money, but later relented. “It was very cold and after all, it wasn’t the animals’ fault,” a spokesperson said.

The association looks after 150 dogs and 100 cats at the animal shelter with an additional 10 dogs and nine cats in foster homes.

Spama Safor will continue to defend the do not comply with area’s animals, it correct professional announced, as the shelter norms, they maintained. belongs to the association The prison management and not Gandia Town Hall. has not found a solution The conditions will to problems despite their specify the animals cannot complaints, they said. be put down, promised Staff are under conBarber who said Spama stant pressure to cover Safor should put in a bid. shortages and the prison “It has a good chance and director denied them would have a contract regulated free time and instead of an agreement,” “basic rights like reconcilhe pointed out. ing work and family life.”

Prison sit-in OVERWORKED staff at the Alicante II prison in Villena staged a sit-in to protest at labour conditions.

It is impossible to attend adequately to prisoners owing to spending cuts and failure to replace staff when they retire or leave, the employees claimed.

Instead they are obliged to work to standards that

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KEY DISCUSSIONS: UK Ambassador Simon Manley flanked by local mayors.

UK Ambassador in talks with 10 key mayors UK Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, recently met the 10 mayors of key towns.

These included Alfaz del Pi, Benidorm, Calpe, Javea and Teulada in north Alicante, together with Orihuela, Rojales, San Fulgencio, Torrevieja and Mazarron (Murcia).

The 10 towns account for half of British nationals registered in the Alicante consular district and 21 per

cent of all those living in Spain.

Given these numbers, registering on the ‘padron’ or municipal roll is a priority for British residents, the ambassador and the mayors agreed, as the registered population directly affects funding from central government for important services.

Equally important, those who registered to vote before the December 31

deadline can make their voices heard in the next local elections and have a say in the decisions that will later affect them.

Mr Manley and SarahJane Morris, Alicante Consul, who was also at the meeting, praised the community’s extensive charity initiatives and encouraged the mayors to work closely with British residents, helping them to integrate into Spanish society.

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ROMANTIC: Benidorm’s carnival theme over Valentine’s weekend.

All the fun of carnival MORE than 45,000 people attended the carnival celebrations in Alicante City.

The parade along the Rambla passed

Italian links ALICANTE-ELCHE airport is expanding its direct links to Italy. From April, there will be flights to five Italian cities: Milan, Bologna, Venice, Rome and Turin.

Last year, 50,000 Italian passengers used the airport and airport operator Aena expects this figure to rise. Already there have been more Italian passengers with data from January showing a 61 per cent increase on last year.

without any major incidents but did result in 66 people being treated by health services, mostly for alcohol consumption, with 22 of them being under-age.

Police had to intervene in three minor fights in the city and firefighters had to extinguish a fire in a rubbish container in the early hours of the morning, but officials report fewer incidents than last year.

Security Councillor Juan Seva highlighted the “professionalism and excellent work” of the Local Police and Civil Defence volunteers and DYA ambulance crews.

In Benidorm, more than 1,000 people from 49 clubs took part in the parade.

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UK Ambassador to Spain honours charity president PRESIDENT of Samaritans in Spain, Chris Sumter, has been recognised for her work with the charity by the UK Ambassador to Spain Simon Manley and Alicante Consul Sarah-Jane Morris.

The ambassador and consul visited the Samaritans’ charity shop and drop-in centre in Punta Prima to recognise the work of all the volunteers and in particular Chris as she prepares to stand down from her position as president and return to the UK. “You are an inspiration,” said Mr Manley, citing Chris’s time from joining Samaritans in Spain in 2008 to “developing the team and overseeing its extraordinary growth and expansion.” He added: “Without your work we cannot do ours.”

Samaritans in Spain trustee Michael Hyland said she had turned the charity around, making it financially more secure, enabling it to provide the listening service to those in need. “Chris has been instrumental in making Samaritans in Spain what it is now and propelling it from being a charity working hand to mouth to now being more financially secure. From the charity shop, to

Residents lament cat colony removal CAMPELLO residents are bemoaning the disappearance of a cat colony which lived in front of the Centro Social.

The cats had all been sterilised and were controlled by the local animal protection society Apac, said a spokesman for the EU political party, who blamed their removal on pressure from the town hall.

The colony did not breed or fight and could not be considered responsible for public health problems, the party declared. They claimed that on the contrary, they eliminated problems instead of causing them as they kept down vermin in the neighbourhood.

OFFICIAL THANKS: Ambassador Simon Manley honours Samaritans in Spain President Chris Sumter for her work and the efforts of all the volunteers during a visit to Punta Prima. the drop-in centre, she has projectmanaged it all. She will be a hard act to follow and we have to thank her husband as well who has also done so much.” said Mr Hyland.

Eddie Purcell will now be President of Samaritans in Spain and Lynda Brettle the CEO. Samaritans in Spain dealt with 700 people last year; 60 per cent of these were through calls to the 902 883 535 number, 20 per cent by email and 20 per cent visited the drop-in centre.

There are now around 65 volunteers working across the Costa Blanca and members of the consulate team in Madrid have now also received Samaritans training, to offer the listening service to residents in the capital.

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Night nurse THE Union of Nursing in Alicante has delivered a petition to the Ministry of Health with more than 600 signatures calling for more staff on the night-shift. Overnight there is currently one nurse per 30 patients the union claims.

Social support ALICANTE City Council has approved a budget of €405,000 for social and nonprofit entities.

Bus services THE bus service on Lines One and Two in Alicante City has been extended with extra buses in the morning and early evening.

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Research site access for cancer patients A CANCER SPECIALIST at San Juan Hospital in Alicante has created the world’s first social network between

GIVING4GIVING: Gary needs help filling the new charity shop in Altea.

Donations needed SINCE opening its doors in July 2012, volunteers at Giving4Giving charity have raised well over €23,000 to help and support cancer charities up and down the Costa Blanca through sales at the charity shop and fundraising events.

Gary Burr, the charity co-ordinator, is pleased to announce that an another charity shop is to open early next month.

Situated on the high street in Altea, next to the Terraza bar on the N-332, not only will the new shop help to provide additional income for the charity, but also, hopefully, it will benefit from becoming part of the local community

and raise awareness of the vital work and people it supports.

Donations are urgently needed to fill the empty shop, ready for the grand opening in March, with everything from clothing to bric-a-brac welcomed.

Donations can be dropped off at the shop or Gary can arrange a pick-up service for larger items, covering all areas. The charity is also appealing for volunteers to join the team running the shop. It is planned to be open 11am3pm seven days a week.

For more information call Gary on 603 137 697.

hospitals and patients to share information on research and clinical trials in oncology.

“The aim is to facilitate the access of patients to clinical trials which are ongoing in hospitals other than their own,” explained Doctor Aurelia Bustos, who is driving the initiative.

He said: “Everyone should have equal access to information about trials and if they would be GOING UNDERGROUND: Excavation work is under suitable for them, way to accommodate the rubbish containers. regardless of the centre in which they are treated.”

‘Medbravo’ is the name VILLAJOYOSA has begun construction of the town’s of the network which has been developed between first underground rubbish containers.

Collecting organic waste, paper and cardboard, the the oncology departments containers are being placed in three areas: Sant Pere at the San Juan and Plaza, the Censal park and along Avenida del Puerto by Marina Baixa hospitals.

Whilst it was started in the Club Nautico.

Excavation of the soil to locate the bins underground, Spain, the hope is that making them more hygienic and aesthetically pleasing, the social network will is under way, with the project having a budget of expand to encompass centres worldwide. €60,000.

Rubbish out of sight

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La gente AS part of our series, Euro Weekly News reporter Gemma Quinn has been out and about to see what skills, talent and inspirational people can be found on the Costa Blanca. This week she met up with a budding young actress...

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ICKY CARTLEDGE is a nursery teacher by day and a budding actress at night.

The 24-year-old from Los Montesinos is starring in Siesta Productions’ film The Cucaracha Club, which is being filmed around the Costa Blanca, after being approached last summer by founder of Siesta Productions and writer of the film, Billie Anthony Gaddess.

“I had met Billie when I was a member of the Adhoc players amateur dramatics group but I hadn’t done anything for a while so his call came completely out of the blue,” said Vicky. Her appearance in The Cucaracha Club was obviously such a hit that she was offered another part so with a quick change of hairstyle she reappears as a different character.

With her involvement in the

production growing and her mum joining the board of directors, Vicky found herself in Aspe with some others working as an extra for a Spanish production company that they had met during filming. She was then invited to join an open casting call in Elche the following week.

“I went with my mum and we eventually found it but over 2,000 people had turned up and there was nowhere to park so we came home,” Vicky recalled.

However, that hadn’t deterred the producers who emailed her asking if she was still interested and to send her CV before being offered a part in a new Spanish police drama being shot in the area by Canspan Film Factory.

Vicky plays a BBC reporter in the dual language production, which is set in Madrid. Unable to

divulge too much about the show, Vicky had learnt her lines and was desperate to get back on set in Elche after bad weather had postponed filming.

So with the acting bug taking hold and a prospering career looking likely, is it something Vicky has always dreamed about? “I was more of a dancer really and I did all the dance classes I could. I joined Adhoc as a hobby and a way of meeting new people,” Vicky explained.

She is undoubtedly loving what challenges and opportunities are being thrown her way, but is refreshingly realistic, saying: “It is mostly just a hobby which I love and if anything comes of it then fantastic, but we will just see where it goes. It keeps life interesting and at least I won’t ever be wondering ‘what if?’.”

Vicky won a part in a new Spanish police drama.

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SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS: Vehicle checking system proving inaccurate.

Avalanche of motoring fines VEHICLE owners in Spain are up in arms over an avalanche of fines coming in from the traffic authorities regarding MOT (ITV) information.

The DGT traffic authorities recently implemented a system whereby radars and some surveillance cameras on roads also check whether vehicles have passed their ITV technical inspections.

Unfortunately, the system is proving inexact and has already been cancelled in Cataluña, yet fines, many incorrectly issued, are continuing to come through.

Mario Arnaldo, head of AEA drivers’ association, explained that the problem is that although a charge of €3.80 is included

in the cost of ITVs, the systems are not updated immediately meaning that drivers are receiving fines they should not be.

Although the DGT stated the system had a very small margin of error, Arnaldo claimed it was larger than the authority cared to admit.

“It’s a problem because not only are citizens being wrongly fined and their time wasted, but also the DGT needs to explain why it is charging for a service not being provided,” Arnaldo said.

So what can you do to avoid a €200 fine?

For the time being, book an appointment well in advance when your car is coming up for inspection and hope for the best.

Bankia directors to pay bond

Juan Carlos appeals

EX-HEAD of Bankia banking group Rodrigo Rato and other former executives have been ordered to jointly pay an €800 million liability bond by a Spanish court.

Rato, who in the past held posts as Economy Minister for Spain and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Francisco Verdú, José Manuel Olivas and José Manuel Fernandez Norniella and the Bankia group were told they had one month to deposit the bond or their assets would be embargoed, although they have been given three days to appeal. This is the latest step in a long-running investigation into possible fraud regarding the group’s stock market listing in 2011.

Bankia is believed to have included false accounting information on informative leaflets when the banking group entered the stock market.

The group, which had to be bailed out by the Spanish government in 2012 for €24 billion, has been sued by thousands of clients who claim to have lost money after the listing.

FORMER King of Spain Juan Carlos has appealed against a paternity suit lodged against him by Belgian woman Ingrid Jeanne Sartiau, the Supreme Court has announced.

The court also declared that the Belgian woman, who claims to be the former king’s daughter, has also put in an appeal as Juan Carlos did not respond to a request for DNA tests to be carried out.

The appeals will now be passed on to the other parties and the prosecutor.

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Agricultural visits STUDENTS from the University of Almeria have spent some time in the Almanzora valley visiting goat farms.

The visits were to learn more about the management of the farms.

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Lucky seven SEVEN entrepreneurs in Almeria are benefiting from a cash injection intended to launch new businesses. The businesses include Whatsabi Sushi Tapas, El Patio de Vecinas and Kebap Mag.

Chacon triumphs FRANCISCO CHACON EGEA from Mojacar Bike has triumphed at the 40 kilometre MTB race in Turre. He was announced the winner after a photo finish with Daniel Estevez Fernandez from Filabres.

Plastic cover ALMERIA Province has 29,596 hectares of agricultural land under plastic cover, 10.5 per cent more than 2010. El Ejido accounts for 41 per cent of the total with 12,286 hectares.

EXTRA CREWS: Contract will go out to tender for extra firefighters.

Extra fire crews for forest fires MURCIA is drafting in extra firefighting personnel to help combat forest fires.

The regional government is to contract the services of more aircraft and a helicopter crew to join the firefighting plan for the next three years.

The contract will be awarded through a public tender process and will require the use of an aircraft for the monitoring of wild fires using heat-sensitive cameras, as well as three helicopters

Gas theft

ALMERIA Province has provided €50,000 to finance the replacement of 725 street lights in Fines. The new lighting is expected to save the town approximately 60 per cent on its annual electricity bills.

SEVEN people have been arrested in Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia, for stealing 200 butane gas bottles from a warehouse in the town.

New jobs JANUARY saw 1,050 work contracts signed in Elda, more than any other municipality in Alicante Province municipality. Despite the town’s extensive number of footwear factories, most of the new jobs were in service industries.

Victim protection MORE than 8,000 victims of gender violence in the Valencian Community are safeguarded by a computer system that allows police and Guardia Civil to control and protect victims’ movements.

Wanted man caught TORREMOLINOS police arrested a 19year-old Estonian man upon discovering a Tallin court had issued a European detention order for him. The youth had a pending 18-month jail sentence in Estonia for drug-trafficking.

Aiding Saharans

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Fire fire ALMOST 30 per cent of 1,087 call-outs for the fire service in Almeria City were for bins and containers. In total, the fire station in Almeria City attended 162 fires in bins, 91 in homes and 75 in cars.

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Motorway fire A VEHICLE caught fire a few metres from the exit of Orihuela-Benferri on the A-7 motorway. Firefighters extinguished the flames and no one was injured.

being provided for firefighting duties.

The additional personnel will be based across three areas of the Region; at Alcantarilla, Abaran and Zarcilla de Ramos.

Last year, 132 fires were reported in the Region with 114 extinguished before they grew and caused devastating damage. Fire damage was limited to an area of 10 hectares, 60 per cent less than in 2013.

Political event PRESIDENT of the Andalucian Region, Susana Diaz, visited Velez-Malaga last Sunday (February 15) to present the PSOE Socialist Party municipal candidate as part of the political campaign leading to the elections on March 22.

Naughty politician

Greener lighting

Car accident

LED streetlights are being installed on Marbella streets in an attempt to save energy, reduce bills and make the area as attractive as possible, while caring for the environment.

TWO men suffered severe injuries after their vehicle swerved violently off the A7 motorway in Velez-Malaga and rolled over several times.

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Russian film festival

ALMOST half the scenes of a Spanish Walking Dead-style television series, Rabia, have been filmed at locations in

GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Comenar (Axarquia) arrested a Colombian man who was carrying 88 grammes of cocaine ready for distribution.

Coin and the Guadalhorce valley. The series is due to be launched in April.

AN earthquake measuring 2.1 on the Richter scale occurred about seven miles off the coast of Torrevieja. It is the fifth earthquake in the area in four months.

Zombies in Coin

Dealer caught

THE spokesperson for Malaga’s PSOE party, Francisco Conejo, has received a formal complaint after constructing a pool at his home in Rincon de la Victoria without the necessary permit.

TWENTY thousand copies of Disfruta Mijas Senda Litoral, a user’s guide for the recently completed coastal path that runs along Mijas’s beaches, will be printed in English and distributed at establishments along the route before Easter.

Earthquake

A TOTAL of 4,000 kilos of food has been raised by the association ‘Friends of the Sahara People’ in Velez-Malaga. It was donated by local schools and will be given to the Saharan community in the refugee camps of Tinduf (Argelia).

MARBELLA will be hosting the third edition of the International Russian Cinema Festival from March 1-6 at the Palacio de Congresos Adolfo Suarez.

Original versions of 11 popular Russian

Tourism fair THE Balearic Islands’ Tourism Agency took part in the International Tourism Fair of Milan, to promote the islands’ tourism attractions to the Italian market.

Lower than average THE Balearic Islands have registered 179 flu cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a figure which is lower than the national average. The data was released by the National Network of Epidemics Surveillance, from the Carlos III Health institute.

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Vinnie Jones.

Learn Spanish with Vinnie HARD man footballerturned-actor Vinnie Jones has been showing off his Spanish language skills in a new ad that has gone viral on social networks.

Dressed in a colourful Hawaiian shirt in front of the Spanish flag, the former Wimbledon hatchet man reels off some useful Spanish phrases in his characteristic Cockney accent for Britons planning on visiting sunny Spain for their holidays.

But Vinnie’s handy phrases are slightly removed from the usual ‘Donde esta la playa?’ (‘Where is the beach?’) remarks that regular guidebooks provide. In typical Jones style, he reels off phrases such as: ‘Hola cielo, como te va?’ (‘Alright sunshine, how you keeping?’); ‘Oye, me das otra cerveza por favor’ (‘Excuse me pal, can I have another beer please?’) and ‘Eh tio! Ven aqui para que salgas en este selfie’ (‘Oi! Come over here and get in this selfie mate!’).

Said Jones: “I’ve holidayed in Spain for years and you can’t beat it for sun, sea, sand and a few sangrias. Along the way I’ve managed to pick up a bit of the local lingo so it’s great to be able to share some with my fellow Brits and help them out as they prepare for their holiday.”

Vinnie’s handy Spanish tips can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=pTmlR28lilk

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Canine fun at Siesta Group

Brit on the run for 10 years caught in Valencia A BRITISH bank robber on the run for 10 years has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Turis, Valencia.

The 60-year-old man had been wanted by UK authorities since he escaped to Spain using a false passport during his first temporary release, five years into his 14-year jail sentence.

The man, who was jailed for his involvement in five violent bank robberies, set up home in the Valencian municipality of Turis and had lived there under a false name ever since.

The Guardia Civil’s Fugitives Group collaborated with UK police and court authorities during the investigation leading to the arrest.

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UNDER ARREST: British fugitive is recaptured.

A FUN event with a serious message will be the order of the day at the Siesta Group’s Gata De Gorgos newly refurbished outlet on March 1.

As a thank you and as a way of giving back to the community, Siesta Group will be presenting a fun dog show in aid of Costa Blanca Dog Homing, featuring raffles, prizes and more.

A Kennel Club-registered judge will oversee the special dog show, with the first class to enter the ring being dogs who need to be rehomed. Rosettes will be given out for first, second and third places in each class.

Costa Blanca Dog Homing works tirelessly to rescue and rehome abandoned dogs and puppies.

Siesta Group’s Gata De Gorgos site is the ideal location for this event. For info call 965 757 775.

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BRITISH PRESS Fewer controls DENMARK: Danish airports have called for fewer security controls, citing inconsistency and inconvenience to passengers.

Scout island DENMARK: An island off the coast of Copenhagen has been purchased on behalf of the Danish Scouting Organisation for activities and lessons.

A cut above SWEDEN: Hairdressing is the most common job among foreigners living in Sweden, according to the country’s official statistics agency.

Alien existence DAME Helen Mirren has described the royal family as “aliens” because they live in a world that nobody else can imagine. The 69-year-old actress has played the Queen four times on film, television and plays.

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Most romantic SWEET manufacturer Rolo’s ‘Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?’ has been voted the most romantic ad of all time

by UK television viewers. It beat the classic Milk Tray man ads and the Nestle coffee couple.

Prince promoted

ENGLAND rugby fans have expressed their anger at six different international jerseys costing £90 each being released for sale in the space of only 10 months, ahead of this summer’s Rugby World Cup.

PRINCE ANDREW has been promoted to rank of vice-admiral by the Queen ahead of his 55th birthday on February 19. He joined the Navy at the age of 18 and fought in the Falklands before retiring at 41.

Schedule change SEVENTY per cent of head teachers plan to change term dates when they are given powers to set schedules in September, in order to facilitate families looking for cheaper holidays during offpeak times.

DAME HELEN MIRREN: Royal family live “alien” existence.

Safe drivers SWEDEN: Forty-seven per cent of European drivers polled believe that Swedish motorists are the least reckless in Europe.

Bad year NORWAY: Norwegian Air Shuttle posted its first loss for seven years in 2014. The company had a loss of €120 million last year.

A-ha back!

NORWAY: Eighties pop sensation A-ha, from Norway, will reform for a concert in Brazil this summer to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

Neo-Nazi rise NORWAY: The head of Norway’s intelligence agency has said that the country is increasingly under threat from neoNazi groups.

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TWO Chechen men have been detained for attacking police officers called to an erotic massage parlour in Volgograd where the Chechens had caused a brawl following what they deemed to be an ‘unsatisfactory’ service.

Powerful Putin

Flu epidemic

Little press freedom THE Reporters Without Borders group has placed Russia 148th in the world in terms of freedom of the press rankings. They say the climate for the press has become “oppressive” thanks in part to the crisis in the Ukraine.

Attacks rise ATTACKS on asylum seekers in German shelters are on the rise. In the last three months of 2014 there were 67 attacks, including arson and graffiti.

No reparations GERMANY’S economy minister has rejected renewed calls from Greece for war reparations from the Nazi occupation.

Strong quarter THE fourth quarter of 2014 gave the German economy a strong boost mainly through consumer spending. GDP expanded by 0.7 per cent.

AN American man has been jailed for 70 years in the United States for shooting dead a 17-year-old German exchange student in Missoula, Montana.

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RUSSIANS consider Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to be the most powerful force in the country, ahead of the FSB, the military, the Orthodox Church, the parliament and the media, according to a new poll.

MORE than 1,000 schools in Russia have closed amid a worsening flu epidemic that has affected one in five citizens. The closures are to prevent the spread of the flu that has killed one girl in Yekaterinburg.

THE Social Democrat Party is urging the government to ban the sale of energy drinks to under18’s because of potential health risks.

Jail for shooting

RUSSIAN PRESS Unsatisfactory service

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WHOPPER MEAL: Home delivery for Germans.

World Press Photo of the Year A PHOTO of a male gay couple in St Petersburg has won the World Press Photo of the Year 2014. Taken by a Danish photographer, Mads Nissen, the photo confronts Russia’s atmosphere of intolerance towards homosexuality.

BURGER KING in Germany has introduced a home delivery service but so far only eight of the 685 nationwide branches ace currently taking part in the scheme.

Polish visit POLISH President Bronislaw Komorowski is to visit Germany on February 20 and 21 where he will be the guest of honour at a feast in Hamburg.

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business & legal Spain acted on Falciani List in 2013 SPAIN knew about the Falciani List of HSBC clients with Swiss bank accounts almost two years ago.

In April 2013 national daily El Pais published dozens of names on the list leaked by former bank employee Herve Falciani.

They included that of Santander’s late president Emilio Botin, who paid Spain’s tax authority €200 million to

legitimise a €2 billion fortune held in Switzerland.

Other Spanish names included Alfons Godall, former vice-president of Barcelona football club, former Supreme court judge Ramon Lopez Vilas and Fernando Alonso.

The Formula 1 driver stressed that he was a Swiss resident and HSBC client until 2011 but neither had, nor

Scramble for Aena shares DEMAND for Aena’s €58 shares was five times greater than anticipated.

Part-privatisation plans for Spain’s airports operator were shelved last November following auditing doubts, but flotation finally went ahead without hitches.

The government benefited from the delay as the original share price was intended to range from €41.50 to €53.50 but this was raised to between €43 and €55 and then €53 and €58. The final price at the top end of this range put Aena’s equity at €9.7 billion.

A relatively low 88,972 requests from small investors allowed a minimum allocation of 25

shares, although just over 9 per cent of the total was set aside for bigger orders. Maximum investment was set at €19,720 for 340 shares.

Despite the demand, the government decided not to increase the number of shares available to private investors, although the 21 per cent initially reserved for anchor investors was not taken up.

The quintupled demand meant that the offer price was three times higher than London-based TCI, plus Spanish fund Grupo Alba and Ferrovial - one of Heathrow airport’s biggest shareholders had agreed to pay.

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Blow-out SPAIN’S wind farms had 22,986 megawatt output by the end of 2014.

Despite possessing Europe’s second mostimportant capacity, it inaugurated the fewest installations last year, sufficient to produce 27.5 megawatts.

Film facts CINEMAS in Barcelona, La Coruña, Alicante, Oviedo and Madrid are dearer than in any other Spanish city, charging at least €8 per person.

Cheapest are Huelva (€4.90), Almeria (€4.75) and Granada (€4.50).

Rumasa makes a profit RUMASA, now publicly-owned, made €191,000 last year.

The group was almost bankrupt and its founder Jose Maria RuizMateos owed Hacienda millions in unpaid taxes when it was expropriated in February 1983.

It has assets of approximately €160 million through selling Rumasa companies and subsidiaries. This amount must cover

reprivatisation contracts and lawsuits launched by the former owner’s family, the government explained.

Last year’s profit came from the interest on investments in Spain’s public debt but Rumasa now employs nine workers instead of 60,000. They deal with court cases and collection and settlement of payments from privatisations.

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STAT OF WEEK THE 4.48 billion journeys made on all types of Spain’s public transport fell by 0.2 per cent in 2014. Rail travel increased by 0.6 per cent and air travel by 2 per cent.

has, any problems with Hacienda.

Spain’s Finance ministry, then headed by Elena Salgado, advised those involved beforehand so they could put their tax affairs in order.

This earned Hacienda €250 million in what was described as the biggest regularisation operation ever known.

EMILIO BOTIN: Paid taxman €200 million.

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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) CHANGE Centrica 279.30 -7.70 Coca-Cola HBC 1,160.50 -3.50 Compass Group 1,118.00 -1.00 CRH 1,819.00 -1.00 Diageo 1,834.25 -2.75 Direct Line Insurance 316.25 -0.75 Dixons Carphone 424.20 -1.80 easyJet 1,723.00 16.00 Experian 1,197.50 -0.50 Fresnillo 854.50 -24.50 Friends Life Group Limited 410.65 0.15 G4S 284.15 -1.65 GKN 378.90 -0.10 GlaxoSmithKline 1,552.00 -1.00 Glencore Xstrata 290.85 4.25 Hammerson 690.00 -1.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,008.50 2.50 HSBC Holdings 601.05 2.85 Imperial Tobacco Group 3,014.00 -11.00 InterContinental Hotels 2,601.00 -18.00 International Cnsldtd Air 558.25 4.25 Intertek Group 2,525.00 -70.00 Intu Properties 372.30 -1.70 ITV 230.00 -0.50 Johnson Matthey 3,444.50 -2.50 Kingfisher 343.90 1.10 Land Securities Group 1,246.50 -3.50 Legal & General Group 269.00 -1.00 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 75.60 0.25 London Stock Exchange 2,397.00 -3.00 Marks & Spencer Group 494.40 0.40 Meggitt 554.25 2.75 Mondi 1,258.00 1.00 Morrison (Wm) Sprmrkts 184.15 0.65 National Grid 880.25 -9.95 Next 7,230.00 5.00 Old Mutual 216.00 0.00 Pearson 1,363.00 1.00 Persimmon 1,661.00 3.00 Prudential 1,598.50 -1.00 Randgold Resources 5,092.50 -12.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,612.50 -47.50 Reed Elsevier 1,159.50 -0.50 Rio Tinto 3,152.50 1.00 Rolls-Royce Group 932.75 -11.75 Royal Bank of Scotland 386.90 -2.10 Royal Dutch Shell 2,134.50 -14.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,221.25 -15.25 Royal Mail 451.50 5.00 RSA Insurance Group 443.25 -1.15 SABMiller 3,538.00 80.50 Sage Group (The) 469.15 -2.25 Sainsbury (J) 267.00 0.20 Schroders 2,946.00 1.00 Severn Trent 1,994.00 -25.00 Shire 5,112.50 -17.50 Sky 929.50 10.50 Smith & Nephew 1,158.50 -4.50 Smiths Group 1,182.50 -3.50 Sports Direct Interntnl 681.00 -0.50 SSE 1,545.50 -22.50 St James's Place 897.50 -1.50 Standard Chartered 955.40 -1.00 Standard Life 401.10 1.90 Taylor Wimpey 141.15 0.65 Tesco 242.90 1.30 Travis Perkins 1,973.00 -7.00 TUI AG 1,145.00 -10.00 Tullow Oil 407.80 2.80 Unilever 2,768.00 -21.00 United Utilities Group 943.00 -11.00 Vodafone Group 231.83 -0.57 Weir Group 1,851.50 -40.50 Whitbread 4,979.00 -21.00 Wolseley 3,876.00 -9.00 WPP Group 1,452.50 5.50

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VOLUME 14,270.68 4,234.03 18,669.33 14,870.32 46,195.29 4,757.25 4,912.87 6,790.27 11,868.68 6,477.30 5,783.45 4,441.44 6,293.41 75,670.71 37,595.21 5,413.60 4,774.02 115,153.73 28,923.29 6,193.36 11,305.69 4,195.41 4,915.76 9,295.57 7,066.59 8,052.59 9,877.70 16,055.47 53,865.76 8,330.43 8,084.70 4,421.69 4,619.89 4,284.87 33,451.12 11,056.58 10,617.82 11,154.51 5,084.18 41,097.32 4,732.70 40,601.30 13,149.37 44,665.81 17,656.66 24,807.90 83,893.97 54,714.01 4,471.50 4,508.76 55,845.15 5,076.51 5,113.82 6,656.36 4,835.79 30,283.68 15,793.47 10,401.28 4,671.92 4,072.55 15,481.00 4,671.13 23,666.13 9,569.12 4,567.86 19,657.64 4,924.32 N/A 3,692.73 35,789.26 6,515.44 61,642.59 4,038.24 9,082.89 10,080.80 19,042.47

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There is no easy solution IF you are in business chances are there are going to be occasions when you have to address an audience.

When you are watching someone else speaking at an event it comes across as a bobby’s job. Don’t believe it. For many people, standing up in front of a packed audience, and setting one’s stall out, can be the most unnerving experience of their lives.

Curious as to how speakers respond to such situations a test was carried out. Several heroic figures, including a mountaineer and a fighter pilot, were wired up. Whilst doing their ‘day

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

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jobs’ the stress of their doing so was barely noticeable. However, wired up when public speaking their heart rate and blood pressure shot up to the red section on the gauge.

Constantly referring to notes as you are speaking, or reading from a written speech, is a no-no. You will still trip over your own tongue, your delivery will be met with polite response, but the impact of what you want to say will be negligible.

There is no easy solution. Like much else, some can and some can’t.

These fortunates tend to be the exhibitionists of life, the selfconfident. For the rest of us, we would prefer a visit to the dentist.

Those called to the soapbox have their own tricks to help them through the ordeal. I cottoned on to mine

when in my early 20s. I had two tricks up my sleeve.

I never look at the audience. It is there, but for me it is wallpaper. What I do is deliver as though I were talking to myself. It works, for me. It might for you too. My other ploy I learned quite early on.

I noticed that amongst the hundred or so faces staring up at me, there was one soul who appeared to be responding well to my presentation.

Ignoring the rest of the audience, I spoke directly to her as though we were having a one-to-one meeting.

Again, for me, it worked like a charm.

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Money remains the top source of stress Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

WE’VE got our mind on our money and our money on our minds - constantly, according to a new survey. Apparently, even more than family responsibilities and personal health concerns, a massive 72 per cent of adults say they are stressed out about money. While another 22 per cent say that they have extreme stress about money.

The main triggers that lead people in general to panic about money include paying for unexpected expenses, paying for essentials and saving for retirement.

Basically, handing over money for anything and everything.

And it’s women, not men that seem to be having sleepless nights over money worries. Fifty-one per cent of women surveyed say they lie awake at night worrying about money, versus just 32 per cent of men.

Another effect of money stress is that women are more likely than men to say stress affects their eating, with 41 per cent saying they’ve eaten too much or had unhealthy food during the past month because of stress - for men it’s 24 per cent.

This is of concern since medics often point out that serious

stress can lead to obesity and illnesses such as cancer.

From those surveyed in this recent study, when asked how they try to de-stress, the

majority said by watching TV or surfing the internet, while these activities were then followed by napping, alcohol and smoking.

To de-stress meet a friend and have a chat about it

MONEY WORRIES: Causes include paying for unexpected expenses, essentials and saving for retirement.

Bank did not pay council tax Q. I purchased an apartment in Mallorca in 2013. I was assured by the solicitor and the Notary, and the contract confirmed, that no debt was owed on the property. I am now receiving bills for 2010 and 2011 from Calvia Town Council for the yearly Council Tax.

The property we bought had been repossessed by the bank several years ago for non-payment of the mortgage. I no longer remember which bank it was.

Can you please advise me on how to resolve this matter?

S.M. (Mallorca)

You and the Law in Spain

By David Searl

A. There may be good news for you.

First, if you have a sales contract signed by the bank stating that the property is sold clear of all debts, this makes them responsible for the payment of any back Council Tax. If you want to know who sold you the property, try looking at your contract. It might be the bank itself or a company set up by the bank to handle the many thousands of repossessed properties that Spanish banks now hold.

These banks quite often do not pay all the back taxes on their properties, especially Council Tax, also known as the rates, and in Spanish as ‘IBI,’ short for the ‘Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmobiliarios.’

Because the Statute of Limitations restricts collection of this tax to four years, the town halls generally send out

notices only when the cut-off date approaches. If it takes the bank six years to move the property, they have escaped two years of Council Tax. Yes, your lawyer should have checked to make sure this IBI was paid up to date, and the Notary should have asked to see paid-up receipts. These lapses indicate poor legal service, but they are not sufficient grounds to bring a case against either of them.

However, the bank has made a false statement in its contract with you. Have your lawyer start proceedings against the bank to recover the amount. He may advise you to pay the tax first and then act against the bank, or perhaps the bank will simply pay the bill.

Spanish banks usually pay up promptly in these cases because they are in fact guilty of false statements in a contract.

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

These are a worrying combination of ‘de-stress’ activities as they are largely unsocial, and to combat money stress, experts recommend seeking emotional support from family and friends.

It’s found that people without a shoulder to lean on tend to suffer worse from stress. For example, 43 per cent of people without emotional support said their stress has increased in the past year, compared with 26 percent of those with support.

So instead of de-stressing by watching box sets, it’s better to meet a friend for a coffee and have a chat about money worries if needs be.

And if money issues are taking their toll on your stress levels, then start to look at how you deal with money.

Break bad habits and slowly begin to implement small changes that can create big differences!

BUSINESS EXTRA

Madrid helps out STANDARD & POOR’S calculated that borrowings by Spain’s autonomous communities and town halls will drop by 30 per cent this year. The €26 billion needed to refinance their debts and €11 billion to finance budget deficits will be covered by the government’s funding system for local entities, the rating agency said.

Subway contract CONSTRUCTION company ACS won a €380 million East Side Access contract, boosting the US expansion plans of the group headed by Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez. The company has been present in New York since 2005 when it won its first contract to work on the city’s subway system.

Happier bunnies INDITEX, owners of the clothing label Zabel, confirmed that it stopped producing garments using angora after the animal defence association PETA revealed abuse in Chinese factories where rabbits are skinned alive for their hair. The chain, which stopped using fur last year, has blocked all orders while they investigate suppliers.

OPINION & COMMENT

Rapid service I AM one of the first to complain about poor service, particularly when it’s the result of government cutbacks or trade union blackmail.

The UK’s Passport Service seems to have suffered dreadfully during the last year with the most horrendous backlogs. It is only fair that, with great pleasure, I can now acknowledge the current situation in that particular department.

On January 18 I Googled ‘How to renew a UK passport from overseas.’ I immediately got a lot of information and the opportunity to complete an online application. The next day I posted the old passport and a couple of photos to Belfast as instructed.

On February 4 our friendly local courier-delivery man knocked on the door and handed me a package which contained the new passport!

That’s 19 days from start to finish. I am very grateful for such efficient service and thank those concerned most sincerely.

I don’t think I’ll be making the same sort of report about changing my British driving licence for a Spanish one. It’s taken two weeks just to get the application form!

John Westwood, Tormos (Alicante)

Pat on the back WE’RE staying in Calahonda and I just wanted to say how much we enjoy Leapy Lee’s articles.

Thank you for stating the obvious and having the gumption to write it publicly! I wish our politicians back home would take it on board.

Diane and John (Wales)

Drying up I WAS interested to read about Cortijo Grande and the majestic environment that it once was.

Today all I can say is: “What is happening to that wonderful valley formerly an oasis in an otherwise arid landscape?”

As Ric Polansky points out, the golf course was a challenge to golfers of all levels. Now it is a dried-up shadow of its former self. Why? No-one knows for sure. The owner remains silent

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Not so cheap EXPATS are quite right to object to losing their vote. I think it is disgusting that only five countries in the world do not give their expats the vote and Britain is one of them.

As for Michael Warren of Fuengirola, how lucky he is to afford to spend five winter months here!

My husband served six years in the Second World War and was wounded in Germany. I worked from 1942 and came to Spain when my husband retired.

There were no company pensions in our day unless you were a civil servant and we had his 89-year-old mother to look

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we would be nowhere near the £10,000 threshold, he informed us that Hacienda talks to HMRC. We would still be liable here in Spain as they would be told that we have paid nothing in the UK. Also, if not covered on time we would also incur Spanish tax fines.

So whilst Michael thinks ‘expats are really in heaven, unlike nonexpats,’ it is not all profit. Having said that, we would still not move back to the UK. Richard Prowse, Cartagena (Murcia)

Just wonderful AN operation was necessary and I found myself in Torrevieja hospital. A place of dedication, professionalism, and above all, tremendous kindness. The staff’s attention to detail was simply marvellous.

Rita Tobin (by email)

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on the subject. Rumours abound.

One suggests that the underground irrigation system is badly broken in various places.

Whatever the reason, the simple truth is that the course is no longer watered and it would appear that all but one staff member has been released.

This, reputedly the oldest golf course in Almeria, would appear to have been tragically abandoned by its owner.

The beautiful valley of Cortijo Grande is simply being allowed to wither and die in front of our very eyes. What future do homeowners face when the golf course finally yields to desert and scrub in the absence of life-saving water?

Derek Martin, Turre (Almeria)

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NELSON MANDELA was a great man and our daughter is on the short side, but this photo from Johannesburg really brought it home to me.

Andrew Martinson (by email)

after. Her husband died in his 50s due to wounds received in the First World War and she could not exist on £20 per week. That is why she had to live with us.

Now Spain has had nearly all my money. In my 87th year with no family, I can assure Mr Warren the cost of living is very high. I just hope I die before my money runs out.

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Ups and downs I NOTE Michael Warren is an expat pensioner living here for five months only.

I understand he is tempted to become a permanent expat as we are doing so nicely with the exchange rate increasing our pensions, thus rendering our heating allowance unnecessary!

I beg to inform him that in December 2008 the euro and pound reached parity on the

exchange rate, giving us a vast drop in our pensions for a very long time.

The rate was way below our average and forced many expats to leave Spain, particularly if renting their homes. It caused great hardship to those only on state pensions when they dropped by a third of their value.

As far as I can see we are only back where we started with the euro.

Love the Euro Weekly though!

Jean Mudge (by email)

Tax snag MICHAEL WARREN is right about the higher exchange rate, but there is a downside. When you are tax resident here you are only allowed to earn €6,000 per annum before tax kicks in.

On telling our accountant that we would move our tax paperwork back to the UK where

THE Labour party ignored us during 13 years in office.

The Conservative party has had nearly a full term to correct this anomaly. My French and German neighbours here in Spain have a vote for life. UKIP, give us back our vote please!

We are in the European Union because...?

Brian Johnston, Benalmadena (Malaga)

Streets ahead I DON’T usually bother to write to papers, but I would just like to say how much I prefer the Euro Weekly News to its competitors.

I find its format and content better than ever. Your writers too are excellent.

A case in point is Nora Johnson’s recent article about the House of Lords. An anachronism in a modern democracy, it’s way past its sell-by-date.

The unrepresentative, undemocratic House of Lords should be scrapped without delay and replaced with a much-reduced and democratically-elected second chamber.

Hardly surprising so many of the electorate don’t bother to vote!

Chris Taylor, Granada

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2:45pm Getaway 4:20pm Derailed 6:15pm The Bone Collector A paralysed forensics expert teams up with a fresh-faced cop to hunt down a serial killer.

8:15pm Dead Calm 10:00pm Getaway 11:35pm Pulp Fiction 2:20am Internal Affairs

5:05am Eragon 7:00am Balto 8:30am Ever After 10:45am Robots 12:20pm The Flintstones 2:00pm Despicable Me 2 3:45pm Garfield 5:15pm Robots 6:50pm Ever After 9:00pm Despicable Me 2 10:40pm The Last Keepers A teenage outcast discovers that - like the rest of her family - she has extraordinary powers.

12:15am Shaun the Sheep Special 12:35am The Flintstones 2:10am Garfield 3:35am The Last Keepers 5:10am Balto

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5:15am Dinosaur Island 7:00am Fading Gigolo 8:45am My Man is a Loser 10:30am Last Days on Mars 12:15pm Dinosaur Island 2:00pm Welcome to the Jungle 3:45pm Rio 2

6:00am The Great Race 8:45am Gunsmoke 9:50am Gunsmoke 10:55am The Badlanders) 12:30pm Desert Pursuit 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm King of the Wild Stallions 5:35pm Solomon and Sheba 8:20pm Zero Hour!

10:00pm A Few Good Men

Macaws Jewel and Blu take their three kids on a flight into the Amazon to meet their ancestors.

5:30pm Dinosaur Island 7:15pm And the Oscar Goes to...

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 5:15am Dinosaur Island

Story about a Navy lawyer's struggle to uncover the truth about a court martial.

12:40am Desperado Big budget remake/sequel of his infamously inexpensive first feature, 'El Mariachi'.

2:35am A Few Good Men 5:00am Rock N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits

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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 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Countryside 999 8:45am Real Lives Reunited 9:15am Wanted Down Under 10:00am The Big Allotment Challenge 11:00am Food and Drink 11:30am Map Man 12:00pm South Africa Walks 12:30pm Animal Park 1:00pm The Password is Courage 2:50pm The World 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 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 Steve Scott with the latest headlines from around the world.

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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 10:00am 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 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 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 Emotions run high when Mary Ann is kidnapped. 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 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

3:45pm Coast 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

6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip

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

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

3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 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

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 8:30pm The Simpsons

9:00pm Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights

9:00pm The Million Pound Drop

9:00pm Secrets of St Paul's Cathedral 10:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 11:00pm NCIS

9:00pm Flintoff: Lord of the Fries 10:00pm Stella

Chat show with Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

There's no shortage of thrills and spills in another high-octane instalment.

4:15pm Patricia Cornwell's Deadly Encounter

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

Antiques experts travel the UK searching for treasures.

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

9:00pm Mastermind John Humphrys puts the questions to five more semi-finalists.

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

The Million Pound Drop is back with a new series.

10:00pm Gogglebox Gogglebox returns for a new series.

11:00pm The Last Leg

US naval crime drama series. Parsons works with Gibbs following a lethal bombing at a formal party.

Trouble looms for Stella and Michael when the latter makes a monumental mistake.

11:00pm Quiz Nights Do you know what 'gymnophobia' is a fear of?

11:55pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

12am 12:20am Bluestone 42 12:55am The Guardian 3:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:10am BBC News

12:05am 2001: A Space Odyssey 2:20am The Abominable Snowman 3:45am Question Time 4:45am This is BBC Two

12:40am Air America 2:35am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

12:10am Catastrophe 12:40am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:10am Rude Tube 2:00am Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny 3:35am The Ricky Gervais Show 4:05am The Ricky Gervais Show

12:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am GPs: Behind Closed Doors 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am Bruce Almighty 1:55am Hawaii Five-0 2:55am Hawaii Five-0 3:55am Hawaii Five-0 4:55am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:50am Futurama

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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm EastEnders 10:30pm Uncle 11:00pm I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 12:00am EastEnders 1:00am EastEnders 1:30am Family Guy 2:15am American Dad! 2:40am Family Guy 3:00am Uncle 3:30am I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 4:30am South Side Story

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Sounds of the Sixties

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am You've Been Framed and Famous!

8:00am Emmerdale 9:00am You've Been Framed!

9:25am Dinner Date 10:30am Catchphrase 11:15am The Little Vampire 1:10pm Emmerdale 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 Shaun of the Dead 12:05am Take Me Out

9:30am Where the Heart is 10:40am The Royal 11:40am Judge Judy 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm 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 Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Trial and Retribution

9:00am Minder 10:00am Ax Men 11:00am Hogan's Heroes 12:05pm Magnum, P.I. 1:05pm The Professionals 2:05pm Motorway Patrol 3:05pm Ax Men 4:00pm The Car Chasers 5:00pm Hogan's Heroes 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm UEFA Europa League Highlights 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Counting Cars 10:00pm Tango and Cash 12:10am Peter Shilton: Sports Life Stories

1:00pm Hollyoaks 1:30pm Rules of Engagement 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Melissa and Joey 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Run, Fat Boy, Run 12:05am The Big Bang Theory

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Ten-part series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives.

9:00pm Daniil Trifonov: The Magics of Music 10:00pm Hello Quo 11:20pm Status Quo: Live and Acoustic 12:20am Acoustic at the BBC 1:20am Hello Quo 2:40am Status Quo: Live and Acoustic 3:40am Acoustic at the BBC 4:40am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

SKY MOVIES Action 5:20am The Karate Kid 7:30am After Earth 9:25am Captain Phillips 11:45am The Day After Tomorrow 1:55pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 3:55pm Underworld In a war between vampires and werewolves, bloodsucking warrior Selene holds the key to victory.

6:00pm After Earth 7:50pm The Day After Tomorrow 10:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 12:00am Predator 1:55am Predator 2 3:50am Underworld 5:55am The Karate Kid, Part II

Comedy 5:55am Brewster's Millions 7:40am Without a Paddle 9:35am Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 11:35am About a Boy 1:30pm Home Alone 3:20pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 5:10pm Without a Paddle 7:00pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Deloris Van Cartier is back in front of the big band, but not for long.

9:00pm About a Boy 10:50pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 12:40am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 2:15am Jackass: The Movie 3:55am Jackass: Number Two 5:40am Home Alone

4:20am Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 6:30am Deep Family Secrets 8:15am Pain and Gain: Sky Movies Special 8:30am Sleeping with the Enemy 10:20am Reasonable Doubt 12:05pm White House Down 2:30pm The Da Vinci Code 5:10pm Closed Circuit 6:55pm Get Rich or Die Tryin' 9:00pm White House Down 11:15pm The Da Vinci Code 1:55am Falling Down 4:00am Fear 5:50am Loss of Faith

6:30am Planes: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Peter Pan 9:00am Walking with Dinosaurs 10:40am Sammy's Great Escape 12:25pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 2:05pm The Blue Umbrella 2:20pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 4:25pm Walking with Dinosaurs 6:00pm Stuart Little 7:35pm Stuart Little 2 9:00pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 11:00pm Peter Pan 1:00am The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 2:35am Stuart Little

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5:15am Dinosaur Island 7:00am The Perfect Summer 8:45am Dinosaur Island 10:30am Rio 2 12:15pm Big Hero 6 Special 12:45pm Plastic 2:45pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 4:30pm Shaun the Sheep Special 4:45pm The Perfect Summer 6:30pm Rio 2 8:15pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 10:00pm Plastic 11:45pm Catch.44 1:30am My Man is a Loser 3:15am Catch.44 5:00am Shaun the Sheep Special

6:00am Solomon and Sheba 8:35am Gunsmoke 9:40am Gunsmoke 10:45am Zero Hour!

12:20pm King of the Wild Stallions 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Chisum 6:05pm The Desperado 7:40pm Taras Bulba 10:00pm We are Marshall 12:30am Rollerball 2:45am Hell on Wheels 3:35am Villa Rides 5:35am Ed Sullivan's Rock N' Roll Classics

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Interest Rates To Remain Low In 2015 There was much discussion last year as to when, rather than if, the UK interest rate would rise in 2015. After six years of just 0.5%, even a small increase would be welcomed by savers.

However hopes of a Bank of England (BoE) rate rise appear to have been quashed before we were even one month into the year. Many analysts now expect the first increase to come in 2016, possibly after the first quarter, with a few suggesting 2017.

Minutes of the BoE’s first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year revealed that the vote to keep rates on hold had been unanimous. The two members who had been calling for a rise since August reversed their decision - a significant change in the path interest rates were expected to take this year.

MPC members are concerned about low inflation after UK inflation fell to 0.5% in December, its lowest rate for 14 years. Lower oil prices coupled with a supermarket price war

The MPC will probably only consider raising rates once all the downside risks to the medium-term inflation outlook have passed. The Eurozone also continues to pose a risk.

By Gary Cardwell, Partner, Blevins Franks could keep inflation below 1% for some time. They believe there is a “roughly even chance” that inflation could fall into negative territory. Although the sharp drop in price pressures is expected to be temporary, a rate rise would increase the risk of low inflation becoming entrenched. Lower oil prices could help the economy by boosting real incomes and lowering production costs, but deflation could damage the economy if it continues for a long period.

European Central Bank quantitative easing The European Central Bank (ECB) interest rate has been held at 0.05% since September 2014.

Inflation was -0.2% in December.

In January, ECB President Mario Draghi unveiled plans for a massive quantitative easing programme to boost the economy and ward off deflation.

Under quantitative easing, a central bank pumps money into the economy by buying assets, usually bonds, with money printed (or created electronically these days) for the purpose.

From March, the ECB will buy €60 billion of private and public bonds each month. This is

intended to continue until September 2016, making a total of €1.1 trillion.

This move has been described in the press as the ECB’s “big bazooka”. It is hoped it will inspire confidence in the markets and prove effective in kick starting the economy, as happened with the UK and US quantitative easing programmes.

Tempted by higher rates?

With interest rates remaining low, cash deposits offering higher rates could be tempting.

However, you need to consider the ‘risk free rate of return’ - the theoretical rate of return of an investment with zero risk. To measure the rate, investment managers often use the return available on government fixed interest investments maturing within three months. This is currently 0.05% for the Euro, 0.5% for Sterling and 0.25% for the US Dollar.

So if you see offers of risk free

returns which are much higher than the international monetary bank base rate, you have to wonder how they provide such returns. We would urge caution; in our experience, if something seems too good to be true, it often turns out to be the case. Cash based deposits quoting returns in excess of the central bank rates must bear some risk, and the higher the return, the higher the risk.

As always, when considering your savings and investment options, you need to choose assets based around your personal circumstances, objectives, risk profile and time horizon. And remember, diversification helps lower risk, so make sure you have a suitable mix of assets. Seek professional advice.

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

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Mary Berry Cooks 1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 1:05pm Weather The latest weather information.

1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday A look at the day's sporting events.

2:00pm Athletics

BBC TWO 6:55am Father of the Bride 8:25am Summer Magic 10:10am Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam 10:40am The Fred Dibnah Story 11:10am British Isles: A Natural History 12:00pm Six Nations Rewind 1:00pm Food and Drink 1:30pm A Taste of Britain 2:00pm A Taste of Britain Food programme exploring specialities from around Britain. 2:30pm Talking Pictures

ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:25pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:35pm The Unforgettable...

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CH4 7:10am How I Met Your Mother 7:35am How I Met Your Mother 8:00am Transworld Sport 8:55am The Morning Line 10:00am King of Queens 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:25pm Child Genius 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Sponge Bob Square Pants Children's series following Spongebob Squarepants and his aquatic friends under the ocean. 11:35am Chinese Food in Minutes Chinese cookery show with chef ChingHe Huang. 11:55am The Dog Rescuers 12:20pm Ice Road Truckers 1:15pm Ice Road Truckers 2:10pm Ice Road Truckers

SATURDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 8:00am Glee 9:00am Hawaii Five-0 10:00am The Fantasy Football Club 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm What's Up 1:30pm Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2:00pm Hawaii Five-0

3pm 5:30pm Final Score Coverage of the latest results, reports and reaction from the Premiership, Football League, Non-League and Scottish Leagues.

3:00pm On the Waterfront 4:45pm The Go-Between

3:05pm The Chase 4:05pm Doc Martin Comedy drama series about a top London surgeon who developed a phobia of blood.

5:15pm Come Dine with Me This episode comes from London's Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

3:10pm Ice Road Truckers 4:05pm Columbo: How to Dial a Murder 5:35pm Columbo Columbo investigates the murder of a famous painter's ex-wife.

5:05pm Big Star's Little Star

3:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 4:00pm Sun, Sea and A&E 5:00pm The Simpsons 5:30pm Modern Family

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

6:35pm The Great British Sewing Bee 7:35pm Flog It! 8:30pm How We Got to Now with Steven Johnson

6:05pm Local News and Weather 6:15pm ITV News and Weather 6:25pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm Planets Got Talent 8:00pm Saturday Night Takeaway

6:15pm The Big Bang Theory 6:45pm The Simpsons 7:10pm The Simpsons 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Homes by the Sea

7:25pm NCIS 8:05pm NCIS

9:30pm Dad's Army

9:25pm Take Me Out 10:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:40pm ITV News and Weather 11:55pm I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

9:00pm The World's Weirdest Weather 10:00pm Silver Linings Playbook

9:00pm 5 News 9:05pm Law and Order

12:20am Spider 1:55am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

1:55am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.

4:40am Nightscreen

12:25am Green Zone 2:35am The Last Leg 3:25am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:30am Location, Location, Location

1:15am Super Casino 4:10am 10,000 BC 5:00am House Doctor

12:55am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:55am Hawaii Five-0 2:55am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:45am Inherent Vice Special 4:15am Road Wars 5:05am UK Border Force

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5:00am This is BBC Three 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel 8:20pm Top Gear 9:25pm Meet the Parents

8:00pm Natural World 9:00pm A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley 10:00pm Hostages 10:40pm Hostages 11:20pm Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe 11:50pm Queens of Heartache 12:50am Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas' 1:50am Top of the Pops 2:30am Sounds of the 70s 3:00am Natural World 4:00am A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley 5:05am This is BBC Four

3:10pm FYI Daily 3:15pm Richie Rich 4:00pm Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium 5:00pm FYI Daily 5:05pm Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium 5:55pm You've Been Framed!

6:25pm Back to the Future 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm Back to the Future 8:45pm Evan Almighty 9:45pm FYI Daily 9:50pm Evan Almighty 10:40pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:25pm Reality Bites 12:10am The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Agatha Christie's Marple 9:20am Where the Heart is 10:30am Where the Heart is 11:35am The Darling Buds of May 12:45pm A Touch of Frost 2:55pm Wycliffe 4:05pm Carry on Again, Doctor 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm Carry on Again, Doctor 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 7:55pm Doc Martin 9:00pm Foyle's War 11:05pm Lewis 1:10am A Touch of Frost

11:05am Counting Cars 12:00pm The Big Fish Off 1:00pm For Whom the Bell Tolls 2:00pm FYI Daily 2:05pm For Whom the Bell Tolls 4:10pm Field of Dreams 5:10pm FYI Daily 5:15pm Field of Dreams 6:20pm Storage Wars 8:15pm Storage Wars Texas 9:10pm Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 10:10pm FYI Daily 10:15pm Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 11:00pm ICC Cricket World Cup Highlights 12:00am Plunkett and Macleane

7:45am The 100 8:40am Rules of Engagement 10:00am Melissa and Joey 11:00am Made in Chelsea 12:00pm Taking New York 1:00pm Marry Me 1:30pm New Girl 2:30pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm How I Met Your Mother 5:30pm Rules of Engagement 6:30pm Troy 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The Inbetweeners Movie 12:00am The Inbetweeners

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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.

6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

9pm 9:25pm The National Lottery Shane Richie hosts the game show that sees couples playing to win the prizes of their dreams.

10:15pm Casualty 11:05pm BBC News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day

Classic wartime sitcom that's never gone away.

10:00pm Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South 11:00pm Gambit

Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Jacki Weaver and Robert De Niro star in David O Russell's dark and quirky comedy about romance and psychological troubles.

American police and legal drama series set in New York.

10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00pm World Championship Boxing: Live From Monte Carlo

9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 McGarrett and the gang investigate the murder of a neurosurgeon.

10:00pm Bruce Almighty 11:55pm Hawaii Five-0 The Five-0 are stumped by the murder of a teenage girl.

12am 12:50am The Football League Show 2:10am EastEnders Omnibus 5:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 5:10am BBC News

Ben Stiller teams up with Robert De Niro for this smash hit comedy of embarrassment.

11:10pm Live at the Apollo 11:40pm Family Guy 12:24am Family Guy 1:08am Family Guy 1:55am Crims 2:55am Crims 3:50am Crims 4:20am Crims

SKY MOVIES Action 5:55am The Karate Kid, Part II 7:50am Kindergarten Cop 9:50am Judge Dredd 11:40am Lethal Weapon 1:40pm Hellboy Though the Nazis fail to open the gates of Hell, one little devil gets through.

3:55pm Deep Blue Sea 5:55pm 47 Ronin An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.

8:00pm Lethal Weapon 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 2 12:00am Lethal Weapon 3 2:10am 47 Ronin

5:40am Home Alone 7:25am American Pie 9:15am Crocodile Dundee 11:00am The Top Ten Show 2015 11:20am Ride Along 1:10pm Bean 2:55pm Oscars 2015 Nomination Special 3:25pm Ghostbusters 5:20pm Ghostbusters II 7:10pm Crocodile Dundee 9:00pm Ride Along 10:50pm American Pie 12:35am American Pie 2 2:30am American Pie: The Wedding 4:15am Alien Autopsy

5:50am Loss of Faith 7:40am Flatliners 9:45am 25th Hour 12:10pm Swordfish 2:05pm The Fast and the Furious 4:05pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 5:55pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Teenage car-racing addict Sean is sent to live with his dad in Tokyo.

7:45pm Fast and Furious 6 10:00pm Lucky Number Slevin 11:55pm Swordfish 1:45am Blow 3:50am Single White Female 5:40am Malpractice

5:25am Sammy's Great Escape 7:00am Barnyard 8:40am Daddy Day Care 10:20am Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 12:15pm Harriet the Spy 2:05pm Young Sherlock Holmes 4:00pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 5:30pm Jumanji 7:20pm Daddy Day Care 9:00pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 10:50pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 12:15am Young Sherlock Holmes 2:05am Harriet the Spy 3:50am Jumanji 5:35am Barnyard

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5:15am Dinosaur Island 7:00am The Perfect Summer 8:45am Big Hero 6 Special 9:15am Journey to Dinosaur Island 11:00am Rio 2 12:45pm Plastic 2:45pm The Perfect Summer 4:30pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 6:15pm Shaun the Sheep Special 6:30pm Rio 2 8:15pm Mr. Peabody and Sherman 10:00pm Plastic 11:45pm Catch.44 1:30am My Man is a Loser 3:15am Shaun the Sheep Special 3:30am Catch.44

6:00am Taras Bulba 8:25am Gunsmoke 9:30am Gunsmoke 10:35am An American in Paris 12:40pm The Alamo 3:45pm Ben-Hur The spectacular 20-minute chariot race is just one of the highlights of this magnificent epic.

7:45pm Tootsie Michael Dorsey is a desperate unemployed actor until he gets a female role in a soap opera.

10:00pm The Dark Knight 12:55am Mystic River 3:20am From Here to Eternity

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Anti-British BBC at it again LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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HEY’RE at it again, aren’t they? Once again the BBC’s antiBritish ‘aunties’ have attempted to undermine and basically insult our heroes of yesteryear.

Their coverage and biased reporting of the Dresden bombing anniversary was not only a disgrace, but had they adopted this stance at the time of the event, would probably have resulted in them all being hanged as traitors. With hardly a word about the brave air crews who lost their lives during this and many other dangerous missions, they paraded a biased bunch of ‘survivors’ who made our brave airmen sound like IS in the sky.

One after another these ‘eye witnesses’ reeled off a

BIASED: BBC’s coverage of the Dresden bombing anniversary. succession of horrific tales of the death and destruction that rained down from the allies onto the ‘innocent’ citizens of the German city of Dresden. With suitably pained, sympathetic expressions, the news vendors of this so-called British institution delivered what can only be described as a damning indictment of the allied forces

involved in these operations.

Typical. You know what their main problem is? Ninety per cent of these newscasters are too young. Too young to remember the thousands of Britons who were also wiped out by the relentless onslaught of the German luftwaffe. Too young to have been among the citizens of our great cities, who

crowded into tube stations and cellars as the indiscriminate bombing of the enemy flattened their homes and institutions. Too young to remember the blood and gore as our own innocent men and women ‘exploded’ in the streets.

This terribly misplaced sympathy for the enemy is a most dangerous path to traverse. It is the attitude that loses wars and brings disaster and defeat to those who are weak enough to practise it.

Thank God Churchill never had this type of pacifist attitude. We were coming to the end of an horrific war - for the second time! Millions of military personnel and civilians throughout Europe had been lost to the animals of the German Nazi party. Despite protestations of innocence, I have no doubt that the citizens of Dresden and Berlin took to the streets in triumph and celebration at every victory

Hitler and his psychopaths announced. Horrific and wrong as it may have been, it was war. A war that through the sacrifice of millions the allies had won.

The people of the allied forces needed to teach these people a lesson, they wanted revenge.

And why not? Their bravery in the face of often overwhelming odds must never be forgotten and never ever undermined, particularly by a bunch of BBC pillocks who, when the time comes - as surely it will - will probably hand us all over to IS on a pacifist plate. Well, we wouldn’t want to ‘offend’ anyone, would we?

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

Guided tours to remember Spanish Civil War

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CROSS MADRID TOURS is a newly-created concept designed to offer visitors the opportunity to learn about the culture, history and architecture of Madrid.

Visit the Prado and Reina Sofia museums, the principal sights of the capital, and of course, bars for tapas tasting, in small groups with specialist guides.

There is also a choice of tours organised for children.

However, what makes Across Madrid unique are the tours to discover the events, which took place in and around Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. These include visiting the battle sites where Nationalist troops and the International Brigades were engaged in heavy fighting at Jarama and

Peter Fieldman London-born journalist and author, Peter spends his time between Paris and Madrid.

His novel ‘1066 The Conquest’ available on Amazon or www.1066TheConquest.com

www.pfieldman.blogspot.com

Brunete as well as in the centre of Madrid.

These specialist tours are selected and led by Dr Almudena Cros, a researcher on the subject whose family was directly involved in the war. Dr Cros, who has degrees from Warwick University and is Professor of History at the American Suffolk University in Madrid, has been working for a number of years as a consultant, interviewer and interpreter on numerous projects, books and documentaries related to

the Spanish Civil War and has lectured on the subject. Her first-hand knowledge and ample experience interviewing war veterans and survivors brings to

life the realities of the conflict and its aftermath in an unparalleled manner.

The first half of the tour

reconstructs what the city centre looked like in the war, with the help of photographs from that period.

Dr Cros will share her family’s wartime story in her native Madrid, illustrated by their photographs and documents of the time.

The use of authentic materials recovered from battlefields and military memorabilia provides an exceptional insight into the Spanish Civil War. Dr Cros is deeply involved in organising and attending commemorative trips, events and ceremonies related to the

International Brigades in Spain and other countries as well as helping relatives of the volunteers trace the steps of their family members during the Spanish Civil War. To find out more about the available tours and prices visit the web site: ACROSS MADRID or email info@across madrid.com.

A donation from the proceeds of this particular itinerary will be made to the Friends of the International Brigades Association (Asociación de Amigos de las Brigadas Internacionales/AABI).

KNOWLEDGEABLE GUIDE: Dr Almudena Cros.

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OPINION & COMMENT uesday was Pancake Day and it was a signal for me to break out the flour, milk and eggs, and spend the day splattering the walls and whipping up batches of my wife’s favourite food.

Perhaps not favourite; it’s simply that pancakes are rarely on the menu for us at other times of the year, and so on this one day we really go to town.

Even if I say so myself, I am pretty darn good at making these yummy frisbees and I have pancake tossing down to a fine art. Okay so I’m not so good at catching them, but you can’t have everything.

The exception to the once a year rule is if we find ourselves visiting the US to see friends.

On these occasions, the Princess will not hesitate to indulge herself and when breakfasting in local restaurants, it’s a safe bet that this will be her food of choice.

On our way from Yosemite to San Francisco recently, we stopped at a roadside diner for a late breakfast. It was like something out of Happy Days

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and we half expected to see the Fonz saunter in.

No sooner had we parked ourselves in a window booth, than a pretty little gumchewing waitress appeared at my elbow, and taking the obligatory pencil from behind her ear, prepared to write down our order.

‘What’s your pleasure guys?’ she drawled (all Americans drawl). I was tempted to tell her, but I ordered some bacon, sausage and eggs-over-easy with lots of toast, instead. The Princess asked if they happened to have pancakes.

Our waitress paused in mid chew and with a disbelieving expression replied, ‘Do we

PANCAKES: Perhaps I should make them at home more often! have pancakes? hellooo! Then realising that the accent was hardly West Coast, declared, ‘Oh you’re Brits. Cute. Yeah

sure we got pancakes medium or large stack?’ Being familiar with the American idea of portion control, a medium

stack was ordered, This turned out to be eight pancakes.

On another occasion six of us had decided on a very smart restaurant for breakfast at the San Diego marina. We were en route to Mexico and needed to fuel-up for the journey.

Predictably my lady ordered her beloved pancakes, but this time didn’t hold back and the Everest sized mound duly arrived - dripping in melted butter and maple syrup, the whole edifice topped with strawberries and an assortment of exotic berries.

Two bites in and amid much lip smacking, she declared loudly, ‘If there’s such a thing as a gastronomic orgasm, I’m having it!’ The clatter of forks dropped onto expensive crockery echoed around the elegant dining room.

I’m thinking that perhaps I should make pancakes at home more often.

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Four rowdy cowhands ride into a small town, creating trouble and mayhem.

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What a klass act - there are no klassroom prizes here!

ARENTS have been making the headlines recently. The singer/radio DJ Myleene Klass took to social media after receiving a ‘bonkers’ email suggesting she paid £10 towards a ‘kindle and a desk’ for two of her daughter’s schoolfriends’ birthdays.

However, Myleene’s ‘publicity stunt’ (the email reportedly sent over a year ago) seems to have backfired when she was confronted by angry mothers mortified at having their email correspondence publicised on Twitter, together with Myleene’s own joke reply (a ‘unicorn’ for her daughter’s birthday and a ‘Ferrari and Leonardo

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DiCaprio’ for her own).

Whatever you think about such donations, Myleene shared her personal experience with the entire nation, humiliating those involved.

Now, let’s face it, it’s not the kids at issue here, it’s the parents. Take, for instance, the parents of Alex Nash, five, who were invoiced for a £15.95 ‘child’s party, no show fee’ after he missed his classmate Charlie’s birthday party. Alex’s

MYLEENE KLASS: Her publicity stunt backfired. father subsequently found the invoice in his son’s schoolbag, went public and was threatened with court action if he didn’t pay up.

In neither of these cases was it necessary to

publicise the issue the way they did. Why didn’t Alex’s parents simply discuss it with Charlie’s calmly and rationally?

Myleene may have changed all the names in her tweet, but everyone

at her daughter Ava’s school will know who she was talking about. And it’s the children - Ava and Alex - who’ll suffer from their parents’ behaviour.

They’ll be the ones ignored in the playground, not invited to future parties. As for Myleene, a more grownup approach would have been to buy the children gifts she thought appropriate, and make her views known privately to the offending parents.

But where are the innocent times, back in the day, when money wasn’t such a big deal for kids?

Now it’s all about money and ‘how much will I get?’

What happened to: just be grateful you got

something? And what about: you don’t invite people so they give you something, but because you like them, want to spend time with them?

We shouldn’t begrudge today’s kids having all the latest gadgets and whatever. But in so doing they risk growing up, to misquote Oscar Wilde, knowing the price of every gadget under the sun and the value of nothing.

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A third of British children are overweight or obese.

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THERE are a few methods to stop your puppy’s biting.

The most important thing to remember is to stop the bad habit before it snowballs into a bigger problem.

Startle your dog and redirect his behaviour. Just as your puppy bites down, make a sudden, abrupt, high-pitched and loud ‘AWRP’ sound.

It’s the same sound a littermate would make if bitten by the puppy. The sound should be so sudden and sharp your puppy is

immediately startled and stops the behaviour.

If done correctly, you’ll be surprised how instantly your pup removes his mouth and looks bewildered.

At that point, quickly substitute a toy, such as a ball, your puppy can chew on. This redirects your puppy’s biting behaviour to the ball.

Also you can ignore your dog. Leave the room when your puppy bites. This is an easy training method that even children can use. Your puppy will learn that every time he bites he loses his playmate, and that’s no fun at all.

No matter what method you use, do not entice your puppy to bite you.

Games like tug-of-war and waving your hands in front of your puppy could

BITING: Little puppies like to chew. encourage him to bite.

Little puppies like to chew on everything, from your fingertips to your socks.

But now is your chance to redirect his bad behaviour onto his toys. If you help him during this stage, he will easily grow out of it.

Good luck, have patience and always praise him when he stops any unwanted behaviour.

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U3A wine tasting THE Moraira-Teulada U3A group has held its first wine tasting of the year.

Under the leadership of Peter Romain, assisted by the sponsorship of the Bodegas Corcova based in Valdepeñas (C. Real), the tasting was held at Bar Mediterrano in Teulada.

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wines their Syrah, Robble and the Reserva at €4.

Lions Den has winter sale THE Lions Den, the fundraising shop of Teulada Moraira Lions Club, located next to Barclays Bank in Moraira, is having its very first winter clearance sale.

The event is on from Saturday until March 7,

when ladies’ winter separates, jackets, coats and dresses and all men’s winter clothing will be reduced by 50 per cent from their original, already incredibly low prices, to make way for new spring/summer stock.

Charity dog walk THE third sponsored dog walk takes place in La Nucia on March 1. Organised by Giving4Giving charity, the walk will commence at 11am, starting from the Repsol garage on the CV-70.

Participants are invited to bring along their fourlegged friend for a relaxing 5km walk to raise money for local animal and cancer charities.

There will also be pet prizes and a prize draw will take place on the day. The event has been sponsored by Tot D’Animals and Royal Canin.

For sponsorship forms or more information call Gary on 603 137 697.

U3A general meeting THE next general meeting for U3A Moraira-Teulada is March

2 at Salon de Banquettes, Teulada at 10.30am.

The guest speaker is Michael Bullied, a retired barrister who will talk about historic crimes. www.u3amorairateulada.org

In addition, all pairs of ladies boots will be priced at just €2 and many bric-a-brac items will be considerably reduced in price for clearance.

The shop is open Monday to Saturday from 10am-1.30pm.

Emaus benefits ALICANTE Golf had a field of 64 golfers, 16 teams, who played a competition in honour of Children of Emaus.

Every player was asked to bring a gift of food, bedding, nappies or anything to make life easier for the youngsters.

The winners: Dave Williams, Bernard Waspe, Harry O’Neil and Andy McCreath from Club 25 Golf Society. They were presented with their prizes by Alicante Golf Professional, Noel Eastwell and Marife Hernadez.

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Hell isn’t merely paved with good intentions; it’s walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.’

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in history

Women’s wit

1472: The Orkney and Shetland islands are pawned to Scotland

by Norway in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Norway who was Queen of Scotland while married to King James III. 1819: Spain sells Florida to the United States for $5 million as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty.

1847: The first group of rescuers reach the Donner party in the Sierra Nevadas, California. Some of the snowbound group of pioneers resorted to cannibalism in order to survive the winter.

1920: The National Socialist German Workers’ Party - better known as the Nazi party - is founded by Anton Drexler. Adolf Hitler will take over as chairman one year later.

1945: The 28th Regiment of the 5th Marines takes Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, leading to one of the most iconic photos of the 20th century showing US Marines raising the American flag.

1964: Cassius Clay, later to be known as Muhammed Ali, is crowned heavyweight champion of the world after defeating Sonny Liston in one of boxing’s biggest ever upsets.

1965: Human rights activist Malcolm X is shot several times as he begins a speech in a ballroom in Harlem, New York.

He is pronounced dead at hospital shortly afterwards.

1981: Prince Charles and kindergarten teacher Lady Diana Spencer end months of speculation by announcing they are to be married.

1985: The BBC soap Eastenders airs for the first time, based on the lives of working class people in Walford, a fictional borough of East London.

1997: A sheep named Dolly is cloned by scientists in Scotland and is hailed as one of the most significant breakthroughs of the decade.

I used to tell my husband that if he could make me ‘understand’ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.’

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Eleven-year-old Alexander experiences the most awful day of his young life - a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair followed by mishap after mishap. So when Alexander tells his happy-go-lucky family about his terrible day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if only bad things happen to him. But he’s not alone when his mum, dad, brother and sister all find themselves having their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Directed by Miguel Arteta, starring Ed Oxenbould, Steve Carrell and Jennifer Garner. Run time 81 minutes. Rated PG. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) It’s both a vertical and horizontal week. What goes right somewhere could easily go wrong elsewhere.

Sensitive Venus conspires with touchy Mars to trigger tensions and troubles. If you're aware of where others are coming from, you'll be fine. You’ll have fun, but don't let your spending splurges rule your head on Wednesday or Saturday.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your efforts to get your message across might be best delayed for seven days. Fickle Venus and flighty Mercury will cross swords with other planets, so keep your ideas and emotions grounded. Take nothing for granted on Tuesday, and don't agree to anything without the facts.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Don’t jump from one financial frying pan into another. Take it easy on all fronts, especially where your money, emotions and other people's moods are at odds with your ideas.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You will see the advantage of working towards a new location, or even a specific makeover for your domestic scene. Either way, wait for a further green light, especially where money’s concerned. Monday and Thursday are delicate days, so play it cool.

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February 19, Ray Winstone, 58, actor Highly respected English actor mainly known for his ‘hard man’ roles. He has appeared in movies such as Nil By Mouth, The Departed, The Proposition and Sexy Beast. Before turning to acting he was a boxer who represented his country twice.

February 20, Ian Brown, 52, singer Frontman of the 90’s indie group The Stone Roses. Their music helped define the ‘Madchester’ era of the 90’s along with fellow Mancunians, The Happy Mondays. He went on to enjoy a successful solo career, releasing six studio albums.

February 21, Michael McIntyre, 39, comedian British comic who dropped out of college in

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Refuse to be miffed by whatever disagreements or difficulties clutter your world. The sooner you get on with things, the better for your peace of mind. Even this week's affrays and dismays are simply passing clouds. Put yourself first, and things will start to change.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) There's a saying that if it doesn’t rain, it pours, so keep an umbrella of humour to hand. Spring is around the corner, and with it, a much happier trend for your workaday, social and financial prospects. Strive through this showery emotional week, and the sunshine will surely follow. Meanwhile, focus on the now.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Move forward on this week’s positive waves of optimism. Treat yourself, but don’t overindulge your temptations. The planets aren’t dancing to all your wants and desires. If certain situations or individuals seem complicated, wait until the dust settles, then follow your hunches.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Scanning the rest of the starsigns, you’ll see that you have many things in common this week: challenging influences at work and play, and during other clogging capers.

Unexpected events, finances, or the usual everyday frustrations could pile on the pressure.

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

order to break into the script-writing industry.

He won the Best Live Stand-up Award at the 2009 British Comedy Awards and has his own television show, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

February 22, Niki Lauda, 66, racing driver Austrian Formula 1 driver who won the world championship in 1975, 1977 and 1984. He had a famous rivalry with British driver James Hunt, which was made into a Hollywood movie named Rush.

February 23, Michael Dell, 50, entrepreneur Computer giant Dell was founded by Michael Dell in his dorm room when he was just 19 years old. In 2012 he was listed as the 41st richest person in the world by Forbes. He is married with four children.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You’re not the only member of the zodiac who’ll have to toughen up. It’ll pay you to chill on Tuesday, be patient on Wednesday, and put your potent insights into orbit throughout the weekend. Although certain set arrangements are liable to veer off track, some discussions and shared commitments are slowly but firmly improving.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The full moon in your own sign is a powerful ally against this week’s planetary fracas. Speak from the heart and reject any ambiguous emotional games. It's the only way to clear the air and truly know where you're heading.

LITERALLY FOOD AND DRINK 1. According to Lewis Carroll’s 1871 book Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, what does the White Queen offer Alice ‘every other day’ as an inducement to work for her?

2. According to the title of Jeanette Winterson’s 1985 novel, what Are Not the Only Fruit?

3. Humble Pie was the title of the 2006 autobiography by which famous British chef and restaurateur?

4. In Roald Dahl’s children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is the name of the eccentric chocolatier who owns the chocolate factory?

5. ‘To begin at the beginning: It is Spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched, courters’-andrabbits’ wood limping invisible down to the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboat-bobbing sea’ is the first line of which 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas?

6. What is the one-word title of the 1999 novel by Joanne Harris that tells the story of Vianne Rocher, a young single mother, who arrives in the French village of Lansquenetsous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk and opens a shop called La Céleste Praline?

7. Which American ‘realist novel’, first published in 1939, is set during the Great Depression, and focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home?

8. Which foodstuff appears in the titles of a series of over 100 books, usually featuring a collection of short, inspirational stories and motivational essays, compiled by motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen?

TARGET: Average: 7 Good: 9 Very good: 12 February 22, Joaquin Cortes, dancer.

Born in Cordoba, Cortes is a ballet and flamenco dancer renowned throughout the world for spectacular solo shows. In the 1990’s he gained notoriety for his close relationships with high profile celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Mira Sorvino and Giorgio Armani.

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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) There’s a financial theme to many of your plans and ideas. Above all, spend with care and examine all offers carefully. Rely on your sixth sense, especially where close-to-you matters are concerned. Give more thought to what you hope to have achieved in 12 months from now. Be patient, especially over personal stresses and strains.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Your emotions, extra expenses and other domestic pressures are on the boil. Put off major decisions until next week. Meanwhile, loosen up, walk into some creative space, and if necessary, talk to someone who understands your ups and downs. There are good things waiting to happen, refuse to lose nerve.

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Unscramble the name of a famous English film and television actor: WRY ESTONIAN

Across 1 Unhappiness from conclusion of fracas or argument (6) 4 Shout angrily and the rebate is different (6) 9 Work-time entertainment (5) 10 A wild animal but it’s all right, a quiet one (5) 11 Tries out acts of worship (5) 12 Before the tiny tot became a recluse (7) 13 Goes to the top of musical ladders (6) 15 Estimate value of female donkey (6) 19 Nobility agree trouble in gym (7) 21 Get a double setting for a gem (5) 23 Heads turn in the gloom (5) 24 Break the chain or the porcelain (5) 25 Former PM on head of state’s case (6) 26 Calling for a rush (6)

Unscramble the name of a famous contemporary sculpture (four words): LENGTH OF HERO ANT FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: RAY WINSTONE, ANGEL OF THE NORTH

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17 Slight change of lenders (7) 18 Fifty per head is enough to filter (5) 19 First of all Peter eats some tomato skins but they are nuisances (5) 20 A chap can be a catalyst (5) 22 Sailor consumed sink (5)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 2 represents G and 13 represents L, so fill in G every time the figure 2 appears and L every time the figure 13 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Tame animals kept for companionship (4) 3 Alleys (8) 9 Person engaged in military service (7) 10 Once more (5) 11 Disturb the balance of (5) 12 Cause a liquid to spatter about (6) 14 Mistakes (6) 16 Soft rubber used to rub out (6) 19 Hairdresser (6) 21 Breaks off (5) 24 Have sovereign power (5) 25 Structure that provides protection (7) 26 Gratifying (8) 27 Compelling desire (4)

Down 1 Grazing lands (8) 2 Stories (5) 4 Take into custody (6) 5 Little (5) 6 Spectacles (7) 7 Cause to go somewhere (4) 8 Carelessly dropped rubbish (6) 13 Keep in unaltered condition (8) 15 Comprehend completely (7) 17 Hurries (6) 18 Jail (6) 20 Institutions for the keeping, lending and exchanging of money (5) 22 At a later time than (5) 23 Yield from plants in a single growing season (4)

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Down 1 Fields balls (7) 2 Kangaroo stampede reveals bird shelter (5) 3 Finished a bishop’s domain, boss (7) 5 Gradually remove the ruler’s poem (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Sustains, 4 Arms, 7 Goats, 9 Acres, 11 Place, 12 Snaps, 13 Second, 15 Allege, 19 Terms, 21 Avast, 23 Space, 24 Swami, 25 Sago, 26 Stampede.

Down: 1 Signets, 2 Sharp, 3 Neared, 5 Socks, 6 Iris, 8 Swain, 10 Stage, 14 Carps, 16 Leaps, 17 Erudite, 18 Lament, 19 Ticks, 20 Spat, 22 Tease.

QUICK Across: 1/23 Wear down, 3 Vagaries, 9 Trounce, 10 Agile, 11 Drake, 12 Seesaw, 14 Assist, 16 Recede, 19 Endear, 21 Argue, 24 Overt, 25 Overawe, 26 Numerous, 27 Deed.

Down: 1 Withdraw, 2 Aroma, 4 Averse, 5 Awake, 6 Imitate, 7 Stew, 8 Unless, 13 Reverend, 15 Sunbeam, 17 Elated, 18 Ormolu, 20 Enter, 22 Glare.

Across 1 Houses (5) 4 Cousin (5) 7 There (near you) (3) 8 Godson (7) 9 Cobertizo (para animales, herramientas) (4) 10 Geese (6) 14 Almacenamiento (7) 16 As (naipes) (3) 17 Sour (f) (5) 18 Nave (de iglesia) (5)

Down 1 Abrigos (prendas) (5) 2 Brillo (de tela, pelo, zapatos, superficie) (5) 3 Cicatriz (4) 4 Spring (season) (9) 5 Departure (3) 6 Gold (3) 11 Cisnes (5) 12 Seven (5) 13 Race (racial origin) (4) 14 Mar (3) 15 Remo (3)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Bacon, 3 Brezo, 7 Receta, 9 Cena, 10 Reservoir, 13 Años, 14 Suegra, 16 Araña, 17 Batas.

Down: 1 Bird, 2 Owe, 4 Evening, 5 Orar, 6 Sabroso, 8 Cremosa, 11 Baya, 12 Cars, 15 Esa.

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THOUGH not exactly the final frontier (we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the bottom of the oceans), outer space has long held a mysterious fascination for scientists, daydreamers and UFO enthusiasts, to name just a few. We do know quite a bit about the cosmos, and here are 10 of some of the things we know but perhaps most people don’t know - about the great dark galaxy above us.

1. You can’t really cry in space. Astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrated to the world in a YouTube video that tears don’t stream down the face because of zero gravity. Instead, our tears conglomerate into balls of liquid that hang out of the eye, causing a stinging sensation.

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Although he has solved hundreds of cases, LAPD lieutenant Milo Sturgis agonises over the crimes that he couldn’t solve and the victims who don’t get justice.

But he must soldier on.

An investigation into the murder of a successful, attractive divorcee points to two suspects; the dead

woman’s ex-husband and her secret lover divorce lawyer.

As Milo joins up with psychologist Alex Delaware on the case, a bizarre new clue stirs up echoes of a previously unsolved case, and the discovery of yet another crime scene bearing the same taunting signature

2. There is a blue marble alien planet just 63 light-years from Earth called ‘HD189733b’ where researchers say it rains molten glass, sideways, in howling 7,000 kilometre-per-hour winds.

Probably not a planet to try and colonise.

3. The largest mountain in the universe (that we know of) can be found on Mars, not Earth. Olympus Mons stands at a height of 22 kilometres and is actually a shield volcano. It is so wide that if you picked it up and plonked it on the Earth it’s base would cover the entire country of Ireland.

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Just Joking Q: What did one lab rat say to the other?

A: ‘I’ve got my scientist so well trained that every time I push the buzzer he brings me a snack.’

Q: What’s the one thing that men at single’s bars have in common?

A: They’re all married.

Q: Why do men like love at first sight?

A: It saves them a lot of time.

discovered a substance called ethyl formate, the chemical that gives raspberries their flavour.

Sudoku Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

only last 18 hours which gives new meaning to the phrase ‘to get rich quick.’

6. The Earth has more than 8,000 pieces of space junk orbiting around it. The garbage is made up of old satellites, bits of rockets and fragments from collisions.

Debris often collides with new spacecraft going through orbit.

7. Saturn’s density is less than water, so if you could somehow manage to fit Saturn into a bathtub, it would float.

leads the duo to believe that there is a cunning and vicious serial killer at work.

HD189733b: Where it rains glass sideways.

4. Astronomers searching for the building blocks of life in a giant dust cloud in the centre of the Milky Way discovered that the centre of the galaxy would taste like raspberries. They

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CENTRE OF THE GALAXY: Apparently smells like raspberries 5. There is a diamond floating in our galaxy that is bigger than the Earth.

Called ‘55 Cancri e,’ it is moving so fast that a year on the diamond planet would

8. The full cost of an astronaut’s spacesuit is around $11 million (€9.7 million), although 70 per cent of this is for the backpack and control module.

The first space suit worn by a human in space was the Soviet-SK1 worn by Yuri Gargarin in 1961.

9. The planet Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781, who wanted to call it George after King George III. It was decided that the planet should be named after the Greek god of the heavens, Uranus, thus guaranteeing generations of sniggering schoolchildren in science class.

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Astronauts have described the smell in space as being a mixture of barbecued steak, hot metal and diesel fumes. A pure whiff of outer space is impossible (it’s a vacuum; we would die) but particles stuck to space suits when out on space walks smell just like cooked meat.

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

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

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

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

The lilywhite boy THE Spanish have fallen out of love with their politicians. They hail them with the harsh criticism that they are “all the same” and they aren’t referring to ideology.

No party is free from accusations of political-financial corruption and politicians are seen as power-hungry shysters.

The Podemos party is not escaping unscathed as its co-founder Juan Carlos Mondero failed to declare €425,000 earned by ‘advising’ Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Bolivia. He has now coughed up €200,000 to keep Hacienda happy, but the taint remains.

Those who accuse others of corruption and of belonging to the caste must be whiter than white themselves.

A time experiment PODEMOS has overtaken the PSOE and would be the second-most voted party if elections were held now.

That’s some achievement for a fledgling party although Podemos couldn’t form a

TRAVEL PLANS: Your name and itinerary could be a part of new database. government with that vote and polls suggest that it has reached its ceiling.

Harold Wilson famously said that a week is a long time in politics and there are three months before the local and regional elections in May. Those three months could stretch into an eternity where anything can happen, especially to Podemos as all eyes turn to Greece and

Syriza to gauge what could be in store for Spain.

He’s behind you!

CIUDADANOS has crept up behind the three front-runners. Ciudadanos? Rather a tongue-twister for the non-Spanish,

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THE same sectors that agonised about Spain’s ‘life means life’ sentence are now agonising over PNR. This means Passenger Name Record, a database listing a passenger’s name and itinerary. If centralised it could track and identify known or suspected jihadists worldwide but while Brussels drags its feet over this, Spain is proceeding with its own version.

It is meeting opposition as PNR could abuse data protection directives and ‘fundamental rights’ opponents say.

A Metroscopia opinion poll showed recently that 67 per cent of the Spanish, regardless of political leanings, want reviewable life sentences. Probably that number, or more, approve of PNR. As for expats, anyone travelling to or from Evesham, Edinburgh, Ebbw Vale or Enniskillen is probably less concerned about data protection than knowing they will arrive all in one piece.

Ciudadanos is often shortened in print to C’s. It spread from Cataluña since its beginnings as a non-nationalist party in 2006 with the ambition of focusing on ‘the real problems’ of citizens. Its leader Albert Rovira recently said: “Podemos wants revenge and Spain needs justice” and for that alone C’s deserves forgiveness for using the greengrocer’s apostrophe.

NATO the flawed defender Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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tto Von Bismarck Germany’s Iron Chancellor, who unified Germany in the 20th Century: “People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.” What about before a war, sir?

There seems to be a belief that in terms of the unthinkable NATO America has the edge on modern Russia. This is selfdelusion on a par with the ‘home

by Christmas’ canard spouted at the outbreak of the Great War. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) was ostensibly created in 1949 to thwart Soviet ambitions. This marketing arm of America’s vast arms industry takes the gold medal at starting

conflicts, in defiance of international law. It is remarkably inept at ending them.

Stephen Lendman, 80-yearold Research Associate for the Centre of Research on Globalisation: “I was never scared through the Cold War. I am scared now. America won’t drop its idea of waging a full size war in the region.” Ukraine is Europe’s biggest country. He speaks for many.

If America gets its eagerly sought for conflict with Russia, the battlefields do not stop at the end of your urbanisation.

You read about the Western Front: in the next war you are the Western Front. The casualty rate will be far worse and irrecoverable.

America hopes to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, Pole, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian. Dream on. The days of fighting trade wars on the soil of proxy states are over. America’s

AMERICA: Believes it has the edge on modern Russia. industrial heartlands, what is left of them, are firmly fixed in the cross-hairs of modern Russia’s formidable means of response.

Not my opinion; I researched the beliefs of a wide range of experts on modern warfare.

NATO is a busted flush. In 1990, Germany’s hippie-army, with US military hardware, had a total of 38,300 formidable

weapons, plus the back-up of the British Army of Occupation. It’s gone. Next year the last British soldier goes home too.

As in 1939, Germany’s army is now significantly smaller than is Turkey’s or Poland’s. With or without Germany, a war with Russian cannot be won.

It is conceded that the Baltic States would be occupied in 24-

hours. Brussels concedes that the Bloc’s (NATO) response will be enough for only two categories of missions. Limited participation in a humanitarian operation and operations (frontier customs) to enforce an embargo; Sleep well.

NATO is a paper tiger capable of little more than doing what a sniper’s bullet can do more cost effectively, but less profitably when it comes to regime change.

To bring NATO up to strength would require a drop of 20/25 per cent in European living standards. The performance of NATO’s fighter jets is an embarrassment, as is its means of submarine warfare; it is way behind that of modern Russia.

We have not heard the term MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) since the end of the Cold War. Today, if America’s war lobby wins, as did Britain’s in 1939, we can all kiss our backsides goodbye.

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They say that labels detailing the calories in alcoholic drinks are encouraging people with eating disorders to swap food for drink.

Those obsessed with calorie counting will often not eat to be able to drink.

One psychiatrist said more people are drinking on an empty stomach, maximising the effects of the alcohol and not good for those with eating problems.

A NEW book claims to give readers tips on how to be take control of their own health and improve it.

Dr Frank Lipman, an expert in integrative and functional medicine from New York, has used his 30 years’ experience to compile a definitive list of 175 health rules to give you a lifestyle for the better.

‘The New Health Rules’ covers tips from eating habits to healing, energising and getting active.

Dr Lipman said he wanted to offer some clarity in a world where misinformation is rife. Here are some of his top tips: Yoga pose Dr Lipman said if you only learn one yoga pose let it be the supta baddha

RAW NUTS: Better for you than energy bars. konasana. This is a heartopening, lung-stretching, deeply restorative posture you can do with or without props and is a beneficial

way to start or end the day.

Energy bars Energy bars can actually sap energy as they are full of sugar so offer just a

quick instant boost. Dr Lipman said: “They are convenient but are not healthy. When you’re grabbing something at a deli, make it raw nuts instead.”

Move every hour After 55 minutes of work, get up and walk around or climb a flight of stairs, just get up and be active for a few minutes to release your body from the shape it’s been holding for the last hour.

Get your hands dirty Your body needs microbes from outdoors to keep your immune system strong. Too many of us live inside, often inhaling processed air so go outside more, dig, play in the sand and walk barefoot: “If you

take antibiotics or wash your hands with certain chemicals because you’re scared of germs, all you are doing is killing off the good bacteria that the body needs.”

Foot care Roll a tennis ball under the bottom of one foot, then the other, for five minutes each to release the tiny muscles that hold up your frame all day to release tension and benefit your whole body.

Be unproductive The brain can be the organ that needs the most care and attention and sometimes all it needs is to be switched off, so try an unproductive day where you have no to-do list, no phone and no computer.

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Toughest day of my life Erica Russell Watson: My journey – and I’m driving

14th February I WAS diagnosed with breast cancer in August of last year, which was a tough time but little did I know the toughest day of my life was yet to come.

On Sunday, February 8, I received a call from a Guardia Civil traffic officer informing me that Angus Julian Russell Watson had died in a cycling accident. Angus had been my husband for nearly 17 years and the father of my children. We had recently divorced, which made things all the sadder.

Nothing can prepare you for a moment like this. Within a short time of receiving the call I had identified his body and signed for his possessions. I just could not believe it. Whilst at the Guardia Civil offices his mobile phone rang. Then I realised it was Oliver, our son, ringing his Daddy’s phone, wanting to know why he was taking so long. It was utterly heartbreaking. I did not answer the call. My head spun and my stomach twisted but now was not a time to buckle. I had to get to my children as soon as possible and tell them.

The children had been spending the weekend with their father and were at his flat.

I pulled up outside knowing the children were inside waiting for news. I wanted to prolong their blissful ignorance of the abhorrent thing that had just happened and protect them but I could not delay one moment longer. Two expectant faces greeted me. “Daddy has had an accident, hasn’t he?” they said. I told them their father had died.

It was the worst moment of my entire life. I have never heard such sorrowful crying. The pain was tangible, utter devastation.

We held each other until we could cry no more.

COMING TOGETHER: Angus’s family say a fond farewell.

I then had to ring his family with the terrible news. It was just awful. They had spent such a happy Christmas together and Angus had recently visited his father, who is very ill. Noone could believe it or take it in.

His mother, brother and sister were over on the first available flight. His father sadly was too ill to travel.

The ensuing days were a whirlwind of organisation. In Spain, funerals are conducted within 48 hours of a death. This was very hard for his family as they just didn’t have time to come to terms with things. We had to arrange the funeral, invite guests, co-ordinate airport pick-ups, accommodation and flowers. It was all a blur.

The pain was tangible. We held each other until we could cry no more It was decided, as Angus had lived in Spain for 16 years, that he should have his funeral here locally. At the eleventh hour his two lovely children from his previous marriage, Amy and Joshua, managed to get a flight over. It would be the first time that my children had met their half-brother and sister. I can honestly say that despite the

pain it was a wonderful moment and provided us all with comfort and some level of relief because we were all running on empty. Oliver and Isabella instantly loved their brother and sister and the sentiment was entirely reciprocated. Having a big brother and big sister to put their arms around made all the difference.

The funeral was at 4pm on Thursday, February 12. The turnout was massive. People had come from England, from Comares, the Spanish village where we had moved to initially, and from Benajarafe, where we both had lived for the last nine years. A veritable army of Angus’s colleagues also came to pay their last respects.

His brother James, Joshua his eldest son and his dear friends Steve and Andy were pallbearers. Oliver brought up the rear followed by myself and Isabella, his mother Elizabeth, his sister Linzi and his eldest daughter Amy. We had organised two ceremonies. The first being a Catholic ceremony out of respect for the Spanish attendees and the second a more intimate gathering for our English family and friends, although our Spanish friends were welcome too.

The English ceremony was extremely moving. One by one

each member of the family and dear friends stood up and spoke from the heart about Angus. It was beautiful and I know Angus would have been so happy.

We went back to Benajarafe and had a bit of ‘morale’, as Angus used to call it. A glass or two was definitely required. We were completely drained but the following day would be a difficult one as his ashes were to be delivered in the morning.

We decided that Angus would not have wanted to be trapped in an urn. So we picked a beautiful rocky outcrop and scattered his ashes into the sea along with flower petals and almond blossom. Those of you who knew Angus will know he had a wicked sense of humour and could be quite a devil at times so it was no surprise to me that he refused to come out of his urn! It took us half an

hour to prise off the lid. We had to laugh because it was almost impossible to cry any more.

We watched as Angus floated off, we noticed, at haste in the direction of his favourite bar. My daughter said: “Look Daddy is off for a quick pit stop, i.e. a beer, and then off to England to see Grandpa.” I think she was probably right.

With his ashes gone we will put some special things in his urn and bury it in the garden so that the children have a place to go when they want to have a chat with their Daddy.

I finish by saying how outstanding my children are.

Their behaviour has been exemplary. They were so strong on the day of the funeral, greeting all our friends and loved ones and holding it together when everyone around them was crumbling. I could not be prouder. Life is short and you never know what tomorrow holds so really appreciate each day. Chemotherapy is nothing compared to such a loss.

Goodbye, Angus, may your soul rest in peace although I suspect you will be bringing a bit of your own special brand of devilment to Heaven!

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JACARANDA Restaurant and Bar in Moraira hosts their next auction on Saturday February 21.

Starting from 1.30pm, the popular auction has over 100 lots all ready and waiting for people to snap up a bargain and all in a good cause, with 50 cents from each sale going to the AKIRA dog pound charity.

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WITH most of the winter cutback done, now is the time to think about growing things from seeds. Not so much flowering annuals as one would have done in the UK, but half hardy and hardy perennials and a few biennials such as hollyhocks that have grown in Spain since Roman times and of course vegetables.

From now onwards one can start to raise seeds in

trays or pots in propagators or heated greenhouse or on tables placed in front of a window in a sunny spare bedroom or underbuild.

The seeds available include seeds that you might have collected from a favourite plant last summer and autumn, seeds from the limited collections available in Spanish horticultural shops and garden centres or selections from UK or French sourced seed catalogues or packets purchased in airport shops when travelling to exotic climes.

Although many companies now have their

GROWING SEEDS: Label pots and seed trays with waterproof pens. catalogues on the internet it is still interesting to obtain the catalogue books from some companies to enable one to browse through ever

increasing interesting offers and have a handy up-todate reference book.

Provided one makes an order, however small, once you get on a company’s mailing list the annual catalogue arrives automatically each year.

One set of catalogues I always enjoy receiving is those of Chiltern Seeds.

If you wish to obtain catalogues for the first time they can be ordered from www.chilternseeds.co.uk or info@chilternseeds.co.uk.

There are three catalogues available, namely a ‘Preview’ of new varieties on sale with good photos and descriptions, the main catalogue of some 4,000 varieties, many of which are rare or unobtainable elsewhere and the ‘VegBook’ catalogue with many newly discovered and heirloom varieties of vegetable and herbs.

For instance there are 23 types of basil available with very varied leaf colours and

flavours, 22 varieties of marigolds and 19 types of hollyhock and five types of bananas, one being a dwarf type only recently discovered growing in cold Chinese mountains.

A selection of each is on my order form.

The main advantage of growing from seeds is the wide range of varieties available for both flowering and edible plants but care is required.

There are six important success factors.

1. Obtain or make up your own fine seed compost. A useful mix suitable for most seeds is two parts of sieved and sterilised garden compost, one part peat or peat substitute, one part sharp sand, and one part vermiculite.

2. Label pots and seed trays with waterproof pens.

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Keep emergent seedlings only just damp.

4. Warm the greenhouse until the risk of frosts are past and then shade to keep temperatures low.

Our greenhouse is on the west side of the house to reduce the hours of sunshine, as in Spain the temperature in unshaded greenhouses can easily rise to a hundred degrees centigrade.

5. If growing plants in pots or trays, grow strong plants and harden them off before planting out in the garden or in containers.

6. Above all patience and constant vigilance.

If you have never grown anything from seed there is a detailed step by step guide in the book ‘Your Garden in Spain - From planning to planting and maintenance.’ © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com February 2015.

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Sensible ban or Nanny State?

RUTH REILY of The Sleep Centre, IT has been announced that the UK is to ban people from smoking in Albox would be in favour of a similar cars when children are present. Should Spain follow the UK’s lead, or is ban in Spain. “My husband and my the Nanny State going too far in telling people what they can do? daughter are both asthmatic, so I am already in favour of banning smoking in enclosed spaces such as cars.

“Our children are precious so I completely agree with the UK’s ban on it and would be happy to see Spain go down the same route.”

Dr Helen Webberley, who runs online GP service MyWebDoctor.co.uk believes smoking in vehicles should be banned in the UK and Spain.

She said: “We are all very aware of the dangers of smoking these days and it is very distressing to see people smoking in cars when there are other non-smoking passengers in the car.

“It is even more distressing when those passengers are MARK: Thinks it will be BOB: Smoking should be a DR WEBBERLEY: Smoking children. Smoking should be should be banned everywhere. unenforceable. banned everywhere and especially personal choice. in enclosed spaces.”

Alan, the owner of Eurodog smoke in a confined space where Mark who is The Sky Doctor, Kennels, Mijas Costa, said he thought there are children, and as a parent Internet installations thinks that it that it was inconsiderate of adults to they are being irresponsible. would be an unenforceable law:

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“Although I think the ban would be a good thing, I think it is one of those laws that will never happen, I mean where do you stop. I think it is a good thing to deter kids from smoking, as kids usually follow what their parents do.

“I do think, however, kids are wiser now and will choose for themselves.”

Michelle, the owner of Ace of Shades Blinds and Awnings, Mijas Costa, commented that “if you are alone in your car and wish to smoke, then that is up to you, but when there are others in the car, especially children, then you should refrain from doing so.”

Bob Pratt, owner of The Royal Oak, believes it should be everyone’s personal choice whether they smoke in a car or not, but, as a non-smoker he doesn’t allow smoking in his car: “I don’t like smoking in cars as a non-smoker, but I don’t think it should be illegal and I won’t let people smoke in my car, but I wouldn’t ask them to stop if I was in their car. Each to their own.”

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However, 35 per cent of those interviewed said they thought demand for housing had already rallied, or would do within 2015. The executives also predicted the sector would claw back a bigger share of Spain’s GDP within five years, though none could foresee a return to the 22 per cent share held by real estate in 2007.

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Enjoying record figures in sales and turnover, a total of 16,337 motorcycles were sold.

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MOTOCROSS BIKES: Almost 6,000 sold worldwide.

achieved during the brand’s 111 years of motorcycle production.

Husqvarna gained significant market share in the Enduro competition segment as well as making an outstanding restart into the Motocross segment, where close to 6,000 Husqvarna motocross bikes were sold worldwide.

As such the brand has re-established its position as a key player within the offroad motorcycle segment.

Audi continues with growth in January AUDi has made its bestever start to the year in terms of sales.

It delivered around 137,700 cars in January, up 10.3 per cent over the same month last year.

Following the record-

breaking sales in 2014, the company once again saw growth in all regions of the world, particularly in North and South America, with sales up 15.1 per cent to 16,200 units. In particular, the popular A3 family

(+58.1 per cent) and the new Audi TT (+15.0 per cent) contributed to the successful start to the year worldwide.

“Audi has made a good start to the New Year even though the global economic

uncertainties remain considerable,” said Luca de Meo, Member of the Board of Management for Sales at AUDI AG. “With the successful January results we have laid the foundations for further

growth in 2015,” he added.

In the United States, the company continued its string of record-breaking figures, achieving its 49th record-breaking month in a row.

US deliveries climbed to 11,541 units (+14.3 per cent) in January. Sales in Canada grew even faster, up 26.3 per cent. Demand for the Audi A3 and the Audi Q3 in particular helped drive sales. Both models went on sale last year.

Audi also made a successful start to 2015 in Europe. The mid and full size models offered continued to prove popular among customers in Germany. Sales of the Audi A4 increased by 36.1 per cent, sales of the A6 rose by 14.2 per cent, while sales of the A7 Sportback were up 35.2 per cent.

Across all models, deliveries in the German market grew by 13.6 per cent to 19,804 units. In the United Kingdom (+8.1 per cent) and Spain (+7.0 per

cent), Audi significantly exceeded sales compared with the same month last year as well. The Audi Q5 in particular proved a firm favourite in both countries.

In the United Kingdom, demand for the mid-size SUV rose by 81.7 per cent; in Spain the same figure increased by 67.5 per cent.

Audi achieved the largest growth in its top 20 markets in Turkey, with sales up 109.8 per cent to 1,785.

In the Asia Pacific region, Audi topped the figure for the same period last year by 14.3 per cent to around 59,700 units. The company achieved high double digit rates of growth in South Korea (+31.5 per cent) and in China (+15.1 per cent), the largest market in the region.

Worldwide, the A3 family (+58.1 per cent) and the Audi TT (+15.0 per cent) in particular boosted the brand’s sales. The new TT was launched in the initial markets last autumn.

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St Valentine’s Day massacre for England in Melbourne Tony Matthews

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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CRICKET - Despite Steven Finn’s 5-71, including a hattrick and 98 not out from James Taylor, abject England (231) were battered by Australia (3429) by 111 runs in their opening World Cup game before 90,000 fans at the MCG. Aaron Finch (dropped on nought) hit 135 for the Aussies but England captain Eoin Morgan failed again, out for another duck, his fourth in five innings. Ex-player Geoff Boycott said: “England were pathetic and Morgan is not as good as he thinks.”

I totally agree.

As England failed, so Ireland (307-6) celebrated with a four wicket victory over two-time champions the West Indies (304-7) and there were also opening wins for New Zealand v Sri Lanka, South Africa v Zimbabwe, India v Pakistan.

England’s next two games are against New Zealand tomorrow and Scotland on Sunday.

FOOTBALL - Results of the recent 5th round FA Cup-ties were Arsenal 2 Middlesbrough 0, Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1, Blackburn 4 (including a Josh King hat-trick) Stoke 1, giant-killers Bradford City 2 Sunderland 0, Crystal Palace 1 Liverpool 2, Derby

1 Reading 2, Preston 1 Manchester United 3 and WBA 4 West Ham 0.

The quarter-final draw is: Aston Villa v West Brom, Bradford v Reading, Liverpool v Blackburn and Man U v Arsenal on Saturday, March 7.

Elsewhere last weekend, Ipswich (2-1 at Fulham), Norwich (2-0 v Wolves) and Watford (4-3 at Bolton) all won to close up on Bournemouth and Middlesbrough at the top of the Championship.

In FL1, Sheffield United beat leaders Bristol City and Scunthorpe defeated second-placed Swindon.

Shrewsbury and Burton also won to stay first and second in FL2, Celtic lead the SPL by six points and Hearts and Hibs are one and two in SL1.

Here in Spain Lionel Messi (making his 300th La Liga appearance) scored another hat-trick in Barcelona’s 5-0 win over Levante as leaders Real Madrid beat Coruna 2-0.

This weekend’s top games are ChelseaBurnley, Manchester CityNewcastle and SwanseaManchester United in the PL; Brentford-Bournemouth, Ipswich-Reading and Middlesbrough-Leeds in the Championship; Exeter meet Plymouth in FL2, Celtic play Hamilton in the SPL and it’s Atletico Madrid-Almeria, BarcelonaMalaga and Elche-Real Madrid in La Liga.

There’s already been Champions League action this week with Shaktar Donetsk-Bayern Munich (80 winners over Hamburg last Saturday), Schalke-

DID YOU KNOW? The biggest-ever win in the Premiership is 9-0 by Manchester United over Ipswich 20 years ago. United also hold the record for the best away win - 8-1 - at Nottingham Forest in 1999.

Real Madrid and PSGChelsea. This evening (Thursday) in the Europa League, it’s Britain versus Italy with Celtic-Inter Milan and Spurs-Fiorentina, plus Liverpool-Besiktas and Young Boys-Everton.

RUGBY - Last week’s Six Nations matches saw England beat Italy 47-17, Ireland eclipse France 18-11 and Scotland 23 Wales 26.

The next fixtures are on February 28/March 1.

In the Premiership, leaders Northampton (11 wins from 14 games) and Bath (second) are pulling away from the pack while London Welsh are rock bottom with one point!

The unbeaten trio of St Helens, Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves stand 12-3 in the Super League; Salford Red Devils are propping up the table.

SOCCER IN BRIEF...

• Sky Sport/BT Sport will pay £5.1 billion (€6.9bn) to screen 168 Premiership games between August 2016 and May 2019. The team finishing bottom in 2015-16 will receive £99m (€132m), the champions £156m (€210m).

• Tim Sherwood is Aston Villa’s new manager, while Chris Ramsey will boss QPR until May. • West Ham’s Andy Carroll is out for the season with a knee injury.

• England manager Roy Hodsgon will name Spurs’ Harry Kane in his squad for the European qualifier against Lithuania on March 27 and the friendly with Italy soon afterwards.

• 14,369 fans at Stadium MK saw England’s women lose 1-0 to the USA in a pre-World Cup warmup game.

SPORTS SHORTS...

• Afghanistan Light Dragoons soldier Guy Disney has become the first jockey to ride over fences with a prosthetic leg, coming home third on

Ballyallia Man in the RA Gold Cup at Sandown.

• Andy Murray lost in straight sets to Frenchman Gilles Simon in the quarterfinals of the APT tournament in Rotterdam, which was won by Stan Wawrinka.

• Usain Bolt says he wants to retire on a high by winning his last race in London in 2017.

• Heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson has set a new UK high jump record by clearing 1.97m at the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield.

Steven Finn’s valiant effort could not save England.

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Montgo at El Saler EL SALER was the destination on Friday 13 for Montgo Golf Society, and a tough test of golf was shown by the fact the buffer zones were reduced by three shots.

Winner on level par 36 was Linda Coe, winning her first competition with the society, with Shaun O’Gorman second on 32 points.

Arthur Burrowes, Shaun O’Gorman and Colin Cooper had the three nearest the pins and Shaun O’Gorman and Barry Butler took home Montgo balls for the day’s only two’s.

Next up is Oliva Nova on March 6 for the St David’s Day Strokesford.

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Javea bowlers represent Spain

TWO members of Javea Green Bowling Club travelled to the Costa del Sol to make up part of the 10-strong Spanish national squad in the annual Spain versus Malaga match, a tournament of intensive bowling over two days.

Members of the Spanish team for years, Paul Brown and Nick Cole took part in the event at Miraflores

Bowls Club, which attracted a large crowd despite the windy and cold conditions.

Both Paul and Nick played the men’s singles and won all four of their matches.

Both have represented Spain in various world events including World Bowls, Australia, Hong Kong and China, Cyprus, New Zealand and South Africa.

Paul and Nick are eagerly awaiting news of the team of five men and five women who will be selected to represent Spain in the Atlantic Rim competition in Cyprus in October, which will act as qualification for the world championships in New Zealand in 2016.

ORBA WARBLERS: The ladies with their Valentine’s Day gifts.

Flu grips Warblers!

THE ‘man-flu’ epidemic that has been gripping the Orba Warblers recently took its toll last week when the Valentine’s Cup and the Captain’s Drive-In had to be postponed until February 25.

The reduced field meant just one division was played at Levante Golf

Course, with prizes going to the top four places of the Stableford. Leading the field home was Michael Morley with an excellent score of 37. Second place went to the top lady of the day, with Rosemary Edwards on 35, and John Daniels lost out on the countback to finish third.

Four nearest the pin prizes were on offer and were taken by Robin Wheatley, Chris Field, Colin Harris and Bob Edwards.

Next up for the Warblers is the rescheduled Valentine’s Cup and Captain’s Drive-In at Alenda. Guests welcome, call 639 242 896.