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Nepal volunteers home safe and sound FATHER and son were working for a charity
By Eleanor Hawkins Alfonso and Fonfi Muñoz, two volunteers from Malaga who were stranded in Nepal after the devastating earthquake, have arrived home safe and sound. The father and son were doing volunteer work for Meena Ghale Nepal charity when the earthquake hit on Saturday, April 25. “We’re very lucky to have
got out in one piece. There’s nothing left standing and all I can think about is how we can help all those people,” said 68-year-old Alfonso after landing at Malaga. The two men, who were met at the airport by friends and family, told how they managed to get out of the country on a flight to New Delhi. The quake is believed to have killed more than 5,000 people.
Princess’s secret Costa visit The Infanta Elena arrived quietly on the Costa del Sol by AVE train to take part in a showjumping competition in Estepona. Her horse had been signed up for the contest under the Turn to Page 12 name of a friend.
Skate ban protest Demonstrators roll in Torremolinos More than 100 people took part in some civil disobedience on wheels, angry about a council
bylaw that prohibits skating and skateboarding throughout public areas of the town. Turn to Page 18
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New car thefts CONSUMER groups are warning of a new method used by car thieves in shopping centre car parks. Cases have been detected in both Malaga and Sevilla of thieves using electronic appa-
ratus to prevent remote locking systems closing car doors, leading UCE consumer group to warn drivers to ensure they physically lock their cars with the keys rather than using remotes in busy areas.
Council announces better bus service PUBLIC transport to the Los Pacos area of Fuengirola will be improved by the addition of a new route and extension of an existing one to reach Syalis school. The council announced that the improvements are necessary due to the increase in size of the area, which has more than doubled its population over the last 13 years.
Calendar raises funds BOMBEROS en Accion (Firemen in Action) charity has managed to raise funds to send an ambulance to Paraguay by selling calendars. A total of 1,106 calendars
were sold for €3 each, 300 of them at the regional hospital in Antequera, which collaborated with the fundraising project, Bomberos en Accion spokesman Jose Espinosa explained.
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St George’s turns Arroyo square red CELEBRATIONS took place at Plaza de la Mezquita in Arroyo. By Eleanor Hawkins BRITISH expatriates spent Saturday, April 25, celebrating St George’s Day in style at celebrations held at Plaza de la Mezquita in Arroyo de la Miel. More than 1,000 people went along to celebrate the day’s events, which were jointly organised by British associations from the area and Central FM Radio with collaboration from Benalmadena Council’s foreign residents’ department. A variety of musical and children’s activities were held during the day, which aimed to raise funds for two local charities: the association for sufferers and relatives of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and the Adapted Swimming Associa-
BRITISH EXPATS: More than 1,000 people celebrated St George’s Day in style.
tion. The local mayor and members of the council joined in
the festivities, which began at noon and lasted most of the afternoon, and praised Roger
Davies for all the hard work and effort put in to making it a great day for all.
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An incredible display of colourful fantasy
RENOVATION works with a budget of €100,000 have been announced to improve the old peoples’ home in San Roque.
Successful fair Five days of events
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HORSES OF WINE held in the beautiful medieval town of Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia treats 200,000 visitors to the historic spectacle unrivalled in the world.
CARTAMA fair in honour of the Virgen de los Remedios ended last Sunday, April 26, after five days of events which saw something for all from religious processions to sports events and music.
Breakdown queues Bus caused hold-ups
AGAINST THE CLOCK: The men run beside the horses instead of riding them. By Steve Walsh SOMEWHERE in the mists of time between legend and history was born the fiesta of Los Caballos del Vino, or ‘Horses of wine.’ In the beautiful medieval town of Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, an incredible display of fantasy and symbolism takes place every year, where some 200,000 visitors are treated to an historic spectacle unrivalled in the world. According to popular tradition, around the year 1250, the Templar fortress of Caravaca was under siege by the Moors of Granada. Water and wine were desperately needed, so a group of brave Templar knights secretly broke through the lines to retrieve supplies for the townsfolk.
10.7 BILLION is the number of Euros spent in Spain by tourists from abroad during the first three months of this year. British tourists are reported to have increased their spending by 14.8 per cent, reaching a total of €1.8 billion.
Having been discovered by the Moors, they had to make a dash back to the castle with their laden horses. Hence the race. The fiesta begins before dawn, when only the most privileged can witness the highly secretive washing and decorating of the horses in embroidered robes of silk and gold. From over 40 different locations in the city the teams then assemble to race their horses. In a timed sprint against the clock, the brightly decorated Cuesta del Castillo surprisingly witnesses the men not riding the horses, but running beside them instead. The spectacular ‘not to be missed’ fiesta takes place on the morning of May 2, and is the day before the Feast of the Cross.
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Olive thefts
Rescuer rescued
30 arrested by police
POLICE officers in Vigo, Galicia, had to rescue a 57-year-old woman who got stuck in a fourmetre-deep drain while trying to get her dog out. An officer was lowered into the drain on a rope, and dragged the woman out by her feet.
THIRTY people have been arrested and another 47 charged by police in Antequera for stealing 34,263 kilos of olives during the 2014-2015 collection season.
Quote of the Week There’s nothing left, no city, no heritage, just rubble and bodies’ said Jonathan Herranz, a 27year-old man who was one of the first group of Spaniards evacuated from Katmandu after the earthquake in Nepal.
Portugal Cristina de Parias explained that accounts would not be blocked before May 11, giving a little breathing space to bank workers and customers. As reported in EWN last week, banks recently started
sending out worrying messages to their customers regarding the need to present ID before the end of the month to avoid their accounts being frozen due to an antiterrorism funding and money laundering law which comes
into force on April 30. Never-ending queues formed at bank branches across Costa towns as customers received urgent messages from their banks (which although the rule was laid down in 2010 only publicised the issue recently)
Villafranco celebrates Hundreds expected THE romeria (pilgrimage) for Nuestra Señora Maria Auxiliadora tomorrow, Friday May 1, in Villafranco del Guadalhorce is expecting hundreds of people to attend and follow the procession.
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Extra time given to customers BANKS will be giving customers an extra 10 days to provide ID and avoid having their accounts blocked as last minute panics saw overwhelming amounts of customers rushing to present documentation. BBVA director for Spain and
A BUS that broke down between La Cala and Fuengirola caused 5km tailbacks on the A7 motorway on Saturday, April 25, the DGT traffic authorities informed.
or read in the papers that they needed to go in. While consumers associations complain that banks had had plenty of time to prepare, banks stressed that the law was only officially announced last May.
New show for expats CANAL 43 TV in Manilva and Estepona has launched a programme in English for Costa del Sol expatriates. Manilva Life Style was screened for the first time on Sunday, April 26, and included interviews of Karen Rutter and Paola Cremonesi.
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Visiting the world without having to leave Fuengirola INTERNATIONAL FERIA celebrates its 21st birthday this year. FLICKR BY ANTONIO
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European Press 48 Russian Press 49 Finance 51 - 56 Stocks 52 Leapy 57 Daily TV 58, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82 Property Supplement 59-70 Fieldman 71 Letters 84 Time Out 85 - 88 Our View 89 Colin Bird 89 Nora 91 Mike 92 Health & Beauty 94 - 97 Street Talk 98 Food 99 - 103 Pets 104 Homes & Gardens 105 Travel Club 106 Services 108 - 114 Classifieds 115 - 122 Motoring 124 - 125 Sport 126 - 128
THE Feria Internacional de los Pueblos (International cultures fair) is celebrating its 21st birthday this year and runs from April 29-May 3 to coincide with the May Day break. This year a trade show is being held at the same time by the entrance to the fairground with 65 different stands under a 1,200-square-metre awning. A wide selection of items will be on offer from various different sectors including nutrition, leisure, fashion, shoes, sport, etc. Meanwhile inside the fairground a total of 33 countries and regions will be taking part in the fair, providing a perfect insight into the diversity of Fuengirola’s community. New additions this year include the region of Valencia, which will have its own ‘caseta,’ while other countries and
FERIA: With 33 countries. regions including Belgium, Sweden, Algeria, Bulgaria, Portugal, Madrid and Basque Country have returned after a few years of absence. Representatives from Germany, Argentina, Cuba, Ireland, Morocco, India,
Asturias, Colombia, Greece, Galicia, Andalucia, Hawaii, Egypt, UK, Brazil, Jamaica, Uruguay, Venezuela, Peru, Norway, Finland, Bolivia, France, Dominican Republic and Australia will make up the set of countries and regions visitors can experience all in one place.
Full-day postal strikes announced THREE full-day strikes for postal workers have been called for May 4, 15 and 22, and partial strikes for April 30, May 14 and 21. CCOO, UGT, CSI-F and SindicatoLibre trade unions, which represent 80
per cent of Correos post office union members, have called the strikes to push negotiations which have been blocked for a year and a half and to protest at the loss of 15,500 jobs since 2010.
In Malaga Province, a total of 1,200 postal workers have been called to join the strikes and a series of protests, the first of which will be held outside Malaga’s Economy and Treasury Department Offices.
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Mijas’s 30 years of expat support THE MAYOR thanked everyone who helped make the department what it is today. By Wendy Ann Cowham MIJAS Foreigners’ Department was joined by many local groups to celebrate its 30th birthday at an event on Tuesday, April 28. Foreign Resident’s councillor Mario Bravo and department coordinator Anette Skou took the opportunity to thank everyone who helped make the thriving department what it is today and presented representatives with awards for their contributions. Following screening of a video compiled by Mijas 340
TV to show the history of the area and the department, representatives from businesses and institutions including St Anthony’s College, Woody’s Bookshop, Business First, Costa Women, La Cala Lions and Euro Weekly News and individuals including David Searle, translator Aubrey Bowles and police chief Jose Ordoñez all received commemorative plaques from Mario Bravo. After the presentations came to a close, ‘Funky Vocals’ took to the stage to perform a song about Mijas especially adapted
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Water cuts ACOSOL water company has announced that mains repair work will affect many areas of Mijas, Fuengirola, Benalmadena and Torremolinos from May 4 to 7.
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CELEBRATIONS: The Foreigners Department was joined by local groups. from Katrina and the Waves’ ‘Walking on Sunshine.’ Mijas Mayor Angel Nozal
ended the show by thanking everyone for being part of the great community before guests retired for refreshments and the celebrations continued on the streets. Happy anniversary, and well done to Mijas’s foreign residents’ department, from the EWN!
THIS Saturday, May 2, is local policeman’s day at Tivoli World in Arroyo de la Miel. Officers from all over the province will be taking part in the event from noon to 9pm.
Kings walk A TOTAL of 23,500 people have visited the Caminito del Rey (Kings Walkway) in El Chorro since it reopened to the public on March 28. Tickets are fully booked for June and July.
No exit TWO men have been arrested at Malaga-Costa del Sol airport after border control officers spotted that both had been forbidden from leaving the country by a Madrid court.
Bug chaos
Mario Bravo presents EWN with an award.
A TREATMENT room at La Linea hospital’s A&E department had to be closed and disinfected due to a plague of mosquitos, causing chaos as patients on drips had to be parked in corridors.
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Bamba has it licked at dog show MANY DOGS put their best foot forward at the 25th anniversary ADANA dog show. By Wendy Ann Cowham ON Sunday April 26 many dogs put their best paw forward and took part in the 25th Anniversary ADANA dog show.
Organisers David McNally and Jayne Fisher opened the doors of the Palacio de Congreso in Estepona to be engulfed in the awaiting crowds who were eager to show their pooches in
all their glory. With 20 categories to be judged, including best puppy, best trick, obedience, musical sit, and many more it was certainly a busy day. Most coveted prize was Best in Show, where the top dog would win the Euro Weekly News trophy. That was awarded to Bamba, whose owner Javier del Rio Osorio proudly picked up the cup. The previous trophy had been lost so EWN stepped in to support the show. There were many stalls present selling their wares and demonstrating their services, including Robsat, Ibex Insurance, Andalucia Glass & Steel, Dog Groomers, and many more. ADANA
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Usual place LAS Lagunas street market will be returning to its usual place on Calle Benajarafe, Calle Alfarnate and Via Antonio Moreno Garcia as of May 9.
Well done! FUENGIROLA Mayor Ana Mula has presented diplomas to 125 local people who have recently completed free training courses organised by the council’s employment and youth departments.
(Top): Mike presenting the EWN cup to Bamba & Javier. (Left): Mr Estepona Pico with owner Tom. dogs up for adoption gave a great parade. To see them visit www.adana. es - you are sure to pick a winner! ADANA would like to thank all sponsors including Mike
Gregory of The Atlas Group, who has given generously to ADANA. Other sponsors included Pointer Clinic, DHS Sound and Vision, Trayectorias Proyectos, Clinica Vet Tamara, Jayne and Bill Fisher, Arabella and Mark Graham, Tommy and John, Joan Thompson, Clinica Vet Puerto Alto, Silvie and Sophie and Viva Estates.
Funds aid MIJAS Council has agreed to provide AFA FuengirolaMijas Alzheimer’s Association with €69,000 to help fund the charity’s activities.
Cross day MARBELLA will be celebrating May Cross Day this Saturday, May 2, with activities planned in squares across the town starting at noon.
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Fuengirola goes back to the 1980s
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Skaters compete THE Andalucian Skating Championships are being held in Fuengirola this weekend at the Juan Gomez Juanito sports centre with 127 skaters from all over the region taking part.
NOSTALGIA brings out the crowds By Wendy Ann Cowham MARTINEZ CATENA and Lamo de Espinosa boulevards in Fuengirola rocked to the sights and sounds of the 80s last weekend. As locals and visitors took to the streets all clad in 80s’ dress, Euro Weekly News caught a
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few disco divas on camera who were in full party flow. Bars were offering drinks at €2 and there were activities all in 80s style for the children to take part in. Bars were
PARTY TIME!!! trimmed with memorabilia, giving a touch of nostalgia to the event. Fuengirola Town Hall put on a great show, with a stage in place and the sound system had everyone partying well into the evening.
Mad for basketball BASKETBALL-mad kids on the Costa will have an opportunity this summer to join an NBA training camp at La Lobilla sports centre in Estepona. Sponsored by Gigantes del Basket (Basketball Giants) magazine, the camp will run from June 29 to July 4, under NBA trainer Neal Meyer. A total of 250 children between the ages of five and 17 can take part in this unforgettable experience, providing a unique opportunity to young
STREET signs have been put in place in the La Loma area of the Mijas countryside, following the American system of using numbers instead of names to avoid confusion yet allow correct addresses to be used, the council has reported.
Piano night PIANIST Gorka Plada Giron is giving a free classical concert tonight, April 30, at the Casa de la Cultura in Fuengirola at 8.30pm.
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NBA training camp. players, Meyers explained. For more information see www.gigantes.com/jrnbacamp
Princess in Estepona THE Infanta Elena, King Felipe of Spain’s older sister, made a surprise appearance at the weekend to take part in a showjumping competition in Estepona. Arriving in Malaga on the
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AVE high-speed train from Madrid on Friday, April 24, the princess spent the weekend at five-star Kempinski hotel and used the time between classes on Saturday and Sunday to catch up with old friends who share her lifelong passion for show jumping, Cayetano Martinez de Irujo and brothers Salvador and Luis Astolfi. Elena de Borbon’s horse Qant had been signed up for the competition at the Escuela de Arte Ecuestre, Costa del Sol, in the name of her instructor and friend Felipe Zureta. Failing to reach the finals of the competition, the Infanta returned to Madrid on Sunday.
RONDA Council has awarded Andres Castro and Juan Miguel Lopez Mathematical Excellence Prizes to Ricardo Fernandez, Tamara Becerra, Irene Diaz and Miriam Guerrero, the four local secondary students who achieved the best results in the subject.
Free match BENAHAVIS residents are invited to ring Veronica on 952 855 025 to book their free tickets to Malaga FC’s home match this Sunday, May 3. Please remember ID is required.
School land ESTEPONA Council has written to the Junta de Andalucia regional government’s education Department offering five plots of land for schools to be built on in an aim to resolve the lack of education centres in the town.
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Market of flavours MALAGA Provincial Council has spent €336,326 on a new market being built by La Trocha shopping centre in Coin for local producers who are part of the Sabor a Malaga (Malaga flavours) project.
Hospital staff protest MAINTENANCE workers from public hospitals in the Malaga Province have been camping outside Carlos Haya Hospital in Malaga to protest about externalisation of services which they believe they should be trained to cover.
Faulty radar A FAULT in Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport radar systems caused nine flights to be diverted to Sevilla and Granada last Thursday, April 23.
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Costa girls visit mayor FEMALE basketball team praised by Mayor Muñoz By Eleanor Hawkins COSTA Marbella female basketball team paid a visit to Mayor Angeles Muñoz, who praised the girls’ efforts. Club President Manuel Sanchez said the girls were about to start university and would therefore be handing over to younger players, but would try to combine their studies with the sport and stay involved with the club.
Costa Marbella female basketball team meet the mayor (centre).
A7 road project A PROJECT to remodel the Arroyo de la Miel exit from the A7 motorway has been approved by the Public Works and Development Ministry. The green light was given by the General Road Department to go ahead with the project, which has a budget of €14.7 million.
Mayor Paloma Garcia Galvez announced the news and said she was pleased with the speed at which the much-needed project was moving. Work on a 2.3 kilometre stretch is said to include slip roads on and off the motorway and a roundabout underneath the road.
Animal circus ban THIS will be the last year circus animals and fairground pony attractions will be seen in Ronda. The council and opposition parties unanimously approved a motion put forward by local RAU animal protection association to ban both from the town, as Malaga City did last January. Association representatives expressed their pleasure at the decision, and said they had also proposed a sterilisation project for stray cats and an animal refuge in the future. Local Mayor Maria de la Paz Fernandez declared that the bylaws would be modified at the end of this year, meaning the bans will be in effect for 2016.
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British copper helps out A BRITISH policeman on holiday in Mijas jumped in to help when an off-duty Local Police officer was punched by a biker. The off-duty policeman reported having been forced to do an emergency stop to avoid hitting a speeding motorbike in the village, and realising the man was drunk told him to wait for a patrol to arrive and carry out tests. Yet the man allegedly threw a number of punches at the policeman, injuring his jaw and right ear, before attempting to flee the scene. The tourist saw what was happening and rushed to help hold the man still until a patrol arrived. The man, who did not hold a motorbike licence, was arrested.
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Bookworms increase ESTEPONA’S municipal library registered a total of 63,575 visits in 2014. This was almost 400 more than the previous year. The total number of users registered at the end of the year was 6,827 and the busiest month was November.
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Work on connecting roads nearly finished CONSTRUCTION work to connect Avenida de Mijas and Avenida Miguel Hernandez began earlier this year.
Walk on HUNDREDS of people from Fuengirola and Benalmadena took part in a fundraising walk at Reserva del Higueron in aid of Caritas. The event was organised by both councils and had the collaboration of Salliver school.
Big bucks TOURISTS from abroad spent more than €1.5 billion in Andalucia in the first three months of this year, according to figures from the Touristic Studies Institute. The highest spenders were found to be from the UK and France.
Free advice MARBELLA Council and the Consulate of Ecuador have signed an agreement for a consular office to be opened at Palacio de Ferias y Congresos Adolfo Suarez to provide free legal advice to the Ecuadoran resident community.
More power MIJAS Council has decided to spend €55,000 on a new electrical transformer centre in the Camino de Campanales area to improve electrical supply and support the Las Lagunas fair, which will continue to be held there.
IN PROGRESS: The roadworks are expected to end next month. By Eleanor Hawkins AN important new road in Las Lagunas, Mijas Costa, is almost ready, the council has announced. Work to create the new road between Avenida de Mijas and Avenida Miguel Hernandez began early this year, and is expected to end
next month, providing a much-needed connection between the two areas. The street, which will join the upper part of Las Lagunas and isolated local schools to the busy avenue, is expected to vastly improve traffic conditions in the area and reduce the dangers of the old Camino de
Campanales many children had to walk along to get to school. Pavements, roundabouts and lampposts can already be seen as the road takes shape, and the council has stated that this is just the first phase of a road that will eventually reach the Camino de Coin.
Malaga to carry Tender for out big fire drill lifeguards FIRE fighting teams from all over Malaga Province are taking part in a drill on Thursday April 30, which local residents will also be doing to learn what to do in an emergency. The hypothetical emergency is a car crashing and catching fire, leading to a forest fire that approaches homes on the outskirts of Malaga City. To run from 10am to 2pm, this is the first drill in Malaga’s
history to be carried out so close to homes and include residents, the Junta de Andalucia regional government reported. Pinares de San Anton urbanisation, with 2,700 residents, and nearby Valseca and La Cerrajeria with approximately 100 each will be testing out their self-protection and evacuation plans in collaboration with local and provincial police, ambulance and fire brigade teams.
MIJAS Council has put this year’s beach lifeguard service out to tender and will be looking for offers of up to €344,000. Six lookout towers, 22 lifeguards and an ambulance driver are required to cover Mijas beaches this year. The council has announced that rather than the cheapest offer it will be choosing the one that offers the best service and hopes it can begin before June 13.
Girl, 8, in dog attack A MALAGA dog-owner has been charged by police for failing to keep her dog, which bit a young girl, muzzled and on a lead in public. The dog allegedly attacked an eight-year-old girl who was playing with friends on the seafront, causing an open wound to her knee. While the girl’s parents took her for medical treatment, police officers discovered that although the dog’s paperwork was in order, it had also bitten a woman six months before and was classified as a dangerous animal.
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It’s bad news for the Malaga job market REPORT reveals unemployment rose in the first quarter. By Eleanor Hawkins THE job market in Malaga Province is still struggling, as a new report reveals unemployment went up in the first three months of the year. The low season for tourism tends to result in unemployment figures going up in the area, and this year was no ex-
10,800 people joined the jobless lists in January, February and March ception in spite of recently reported improvements. The Active Population Survey has revealed that 10,800 people became unemployed
during the first three months of 2015, in stark contrast to the national and Andalucian trend, which reported fewer people out of work. Malaga was the province in Andalucia where unemployment increased the most, registering a total of 262,900 jobless people (a 4.3 per cent increase on figures from the previous quarter).
Skating against the ban MORE than 100 people took part in a protest on wheels against a local by-law banning skating and skateboarding in public areas of Torremolinos. Although Mayor Pedro Fernandez Montes announced a modification to the by-law to limit the ban to ‘all pedestrian streets, pavements, squares, gardens and walkways within Torremolinos that are paved with tiles’ the day before the protest was due to take place, it failed to please. At noon on Saturday, April 25, protestors gathered outside the town hall and skated through the
town to La Nogalera square, where a manifesto was read out. Partido Andalucista candidate for local mayor Pepe Avila declared the modification was insufficient as all public areas in Torremolinos are tiled, meaning skaters would still be banned from the town. “People need to realise this by-law is abusive and stops people from using their right to freely circulate within the town,” Avila declared. “We also want a decent, safe bike path,” he concluded.
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More public benches NEW public benches have been installed on Calle Las Flores in Arroyo de la Miel between Plaza Las Flores and Avenida de la Constitucion to meet the requests of local residents and businesses.
Fashion show ARROYO de la Miel’s Plaza de Pueblosol will be hosting a fashion show from tomorrow, May 1 to Sunday, with 16 local establishments displaying their latest creations on a 20 metre catwalk.
Take a walk in the park BIOLOGIST Jose Garcia Berenguer gave a guided visit of La Paloma Park in Arroyo de la Miel, offering more than 50 nature-lovers information on botanical jewels found in the park and their medicinal uses.
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Mayor lays school foundation stone NEW BUILDING is an important milestone. By Eleanor Hawkins ALOHA COLLEGE in Marbella was honoured with a visit from the local mayor for the laying of the foundation stone of its new building.
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square metre facilities for sports, art and social Mayor Angeles Muñoz and Joseph Fay, president of Aloha College Foundation, both attended the event, which included the ceremonial filling
MAYOR: Angeles Muñoz helps lay the stone. of a time capsule with coins, flags and newspapers. The new building is an im-
portant milestone in the development of the school and will hold sport and social events.
Mijas streets given makeover THE final touches are being put to two streets near El Coto in Mijas that have been given some much-needed attention. Calle Rubi and Calle Tamarindos have been resurfaced and new road markings painted and
pavements built where needed, explained Alberto Millan, Mijas councillor for El Coto, El Lagarejo and La Sierrezuela. Millan thanked local residents for their patience while the improvements were made.
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New casino project APPROVAL is through for a new casino and recreation centre in San Roque. The Junta de Andalucia regional government has authorised Austrian group Novomatic to create a casino, bingo hall, cinema, disco, spa and 50 bed-
room hotel at the site of the old casino, which is to undergo extensive renovations. The project, which already has approval from the council, is expected to have an investment of more than €5 million and create about 200 new jobs.
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New teams to look after citizen safety MIJAS police now have a team to respond to citizens’ needs By Eleanor Hawkins THE Local Police force in Mijas has presented a special new team that will work to ensure citizen safety at events and celebrations that gather crowds. The Unidad Respuesta Policial (Police Response Unit) is made up of two specially trained teams of five officers, and will also work alongside state security forces and the Guardia Civil when required, under special circumstances.
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Shopping in Marbella MARBELLA is launching an advertising campaign in Sevilla and Madrid to encourage people to come on shopping trips to the area.
Giant visitor ALLURE of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise liner, docked in Malaga port yesterday, April 29, for a 12hour visit which saw the city streets flooded with passengers getting in some sightseeing.
Refuge promised MIJAS Mayor Angel Nozal has announced that one of the projects included in his electoral campaign for re-election will be creation of a municipal refuge for abandoned animals at the El Puero quarry site.
Music and history ACUDE Estepona cultural association and the local council have organised a concert, Tribute to Latin America, at Corominas historical centre on Saturday, May 2. Tickets priced at €10 (guided visit included) can be acquired from info@acudeestepona.com.
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specially trained police volunteers make up the new team
“This was something Mijas needed, a team that could immediately respond to the needs of citizens when crowds gather or special circumstances arise. We want to make Mijas safer by having more officers on the streets,” said security coordina-
tor Francisco Montilla at the presentation of the new team. Local Police councillor Juan Carlos Gonzalez said: “Mijas has become an international tourist destination and attracts crowds, meaning we need to adapt our security services to the new circumstances.” Gonzalez stressed the teams are not Special Operations Units and are normal, Local Police officers with normal duties who volunteered to join.
LA CALA DE MIJAS: Local streets have been renovated.
Fresh street lights Mother’s cry for neighbourhood for justice
THE family of Corporal Francisco Javier Soria, a soldier who died in Lebanon in January, has asked the Spanish Audiencia Nacional (national high court) to investigate and find justice for the deceased. The soldier’s mother, Margarita Toledo, told Efe news agency that the family had made the decision after Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo declared that his death was unintentional and caused by errors. “We want Israel to face a judge,” said Toledo, stressing she wanted to know who launched the bomb that killed her son, and that telling her it had been an error or due to miscalculations was not enough. The deceased’s mother insisted that the family was not looking for compensation and said: “We don’t want money from Israel or anywhere else, just justice and that the person responsible is charged.” Toledo said that her son hadn’t been at war when he died, he had been carrying out humanitarian work and supposedly protected by United Nations, and therefore the family could not understand why Israel had started shooting and then claimed miscalculations.
Discussion on UK visitors BRITISH vice-consul Rosslyn Crotty attended a business meeting at Bil-Bil Castle in Benalmadena attended by almost 100 local tourism business representatives. Part of the Malaga Provincial Council and Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism’s Costa del Sol Tourism Meet project, the day brought members of
the Costa del Sol tourism industry together to swap tips and receive information on the UK market, one of the most important. Provincial Tourism delegate Carlos Conde explained during the meeting that 24.5 per cent of international visitors to Andalucia over the first three months of this year came from the UK.
STREETS in the Butiplaya area of La Cala de Mijas, better known as Los Cordobeses neighbourhood, have been given a makeover. Local streets which had not received work for many years
have been renovated, electrical and telephone cables placed underground, pavements adapted to meet regulations and new street-lighting laid on. Energy and Efficiency councilor for Mijas, Jose Francisco
Ruiz Fontalba, explained that the new street-lights will result in 60 per cent saving on electricity bills, meaning they will pay for themselves in less than four years while providing better lighting.
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Stolen goods confiscated
€10,000 worth of goods found inside car. confiscated until the police could find out where they had come from, at a car boot sale in THE Guardia Civil in Melilla Malaga. Investigations found have recovered €10,000 worth that many had of electronic been snatched goods which from their owners had been stolen on Malaga City in Malaga City. stolen mobile phones Bags and lug- were found in the vehicle streets, and have so far tracked down gage containing nine owners. mobile phones, cameras and Meanwhile the 52-year-old computers wrapped in clothing Moroccan driver, who lives in were found inside a car. Malaga, was arrested for alThe driver claimed to have legedly receiving stolen goods. bought the goods, which were By Linda Hall
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Man confesses to murder A MAN who stabbed his partner to death before handing himself in to police in Torremolinos may be jailed for 22 years. The 50-year-old former court worker stabbed his partner 15 times with a 14cm-long punch tool from a sewing kit, and covered her with a sheet behind the sofa at their rented home on Calle Brasil, before presenting himself at a nearby police station to confess. “Good evening, I’ve come to surrender because I’ve killed my wife,” Alfredo CG told officers. The Public Prosecutor’s office is also requesting €65,000 in damages for the victim’s relatives.
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Gang ringleader held THE suspected leader of a human trafficking and sexual exploitation gang has been arrested on the Costa del Sol. A joint operation involving Europol, Belgian police and Guardia Civil officers resulted in the detention of Stefan Rene TF in Torremolinos while four others were simultaneously arrested in Belgium. The group is believed to have forced young women from Romania and Morocco to provide sexual services in Belgium, where they were kept under strict control, beaten, tortured and left without food. A search of the Torremolinos home of the suspect, who awaits extradition to Belgium, discovered documentation and evidence that he was leading group operations from Spain to avoid detection by the Belgian authorities, a police statement declared.
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Street party arrests THIRTY people were reported for taking part in an illegal street party in Malaga City and four non-Spanish people arrested for resisting the authorities.
Cruising in CRUISE passengers visiting Malaga were up by 32.2 per cent for January and February this year with a total of 39,554.
Sport grant SANTA Maria Coronada school in San Roque will be getting better sports facilities thanks to a €60,000 grant from the Junta de Andalucia regional government.
Bonfire ban MIJAS Council has announced that bonfires are forbidden from today, April 30, until October 31, due to extreme risk of forest fires.
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New location for Marbella Fair MORE attractions promised for this year as well as a free bus service. By Eleanor Hawkins THE Fair of San Bernabe, patron saint of Marbella, will be held at a new location this year. More attractions, more casetas, more space for horses and con-
Obituary 24/06/1946 - 26/04/2015 June Patricia Burgess has sadly lost her brave battle and gained her angel wings. June was a loving wife to John, Mother to Nicki and Darren, and Nana to Jade, Jamie, Adam, Rayan and Sami. A service will be held tomorrow, Friday May 1, at 5pm at Parque Cementerio San Cayetano, Carretera Cerros del Aguila, Fuengirola. Thank you for the years we shared, the love you gave, the way you cared, no longer here, our love to share, but in our hearts you are always there.
certs and a free bus service are promised for the 2015 fair, which will be held in the La Cañada area. However, the new site is provisional as the council is already working on the new fairground further north, in La Ser-
rania, which will be used in 2016. Two months before the fair, the council has agreed to move the fair from Arroyo I, to appease angry residents who were fed up with the noise, and holding it temporarily on the land which owner
Tomas Oliva will provide free of charge. More space for casetas, separated into those aimed at youths and those for families, more space for horses and riders, two ferris wheels and a children’s lake, were announced by Mayor Muñoz.
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Salon Varietes to stage an extravaganza A DEFINITE date for the diary! By Wendy Ann Cowham FOLLOWING celebrations for the 30th year anniversary of the Salon Varietes Theatre, Fuengirola, there is another extravaganza planned for June 13. The theatre members are working hard organising a show which will include 80 performers singing songs from a wide variety of musicals. It will take place at Mijas Village auditorium. Graham Cherry, President of SALVA, said that this year has been better than ever for the theatre, producing some exceptional shows that have attracted audiences like never before. Gra-
Green lung LOCALS now have a new park area at the entrance to the Cancelada area of Estepona. The new green area includes lawns and palm trees and surrounds a skate park. The new fields are part of the Estepona, Costa del Sol’s Garden project.
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ham also is very thankful to Friends of the Theatre (FOTA) who have helped to raise funds in previously difficult times. Valerie Williams who is President of FOTA and Vice President Norma Wilson have been heavily involved in all kinds of fundraising which has gone hand in hand with the successful shows to make SALVA great once more. There are also raffle tickets on sale at the theatre and the winner will be drawn at the show on June 13.
Plans to improve A7 traffic-jam exit A PROPOSAL to improve traffic at a busy bottleneck at the Camino de Coin A7 motorway exit for Mijas and Fuengirola has been submitted to the government for consideration. The council announced that a technical report had been sent to the Public Works and Development Ministry proposing replacing the two existing roundabouts with a large, oval-shaped one similar to one built at the nearby Miramar shopping centre exit to prevent traffic jams.
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U3A talk IAN PHILLIPS will be giving a talk for U3A on Technology of the 1960s, or How Polyester Fabric led to the collapse of Western Civilisation on Wednesday, May 6 at 11am at the Lux Mundi centre, Calle Nueva, Fuengirola.
Flight fright EMERGENCY protocols had to be activated at Malaga airport on Monday, April 27, when a Ryanair pilot arriving from Stansted reported faulty brakes. Luckily the plane landed safely.
Upcoming gig THE Rob Sas Band will be performing at Louie Louie in Estepona Port at 7pm on May 10, with a set of classic rock numbers.
Spring fair COIN’S Spring Fair began yesterday, Wednesday 29, and runs until Sunday May 3 with events and activities across the town.
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PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP visited the picturesque village. By Eleanor Hawkins
THE historical picturesque white walled village of Alora was the subject chosen by Shutterbugs Photographic Group for their recent outing. The Group had the benefit of both an enjoyable and informative guided tour by one of their own members who lives in Alora. She directed them from th e ch u rc h u p th rough a maze of narrow streets lined with lemon trees. With cameras at the ready they continued on their way to the ancient castle which tops the Cerro de las Torres o v erlo o k in g th e G ua da lh o rce v alle y, w he re upon they were able to take full ad v a n tag e o f th e s upe rb
SHUTTERBUGS: Members on their recent outing. photographic location. The winning photograph of this a nd pa s t photo shoots can be viewed on the website www.shutterbugsspain.org. For more information on the G roup me e tings e tc . contact Monique Mansfield on 629 221 173 or J ohn Campbell on 639 810 574.
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City is to fine ‘Malaga Midas’ A YOUNG man arrested for painting urban fittings gold in Rincon de la Victoria and Malaga City will be let off by Rincon’s mayor, but fined by Malaga. The 20-year-old graffitiartist, who was caught carrying photos of the mysterious golden items which appeared in both areas, had sparked intense debates when his work appeared. While some called it art, others said it was some sort of campaign and the more straight-laced called it plain vandalism.
Many thought it was indeed art, and even Rincon Mayor Francisco Salado commented in a more amused than angry tone that at least residents seemed to like the colour. “It would have been worse if they had been bright pink or fluorescent yellow, or they’d decided to paint the whole town black,” the mayor said. Although Salado has stated Rincon will not be fining the young man, Malaga City Hall has declared that public fittings were damaged so the young man will face fines.
New miniatures for museum TWO local emblems have finally been added to a surprising miniature artwork collection in the heart of Mijas Pueblo. Although the Carromato de Max opened in 1972, the museum (which was launched with a massive party to celebrate being the
first of its kind in Europe) lacked a Mijas touch. Now the collection can boast pictures of the local patron saint, the Virgen de la Peña, and a donkey. Created by Granada artist Fatima Julia Doña Molinero, the additions fit in with the rest of the collection.
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Marbella project awaits approval BIKE PATHS will run between Cabopino and Guadalmina. By Eleanor Hawkins A PROJECT to create bike paths in the Marbella area has finally been sent to the Junta de Andalucia regional government for approval. Following seemingly endless problems and misunderstandings, including the Junta forgetting to include the city in the Andalucia Bike Plan
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and the council later needing six months to get its paperwork in order, the project has now been sent off and should be signed shortly. Citizen groups have been
working and fighting for this project for many years, stressing that cycling tourism would open up a new opportunity for the busy tourist destination. Once approved, the project will provide bike paths between Cabopino and Guadalmina, 75 per cent of which will be financed by the Junta.
Street prepares for works Progress WORK to improve Calle Bonanza in Las Chapas is planned for the end of May and expected to take about a month. Marbella Mayor Angeles Muñoz visited the area to discuss the project with local residents and explain the work that will be undertaken. “The aim is to improve this busy street which gives access to a number of urbanisations,” Muñoz said, commenting that many residents have requested something be done to improve the street. New pavements, resurfacing, zebra crossings, street-lighting and gas and telecommunications pipes are all included in the project, the mayor explained.
WORK on the Plaza Solymar in Benalmadena is progressing well, the local mayor reported after a visit to the square to check on progress. The renovation work includes removal of six cement flowerbeds, repainting of the surface and better lighting to provide an attractive square.
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A tart with a heart ITS staged its latest comedy ‘Side Effects’ By Paula Read THE latest comedy staged by the International Theatre Studio proved popular with audiences during its three-night run at the Atalaya Park Hotel. This was no surprise given that the author of ‘Side Effects’ is none other than Eric Chappell, the originator of TV’s ‘Rising Damp.’ ‘Side Effects’ introduces us to two ill-matched couples including a reverend gent who has under-
gone heart transplant surgery. It takes a sultry stranger, (Ruth Baldwin) to fuel the suspicions of, (Michael Clarke) that the vicar, (Russell Hood) is predisposed towards extramarital misdemeanours. But is it his fault, or the proclivities of the heart donor? Directed by Diana King, this delightful melange had audiences in stitches and chalks up another success for ITS.
2 injured by tractor at local pilgrimage
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TWO women were hit and injured by a tractor during the San Isidro Labrado pilgrimage in Los Barrios. Both were taken to hospital in Algeciras, and one of the women, who was eight months pregnant, was given an emergency Caesarean section. Local mayor Jorge Romero explained after visiting the hospital, that the two women and baby were all in stable condition and that an investigation would be carried out into the circumstances behind the accident. He added that the tractor driver had passed Breathalyser tests and initial reports stated that the tractor slid downhill out of control, possibly due to a mechanical fault.
NEXT Wednesday, May 6, is Quiz Night at Lux Mundi in Fuengirola. A light-hearted fundraising evening including supper and a drink with a bar available and a prize for the winning team promises to make great entertainment. Tickets for the evening, with a 6pm for 6.30pm start, are €5 each available from the centre at Calle Nueva 3, Fuengirola.
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PUERTO BANUS’S Timeless Gallery Art raises a whopping €54,000 for African water project.
DUO ARENAL musical group will be celebrating its 25th birthday on Monday, May 4, with a free concert and party at the Palacio de Congresos Adolfo Suarez in Marbella from 7pm onwards.
THE Timeless Gallery in Puerto Banus held an art auction to help feed villagers in the Mutomo area of Kenya in Africa.
Sweet fame CARTAJIMA, a tiny village near Ronda, has been receiving orders for its traditional roscos (doughnut-like sweetmeats) from as far away as Paris as the word has spread about the local delicacies.
May Day CARRIAGES, a bread and chorizo breakfast, paella and music are planned for Ojen’s May Day celebrations tomorrow, May 1, at Llanos de Puzla. Buses will leave the Picopia stop at 9am and 10am and return at 6pm and 7pm.
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The story began when Mikael Segelström of the gallery was looking for a charity to support and Rotary Club Marbella-Guadalmina rose to the challenge.
Rotary is an international organisation with over a million members and it was a Swedish club who had a project that everyone wanted to support. Their water project in Africa
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has gone from strength to strength and is making a big difference to the region. The gallery donated sculptures and paintings at reduced prices, and on Saturday April
25, the auction took place on an outdoor stage. The time, money and effort they put in raised the amazing sum of more than €54,000, all of which will go to Mutomo.
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Inspiring drive for a local cause MAY 30, will allow you to discover the beauty of Serrania de Ronda and the Parque Natural de Sierra de Grazalema on a guided car run with the members and friends of the Englishspeaking Rotary Club Marbella-Guadalmina. Starting from Monte Halcones, the route will lead to the typical white village of Grazalema, with an optional visit to one of the oldest woollen mills in Spain. The road to Zahara de la Sierra has far reaching views of the Sierras and lakes. If you are lucky, golden eagles, Egyptian and griffon vultures and other birds of prey may be spotted. The trip will finish with a delicious lunch at El Lago. Last year’s run saw a wide range of cars and motorbikes take part and raised a significant amount of money. The money this year will go to Bubbles and Dreams - an organisation that helps children with rare diseases. The event is very informal and friendly. However it is important to book a place in advance, with Jordi at info@parodilawyers.com. Further information from: lorrainemarbella@gmail. com info@parodilawyers.com desmondsparkes@yahoo. co.uk
Theatre in English TWO plays in English aimed at children will be performed on Monday, May 4, at the Echegaray theatre in Malaga City as part of the Pequeños Calcetines charity festival. A performance of Witches and Cookies, aimed at children between six and nine, will be held at noon while Sinbad, for those between nine and 12 will be on at 6pm. Tickets at €6 each, are available from the theatre box office, www.teatrocervantes.es or www.unientradas.es.
St George’s Day in style ICE celebrated with a traditional meal
RED AND WHITE: In honour of the day. By Eleanor Hawkins ICE, the International Club of Estepona, celebrated St George’s Day in style on April 23. A meal of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and all the traditional extras ending with apple pie and custard was the perfect way to feed the guests, many of whom
attended dressed in red and white to honour the day. ICE carries out many activities and welcomes all English-speaking visitors of any nationality. Weekly meetings are held on Thursday mornings and begin at 11.30am, followed by a traditional lunch at 1pm. Visit www.siberme.com.
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Northern wine STUDENTS at Estepona’s catering school were given a masterclass on wines from Galicia by Rias Baixas Wines representative Ramon Huidobro, who explained how wine should be treated.
Nasty scare A WOMAN in Malaga City had a nasty scare when two burglars broke into her home and left her tied up and gagged.
New lights LIGHTING at Mijas fire station has been adapted to meet regulations and LED bulbs installed, which are expected to save on electricity while providing better quality lighting for the brigade’s headquarters.
Building resumes BUILDING work which was halted in 2004 in the Estepona Golf area is due to resume shortly, creating 60-70 direct jobs and 15-20 indirect jobs, the owners of the land have announced.
Trojan costumes CHILDREN at El Romeral school in Malaga had a great time last week recreating the Trojan War with more than 500 primary children pressed up as Greek hoplites.
Personal request THE PTA for Maestro Apolinar school in San Roque has personally requested improvements to the centre from local mayor Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix during a meeting.
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Mayor is facing trial
COFFEE MORNING took on a different meaning last week.
OJEN Mayor Jose Antonio Gomez will be facing trial for having allegedly forced Local Police officers to deliver political propaganda. Gomez, whose case is due to be heard in a Marbella court in June, faces charges of misappropriation of public funds after the opposition party and an independent police union reported he was making officers distribute local newsletters clearly praising the local council and giving the opposition a bad name. The PSOE party socialist mayor declared the case was a ploy to give him a bad name just before the local elections, stressing that police officers had been used to deliver council reports since 2008 and nobody had ever complained before. Gomez said he intended to sue whoever was behind the reports for making false accusations, and said his costs would be paid by council funds as the case concerned his duties as mayor.
By Community Reporter GOING to an Age Care coffee morning took on a different meaning last week as those attending the Calahonda Day Centre on April 21 though it was too good to be 2-true. Totally unaware of the treat they had in store, everyone including the team of volunteers were treated to an hour of soul music performed by Michael Harding and his wife Simone who sing together as 2True. While they all tucked into tea and cakes, the star duo, 2True, showed their true professionalism by captivating their audience with songs from the likes of Nat King
SURPRISE: The star duo entertained at the Age Care coffee morning. Cole and Aretha Franklin, ending with a rousing rendition of, ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.’ Suzie Malt, Calahonda Welfare leader said, “So much
talent on our doorstep, and Age Care are extremely grateful to him and Simone for generously giving us their time.” If you think you could be
interested in helping this hard working team as a volunteer, please call the advice line telephone, 952 933 409, or email info@agecarecosta.org for more information.
Porsches versus Smurfs at a hairpin bend POCA (the Porsche Club of Andalucia) had an eventful rally recently with Smurfs includ-
ed. After breakfast at Venta Los Almendros on the Ronda road, members in 12 gleaming vehi-
Kym and Mark seen at La Sala CORONATION STREET actress Kym Marsh and former footballer Mark Lawrenson were both spotted dining in La Sala Banus last weekend. Kym Marsh, best known as a member of the cast of Coronation Street, was on holiday in Marbella last week with her family and fiancé Dan Hooper. The English actress and former Hear’Say singer and songwriter was spotted wining and dining every night in the celebrity hotspot over the weekend. Both Kym and Dan commented that in Marbella they always head to La Sala Banus, since ‘There’s no place we would rather be!’ Also enjoying the food and
Kym and Dan. ambience of the famed restaurant was former footballer Mark Lawrenson, who was a defender in the Liverpool and Ireland football teams of the 1980s. After a short career as a Manager, he has since been a radio, television and internet pundit for the BBC, TV3 and Today FM.
POCA: Members on their eventful day out. cles headed off into the hills with club president Gary Compson leading the way. About one kilometre outside Juzcar, known for its blue paint and Smurf connections, the group found the road blocked by a bus that had come to grief on a hairpin bend and got stuck on its rear axle. After a longish wait and help from several ‘Smurfs,’ the bus was finally able to move on and the rally continued to Gaucin, where members stopped for lunch and gave Gary a surprise
gift for a forthcoming big birthday. POCA holds monthly rallies, giving their members a chance to discover some of the hidden treasures of Andalucia with likeminded, adventureloving people.
STUCK: Bus on the bend.
Mothers’ Day event IN HONOUR of Mothers’ Day, Da Bruno restaurant group is running a competition on Facebook with users voting for the best dessert recipes. Participants are invited to upload the recipes until 11.59pm on Sunday, May 3, and the one with the most likes will win a dinner for two at Da Bruno Marbella. Those dining at Da Bruno Sul Mare or Cabopino can also enter a draw for a one night stay at Boutique Hotel Gar Anat in Granada, and this weekend (May 2-3) will also be presented with a BodyOn voucher. Sul Mare: sulmare@dabruno.com or tel 952 903 318. Cabopino: cabopino@dabruno.com or tel 952 831 918 www.dabruno.com or 952 211 073 or 636 704 097
Man saved TWO Campanillas policemen knew their beat so well they managed to save a man’s life in spite of being given wrong directions over the radio. Felix and Jose Luis, long-serving officers in the town, managed to decipher the message and use their local knowledge to get to the right place minutes after hearing that a man needed help. Concerned neighbours had notified emergency services after seeing the 43-year-old man lying unconscious on a bed through a window. The officers decided time was of the essence and broke their way in to find the man unable to breathe. Quickly carrying out CPR the two managed to keep him alive until an ambulance arrived.
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CHURCH SERVICE: Was led by Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach.
Royals and PM join memorial for victims QUEEN LETIZIA comforted grieving relatives. By Steve Walsh AS the Spanish royals attended a memorial for victims of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last month, Queen Letizia comforted grieving relatives. In a poignant memorial service in Barcelona on Tuesday, the Queen along with her husband King Felipe met with the relatives of some of the Spaniards who died. Letizia shook hands with and embraced the families of the victims. She also met with students who had hosted the 16 pupils from Germany who had been vis-
iting Spain and were travelling back to Dusseldorf on board the tragic flight. In a service at Barcelona’s landmark Sagrada Familia Basilica, mass was led by Cardinal Lluís Martínez Sistach. But at the request of some of the families, other Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders were present for the service in the colossal church designed by Gaudi. Around 1,000 people gathered outside while the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy also joined the congregation, in a service that began with a recitation of ‘Let the Earth Praise the Lord.’
Baby shock as family stranded A YOUNG couple have been left stranded in Benidorm after their baby was born 12 weeks early. Karla Hornby, 29 and Jordan Jackson thought they had plenty of time for their Costa Blanca break, but son Freddie was born weighing two pounds after an emergency Caesarian section three months early.
Now hospital staff have told the couple from Bolton, UK, Freddie cannot fly back to Britain until he is strong enough, leaving the couple short of funds. With a stay of at least three months in prospect, cash has soon run low. Mr Jackson, 21, a soldier, was meant to report back for duty on April 27, reported the Mail Online.
Voted best beer-mates ANDALUCIAN people voted Malaga-born actors Dani Rovira and Antonio Banderas as the two famous people they would prefer to have a beer with, followed by King Felipe VI. The latest results of an annual survey by Madison Market Research for Cerveceros de España placed Dani Rovira in first place and Antonio Banderas in second place when people were asked who they would like to have a chat over a beer or two.
Ms Hornby, who also has a daughter Charlie, seven, had been cleared to fly by medical staff, but she went into labour three months early. Speaking to the Mail Online she said: “In hospital I was bleeding heavily - it was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me. “I had one big contraction and bled heavily, so they rushed me to theatre - I was shaking and couldn’t breathe, I thought I was going to die.” Although the mum and dad were not allowed to see Freddie until the following day, he is reported to be doing well. Their insurance has covered medical expenses, but the couple have already had to fork out well over €1,000 for a hotel.
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MALLORCA
1st Mallorca gay chorus festival set to take place
MGMC: Performing in Mallorca’s first gay chorus festival.
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MALLORCA’S first ever Gay Chorus Festival takes place in Andratx, Palma de Mallorca, next week. On from May 7-9, and organised by the City Council d’Andratx and The Mallorca Gay Men’s Chorus (MGMC), this international vocal extravaganza is planned to take place in various locations. Joining the MGMC will be The Pink singers from London, The Rainbow singers from Barcelona, and Equivox from Paris. The MGMC is a self-starting group of 40 friends from the choral world, who decided in 2012 to create a group to sing a wide repertoire of songs with varied origin and theme from pop to classic rock. The events will start with the MGMC at the Castell de Son Mas de Andratx, on May 7, at 8.30pm, with all four groups on stage. Then on May 8 Alcudia will host Equivox, and the Barcelona Rainbow Singers, while Sa Maniga, will see the MGM Chorus and the Pink Singers. The festival winds up on May 9 at the Trui Teatre de Palma.
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Film debut
Kitchen training
Women’s parade
Windsurfer rescued
A SHORT partly filmed on location in the Tabernas desert was premiered at the recent Malaga Film Festival. Entitled ‘Stomach,’ it was directed by Madrileño Javier Kuhn.
A FOUR-month training course organised by the council will boost the chances for 17 jobless people from Almuñecar, who will learn the tasks required of kitchen assistants at Horno de Candida catering school.
FOR the first time an all-woman ‘fila’ has taken part in the Moors & Christians celebration parade in the historic city of Alcoy. The ladies were dressed as a contingency of Moors.
A MAN was rescued by the Marine Unit of Santa Pola Local Police after being adrift on a windsurfing board for over three hours.
Cruise visit
Book exchange
MOTRIL port received 238 passengers from the Hamburg cruise ship, which stopped off on its way from Cartagena to Gibraltar, allowing tourists to visit the Alhambra, Motril, Nerja and Frigiliana.
OVER 500 books were exchanged at the La Nucia book exchange fair last Saturday, an event aimed to promote and encourage reading experiences, especially among younger readers.
Ugly bugs COCHINEAL and scale insects are infesting prickly pears in the area around the Alcazaba in Almeria City. Bar-owners complained that the insects are putting off clients and affecting trade.
Night owls EL EJIDO will hold a Noche en Blanco (Awake all night) on May 15. Shops, bars and restaurants in central streets and squares will remain open from 7pm until 2am.
Fine situation GUARDIA CIVIL officers complained that they are obliged to impose 50 traffic fines a month to earn a productivity bonus. They are being turned into cash registers, their union said.
Miniature Einsteins ALMOST 1,000 robotics students from all over Spain have been at a Science Meet in Bezmiliana secondary school in Rincon de la Victoria sharing ideas and showing off their work.
Traffic control RETRACTABLE bollards are to be installed on central Nerja streets to regulate traffic and improve safety, the council has announced.
Tunnel date
Cross day
WORK on the ‘false tunnel’ for lorries bound for Garrucha port should finish by July. The €12.7 million project will not affect residents or summer tourists, the Public Works department said.
THIS Sunday, May 3, is Cross Day, a traditional celebration in Frigiliana. Musicians and dancers provide entertainment to a backdrop of floral crosses across town.
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Run to the cross THIS Sunday the fourth Benidorm run takes place, a 10,000 metre route starting at 9am for walkers and 10am for runners from the town hall square.
Gandia son GANDIA Council has awarded 62year-old writer and journalist Ignacio Mora with the accolade ‘Son of the City of Gandia.’ Mora was born in the town and has enjoyed a long literary career.
Food donation 150 KILOS of non-perishable food, collected at the dog walk on Sunday April 5 was handed over to the La Nucia food bank.
For more local news from our five other regions see www.euroweeklynews.com
Winning wines NINE new wines have received the ‘gold medal’ at the annual contest organised by the Wine Guild Kingdom of Monastrell. Seven of them belong to the Designation of Origin (DO) Jumilla and two to the DO Alicante.
Coffee thieves THIEVES are believed to have climbed up Lorca’s Town Hall to gain entry into the building before robbing money from a coffee vending machine.
Kite surfing A KITE surfing festival takes place over the weekend at Playa Isla del Ciervo in La Manga. The event, running until Sunday, includes the first cable-ski facility in Murcia.
Car crash A LATE night crash in the centre of Torrevieja caused damage to five vehicles and left a pedestrian injured. The driver of a car skipped a light and hit a vehicle which in turn hit and shunted three parked cars.
Book day celebrations PALMA’S streets were lined with books as World Book Day and Sant Jordi, patron of the community, was celebrated last week.
Long journey by motorbike MALLORCAN Ricardo Basabe has embarked on a year-long journey on a motorbike around 25 European countries. He left the Port of Palma for Barcelona joined by owners of classic bikes and Vespas.
New state office opens A NEW state office to serve foreign tourists has been approved for S’Arenal at a recent meeting of the Minister of Public Administration and the Local Safety Board of Llucmajor.
Pan fire in Son Vida A FIRE broke out in a villa in Son Vida after the owner left a pan in the oven and forgot about it. Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames. No one was hurt in the incident.
Drunk driver arrested A DRUNK driver crashed into a building in Alfons the Magnanim in Palma. The driver was arrested after crashing into several cars and a building.
Stabbed to death AN autopsy has confirmed the body of a homeless man found dead in Son Rapinya was stabbed to death. The man had been dead for several days.
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Refugee aid NORWAY: Prime Minister Erna Solberg has confirmed to the EU that Norway will fast track procedures to provide a civilian aid vessel to refugees in the Mediterranean.
Rights judge FINLAND: Pauline Koskelo, president of the Supreme Court of Finland, has taken an appointment as judge for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Wolf hunters NORWAY: Five men have received jail sentences in a landmark case, for carrying out illegal wolf hunts. The sentences range from six months to one year and eight months.
Bestiality ban DENMARK: Courts will issue fines and prison sentences for bestiality after lawmakers recently approved a new law. Some 17 per cent of Danish vets suspected their patients had been abused.
White goods SWEDEN: According to Electrolux, the demand for Swedish white goods in Western Europe has grown by 4 per cent in the first quarter of 2015.
Subway heroes SWEDEN: Four Swedish policemen on vacation in New York have foiled an assault on a subway train. They held down the attacker until the NYPD could take over.
CEO replaced SWEDEN: THE Volvo Group in Gothenberg has confirmed that CEO and President Olof Persson is to be replaced with immediate effect by Martin Lundstedt, former boss of rival truckmaker Scania.
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UK in the dark on deficit EXPERTS have criticised political parties over lack of debt plans THE Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that the four major contenders in the UK General Election “have not provided anything like full details” on plans to cut the deficit.
Festival boost ACCORDING to the Association of Independent Festivals, such events contributed £296 million to the UK economy in 2014.
Luckie lady GEORGE KIRBY, at 103, has become the UK’s oldest bridegroom after proposing to 91-year-old Doreen Luckie.
Move mooted SHARES in HSBC have gone up 3 per cent on the news that the bank is considering moving its HQ out of the UK with Hong Kong tipped as favourite.
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ticket prices increased from £350 to £1,000.
Train slammed
Director leaving CHRIS DERCON is to leave his role as a director of the Tate Modern. He is the second director to leave in the last two months. CHRIS DERCON: Leaving his role.
LONDON Transport Commissioner Sir Peter Hendy has heavily criticised the city’s commuter train service, particularly the Southeastern line that carries 600,000 passengers every working day.
Uni walk out AROUND 700 staff members of the University of Salford went on strike after two colleagues were sacked.
Season ticket fury
Dutch small businesses on the up THERE’S encouraging start-up news for the Dutch economy.
Unhappy Holland THE Netherlands is no longer in the top five of the world’s happiest countries, having dropped three places. In 2013 it was in fourth place.
DUTCH PRESS Smokey schools PLANS are in place to ban smoking in school playgrounds in the Netherlands. Currently only half of the country’s schools apply a stringent no smoking policy according to Junior Health Minister Martin van Rijn.
Tourism surge TOURISTS and business travellers to the Netherlands have increased by 40 per cent, the Dutch Tourism Board NBTC said on Thursday April 23.
Greek aid package GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is urging German Chancellor Angela Merkel to exert her influence and fast track negotiations over a new aid package for Greece by the end of April.
Baby favourites GERMANY’S top favourite baby names for 2014 are Sophie and Maximilian, chosen from a list that collated more than 59,000 choices.
Film boycott DISNEY’S new ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ that opened in Germany on April 23 was boycotted in 193 small towns. The movie’s rental fee went up from 47.7 to 53 per cent of ticket sales.
Beer fountain
A GROUP of disabled Manchester City fans are furious after their season
STATISTICS Netherland has reported that just over 65,000 new small businesses were registered in the Netherlands in 2014.
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Expert fired A DUTCH expert, George Maat, who helped identify victims from the MH-17 air crash in Ukraine has been sacked after showing photographs of the fatalities at a public lecture in Holland in early April.
Teenage sentence THE court in The Hague has sentenced a 16-year-old boy to 20 months in youth detention and psychiatric care for stabbing his 15-year-old classmate to death in October 2014.
Toddler hurt A LITTLE boy was seriously injured on Friday April 24 in Papendrecht, Holland, when a massage table fell on top of the three-year-old in a Health Centre.
King’s Day KING Willem-Alexander celebrated his birthday in Dordrecht on Monday, while hundreds of thousands of people were expected to attend celebrations.
NATIONAL Beer Day was celebrated on April 23 in the Bavarian capital Munich with a free beer fountain that served around 1,000 litres of free beer to happy recipients.
Drug driving EU CITIZENS caught driving in Germany under the influence of cannabis can be banned from driving regardless of regulations in their home country, warned Luxembourg on Thursday April 23.
New terminal FRANKFURT Airport (FRA) has announced its decision to start construction of a new Terminal 3 this year with an investment of €2.5 billion.
Asylum rules GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a new system for distribution of asylum seekers throughout Europe as current regulations “are no longer workable.
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RUSSIAN P RESS
Not bothered VICTORY DAY viewed as an internal national holiday.
VICTORY PARADE: Russians celebrate the holiday. RUSSIANS view the upcoming Victory Day as an internal national holiday and won’t be particularly bothered if it isn’t attended by Western leaders such as US President Obama, says the latest research by the public opinion centre.
Russian economy THE Russian economy has contracted by 2 per cent in the first quarter, admitted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. He said: “Russia is facing an array of challenges.”
Foreign students RUSSIA’S Education, Science and Foreign Affairs ministries have requested a 30 per cent increase in foreign students to facilitate ‘pro-Russian national elites,’ promoting Moscow abroad.
Baggage scam THREE ex-baggage handlers employed at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow have been arrested, suspected of stealing US$3.3 million in cash from a Novosibirsk flight and substituting it with waste paper.
Pilot on trial
Tulip ban THE import of Dutch tulips into Russia could soon be banned according to Russia’s Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, along with flowers from other countries via Dutch auctions. The group had planned a ride through Poland to mark the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in WW2.
Border concern THE US State Department jas voiced concerns that Russia recently sent arms and drone aircraft into eastern Ukraine, amassing troops along the border.
FORMER Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko accused of being involved in the deaths of two Russian journalists in east Ukraine last year is to request a jury trial, her lawyer has confirmed.
Gas supply THE Russian Duma has ratified an agreement on natural gas supplies via the Western route to China.
Tennis rights PRESIDENT Francesco Ricci Bitti of the International Tennis Federation has said that, “Crimea is part of Russia,” therefore should have the right to play on the Russian national team.
Arms invite
Foreigners parade IT is confirmed by Russian Ground Forces that more than 700 foreign military servicemen will take part in the Moscow parade marking the 70th anniversary of the Allied Victory in World War II.
COLOMBIA has invited Russian defence sector companies to participate in the national arms exhibition Exspodefensa-2015, to take place in Bogota from November 30 to December 2.
No to bikers POLISH authorities refused entry to a Russian biker gang with Kremlin backing.
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DUTCH TULIPS: Could be banned.
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Take care over financial advice By Jason Bailey UNREGULATED financial advisors are offering high returns to expatriates after the recent change in British legislation. This allows people over 55 to release their pension equity and speculate in the open market. Money invested in pension schemes in Britain is generally overseen by one of two regulatory bodies. These are the Financial Conduct
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75% of these offers result in losses
Authority (FCA) and Financial Services Commission (FSC). In Spain, the regulators are Direccion General de Seguros (DGS) and Comisión Nacional del Mercado
de Valores (CNMV). Rogue advisors offer investment opportunities in a wide range of areas: shares in car parks; carbon credits; fine wines; property investments… these are just some of the suggestions put to retirees, sold with a promise of guaranteed yields or high payments designed to attract interest from pensioners striving to boost their income.
Nobody can understand the things,’ J M Marin Quemada, president of a watchdog commission, at a conference on electricity bills.
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Good figures THE Spanish PM, Mariano Rajoy, said: “They are good figures, we should celebrate,” after data released on April 23 showed the country’s recovering economy had created close to half a million jobs over the past year.
WASTE MANAGEMENT: Attractive to investors.
Piles of money to be had from rubbish! WASTE management is becoming big business in Spain, and an attractive option for investors on the hunt for opportunities. Spain generates more than 150 million tonnes of waste per year, or 6 per cent of the total for the EU, according to management consultancy Norgestion. Waste management accounts for 40 per cent of all environmental sector-related activity, chalking up revenues
of over €7.8 billion and employing 140,000 people. About 50 per cent of the market is controlled by a handful of big companies, such as Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, and most of these offer an integrated service which incorporates the whole production chain. But there are more than 10,000 companies operating in Spain’s waste management sector, so it could be ripe for consolidation.
State of affairs THE Eurozone’s economic crisis is driving Spaniards who can’t afford expensive divorces to have affairs outside marriage, according to an extramarital dating website.
Equity sale BP is to sell its equity in the Central Area Transmission System (Cats) business to Antin Infrastructure Partners, who already own a majority interest in the operation. BP said the agreement involves a payment on completion of £302 million.
IMF predicts Spanish growth THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has adjusted its forecast for Spanish growth to 2.5 per cent for 2015. This represents the fastest growth rate in the euro-zone. It stated that domestic demand would be strong enough to assist the recovery. For the first time since the property bubble burst, construction is contributing to GDP. The
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external conditions of lower oil prices, euro depreciation and assistance from the European Central Bank (ECB) are all providing the conditions for sustained growth. This is the seventh positive revision of Spain’s economic status. The IMF predicts that if the present conditions continue, it would take over eight years for Spain to get back to its pre-crisis position.
The FCA stated that 75 per cent of these offers result in losses. Many of the salesmen operate under subcontractor status for larger financial firms, meaning liability for any loss would be hard to prove. People should always check when taking professional financial advice that the adviser is regulated by the DGS or CNMV or has transferred their FSA and/or FSC authorisation from the UK/Gibraltar.
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More working for themselves SPAIN has 19,040 more self-employed foreign workers than last year, according to data from the OPA (federation of organisations of professionals, self-employed and entrepreneurs). In February there were 242,733 foreign professionals registered in Spain. This is an increase of 7.85 per cent. OPA President Camilo Abietar viewed this increase as a positive development but he stated that sufficient financing needed to be directed to this sector to maintain and support it.
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% CHG. NET VOL -2.75 4,898.74 1.88 6,472.31 -100.00 4,451.78 1.11 4,243.88 -0.79 14,740.25 -0.16 7,672.43 1.35 16,803.65 0.34 5,841.31 3.93 21,917.50 0.38 61,109.26 0.28 21,734.11 -0.64 5,064.65 0.68 15,889.88 -1.41 43,126.05 -0.46 5,230.26 0.21 40,199.89 -1.57 32,187.97 0.59 88,221.52 -0.17 69,755.82 6.56 8,620.86 0.30 38,770.06 -0.08 6,218.93 0.50 8,012.06 -100.00 7,506.58 0.06 6,806.71 -1.89 13,078.03 -5.32 4,964.60 1.11 19,627.17 2.43 15,099.39 0.24 46,798.30 6.72 4,857.75 1.32 5,016.34 0.00 7,282.81 0.55 11,864.04 0.62 5,322.21 -5.53 4,688.92 0.00 5,974.04 -0.26 74,242.57 -1.38 39,416.93 -6.60 5,284.29 -100.00 5,679.97 -100.00 4,226.20 -0.51 118,083.64 -0.38 31,416.51 -1.10 6,666.77 0.57 11,780.18 -3.04 4,318.85 2.00 4,617.58 0.15 10,813.58 0.67 6,971.30
COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Kingfisher 351.50 -3.70 Land Securities Group 1,294.00 25.00 Legal & General Group 269.50 6.10 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 78.65 -0.45 London Stock Exchange 2,405.00 -150.00 Marks & Spencer Group 545.00 -9.50 Meggitt 539.50 -5.00 Merlin Entertainments 447.50 -6.40 Mondi 1,367.00 13.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 187.85 -6.25 National Grid 894.00 -12.10 Next 7,395.00 220.00 Old Mutual 231.60 0.60 Pearson 1,392.50 32.50 Persimmon 1,759.50 0.50 Prudential 1,631.00 -1.00 Randgold Resources 5,025.50 75.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,025.00 34.00 Reed Elsevier 1,155.00 39.00 Rio Tinto 2,945.00 -58.50 Rolls-Royce Group 1,039.00 -11.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 351.50 -2.40 Royal Dutch Shell 2,090.00 24.00 Royal Dutch Shell 2,107.50 15.50 Royal Mail 442.50 1.60 RSA Insurance Group 422.75 0.45 SABMiller 3,617.50 63.50 Sage Group (The) 479.70 -5.00 Sainsbury (J) 273.90 5.80 Schroders 1,640.00 -3,306.00 Severn Trent 2,171.00 -27.00 Shire 5,450.00 -165.00 Sky 1,094.00 -6.00 Smith & Nephew 1,159.00 -25.00 Smiths Group 1,132.50 -2.50 Sports Direct International 657.50 44.50 SSE 1,565.00 -40.00 St James's Place 498.00 -896.50 Standard Chartered 1,075.00 5.00 Standard Life 475.00 5.10 Taylor Wimpey 83.85 -169.20 Tesco 226.50 1.70 Travis Perkins 990.00 -2,060.00 TUI AG 1,214.50 -2.50 Unilever 2,985.00 11.00 United Utilities Group 993.50 -9.50 Vodafone Group 230.50 -1.75 Weir Group 1,890.00 135.00 Whitbread 2,362.50 -5,335.00 Wolseley 3,938.00 -46.00 WPP Group 1,587.50 13.50
% CHG. -1.04 1.97 2.32 -0.57 -5.87 -1.71 -0.92 -1.41 0.96 -3.22 -1.34 3.07 0.26 2.39 0.03 -0.06 1.53 0.57 3.49 -1.95 -1.05 -0.68 1.16 0.74 0.36 0.11 1.79 -1.03 2.16 -100.00 -1.23 -2.94 -0.55 -2.11 -0.22 7.26 -2.49 -100.00 0.47 1.09 -100.00 0.76 -100.00 -0.21 0.37 -0.95 -0.75 7.69 -100.00 -1.15 0.86
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Friendship is good for business Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
SOME might say it’s not a good idea to mix friendship and business. This however might not be entirely true according to numerous entrepreneurs, who have set up successful companies with their best friends. The two Steves, Jobs and Wozniak, became friends at a summer job in 1970 and went on to set up Apple. University pals Larry Page and Sergey Brin set up Google. Studies show that those with best friends at work tend to be more focused, loyal and passionate. They also get sick less often and are not
SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP: Friends Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. as likely to leave their jobs. A study by two US universities put this ‘friendship is good for business’ theory to the test. They set up projects be-
tween close friends and then people who didn’t know each other and found that those in groups with friends outperformed the groups who were
teamed up with acquaintances. The study revealed that friends showed better communication and were encouraging toward each other. If you’re thinking of getting into business with a friend, it’s important to ask some vital questions before you both sign on the dotted line. 1. How well do you know your friend? You’re far more likely to do your homework when it comes to people you don’t know, asking around about them and checking their references. You may assume you know all about your friend, but they may be entirely different under high-pressure situations. 2. How much do you trust her? When your friend says she’ll do something, are you 100 per cent certain it will happen? 3. Does she have a key skill that you don’t? Your partner should have a compelling value proposition that you lack.
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All a bit too rich for ITV! A discussion programme I recorded some time ago has been shelved. Could it have been something I said? LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT SOMEWHAT disappointed to discover that ITV has decided to shelve ‘On Assignment’, the discussion programme I recorded some time ago with fellow guests Michel and Steven Euesden, proprietors of our EWN. No reason has been given, but I suspect the content may have been a little too rich for the programmers’ ‘blood’! Ah well, I suppose my stating there was no such thing as a moderate Muslim didn’t help. By that observation, I didn’t of course mean that all followers of the Muslim faith were potential bombers or terrorists, merely that no one is a Muslim in ‘moderation’. The followers of Islam are all or nothing. It’s the nature of the religion. No place or room in their belief for any other opinion. It’s the rather sad attitude that totally prevents any progress whatsoever. To learn anything from this physical jour-
ney of ours you simply have to retain a fairly open mind. Even if you don’t agree with the attitudes or beliefs of others, it is imperative to be receptive to different ideas, even if you ultimately reject them. The Muslims are not the only religion with this biased attitude, I may add, but let’s not get into all that. Immigration also took up a large bulk of the ‘On Assignment’ interview. The host kept insisting that we were also immigrants, many of whom also hadn’t integrated with the
BRITS ABROAD: Not always as integrated as we should be.
Spanish locals quite as well as we should have. Consequently, what right had we to criticise others? I had to somewhat reluctantly agree with this observation, but insisted that, although we could do better, we didn’t congregate in the streets decrying the Spanish customs and army.
The host kept insisting that we were also immigrants, many of whom hadn’t integrated with the Spanish locals quite as well as we should have. Consequently, what right had we to criticise others?
We also didn’t behead their citizens in the street, blow up their buildings or preach messages of hate while burning the Spanish flag. The interviewer went a bit quiet after that; it appears that you can’t tell the truth in the British media. Ah well, let ’em all stew in their own juice, I say. Shame about that, but I’ve no doubt we will soon get over it. Interesting chat with a colleague today. He runs a very successful company on Mallorca and was recently informed by the council that his employees were obliged to attend newly-organised health and safety classes, which he had to pay for. He agreed to comply, but couldn’t help remarking on the council dustcart employees, still standing on small platforms at the back of their vehicles, clinging on for dear life, with no protection whatsoever as they career down the street collecting the bins. Gooses and ganders come to mind! Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee200@gmail.com leapylee.co.uk
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A full range of building services is available. ARE you planning to sell your property and want to give it the WOW factor to gain advantage over other properties in the market? Or does it just need some general maintenance and repair ready for the holiday letting season? Is your home in need of renovation or refurbishment? Then AG Properties & Renovations are your home improvement specialists on the Costa del Sol They are a small, friendly company who are able to give personal attention to each and every one of their clients to ensure their project, no matter how large or small, is completed to the highest standard. John Wells Project Manager of AG Properties & Renovations has been in the building trade for 40 years, working in England, Germany and Spain. He has worked on the Costa del Sol for 21 years and brings his expertise to every project from complete refurbishment or renovation service, design and planning through to those vital finishing touches.
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IT may give a home a distinctly Hobbity look, but vegetation-covered houses are increasingly being seen in futuristic eco developments with ‘living roofs’. A living roof involves covering the building with a waterproof membrane, into which plants are set, usually species that require little maintenance (they are on a roof, after all) such as mosses. It’s a centuries-old tradition in some parts of the world, sod roofs having been common in Scandinavia, which has been adapted with modern materials in response to 21st century problems. In Germany, about 10 per cent of roofs have been turned into gardens, and the idea is spreading. The environmental benefits are numerous. Living roofs provide excellent insulation, and can significantly reduce carbon footprint and the costs of heating the building, as well as extending the lifespan of the roof by up to 200 per cent.
LIVING ROOF: An urban wheatfield in the sky on the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Canada. And for the wider community, they promote biodiversity, providing urban habitats for birds and insects, help filter pollutants and store rainwater, easing pressure on drainage systems in heavy rain. Living roofs have been installed in Spain since the 1990s. One of the biggest living
roof projects tops Banco Santander’s HQ near Madrid. Although initial outlay in installing a living roof is higher than building a normal roof, the benefits seem so significant this is surely a feature of modern property that is going to grow.
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More advice on how to increase the value of your apartment John Graham The property expert MANY readers have asked for more advice on how to increase the value of their apartments. When I carry out a valuation, the general rule in property is that the more square metres of living space your apartment has, the more your apartment will increase in value. Here are some expensive and inexpensive things you can do to increase the square metreage of your apartment or make your apartment look bigger. Expensive Hire a professional company to convert part or all of your balcony and terraces into extra interior living space. Fit a new modern kitchen with mid-range appliances, choose light colours and avoid black appliances and dark coloured wall tiles.
APARTMENT LIVING: There are many ways to improve the value and appeal of your apartment. Fit new modern white or pastel coloured bathroom suites with light coloured wall tiles. If you have a separate dining room and lounge, remove the non-load bearing walls and change to open plan; the effect will be more light and space. Lay light coloured flooring throughout or in selected rooms.
Inexpensive There are things you can do to make your apartment look bigger which are not expensive. Decluttering all the rooms, remove bulky or dark furniture, take out dark heavy curtains and reduce the number of paintings or pictures on the walls.
In the kitchen fit new light coloured cabinet doors, worktops and a new sink. Change the taps and fittings in the bathrooms, replace shower curtains with glass screens. Fit light pastel blinds or curtains to all rooms. Paint all walls, ceilings and doors in light pastel colours.
If you have dark coloured floors, lay light coloured rugs throughout the apartment. In the bedrooms have light coloured bed coverings, add a splash of colour with scatter cushions. Fitted wardrobes should be painted a light pastel colour. Co-ordinated lighting throughout your apartment is very important as this enhances the feeling of extra living space. Add extra floor, table and wall lamps throughout your apartment, avoid many ceiling lights, aim for a light, cosy luxurious ambience created by new pastel coloured lamp shades. Tip of the Week: For an extra touch of luxury, fit dimmer switches in the lounge and dining room. Contact me for an independent survey and advice on the most cost effective improvements. John Graham FGIS 020 32 900 983/+34 657 337 477 gk.ipad@me.com
Alternative materials for building homes WHEN you picture your ideal Spanish property, is it made of bricks and mortar? Or is it made from timber? For many the answer is, ‘neither.’ Certain things seem obvious to us. When we think of a building we think of only a small range of materials that they should be built from. Bricks and mortar, wood and stone seem the logical choices for most buildings. Since uniformity is dull we are lucky that there are those who think outside the box when it comes to building. With the ever increasing market of alternative living options now becoming popular in Spain, you can find people living happily in all sorts of homes made from unconventional materials. From a converted London bus, to a treehouse, from a metal storage container to a boathouse, you will be surprised what some people call home. But even more so at the quality and luxury that can be reached with a little imagination.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY: More unconventional materials are now being used by people who want alternative living. Shipping containers are flood and fire proof, making them a great home-building material. Ranging in length from four to 10 metres, shipping containers are typically only used for 10 to 15 years, but they can last much longer. It is estimated that there
are 24 million empty shipping containers in the world that will not be used for cargo again. If a life on the water suits you more, Spain has always been a very popular destination for life aboard cruisers. It has a magnificently long coastline,
beautiful islands, and welcoming people. As it sounds, a houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a home. From that point on whatever your imagination comes up with is your only limitation,
that and the fact it has to float of course. Large vehicles are also becoming a favourite. What may immediately spring to mind is a broken down double-decker bus, or old coach left in a field being exploited to the fullest
extent of its life by the more hippy side of society. But you only have to look at some of the world’s most luxurious limousines to see what is possible. It’s not only materials like metal or plastic that are becoming more and more common within the building trade, internal fixtures and fittings can also be seen to be having a mini revolution.
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The future of Cuba THE embargo or ‘El bloqueo’ has only resulted in austerity for the Cuban people. Peter Fieldman International Sports 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
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ISITING Cuba before the demise of the current political regime was a longstanding dream of mine and it seems I made it in time since President Obama has started negotiations to end the 50-year isolation of the island. I chose a 15-day circuit tour to learn as much as possible about the country and the people, flying with Cubana Aviacion as it operates a service from Madrid to Santiago de Cuba, the starting point of my tour. Santiago is Cuba’s second city with a swashbuckling history. Philip II of Spain built a fortress to protect the port and with the Spanish and British constantly at war it became a haven for corsairs and buccaneers including Francis Drake, Henry Morgan and Alexander Selkirk. Cuba’s history dates back to Christopher Columbus with the Spanish, British, French and Americans all claiming its territory at some point. Not surprisingly, the people are a mix of Spanish and African descent cohabiting together today in what appears to be perfect harmony. From Santiago the plan was to drive across the country to La Habana with stops in Bayamo, Camaguay, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus, Trinidad, Cienfuegos and Verdadero. While most towns had pedestrian shopping streets, the stores lacked lighting and their stock was limited. Nevertheless, there were markets, cafés and restaurants bustling with people and especially,
CLASSICS: What will happen to the American cars and trucks from the 40s and 50s?
STREET IN OLD HAVANA: Much of the city centre needs refurbishing or rebuilding. musicians. With all the old automobiles, horse-driven buggies and revolutionary signs, mostly with Che Guevara peering from them, propped up by the roadside or on facades, it seemed as if time had stood still for half a century. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the small, beautiful colonial town of Trinidad, a world heritage site with cobbled streets, brightly-coloured cottages, churches and squares. Our driver made a detour to the infamous Bay of Pigs before crossing the island to Varadero, Cuba’s answer to Miami Beach with its beach-front hotel and leisure complexes, which have sprung up during the past few years. After an overnight stay in La Habana, the next few days were spent in the west of the island. We visited Las Terrazas ecological park with its
While most towns had pedestrian shopping streets, the stores lacked lighting and their stock was limited. Neverless, there were markets, cafés and restaurants bustling with people. rice terraces, forests, rivers and farming villages before heading to the coast, where we boarded a ferry for the half-hour crossing to Cayo Levisa, one of Cuba’s unspoilt tropical islands with miles of white, sandy beaches. What was not in the script was a sudden tropical storm, which meant spending most of the morning in the bars set back among the mangroves. Then after lunch the storm passed and the sun came out signalling a rush to the sea for a swim before returning to the mainland to pick up
the bus to Vinales to visit a tobacco plantation and then back to La Habana to spend the final two days in the capital on my own. Only my hotel had no water. I was offered alternative accommodation in the Plaza des Armes in the old town but as the taxi driver extracted my case a very nice, smiling black gentleman, impeccably dressed with white shirt and black trousers welcomed me, took my case and accompanied me, chatting away. It was only when the porter came out of the hotel entrance did I realise that he had nothing to do with the hotel. However he was so friendly I had to tip him too. It did not take long to locate Hemingway’s haunts - the hotel Ambos Mundos and Floridita bar - packed with tourists, in the main pedestrian street, Calle Obispo. Much of the city centre needs refurbishing or rebuilding and given its long sea-front, real estate prices are sure to rocket during the next few years. What will happen to the classic American cars and trucks from the 40s and 50s, which I had come to photograph? There are an estimated 35,000 of them on Cuba’s roads. The embargo or ‘El bloqueo’, has only resulted in austerity for the Cuban people, who pose no threat or malice to their powerful northern neighbour. Despite being poor, lacking consumer products and perhaps freedom of expression, everyone benefits from free education and health, and Cuban doctors are considered to
be among the best in the world. I saw no homeless on the streets, less begging than in Europe’s cities, home ownership is allowed, with little or no debt, and privately owned family-run restaurants - Paladares - serve excellent Cuban food. Perhaps the country and its people can now look forward to a more prosperous future so long as there is not a return to the rampant capitalism and corruption, which prevailed under the Batista regime. The Museo de la Revolucion, located inside Batista’s old palace, provides a vivid account of the revolution, the rise to power of Castro and Che Guevara and the subsequent conflicts with the USA. I hope the museum will be preserved for future generations long after the Castro regime has gone. My final thought was that a nation whose national hero, Jose Marti, was a poet, a people with music in their soul and who ask for pens, deserves a better deal.
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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Channel Patrol 12:45pm Cowboys and Angels 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:40pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Land Girls 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 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 9:00pm EastEnders 9:35pm Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:40pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Peter Kay's Car Share
7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Channel Patrol 8:45am Cowboys and Angels 9:15am Gardeners' World 9:45am Helicopter Heroes Down Under 10:15am Talking Pictures 11:00am World Championship Snooker 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm World Championship Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm World Championship Snooker 10:00pm Natural World 11:00pm The Clare Balding Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Election Late Show 12:35am Later... with Jools Holland 1:40am World Championship Snooker Highlights 2:30am Secret Britain 3:30am Strangeways 4:30am This is BBC Two
10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Slow Train Through 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Senna 1:40am Jackpot247
7:00am Life's Funniest Moments 7:20am Psych 8:05am Emmerdale 8:35am Emmerdale 9:10am You've Been Framed! 9:35am Dinner Date 10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Psych 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:45pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Judge Rinder 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Bourne Ultimatum 12:15am Take Me Out 1:30am Two and a Half Men 1:55am Two and a Half Men
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes V: Revenge of the Fifth 8:15pm Atlantis 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Bad Education 10:30pm Bad Education 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:05am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am 1:30am Russell 2:00am Killer Magic 2:30am Bad Education
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Sounds of the Eighties 9:00pm BBC Young Dancer 2015 10:00pm Imagine... 11:25pm Rod Stewart at the BBC 12:25am Top of the Pops 1:15am Imagine... 2:40am Rod Stewart at the BBC
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Never the Twain Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Never the Twain Rising Damp On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders Law and Order: UK Blue Murder The Elephant Man Judge Judy Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen Emmerdale Omnibus
8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:25am Three in a Bed 11:30am Come Dine with Me 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A Place in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Three in a Bed 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr 12:05am Virtually Famous
9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm After All These Years 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Liberal Democrats 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Secrets of Great British Castles 10:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 11:00pm NCIS 11:55pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 12:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours
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Football's Greatest Ax Men Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Ax Men Minder The Professionals Gunsmoke Pawn Stars Cycling Pawn Stars Magnum, P.I. Gunsmoke Cycling Chris Froome: Sports Life Stories Dr. No U.S. Marshals Minder Movies Now ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping.
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Hellboy Sahara 3.10 to Yuma Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Ironclad: Battle for Blood Hellboy Man of Tai Chi Road House Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
4:45am Stand Up Guys 6:30am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:00am Wedding Daze 8:45am The Monster Squad 10:15am Three Fugitives 12:00pm The Heat 2:05pm Idiocracy 3:40pm Analyze This 5:30pm Analyze That 7:15pm Three Fugitives 9:00pm The Heat 11:00pm Idiocracy 12:30am Our Idiot Brother
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Made in Chelsea Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Rude Tube
6:15am Mark Millar's Superhero Playlist 6:30am Chappie Special 7:00am You're Not You 9:00am Million Dollar Arm 11:10am The Hooligan Factory 12:45pm Devil's Knot 2:45pm The Inbetweeners 2 4:25pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 6:45pm Million Dollar Arm 9:00pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 11:30pm The Inbetweeners 2 1:15am Devil's Knot 3:15am The Hooligan Factory 5:00am Mark Millar's Superhero Playlist. Comic book writer Mark Millar reveals his favourite superhero films. 5:15am John Wick Special 5:30am Chappie Special. The stars of Neill Blomkamp's latest sci-fi thriller talk about the making of the film.
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11:15am Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 11:30am Boxing 12:30pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 12:45pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 1:00pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 1:15pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 1:30pm Ringside Special 2:30pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 2:45pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 3:00pm Boxing 4:00pm Sky Sports Originals 5:00pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 5:15pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 5:30pm Boxing 6:30pm The Fantasy Football Club 7:30pm Boxing 8:00pm European Rugby Final 11:00pm Boxing 11:30pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:30am Boxing
5:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 6:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 7:00am Sporting Rivalries 8:00am Sporting Greats 8:30am Keith Wood 9:30am Rugby Union 1:30pm Cricket World Cup Classic 2:00pm Cricket World Cup Classic 2:30pm Michael Holding Interviewing Sir Michael Stoute 3:30pm Cricket 11:30pm Cricket: IPL Highlights 12:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 1:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 2:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 3:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 4:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 5:00am Cricket World Cup Classic
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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Paul Hollywood's Bread 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 2:00pm Football Focus 3:15pm Snooker 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm WALL-E 7:40pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:53pm Weather 7:55pm Pointless 8:45pm Atlantis 9:30pm The National Lottery: In It to Win It 10:20pm Casualty 11:10pm BBC News 11:28pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:55am The Football League Show 2:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:10am BBC News
7:00am CITV 9:25am Weekend 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:25pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:30pm ITV News and Weather 1:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:45pm Doc Martin 3:50pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 4:50pm The Great Outdoors 6:30pm Local News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm Ninja Warrior UK 9:00pm Britain's Got Talent 10:15pm Play to the Whistle 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Cliffhanger 1:15am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA
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Gambling House The Red Beret Nature of Britain Snooker Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial Michel Roux's Service James Martin's Food Map of Britain Timewatch Timewatch World's Most Photographed Snooker Natural World Dad's Army Snooker Quartet QI XL Perfume Honeymooner This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:05pm Britain's Got Talent 1:20pm Britain's Got More Talent 2:25pm A Night in with Olly Murs 3:30pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 3:45pm Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 5:30pm Mr. Bean 6:05pm Mr. Bean 6:40pm Johnny English 8:30pm Mr Bean's Holiday 10:15pm Britain's Got More Talent 11:15pm Celebrity Juice 12:00am Britain's Got Talent 1:20am Britain's Got More Talent 2:20am Hell's Kitchen 3:05am Crazy Beaches 3:30am Crazy Beaches 3:50am Teleshopping
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 8:10pm Top Gear 9:10pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:10pm Live at the Apollo 10:40pm Live at the Apollo 11:10pm Happy Valley 12:15am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 12:55am Family Guy 1:40am Family Guy 2:05am Family Guy 2:25am Killer Magic 2:55am Live at the Apollo 3:25am Live at the Apollo
8:00pm Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures 9:00pm Wild China 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano 11:45pm Len Goodman's Big Band Bonanza 12:45am Top of the Pops 1:15am Chas and Dave: Last Orders
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Movies Now Wycliffe Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Where the Heart is The Darling Buds of May Agatha Christie's Marple Carry on Screaming FYI Daily Carry on Screaming Wycliffe Columbo Lewis Doc Martin Foyle's War Inspector Morse Wire in the Blood ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
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7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am How I Met Your Mother 8:05am Challenge Dubai 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Frasier 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing 5:15pm Come Dine with Me 5:50pm Come Dine with Me 6:20pm Come Dine with Me 6:50pm Come Dine with Me 7:20pm Come Dine with Me 7:45pm Channel 4 News 8:15pm For the Love of Cars 9:15pm Men in Black II 11:00pm Dredd 12:55am Stephen Merchant 1:55am The Last Leg 2:55am Hollyoaks Omnibus
9:15am Zack and Quack 9:35am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:50am Jelly Jamm 10:00am LazyTown 10:30am Dora and Friends 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am The Dog Rescuers 12:05pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 1:00pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 2:00pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 3:00pm Columbo: Undercover 4:55pm Secret Liaison 6:35pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 7:30pm Britain's Horror Homes 8:20pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 9:15pm 5 News Weekend 9:20pm NCIS 10:10pm NCIS 11:10pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 12:05am Law and Order
7:00am Revenge 7:45am The Tomorrow People 8:35am Marry Me 9:00am How I Met Your Mother 9:30am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Melissa and Joey 10:30am Melissa and Joey 11:00am Baby Daddy 11:30am Baby Daddy 12:00pm The Goldbergs 12:30pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm How I Met Your Mother 1:30pm How I Met Your Mother 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm Made in Chelsea 6:00pm Jane the Virgin 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Coming to America 12:20am The IT Crowd
7:00am Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 7:15am Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 7:30am Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 7:45am Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 8:00am Boxing 8:30am Barclays Premier League Review 10:00am Game Changers 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm FL72 Championship Final Day 3:30pm Boxing 4:00pm Sky Sports Boxing Gold 2013 4:15pm Boxing 5:15pm Boxing 5:45pm Ford Saturday Night Football 9:00pm The Gloves are Off 10:00pm Boxing 11:00pm Boxing 11:30pm The Gloves are Off 12:30am Boxing 1:00am Football 1:30am Football's Greatest XTeams
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7:25am Stealth 9:30am Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 11:30am Lone Survivor 1:35pm Zulu 4:00pm King Arthur 6:10pm Jumanji 8:00pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 10:00pm Lone Survivor 12:10am Blade 2:15am After Earth
6:00am Cinderella Special 6:30am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 7:00am You're Not You 9:00am The Hooligan Factory 10:35am Million Dollar Arm 12:45pm Devil's Knot 2:45pm The Hooligan Factory 4:25pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 6:45pm Million Dollar Arm 9:00pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 11:30pm The Inbetweeners 2 1:15am Devil's Knot 3:15am The Inbetweeners 2 5:00am John Wick Special 5:15am Mark Millar's 5:30am Fast and Furious 7 Special. Alex Zane travels to LA to talk to Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Michelle Rodriguez about the seventh instalment of the hit, high-octane franchise.
6:00am Cricket World Cup Classic 6:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 7:00am Cricket: IPL Highlights 8:00am Cricket: IPL Highlights 9:00am Cricket 9:30am Boxing 10:30am Boxing 11:30am Pacquaio/De La Hoya/Hatton 12:30pm Cricket 1:00pm FL72 - Championship Final Day 3:30pm Cricket 11:30pm Cricket: IPL Highlights 12:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 1:30am European Rugby Final 3:00am Sporting Rivalries 3:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 4:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 5:00am Cricket World Cup Classic
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The Professionals Motorsport UK Bundesliga UEFA Champions League Weekly World Rally Championship Highlights Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Cycling Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Shed and Buried Cycling From Russia with Love FYI Daily From Russia with Love Manny
9:00am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 10:50am Ride Along 12:45pm The Top Ten Show 2015 1:05pm Talladega Nights 3:20pm About a Boy 5:15pm Liar Liar 6:55pm The Goonies 9:00pm The Wedding Singer 10:45pm Ride Along 12:35am Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
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7:00am Breakfast 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:15pm Pets: Wild at Heart 5:15pm Points of View 5:30pm Songs of Praise 6:15pm Pointless 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm Countryfile 8:30pm Antiques Roadshow 9:30pm The C-Word 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:35am The Football League Show 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead
7:00am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 7:30am Great British Garden Revival 8:30am Countryfile 9:30am The Beechgrove Garden 10:00am The Football League Show 11:10am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:40pm Back in Time for Dinner 1:40pm Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 2:40pm James Martin's Food Map of Britain 3:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Flog It! 8:00pm Snooker 12:00am W1A 12:30am The Accidental Husband 1:50am Countryfile 2:50am Holby City 3:50am This is BBC Two
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7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Life's Funniest Moments 7:45am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm Take Me Out 2:10pm Scorpion 3:05pm Scooby-Doo 4:55pm Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 6:40pm Britain's Got Talent 8:00pm Britain's Got More Talent 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pm Knocked Up 12:35am The Bourne Ultimatum 2:45am Mom 3:05am Mom 3:30am Teleshopping
1:35pm 2:30pm 3:45pm 5:50pm 6:50pm 7:50pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:20pm 12:20am 1:15am 3:30am 4:20am
CITV Weekend Judge Rinder Judge Rinder Judge Rinder ITV News and Weather Tipping Point Britain's Got Talent Dragnet All Star Family Fortunes Ninja Warrior UK Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Celebrity Squares Sunday Night at the Palladium Home Fires ITV News and Weather Perspectives Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain The Store Motorsport UK The Jeremy Kyle Show
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8:00pm Diving World Series London. 9:05pm Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 11:00pm Tatau 11:45pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 12:55am Family Guy 1:15am Tatau 2:00am Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia 2:55am Killer Magic 3:25am Flat TV 3:45am Tatau
8:00pm 10 Things You Didn't Know About Tsunami's 9:00pm National Gallery 11:55pm Imagine 1:20am Rod Stewart at the BBC 2:20am BBC Young Dancer 2015 3:20am 10 Things You Didn't Know About... 4:25am This is BBC Four
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Judge Judy Judge Judy Countrywise The Secret of My Succe$s FYI Daily The Secret of My Succe$s Heartbeat Heartbeat Wycliffe Columbo Lewis A Touch of Frost Inspector Morse The Best of Royal Variety Wycliffe The Color Purple FYI Daily The Color Purple Secret Smile ITV3 Nightscreen Emmerdale Omnibus
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7:20am How I Met Your Mother 7:45am How I Met Your Mother 8:10am Caterham Motorsport 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing 5:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 6:00pm Channel 4 News 6:20pm The Karate Kid 9:00pm For the Love of Cars 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:05pm An Immigrant's Guide to Britain 11:35pm Gogglebox 12:40am Bill Bailey Qualmpeddler 1:40am 12 Rounds 3:35am Alan Carr: Chatty Man
7:55am Mio Mao 8:00am Chloe's Closet 8:15am Roobarb and Custard Too 8:20am Make Way for Noddy 8:35am Paw Patrol 8:50am Little Princess 9:00am Wanda and the Alien 9:15am Zack and Quack 9:30am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:45am Jelly Jamm 10:00am LazyTown 10:30am Dora and Friends 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 12:30pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 1:25pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 2:25pm Blue Streak 4:05pm Zathura: A Space Adventure 6:00pm Holes 8:05pm 5 News Weekend 8:10pm Legally Blonde 10:00pm Resident Evil: Afterlife 12:05am Gamer
7:00am 7:45am 8:35am 9:00am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am 12:35am 1:10am 2:15am 3:00am 3:30am 3:50am 4:10am
Make it or Break it Revenge Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Revenge Jane the Virgin The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory St. Trinian's The IT Crowd The IT Crowd The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners Rude Tube Virtually Famous 2 Broke Girls Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement The Cleveland Show
7:00am SNF: Match Choice 8:30am SNF: Match Choice 10:00am The Sunday Supplement 11:30am Goals on Sunday 1:30pm Ford Super Sunday 4:30pm Ford Super Sunday 8:00pm Sky Sports Originals 9:00pm Goals on Sunday 10:00pm Sky Sports Originals 11:00pm Ford Football Special 12:30am Premier League 100 Club 1:00am Sunday Supplement 2:30am Goals on Sunday 3:30am Football 4:00am Ford Football Special 5:30am Premier League 100 Club. A celebration of some of the finest goalscorers in Barclays Premier League history. This episode features the best of Didier Drogba's 100 topflight goals.
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7:30am Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 9:55am The Lone Ranger 12:30pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2:55pm 47 Ronin 4:55pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 7:25pm The Lone Ranger 10:00pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Toy Story of Terror You're Not You Million Dollar Arm The Inbetweeners 2 Devil's Knot X-Men: Days of Future Past Million Dollar Arm The Inbetweeners 2 X-Men: Days of Future Past Devil's Knot The Hooligan Factory By the Gun Mark Millar's Superhero Playlist. Comic book writer Mark Millar reveals his favourite superhero films. Avengers: Age of Ultron Special. Alex Zane ushers in the Age of Ultron with a special look at Joss Whedon's highly-anticipated superhero sequel.
6:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 7:00am Cricket: IPL Highlights 8:00am Cricket: IPL Highlights 9:00am Cricket 9:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 10:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 11:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 12:30pm Football Gold 1:00pm FL72 Live 3:30pm Cricket 11:30pm Cricket: IPL Highlights 12:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 1:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 2:00am Sporting Rivalries 2:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 3:30am Cricket: IPL Highlights 4:30am Cricket World Cup Classic
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The Professionals The Professionals Gunsmoke Gunsmoke Shed and Buried Car Chasers Car Chasers Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Tobruk FYI Daily Tobruk Cycling Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Cycling Police Academy 3: Back in Training FYI Daily Police Academy 3: Back in Training National Lampoon's Vacation FYI Daily National Lampoon's Vacation Buried FYI Daily
7:00am Monsters University Special 7:30am 13 Going on 30 9:25am American Pie 2 11:25am A Million Ways to Die in the West 1:45pm The Internship 3:50pm Big Daddy 5:30pm 13 Going on 30 7:15pm Bruce Almighty 9:00pm A Million Ways to Die in the West 11:20pm The Internship 1:25am Big Daddy
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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Housing Enforcers 10:45am Homes Under the Hammer 11:45am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 12:30pm Oxford Street Revealed 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Regional News 2:25pm Weather 2:30pm Land Girls 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Flog It! 5:40pm Pets: Wild at Heart 6:40pm Pointless 7:25pm BBC News 7:45pm Regional News All the latest local news. 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm V.E. Day: Remembering Victory 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News
7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Odette 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm How We Won the War 2:30pm How We Won the War 3:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party 7:05pm Antiques Roadshow 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Snooker 12:00am Wastemen 1:00am Back in Time for Dinner 2:00am The Truth About Your Medicine Cabinet 3:00am Channel Patrol 3:45am This is BBC Two 5:00am Infested! 5:30am Rock Pool Survivors
7:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:30am 1:25pm 2:00pm
7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am All Star Family Fortunes 7:55am Emmerdale 8:25am Coronation Street 9:00am Coronation Street 9:30am People Do the Funniest Things 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:40pm Emmerdale 2:10pm Coronation Street 2:40pm Coronation Street 3:10pm Mr. Bean 3:45pm Mr. Bean 4:15pm Richie Rich 6:10pm The Smurfs 8:15pm Johnny English 10:00pm The Dark Knight 1:05am Celebrity Juice 1:50am Two and a Half Men 2:15am The Vampire Diaries 3:00am Life's Funniest Moments 3:25am Teleshopping Shopping from home.
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Good Morning Britain Lorraine Murder, She Wrote Columbo Unforgettable ITV News and Weather Catchphrase Judge Rinder Dickinson's Real Deal Tipping Point The Paul O'Grady Show Off Their Rockers Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Emmerdale Coronation Street Wild Ireland Coronation Street Safe House ITV News at Ten and Weather The Agenda Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys-Jones
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8:00pm 9:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:55pm 12:15am 12:40am 1:00am 1:30am
Bedtime Stories Sherlock EastEnders Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy Killer Magic Russell Howard's Good News 2:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates 3:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates 4:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm St Paul's Clock: A One Show Slow Special 9:00pm Dawn Chorus 10:00pm Handmade: Glass 10:30pm Handmade: Metal 11:00pm The Mary Rose: A Timewatch Guide 12:00am The Last Days of Anne Boleyn 1:00am Ray Mears Goes Walkabout
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Never the Twain Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Never the Twain Rising Damp On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Wycliffe Long Lost Family Law and Order: UK Wire in the Blood Inspector Morse Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am The Simpsons 11:30am Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A Place in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:25pm Party Election Broadcast 8:30pm How the Other Half Eat 9:00pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm The Stranger on the Bridge 11:00pm Ballot Monkeys 11:30pm Jimmy Carr: Making People Laugh 12:35am The Island with Bear Grylls
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Movies Now Tommy Cooper Ax Men Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Ax Men Minder The Chase Gunsmoke Magnum, P.I. Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Police Academy 3: Back in Training FYI Daily Police Academy 3: Back in Training Pawn Stars Pawn Stars MotoGP Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Ax Men Bundesliga Motorsport UK Gunsmoke Minder
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Little Princess The Mr. Men Show Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Milkshake Monkey Peppa Pig Toby's Travelling Circus Bananas in Pajamas Tickety Toc The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 5 News Lunchtime Sick Note Skivers Exposed Neighbours The Other Wife Neighbours The Gadget Show Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Labour Party World's Busiest Hotel Police Interceptors Gotham Person of Interest Lord of War
9:05am Transformers: Age of Extinction 12:05pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 12:35pm Thor: The Dark World 2:50pm Deep Impact 5:05pm Top Gun 7:10pm Transformers: Age of Extinction 10:00pm Thor: The Dark World 12:00am The Transporter 1:45am Transporter 2
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Ali G Indahouse The Golden Child Blended Bad Neighbours The Hangover Part III Night at the Museum The Golden Child Blended Bad Neighbours The Hangover Part III Ali G Indahouse The Man with Two Brains
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Hollyoaks Revenge Charmed Made in Chelsea Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs Revenge Made in Chelsea Virtually Famous The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory
6:30am Chappie Special 7:00am You're Not You 9:00am The Hooligan Factory 10:35am Million Dollar Arm 12:40pm Devil's Knot 2:40pm You're Not You 4:40pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 6:55pm Million Dollar Arm 9:00pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 11:30pm Devil's Knot 1:30am The Hooligan Factory 3:15am By the Gun 5:10am John Wick Special 5:20am Monsters University Special 5:45am Toy Story of Terror. The Toy Story gang set off on a road trip, but when they stop at a roadside motel a strange and spooky evening unfolds.
MONDAY TV
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Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw Ford Football Special Goals on Sunday Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Indian Premier League Football Gold Goals on Sunday Fantasy Football Club Highlights FL72 Review Ford Monday Night Football Sky Sports Originals FL72 Review SPFL Round-Up Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits MNF Highlights. Hull City welcome Arsenal to the KC Stadium in the Barclays Premier League. Fantasy Football Club Highlights
The Big Bash Cricket Cricket Sporting Greats Sporting Greats Super League Highlights Goals on Sunday FL72 Review Cricket's Greatest Cricketore) Cricket : IPL Highlights Cricket : IPL Highlights Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket : IPL Highlights Cricket : IPL Highlights Ricky Ponting Masterclass Ricky Ponting Masterclass Ricky Ponting Masterclass
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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Don't Get Done, Get Dom 12:45pm Oxford Street Revealed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Land Girls 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm 24 Hours in the Past 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm Del Boys and Dealers 12:50am Texas Rangers 2:10am Weather for the Week Ahead
8:00am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 8:45am Oxford Street Revealed 9:15am Collectaholics 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm How We Won the War 2:30pm How We Won the War 3:00pm The Daily Politics 4:00pm The Super League Show 4:45pm Are You Being Served? 5:15pm 'Allo, 'Allo! 5:45pm Just Good Friends 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 6:55pm Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Escape to the Continent 8:00pm Coast Australia 8:50pm Nature's Weirdest Events 9:00pm Inside the Factory 10:00pm Wastemen 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm UEFA Champions League Highlights 12:30am Benidorm 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am Nightscreen
7:00am Life's Funniest Moments 7:20am Psych 8:05am Emmerdale 8:35am Coronation Street 9:10am Coronation Street 9:35am Dinner Date 10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Psych 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Judge Rinder 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Educating Joey Essex 11:00pm Hell's Kitchen 12:00am Scary Movie 4 1:40am Two and a Half Men 2:05am Two and a Half Men 2:25am Educating Joey Essex 3:15am Teleshopping
8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Stacey Dooley Investigates 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 12:00am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 2:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates 3:00am Russell Howard's Good News 3:30am Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Britain's Best Drives 9:00pm All Aboard! The Canal Trip 11:00pm Roman Britain: A Timewatch Guide 12:00am Fig Leaf: The Biggest Cover Up in History 1:00am Rude Britannia 2:00am All Aboard! The Canal Trip
7:00am 7:10am 7:35am 8:35am 9:35am 10:40am 11:00am 11:30am 11:55am 2:10pm 3:10pm 4:15pm 5:20pm 5:55pm 6:20pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am
Movies Now Never the Twain Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Never the Twain Rising Damp On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders Law and Order: UK Wire in the Blood Inspector Morse. Drama series featuring Colin Dexter's laconic detective. 3:00am Judge Judy 3:25am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping. Shopping from home.
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Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News Summary Come Dine with Me A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Countdown Deal or No Deal Posh Pawnbrokers Couples Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Party Election Broadcast Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it No Offence Ballot Monkeys 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown The Island with Bear Grylls
8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:10am Milkshake Monkey 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:30am Milkshake! Bop Box 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:45pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 1:40pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:45pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Left to Die 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Car Crash TV 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Conservative Party 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm Britain's Horror Homes 10:00pm 20 Moments That Rocked Britain 12:00am Far and Away
Tommy Cooper Ax Men Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Ax Men Minder The Chase Gunsmoke Magnum, P.I. Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Minder The Professionals MotoGP Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Shed and Buried River Monsters The Football Mavericks Manny FYI Daily Manny Gunsmoke Whisker Wars Tommy Cooper ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping
7:00am The Peacemaker 9:05am Flags of Our Fathers 11:20am The Dukes of Hazzard 1:10pm Elysium 3:30pm Air Force One 5:40pm Gravity 7:20pm I, Frankenstein 9:00pm Elysium 11:25pm Air Force One 1:35am Gravity 3:15am I, Frankenstein
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Love Actually Liar Liar Get Smar We're the Millers The Break-Up Three Amigos! Employee of the Month Get Smart We're the Millers Click Someone Marry Barry The Top Ten Show 2015 Three Amigos!
TUESDAY TV
Hollyoaks Revenge Charmed Made in Chelsea Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Empire Supernatural The Big Bang Theory
6:00am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 7:00am Football Gold 7:15am Football Gold 7:30am SPFL Round-Up 8:00am WWE SmackDown! 9:00am MNF Highlights 11:30am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 12:30pm MNF Highlights 3:00pm Barclays Premier League Review 4:00pm Indian Premier League 8:30pm Cricket's Greatest 9:00pm Indian Premier League 1:30am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 2:30am Barclays Premier League Review 3:30am FL72 Review 4:30am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 5:30am Football Gold 5:45am Football Gold. A chance to relive some classic matches from English football's top flight.
6:15am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 6:45am Mark Millar's Superhero Playlist 7:00am You're Not You 9:00am The Hooligan Factory 10:35am Devil's Knot 12:35pm Million Dollar Arm 2:40pm You're Not You 4:40pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 6:55pm Million Dollar Arm 9:00pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 11:30pm The Hooligan Factory 1:15am Devil's Knot 3:15am By the Gun 5:10am Mark Millar's Superhero Playlist. Comic book writer Mark Millar reveals his favourite superhero films. 5:30am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special. Alex Zane ushers in the Age of Ultron with a special look at Joss Whedon's highly-anticipated superhero sequel.
6:00am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 6:30am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 7:00am The Big Bash Cricket 10:45am Cricket 11:15am Cricket : IPL Highlights 12:15pm Cricket : IPL Highlights 1:15pm Cricket World Cup Classic 1:30pm Cricket : IPL Highlights 2:30pm Cricket : IPL Highlights 3:30pm Cricket 11:30pm Cricket's Greatest 12:00am Barclays Premier League Review 1:00am FL72 Review 2:00am Football Gold 2:15am Football Gold 2:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 3:30am Cricket's Greatest 4:00am Cricket's Greatest 4:30am Cricket World Cup Classic 5:30am Cricket World Cup Classic
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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Don't Get Done, Get Dom 12:45pm Oxford Street Revealed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Land Girls 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Inspector George Gently 10:30pm Peter Kay's Car Share 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm A Question of Sport 12:20am A Few Best Men 1:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:55am BBC News
7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 8:45am Oxford Street Revealed 9:15am See Hear 9:45am An Island Parish 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm How We Won the War 2:30pm How We Won the War 3:00pm The Daily Politics 4:00pm Talking Pictures 4:40pm Are You Being Served? 5:10pm 'Allo, 'Allo! 5:45pm Just Good Friends 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Escape to the Continent 8:00pm Coast Australia 8:50pm Nature's Weirdest Events 9:00pm Inside the Factory 10:00pm Charlie Brooker Election Wipe 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Weather
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Give a Pet a Home 10:00pm Newzoids 10:30pm The Delivery Man 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Unforgettable Election Moments: 60 Years on 12:40am Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands
7:00am Life's Funniest Moments 7:20am Psych 8:05am Emmerdale 8:35am You've Been Framed! 9:35am Dinner Date 10:35am Scorpion 11:25am Psych 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Britain's Got More Talent 2:45pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Judge Rinder 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 12:10am The Vampire Diaries 1:05am Two and a Half Men 1:35am Two and a Half Men 2:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 2:30am The Vampire Diaries
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8:00pm Top Gear 8:55pm Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 11:00pm Murder in Successville 11:35pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:15am American Dad! 12:40am Family Guy 1:00am Murder in Successville 1:30am Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 2:00am Tom Felton Meets the Superfans 3:00am Fighting the System 4:00am Killer Magic 4:30am Murder in Successville
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This is BBC Four World News Today Britain's Best Drives Handmade: Wood The Quizeum Sappho: Love and Life on Lesbos with Margaret Mountford 11:00pm Cleopatra: A Timewatch Guide 12:00am The Man Who Discovered Egypt
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Movies Now Never the Twain Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Never the Twain On the Buses On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis Law and Order: UK Trial and Retribution. First of a two-part story as Connor and the team investigate an audacious murder - an ambulance run off the road, and its patient shot in the head. Inspector Morse Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
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Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News Summary Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Channel 4 Racing Posh Pawnbrokers Couples Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Restoration Man The Island with Bear Grylls Ballot Monkeys Bugsplat! Bodyshockers The Stranger on the
Tommy Cooper Ax Men Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Ax Men Minder The Chase Gunsmoke Magnum, P.I. Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Minder The Professionals Gunsmoke Pawn Stars Pawn Stars British Superbike Championship Highlights The Chase: Celebrity Special Age of Heroes FYI Daily Age of Heroes Basic FYI Daily Basic Hell on Wheels ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping
8:10am 8:20am 8:35am 8:50am 9:00am 9:10am 9:15am 9:30am 9:35am 9:45am 10:00am 10:15am 12:45pm 1:15pm 1:40pm 1:45pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:10pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:55pm 12:50am
7:00am 10:05am 12:20pm 2:15pm 4:15pm 4:35pm 6:50pm 9:00pm 10:45pm 12:25am
Little Princess The Mr. Men Show Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Milkshake Monkey Peppa Pig Milkshake! Bop Box Toby's Travelling Circus Bananas in Pajamas Tickety Toc The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs To be Announced 5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Neighbours NCIS: New Orleans Deadly Honeymoon 5 News at 5 Neighbours Car Crash TV 5 News Tonight GPs: Behind Closed Doors The Nightmare Autopsy CSI: Trilogy CSI: Trilogy CSI: Trilogy
Alexander The 6th Day After Earth The Fast and the Furious The Top Ten Show 2015 Rocky Rocky II Rocky III Rocky IV Rocky V
7:00am Despicable Me 2 Special 7:30am Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 9:25am You, Me and Dupree 11:25am The Grand Budapest Hotel 1:20pm Grown Ups 2 3:10pm One Chance 5:05pm About a Boy 7:00pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 9:00pm The Grand Budapest Hotel 10:45pm Grown Ups 2 12:30am Anger Management 2:20am Stand Up Guys
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Last Brits Standing a nasty depiction of Costa del Sol THE TV SHOW Last Brits Standing was yet another nasty depiction of the Costa del Sol and its British residents. I am surprised that the BBC should lower itself in this type of documentary. The Spanish press is right to be indignant. After 10 happy years here we do not recognise the people in the film. Where are the Brits of the U3A with a myriad of classes? Where are those in DFAS going to their fine art lectures? Those who prop up the various charities? There is also the great interaction with other foreigners who live here. My club in Mijas Pueblo can boast of at least 10 different nationalities. I wonder if their countries mount the same vitriolic attacks as the UK on the Costa del Sol? There were also the inaccuracies which appeared. The Spanish thinking that the Brits were a drain on their health services. The UK pays for the British here. We love living on the Costa. We admire the artistry of the Spanish. Where in the UK will you find such beautifully kept roundabouts with their sculptures? The Spanish welcome foreigners but it must be a quid pro quo. Here’s another film idea: ‘From Surrey to Sol: another view of the Brits on the Costa.’ Any film-maker brave enough to present this alternative documentary should contact me. Catherine Cohen (by email)
NHS is paid for SAMMY and Paul (Street Talk) ask “what other country refuses to pay for its own people’s needs such as the NHS and Education, while at the same time handing out to others?” This is a typical UKIP statement, which may sound fine but is in fact absolute nonsense. Britain does not ‘refuse to pay for the NHS and Education.’ One may argue that we do not spend enough on them, but the amount we do spend on them is enormously greater than what we give in development aid or contributions to the EU, so it is wrong to suggest that we would make much more money available if we stopped aid and EU membership.
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the earth who can say! The leaves also make a wonderful substitute for shamrock on St Patrick’s Day. Carole V Poole, Manilva (Malaga)
Wrong report FIRSTLY, a thank you for the EWN. Now may I have a little gripe! Page three ‘Quote of the Week’ mentions a “13-year-old student”. There are no students aged 13. Children attending a SCHOOL are PUPILS. Students go to College. Undergraduates and Postgraduates go to University. Hal Perkins (by email)
I was in Fuengirola when hundreds of Harley riders turned up. They made it a special day for many of us bike lovers, and I managed to get this shot. Adrian Bowman, Fuengirola (Malaga)
UKIP’s thesis is that we should abandon our most important markets in Europe, and hope that we could make up the loss by trading with the Commonwealth. They do not seem to have noticed that whereas Britain is one of the largest countries in the EU, it is dwarfed by Commonwealth nations such as India, Pakistan and Nigeria (with which we can trade perfectly well now from within the EU). The tragedy is that we seem afraid to aim to lead the EU and prefer to run away from it. David Cameron’s proposed referendum is unnecessary and damaging to Britain’s interests, as our European partners puzzle over why on earth we are taking such a negative and defeatist attitude. Bill Campbell (by email)
Japan’s blunder THANKS to Mike Walsh for his article ‘Inconvenient History’ (Euro Weekly News some editions, Issue 1555). Hitler controlled Norway. Why did he not, as part of Barbarossa, seize Murmansk which was only 80 miles from the Norwegian frontier? Even if the Nazis had been unable to hold
Murmansk they could have destroyed its port facility. The biggest strategic blunder (probably in all history) was Japan attacking the US instead of the Soviet Union. They would have had all the Siberian resources and the Germans would surely have defeated European Russia. The added bonus to the Axis would have been the continued isolationism of the US. Roger Page, Mojacar Playa (Almeria)
Not so free A FEW months ago a friend’s Venezuelan born wife passed away. Her family were unable to attend the funeral as in order to fly out of Venezuela one can only buy a ticket in dollars. These can only be obtained from the government. This takes at least one month and usually more. Yes, Mr Les Adams (Letters, Issue 1554) Venezuela is obviously a wonderfully free and liberal country. I somehow think that living there would not be so much to your liking as your letter may have implied. Jon Allso (Valencia)
Thanks angels DUE to the debilitating illness my husband suffers from, which has caused him to fall over on several occasions, I had to call the 112 emergency service. My goodness was I impressed - they arrived within 10 minutes, picked my husband up and were so kind telling us to call whenever help was needed. Thank you, you were like guardian angels. Carol McCormack, Caleta de Velez (Malaga)
Not a weed IN answer to the letter (Letters, Issue 1555) re: the yellow wild flower Oxalyis (let’s not call it a weed) is a wonderful, colourful, ground cover during March and April. It is easily suppressable as it does eventually die down, even the leaves, and can be pulled up quite easily as the ground is usually still quite moist. My chickens would soon clear your garden of it, they love it. I have noticed when dogs of mine need to eat grass, they seem to prefer grass growing through Oxalyis, so whether it has properties to purify
What cover? I ALMOST fell off my stool laughing at the comments regarding the EU health card (EHIC). On holiday in Gayanes I was unfortunate to dislocate my right hip. I attempted to pop it back in as I have managed to do before to no avail. So it was off to Alcoy Hospital where after a lot of consultation over my EHIC card (I am a pensioner) they decided to look at the problem and attempt to pop it back in. That’s when it was discovered the prosthesis had come loose in the femur and I needed surgery, a full hip replacement. Then I was told, we cannot operate, as ‘you do not have proper insurance cover.’ They told me to discharge myself from the hospital with the paperwork. I reorganised the ferry and my wife drove to the UK and Sheffield Northern Hospital where I had a hip replacement. The card seems to work for emergency treatment only (cut finger). Is Spain part of the EU ? David Goulding (by email)
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.’ Patrick Henry
This week
in history 1494:Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica, which he calls Santa Gloria. 1776:Rhode Island in the USA declared independence from England. 1789: George Washington is inaugurated as the first US President, serving until March 1797. 1821:Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the island of St Helena. 1915:The luxury liner Lusitania leaves New York harbour for a voyage to Europe. The liner was subsequently sunk by German U-boats. 1923: The first successful non-stop transcontinental flight is made from New York to the West Coast. 1930:Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India, is arrested by the British. 1943: A British submarine drops “the man who never was” (a dead man the British planted with false invasión plans) into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain. 1979: Margaret Thatcher of the Conservative Party becomes the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain. She was in power until 1990, the longest serving British Prime Minister of the 20th Century. 1982:A British submarine sinks Argentina’s only cruiser during the Falkland Islands war. 2011: Osama Bin Laden is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by US Navy SEALS in an operation called Neptune Spear.
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Always be nice to your children, because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.’ Phyllis Diller
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Living is Easy with Eyes Closed Written and directed by David Trueba. Starring Javier Camara, Natalia de Molina and Francesc Colomer. Run time: 1hr 48min Set in Albacete, Spain in 1966, English teacher and die-hard Beatles fan, Antonio sets out on a road trip to Almeria in the hope of meeting John Lennon who happens to be shooting a film there. On the way, he picks up two hitch-hikers, Juanjo and Belén. The unlikely trio form a bond and decide to follow their dreams in the hope of finding their freedom.
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Unscramble the name of a famous British author (three words): COULD RATHER ANNOY
Q. A. Q. A. Q. A. Q. A.
Unscramble the name of a type of vegetable: I HATE CORK
Hexagram
What do you call an elephant that doesn’t matter? An irrelephant. What do lawyers wear to court? Lawsuits! Did you hear about the hungry clock? It went back for seconds. What do you call a baby monkey? A chimp off the old block.
The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (RELIEF) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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Spanish midfielder who played for Arsenal before joining Barcelona in 2011, then Chelsea last year. He was called up for the Spanish national team in 2006 and helped win their first World Cup Championship in 2010. He has won several awards during his career, including Young Player of the Year Award in 2007. 30 April, Kirsten Dunst, Movie Actress, 33 Former child actress who made her name starring in Spiderman alongside Tobey Maguire. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for Interview with the Vampire. 1 May, Joanna Lumley, TV Actress, 69 As a comedy actress she has won two BAFTA TV awards for her role in Absolutely Fabulous. She is also known for doing voice acting roles such as in Corpse Bride and James and the Giant Peach. 2 May, David Beckham, Footabller, 40 The first British footballer to compete in 100 Champions League matches. He played for Manchester United before moving to Real Madrid and then on to Los Angeles Galaxy. He is married to Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and they have four children, Romeo, Cruz, Brooklyn and Harper. 3 May, Charlie Brooks, Soap Opera Actress, 34 Best known for her role as Janine Butcher in EastEnders. She has twice won the British Soap Award for Best Villain and Best Exit. She began her acting career at the age of 17. 4 May, Rory McIlroy, Golfer, 26 Irish golfer who won the 2011 US Open, the PGA Championship in 2012 and 2014 and the 2014 Open. He is the first European to win three different majors. He also set a record for the lowest par score at the US Open. 5 May, Adele, Pop Singer, 27 At the age of 19, she became a huge success with the four times Platinum selling album 19 and won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2009. She also won a Golden Globe Award for Skyfall.
10-Star Quiz KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES V1. By what title is Anthony Armstrong-Jones, the former husband of Princess Margaret, also known? 2. In the television comedy series Dad’s Army, what was the peacetime occupation of Lance-Corporal Jones, played by actor Clive Dunn? 3. In which 1970s BBC television series did actress Gemma Jones star as Louisa Leyton/Trotter, who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in London? 4. Paul Jones was the lead singer of which pop band from 1962 to 1966? Their hits include: Do Wah Diddy Diddy and Pretty Flamingo. 5. Released in 1981 and starring Harrison Ford as the fictional architect, what was the title of the first of the Indiana Jones series of films? 6. Named after two American economists whose company compiled the first average of US stock prices in 1884, what is the US equivalent of the Financial Times Index? 7. Which Beatles’ track from their 1968 White Album mentions the characters Desmond and Molly Jones? 8. Which chat-show host was famously slapped by singer Grace Jones live on air after he had turned to interview other guests, making Jones feel she was being ignored? 9. Which allegorical novel, first published in 1945, begins ‘Mr Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the henhouses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes’? 10. Who was the author of the award-winning novel Bridget Jones' Diary, first published in 1996? 1. EARL OF SNOWDON - in 1999 he was created BARON ARMSTRONG-JONES, OF NYMANS IN THE COUNTY OF WEST SUSSEX, 2. Town BUTCHER, 3. THE DUCHESS OF DUKE STREET, 4. MANFRED MANN, 5. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, 6. DOW JONES INDEX, 7. OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA, 8. RUSSELL HARTY, 9. ANIMAL FARM, 10. HELEN FIELDING
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YOUR STARS GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Partnerships see you leap ahead on something that was a bit stuck in the mud. A leap in your bank balance follows. Some quick decisions may be called for so it is better to share responsibilities, whatever the outcome. You have a chance to show just how clever you can be, but do it because it gives you personal satisfaction rather than to impress. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) After a hectic start to the week, things seem to have slowed down. Look carefully at what has happened, but remember that there is no point in worrying over something that you cannot change. Sitting tight and waiting for this period to pass could be the best solution. Certainly, it will prove less stressful than fighting a losing corner. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Money is good and this can make you overconfident. Beware bank managers offering loans in large amounts. Nothing is for free and you need to look carefully at interest rates right now. Another, more personal, investment also needs looking at right now. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Aim a bit higher than usual and you may be surprised at your success. When seeing the bigger picture, you realise that it is not so daunting after all. If one person can do it, then so can another. It is a matter of how you approach it. What you have to ask yourself this week is why you should accept the minimum when the maximum is so close by.
TAURUS
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It is better if you don't get involved in any high profile, high risk business deals. Success is definitely not assured. This is a time for financial consolidation. Count your pennies and see the pounds collecting in the future. On a cold winter’s night it can give a pleasant glow to realise that your action during the hotter months is keeping you warm. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This should be a great time for your finances. Any glitch is likely to be because you have overspent. Even if things still need close attention, you can win if you concentrate. A bit of plotting and planning can work wonders at the moment. Most of your big expenses are behind you and if you can just tighten that belt a wee bit more. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Although things seem fine, this is not a time to overstretch your finances. Spending a lot this week without thought is problematic later. This is a week of shifting and changing and that certainly means your finances. The other area is your social circle, where people come and go, sometimes without warning. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This is not a particularly lucky week for you, so I would certainly advise caution. Gambling is not recommended. Being clever with money is as much about not spending it as about how you spend it. .
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Look at the long-term picture when considering money matters. What seems like a good deal now may not be so a few years down the line. Someone who appears to be telling a lie may simply have either misunderstood or have the wrong information. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) This is a time to consider finances and keep your options open. Someone who tries to get a fast decision out of you by pushing you into a corner is doing you no favours. You will decide what (if anything) needs to be done when you are good and ready. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Keep things simple. Getting involved in other people's problems is not for you at the moment. It may be necessary to delay a decision to give yourself time to think. Could you manage a few days away somewhere? Maybe you could stay with a friend or relative. You need some peace and quiet on your own. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Although things are going pretty well, there are some things that could be just a little better organised. The time and money that this saves could be small, but it's the ongoing positive attitude that counts. There have been times recently when you have wondered if your progress on a certain matter would ever start up again.
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 R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
TARGET: Average: 11 Good: 14 Very good: 20 Excellent: 24
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION dent, diet, dine, dint, dire, dirt, doer, done, dote, edit, nerd, node, redo, rend, ride, rind, rode, tend, tide, tied, toed, trod, diner, doter, droit, drone, idiot, indie, indri, noted, tined, tired, toned, trend, tried, dentin, dinero, dinner, dotier, editor, indent, indite, intend, iodine, ironed, rioted, rodent, tendon, tidier, tinder, tinned, triode, diorite, edition, intoned, nitride, RENDITION
SOUND OF THE WEEK Love me like you do Released: January 2015 Album: Fifty Shades of Grey Ellie Goulding, the British singer songwriter hit the ‘billboard’ number one spot with, ‘Love Me Like You Do.’ This great track from one of Britain’s brightest stars was an original song from the soundtrack of the 50 Shades of Grey movie. The song currently holds the record for the most-streamed track in a single week in the United Kingdom - 2.58 million times.
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Cryptic Across 7 Fix bent rapier (6) 8 Contracted in meagre education (6) 9 Surprising name for locks (4) 10 Example of epic men’s make-up (8) 11 Calls for more or scene change (7) 13 Had the courage to confront an awful dread (5) 15 Cheese, fine if crisp (5) 17 Depression is beginning to threaten professional practitioner (7) 20 Additional pay for a sincere sort (8) 21 Loot concealed in Volkswagen (4) 22 Stan’s partner goes after leader of Conservative’s dog (6) 23 Shore bird at cove flying around (6)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents C and 24 represents J, so fill in C every time the figure 11 appears and J every time the figure 24 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Across 1 Snares (5) 4 Gap (6) 9 Provide commentary for a film (7) 10 Care for (5) 11 Flat (4) 12 Lean back (7) 13/18 Exhaust (3,3) 14 Feel physical pain (4) 16 Offensively curious or inquisitive (4) 18 See 13 20 Male ruler of an empire (7) 21 Grotto (4) 24 Male duck (5) 25 Very old (7) 26 Courtly dance (6) 27 Engine (5)
Across: 1 Assets, 4 Scales, 7 Shah, 8 Academic, 9 Resents, 12 Set, 14 Leader, 15 Racist, 16 Ace, 18 Rafters, 22 Managers, 23 Bore, 24 Desert, 25 Stolid. Down:
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succeed (7) 4 Greek god from ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ (5) 5 To start with I read revelation in Times’ article naming the menace (8) 6 Go back to sow again, by the sound of it (6)
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Down 1 Delicate (6) 2 Concur with (5) 3 Examine minutely (4) 5 Free from evil or guilt (8) 6 Root vegetables (7) 7 Scandinavian kingdom (6) 8 Gain knowledge (5) 13 Get back (8) 15 Commander of a ship (7) 17 Not often (6) 18 Keyboard instrument (5) 19 Court clown (6) 22 Watchful and ready (5) 23 Fraudulent business scheme (4)
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Across: 1 Swap, 4 Vile, 9 Chatter, 10 Sigma, 11 Irate, 12 Shamble, 13 Parish, 15 Duress, 19 Decline, 21 Infer, 23 Raise, 24 Trounce, 25/26 Well done. Down: 2 Witness, 3 Peruse, 4 Vista, 5 Legible, 6 Scrimp, 7 Saga, 8 Face, 14 Receive, 16 Unicorn, 17 Series, 18 Heated, 19 Dare, 20 Ideal, 22 Fine.
ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Scots, 3 Sheet, 5 Use, 7 Aburrir, 9 Eggs, 10 Male, 13 Answers, 14 Ant, 15 Ships, 16 Adios. Down: 1 Saucepans, 2 Soap, 3 Soul, 4 Tormentas, 6 Edges, 8 Riada, 11 Keys, 12 Isla.
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Across 1 Ribbon (5) 4 Tables (furniture) (5) 7/16 Pajarita (corbata) (3,3) 8 Mensaje (7) 9 Arco (4) 10 To gnaw (4) 14 File (document) (7) 16 See 7 17 Yemas (de huevos) (5) 18 Principio (comienzo) (5)
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THE top 10 greatest movies of all time, based on their awards and nominations, but primarily their IMDb popularity. 1. The Godfather, 1972. Director: Francis Ford Coppola Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, and Diane Keaton. The aging patriarch of an organised crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. Oscars: 3 Oscar Nominations: 11 BAFTA Nominations: 4 Golden Globes: 6 Golden Globe Nominations: 8
Set in London in 1922, Frances and her mother lost all their male relatives in the war and are left struggling with a large house in Camberwell. They decide to take in lodgers, a young married couple. It is no surprise when Frances has an affair with the young lodger’s wife Lily and their passion results in tragedy. When an innocent boy is charged with murder, the girls have a hard decision to face. This is a fascinating tale of class, sex and the consequences of a passionate affair. The story is tense with an unexpected ending, a page-turner set in dreary London, so vividly described. This is vintage Sarah Walters and above all a wonderful, compelling story. books@euroweeklynews.com
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3. Schindler's List, 1993. Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, and Ben Kingsley. In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis. Oscars: 7 Oscar Nominations: 12 BAFTA Awards: 6 BAFTA Nominations: 12 Golden Globes: 3 Golden Globe Nominations: 6
BAFTA Awards: 6 BAFTA Nominations: 9 Golden Globes: 6 Golden Globe Nominations: 6
5. Casablanca, 1942. Director: Michael Curtiz Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains. Set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications. Oscars: 3 Oscar Nominations: 8
7. Gone with the Wind, 1939. Director: Victor Fleming Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, and Barbara O'Neil. A manipulative Southern belle carries on a turbulent affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. Oscars: 8 Oscar Nominations: 13
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975. Director: Milos Forman Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, and Peter Brocco. Upon admittance to a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients to take on the oppressive head nurse. Oscars: 5 Oscar Nominations: 9
4. Raging Bull, 1980. Director: Martin Scorsese Stars: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, and Joe Pesci. An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. Oscars: 2 Judy Garland: Oscar Nominations: 8
8. Citizen Kane, 1941. Director: Orson Welles Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, and Agnes Moorehead. Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to discover the meaning of his final utterance. Oscars: 1 Oscar Nominations: 9 9. The Wizard of Oz, 1939. Director: Victor Fleming Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, and Bert Lahr. Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. Oscars: 2 Oscar Nominations: 6
In the Wizard of Oz.
10. Titanic, 1997. Director: James Cameron Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, and Kathy Bates. A 17-year-old aristocrat, expecting to be married to a rich claimant by her mother, falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. Oscars: 11 Oscar Nominations: 14 BAFTA Awards: 0 BAFTA Nominations: 8 Golden Globes: 4 Golden Globe Nominations: 8
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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION color, colon, cool, coot, crone, clot, clots, clone, cots, cone, rots, robe, stool, stone, arms, loco, loot, loots, loon, lobe, lone, onto, oxen, tool, tone, bloc, blot, blots, bone, bane, bent, bean, beau, next, mist, mitt, mitts, stout, abort, aborts, abet, ants, ante, auto, extol, extra, tenor, tent, tents, text, tots, tote, tout
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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.
2. The Shawshank Redemption, 1994. Director: Frank Darabont Stars: Tim Robbins, and Morgan Freeman. Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. Oscar Nominations: 7 Golden Globe Nominations: 2
BAFTA Awards: 2 BAFTA Nominations: 4 Golden Globes: 1 Golden Globe Nominations: 7
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‘Spanish onions if you may, not the foreign stuff’ went one conversation Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
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COUPLE of weeks ago I wrote about the diminishing number of real characters in our society. When I was a boy every neighbourhood seemed to have its own quirky, off-the-wall characters; men or women whose mannerisms or appearance set them apart from the rest of us. Eccentricity has always been a very English trait. They often had strange little ways that were a source of entertainment. They might be heard having conversations with themselves as they pottered around their gardens, or perhaps be seen in the local shop still dressed in a pyjama top over a pair of tatty corduroys, buying fish paste and peppermints. There is perhaps a fine line between this sort of unconventionality and stark, staring nuttiness, but it is that very hair’s breadth of difference that made them what they were.
ECCENTRICS: An endangered species who could be entertaining.
They often had strange little ways that were a source of entertainment. They might be heard having conversations with themselves as they pottered around their gardens, or perhaps be seen in the local shop still dressed in a pyjama top over a pair of tatty corduroys, buying fish paste and peppermints.
These were people who did not give a fig about what others thought or what society dictated. They were nonconformists who lived by their own set of rules and standards, but broke no laws and bothered no one. But they were respected in a strange kind of way and invariably listened to whenever they made pronouncements, because most of them shared a common thread - a certain brand of worldly wisdom. Now these characters have all but disappeared, which came home to me last year when I returned to Suffolk and learned that another one of the old timers - probably the last of the great
village characters - had passed on. In the mid-70s when we arrived fresh-faced in that Suffolk community, there was a plethora of these wonderful people and the pub was a good location for some eavesdropping. “They would’n let moi dawg in the shop, soo oi took him out and chained him up with a bit’a string. Oi only went in for some o’them Spanish onions, not they foreign beggers,” went the way of one conversation. When a new doctor arrived in the village, one old boy was heard to say to another: “Hev yoo met the noo doctor yet? His woif’s the best lookin’ bloke in Suffolk.” When a colleague on the parish council said he had to rush off after one meeting because of his wife’s birthday, we asked him what he had bought her. “Nuth’n,” he told us. “She haint used last year’s present yet.” “What was that then?” we enquired. “A plot in the cemetree,” came the expressionless reply. “Don’t be so mean! You can’t take it with you,” one lady councillor admonished. “Well then, I haint goin,” was his answer. Life is drabber without these largerthan-life characters.
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MAYPOLE: For dancing.
Mayday, not only a distress call WITH all the natural and maritime disasters dominating our TVs and newspapers of late, the word mayday automatically sums up images of the international distress call. But since the beginning in the late 19th century, May Day, Labour Day, or International Workers’ Day, has been a European spring holiday, as well as a celebration of labourers and the working classes. Whether you prefer to watch people dancing around the Maypole with brightly coloured ribbons while listening to Morris dancers jingle their way to a hard-earned pub lunch, or sing Union songs while gazing up at a socialist flag, make plans to enjoy May Day. Being a traditional European spring celebration, May Day is a national public holiday in many countries, however in a few, it is celebrated as a Labour Day only. In the UK, it probably originated as a Roman festival honouring the beginning of the spring season (in the northern hemisphere). But only recently has it been noted as a day to campaign and celebrate workers’ rights. No matter what your take on May Day is, enjoy the spring festival and have the day off work.
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REPORTS of Gibraltarians fishing tuna in the bay led a Spanish MEP to ask questions of the EC. The reply said it would be illegal for locally registered boats to fish tuna in EU waters. Common fisheries policies did not apply to Gibraltar and an international fishing agreement between UK and the EU would be required for Gibraltar registered boats to be able to fish tuna.
THE Borders and Coastguard Agency (BCA) recently launched its new website, www.gibraltarborder.gi, an informative website devoted to increasing knowledge of the agency and designed to provide real time travel updates. This includes land frontier queue information as well as access to real-time frontier queue cameras.
A DISASTER relief fund for the victims of the earthquake in Nepal has been set up locally by the Red Cross and Clinic Nepal. Anyone wi shi ng t o m ake a donat i on can do so through Barclays: Account number: 53661342. Sort code: 20.45.21.
A day to remember the workers, living and dead BEST FOOT FORWARD: Walking in yellow.
Mental Health Walk THE Wear Yellow Walk is being held on May 9 to raise awareness of mental health. Mental illness is an issue which is ‘swept under the carpet’ and creating awareness and providing an open forum for people to be able to ask questions and receive information
from experienced professionals is priceless. This is exactly what people have on offer during Mental Health Week at the John Mackintosh Hall. For further information on the Wear Yellow Walk, contact Clubhouse Gibraltar at: www.clubhousegibraltar.com
UNITE the Union led commemorations for Workers Memorial Day. By Steve Walsh “REMEMBER the Dead, Fight for the Living,” was the message delivered as the Governor, Sir James Dutton, laid the first wreath at a ceremony in Parliament. The theme of this year’s Workers Memorial Day was the removal of hazardous and dangerous substances in the workplace. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo also spoke on adequate health and safety standards at work. He said: “On Workers Memorial Day, we remember those who came before us who have lost their lives to a workplace accident or to a workrelated illness. Today we also mark the fourth anniversary of the introduction of this memorial.” In a speech that highlighted Unite campaigns against dangerous substances, he brought to the fore TUC Global statistics such as: 4,000 workers dying from
TRIBUTE: Chief Minister Picardo marked the fourth anniversary. work-related chronic obstructive airways disease each year, and two million people suffer a health problem related to their work. He concluded: “Thanks to the initia-
tives that we are embarking on, workplaces are becoming safer. That is the best memorial for those who have come before and lost their lives or been injured at work.”
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€4m in bets AS it makes strides on the field to develop its fledging footballing status, and as the betting market multiplies, Gibraltar is in danger of becoming the latest haven for match-fixing. Insidefootball.com reports that The Rock, which has only recently gained official international status, saw €4 million gambled on local games in just one year.
McGhie, presented the inaugural Flight Safety Awards at RAF Gibraltar. Six employees within British Forces Gibraltar were recognised for their positive contribution to flight safety. Sergeant Robert Dixon was awarded the Station Commander’s Commendation for Flight Safety Excellence and Police Constable David Ferrary, Able Rate Lawrence Miller, Mr Frances Vasquez, Mr George McNiven and Mr Viv O’Reilly were all awarded the Station Flight Safety Officer’s Commendation to Flight Safety.
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Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a free-lance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/nora-johnson
“OF course, the Spanish are backward. Why, before the Brits arrived you couldn’t order a fry-up in the noonday sun!” The recent BBC documentary, Costa del Sol: Last Brits Standing, which followed Bronte the barmaid, 66-year-old jive-dance instructor Colin and Big Dave (who ought to go on a whisky diet; he’d soon lose three days, no sweat), was meant to paint a picture of expat life on the Costa del Sol. Instead it spouted the same old sensationalist clichés. At any moment you expected someone to come out with the above quip. In fact, the BBC missed a trick by not having Jeremy Clarkson on hand. He could have upped the offensiveness factor single-handedly.
The film’s portrayal of both the Spanish and the British was a gross exaggeration. Such a one-sided ‘documentary’ simply misrepresented the lives and opinions of the majority of Brits who get on well with the Spanish. But then, ‘colourful’ stereotypes make good TV. Focusing on ordinary people successfully integrated in the community who’ve learned Spanish would fly in the face of the show’s spotlight on a few who are plainly struggling. Basically, anyone who gets on screen will be a ‘character’, so ‘boring’, hard-working individuals won’t get a look in. In some ways, Spain is a country at the crossroads. The uncertainty of the past few years has taken its toll in many ways, including a rise in the number of house repossessions, bankruptcies and expats forced to return to the UK. But with GDP slightly up and unemployment figures slightly down, it’s maybe finally turning the corner. And corruption scandals, so long
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Have we got news for you: Clarkson couldn’t have made things worse!
MISSING: BBC documentary could have used Jeremy Clarkson.
the plague of Spanish life, now seem finally under the control of the judicial system. In fact, they’re now so numerous that Spanish TV news lumps them together in one swift round-up, ranging from King Felipe’s sister’s indictment for tax fraud plus her husband’s alleged embezzlement, to the alleged slush fund operated by Spain’s governing conservative party. Yes, there are good and bad bits about living anywhere but this programme was totally unrepresentative. The vast majority of industrious expats who are doing well personally and professionally after migrating here weren’t featured. Ordinariness and a sense of balance, after all, make for dull TV. Not so much a documentary then, more a bigoted rant. Nora Johnson’s thrillers Landscape of Lies, Retribution, Soul Stealer, The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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Make May your best month yet MAY is the fifth month of the year and the influence of this number is helping you to reach out and ask for help where you need it. Sally Trotman
HOW can you make May your best month yet? With the sun now moving through earthy Taurus, this is the best time to be practical, grounded and strategic in your approach to life. Whether you want to get fit and healthy, meet new people or take your career to the next level, you will need a plan! Your greatest success will come through listening to your instinct and taking action to bring these ideas to fruition. Taurus wants you to build firm foundations to support you comfortably through the years ahead. May is the fifth month of the year and the influence of this number is helping you to reach out and ask for help where you need it. This is also the perfect time to take up a new hobby and meet more like minded people. If you don’t always feel confident in new social situations, repeat this simple affirmation with movement first thing in the morning. Stand tall and stretch your arms straight out wide whilst repeat-
TAURUS: Build firm foundations to support you through the years ahead. ing the following statement out loud: ‘I welcome new people into my life and know that I deserve to be happy.’ Now rest your hands on your heart and breath deeply knowing that you have taken the first step towards developing new relationships.
The full moon in Scorpio on May 4 will help you further to release fears, so be aware of your dreams, hunches and intuitive insights around this time. Scorpio will help you to get in touch with your passions, to live your truth and to release the
past. Often we hold onto people, places and situations which we have outgrown for fear of change. Now is the time to release anything which no longer serves you. The influence of the Hierophant Archetype which is the fifth card in the major arcana tarot deck, reminds you to listen to your own wisdom this month. The answers you seek to the most important questions lie within your own heart, so take time to meditate quietly when you can, so that you can hear the whispers of your heart. The Taurus new moon on May 18 will help you to put these ideas into practice. So make the most of the mixture of heavenly and earthly energies this month, to help you become aware of what you need and how you can create the firm foundations required to sustain your dreams. To find out more about how the astrological influences of this month affect you personally based on your date of birth, contact Sally to book in for an individual session via telephone or Skype. Sally also produces written couple compatibility charts. Please email at sally.trotman@bt internet.com or visit her website for more information : www.sallytrotman.com.
Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
LIBYA, until 2011, was Africa's richest and most successful nation. Forget the propaganda of mainstream media. A few facts about President Gaddafi’s Libya. Through a system of tribal councils the Libyan nation was more representative than is the West’s flawed political process. Under the colonel’s benign rule Libyans benefited from free electricity, interest-free loans, and the fruits of massive infrastructure investment despite sanctions imposed at the bequest of Western bankers. Newlyweds received $50,000 with which to purchase their marital home, mothers received $5,000 for each child born. The country’s city transport infrastructure, in many respects, put ours to shame. What changed? The NATO West changed everything: If you want to discover a slug’s lair follow the slime trail. If Western politicians are your prey the slime trail is coated with corporate banknotes. Corruption, not national interest, underpins the West’s entire foreign policy.
When compared to many African nations, the descent into lawlessness and poverty suffered by once rich Libya, has transformed it into Africa’s most dangerous and unpleasant regime. During the disastrous Libyan conflict, mainstream media, like a bunch of American football cheerleaders, whooped the Westminster line. Again, a sovereign nation’s head of state was demonised and set-up for the killer blow. “The enemy aggressor is always pursuing a course of larceny, murder, rapine and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission, a destiny imposed by the Deity to regenerate our victims while incidentally capturing their markets, to civilise savage and senile and paranoid peoples while blundering accidentally into their oil wells.” ~ John Flynn, 1944. How much longer can the hapless EU endure? European Union sanctions backfired, EU foreign policy is non-existent. Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in as many words, observes “Protocol suggests that I confer with EU Foreign Ministers. In truth, I may as well go direct to Washington DC.” Western European defence is entirely dependent upon US funded
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Reaping Westminster’s foul wind sidering the perilous crossing. Today, the murdered Gaddafi prophecy is coming true. He warned the then Italian President Silvio Berlusconi of the likely consequences of the NATO West removing him. “Europe might no longer be European, it would be black as millions of Africans pour into Europe.”
When compared to many African nations, the descent into lawlessness and poverty suffered by once rich Libya, has transformed it into Africa’s most dangerous and unpleasant regime.
PRESIDENT GADAFFI: Today his prophecy is coming true. NATO. Today, Russian media smirks as the European Union reels from an influx of African immigrants it cannot hope to stem. Let us cast our minds back to before NATO overthrew the Gaddafi governance. Amnesty International,
along with many others, places the blame on the EU ending of the Mare Nostrum initiative. This was a mutual arrangement of coastal defence administered by Gaddafi’s Libya and Italy. It was so successful there was little point in African immigrants con-
Wherever the smiling colonel is he certainly wiped the smile off our smug faces. Once again, ordinary Europeans suffer the ghastly consequences of Brussels and Westminster’s incompetence and corruption. These are the only people I want to see on a rickety vessel attempting to cross the Mediterranean - on a course set for Africa.
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The magical date has arrived APRIL 22 As usual I attended the hospital early, keen to have my last chemotherapy session.
Erica Russell Watson: My journey – and I’m driving THE magical date of April 22 finally arrived and I sprang out of bed and made my way to the Materno Hospital in Malaga for my eighth and final chemotherapy session. As per usual I arrived early to ensure I had my blood test done quickly to be able to send it off for analysis and hopefully be seen as quickly as possible by my oncologist. After having breakfast I went to the eighth floor and sat in the waiting room. Time flew by as I got chatting to two lovely ladies, Sally and Beryl, or the Nerja girls as I shall call them! We exchanged views on the differences in the British and Spanish
medical systems as Beryl had firsthand experience owing to 42 years in the nursing profession. Sally made off with one of the armbands they use to make your veins pop up when giving blood! Amazingly enough the nurse remembered that it was Sally and came to look for her. The band was returned as Sally had kept it safely but was unsure of who to hand it in to. I thought my luck was in as my number was called out earlier than usual and off I went to see the oncologist. Things were about to take a turn for the worse. They had lost half of my blood analysis so I had to do another test! I was not impressed, but being more focused on making sure I had my last chemo treatment I raced down to have the test. The waiting room was heaving but I just thought that today I was going to have to adopt the Spanish modus operandi and got straight to the front of the queue and demand-
ed they repeat the test because my oncologist was awaiting the results to be able to give me my treatment. To be fair to them they pushed me up the list, as it had been their er-
I think I have done quite enough for one day, so I will sign off now feeling tired but very happy. One phase down and now for radiotherapy and then reconstruction. ror, and I was in and out in five minutes. Had I waited patiently as we all have in Spain, I might never have received my last chemo. Back in the waiting room with the Nerja girls for another two hours. Finally I was called and it turned out all my levels were good
so I could proceed. The oncologist told me I had to book a CAT scan to see how everything had gone and I needed extensive blood tests to check my tumour markers and hormone levels, etc. I would be back to see her within a month to see what hormone treatment they would give me and to see how the breast area was and if the shadows on my lungs had gone. Jorge came to the rescue and booked my CAT scan because I would not have had time to go down to the bowels of the hospital and book it myself as they shut at 2pm, and I ended up finishing at 4pm. I took my place next to the sweetest lady who turned out to be the mother of a client of the notary’s where I used to work. Malaga is a small place! We had a lovely chat, which was just as well because they took one hour to come to put my line in and then had six attempts at it. A new nurse wanted to practise!
Grrr. I repeatedly said that Jesús was the only one who knew how to deal with my difficult veins and after the fifth attempt the newby yielded. Jesús came and popped the line in no problem. I would have preferred to have avoided that amount of jabbing but the most important thing was I was about to cross my chemo finishing line. I actually fell asleep in the middle of it, unheard of for me! The relief when they finally unhooked me was fabulous. I scurried off to recover at Jorge’s mother’s house and then made my way back home. Today has been a whirlwind of activity between visits to the bank, post office, doctor, hospital orthopaedics, translating for a friend, shopping, collecting children and then trying to sell my car. I think I have done quite enough for one day so I will sign off now feeling tired but very happy. One phase down and now for radiotherapy and then reconstruction. Poco a poco as the Spanish say!
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Migraines – why they are more than a headache AS well as the pain for up to 72 hours, some people have nausea and increased sensitivity to light, sound or smells
MIGRAINES – so much more than ‘just’ a headache. Intense, throbbing pain, often on one side, sufferers are often unable to continue with their everyday lives. Symptoms Some people experience symptoms before an attack called an aura: • Flashing lights, zigzag patterns or blind spots in your vision • Stiffness, a tingling sensation or pins and needles in your neck or shoulders • Feeling disoriented or off balance • Difficulty speaking • Poor concentration. As well as the pain for up to 72 hours, some people have nausea and an increased sensitivity to light, sound or smells during a migraine. What causes a migraine? There are a number of foods that have a reputation as ‘triggers’ for migraines. High blood pressure, smoking and even sleeping tablets also get the blame. But what if it isn’t anything you ate that’s causing the problem? Mechanical causes Recent research suggests that
neck issues are the major cause of migraines. (Study details on our blog – www.TheBodyworksClinic. com/blog.) Migraines are caused by nerve irritation, normally the trigeminal or occipital nerve. As I have discussed before all nerves run through the neck so any muscle constriction or tension in the neck will place strain on these nerves which, when combined with other triggers cause a migraine. Resolve the neck problem, reduce the irritation and therefore reduce the likelihood of a migraine. Up-to-date analysis methods like MRI scans have shown that the previous view of migraines as a vascular issue (based on patient describing pain as “thumping”) is incorrect. So migraines should be treated as a ‘mechanical’ problem. BUT do be careful as treatment must be gentle. Your practitioner must be experienced and qualified as it is common to trigger a migraine during manual treatment and they must be able to turn the migraine off! So I can eat chocolate?! Triggers are layers of irritation. The first layer is the nerve irritation/neck problem. Then you com-
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Brits are g in the mor BRITONS wake up grumpier than anyone else. According to users of a sleep app, even though Brits get more time in bed than most other nations, seven hours 22 minutes a night, they wake up moodier than most. Only the Japanese, South Koreans and Singaporeans are grumpier in the mornings. The Japanese may have a valid reason, getting an hour and a half less sleep. The results from 944,000 people, including 75,000 from the UK,
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bine that with factors such as stress, poor posture or injury. The chocolate (or wine or cheese or... ) is then the straw that broke the camel’s back – NOT the true cause at all.
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DO you have problems getting in and out of the bath or have you been stuck in the bath? This is such a common problem for anyone who suffers with back problems or movement restrictions. David Downton, Proprietor of Simply Bathing, has heard so many horror stories in the past where people had become stuck in the bath, even to the point of the neighbours calling the emergency services! Some customers turn over on their knees to get up but eventually their knees get so bad they can’t do it any more. Sound familiar? Many tell David they have seen the adverts but thought they didn’t need such an aid as they can still manage, only to find they have an accident slipping or falling and end up in hospital. David is the sole distributer of the Bath Buddy Magic Air Cushion which is becoming more popular
due to the demand for this type of product on the Costa del Sol. Demand is so great that Simply
The device is totally portable so you can take it away to family and friends, as it comes with a free travel bag. Bathing is now servicing Gibraltar. The Bath Buddy is a unique air cushion which fits neatly in the bath then deflates to lower you safely and gently into the bath allowing you to have a long-awaited soak. Then at the touch of a button it inflates to get you out. It is totally portable so you can take it away to family and friends, as it comes with a free travel bag.
It is so easy, there is no stepping over the bath, you simply sit on it as the Bath Buddy inflates to the height of your bath. The other advantage is that Simply Bathing will visit you, and in the comfort of your own home you can try the Bath Buddy for yourself as they give a free no obligation home demonstration. So start enjoying bathtime again, and call them today. For more information or to arrange a free home trial contact Simply Bathing S.L 952 576 948 / 606 353 099 or email simplybathing@yahoo.com
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ID red card: Have banks messed up? Some people face having their bank accounts frozen from May 1 unless they can prove who they are. An anti-money laundering law was passed in 2010 which means banks must hold digital ID for all their clients. Were you aware of this law, and do you think the action is fair to long-standing clients who opened their accounts before that year? FLORENCE NAVARRO, owner of Agua Flo Spas in Los Montesinos, admits she received notice from her bank several months ago about updating her information to follow new procedures but questions why it is necessary. She said “I must admit I don’t understand why it is needed, if
you are a regular user of your bank account it shouldn’t be needed. I could maybe understand it if an account had remained inactive for a while.” She added: “They shouldn’t be cancelling or freezing the accounts without telling people first as they will lose too much business.” On the Costa del Sol, Rob Jeacocke of Robsat IPTV and Satellite Solutions, said he wasn’t aware of the impending change, but wasn’t perturbed by it. “I have a couple of long-standing accounts where the staff would know me after 15 years or so. Everything is going digital now anyway, so it is a good idea to
FLORENCE: Banks should inform customers first if they are going to freeze accounts.
safeguard your account; after all, it should not worry anyone unless they have something to hide or they are dodgy in any way. Maybe it is a good thing,” he remarked. From Nueva Andalucia-based Andalucia Glass & Steel, Rudi Kaiser said he had known about the new law since ‘way before Easter’, as his business is in contact with the bank on a daily basis. His company has fulfilled the requirements, but he still feels like he has been left in the dark by the bank. “We asked them what we had to do and what they needed from us, and we put that in place straight away, but up until now we have had no update. We have heard nothing more,” he said. “To be quite honest,” Rudi added, “I just think it is a new game they are playing which will probably involve fees of some kind. As for money laundering, I think to
stop that is almost impossible.” However, Emma Higginson, owner of Villas-Plots.com in Javea, had no concerns. She said: “Yes, I have heard of the law and certainly not having the required documents in place when the bank demands them can cause a lot of delay. So we always try to keep abreast of changes in banking and property laws.”
EMMA: Keeps abreast of changes. RUDI: No doubt fees will be involved.
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Da Bruno restaurant serving Italian food at its ultimate best in a delightful place DA BRUNO also serves up entertainment every night with quality acts and well-known performers. By Wendy Ann Cowham
DA BRUNO is one of those restaurants whose name instantly conjures up a vision of Italian food at its ultimate best in magnificent surroundings. Alexandra and Giancarlo Paparusso, the owners, are always at the forefront of their restaurant because they know how to lead the way into the making of a successful business. And they have succeeded time after time. Not only is Da Bruno a household name now, known to thousands living and visiting the Costa del Sol, but it is also a name that has a reputation for quality Italian cuisine, quality service and quality entertainment whatever your taste. On approaching the restaurant, first impressions tell you that you are in for an Italian gastronomic treat, as the decor sets the scene accordingly and gets you in the mood. Now that the warmer days are here, the courtyard terrace is a
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delightful area to lunch and relax as many locals in the area are spreading the word of this being a perfect meeting point. Either inside or out the experience of Da Brunos is consistently good, day or night, for snacks or dinner. Everything that is prepared
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in the kitchen is cooked with a passion, so beware when you taste it as the Italians are renowned for enticing romance. There are some incredible seasonal starters to tempt you such as Da Bruno Chicken salad with grapes and pine nuts, or a
gourmet plate of carpaccio with mozzarella and prawns. Main courses take you further into delicious delights with an ample choice of risottos, fettuccine, gnocchi, pastas, fillet steaks and escalopes just to name a few. Equal to the choice in dishes are the variety of quality wines, cavas and beers which like the food are good value for money. There is entertainment every night with Frankie Valentine performing on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays, Ricardo sings on Wednesday and Thursdays, and Sophia on Fridays. All of which are quality acts and well-known performers. Many other tribute acts perform on special dates so do check out the website at www.dabruno.com. There is a food delivery service to Mijas and you can view the menu online. You will find Da Bruno on Carretera de Mijas. There is ample parking outside Centro Idea, Carretera de Mijas. Reservations are advisable so call 952 460 724.
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CAFE DE RONDA was established in 2011 by owner Douglas Goullet. He decided to keep the café’s original name as the place was already popular. He also kept the historic feel of the previous establishment but applied a modern twist to the décor. Douglas is a self-professed food lover who enjoys quality food and always tries to bring that ‘extra special something’ to all the dishes on the menu. They offer the finest English breakfast on the Costa del Sol, akin to those found at five star restaurants in London. The Eggs Benedict served are exquisite, plus the Irish sausages are of the highest quality and freshness. Wholemeal croissants, covered in cereals at the Cafe de Ronda are a real customer favourite. Providing a magnificent food platter and a variety of cereals. Coffee is made to perfection, with a professional Italian coffee machine, served with various milk options. All staff at Cafe de Ronda have been tutored on making the perfect coffee using the finest Illy coffee. The Number One dish is served at lunch in partnership with Relais de Paris. Serving the best quality steak covered just perfectly with
‘Relais de Paris sauce,’ the most popular sauce in France. Made with 21 different ingredients, the sauce is a truly heavenly experience. The moment you cut into the tender steak covered with the delicious ‘Relais de Paris sauce,’ it will play with your taste buds in the most delightful way.
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The dish is served with crunchy chips and a fresh green salad. Acclaimed by many clients, lamb served with ‘patatas a la pobre,’ (poorwomans’ potatoes; a traditional Spanish potato dish), is the best on the coast. It is the best comfort food you will find. Then end your meal with home-made mouth-watering desserts including key lime pie or a fresh strawberry tart. Cafe de Ronda constantly brings into their menu fresh seasonal food, including fresh fish like sea bream or gilthead. As a wine connoisseur, every two or three months Douglas con-
tacts his wine distributors for the best wines under €10 per bottle, so that Cafe de Ronda offers quality but affordable wine that tastes good. He always purchases wines with the highest ‘Robert Parkers ratings’ (The independent consumer’s guide to fine wines). Offering free WiFi and excellent service you will not want to leave. Cafe Ronda, Ramon Gomez de la Serna, 23, Marbella. Open Mon-Friday 8.30-18:00, Saturday and Sunday 9:00-17:00. Breakfast is served all day. Tel 952 900 899 www.cafederonda.es
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THE CRISPY COD a little taste of home By Wendy Ann Cowham
SEAN and Katrina, owners of the Crispy Cod fish restaurant, have busy little fingers working to keep the coast happy with their traditional fish and chips in which they have grown famous for. The Crispy Cod, formerly known as Joey’s, has been frying now for over 14 years bringing the freshest food to its diners. All the fish is freshly skinned and boned and the potatoes are freshly chopped every morning, hence the busy fingers, and with Sean’s own secret recipe for the batter, you are sure to taste a crispy treat. This chippy has been featured in the Daily Mirror newspaper boasting a five star rating so news travels far afield when food is as good as this. The portions are also generous so not only do you have quality but quantity too, although there is a choice of portion size, should you just want a light lunch. The Crispy Cod is a first in fish and chips but also offer other favourites such as
Sean & Katrina. t h e Pukka Pie range including steak and kidney, meat and potato, beef and onion and others too. Burgers are a good crowd puller ranging from the classic quarter pounder hamburger right down to a veggie burger, all at great value for money. Side orders are always ready to go, onion rings, breaded mushrooms, the classic Brits pickled eggs and mushy peas to die for, and how many of us remember those delicious pineapple fritters? The menu just gets better, the more you read, the more you remi-
nisce about the good old chippy back home. If you’ve got it, flaunt it, as the saying goes and the Crispy Cod definitely has it. The location has it too, situated right on the seafront, what better place could you be to eat fish and chips. The signage displayed on the terrace makes it clear that you have reached the home of the finest fish and chips on the coast. Sean and Katrina wish to inform customers that the Crispy Cod will now be open at the later time of 12.30pm until 11.00pm. The Crispy Cod is at Local 2 Edificio Esmeralda, Calle Europa 5, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 587 351.
IF you like the sound of popular artists but don’t have the pocket to foot the bill of costly tickets, then look no further than Miraflores Restaurant at Riviera del Sol to see what talented tribute bands are showing weekly. On Saturdays you can be serenaded by the Neil Diamond Tibute AKA Pete Nabarro, Friday May 1 there is Thomas Ray who will perform as Michael Buble and on Wednesday May 6, a real treat is in store with the ever popular Beatles Tribute. The entertainment is first class and back by popular demand. Entrance is free so your evening meal out will be complete with the shows. The restaurant is open from Tuesday till Saturday from 19.00 and Sundays from 1300 to 17.00 to non-members. There is a varied menu serving ex-
Ideal for celebrations. cellent food at good prices both of which will tempt you to return again and again. Miraflores also host weddings, first communions, baptisms, and all kind of gatherings. Celebrations take place in the large halls and terraces. Requests for budgeting your party or event can be done without any obligation. The Restaurant is set in the heart of the golf course and there is ample parking and the whole complex is well known as a must place to visit. Tel: 951 914 008 / 662 946 734
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Dogs over three years old should have their teeth brushed three times a week. Use a toothbrush that is made especially for dogs. They have long handles which allow you to brush the dog’s back teeth. And never use human toothpaste - instead use an enzyme toothpaste specifically made for dogs. Additionally, there are specially treated dental cleaning pads which can be wiped over the surface of the dog’s teeth. The enzymes in the pad do the cleaning. Another important but overlooked area is that of ear care. Dirt and debris in the ear canal can lead to inflammation and infection. Routine ear care, using products which cleanse the ear of debris, help to dry the ear canal and assist in pre-
venting otitis, a chronic inflammation and infection of the external ear canal. Ear mites are small parasites which can invade your dog’s ears. These mites typically cause a dry, dark brown debris to form in the ears of dogs. Ear mite treatments kill only the adult mites, not the nymphs, (pre-adults). Effective ear mite treatment in-
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EVA had spent many a winter night in Sweden thinking about a new life in Spain, planning where to live, how she would travel there with her family and deciding whether to rent or buy for the first year. And at the end of every thought was the question - how will we settle the dogs..? Gretha and Per are funloving Collie-cross dogs used to cool climates, so a large garden to play in somewhere in the mountains would be ideal. Once she found a place to rent her vision took shape... and once she had found pet-sitters, she knew she could relax. Finding experienced dog sitters allowed her to make firm plans. She met the sitters online through the HouseSitMatch network. Anne and Jeff are a retired Canadian couple who petsit to enable their travels around the world. They use their own years of experience as dog owners and home owners, and it gives them an affordable and sustainable way to travel to new countries. Register now for your Free 60 Day Trial and secure your Free Easy Guide to Housesitting. To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508.
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N general deciding to buy and develop a country garden implies that you prefer a larger and more interesting plot and the chance to do up an old historic building or build something unique. The surrounding views of the countryside and mountains, peace, and perhaps the chance to be self-sufficient, mean you are willing to put up with winter and early spring frosts. So with that introduction let’s look at some of the issues involved.
Microclimates Once out of the urbanisations gardens are often more exposed unless walled, which defeats one of the reasons for living in the wild, or thick boundary and internal hedges are planted to create less harsh microclimates. A greenhouse or small poly-tunnel will be useful for protecting plants in pots over the winter. Soils In country areas the soils inherited will vary from very rich, because mules used to be tethered to the trees, to dead soil denuded of natural humus and nutrients by the growing of fruit trees and vines for decades without the addition of animal fertilisers. The depth of soil will also vary from a spade depth of rich top soil to just a couple of centimetres over bed rock. Unless you are very lucky, improve the soil before you plant anything, whether flowering plants, aromatic herbs, fruit trees or vegetables. If you have little depth of soil build raised beds from day one. Flowering plants In developing your plant lists do study the descriptions of the 350 garden plants and trees described in our book ‘Your garden in Spain’ and focus mainly on those that are both drought and frost resistant. Do make the best of the hardy aromatic herbs such as
COUNTRY GARDENS: Can provide a larger and more interesting plot to develop. rosemary, lavenders, sage and thyme. If you purchased a large plot of land with many olive, walnut or almond trees do consider cutting out a large glade in the centre for the house and main formal garden, if not too late, and develop a network of paths between the trees with occasional glades of garden. Fruit trees Re fruit trees, check on what fruit is or was grown commercially in the area. Recognise that citrus trees do not like being continuously exposed to strong winds and that attempts to grow subtropical fruits should only be attempted in the most sheltered of sunny south facing spots. The book ‘Growing healthy fruit in Spain’ describes over 70 fruits that can be grown and many are suitable for country areas. Growing vegetables One of the joys of growing one’s own vegetables, whether grown in the ground, in raised beds, or in builder’s buckets is that you know that they are fresh and free of residual chemicals when you eat them. ‘Growing healthy
A greenhouse or small polytunnel will be useful for protecting plants in pots over the winter.
vegetables in Spain’ includes details of some 100 vegetables that we have raised in Spain. Our winter salads do not include tomatoes, but they do include a diverse mix of some 40 leaves and edible flowers full of raw energy and natural vitamins minerals and fibres.
Large pests Being isolated you will probably get fewer problems with small insects that can hop over the fences in an urbanisation comprising just holiday makers, letting owners, abandoned gardens as well as enthusiastic residents. However there is the chance that you will need to protect the garden from rabbits, wild boar and deer. If rabbits are thirsty or looking for some tasty moist fleshy plants to eat they will try and get in unless you do something about it. They even love young prickly pear cactus plants. The best way to keep out rabbits is with a chain-link fence which has the bottom
30 centimetres sunk into the ground or a sunken two building block wall under the fencing which is cemented into the top of the wall. Tall strong fences will also keep out deer and wild boar. The second best is a hunting type dog that has the run of the garden.
The third is to plant in raised beds with fencing on top. There is an anti-rabbit product sold by Neudorff but it would be expensive to protect a large area. Netting bags filled with human hair from the nearest hairdresser, hung on posts near a vegetable plot or along the wires supporting vines, and peed on once a month will make boars think that there are humans around and disappear. For more ideas there are special chapters in the book ‘Your garden in Spain’ focused on gardens in different types of situation including in inland valleys, on mountainsides, on saline and barren soils and woodland sites.
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Elaborately kitsch and selfconsciously unconventional Kevin Pilley Pilley’s Planet Kevin is an exprofessional cricketer and the former chief staff writer of PUNCH. He is the UK's most published travel writer. His work appears worldwide. He once went to Vienna and dressed up as Mozart.
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HE rooms have been described as a cross between a bordello and an explosion in a tartan factory. The Witchery is also said to be haunted by a lady who was burned at the stake for witchcraft 500 years ago. I didn’t see or smell her. And the fire alarm and smoke detectors certainly didn’t go off if she was padding about during the night. ‘The Witchery by the Castle’ in Edinburgh was opened by chef and restaurateur James Thompson who, fearing he had been born into the wrong time and class, gave an eccentric, incredibly OTT and very self-indulgent makeover. Scottish baronial baroque and flamboyantly creepy but gentrified Gothic style. With more than a little of camp thrown in for good measure. It’s all very Pugin, deliberately decadent, elaborately kitsch and selfconsciously unconventional. And great fun. The Witchery is not a typical hotel. Reached via a narrow passage called Boswell’s Court and up a turnpike stone stairway, the tenement building right beside Edinburgh Castle dates back to 1595. It offers seven premium-priced suites. You aren’t asked whether you prefer smoking or non-smoking. Instead, you choose whether you want an organ pipe headboard. Or not. Or whether you want gilded Empire furniture. Or velvet or tartan or paisley-lined walls. Or would rather your walls leather panelled. You can have either three windows or seven looking out onto the Old Town rooftops, Princes Street and the Firth of Forth. You can sleep the night in the ‘Guardroom’ or the ‘Armoury’ as
BARONIAL BAROQUE: The Witchery by the Castle in Edinburgh.
The unique hotel has an award-winning restaurant under its heraldic painted ceiling. You have breakfast by candlelight and can also bathe in a chapel.
well as the library which singer Dannii Minogue described as “a lust den”. The unique hotel, a 16th century merchant’s house, has an awardwinning restaurant serving, under its heraldic painted ceiling and surrounded by A-listed stonework, Scrabster monkfish, Isle of Mull cheddar scones and scallops, Oban oysters, Arran beets, Scotch border beef and lots of Scottish salmon. This year is ‘Scottish Year of Food and Drink’. At the Witchery you have breakfast by candlelight. You can also bathe in a chapel. The room is cluttered with tasselled damask curtains and bric-a-
brac. Military uniforms are casually draped over chairs. The Witchery is the only hotel where you can go to bed if you wish in a Buzby which gives an entirely new meaning to ‘the night-cap’. The Witchery, a former Satanists’ meeting place you are told tongue-in-cheek, also organises tours exploring the supernatural, grisly and sadist side of the burgh, following in the footsteps of cadies, grave-robbers and stranglers. Your escort is the Chief-InSpectre. The Witchery’s sister hotel is five-star boutique baronial 1687
Prestonfield House, which is equally decadent in décor although equipped with concessions to modernity like Wi-Fi and mood-adjusting lighting. The trouser presses are a bit outré. And straight. But the rooms are still much like boudoirs and overlook Arthur’s Seat and Royal Holyrood Park. And like The Witchery are a defiant challenge to the bland uniformity of most hotels. There is a suite named after Benjamin Franklin who stayed there. But probably did not laze and lather away in the huge silver
leaf sleigh bath. (“Neatness and sweetness all around/ These we at Prestonfield House found,” 1759.) The opulent hotel boasts the ‘Rhubarb’ restaurant which celebrates one of Scotland’s most unsung dicks. Sir Alexander Dick who introduced rhubarb to Scotland in the 18th century.
For further information contact The Witchery by the Castle, Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 1NE. Tel: 031 225 5613 / www.thewitchery.com
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ACE OF SHADES - All colours available. Urbanisations catered for, electric and manual operation, also recover service available, largest selection of colours and designs on the coast. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.es (101730)
BATH REPAIRS BATHOLOGIST. Specialist in repairing chipped baths or refurbishing old/worn baths. No mess or disruption. 678 808 837 (229862)
PUERTO BANUS - Moorings for rent. 8, 12 & 15 metres. 662 379 483 (226296) PUERTO BANUS - Moorings wanted to buy. 00324 7381 5789 (226296) BERTH/mooring for sale. 10 x 3.5 metre. Fuengirola. 29,800 euros ovno. Tel Graham 646 023 200 FOR Rent/Sale. 15 metre berth Duquesa. 12 metre and 20 metre berths main port Sotogrande. Contact 0044 7768 028400 / briantdavies@aol.com (233708)
BOILERS BOILER problems? Water heaters repaired. Hot water within 24 hours. Tel 604 129 208 (236025)
BOOKS
AIR CONDITIONING heating installation, servicing, repairs and regassing, 24/7. Prompt reliable service 620 020 232, 951 165 090 AIR CONDITIONING repairs and servicing. Airflow. 952 443 222 (201660) AIR CON repairs & installation. Tel Jim 652 023 012 (237398) AIR CONDITIONING by Cool and Cosy. The family company that cares. Installation and repairs. Quality machines. EsoSense movement sensor supplied and fitted for 80 euros. Coin meters supplied and fitted from 240 euros. For other energy-saving products, visit www.cooland cosy.es. Tel 952 935 513
WALL + floor tiler/builder. ESTEPONA. WWW.BATH ROOMS4U.ES (233712)
DAMP PROOFING DR DAMP leaking roofs, damp walls, all mould cured. All work guaranteed. Call 689 515 558 (233736)
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SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for large glazed areas to reflect heat / glare and stop furniture fading and still keep the view. SAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER TOO improve your living environment. Solar blinds.es@gmail.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176 (226282)
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SWINGLES CASAS SL. For all your building needs. Visit www.swinglescasas. com for more details or call 952 428 067 / 666 960 262 (224893) JIM’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS. bathrooms / kitchen reforms, repairs, plumbing, carpentry, painting, tiling, maintenance. Give us a call no job too small. 692 207 799 / 645 559 423 (225760) CONCRETE - OZBUILD, Specialist imprinted concrete. Reseals, repairs, brickwork, tiling, plastering, screeding. 11 years in Spain. Competitive prices, quality finish. 952 426 074 / 606 745 920 / www.ozbuildspain.com
DO NOT buy a new air conditioning unit until you have called us. Most units can be repaired for a fraction of the cost. Air Con Solutions. 616 026 987 / 617 770 759
GENERAL BUILDER. Tiling, plastering, painting, electrician, plumber, carpentry. Reasonable prices. 952 662 745 / 635 913 885 (References available)
ANTIQUES
SWIFT MULTISERVICES. All aspects of building works undertaken with over 30 years’ experience. Professional, trustworthy & reliable. Call 674 845 852
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CD collection large or small. TC will buy them all. Telephone 652 072 600 (239612) SUPERPOOL EST. 1985. Pool tables, boxing and mini-vending machines on profit share, also new/second hand domestic tables and accessories. Tel 629 530 233 - www.su perpoolspain.com (239523) WANTED all furniture and household items. Best prices. 697 511 071 (236100) DECLUTTER, cash paid for small/medium furniture, antiques, furs, brass, copper and other ornaments. Tel: Howard 608 121 817 (225749) SECOND hand shop buy & sell. Tim’s established 1992. Atalaya (San Pedro). Tuesday-Friday 10.30am-7.00pm. Saturday 10.30am-2.00pm. Sunday & Monday closed. 666 903 499 (232097)
INSTANT CASH paid for antiques, house/shop & commercial clearances. 678 320 233 / 722 306 194 (236024)
BUILDING SERVICES
SRC property maintenance, City & Guilds. Ring 952 664 624
CARVANS PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans - Motorhomes - Boats Cars and Vans etc. Short / long term - Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola. Established 25 years. www.eurodog.es / info@eu rodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807 (230268)
WE clear houses, apartments, shops, garages, bars, storage units. Tel 656 187 140 / brian.d.hughes@hotmail.com (239591)
SOLAR BLINDS
SAVVY TECH. Air conditioning installation, sales, service, repairs, regas etc. Savvy people use savvy. Tel 633 079 305
WANTED! All types of antiques, paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques and Jewellers shops, extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Telephone 952 588 795 (201522)
ALL aspects of concrete (imprinted driveways & patios). All paving work & terracotta tiling, floor tiling & screeding. 603 236 650. Free quotes tonymancity@hotmail.com (236192)
PLASTERING, all aspects covered, skimming, rendering, screeding, covering, tiling, Dean 691 044 287 (229992)
ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also blackout blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.es (101730)
BUY & SELL
CUSTOM HOME BUILDERS since 2003. Designs, Plans, Licences, Construction. www.blueflaghomes .com 952 472 283 (236105)
PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings. Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed. 689 515 558 (233736)
BLINDS, awnings, mosquito screens, curtains, vast choice. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (231472)
AIRFLOW Air conditioning for cooling and heating units. Professional, fully guaranteed installations. Tel: 952 443 222 (231215)
DO IT RIGHT BUILDERS. Specialising in all types of building work & maintenance. 608 317 090 (233518)
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PROJECTS, constructions, new buildings, extensions, reforms, licences, legalisations, interior design. 680 700 430 (225681)
2 VILLAS, Marbella / Coin + Puerto Banus to let, short term / (sell). Garden, private pools, views, boule, private gate to Gualdamina golf course. 2-3 bedroom, sleeps 2-6. 635 295 572 (236098)
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CARPENTERS CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc, 30 years experience, very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (224853) CARPENTER & decking specialist. City & Guilds. Kitchens, doors and all property maintenance & security, locks etc. Ring Sid on 952 664 624 (232169)
CHIMNEY SERVICES APEX CHIMNEY SERVICES, professional chimney sweeping and smoke testing. NACS Qualified. Clean and efficient Tel: Bob 696 320 202 (230701)
CHURCH SERVICES BENALMADENA Elim Family Fellowship. Sundays 11am. Elimfami lyfellowship.com or call 951 912 525 or 952 446 627 (0)
CLEANING SERVICES
KUNST dishwasher, excellent condition, as new. €75. 952 493 731 (237445) FRANCHISED installer required for the Costa del Sol & Algarve area, all work supplied installing long life paint to villa exteriors, established company with existing franchisees as reference in the north, one off investment to cover training & equipment, own vehicle necessary, return on capital within 6 months, no further fees or royalties to be paid. Please email contact@noneed topaint.com and see www.noneedtopaint.com or Freephone 0044 8005 088102 (233747) SELLING businesses in Spain for 15 years. Free valuation. info@businessbrokerspain.com. Tel 902 906 016 (231182) BENALMADENA Bar/Restaurant available for rent. 500 euros pcm. 647 583 582 (236019) MUSIC BAR. Fully equipped. Riviera del Sol. Lease 7,500€. 647 583 582 (236019) LADIES FASHION SHOP to let, low rent, same location 18 years, fully stocked, due to retirement. 626 481 805 (236116)
VARIOUS CATERING EQUIPMENT, 2 stainless steel industrial fridges 1x4 door, 1x2 door, 1 glass front display cabeint, 1 industrial vac packing machine. Contact Ray 676 215 967 (237397) REESTRENO new 2nd handshop! Toys, puzzles, books, clothes, tableware, decorations and much more. Come and have a look in Avda. San Lorenzo, Edf. La Viña 2, Estepona. Mon to Fri 10am3pm or let us know what you are looking for: info@reestreno.org or 717 708 085 (237391) GARAGE SALE 9th May 10am to 2pm. Avenida de Espana 119, Calahonda. China, cut glass, silver, copper, tapestries, iron gates, building materials etc.
OVEN CLEANING, domestic, commercial, complete fittings, let professional do hard, dirty work, from 35€. 632 569 282 oven cleaningcostadelsol.com (239541) UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 (231262) CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST,RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (229862) CONEJO Cleaning and Property Management. Over 20 years caring for properties on the coast. Rentals, regular and one-off cleans. Legally registered company. Wendy 635 630 370 / 952 964 407 / www.conejocleaning .com (231487)
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WINDOWS THE WINDOW CLEANERS. 691 140 427 (229138)
COMPUTERS LAPTOP HELP LINE. Notebooks, netbooks and tablets repaired, software updates, Internet and email problems solved. Refurbished laptops for sale. Web page designed and maintained. 952 564 274 / 677 702 501 (220138) COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED. Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Repairs and upgrades available. Laptops in English. Kindle, iPad & Android help. One-toone training. Also, low cost, reliable internet TV solutions, even for slow connections. Experienced, reliable service. Paul 630 652 338 / 952 493 859 (225715) COMPUTER help. Patient teacher. PC sales, set up, repairs, problem solving, internet TV boxes. Kindle, ipads, internet, email. 30 years experience. 19 years on the coast. Friendly and reliable. Dave 952 664 713 (237257)
CURTAINS CURTAINS, BLINDS, UPHOLSTERY, a complete service. www.marbellacurtaindesign.com. Mary 675 813 348 (236247)
DATING WANT A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP? Unicis Dating Agency’s European network offers you a personalised matching service. With over 40 years of experience, we can find your perfect match. 951 334 730 www.unicis.es (223689)
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CLEARFLOW DRAIN SERVICES. All drain problems solved. More than 25 years on the coast. Leak detection, leak and repair. Clearflow Group. Telephone 952 885 661 or 630 200 600 (231460) BLOCKED DRAINS? Leak detection, CCTV survey, root removal, Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drainspain.com (224404)
ELECT INSTALLATION ALL electrical installations & repairs. Tel Jim 652 023 012 (237398)
ELECTRICIANS ELECTRICIAN 16th Edition BS7671 qualified, 26 years experience. Rewires, extra sockets, lights, fault finding etc. Contact electrician. in.spain@gmail.com. Call Ian 650 151 569 (230678) BS ELECTRICAL, All electrical work, rewires, Boletins, Endesa helpline, professional genuine service, www.bselectri cal.eu. Call Sean 952 961 108, 669 070 011 (233564)
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DOMESTIC APP REPAIRS DOMESTIC Appliance repairs washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, water heaters, gas / electric, professionally repaired. Christian 608 337 497 (228695) WASHING machines, dishwashers, fridge-freezers, ovens, boilers repaired. All work guaranteed. Melec Costa. 952 493 426 / 627 120 352 (233556)
GENERAL SERVICES
FURNITURE FURNITURE OF THE WORLD. Shop specialising in unique furniture & antiques. Coin (opposite Mercadona). 952 450 156 / 690 882 898 (222071) WANTED Good quality second hand furniture. Call Tony 633 921 239 or tony.bell1@tesco.net (234309)
GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 An drew@garden-professionals .com (228697) GARDENER for private homes, communities, tree pruning, pool maintenance, garden design. Specialist in water systems. Tel: 666 953 892 www.jardin-garden.es (220302) ARBOLISTA Tree surgery, No. 1 for trees and palms, on the Costa since 1998. 600 260 534 - 952 117 486 Kit Hogg C.G.Arb www.spaintree.com (228788) GARDEN and pool maintenance. 10 euros per hour, monthly maintenance available from 120 euros. Tools and products included. RICARDO 637 160 129 (221496)
FENCING SERVICES
TREE SURGEONS. No tree too tall, removal of dead palm trees and limbs, eco gardening, mulch and manure, fertilizer, palm pruning. 686 948 552 / 631 181 971. Facebook: Andres Jardinero Malaga (230359)
GATES
MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE .WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE, SEAL THEN POLISH YOUR MARBLE TO HIGH GLOSS, NON SLIP. PROFESSIONAL GUARANTEED, FAST SERVICE. 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALSO REPAIRS DAMAGES TO MARBLE, CLEAN AND SEAL TERRACOTTA TERRACES, COVERS ALL COSTA DEL SOL. TEL: 671 244 683 (233739) T1 MARBLE FLOORS polished. Fast service. Reliable, family run. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed. Wooden floors treated. No job too small. Family run. Cleansol 10am - 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437) TONY’S MARBLE RESTORATION SERVICE. Marble and terrazo floors, professionally refurbished, quotations without obligation. +34 620 726 875 (231484)
ELECTRIC GATE/GARAGE DOOR automation repaired. Free, no obligation quotation. Call Colin - 636 394 641 (233592) EXPRESS Metalwork Services. Gates, grilles, rails and scissor gates. 952 590 748, 617 065 636. www.express-steel.com Facebook Express Metalwork (239605)
MY ENERGY CERTIFICATE. Now legally required for ALL properties for sale or rent. Call +34 627 805 581 / info@myener gycertificate.com (233540)
FLOOR POLISHING
METS dog training club, Fuengirola. Glyn 605 121 831 / Jeff 692 832 250 (234354)
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DRAINS: Our fully equipped vehicles are ready to deal with any problem, water jetting, water leak detection, CCTV, roots removal, relining and more. Discounts for urbanisations. Now incorporating solar hot water, salt pool systems, central heating & general plumbing. Pipetek. 951 196 375 / 674 632 344
CHAIN LINK FENCE erectors, general builders, all types of welding fabrication. Tel: 655 218 466 (232098)
DOG TRAINING
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MAN with small van for all your needs, English/Spanish speaking translations, waiting in offices for you etc, based in Marbella (all the coast) 678 817 145 (228675)
GLASS CURTAINS GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (228777)
HEALTH & BEAUTY SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 608 977 260 www.masajes sayan.es (225679) ZAKS Hair, Nail & Beauty Studio, Urb. Playamarina / www.zaks.com.es. Tel 952 666 436 / 609 508 809 (234512) REINA Sport & Health. Experienced professional physiotherapy, osteopathy, Oxygen Pain Therapy. Professional, Sport massage. Personal trainer. Calahonda-Riviera. Home visits, hotel. 618 515 487 (233633) SPACE within Connections Beauty Salon in Nueva Andalucia. 30m2 with shop window onto busy street. 609 502 244 (233698) ITEC diploma courses in holistic massage, sport massage, reflexology, aromatherapy, SPA and beauty therapy. Now available intensive holistic massage course with online support, www.naturaclass.net / 951 311 216 (237449) SKIN specialist NHS registered. Treats all kinds of skin problems. Consultion 70 euros. Dr Eva. Fuengirola/Calahonda 664 747 267 (239703)
BEAUTY TREATMENTS BOTOX AND FILLERS - From €95. Covers the Costa del Sol and inland. 609 347 086. (231368)
CHIROPRACTORS FUENGIROLA, Myofascial Release. J. Shaegen, Specialised in treating neck, back & extremity disorders, 30 years in Practice. 652 291 224 www.bodywork.es (233569)
HEALTH & BEAUTY
CHIROPODISTS www.chiropodistcostadelsol.com (223110)
DENTISTS NHS registered dentist in Fuengirola. Specialising in Zircon crowns, bridges etc. Free check up! www.nhclinicas.com 689 887 019 (221497)
DIET PLANS LOSE up to 5kg in 9 days with the 9 day cleansing and detox diet. YOU WILL improve your health and feel great! Phone Jason: 607 681 232 / www.new-health.flp.com (223748)
CLASSIFIEDS HOUSE CLEARANCES FURNITURE wanted, same day collection, cash waiting, reliable service. 678 808 837 (229862) WANTED all furniture and quality household items. Cash paid, same day collection. Best prices, please call 697 511 071 (229862) CASH paid for your unwanted house or garage items. Please call 600 041 434 (233510)
HOT TUBS / SPAS HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs. 691 973 131 / 952 793 398 (231344)
INSURANCE
HAIRDRESSERS HAIR PIECE Consultant, Robert James. Malaga/Marbella. robert jameshairinfo@gmail.com 619 464 776 (231345)
MASSAGE SPECIAL FEMALE massages for discerning ladies by qualified female masseuse. Cosy private apartment in Nueva Andalucia for your relaxing therapeutic massage. 656 350 401 (234375) PROFESSIONAL SPORTS MASSAGE, 14 years experience. 1 hour €40, 1.5 hours €55, Elviria. Wendy 952 852 330 or 634 310 821. Mobile service +€10 (229641)
HOLIDAY ACOMMODATION ASTURIAS - GREEN COAST Enjoy a relaxing break in Northern Spain. Mild pleasant Spring/Summer temperatures, stunning landscapes. Golfing, walking, surfing. Great food. Friendly people. First class one and two bedroom selfcatering apartments. Equipped to the highest standards. English owned. Rural country setting. Peaceful hamlet close to beaches and amenities. Competitive rates. Tlf: 609 841 645 / E-mail: real tors2000@hotmail.com (237440)
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www.euroweeklynews.com EU INSURANCE DIRECT Extra Special Offers. Up to €50 cash back for car and home insurance (conditions apply) for new customers. For all your Insurance Needs and the Best Price and Best Cover in English, call Wendy on 952 830 843 / 676 098 464 email info@euinsurancedirect.com www.euinsurancedirect.com (236239)
INTERNET GET YOUR business noticed online! Make sure that expats in Spain can find your product, service, restaurant, bar or shop. Contact Spain’s newest and brightest online directory TODAY. Call 952 561 245 or email serena@eu roweeklynews.com for more details.
INTERPRETER INTERPRETER & TRANSLATOR. French, Spanish & English. 632 515 570 (236199)
LAWYERS
MEETING POINT SPORTY man 60+, 5’10”, slim, living in Benalmadena Costa is looking for a special lady 50/60 years old. Fit and attractive. Please call 603 334 161 (236122) AUSTRIAN businessmann, residing in Marbella, sportive, independent, educated, generous, 190cm / 88 kg in his best years, looking for serious partnership with attractive lady. Contact: rpm.oh@aon.at
MISCELLANEOUS WOODY´S LOS BOLICHES. Greeting Cards, mail to and from the UK. Worldwide courier and Passport renewals. All adverts taken forthe Euro Weekly Newsdisplay or classified. Open 9.002.00PM (Monday to Friday). Special hours apply August and Xmas. One street behind the Confortel, just off Plaza San Rafael, Los Boliches, on C/Poeta Salvador Rueda 93. Tel: 952 471 877
MOBILE HOMES WE BUY, Sell, Store, Remove all types of mobile homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzica ley@gmail.com (228718) WANT TO RELOCATE? We can transport your home and install on to a 12 month park from £4,995. Annual site fees from €3,000 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) BRAND NEW WILLERBY Siena 32m² home sited within a stylish gated community, 45 minutes from Malaga airport £19,995 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70
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ABBEYGATE INSURANCE If you are renewing your policy or looking for new cover. Call us, as we are the only Insurance Company in Spain to offer protection on your no claims bonus. Call 952 893 380 (68259) ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Make the right choice and join the thousands of expatriates who have. We provide a friendly personal service, for all your home, motor, health, travel or marine insurance. Call 952 893 380 (68259) HEALTH INSURANCE Competitive prices, English worded policies. Pay monthly or annually. All levels of cover. Premiums from €25 a month. Tel: 956 795 453 Abbeygate Insurance (68259) ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Car insurance exclusive for expatriates, save up to 50%. Find out about our price pledge on UK plated cars. Home insurance from €50. Tel: 952 893 380 (68259) www.euroweeklynews.com
HOLA CREDITO. Instant short term loans against your valuables. Quick, easy and always discreet. Tel 900 123 457 www.holacredi to.com (229670) LOANS AVAILABLE on all types of paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques & Jewellers shops extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Tel: 952 588 795 (SE) DOBLE SOLUCION. We offer long term solutions for your immediate debt problems using your Spanish property or BOAT as guarantee. Call 691 179 445 or 952 961 952 doblesolucion2020@gmail. com (236037)
24/7 LOCKSMITH LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (229854) T1
WILLERBY COTTAGE 28x10 sited in ‘La Serrana Hills’ of Pizarra, site open all year round, swimming pool, only £13,495. Want to view? Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143)
24/7 MOBILITY
MOBILITY scooters, electric wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walking frames, etc, for sale and rent. Large selection of quality used scooters at competitive prices. In stock we have around forty scooters to choose from including Pride XL8, Rascal 388, Shoprider Sovereign, Pride Go Go, Rascal Veo X, Neo 4 and 8, Sterling Pearl, Rascal Taxi, Sterling Diamond, Shoprider electric wheelchair breaks up for boot, Rascal 330 electric wheelchair as new condition at considerable saving, Rascal turnabout electric wheelchair, Pride Go Go uprated 20 amp batteries, also goes in boot of car, plus many more all with guarantee. New and used wheelchairs for sale at competitive prices. Large scooters from 1,000 euros. Medium scooters from 600 euros and small boot scooters from 400 euros. Rentals from 55 euros weekly. New mobility scooter batteries supplied and fitted. Mobility scooters bought for cash. Email info@mobili tyscootersdirectspain.com Tel 609 581 139 (230368) THE MOBILITY WIZARD Mobility scooter and power chair battery and charger specialists, analysing servicing and suppliers. 633 127 901 info@mobility-spain.com (237446) MOBILITY scooters, wheelchairs, nursing beds, rise´n´recline chairs and a large range of daily living aids for sale or hire. NEW: tailor-made Orthotics and high quality shoes, FinnComfort, START-RITE, Birkenstock. Visit our large showroom in Los Boliches. For the best price and advice call SENIORWORLD / PODOMEDISAN. Tel: 952 663 131 or 670 964 181. (236115)
MORTGAGES WE offer a mortgage on your Spanish property to solve IBI debts, tax payments, etc and allow you to sell your property for what it’s worth. No age restrictions, most competitive rates on the market, fast process. Call DOBLE SOLUCION on 691 179 445 or 952 961 952 doblesolu cion2020@gmail.com (236037)
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MOBILITY THE MOBILITY WIZARD ScooterRullestoler-Tekniskutstyr Salg – Utleie Reprasjon – Delelager Batteri - Ladere- Service 24.H. Nødtelefon for reprasjon Skandikmob: 634 386 397 info@mobilityspain.com (237446) THE MOBILITY WIZARD scooters, wheelchairs for sale and hire; best prices 633 127 901 info@mobilityspain.com (237446) THE MOBILITY WIZARD only specialist mobility scooter and powerchair specialist repair centre in southern Spain all models catered for – 633 127 901 info@mobilityspain.com (237446)
THE Mosquito Screen Specialist. NEW selection of roller binds, all patterns and colours. www.mosquiton ick.ws / nick@mosquiton ick.ws / call Mosquito Nick 647 072 861 (231249) T1 ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated. Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.es (101730) MOSQUITO Screens for windows, doors and a high quality sliding patio door screen. All finishes available. Quick service. All areas covered. Call Julian 655 825 931 (228778)
MOTORING
WANTED SPANISH PLATED CARS
INSTANT CASH SAMANTHA – GORDON
952 83 21 73 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com
CAR SERVICES MECHANIC workshop & mobile. All work undertaken. ITVs done. Reasonable rates. Prompt, reliable services 24/7. 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (228797) AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist. Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmatic2005@yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es (231435)
FOR SALE SELLING YOUR SPANISH CAR? PHONE Bill Brady for the best cash price. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) CLEARANCE SALE @ ROBERTSON CARS… DIESEL BMW 116D… 2 litre 2011 with M. Pack, 6 speed, electric sunroof, only 38,000kms (approx 24,000mls), full BMW service history, one expat owner leaving Spain. Pearlescent blue with black leather, alloy wheels, climate and cruise control, Parktronic, CD player, ABS, cost new 26,350 euros. Our BMW bargain buy was 15,995 euros, now clearance 13,995 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple) tel. 952 832 173/ 608 658 785 see photo www.robertsoncarsspain.com (234732) CLEARANCE SALE @ ROBERTSON CARS… DIESEL (NEW SHAPE) CITROEN C3… 1.4 ‘Tonic’ 2013, stunning colour claret with black interior, climate control, CD player, electric windows, locking etc, 5 door, hatchback great load carrier, super style and economy was 10,995 euros, now clearance 9,995 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson Tel. 952 832 173 / 608 658 785. See it at www.robertsoncarsspain.com (234732)
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CLEARANCE SALE @ ROBERTSON CARS… FABULOUS FIAT 500… 2012. ‘Lounge’ only 45,000kms (approx 27,000mls), FSH. A real looker, pearl white with black glass roof, air con, cool baby, was 8,995 euros, now clearance 7,995 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson, (The Car Couple) Tel. 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 see photo more details www.robertsoncars-spain.com CLEARANCE SALE @ ROBERTSON CARS… 4x4 DIESEL TOYOTA LAND CRUISER D4D… 2007 only 55,000kms (approx 34,000mls), one private owner, 3 door SWB, always garaged, paintwork shining, lovely shade of grey with side steps, 6 speed, manual, CD player, climate control, great workhorse, go anywhere was 12,995 euros, now clearance 11,995 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson, (The Car Couple) Tel. 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 see photo more details www.robertsoncars-spain .com (226426) CLEARANCE SALE @ ROBERTSON CARS… CABRIO MITSUBISHI COLT CZC… 2009 Coupe Cabrio, electric roof folds into boot, only 14,000kms (approx 8,000mls), silver/tan leather trim, alloy wheels, 5 speed manual, CD player, 2 plus 2 small people, condition as new, low kms, was 7,995 euros, now clearance 7,500 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson, (The Car Couple) Tel. 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 see photo more details www.robert soncars-spain.com (226426) BUYING a new car??? Do not trade in your car!! If you are an expat with a good quality, genuine mileage car, we will pay you more for it in cash than you will be offered at dealerships against any new car. Find out the real deal, ring Gordon or Samantha Robertson 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 or email us therobertson clan@gmail.com (234732) BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbradycars.com (228675) AUTOMATIC Renault Scenic 2.0 ltr 2004 from private owner, full service history from Renault, low klm. Sensors, parking / lights / wipers and lots more, a great buy at only 4,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com DIESEL KA Rio 5 door 1.5 CRDI. 2009 Mdl, one private owner, full service history, air conditioning (great economy), electric windows/locks, CD, metallic blue, dark velour trim with arm rest, for only 4,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com AUTOMATIC/Diesel Mercedes B200, CDI, 2008 lady leaving Spain, metallic black, tan half leather interior. All the usual Mercedes technology, great family or business car, yes its only 10,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675)
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AUTOMATIC VW Scirocco 2.0 TSI Sport 2009, 60,000klm (37,000mls), full service history, this car has too many extras to list and its immaculate in white with black and red leather, it’s a great bargain at only 16,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (228675) CHEVROLET Aveo 2013, 1.4 petrol, 5 door, black, satnav, park sensors, 14,000km, 7,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (239599) 1991 MERCEDES 500SL, metallic blue/cream leather, stunning example, Spanish LHD, 63,000km, 9,750€ 672 550 337 cdscars@mail.com (239599) JAGUAR 2.5 S type 2003, silver/cream, Jaguar FSH, excellent car, 4,450€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (239599) 2001 BMW 330 Cabrio, black/grey M-Tech alloys, automatic, need TLC, Spanish LHD, px bargain, 3,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (239599) NISSAN Micro 2008, RHD Spanish, 1.5 diesel, 50,000 miles, top range car, 4,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (239599) COLLECTOR’S 1990 VW Golf Cabrio (Clipper Conv), white, automatic/power roof 50,000km from new, totally immaculate, 7,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (239599)
WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)
MECHANICS MECHANIC workshop & mobile. All work undertaken. ITVs done. Reasonable rates. Prompt, reliable services 24/7. 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (228797) MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (230677) BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP. Repair, service & ITV to all makes of cars, vans and 4 x 4s. Call Steve 951 914 025 or 605 407 369. Poligono Las Perales, Mijas Costa. britmechanicspain @gmail.com (217674) THE MOBILE MECHANIC, full workshop facilities, full auto electrics, air con, grua services, automatic gear gas repair, clutch discounts. Mijas Costa. Call Richard 678 717 798 (236097)
www.euroweeklynews.com WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 693 028 325 (229862) CDS CARS established 12 years on the coast, we will buy your car stress free, with an instant cash decision, all paperwork taken care of with our on site gestoria, 30 cars in stock 672 550 037 / www.costacarsspain.com (222389)
MUSIC DAVID C CLARKE, guitarist, vocalist, pianist, ex-Cunard. Specialising in popular Spanish guitar. Available solo or combo. Parties / weddings / class restaurants, dinner dances. Huge repertoire. Details 00350 540 367 29 (234401) A/Z KARAOKE. Everything you need. All languages and updates. 664 540 154 (239609) SPECIALIST Wedding DJ, fully mobile, superb lighting show. Sophisticated professional with 20 years’ experience. We won’t let you down! Call now on 635 980 210 (222139)
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make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.ace-charity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320)
COCKROACHES, Wasps, Ants, Rats, Termites, Fleas, Bedbugs, Palm weevil, All Pest Problems. Call LOCAL PEST-PLAGUICOSTA, the British Company you can trust. Registered with Malaga Sanitary Department. Tel 952 449 591 or 684 217 181. Best price Guarantee, open 24/7 (239525) T1 COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. 23 years serving the coast. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (223163)
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RETURNING TO UK? We have a large selection of UK plated, RHD cars, legal and ready to go! 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (239599) JEEP Compass 2013, 31,000km, 2.2 diesel, 6 speed, in silver, new condition, 16,995€. 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (239599) CHEAPEST ON COAST! 2007 3.0 diesel, 7 seater, black/cream, excellent condition throughout, high kms, new engine 1 year ago from Audi Safa, 14,995€. 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (239599) 2004 RENAULT Grande Espace, 7 seater, 2.2 diesel, 6 speed, metallic blue, VGC, new ITV, 7,995€. 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com MITSUBISHI L200 excellent condition, 4,000 euros OVNO. 189,000kms. 639 827 643 (239708) SUZUKI Jimny deluxe model. Convertible 2003, English, UK MOT, reduction gearbox. In outstanding original condition. £2,495. Part ex possible, car or bike. 630 152 239 (237435)
INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies. Call 952 893 380 (68259)
CARS AND VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 693 028 325 (229862) WANTED. CARS & JEEPS & camper vans for cash. All makes, LHD, any condition. 693 357 000 (231485) CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN AND UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (229862) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (229862) CDS CARS established 12 years on the coast, we will buy your car stress free, with an instant cash decision, all paperwork taken care of with our on site gestoria, 30 cars in stock 672 550 037 / cdscars@mail.com (239599)
SAM, Simply the Best on the Coast, 35 years experience, 18 years Mijas. Forget the rest, have the best, you’re worth it! Call Sam 952 666 025 / 629 546 128 (233736) HUSBAND & WIFE TEAM. Painting/Interior design. Free estimates. Graham - 607 923 486 (232110) PROFESSIONAL female decorator for all your decorating needs. For free advice and quotes, English 639 928 090, Spanish/Swedish/German 618 055 563 (239519)
PERGOLAS & DECKING PERGOLAS, Decking and Thatched Gazebos. Best quality and prices. Installations. For free quotation call 686 322 328 (224383)
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YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398)
CHARITIES ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call Marjorie 952 79 74 05 or 636 934 146 (93319) ACE CHARITY “El Refugio” in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or
SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public weekends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepeonline.net (93321) At SOS Animal Refuge we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-animals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317) ARCH - THE ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES WELCOMES VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO THEIR STABLES ON SATURDAYS FROM 10 - 12 OR BY APPOINTMENT. COME AND HELP OUT, OR SPONSOR OR ADOPT ONE OF OUR HORSES, DONKEYS OR MULES. WE ALWAYS NEED HELP WITH FUND RAISING TO LOOK AFTER THE ABANDONED AND ABUSED ANIMALS. OUR AIM IS TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND REHOME. WE ARE A SMALL FRIENDLY TEAM - WHY NOT JOIN US. FIND US IN ALHAURIN EL GRANDE, BEHIND THE VENTA MIRALMONTE ON THE ROAD FROM ALHAURIN TO COIN, (A404), URB.VIÑA BORREGO, FOLLOW THE YELLOW SIGNS. CHARITY REGISTERED WITH THE JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA NO 8448. WWW.HORSERESCUES PAIN.ORG INFO@HORSERES CUESPAIN.ORG ARCHRES CUE@YAHOO.CO.UK TEL:635798219 OR 656935613 OR 620175828. NEW: ARCH CHARITY SHOP NOW OPEN IN ALHAURIN, NEXT TO MONEY CHANGE SHOP, AVENIDA GERALD BRENAN (93322)
KENNELS www.poshpetsspain.com - Boutique Dog & Cat Hotel and much more … Facebook page: POSH PETS SPAIN. Tel: 952 597 035
LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. lagunakennels@hot mail.com. Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983 (231451) CAT AND DOG WORLD KENNELS AND CATTERY, superb licensed facilities, viewing welcome. Tel: 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.cat-and-dog-world.com PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Heated/Air conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcarespain.com. Find us on Facebook at Petcare Spain (220208) EURODOG BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY. Under new ownership by animal loving family. Large kennels and exercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anyt ime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog.es (224322)
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PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best. Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or e-mail us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227. Email: info@pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com (231443)
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ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu (236248)
MARBELLA BANUS, 2 & 1 bedrooms, big, elegant, sunny, fully equipped, private garden or views, gardens & comm. pool & parking. Owner +34 637 439 222
VILLAS, apartments & houses along the coast for short & long term rent from €300. 664 686 653 / damisa123@yahoo.es (239666)
PET TRANSPORTATION by road. Fully DEFRA/OCA/TRACES compliant. Complete service by professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dog-world.com
WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (220102)
WANTED 4/5 bed villa or rural house, pool, garden, parking, furn/unfurnished, for B&B organisation: alegranzabb@gmail.com (236069)
THE DOG MOVER. Licensed transporters. Two handlers, so never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.thedogmover.com
CALAHONDA, Mijas Costa. Studio in urbanisation Medina del Zoco, ground floor with private garden, pool, next to shopping centre. €55,000. 626 248 132
PLUMBING PLUMBER for all your plumbing. Water heaters, bathrooms, tiling. Benalmadena based, travel no problem. Construction work. Glen 669 073 773 (233727) CITY AND GUILDS, QUALIFIED PLUMBER. All areas covered. Adrian 677 063 272 30 YEARS ON THE COAST. I cover all aspects of plumbing & general maintenance. Graham 607 923 486 (232110) PLUMBING. Leak detection & blocked drains. Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drainspain.com
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PRO VENT. Kitchens, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Windows, Glass Curtains creatively designed and expertly fitted. Visit our showroom in La Cala or call 639 727 188 for a free quotation. From inspiration to installation www.joebayley.com
PROEPRTY FOR SALE WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (220102)
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COIN centre, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, patio, roof terrace, chimney, 220m2, 230,000€ ono. 631 526 039 (236089)
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2 BEDROOM basement apartment, air con, near Tivoli market area. 450€ pcm including bills. 644 244 316 (239706) LA CALA centre. Modern 1 bedroom, part-furnished apartment. €395. 952 198 861 (233749)
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FRONTLINE beach, contemporary refurbished 7 suite bungalow, 6,900,000€. San Pedro area. 602 515 031 (237267)
NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL EUROPA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.com bitrans.es (232102) USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.com bitrans.es (232102) STORAGE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (232102)
PROFESSIONAL LOCAL REMOVALS AT AFFORDABLE RATES. 1/2 DAY FROM €90. FULL DAY FROM €175. WE ALSO PROVIDE A FORTNIGHTLY DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO UK AND EUROPE (INCL SCOTLAND). WORLDWIDE SHIPPING TO USA, AUSTRALIA, ETC AND FULL STORAGE FACILITIES. TEL (0034) 952 578 507 OR (0034) 637 892 278 / EMAIL garymoveit@yahoo.co.uk
LICENSED front line restaurant in Estepona Port for sale or lease directly from the owner. Impeccable condition, fully furnished and equipped, recently renovated. 80 covers. Lease 70,000 euros. The rent is 1,950€ month. Sale 350,000€. 616 470 493 / 609 575 224 (233730)
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ESTEPONA. A del Carmen, apartamento soleado con vistas al mar. Amueblado, 3 dormitorios, 2 baños, comedor, terraza, piscina, garaje. Alquileres de temporada media €550/semana. 618 999 231 / 951 161 000 (236227)
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LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (232102)
ZAGALETA South Gate, 5 bedroom, annual rentals, sea views, with option to buy. 602 515 031
LONG TERM RENTALS. Super prices, no commission. Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants, warehouses, industrial estates. Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522
2 BED apartment for long term rent in San Pedro Centre from 30/05/2015 for Professional Couple. Martin 639 614 440 (236106)
JDS EURO TRANSPORT. Email: jdstransport@outlook.com / 0034 637 066 114 / 0044 7884 908929
ALL types of properties required for long term rentals in the areas of Torreblanca, La Cala de Mijas, Mijas Costa, Riviera del Sol, Calahonda & Elviria. Clients urgently waiting. www.atlantispmr.com / rental@atlantispmr.com / 952 933 870 / 677 114 989 (233666)
15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 8th May. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout the year. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01922 682 667 & see www.elite-european.com (93139)
LARGE Luton van with tail-lift, 2 men €35 per hour. Local and Gib. Tel 651 567 447 (237453) UK - SPAIN - Anywhere Europe! Masses of experience. New clean vehicles. Insured with Royal Sun Alliance. Genuinely CARING service. FULL and / Part moves. ONLINE QUOTES!! www.bmceuro pean.com Tel: UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 FIND US ON FACEBOOK! (207584) MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.movingmat ters.eu (232076) HIGH top van going from Spain to UK and return. Good rates. Reliable service. Call Graham 620 353 594 for details. vgcasacolor @gmail.com (228789) INTERNATIONAL and European Removals. Expert removals worldwide. www.universalremovals.com. Tel: 951 247 834 / +44 (0)203 128 7007 (231488)
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STORAGE REMOVAL BOXES Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken. 952 239 110 / 632 702 306 (44093) FIRST MONTH €1. Packing materials. Self storage Marbella. 952 811 311 (229188) EXCELLENT storage rates available short and long term, call 952 816 582 or email move@freinternational.com (224878)
ROLLER SHUTTERS ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (231472) ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service. Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.es (101730)
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MAN AND VAN MAN AND VAN. Removals, clearances. Experienced and 100% reliable. €20 per hr. Paul 622 020 856 (220139) MANVAN REMOVALS €20 / hour, 3 vans available. House clearances. Storage from €10 / week. Tel David 696 810 618 (208088) 2 MEN, Van €30 hour. Always on time 651 081 610 (233572) THE VAN MAN. Cheap and cheerful. €20 per hour. 677 251 025 (230382)
CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens. Bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. 677 087 575 (224853)
FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 119 190 (224373)
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WINDOW COIN WINDOWS Aluminium windows, Doors, PVC Blinds, Mosquito screens, Canopies, Glass Factory, shower screens etc. All at village prices. Spanish owned business. English 646 066 351 (231451)
SEWING ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure. Sensible prices. Also repairs / alterations. All areas. Call 672 800 887 or email judeinspain@hotmail.com (231463)
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SIGNS & DESIGNS GET YOUR BUSINESS NOTICED with new Signs. LED, Neon, Illuminated, Banners, Vehicles, ABoards, Printed/Embroidered Workwear www.signstudiospain .com 952 796 299 / 639 133 135 SHOP signs, vehicle signs, banners, window signs, 952 930 547, 603 464 582, www.signdsign1. com (229351)
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PART-TIME dedicated mature animal lover with own transport, for part time cleaning job in the animal rescue shelter in La Cala de Mijas. Four hours a day, sometimes morning or evening, five days a week. Must speak Spanish and English and be prepared for manual work with our many rescue dogs. Please do not call if you are not seriously dog friendly. Contact 669 018 736
OFFICE secretary required by reputable community administration company in the Benalmadena Fuengirola area. Preferably British, fluent in Spanish with good basic computer skills. Send your CV to 150499jobinfo@ gmail.com (237279)
SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED. Girls aged between 25 and 35, preferably English speaking for Fuengirola’s busiest adult relax apartment. (See Fuengirola Port’s advert in adult section for further details.) If interested please phone 663 645 432. Discretion guaranteed. Excellent money paid daily. (230263)
A la recherche d´un emploi stable et un super revenu? Commerciaux Français : envoyez votre CV ou un numéro de contact à info@online-m.com (239672) DISTRIBUTION MANAGER required. An urgent vacancy due to expansion. Must have own transport, English and Spanish preferred, but not essential, logistics, be computer literate, must have local knowledge of the areas and be smart and presentable. This is a full time position. Applications by email with full CV should be sent to recruit ment@euroweeklynews.com. COOKS & Seconders needed for very busy restaurant in Benalmadena. Must be a team player & work under pressure, basic knowledge of Spanish a bonus, references required. Call 679 959 160 GARDENER with machines, 5 half days for 3 gardens, pools. 900€ monthly. 602 515 031 (237627) ENGLISH Teachers required for September 2015 for language school in Marbella. Due to expansion we are currently looking for three CELTA qualified teachers with a minimum of 2 years experience with Cambridge Exams and YLE’s. Good salary and conditions. Please send CV to gema@ad vancemarbella.com (237277)
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Dynamisch team is op zoek naar vlotte televerkopers. Hoge verdiensten mogelijk voor doorzetters. Voor inlichtingen 609.479.223 (239618) WANTED to start immediately! Nu Fluid Gastro Bar, Elviria is looking to recruit the following positions to join our team for the busy season ahead: An experienced chef, cocktail bar person and waitress. All potential employees must have relevant experience, motivated and not afraid to work unsociable hours! Please call 722 333 844 (239709) NON-SMOKING drinking lady driver with car, live in villa. 500€. San Pedro, no pets. 602 515 031 (237267) OFFICE STAFF required immediately. All applicants must be fully legal to work in Spain and possess NIE and Social Security number. Applications by email with full CV should be sent to recruitment@eu roweeklynews.com. LICENSED BUILDERS to refurbish houses. San Pedro area. Phone Harry 620 515 031 (237267) PROMOTERS AND DEMONSTRATORS required immediately. All applicants must be fully legal to work in Spain and possess NIE and Social Security number. Applications by email with full CV should be sent to recruitment@eu roweeklynews.com.
CLASSIFIEDS SOFT FURNISHINGS CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosannacarmella@hotmail.com
SOLAR LOWEST PRICES IN SPAIN. www.solarmegastore.es (232103)
STORAGE STORAGE - Large warehouses containers. Dry and secure €50 per month. Professional packing and removal service. www.dfeu ropeanremovals.co.uk. Tel David 696 810 618 (229074) STORAGE in Coin (La Trocha). New 6m containers, 35m3 @ €21.50pw + IVA. Secure, watertight and drive right up to your unit. Tel 603 243 654 / www.lockitstorage.co.uk (230500)
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WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating. 619 246 372 / www.westar pools.com (234324)
THERAPISTS CHANGE your thinking, change your life. Psychotherapist Philip Jameson. Adults, adolescents, families. 635 276 140 (231221)
TILING TILING AND REFORMATION of kitchens/bathrooms. Free estimates. Graham - 607 923 486 (232110) THE TILE WIZARD. Professional tiling service. Bathrooms, kitchens, terraces, design and install. We do it all. Call 637 382 599 (229932)
OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS. ALL LANGUAGES. TEL. 654 613 094 sanpedrotranslations@gmail.com (233577)
TROPHIES LASER ENGRAVED Trophies, Prizes, quality glass engraving service, competitive prices, with 40 years experience. Trophies, medal, badges from 1€. THE SPORTS SHOP, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 473 530 (225764)
TUITION DO YOU need private lessons to prepare your GCSE exams in Biology, Chemistry and Spanish? Please contact by WhatsApp 627 925 941 (236030)
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CALAHONDA Language Centre. Established 1987. Beginner’s Spanish course starts Monday, 4th May. Sixty hours in six weeks; 2 hours each morning, Monday to Friday. Give your Spanish a good kick start. Maximum 5 students for guaranteed results. Also higher level groups and private classes. calang@spansurf.com 952 931 176. (233017)
CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned. Reliable, fast service. Family run. Cleansol 952 930 861 / 607 610 578. 10am - 10pm 7 days, all areas Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN
VAN HIRE SELF DRIVE daily van hire. Excellent rates. 952 623 297 (228780)
AFFORDABLE POOL MAINTENANCE - Professional maintenance from only €80 per month (exc. chemicals) Call Splash Pools on 952 591 053 open 8am to 4pm (236241)
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www.perfectpools.es. Maintenance, repairs, professional and reliable service, all areas from €70 per month. info@perfectpools.es. 650 348 785 (226338)
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BMW USA recalls Minis BMW of North America is expanding an airbag-sensor recall for the third time to include older Mini Cooper models that may disable the passenger-side frontal airbag. Findings by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, meant BMW recalled 91,800 cars, specifically the 2005–2006 Cooper and Cooper S hardtops, and 2005-2008 convertibles. BMW has recalled more than 276,000 cars for this problem both in 2008 and in 2013. It also extended the warranty to 10 years and unlimited miles on certain affected vehicles. These recalls do not affect cars sold in Europe.
Best quarter since 2007 SEAT closed the first quarter of 2015 with its best sales results since 2007. For the first time in eight years, worldwide customer deliveries exceeded 100,000 units between January and March, reaching a total of 102,700 vehicles, 10 per cent more than during the same period in 2014. The Leon is again the model with the highest growth being up 15 per cent.
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Be afraid, be very afraid of the future CHEVROLET introduce new concept car at the Shanghai Motor Show which even Batman would be jealous of, it’s a self-driving electric mobility capsule. By Steve Walsh IF the Terminator ordered a new car from Chevrolet to take him back to the future, this is it! Chevrolet has revealed a new concept car at this year’s Shanghai Motor Show called the ‘FNR,’ and you should be afraid, it’s the shape of thing to come. Developed in Shanghai by GM’s Asia tech hub, we are talking about a laser head lighted, car networking, gesture controlled, fully autonomous, radar guided, Hot Wheels car from The Matrix. This is a car that would make even Batman dribble like Homer Simpson. It’s perfect, except for one tiny thing: It’s autonomous. Sigh! It’s essentially a self-driving electric mobility capsule. The wheels have magnetic hub-less electric motors embedded inside, it features a wireless charging system, crystal laser head- and tail-lights, ‘dragonfly’ upwards-opening doors and a sharp, angular and downright excellent body shape stolen
THE FNR: The shape of things to come. straight out of a comic book. So far, so very cool. Step inside, however, and everything suddenly turns all ‘Startrek.’ You’ll have an ‘iris recognition’ start system, and a roof-mounted radar that, for now at least, maps out the environment to enable it to self-pilot. OK, the Mercedes Benz SClass does that today, but then again, the Mercedes Benz doesn’t look like a sports car that’s
escaped from Blade Runner. Speaking of the future, Chevy says the FNR concept can also serve as a “personal assistant” to map out a preferred route. There’s gesture control, swivel seats and more sensors than the Millennium Falcon. “The Chevrolet FNR is loaded with a full range of intelligent technologies, usually seen only in science fiction movies,” says Chevy. Yeah,
we’ve seen enough science fiction movies with autonomous robots involved to know the meaning of fear. Thankfully, and to every petrolheads delight, the autonomous feature can be turned off, returning full control back to the driver. Which will of course enable it to be driven as it should, and it needs to be driven like you stole it!
“Some say, half man, half oaf” IF you are an oil drinking petrolhead whose spine arches at the thought of a sideways taken bend, and whose lower regions tingle with the sound of a V8 being ripped through the gears, read on... The unceremonious departure of Jeremy Clarkson from our TV screens earlier this year, along with his ‘normalist’ attitudes on our beloved big boy’s toys, may find you needing a little ‘fix.’ To that end, we have put together a few of our Lord J.C’s choicest comments, and best quotes: Bentley Continental GT’s suspension adjustability: “It really is about as useful as having a snooze button on a smoke alarm.” BMW Z3: “And if you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here’s your car.” Buick LeSabre: “It was rubbish when it was new, it was built by idiots, and it’s rubbish now.” Ferrari F430: “Now we get a few complaints that we don’t feature enough affordable cars on the show, so we’re kicking off with the cheapest Ferrari of them all.” Chevrolet Corvette ZO6: “In many ways then this car is like herpes. Great fun catching it, but not so much fun to live with every day.” Nissan Almera: “ Telling people at a dinner party you drive a Nissan Almera is like telling them you’ve got the Ebola virus and you’re about to sneeze.”
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DIARY - This weekend - if midweek results have gone their way Chelsea will win the PL title if they beat Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge. Other top-flight games coming up include Hull- Arsenal, Leicester-Newcastle, LiverpoolQPR, Manchester United-WBA, Spurs-Manchester City and West Ham-Burnley. On Saturday five of the six teams chasing a play-off spot in the Championship are at home: Brentford (v Wigan), Derby (v Reading), Middlesbrough (v Brighton), Norwich (v Fulham) and Wolves (v Millwall) while Ipswich visit Blackburn. Preston (2nd) play Colchester and MK Dons (3rd) meet relegated Yeovil in FL1. The long-awaited world welter-
weight boxing clash between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao takes place in Las Vegas on Saturday with a record £162 million already in the pot. And there are two big European Rugby Union finals on TV: Edinburgh against Gloucester in the Challenge Cup tomorrow and Clermont versus Toulon in the Champions Cup on Saturday. FOOTBALL - * Hearty congratulations to Watford and Bournemouth who will both be playing Premiership football next season, the latter for the first time ever. The Hornets won 2-0 at Brighton and the Cherries beat Bolton 3-0 on Monday night to secure promotion and so bank a lot of money! ADORATION: Bournemouth fans mob Harry Arter.
CONTENDER: Floyd Mayweather will fight Manny Pacquiao.
DID YOU KNOW? F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is now Britain’s richest sportsman, earning £88m a year; Wayne Rooney is second, with £72m.
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Congratulations to Bournemouth, Watford and England (at last), farewell AP McCoy CRICKET - England won the second Test in style against the West Indies.... thanks to Jimmy Anderson’s bowling (six wickets) and fielding (two catches and a run out). Set 143 to win, Alastair Cook and Gary Ballance knocked off the runs to earn a nine-wicket victory. Joe Root scored a majestic 185 not out in England’s first innings. HORSE RACING - Last Saturday, Tony McCoy, OBE - the greatest jump jockey of alltime - retired after taking part in his final race in front of a capacity 15,800 crowd at Sandown Park. The 20-time NH champion, ‘AP’ hangs up his silks after riding 4,357 winners (nine on the flat) in 17,034 races, a record 289 coming in 2001-02. SNOOKER - The second week of the World Championships at The Crucible is now well under way albeit without reigning champion Mark Selby. But five-time winner Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ O’Sullivan was going well, along with Neil Robertson, Ding Junhui, Stuart Bingham and Barry Hawkins. LONDON MARATHON - Last Sunday, over 38,500 athletes completed in the annual race. The gold medal winners were Eliud Kipchoge (men), Tigist Tufa (women) and wheelchair star Joshua George (ahead of David Weir). And for former champion Paula Radcliffe it was her last ever marathon.
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Bowls great Greg Harlow plays at Miraflores BC A WELCOME visitor on St George’s Day By Steve Walsh
ON St George’s Day Miraflores Bowls Club welcomed a visit led by former world champion Greg Harlow, member of Team Henselite. Greg’s CV of lawn bowling achievements during recent years is impressive. If you are a golfer, it would be equivalent to Rory McIlroy visiting your local golf club. In the morning session, John Carr was drawn, along with Pam Kinane, Sheila
Miraflores BC welcome Greg Harlow (centre). McGurk and Denise Porter against Greg’s four. The local
four excelled the first half of the game with a seven to one
shot lead, but in the second half, as Greg began to adapt to the weight and line, they failed to score and lost by 12 to seven. In the afternoon, Greg’s four came up against strong opposition in the form of Craig and Sandra Lewis, Jeff Turner and Andy Salmon, who after a tight game won by 13 shots to 12. At the presentation Craig thanked Greg for bringing his individual skills and a great group of visitors from the UK, to Miraflores BC.
Sawyer comes out top after Stableford win at Lauro THE Torreblanca Golf Society played an individual Stableford at Lauro, sponsored by Arthur Cascoe. The rain held off and the sun came out as the society played Lauro’s original 18 holes.
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Elche date MALAGA CF currently seventh in the league will take on Elche who are currently occupying spot number 15. The away game will be a tough one for the Malaguistas.
Final victory TUESDAY saw the finals of the 2015 Andalucian Championships and victory for Marbella RC in the under 18 final against Poptuense, as they stormed to a win 19 points to 8.
Pedrosa out DANI Pedrosa confirms he will miss out on a chance to win on home ground at this weekend’s MotoGP in Jerez, as the Spanish star recovers from a forearm operation last month.