Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 21 - 27 January 2016 Issue 1594

21 - 27 January 2016

COSTA BLANCA NORTH YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Let the good times roll COAST unites as towns flaunt their classic character

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ISSUE NO. 1594

by Matthew Elliott Showcasing its trademark specialities to the world yet again, towns and cities across the trailblazing Costa

Blanca North are on fire.

Xabia is hyping its diving credentials as a global bastion of deep-sea exploration and dynamic hub of coastal clubs, while making sure the world knows about the massive Montgorock music festival. Denia is taking its designation as Creative City of Gastronomy in its stride and propelling the Marina Alta into new dimensions of publicity.

Altea launches a vibrant

appeal for all the tourists under the rainbow with its embrace of alternative travellers and revamps its hiking manifesto.

Never one to shy away, Benidorm presents a tremendous new hotel complex spanning 300 rooms, while Benitatxell sets its sights firmly on the sports market and Finestrat is being awarded for its stellar services managing tourist destinations.

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Mock bull run CHILDREN will have their traditional mock bull-running using wooden animals during Javea’s San Sebastian fiestas this weekend, but there will be no ‘toro embolat’ as hoped tomorrow (Friday 22).

Plans to attach burning brands to the figures’ horns were discarded on health and safety grounds although the children’s usual run on Saturday will not be affected.

Quake warning ALCOY-BORN Elisa Buforn, Professor of Earth Sciences at Madrid’s Complutense University, is part of a team working on an early warning earthquake alert system.

This can calculate magnitude in the first seconds of seismic activity and there are plans to install a measuring station near Alcoy, covering the earthquake-prone southern region of the Iberian Peninsula.

School targeted THIEVES ransacked the Raquel Paya special needs school in Denia, forcing the do o r a t t h e m a i n e n trance a n d d e a c t i v a t in g alarms before breaking

o p e n th e s afe an d ca s h boxes.

They left with €3,000 raised from the Christmas lottery and raffles as well as the pupils’ tablets.

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Residents’ town plan queries cleared up MEETING held for the foreign population

By Linda Hall BENITACHELL residents were recently able to learn firsthand about the changes planned for the town.

The Urban Development Plan (PGOU) and all documentation involved was put on display at the town hall and the municipal website last October.

Nevertheless many of the technical details needed clarification for Benitachell residents, and two meetings have now been held at the town hall to answer queries and clear up the doubts of the local population.

One was held for Spanish residents and another was specifically aimed at Benitachell’s British and German population, who could express

BENITACHELL: Questions and answer session at the town hall. their concerns in their own language with the help of Benitachell’s councillor for Residents, Dirk Rheindorf.

The new PGOU has no plans for exaggerated growth and is outstandingly more respectful towards the environ-

ment and the town’s traditional rural landscape than the previous plan, the town hall explained.

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Ruling party

King and country face a quandary

Not so popular THE Popular Party (PP) whose leader is Mariano Rajoy was shown to be not so popular with the electorate, losing 64 seats in the election with no overall majority but may form a minority government.

Bad performer Lost 20 seats Photo Credit the European Union

MINORITY government or another election within two months

PSOE, the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party also performed very badly at the polls losing 20 seats, although remaining the second largest party in Parliament, but only able to govern in a coalition.

The new boys A wild card PODEMOS, a left wing party created by economist Pablo Iglesias surprised everybody by taking 69 seats (43 in the name of Podemos and the balance from minority supporters) is the wild card which could form a government with PSOE and others.

Also did well Based in Catalonia

STRONG POSITION: King Felipe VI with Martin Schultz, President of the European Union.

By John Smith THIS and next week are possibly going to be the most important in the history of modern Spanish democracy since the death of General Franco.

A lth o u g h t h i s i s o n ly th e 11 th parliament of modern times, it has raised a number of constitutional questions that have not been encounter e d b e f o r e a n d it ac tu ally places King Felipe VI in a very strong p o si t i o n wh e r e h e c o u ld move from a facilitator to a decision maker.

The problem of course is that the traditional political parties have lost so much public confidence that neither the right of centre Popular Party or the left of centre PSOE obtained enough votes to allow for the formation of a majority government and the new, radical party, Podemos is in a position to be part of a coalition government after participating in its first general election.

In theory, those on the left of centre are the only parties able to form a majority coalition as they have all

350 is the number of MPs in the Spanish Parliament, but the largest party only holds 123 seats.

made it clear that they will not work with current interim Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, but there are some major party differences on the left, particularly with regards to a referendum for Catalonian independence which Podemos is in favour of and PSOE is opposed to.

There are a number of local parties for such areas as the Canary Islands, the Basque Area, and Catalonia who have to be courted and even Podemos which claims to have 69 seats, obtained that number by the

fact of other smaller parties aligning themselves and they could switch overnight if it suited them.

Parliament could not even sit before a speaker was elected and that itself required compromise and agreement, but now that all of the members have been sworn in, it is the King’s duty to meet with representatives of all of the parties, no matter how small, to discuss the options that exist and he knows that the eyes of Europe as well as Spain are on him.

Friday January 22 is ‘crunch time’ when he meets with the PP, PSOE and Podemos and unless he can persuade the leftist parties to bury their differences, it may well be that upon receipt of advice from the Speaker he will appoint Mariano Rajoy to try to run a minority government which will then only be able to function if he receives a vote of confidence from other members of the house.

In the e ve nt tha t he re c e ive s a vote of no confidence immediately or at some stage in the future, then the King will have to call for new elections within two months.

Catalan backdown New constitution first THE NEW first minister of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont admitted in an interview on TV3 that a 48 per cent share of the vote did not give him a mandate to call for independence. He therefore intends to create a Catalan constitution which would allow for a referendum on the matter within 18 months.

Quote of the Week Spain is not a single map or identity, it is an agreement of citizens for freedom and collective progress” Patxi Lopez newly elected socialist Speaker who beat the PP candidate for the post.

THE other new party Ciudadanos also performed well with 40 seats but as it is centre orientated and based mainly in Catalonia it almost certainly attracted votes away from the PP and may consider supporting a minority PP government.

Most likely Possible alliances NO two parties can realistically form a majority coalition government. There are a number of possible alliances, but the most likely would be PSOE, Podemos and some independents yet that is unlikely due to inherent differences so a new election seems on the cards.

New speaker Attracted votes IT was unheard of for the party with the largest number of votes not to appoint the Speaker, but the veteran leftist representative from the Basque Country managed to attract the votes of PSOE and Ciudadanos.

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By Linda Hall VISITORS can soon explore more of the Roman villa on the seafront in Albir.

Once the home of a prosperous Albir resident, it was built between the Second and Fifth Century AD and is now an open-air museum. The visitable area is about to be enlarged, thanks to a €220,000 regional government grant.

The cash will also provide work for 30 unemployed Alfaz del Pi residents for the next six months under two Generalitat programmes aimed at recovering the region’s cultural, historical and natural heritage.

Similar projects included renovating the old Coastguards’ Station in Albir and Alfaz’s Escoles Velles schools.

Work at the Albir site began last November, uncovering more of the oecus, the spacious hall in one of the villa’s princi-

EXTENSION: Alfaz Mayor Vicente Arques visited the planned extension. pal buildings, explained Alfaz’s municipal archaeologist and museum director Carolina Frias. “The object is to include a new area beside the baths, ex-

tending the raised walkway,” she said.

The site was discovered in the late 80’s but exhaustive excavations did not begin until

2008 when Alfaz Town Hall joined forces with Alicante University. More than 40,000 people have now visited the site since it opened in 2011.

When the north wind doth blow…

IT had to happen, everyone said it would happen, and it happened.

After one of the mildest winters ever recorded, temperatures plummeted temporarily throughout Alicante Province, es-

pecially in mountain areas. The wind changed direction, blowing with such an arctic chill from the north that temperatures at the weather station not far from Villena’s town centre fell to -9.1C below zero.

Still cold but with a less dramatic fall, Fageca registered -4.6C below and Bañeres -4.2C. The Marina Alta did not escape the chill, with -1.2C in Javea and -0.5C in Moraira.

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Cocombre Libre

Alicante province is getting older

AGING POPULATION: There are 358,435 over-65s in Alicante province.

By Linda Hall OVER the last few months, 119 people celebrated their 100th birthday in Alicante Province.

There are now 508 centenarians in the province, of whom 339 are women and 169 men.

A little over 19 per cent - 358,435 - of Alicante Province’s registered population of 1,842,963 are over 65. The population is aging and for the first

time since 1999 there were more deaths than births, according to INE, Spanish statistics’ office.

A total of 8,286 people died and 7,312 babies were born during the first half of 2015, with the majority of deaths occurring between January and March. This tendency is repeated in INE’s figures for the Valencian Community’s three provinces with a total of 23,863 deaths and 29,913 births.

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A return to public sector MARINA ALTA mayors, backed by the Public Health Defence Platform, will work to de-privatise the area’s healthcare.

Primary care health centres and Denia hospital were outsourced to a private company, Marina Salud, by the previous regional government although

many Marina Alta town halls were against the move.

They made their position clear before the municipal and regional elections with a proposal asking the Generalitat’s Health department to rescind the outsourced contract.

The PSPV socialists, Compro-

mis and Izquierda Unida pledged to de-privatise the system if elected and the first two parties now control the regional government and many town halls.

Six months later the regional government’s Cabinet, the Consell, still has to take definite steps towards keeping this promise.

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Traffic or no traffic in Denia DENIA opinions are divided over making Marques de Campo a pedestrian street.

Some business owners welcome the idea of banishing traffic fumes from the town’s main shopping street and believe they will benefit economically. Others suggest that changes should be gradual and a solution found to compensate for the loss of parking spaces, possibly with a reduction for Marques de Campo clients using the Parking de La Via. There are also owners who totally oppose the initiative, predicting that clients will go elsewhere in the winter because they tend not to use the car park.

Banishing traffic is impractical, they claim. “It’s necessary to make things easy for customers because Denia is a town, not a city,” one owner said.

“No arbitrary decisions will be made about the town’s principal street,” pledged Denia Mayor Vicent Grimalt.

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There’s enough room at the top in Benitachell MARKED the end of a stage of the Vuelta de España with a gruelling climb

MAYOR: Josep Femenia was interviewed for a promotional video that will be shown at this year’s Fitur trade fair in Madrid.

JOSEP FEMENIA, mayor of Benitachell, confirmed the town’s commitment to sports and health tourism.

Benitachell marked the exciting end of a stage with a gruelling climb to the top of Puig Llorenca in the 2015 edition of the Vuelta a España.

“We are a great little town with a powerful and healthy tourist image,” Femenia told an

interviewer during a promotional video that will be shown at this year’s Fitur trade fair in Madrid.

“We can also offer hiking, skin-diving, trekking and cycling. And as a tourist town we are endorsed by the fact that a visitor who comes here once always returns. That’s a sign that we’re doing things well,” the mayor said.

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Company fingers burnt in firefighting helicopter scam TWENTY arrests made throughout six different regions

By Linda Hall TWENTY people in six regions including the Valencian Community were charged with rigging fire extinction contracts.

Two are linked to the Inaer helicopter company based in Muchamiel, one of the most important in the sector. It is contracted to supply helicopters to the Generalitat for

firefighting, health emergencies and rescue operations.

Searching the Muchamiel premises took several hours and police sources revealed that Inaer offices in other provinces were also scrutinised.

The two Muchamiel detainees were released the same day after making a statement at police headquarters in Alicante City.

This latest operation was fallout from the arrest last May of Serafin Castellano, the central government’s former delegate to the Valencia Region who previously headed the Generalitat’s Interior department. He faces charges of accepting favours from fire extinction companies and irregularly awarding contracts.

This came to light thanks to a whistle-blower formerly em-

ployed at the Avialsa helicopter company.

The Inaer raid is believed to have been the result of information arising from a formal complaint lodged in Andalucia and linked to helicopter fire-extinction contracts. According to national daily, El Mundo, helicopter companies in Spain, Portugal and Italy have defrauded a total of €100 million.

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Not-so-magical mystery tours TRAVEL agents in Benidorm claimed that the problem of unregulated coach trips is worse than ever.

The touts known as ‘manteros’ hand out leaflets in the streets and hotels for excursions that turn into a hard sell for all kinds of products. They particularly home in on the Spanish pensioners visiting the resort on Imserso holidays, which is why the manteros are always out in force during the winter.

According to Benidorm Town Hall’s Public Safety department the excursions are not illegal, but touting for clients on the street is banned in Benidorm and the touts’ labour status is irregular.

The president of the local Travel Agents’ Association, Anton Luthi, complained of the lack of police pressure. “You see the ‘manteros’ each day outside the hotels where Imserso clients are staying,” he said.

Nothing has changed since last year despite an information campaign and warnings about the excursions by the town hall.

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Carefully planned tourism strategy PREPARING for this year’s Fitur trade fair Leif Harboe

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KNOWN FORMULA: Costa Blanca’s sun, sea and sand.

By Linda Hall THE Valencian Community has already carefully planned its strategy for this year’s Fitur tourism trade fair.

‘Folklore’ and stereotyped quaintness will be absent from the region’s stand at Fitur 2016 running between January 20 and 24 in Madrid.

“Comunidad Valenciana. Es la hora de volver” (Valencian Community. Time to return) has been chosen as this year’s slogan.

Presenting the region’s Fitur 2016 promotional video, the region’s Tourism Secretary Francesc Colomer stressed that it portrays an open and tolerant society that understands the diversity

of its visitors, and is proud to be a region ‘with open arms.’ This picture is far removed from the images associated with the Valencian Community in recent years, Colomer added.

This will also be the first year that the region will participate in Fitur-Gay, LGTB, Colomer revealed. “The Community is interested in promoting LGTB tourism and cultivate a diverse public,” he said.

At an earlier meeting with Francesc Colomer, the Costa Blanca hoteliers’ association had nevertheless urged the regional government to concentrate on ‘sea and sand’, and not ‘tourism’ inventions like cruises for the elderly or new branding for the Valencian Community.

San Vicente documents get new home WORK on San Vicente del Raspeig’s municipal archive should finish in March, three months later than expected.

Plans for the archive on the Agost road on the Canastell industrial estate were criticised when the project received the town hall go-ahead in 2013.

This was not the right time for a €879,881 investment, Opposition parties and residents complained.

The 754 square metre building co-financed by the Alicante Diputacion and the town hall is now nearing completion.

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El Corte Ingles will fight Sunday closing JOBS could be lost if the store is not allowed to open EL COR T E I NGL E S h as appealed against Alicante City’s b a n o n Su n d ay opening in Avenida Maisonnave.

City Hall provided insufficient reasons for the veto which l a c k s c o n v i n cin g technical reports, the chain store’s legal advisers maintained. If El Corte Ingles closes on Sundays and national holidays apart from the permitted 10 days each year, the chain will lose an annual €5.4 million.

This wi l l a l so p u t 1 7 0 jobs at r i sk , t h e l a wy e rs pointed out.

The company is confident that its appeal to the regional government’s Economy department will be settled favourably within a month.

If not, it will apply to the

William Helsen.

By Linda Hall

EL CORTE INGLES: Two stores in Maisonnave.

CN M C, S p ain ’s M a rke ts and Competition regulator, but does not plan to take legal action.

Excluding big stores in the heart of the city’s shopping area from opening on Sundays is intended to draw shoppers to smaller businesses, although many in the centre want them to re-

main open to attract custom.

Others would prefer only shops along the Rambla and seafront to open on Sundays and national holidays.

“We don’t want any Sunda y ope ning a t a ll,” s a id Luis Luna, president of the Maisonnave association of s ma ll a nd me dium-s iz e d shops.

Outdoor art exhibition AN exhibition of outdoor sculpture by students of fine arts from the University Miguel Hernandez (UMH), Campus of Altea, is being held in Villajoyosa.

The exhibition, with more than 30 works, is

part of an initiative begun three years ago between UMH and the town hall. Located in the gardens of La Barbera del Aragones of Villajoyosa until mid-April, the exhibition is entitled ‘Transito IV.’

Rain arrived at the right time RECENT rain was good news for Alicante Province where not a drop had fallen for 74 days.

The rainfall was patchy, averaging seven litres per square metre, although 10 litres were recorded in Alicante City. If nothing else it served to clear the air while refreshing parched gardens and parks.

As a member of the Riegos de Levante irrigation syndicate, which receives water from the Tajo-Segura pipeline, remarked: “This rain is good for winter vegetables and bringing moisture to the ground. The main problem is the Tajo. Right

now all of next summer’s production is up in the air.”

But the Tajo might prove to be less of a problem than he and other fruit and vegetable growers fear. Alicante’s patchy rain was considerably heavier in the Tajo basin where the Entrepeñas and Buendia reservoirs increased their levels by 18 cubic hectometres in 10 days.

They now hold 333 cubic hectometres of water, only three short of the 336 cubic hectometres required before water can be sent to Alicante Province via the Tajo-Segura pipeline.

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Watchful eye on canine necessities ELECTION pledge reminder to town hall

By Linda Hall THE Ciudadanos party in Denia urged the town hall to keep its Brigada Marron election promise.

The PSPV socialist party that governs together with Compromis and Canviem pledged before the May elections to create a Local Police patrol to ensure that dog-owners cleaned up after their pets in public places.

“Loving your dog means tak-

ing care of its ‘necessities’ in every sense of the word,” said Ciudadanos spokeswoman Mari Martinez, using a polite Spanish term for dog mess.

“Most people do but there are always three or four illmannered people who get nasty if you interfere,” the councillor said. “We cannot allow uncivil behaviour of a few to blemish our streets and the good name of responsible dog-owners.”

No-one could accuse Mar-

tinez of not being a dog-lover.

She campaigns for a ‘dogs allowed’ beach and knows that owners who allow their pets to foul the streets are an obstacle and recommends fining them.

“If their consciences don’t prick, then their pockets should suffer,” Martinez has said.

Owners take dogs to do their ‘necessities’ at regular times and police only need to keep watch in certain places and times of the day, she suggested.

Cost-cutting query over extension THE regional government’s Health department recommended ‘common sense and prudence’ regarding extensions to Villajoyosa hospital. The call for moderation was made during a meeting of the Health Committee held at the hospital.

Comisiones Obreras trade union officials and

representatives from the Federation of Municipalities present at the meeting said afterwards the Generalitat apparently wanted ‘coherence’ from an economic viewpoint. Both sources emphasised they hoped this would not entail excessive cost-cutting.

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Ministry prevents repetition of accident WOMAN fell from the top of the geodesic column last September

By Linda Hall IT will no longer be possible to climb the geodesic column at Cabo de la Nao in Javea.

Wide-spaced rungs let into its s i d e h a v e b e e n re moved t o d i sc o u r a g e th e public f r o m c l i m b i n g th e column, after a 53-year-old w oman f e l l f r o m t h e to p w hile t a k i n g a se l f i e la s t September.

She suffered serious head and ba c k i n j u r i e s a fter

GEODESIC COLUMN: No longer possible to climb. falling backwards onto the sharp-edged rocks that surround the structure and died

two days later in hospital.

The four-metre high column, used in mapmaking, is

Hacienda tracking down non-payers THE regional government has contacted 800 taxpayers whom it suspects of not paying wealth tax.

Tracking down citizens who dodge their tax obligations will help to finance better health, education and social services systems, the regional tax department Hacienda announced. “In future this means we could all pay less tax,” it added.

The regional government’s Hacienda department cross-referenced returns for 2007, which was the year before a Wealth tax rebate was announced, and 2012 when the re-

bate was eliminated.

This enabled the department to detect 1,802 people who were no longer paying the tax.

Of these they traced approximately 800 who were not deceased or had since registered as taxpayers in another of Spain’s autonomous regions.

This is the first time that the regional administration has launched a campaign of this type, which not only affects those who failed to declare but also dissuades potential non-payers.

the property of Spain’s Instituto Geografico Nacional a nd the na tiona l gove rnment’s Ministry of Public Works ordered the removal of all the metal rungs apart from the top three.

A notic e ha s a ls o be e n erected, warning that only authorised professionals ma y c limb it, a nd a lw a ys with the proviso that they wear safety harnesses.

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New short cut for Colonia Madrid IMPROVEMENTS have been made to Foietes park

By Linda Hall WORK on the Foietes park in Benidorm is causing considerable upheaval.

Despite the inconvenience, residents in Benidorm’s Colonia Madrid district will not have to go the long way round to reach the health and specialist centres in Foietes.

Improvements have been made to the walkway linking the two neighbourhoods which is now less steep.

“The town hall has kept its promise that Colonia Madrid residents would still be able to reach the health centres

WALKWAY: No need to go the long way round. while the park was built,” said Public Works councillor

All a-Twitter in Valencia City VALENCIA City’s Transport councillor Giuseppe Grezzi contradicted a Guardia Civil Tweet advising cyclists.

“Zebra crossings and pavements are reserved for pedestrians,” the Guardia Civil recommended.

“These alarmist messages should not be launched without knowing municipal legislation. This is allowed,” Grezzi quickly responded. It has since been pointed out that he is mistaken although cyclists may use pedestrian streets so long as they give way to those on foot.

Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate.

Moraira supermarket loses case AN Alicante court rejected an appeal against the closure of a supermarket on the MorairaCalpe road.

Built in 2006, it received planning permission from the then Mayor Jose Ciscar, despite a report from the municipal architect advising against the choice of site.

Like practically every barranco in this part of Alicante Province, it is usually dry but fills and can even overflow.

The Valencia Region’s Upper Court of Justice (TSJ) annulled planning permission in 2007 and the Environmental Permit in 2013.

This left Ciscar’s successor Antoni Joan Bertomeu with the only option of ordering the closure, the court confirmed.

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Benidorm’s ratings success MORE than 4.5 million viewers watched the premiere of the eighth season of ‘Benidorm’ on ITV. Filming took place between March and July in various locations.

The sitcom is also broadcast by various other channels around the world, increasing the numbers further.

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Queen becomes author ANDREA RIPOLL, who was queen of one of Benidorm’s biggest fiestas, has published her first book. The novel, entitled Being Unique was presented last week by Benidorm’s Mayor of Culture, Ana Pellicer. The young author said the book tells the love story of Alicia and Tony in London ‘that everyone would like to live.’

Busy junction to be adapted THE busy junction in Benidorm, popularly known as the ‘El Cruce’ (The Crossroads) is in the process of being improved.

The plan is to make the traffic-light controlled junction of four Avenidas -

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The work involves removing the high islands and replacing them with asphalt versions, making it easier for wheelchair users and people pushing baby buggies.

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School looks after our environment BENIDORM Mayor Toni Perez, together with other councillors, joined teachers of the Lope de Vega school at the town hall as pupils from the fourth and sixth grades presented their projects designed to protect the environment.

Presented in both Castilian and English, the fourth grade student’s projects aim at protecting the aquatic environment, with topics including ‘10 tips to teach users how to preserve our beaches.’

The sixth graders focused on firm ground, tackling issues such as fire prevention and protection of mountains.

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La Sardinera owner must share path MUST follow the Coastal Law’s regulations

By Linda Hall THE owner of award-winning Casa Sardinera in Javea must reopen a public footpath.

The house, which has won worldwide recognition for its ultra-modern minimalist lines designed by architect Ramon Esteve, perches high above Cala Sardinera on a cliff that belongs to the owner. It connects to the beach below by a footpath which is known to few people and used by fewer.

The owner also owns a fisherman’s shack

at the bottom of the cliff which has been restored, repainted and equipped with a septic tank only a few metres from the beach.

The path has also been smartened up and closed off but although Casa Sardinera’s owner owns the cliff, he has been warned that the footpath must remain open to comply with the Coastal Law’s right-of-way regulations.

The septic tank must also be removed, he was told, as these are not allowed so close to the beach on this stretch of protected coast.

More work for less money THE new manager of Altea’s municipally-owned public services company is not overpaid, Councillor Inma Orozco has insisted.

The €3,547 pre-tax salary, €2,500 net, that former Socialist Councillor Eloy Hidalgo

will receive each month is reasonable for the manager of a public body with more than 100 employees, the councillor claimed.

Neither is Hidalgo’s salary anywhere near the €6,000 the local Partido Popular claimed

he would be paid, Orozco said.

She also pointed out that the new manager’s pay is considerably lower than the €4,185 salary that his PP predecessor earned at a time when the company had only 20 employees.

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One million euros worth of damage THE abandoned shopping and leisure complex at the closed Gandia Palace hotel ‘looks like a battlefield.’

This is now municipal property and Vicent Mascarell, president of publicly-owned Inciatives Publiques de Gandia (IPG), recently visited the 5,000-square metre installation, accompanied by a notary.

They were confronted by torn-up flooring, electrical installations hanging loose, and cut cables. Emergency lighting had disappeared and screens were slashed in the cinemas.

Expensive sound systems

and projection equipment had all vanished. The restaurant was unrecognisable, nothing was left of the children’s play area and the offices were destroyed.

The complex closed in November 2014 and was given to Gandia’s former Mayor Artur Torro ‘in perfect condition’ according to IPG documents.

Town hall sources put the cost of the damage and theft at €1million. Local Police officers inspecting the shopping complex have ruled out vandalism after finding the doors had not been forced. It looked like an inside job, sources hinted.

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Road safety in Oliva PUPILS from El Rebollet school were shown how to cross the road safely

By Linda Hall OLIVA schoolchildren recently had a lesson in road safety and coexisting with road users.

Pupils from the El Rebolle t prima ry s c hool w e re shown how to cross the road s a fe ly a t the loc a l R oa d Safety Education Park.

While there they learnt about the dangers that can be present on the roads, the need to know how to make decisions and avoid situations of risk.

PEP TALK: Road safety lesson for primary pupils.

Station neighbours want volume turned down ALICANTE CITY COUNCIL agreed that the AVE railway station does not comply with noise pollution regulations.

Decibels registered in apartments adjoining the station were higher than permitted, revealed City Planning Councillor Miguel Angel Pavon.

Findings will be remitted to the Ministry of Public Work with a request to reduce the acoustic contamination that residents must endure.

Meanwhile, the Plataforma Renfe support group for residents affected reminded Spain’s track operator ADIF that

it should carry out an environmental impact assessment before extending the station.

The absence of a prior assessment was responsible for the excessive noise that the station already inflicts on residents, the Plataforma said.

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Bullfight fans hit out in Villena ‘RIGHTS taken away’ because of cruelty claims Photo by Sanmolinan

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FIGHTING BULL: ‘No justification for suffering.’

By Linda Hall MEMBERS of Villena’s bullfight enthusiasts’ club Peña Cultural Taurina Villenense are campaigning to hold bullfights in the local bullring.

Bullfighting is going through a hard time, they said, blaming the “leftist united front formed by three-party alliances that want to take away our freedom with their claims of animal cruelty.”

The association pointed out that Alicante City Council wants to close the Bullfighting School despite having produced toreros like Villena-born Jose Palazon as well as novillero apprentices like Raul Bravo and Genaro Alvarez Forte who are also from Villena.

The campaigners hope to persuade Villena politicians to reconsider instead of “taking away our rights and the right to see the grand masters of tauromachia at our bullring.”

Esther Esquembre of Los Verdes (Greens) party is also councillor for Animal Policies and was taken by surprise by the association’s proposal.

The local government is in the hand of a threeparty coalition between Los Verdes, PSOE and VCD and Esquembre pointed out that Villena residents had voted for parties opposed to bullfighting.

“We do not want a return to the Spain of the 50’s,” she said. “Democracy means demonstrating these events are not positive because there is no justification for what the bull suffers .”

Man is not exactly a rock star AN Alcoy man was accused of vandalism and for throwing rubble into the riverbed below the Portal de Riquer.

No-one was injured al-

though railings along the riverside path were destroyed by the weight of the rocks.

At first it was thought that the rocks could have

come from the nearby mediaeval Na Isa tower but police found that they came from the remains of an 18th century house that was demolished some years ago.

A big task for minority mayor RAFA GASENT, spokesman for Ciudadanos (Cs), offered to lend a hand at Benidorm Town Hall.

With only eight councillors the mayor Toni Perez and his Partido Popular team were “saturated with work,” Gasent said.

Running a town like Benidorm needed more councillors, he maintained but stressed neither he nor the other Cs councillors sought a pact or control of any town hall department.

Toni Perez said that so far there had been no conversations

with Cs although any offer of help from any political group willing to work for the municipality would be well-received.

“But we demonstrate each day that our eight councillors have the ability and strength to govern Benidorm,” he added.

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Drain gain BENIDORM will receive €271,008 from the provincial council to overhaul several pumping stations and the town’s waste treatment plant. The work is expected to be finished before summer.

Rights lost A VILLENA man accused of murdering his ex-wife should lose his parental rights over their child, the regional government recommended.

Although she died during an argument he claimed her death was accidental.

More roles SAN JUAN’S publicly owned body, Pycsa, which administers municipal land and home care, will assume more roles. These include controlling social housing, mortgage problems, cleaning public buildings and tending public gardens.

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Regional government help for Marina Alta WILL cooperate on Unesco project which benefits the whole community

By Linda Hall XIMO PUIG, Valencia’s regional president, pledged to help Denia fulfil its potential as a municipality.

The promise was made as Puig paid his first official visit to Denia Town Hall where he was received by the local mayor Vicent Grimalt and councillors.

“Denia is a symbol of our country, of our way of understanding hospitality and making tourism a driving force for the economy and employment,” Puig said in the Visitors’ Book.

The Generalitat president also referred to Denia’s recent designation as a Unesco Creative Gastronomic municipality, which he said contributed

OFFICIAL VISIT: Ximo Puig was received by the mayor and councillors. towards improving the collective reputation “of all Valencians.”

The regional government would do everything possible

to cooperate, share and work together on the Unesco project which benefits the entire Valencian Community.

Puig was also committed to

ensuring the area had adequate infrastructure, citing the Tren de la Costa, a rail link along the coast as a regional government priority.

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Accusation of inaction at San Juan council SAN JUAN association criticised town hall inaction regarding the crematorium.

Despite the change of local government last May the new council has ‘little or no’ political motivation to solve problems caused by the crematorium, maintained the Plataforma Anticrematorio y por la Dignidad.

This was evident from the town hall’s failure to create a monitoring committee, they said.

“They aren’t interested and have demonstrated this several times in many ways.

They’ve taken just a few months to do themselves what they criticised in the past. They are incapable of creating a committee, coming up with clear proposals or making progress on the crematorium issue,” the Plataforma said.

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Old woman trapped A GERMAN woman has been rescued from her home by firefighters and the Civil Guard in Balcon al Mar, Javea. The 80-yearold lived alone, and was found on the ground, dehydrated with a broken leg.

No parade THERE hasn’t been a school’s carnival parade for 14 years in Villajoyosa, but councillor Maria de los Angeles Gualde is to resurrect it, and has been contacting all the schools in the area.

It’s double THERE were 28,068 people who visited la Biblioteca de Caravana - La Nucia’s municipal Library, in 2015. That’s almost double the figure for its first year of opening in 2007.

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Police forces share traffic information IMAGES stored and checked for suspicious registration numbers

By Keith Baker THE Chief Inspector of the Local Police of Pilar de la Horadada, Jose Antonio Hernandez, has visited the Central Local Police of La Nucia.

The purpose of the visit was to be shown the camera system for traffic control and surveillance in La Nucia. Accompanying him was the councillor for Citizen Security, Jose Tomas Saura. They met with La Nucia’s Local Police Chief, Javier Burrueco and Serafin Lopez, councillor for Citizen Security. They were joined by the mayor of La Nucia, Bernabe Cano.

The municipality pioneered the installation of this service and it has become a benchmark at regional level.

Throughout the morning they visited the different departments of the public safety building in La Nucia, which opened in November 2006. The focus of the visit was the telecommunications room and the camera system controlling and monitoring traffic.

TRAFFIC CONTROL: Police watching the world go by.

A total of 51 surveillance cameras have been installed on various roundabouts and at other strategic points in the municipality, as well as 16 OCR (licence plate recognition) systems. The surveillance system is

centralised in the Central Local Police building and monitored 24 hours a day.

All images are stored and checked for suspicious registration numbers which have been detected by the OCR cameras.

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Unrest at the market STALLHOLDERS in El Cam pel l o’s out door market are complaining that the Pla Barraques market, which was launched i n Oct ober 2015, i s adver sel y aff ect i ng their trade.

When it first started it was held on Fridays and Sundays, but now t he Fr i day has been changed to Wednesday - the same day of the municipal market, which has been there for 40 years.

The counci l has conf i r m ed t hat t he new market has a valid licence, and that it is not breaking any regulations by changing the day.

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Jumble sale THE Make A Smile Charity is set to benefit from the proceeds of a jumble sale of used children’s clothes, toys and accessories on Saturday, January 23, between 10am and 1.30pm at the Benitachell Community Centre.

Music tribute THIS week sees a series of events at the Puig Campana Musical Centre in Finestrat, as a tribute to the musicians who founded the institution more than 40 years ago. It is on until Saturday 23.

Craft work ARTISTS and craftsmen/ women have until February 3 to register their intention to participate in the 33rd Mostra d’Artesania d’Altea, an exhibition of crafts to promote the work of artisans in the area.

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Artist auctions one painting for charity EXHIBITION is on until February 14

By Keith Baker THE nationally and internationally renowned artist, Requena Nozal (born in Zaragoza,1947) is exhibiting his work in an exhibition entitled Hemeroskopeion years 1980-2015, as a tribute to and demonstration of gratitude to the town of Denia.

For years he travelled in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the US and Russia, but chose to settle in Denia 30 years ago, where he has created and developed most of his work.

Nozal’s works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and he was awarded his first prize in New York City in 1996 by the Goya Art Gallery.

The artist is setting aside one pic-

ture from the exhibition, whose proceeds will go to Denia’s Solidarity Committee which includes Caritas, the Red Cross and the Salvation Army in Denia. It has a reserve price of €4,000 and those wishing to bid should contact the artist whose details are available at the exhibition.

Speaking of Nozal, Ruiz Inocentio Lasala of the Academy of Fine Arts of San Luis said “This artist has a Renoir delicacy and strength of Goya.”

The exhibition is on now at the Centre D’Art L’Estacio in Denia, until February 14.

Denia was once a Greek city named Hemeroskopeion, which means Watchtower. The city was later conquered by the Romans and renamed Dianium, and later became Denia.

REQUENA NOZAL: One of his works.

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Bad smell for four months ALFAS residents have had to put up with a bad smell since September.

A pipe that broke in September is still causing problems for residents of El Tossalet urbanisation in l’Alfas del Pi. Damage caused by rain in the Carbonera ravine continues to cause sewage discharges throughout the area.

The councillor for the Environment, Vicente Soler, said that the pipe is linked to Benidorm’s water treatment plant, and that several sections of the pipe were damaged in September’s torrential rains.

More than 200 homes have been affected by the smell, according to one local resident.

Hospital action to reduce waiting lists THE San Juan hospital is to perform operations in the afternoons. The hospital has been chosen as a pilot centre, and if the initiative proves successful it will be extended to the entire community.

The aim is to progressively reduce waiting lists without increasing costs.

No additional staff will be hired.

Initially the theatres will be used two afternoons a week, and as it has the longest waiting lists, the urology department will be the first to participate, with traumatology, plastic surgery and general surgery following.

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72nd Wedding Anniversary joy BENIDORM climate is obviously beneficial

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Film in English THE Cinema La Paz in Gata de Gorgos is showing the film Everest in English on Friday January 22 and Tuesday January 26 at 8pm.

Fire engine FIREFIGHTERS were not injured when flames reached their fire engine, causing it to catch fire as they tackled a blaze in Vilena last Saturday.

High winds were thought to be the cause.

CELEBRATIONS: Marjorie and Douglas are now 72 years married.

CONGRATULATIONS to Marjorie and Douglas Hill (aged 91 and 95 respectively) who celebrate their 72nd wedding anniversary on January 22. They are pictured on their 70th anniversary (Doug has been bedbound since April 2015) with their children and some of their grandchildren who came over to Spain for the celebrations.

Having met in Bridlington, Yorkshire

they moved south for Doug’s work to Caterham, Surrey, where they raised four children, Colin, Paul, Steven and finally a daughter, Janet.

They currently live in Benidorm where they have been for 25 years. The climate must be doing them some good!

Everyone at Euro Weekly News sends their best wishes to the couple.

Best ideas EL CAMPELLO Town Hall has awarded prizes to the winners of its recent competitions to promote the local economy. The projects were Tapas duel, Best Christmas shop window and El Campello takes off, for best technology idea.

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Film Festival makes eighth consecutive donation THIS year’s proceeds will be donated to Color Star

By Keith Baker FOR the eighth consecutive year the Film Festival of L’Alfas del Pi made a donation to help the less fortunate.

“This year’s proceeds will be donated to local NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) Color Star, which for years has developed interesting educational and cultural projects in Nicaragua,” said deputy director of the Film Festival L’Alfas del Pi and solidarity cycle coordinator, Javier Pascual.

The eighth season of Solidarity Film Cycle has raised nearly €2,000 during the first quarter. “We have an average of 90 viewers

per pass,” he said. Programming continues this January with the screening of four films every Thursday at 8pm in the auditorium of the Casa de Cultura. The donation, as always, is €2.

Since the initiative was set up in October 2008, the organisation has raised more than €20,000, which has been donated to different NGOs. This year the money will be for Color Star, an NGO aimed at international cooperation for development, which has emerged from the vision to improve the situation of children in the poorest countries.

Swimming pool reopens VILLAJOYOSA’S municipal swimming pool has reopened its doors after the council signed a contract with the new contractor, UTE El Pantano, (formed by Soom Management SL and SL Esproade SL).

The new pool contractor is

committed to making various facility improvements to provide better services to local residents.

“We are committed to the citizens of La Vila and we will resolve all deficiencies and will add improvements in the

medium term,” said Ricardo Carballo, Manager of UTE El Pantano.

Anyone who had paid for courses before the closure of the facility will have their payments honoured, or be offered a refund.

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Special Ops group is getting ready for action NEW unit has been formed to meet increased demand for participation in missions abroad

By Keith Baker A NEW Special Operations Group (GOE), Granada ll, is preparing for its first outing this summer to Iraq. It is made up of approximately 100 personnel, including 14 women.

This elite unit, formed to meet increased demand for participation in missions abroad, will improve the capacity of the army.

General Demetrio Munoz, head of the Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE), the Special Operations Command, presided over a ceremony at the base.

Lieutenant Colonel Miguel Angel Jimenez Parejo, head of the new unit, said: “We are

Cycle lane link LIFE will be made easier and safer for cyclists thanks to a cycle path that will link L’Albir with L’Alfas del Pi. The project, called ‘Ciclovias’, will be developed in the first half of the year.

“This is about creating a network connection between the town and the coastal area of L’Albir through a new structure based on landscape integration, natural spaces and pedestrian and cyclist mobility,” said the Councillor of Planning and Environment, Vicente Soler.

It involves an investment of more than €100,000, 50 per cent financed by the municipality and 50 per cent by the council.

The plan also includes the opening of a ‘cyclable’ way, which aims to reduce speeds and make cars and bikes compatible.

new, but not novices. We are able to respond to today’s threats in scenarios where we collaborate to ensure peace and provide stability.”

He added that “three units were not sufficient to meet the demand of international missions where the Spanish army was involved, and the goal was to have a fourth unit with its own command structure.”

The unit is mostly made up of personnel from the other three units on the base. The actual increase in numbers is barely one dozen.

The MOE currently has troops in Iraq, Lebanon and Mali, and provides support in Mauritania and Senegal.

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Support for Diabetes WHETHER you have diabetes, know someone with diabetes or want to know more about diabetes, all are welcome to the meetings organised by HELP of Denia and Marina Alta.

In February they will be looking at ‘Diabetes Targets and what the numbers mean.’ Everyone is welcome to come along, and is encouraged to bring along any results they have, especially HbA1c.

In 2015 HELP of Denia and Marina Alta was able to offer a Diabetes Support service which included one-toone support given by Dorothy, who has over 30 years’ experience in diabetes - eight of those working as a Diabetes Nurse Specialist. Meetings were held throughout the year on topics related to diabetes and gave an opportunity to ask questions on anything related to diabetes.

Their next meeting is in Teulada on Tuesday February 9 in the MABS room of the IMED building, Cami Calvari, Teulada.

That is followed by one in La Xara on Friday February 12, held in the HELP Activity Centre, Avenida Oeste 29 bajo, 03709, La Xara (next door to the Tabac).

Every meeting gives time for questions on anything related to Diabetes.

If you cannot make the meeting but have a question you can email it to Dorothy Cook, Lead Professional Volunteer on diabetes.helpofdenia@gmail.com.

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Fumigation has begun in Castell

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PINE TREES: Under threat from the processionary caterpillars.

By Keith Baker THE annual problem of the processionary pine caterpillars is with us once again, and is affecting many green areas of the municipality. Fumigation has begun in the area of Castell, where several specimens of pine trees were highly affected.

The mild winter has worked in favour of the pests, which are amongst the most harmful to the Mediterranean pine.

Work will continue throughout the historic gardens of the resort, Sierra Cortina, Balcon de Finestrat, Font del Moli and other rural districts.

Repair costs VILLAJOYOSA spent more than €90,000 in 2015 to repair damage caused by vandalism and the theft of copper.

UNREGISTERED apartments are to blame for low Benidorm occupancy rates, according to the hoteliers’ association Hosbec. Despite the fact 2015 figures show a 2.7 per cent increase compared with 2014 (68.8 per cent) the association feels these apartments are hindering growth in the sector.

Cycle lane These pests cause serious damage because during the winter they feed on the leaves (needles) of the trees, causing them to dry out and fall to the ground. Besides the damage to the trees they also cause hives and allergies to people and pets with their stinging hairs.

THE new cycle lane in Benidorm’s Avenida Jaime I is causing controversy. Although the bright red lane is approved of by some, others feel it is endangering cyclists by putting them between two lanes of traffic.

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Alcoy roads salted after first frosts FOLLOWING the dip in temperatures, the Ministry for the province of Alicante has begun to spread salt on the highest roads in the province.

Although the winter has been abnormally mild, recent temperatures below zero and the threat of snow above 1,100 metres have made the measures necessary. Roads at risk include the A-7 passing through Alcoy, Ibi, Castalla and Villena.

In addition to the salt and brine, 14 snow-

ploughs, four plants manufacturing brine and nine weather stations account for the investment of €825,970.

The government delegate in Valencia, Juan Carlos Moragues, said: “We have protocols for coordination and communication between all institutions and law enforcement authorities of the State, the Civil Guard, Red Cross, Civil Protection and Emergency UME.”

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More support for the vulnerable TWO social workers will be hired in L’Alfas del Pi

By Keith Baker T H E t o w n o f L’ A l f a s d e l Pi has approved the hiring of two social workers to ensure the continuity of specialised services.

“The council has secured an increase in funding for the operation of municipal services for dependents, going from €35,000 to €42,000, which will allow an increase of 10 per cent in the working hours of both workers,” said Human Resources and Government t e a m s p o k e s m a n To n i Such.

The two social workers will be able to help people in situations of dependency in the towns of L’Alfas del Pi, Finestrat, Orxeta, Relleu and Sella.

Their roles will include the provision of information and advice to people in situations of dependency, and to serve as support in completing applications and overseeing the administrative process.

They will also report on the environments in which the people live, and monitor and control cases.

SOCIAL WORKERS: Council has secured more funding.

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The old teaching the young - and vice versa!

WORKSHOP was second part of the scheme

By Linda Hall STUDENTS from La Nucia secondary school were given the opportunity to learn the art of cooking alongside more seasoned members of the community at an integrational workshop held at La Casilla retirement centre.

The four-hour course, in which four cooks

guided 13 students aged between 14 and 16, was designed to help unmotivated students. It involved making several dishes, including cannelloni and pineapple cake.

The workshop was the second part of the scheme. In November the students were responsible for teaching retirees how to use their mobile phones.

Poverty on our doorsteps MORE than 1,500 families sufferin g e n e rg y p o v e rty have asked for help with payment of electricity and gas bills, according to the Red Cross.

It warns that the situation is worsening as tempera-

tures drop and there is more risk of health problems from the cold and dampness in homes.

Many homes in the Alicante Province cannot maintain adequate temperatures fo r g o o d h ea lth (1 8 to 20

degrees in winter and 25 in s umme r). It he lpe d 637 families with the payment of electricity, 444 with water bills and 86 with gas.

They also made 334 deliveries of warm clothing to 250 families.

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Request for more rubbish collections MAYOR explained they are reorganising the cleaning service

By Keith Baker BUSINESS owners in Calle Loreto in Denia have asked city officials to increase the number of rubbish collections.

They want an additional collection to be made in high season between 4pm and 5pm, in addition to the night-time one.

They also want a minimum service on days over the Christmas period, to avoid a repeat of the problems experienced last year, with rubbish accumulating in the street.

In addition they asked for the installation of more glass recycling containers.

The meeting was attended by Mayor Vicent Grimalt, Josep Crespo, Councillor for the Environment, Javier Scotto, Councillor of Public Safety, Cristina Selles, President of the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Marina Alta, Dani Costa, President of the Comerciantes del Centre Historic-Carrer Loreto and various owners with businesses on the street.

The mayor explained they

are working on a reorganisation of the cleaning service, with change of routes and schedules in critical areas such as Calle Loreto.

As for glass containers, Josep Crespo said this request is a difficult one to meet because containers are very large and the road is narrow, but the issue would be discussed.

Grimalt also emphasised the option to extend the collection service and schedule changes will increase costs, so they will study the proposals.

Hostage taken at a bank A CASHIER at a bank in the centre of Alicante was taken hostage at gunpoint. The gunman forced her to hand over all the cash they had available, which was â‚Ź1,800. He then

forced her to accompany him to the street.

He was swiftly arrested by the National Police, however the cashier, 58, suffered an anxiety attack.

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Hollywood fame for Almeria?

FILM partly shot in the Tabernas desert in the running for an Oscar Photo by Mido Semsem via Shutterstock

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OSCAR CEREMONY: Will take place on February 28.

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Arrest made

Popular destination Periana animals

POLICE have arrested a man who had robbed a branch of the BBVA bank in Calle Reyes Catolicos in the centre of Alicante. The robber made away with an amount of cash after taking the cashier hostage.

FIFTY per cent of German, 45 per cent of Italian, 32 per cent of Dutch and 28 per cent of British users of HomeAway website named the Balearic Islands as the destination they were the most interested in last year.

Body found TWO men and a woman have been arrested for their alleged connection with a body which was found on the property of one of the men. The body found was of a man who disappeared from the Valencian town of L’Alcudia in 2014.

Youth funding ALICANTE City and the School of Industrial Organisation (EOI) are working together on a programme for youth employment with funding of €827,000.

Copper theft A 44-YEAR-OLD has been arrested after being caught stealing 120 metres of telephone copper cable lying around the railway level crossing in Torrellano, Elche.

Crossing accident A GIRL was seriously injured after being hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing in Cartagena. The girl was taken to hospital with a head wound and numerous broken bones.

Ducks shot ORNITHOLOGISTS from GOB ecologist group have reported seeing a hunter shoot two red-crested Pochards in the wetlands of Maristany at the weekend.

Council listens FOLLOWING complaints from local residents, a ban on parking outside the cathedral in Palma’s La Seu district due to begin on Monday (January 18) was postponed until February 1.

Tourism promoted THE Balearics are represented at FITUR Madrid and on January 21, whilst concentrating on the Spanish holiday market, they will make a presentation to the world’s press highlighting the cultural and gastronomic benefits of the islands.

Transparency rules ANDRATX Council has approved its new transparency regulations, which requires that a long list of information including council members’ salaries and asset declarations and expenses for publicity campaigns, must be published on the municipal website.

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MUSICIANS Robin George and Fiona Bond, resolutely supported by Axarquia Animal Rescue, called a meeting with the mayor of Periana, Rafael Torrubia Ortigosa. He has granted sanctuary to the village cats and denounced poisoning.

Axarquia road works THE Public Works and Development Board is currently carrying out conservation and improvement work on the road network of Axarquia. The project is almost complete at a cost of €250,000.

Salobreña tourism SALOBREÑA is attending the FITUR exhibition with the construction of the FH1 hotel complex as the main news.

Tourism councillor Manuel Guirado claimed this project will “change the financial and touristic development.”

Woman stabbed THE National Police recently investigated the stabbing of a 33-year-old Bolivian woman in Velez-Malaga. Hospital sources reported that the wound was not serious.

Fire in Torrox ON January 17, a 61-year-old man was affected by smoke inhalation as a consequence of a fire in his house in Torrox.

The victim was taken to a health centre.

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A FILM partly shot in the Tabernas desert in Almeria is in the running for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, according to the Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Danish film A War opened last September at the Venice Film Festival and tells the story of a Danish military company captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Directed by Tobias Lindholm, the film briefly paused in Almeria Province in January 2015 to shoot for one day in the Llano del Buho area in Tabernas.

The 88th edition of the glitzy ceremony will take place on February 28, with The Revenant, by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, leading the nominations.

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Pirate pledge FORCES battling against illegal taxis in Estepona received a major boost as police officers developed new skills during a specialised training course aimed at identifying culprits. The move comes after councillors have pledged to protect professionals from losing out financially to the pirate taxis creeping in on the town.

Five times the charm A LUCKY vendor in Marbella has sold five winning tickets in the charitable ONCE lottery, giving out total prize money of €175,000. Antonio Fernandez Garcia sold the number 29870 five times with a €35,000 prize apiece. The historic lottery helps blind and visually impaired people across Spain with 315 members receiving assistance in Marbella alone.

Help for new parents Fuengirola WHEN babies are born to Albox famifire lies they do not enter the world emptyhanded, they come with a basket of basic products which the council provides to help new parents.

Lucky local winner THE holder of a Euromillions lottery ticket validated in Albox is to receive €67,898 as it is one of nine tickets eligible for a third prize (five correct numbers) in the Friday January 15 draw.

Tidying up SAFETY is the priority as public works in Almeria Province initiated by the Andalucian government will prune the vegetation on key motorways to improve driving conditions and reduce fire risks.

Pet pandemonium AN animal takeover of Pedro Gea Square in Garrucha, Almeria was launched on January 17 during the first Pet Contest organised by the local council on the holiday of San Anton, patron saint of domestic animals.

Scammers caught PROSECUTORS are targeting three men who are accused of masterminding a counterfeit money scheme which saw them scam small businesses with falsified Spanish notes in Almeria in 2011.

A MAN was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in Fuengirola causing the evacuation of neighbours around the sixth floor flat on Inca street as a preventative measure.

San Pedro hit and run A WOMAN has been taken to the Costa del Sol hospital with head injuries after being run over by a vehicle in an alleged hit and run incident.

The 60-year-old was walking on a pedestrian crossing by the El Ingenio roundabout in San Pedro when she was hit at high speed by the driver who then left the scene.

Burst pipeline FLOODING damaged homes in Avenida Costa Galera, Estepona following the burst of a portable water pipeline, apparently caused by a power cut on January 15. The water even managed to reach the A7 motorway according to the emergency services, as firefighters, Local Police and workers from the water company fought to contain it.

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EU Trademarks Office continues to grow OAMI is the Valencian Community’s door to the EU, declared the regional president

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THE European Union’s Trademarks Office in Alicante City is to be enlarged.

Extensions to the OHIM centre - OAMI in its Spanish version - were approved by the regional government last month. Work is due to

Jobs boost for the Alcoy area THE inland areas of L’Alcoia, El Comtat and Foia de Castalla in and around Alcoy finished 2015 with 14,274 jobless.

This figure was an improvement of 1,639 compared with 2014, according to figures from the Valencian Community’s official employment service Servef.

Alcoy City experienced the most noticeable reduction, where the number of unemployed fell by 705 to a total of 6,569.

Taken together, the number of women who were out of work in the three adjoining districts last year totalled 8,477 compared with 5,797 men.

Wheelie not a good idea!

THE Compromis party wants the regional parliament to stop illegal motocross races on Sierra Carrasqueta.

The party suggested asking the central government’s regional delegate to increase the presence of the Guardia Civil in the mountain area.

Town halls in Jijona, Tibi, Alcoy, Agost and Torremanzanas would also be requested to step up patrols as the illegal scrambles are spreading there, Compromis claimed. Motorbikes reach speeds of 150 kilometres, doing wheelies “and all kinds of barbarities” the Compromis proposal maintained.

start in June and should finish by September 2017. The new €15 million phase will cover a 15,000-square metre area opposite the existing OAMI buildings in Avenida de Europa.

The blocks will be positioned at angles to each other to produce a rich spatial dynamic, architects explained, and the new building will

connect to the principal site and reception area via an elevated covered walkway.

Plans include reorganising the area around the OAMI complex and redesigning the public gardens so that they can be enjoyed by the local community.

Earlier this month Valencia’s regional presi-

dent Ximo Puig praised the successful dual role of OAMI’s president Antonio Campinos.

He heads a body that defends Intellectual Property and has ensured that the agency is involved in Alicante society, Puig said.

“OAMI is the Valencian Community’s door to the EU,” he declared.

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WESTERN car manufacturers are feeling the earth tremble as Russia’s new-car sales plunged by 36 per cent in 2015, a disastrous year for Western automakers with operations in the country. Sales fell to 1.6 million last year to the lowest level since the country’s previous recession in 2009.

Ebola cure RUSSIAN Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova, said last October that Russia would be producing three vaccines within six months against Ebola. This week Vladimir Putin has stated that Russian scientists have now developed an Ebola vaccine “more effective and stronger” than any other.

Space engine ROSCOSMOS space agency has announced that a Russian company has successfully performed the first tests of an ionic engine. The energy-efficient, low-emission alternative to conventional propulsion technologies like jet engines creates thrust by accelerating ions with electricity intended for spacecraft propulsion.

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ACCORDING to Stateowned oil transportation company Transneft, Russia will be transporting 6.4 per cent less oil than last year. However, Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak, has repeatedly

Suspended weight RUSSIA has suspended its top men’s and women’s weightlifting coaches after world champion Alexei Lovchev failed a drugs test testing positive for ‘Ipamorelin ’ in December. Both Coaches Alexander Venkov and Alexander Vidov could possibly be reinstated after an investigation of Lovchev’s positive test. Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said, “someone must take responsibility.”

ALEXEI LOVCHEV: Failed a drugs test.

said Moscow does not intend to reduce production, as oil companies do not want to lose their global market share.

Bitcoin ban ALEXANDER BASTRYKIN, head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, said “trading in the cyber currency ‘bitcoins’ may become a crime in Russia” and added “criminal responsibility for the trading in monetary surrogates, which are not considered under the law as a method of payment, have been directed to the Investigative Committee.” Basically, Russian law bans the issue of any currency not approved by the Central Bank of Russia.

Patriot lessons THE Russian government has approved the spending of 1.7bn roubles (€21.4m) in a five-year plan for ‘patriotic education.’ The programme takes effect this year and runs until 2020, instilling patriotism in Russians. Most of this money is from the federal budget.

ISS missions A STATEMENT from the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said that Russia is to carry out four manned space missions including three cargo spacecraft in 2016, launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Bankia eliminates some bank charges A REFRESHING change of direction for a bank

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By John Smith THE Bankia group has announced that it will not make any charges in respect of operating a personal account provided they credit their account with a minimum of €450

NEW HOTEL: A typical easyHotel room.

Travelling getting a little easier TAKE an easyBus to the airport, an easyJet plane to Barcelona, hire a vehicle through easyCar and then stay at the group’s first easyHotel in Spain, which is planned to open in the city of L’Hospitalet in 2018. easyHotel chief executive Guy Parsons said when announcing building plans “The

a month from wages or €200 from a pension.

In addition to the account itself there will also be no charges for use of debit cards, deposit of cheques or transfer of funds in an effort to retain customer loyalty

Big Brother bosses don’t get the best out of employees. Staff who are being snooped on are less productive and less healthy.” TUC Frances O’Grady on decision that employers can read staff emails.

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is the potential amount Bankia could lose if all of its 2.4 million customers qualify for the no bank charges offer.

strength of the ‘easy’ brand has already driven significant appetite for our hotels from the Spanish market, with Spanish customers currently accounting for 5 per cent of all easyHotel guests.”

Subject to planning permission, the 200 room budget hotel is likely to cost in the region of €15 million.

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UK rates unchanged UK INTEREST rates have been left unchanged again at 0.5 per cent by the Bank of England’s rate-setters. Eight of the nine rate-setters on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted for no change, with one voting for a rise on January 14.

UK petrol prices PETROL could soon cost less than bottled water in the UK as the relentless decline in oil prices sends fuel down to 86p (€1.14) a litre, it has been claimed. The wholesale price for Brent crude fell to below $30 (€27.60) a barrel for the first time since 2004, although it did bounce back shortly after, but has fallen by more than 70 per cent since reaching highs of $115 (€106).

World stock markets are falling WITH the exception of the Chinese stock market which has seen a slight recovery after the colossal losses experienced in the first week of January, stock markets around the world have been very nervous and generally show losses,

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There is, however, a general fear that the world economy could be about to see another slow down which is inhibiting growth.

and in order to attract new customers.

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No bail for energy pair THE Former President Felipe Benjumea and the former CEO Manuel Sanchez Ortega of Abengoa, the ailing energy giant which could fall into administration at any time have been refused permission by the courts in Spain to use existing insurance policies as guarantees for their bail. The two men have a very short period of time in which to deposit €11.5m and €4.5m respectively.

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HASSAN ROUHANI: It is just a few weeks before the next general election for the President of Iran. tions are relaxed (and the recent arrest and almost immediate release of a US military vessel in Iranian wa-

ters shows how anxious the country is to improve the view that the west has of it), no final contract can be

signed, but the matter has clearly reached the last stages of discussion.

With the current very low price of

New refineries are known to be efficient and therefore more profitable than older ones.

crude oil, the Iranian government will not see the volume of foreign currency earning that it had originally hoped for, so it is looking to add value to its exports, especially as new refineries are known to be efficient and therefore more profitable than older ones.

It is said that Iran is looking to invest in other external markets and the additional flow of Iranian oil will not help the economy of its traditional ‘sparring partner’ Saudi Arabia which is suffering economically already and all of this is happening just a few weeks before the next general election in Iran.

Homebase may be sold to Australian retailer Credit Chris Warham Shutterstock

IN a statement to the Islamic Republic News Agency on January 9, Deputy Petroleum Minister and Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Abbas Kazemi said that Iran is to invest in the construction of an oil refinery in Spain.

Their ability to do this comes about following the anticipated relaxation of sanctions against Iran thanks to its agreement to drastically reduce its atomic capability. Whilst it is looking for inbound investment as well as sales of oil to the west, it also sees some major advantages to external investment and Spain has shown an early interest in partnering with the country.

This is a very sensible move by Iran as by being a 50 per cent investor in the new refinery which is expected to be able to refine 200,000 barrels a day, it is guaranteeing sales of crude oil for use in Spain and its refinery.

Until such time as all of the sanc-

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By John Smith

HOME RETAIL GROUP: Has been in discussions over the sale of DIY business Homebase since September and an offer is being considered.

BRITISH company the Home Retail Group, owner of both Argos and Homebase, has revealed that it has been in discussion with Australian retailer Wesfarmers over the sale of DIY business Homebase since September and has received an offer of £340 million (€450 million) for the company which is being considered.

Wesfarmers owns both DIY company Bunnings, and the very well-known Coles supermarket chain.

According to the BBC, John Walden, chief

executive of Home Retail, said the sale would allow the company to focus on Argos with an improved financial position, which represented “an even greater opportunity for building longterm shareholder value.”

Earlier this month, Sainsbury’s said that Home Retail had rejected its bid to buy the Argos chain which it planned to incorporate into its own supermarkets. Perhaps if this sale went through, it would result in two queues for shoppers instead of one at busy periods.

Italian restaurants based in the UK A SPANISH recruitment agency has been given the job of finding up to 300 Spanish employees, especially chefs to work in an expanding chain of Italian style restaurants all over the UK. Formerly known as Bella Pasta, Bella Italia is being relaunched by its owners, the Tragus group, which also owns the Café Rouge and Strada chains.

It appears that the chain is looking in Spain because they want staff who are used to working with Mediterranean cuisine, much of which forms the basis of the restaurant’s menu and it is suspected that with the very high level of unemployment in Spain that Spanish chefs will be more affordable, but they will need to have a decent level of English if they wish to be employed.

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Food up, underwear down at Marks and Spencer as it appoints new CEO

By John Smith ALTHOUGH it continues to be a popular household name and despite the fact that its food prices are higher than many supermarkets, the food division of Marks and Spencer continues to perform well showing a small overall increase in turnover during 2015 and a phenomenal surge of 17 per cent in the Christmas week.

This upswing in food has not been reflected in general merchandise sales which includes underwear as well as clothing, and furnishing shows a 5.8 per cent drop in the last quarter of the year blamed in part on warm December weather as well as unavailability of certain products.

In keeping with an announcement made during 2015, the Chief Executive Marc Bolland will step down after six years in the role and will be replaced by another internal promotion in the form of Steve Rowe who is the current executive director of general merchandise and will receive a salary of £810,000 (€1.1 million) from April 2 when he takes over.

According to the company chairman Robert

NEW STORE: Marc Bolland (right) at the opening of a Marks and Spencer store.

Food division continues to perform well showing a small overall increase in turnover.

Swannell, investors had not been pushing for Mr Bolland to resign and even though the new CEO has presided over the department which has lost business, the market reacted well with a slight increase in share price.

One area that has seen growth is in the internet which has seen an increase of 20 per cent, much of which will be on general merchandise.

There is currently only one Marks and Spencer franchise store in mainland Spain which is in La Cañada, Marbella as well as one in Gibraltar, but the company does offer customers based in Spain the opportunity to purchase in Euros from its dedicated site www.marksandspencer.eu/.

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It’s a disgraceful witch-hunt HIT this bunch of pocket-liners where they’ll feel it most LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

I FIND the claims for compensation by families of Iraqi and Afghanistan insurgents killed

by British troops, somewhat akin to the car crash ‘victims’ who claim exorbitant whiplash payouts.

Actions, often completely unfounded, encouraged by the despicable ‘ambulance chasing’ lawyers, who have sprouted like cancerous tumours since the introduction of the ‘uman rights’ bonanza championed by Cherie Blair.

This mercenary and unfeeling bunch will stop at nothing to swell their ever increasing coffers. They have gone to extraordinary lengths in their endless quests of greed to hound and harass our brave servicemen and women, even sinking as low as sending people to knock on doors and encourage the families of insurgents killed in battle to sue the MoD. They have managed to drag up over 1,100

HEROES: Suffer and experience completely undeserved traumas.

compensation claims from the Iraqi war alone.

Some of these cases will not be resolved for years. As far as the lawyers are concerned, the longer the better, but for the military personnel

accused it can be a living hell, possibly for the rest of their lives.

While our heroes suffer and experience these completely undeserved traumas, many

of the ‘victims’ who have already received payouts, have bought luxury cars and large homes in wealthy areas of Basra.

And who foots the bill for this disgusting travesty? Why the good old British taxpayer of course. Who else?

To me, the answer to this disgraceful witchhunt, is to place a cap on the fees and remunerations these lawyers and their ‘clients’ receive. Not only should the practice be made far less lucrative, including time duration penalties, but in the event cases are not proven, these exploiting lawyers should themselves be investigated.

If then found guilty of any misconduct or questionable actions, subsequently disbarred or struck off altogether. Hit this bunch of pocket-liners where they would feel it most, in their bulging wallets. Their civil actions have already cost the taxpayer millions, and heaped untold misery on hundreds of our brave military personnel. The sooner they are all hung out to dry the better.

Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@ gmail.com

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New Spanish ATM charges are in breach of the EU law MOST Spanish banks are in breach of EU law in charging for IBAN transfers inside the Eurozone, indeed even inside Spain itself.

Scandalously the Caixa Bank charge you €3.75 for doing your own transfer online and then a further €0.36 for sending an email to the person being paid! They are totally shameless. I closed our account.

EU law (confirmed to me by ABN-AMRO and HSBC) states that ‘transfers by private citizens up to €12,500 and inside the Eurozone must be free.’

And how can we be sure this is a law? Well, if you know the Dutch you’ll understand this: When the law came in I asked ABN-AMRO why there were no longer any charges, and they explained.

Thus you will understand that the Dutch would never refrain from c h a rg i n g so m e o n e u n le s s they were obliged to.... by law!

HSBC also confirmed this to me, and did so rather smugly because they are outside the zone, and thus can continue ripping people off.

Don’t hold your breath on this switch to a bank that doesn’t charge you.

John G. Deacon, via email

One of life’s characters Hi Leapy, We often holiday in Torrevieja and I get the EWN, I enjoy your column, also get the online version, so I keep up with things in Spain.

You sound as if you are thinking on the same plane as a cousin of mine, who knew you years back.

His name is Martin Carter, alias Spida.

He is one of life’s characters and describes himself as a troubadour.

He has written and sung many great songs, some controversial and is in the folk scene. He has played in Majorca, Spain, Portugal and latterly Tenerife, where he recently had a heart attack, after a gig.

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Poor New Year’s Eve

Then the dog runs in and jumps on the settee and bed. Is the dog Dettol-ised as well? Then he licks people’s faces after licking his own tail end and those of the other dogs he’s met! Maybe the dog gets scrubbed with Dettol too?

Finally (for this time) does noone use a handkerchief these days?

It’s bad enough seeing grown men cry at almost nothing, but the sight of runny, snotty noses is revolting, UGH! It’s bad enough with kids.

Come on folks, let’s see your pet hates on TV Mrs Jenny Hollowell, Malaga

We are a flawed species, sad as it is

AFTER spending seven New Year’s Eve celebrations in Benidorm, which to start with were at the Triangle (and wonderful), they were then moved to near the council offices. It went down a bit, but was still good with the big screens, stage and great bands with good singers. One could have a lot of fun, and with the countdown - and the eating of the grapes and drinks everyone had a dance if they wanted and enjoyed themselves.

What happened to this year 2016? It was so disappointing, the dreadful loud speakers, music and loudmouthed DJs. No lovely band and no countdown, which caused many people not to eat their grapes or toast in the New Year.

The fireworks were miles away up at the point, the whole thing lost its lovely atmosphere and most people just drifted off straight away. Several friends, myself included, said we wouldn’t bother to go back next year.

Mrs J Bare, Benidorm

Fortunately he is recovering well and is now in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I am also living there and have visited him and Emer. He is hoping to get back to doing what he does best, singing, soon.

Keep up the good work. By the way, I remember when Little Arrows came out, like many other people, yes I am that old too.

Michael Carter, NI

Happy New Year to everyone!

LET’S start the New Year right, with a whinge! Television.

Has anyone noticed? Men and children (never the women) leav-

ing the house still eating their breakfast, don’t they clean their teeth now? No wonder so many dentists in England have private planes and luxury cars!

Then the Dettol adverts. Everything must be ‘dettol-ised,’ worktops, floor, clothes, bedding etc.

The house is so sterile; no wonder the kids pick up germs as soon as they walk out the door.

Hi Leapy Glory be, ‘Spiritual Revolution!’

Hey man, sounds very 70’s Gordon Bennett!

Whatever next, having heard it before way back, it’s a great idea I’m with you totally on this. But really, if one takes time to think about it really it’s us humans that screw it up ‘Big Time.’

Looking at most religions, and I don’t claim to be an expert, I don’t think they tell us to kill, maim, blame and all other ghastly atrocities etc.

It’s our interpretation that’s at fault. As a species we are flawed, sad though it is, I think your thousand years a very optimistic estimate.

But here’s hoping.

Kindest regards, C, via website

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Changes To UK Bank Deposit Compensation Scheme Since the banking crisis, the EU compensation scheme means that any savings you have in a bank in the EU up to €100,000 are protected. If a bank fails, your savings are refunded. The UK’s equivalent has been £85,000, but if you have savings in a UK bank you should note that from 1st January this deposit guarantee has fallen to £75,000 per institution.

The guarantee is per individual, so when a couple holds a joint account it will be protected up to €200,000/£150,000. However, it is also worth noting that an institution is not the same as a bank – the Halifax and Bank of Scotland are one institution, for example.

The UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme is based on the EU compensation scheme.

Regulators have a duty to review the amount every five years to make sure

The £85,000 limit was maintained until 31st December 2015.

Spain has the Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos and the limit here remains €100,000 as the Euro amount has not changed.

By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks the protection is similar to the rest of the EU. In July 2015 the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority announced that it will reduce its guarantee to £75,000 to be in line with the current exchange rate - the Euro had fallen against the pound, impacting the deposit guarantee.

In July 2015, a new rule was introduced in the UK to protect savings of up to £1 million for a period of up to six months to cover ‘life events.’ These are situations that could lead to you having a temporarily high balance, such as selling your home, inheritances, compensation payments etc. The rule allows you time to make other arrangements for your funds.

If you have more than the guaranteed limit (£75,000 in

the UK, €100,000 in Spain) in a single institution, any excess will not be protected. You may wish to consider spreading your savings between institutions (the balance in any one should be lower than £75,000/ €100,000 to cover interest).

Another way to decrease risk is to diversify across different investment assets, which can also increase the potential for improved returns.

You can also move capital into alternate investment arrangements that provide a higher level of protection.

Luxembourg stands out among EU states with its strong culture of investor protection and a regime that provides maximum security to investors without limit.

The Isle of Man, Jersey and

Guernsey are not in the EU, so neither the EU scheme nor the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme covers banks there, even if they are divisions of UK institutions. If a bank failed, you would need to rely on the local guarantee scheme, where the compensation limit is £50,000.

As always, your savings and investment decisions should be based on your personal circumstances. Speak to an experienced wealth manager to get tailored advice on asset protection and allocation.

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

Princess and the Pea syndrome COMFORTABLY insulated from mundane concerns until they cause discomfort Cassandra Nash A weekly look

Just more of the same

- and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

WE must wait until February to know whether the Infanta Cristina, wife of Iñaki Urdangarin, former Duke of Palma de Mallorca, eventually occupies the accuseds’ bench, Spain’s equivalent of the dock.

What went on once the Urdangarins were behind closed doors is anyone’s guess, but most royals suffer from the Princess and the Pea syndrome, comfortably insulated from mundane concerns until they cause discomfort.

Perhaps Urdangarin would always have tended towards dodgy deals like siphoning off public money and money-laundering.

But marrying a king’s daughter is a burden for anyone not a multi-millionaire or without munificent inlaws.

Artur Mas.

Doubledecker equations NO political party won sufficient votes to govern alone in the December 20 elections and so far each has rejected all overtures from their rivals. However hard they do their sums the numbers just don’t add up and even algebra won’t solve the

MUCH to his sorrow, Artur Mas had to abandon his efforts to be re-elected president of Cataluña.

He was succeeded by Carles Puigdemont who as well as having a name that monolingual Spaniards will find irritatingly hard to pronounce, is doomed to follow Mas’s route map. Puigdemont is committed to declaring independence within 18 months, although more than half of Cataluña’s population

problem facing Mariano Rajoy, Pedro Sanchez, Pablo Iglesias and Albert Rivera.

Hindsight insight PEDRO SANCHEZ, Eduardo Madina and Jose Antonio Perez Tapias resisted the efforts of former PSOE

made their sentiments clear in the September 27 regional elections.

Fewer than half voted for the pro-independence, cross-party voting list Junts pel Si, which means Together for Yes. On the contrary, 52 per cent demonstrated they were Together for No.

leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba to hand over to Andalucia’s regional president Susana Diaz in 2014.

They wanted primaries, got them and because Diaz wasn’t ready or willing for a contest, party members chose Sanchez who last month led the PSOE to defeat. Directly nominating Diaz would have been less democratic, but it might have been more effective.

Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó .

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Tennis 3:00pm Bowls 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm Now You See It 6:40pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Pointless 7:50pm The Getaway Car 8:45pm The Voice UK 10:05pm Casualty 10:55pm The National Lottery Live 11:05pm BBC News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day 12:55am Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:50am BBC News

7:05am Race to Super Bowl 50 7:55am Animal Farm 9:05am Bye Bye Birdie 10:55am Race to Witch Mountain 12:30pm Island Stories 1:00pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 2:30pm Day of the Evil Gun 4:00pm Four for Texas 5:50pm Flog It! 6:50pm Victorian Bakers 7:50pm Dad's Army 8:20pm War Horse 10:35pm QI XL Panel-based quiz where it is more important to be interesting than right.

11:20pm Insert Name Here 11:50pm Live at the Apollo 12:35am Bowls 1:35am Walkabout 3:15am East of Sudan 4:45am This is BBC Two

10:30am Murder, She Wrote 11:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 12:15pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:15pm ITV News and Weather 1:20pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:25pm Judge Rinder 3:25pm Tipping Point 4:30pm Doc Martin 5:30pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 6:00pm The Saturday Night Story 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm Ninja Warrior UK 9:00pm Take Me Out 10:15pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:15pm ITV News and Weather 11:30pm The Chronicles of Riddick 1:30am Jackpot 247

7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:15pm Ninja Warrior UK 1:15pm Scorpion 2:15pm Ultimate You've Been Framed!

3:20pm Small Soldiers 5:30pm Minion Madness Shorts 5:45pm Hotel Transylvania 7:30pm Jurassic Park III 9:15pm Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands 10:15pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:15pm American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile 1:20am Not Another Teen Movie 3:25am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Matt Edmondson narrates a funny selection of TV and home video clips featuring Guinness World Records

8:00pm 9:00pm 10:05pm 11:55pm 12:25am 12:46am 1:07am 1:28am 1:49am 2:10am 2:35am 3:05am 4:45am

Don't Tell the Bride Top Gear Looper Russell Howard's Good News Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Siblings Tropic Thunder The Udder Side

9:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 10:00pm The Young Montalbano 11:30pm Music Moguls: The Masters of Pop 12:30am Duets at the BBC 1:30am Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown 2:30am Top of the Pops: 1981

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Movies Now Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Emmy nominated reality courtroom series, presided over by outspoken family court judge.

Where the Heart is Drama series tells the ultimate stories of the loves and lives of families living in a small town.

Where the Heart is The Royal The Royal A Touch of Frost The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Agatha Christie's Marple Marchlands

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7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am King of Queens 8:05am Snowdon Mountain Race 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am The Morning Line 11:00am King Kong 1:35pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:35pm Channel 4 Racing 5:00pm Come Dine with Me 5:30pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:05pm Come Dine with Me 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Great Canal Journeys 9:00pm The Restoration Man 10:00pm Oblivion 12:30am Priest 2:10am Hollyoaks Omnibus 4:15am Undercover Boss Canada 5:05am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

7:00am Milkshake!

9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show 12:30pm Police Interceptors 1:30pm Police Interceptors 2:25pm Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 3:25pm Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 4:20pm Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 5:15pm 5 News 5:20pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:20pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 7:20pm Ice Road Truckers 8:10pm World War II in Colour 9:00pm World War II Battlefield Recovery 10:00pm The Championship 11:00pm Goal Rush 11:30pm Celebrity Big Brother 12:30am Lip Sync Battle UK 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Celebrity Big Brother

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7:00am Romancing the Stone 9:00am Jaws 11:15am Apollo 13 1:45pm Fury 4:15pm The Rock 6:35pm Apollo 13 9:00pm Fury 11:30pm The Rock 2:00am The Patriot 5:00am The Comancheros

10:35am 11:05am 11:35am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:25pm 2:55pm 3:20pm 4:20pm 4:25pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:05pm 7:50pm 8:50pm 8:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:05am 1:05am

Football's Greatest Tommy Cooper Ax Men Ax Men Alias Smith and Jones Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars The Sting FYI Daily The Sting Apache FYI Daily Apache The Hanging Tree FYI Daily The Hanging Tree Last Man Standing FYI Daily Last Man Standing The Kingdom FYI Daily

9:05am The Pink Panther Strikes Again 10:55am Revenge of the Pink Panther 12:40pm City Heat 2:20pm Ride Along 4:05pm The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear 5:40pm The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 7:15pm Starsky and Hutch 9:00pm Rush Hour 2 10:35pm Ride Along 12:20am Starsky and Hutch

7:00am 7:25am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:05am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 5:35pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 1:50am 2:40am 3:30am 4:00am

Rules of Engagemen Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine 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 The Big Bang Theory This means war Gogglebox Gogglebox Virtually Famous The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd

7:00am The Legend of Longwood 8:45am M:I - Rogue Nation Special 9:00am The Face of an Angel 10:45am Into the Grizzly Maze Two estranged brothers are stalked by a relentless grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness.

12:30pm Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes 1:00pm Seventh Son 3:00pm Sword of Vengeance A Norman warrior teams up with a band of exiles in order to avenge his father's death.

4:45pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 7:00pm Seventh Son 9:00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:15pm Sword of Vengeance 1:00am Into the Grizzly Maze 2:40am The Face of an Angel

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Barclays Premier League Review Premier League 100 Club Game Changers Barclays Premier League Review The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. FL72 Viral Videos of the Month Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Ford Saturday Night Football SNF: Game of the Day SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice Football Gold Football Gold

Cricket Classics Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket European Rugby Sporting Triumphs Cricket The fifth and final ODI of the series between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground.

La Liga A match from Spain's La Liga.

Spanish Gold Spanish Gold A chance to relive some classic Spanish football matches.

Spanish Gold Spanish Gold The Mavericks Tour Down Under Highlights The Mavericks The Mavericks The Mavericks

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8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Flog It! 4:00pm The Truth About Sugar 5:00pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Songs of Praise 6:05pm BBC News 6:20pm Regional News 6:25pm Weather 6:30pm Countryfile 7:30pm Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur 8:30pm Still Open All Hours 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm War and Peace 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am Private Peaceful

7:30am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:15am Monty Don's Italian Gardens 9:15am Countryfile 10:15am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:45am James Martin: Home Comforts 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Tennis 3:00pm Bowls 6:15pm Ski Sunday 7:00pm Real Steel 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Cars of the People 11:00pm Blood Diamond 1:10am Heist 2:55am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside.

3:50am Sign Zone Holby City 4:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

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12:30pm 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:40pm 3:10pm 4:15pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 11:15pm 12:15am 1:15am 4:00am

CITV ITV News Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather Catchphrase Ninja Warrior UK On Her Majesty's Secret Service Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Planet's Got Talent Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Endeavour ITV News and Weather The Day Hitler Died Perspectives Jackpot 247 Nightscreen

12:55pm 2:15pm 3:15pm 5:00pm 7:20pm

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The Hot Desk You've Been Framed!

Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus Take Me Out Take Me Out: The Gossip The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas The Mummy Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Skyfall The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Reality Bites Stephen Mulhern presents the comedy panel show all about reality television.

Planet's Funniest Animals Humorous video clips of pets and other animals in unusual situations.

Planet's Funniest Animals

8:00pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 8:40pm The Voice UK 10:00pm Die Hard with a Vengeance 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:30am Siblings 2:00am Adam Pearson: Freak Show 3:00am Keeping 'ER Country 3:40am London Fashion Week

9:00pm Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley 10:00pm The Great Gangster Film Fraud 11:25pm Len Goodman's Dancing Feet: The British Ballroom Story 12:25am The Mystery of Murder: A Horizon Guide

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11:50am 12:50pm 1:55pm 3:00pm 5:05pm 7:05pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:40am 1:40am

Teleshopping Rising Damp Rising Damp On the Buses On the Buses Man About the House FYI Daily Man About the House Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960's.

Heartbeat The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Columbo Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Me and My Guide Dog Caroline Quentin's National Parks The Kindness of Strangers The Hours FYI Daily

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7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am King of Queens 8:05am King of Queens 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:30pm Location, Location, Location 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Simpsons 5:30pm The Simpsons 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Channel 4 News 7:00pm Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian 9:00pm Walking the Himalayas 10:00pm Deutschland 83 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:05am 48 Hrs

5:50am 6:20am 6:45am 6:50am 7:00am 10:55am

7:00am Ax Men 7:45am Ax Men 8:35am Alias Smith and Jones 9:40am Counting Cars 10:05am Counting Cars 10:30am Pawn Stars 11:00am Pawn Stars 11:30am Pawn Stars 11:55am Pawn Stars 12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Pawn Stars 1:20pm The 'Burbs 2:20pm FYI Daily 2:25pm The 'Burbs 3:25pm Smokey and the Bandit 4:25pm FYI Daily 4:30pm Smokey and the Bandit 5:15pm The Sting 6:15pm FYI Daily 6:20pm The Sting 8:00pm The Classic Car Show 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Exit Wounds 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Exit Wounds 12:10am Sleepers

1:20pm Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 3:35pm Dracula Untold 5:15pm Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 7:20pm Gladiator 10:00pm Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 12:15am The Marine 4: Moving Target 2:00am Death Warrant

11:30am 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:30pm 4:25pm 6:25pm 8:20pm 9:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:55pm 2:10am 4:10am 5:00am 5:25am 5:50am

House Doctor House Doctor Angels of Jarm Angels of Jarm Milkshake!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Championship Goal Rush Fail Army Police Interceptors SpaceCamp Drillbit Taylor Labyrinth Jumper 5 News Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Botched Up Bodies Mr. & Mrs. Smith Super Casino Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun House Doctor House Doctor House Doctor Home improvement series that works its magic on neglected homes.

7:05am The Top Ten Show 2016 7:20am The Trail of the Pink Panther 9:05am Curse of the Pink Panther 11:05am Son of the Pink Panther 12:50pm Lethal Weapon 2:50pm Lethal Weapon 2 4:55pm Lethal Weapon 3 7:00pm Cop Out 9:00pm Superbad 11:00pm Sherlock Holmes 1:15am Cop Out

7:00am 7:25am 7:50am 8:15am 8:40am 9:05am

SUNDAY TV

Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hollyoaks Omnibus Couples Come Dine with Me Couples Come Dine with Me Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 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 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tattoo Fixers Rude Tube The Inbetweeners

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am

7:00am The Legend of Longwood 8:45am Chappie Special The stars of Neill Blomkamp's latest sci-fi thriller talk about the making of the film.

9:00am The Face of an Angel A filmmaker is drawn to the high-profile murder of a young English student in Italy.

10:45am Seventh Son 12:45pm Sword of Vengeance 2:30pm Big Hero 6 Special 3:00pm Into the Grizzly Maze 4:45pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 7:00pm Seventh Son 9:00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:15pm Sword of Vengeance 1:00am Into the Grizzly Maze 2:40am The Face of an Angel 4:25am Into the Grizzly Maze

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club SNF: Match Choice The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Ford Super Sunday Ford Super Sunday Football League Goals NFL NFL The NFL Conference Championships. The winners will advance to Super Bowl 50 in California.

Football Gold A dip into the archives for the greatest matches in Barclays Premier League history.

Football Gold European Rugby Special Ford Football Special

Cricket Cricket Cricket Women's T20 Big Bash Final Action from the women's final of Australia's T20 Big Bash League.

Cricket's Greatest La Liga La Liga European Rugby Special Goals on Sunday Ford Football Special Goals on Sunday Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket Reaction to day three of the fourth and final Test of England's tour of South Africa.

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10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Emergency Rescue Down Under 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm For What It's Worth 4:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Tracey Ullman's Show 12:15am Have I Got News for You

7:15am For What It's Worth 8:00am Wanted Down Under 8:45am Escape to the Continent 9:15am World's Sneakiest Animals 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Island Stories 2:05pm Pallisers 3:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 5:30pm Best Bakes Ever 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Mary Berry's Foolproof Cooking 10:00pm Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher 11:00pm Insert Name Here 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Griff's Great Britain 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:40am Saved 1:40am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:05am Dinner Date 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Coronation Street 10:05am Coronation Street 10:35am Catchphrase 11:20am Dinner Date 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 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 Dark Knight 1:00am Two and a Half Men 1:30am Two and a Half Men

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Stacey Dooley Investigates 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Siblings 12:00am American Dad! 12:45am Family Guy 1:30am Siblings 2:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates 3:00am Adam Pearson: Freak Show 4:00am Emergency Rescue Down Under 4:30am Siblings

8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm

11:00pm 12:00am 12:40am 1:25am

World News Today Sorry!

Natural World Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution The Fish Market: Inside Billingsgate The Great War The Great War Natural World

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:35am The Darling Buds of May 10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 12:00pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1:05pm Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm Law and Order 12:00am Unforgiven 1:00am The Return of Sherlock Holmes

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10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:30am 1:30am

Deal or No Deal Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss USA Four in a Bed Channel 4 News Summary Four in a Bed Deal or No Deal Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News How to Lose Weight Well The Undateables Crashing Tattoo Fixers First Dates Bodyshockers

7:00am 7:05am 7:25am 7:50am 8:50am 9:50am 10:50am 11:55am 12:25pm 12:55pm 1:25pm 1:50pm 2:55pm 3:55pm 4:55pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 2:05am 3:00am 3:50am

Football's Greatest Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. The Sweeney Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. The Sweeney Minder The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Ax Men Bundesliga Last Man Standing FYI Daily Last Man Standing Ax Men ITV4 Nightscreen

9:20am The Da Vinci Code 12:00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service 2:25pm The Top Ten Show 2016 2:40pm Behind Enemy Lines 4:40pm Into the Storm 6:25pm The Last Samurai 9:00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service 11:15pm The Da Vinci Code 1:45am Behind Enemy Lines

9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:05pm 3:10pm 4:10pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

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The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Celebrity Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Willed to Kill 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Ice Road Truckers Celebrity Big Brother Gotham Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Celebrity Big Brother Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night.

The Secret Life of the Family Wildlife SOS The Great Artists House Doctor

7:00am Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 8:40am Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 10:25am Three Amigos!

12:15pm St. Vincent 2:05pm Tammy 3:45pm Big Daddy 5:25pm Crocodile Dundee 7:10pm St. Vincent 9:00pm The Longest Yard 11:00pm Tammy 12:45am Sex Ed 2:30am Revenge for Jolly!

7:00am 7:45am 8:35am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am

Made in Chelsea NYC Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory Rude Tube Big Fat Quiz of Everything The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am The Legend of Longwood 8:45am The Face of an Angel 10:30am M:I - Rogue Nation Special 10:45am Into the Grizzly Maze Two estranged brothers are stalked by a relentless grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness.

12:30pm Seventh Son 2:30pm Sword of Vengeance A Norman warrior teams up with a band of exiles in order to avenge his father's death.

4:15pm Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 4:45pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 7:00pm Seventh Son 9:00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:15pm Into the Grizzly Maze 1:00am Sword of Vengeance 2:40am The Face of an Angel

MONDAY TV

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9:15am Thief Trackers 9:45am Great British Railway Journeys 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Island Stories 2:05pm Pallisers 3:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 5:30pm Best Bakes Ever 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Winterwatch 10:00pm The Real Marigold Hotel 11:00pm Phone Shop Idol 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm The Kyle Files 9:00pm Sugar Free Farm 10:00pm Saved 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm On Assignment 12:10am The Nick 1:10am Jackpot 247

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9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Mom 10:30pm Mom 11:00pm Knocked Up 1:40am Two and a Half Men

11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:15am Family Guy 12:37am Family Guy 1:00am American Dad! 1:25am Family Guy 1:45am Murder Games: The Life and Death of Breck Bednar 2:45am Russell Howard's Good News Extra 3:30am Emergency Rescue Down Under

10:00pm James Clerk Maxwell: The Man Who Changed the World Scotland's Einstein.

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The Professionals Magnum, P.I. The Sweeney Minder The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special River Monsters The Specialist FYI Daily

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The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Celebrity Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Escape From Polygamy 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News The Dog Rescuers Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun Series following the Brits who have moved to Benidorm for a low-cost life full of sun and fun.

Celebrity Big Brother The Secret Life of the Family Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

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Bugged by thieving seagulls and chased by badgers? Don’t call 999!

METROPOLITAN POLICE have appealed for the public not to make unnecessary emergency calls Nora Johnson

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

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TOURISTS may think exorbitant London prices are daylight robbery, but police see things differently. A woman called 999 because she was outraged that a clown was selling balloons for £5 each, which was “much more than other clowns were charging.” She was one of the 10 worst offenders for time-wasting revealed by the Metropolitan Police in its latest appeal not to make unnecessary calls.

Others to call 999 in London last year included people complaining about being served a cold kebab, being kept awake by noisy foxes and asking where to get a bacon sandwich.

My favourite has to be the woman who said there were “men” in her house trying to take her away. The “men” were in fact police officers who had come to arrest her!

Avon and Somerset Police received a call from

DIALLING 999: Should only be for real emergencies. someone enquiring about their application to Avon the cosmetics company. They also received a call from a man who reported criminal damage had been done to his noodles, another claiming a

badger was chasing him, and yet another to say a seagull had stolen and eaten his sandwich.

Ambulance staff in Essex were called to someone hurt in a hit and run - which turned

out to be a squirrel in Epping Forest.

Not to be outdone, what about all the daft insurance claims made? One home insurer has revealed some of its favourite claims from the past few years. One involved a proud grandfather from Guildford who held up his new grandson to show him off to a relative via Skype then the baby promptly threw up all over the keyboard.

While painting the hallway, one Cardiff family accidentally let the dog out of the kitchen. And surprise, surprise: the excited pup jumped in the paint and ran around the carpet. Attempting to catch it, the daughter also knocked a hot iron off the ironing board, adding burns to paint stains on the carpet. Paws for thought, eh?

You couldn’t make all this up, could you? Well, let’s finish where we began: on a low note, and the poster I recently saw in a maternity ward.

“The first three minutes of life are the most dangerous,” it read. Underneath someone had scribbled: “The last three can be pretty dodgy too.”

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon. All profits to Cudeca charity.

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Everything on the home front is emphasised and there will be a flurry of activity. Get others involved in any changes. Work in the garden or painting is much more enjoyable and half the work if you enlist the help of someone you get on well with.

TOMORROW

CALPE CALPE ALTEA ALTEA BENIDORM BENIDORM

ALICANTE

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ALICANTE

TORREVIEJA

TORREVIEJA

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A great feeling of joy comes over you more than once in the week ahead.

Your inner child has been set free, and this is likely to be because of recent restrictions, which are now lifted. Do not feel guilty about this because it is a choice that will serve you well in the future. Right now, things may seem like a bit of an effort for small reward.

It is difficult to avoid repeating mistakes made in the past. Your approach to certain situations has not changed and therein lies the problem. Someone who blames you for a mistake shows ignorance but that does not make it less upsetting.

AQUARIUS

(January 21 - February 19)

'business is business' does nothing to relieve your conscience. You may have to upset someone by telling the truth, which may affect your longer-term finances but do you really have any choice?

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When discussing a holiday with others, be aware that agreement is not always easily met. Although you are not inclined to compromise, it is necessary to go with the majority decision.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) After the 22nd it is much easier to see the path ahead. This is particularly true of a financial situation, so there's no sense in fussing until you understand what needs to be done. Someone who has in the past been uncooperative is more flexible. You wonder at this and try to see an ulterior motive, but it is most likely that they have seen the error of their past actions. Is it possible for you to take them on trust?

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Your attention is needed on more than one front, and some decisions are at odds with your personal thoughts and attitudes. Being reminded that

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle?

Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION abet arty bate beat beta boat bort brat byte fate feat feta fort frat fret raft rate reft rort rota rote tare taro tear toby tore torr tray tref trey troy tyre tyro abort after fetor forte forty orate rater retro retry tabor tarry teary terra terry artery barter betray boater borate rafter rotary FERRYBOAT

JAVEA

DENIA JAVEA

DENIA

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Are you willing to take a risk on someone who has let you down before? Looking into their recent past is likely to tip the balance. What you find shows clearly if there has been a change of heart on their part or if they are trying to pull the wool over your eyes.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Travel arrangements may have to be changed at the last minute. Do not fret, however, because success is more likely later in the month. During a dream, or when reading a book, an idea comes to you. Can this really make a difference to your future? You may need to act quickly to start a new project but progress will require patience.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A disagreement with a friend upsets you but is short-lived. To avoid such a situation in the future, look at how you should have dealt with it. There is always something to know that guides us to a better position. It will make you smile that someone has taken you for a fool because you have the last laugh.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The need to plan ahead is frustrating when you know exactly what ought to be going on. Patience is something that you need to cultivate, or you risk upsetting someone close. Spending time with a colleague makes you realise how good things could be, but a lot of effort is involved. Pushing ahead does not guarantee results.

ORIHUELA

Alicante TODAY:

Madrid

CLOUDY MAX 15C, MIN 8C

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15 8 Cl 15 8 Cl 17 9 S

Mon - 17 10 C Tues - 17 9 C Wed - 17 9 Cl

Almeria TODAY:

MAX 17C, MIN 9C Mon - 17 10 C Tues - 18 10 C Wed - 18 10 C MAX 15C, MIN 8C

14 9 C 16 10 C 17 10 Cl

16 8 S 16 9 S 17 9 S

S Sun,

Cl Clear,

Sh Showers,

10-Star Quiz

EURO MILLIONS

LA PRIMITIVA

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

Saturday January 16

Saturday January 16

Saturday January 16

Friday January 15

Saturday January 16

Sunday January 17

25

43

52

5 38

27 39

14

18

25

27

33

44

BONUS BALL

THUNDERBALL

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10

19 43

38 46

LUCKY STARS

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17

19

27

32

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REINTEGRO

26

6

CLOUDY MAX 15C, MIN 8C MAX MIN

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6

8 19

15 22

REINTEGRO

2

SUNNY MAX 19C, MIN 7C

TODAY:

MAX MIN

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IRISH LOTTO

3

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12

MAX MIN

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Murcia

CLOUDY MAX 16C, MIN 8C

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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CLOUDY MAX 19C, MIN 11C 17 10 Cl 17 9 C 17 9 S

MAX MIN

Mon - 17 11 Cl Tues - 15 11 Cl Wed - 16 10 Cl

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.

1

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MAX MIN

MAX MIN

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Mallorca

SUNNY

Benidorm TODAY:

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Fri Sat Sun -

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Barcelona TODAY:

MAX 11C, MIN 2C

MAX MIN

Malaga

SUNNY MAX MIN

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SUNNY

TODAY:

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Sudoku LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A rather slow start to the week leads you to feel bored but be assured that the weekend will be far from dull. A recent conversation or correspondence with an old friend leads to unexpected contact.

Average: 17 Good: 22 Very good: 31 Excellent: 38

TODAY

LOTTERY

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Who is trying to push you into a corner? Maybe it is being done so subtly that you have not even noticed.

Who wants a decision from you?

Appear to take pressure lightly and not give in to an irritation. There is some jealousy this week but refuse to be drawn into petty matters.

for next 7 days

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ACID ARID GRID GRIN GAIN RAIN

ACID

TIME

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C Cloudy, Th Thunder

LOL 1. Born in Prestwich in September 1947, who was the longtime song-writing partner of Kevin Godley? In 1998, he became a member of the band Art of Noise, with Anne Dudley and Trevor Horn.

2. First coined in the summer of 1989 in the now-defunct magazine Glamour, what nickname is given to the Pakistani film industry based in the city of Lahore?

3. ‘I met her in a club down in old Soho, where you drink Champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola’ is the opening line of which 1970 UK hit single by the Kinks?

4. The name of which variety of lettuce having curly redtipped leaves and a slightly bitter taste, is derived from the Italian for ‘red husk’?

5. What name was given to followers of John Wyclif who believed that the Church should help people to live a life of evangelical poverty and imitate Christ?

6. What nickname is often applied to a man or a woman who is employed to help children cross the road safely near a school by holding up a circular sign on a pole to stop the traffic?

7. What was the name of the Irish dancer, born Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, who became the mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1846 and exercised great influence over him until banished the following year?

8. Which controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published (in Paris) in 1955, tells the story of literature professor Humbert Humbert who is obsessed with the 12-year-old Dolores Haze?

9. Which Italian-born actress appeared in the films Trapeze (1956), co-starring with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis and in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) as Esmeralda with Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo?

10. Which verb means ‘to move in an ungainly way in a series of clumsy paces or bounds: the bear lolloped along the path’?

Not a lot of people know that… the internet slang LOL, meaning ‘laugh(ing) out loud’, was first coined on a BBS (bulletin board system) called ‘Viewline’ in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in the early-to-mid-80s 1. LOL CRÈME, 2. LOLLYWOOD, 3. LOLA, 4. LOLLO ROSSO, 5. LOLLARDS, 6. LOLLIPOP MAN/LOLLIPOP WOMAN (LADY), 7. LOLA MONTEZ, 8. LOLITA, 9. GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA, 10. LOLLOP

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Quick Across 1 Stiff (5) 4 Lines of poetry (6) 9 Alters (7) 10 Hall of justice (5) 11 Catalogue (4) 12 Outermost (7) 13 Father (3) 14 Land measurement (4) 16 Require (4) 18 Large (3) 20 Sheltered port (7) 21 Quick (4) 24 Play (5) 25 Bravery (7) 26 Roam (6) 27 Melodies (5) Down 1 Remember (6) 2 Seizes suddenly (5) 3 Canines (4) 5 Stimulating (8) 6 Grasp tightly (7) 7 Sofa (6)

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Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents W and 24 represents D, so fill in W every time the figure 15 appears and D every time the figure 24 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Asset, 4 Voices, 9 Rat race, 10 Shame, 11 Dent, 12 Service, 13 Cue, 14 Cava, 16 Chef, 18 Bat, 20 Inspire, 21 Cone, 24 Idaho, 25 Station, 26 Singer, 27 Keeps.

Down: 1 Abrade, 2 Satin, 3 Teak, 5 Obstruct, 6 Cyanide, 7 Seemed, 8 Verse, 13 Camisole, 15 Abstain, 17 Sirius, 18 Beast, 19 Tennis, 22 Olive, 23 Back.

QUICK Across:

8 Requested (5) 13 Adorn (8) 15 Sure (7) 17 Follow closely (6)

English - Spanish

18 Building block (5) 19 Strain (6) 22 Once more (5) 23 Fair, impartial (4)

Down: 1 Rescue, 2 Barrier, 3 Explodes, 4 Pans, 5 Piece, 6 Single, 7 Climb, 13 Nonsense, 16 Arrives, 17 Dancer, 19 Nosey, 20 Feared, 22 Lemon, 24 Gale.

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

Across 1 Escamas (zoología) (6) 4 Other (f) (4) 8 To open (5) 9 Agente (5) 10 Religious (9) 13 Sapos (5) 15 Sand (5) 16 Love (between people) (4) 17 Cherry (6)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Lider, 3 Ducks, 7 Tongue, 9 True, 10 Tenedores, 13 Alli, 14 Rosada, 16 Rusty, 17 Cards.

Down: 1 Lata, 2 Egg, 4 Ciruela, 5 Shed, 6 Sendero, 8 Needles, 11 Pair, 12 Mats, 15 Sea.

Down 1 Foca (4) 2 Acordar (5) 3 El más temprano (8) 5 Corbata (3) 6 Hormiga (3) 7 Skating (8) 11 Seven (5) 12 Nothing (4) 13 Aunt (3) 14 Garlic (3)

Hexagram

1 Robbed, 4 Pipes, 8 Scrap, 9 Lantern, 10 Uniform, 11 Cell, 12 Bin, 14 Free, 15 Oral, 18 Sin, 21 Able, 23 Observe, 25 Compare, 26 Never, 27 Range, 28 Ceased.

Cryptic 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 (MYTHIC) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ACTUAL BUREAU CHALET CITRON DECREE DILATE INHERE MAMMAL MEMORY MYTHIC (10)

PATRON PAYOUT POETRY RADIUM RESUME SWEATY TELLER TINDER TURRET

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Teeter 2 Meager 3 Pretty 4 Hatred 5 Meteor 6 Strand 7 Writer 8 Beetle 9 Cerium 10 Wobble 11 Social 12 Laurel 13 Beadle 14 Marvel 15 Allele 16 Indeed 17 Larger 18 Allege 19 Spread

Across 1 Chess wins for pals (5) 4 Judas formed art trio (7) 8 Many nieces reconsidered area of study (7) 9 Salem goes off dinners (5) 10 Try to catch fish in the corner (5) 11 She may be drunkenly elated around end of night (7) 13 Lively dance that’s authentic, so we hear (4) 15 Old coin from an African country (6) 17 Swords made from English brass (6) 20 Bush, dull to listen to (4) 22 Church, if not then, a football team (7) 24 Relation broke up a riot (5) 26 That’s enough of the cold comfort!

(5) 27 Say again "Others had food" (7) 28 Recasts different performer (7) 29 The French saint’s remains (5) Down 1 Feral horse has to, nag is different (7) 2 Slender girl’s first object (5) 3 Might be nicer in the South-East to

be honest (7) 4 Three times higher than bass (6) 5 Injured leader departs, carrying a weapon (5) 6 Discovered contract order for vehicle (7) 7 She’s just the cup of tea for a Cockney (5) 12 Part of Balmoral sold as well (4) 14 Part of her striptease act is

simplicity itself (4) 16 New cine tax is not right (7) 18 Adapt or lose a vaporiser (7) 19 Hesitation in show’s sprays (7) 21 Boys around Ireland becoming Scottish landowners (6) 22 Chanel with a drink (5) 23 Screen out Spanish approval for the First Lady (5) 25 Times leader censures pitfalls (5)

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TIME and again I get asked, will weight training make me too muscular?

From my 25 years of gym experience I am all too aware ladies love to use the cardio equipment such as the stationary bike, cross-trainer, treadmill and rowing machines, and they are all great pieces of kit, however the resistance equipment is often neglected in favour of these machines and I feel it is often because women do not have a full understanding of the importance of weight training.

Common fears for women regarding weight training

The female body is genetically very different to that of a male. Men produce different hormones in different quantities, which is why they create large muscles. It is very rare for an average female to produce a large muscular body unless she was using steroids as some female body builders do or she was an elite athlete training seven days a week to become Miss Universe.

We can however do weight training exercises similar in structure to ones that the men are doing, but when training women, we would adapt the exercises and equipment to concentrate on different areas using lighter weights.

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Ladies, cardio exercise is not enough, pick up the weights! would be that you would grow bulky and create huge muscles. This is amusing to me, as I can remember 15 years ago when I would be in the gym four days a week training hard to just create a nice shoulder curve or shape my triceps. It takes time and effort to create a curve of muscle and I’m not talking bulging biceps ether.

Take for example Cindy Crawford or Elle McPherson, both in their early 50’s, yet both have naturally toned beautiful bodies I assure you were not created by cardio exercise alone. The most pleasing aesthetic look on a body would surely be curves in the right places, and that is what I aim for with my clients.

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bones strong and healthy, greatly reducing chances of fractures or osteoporosis which is a serious disease involving a crumbling of the bones and more common in women.

If caught in the early stages osteoporosis can be reversed, but requires dedication to carry on with a beneficial fitness programme involving resistance exercise.

Another important thing is... if you are aiming for weight-loss, cardiovascular exercise can help to a degree, but using weights, you are building lean tissue, this in turn speeds up your metabolism which allows you to burn more energy faster.

This is especially important for women over 30 years.

Birthing dolls help doctors BIRTHING dolls are being used to help train doctors on how to deal with complications during birth.

These simulators are full body, anatomical, interactive models that can allow doctors to go through the steps of delivery, including complications such as haemorrhaging, so that they can be well prepared when faced with real life complications.

This hands on training allows doctors to have the necessary training without ‘training’ on real life patients in the middle of a complication, which can be risky to the patient.

The life size simulator also allows medical teams to practise epidural procedures on spinal cord insertion, which are aided by sensors that monitor needle progression.

They also have ‘pregnant’-looking stomachs that feel lifelike, and C-section deliveries can also be practised.

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Tap water spreads bacteria NEW research has shown that we breathe in more germs from tap water than from the toilet.

The study found bacteria gathers on objects and surfaces in the home and travels into the air.

As the researchers assessed which objects breed the most bacteria, it was revealed tap water released a significant amount of bugs into the air, more so than other surfaces in the home.

More bacteria in the air in homes comes from their tap water (9 per cent) than their toilet (0.4 per cent).

The team, from University of California, Berkeley, looked at bacteria in the air of 29 homes, taking samples from kitchen surfaces, carpets, pets, bathroom tiles, shower heads, toilets and the people who lived there.

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DURING the ski season I receive lots of questions about eye care, so I’ve put together the most commonly asked questions to allow everyone to enjoy the sun safely on the slopes this season.

Q. Why are my eyes more at risk when I’m skiing?

A. The atmosphere on the slopes is very clear and the reflection of sunlight on the slopes is very strong. These two factors combine to be potentially damaging to the eyes and could lead to long term effects.

Q. How does this affect my eyes?

A. Although people know how important it is to keep skin protected from the sun, few realise how damaging UV rays can be to the eyes. The UVB rays can irritate the surface of the eye, causing a painful form of sunburn of the eye (called photokeratitis).

You may not even be aware whilst out in the snow, as the effects can take six-12 hours to develop. Long-term exposure to UVB can cause cataracts and even ocular tumours.

Q. How can I protect my eyes whilst out on the slopes?

A. All you need is good sunglasses, but make sure you choose the right ones. Always read the label carefully and choose the maximum protection factor available.

Remember that eyes will be exposed to high levels of UV even if it’s not sunny.

Choosing sunglasses without the right protection could damage the eye by causing the pupil to dilate, increasing the amount of UV light filtering into the eyes, so always keep this in mind when selecting your eyewear.

Specsavers Opticas is currently offering free eye tests. There are Specsavers Optic a s s tore s in C a lpe , J a ve a , B e nidorm, Guardamar del Segura and Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca.

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A natural solution to fight cancer A NATURALLY occurring food preservative, called nisin, that grows on dairy products could wipe out cancer cells.

Researchers have studied the effect of nisin on cancerous tumours and as an antimicrobial to fight diseases in the mouth.

Tests on rats showed that after nine weeks of treatment they found the tumours had shrunk in size, more comparable to tumours at three weeks.

Nisin is a colourless, tasteless powder that is added to food, to a rate of around 0.25 to 37.5mg/kg. In the studies, 800mg/kg were needed to kill cancer cells.

Whilst the results look promising, the scientists in America stress it is too early to say if it will act in the same way on humans.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.

THIS week we have asked the doctor about alternative and natural remedies and the healing qualities of certain foods and substances, which have recently been receiving a lot of press.

- Are home remedies for certain problems, such as onions as a natural way to reduce mucus, really useful or are they all just old wives tales?

Certain foodstuffs and natural substances can often be very helpful in reducing symptoms of certain illnesses and complaints and they are not simple old wives tales. Food is an important part of our lives and the well-known expression ‘we are what we eat’ is the best way to sum up the benefits of some foodstuffs.

Some conditions have been linked to consumption of foods which favour the appearance of heart problems, cancer, etc meaning it is very important for everyone to ensure they follow a healthy, balanced diet. The Mediterranean diet is a good example.

Onions and other vegetables provide many essential minerals and vitamins which help the body function correctly. Onion in particular has been traditionally used to alleviate breathing problems such as

nasal congestion, although how helpful it really is has sparked many a heated discussion as there is no scientific research to back it up.

Yet many people do find it helpful.

- Can these substances substitute medicines?

Definitely not! For some minor ailments which do not strictly need medication some foodstuffs or natural substances can be used to alleviate symptoms but this should always be done under the control of an expert.

- Can abuse of this type of remedy be dangerous?

Yes. This type of remedy should be used with caution, especially if the condition is serious enough for a doctor to prescribe medication. Home remedies can be used to complement medication in these cases but never as a substitute.

- What about to prevent rather than cure ailments?

Under the supervision of a professional, there are some foodstuffs which can help prevent certain ailments.

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Derma Clinic in Alfaz del Pi POST-CARE is an important part of their work and has the benefit of giving peace of mind to their clients

By Keith Baker YOU may not have heard of the Derma Clinic in Alfaz del Pi, even though they’ve been around a while.

Until very recently they have operated under the name of the Sky Clinic, but felt their new name instantly informed the public about their focus, or at least one of their focuses!

A good 90 per cent of the clinic’s clients are international, and ‘Derma’ is instantly recognised by most as being related to the skin.

The clinic is run by dermatologist Dr Sergiu Vieru, ably assisted by Silje Bjelkaroy, and they modestly claim to speak ‘about 10’ languages between them. Clients attend with all kinds of skin, hair and nail problems, but also come looking for treatments and medicines to combat the aging process. The clinic can help with all of these and more.

Common reasons for people to visit the clinic include moles, skin can-

DR SERGIU VIERU: Believes a lot can be done to improve skin. cer prevention, scar removal, botox, dermofillers, facial threads, non-invasive procedures such as facelifts without surgery and so on. The list is huge. Their clients range from the early teens onwards, so age is certainly no barrier to dealing with an issue.

Plastic surgery is another area covered by the clinic, with a whole range of remedies available.

Sergiu believes a lot can be done to

help improve the quality, elasticity and general appearance of the skin by looking after it. But what’s the difference between the products available here and those available on the High Street? Sergiu explains they provide medical cosmetics, rather than beauty cosmetics. An important distinction.

When people come to the clinic, they often have an idea of what they want. It is then for Sergiu to under-

stand their desires, identify their needs and offer the most appropriate solution for that individual. This is where he believes it is especially important that people see a qualified doctor, rather than someone who has simply learnt a specific procedure.

Post-care is an important part of their work, and has the added benefit of giving peace of mind to the clients.

Another aspect of the clinic is focusing on general analysing, cosmetology, skin cleaning, illuminating, anti-oxidant treatment and more.

There are so many treatments available that slow down the aging process, and this is a very popular aspect of their work. A consultation may be followed by medical tests for specific issues, or perhaps a blood test. The solution may be creams, supplements, or any of a wide range of procedures.

The aim of the clinic is to look after more than just the skin though.

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too, and they can offer help and advice for general healthy living which includes looking at choosing a healthy diet and lifestyle.

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When a client calls for an appointment the clinic ensures that they are booked to see the most appropriate professional so that their exact needs are met. They are passionate about matching the client’s requirements in this way.

Given the international nature of the clinic’s clients, Sergiu often has to advise people that in Spain there are many products that cannot legally be used for these procedures, even though they are perfectly legal in other parts of the world. It is important to check the qualifications of anyone offering to perform such procedures, and not to simply look at the price. www.dermaclinicspain.com

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How to melt away your leftover Christmas fat EXILIS ELITE uses a combination of radiofrequency and ultrasound to ‘melt’ fat cells THE Christmas season may now seem like a distant memory, but chances are the effects of all that seasonal over-indulgence are still being felt. So what can you do if the party season has left you with a belly Santa would be proud of and all those festive treats are still lingering on your hips?

Eat healthily, join a gym, go for a run, learn line dancing. All good for you and sure to help you shift the pounds. But sometimes healthy eating and exercise alone are just not enough.

Even after the most successful weight loss, stubborn pockets of fat and loose skin often remain. It used to be that there was nothing you could do about it, but now you can.

Exilis Elite is a cutting edge device for dealing with hard-to-shift fat. It is favoured by celebrities and is popular in top clinics in the US and the UK, but is also available right here on the Costa Blanca at Medcare aesthetics clinics in Benijofar and Alfaz del Pi. The treatments are not for seriously obese people, sadly it is not a magic wand, but it does work wonders on stubborn areas where our bodies insist on storing fat, such as bellies, saddle-bag thighs, backsides and bra fat.

Exilis Elite uses a combination of radiofrequency and ultrasound to ‘melt’ fat cells, and is completely non-invasive. Paddles are massaged over the skin and patients

feel a warming sensation, which many have likened to a hot stone massage.

As well as melting fat, Exilis Elite tightens skin. This makes it an excellent treatment for bingo wings, which can be impossible to shift through diet and exercise.

Medcare’s patients are getting excellent results. One patient, Anne, told us she lost an incredible 7.5cm from around her waist: “I have always had a problem with belly fat, having had children and a hysterectomy,” says Anne. “Exilis worked brilliantly.”

To find out whether Exilis Elite is the right treatment for you, book a free consultation with Medcare.

As well as checking whether you

are a good candidate for Exilis, you will receive a free health check and lifestyle review to make sure there are no underlying reasons why you cannot lose weight. This will include blood tests to check for thyroid conditions and diabetes, and where relevant nutrition advice.

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Loosen ear wax with alcohol ALCOHOL and vinegar is being recommended to help remove ear wax.

A paediatrician from North Carolina, USA, said the mixture helps to soften the wax allowing it to flow out of the ear more easily.

Ear wax, or serumen in medical terms, helps form a protective barrier to protect the sensitive skin in the external auditory canal from harm such as dirt and insects.

The paediatrician said as it plays a protective role in most cases it should be left alone in the majority of cases, but when a build up occurs it can be loosened by soaking a cotton bud in baby oil and squeezing a few drops into the ear, or from a mixture of one part alcohol and one part vinegar.

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BRITISH writer to lead workshop is Ellory’s Carnival of Shadows, so he’ll attend the book club meeting in person and the workshop will take place afterwards.

The workshop will most likely appeal to avid readers and aspiring authors who want to learn techniques such as creating suspense and character development.

However, Ellory is also ready to answer questions regarding getting published.

Everyone is welcome to attend the book club meeting. The fee to attend the workshop is €5.

For more details contact Sara at Altearte on 966 881 828, email info@altearte.com or visit www.altearte.com.

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Author is to visit Altea cafe ON Sunday, February 7, author RJ Ellory is flying from Birmingham, Eng l a n d t o Sp a i n w ith th e s o le purpose of leading a writing workshop and discussion at AlteArte in Altea.

El l o r y i s a n a w ard -w in n in g thril l e r wr i t e r o f mo re th a n a dozen books, some of which have sold more than a million copies and have been translated into several different languages. More details can be viewed at his website www.rjellory.com.

AlteArte has a book club, and the aim is to include the authors in the meetings whenever possible.

Most often, their attendance is via Skype.

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THE International Choir Coral Clasica Javiense has started rehearsals under the direction of Francesc Estevez.

They will be rehearsing for the Spring Concert, which will include ‘Misa In Tempore Belli’ (Mass in Times of War, also called The Drums Mass) by Joseph Haydn, and J S Bach’s ‘Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen’ (Laud to God in all his kingdoms), known as the Ascension Oratorio.

Rehearsals will take place every Thursday from 3.45pm to 5.45pm at the Centre Social 8 de Marc (Centre Social 8 de Marzo), Plaza Pou del Pare Pere in Jeus Pobre.

Following the very successful performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratory, the choir hopes to attract new singers who would like to join and sing in the spring concert in May. The ability to read music is a prerequisite.

Further from their website www.coralclasicajaviense.es or by telephoning 676 285 493 or 965 794 998.

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Helping the children THE Charity Shop of Calpe brought a smile to many of the less fortunate children in the town by donating presents from the Three Kings for distribution by the Red Cross of Calpe.

The children, aged up to 14 years, were from the families supported by the Red Cross during 2015 - and each received a gift bought by the Charity Shop. The shop also donated presents for youngsters in the EMAUS children’s home in Calpe. The total of the two donations was over €1,000.

GIFT BAGS: Were bought for the children.

Floral Club’s first demo THE Marina Alta and Costa Blanca Floral Club will hold its first demonstration of 2016 on Thursday January 28 in The Salon de Actos, La Senieta, Moraira. Doors open at 2pm, and everyone is asked to be seated by 2.45pm.

The demonstration will be by Lee Berrill, with a title of ‘Into The Light.’ Lee, who has been involved in the flower world for many years, is based in Northamptonshire, and has participated in several flower festivals, including one in Ipswich Cathedral in 2014. Lee says first and foremost you have to love things plant

and flower orientated... skills can be learned and developed, but you must have the basic love first.

A presentation will also be made to Proteccion Civil to buy ‘walkie talkies’ for their ambulance.

Admission Members: €5 / Visitors: €8. All Welcome. Their next demonstration will be on Wednesday, February 24.

Further information call Tina on 965 833 197, or visit their website www.marinaaltafloral club.com.

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TOWN HALL representatives, the mayor an A CHEQUE for €614 has been presented to the priest of Pilar church, making a total of more than €3,000 collected in 2015 from Pinar de Campoverde area of Caritas supporters, organised

by Eddie Templeman and his wife Margaret.

Also in attendance were town hall representatives, and the mayor of Pilar de la Horadada, as well as officials from the Pilar branch of Caritas.

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rch making a total of more than €3,000 collected in 2015.

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nd officials from Caritas also attended Caritas, Debbie and Kevin Dutton, Jan and Allen Kiley, and Maggie and Alan Bilbie.

Eddie handed over the cheque and was then interviewed by TV Horadada, whilst at the same time, Jean and Brian Jenkins handed over the hamper that they

had won at the Caritas Christmas draw held at the Rusty Nail in December. Additional items were added to the hamper by friends Brian and Jean Yeates, Pat and Lee Elton-Shaw, Gerry and Mary McCluskey, and George and Glynis.

A PERFORMANCE of ‘La Zapatera Prodigiosa’ (The Prodigious Shoemaker) by Federico Garcia Lorca, will take place tonight, Thursday January 21 at 8pm at the Social Centre in Denia.

It is being staged by members of Denia’s U3A to raise funds for a children’s rights charity, Iniciativa Betania, which was created in Denia in 1992 to help children at risk of social exclusion.

The donation/admission fee is €4.

U3A outing CALPE’S U3A members are looking forward to their dinner dance on February 27 at the Venta La Chaca Restaurant and Hotel.

Coaches will transport everyone to and from the venue, with three pick-up points in Calpe.

The cost to members is €35 and to guests €40. For more information contact the group enquiries@u3acalpe.org.

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25 Jaguars visit Altea Golf Club Celebration concert SIXTY-TWO people in an assortment of 25 beautiful Jaguars met for lunch in idyllic surroundings last Sunday. They enjoyed winter weather that could only have been dreamed of back in Coventry where the cars were made.

The variety of cars present celebrated the car company’s stylish and impressive histo-

ry, with saloons such as XJs and X-Types, and grand tourers represented by XJSs, XK8s, XKs and XKRs. To some, these are just random letters, but to others they evoke wonderful memories. Few could deny the beauty of the line-up though, even those who treat cars as a mere form of transport.

Out in the sun, the group enjoyed a cava

reception and pre-dining drinks on the terrace overlooking the golf course in the valley. Following a group photograph they went inside to enjoy a marvellous meal.

To read more about the occasion, and to see photographs, visit www.jec-spain.com, where you can also find out about their next meeting.

TO mark opening of auditorium

By Keith Baker CONCERT-GOERS in the Moraira area are well catered for, thanks to Concerts Costa Blanca.

In the spring there will be a Celebration Concert to mark the opening of the Auditori Teulada Moraira, which will also be an opportunity to remember the association’s roots.

In May 2010, at the Espai La Senieta theatre in Moraira, Wilhelmina Hardee

and Mary Heaviland arranged a concert given by students and professors from ‘The Curtis Institute of Music’ (Philadelphia) - one of the world’s leading conservatories.

This sell-out concert was followed by a harp and trumpet recital in September by two well-known Hungarian artists and promoted by Gunter Klasen.

Thus, somewhat informally, Concerts Costa Blanca was born.

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Peace of mind with Artur OWNER of Artman SL is meticulous when it comes to scrapping your vehicle YOU may have seen the adverts for Artman SL in Euro Weekly News, offering to pay to scrap your vehicle, and wondered whether it’s safe.

After all, there are countless stories out there about people who have ‘sold’ their vehicles, runners and nonrunners, and then received fines or Suma bills (or both) and have had an absolute nightmare trying to sort out the mess. So it’s not unreasonable to worry. That’s where Artman SL comes in.

Owner Artur has been running his company since 2007, so he knows all about the pitfalls, and all about the worries people have when they want to dispose of their vehicle. So he is very clear that his top priority is not the cars, but the paperwork. He will deal with it all, including the Certificate of Destruction.

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ARTMAN SL: Owner Artur takes on all liabilities from the moment he signs with a customer. by his father, and Artur is adamant that he is going to pass on a successful business to his children one day.

To do that, he says, his reputation is

everything. He cannot risk getting it wrong, so he is meticulous when it comes to ensuring that, from the moment he signs with a customer, all

liabilities lie with him, giving the customer complete peace of mind.

Dealing with so much paperwork does have its advantages, and for Artur

dealing with Trafico and the various town halls on a regular basis means that he knows all the ins and outs. And as he deals with cars that are registered in countries all around the globe, dealing with British registered cars presents no problems for him at all.

He covers the area from Gandia to La Manga. So whether you need to dispose of a road legal car, or one that’s sat on your drive rotting away, as long as you can prove you’re the owner, Artur can take it away for you.

He can even take cars with an embargo on them. So it doesn’t matter if it’s right-hand-drive or left-handdrive, British registered or Spanish, Artur is the guy that can take it away for you, sort out all the paperwork and give you complete peace of mind.

Give him a call on 646 726 377 and find out how he can help you.

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Air conditioning experts COOL SOLUTIONS offer reliable, convenient and professional servicing for your home units or your car COOL SOLUTIONS was established in 2006 and has recently been taken over by Werner Verdonck after the original owner retired.

Specialists in air conditioning, Cool Solutions offer installation, maintenance, servicing, re-gassing and repair services for residential air conditioning units and for vehicles, providing a convenient and flexible service. They come to you to re-gas your vehicle’s unit, so there is no need for clients to take it and leave it at a garage, the process normally only takes about an hour.

When it comes to home air conditioning Werner stresses it is critical they are properly maintained. “It is not enough to just clean the filters, they need to be thoroughly maintained and this provides huge benefits and savings in the long run. A well maintained air conditioning unit will last longer, deliver good quality air and avoid costly electricity bills.

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“If they are not maintained correctly the internal units build up mould and dirt, which affects the air you breathe and means the machine has to work harder, affecting the longevity.

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An ergonomic home

By Matthew Elliott HOME furnishings can actually be surprisingly bad for your musculoskeletal health, as colour matching, space and aesthetics often take priority over the impact on your body.

Consider how many offices these days have ergonomic designs focused on preventing lower back pain, crouching or other discomfort. At home, while comfort may certainly be a key focus, it is precisely this ‘sit and sink’ style that can lead to the greatest problems over time. Whatever your age or flexibility level, sinking into a chair or mattress can exacerbate spinal issues over time leading to serious injury.

Luckily there are solutions, with more and more companies offering spine friendly furniture that supports your body. Key features to look out for are firm cushioning, an upright positioning with ears aligned over hips, and the terms ‘ergonomic’ or ‘body friendly’.

Try your best to avoid the ‘sports car’ look with your back reclined and feet out on front of

you whilst on the floor.

In this sense buying furniture should be like buying shoes (comfortable running shoes, not stilettos) with the ability to relax with firm cushioning and support being your main goal. If you’re not in a po-

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ing rental agencies, Cool Solutions have launched a new product which is aimed at ensuring air conditioning does not end up costing a fortune.

Of particular interest to rental properties, the new EcoSense product ensures air conditioners are only active while people are actually home. A combination that senses movement and body heat, they close

the machines down using the proper shut down procedure when nobody is home. This avoids air conditioning being left on all day, a regular occurrence with rental properties.

They also go a long way to prolonging the life of the machines as many are not manufactured to work so hard. With night and day modes they are a reliable, efficient and extremely cost-effective solution.

Cool Solutions are an exclusive agent for the system throughout the Marina Alta Region ranging from Denia to Benidorm.

The company is based in Moraira, Alicante and offer sales of all reputable makes of air conditioning systems, including Mitsubishi, Daikin and Panasonic.

Werner speaks five languages including English, Spanish, German and Dutch. To contact them call 965 744 722, mobile 606 409 240 email info@coolsol.es or visit the website www.coolsol.es.

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UNBELIEVABLE hypocrisy at the highest levels which threaten the Western world Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

THERE were two major items of news recently that, although not directly linked, gave me serious pause for thought and strengthened my belief that not only do we live in a world ruled by vested interests, but that there is unbelievable hypocrisy at the highest levels which threaten the very existence of Western civilisation.

The first involved the widespread sexual assaults on women by men of Arab and North African origin during the New Year celebrations in Germany.

This followed widespread coverage over the internet, but largely overlooked by the press, of reports from health workers and independent witnesses, of chaos in German

PROPER INTEGRATION: Needs to be carefully managed. hospitals involving large numbers of immigrants demanding their ‘right’ to health care, and using threatening behaviour to staff.

In some cases, children were simply dumped at hos-

pitals to be taken care of.

If we needed reminding of what many of us have been banging on about for years, that unless proper integration is carefully managed, then throwing large numbers of di-

ametrically opposed cultures together is a recipe for disaster.

Then just two days later we heard of the execution on the same day of 47 Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia - most of

them by beheading.

Forget for a moment the stated justification for this action – that they were guilty of terrorist acts – but just look at the guarded response to the trial of these people conducted in camera by heavily biased Sunni Muslim courts.

The legal system in this undemocratic oligarchy is based entirely on Sharia law which involves punishments such as beheading, stoning, mutilation and flogging.

Much of Sharia is justifiably regarded by the Western world as barbaric and harkens back to a medieval past, and yet whilst we rightly condemn and express our horror at the atrocities carried out by ISIL, our leaders stay strangely muted about the Saudi’s actions.

The relationship that we have with that country is based on mutual convenience and financial interests but make no mistake, like most of Islam they are no friends of ours.

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SCIENTISTS in America believe they can make traditional bulbs more efficient John Smith Random thoughts...

THOSE who think that the ‘new’ style light bulbs are ugly, expensive and do not generate enough light, will be pleased to learn that scientists at the world famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe they have developed a way in which they can make the ‘old style’ traditional incandescent light bulb more efficient.

A number of countries have already phased out the old bulbs (as they waste large amounts of energy through heat), although it appears in Spain that they can still be purchased in Chinese Bazaars but are not always guaranteed to light without blowing fuses or exploding.

According to a report which has been published in the Nature Nanotechnology journal, these researchers have discovered a way in which they can improve the efficiency of the bulbs by recycling this waste energy

RESEARCHERS: Have found a way they can improve a bulb’s efficiency. and transferring it back to the filament, thus allowing the bulb to become more efficient and environment friendly.

It appears that there has been very little development in the technology behind the incandescent light bulb, which was launched by Edison in the

President Rouhani.

One area of world tension reduces IT seems that each of the major world powers needs to have at least one country that it can identify as being its ‘bête noir’, and for at least two decades Iran has been America’s and vice versa.

During the reign of the Shah, western powers were falling over each other to obtain oil and sell anything from car plants to sophisticated weaponry to Iran, but with his overthrow and the arrival of Ayatollah Khomeini, Shiite Iran changed almost overnight and America became Satan in the eyes of that nation.

The West helped to equip the Iraqi army in the eightyear long war with Iran, which saw the death of around 500,000 combatants and then had to take action against the ever belligerent Saddam Hussein in two separate wars, which left Iraq in chaos and has inspired the Daesh offensives.

For years, Saudi Arabia was seen by the UK and US in particular as a friend and supplier of oil, and the fairly totalitarian regime there was backed heavily as it became the leading Sunni nation in the Middle East.

Now, however, with the drop in oil prices, the Saudi economy is almost in tatters but for Iran, which has coped with sanctions for so long, their disappearance in the main means they can actually see a massive improvement in their financial position, as they look to re-equip their industry, purchase a large number of new passenger aircraft and invest in the West to support their own oil industry.

late 19th century but as the bulbs are so inefficient, converting only a tiny percentage of their energy into light, they were a natural target for enquiring scientists to review.

Even the new bulbs which are much more expensive using compact fluorescent (CFL) or LED, whilst significantly more efficient, still only convert a small percentage of the energy used into light.

By using nanotechnology (the study of very small things), they have managed to surround the filament of the bulb which captures the leaking infrared radiation, reflecting it back to the filament where it is used for the production of visible light.

Calculations and early experiments suggest that this new development, which updates very old technology, could make the light bulbs they are developing three times more efficient than CFL or LED bulbs.

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How to choose a solicitor in Spain DEDICATE time and effort when making this important decision as not all offer the same service Q. I AM about to purchase a property and the estate agent is very insistent I use a particular solicitor. Is this OK? A. No. After dealing with so many cases in the Costa Blanca and Spain, please find below different reasons to help you to choose your lawyer.

The right way to choose a solicitor - Ask other people that have purchased a property in the area and are happy with the way their case was dealt with.

- Ask the British Consulate in Alicante to let you have their list of English speaking solicitors.

- If you have already opened a bank account in Spain, ask your bank manager for a recommendation.

- Choose a solicitor registered at the Law Society.

- Make sure you are indeed dealing with a solicitor and not a translator who is offering legal advice for

LEGAL NEEDS: Make sure your solicitor covers all that you require. which he or she will not be qualified.

- You need to see the word ‘Abogado’ under their name, and their Law Society number needs to be available.

- You can make sure a person is a solicitor by visiting the ‘Consejo

General de la Abogacia’ at www. abogacia.es. This is the governing body of Solicitors in Spain (Law Society) and you can fill in the name of the person and it will indicate if he or she is a solicitor or not.

- We always recommend that you

meet the solicitor before you hire them; if possible.

- Make sure the solicitor will be the right person not just for dealing with your conveyancing, but also your future needs regarding wills, fiscal representation, inheritance, tax planning or litigation; Litigation lawyers should know best all of the ins and outs of contracts.

- Check if they cover all of your legal needs while living in Spain and if they are independent lawyers.

- A good solicitor will always request on an off-plan property purchase the compulsory bank guarantees which will protect your money in case the developer causes a breach of contract or even falls into bankruptcy. Some builders or agents will inform you it is not necessary, but the law 57/1968 confirms it is compulsory and we do not recommend the purchase of an off-plan property without the bank guarantees.

The wrong way to choose a Solicitor: - To depend only on the recommendation of the estate agent or builder. This is not a good idea because good solicitors often have to say no to a purchase and this could be more difficult for a solicitor who is very dependent on the referrals of a particular agent. An estate agent and a buyer’s solicitor might have a clear conflict of interest. This is particularly important in times of crisis as more than ever agents need to make the sale and some solicitors need the referrals. Some solicitors even pay for these referrals.

- Do dedicate time and effort to this important decision. Not all solicitors offer the same service.

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London loses out

By Matthew Elliott FOR the first time in years, London is no longer represented in the top 10 European cities for investment prospects in property, having fallen down the rankings to 15th place as high prices make an impact.

Birmingham meanwhile took sixth spot on the list composed by PwC and the Urban Land Institute on Emerging Trends in Real Estate. Close enough to the south-east hub but much cheaper than London, the midlands city capitalised on the movement of business

there from the capital, as well as the planned HS2 train line.

The report indicates where experts perceive the market heading in the future and is generated from interviews with leading developers, investors and managers across the continent.

Yield compression is a key culprit leading to London’s absence from the top tier, but the city remains the largest real estate market in Europe, with some analysts viewing this as a typical stage in a larger cycle. Other experts, however, see continental Europe as drawing more foreign property investment in the near future as global giants look to shift their capital around in 2016.

Germany dominated the report, with Berlin and Hamburg taking the top two spots, while Dublin, Madrid and Copenhagen made up the best five. London came just behind Istanbul and two places ahead of Scottish capital Edinburgh, the third British city on the list.

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It’s good news for buyers in 2016 PROPERTY prices will remain very attractive, with some real bargains outside prime locations John Graham The property expert

YOU don’t need a crystal ball to predict that overseas buyers will be extremely important to the Spanish property market in 2016. We only have to look back at 2015 for an example of how important overseas property buyers are for Spain.

Official figures show that over 65 per cent of all properties sold in Spain in 2015 were to overseas buyers, which is a huge percentage and in fact on the Costas and Mallorca the overall percentage was even higher.

Currently Spain has the most undervalued property market in Europe, especially when compared to the UK and Germany, which is very good news and will attract even more overseas buyers and investors to the

PREDICTION: Overseas buyers will be extremely important.

Costas and Mallorca in 2016.

An increase in Spanish tourism has a positive impact on property sales and predictions for 2016 show we are in for another record year, which is good news for those of you selling your property this year.

The forecast for new build proper-

ties in Spain is also looking healthy in 2016, with over 200,000 new properties planned to be built, but this figure is low if compared to the boom years, when an incredible 800,000 new properties were built every year.

There are still a considerable number of the boom years properties on

the market for sale and this will continue to create an oversupply of housing stock in almost all the Costas, but much less in Mallorca where planning has been strict and there is limited building land available.

For buyers, it’s all good news!

Property prices will remain very attractive, with some real bargains outside prime locations. Due to the growth in new build properties this year, buyers will have a much bigger choice of properties between the many new contemporary design and traditional design resale properties.

The majority of today’s overseas buyers are very demanding, they know it's a buyers’ market and once they have decided on buying a property, they want to complete quickly.

Overseas buyers are constantly checking currency and the euro exchange rates and any unnecessary delays in the completion of the sale could mean the exchange rate drops, and the purchase will be more expen-

sive or they could reduce their offer.

Therefore to avoid any unnecessary delays for the completion of the sale of your property, my advice is that you ensure you have everything in order to show the buyer when they visit your property.

A surveyors Home Health Check Report and a well-maintained property will give the buyer confidence that the property is in good condition and that the sale will go through quickly and smoothly with no nasty surprises.

We have seen a huge increase in requests for our Home Health Check Reports from property owners and estate agents who want to give buyers extra confidence and peace of mind.

If you are looking to buy a home or looking to sell your home please contact me for advice and how we can be of service to you.

John Graham Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute Email gk.ipad@me.com Mob. (34) 657 337 477

Sales market Property mistakes to avoid looking up BRITISH property company Taylor Wimpey has seen a stellar 2015 in Spain which bodes well for the wider market and buyers from the UK. The number of properties sold in Spain increased by 53 per cent on 2014, largely due to the strong pound and the real estate market fighting back.

With residential properties covering the Mediterranean coast of mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, the renowned

firm sold 251 homes throughout the year, contrasting with 164 in 2014. The average price of homes sold also rose to €314,000, up from €250,000 in the previous year. It’s not quite up to the pre-crisis levels of more than 300 sold annually, but it’s getting there.

HOUSE SALES: A stellar 2015.

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PEOPLE tend to look at property as an easier investment opportunity than the stock market or mutual funds, which have more obviously complicated set ups, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t key pitfalls to look out for. Here are just a few.

Not calculating distance associated costs with the property, such as fuel for getting to and from work.

Renting your property without taking into account the

creditworthiness of the tenants.

Exposing your family members to guarantees.

Not being registered as married or in a domestic partnership with your significant other when buying together.

Watch out for these mistakes and always make sure you are fully informed about all goings on with your finances and property.

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Zara founder Become a property investor with just €100 buys London mansion

CROWDFUNDING has taken off in Spain in recent years AN upcoming investment formula can allow you to become a player in the real estate market for as little as €100, and all from the comfort of your home.

Collective property through crowdfunding has shot up in Spain as the market strains for solutions to the crisis.

Crowdfunding has taken off in recent years as a means for budding entrepreneurs or charities to garner funds from the public, usually with no strings attached. Here, however, those who contribute funds will have a stake in the property itself and can therefore make some money on their investment.

A new law means that investors cannot place more than €3,000 in one project but the initiative gives ample room for

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By Matthew Elliott

CROWDFUNDING: Collects small amounts for a bigger goal. those looking for small risk moves with the possibility of great rewards over time.

The key advantage being of course that you are investing in a physical property rather than bonds or other transient capital.

That is not to say there is no risk, but with a limitation of how much you can invest, and therefore lose, it is a viable option for those looking to try their hand at real estate investment.

Not only homes, but also other real estate such as offices and construction works are available for crowdfunding. It can also be an option for those looking to buy who could do with a little collective help.

AMANCIO ORTEGA, Zara founder and main shareholder of its parent company Inditex, has finally closed the deal to purchase the prestigious Almack House in London for an estimated €320 million.

The historic building situated in the exclusive King Street, in the heart of Saint James, boasts more than 9,000 square metres spread over nine floors. At the moment the building is designated as offices, but between 1765 and 1871 it was a popular high society club, one of the few in that era to admit women.

Ortega’s purchase was made through Ponte Gadea, an estate agency owned by him, which affords the second richest man in the

world even more control over the several prominent buildings in the British capital he has acquired. This real life game of monopoly also notes that he has recently bought exclusive buildings in the best areas of some of the world’s most sought-after capitals from New York to Milan.

The purchase of Almack House is the third major investment made by Ortega in London inside 12 months.

Last April 2015, he acquired for the princely sum of €550 million, the building occupied by the Primark chain in Oxford Street. And the previous January he also procured the headquarters of Rio Tinto, also in central London, for a rumoured €335 million.

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YELLOW ZIGZAGS: Indicate that parking is generally prohibited.

ROAD markings are there to serve as a means of separation for traffic, but they also provide the driver with information about the type of road and potential risks ahead.

Continuous White Lines A continuous white line on the road means no vehicle is allowed to cross that line. A longitudinal mark consisting of two continuous lines has the same meaning. You are not allowed to cross the solid white line for any reason, such as turning into another road or overtaking. The only exception is in order to pass a cyclist.

Broken White Lines A broken white line is intended to guide the movement of vehicles within lanes and no vehicle should cross that line unless it is necessary and the flow of traffic permits it.

You are permitted to cross the broken

white line in order to carry out a manoeuvre such as overtaking, so long as the way is clear, and you don’t impede movement of other vehicles. Broken white lines are also used to indicate the approach to hazardous areas and locations.

Stop Line A solid line arranged across the width of one or more lanes indicates that vehicles must not cross that line unless the obligations of the road are complied with.

Cycle Crossing A cross consisting of two parallel dashed lines on the roadway indicates a pathway crossing for cyclists.

Yellow Zigzags Locations marked with yellow zigzag markings indicate zones where parking is generally prohibited.

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We stand corrected I AM a retired building services engineer and was uncomfortable with your comments in the Jan 7 issue that, ‘there is really no need for a specialist company to clean a water tank.’ My main concern is that you say people are drinking the water.

A tank large enough to support 27 units would hold several cubic metres of water. To clean it correctly, people would need to enter it. When they do, they could take in biological contaminants with them. This filth could contaminate the water that then fills the tank.

We st a n d co r rected.

I can only say that my brief answer was strictly concerned with the legal-

After any work the insides of the container should be sterilised, normally by ‘super chlorinating.’ The water is then tested and proved to be safe to drink. The tanks should be sealed and insulated to prevent the growth of the Legionella bacteria.

I would be VERY concerned if a non-specialist worked on a water system I was expected to drink from. Perhaps you should consult a professional before giving advice outside your field.

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H ow e v e r, thank y ou very much for your cogent explanation of the real issue.

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A cup of hot water, sachet and a spoon!

PROVIDE the driver with information AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

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In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man

I DRINK decaf black coffee. So what, you may ask. Well it’s not as simple and as easy as you may think.

For example you would be amazed at the amount of top class restaurants that either don’t serve it or what they do serve is instant and in a sachet.

Now I don’t have a problem with instant coffee - I use it a lot at home. But when I’m in a restaurant or hotel paying top dollar, pound, or euro, I don’t expect at the end of my meal, whilst everyone is having their mocha or latte or skinny white or whatever poncey overpriced coffee they want, for me to be told “Here is your sachet pal, make your own!” Because that’s what happens.

I get a cup of hot water, a sachet and a spoon! Plus I’m getting charged the same as everybody else.

I was in a Hilton hotel in Sheffield once and was looking at the menu and decided to have a sandwich and a cup of coffee. When the coffee arrived it was a sachet of Kenco so I said, “Excuse me, are you charging me £3.20 for this coffee?” “Yes why?

“That’s the price of our coffees.” “But don’t you think it’s a bit overpriced because it’s the same sachet of coffee that you give me for free in my room, plus I get a ginger hob nob as well!” “Sorry sir, that’s the price.” “Oh is it. OK how much for a cup of hot water?” “Nothing.” “OK, I’ll have a cup of hot water.”

I got that and went to my room and got a sachet of coffee.

It’s not the money really because if they made it with the ground coffee in the machine I’d pay for it the same as I do in the overpriced coffee shops. It’s the principle. The sandwich, by the way, was about £12, but that’s another column for another day.

Oh well that’s it for today. I’m just off to have a coffee - a Nespresso - you know the one that turns you into George Clooney. Mrs S would definitely pay £3.20 for that!

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ELECTRICIANS MB ELECTRICS. Approved electrician. Any electrical reparation. Iberdrola bulletins. Affordable prices. Miquel 655 282 175 (233509) NEED AN ELECTRICIAN, moving meter boxes to boundaries, problems with meters tripping, new contracts, upgrading electrics. Mark 608 669 165. (237519)

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PURELY MAINTENANCE For all your maintenance needs - big or small, contact Carl on 965 878 866 or 669 218 928 email purelymaintenance@hotmail. com (228949) handyjavea@gmail.com.

For all villa repairs, maintenance and small building works. Specialists in pool regrouting, filter and pump problems/replacements. No call out charge, no obligation quotes. Call 625 397 209, Javea (228054)

LOCKSMITH LOCKSMITH/ELECTRICIAN/CA RPENTER for emergency safe opening. Altea area, call Michael Rice: 686 513 510 or Calpe area Sean Gannnon: 667 507 630 (225785)

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CHIROPODIST/PODIATRIST, Philip Mann, clinics in Benissa, Moraira, Javea, Calpe and Albir. 686 912 307 (228993) LOSE WEIGHT with Herbalife.

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www.euroweeklynews.com www.mercadodelautomovil.es / The largest car showroom in the Costa Blanca, opposite the shopping centre ‘Portal de la Marina’ in Ondara. Always up to 100 vehicles in stock. We sell your car for free in our exhibition. We can also buy your car directly. Serving customers for over 25 years. Call Volker on 636 381 431 (231123)

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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) WE BUY ANY CAR, don’t sell your car without calling us first for your FREE instant quote. Tel 630 961 755 (238192) WANTED Cars, vans, caravans, 4 X 4’s British Spanish 600 781 873 ibuyany car@hotmail.com (243978)

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PET TRANSPORT PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettraveluk.co.uk. Removals also arranged in other vehicles. Tel UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 (237026)

REMOVALS/STORAGE

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PROPERTY FOR SALE BENIDORM - Gemelos 22, Rincon De Loix. 158,000€. ALFAZ DEL PI - Arabi Park 90m2 Duplex. 135,000€ + MANY MORE 602 538 470. jctstevens@home.nl www.milonas.es (231107)

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TELESALES positions available for our Benissa office.

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VW and Renault in the headlights THE boss of VW in the UK Paul Willis, while talking to MPs from the Environment Committee on January 13, said that the ‘fix’ devised to clean up 1.2 million vehicles in the UK would not affect their fuel consumption, and that there would be ‘no difference in driveability.’

However, this has left many people asking how the fix can be made without affecting the performance.

At the same time, Renault insists that it does not use emissions-cheating devices as police raids on several of its factories leads to a 20 per cent drop in share prices.

Although Renault are staying tight lipped over the raids at the moment, the company did confirm them, and said only, “The investigators wanted to check equipment at the factories.”

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All-new American Super Car in Detroit PRODUCTION commences at end of April

By Steve Walsh MOTOR CITY as the backdrop for the new product reveals of 2016, could not have been a better choice for the world’s car manufacturers to show off their wares.

The North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which will be running until January 24, finds itself playing host to more than 50 major exhibits.

NAIAS Chairman Paul Sabatini said, “Of the 57 introductions at NAIAS, nearly

90 per cent were worldwide debuts.”

Amongst the many people carriers, concepts, 4x4’s and saloons, one of the stars of the show is the 745-HP Force 1 V10: ‘The New American Super Car.’ The legendary auto designer Henrik Fisker, and race car driver Ben Keating, unveiled their vision of the future with the 2016 Force 1 V10, an all-new American Super Car. Proudly debuting at the NAIAS and remorselessly

HONDA JAZZ: Has been awarded with the Best in Class 2015 award.

Jazz 5-star safety rating TOOK the title from a field of nine superminis THE all-new Honda Jazz has been awarded with independent safety organisation Euro NCAP’s prestigious Best in Class 2015 award in the supermini category.

Earlier in 2015 the Honda Jazz achieved a maximum five-star safety rating. Jazz took the title from a field of nine superminis in total.

Each year, Euro NCAP publishes a list of

cars that have performed the best in their respective categories. To achieve a ‘Best in Class’ award from Euro NCAP, cars from each category are assessed against a weighted sum of the scores in each of the four key areas of assessment: Adult Occupant, Child Occupant, Pedestrian and Safety assist. This sum is used as the basis for comparison of the vehicles.

FORCE 1 V10: One of the stars of the show. taking people’s breath away is the two-seat carbon fibre monster from Force 1.

This high-performance, low production sports car, manufactured in Michigan by VLF Automotive - of which Fisker is a partner and design chief is capable of launching itself from 0 to 60mph in three seconds, and ultimately moving you through time and space at 218mph (350 km/h).

It features an all carbon fibre lightweight body and 21inch wheels with high performance Pirelli P Zero tyres and Brembo high-performance brakes. The car is hurled down the road by means of a 745-HP 8.4 litre V10 engine (one of the most powerful naturally aspirated road engines in the world)

through a six speed manual or auto with paddle shift gearbox.

Production commences at the end of April 2016 in Auburn Hills and deliveries begin in third quarter 2016, with the base price starting at $268,500 (€245,000). Initially, only 50 units will be available.

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Audi A4 allroad quattro Concept HIGH-DRIVING comfort with off-road qualities ANOTHER stalwart showing us what the future has in store at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show is Audi and their new Audi A4 Allroad and H-tron Quattro Concept.

Audi tell us that the new A4 allroad quattro “embodies a unique concept.” And seeing that it perfectly combines high driving comfort with off-road qualities, it has obviously come of age as a seasoned crossover.

With its solid-pulling TFSI and choice of five TDI engines, the Audi A4 allroad quattro offers improved performance over the older model and with better efficiency.

The TFSI and TDI engines will produce between 150 and 272 horse power, which is up to 27hp more than in the previous model, and is available with either a manual six-speed gearbox, the new seven-speed ‘S tronic’ or the redesigned eight-speed tiptronic.

Of course, quattro all-wheel drive is standard.

The Audi H-tron quattro, however, is a hydrogen-powered concept car with a Tesla-beating range of 372 miles.

The three fuel tanks concealed beneath the passenger and luggage compartments can be reloaded in just four minutes. The fuel cell has an output of up to 110 kW, reinforced by a lithium-ion battery which gives another 100 kW for short, sharp bursts of acceleration.

It will have an estimated top speed of 124 mph and go from 0 to 60 mph in 6.7 seconds. Although these aren’t Formula 1 speeds, it’s nippy enough for the motorway.

THE FUTURE: A unique concept.

A record-breaking Skoda ON January 12, and starting the company’s 120th year, Skoda Auto announced that they have achieved a new sales record for the second year in a row with the Superb exceeding expectations, helping them sell more than one million vehicles. The brand’s global deliveries in their jubilee year increased 1.8 per cent to 1,055,500 vehicles. In December, Skoda’s sales increased 5.7 per cent worldwide to 86,600 units. This was the best December ever in the company’s history.

Skoda is currently preparing the next product campaign, which will involve bringing out a new SUV model in 2016.

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IF you’ve never played bowls before then you may well be interested to learn about the Benitachell Bowls Club and what they have to offer.

Not living in Spain all year? No problem. The club has a wide number of flexible membership options to suit you.

Never played before and want to see if it’s for you? They have a FREE induction course run by Terry, one of their four fully trained instructors, who will supply you with all the necessary equipment to ‘have a go’ with absolutely no pressure to join.

The club believes it has all the right facilities as well as friendly members, so if you find you enjoy the game then you will want to join.

There are three organised club mornings each week throughout the year - Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, where all members can meet and play. Why not pop along to see for yourself?

As a club member, not only is the green available for your use seven days a week at no additional cost, but the club house is open to serve you a snack or a cup of coffee too.

BBC MEMBERS: Proud of their bowling achievements and the number of trophies they have won.

The BBC is justly proud of its bowling achievements and the trophy case proves its claims. Four teams enter into competitive league fixtures during the winter season and the successful Lions team has won six years on the trot.

At the halfway stage in the 2015/16 winter season, the club Winter League team (which plays all across the Costa Blanca) is currently sitting in second place whilst the Lions team once again heads the league table in the Northern League.

During last summer’s league games the Panther team won the summer league with the Cougar team picking up third place.

On the competition front, currently the Saturday Winter rinks (sponsored

by Direkt Optic and Prudential) is reaching its final games whilst the next club event is the Valentine’s Men v Women competition in February.

Entry forms are now available for the premier BBC OPEN, which will be starting April 25. This competition is open to all bowlers from across the

country and we have bowlers coming all the way from the UK. It’s not all about competitions and winning though. Social events are held on a regular basis, from quizzes to paella cooking, barn dances to disco, often on their extensive patio area during the long summer months.

On those odd days in Spain when the weather is a little chilly, events take place inside the club house where there is a member’s only full bar plus catering facilities. Over the recent festive season the club

arranged Christmas dinners and parties, and ended with a Three Kings celebration dinner.

So what makes the BBC different from other bowls clubs in the area?

For starters, it is the ONLY members owned and run club on the Costa Blanca. This means that it is able to invest all its monies into continually improving the club and facilities for members.

The club is run BY the members FOR the members and BBC members are very proud of their club.

If you’ve never played before, or want to improve your game, BBC can help. The club is committed to ensuring everyone gets the opportunity to enjoy playing to their fullest potential, and training and development is high on the captain’s agenda.

It’s not expensive either. After the initial outlay for membership and some basic kit all that there is to pay for is a drink at the end of the game.

For further information please visit www.benitachellbowlsclub.com.

For information on our free trial sessions contact Terry on 628 737 642.

Root and Broad batter the Proteas, ‘Rocket’ launched again, new record for Rooney A FEW goals were scored last weekend in the UK and Spain Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre.

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FOOTBALL - There were a few goals last weekend in the UK and Spain! In the PL, Manchester City (3rd) beat Crystal Palace 4-0, Chelsea and Everton drew 3-3 (John Terry in his 700th League game, scored at both ends) and Spurs (4th) defeated Sunderland 4-1. Manchester United won 1-0 at Liverpool, courtesy of Wayne Rooney’s 176th League goal.

There were also wins for Bournemouth, Newcastle and Southampton, bottom club Aston Villa drew 1-1 with secondplaced Leicester and Arsenal, leaders on goal-difference, shared the points at Stoke while

Swansea and Watford played on Monday.

There were Championship defeats for leaders Middlesbrough (at Bristol City), Derby (at home to Birmingham City), Leeds United and Wolves, and wins for Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City, Hull City (60 over Charlton Athletic), QPR and Sheffield Wednesday.

Nigel Clough’s Burton Albion beat Coventry City 2-0 in the ‘big’ FL1 game, while Walsall won at Bury. FL2 leaders Plymouth Argyle defeated Stevenage and second-placed Northampton Town beat Dagenham & Redbridge.

Celtic whipped struggling Dundee United 4-1 to stay top of the SPL ahead of Hearts, who walloped Motherwell 6-0.

Rangers still lead the Scottish Championship after beating Livingston 4-1.

In La Liga, Real Madrid (3rd) beat Sporting Gijon 5-1.

Barcelona (2nd) walloped Ath-

letic Bilbao 6-0 and Atletico Madrid (top) won 3-0 at Las Palmas.

Earlier this week there were several 3rd round FA Cup replays including Aston Villa v Wycombe, Bolton v the minnows of Eastleigh, Bristol City v WBA, Leicester City v Spurs, Liverpool v Exeter City, MK Dons v Northampton Town and Portsmouth v Ipswich Town, while coming up on Saturday/Sunday we have four derbies - Arsenal v Chelsea, Crystal Palace v Spurs, Leicester City v Stoke City and WBA v Aston Villa - plus Manchester United v Southampton, a crunch match WAYNE ROONEY: 176th League goal.

between Sunderland and AFC Bournemouth and West Ham

United v Manchester City.

The top Championship games are Birmingham City v Ipswich Town, Burnley v Derby County and Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest; it’s Burton Albion v Shrewsbury Town and Walsall v Blackpool in FL1; Portsmouth v Oxford United in FL2; Celtic v St Johnstone and Morton v Rangers in Scotland, and Malaga v Barcelona and Real Madrid v Real Betis in La Liga.

Then next week (January 26/27) we have the second legs of the League Cup semi-finals leads.

CRICKET England (323 with 110 from Joe Root and 74-3) ‘hammered’ South Africa (313 and 83, Stuart Broad taking 6-17) by seven wickets to win the third

Test in Johannesburg and the four-match series. Springboks’ skipper AB De Villiers said: “We were hammered.’

The final Test starts tomorrow. Meanwhile, New Zealanders Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson amassed an opening partnership of 171 - a T20 record - as the Kiwis beat Pakistan by 10 wickets. And Australia achieved the biggest runchase ever in a One Day International, scoring 309-3 against India’s 308-8 with one over remaining.

SNOOKER - Judd Trump’s 6-5 victory over Neil Robertson in the Masters quarter-final featured six century breaks, including the tournament’s highest of 140. The match has been hailed as one of the greatest in Masters’ history. Ronnie O’Sullivan crushed Barry Hawkins 10 frames to one in the final… the ‘rocket’s’ first big win for eight months and his sixth Masters title overall.

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Orba Warblers Golf Society WEDNESDAY, January 13, saw The Warblers make the short trip for their first visit of the year to La Sella. The cool early start gave an eerie feel to a course now showing its winter coat, but still offering hard, fast and tough to read greens, which made the Yellow and Red course difficult to all but two of the members playing a Stableford on the day.

Top score and Division Two winner was that La Sella regular Clive Kay, with a majestic 40 points. With the CBA playing at -2 Clive earned a two shot cut and will now be playing off a handicap of 17.1.

Second place went to Sally Lewis with 34 points (Hcp 25.4), with third spot going to Sally Marsden on 31 points (Hcp 29.7).

Division One saw Chris Williamson make a winning return to form with an excellent

LA SELLA: Members played a stableford competition.

39 points (Hcp 9.2,) which takes him back into single figures, a great start to the New Year. Also making a welcome return to the podium was Robin Wheatley in second place with 32 points (Hcp 12.4), and in third spot, a society favourite Big Tim Harrison with 31 points (Hcp 15.2).

Four nearest the pin prizes were won by Chris Williamson on hole 5, Shaun O’Gorman on hole 8. Shaun also made the

only two of the day to earn himself a coveted Orba Warbler Ball. Hole 13 was won

by Steve Smith and Jorgen Mortensen who picked up the prize on hole 15.

They welcomed six guests on the day; Susan and Steve Harrison, David Bagulley, Shaun O’Gorman, Zdenka Brenoe and Henning Anderson.

Next game for the Warblers is Wednesday, January 27, at

Up-to-date news from BBC BBC Lions verses Calpe After beating Javea Green Opals 8-2 away from home just before Xmas, Calpe were feeling good about coming to the BBC to play the Lions, but as the old saying goes, “Don’t Go Into The Lions Den.’ BBC Lions roared to a great success, they were 15-3 up, 144 up, 14-5 up only trailing in one match 7-12 down.

Our Lionesses were in good form - winning 23-10.

BBC Lions take eight points, Calpe two points.

Shot Difference 84 -51 Tigers vs Jaguars Another close game for the Tigers at home vs the Jaguars, with the overall result not decided until the final end on rink three where the Jaguars won by one shot. This resulted in both sides winning two rinks each, but unfortunately the Jaguars had the better shot difference and therefore took the extra two points. Final result: Tigers 4, Jaguars 6. A better start in 2016, the Tigers now need to build on this.

Their Challenger team of Patty Sprawson, Rebecca Langan and skip Trefor Evans, started slowly but came through in the end convincing winners 23 shots to 15 and took the two points.

Their friendly side of Joyce Pope, Margaret Bailey, and skip Ernie Pope were behind after 11 ends, but then got a six on end 12, and never looked back

winning 17 shots to 12.

Jaguars 6 Tigers 4 On three of the rinks after 14 ends, they picked up 12 shots that turned one rink around into a win, and gave them an overall shot difference of those two points giving an overall win 6 4.

Winter League Report Benitachell Winter League Bowls Team was away to Quesada this week.

The weather was good and BBC prepared for a very tough day as Quesada had only lost once at home and only one defeat away in the last nine games.

Top team this week was Maggie Lawley, Jacquie Roberts, Mary Cockell and Tim Woodcock. They were up against a skilled team and apart from an early lead they were 4 10 down at the half way stage.

Then in a tremendous fighting second half performance, which has been a feature of skip Maggie and her team’s play this season, they dominated the remainder of the match picking up a couple of fives and a four in the process to record an emphatic and thoroughly deserved 11 shot victory, with a final score of 24 - 13.

Jeff Richards, Tony Lawley, Derek Mawson and Linda Richards started their game well and although they fought hard the final score was 14 – 25.

Skip Dudley Davis, Clive Langan, Carol Davies and John

Avey were evenly balanced, but a fantastic second half performance gave them a richly deserved four shot victory 18 14.

David Roberts and his team of Iris Gardiner, Brian Doggett and Bert Mclean had an evenly balanced game getting the better of their opponents in the first nine ends. Quesada fought back and went on to win six of the remaining seven ends to close out the match with a final score of 12 - 18.

John Coates, Bob Cockell, Harry Chick and Christine Mawson were trailing by five shots at the half way stage but turned the game around and held out for a 16 - 13 win to score a further two points for the BBC. The Berleen team with skip Richard Gardiner, and team of Carole Nicholas, Steve Griffin and Lynne Avey, were 12 - 12 on the 12th end, but Quesada managed to get back on top and went on to take the match with a score of 12 - 20.

It was an impressive performance by the squad winning on three of the five rinks and on a tense finish the overall shot difference was a single shot 84 - 83. It was a great achievement for BBC who picked up eight points to Quesada’s four.

For a full update and further information about forthcoming games and results, please visit online at www.benitachell bowlsclub.com.

Bonalba for a Stableford competition, and the first round of this year Eclectic competition. Sadly the captain’s ‘DRIVE OUT’ making way for our new 2016 Captain.

Members are reminded of the AGM on January 28, at La Sella, 10.00 for a 10.30 start.

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Pego Golf : Copa de Escocia Medal Competition DESPITE strong winds, the course was in great shape for the players OLIVA NOVA Golf Course on Tuesday January12, saw the first ‘Major’ competition of the year played by Pego Golf Society, when the Copa De Escocia medal was contested.

There were only two guests this week: Bob Seaton and Richard Morris. Both were warmly greeted by the new captain David O’Connor and all members.

Although the first tee greeted them with a lovely morning, the players then had to suffer strong winds for about two hours. However, the course was in great shape,

with good greens and fairways throughout.

The results of the Copa de Escocia were as follows: Division 1 First place was Brian Barden, with a net 71, playing off 17.5 handicap.

Second place was Simon Fox, also with a net 71, playing off 15.4 handicap.

Third place was Martin Gates, with a net 72, playing of six handicap (the best round of the day).

Fourth place was Paul Trigwell, with a net 73, playing off 71.4 handicap.

Fifth place was Iain Campbell, with a net 73, playing off 19.9.

Sixth place was Steve Patton, with net 75, playing off 12 handicap.

There were two two’s: one

by Danny Herron and one by Bill Pike.

Nearest the pin at Hole 5, with his second shot was Mar-

OLIVA NOVA: Members played the first major competition of the year. tin Gates, at 2.5 metres, and at hole 16, the closest was Brendan Young with 2.25 metres.

Peter and Trish Chapman

celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on the day, and presented a golden bottle for the draw.

If any member or guest would like to play with the Pego Golf Society, please contact the secretary Penny Bar-

den: pegosecretary@gmail.com or enter through the website: www.pegogolfsociety.com. A warm welcome awaits you.